The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 May 1931

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press "\r 13,328, ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    175 1 It is reported that Glen Kitiston has been killed m a flying accident Page 11. A London message states it is anticipated that the tin restriction scheme will shortly be modified Page 11. Imperial Airways hope to have completed arrangements by the end of the year for
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    AN EARLY SUMMER
    1272 1 Mr. Henry Reading had a very small living m Worcestershire; it conMsted of some farms, scattered, but not so scattered as to be inconvenient, a village street of cottages, and, aloof from the rest, the squire's house. Mr. Reading was a bachelor ol about forty-five, and for
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      491 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK N %KEST APPROACH TO PURE, TB TASTEURIZED MILK M\\r»LE IN THE TROPICB. (S \ni,E AT ALL LEADINQ IPION STORES. RAFFLES HOTEL KXCELLENT ACCOMODATION AVAILABLE WITH I MODERN SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS I THIS EVENING 6.15 1 TEA DANCE It MONIA LITTER'S FAMOUS ORCHESTRA I j j GRILL ROOM 1
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      271 1 1 SPECIFY I C* X> C 1 "HP "XT i 0 I tJLe l^fejr fllnl oi 8 JLatr i w I BRITISH COLONIAL MANUFACTURE. I w) c*< I SOLE AGENTS: i McALESTEft 30., Ltd. i I EBROEE^HOIEL 1 i "Renowned by Recommendation" i I TO-DAY. RACE TIFFIN. TO-DAY. I MENU.
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      388 1 STOP PRESS Waghorn Crashes LFRB PRESS SERVICE)— COPYRIGHT] London, April 5k Waghorn, Schneider Trophy airman, was gravely injured m a crash at Farnborough. Lirj) Irwin hud an tatetfrfctf niih the Primp Minister and Secretary for mdia 1-agc Z. The Italian reply to the IK'nth t [Witffr proposals en the propc-td
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      21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORKS.
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    ANIMAL WELFARE
    388 2 Smuggling of D.E.I. Birds to Singapore The following are the minutes of comnu'tee meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Singapore), held M the YMCA. Boiird Room on April 20th. Present:— Major General Oldfield C.8.. CMC. DBO. (m the Chair). Lively Colina Hussey. Mrs
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    ALHAMBRA'S BIG NIGHT
    237 2 lottery Bride Premiere To-night To-n:tfht's change of programme at the Alhambra brings to Singapore The Lottery Bride, which might well be regarded as the most significant release of the year, being the first of the United Artists new season pictures.] Included m this group, all of which
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      249 2 ECZEDA f OINTMENT. Excellent for Eczema and all diseases! of the skin. I Allays itching and relieves irritation. PRICE $1.25 PER TUBE. Agents: > MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opposite PRO. Singapore. |PA:VILION| Phone 6903. J Tuesday and Wednesday May sth and 6th jSoup to Nuts! i starring i i TED HEALY
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      20 2 Victoria Theatre PROFESSOR MARTENOT will give Two Extra Concerts on his return from Java June Ist and 2nd at 9.30
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      90 2 itHE SS. POLICE "BAND! (Available for Private Engagements) WILL PLAY AT Katong Park at 5.15 p.m. Thursday, May 7. j Jalan Besar at 5.15 p.m. Monday, May I|. /iifeff^ pEREBOS JELLIES f iip^f' i' V>are easy to m, k. f' #Jl#!iflW^ set Q uickl y and an Wflßßlßft delicious to
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      178 2 THE WEEK Wednesday. 6th. H^h Water. 00.00. 9.0 it 13.36. M n RirtcTm-vriri' Ractti— 2nd Day SETEdE open championship. O.rr»» Footbnn Div. II Robiason.s m Wcarnes. at YMCA, S Cattle Co. vs. 8.A.T.. at S.R.C Boxing. RA. vs. Wardors. at Blakan Mali. 7.30 pm Thursday, 'th. High Water. 00 35.
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    MR. SNOWDEN'S LAND TAX PROPOSALS
    537 3 PENNY IN THE POUND Conservatives' Waiting Attitude I Renter's Service] London. May 4. Mr. Philip Snov :kn outlined the land tax proposal indicated m the BuCget m the House of Ccmmons the afternoon When he moved a financial resolution authorising a tax of a penny
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    EXTRALITY
    82 3 Statement on the Position To-day [Renter*! Bervice] hvmtmk, May 4. "i expect to hive to make a statement on Wednesday on extiaiitv ?.nd will at present defer saying anything on the matter' declared Mr. Henderson, when extrality iras raised In the House cf Common 1 ac supplementary to I
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    THE CASE OF MR. VALPY
    76 3 Mr. Henderson Questioned m Parliament I Reuters Service] London, May 4. In the House of OomOMMM the question as to whether the Chinese Go\emment would be induced to pay proper compensation to the British subject, Mr. Valpy. upon bis dismissal from tbe Canton-Hankow Railway was
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    ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
    35 3 Rumanian Princess and Archduke of Austria [Router's Service] Berlin. ?,lay 5. Rrincett Deana, dsoghter of Q'<:c?n ifarle of RumaniC, is engaged to the Archduke Anton Of Austria vn ol the Archduke Leopold B&lvator.
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY IN CANADA
    57 3 GmtMta at Parliamentary Function JPfiitor's Service] Ottava, May 5. The House of Commons adjourned on hour earlier to permit members to attend a reception given by the Speakers of the Senate and House of Commons In honour of Prince and Princess Takama'Hi. who were rubs^quently the
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    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MEN CONFER
    130 3 WASHINGTON MEETING Mr. Hoover and World Rehabilitation [Reuter's Service.] Washington, May 4. Welcoming the thousand odd delegates from 47 nations to the Congress of International I Chambers of Commerce Mr. Hoover urged I business men to pursue disarmament as calculated to do more lor economic rehabilitation
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    CAPT. STACK
    235 3 Record Flight Home From Constantinople [Reuter's Service] London, May 4. Crpt. Neville Stack, who abandoned his flight to Australia and back, started from Constantinople this morning and reached Heston tonight, establishing a new record of 14 hours. London, April 6. Captain Neville Stack and Mr. J. R. Chaplin
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    OIL LEASES SCANDAL
    222 3 Ex-Senator Fall Not to Appeal 'Router's Service] New York, M a y .t. Mr. Albert F;JI i-.a^ decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court against his sentence of s y«ar Imprisonmeni and a fine of sioo.ooo m connection v.ith the naval oil leases In Calitornia. Mew
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    CONDEMNED PLANES
    50 3 Canadian Action After Air Fatality Reuters Service 1 Washington, May 5. The Department of Commerce h^> ordered the discontinuance of two types of passenger planes as the result of the investigation into an accident to them, m which Knut Rockne was killed. The order excludes 35 threeenained machines.
