The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 April 1933

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. i:{,» 2(!. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    107 1 Mr. J. A. Ru&sel. one of the best-known European m Malaya, died m the General Hospital last night Page 9. Japanese tanks were seen m action from Chinwangtao— Page 9. Mr. Mill. iid Watts was granted his discharge m bankruptcy subject to judgment being entered against him
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    STOP PRESS
    73 1 EVEREST EXPEDITION HELD UP Furnea, April 7. Further flights of the Houston Everest Expedition at present are impossible owing to the heat which has reached 103 Fahrenheit accompanied by Strong wind. A hydrogen weather balloon exploded under the heat while being let off from the roof of the
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK
    850 1 TOPIC S OF THE WEEK Qillc(|ll!(i ;iL_'ui,f hoimi !r:i»e Tht- iatuous argument us u> whethei BtnfpoW is misrepresented on tin- tOMi has been revived. Why .shouldn't Singapore be misrepresented t Almost everythine. dM is Have you ever seen Parts tm the HMI but it vv;us shown as a city of
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      252 1 IGIA TEA firings the freshness .md fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. The Rotary Club of Singapore MEETS NEXT MONDAY APRIL 10th, 1933 AT 1 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL Speaker: Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. SEA VIEW HOTEL Monday, April 10th, 1933. MOONLIGHT CARNIVAL CHIL4)I^:^^^JLES: a^id GENTLEMEN'S
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      155 1 Effect of new duties m the F.M.S.— Letters to the editor— Page 2. Will other agricultural products take the place of rubber m Malaya? Page 7. New export duty on F.M.S. copra Pago 15. Teluk Anson Rubber Estates Ltd. annual meeting Page 15. A police inspector visited a cafe m
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      11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EFFECT OF NEW DUTIES IN F.M.S.
    673 2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EFFECT OF NEW DUTIES IN F.M.S. To tIM Kditor. Sir On March 'J4th Ittt. you published an article irom the Crown Colonist under the head" inn of Bound to Reduce Trade" which apparently "i"ht to demonstrate that the application of the r.i \v import duties enacted
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    83 2 At the Y.W.C.A. depot for unemployed women orders are received any day between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for plain sewing and mending. Materials and written directions, patterns when possible must be supplied with orders. The workers come for orders on Wednesday mornings, bringing back the completed article the following
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    JUDGMENT FOR $50,000
    1445 2 Condition of Discharge m Bankruptcy CREDITORS' PROSPECTS "Might be Able to Recover Something" Mr. W. Millard Watts, formerly member of the firm of Rose, Macphail and Fjiunan. Ltd was granted his discharge from bankruptcy by Mr. Justice Mills, who presided over the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday. The discharge
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    ALLEGED STOLEN PROPERTY
    598 2 Elderly Chinese Dealer Charged Mr. W. Hill. Of W. Hill Co.. sanitary engineers, was the chief complainant m a case m which an aged, fail-looking Chinese named Tan Tian. the owner of a second-hand dealers' shop at No. 205. Bencoolen Street, stood trial before Mr. A. W.
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    NOT DANGEROUS WEAPON
    617 2 Mason's Assault With A Stone A piece of granite was allecod to have been the weapon used by Leang Choy. a mason employed m the construction of the Sultan of Johore's new Tanulin residence "Woodneuk." when ho had a dispute with an Assistant clerk of works. Leang
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    34 2 1 Th-- OMMOi If m f<»r 8 month .show l totiil populatioi crease of 41.862 uv«r thr 19J1 c fontinuis ti> bt HM mf>st populo 147.427— 8MUap i- next ji:. E^stbourue. Hove, Worthing and
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      206 2 BUSINESS CARDS. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H NVGKNT BCCKRHIDGB Hlfbest CUm W*rfc L.««» It.t^ LAIDLAW BUILDING— Phone 7ft»4 BOARD RESIDENCE^ 3 TAN G UN HILL Near Garrison Golf Course SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS AVAILABLE PERSONAL SUPERVISION MODERN SANITATION elephone 3798 or write for appointment Mrs. A. X Matthews. MANOR HOUSE Chancery
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      255 2 TENDERS SfXOAPORE lIUI VOTICF Tenders NOTICE la nereDy given m» now invited for the following services and that particular.' may be obtained In th' Municipal Offices Supply of Sulphate of Alu: I 1633t0 31 5 1934 Date of < May Ist. 1933 Munlr SITUATIONS V\( \i It is requested Hi
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      237 2 HIE WEEK Satin da>. Hth. Sign Water 08 39 7 8 ft 27 37. 7.6 ft Cricket V.M.C.A N i descripts at Y|| r a 2nd XI M;nio t* it YM C sec sci c Pi v wiitahlre n sci r St. An Kh;ils.. Itlon, St. Audi i ••.>. i
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    HOLLYWOOD AT A STANDSTILL
    450 3 >NGER ANY MONEY Motion Picture Magnate Interviewed i the .■.or id > .ih.i produi hi practically to a stand- the severity ol the world I w.,11- i Oamp, Jnr Pictures, Patrioten Square Oarden, New i Is a member oi the ba ReUld .i Hong Kong Interim
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    FORGING SIAM NOTES
    173 3 Chinese Charged m Hong Kontf Tlil Yau-chung on two ehargei 1 ;i of implements of forger] iii Hi, making of spuriaua Biamese banknotes, at the Hong Konp Supreme Court on March 28 before the acttai -Chief Justice. Mr Justice J R. \v tod Defendant, mho pleaded "Not
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    "BACK TO BIBLICAL TIMES"
    384 3 ANOTHER UNSOLVED MURDER Judge's Reference At Trial Of Cypriot Tlu murder of Dr AOfelM Zemenides the Cypriot Interpreter, at Hampstcad. N.W.. on 1 January 2. is to remain another unsolved crime mystery. Thcodosu.s Petrou, a 20-yean-oid Cypriot pastrycook, has been found not guilty at the Old
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    SURROUNDED BY HEAD HUNTERS
    521 3 COMM U NIST COLONY MAROONED Adventures at "Tanah Merah" Liverpool, March 22. Stirring adventures m the East were described by Mr. Frank Mark Jones, aged twenty-five, of Clarence-street, Richmond. Surrey, when ht arrived at i Lverpool, yesterday, m the Blm Funnel liner Doltus. At the as*
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    CRACKER FIRING BAN
    251 3 Mr. K. T. Campbell Questions The Foreign Secretary (FYotn Om- Own Correspondenl londun Mar. I\. iin [ollowing Is the official record of M. E T < ampbell's question In iiu House of Commons and the Colonial Secretary's answer on mi oi the restriction of cracker Brings m
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    BREAKING THE BANK
    153 3 Monte Carlo To Face Its Doom Montr Carlo will face Its do ni as the world's j naming centre if the French Government adopts a recommendation by the commission appointed to study "ambling condition--; m France. Hitherto Monte Carlos great attractions roulette and trente-et-quarante have not been
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      241 3 /wl HVII fl I bbbbbbbbbl^^bb> m |&hRJP|^H H s3^bbl Vftmr df JSt*"* r^ %?**"<?.■<■' -bbW I 1 II J Ml hj^i^l lak. -iSßfcai^^f^*'* r v^Bßf tßb BB iN MAI ADI A rIHLMNIHf Sanatogen has a remarkable effect on the debilitated system. The strength to remt the weakening 'liL^'^^ influence of
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      291 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd. Registered under the Trust Companies' Ordinance 1926. REGISTERED HEAD OFFH E Nos. 1. 2 and 3, Raffles Chambers. Raffles Place. Singapore. BRANCHES 21, First Cross Street. Malacca, 11, Light Street, Penang, AND 4. Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur. BOARD OF DIRECTORS S. Q. Wong. Esq., (Chairman).
