The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 April 1934

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS SO. 14.238. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 1934. 10 CENTS.
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    RUMOUR SAYS CABINET IS CONSIDERING RESTRICTION
    88 1 nd That Agreement Has Been Reached OF OPTIMISM IN LONDON YE RUBBER CIRCLES is D. E. I Native Problem Been Overcome I London. Apr. 12. WAVE of optimism regarding the prospects sweeping the Stock tahangc and Lane. -hares and the commodity, are irdenin;, and
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    De-valuation Movement In Germany
    76 1 De- valuation Movement In Germany BUT HITLER AND DR. SCHACHT ARE OPPOSED London, Apr. I'Z. IS reported In German bankg circles that Dr. Schacht his resignation of the of Che Reichsbank leaving, probably due i:fficult position caused by the md by exporters, who believe that latl of the mark is
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    CH PLAN PREPARED
    23 1 Britain N Read} ll* Ghrc Trial I londoi |pr 12 m 1 I' i rhonuS I I I I I
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    6½ Million Marks Gold Loss
    46 1 Berlin, Apr. 10. further loss of 6,438.000 marks Id Is ihewn In the Reichsbank refor the week ended April 7th however, improved from 6.7 to 6.9 per cent owing to the Withdrawal o! 199.500.000 marks m notes from cfrculatl Reuter Wireless
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    TRADE COMPETITION
    48 1 Japanese Reply To Britain London, Apr. 10. fa the H»use oi Commons to-day the Resident oi the Board of Trade. Mr. man, stated that the Japanese trernment's reply upon the subject of se trade competition had now feived and was at present under '-•onsideration. British Radio
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    LL. GEORGE RECRUITS FOR SOCIALISM
    191 1 LL. GEORGE RECRUITS FOR SOCIALISM MISS MEGAi\ AISD MAJ. GWILYM TO FORSAKE LIBER \LISM London, Apr. 10 |N CONNECTION with the 44th i 1 anniversary to-day of Mr. Lloyc (Georges election to Parliament J political writers recall thai ;at his first candidature fiit\ votes tor Lloyd George somehow jotjeame mixed
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    S. AFRICAN BUDGET
    65 1 Bus Facilitates Tax Reduction Cape Town,. Apr. II). An all-round improvement m the financial position was revealed by Mr Havenga when introducing the Budget to-day which lor the present year shows a surplus of £3.500.000. Mr. Havenga announced tax reductions of over €2.000.000. including duties on tea.
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    LOAN FROM B.A.T.
    85 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh To Help Canton m Currency C% i nsis Shanghai. Apr. V 2. To tide over the note currency crisis In Canton, the provincial authorities have accepted a loan of $310,000 from the British and American Tobacco Company and a loan of $420,000 from
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    SHOTS AT FASCIST CHIEF
    90 1 Jose De Riveria's Amazing Escape Madrid. Apr. 10. Three shots were fired and a bomb thrown at the car m which was travelling Jose De Riveria, the Fascist leader and son of the former dictator. De Riveria was driving but all the shots and the bomb
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    CHINA MISSIONARY'S DEATH
    27 1 London, Apr. 12. The death is announced of Miss Mary Mortton. aged 78, who was a missionary m China from 1886 until 1921. Reuter
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    Japanese Carry Out Their Threat
    276 1  -  N a n y an g Siang Pau DISTRICTS IN NEUTRAL ZONE OCCUPIED Shanghai, Apr. 12. TN ACCORDANCE with their threat, the Japanese forces reoccupied the districts o: Chien Ann and Chunhua. south pi the Great Wall, yesterday afternoon Without resistance by the Chinese garrison
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    PUZZLE FOR DOCTORS
    82 1 Luminous Rays From Woman's Body Milan. Apr. 12. The emission of luminous rays from the body of a woman patient In Pirano hospital is intriguing doctors, nurses and patient?. The woman is suffering from asthma, not cancer, tuberculosis or any other disease wherein the physiological phenomenon of
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    BAN ON FURS
    67 1 Latest German Import I*rohibition Berlin, Apr. 4. Following the recent prohibition of the purchase 01 textiles abroad. iur skins are now placed under control and their purchase abroad or irom foreigners In Germany are also forbidden until the control organisation is operating. The object of the decree
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    41 1 London. Apr. 12. Sir John ll anbury-Williams. Marshal ol the Diplomatic Corps, and formerly i a member of Lord Milners staff m; South Africa, retires m October to make way ior a younger man. He is 15 years of age. Reuter