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    KING OF SIAM
    50 3 Civic Welcome to New York [Reuter's Service! Xeu York, May 4. Their Siamc ;e Majesties, escorted by a body Of motor police sounding sirens, were civically welcomed m the Cfty Holl, where th.^ Ncttional Anthems of Siam and the United States were played and military detachments saluted.
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    HONDURAS REVOLT
    45 3 200 Killed m Week's Fighting fßeuter's Service] New York, May 4. Over 200 were killed m last week's fighting between rebels and Federal troops m the vicinity of Santa Rasa, Honduras. The rebels perpetrated an orgy of looting and decamped with civilian hostages.
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      346 3 I AiNiNOUACING THE YEAR'S I MOST IMPORTANT I I PREMIERE. Ifi fALHAMBRAjf If PRESENTING FIRST UNITED i I ARTISTS NEW SEASON !j I 1 RELEASE. 1 1 |l DARING! II I 1 1 For its outstanding novelty— its i I > sensational music-its Imazing ij I 1 1 spectacle. j
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      182 3 I Estate Trust Agencies I 1 (1927) Limited. f 1 BRANCHES S i! ff' f?*ll Cross Street MALACCA. S J {t^ ht s reet PENANG. S j U, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. g j > u£ j Registered by and Security deposited with jfj the Straits Settlements Government. §j i
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    FROM WORKSHOP TO ROAD
    1573 4 FROM WORKSHOP TO ROAD THK MORRIS SYSTEM Many Stages Of Manufacture Sir William Morris stated recently that m< country ran produce better cars than. Britain and thr«t no l HVflgn manufacturer has yet produced WH Iff 111 ran ol t>ie type we or- mow manufat tiring This (hem. m«°de by
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    SECRET CAR TO BE "UNVEILED"
    339 4 "COSMOP" World Interest m New British Model The Mbett Hall will. I learn, be. used on April 27 for the unusual purpose of inaugurating a gnat British motor trade push, both at home and abrotH. write* Harold Pemberton. D^iiy Express Motoring Correspondent. ThJl awfnmotll bi'ildiii«.
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    "ABRUPT AND UNCIVIL"
    202 4 London Mobile Police Criticised Allegation! of abruptness add Incivility by .lie kfbbile Police (attached to the Metropolitan Police) were made at Bromley when summons again*! John Bryant Dangerflekt a?fd ?8. ot Wirimore-ro id Bromley. alleging thai he caused an ohst ucti n with bis cat In Hinli-stroet.
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    65 4 The Siamese Army now possesses a fleet of forty Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. chassis sixwheelers, including one with a special saloon body for use of the Ministry of War and General Staff. This special model is painted greenish Khaki, and its locally-built body is equipped with four swivel armchairs upholstered m green
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    GOOD ADVICE TO MOTORISTS
    894 4 USE OF BRAKES Regulation and Adjustment With the volume and speed of traffic ever on the increase, and with removal of the general f-peed limit m this country, the question Of braking and its relation to skid and subsequent sideslip, becomes of even greater importance than
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    MORE WOMEN DRIVERS
    158 4 Holiday Motoring Lessons TWO things .stand out prominently m connection with Baiter on the road up to tba present time one. the largo number of women drivers, m spite of the wretched weather and two, the fact that no one. at all events no conscientious motorist, seemed
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    20 4 West London magistrate: Can you hear what the constable is saying Man: No. I cannot but It ist not true.
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    LISTENING TO CARS
    282 4 New Kind of Record at Brooklands Brooklands has served a good many purposes m the course of its life, but never. I imagine, has it been used as a factory for stage "noises off." Mr. Leslie Henson proposes to present a play about the French Grand Prix
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    OBSERVATORY TO MOVE
    162 4 Too Much Fog m French Capital Paris. April 7. The Observatory of Paris is moving to the provinces. "Mred of the foga and city murk which constantly obscure his vision, the official astronomer is paefctaf up his instruments and will^hortly betake nimself to the purer atmosphere ci
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      418 4 Famous stars 'JpL*>., on stag-e /r Y/s\ r^ and screen vlH^fv insist on LUX M^o^\ ■^W^COiPIB f fl UJUMHH mm mf 3m 9 y *"> V l>i fillf OU now t vat t^ c leading stage and 81-^^^St Kill screen stars of the luslsc on Lux for B^raE&Ah^^^S a their
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    REINFORCED PETROL
    750 5 CHOICE OF COLOURS New Brand Ahead of Empire Design Sume yc-tr.s ago an artistic-minded motorist persuaded a Iff* manufactured to dye the rubber treads of ihe tyres that he purchased a colour to mat< h the paintwork of his car. But this fashion disappeared m due course. Motorists
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    U.S. AND MARIE STOPES' BOOK
    152 5 Government Ban on "Married Love" Removed New York, April 6. United States Judge John Woolsey has dismissed the Federal action to bar an expurgated edition of Dr. Marie Stopes' 'Married Love" from the United States. In dismissing the case, Judge Woolsey declared that he marvelled
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    37 5 The Farm Board is now .selling lot of wheat m Europe at the loss of a tidy sum per bushel. ThLs is constructive statesmanship, tho some ignorant foreigners can hardly tell it from dumping.- The New Yorker
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    RISKS OF AIR PAGEANTS
    348 5 Arrangements hare b< i m&< ing of mere Uian L5O Ir p {can i" r a parts cf the cauntrj year, and it I pg urged by thost with experience bl aerodrome control that steps should be taken si or.co t> reduce to s micimum the
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    76 5 The Chief Secretary to Government, Federated Malay States has appointed an Advisory Committee for the Government School of Agriculture. Malaya. Sercl.uig. constituted as follows: The Director of Agriculture. (Chairman»: The Director of Co-operation: The Director of the Rubber Research Institute: The Chief Inspector of English Schools; The Hon"b!e Mr. J.
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    RUNAWAY AEROPLANE
    180 5 t Golfer's Adventure ;it An Aerodrome Mr. T. A. ("Dale**) Bourn, Urn English amateur golf champion, had remarkable ex-: perience at the opening Of U>2 new head- 1 quarters of the Surrey Aero Club el Ga;\vlck Aerodrome m mail week, when he tried to ttop a runaway aeroplane.
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      252 5 a sporty Roadster it a truly low price Gleaming with chromium plate, finished m sporting colours and built on low rakish {ir.es, this 1981 Chevrolet de Luxe Uoadster is one of the handsomest comfort or carries golf slicks, guns and baraag for the longest holiday trips. Speed aplenty, and power
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      121 5 What the New Glaxo is "The New Glaxo, m our opinion, is an excellent conception, and shows that the manufacturers of j infant's foods are not content to stand still, but are anxious to make use of new discoveries m scientific research." JUprimafrtm "Twm PsAcnnoim" fm Jmumy, 19*% ONLY GLAXO
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    Bridge Notes and Problems.