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    Pictures to See Next Week
    1407 4 The Cinema Alhambra i picture thai an bot* <;• m ribed :MB anci I tttl will I OJM'I, .Villa 111 I»1 a the at programme ol Palthlees' Beau Bunks." With Ja< KoU the star, and pretty litt)'- I- i-ivu Kiiiipp m the feminine lead. "This
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    17 4 WILLIAM POWELL appears m "The Road to Singapore," to be shown a f the Pavilion next week.
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    124 4 Judy Kelly and Nancy Burne. who art playing leading parts m two of the current productions at the 8.1. P. Studios have been sisters m riistn-.ss Each wears a model gown m which they may not sit because of creases which the camera would record, and they have been ob-Uiit-d
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    DINNER FOR TWELVE
    263 4 A Thumb In The Soup A seven course dinner for twelve persona served at a tastefully d<vorated table has been one of the important scenes filmed by Thomas Bentley for the new 8.1.P. film Haw leys of the High Street This feast is the first social effort
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    FILM PLAYERS ARE NEVER IDLE
    504 4 By Sidney Falkenberg HOW do motion picture actors on a sound stage busy themselves between scenes While technicians ma!, preparations lor now "shot," and tights and cameras are being adjusted, the players in'ifs arily retire Into tiv background. D;. they sit with folded hands or
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    SEEING LONDON
    196 4 Constance Cummings. the lovely young star who has come over from Holly wood to play lor 8.1. P.. spent her first Sunday m London sightseeing. TWrteg by car. she saw the changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace befor^ driving pa.st the Houses oi Parliament. Whitehall and Trafalgar
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      625 4 FREE DOCTOR'S BOOK ON ASTHMJI BRONCHITIS, CATARRH 1 Quick and Lasting Relief through Inexpensi, Hoie Treatment TliK latest edition ol a Doctors I ree Fnrlc Rprl-Timo Book describing the most successful Ln(IS *>eaiime ears ol all borne treatments for Asthma, i too int!u Krce B Bronchitis. and Catarrh, is now
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    WHEN YOU GO HOME
    390 5 Leave Your Worries m Store. W« re Roing home m March, and can cert»lnl> to wtth ttM change— Tom especially. H«1 i:a«. ilv four fttn here without a break, imd hire, and sa\ what you like, the cllmnn- t'.oel take it out of onr. Marjorle, here,
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      155 5 MATINEES TO-DAY TO-MORKOW 3.15. /r-^ NIGHTLY fc.ls C 9.15 P.M. LAST TWO NIGHTS Paramount*! fraad Viennese Musicale "EVENINGS FOR SALE" j**&± Starring m 1 fl I with ■j&r^ The amusing story of —i J> :i uiLl<)lo s lnVr ntl'airs. mk JaW GAY! Tl NEFUL! I Monday "THE OUTSIDER 9 A
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      161 5 Obviously THE BIG SHOW for i you during the Week-end f C A PiTOL I w—a m Matinee TO-DAY 3.15 TO-\ l<« IIT! The Picture AH Singapore's Flocking to-^ You must see the Gaumont-British Triumph ROME EXPRESS "As fine a picture as anything made by any company anywhere" VARIETY (U.S.A.)
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      164 5 II 111 Mill WATCH FOR "TESS of the STORM COUNTRY." THE INDFPENDENT THKATRI WITH THE PICK OP THE WORLD'S PICTDRU MATINEES TO-DAY SUNDAY. The BIGGEST week-end Show Singapore has seen m months Here's an M.GJM. Programme THAT HAS EVERYTHING ICoIm i f Jlonts'oiiM'r.v Tallulali llaiiklii^Ml "FAITHLESS" supported by LAUREL anil
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      INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
      577 6 England's Hard Fight Against Wales I From Our Own Correspondent! London, Mar. 22. Knuland used to by supreme at hockey bu^. now even m this Bpoft we have a strußple to maintain our supremacy. England beat Wales on Saturday at Edijbaston After ;i k- le by one goal
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      TENNIS SHORTS
      188 6 Austin Discards Trousers (Prom Our Own Correspondent* London. Mar. 21. London beat Paris m the lawn tennis match at Dulwich by 12 rubbers to 9. They had won the contest when Jean Borotra flew from Paris to partner A. Gentien against H. W. Austin and J. S. Olill
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    BACKLESS BATHING SUITS
    101 6 New Swimming Regulations [From Out Own Correspondent London. Mar. 21. The Amateur Swimming Association has circitied to allow women to wear backless costumes for all their competitions. Costumes of one piece may now be "openwork at the back and sides m the case of men. and at
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    FENCING RECORD
    117 6 I From Our Own Correspondent! London. Mar. 22. J. Emr.v.x Lloyd, of the London Fencing Club, established a new British fencing record at Bertrands when he won the National Foil championship for the fifth time. He headed the final poor undefeated with only ei?;ht hits igatntt him For
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    BRITISH WRESTLING
    63 6 [Prom Our Own Correspondent] txmdon. Mar. 21. The national WNttltag championships were decided at Lambeth Baths. Winners of chamfthip; m the Cumberland and Westmoreland style vcit\ featherweight, T. Sewell fC.W.S.A. C). middleweight, J. Ferguson (Metropolitan Police). Light-heavyweight: T. W. Tweddle < Metropolitan PolicO. Catch-As-Catch-Can Style winners: featherweight. J.