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    U. S. Loyalty Becoming Sorely Tried
    252 1 U. S. Loyalty Becoming Sorely Tried OUTSPOKEN PRESS COMMENT ON WIRT ENQUIRY New York, Apr. 12. XHE dismissal of the Wirt In- quiry has met with a mixed reception m the Fress. The Herald-Tribune charges the Democrat, members of the investigation committee with "laughing off a blundering attack." The country,
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    Opposition To Tariff Bill
    75 1 Washington,. Apr. I©. Increasing opposition to the TariiT Bill m Senate circles is sho\m by the move made by the Democratic party leaders to oall a party conierence with a view to determining their policy towards the measure. It is considered as likely that President Roosevelt
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    SCOTLAND YARD REPORTS ON FASCISTS
    193 1 SCOTLAND YARD REPORTS ON FASCISTS "SHIRT" MOVEMENTS ARE CAUSING OFFICIAL CONCERN London, Apr. 12 JTHE SPECIAL Branch of New Scotland Yard has been instructed to provide a weekly detailed report of all the activities !of the various -shirt" movements, With special attention to Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union or Fascists,
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    FRENCH CIVIL SERVANTS
    58 1 Monster Demonstration Against Wage Cuts Paris, Ape 10 The civil servant? have arranged .1 monster demonstration tor Sunday against the wage cuts and will assemble at all big centres throughout the country and demonstrate m streets. The following day their solidarity wll! be lurther displayed by a
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      31 1 00 SIORES [>ANCE MAKAN KETCHIL) H 6 30 to 8.15 p.m. H MAGICIAN DEWYNE I T he F ><* HE?}J22f cc of NCE AFFLc s Ui> MA6| CIAN DEWYNE ■^I^^ L^JjRATED ORCHESTRA""
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      85 1 On Other Pages Mr. Caldecott opened the Livestock and Trades Exhibition yesterday afternoon Pare 7. The insignia of the C.M.G. V 9« presented to Mr W. S Gib'f»n at Government House lasi night Pare A Chinese cyclist knocked down by a car m Orchard Road yesterday morning died m hospital
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      68 1 CHRYSLER RIDING EASE ADELPM HOTEL H CONCERT DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, DURIN6 TIFFIN TABLE D'HOTE MEALS AND A LA CARTE SPECIAL TIFFINS AND DINNERS ARRANGED AT SHORT NOTICE SEA VIEW HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT TENNIS GOLF SWIM MING SUNBATHING ALWAYS COOL AND DELIGHTFUL (FORMAL) TO-NIGHT (FORMAL) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CABARET "DE
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    FERRY BOAT SINKS
    328 2 $100,000 Compensation For 100 Victims Canton, Apr. 2. So many lives were lost when the Czhoi foundered near Pakhoktung on March ,4, that General Chan Chai-tong has *.aken a personal interest m preventing d recurrence of such needless accidents. He has moved the Political Council to jward
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    PLAGUE MENACE FROM RAT FLEA
    1116 2 PLAGUE MENACE FROM RAT FLEA K. L. Councillors Deplore Inactivity (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 11. Quite a lively debate took place on plague prevention by improved methods of storing rice -an indirect campaign against rats- at tho Sanitary Board I meeting to-day. The subject was brought up
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    When A Premier Is Worn Out
    168 2 London, Mar. 29. •When a Prime Minister has held office for four or five years he is worn out." This remark was made by Mr. Baldwin m the House of Commons last night, with the Prime Minister sitting beside him on the Treasury Bench!
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    "EASY TO LOVE" AT THE PAVILION
    179 2 If you wish to spend an hour m pleasurable confusion wondering what will happen next, see the Warner Bros, picture Easy to Love at the Pavilion. It presents a most intricate problem, that of solving what film producers have been wont to call "a
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    WIVES WANT EASIER DIVORCE
    260 2 More Freedom To Marry Too! Organisations representing over a quarter of a million women are to ask j the Prime Minister for a drastic revi!s*on of the laws relating to marriage. They want absolute equality with j men (which they say is at present deDtod to
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      44 2 BRITISH TRADE FAIR, 1 934. MAY 4th to MAY 12th. OPEN DAILY 6.30 p.m. ONWARDS. at the GREAT WORLD, KIM SENG ROAD, SINGAPORE. The Fair will be opened by His Excellency, the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, on May 4th at 6.45 p.m.