    1206 6  -  HORATIUS By COUPS WHICH MAKE CONTRACTS IT aoes not take a bridge player long to ais- I close his ability at the game. He does it I by the very manner of his play. Take a look round any card room and you will find the
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    THE BRAVE DAYS
    570 6 I Songs That will Never Die "Oh! Do sing that lovely old song How many times has that request been made to me I could not begin to count. Ever since the war I have been asked to sing "If You were the Only Gill m the
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    £200 IN RAG-CART
    129 6 Now Safely m the Bank Jack Burns, a Wrexham rag gatherer, m whose hand-can the police found over £200 while he was lying m hospital, left the hospital and visited the police station and there received his money back. It amounted to £210 Bs. 9d.. mostly m
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    WHALES THAT HUNT BIGGER WHALES
    607 6 MUCH INTELLIGENCE Death of Old Tom, A Famous "Killer" Sydney. With the stranding of a killer- whale on a beach at Twofold Bay, New South Wales, on? of the strangest partnerships known u> history recently came to an end. The story of the partnership between
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    "MOST TERRIBLE YEARS"
    413 6 When Mr. Wells Was a Shop Assistant Mr. H. G. Wells, describing his early days at a dinner m London of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants. Warehousemen and Clerks, snid that his contact with the counter began before the days of the Union, when that
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    BOTTLED SMOKE FOR KIPPERS
    596 6 SECRET OF COLOUR Search For Right Sawdust Blend Princes Risboroujrh, April 4. Science is about to give another boon to mankind the perfect kipper. Elaborate experiments on its elusive smell and equally elusive colour have been undertaken by the Forest Products Research Laboratory, at Princes Risborough,
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    BOOK REVIEWS
    256 6 Siamese Tales Old and Sew, by Reginald Le May. Noel Douglas, Bs. 6d. These tales have been collected together and translated by the author during his 22 years residence m Siam where he filled the position of Adviser to the Siamese Government m the Ministry of Commerce and
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    MINISTER'S JEALOUSY
    144 6 Successor m Pulpit Shot Dead m Church Nevada (Missouri), April 6. Insane rage at the sight of a successful pulpit rival is believed to be the cause of an extraordinary tragedy here, m which one minister of religion fatally shot another, who thereupon knelt and prayed for his
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    The Cinema in France
    852 6  - The Cinema in France GEORGE CECIL By DRAWING-ROOM PARTIES F)R years Parisians have doted on the cinema, while almost every month finds the convenient and inexpensive form of entertainment becoming more and more popular. Indeed, many people, drawing the line at profiteering theatre prices, give opera, drama, comedy and music-hall
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    THE SPORT OF ANTLER CUTTING
    738 6 Nara, formerly the capital of Japan, is situated on the slope of some picturesque hills 25 miles from Osaka. It is famous among other wonders for shrines, temples and a colossal bronze Buddha. The approach to Nara is through a well-wooded park m which tall
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    END OF THE SEASON!
    45 6 [By Air Mr: i Wo are getting Mir U> The Coventry U-u-.u ml game W9M delayed Often) At Brighton tlie reier. half-time afti-v fcalf-an-houi By the way. ttw knta* setting up a rWOTd I unique m toOttaOL Tin London OomMnfttioa ■MOB.
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    CHICAGO'S NEW MAYOR
    599 7 AL CAPONE NOT IX TOWN "He Won't Come Hack While I am Mayor" "Al Capone i* net m town. I don't think he will be back as Jong as I am Mayor." In these two brirf. pointed sentences Mr. Anton Cmaik, the nevh elected Mayor of Chi-'
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    LONELY CHATEAU MURDER
    277 7 In the Gorges of the Tarn TarLs, April 3. A mysterious murder m unusual clrcumstance.s is engaging tho provincial police. The crime was committed m a lonely country house, the Chateau de Bonneval, which is built on n :rag over-looking the River Tarn, some twenty miles from
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    WAGE CUTS OR TARIFFS
    303 7 WHO SHALL PAY "We Cannot Maintain our Standard of Life A very significant disclosure about the advice which the Government is receiving from its Ec onomle Advisory Council was made tc-day by Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Alexander was discu^ir.g
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    WHAT THE COUNCIL IS
    289 7 i Mr. Ernest Bevin and T.U.C. Secretary as Members The Economic Advisory Council was appointed m January, 1930, as a standing body whose functions are: 1. To advise the Government on economic matters; To make continuous study of the developments cf trade and industry m the
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    COACH'S 53 M.P.H.
    311 7 Bench urge Provision of Speedometers 'The Bench are of the opinion that your employers ought to provide you with speedometers and that there shou)d be a greater elasticity in' the time-tables," said the Chairman (Lieuten- ant-Co!onel Hepworth) a* Kingston m imposing fines of £2 on two motor-ccach
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    59 7 Rumour is still busy choosing a successor to" Mr. Cochrane as Chief Secretary. Mr. M. B. Shelley txii Ifr. R. o. Wlnatodl wre tta favourites but the consensus of opinion stems i be that the latter will ccme to Carcosa and that the former will act as Colonial Secretary when
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    "HEATED DISCUSSIONS"
    167 7 Standard Weight of a Haggis Tac standard weight of hapgir was announced at the opening of a Scotland md Northern Ireland produce display at the Birmingham shop of the Empire Marketing Board. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham said that he did not know whether the haggis, which was
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES
    208 7 London Theatre to be It is announced that the Prince of Wales Theatre. Coventry Street, W.. will be offered for sale by auction at the London Auction Mart on April 22. Originally called Princes to differentiate it from the old Prince of Watefl Theatre of the
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    £100,000,000 A YEAR
    119 7 American Racketeers' Income New '.!<.. April :>. With tht < pi Ding of the Federal drive ■gainst New York racketeers, through the medium of their Income* taxes, it is estimated that criminals nnd grafters ol varied aorta evade payment of £730.000 In taxea it. 1930. which Indicates
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    VISCOUNT EXMOUTH
    146 7 Father's Wish that He Should Return Home Viscount Exmouth. whose re-admission to British nationality was recently recorded, explained m an interview how it was that, though born m England, he became an American. His father, he .said, had become naturalised m America, and this made him (Viscount Exmouth
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      208 7 Start takins ~*i IPHILIPS I m 1 I X .A I X I I 4 j watt Lamps are A I A^a\ I I v f j I m price. t:; ♦I I I For Better lighting use IPHILIPS LAMPSf Sole Agents V I United Engineers Limited. (Incorporated m the