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    34 6 Mr. Lindsay Everard, M.P. has given £100 to the Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Half the £1,000 which must be raised if the club is to continue m first-clas* cricket next season has been subscribed.
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    WOMEN WALKERS
    116 6 Three Miles m 25 Minutes (From Our Own Correspondent i London. Mar. 21. London Olympiadt. with four places m the first nine, won the team honours m the first v. omens national road walking championship, decided over 3 miles at Chase Side. Bouthgate, yesterday. The Winners totalled 21
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    THE ARSENAL TO TOUR
    88 6 Invited to Play m South (From Our Own Com-s.pond.ent London. Mar. 21. The executive of the South African Football Association has recommended that an invitation be sent to the Arsenal F.C. to tour South Anita at the close of the English season m South African followers
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    MID-WEEK RUGBY FINAL
    370 6 I Terrific Struggle For Hospitals Cup In a terrific .-truggie at the Richmond Athletic Ground. Guy's retained pot^esion of the Hospitals Cup by defeating Bart.sin the final, by 7 o. The game, watched by a record crowd, was fought out at a furious pace, chiefly between the
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    116 6 Miss Cecil Leitch, the famous Uoiriun exchampion, partnered O. E. Fawcett m a Mixed Foursomes Competition, m aid ©f the Kent County Playing Fields Association, at Wildernesse. Sevenoaks, but the pair could do no better than return a net score of 85. The annual Public Schools cross-country race, organised by
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      619 6 lira (if U^^^^COOLING Ks^ REFRESHING r.it.iiir.t I ;il« inn Soothe? and cool- Fathrrface and NgMweg tin* aftershaving -liiri**, DQSJiinitt lial)\*s tendtr >kin and PieTWgtS halin<r and irritation, and pive-^ the fini-iiin^ tou« t<» Ifotber*! toilrt. Sample cadi Soap, Ointmcm sad 1 i < HI trot- uj><in r.-^M. t ft m
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      337 6 From his first feed of Cow Gate, Baby shows pleasure and contentment —he loves it And the Mother too watches with delight the regular and natural growth of strong firm bone and sound healthy flesh. The failure of breast feeding nowadays Cow Gate It is a plain "undoctored need cause
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    WILL RUBBER BE REPLACED BY OTHER CROPS ?
    1025 7 WILL RUBBER BE REPLACED BY OTHER CROPS FUTURE INTERESTS OF THE Dr. H. A. TEMPANV SEES SIGNS OF PROGRESS USELESS RUBBER IN SINGAPORE Will other agricultural products take the place ..t rubber m Malaya fie hope that m the future the industrial interests of country may develop alon^ those lines
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    SNATCHED CIGARETTES
    186 7 Seven .Months' Imprisonment For Chinese Beret) months' rifomm imprisonment and tW<O years' police .supervision was the sentence passed by Mr H. A. Forrer. the Criminal District Judge. yesterday morning, when an Unemployed Chinese named. Tan Ah Hak appeared before him to received sentence on i charge of theft
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    INSPECTOR'S VISIT TO CAFE
    755 7 SEQUEL TO COMPLAINT MADE TO POLICE Witness Tells of a Quiet Night The wording of a summons against C. Angus, the proprietor of the Calcutta Cafe, Serangoon Road, when he appeared before Mr. A. C. Boyd m the Fourth Police Court yesterday, was: "knowingly permitting drunkenness
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    38 GALLONS
    162 7 Too Much Samsu For Own Consumption Tin- end of the <ase m whi?h two Shanghai j Bremen m the Norwegian s.s. Tonjer were eharßd with being m pQMeariOi of dutiable liquor <sarrusu» whu h was discovered hidden m a water tank of the vessel by a revenue starch
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    BEER, BOTTLES AND A BROKEN HEAD
    2049 7 Story of a Saturday Afternoon Party HOUSEBOY CHARGED Alleged Assault On ■European "There is nothing wrong m letting oneself go on a Saturday afternoon if you did get merry say so, there is no shame m it." urged defending counsel to a European who
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    NAZI CAMPAIGN AGAINST JEWS
    517 7 j POLICE DETAIN I WORSHIPPERS British Members of Parliament Concerned Berlin. April 4. The Berlin ghetto was raided to-day by police and brown shirts when all pedestrians and houses were searched for weapons. The synagogue service was net interrupted but the members of the congregation were
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    PETITION DISMISSED
    276 7 Receiving and Adjudication Orders to Stand Shaik Sahied bin Abdullah BaieiHi was un■ucccsfiil m his petition to ha\e the' receiving and adjudication orders auamst him annulled when he brought such motum before Mi Justice Mills m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Mr C. H. Withers Payne who appeared lor
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    TORPEDO LOST
    37 7 The K.A.F local headquarters issue a Cil llai that a torpedo was lost ei^ht miles smith-* I I of the Joliore Shoal Buoy on April 4. \U.M A reward ol $40 for recovery Ig ofTere(i
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    DISAPPOINTED LOVER
    328 7 Cheated By Prospective Father-in-Law DAUGHTER MARRIED Wooer's Gifts of Money and Goods A disappointed lovrr apptaivd before Mr. H. A. Fomr m the Criminal District Court yesterday to avenge the treatment he suffered at the hands of his prospective father-in-law, who, as ho alleged, had oh* aU d
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    BANKRUPTCY PETITION
    290 7 Contested by Owners of Malay Newspaper m U I and Mi Abdullah ont< itcd I tltftoa m rved i n tin n rln n th. j api Jnstic .Mills. Bankrupt* i itsi u«t»* m nti d bs Mi Mr for ttu pi I LtioMag creditor th< liquidator •>nt'-
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    DEBTS OF $120,000
    166 7 Receiving and Adjudication Orders Mldc i .hum to the <>m< i;.i a r 9m r charge ol mj affaii and mj property, but deal in.ik. n bankrupt tve bm .1 i ban i lo iry and tell my property," laid .1 Jewtao letter, I v Abraham, when
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933 PUTTING THE SCREW ON THE SOVIET
    978 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933 PUTTING THE SCREW ON THE SOVIET The only objections to the Russian imports bill which has been rushed through the House of Commons 1 1 that it gives so little power to ttu British Government to protect the unfortunate employees of MetroVickers who
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    THE MESSIAH
    146 8 Fine Sinking: By Musical Society Choir The linai practice of the singing ot the Messiah which is being (fan by tiie Singaixjie Musical S^-iety. was held last night. Mr. E. A Brown has trained so many choirs m the pa>t and so many successful performances of the Messiah
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    CHERSONESE PROFIT
    25 8 [FREE PRESS SERVICE-— COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 7. Chersonese estates shuv. profit of £12.100 and a dividend of three-farthings n share is recommeded.