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      490 2 WANTED, WANTED small sea-side bungalow j jiully furnished. Particulars to Box, I No. 389. care of Free Press. i i SITUATIONS VACANT. WANTED experienced planter, good 'with. Javanese labour, to assist owner: !of healthy privately owned estate of I one thousand acres old rubber, and to j take full charge
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      503 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE!^ VAREEN NAIL POLISH m liquid form Obtainable m the following shades White; Natural; Rose; Deep Rose; Pale Coral; Brilliant Rose. Made m England. 50 cents per bottle. MEDICAL HALL LTD., CHEMISTS. i BUSINESS CARDS STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY STATIONERS REPAIRERS. 14A Change Alley. Singapore. The Cheapest Houvse lor you:
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      294 2 TEND E^ Tender TllMteil following particular. Supply onis roo, t. -.yj I N( >TICE^ khoi^aqS Entrant ten m nun unci i -..-la IheseSrh... oi $720 a three year suspenovci duct or pi satisfactory |scholarshi[i 1 Secretary. R and should him aIJ May Ist l! J been bom v dln J
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      189 2 Diary Of The Week Friday, 13th. -U&h Water 10.26 a.m., 10.41 p.m. football: S.A.F.A. League. Second Division. Marine vs R.A.F.. J.B. Stadium, 5.15 p.m.: Third Division "B." V.M.C.A. vs. Wlltshires. S.H.B. ground, p.m. Cricket Johore C.C. vs. R.A.F., Johore Bahru, 2.15 p.m. Saturday, 14th. ilgh Water 11.10 a.m.. 11.10 p.m.
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    SOLDIER SAVED FROM DROWNING
    43 3 incident At Pulau Brani Bathing Pagar G. V' COMPL IMKNIS RESCUER A.O.C General ralß ntry at the «the uncons- pany him to to m faoc t: as Currie. Owen bottom c men [ration By his that w,.> 3 L
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    MIXED COMPANY
    47 3 1 [hike n I Retired i o I is r v i 1 r I Duke w! edu I minent toi 8 Btr nd fOl Leonf ars Qo?.l| .1. prus un n Th Isthmian seri. Wes m, Empire anghal j ■SSat ho Is proc ««H
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    SULTAN PARDONS ERRING SUBJECTS
    29 3 B^rel Society 1 PPortunity n r Mala, let. .ftj H: C 0,,,, ii n j he con, lawn "Xtfthat, Highness 18 hud from :z sal
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    THE SOILED WIFE
    188 3 A Uron« That Must Be Paid For i v cannot give a husband damama to punish the co-respondent," said Mr Justice Horridge to the jury mi n a di vorce case at Birmingham Assizes M AU you can do is to give damages by way oi compensation
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    TONGKANG CAPSIZES
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    JIGGED HARE
    193 3 £30^00 For A Tasty Dish Xew v «»'k. Mar. :>3 Is£nd r V Sa > rjt Mcrrin 01 Long t~~" Cu V- &M won £30 000 nartlv because Golden Miller won the Grand Ln V r ?an iniiifrni «^nt restaurSteta wh\ch ne r IUUId at that J'W hare
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    Three Women Charged With Murder
    178 3 Three Women Charged With Murder Trial Postponed For Further inquiry three Sikh men and three Sikh women charged with the minder oJ yet another Sikh by arsenic' poisoning m River Valley Road who first produced before Mr. J M rand* r. the third magistrate, en Ap] 5. made another appearance
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    RACE ROUND ITALY
    316 3 Cars To Be Shadowed By Planes Racing motorists from all over the vorld are Invited to compete m what is claimed to be the most gruelling road race yet di vised, a contest of speed and endurance round the whole of Italy next May, for a prize
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    PARTNERSHIP CASE
    198 3 No Profits Paid Out Since 1931 "he hearing was continued m tfce Supreme Court yesterday before the Chief Justice (Sir Walter Hug- 1 irei > of the case m which Yeo Kian L^ong asks lor the dissolution of an aileged partnership with Ang Sam 1 *ng. for tho
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    18 3 Mamie.- < l.evalicr and Jcannette are to star together anbi m the lorthcmiing M.-0.-.M. product!..!! of -The Merry Widow"
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    TOO MUCH HURRY
    142 3 Chinese Who Jumped From Moving Trolley Bus The danger of jumping off moving vehicles was exemplified at the Coroner's inquest before Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday on Gee Teow Hoo who died at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on April 2 as the result Of a fall.
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    WAR CLOUDS HOVERING OVER LETICIA
    324 3 Hostilities To Be Resumed After A Year ,^1? "S C-jlombia arc mobiJ lMng with a view to settling their nval claims by force of arms cJ t h h e fl tnreat 01 another war m S/yerlca, m addition to the ?r!r ParagUayan dis P
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    BANGKOK FULL OF IDLE SHIPS
    60 3 BANGKOK FULL OF IDLE SHIPS Held Up By Rice Mill Strike From Our Own Correspjndent.j Bangkok, Apr. 12. A special meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce has .oeen called for to-morrow to consider* (the rice-mill coolies' strike, i Stabbing cases m connection with the dispute now number twelve and
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION
    68 3 Only Three Aided Labourers' In March Following are the numbers of arrivals from, and of departures to the Madras Presidency for the month of March 1934. Arrivals (State-aided) (Figures sup- 1 plied by Travelling Inspectors* Adults 3, Minors 4, Infants 2. Arrivals 'Others) (Figures supplied by Travelling Inspectors)
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    SHE LOST 32 Ibs.