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      67 7 If* I f\l C.^ vA 1/ I //^lv nil 11l I sl I 1 1 jr/^^JW/ Chocolate Occasions I Jbw^/ or tnealre sports ground, Si am motoring, picnics, or any I J /^^^mt^ s^^^ > other^ 'Chocolate Occasion A Nestles is a revelation m 3^Wt^st/SS^ X t# chocolate. It is
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    RELATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT
    503 8 YOUNG LIBERALS' POLICY Keeping Labour m on Terms Bridport (Dorset). The annual conference of the National League of Youn's Liberals at Bridport resolved itself into special session to consider the question of Liberal policy m Parliament m the immediate future. Mr. Elliott Dodds. of Huddersfield, the
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    TALBOT HOUSE
    423 8 Restored and Reopened by Lord Wakefield Ypres. The reconditioned Talbot House (Toe H) was reopened at Poperinghe by Lord Wakefield, who has bought, restored, and endowed it as a centre of pilgrimage. It now appears as it did during the war. The proceedings opened with divine service held
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    54 8 It is with feelings of acute regret— and we feel sure that these will be shared by others says the Pinang Gazelte— v.e learn that a laminar personality has left the service of the E. and O. hotel. For "OOdte." we are told no longer is to fulfil his role
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    A GREAT NEW MUSICAL SHOW
    530 8 "WHITE HORSE INN" Sir Oswald Stoll's £40,000 Sensation Sir Oswald Stoll took his great £40,000 gamble at the London Coliseum m mail week and won. "White Horse Inn," imported from Berlin and staged by Germans, but with a company almost entirely British, proved the most
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    TREE HERMIT
    354 8 Homeless m London After Forest Life "Rocky Mountain Charlie." thr man who slept m a tree m Epping Forest, is now a Homeless outcast m London. When, two years ago, doctors despaired of his life he went back to nature and built himself a "nest" of bracken, branches
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    111 8 Tungku Ibrahim, a son of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor, was yesterday examined by X-ray at Kuala Lumpur, with a view to ascertaining the nature and extent of the injury to his left leg. A scholar at the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, Tungku Ibrahim was accidentally kicked on the
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      401 8 WILLING SPIRIT-WEAK FLESH. Get Fit now and Enjoy Uf e j When ycu find yourself unab). to attart pace, feel depressed and run *nm b< e m T lose weight, have no appetite— thtft sign that ycu have been taxing your vitality tZ much. Lost physical energy mu,r be re
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      373 9 BUSINESS CARDS. TJARBLE MERCHANTS. S IM,APORE CASKET CO. So*. 1 A 3, Pcnhas Road, (f i, vender Street Phone 6075. Txpeiuenced help masseuse. FB OM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. i«> Middle Road, Colonial Garage, Phone 3729. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H M'GENT BUCKERIDGB .ass Work Lowest Rates 111)1 AW BUILDING—
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      675 9 TENDERS, SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. sJTTSL 11 herf>by BlVfn Ulat ter 'der S are lOT the 1cU U materials or Z u and that Pabular, of ,uch tender Offl y e«- btalneU ln the Tf n^ sr Koom, Municipal Bale of vchui.s Dept. mapeettan omce at Woodlands dsatal 4 p.m.,
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      705 9 NOTICES JOHORE (MIDLANDS) RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) notice is hereby frren pui.-.uant to Section 'J23 oi Ordinance No. 155 'Companies) that a Osastml afeedng of the above-named Company A'iil be hv-ld at b D'Almcida Street, Singyport. on M-jnday June Bth 1931 at 12 noon for the following purposes
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      603 9 j Increasingly j j Popular Daily!] j ONE VISIT will convince you That— J The Delightful Furnishing j The Table and Service j and j The High-class Cuisine of the I CAPITOL RESTAURANT! J are Unequalled m Malaya j Phone 4906 for Table Reservations t f ,'i RADIO For til.;
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      549 9 The Remedy That Gets to the Root of the Complaint In all diseases arising from impurities m the blood it is necessary m the first place to remove the poison from the blood; local treatment cannot give permanent relief. CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE gets to the root of the trouble by
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    DEATH
    53 10 Mrs. Miissilamony. beloved mother of Mr. M. G. Ezekiel and Mr. M. J. Paul and grandmother of Mr. P. Ezckiei of the Master Attendant's Office passed away on May sth. 1931 at her residence 64-B King's Road. Age 76. Remains will be removed to Bidadari Cemetry at 4.30 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, May 6, 1931. A RUBBER WATCH DOG ?
    848 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, May 6, 1931. A RUBBER WATCH DOG A rather curious move, about which it is difficult to form an opinion, is that started m Kuala Lumpur where a number of European and Asiatic gentlemen met informally and m private to discuss the formation of a general
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    362 10 His Highness the Sultan of Kelantan and suite, who were on a visit to Penang, returned to Kelantan by train on Sunday morning. A .ecture on "The things that influence us" will be delivered by Mr. E. Galistan to-mor-row at 7.30 p.m. at the Theosophical Society, 3 Finlayson Green. Miss
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    ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN MALAYA
    544 10 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE A Change of Far Reaching Importance The Singapore Society of Architects has now ceased to exist. It has become the Institute of j Architects, Malaya, as; from May 2nd by special j licence from the Governor-in-Council. The Society, which is registered as a company
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    A TEN YEARS TRIP
    436 10 German Tourists m Singapore Nearly six years after leaving Munich (Bavaria) on their world cycling tour a young German, Frenz Hecker. and his wife, arrived m Singapore this week and m a few days t mo will resume their travels, which they hope to end m
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    41 10 Two Chinese have been arrested m connection with the murder of two Chinese women and a Chinese girl. They were brought before the Second Police Magistrate. Mr. G E. Clayton yesterday morning and charged with murder. Accused were remanded until Fnday.
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    MALACCA'S MANY NEEDS
    666 10 A FULL DRESS DEBAH Straits Settlements Association Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent, •Malarra >t a The Straits Settlements rMalacheld an important meotmt; on after a lap*, of over four months due to the fact that there were no' wbted-i discussion to put forward m the intorv_ J
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    AMERICAN BASEBALL
    43 10 [Router's B i The results of baseball cam i major leagues played yesUrdi.NATIONAL LBAOVI Boston 4. Pi Brooklyn 3 WW Chicago 12. Civ.' AMERICAN LEAOW Detroit 9. Chu Philadelphia 5. B<»i< New York 3. V. i I St. LouLs I, CU".
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    19 10 D. N. Moore, the Oxford MM cricketer, scored 143 for Mi Ing team against Gervia Si>or' I last month.
