The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 April 1932

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. ttJOl. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 286 1 Aver Paras Rubber Estate. Ltd., annual meeting was held yesterday. There was a reduction of B.lft rents in the all-in cost last year Page 19. The Rangers having been defeated by Airdrieonians, the Scottish League championship gw» to Motherwell Page 20. Singapore -Spring race meeting handicaps Page
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  • 1501 1 It was with considerable pleasure that I read In my morning paper the other day that a certain politician, venturing to address a country audience not altogether at one with him upon his theme, was made the target for a number of well -matured eggs. It is.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 267 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK ,MI NKXREST APPROACH TO PURE. IKI>II. PASTEURIZED MILK 081 AIV ABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES RAFFLES HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS TEA DANCfoSTo 8.15 p.m. SPECIAL RACE INFORMAL^AFTER DINNER DINNER B\LL 9.30 to Midnight.
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    • 124 1 COPPER AND BRASS Tubes, Rods Plates Manufactured by The Broughton Copper Co., Ltd. MANCHESTER. READY STOCKS CARRIED Sole Agents for Malaya McALISTER Co., Ltd. THE EUROPE HOTEL MUSIC ON THE VERANDAH 7.45 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. NOTICE Special Race Dinners and Dances will be beld on Saturdays: April 30th, May
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    • 187 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Pictorial Page 1. The Dicky bush Bar Page 9. Public announcement* Page 2. A notable new discovery Page 8. CHRYSLER POWER .1 GOLF I Those who enjoy a round of golf generally enjoy a Rood book. Here is one of the many good books we can recommend PICTORIAL
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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 STORES.
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  • 72 2 The fund opened at the Mansion House by Lady Jen*, the Lady Mayor**, for assisting dependents of the victims cf tbe Z wSmarine M.2. now amounts to more than n.200. A 12-.vea.- Jd boy was summoned ai East Orliistead nvently on a charge of placing «MMta on the Southern Railwa
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 510 2 ■Y MIXTURE FOR DOGS. An excellent remedy lor worms in young dogs. Highly recommended by Dog Experts. Stockists MEDICAL HALL, LTD., 3, Battery Road. Quality— Service— Prtoo Economy. BUSINESS CARDS. (•■■^■■■■■■■^^■■■■■■■■■■■■lhm I STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY STATIONERS REPAIRERS. I 14A Chance Alley, Singapore. l^^flfei The Cheapest House for your StationPa ary.
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    • 610 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDER& Ik&TlCB Is Hereby given that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Room. Municipa Offices Supply of 100 Tons of best quality Quick Lime for the Water Department. Date o;
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    • 518 2 ./*^^ißj am _^^B^aflP^^^^P^ y Mf tt Stotnach rronh'e* f~" _^Bsfc»^B^B^^^a^^^™^^^ P Mc^^r cob- J^^BT^R B^B^B^BJa^P^^^^^^^^^ I 1 <4vi«r«d with m a-- ~^^J "<nitoiii. b» k Hay^^a^ajl o** <■ t Vn 1 erve troubles \if |L^ I Loss of nerve-strength may result in such —LJJL--— Jjkß seemingly different complaints as listlessK^aWaWTw/l
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    • 353 2 LIFE WASNT WORTH UVING r___ Lonely Willow's Fits of Depression iOW CHEERFUL Thaoks to Kruschen > JEm* A widow 70 years of age -living >^**~ *< alone in th^ country rhnunuOum in V^lßKfL^fc^v ber hand^ ami knees. la th«r» any >mmr V^^M^^^*~ V (wonder that she became deprmsed to the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 455 2 THE WEEK IWedne«day. 27th. High Water 01.40. 8.3 ft.. 16.16. 6.5 ft Football: S.A.F.A. Div. II: S.C.C. vs. Straits, Cattle. Padang; Chinese League: Balestier XI vs. Upper Hokien XI, S.C.F.A. ground Thursday, 28th. High Water 02,-59. 7.6 ft.. 17.53. 6.4 ft. Anglo-Chinese School sporU. Jalan Besar, 2.30 p.m. Football: S.A.F.A.
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  • 392 3 Wonders of London Exhibition i^onoon. No London spring is complete without the Ideal Homes Exhibition which each year attracts thousands if people to Olympia ihroughout the month of April. This year ihe opening date is April 5. and the show promises to be more spectacular than usual The
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  • 275 3 ISale of Lord Harewood's Home I London. On April 7, Sotheby's are to conduct a sale H Chesterfield House, until recently the home :>f the Princess Roval and Lord Harewood. of its entire effects. Except for a Titian School portrait and a Flemish School "Triumph of the Tiinity."
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  • 146 3 London. Anthony Bernard, who his been appointed director of music at the now Shakespeare i Festival Theatre at Strat ford-on- Avon, and will be responsible for the music of all the plays during the coming season, is a Londoner born nnd bred. He is forty years of age
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  • 123 3 London. The London Explorers' Club was recently responsible for an original marathon race. The went was open to men and women and there was no age limit. The "course" was a ten-mile one, within a mile and a half radius of Charing 1 Cross, starting at Trafalgar
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  • 59 3 Three men were thrown into the air and one killed by the bursting of a tyre at Honiton. Devon. The driver of the lorry was changing the tyre with his mate and a local mechanic when it burst. The driver was thrown 10ft. over a lamp-post and died later in
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  • 1459 3 The Chief Industry of Palestine Will Imperial Preference be extend -d to the mandated territories This is the question of the hour in Palestine. The chief industry of the country- U the orange trade, and over 70 per cent of the cranes re exported tu England 7h»n :.re
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  • 144 3 NurmTs Reply to Suspension Berlin. "I've run enough. I don't car; en; 1 way DC the other." This is the reply made bv Panvo Nurmi. tin famous "Flying Finn." to the charges of violating his amateur status which have led to his temporary suspension by (be International
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  • 117 3 Boat That Capsized Three Pilots Poole (Dorset), March 20. For the fir-t time s'nrc ho narrowly escaped death when Miss England II overturned at Detroit last summer. Mr. Kayo Don was at the wheel of a racing motor-boat again to-day. He was practising in the
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  • 156 3 20-Year-Old Fish Caught Off Norway Oslo. March 19. How old can I flounder become F Thelurstion is partly MMMIi by tru eatch of i marked flounder recently near tho Norwegian •oast. A flounder, the length of which was fifty-one nmthnTim and the weight of which was !4
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  • 177 3 "1 Never Want to Return" Dr. Ctarlca s .trie. Um dafendaoi >n Um "Helen of Troy" cast-. is leaving Cambridge for Kenya Colony next month. He ha.s b» en ;ip pointed medical officer on i ranch run by members of Trinity PoUOffl 400 milts from
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  • 100 3 Penang Automobile Club Takes Up Matter At a meeting of the committee uf the Penantr and Kedah Automobile. Club held recently, th«» comments in Uie local press wire discussed regarding the virtual persecution of hwNMNH by Tamil urchins ouUside the cinemas. S«>veraK cases of malicious damage and
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  • 84 3 A guard on a crowded trnin from F>mirn« mouth to Weymouth 1 rarliiq shots bem>; in. i from ono of the carriages investigated the matter uher: the train ilopptd at W;iph;im. ;tnd found two schoolboys aged about 13 with loaded revolvers in their hands which they had apparently been firing
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 149 3 I^H <k _tu __HH^_t IH^ M A v __H I FRUI L__^ EL L>^l O// so ecvsyj JUST POUR INTO MOULD WITHOUT ADDING ANYTHING AND CHILL UNTIL FIRM. FRAMROZ CO., J SINGAPORE. J PROVED! I THE BABY |BABY-FOOO| F()OD SUNLIGHT VITAMINS. The "Ankoria" Baby Food of New Zealand is produced
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    • 140 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) limited. fjTIF^ BRANCHES It, first Cross Street MALACCA. 11. Uf lift Street PENANG. 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUB r* Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of
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  • 268 4 HOME LIFE ENDING Novel "Tainted with Moral Decay" London, April 5. "What'S the good? That question expresses the most characteristic mood of t-he modern mind." said the Rev. James Reid, the new president of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches, speaking to the Council
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  • 191 4 Text of Sir William Davison's Measure London. April 5. The text of Sir William Davisons Bill for legalising sweepstakes in Great Britain, which was given a first reading in the House of Commons by 176 votes to 123. is issued. The Bill is "to authorise the raising
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  • 98 4 A Parson's Advice London, April 15. The death is announced at the age of 95 of the Rev. George D. Nicholas, one of the oldest c ergymen in England, who for many years was vicar of Clewer St. Stephen. Windsor Mr. Nicholson was a strong advocate
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  • Article, Illustration
    13 4 GIRLS in national costume, take part in the picturesque Easter celebrations in Czecho-Slovakia.