    183 3 New Frocks Xo Longer i Worried Her "Hew did she lose that 32 lby. Ol far is what you will be asking. I• jteJl you herself: M Abont IS months ago I weighed 112 st. 10 lbs. which I ran assure poll (annoyed me very much.
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    44 3 The rnembrrs of the Ceylon Tamils' Association are reminded of the National Day Sports to br held on Saturday the 14th. inst., at 2 p.m. on the Balestier Plain. Members and children competing m the Sport* an requested to be punctual on th« ground*
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    Royal Duchess And Daughters
    199 4 It is likely that m the near future the Duchess of York and her two little will be seen dressed alike. The Duchess recently chose a cardigan and jumper m a pretty shade of coral pink with a faint blue line m it. made of silky-surfaced
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    29 4 This Jenny (Paris) dress is m simple dotted lame. Always Jenny is noted for youthful frocks. Tor frills and femininity and daintiness. This season she adds intriguing colour interest.
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    47 4 One or two afternoon frocks were de- i cor. od with pnpi)ies made ot stiiTenedj white pioue and fine lac.? and worn on the shoulder. Small diamond but tons are worn In iar^e quantities and have coloured centres f o match or con tract with the frock.
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    This Year's Court Dresses
    216 4 The designs for this year's Court dresses, duly approved by the Queen, are now on view. The fashion for "Alice" bands still being rife, it has been decided that tiara or ornamental band, m addition to the usual ostrich feathers and tulle veil, may be. worn
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    Queen Astrid
    124 4 The new Queen of the Belgians, like all Swedish princesses, dresses extra- ordinarily well. She is slim and handsome and her elegent appearance at j evening functions has made even i cinema audiences m the Belgian capital dress-conscious at night. Princess Astrid was from the first days of
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    Be Careful How You Wash Your Undies
    1025 4 Be Careful How You Wash Your Undies (BY OCR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT) QILK undies are easy to wash. but too much heat should bo avoided Hot water spoils the lustre of most silK i makes some colours run. and causes georgette and silk marocain to shrink -so it is best to
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    42 4 SCHIAPARELLI ENSEMBLE of pale blue blister cord' crepe, the moulded frock with fish-tail train designed with extreme high neckline m front, cut to the waist at the back, with waistline jacket with typical Schiaparelli revers, worn by Joan Crawford. Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer star.
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    Woman May Change Her Mind
    386 4 But Miss England Is Changing Her Figure Too! Miss England is not the le^ndary blonde she has been supposed to be of the sales of COOTetteat a London store during the last twelve months reveals her to be a br Out tt of every 1.000
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    25 4 Colour and l»>\.-i i.- N > nukf i evening MMemble delichtfi dress is a nuiu\o-hluf sita,J the velvet cape oi irictUH m bordeaux velvet Jem p»
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    The Right Tennis Frock
    148 4 "Never wear anything but white I when playing tennis," says daudette Colbert "unless you want to give yourselt away as a rank amateur and one not understanding the slightest ethics Of the game. Coloured dresses distract the opponent and are entirely out of order on the
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    Hats
    193 4 The Watteau hat, tilted right forward, coquettishly straight over the eyes, can either display curls at the back or a useful substitute of leathers. I flowers or ribbon loops if curls are i temporarily or permanently absent. The "tea-tray" hats, cut perfectly square and with crowns so shallow that
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    154 4 Long ribbons hang about afternoon gowns. About an inch m width, they start from the front of the bodice, which they are threaded through, and fall to the hem of the skirt. Their chief function is to give a gay wisp of colour to pale or dark dresses. The Paris
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    Scope For The Long Coats
    85 4 There ki still long coat that can by worn with the mat* i two-piece, i it can b<> I coat that frocks. The smart the back oi width. Coats for ai v.i torta of tun seen a spiky straight coat ;i mixture oi fui For
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    16 4 One id»\) Bhowj was Ststl] bi oeatn three-quarter dress is pull< atunic hi remove th< complete
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      137 4 wcuninq SPOILS CHILDREN'S HAIR WiiF.N you wa^h children's hair be r;irrfiil what you v-<". ATany soaps and prepared shampoo- mntuin too much fn-e alkali, which i? verj- injiu*iou-*. a^ it driet the feealp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to u«e is Mulsified eoeoanut oil shampoo, for this
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      134 4 Wisfl I M The c|uick aci P%T^- of Listerine T< I f^» Paste v ill surp: v |^4 i jfl you. Stains d> Wk pear after juV I few bmihinijt I Mak rtef I \*i W USTERINE J^i £lm My I Recommend i] fl Bb POrt PMY LAC-TIC iy '111
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    Austria's Big Three
    179 5 It has been revealed by Miss Helen Alvey. for many years Sir Oliver Lodge's (herewith) p ivate secretary, that the great scientist hopes after he has passed over to return and tell a message that he sealed up and deposited privately two or thi«c years ago. He
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    TIBETAN DELEGATION IN SINGAPORE
    579 6 THE MYSTERY OF THE TASHI LAMA THE TIBETAN deputation conttettng of high officials and a retinue of fifty monks wt>ich U on its way to China with the ObjfiCt of inviting the Tashi Lama to return to Tibet, arrived m Singapore yesterday on board the s.s.