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    TWO TRUSTEES REMOVED
    363 8 FUNDS THAT WERE LOST $30,315 Judgment Against Mr. J. B. David I From Our Own Correspondent J Penang, April 7. In the Bttprane Court to-day judgment was entered auanist Mr. J. B. Da\id of Oxley Rist-. Btngapore. for $30,315 and interest trom January 1. 1932. plttf OOOtB.
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    VOSS INQUEST
    133 8 DM Victim Set Fire To Machine Salfurd. |pril I Opening the Inqimot on Albert Von ol the tU-foted an ttner City of Liverpool, the Coronei bbM be was inquinnu Into two theowhether Voss took poison v.n n h< In the m 1 whether he b- during the lournej
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    INDIAN REFORMS
    104 8 How Lord Irwin Was Converted London, \pril 7. Ai'tt-i .1 rh:> i day*' debate the Houa hai unanimously passed the motion ai: adopted i\ tiv Houti of Commom lor tin .i;>pointmenf oi .> seled committal on tin Indian 1 1 form Lou 1 Irwin. binding up the debata
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    97 8 LATEST TIN AND RUBBER PRICES AND STERLING RATES Rubber and Tin prices and the sterling rate m New York and Paris specially cabled to the Free Press are as follow RUBBER London. April 7. Spot 2' B d. (2 1 16 d.) Forward 2» 4 d. 2 3
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    MISS HILZ
    92 8 Kangoon. April 7. l|) to IjM a.m. there hn.s bWB DO DtWI Oi IBm Mil/ but a few people data to Imvc .seen the plan- at p m v.-t.i<i.<\ ov«| RaiHOOU OH its .r. to Bangkok. Later. Great anxiety \m tall hnc at tli< ifegHMt <.t DCWI ni
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    WEST COAST SWAMP LAND
    389 8 Last Refuge of \Y of Island R 1833 h .settlement on th< .-■> *S Bj mangrove and palm-coverej t>l 1933 a modern cit that Is best m arch itei tm .mi m an island mori <>: cultivated That, put \ery bnei!years <il Singapore— a :.t< ;>
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    EVEREST FLYERS
    116 8 One of Wot land PI CoMCfl Ul <irirl Pur,, «t>f| One «il Urn Mi aerophl :\i\\\ tlou «>\.r Mount xn> OMDC t«> uiitl to-day <i.: ;i £f |C KanelM^JUßp th- third I thr world It wa, mUiiik.' t<«i 7 Uarnt that it had n: i tin third"! stato
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    AKRON DISASTER
    48 8 Kind's Masai Sympath> V l'h<- Kun- H :tn expn I <w in irtth th<- faiinii. ol tin Midi a;'. Wi:' Href, ■MM lili.i\«mi N Thr small naval airsl chinu tat M»i *Hj hoavy raitLt nn en **H wmkxl AH the «1< > n I *««Vl Renter Wireless
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    RUBBER RESEARCH
    28 8 Manufacturers' May DblmiH IFREK PRESS I It 1 Mounted thai abl<- atfaN June the R lirn The British tt» I M M band ami Qovernmeni i
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      289 8 rwpiEß johnstoineS NJ€LI» WHISKY Co. Ltd. Sole Agents for Straits Settlementf and Federated Malay States Incorporated under Hi* Companies ordinances of Hong Kong." "Incorporated m Shanghai." BI SPECIAJ TO HM FHE APPOINTMENI KING OF 81 AM ESTD. 1872. DIAMONDS SET PLATINUM ENGAGEMENT RINGS AND ETERNITY RINGS. also Bridal presents In
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      70 8 V w BEAUTY PREPARATIONS Nourishing- Cream Foundation Cream Cleansing lotion Orange Protective Lotion Hand Bleach Toilet Soap Face Powder Depot British Dispensary, Ltd. 33 Rattles Place Singapore. WHAT IS LIFE asks a biologist. Scientists say it's a bit of a cell. Take out a GAFLAC ACCIDENT A SICKNESS POLICY and
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    WAR SCENE SHIFTING WESTWARD
    181 9 •AIL WAY PROJECI \BANDONED to Attack Along Peiping Road £NI RAL OFFENSIVE Hard Pressed at Shihmenrhai Shanghai, April 7. i Hie lat<\st report Intelligence DeJapaneae command military conference idon the* positions Iping-Mukden Railway to Chinwangtao. They tward-s by way of I mi motor road wlnrli railway
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    CMBLY OPPOSED
    57 9 thwesJ Want- Abolition of \anking Dictatorship Bhaaghai, \pi»i :^< rthweel has apChi chi b jru and ;.ii commits iuv the pur■»tt. r upply ot the 1 iih tedded to oppaee tin; i. in ■■•■tiiii; recently iufinp on tht ground thai Mdl •t Deeeaary m order to secure all
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    REDS DEFEATED
    59 9 Kai-phek Arrives 11 Kianjisi shanghai. April nchung, one vi th< comd forces m Kian^si, report threatening Puchov irerc dtti i at tiie Tuogfeng He da are r-'reatnm m the Kiaiiß.st-Fukien border Kai-shek and 1 1 i win- arrivta] t)J FOaimsl, by a special They wen veleoned by l-hui.
