The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 May 1931

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,334. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, &S. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    429 1 sxsys: sxsys: Scratching and selections for to-day's races Page 20. The S.C.C. were severely trounced by the R.A.F. 7 goals to 2 at the Stadium last evening Page 20. While the riot fever has surprisingly subsided m Madrid there is still trouble m the provinces Page 11.
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    THE NEW INDIA AND HER POETS
    1265 1 "I suppose it is thought very daring and modern for you to study and write poetry." someone said to me th? other day. writes Miss Shah Nawaz m Overseas. Such an idea made me laugh. Indian women have always done these things. During tho
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      388 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO POM, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MIIJL OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADUiO PROVISION STORES. j RAFFLES HOTEL I j Special Tea Dance 8 Cabaret I COMMENCING 6.15 P.M. I The Comedy Tourists, I ROSE LEE. JEANNINE ELLIOTT. TED COLLETT, REX STOREY I Sea
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      315 1 1 SPECIFY GREEN ISLAND CEMENT I < k I I i BRITISH COLONIAL MANUFACTURE > SOLE AGENTS: I McALISTER Co., Lid. EUROPE^ HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" I TO-DAY TIFFIN MENU TO-DAY I Iced Couyomme TQrf\ato Soup Fried Chferimin. An^vr. Butter 1 Boiled KaPhi Ost^ndaise Stewed Tripe and Onions Chicken Cutlets
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      65 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Goodyear tyres lead Page 5. Hotel announcements Pa Re I. Cinema advertisements Page 2. Chevrolet special phaeton Page 5. Join K. and W's. Book-Lovers Library Pair 0. Try Nestles Swiss Milk Chocolate Croquette: —Page 7. ITHF GIFT SHOP! FOR EXQUISITE PRESENTS J UNUSUAL QUALITY j 9 THE ARCADE.!
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS
    307 2 Routine Orders by Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. T. Reilly. M.C Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore. May 13. <?nmp&. The following camp is republished for information Place Unit Asßemblt- Disperse Siglap B.R.E <v> May 16 May 17 ■■pi The following Range Allotments are republished for information. Buses Leave Drill Hall Saturday
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    67 2 Tlu- following is Uw programme of drills up to und for wtvk ending May nth. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. "M.G." Pin. XEuraaian), Advanced MO. Drill, 2nd. Bn. S.S* V.P. (Signal Section). Signal Training. SRA (V). Battery Parade. S.R.E. <v>. Ceremonial Drill. Thursday, 515 p.m DrUl Hall.
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      397 2 The use of "GRAFTON" Germicidal Soap m your bath, and "AGNESIA" Dusting Powder after your bath will ensure freedom from PRICKLY HEAT. Insist on the Trade Marks "GRAFTON" and "AGNESIA" as they designate superior quality MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opposite Q.P.o Singapore Increasingly Popular Daily!* j ONE VISIT will convince you
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      192 2 I Victoria Theatre COMMENCING SATURDA V NEXT MA V Kith AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. NANDYS CONTINENTAL REVUE I I THIS IS NOT A TALKIE. SEE THE SUBSTANCE NOT THE SHADOW. SINGING, DANCING, COMEDY. BOOKING AT JOHN LITTLES $3, $2 1. I RETURN OF I MARTENOT. Monday June Ist, Tuesday
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      207 2 I c.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 1 i 1 t *T The -World* Fvmnext Women" Marie Dressier I and Polly Moran with Charles King I I 1 Bessie Love i AND ALL STAR CAST IN Ii CHASING ii RAINBOWS 1 1 Glorious Songs Glorious Colour Brilliant Comedy j r 1 1 A
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      310 2 THE WEEK Wednesday. 1 th Hmh Water. 07 30. 6.9 ft.. 30.19. 7.4 II Singapore Races. 4th Day. Lawn Tmnls: S.C.C. vs. Japanese L.T.C. at sec Foot toll Uiv I Pulau Brain vs SRC at SUtdium PRe.s. Div. Gloucester Rtft vs. R A., at SRC; Div II Post Oflire vs.
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    THE MUI-TSAI SYSTEM CONDEMNED
    377 3 COMMONS CHARGES Spirited Defence of Hong Kong Government I Reuter's Service J London, May 12. The system of mui-tsai In Hong Kong was strongly attacked by Sir John Simon (Lib., Bpen Valley) In the House of Commons this afternoon, and a sturdy defence of the Hong
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    INDIAN BOYCOTT
    207 3 Tendency for British Exports to Increase I Renter*! Service I Londcr.. May 11. Tbe profound effect of the trade depression m India Is often overlooked m Britain. s:ud Mr. G. M. Gillett (Secretary of the Dept. of Overseas Trade i m the liouse of Commons, replyinu during consideration
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    FRENCH PRESIDENCY
    163 3 M. Briand Confident of Election (Havas Serviced Paris, May 11. If. Briand has agreed to stand as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. M. Doumer. Senatcr and former Governor of Indo-China and M. Henne:sy. a Deputy and former Ambassador, will also be candidates. Reuters Servic? I
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    AUSTRIAN FIRM'S LOSSES
    107 3 How Financial Crisis was Averted [Reuters Service Vienna, May 12. T> has just been disclosed that a great manna j crisis with incalculable national results has been averted after negociations lasting for bite days. The Austrian Credit Institution for trade and industry recently informed the G> vernment
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    CANTON CHALLENGE TO NANKING
    176 3 SERIOUS REVOLT Chiang Kai-shek's Warning [Reuter's Far Eastern Service I Nanking. May 12. That the revolt m Canton is regarded seriously by the Government and that military measures are likely is indicated by a sp?ech by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to-day. H? SCOUted Chen Chi-tang of seizing
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    A NEW DEVELOPMENT
    210 3 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners rfliuier*s iarviee] l<omi: r. May li. m the House of Comment, Answering -uio--Hone, Mr. A. Henderson (Foreign Secretary), said Sir Mik>s Lampso l reported that the Chiceae Government issued on May 4 a mandate applying unilaterally certain arrangements f'.r the exercise of jurisdiction over
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    INDIAN AIR POLICY
    162 3 A New and Separate Service 'British Radio Official Service 1 Uiijiby. May li. Questioned as to his intentions regardtaf :he Indian Air Force Mr. W. Wedgwood Benn, the Secretary for India, ct-itod m fie Houu of Commons thru what ,\a<-, contemplated wa~ -.he creation of an Indian
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    MR. COURTAULD'S RESCUE
    144 3 Watkins Party at Angmagsalik Rcuter'.s Service I Copenhagen. May 12. Til? Watkinj* sledge party which rescued Mr. A. Courtauld has reached Angmagsalik. Previous messages stated that a dot,' sledge party, led by Mr. Watkins. had rescued Mr. Courtauld. who voluntarily remained on a Greenland ice cau during
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    S. AMERICAN TRADE
    142 3 Prince's Speech to Birmingham Husiness Men I Reiner's Bertie* I London. May 12. Over 1.200 manufacturers wire present at a banquet at Birmingham last night to hear the speech uf the Prince of Wales on his first public appearance since his tour of South America. The Prince
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      332 3 Electricity t^ ECONOMY AND SERVICE I \[[9[ 5j On Duty Your Electric j I Power Supply is available I 24 hours a day To Light, Heat, Cook and Clean. wmmrwm i w—^ run been withRevolution m the treatment of Teeth ■HTTP BY STEP THE simply show thai yourboJydoe* science of
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      705 3 «g^!Ti!fi!l?JEfi^^ j Estate Trust Agencies i I (1927) Limited. 1 1 BRANCHES: j 9 II 1 f. 4 Cross Street MALACCA. jfj 11, Light Street PENANG. i 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. j W Registered by and Security deposited with I W the Straits Settlements Government. g Act as Trustees,
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    "POOR, THIN FELLOW—IT'S A SHAME!"