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    First F.M.S. Divorce Decree To European
    151 6 ACQUISITION OF LOCAL DOMICILE OF CHOICE Mr. Justice Mudie on Monday made absolute the decree nisi granted m November to Mrs. Florence Humphrys who petitioned the Peruk court for the dissolution of her marriage. Tins is the first cas* In which such B decree
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    WOMEN ONLY IN THE FUTURE
    148 6 Professor Sees World Without Men London, Mar. 29. The world of the future without a man left— all exterminated by the female sex was the prophecy made at a meeting at Weston-super-Mare yesterday by Professor W. A. F. BalfourBrowne. president of the Royal Microscopical Society.
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    $150 Must Be Won
    543 6 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION Six Free Chances Every Week BELOW will be found particulars of the Free Press Football Competition No. 34, m which yovi are asked to forecast result* of ten matches to be played on April 14. l THE PRIZE OF $150 will be
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    WOMEN VICTIMS OF MALAY AMOK
    439 6 WIFE'S TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE The preliminary enquiry was held at the Butterworth Court before Mr. C. E. Robless In the case m which a mid-dle-aged Malay named Sahat bin Yakobe was charged with attempted murder of Mohammed bin Sahat. Ba'- yah binti Juso Hatiah binti Sahat.
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    ARE FRENCHMEN ARMING?
    356 6 REVOLVERS 'COMMON AS LIGHTERS' Fears Of Political Conflicts runs, >iar. oi. < Alarmist rumours have recently been m circulation to the effect that some j of the partisan! of both the Conser- vative and Socialist parties are arming. I It is already known, m fact, that many
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      COMPETITION No. 34
      124 6 I agree to abide by the conditions govern- 1 ing this competition as set out above and to i accept as final the decision of the Competition j ZSZ 2 4 Sin sapore Free Press m all matters, appertaining thereto. My forecast of the 1 results of
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      FOOTBALL COMPETITION No. 34
      59 6 Chelsea vs Everton i?v« c er vs Sheffield Wed. gWL vs. Arsenal wSS? Ln m Bromwich :V vs I*erby Manchester Un. vs. Port Vale Bournemouth vs. Swindon f.illinrham vs. Luton Southend vs Queen's P.R TH- y^ VS Stockport This duplicate list is for the convenience of
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    "THE NIGHT COMETH"
    202 6 A Preacher Dies In Pulpit Deal. Mar. 2<i. I must work the works of Him that sent me. while it la day the night cometh, when no man can work. Mr. Herbert J. Justin was reading this verse of the Gospels when he collapsed m the pulpit
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    MISSIONARY'S VIEWS ON INDIA
    286 6 MISSIONARY' S VIEWS ON INDIA AFTER 30 V|; A AMO\(; THE TELIXHJ, Isle of With! ha years m tru r m India world] m the Jungles near amongst thp T. h. hill tribes. He arrived here is at present th< of the Bethesda M son m Kuala Lump, ber of
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    Counterfeit Coins That Looked Genuine
    169 6 EXPERT ADMITS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DECEIVED 'From Oui Own Correspondent. Taiping, Apr. 10. Mi. F. E. Byron, a chemist at the Institute of Medic? l Research, Kuala Lumpur, Riving evidence m a counterfeiting case here, said he might have accepted the exhibits himself M
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    STRANDED EXPEDITION
    439 6 Efforts Continue For Aerial Rescue Moscow, Apr. 4. Measures lor the rescue of the "Chel- yuskin" expedition are being energetically continued. The pilots Doronin i Vodopianov. and Galyshev. w)io flew northward from Habarovsk on March 17. have covered over half the distance < Vodopianov lias reached the village
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    "HOSPITAL WEEK"
    111 6 St. Andrew's Mhrin Appeal i I Tht committee o\ Hospital are preparing v' utis "Hospital Week*'" which his bern visionally fixed Cor mcncing May H M: Harrisons, Barker cc > charge of the camj> and it is hoped to an performance: :i Dm < Bull, and a football
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    DEAN INGE
    100 6 "Not To Resig Months 91 Lond< v Reports hive app 1 number of newapap I sible ittcceMOCi to Di I been Dean of St I 'Inge, it will be rememl la June ol hist year I retiring t the c The Ifornlnf P I In&c has not \vt
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    EFFICIENCY OF THE NAVY