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    AIR TORPEDO
    55 9 Chinese Scientist's Invention Shanghai. April 7. .1 fount Chin i i.nti,t in\ r:\tion. Hani rda] m the numbei o1 oflk mis reported to have tin ap- ro UghU} We "i reachln i >.• uiit ntali i quanttl del of tii<- lym Rouif T .r\\» illwwmiHHl n device rh
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    14 9 »'aris. April 4. UMto, ol Madam <»'- Mem irhQ w. Reuter Wireless
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    PIONEER OF A GREAT INDUSTRY
    872 9 DKATH OP MR. JOHN A. RUSSELL Malayan Collieries Chairman Mr John Archibald Russell. Chairman Malayan OoOtarlH Ltd.. and one of tfc best-known Europeans m Malaya, died m tli General Hospital last nU rht. at the |fe 50 ymn Mr. EllMlß had entered the hospiti a
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    NERVOUSNESS IN EUROPE
    309 9 M. DALADIER VOICES FRENCH FEARS "Certain Re awakened Nationalism" Paris. April I. French nerrouaneai ;it the German situ-Uioi »c underlay the speech of If. Daladier m th rf Chamber last night asking, m view 01 certaii il "re-awakened nationalism," whether Europ >r should seek peace by rearranging
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    CHINA CABLES
    153 9 Agreement Between Companies and Nanking Nanking. April The Ministry > l Ci-mmunications poblldm t<i-day the details of the agreement signed on Wedn. sday afternoon by representatives of the Mini>tr> oi Communications, mid the Great Northern, the Eastern Extension, and the Commercial Pacific cable companies. The main features are
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    STRAIGHT TEN PER CENT
    41 9 Washing ton. April 7. I A straight ten per cent cut In import tariffs is reported m Congress dreles to be the basic recommendation of Mr Roosevelt's plan for reciprocal 1 trade treaties with foreign powers. Reuter
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    TAEL TO GO
    167 9 China To Issue Silver Dollars Shanghai. April Though the Chinese Government, which bM MfTtral times announced the tarthooming abolition of the tael, promulgated and 01 lor abolishing the tael yesterday, foreign banks are I Mill quoting tael rates on the exchange though they arc expected to quote
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    POWERS MAY GO TO UNITED STATES
    273 9 SEEKING PROSPERITY BY NEGOTIATION WASHINGTON TALKS Mr. Roosevelt Ready to Welcome Visitors Washington, April 7. In connection with Mr. Mac-Donald's acceptance of President Roosevelt's invitation, it is stated that President Roosevelt will gladly receive representatives of any government which is sincerely desirous of discussing
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    JAPAN AND GERMANY
    65 9 New Ambassador Presents Credentials Berlin. April President Hmdenburg iia.s received the credentials of the new Japanese Ambassador Mr Matsuzona^ai. who said the Japanese withdrawal from the League did not mean that a barrier had been raised between Japan and other nations for Japan intended co-operating j towards
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    THE EX-KAISER
    75 9 "A Little Disappointed" At Hitler's Attitude Doom. \pril i. Mnceas Hennlone i> returning hero to-night. Nothing has been revealed regarding her con- venations with the Nationalist leaders but Urn ex-Kai-rr is static! to be a "little disappointed,*' at Hitler's statement thnt the monarchist quMtluu will not b;> di-cussod
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    ROYALISTS' ESCAPE
    68 9 Spanish Aristocrats m Cheap Suits Cannes. April 4. Ttu rx-Iniantt Alfonso i b^jiLori and hi.s two companions, ilad m -v »;p ptos-fOOi suits, have landed hen trom Usban en route i Fontaineblau where they will relaU to ex-King Alfonso the story of their privations before they escaped from
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    JAPANESE DUMPING
    47 9 I Government of India to Act To-day New Delhi. April 7. A deputation of millovners from Bombay Ahmedabad, Calcutta and Delhi are interviewing the Viceroy urging protection of textiles against Japanese dumping. Reuter understands the Government of India is introducing an Anti-dumping Bill to-morrow. Reuter
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    SILVER PROBLEM
    67 9 May Be Dealt With At World Conference New York, April 7. legislation for a solution of the silver problem will not be enacted during the present aesslon of Congress, according to the Journal i of Commerce which quoting Mr. RaiMf say» t the problem is so complex as
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    30-HOUR WEEK
    55 9 .1 Wa«hin>fton, April I The Senate has passed the bill for a thirty hours 1 working week and prohibiting the shipment m- inter-state and foreign commerce of the products of labour employed for more than a thirty hours' week. The measure is effective for two years and [excepts
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      521 10 Ellerman Bueknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamer. One B>ore- Balls 8>»r« r*. CITY OF MANILA For Havre, London, Rotterdam Hamburg Apr. 15 Apr. 18 fca. CITY OF KHIOS For Havre, London, Rotterdam Hamburg
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      504 11 To uiAopf: FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENO* MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Spore. Spore. Penang. N. York. Pres Pierce En Port .*pr. 11 Apr. 13 May 23 Pres. Monroe Apr. 22 Apr. 25 Apr. 27 June 6 Pres Van
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      920 11 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ I'ALIMA Saturday. April 8, Penang <maiKonly> and Bagan Si-Api-Api VALENTIJN Saturday. April 8. Bawean, Padang- Bay. Boeleleng and Sourabiu.i TOBOALI Saturday. April 8, Koedap. Tampoetih. Tampat-Tinßgi. Bengkalis ant: Si-Api-Apl. TOGIAN Saturday. April 8. Pontianak PALOPO— Saturday. April 8. Singkauang. Pemangkat and Selakau. TORADJA Saturday.
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      639 12 Burns Philp Line. Incorporated iv Australia < FOX BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AM) THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 ton*) *n<j m« 8 8 MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only] t MARELLA Is one of the largest and fln?st steamers trading tr. Australia.