    190 4 "POOR, THIN FELLOW— IT'S A SHAME Vet There's an Easy Remedy. It's an eld taL\ A well -bull:, iobu.t scrt of fclluw sudden y begins to cracl; up' lose, weight each week, always sec-ms tired and depiusscd. begins to look 'weedy.' He's made the common mistake of forgetting Nature's law
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    AMERICA'S MODERN "STAR CHAMBER"
    968 4 LAW OF TORTURE Problems of Third Degree Methods New York. 1 The obtaining of confession of crime m America by a process of torture and intimidation is a problem which is affecting the administration of justice more and more writes the Daily Express Special Correspondent. I
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    MEMORIAL TO BRAVE "OUTCASTS"
    468 4 A "BEAU GESTE" Desert Fighters No Law Can Touch A Centenary salute to adventurers Such were the impressive celebrations m Morocco on April 30 m honour cf the French Foreign Legion, the most dare-devil and the most discussed regiment m the world. A memorial, the first
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    NARCISSUS BULB WORTH £16
    99 4 New Variety at Tamar Valley Flower Show t Plymouth. The beautiful new "Fortune"' narcissus, for which £16 is being asked for a single bulb, was seen by hundreds of visitors to the Tamar Valley Horticultural Show. It is a butter colour with a deep tint ci
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    FASHION'S NEW MIRROR
    341 4 Most cf us remember those displays of rathet self-conscious mannequins manoeuvring m muddily tinted drawing-rooms with which the earn* moving pictures sought to give an air of elegance to their "topical budgets." They are almost the only thing that has not improved since the "topicals" became "news
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    75 4 he may, if he desires, make a statement not under oath concerning the charge against him. There is substituted, for the dubious process behind the closed door, an open proceeding before a responsible official. The whole question is so intricately entangled with all the problems involved m the administration and
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    RIVIERA ANNOYED
    236 4 Chaplin Keeps The Duke of Connaught Waiting Paris. April 9 American and British society pocp'e en m? Riviera are considerably annoyed by Mr. Charles Chaplin's tehaviour on the occasion of the first performance of his film City Light;; at Nice. They consider that British royalty was slighted. The
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    BOOTLEG RADIO
    101 4 Englishman Sentenced m New York New York, April 18. Cecil Molyneux. an Englishman said to be an Oxford graduate, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the United States District Court m Brooklyn for operating an illegal wireless station. Molyneux, who is also known as Cecil P.
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    INSANITY ALLEGED IN MOTORING OFFENCE
    77 4 Evidence that a prisoner was insane and unfit to plead was given at Woodbvid^e (Suffolk) petty sessions when a man was charged with driving away a motcr-car without the consent of the owner and driving a car m a dangerous manner. It was stated that
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    SCHNEIDER SECRETS
    303 4 "Doctor's" Pupils Under Guard Fclixstrv.'c, April 4 Hush! Hush! Squadron-Leader Orebtar. ths slim, ycuthful headmaster of the fastest scho j m the world, has sent his six speed-crazy pupils to bed. Tiny bullet-like machine- hr, been st ;.7 c away m their cot.en mocl under .he gr?at r^d
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    MANSFIELDS' EMPLOYEES' CASE
    74 4 To be Tried m District Court I From Our Own Correspondent Penar-g, May 11. T. C. Shafto, ex-accountant of Mancfi-ldi. and Khoc Ngo Haw. ex-cashier, appeared In the Police Court this morning. Mr. Hume, for the prcprosecuticn, said the D P.P. had given Instructions that the case
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    33 4 Mr. A. G. Glenister of Ipoh. Perak, is \xp-rt-ed to arrive m England on June Ist. when ila address will be care of Mrs. W. J. Gleni -> r Stone Dean Carew Road. Eastbourn?.
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    JUROR WHO TALKED
    270 4  -  British A.r Mail! Case Stopped After Seven Days [By London. April Mr. Justice McCardie. m the Km. I Division yeterday. discharged a |U directed that the action b: reheard befon anjther jury m consequence of the mi< a juror m discussing the case with m<mlx-r of the
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    EQUALIZATION IS VITAI
    59 4 In these days of 15.030 to 15,01 lining performance the treachery strej.s nay net m d bo many m I service static n fcr brak- ftt< iame. no etr owner should WVI K)k \h absolutely equalised brafcai m wi-t m equalitkn that miy nevsr i dry. smooth
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    44 4 Miss Catherine Man. 1 Wigmoi daughter of Dr. and Mi> OMTfC I Ragleth House. Church Stn:t is engaged to Mr. Ililualll Stmrt Sitiawan. Federated Malay Stat<late Rev W. Stuart Whttt and of M\ White, of AddJestone. Surrey Thetl Hill take take place m Natßf
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      237 4 Wf you htt a bufferer frona Kczema, Kin^vronn, Sore-., l^f Itcliin^ Krupt!^-/.s. Ki^hcs, or any form of skin disease B Use D.D.D. Prescri' lion Just I a few drops of tliis marvellous X lotion and you havo insr.int relief. B Irritation and pain goes at or.cc, I and a few
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    CAPABILITY OF THE CAR
    489 5 MOUNTAIN TEST Registering Ton-Mile Performance Detroit Ton-mile performance as the real criterion of an automobiles all-around capability is being revived and pat to u.ve for highway k e3ts. Avay from provinc-grounds and test tracks, ton-mile is a term that has been rarely heard among automobile men
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    SPEED THRILLS
    420 5 Described by Men Who Made Records How does it fec-1 to travel at record-breaking speed What sensation does a man have when for th? first time he travels faster than any person has ever travelled before When Captain Malcolm Campbell was asked these questions as he stepped out
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    BATTERY CAP FRAGILE
    50 5 Although they sick sometimes, the battery vent caps never should be moved with any metal tool. They are fragile composkiori parts and break very easily. If the motorist will just get a firm grip on the cap he usually will find it can be moved by hand.