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  • 760 4 Failures of Native Bankers Canton, Apiii 12. Sensational failures of many native banks here recently have caused great uneasiness nmong bankers and merchants, and as a direct esult of this the native bankers 1 association is summoning an extraordinary meeting this atterncon to devise means of restoring public
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  • 442 4 CO-ORDINATION 12 Nations W Pool Their Ideas Plans are being pushed forward for a world conference on transport co-ordination. The conference, it is intended, wil be representative of Railways. Automobile clubs. Road associations. Tourist associations, Motcr manufac- Tramways, and turers. Air traffic. Called by the
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  • 231 4 'Sinister Woman' Cable Causes Trouble Rome, Mar. 20. Colonel Lindbergh is suggested as being respossible for a cable for information to a Perugia fortune-teller, which led to her arrest. The fortune-teller. Rosina Bigazzi. was detained for a considerable time at police headquarters at Perugia yesterday in connection
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  • 226 4 Boy of 14 Who Took Car Praised After a London boy, aged 14. had been bound over at Weymouth Children's Court on a charge of stealing a motor-car, rugs, and other articles, several of the magistrates shook hands with him. "We do not want to make a
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  • 270 4 Hints From Italian Centenarians Turin. Mar. 1. Cellio. a village in the Piedmont Alps appears to be a healthy place, in spite of its severe climate. Before many weeks have passed five of its inhabitants will celebrate their hundredth birthday and thirty-three will be ninetv yeans old.
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  • 189 4 I Members of the S.C.R.C. are reminded that the spring tennis tournament entries will be closed on April 28th. at 6 p.m. I Mr. Ram Nath Biswas, lately of the Marine Court at Singapore, has arrived in Shanghaf on a tour round the world on a bicycle Starting from Singapore
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  • 131 4 WATCHMAN CLAIMS EASTMAN FORTUNE Kodak King Wills It to His Niece MMV York, March 16. A night watchman at Bronx County Jail has come forward as a claimant to the £20.000.000 personal fortune of Mr. George Eastman, the millionaire Kodak King, who shot himself yesterday. This man whose name is
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  • 162 4 Dines Not Wisely, But Too Well In London Zaro Agha. the 156-year-old Turk, who claim* to be the oldest man alive, collapsed in a Kensington. S.W.. restaurant. All the wisdom he had collected in a century and a half was not enough to make Zaro Agha resist
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  • 87 4 Skeleton Chained to a Wall Berlin. March 15. The skeleton of a mm chained to a val] bag been found in the cellar of a house in the village of Kuna, near Vilna. Investigations proved that it was the skeleton of the son of the former owner
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  • 173 4 LETHAL CHAMBER FOR B ABIES I Specialists Ways to Stop IMseasr •Euthanasia— the lethal chamber-: with gross defects miqht bo availabl. who wish to use it." Mr J. Myles Bickerton. Dean of Eye Hospital. Southwark. S.E.. r»uthis proposition in an address to th- K ;?enics Society, at Burlington House. W.
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  • 205 4 On receiving information Trom th KamponK Pendamaran. through Mi o Pendamaran Estate. Port Bvtttenhan Superintendent of Customs and two officers of the Port Sv.ettenhan I went to Pendamaran Estate kaH Tp.m. vhtra they arrested Cheou J Hokkien fisherman livinu ;if PWn K charged him before Uh Klaus afJ Raja Petra.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 100 4 f The Lancet'Q&Wfrsays?^^ /UNTREATED MILK\ BOTH WHOLE AND I SKIMMED. HAS VERY 1 I LITTLE ANTI-RACHJTIC L^^^ ACTIVITY Qnfinanjr Acsh ccm&nllk, TMi authoritative quota tlon that fresh cows' milk contains almost no vitamin D Is convincing. It follows that a food made from fresh milk contains almost no vitamin D—
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  • 296 5 tMAN WONDER BULLET Driving Band in a Tapering Bore |a explain writes the Daily .ry Correspondent the secret of uper-bullet. the "Halgar-Ultra." eifclUng the military world for ringed" bullet Hen- Gerlich. of nventor, his perfected its design. n of kho rifle which is to
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    36 5 TWO policemen on guard oubide the New South Wales Treasury, where was stored over £1.000.000 which Mr. Lang:, the Premier, had withdrawn from the banks in the debt dispute between the State and the Federal Government.
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  • 123 5 Phf *-Mde Cock Fight in Lonely Cumberland Spot London, Mar. 31. Iflcr daybreak yesterday a cock fight a-side. between owners in the iron and Milages of Egremont and Arleedon in I Cumberland, was decided in a barn on a -id in the fells above Ennerdale I principal! arrived
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  • 93 5 Whole-Time Job Keeping lint two months in Madeira Lord rrivt-d at his home in th« Me M. was 4 cromp;mied by Lady Jellii':udiiut lellleoe, who has been in 'h her father and mother, is re•.<>r another week. aho v. ill cease to be president b Legion alter
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  • 406 5 Nijinsky As Artist in Asylum Paris, March 15. Nijinsky. the world-famous Russian dancer, once the idol of London and Paris, but fcr the last fifteen years the inmate of a private asylum, has suddenly begun to paint pictures. He has already produced three which have been sold
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  • 202 5 One Woman Loses £600 at a Sitting Bthind the pebbl?-dashed fronts of many suburban viMM in London and the provinces arc gambling hells that rival in tiieir crops of fleecines sny of the big West-End gaminghouses. ScrJand Yard is ready to raid rmny of these
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  • 130 5 Rare Swiss Coin Sold in London The "gold rush* has brought to light the existence of a rare Swiss 17-ducat piece of the 17th century which was sold at a London salerccm. Nothing ib known about l-he ccin. but experts from Switzerland. Berlin, and Paris came
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  • 33 5 Mr. N. A. Worley. First Magistrate. Ipoh, is piccceding on transfer to Kuala Lumpur on May 11th. Mr. G. S. Hellings, Assistant Registrar. Supreme Court, Ipoh. will succeed Mr. Worley as First Magistrate.