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    GLEN KIDSTON DEAD
    288 11 GLEN KIDSTON DEAD HffORTED PLANE CRASH IN NATAL COMPANION ALSO KILLED [Reuter's Service! Capetown, May 5. •ported from Van Reenen Nival aeroplane m which iton and T. A. Gladstone ing has crashed, both being led. oici EUdston'i death v.-a.s rer at Ifuuba, ie miie^ ien. Who told the Magistrate at
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    ARSENAL EXPLOSION
    48 11 i>end and Many Injured rfNear Canton Far Eastern Service i Cr. nton. May 5. <:v killc-J, ami cieht seriously scores slightly Injured m an ex- morning m Yucliu fortress ner.r the arsenal Bit ached thereto All the fortress buildings v:ere desdetonatlon waa heard mile away. unknown.
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    PENANG SENSATION
    95 11 arge Against Former Cashier m Our Own Correspondent I Penang, May 5. 3o Haw. until recently cashier of as arrested on a warrant and proore the Police Magistrate this mornen two counts: (l> with abetment J breach of trust of $19,380 by T. C. cen May 1, 1928
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    HOME RUBBER STOCKS
    36 11 A Slight Increase Reported 1 :ESS SER VICE— COPYRIGHT I London, May 5. ndon rubber stocks increased this 85.922 to 86.512, stocks at Liverpool from 52.043 to 51,926. BuHsr cables on page 3)
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    NAVAL BASE QUARRY FATALITY
    1011 11 COURT SEQUEL Crane Driver Committed to Assizes the d-atM of m» T ctl 28th which caused taSTto recalle<i was c ™h«> to Mil (X Mmm from an overturned |™^T lin? of th c?i Mr b rerlaj evil-minded P .,cple" that Vith" hSFI Va a:: m wii
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    MODIFICATION OF TIN SCHEME
    70 11 FURTHER CURTAILMENT OF PRODUCTION CITY ANTICIPATION IFREE PRESS SER VICE-COP YRIQHT] London, May 5. The Daily Mail and the Evening News both state that there is anticipation m the City that the tin restriction scheme will shortly be modified m order further to curtail production. The
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    MADEIRA CASUALTIES
    240 11 Portuguese Destroyer Lost [Reuter's Service] Lisbon, May 5. Only now that the "war" m Madeira is over is the truth about casualties becoming known and what a rigid censorship and the Government press led the world to believe was a scatheless victory turns out to have cost Portugal
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    NAVAL AGREEMENT
    140 11 Italian Reply Causes Outburst m Paris [Reuter's Service] Paris, May 5. The Italian reply to the French counterproposals on the subject of the proposed naval agreement was delivered at the Quai D'Orsay yesterday and evoked an outburst of anger m the newspapers which oppose the Italian counter-proposals as
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    90 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES TFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, May 5. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £104 15 16 (£lO2 11 16). Forward £106 516 (£lO4 1 16). The market is firm. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify
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    CHINESE ANNIVERSARY
    90 11 Quiet Celebration m Ipoh (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 5. The celebration of the anniversary of the Chinese Convention, which is somehow linked up with Labour Day, was generally observed here by the closing of all shops and the display of Republican flags. There were no signs
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    62 11 Among those presented to His Majesty the King at the Levee held on March 24 were Major Charles Congdon, R.M., on promotion, 2nd Lt. George Plowerdew, R.A., on appointment and Mr. J. Dunford-Wood of Ipoh. Major (then Captain) Congdon was Malaya's Btar batsman against the Australians m 1927 while Lieut.
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    PASSENGER SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
    43 11 READY BY END OF YEAR An Evening News Report (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. May 5. The Evening News states that Imperial Airwajl by the end of 1931 will have completed arrangements for a through passenger service to Australia.
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    PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
    148 11 An Ovation for Marshal Chiang [Reuter's Par Eastern Service 1 Nanking, May 5. The people's Convention opened at nine o'clock this morning. Among prominent people present were Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal Changh Sueh-liang, Minister cf War. Mr. Ho Ying Ching and Pan Chen Lama, attired in~ a saffron
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    MOTOR GARAGE BLAZE
    315 11 Insurance Company Sued for Over $200,000 A sequel to the disastrous fire at the premises of the Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926) Ltd., m Batu Bond, Kuala Lumpur on the nigliL of April 16 17th.. 1929. was a claim for $221,340. together with interest at 8 per
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    THE SCREEN
    274 11 Feet First at the Capitol (By Our Film Correspondent). Feet First, which opened at the Capitol last evening, deals with the escapades of a young shoe salesman, at first suffering from an inferiority complex, but. after undergoing a correspondence personaliiy course triumphs m love and business. His subsequent
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    53 11 The Hon. Mr. E. W. F. Oilman. Resid-nt Councillor, Penang. who is procseding on three months' leave prior to retirement from the Malayan Civil Service, sailed frcm Penang by the P. and O. Rajputana. Mr. Gilman went on board shortly after 6.30 and a hr?p crowd called on board to
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    WRECK OF THE LINER MAALBAR
    111 12 V j Graphic Photographs of the Last j Minutes of the Doomed Liner I GIANT ROLLSRB reduced ttM Ifatabftr to fragments. The rtotrt hull was broken into three pioce3. The stern disappeared, and this section from amidships ond the boxy were all that itmaintd after
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    HOW THE MALABAR FOUNDERED
    1449 12 HOW T HE MALABAR FOUNDERED NO PANIC ABOARD Ship Smashed by Huge Seas Further detail?; of the wreck of the Burns,] Philp liner Malabar, bound liorn Melbourne to Bydney, en route to EUngapore sre now avail-] able. At 6.56 a.m.. while the pmwfpgfn were flrcas 1 Ing for breakfast bip,
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      EARLY DAYS OF RUGBY
      748 13 When a Head was Used As a Ball JSST, r2S that the Romans indulged m football cf which the present Rugby game is he outcome, and it is related that m the £LT m thC Clty f Chester an essentially Roman settlement, it was the custom
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      GOLF
      220 13 Roehampton Cup As Trial [By British Air Mail] fProm Our Own Correspondent] London, April 14. Whatever surprises may have characterised the qualifying tests and the early rounds m the match-play stages of the Roehampton £200 tournament, it was Charles A. Whitcombe fCrews Hill), the British "Ryder" Cup team captain,
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      PERRY'S GREAT PLAY
      212 13 Fine Victories over Powell and Miki fFrom Our Own Correspondent^ >M,.t T London, April 9. MikfTn'trTfl 1 Semi flnal and fo thf f 6 3 and the toe taken for the two matches was tost under jn^ety minutes. Powe ll is one of thLe players ,who never
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      SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY
      308 13 Dunfermlinc Win Charity Tournament [From Oor Own Correspondent] Lordcn, April 9. DmuermiuK. folio**} up their succcs m the club championship by winning the b"rnamait m aid of the Edinburgh Royal In- I OnnMy. a last minute try enabling them to triumph over Stewart's College <F.P fa* years m
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      HOME FOOTBALL
      177 13 Scotland Beaten m Junior Internationa] [From Our Own Corrccpondent] Lor don, April 9. The 33rd Junior International match between Scotland and England was played on Saturday at Villa Park. Birmingham. Play m the first half was even, with England scoring first through Coxall (Piggotfs) and Comrie 'Denny Hibbs)
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      WOMEN'S LACROSSE
      79 13 England Win International Tournament [From Our Own Correspondent J London, April 14. This year's series of women's international lacrosse matches concluded at Dublin on Saturday when Wales beat Ireland by 9 goals to s— after the visitor's boat has been fog-bound m the Irish Sea. The table finished
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      A STUDY IN TWO BLUES
      81 13 Cambridge Sporting- Superiority Oxford wen at «?olf, but flMßti liljjll are far ahead m the inter-university spcrtii,,, struggle of the academic year, which l:*str, from October to July. Here is the record Cambridge won .—Boat race, sports, relays,' squash, fencing. Eton flves, Rugby fives, ju-Jitsu.