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    FREE WIRELESS
    142 5 Listener Two Years Without a Licence "Although this woman has used her threevalve wireless set at her home for two years without a licence there is no regulation under v. hieh we can accept her offer to pay the licence arrears," said a Post Office official at Tottenham
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    CAT THAT WAS NOT THERF
    158 5 Bullet Finds the Wrong Billet Mr. Richard Edward Tugwood, who, during the night, heard a chorus of cats m his garden at Mildmay Park. Islington, seized his aireun and flung open the window. He then saw what seemed to be a cat walking on a
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    EMPIRE TOBACCO
    215 5 Preference "of the Cireattst .11 U" The Tobacco Fedeiation of tin British Empire, which toctvdn the principal lasoctattone of tobacco growers throughout the Empin ha.s sent a tetter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer rasjpeatlnc thru if there is any likelihood Of a change m the duty on
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    REMARKABLE CAREER
    316 5 From Banking to Bankruptcy John Exley McCulloch < 59> was found guilty It the London Sessions of obtaining credit without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt. Detective J. Smith said that McCulloch. a married man living apart from his wife, after D?ing m India for eight years
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    WAS HOMER A GREEK?
    341 5 Turkish Theory that He was Not Whether Homer was a Turk or not is being seriously debated at Angora. The idea has been sponsored by the Minister of the Interior, who. when his wife recently gave him a son. named Ihe child "Omour." The leading Government
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    FOX FILM CORPORATION
    261 5 Big Financial Reorganisation Plans A New York rable message .staU\s that a number of prominent American bankers, including Mr. Albert H. Wiggm. chairman of the Chase National Bank of the City of New York. h;.ve agreed to join the directorate of the Fox Film Corporation, as a
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      171 5 I CHEVROLET Special Phaeton t The kind of car youVe glad to own at a price that suits to-day's pockets motor of previous models has now be amazed at the new value. BORNEO-CHEVROLET Ltd. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. Penang, Tr.ipinp, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Malacca, Haad Yai. IV^ GEN AT OS
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    Chess Problems and Solutions.
    1135 6  - Chess Problems and Solutions. W. J. Wood W. A. Shinkman By Our Chess Editor. Problem No. 116: (by Black 7 pieces. Problem No. 116a: (by I Black 3 pleo«S. 'I I'niversity Chess A match between Oxford and the combined Universities ol Birmingham. Manchester, and Leeds has t suited m a
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    SECRET WAR LETTER GOES TO BERLIN
    377 6 FLANDERS CAMPAIGN German Revelations of a Stolen Document Om of the most astonlshlnu Ceatt In the hLstory of spying before the war— the abstraction ol document from the room of Field Marsha! Sir William Nichohon. then Chief of the Imperial General Staff, at the
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    OLYMPIC GAMES FOR PEKINGESE
    307 6 The poor Pekingese has had to suffer m,tnv l tlMUltl tnm thos*- individuals who maintain that dof should be a do&. which, m other word:,, means they require that their faith nil t Mend should be merely an ingratiating and uncritical taJl-wagger it must be admitted
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    FOR THE BOOK SHEF
    239 6 Lady Helena, by Ga~ston I>eroux. 1 tJ T. Werner Laurie Ltd. This book contains the exploits of an honest young lawyer who is down and out and whose d(xtor advised him to go m for sports of some nature. His choice fell on house-breaking which he
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    13 6 I Miui at Luton: You cannot get intoxicated on twelve pints of beer.
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    CASES FOR THE CENSOR
    178 6 Yhe parents of an English child born m Paris arc protesting against the registrar's re.usal to allow her to be christened by a name net m the French official list of permitted bfcptismaJ designations, but a good many folk have had cause to wish some such
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    29 6 The marriage arranged between James Gordon Anderson, Sarawak Civil Service, and Geraldine Grace Lindsay Wheeler. Boscastle. Cornwall, was to have taken p!?.c? at Minster Church. Boscastle. on May 2.
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    ANOTHER "SPECIAL"
    68 6 ANO THER "SPECI AL" /\X Tuesday the Fre^ Press was able to give Ka readers the first ofiirial statement by Beam gamers, IVeaatei t of the Spanish Provisional Government. tn the recent upheaval m Spain. Below we publish a despatch from a Special Correspondent m Seville, dealing with the events
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    ELECTIONS IN SEVILLE
    873 6 ELECTIONS IN SEVILLE (By a Special Correspondent). Seville, April 12. QUIETLY, .sedately almost, this city, stronghold of And ilucia and a monarchical centra, went Socialist -Republican m to-day 'a municipal elections. Thus, almost on the anniversary of the bloody disaster of Anual m 1921 whore tin thousand Spanish boys died
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    Bridge Notes and Problems.
    1329 6  - Bridge Notes and Problems. HORATIUS THE DESPISED DOUBLETON By BRIDGE is still inflicted with a few I gacie.from its parent, whist, and one of the most mischievous survivors is the convention that a lead from a doublet-n must be bid. But bridge is a very mucn different IBM from whist.
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    "MY DEAR STANLEY"
    189 6 The nrrlwjn of letters between M: and Mr. Chamberlain drnws tone from a correspondent of the Maiuh-t dlan on "the curious modern custom m by which Ministers nnd e\-M:n: each other by 'given" nanvs Dtttereni pi will met diiTerently to thi^ lltt'n i people with political meMriea
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    MR. PEPYS' RELICS
    197 6 The Hem In the Pepys which there was nosf curl private rnwifimmleuu and n i ;'.pir;. consisting of Goo letti Including le n of buc N I and KneUer, ■rnimrd t>.\ hli w •Jarkson. This wai BOUghl l** M: for 1.000 guineas. It eras known I beta
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    LAST HOUR'S OF SHACRLETON MISS BOBBIE HEINE
    864 7 LAST HOUR'S OF SHACRLETON MISS BOBBIE HEINE FATAL JOURNEY "I Wonder If I Shall See That Lagoon" Commander Frank Wor.sley, D.5.0., master Of Shackleton's Endurance, has written a book which sheds brilliant light on the adventures which made the explorer famous. The author was with Shaekleton when he lost the
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    164 7 14 Lawn Tennis Girls as Guard of Honour at Wedding l'i< 1« rmatil/liurß. April 8. Fourteen lawn tennis are forming a Viiiard of honour to-day at the w;Kiding of Miss Bobbie" Heine, the popular lawn tennis player. ;o Mr. J. H. K. Miller, a tamer and well-known athlete. Miss Heine,
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    TESTING ROAD COURTESY
    240 7 Novel Trial for Motor Cycles and Cars A hundred drivers, with vehicles ranging from 250 c.c. solo motor cycles up Co a 3-ton > six-wheeler, took part m a novel "Road Courtesy and Safety Test" held by the North j Manchester Motor Club, leports T\v Motor Cycle.