    285 7 rasas? m |O*M Of Men And London, Mar. 29. ril rf lt> l.ist night which it .sent at Gibraltar at wsit on the Qtitented s curity tor our i r tIM efflordshipscaii n the untiring rs-ln chief, flag D ra nid men. oi the Fleet Is
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    14 7 CHINESE CYCLIST KILLED BY CAR Accident In Orchard Road «-yc!e waTs^ashed COn<>ussi -'n- The
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    174 7 S.O.S. For Two Women And Five Men fUv«n Clitherue. Mar. M, f( S F°* fw a«ked by the police to come forward and five informitiim Ha^ntaT^"*'™" o'^0 At nine o'clock on the night ol Bunday March 18, he was shot m the back The bullet hat
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    276 7 OPENED BY MR. CALDECOTT YESTERDAY Qpkning seccnd umiual Livestock ana i rades Exhibition »i the old rWM course yesterday ""ernoo,, His Etcollencv. the d^arT'th^h^ UPO Mr Caldecott to r t"h show opt n c °l- Prior head ESS* ixpmali 3w Twl r-2^ f. ulUm p^'k Had
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    271 7 Empire Post For a Ranker General Major-General Winston Dugan the former ranker G.O.C. of the Ist London Territorial Division, has been appointed Governor of South Australia, m succession to Brigadier-General Sir Alexander G. A. Hore-Ruthven V.C., whose period of office terminates at the end of next month. General
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    672 7 SANITARY BOARD'S POWERS Unofficials* Suggestion Turned Down 'From Our Own Correspondent) t .1 Kuala Lu "»pur, Apr. 11. i ask that the whole question h* discussed again at the ncx R^l dents' conference." This was the plea mude by Mr T1 innn R l the Sanitar y Board meeting today
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    91 7 "Gaol For Demanding Meat With Menaces" London, Mar. 31. Sentence of 12 months* hard labour was passed at the Old Bailey yester- i day on Matthew James Bush, fruiterer of Stratford, found guilty of "demand- I ing meat with menaces" from a butcher and poulterer of Leytonstone. The
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      90 7 BOXING FRIDAY, APRIL 13tb, at 9.15 p.m. *LL HE NEW WORLD ARENA. JL < d not «< !h first mectlne. dont fail to thi, i rfcv "■<»">— a flf-ht to a finish. J^AA l: lan Wei,., Beat Graham'? fIBX/ WEBER vs. GRAHAM Uii <R.A.P. 1 WINNER TAKE ALL PURSE J9PW
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934. The Australian Eastern Mission
    490 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934. The Australian Eastern Mission TO many, we are afraid, consideration of the question of Australia's relations with other countries goes very little beyond five games of cricket which are to be played m England m the course of the next few months.
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    1368 8 WHY IS IT that when a repair of a minor character is carried out on a main road the road-men always leave a nasty bump or equally nasty hollow to strain the springs ol motor-cars and give an unpteasant jerk to drivers We have m mind
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    FROM DAY TO DAY
    240 8 Mr. G. T. Holford, Warden of Mines, Pahang, has been appointed to act as Warden m Perak. It is rumoured that Mr. Justice Mudie of the Ipoh Supreme Court, who has been m Perak for some months now, having succeeded Mr. Justice Gerahty K.C., is shortly
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    Wonder Plant Of The Busk
    545 8 For some reason, difl the Australians have take to cultivate few of thru collection of wonder pUi wattle tree, the bark Ul tannic acid, has mffen •y. Now the wattle Mcd tralia has sent all ov«-: returning, notably from Bo In the form of wattle-
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      182 8 ALLSOPP BRITAIN'S BEST KEER REDUCTION IN PRICE FROM APRIL Ist, 1934: Quarts, per doz. ZpD.33 Pints, per doz. ;>O.fU (Duty Included) QUALITY GUARANTEED UNCHANGED Obtainable at all Clubs, Hotels, Restaurants Provision Stores, Have you tried all the following TASTY CHEESES? Cheddar English Canadian Gouda Ed am Dutch Cream Kraft Gorgonzola
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      53 8 LAST MONTH A CLUB WAS OPENED IN BERLIN for married men who can prove they are masters m their own homes. The first applicant for membership is expected almost any day now, as soon as he* can obtain Personal Accident cover. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank
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    25 9 5 CHILDREN KILLED IN EXPLOSION j Slurp L sml I for Snm.iid^^ B l T 1 1 1 H ith I >ing the H I
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    34 9 itation »f .M.G. At Government House H B H Government H H I I H lished ■j H I I I I I 10. and. I liter I H I
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    21 9 stiiied To kjeth In i Q (.0 the S n .ship those i I Stat tation Reuter