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      370 12 T.S.S. KEDAH. Easter Holidays. As a number of sailings from Singapore to Mah'cca during the Baater holidays are being cancrll-d. tiie Company are arranging for KECAH. on the trip leaving Singapore on Thursday, Ap:il 13th. to call at Malacca both upwards and downward! for i>;i- ngen only she will bi
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      252 12 j s.s. KUM SANG April sth, IU < QStglM n JagMiMM Pa A\< hi I of ."> per cent of Ui I >f (i v.ill be i atao reQiM I i U m our Oi' 1301 B Sinua; BIBBY LIN I [LONDON \M-. 22. PALL MALL. lOMld' of fast twin-sr-'T
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      655 12 MAIL DESPATCHES liV TRAIN Bangkok every Satuiday 7 p.m. and Thursdays 7.30 am. Kfdah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 7 p.m. Kuantan ivia Jcrantut Monday to Friday 7 I p.m. Kuant::n 'via Juantat) Saturdays 7 p.m Kelantan < .ia Padang Besar) Monday and Friday 7 p.m. Kelantan (VBJI C-cinasi
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      653 12 CHURCH SERVICES Palm Sunday ST. ANDREW'S (ATHEDRAL 6.50 a 111. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 10 a.m. Children*! Eucharist. 5.30 p.m. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. 10.30 a.m. Service at R.A.F. Base. Monday and Tuesday m Holy Week at 7 and 8 a.m. Hoi/ Communion. Wednesday
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      OPENED WRONG VALVE
      273 13 Why President Madispn Sank At Moorings Purthei i• i .u..\ ay: re U* ini.shaj) to the President Mau:un i:> I we I :ad wlicn she sink at bei DKXM Dga S(.'attlf. Radio ftdvicea from American Mail Line cxcii B attle are to the effect that at tin
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      NO RETURN
      204 13 Hobbies Of Old Sea Captains I omloi, April 4. Where do liner captains go to when they Nd to sea, anyway. Inqi "rtes show that most of the captains of famous oner* who used io sail from Southampton now lne m suburban houses near London. Their lobbies are
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    BUMIPED OFF ?
    166 13 BUMIPED OFF .Master Mind Of Rum Runners Shot Down New Y.ik. Mar. >4. A murderous struggle for the control of a rum fleet seems an -xplanation for the murder at Middlttown. New Jersey, of Alexander Lillien. who is alleged to have been the master mind behind a ring of rum
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    NANKING AND FOREIGN SHIPS
    171 13 No Loading At Non-Treaty Ports Without Sanction Nanking, Mar. ZH. Foreign vessels may not load or unload cargo at non-treat] ports except m certain authorised Instances, according to an order issued by the MSniatrs of Communications following reports that non-Chmese ships often stop at non-Treaty ports
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    NEW HOLT LINE SHIP
    148 13 (iorgon To Have Speed Of 24 Knots The new ship which Alfred Holt and Co. hav< .":<itci for the joint service of the Ocean Ss Co. and the West Australian S.N. Co.. foi the trade between the Straits. Dutch East Indies and West Australia. will be
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    IDLE GERMAN SHIPS
    117 13 Slight Improvement Since September Of the whole Qcnaao rmrtllr marine fully 30.1 per cent., or 1.170,085 tons, are at pre«en( Idle, according to statistics published by the Association of Gorman Shipowners firing the stat of German shipping at the end of 1932. These figures when compared with
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    ATLANTIQUE II
    155 13 France To Replace Burned Liner Paris, April 6. Fiance will shortly begin the construction of the "Atlantique II" destined to replace the ill-fated Atlantique destroyed by fire on January 4. 1933. m the English Channel, it was recently announced by M. Eugene Fret. French minister of merchant marine,
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    STOWAWAYS ON KAROA
    56 13 Prison Sentence At Penang Two Indian- were charged m the Penang Police Court with having stowed away on board the Karao on a journey from Rangoon to Penan;.'. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 14 days' rigorous imprisonment after which they are to be detained m
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    SUPPLY OF ARMS
    200 13 Clergyman Denies Knowledge Of Firm's Activities Tin.' supply of armaments to Afghanistan by a company, of which a clergyman was a director, was alleged m the Northampton Bankruptcy Court.. The public examination of thf Rev. Henry Hooke Bartriun, rector of Lathbury. Bucks, formerly a drector of C.
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    EASTER HOLIDAYS
    39 13 Th» shipping and the import and export offices will be closed on Friday, April 14th. and will be open on Saturday, April 15th and Monday. April 17th. for one hour only, from 10 a.m. to 11 ajn.
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    36 13 Mr. James Wood, better known by his pen name of Lionel Yexley died at his Ilford home last month, aged 71. For many years he championed the cause of the lower deck of the Royal Navy.