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION
    183 7 Amongst action taken at a meeting of Committee No. 2 held on May war the following Agreed to proposed draft legislation by which the Municipal Health Officer will assist m the regulation of printing establishments. Decided that nc market building is at present required at Bukit Purmei. After
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    S.S. ASSOCIATION (PENANG)
    453 7 Temporary Allowances A meeting of the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Fenang) Association \va'- held ;> th offices of the Fenang Chamber Of Commerce On April 27. A litter dated 16-4-31 was rend from the Hon. Secretary of the S.S. < Singapore* Association m reply to the
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    HEART OF EMPIRE
    282 7 Bishop's Views on India Aftei visiting various pati H tt* world tudyins and lecturing educational and political condition! Bishop <■ Bydnsf Arundale, who was for many yean an acfttvw worker with Dr Annie Besant, arrived m Colombo on his way back to India after v long absence.
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    THE PEDESTRIAN
    171 7 What He Owes to Others and to Himself "Whiit an- the rights ol the pedestrian?" :tsk*'.i a VOtmabft at a moettaf of 1» Paris Municipal Coiinril M. Chiapp-. Who M <iU ihr urk; kncm the Prefect ol Polta replied: "In m ■mm n tii" hunuuM rule is this:
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    22 7 The King hi appaiated Mr Fr.-.r.. utitchell, Pvtss mci-i^p ai. Buckingham P IM Ql kill \.:lt pTtVAtI t b oTu:...' v. i
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      33 7 !ii 'Ili'FllfP 1 I /^-N^ .m til Ivm2c7 V .^itT mn %1 Try some Hill jf^C^ l r^ mil I ||ifff|| 'I fc»«* I li»*»^ urn jjlllli ii'l j I SWISS m ilk
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    RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF SCIENTISTS
    935 8 WORLD-WIDE CENSUS Scepticism Expressed at Theological Dogma !By British Air Mail London, April 24. A census of the religious beliefs of the world's great'ist scientists and men of intellect has been taken, and the results will be published m London within a month or two. The
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    51 8 A farewell dinner was given Co Mr. P. A. MncDougall at the Hiding and Polo Club m Bangkok when a company of nearly thirty sat down. Mr. MacDcu4,all. who i> going on home leeve, has done a good deal of hard work, for tbe club m the capacity of honorary
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    TRAGIC POLICE ERROR
    264 8 Constable Killed m Mistake for Robber Identification of a man shot down and killed by Shanghai Settlement police m pursuit of robbers on Nanking Road near Thibet Road as a special policeman created a sensation m the Public Mortuary. ■ton Chi-ting. who identified the dead as his
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    JABEZ BALFOUR FRAUDS
    199 8 Liberator Shareholders to Benefit London, April 17 Victims of a financial crash of nearly forty years ago will benefit from the decision of Mr. Justice Maugham m the Chancery Division. When Jabez Balfours -Liberator" project ccllapi;"d at the end of 1892 the interests of the sufferers were
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    CHURCH REUNION
    244 8 Evangelical Conference Discussion London. April 17 I The proceedings oi the Conference of Evangelical Churchmen held at Oxford under trie chairmanship of the Rev. C. M. Cliavasse. I Master of St. Peter's Hall, were enlivened by a warm attack on a passage m the report of the Lambeth
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    FREEDOM OR EXECUTION
    160 8 Shantung Gaols to be Emptied at All Costs Ter.-hsi>n, Sun., A\:::i |fi A most extraordinary proceeding is being executed at Tenghsien and we are told that the same holds good for Shantung. The Governor has just completed a trip m an armoured car. visiting the different hsiens.
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    87 8 The sums of $231,803.90 for the installation of carrier current telephony aud $102,791 51 lor telephone and telegraph development appear m items of Post Office special supplementary expenditure recommended by the Finance Committee of tlu» Council. with the nipototnwnl <>t N the world's professional Milling a Royal Waterman UM t*to*9
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    1070 10 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1931. TAXING BETTING It will probably be remembered that some time ago when the F.M.S. Stamp Enactment was remodelled, a good deal of discussion was aroused because, hidden away m a section of the Act. there was an entirely new proposal, namely to impose
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    142 10 Sunday was the fiftieth birthday of H. H the Sultan of Perak. A public meeting of Asiatic estate owners and planters was held on Sunday at the Central Theatre Hall, Muar. It was convened for the purpose of forming the Muar Asiatic Planters' Association, and this was done. Under the
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    986 10 POLICE AND COURT NEWS SOWING SEDITION Chinese Sentenced at the Assizes Two Chinese were sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment at the third Singapore Assizes lor the year, which opened before Mr. Just.c? a'B. Terrell yesterday, for being m possecsicn cf seditious literature on the anniversary cf the institution of
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    THE MEANING OF ISLAM
    372 10 THE MEANING OF ISLAM UNITY IN RELIGION Address by Indian Theologian Under the auspic-s of the M an interesting lectur on Li..was delivered by the fomou BottMM Maulana Sh;.h ftfuha Aleem Saheb Siddhui ,v. o lieerut city. India, at tn Hail. Mr. A. M. S. tagullia j The Hall was
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    THE LATE REV. W. E. HORLEY
    268 10 Proposed Memorial Scheme An influentially signed clrnilr,r h\> btM m Malaya m the foUowtaf term: It has been suggested that there a people m Malaya who would appi opportunity of showing their re !>• gratitude to. the late Rev W. E Horte] MBE m
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    43 10 Shahal Hamid v fine I |M imblic *:rrvant In the \< -ut $3 for dliorderly :duc t by Honour said th:K the Mcl Whipped for romr Into deliver story which wm warned OCCUMd thai Qw Dcxi m court with the MOM <■'■ tent to prison
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    51 10 For Wednesday May 13th. Befotr the Acting CMtf MmfKktt hi at 1 1 v.m l. r. Ramanathan Ch Yonn (m.W.) and •< "tlJfi Before Mr. Justi.f I h ri In N < Room I.im Bet.M Tfik md c ttier port- Harbour Bo.irri Mid Bnoth?i Bifcrr Mr. iMJlll a'KttKrtt
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    ORDER RESTORED IN MADRID
    548 11 HKKKNGUER RE-ARRESTED Kiot Fever Continues m Provinces I Router's Service) Madrid. May 11. :ally announced (hat ten convents have beer, burned. Minister of the Interior declared that ol m determined to put a stop to v It Ls announced that a regiment tattawd outside Madrid has
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    EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION
    64 11 Economic Committee Meeting of League [British Radio Official Service I Ru&by, May 12. chief British delegate is proceeding to t > ;'.ttcnd a meeting of the Economic tnittoe of the League, appointed to consider question of European co-operation. The which will afford an opportunity for mal discussion among
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    43 11 Book to be Recalled and Altered Reuter": Service I London, May 12. m publishers of Von Buelow's announce that they are recalling all I the book with the object of making ration! as may be necessary to meet lale'i views.