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      291 13 The Allenburys" Foo< I are particularly suited to the I fcedipn: of infanta m hot climates. They arc free I trcm barmluJ germs, and are readily prepared by the 1 •ample addition of boiling v/ater, thus giving complete 8 independence of doubtful milk supplies. Moreover, 1 p they arc practically
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      572 14 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer Dae Singapore. 8.8. CITY OP BATAVIA May 18 8.8. CITY OF CORINTH June 9 HOMEWARDS. 8.8. CITY OF
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      456 14 P. £r> O. British India and Apcar Ik* (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMr LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA japan Tonnage. Singapore. T *><* 1931. KARMALA 9 Sll)fa^. RANPURA 16,600
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      708 15 0. S. K. Line X0 X H HOPE. AFRICA. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA •zzrss.tx™ -™~s£T L 0N ,x>v MA«« LONDON, Rotterdam, Hamburg (Bremen) and Antwerp May 30 31 B1O MM>"<> MARIJ DURBAN. P Elizabeth, Cape Town Rio de Jane ro Santos Montevideo and Buenos Aires (Round-the-world Passage £190)
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      469 15 '^m OF FAMOUS 'gj 10% PRESIDENT LINERS. fffl TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON, FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ TORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES AND GENOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. Pres. Harrison May 11 May 14 May 16 June 23 Pres. Hayes May 25
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    JUNK OWNER'S CLAIM
    323 16 Supreme Court Case Concluded The action brought by Low Tick Sim. the Chinese junk owner, against the Straits Settlements Government and the Singapore Slipway Engineering Co.. claiming nearly $17,000 damages m respect ol The loss of v junk and its cargo following its examination early m 1930
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    SHIPBUILDING DEPRESSION
    199 16 Hope for Better Times Sir Alexander Kennedy, speaking after the launch of the peddle steam. r Jeanie Dean; tor the L.N.ER. Company. Irom the Pailiteld BhlpbUttdng Yard, Glasgow, said thai during the last months lesa them i quarter of i million tons of new shipping had been ordered.
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    SUPER-TRAWLER'S FIRST TRIP
    141 16 Elaborate Equipment on Fleetwood Vessel Fleetwood, April Fleotv-ood's new super steam trawler, th^ Margaret Rose, It it on her first lirhing voyago from her home port to-day. She has cost between £18 000 and £20.000. and has been built for the Boston Deep Sri Fishing and Ice
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    22 16 Kedah Brit. 1.033, from Belawan Deli 6. for Penanp. Belawan Deli 7. Norviken, Nor. 1.779, from Sourabaya 5, for Hong Kong 6.
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    27 16 May 5.— C. Hin Tay Yit, Mangola. K'-lantan Clytoneus, Kepong, Gemas, Hong Kwong Esmeralda. Hong Kent (Brit); Van Lansberpe Tomohon, Sliigkara (Dut) Tottori Mani (JamDukdt iNor>.
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      557 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOU BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. lO'gular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA 7 37.5 toot) arid the S.S. MANOOIA (3.352 tons).. [Cargo onlyl ss. MAHELI.A h cue of UK laii—.t and BttMl *rf:imrrft Inuftaf to Aihi; tlia
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      109 16 jgj norths wSfef HMD ftxturrs: OUTWARDS. I AHN For Hon^ KOOf, c Taku. Dalny. T Mki Kobe DEiifH DfOBR >^' M. Ron Bhai [h 1 1 TWngtau S I TPPE lor Bail la#vottodi HOMEWAEI PFALZ r-.r Rotterdam, H FUI DA F(ir C»» n< a i> tcrdam, Bamburg md Bi AI>STER
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      220 16 The M.M mail rttatnci Fntx Rousse! is dus hrre from Balgon on the 6th Jnst. at noon aad v:lll probably sail the same day at 4 p.m. f<»r Colombo. Djibouti, Suez, Pert Said and Marseilles. She will berth at ihe S.H.B. Wharves. The growth m the use cf marine aircraft
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      NATURALISTS WITH THE FLEET
      278 17 Research Work During West Indian Cruise Durtni the went visit of the Atlantic Fleet to the West Indies naturalist from the British Muslim (Natural History >. South Ken--i- -ton mm far the Hrst Brae carried m one of his Majesty, ships during the ordinary spring cruise
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      22 17 im~n on claim to have the most modern -j;Ld Prtcuca^and theorcticaUy m all mat£r "relating to the Industry. There «c reading irX^anrxeLrchca^outon^.
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      ON THE BANKS
      1569 17 With the French Fishing true that the French fishing tail for the Newfoundland Bankd cans the severance of yrt another .id days of sails. tun<-> hears an old-time seaman th»t "there are no longer any sailors isL paintwork cleaners." and It be idmttted that there is something
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      1512 17 Strain of Hours of Waiting on Rum Row St. Pierre II Xiqurion. j One of the real tragedies of the run: racket In the eyes of the MtMUM of the North At- i lantic fleet Ls th?t all the romance has |9M out j of the traffic to-day,
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      72 17 The United States Government tfkipplttl authorities are now planning to institute a thorough investigation into the financial posiI tion of shipowners to find whether subventions are Justified In each case. This applies both lin the ca.se of mail carrying subventions and loans. They will require special yearly reports and may
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      579 17 r^\%"&y*' manogttokttp thlnjun m this btastfy ctimato rmiirr i M wt>!efl cental noUi/w/gm I i* TMM& and does not Uow out." /g^i^ I Apoilinaris M.s. MEONIA Consignees of cargo per the above motorshi|> from Europe (arrived April 30 > arr hereby notified th it a general survey of all earßo
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    LOS ANGELES THE SURPRISING
    548 18 A PRO-BRITISH CITY Englishmen m High Places Los Angeles. Los Angeles, though a city which could exist only In the States, having carried tc extremes all the more extravagant features of American life, is nevertheless the most proBritish city m the whole of the Union. Surprising
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    MUSTAPHA KEMAL
    26 18 Re-election as Turkish President IReuter's Service I Angcra, May 5. Ghazi Muitapha Kemal has been elected President of the Republic for his fourth t°rm.