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  • 82 5 New Novel on Bali [From Our Own Correspondent] London, April 5. Mr. H. F. Banner, the Publicity Officer of the Malayan Government, is to addre c s the London Writers' Circle on May 15th. I believe he has chosen as the subject of his address Joseph
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  • 66 5 Mr. A. J. Jeffrey!, a milkman of Grangeread. S.E. has submitted three paintings to the R'>al Academy, all of scenes in South London. Mr. Jeffreys, who has never had a lesson in painting, has exhibited in many London galleries. Ten of his pictures are on the walls of the new
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  • 283 5 Rod Indian and Murder of White Girl Glebe (Arizcna), March 15. A Red Indian. Golney Seymour, was on trial to-day on a charge of having murdered a white woman, Miss Henrietta Schmerler, a student of Cclumbia University, after criminally assaulting her. The defence will plead that the woman
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  • 294 5 Heroine of Lone Trek Across The Andes Nf.vs has just reached England of the wedding at Monecito. California, of Mrs. Violet Olivi;i Crcssy-Marcks the famous explorer, to Mr. Francis Eduin Fisher, of Watford. Herts. Mrs. Cres\sy-Marcks. who is 29 years of age. nas been described as the
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  • 'MIRACULOUS' HEALING AND BAPTISMS
    • 453 5 Converts Scream "we are Saved" "We believe the Bible from cover to cover! Give a rousing Hallelujah!" "What a pity the Modernists and the higher critics are not here to see." "We believe in the grand old Cress!" All day long Pastor George Jeffreys led an Elim
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    • 199 5 In Her Embroidered Nightgown The sobs, cries, groans and prayers cf 10.000 people filled the Albert Hall during Pastor Jeffreys' baptism ceremony, in which 200 men. women and children were plunged into a tank 0l water, writes a Special Correspondent. Passionate sincerity shone on the face
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  • 171 5 Bandits Tie Up 38 of Staff New York, Mar. 16. Thirty-eight employees of the City and National Bank in Clinton (Iowa) were tied up and bundled into the directors' room today by five bandits, who got away with £20,000 in notes. Three hours later the money was
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  • 77 5 Mrs. Hetty Jackson, the wife of a cinema proprietor at East Duhvich. prevented a possible panic- when a fire broke cut in the auditorium of the Pavilion Cinema, Grove Vale. S.E. She premptly went on to the stage, put on a gramophone record and sang "Tipperary." She then appealed to
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  • 84 5 The War Office this week announced that from April l^t the restrictions which it was found necessary to place on recruiting for the Army in Auyust last would be removed. Recruiting is now opened for all branches of the Aimy and the minimum height standard of sft. 3 in for
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  • 84 5 Pedestrians in Baker street, London, were alarmed to hear a report like a machine gun coming from under the road and scattered in alarm just in time to avoid huge sheets of flamr which appeared to shcot Irom bent at h thtr p.ivernc-nt and l.i.sted for some moment*. The vibrations
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 476 5 YOU CAN HAVE A 7^ STUDY COLLEGE TRAINING IN *VV™ AT ALMOST ANY CAREER YOUR urwTr FOR A FE W SHILLINGS SPARE HUMI^ MONTHLY. TIME LET ME BE YOUR FATHER Unless you are in touch with W WE DO NOT PROFESS TO all branches <it industry, \nu W^> :^^^^^^B cannot
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  • 1438 6 Chess Problems and Solutions. Our Chess Editor. X The Recent London Tourney Ol the names played in the item London Tminn > tam die* ;i MMOT M more entranced »f.illeiy than the following one. ot which I was :m tolerated ■<• \.iun myself. Emmtdiatcli alter aaklnt hh us.ii .-nor;' Sniun
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  • 1203 6  - The Use of Pre-emptive Bids Ely Culbertson (By DRACTICALLY all hands at. Contract secure I better results when the Approach principle lis used in the bidding. The Approach principle, however, does not apply to hands of extremely I freakish distribution containing lons anc l powerful suits. Such hands have a
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  • 751 6  - Bridge Notes and Problems. HORATIUS i DENIALS AND SUPPORTS. i6 r T*HE art of oidding- is mainly Ui.it of arriving *> at the best possible contract for two combining hands. The auction si 1 > iid be conducted on the basis of relative values, not o:'.ly as between associated band!
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  • 145 6 W a Kail. Indication of Um preal work dour by the Miners Welfare Fund In improving the amniiI ties cf collh-iy districts MM B iven by Mr. John Baker in handttH over th- new sport.-; crounri to the care cf WaLsall Corporation. The ground was
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  • 269 6 YOI \(i DLSIKK; By Vul.rlirv- V\.»rd 1 h A Cc.) 5: •Yiv.tyi D* ire" OpPtU 1:. tN tOO ■luhllOUl quarter ol tin Hiiiium Rd h- r> tin- hemaic. Mary Bradley hi ki: livinu in hiiirdrrvs t -r> -linn u, p. < nly admit of an attic
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  • 235 6 s bn s .mull, m Turtnhn a Chen •1 C:\nibvKlf.t .tie! ihit For.-. mun oeCMI I ut beconnne :ic-c}ii:« i tit < int. rnaUonaJ ugre <• •> uiu'-h nobod) ip kr .u- t<f. i md WM (juite Mfftaln at th end at mi -\t «tri bavc aehteved
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  • 946 7 RADIO ADDRESS Dr. Sheldrake's Letter to Singapore Paper IBy Our Muslim Com.spondentj Tilt Dayang Muda of Sarawak, who embraced Mam Ptr.n'Jy, expired in Paris last month l.t rMMM which prompted her to adopt the Lilamic- faith She made her address over the radio in English and
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  • 121 7 At the annual Reneral meeting of the youngsters Friendly Benevolent Society held on Sunday the 10th. instant at 7.30 p.m. at the Society's premises the following were elected officials for the ensuing year President Mr. Tan Choon Hean; Vice-Presidents: Mr. Chut Cheng Mong. Mr. Chua Chiang Soon, Mr. Koh Joo
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  • 1302 7 SECRET HISTORY OF THE U.S. DEBT SETTLEMENT "GOLDEN CALF" LG. Throws The Blame on Mr. Baldwin 1 A business transaction at that date between Mr. Mellon and Mr. Baldwin was in the nature of a negotiation between a weasel and its quarry." That Is Mr. Lloyd George's verdict on the
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  • 152 7 There was much noise in the Kampong on the evening of March 22nd, beating of songs and of anything else, tins or trays or paiLs. that could make a satisfactory din. The Police, we understand, were turned out in force ready to nip any riot in the bud. but their
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  • 529 7 The following Singapore and Johore properties were sold by axiction by Messrs. Ching Keng Lee Company Limited, recently 1. Land at Jalan Strait View, Johore Eshru. ■tea ~i acres and 28 poles or thereabouts, bought by Mrs. QlllHMkl Letitia Maylicw. lor $550. 2. Freehold land and houses Nos.
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  • 121 7 Gaming at Hong: Fatt Mine Before Mr. A. E. Otapc ftfl the Kuala Lumpur Polic Court, on Tuesday, a Chinese named la*> Yew. was charged with gaming at the Horn; Fatt mine. Sunpei Besi. on Monday md I with promoting training. It was Mated that the
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  • 139 7 I From Our Own Correspondent I -ml. »n April .V The British health resorts an at l;i>>t making an effort to bring themselves up-to-date, although the standard of hotel accommodation in the provinces Is low. Everybody denntmce.% the restrictions which exist on the sale of drink and
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  • 114 7 (From Our Own OotmpondjH*] Londt n, April 5. The Church Missionary Society nn to h ;)dt thdr annual meeting in the Ontr.l Hall Westminster on Tuesday Mj»v 3rd. 001. Sir Robert* Williams Bt. will preside. In the evening .a threat demonstration will be held the R<»\ il
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 7 7 l^^Q^fc^^^WA ARE WORTH W£>.tM@. W&L. Bristol London
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  • 689 8 NIGHT CLUB SCENES Allegations of Drunkenness Mor. yoout tin- aliened incident of pouring champagne o\ t r :i uirl was heard wlien the yminu Oxford i:i;iciuate London policem.'ii. PC M'Mirc, MM <" -t ..mimed ;ib<>ut hLs visit., to u ni«ht club during the resumed hearini; of the
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  • 135 8 PA Narrow Escape in the Thames I From Our Own Correspondent London. April A man was MB ttound* linn in the Thames mud near Blackfriar* Bridge and it was suddenly realised that h< was helpless and .sinkinp *ilowly into the mire. Workmen on a neighbouring wharf were
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  • 120 8 Malacca High School Defeat S.F.I. I Prom Our Own Correspondent] Malacca. ApriJ 24. Tru first match tor the Clarke Shield was played off on the M.C. padang on Saturday last, between the High School and St. FrancisInstitution. The latter, batting first, made 42 lam* which Bertie Barthelot. a
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  • 1348 8 NOTHING CAN STOP IT Rubber Roadways Must Come Tlu- tollowing striking article by Mr. W. F. V. Cox. Secretary of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, appears in "The Sentinel Transport Ne».\ lor March. Diamonds are so hard that they can be used M bearings for the axies of wheels
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  • 838 8 LOCAL HOKKIENS ANXIOUS Efforts to Clear Out Bandits (By Our Chinese Correspondent) The political affairs of the Pukien Province have always engaged the keen attention of local Hokkien bodies, notably the Singapore Hokkien Association. It may be recalled that the association has in the past repeatedly
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  • 599 8 New Method of Tellin* His Story falcutt.v Mar. M> Who were the peoples who populated tht earth in the year 1933 This question iniaht :»k<a by historian- t<ii centuries brace, ar.ci [to answer it to the people of the futtm an attempt is being made by
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 234 9 VICTORIA THEATRE Commencing Wednesday, May 4th and Nightly at 9.30 p.m. THE SAN CARLO Italian Grand Opera Company ARRIVING BY THE CONTE ROSSO DIRECT FROM ITALY. L WEDNESDAY. MAY 4th. THURSDAY, MAY sth. IL TROVATORE RIGOLETTO FRIDAY, MAY 6th. SATURDAY, MAY 7th. I a onucwr CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA LA BOHEME AND
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    • 290 9 I CAPITOL] TO-DAY'S MATINEE. 3.15 (ONE Performance Only) In Response to many Requests CHARLIE RUGGLES IN "CHARLEY'S AUNT" The famous Side-splitting Riot 6;i5 j TO NIGHT J9.151 I— Owing to popular Success Season extended LAST NIGHT The Inimitable BRITISH favourite, TOM WALLS with YVONNE ARNAUD and ALL-ENGLISH CAST. in British
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    • 277 9 Tl ill in re To- lla y■■ :t\\ p.m. Astounding realism that will make you Rasp in a superb dramatic st'>ry of man's homeric battle with Nature Eleanor Boardman and Monte Blue THE FLOOD > TO-HORROW Marie Dressier j GOD BLESS HER IN HER GRANDEST COMEDY AS THE OLD FAMILY
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  • 38 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS. WALKER Al Taiping. on April 22nd, U Mr. and Mrs. R. P. S. Walker, a son. JOHNSON.— At Cairnholm Private Hospital Singapore, on April 26th, 1932. to Mr. and Mrs L. G. Johnson, a son.