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    THE DAVIS CUP
    25 11 I Reuters Service I Belgrade. May 11. 'Japan) beat Kukuljevic 6 3. 6—2, 1, 6—2. I cables on pages 3 and 18. >
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    TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA
    140 11 PRINCE'S ADVICE "Arrest the Decline of Our Prestige" (Renter's BerviceJ London. May 12. "In the struggle ahead you can always count on me I shall be only too happy to pull my weight." said the Prince of Wale*, concluding a speech at Manchester. Advising business men
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    MONTH'S TRADE RETURNS
    63 11 Decrease of Imports and Exports [British Radio Official Service i Rujrby. May 12. Th- Beard of Tri dt returns for the past month shcv\ jmporti wer cf the value of £70.020,000 representing a decrease of £644.000 r».s compared with the previous month. Exports were of the vilu?
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    HOME RUBBER STOCKS
    53 11 Further Increase of 1,090 Tons I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London. May 12. BOOM rubber StOCki ihow a further increa^ during the week of 1.090 tons, stocks m London having riven to 86.663 tons and those at Liverpool to 52.86', tons, an increase of 151 and
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    TIN RESTRICTION
    47 11 Reduction to 120,000 Tons Vital I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London. May 11. The Evening Standard to-day quotes the views of an expert en the tin industry insisting that restriction of output to 120.000 tons is vital it bettor prices ere to b? secured.
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    DEATH OF YSAYE
    204 11 Famous Belgian Violinist [Reuters Service] Brussels, May 12. The death has occurred of Eugene Ysaye. the famous Belgian violinist and composer, aged 63. Eugene Ysaye was born at Liege m 1858 and at first received instruction m music from his father. He continued his studies at the
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    MR. FRANKFORT MOORE
    216 11 Death of Famous British Novelist IReuter's Service] London, May 13. The death is announced to-day of Mr. Frank Frankfort Moore, the well-known British novelist, at the age of 76. Mr. Frankfort Moore started life as a journalist and he continued m this profession from the age of
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    MALACCA ROTARIANS
    30 11 I From Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, May 12. At th° Rotary luncheon to-day Rotarian Longbottom delivered an interesting address on airships. Rotarian Potts of Singapore attended the luncheon.
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    THE MUI-TSAI IN HONG KONG
    153 11 UNFORTUNATE SYSTEM Chinese Recognise it Should End f ßritish Radio Official Service! Rugrby, May 12. In the House of Commons last night Sir John Simon called attention to the system of mui-tsai m Hong Kong. Dr. Drummond Shiels. Under-Secretary for the Colonies, agreed the system
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    CHINA'S CONSTITUTION
    78 11 Permanent Republic Nanking the Capital [Reuter's Far Eastern Service 1 Nankin?, May 12. The People's Convention this morning enthusiastically adopted the Provisional Constitution with little material alteration. The Constitution as adopted states China shall r-main permanently a republic with Nanking the permanent capital. The chairman of the Nation-
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    AMAZING PARKER
    93 11 Gloucester Beat Notts by an Innings I Reuter's S«»rvicel London. May 11. Gloucestershire gained a notable victory m the county championship to-day when they defeated Notts by an innings and 131 runs at Bristol. Once again, they had to thank the remarkable effectiveness of Parker for their victory,
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    BRITISH OPEN ENTRIES
    71 11 Weil-Known Americans Not Competing [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, May 12. There are only 214 entries for the British open golf championship, which begins at Carnoustie. Scotland, on June Ist. Six:y amateur players will be competing thus year. In addition to Bobby Jones (the holder), several notable
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    97 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, May 12, 5.13 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £104 516 (£lO4 9 16). Forward £105 11 16 (£lO5 13 16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and
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    MAIL TRAIN INCIDENT
    107 11 Passengers Relieved of Foreign Money I Prom Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, May 12. The Kuala Lumpur night mail which left Singapore on Monday was boarded by Customs Officers at Gemas. The luggage and personal effects of two Chinese gentlemen were examined and some Chinese foreign currency was
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    68 11 Forthcoming Wedding Announced (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 12. The engagement is announced and the marriage will take place m October of Miss Agnes Virginia Minjoot and Mr. Wilfred Sta Maria. Miss Minjoot is the daughter of Mr. Minjoot, secretary of the Rural Board. Mr. Longbottom of
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    UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SCHEME
    127 11 INTERIM REPORT 400,000 Receive Unearned Benefit I British Radio Official Service] Rugrby, May 12. The RDyal Commission on Ur employment Insurance, will, it is understood, present an interim report at the end of th- present month The commission has for some months past be2n making exhaustive investigations
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    182 11 Ladies' May Spoon Result Twenty-three cards were taken out for the Ladies' spoon for May and the following were returned: Mrs. E. A. Gibson 44 8 36 Miss E. Stott 45 9 36 Mrs. R. E. Earle 49 n 3 8 Mrs. A. McKenzie Low 48 5
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS
    263 11 Japanese Beat the S.C.C. Tliere was a fairly large attendance at chc S.ngapore Cricket Club yesterday to witness th° first inter-club tennis tournament between th~ Crickrt Club and the Singapore Japanese. There were two gam^s of doubles, the Japanese winning both of them. In the first game b?tween
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    THE SCREEN
    210 11 The Middle Watch at the Capitol The Capitol could hardly have chosen a better picture for their first gala anniversary we k than the British International talk The Middle Watch from the famous play by lan Hay and Stephen King Hall. It is or.c of the finest advertisements
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    68 11 Mr. J. Crabb Watt has been appointed to act temporarily as a Judge. Federated Malay States. Few Chief Polic- Officers. Malacca, have b?en accorded such a send off as th-u which wai flTen to Mr. A. H. Dickinson at the embarking stage last Friday evening. There is no doufct that
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    23 11 The winner of the replayed tie for the Governor's Cup w>s T. Addis Martin with a score of one down.