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    INDIAN QUESTIONS
    159 18 The Boycott of British Goods I British Radio Official Servicol Ruffby. May 4. Answering a question m the House of Commons on the Irwin -Gandhi agreement and the economic boycott of British goods the Secretary for India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn, said the purpose of the agreement was to
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    "AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY"
    153 18 Mr. Dreiser's Objection to Film "Vivisection" New York, April 8. Mr. Theodore Dreiser was reported by the Los Angeles Examiner to-day to have decided to seek the aid of a Federal Court to prevent the producers of a talking film version of his novel, "An American Tragedy,"
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    18 18 The Civil Service Commission announces an examination on Iffcy 8 for cadeiships In the Colonial Service m Malaya.
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    IDUL AZHA
    180 18 Moslem Celebration m London London, April 28. Idul Azha was celebrated at both mosques m the vicinity of London. Prayers at the VVoking mosque were conducted by Imam Abdul Majid, who m an address referred to the colour problem and drew attention to the feeling of unity m
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    34 18 Group Captain H. M. Cave-Brown-Cay rtm DFC Wh Was fo ™«-ly Commanding Officer m the Par East Coinmani. Singaoorc has succeeded Air Vice-Marshal Holt as Director of Technical Develops rut at fcbe Mr Utnistrv.
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    RAS TAFARI'S POLISH WIFE
    126 18 Romance of Poor Jewess A poor Jewish tailor, named Braver. who lives at Podkamien, a Polish village, has received a letter from his daughter, who disappeared from home many years ago. enclosing -3.000, and informing him that she is one of :he wives of the new
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    LORD IRWIN
    46 18 London Interview with Premier [British Radio— Official Bervlre] Rugby, May 4. j Lord Irwin liad a long conversation to-day with the Secretary for India, Mr. W. Wedgwood Benn. Later he had an interview with the Prime Minister. He loft London to-night for the North.
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      262 18 You need I no better car I than the 1931 CHEVROLET Even high priced motoring gives you little more comfort, or speed or power or convenience than you get when you try this amazing 1931 Chevrolet Dollar for Dollar it is TO-DAY'S GREAT VALUE BORNEO CHEVROLET LTD., Orchard Road Singapore.
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      404 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Eishopsgate, London, E.G. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amritsar Hollo Semarang
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      330 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq, Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelf ord, Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. Sir
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      296 18 INSURANCE^ THE /C SOUTH f||k; BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY I ivtrrr FIRE, MARINE, t£sSt MOTOR 3 CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED xi LOWEST CURRENT KVIFs L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Kjj* Office: 2, Finiayum O**, PERSONAL MflDfim. FATAL ACCIDENTS are vrnci.,;. HAVE you made provLs-on for of your dependents ihouW overture you? IT only costs
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    REMBAU JELEI
    68 19 Strong Financial Position i'KESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, May 5. Ji-ki annual meeting adopted the .Wtaf a profit of £7.000. The financial wiis con-sidered to bo strong and the y is undertaking nil possible economy. If&lay report for 1930 discloses a profit I sum of £7,873 Ls carried
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    THE LINOTYPE
    323 19 E Machines m Use m *;3 Countries tad lfa< ninety, limited, Aluincham, m Increase ol bu during the past particularly In the oversea trade, Tore than M.OOQ linotypes ure producing tq* co Ul 63 difterent countries and Keren! language,, including the foiiowan, Ap^'lo-Saxon. Arabic. Armenian. Lan, Bulgarian. Burmese.
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    MYSORE GOLD REPORT
    269 19 port of the Mysore Gold Mining Com- that during 1930 99,4380z. of fine lading 5.4570* from rich pillars) were 3m 190 829 tons of ore milled and m the reduction works, and. In addi--soz. were recovered m dismantling the I from ilaga and clean-up of plants, th?
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    30 19 ■r. CHlftJUn A &k, Kuala Lumpur Agents: Wang Output 578.67 e.ffainst 234.14 Hours 547; against 583; Yards 70,641; ■^tost 43,430. •^tPuiHi ItkM 190: Tribiitors 131: Total
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    106 19 Changes m Representative Prices [United Ptbm Asaocfctios] May 5. Ami man Can Common uo Cities Service (Com.) 15 u Columbia Qas and Electric 32 a" Curtis Wright S Z Electric Bond and Share Corp. 431^ General Electric Co 441^ General Motors 42 National City Bank 3314
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    IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA
    309 19 Outside Growths' of Cotton In thr current issue of the Empire CottonB rowing Review, the journal of th? Empire Cotton-growing Corporation. Mr. John A. Todd, m his usual article on cotton statistics, discusses the poaHluu of the 'outside*' growths of cotton. He shows that the relative ngrures
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    BIG DEBENTURE ISSUE
    280 19 Fox Film Corporation Reorganization A message received from New York states that a number of American bankers, including Mr. Albert H. Wiggin. chairman of the Chase National Bank, have been invited, and have agreed to join, the directorate of the Fox Film Cm-poration. as a preliminary step
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    BULLION AND SPECIE
    64 19 Imports of gold Into Great Britain and Northern Ireland registered from midday on March 30 to midday on April 2 were £394,709, Including £272,459 from South Africa (of which £250 000 was m sovereigns). £01.113 from British India and £40.391 from British West Africa. Exports of gold
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    To-Day's Price Changes.