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    529 9 DAY OF ANCESTRAL WORSHIP PILGRIMAGE TO CHINESE CEMETERIES By Our Chinese Correspondent fN ORDINARY times the Chinese people pay respects to the tombs oi their ancestors twice a on Arbor Day and on Winter Solstice. The former fell •during the last week-end when hundred! ot the local Chinese showed their
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    LED TSINGTAO REVOLT
    91 9  -  Nanyang Siang Pau Chinese Naval Chief Arrested Shanghai. Apr. 12. Admiral Shen Hung-liah, former Mayor of Tsingtao and Commander of the North-east Fleet, was arrested by the Nanking police this morning by order of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. Admiral Shen will, it is reported, be charged with endeavouring
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    BRITAIN'S ROAD DANGERS
    228 9 The New Traffic Bill mi n Parliament London, Anr 10 Parl?.m S p Ua f l and Strlkln opting to to n 1S Ilow 330 aild that by 11 to-night on the basis of the law of 1 fur'd g6S T People will have beST taf Th
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    AUSTRALIA AIR RACE
    113 9 Irish Sweep Chief To Enter Til London. Apr. 10. Irish sweepstakes may be represented m the London-Melbourne centenary air race to be held m October this year. Joseph McGrath, managing director ol the Irish Hospitals Trust. organisers of the sweepstakes, has announced that he intends to enter
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    SERIOUS SHANGHAI RIOT
    112 9  -  Nanyang Siang Pau Thousand Workers Clash With Police Shanghai. Apr. 12. Several people were wounded In a serious riot outside the office ol the social department of the municipality of Greater Shanghai yesterday afternoon. Over a thousand workers from the Mci Yah Silk Factory. Shanghai surrounded the
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    MOST CALUMNIATED MAN
    79 9 Trehitsch Lincoln m Canada Vancouver, Apr. 12. Accompanied by six nuns and four monks. Mr. Trebitach Lincoln arrived here on the Empress of Russia. He declared that he intends to found a Buddhist monastery m Europe. He described himself as the "most calumniated man m the world."
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    72 9 Lord Novar's Heir Prefers To Remain American Washington, Apr. 10. Mr. Munro Ferguson, whose mother is a member of the House of Representatives, has refused the title to the estates of his Scottish uncle. Viscount Novar, who died recently. A condition of his acceptance was the surrender of
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    38 9 General Tsai Ting-kai, hero of the Shanghai "war", accompanied by Generals Tan Chi-shau and Chlu Shausin, left Hong Kong yesterday morning on board the Conte Rosso for a trip to Europe states a Sin Chew Jit Poh message.
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    OUTRAGE ON AUSTRIAN RAILWAY
    107 9 International Express Derailed eArr 1 r of soo -&vr/ o!r%. y e rallwa >' authorities tor the omr? cry u l the P«Petrators of the Tns of ,h 'v h reSUUed m the j exlreis 1 Parls international express during the night The fireman on the
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    PRINCE GEORGES MISSION
    191 9 Cordial Demonstration Of Loyalty And Affection London. Apr. 10. At the conclusion of his two months' African tour during which he has travelled ten thousand miles Prince George to-day left Lobito m Portuguese West Africa m s.s. Windsor Caste. The Prince visited every part of the Union
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    TAILORS' STRIKE
    107 9 Protector of Chinese Intervenes Penan*:. Apr. 11. The threatened tailors' strike has been called off temporarily. This decision was arrived at last night at an urgent meeting of over a hundred workmen. This Ls not because their demands have been met but because the employers have approached the
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    FAMOUS PAINTER DEAD
    109 9 Hon. -John Collier Passes 1 j ,-y London. Apr. 12. The death has occurred of the well-known painter, the Hon. John Collier. Reuter. Second son <jt Lord Ifonkswell, the Hon. John Collier, who was born 34 years age created for himself a great name as an artist
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    92 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates "From Our Own Correspondent* London. Apr. 12. Spot 'Sellers* 5 3 4 d. (5 21|32d.) (Buyers l 5 HU6d. (5 19|32d.) July-Sept. 5 27)32d. (5 49|64d.) Oct.-Dec. 5 15|16d. (5 55|64d.) Jan.-Mar. 6 l|64d. (5 ***** d.) Market Active. New