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    834 12 RETRENCHMENT olonial Office View of Prai NO Fl IMHKK OITLAY LIKELY [From Our Own Correspondent! I mil n April 28. Matt. :s affecting Malaya have been very few this vu < k Although the Malayan Government DJU not up tO the present at all events, retrenched
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    UNIVERSITY STRAIN
    200 12 Excuse Put Forward m Dunkenness Charge «From Our Own Corr. spondent) London, April 39. The previous strain on undt -graduates preparing for Cambridge Tripos .'xamini lions was ■MOfttomd m a case at Cambridge Police Court last week. Hugh Rudpa'rd. aged 24. a student m 111 l third year,
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      QUEST FOR A HOVERING AIRPLANE
      389 12 EXPERTS' TASK Machine Wanted that Will Rise Vertically London. April 29 Oermany has just launched an airplane propelled by engines that bum oil fuel instead of petrol, thus eliminating the Pn danger. We have recently seen demonstrated m this country a machine that will hover
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      TAKING THE CENSUS
      362 12 Weather Helps the Enumerators i From Our Own Correspondent > London. April "»;i The Census was taken on Sunday. It wi\one of tbc very worst days we have had for a very long time and that is saying something. This helps the Census because most people stay
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      THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK
      205 12 Liberal Support for Government IFrcm Our Own Correspondent] Londci:. April 29. There seems to be absolutely no interest m Parliament at all. since the Liberal Party have apparently allowed the Government to understand that it is not m the least likely to push them out. Perhaps the
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      LONDON'S SEASON OPENS
      1006 12 (JRAND OPERA Their Majesties' Plans (Prom Our Own Correspondent* Linden, April 27. London's Season started its brilliant course on Monday night with the opening performance ol grand opera at Covent Garden, where the "Rosen Kavalier" was presented. The Duke and Duchess of York occupied the Royal Box;
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      MR. H. W. AUSTIN TO MARRY AN ACTRESS
      441 12 SECRET KEPT A MONTH Girl Who Beat Him At Deck Tennis Lonion, April 29. Mr. H. W. Austin. England's leading lawn tennis player and Miss Phyllis Konstam. the foung English actress, are to be married. They have kept the secret of their
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      MYSTERIOUS THEFT
      294 12 Valuable Pictures Stolen m Marylebone I From Our Own Correspondent London. April 29. A number of valuable pictures, including a portrait by Gainsbrough and a number of antiques and other objects of value were stolen from a house m Stratford place, Marylebone. between Friday night and Saturday morning.
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      PETS IN CHURCH
      174 12 A Well-Known Priest's Views (From Our Own Correspondent* London, April 29. Should pets attend church? At several fashionable weddings recently the bride and groom have been greeted by their dogs as they came from the Church. Cats too. have appeared and r.t one wedding v he bride
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      "DOUG" AND HIS BOSSMARY
      696 12 FAIRBANKS IN LONDON The Scare He Had With a Tiger London, April 29. A film of Douglas Pairbank's is usually like a mild electric shock. But the virile fellow himself is still more stimulating, writes an Evening News Correspondent. He woke up m London to-day after
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      THE TOWER ON THE SLIDE
      148 12 Gradual Movement Towards the River <From Our Own Correspondent) Louden. April Cf>. The Tower of London Ls gradually sliding towards the River Thames. The National Physical Laboratory m its annual report state? that while the movement of the quay wall Ls away from the river,
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      CASTOR OIL PERIL
      137 12 rFrom Our Own Correspondent i Londr.n, April 25). Children who dislike castor oil and have a solicitous mother who regaids it as the cure for every little ill will be very grateful for a few words on the subject by Dr. A. W. Holthu-on of WestclifT. He
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    PERFECT CRIME THEORY
    457 12 NAKED MURDERKK Court Amazed at i; u j| v Verdict LIVERPOOL WOMAN'S 1)1 v Li\.rj»M»|. B wniiam Herbert Wallace, i spectacled insimnn agents as "an intellectual and placid fie and studious turn of mind guilty at Liverpool ASSSSH jielu der that will make legal history Crime. He
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    HOW HOTELS ARE VICTIMISED
    199 12 The Very Latest Raiiim Swindle I From Our Own Correspondent Londen. \j> Ifaaafen of wen-MteMMwd hotel provinces, and some pn vtnciaJ b have boon raupht by a clem racing v OCncBH m trird with I m eonoMtton with the Oreal at I Stake*, At well-known h
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    AN INTERRUPTED PARTY
    124 12 Blood Transfusions Dancers [From Our Own Corn London. \i> While 300 men and women w« a racial gathering ol tto Brii Boefc ty Blood Tran lon B i Hr.li. London, on Siturdaj nil utfetii ciii tron Ouy*j H tn and* no bi od trmnsfu km 1 f
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      741 13 Making the Ideal Film Hockey players ail over the country will b* laying aside thL'ir sticks this week with f?elings ol regret that the .^a'-on is over writes C. S. W Marccn. m the Evening News m mail week. Week atter week since last October they have looked forward
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      CRICKET
      168 13 St. Joseph's vs. S.R.C. St. Joseph's C. Mosbergen. lbw. b Westerhout 24; D. Ess. c S. de Souza. b Westerhout 0; Chia Keng Hock, b D Almeida 49. G. Fernandez, c Aeria. b W. Ess 45; K. Morrando, b D'Almeida 9. G. Windsor, st. Tessensohn, b D'Almeida 0; E.
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      AMERICAN BASEBALL
      64 13 IReuter's Service] New Yortt, May 11. Latest baseball results are as follow NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 5: Chicago 0. Brooklyn 1: Pittsburgh 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4: Washington 7. Cleveland 4: Boston 9. Willesdon wife: My husband was most insulting yesterday. He floored me to the ground, and
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      426 13 CooJ Win for (Gloucester Kegt. Gtctrreter :t; s.c.r.A 1. Tirjie was t iuirly largj uu^idanee at fhe Talan Besai Stadium to witness the Charily football match between the Gloucester Regment and the S.C.F.A. The fcrmer won by 3—l mainly by their sup-rb ball control and pas' i- r<i,
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      128 13 Tea P. W. L. D F A P. Warders 5 4 0 1 19 5 9 S. Cattle 6 4 l 1 17 9 9 Police 6 3 3 0 14 19 8 B.A.T. c 3 l 18 I] 7 Ho Hons 4 3 1 0 11 4
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      447 13 Lindrum on His Gift from the King IBy British Air Mail 1 London, April 24. "1 am gome back to Australia to-morrow the happiest fellow m the world." said Walter Lindrum. the billiards plr.yer. to a reporter In London to-day. -And it is because of these." With
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      504 15 K. P. M. MONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCBAPPU. f ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OP BATAVIA (Incorporated In Holland.) ONDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to— Passage, Freight*. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Managers 's desk. Representatives tri the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penaaf) of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL
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    623 16 Man Pretended Dead Mother Was Alive fßy Dutch Air Mail] Londen, April 29. Sentence of three years' penal servitude was passed by Mr. Justice Swift at the Old Bailey to-day on Charles Stephen Dilley. a Westminster dairyman, who pleaded guilty to frauds on the Inland
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    164 16 Woman Who Was Afraid to Tell Her Husband J How a woman committed suicide rather than tell her husband that she was m debt was told i at Lambeth at an inquest on Dorothy Maud Chapman, aged 34, of Little Clayton-street. Kenningrton. who died from disinfectant poisoning.