    419 19 To- Day's Price Changes. May 5 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 213 27|32 London, 3 months* sight 2)3 13J16 London, 60 days' sight 2(3 25(32 London, 30 days* sight 2J3 3 4 London, demand 2)3 23(32 kondon, T.T. 2(3 11J16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg, demand 234 M; LVw
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    929 19 TUESDAY, MAY STH CLOSING QUOTATIONS DOLLAR UI BULKS AUenbys ($1) 70 90 Alor Gajah (sl> 60 75 A. Hitam (sl> 80 1.00 Am. Malay ($2; 90 1.10 A. Kunlng (#l> 20 30 Ayer Moi#k (sl> 60 70 Ay«r Panae ($1) 75 85 Ba»«tt ($l) 45 50 Brogae
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    184 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. May 5. Tin is again lower to-day, by £2 10s. London and 5.8 locally. Rubber however has improved slightly by New York. 1 16 London. Rubbers:— No business is reported, but there are small buyers of Malaka Pindas at 59. of Mentakabs at 21. 500
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    KLANANG PRODUCE
    129 19 The rubber output of the Klanamr Pioduce Company for 1930 amounted to 1.135.9901 b. (against 1.150 8401 b. foe the previous year> and the average gross price realized was 4.82 d. per lb. (against 9.54 d.>. In addition 2 285.447 coconuts were gathered during the year, produced 528',
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    AMHERST ESTATES (SELANGOR) RUBBER
    101 19 AMHERST ESTATES (SELANGOR) RUBBER The Ambers! Estates <Selangor) Rubber Ct>mpany harvested a crop of 623.4341 b daring 1930 (against 594.7941 b. during the previous year*. Tapptng was carried out on the ABC system, v.hich provides for one-third of the mature area being rested throughout the year. The average gross price
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    64 19 May Mh.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.SS. eqmi] to I^ii'lon Standard. Spot 8;, 8 Standard R.s.s. on Tender May 8\ 9\! June 9 9 1; July-Sept. 9 1, t% July-Sopt. 9 9\l Oct.-Dec. 0\ 10" j Ton»> i>t Market —Quiet. Latest Cable —Lonrion Spot
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    87 19 Th report for the year to November 3U hist of the Edinburgh Rubber Estates states thai the crop of rubber harvested was 461,M81b. and was obtained at an Ma]l-ln M cost of 6.05 d per lb. The sum rtanrtlng at credit of profit and loss account amounts to £6.331. The
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    MARKET PRICE LIST
    473 19 Singapore. May I. The prices quoted are generally those IUMHIiI at Clyde Terrace Market. At the Other mark- ta there may be small variations. MEAT Best steak (Round) K;iti 48 Beef stew or curry do 45 Perk. Jean do U Pork, lean and fat I Ist quality
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    LANADRON RUBBER
    95 19 a crop <;f 1.056,7701 b. m bamtUd by th<: Lanadroa Rubber Bstaiet ciurinc 1930 (a«;unst 1,*****51 b. during Ittt), -md the BPermgc net pale price, ineltuliu« t\w cstimatod valur of th«unsold portion of the crop, was 4.99 d p« lt> ''against 8.74d>. Tht acounts show a |OM ol
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    CLUNY RUBBER
    89 19 The Cluny Rubber Estates harvested a crop of 380,9001 b. during 1930 (against 436,0001 b durinß tht« previous year>. and the average net sale price. tnchHttng the estimated value of tlir usold portion of the crop, was 5.57 d. per Ib (against 9.80 d.». The result of the
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    WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES
    1194 20 Cric!u-t. n. S. Gill In Singapore— Inter<'iul> Lawn Tennis.— «S*~r»'io«» Coxing Germany';; Lawn Tennis KcUpoc. Nsrtr English Cricket Svkvtion Committee. The Indian Association ißMrid l^e able to meet with rather more motM m tl;cir cricket programme this reason than they haw- clone m the last hrn yean
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    WEEK-END HONOURS LIST
    73 20 Batting 107 llamicl. Ceylon S.C. Y.M.CA. 75 H. B. Noon, S.C.C. vs. Indian A?.socn. 66 D. Ess. St. Josephs VS. U.E. 58* P. Johnson. SRC. vs. Glcucrsters. 54* Cassichitty. Y.M.CA. vs. Ceylon SC. 51 E. Then. St. Joseph's VS. U.E. BOWXINCi 6 tec 26 Morfondo. St. Jo
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    THE RYDER CUP TEAM
    7 20 THE RYDER C UP TEAM Fred Robson
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    BRITAIN'S SELECTED
    79 20 Reuter's Service 1 London, May 5. Following upon recent trials the Professional Golfers' Association has selected the following to represent Gr^at Britain m the Ryder Cud contest at Scioto Club. Columbus' Ohio on June 2G and 27. Charles Whitrombe, Crews Hill (captain), Archie Compston, Combe Hill, H. C.
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    84 20 Kent and Glamorgan Win Their Opening Games [Reuters Service] London, May 5. County cricket matches to-day resulted as follows: KENT vs. ESSEX Essex 224 (O'Connor 100: Freeman 8 for 109) and 126 (Freeman 7 for 33V Kent 397 (Hardinge 128). Kent won by an innings and 47 runs.
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    NEW SWIMMING RECORD
    56 20 Madrid Woman's Three Days m Water [Reuter's Service] Brisbane. May 5. The Maori woman, whose swimming achievements enable her to support her family, Mrs. Katarina Nehua. beat the world's endurance urinating record by remaining m the water 72 hour?. 21 minutes, namely 12 minutes longer than her
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    PENANG ASSOCIATION
    55 20 Darul Aihshan Club Resigns From Our Penang Correspondent] Peiiang. May 5. Owing to the resignatior of the Darulaihsan Football Club from the Penang Football A^soctatfton, the League match nrraneed against the C.R.C. yesterday was not played. This following the withdrawal of ihe P.R.C. from the Liaguf. has cau^d
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    LAWN TENNIS
    146 20 S.C.C. vs. Singapore Japanese The Singapore Crkket Club will meet ho Singapore AaffWjeea Tennis Clu'j at lawn tennis at the S.C.C. next week, ihe programme being as follows TUESDAY MAY 12th Doubles. s. afatsukmwa p.. Smith. S. Kawajiri A. D. Andersen. K. Nozu D. H. Kli'inman. H. Nishiyama
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    SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING
    896 20 TODAY'S RACES The Scratchings and Selections Overnight prospects for to-day's racing were mere favourable than for last Saturday and even if rain falls the going should be much better. In consequence the horses ought to run more to form. There have been very few scratchings so that
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    FIVE GOALS FOR THE S.C.C.
    642 20 FIVE GOALS FOR THE S.C.C. GAME WITH PULAU BRANI Club Team Combine Well S.C.C 5; Pulau Brani 1. The S.C.C. defeated the Pulau Brani by five gcals to one m their Ist division match at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday afternoon before a large crowd. The game was a very
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    CHARITY FOOTBALL
    38 20 The S.C.F.A. will meet the Glosters on Monday, at Jalan Besar Stadium m a Charity Match, the proceeds of which will go towards the Anglo-Chine?-? School Building Fund. The match will start at 5 p.m. sharp.
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    S.C.C. vs. CHINESE
    33 20 The following players will represent the S.C.C. m the match with the Chinese at the Stadium on Saturday: Adams; Elmer, Thorn ten; Harper, Reade, Donald; Brown, Joy. Kendall. Brummitt, Johnson.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    149 20 S.C.C. cricket teams for the week-end are as follow: Vs. S.R.C. at S.R.C. on Saturday commencing at 2 p.m.: R. H. Laverton (Capt.), W. W. Dean, A. L. B. Perkins, D. C. Burn, C. B. Maxwell, L. W. Byrde, K. C. Bryant, J. E l Jeans, T. M.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    41 20 The May Monthly Medal will be played, lor on Saturday ond Sunday, and the Ladies .Spoon (Stroke) on Monday. The qualifying round for the Ladies' Empire Dock Cup will be played of! m conjunction with the May Spoon.
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