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  • 634 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932 INDIA'S TROUBLES As foretold by Sir Hari Singh, the Leader of the Opposition in the Indian Legislative Assembly, in the course of the interview which he gave to this paper while he was in Singapore on his way to Japan last week-end, the
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  • 319 10 Mr. Justice N. D. Mudie has gone to Ipoh and will be engaged at the Supreme Court there. Mr. C. W. Salt of Glenmarie Estate will be sailing on long leave during the early part of May. An important meeting of the Council of Uie Planters' Association of Malaya was
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  • 202 10 [From Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, April 25. On the occasion of the feast of St. George the members of the Royal Society of St. George at Malacca assembled at the Malacca Club for a fancy dress dance. Seme of the best fancy costumes were worn by
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  • 101 10 A musical treat, of a kind not always available, was in store for those who attended the recital given by Mr. Harrv Ore at the Dutch Club yesterday evening. For the fir>t llhk in Singapore, Chinese songs set to piano music were heard. Played by a master
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  • 55 10 [British Radio Official Service] Ruffby. April 25. A verdict of death by accidental drowning was returned at an inquest at Windermere this afternoon on Mr. Edward Taylor Scott, the Editor of the Manchester Guardian, who lost his life when a dinghy in which he and his son were
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  • 34 10 Mr. Charles Chaplin, the famous film comedian, who has been in the General Hospital for several days, suffering from dengue, left hospital yesterday afternoon, and is staying at the Adelphi Hotel.
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  • 228 10 The Progress at Kandang Kerbau A four-storeyed building that io in process of erection at Kandang Kerbau, in the grounds of the Free Maternity Hospital ofT Bukit Timah Road, represents an ambitious scheme. When this building is completed. sixstoreyed block will go up alongside it. on the
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  • 184 10 THE LATE MRS. SALZMANN To The Editor. Sir —May I ask you tc give publicity to the following Writing from England the Rev. F. G. Swindell, recently cf St Andrew's Cathedral, tells of a desire to perpetuate the memory ol the late Mrs. Salzmann by many
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  • 355 10 Gleanings From the Annual Report (From Our Own Correspondent) London. April 12. The annual report of the Zoological Society runs to a hundred printed pages, and a few gleanings from its contents only are possible The Zoo had 300.000 fewer visitors last year than it had in 1930.
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  • 250 10 "TEMPORARY" STEP Reorganisation to be Taken in Hand [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh. April There was an unpleasant suipii ll circles in iDoh this mornirm when :h> of Malaya, the first ChflMM Bank m...: in the F.M.S.. did Ml open its doors a on
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  • 360 10 London's Theatrical Productions (From Our Own Corresjxmd. London. April I.'. The entertainment world is not very sinking th-juyh the triumphs of 20 years ago Londi n was thrilled by the Cochran-Remhardt production of "The Miracle." MN last week at the Lyceum Theatre To the majority of
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  • 168 10 To Be Scantier and More Dazzling (From Oui Own Correspondent) I/oridon. Vpi >1 B.Uhinp suits this MBMMf are to !>«• and more dazzling than IW I blacks and sombre greens will bl the beach by payer bUM "White li favourite for the bathm;* |W cast'.um 1 dr.Munn ll
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  • 58 10 A m;m WtM lv.ul n. ;i day when stepped tagr ">• P mikwkn i-i having no In licence; not enter! tratlon bi ok and i ,1 p >rlj i mstn« te v. h Bned him i'« i lum f<M drirtni ror U m otfc tu t think it passible foi
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 148 10 THE NAVY'S CHOICE gßPjd^ PLYMOUTH SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinance* of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated in Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 A 5372. lOcts- ESKIMO PIES lOcts at REDUCED PRICES Singapore COLD STORAGE Co Ltd Orchard Road Sub-Depots. YS+ffoV* EXCLUSIVE JQlilsSjxm EXPENSIVE MILLINERY A
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    • 30 10 SPORTING CUPS IN SILVER AND E.P.N.S. LATEST DESIGNS BEST QUALITY REASONABLE PRICES Artistic Engraving at LOWEST RATES. SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO CLUBS AND SCHOOLS. U. S. De SILVA Bros., JEWELLERS SINGAPORE.
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    • 43 10 LAW NOTICE For Wednesday, April 27 Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justicr a'Beckett Terrell m the Ist. Court at 11 a.m. DC A. 1 32 Chla Bak Soon and etc. vs. P. K. Kalandan and Motion. Before Mr. Justice Whitley at MaLuca^Assizes.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 79 10 COMMODITY MARKET LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. April 26. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £116*8 (£116 5 8 Forward £118*8 (£H8 7 8 The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber prices
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  • 116 11 DAIL BILL REPUDIATION OF SETTLEMENT COMMONS STATEMENT (Reuter's Service] London. April 26. development in the Free State VM announced by Mr. J. H in the House of Commons. He demination of the Bill introduced I >;• it is designed not lemoVV the oath, but Nptftli Section Prac
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  • 189 11 Prospectus Issued To-dity British Radio Official Serviced Rugby. April 25. The i p< i lus U being issued on Tuesday. ekMfnf on Wednesday, for the N (lovcrnment of India 5 per cent. I 4 7 the price of issue being £95. The none] li being raLsed to provide
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  • 74 11 (ieneva Conference Adjourns 1 British Radio Official Service! Rugby. April 25. I derided at Geneva to-day that the Committee of the Disarmament Conshould adjourn until the experts had time to complete their classification of into groups of offensive and defensive I ■tataOMß have, meanwhile, returned Ujr to their respective
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  • 75 11 Tines Criticism of Opium Policy [Reuter's Service] London. April 26. IM boons" is the heading of The der, dealing with the criticisms by the pt« at Geneva of the recommen- winters opium smoking conivumkok The paper says the mass matlon poMMMd by the Powers and the tl
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  • 34 11 *ix Ministers to Resign IReuter's Service] St. Johro, April 26. Squires has decided to continue C'ovornment forces but he will be "lily three Cabinet members. Six announced they intend to resign.