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      123 13 TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA V U AND MOST ,OF THE U.S.A. \jJ p^' 1 lu j bCSI of the niHrvollot,, Canadian toekfeft— «t*y .a .l „p«r l W »lH|'\ h r Ltrs > <»tt ivfnrumtian upplu Xl N'OKONG HANK CIIAMHEKS. SI\(;.APORi£ Canadian National The [."ii/'^r finilivuy SyM''>'i m North Annnm
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      74 13 VESSELS ARRIVED India. Ital. 407 K. (ran Genoa lor Batavm lUIC. Tonjer. Nor 194y. lr'om Rangoon 7.4. for Swatow 7.4 Agamemnon Biit. 4849. from GHMgOW 74. for Hong Kong and Japan 9.4. Sibajak, Dut. 7082 from Soiuabaya 7.4, for Rotterdam 7.4. Ophir. Dut 2199. from B. D.h 7.4. for Batavia
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    THE EMPIRE PROGRAMME
    1227 14 8.8.C. Questionnaire IBY OUR WIRELESS CORRESPONDENT] The BBC have BWUCd ;i questionnaire m connection with the Empire broadcasts The *ju« \stionnam rs published ir World Radio and hsilinifl n (juested to till m th»- and return H to 'Broadcast inn H 1/ondon I have c iisulted Several
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    MENTIONED IN DOOMESDAY BOOK
    414 14 SIR L. N. GUILLEMARD'S HOME Beautiful Setting Of Rodsall Manor Tlie home where Sir Laurence N. Guillemard. the former Governor ox the Straits Settlements and Hiyh Commissioner for the F.M.S., and I ady Guillemard. arc living m retirement at Rudsall Manor. Shackelford. near Godalming. Surrey, is
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    A SNIGHTMARE
    271 14 Super-Charjred English For Super-Writers Grammar and words is th v are no I c the needs of really creative literary genius. Mr. Bugene Jolas. editor of the supercharge; literati Journal •■Transition." tells ua that everyday words are a snare and r nightmare —or. a- he might say. a
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    CONVERSION FACTOR
    115 14 Inch Equals 25.4 Millimeters The 'inch Li safe lor posterity Thr agitation which has been m progress lor years h>okinu to abandonment ol the English system of measurement based upon that unit, m favour of the metric s\ stem, is at an end. And as a c -onsequenc
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      42 14 To treat these complaints successfully, get to the root of the trouble. Clarke's Blood Mixture is the world's greatest blood purifier and healer, it is famous for Blood and Skin Disorders. Of all Chemists and Stores. Equally good m LIQUID or TAffl.ETform
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      543 14 BANKS AND INSURA \Q j CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,000.000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE I 38. Bishopsgate. London, EC 2. Agencies and Branches Al<r Star Iloilo
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      261 14 THE YOKOHAMA <\>h& BANK, l (Establr Capital Subt-'Tib*. i up. j Reserve Fund <■ President X Pi Mr.id nil,. N xinjjapore Bunch -Ml M \\i J I ONDOM 1. \V( .-tii.'., I TT». Natl 1 k, 1 td. Hi m Ai«-\ I Calcu: C tien, llawlwiri h h i!u. K;uyiian
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      309 14 j BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION j PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA. BURMA. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. and i FEDERATED MALAY STATES j PROM THE EMPIRE TRANSMITTER I DAVENTRY. ENGLAND Wavplpnjtth* 2S 3 metre* *nd 31 3 5 J metres I i Satardaj \pi ii xth. J OJC.T 130 pjß Tiie Signa'. Mem Big P.n N.
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      640 14 ROUND YOUR DIAL 80 Iloine (Italy* 2RO. 70 2 Khatarov.sk (USSR) RVIS. 9 a m.— noon. 58.3 Bandoeng. Java <PMY). 50.26 Vatican City (Italy). HVJ Daily. 7.0 7.15 p.m. Sun.. 10 10.30 a.m. also. 50 Barcelona Radio Club (Spain* EAJ2S. Sat.. B—98 9 p.m. 50 Bucharest (Romania). 50 Kuala Lumpur
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    TELUK ANSON RUBBER ESTATES LTD.
    909 15 [AL STRINGENCY Lnature Areas May Lie Abandoned L ii, •■•tiir.; ol Tclok Ailsou Jfl *> k'.uv m the r Mr W E Rayner < were I H Slme Hid C. T. dr B White- J L ol the report and The accounts 1 nbCI Ust.
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    156 15 Changes m Representative Prices \pr. 3 4 5. \jnerican Can. Com 56 57 58 \jn. Tphone and T'giaph 90 90 U 91'\tcheson Railroad 39 38 U 39'^ Dupont 34 35 36 Firestone Common 9', 9 1 10 :wn Hectric lltt 12 7^ 13' 4 jen Motors
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    YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
    111 15 Dividend of Ten Per Cent, for Year i ii. directors 1 report to the shareholders at the 106 th. half-yearly meetum o$ the Yokohama Specie Bank. Limited States that I profit of the Bank for the past halfyear, after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, rebatf
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT
    130 15 Singapore. April. During the pact week the market ha.s remained quietly steady. Prices have fluctuated littl and their appear? to be nothing on the horizon to upset the featureless course of the market. Latest quotations are Spot 6 1 ltj up 1 16 London 2 3 32d unchanged
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    MERCANTILE BANK'S YEAR
    147 15 Dividend of 12 Per Cent and Full Carry Over The fortieth annual report submitted to the annual meeting on March 28,, states. The profits for the year amount to £179.808 14s. sd. and the balance available after adding 1167.926 17s. 3d. brought forward from last account is
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    CHEAPER PETROL
    123 15 Price Reductions At Shanghai Shanghai. Mar. 2«». Gasolinr prices m Shanghai were rtViuce<l yesterday by five cent., a gallon, the Asiatic Petroleum Company and the Standard Oil Company of New York taking simultaneous^ actiCO. There is a belief that a price war may develop, although a denial has
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    LONDON MARKETS
    76 15 Lull m Demand For miim London. April I. I On the Btock Exchange to-ciay. apart from I a lull m the demand for gilt-^dsed .>ecuntie^. t the general tone was brighter, following more i encouraging advices from abroad. 1 Kaffir;- again command chief attention Cereal? reflected higher American
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    LEWIS & PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT
    200 15 LEWIS PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT April 7. I' Prices locally were inclined to cease after 1 the publication of March shipments, which at J 42.059 tons were considerably hmher than ex-,* pected. However, at the lower level, except for a certain amount of April liquidation, sellers held off and the market
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    YUKON GOLD
    111 15 Year's Production Worth $900,000 The output of gold from the placer deposits of the Yukon Territory has changed from an annual decrease to an annual increase, according to the Department of Mines. Last year's output was valued at $900,000 as compared to a value of about $500,000 m
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    67 15 During the week ending April Ist. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 36.668 cases, of which 24.538 cases were to the United Kingdom, 2.000 cases to the Continent of Europe, 6.915 cases to Canada and 3,215 cases elswhere. Total exports foi the period