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      157 16 J» NORDDEUTSCHER l^| LLOYD. VI I #Vfl I (Incorporaled fc \^^^^^p Germa:.y The undernoted are the Company's \wmA' fixtuiee. OUTWARDS. DERFFLINGER For Manila. Hong Kong. Shanghai. TaJcu. Dalny a)id Tsingtau May :4 LIPPE For Saiyun. Japan Ports and Vladivcstock HOMEWARDS. ALSTLP. fur Marseilles, Oran, Rotterdam. Hamburg and Bremen Wti I
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      678 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BT TRAIN rtuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuan tan (via Oemaa and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. f a.m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tlnggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping. Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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      NEW MARINE CLUB
      459 17 "Home Away From Home" with the march of progress m the requiring the demolition of old t be replaced by many-storeyed the Mercantile Marine Officers' Club i.pnrarily on May l.to 8-c Yuen Ming I from its present address at 6 North i^>ad. Shanghai, where it had been
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      SHIPS COLLIDE
      311 17 Damage Done to Sphinx damage was done when the Hsinglided with the stern of the French ship Sphinx, when the latter was swinging the N.Y.K. wharf. Shanghai, and four .ranks were sunk. Fortunately there of life and nobody was injured. accident occurred at 10.40 a.m.. when the just
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      LONDON'S RIVER
      879 17 What Sir S. Instone Would do With it "The Thames," said Sir Samuel Instone, m an interview with the Evening News, "is the key to London's traffic problem." The coal and shipping magnate signed the last of a heap of cheques, relighted his pipe and smiled. "Yes The
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      157 17 When they return from their voyages to American waters, having duly discharged their liquid shipments from these little French colonial islands, they are required on reaching Canadian territory to declare the proper disposition of their cargoes. So you may see them, returning to their home ports of Halifax. Lunenburg. Yarmouth,
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    RUM SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS
    1037 17 RUM SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS ATLANTIC FLEET Camouflage to Dodge Coast Patrol St. Pierre et Miquelon. The Ingenuity employed by the average rum runner In evading detection on the high seas, and the almost uncanny skill with which he navigates his little grey-hulled craft to obscure compass-points m heavy
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    IMPROVING SITUATION IN BURMA
    384 18 ROUNDING UP REBELS Dacoities Becoming Less Numerous f British Radio Official Service i Rugby, May 11.. The latest information regarding the rebellion :r. Burma was contained m a statement presented by Mr. W. Wedgwood Benn. the Secretary of State for India, m the House of Com*
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    THE INDIAN POSITION
    125 18 Signs of Revival of Picketing Various asprct of ttM situation m Indir». weR ciec.lt with m answer* to questions m the House] of Commons to-day. Th? Secretary for India. Mr Wedgwsod j.-nn <=aid the resolution oi the Manchester Roy.il Exchange regarding th Indian boycott and Indian import
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    RUSSIAN DEBTS
    89 18 Negotiations Still Proceeding 1 British Radio— Official Service 7 Rugby. May 11. The reported breakdown of the negotiations new being conducted by a sub-committee of the Russian Debts and Claims Committee, was the subject of several parliamentary qut?stions m the House of Commons to-day. The Foreign Secretary. Mr.
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    DISARMAMENT
    77 18 British Committee of AH Parties [British Radio Omcial Service] Ruffby. May 11. Replying to v question as to whether the Government Intended to seek an agreement between the three political parties regarding its proposals at the World Disarmament Conference, the Prime Minister said the Government had invited the other
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    RACE WON BY DEAD HORSE
    82 18 Collapse After Desperate Finish An ur.?r?ced?nt?d incident occurred at the Wirral Harriers' point-to-point races at Ledsham m mail week. Mr. J. Cadman's Ginanit was first past the judge m the Nomination Open Race, but was subsequently disqualified following a protest for cutting insids a flag.
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    27 18 Mr John Bagnall has been elected an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of th? Straits Settlements for a period of three v-ars from April 20th, 1931.
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    HONG KONG FINANCES
    215 18 Five Million Increase m Revenue Last Year The complete financial returns of the Colony of Hong Kong for the year ended December 31st. 1930. are now available. They disclose that revenue exceeded the estimates by more than five million dollars, whilst expenditure was just under a million
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    A LIFE OF LUXURY
    247 18 Wanted— Deuth- Watch Beetles Tht, Department of Scientific mcl Indu^tr il itfMIICb is planning a war jn <.he !eath-wat~'i beetle, whose attacks have ravaged o many beautiful old buildings, and has issu?d !?afl I. headtd "Wanted," appealing to ill c metCßCd to send timber containing liv?
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    ROCK TEMPLE TRAGEDY
    240 18 Five Accused Committed for Trial Tai)R;illr. tptil M On Instructions received Dram Urn Qcnerml, Ifr. J. N. Arumugan, Polta M 'iangjlLv tc«d y commits i live ccsused Kn th ensatioosU i c.iss. 1 t«i stand ih'n tviul at thi Bewtona ii tin- Bupteim C Circuit. The five
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    27 18 My.st.vy surround', tin- OOVCTI j to allow the Royal Mint to strike I for the British Empire UAftMl U) children throughout the En Empire Pay. May 24t!i
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      417 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CIMNA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Gharter) Paid up capital m 600,090 shares oi £5 each e5.000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,00* Reserve Liability of Proprietors IZ 000,0** READ i OFFICE: 38. Btehopsgate, London, EhO: 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amritsar
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    DUNLOP RUBBER PROFITS FALL SHARPLY
    1353 19 NET DOWN BY £1,000,000 No Final Dividend on Ordinary Shares IBy Dutch Air Mail] London, April 28. •>t the optimLstir statements issuei recent months, the accounts of th< j Rubber Company. Ltd., for 1930 make t '.ma showing, says the Financia s th* net profits
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    102 19 Changes m Representative Prices [United Press Association J New York, May 11. American Can Common 107 Cities Service (Com.) 14*, Columbia Gas ;md Electru- 30 Curtis Wriuht 3\ Electric Bond and Shan- Corp 43 H General Electric Co. 43^ Central Motors 44 3 H National City
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    REPORTS AND MEETINGS
    134 19 Sungei Buloh Revert to Full Tapping I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT J London. May 12. Gordon report for 1930 shows a gross profit of £7 652. There is to be carried forward 10 credit account £18,565. The report of F.M.S. Rubber Planters for 1930 shows a nett
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    To Day's Price Changes.