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  • 31 11 mpt to Reach South Africa b Radio Official Service] Ruffby. April 25. Younf, I fornif-r Royal Air Force 'lie first long distance helicopter 'd for South Africa 9.000 miles
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  • 22 11 I'HC.S., is acting as Pro--11 Kiny Edward VI ColI Burp l n. Tan To< k B»| m pteoe of Dr. B. M.
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  • 127 11 DIESEL ENGINE Siamese "Loco" to Full Local Train I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkck. April 26. Th»- mail train arriving at Singapore's new Urminal station, from Prai en the evening of Friday Miy 20. will be hauled by a Siame.se stafled Dh-m-1 locomotive. The Diesel first hauls the
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  • JAPANESE WITHDRAWAL
    • 350 11 Sir Miles Lampson's Formula Renter's Far Eastern Service 1 Shanghai. April 26. W hilc Mcrecy shrouds Sir Miles Lampson's ccmprcmire formula it is reported he has sugd that the Shanghai Mixed Commission ccnniie itself to advising Japanese military Mithciities when ;n its opinion, normal conditions enabling Japanese withdrawal have been
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    • 305 11 Shanghai. Aprtt 15. I A heated debate took place yesterday morning at the Sub-Committee meeting between the Japanese and Chinese representatives at the British Consulat. when the Japanese delegates again insisted en the Chinese disclosure of the exact number cf Chinese forces concentrated at Poot-ung and in the
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  • 30 11 Returning to Geneva I British Radio Official Service] Rugby. April 26. The Foreign Secretary. Sir John Simon, i le:i\i:iß Ix>ndon this afternoon on his return t Own.
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  • 122 11 TO STUDY CONDITIONS MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS INFORMAL TRIP [British Radio Official Service] Rugby. April 26. The Prince of Wales left Lcndcn shortly after midday for Newcastle-cn-Tvne fcr a two days' tour of industrial Tyneside. The Prince's visit is informal and he travelled incognito. He desires
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  • 137 11 Textile and Cutlery Industries [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, April 26. Owing to the indisposition of the Chancellor )f the Exchequer. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the iebate on the order of imposing the new import duties recommended by the Tariff Advisory Committee has been postponed to next week. Vleanwhile.
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  • 52 11 25 Minutes Halt at Batavia [Reuter's Service] Batavia. April 26. The airman C. W. A. Scott, who is on a flight from England to Australia, arrived here at 10 a.m. and took off and 10.25 a.m. for Sourabaya. Mr. Scott left Singapore in the early hours of
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  • 33 11 Kid Berg's Brother Beats Chinese Boxer [Reuter's Service] New York. April 26. Teddy Berg, brother of Kid Berg, beat Lou Sing-qu. a Chinese boxer, on points in a six round contest.
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  • 99 11 Charlie's Aunt at the Capitol (By Our Film Correspondent). There will be a special matinee at the Capitol Theatre this afternoon, when the main feature will be Charlie's Aunt, featuring Charles Ruggles. which has had such an outstanding success. It is int-eresting to recall that Syd Chaplin, who
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  • 65 11 FRONTIER INCIDENT German Smuggler Rescued From Custody [Reuter's Service] Paris, April 26. A German attempting to smuggle bicycle parts into the Sarre from the Palatinate, was arrested by the French customs authorities, at Brenschelbach. but 150 Nazis, shouting 'Hoch Hitler." attacked the Custom officers and
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  • 480 11 Effect of Chancellor's Exchange Plan [Reuter 'i Service] New York, Aoril 26. A sensational fall in sterling by more than seven cents to 3.67 occurred on the Stock Exchange yesterday. It is attributed in some quarters to the withdrawal of French balances frcm Lcndon. Others ascribe it to
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  • 212 11 I Penang Chamber of Commerce [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Penang, April 26. The annual meeting of Penang Chamber of Commerce has held to-day Mr. H. Dove presiding. Presenting the report and accounts Lh? chairman said the excess of income over expenditure was $1,349 compared with $1,786 last
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  • 62 11 [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, April 25. The House of Lords met specially to-day to pass the President of the Board of Trade Bill through all its stages to enable Mr. Walter Runciman to take his place again In the House of Commons. Afterwards
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  • 20 11 During the absence on leave of Dr. J. C. Tull Dr. H. O. Hopkins is acting as Government Pathologist. Singapore.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 153 11 WORTH'S CORSETRY fe^^j The name of /^Hyx "WORTH" w*~*q Oi excellence in corset ry l^m^i^ anf tne race^ u^ figures of H^iiV wearers of their choice \\Jj creations are invariably con- spicuous in every fashionable IvE SRI 7 assembly. t \Q^ ~j THE MODEL ILLUSTRATED T»» IS ONLY ONE OF
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  • 1428 12 HINTS FOR TOURISTS Information from Malayan Office IFrom Our Own Correspondent] London. One see* advertisements in the papers advertising motoring for tourists in Malaya. In Uite connection the Malayan Office has brought out an interesting leaflet giving the most detailed information about motoring in Malaya which is
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  • 234 12 Propaganda Campaign to Increase Membership With a view to increasing membership the various Branches of the Automobile Association of Malaya are introducing a propaganda campaign throughout the country this week < The Automobile Association of Malaya is l being formed for the presentation of motorists' mm to Government;
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  • 30 12 Eduard Tabor, one of the directors of the Hatry of companies, wro w 3s FPllten crd «o three years imprisonment in January l£w will short* b,. leased from M.lcLston, Qao,
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  • 1020 12 REFORMS SUPPORTERS Deputation Urges Caution A Calcutta, April 14. A deputation 01 the European Association rcpresontative of all the Branches of Bengal a ted on HU Excellency Sir John Anderson on Panted f WelCOmp Wa "White we have always urged caution in such vital matters
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  • 451 12 TATA ENTERPRISE link Between Karachi and Colombo Delhi, April 12. Messrs. Tata Sons, Ltd., will inaugurate a new era in aviation in India cm September 15 of this year. On that day, five months hence nearly 1.200 miles will be added to the present distance
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  • 193 12 Revised Services Over New Line Th,- new railway deviation and the iollowin* ISSTl SST TanBlln Buk I A stopping place at Alexandra Halt fa b-inp s lw lcoal tralns *S Baftru and Singapore will stop there After the departure of the Singapore to Kuala gasSSSSS .TiSsr^jisr Cluny Boad
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  • 50 12 The combined weight of 100 people who JSSSdT Ema Sh P Ch^rc P h-strT. t Mansfield for an auction sale resulted in the o lapse of pan O f the floor and 50 people fafl into a damp and muddy cellar 10 feet £"<>w Fortunately, there were no serioiw injuri^
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  • 635 12 GUN RIDDLE Shooting Charge Against Father Collapses London, April 12. --zry stopped the case on the direct-ion of the judg. prisoner acquitted and discharged. This was the result at the Old Bailey this afternoon of the case in which Georg-e Kitchen. a farm labourer, was
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  • 154 12 or th Planters Wmnthm «< will be on sale on Saturday The main parpose of Tolon K -Lah is to amuse a httl X«" > Xt tOmainS nol a little philosophy, and much of the two fonns of humour-the aimless and the satirical We believe states the Foreword) that