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    NEW EXPORT DUTY ON F.M.S. COPRA
    812 15 APPROVAL BY P.A.M. WITH RESERVATIONS Chang's Grievance About Quit Rent Concession Some Into ruling subjects were dteeuMed at limllllg of the Council of the Planters' Assolatioji of Malaya held m Kuala Lumpur on /[ar. 25 with Mr. R. S Chantlei m the chair. Rules
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    To-Day's Price Changes
    347 15 To-Day' s Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES April 7 SELLING London, 4 months' eight rs 27 32 London. 3 month*' slgbt t|S ISJI6 London, 60 days' sight 13 25 32 London, 30 days' sight 2(3 3{4 London, demand 2j3 23 31' London, T.T. S 3 11(16 Lyons and Paris, demand 990
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    93 15 \pril 7th.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Srllert RB.S. equal to London Standard. Spot (loose) 6 1 16 6 311 RS.S. equal to London Standard. 'F. 08 6 516 f|li Standard R.S.S. on Tender April 6 6 518 May 6 516 1% June 6 < t»
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    919 15 FRIDAY. APRIL 7TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers sa:r. Kumbang (£> 23s 3d 24s 3d ustral Malay <£> 18s 20s nom. yer Hitam (ss) 10s 6d 11s 3d ang:r. Tin (£> 10s 6d lls 6d atai.- Padang ($1) 05 07 -j atu Caves ($1) 35 40
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      79 15 Assets exceed $12,000,000 Assurance In force over $35,000,000 9 fThe Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements BAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, EC. Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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    TWO GOALS IN THREE MINUTES
    679 16 WILTSHIRES TOO GOOD FOR AIRMEN Points Won Before Game Commenced Wiltshire i^immi R.A.F. nil. The result of the match between the Wiltshuv Regiment and the Air Force, played at Anson Road yesterday, was not of any real importance. It wa.s raining heavily at Seletar Hi
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    AVERAGES FOR ALL THE MATCHES
    257 16 HOW M.C.C. PLAYERS FARED Sutdiffe Tops Batting List The following are the M.C.C. averages for all :he matches played m Australia. BATTING Ins. R. H.S. NO. Ay. taletUN 22 1.436 194 1 68 38 Hammond 11 1.142 203 1 HO. 10 Nawab of Pataudi li
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    76 16 MONDAY'S TIES Godown Doubles Handicap. A. G. Hay and R«\ Smith owe 15.2 vs. winners of E. A. Taylor and F. T. K. Hobbes owe 30 and R. F. Young and B. J P. Flotclur plus 3. Veterans Doubles Final. R. B. B. Domicll ad E W. P.
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    R.S.Y.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    102 16 There was no play on Thursday m the R.S.Y.C. lawn tennis tournament owing to r.un. Revised ties are as follows MONDAY'S TIES Anderson and Hocps owe 4 vs Champnoi>s and Martin plus .4. Mr. and Mrs. Cox scr. vs. Mrs. Strickland and Merton Brown plus .3 Blyth
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    LONG STATEMENT ON OGPU OUTRAGE
    1336 16 SIR JOHN SIMON'S ADDRESS "Trumped Up And Fantastic Accusation" London. April 5. Extra time has been allowed for the debate m the House of Commons on the Bill giving the Government power to prohibit the importation of Soviet goods but the Bill will be disposed
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    LOCHIEL WINS CRAVEN STAKES
    66 16 A FAVOURITE AT 7 TO 4 Candidate From Mr. J. A. Dewar's Stable London, 'April 7. The Craven Stakes at Newmarket to-day 6aw Vlr. J. A. Dewar's LochieVwin: Details: Mr. J. A. Dewar's LOCHIEL. 1 CORONA CORONA 2 Major C. Behren's LIGHT SUSSEX Eight ran. Won
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    CHINESE WIN
    123 16 Football m the Rain At Jalan Besar Chinese S Medical Services t. Playing on a sodden ground at the Jalan Besar Btadium, yesterday afternoon, m the third division of the S.A.F.A. League, the Chinese proved too good for the Medical Services ami won by two goals to nil.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    116 16 LB.C.C. to Meet R.A.F. on Monday The postponed Division I League match between the S.C.C. and RAJ 1 will take place on the Padang on Monday. The ground will be enclosed. Seating and standing accommodation for the general public will be available on the S.R.C. side and at
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    NEWPORT BEAT LUTON
    19 16 In a Dtvteion HI (Couthern) match yesterday. Newport tx?ftt Litton by three goals to two. Iteuter.
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    MALAYAN TENNIS
    126 16 Selangor Championship Tourney Starts Selanpor is already well under way m prenaring for the Malayan Tennis Championships this year. The first round of the singles m the Solangor championships will be played on Monday and Tuesday and the matches arranged are as follows Monday See Chooi Soon vs.
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    SWAFFHAM PLATE
    83 16 His Majesty's Fox Earth Leads Field of 17 Newmarket. April 4. His, Majesty the King yarned his second turf success for th-e present season when Pox Earth won the Swaffham Plate by a short head from Truncheon after leading the whole way. There were seventeen runners. Although His
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    BELGIUM BANS IRISH SWEEP
    33 16 Brussels, April 4. The Irish Sweepstake has been banned j throughout Belgium and orders have been given that money payments for tickets will be oonfic- I cated Reuter Wireless
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    47 16 Minto Cricket Union team to play soccer against Wiltshire "A" Coy on Sunday, at MF.A. ground. Beach Road will be selected i from the following Makmang (capt.), Hwwm, ;M. Hussln, Hussln. Hussein. Manshor, Lekli, Shualb. Hamld. All, W. Amat, 8. Mnh'nwi I Ahmad and H. ChlLson j
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    209 16 Mixed Foursomes Competition The monthly mixed foursomes competition was played at Bukit Timah yesterday and resulted m a win for Miss V. M. H. Patterson and R. D. Shrimpton vith a net score of 34-. 40 cards were take, out and the following returned: LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP The
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    ISLAND CLUB vs. A.P.C.
    176 16 Teams And Starting Times Following are the teams and starting times for the match between the Asiatic Petroleum Company and the Island Golf Club at the Island Club course on Sunday. 8.35 a.m. Sturt and Holmes-Smith vs. F A Briggs and E. A. Stevens. 835 a.m.
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    17 16 The annual sports of the Ceylon Tamils As ixiation will be held at Balestiev Plain on Saturday.
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      43 16 SWIMMING CLUB POOL The Bwimxning Club pool will be closed to-, morrow (Sunday) night at 8 p.m. and will re-i, open on Tuesday at 9 am. High tide on Mfondav Is at 10.09 a.m. and 10.25 pm and on Tuesday 10 50 ajn.
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