    419 19 EXCHANGE RATES May 12 SELLING London, 4 months 1 sight 2;3 27(81 London, 3 months' sight 2|3 I3|ie London, 60 days' sight 2)3 ***** London, 30 days' ai«ht 2 \3 314 London, demand 2 |3 23(32 London. T.T. 2 3 Ul6 Lyons and Part*. 4emas* 1430
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    FRASERS SHARE LIST
    692 19 TUESDAY. 3|AY 12TH •WBWC QUOTATIONS DOLLAR RUBBERS Alleaby* (ti> 70 Aiir Malay ($2 90 Llo A. Kunin* ($1) 20 Ayer MoH <$l> 60 70 Ayer Pana* <$1> 75 8 Basaett ($l) 45 Brogas rsi M 45 Brunei Untie* vt* 150 x 75 BukU JetotoM lit: 20 25
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    RUBBER COMPANY NEWS
    434 19 Latest Malayan Reports (By Dutcli Air Mail» London, April 29. Latest Malayan rubber Company reports include the following. LOWER I'I.KAK RLBBER Report for year 1930 states that restr cted output was 386.7121 b. Of thus. 281.343 lb. have been sold m Singapore at average gross price of
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    69 19 May 12th., 12 o'clock noim Buyers Seller*. R.S.B. equal to London Standard. Spot 10 10 'm Standard R.S.S. on Tender May 10 1 10 1 Junr 10\ 10V July It 4 10S July-S«p, 10\ 10 T Oct. -Dec 11 'v US] Tone of Market Steady.
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    224 19 I>errick and Co.. Secretaries: Alor Gajah 22.200; Ayer Pan as 62.000; Bukit Kubu 16.300: Glenealy 47.670. Jalan Kebun 7.800; Kluaixg 37.000; Pajam 144,600: Port Swett.'nham 9.600; Tambalak 20.000: Teluk Anson 37 996. Ulu Benut 37.306 Ho Hong Bank csso> 46.50 47.25 H'kong and S'hal Banking Corp
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    MALACCA ELECTRIC
    296 19 Creation of Preference Shares At Ml extraordinary |meral meTtlll| which was beid at the office! if the HcrHariej (11 «n Evatt and Cu.» yesterday afternoon, the resolution ol Malacca Eleotrk- Lighting Ltd to conVert one-third of its 750.000 tamed ;md iuij> piiid up ihATH oi si vach into
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    MENTAKAB RUBBER
    240 19 The following is the eleventh report ot th. directors to the shareholders of Mentakab Rubber Company to be presented at the annual meeting on May 19th at noon at Hfcrrfaoni Barker and Co. The loss for the year after making due provision for depreciation/ directors' tmt etc amounts
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    215 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Sin^aporr, Hit I_' WrU rubber took n«.' of v poM In New York ye terdajr umi the local price followed if with a rise of However, no one tru.^ tiu.> jnprowinrm. for tfefl |eneml ffirlh^ ls that these qwrOMMUc rien only delay ;my impiov- mem m
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    91 19 I British Radio— Official Service I Rufby. Mat U. foreign exchange* art-: Amsterdam 12 K» Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5 13-16 d Berlin 25.24' a Brussels 34.06 V Bucharest 817. Ra, 3's, Buenos Ainvs 35 5-10. Copeixhii^n 18 16' Geneva 25.23 Helsingfors 193 U. Hon X Kon« U\. Lisbon
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    WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES
    104 20 Week-end Cricket. The Retirement of N. J. A. Fester. E. D. Andrews tut Chinese and Japanese Lawn Tennis Players. Keppel Gcif Course Improvements. Welch ReKirn i.: In Indian Scccer. Britain's Chsuic* at (armusiir Gloucestershire and Parker Irresistible. Although cricket during last week-end was interteiod with by the
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    THE WEEK'S HONOURS LIST
    63 20 Batting. 77 D C. Burn. S.C.C. vs. SRC. 55 N. C. Phillips. S.C.C. vs. Gloucesters. 54 V Ambiavagar, C.S.C. II vs. Indian Assocn. 11. 50* T. M. L. Redmond. S.C.C. vs. SRC. 50 H. B. Noon. S.C.C. vs. S.R.C. Bowling 6 for 9 Gune.sekera. Ccylcn S.C.
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    1396 20 day. Business transfers are part and parcel of life m Malaya for a number of mercantile men and it is Redmond's misfortune that cricketing opportunities will be rather )ess m Malacca than they are m Singapore. The same comment applies to Rugby but perhaps by the tir^e the rugger season
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    402 20 Match Against Garrison G.C. A fourscmss match will be played on Sunday :/.cr::i g at Bukit Timah tetween the Garrison Gclf Ciub and the Singa?cre Golf Club. The Eolkmtef are the teairs and starting times Garriscn playe -s mentioned first). :.33 R. E?ntcn and R. B. Gct?h
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    S.C.C. VS. S.F.C.
    106 20 A keen match is expected to take place on the Padang to-day when a team representing the Singapore Flying Club will meet the S.C.C. 2nd XT m a friendly game. The teams are as follows: SF.C-: R. A. Vaughan; G. L. S. James and a. Watts; F.
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    AMERICAN BASEBALL
    32 20 (Rsuicr's Service! New York, May 12. x-atest baseball results are as follow NATIONAL LEAGUE n hHrtelph:a 2: St. Louis 1 Brooklyn 2. Pittsburgh 4. AFRICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4: Washington 14.
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    THE MALAYAN TURF
    732 20 SINGAPORE RACES Scratchings and Selections for To-Day The following are the scratching^ and selections for to-day's races: Race 1. Ponies Class 2 Div. 2 (6 furs).— 2.15 p.m. 300 Lady Remington 9.10 (Finished well) 030 Young Egypt 9.6 (Better shorter) 020 Foundling 9.5 (Down a division) 010
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    LEAGUE LEADERS RECEIVE TROUNCING
    924 20 R.A.F. IN FORM S.C.C. Shown How to Attack R.A.F 7; S.C.C 2. Pour goals m the first twelve minutes was perhaps a good enough sign of an unusual game but none of the small number of spectators at Anson Road Stadium last evening could have expected
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    FIRST DIVISION TABLE
    83 20 Goals, P. W. L. D F. A Pts. SCC 9 7 2 0 32 15 14 S.C.F.A. 8 6 2 0 20 6 12 M.P.A. 7 6 1 0 36 12 12 R.A.P. 9 4 4 1 24 22 9 RA 7 3 2 2 16 8
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    51 20 The following will represent the 8.8. and I vs. S.R.C. at S.R.C. on Saturday: C. P. Ambler. B. E. Ablitt; O. E. H. Cutler, J. A. Dean. P. S. M. Dew, E. Dunkley. R. N. Hamilton (Capt) W. R. King. R. E. Prentis. G. F. Strintfellow D W.
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