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  • 90 12 Havoc Done by Communists m Honan mm Vankinjf. April 13 More than 3.000.000 people are SU ff,nn R fr m ttt: acMvitics of Ccmmunlsts who have oven-un nine Hc-nan districts, launching one o f u most frightful Nip. of tcrror hi^ ha oThU S i UP n
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  • 839 12 LONDON EVENTS Steady Flow of Visitors Begins I Prom Our Own ten* The weather is M u.t^"" T H Springlike, but we are lookup f^n London Season, four week, from' King and Queen will hold tht On debutantes are ea^rly awaltfe. tion. The Court ,s at
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 1595 13 Cambridge's Ninth Consecutive uTiii Dt*riibed Iii:! OUT Own Ci". re pi ndi-atl Lcr don. Match IS* Boat raw day with all its thrills came upci Jus thi year on Saturday. March 19th. Then wt-rv many grumblings that th« race had to b( j rowed a-s early us
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    • 530 13 McCorkindale Stays 10 Rounds With Camera tPIMH Our Own Correspondent* London, April IS. Primt) Camera, the Italian giant, defeated Donald McCorkindale, the South African heavyweight, on paints during a ten round enntect at the Albert Hall. McCorkindale can thus congratulate himself on joining the ranks of the select few
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    • 58 13 Y.M.C.A. cricket team to meet Raffles Instituticr.. on the Raffles Institution Ground on Saturday, at 2 p.m. sharp, will be: R. Lyne. R. P. Ridley, G. V. Neubroimer. E. A. Albrecht. W. Dunhill. H. M. Cantrell. John Pillai, H. Gibson. A. F. Wilde. A J. Carpenter. Lim Kean
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    • 841 13 I p to and including April 2 Points P. W D L. FA Abe ra von 36 15 4 17 313 238 Abertilk-ry 31 20 3 8 272 16!) Aldershot Services 13 11 0 2 212 82 Bath 34 23 1 10 374 262 Batle> 25 6
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  • 116 13 I i The following are some interesting po'iiu» Kiven in a speech by Mr. Chapman. M.ui;i.-< i of the Arsenal: "When I hear so many vlftitont at the Arsenal ground continually asking what player was making those ftne moves. I am «orr> that we do not number our players h
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 209 13 Helps the rasor. SHAVING SUCK I GIVES A CLEAN SHAVE. ERASMIC > «Tr-/t_./-»«»^3 London A Paris i i t y n i yK 7-4- _____P^_l rr _a J___fl Co. Lr&^^MiVOT^^p J_____P^_L _s___s^^^^ f htJixlisf' k'^iJ^WTX^^^^^lVrsu. ->l Effects W ___L __a__-^^^ A\otop Cars 4. COLLYER QUAY (A.P.8.) •H».t a) ,i r_J^^_W
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    • 103 13 tX-. j^k- mdt Jf^ *'3& 'jS' tßp .'9c-' i iV^9y ft.,,. ■■■"■-...>' -"-jM. You just add water seven parts to one of MOLICO and you have a creamy milk of unquestionable purity MOLICO the full cream milk powder is excellent for all breakfast cereals for it is prepared from the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 947 14 THK BLUE FUNNEL LINE. (Ocean THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd.. and China Mutual THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co. Ltd Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. THK BTRAITB STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE SUN SHIPPING Co.. Ltd. rHE CHINA NAVIGATION Co Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE Ltd INSURANCE. The Liverpool
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    • 472 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" "uNE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamer. DBe g. pote Bl|||t 81>ore «.s. CITY OF PITTSBURO For Havre, London. Rdam. H burg and Hull Apr. 29 May 2 OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI
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    • 383 14 P. O. British India and Apcar Lines, (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVFKWn v, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Tonnage. Singapore Tonnage MnjM*. RANCHI 16.740 Apr. 29 RAWALPINDI 17.000
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 655 15 tVI SI IMI MAHU T 11.000 June 2 harttma NIJ 14 ■X.KiMAHUT ,0.500 ,£gg?£S T tZ Vt 5 6 Ma. „n.i. Kotcrdam. all. Hambarr CU, ,i h«Il TO LIVERPOOL HAM) P.- 111( ,m Su.y Pon Said. o™. MarselUe.. TO HAMBURG an<l U t "23 K.», B O»O KONG SHANGHAI. KOBK.
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    • 567 15 r DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE dnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE SAILING NOTICE OF FAMOUS PRESIDENT LINERS. j TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON I From Singapore and Penan* via Colombo, Bo sum. Port Said, Alexandria, Naples and Genoa. ArrlYe Leave Leave ArrtTe S'pore S'pore Penang. n. York Pre* Pierce May 9 May
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    • 655 15 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Tn^t7tr:r d e Re a n g at APrll Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pa,,as. Per*. TH™^rT edneSday< April 27 BeJawa Deli and Penan* THEDENS— Wednesday. April 27. Muntok and PaJembang Tinoii°~^ dnoSday APrH 2T Toen kal Moeara-Saba and Djambi. Ba^ APdi 8 lat Pand^ an^ BengkalLs.
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  • 835 16 Annual Meeting in Penang The fourteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Bassett Rubber Company, Limited, was held at Penang. Mr. H. O. Mass (Director) who presided, addressing the meeting said: You will see from the acounts that we record a loss of $12,416.16, of which
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  • 155 16 Social Experiment in a Cottage Carmel (California). Mar. 17. After an amazing social experiment in which four couples lived together intimately but chapercned for two months in a little cottage, Miss Margery Bodine Latimer, a noted American authoress, and Jean Toomer, negro '•intellectual," are on their honeymoon
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 706 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Beffular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and the 6.8. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] sa MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading I to Australia. Cabins
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    • 340 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc' (Incorporated in U.S-A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Sails Doe New Tort M.S. SILVERWALNUT May 3 May 9 June 13 M.S. EILVERPAI.M May 24 May 30 July 4 M.S. SILVERTEAK June 14 June
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    • 249 16 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint service of fACIFIC JAVA BENGAL UNI and SILVER LINE, LTD to San Francisco, Los Angeles and North Pacific Ports. I'll' *>alll S pore. S p<>r* m.s. SILVERASH <S) May 7 May 0 m.s. SAPAROEA <P.) May 15 tfft] II x via Manila. via Java Ports.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 667 16 .MAIL DESPATCHES BT TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 am Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 am Saturdays 7 pjXL Kuan tan (via Jerantut) 7 p.m. Kelantan every Wednesday 7 a.m every Saturday 7 p.m Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Slam 7.30 a.m F.M.S Batu Anam,
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    • 45 16 Kedah. Brit. 1033, from Belawan Dell 26, for Belawan Deli 28. CLEARANCES April 25. Medusa. Raub. Glenapp. Yuen Sang, Hong Lam, Sin Kheng Seng, Gem as. Ban Siong Bee. Pelandok. Rahman. Najam. (Brit). April 26.— Annul, Larut, (Brit) Pasir, Pahud, Mapia, (Dut); Hafthor, (Nor). I
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 283 17 Tucked Wife into Bed and Then Vanished I After tucking his wife into ted in her cabin on the Southern Railway Co.'s steamer Isle of Sark. Mr. Dudley Inskipp. aged 54. a mining engineer, of Princes-square. Bayswater. W., fell from the stern in a heavy
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    • 182 17 vr Pe V' SS Anchises sa Hing to-day:— Mr and Mrs. A. Anderson and 3 children. Mr D Mel Campbell. Mr. A. Crawford. Mr. and Mrs'. H. Dalgkush and 2 children. Mr. and Mrs. N R Dick. Mr. S. Fraser. Mr. and Mrs. W F Johnston and child.
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    • 274 17 Tribute Paid to the Late Captain Wheeler With flags at half-mast on many of the docks and offices, the shipping community of Shanghai united in paying a i ast tribute to the memory of the late Captain James Wheeler one of the best-known and most popular figures in
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    • 117 17 Telephone Girl to be Movie Star [From Our Own Correspondent j Yokohama, April 10. The N.Y.K. trans-Pacific Liner Asama Maru has lost Its prettiest telephone operator to the movies. Miss Toshiko Otani. aged 21, gave up her job on the ship for a screen career, when the Asama
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    • 78 17 ft Robert Hadficld, chairman of M»sars ields. Ltd.. said at the annual meeting in field recently that the company has pro--3 a new type of armour-piercing projectile that England stands at the top of the tree In this respect. With the new shells, he said It had been found practicable
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    • 259 17 Shanghai Comment on Recent Decision h a r th NaV l gatiCn C tO -tablish theif cas at they should not be called upon to pay for e Protection by military and naval P > eTc.r N c L in chinese waters The state of affairs in China
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    • 229 17 Globe Encircling Craft on 200th Voyage When the Dollar round-the-world liner Pie fttart Pierce arrives in Shanghai on April 26~ i new record will be achieved by the steamship "TTh 'T™ 011 aS the big America ~5 vcvaL 1 hundredth g.obe encircling HonfV CUt b> D llar
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    • 165 17 How It is Removed from Shin to Works Southampton. Mar. 21 Hundreds of people in the Southampton docks watched the 55-ton i udder being trken from the Cunard liner Berengaria. which is in the floating dock undergoing overhaul by Messrs. Thornycroft and Co.. and placed on
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    • 121 17 New Yokohama -San Francisco Record San Francisco, April 4. A new record for the passage between Yokohama and San Francisco is claimed by the liner President Coolidge which completed her maiden voyage homeward in twelve days and eight minutes, her average speed being 19', knots, her crossing being
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    • 46 17 Ex-Director of Thacker, Spink's Overboard On Board the Strath naver. April 7. Mr. John Chaplin, lately a director of IfeMCB. Tracker Spink and Co., Ltd., Calcutta, fell overboard from the Strathnaver in the Red Sea to-day. He was rescued after half an hour.
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    • 37 17 When a tramcar and a motor car collided in Portsmouth the impact proved so severe that the car pushed the tram off the lines. The driver died in hospital but three people in the tram escaped unhurt.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 256 17 lie. Singapore Free Press (Daily and Weekly Editions) Head Office: 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE Telephone: Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE cinema, wireless articles, befides P et efs gSgsSSSs Communications with regard tn k» Singapore. Singapore Free P ress Singapore M aeer subscrFption~rates. DAIIY EDlimK ble Advance >- ■'AILY EDITION. WEEKLY EDITION.
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    • 192 17 X f\ LIGHTS FROM fl^'sA ONEJLAMP tjSßi At th< pull of a I switch eiih« r ihe 1/ p brillian<e of If P an ordinary lamp I\f or e so^ glow fj of a niffhl lamp II A PHILIPS DUO-SAVELITE LAMP J 1 VOU SRCURE THE ADVANTAGES j OF TWO
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  • 1711 18 A Trip Through the Territory The very words "New G lin-ii OODjUK up an irre+istible picture of wild and woolly cannib.U-. of pirate gold, copra and pearls. The copra is still there although, in these hard times. being a planter "is not all it's cruked up to
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  • 556 18 Knowledge Gained by Contests T!v Schneider Trophy seaplanes of last year could be flown at a speed of about 330 miles an hour with hands and feet off the controls. This •tatement was made by Wing Commander A. H. Orlebar in a lecture at the Royal United Service
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  • 192 18 Priest and £250,000 Property Constantinople, Mar. 17. When Francois Lobry, a French priest, died in September, it was found that 187 buildings of a value of over two million Turkish liras (£250,000) were inscribed in his name. The property actually belonged to the French Lazarlsts, who in
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  • 280 18 Monk's Labour of 25 Years Ended Ruckfast (Drvon), Mar. 13. The noble toil of 25 years came to an end yesterday when the last seven bays of Buckfast Abbey Church, built by Benedictine monks, in the heart of South Devon, were finished. Per a quarter of a ontury
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  • 163 18 Light Aeroplane Crosses Andes A British li^ht aeroplane, the Comper Swift 175 horse-power), crossed the Andes, the hißhcst mountain raa«i in South America, from Mt'ndoza. in the Argentine, to Chile, according to a Ulegram from Buenos Air?s. The eravklg occupied an hour and fifty mxnuuis. and the
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  • 434 18 At a meeting ofl tin- Cambridgeshire B of the Society. Dr. A C Hadd<m FI I University Reader in Ethnology, Cambndp cave an excellent lecture, illustrated M fine lantern slides, on British New I F -M. Sir William Birdwood was in Uit- Ch.ur Dr. H'ddon explained that
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  • 63 18 A bull which ran wild f:>r over HVN one nipht at. Wood Cim n jump. J r: of a motor-cHr- which pulled up -n ir. and sat on the front of tin* car It t Iron fences, trampled on gardens. children pi lyitiß in th streets, and m Wood Grrcn
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 724 18 BANKS AND INSURANCE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In EnglandCapital t3.000.000 Subscribed 1 .800 ,000 Paid-up 1.050.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.217.926 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., W H Shelford Esq., Sir Thomas Catto. Bart. Sir C. C.
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    • 134 18 THE SOUTH B(fifflf^s BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMIIti FIRE, MARINE, TRANS H AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES L C. MARGOLIOUTH. Manae»>r Office- 2. Finlayson Green THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION ITU rFIRE, MARINE. MOTOR CAR AND PERSONAL ACCIDEYI INSURANCE. L. G. JOHNSON: General Manager HEAD OFFICE: 3-c
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 597 18 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following is a list of stations which can be received in Singapore Java Stations Bandoeng PLM from about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call after records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjong Priok, 21 metres from
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  • 114 19 rhftntft* m Representativf Price* t I. itrc Presto Association 1 New York. April 33 25. Can Com 42 4 42 4 4 4 -X Oh and Bsc. B'v B'. ex.div. WtigM i'« l B rid and Sh;i;. 14 14 trk 14*» 14^ 1 1 1 1
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  • 356 19 L Malaya Publishing House rtLaiual ueneral meeting of the *>hare- i tht Malaya Publishing House. Ltd. i*-k! at the registered offices of the Com--7 Stamford Road, on Monday, April I p-. .xiit were Mr. P. C. Sands, (in Mr L C. L. Margoliouth, Mr. J Ur E Keating.
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  • 105 19 libber harvested during the year 1931 M6.21« lb. Average net sale including .stimaU'd vfelue of "">n of a. was 2.65d. per pound 46d. p (r pound London landed "-mpami >vith bJOM. per pound U> Mid. tm pound London landed NK amount of tribute re- 1 1 Blooc Tin
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  • 53 19 *w»l is being experienced in the Ever since Easter orders hav<> tWttW P/ lnt the bIK factorl <* »«<i Is esthe week ended April 9 the v "l 4.000 orders worth £500.00Q. threewhlrh were for delivery before Whit- MW« weeks between Easter and estimated that 21.000 new cars. f-rOOO.OOO will
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  • 603 19 Problems of Unstable Exchange Presiding at the Thir.y-Pifth Annual Oenenl Meeting of Bovril Ltd.. held in London, on 24th February. 1932. the Lord Luke of Pavenham < Chairman said the Bovril Australian subsidiary ran their cattle estates of many million acres in Australia, whilst the Argentine Estates of
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  • 174 19 Reconstruction Plan Details H..\ins exhausted its cash rc^vrccs. South Pirak Rubber Syndicate proposes to reconstruct. A new company is to be formed with capital of £60,000 in £1 shares, which will or issued 17s. 6d. paid. Thi> directors consider it desirable to ensure, if possible, that the
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  • 76 19 Crop of rubber harvested during year 1931 amounted tc 742.000 lb. Avenge net sale price of crop, Including estimated value of unsold portion of it. was 2.45d. per pound equivalent to 3.26d. per pound London landed terms) as compared with 4 99d. per pound (equivalent to s.Qfld per
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  • 344 19 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE KATES April 26. SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2;3 29 3 1 London, 3 months' sight 2;3 27|32 London. 60 daj's' sight 2'3 13 16 London. 30 days' right 23 25|32 London, demand 2|3?i London, T. T. i 3 2332 Lyons and Paris, demand 1040
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  • 63 19 April !6th 12 •'clock noon. Bayer* Seller* IR.S.s equal to London Standard, Tone of Market: Steadier. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 1 15-16d. oer Q>. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 3 1 16 per lb. Spot Standard R.S.S. on Tender May 8* 5 7
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  • 938 19 TUESDAY, APRIL 2GTH. 1932 CLOBING QUOTATION* i m Bayers Seller* Asam Kumbang t£) 20s 6d 22s 6d Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (ss) 9s 3d 10s 3d Bangrin Tin 8s 6d 9s 6d Bauuig Pad a rig ($1) 01 hi 12 V. Batu Caves (3D 15
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  • 126 19 Hoscote Rubber Estates Proposal [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT J London, April 20. Hoscote (Malaya) Rubber Estates. Ltd., is in liquidation and a new company proposed with a capital of 140.000 pound share*. Lower Perak Rubber Estates, Ltd.. report shows a loss of £1,310* and a credit of £5,06G
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  • 164 19 Loss of $39,425 Last Year The report to be submitted to the shareholders of Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd. to be presented at the fifth annual general meeting at che Company's Registered Office. Thornycroft House. Tank Road, on Thursday, May, sth. at 12 o'clock noon, states: The trading loss for
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  • 193 19 THE ABROAD [British Radio— Official Service] April 9 23 25. Amsterdam 9.35 U8„ 9.08 Athens 300 300 300 Bcmbay Is. 6 1 16d. ls. 5 15 16d. I^. 8 1 16d Berlin 15 31 32 15.75 15.50 Brussels 27 1 16 26.70 26.20 Bucharest 632 fc 639 615 Rio 4
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  • 188 19 Crop of rubber harvested for 1931 was 549.643 lb. <against 623.434 lb.). St. Ives division was placed on caret aking basis as from middle of February, 1931. Average gross price realised was 2.90d. per pound <5.76d.>. Loss for year, excluding depreciation, was £1.501. Deducting this from
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  • 587 19 LOSS REPORTED Reduction of 8.19 Cents on All-in Cost The annual general meeting of Ayer Panas Rubbtr Estate Ltd. was heVd yesterday at the offices of the secretaries (Messrs. Derrick and Co.>. Mr. J. M. Sime. chairman of director*. presiding. The others present were Messrs.
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  • 296 19 Symington and Wilson on the Statistical Position London. April 12. "Manufacturers, dealer; and others realtor' that rubber at its pit-sent price may b? rcparded as a pretty safe investment. say Messrs. Symington and WlL>< m in their weekly Rubber Market repjrt. dated yesterday. "It Is true.'"
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  • 109 19 Report for year to November 30 last state* that during the year it was decided to rest Paradise estate. Rubber crop for period wa» 4.181 ,265 lb. at "all in' cost, excluding depreciation of 3.73d.. while sales effected were at' averagc of 3 88d. Unsatisfactory climatic
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 80 19 Assets exceed m.666,666 Asswranee In force orer f 35,666,666 The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (toMiporatod Id the Mndu Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE. Oreat Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE; 27 Old Jewry EC The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with
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  • 2154 20 Week-end Cricket.— Hamilton's Bright In i ink- Previous Tanglin Innings Rei.rll.d— Whrn Whitley made «6 off 19 Deliveries. League Football Surprise. S.C.C.'s Victory over Malays. Forthcoming Chinese Tour. S.A.F.A. and Tco Strict T- tenement of the Laws. Harada Not to Play in Davis Cup Tennis. Malaya Not
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  • 18 20 The Men's Monthly Medal (Bogey) compe■tition for April was won by Mr. B. •Npyland. <
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  • 68 20 A small monkey with a luminous" nosp baa srrived at the Zco from West Africa." It bfls a jet black face and a hose of ruch a glaring white that it csn be plainly seen In the dark. A keeper i? reported to have mistnkenj'it, for a phosphorescent disc as
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  • S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    • 221 20 Roy Smith and N. S. Wise in Final The final of the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournanent championship singles will be played on ruesday May 3rd. commencing at 4.50 p.m.. to ae followed by the prize giving for the spring tennis tournament. Lady Murison hrs kindly consented to present
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    • 207 20 YESTERDAYS RESULTS Mixed Doubles Open Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Taylor beat Miss Street ar.d Milligan 6—3. 6 4. Mrs. Drew and Bateman beat Mrs. Stapiedon and Edmonds 7 5. 6 2. Men's Double* Handicap R. P. Newell and Day owe 15 beat Bau«huii and Allen
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  • 38 20 French Offer to Arsenal Player IFKEE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London. April 26. It is understood that David Jack, the Arsenal player, has been offered a contract by a French club at three times his present salary.
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  • 74 20 On the occasion of the Ist Leo sue match between the S.C.C. and the S.C.F.A. to be played on the Padang on Friday a. limited amount of seating accommodation will be available for the general public at a charge of 25 cents per person. This accommodation will
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  • 49 20 [Reuter's Servicel London, April 25. In a Plrst Division match to-day Aston Villa drew with Arsenal I—l.1 1. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 26. Parker, Jack and Roberts did not play for Arsenal in yesterday's match, having been injured in the Cup final on Saturday.
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  • 35 20 [Reuter's Service] New York. April 26. The following are the results of matches played yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 4. Boston 3, Philadelphia 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis 5. Cleveland 10
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  • 78 20 The May Bogey Competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and Bth prox Np player whose name does hot* appear jon the Time Sheet on the first mentioned day may play on the Main Course. The May Medal Competition will be played en Monday,
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  • 18 20 1 I FREE PRESS SERVICEr-CO^XRIGHT] /London, 4PTiL 20, Violator has .^een scratched fr.qm. U>e JJ^OO Guineas.
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  • 104 20 RANGERS DEFEATED Airdrieonians Settle Their Fate [Reuter's Service! The question of the championship of the Scottish League was settled on Monday wher the Rangers visited the Airdrieonians and sustained their heaviest defeat of the season, b} 3 goals to nil. The effect of this match is
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  • 225 20 Handicaps for the Fourth Day The handicaps for the fourth day of the Singapore Spring meeting (May 11th) are as follow: K.ht 1. Ponies Class 2 Div. 3 (s'- furs.) 3.00 p.m. Kulim 9.9. Balkis 9.7. Simon 9.4. Romance 9.0. Iseult 8.12. Springkell 8.7. Mickey Mouse 8.2. Slump
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  • 96 20 English Professionals Who Cross Channel [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. April 26. Sir Frederick Wall, secretary of the Football Association, describes the recent letter from the French Football Association as friendly and merely aimed at preventing French clubs inadvertently acting contrary to agreements of the International Football Association.
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  • 120 20 A Profit on the Past Half Year IFrom Our Own Correspondent] Penang. April 26. At the half-yearly meeting of the Penang Turf Club to-day the chairman «Mr. E. E. Chambers* said the half-year ending February 29th. 1932 showed I profit of $16,203 against a less cf $12,929
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  • 110 20 In a match at Jalan Besar yesterday M.PH. defeated Bramtoco by 5 goals io nil. Bramtoco kicked off. but the M.P.H. launched an immediate attack which met with success, Dollah scoring. A few minutes later Dollah again sent the ball into the net but the score was
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  • 130 20 London, April 12. A detective at Manchester Juvenile Court tolc an astonishing stcry of the criminal exploits of a gang of youngsters who styled themselves •'The Secret Seven" and hid in B lase cavitj beneath the grand stand at Belie Vue Dirt Track which was called the
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 295 20 H.M.V. RECORDS THAT ARE IN GREAT DEMAND ***** Rhymes Part 1 and 2 «W Mayfan OrcheMr^ ***** More Rhymes Part 1 and 2 Ambrose Orchestrß ***** Eleven more months. Once Aboard the lugger. ***** My Mystery Girl. Oh Mo'nah. ***** Save the last dance for me Meet me In the
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 93 20 WEEK'S HONOURS LIST Batting R. N. Hamiltcp. SVC vs. Gloucester. 90 Mu'.hucumani, Ceylon S.C. vs. Y.M.C.A. 86 Retnasabapathy. Ceylon S.C. vs. Y.M.C.A. 70 H. B. Noon. SVC. vs. Gloucester. 60* C. Mosberg. n. SRC. vs. S.C.C. 55 Capt. D. V jiill. S.C.C. vs. Indian Assocn. Bowling C for ST. U'ij^ius
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