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      416 9 TRANSPORT DE LUXE FOR I HIS MAJESTY "THE BABY" MARMLI and "LEI* WAV" i I L,tE.WA\ perambulators I THE FINEST PROCURABLE PERAMBULATORS From I FOLDING CARS GO-CARS I ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE i I I WHY NOT USE THE IMPERIAL AIRMAIL? CHEAPNESS REGULARITY TIM POsta ;f is ONLY 10 CBXTi
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      954 10 WHAT 120,000,000 ARE THINKING— No. 11 BREAKDOWN OF FARM CREDIT STRUCTURE THIS is the eleventh m a series of daily articles by Ralph W. Page, economist and writer, who toured the United States to discover what its people think of the National Recovery programme and has put his findings into
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      73 10 Abroad London, Apr. 10. Exchanges to-day were: Paris 78 9/32. Geneva 15.95. Copenhagen 22.39 I Oslo 19.00V2. Vienna 28. Prague 124* Helsingfors 226%. Lisbon 110. Athens 537 sellers. Bucharest 520. Rio 4>/ 8 sellers official. Buenos Aires 36»/ 2 sellers official Montevideo 37% sellers official Bombay 1/6 3/32. Shanghai 1/4
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      PAHANG CONSOLIDATED
      42 10 The Borneo Co. Ltd.. have received cabled advice from their London office to the effect that Pahang Consolidated 'o Ltd, have declared an interim dividend of 3»/ 2 por cent, payable May on the 7 per cent. Cumulative Preference sharea.
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      RUSSIA BUYS NICKEL
      236 10 £1,000,000 Order Placed London, Mar. 26. The Russian Government, through their official trading organisation m London, have just completed the biggest deal m metals they have ever made with Britain. They have bought nearly a million pounds' worth of pure nickel. The order was for more than
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      TRADE DECLINE IN BURMA
      369 10 TRADE DECLINE IN BURMA February Exports Drop 23 Lakhs me report on tne principal van*- tions m the foreign trade of the Pro vince of Burma during the month of February 1y34. as compared with the period of 1933, states that the coni l .,ned value of imports and j
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      172 10 April 12. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 4 00 Java Cube 6 50 Hamburg Cube 6 50 Muntok White Pepper 29.50 White Pepper 28.50 Black Pepper 15.50 Copra, mixed 2.65 Copra. Sundried 2.15 Small flake Tapioca 4.45 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.35 Small Pearl Taioca 5.40 Lingga
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      59 10 Borneo Co. Ltd., agents, report followl 1 i n dit°p 1 i tP i U^n f r J* ar T Ch: Panan Consolidated 1,630 pels; Ipoh Tin Dredging Ltd. «A Etami 87 pels; (31,100 yardage 148 hours run); Sungei Kinta Tin Dredging 320 pels; (68,600 yardage 314 hours
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      85 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT April 12, 11 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S equal to London Std., Spot (loose) 18V 4 18 5 16 R.S.S. equal to London Std., Spot (F. 0.8.) 18.7! 16 18V 2 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Apr. 183/ 8 18.7 16 MaylJune 18'
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      GUTHRIE'S WEEKLY REPORT
      155 10 I Messrs. Guthrie and Co's report for ithe week-ended April 12. is: The 1 market has been firm during the week j mainly on account of renewed rumours ■of restriction. Prices have advanced since last reporting, latest quotations i being as follows: Spot 18*4 cents up r
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      RUBBER ADVANCES
      122 10 Revival Of Restriction Rumours London, Apr. 10. The Stuck Exchange today saw a good recovery m gilt-edged securities, the new 3 per cent, funding loan Im- proving from 5 1G to 1 16 discount West Africans provided further good features but on the other hand. Kaffirs 1 were
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      211 10 m Apr. 9 10 11. American Can. Com. 102 104 105 American Telephone and Telegraph 118* 4 119 7 8 119» 4 Atcheson Railroad 67 59 70V' Dupont 977 8 9 7 7 a 933' Firestone. Common 2V 8 21 3 4 2is< 8 General Electric 21 7
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      RUBBER OUTPUTS
      171 10 Borneo Co. Ltd., agents, report followUtput for Marcl Kuala Reman *rnnn k*' L k KaWi 32 000 lbs Br^eh 00.000 lbs. Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd report the following outputs for MarchHenrietta Rubber 61,000 lb Suncei 7i a 5O0 n nut 4 s >000 lb Rampah Coconut Evatt
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      204 10 APRIL 12 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 24 1 1 64 London. 3 months' sight 245 r> London. 60 days* sight 2 4 9 Ji4 London, 30 days' sight 2141 London, demand 2 4 7 64 London, T.T. 2 4 3 32 Lyons, Paris, demand y O 8
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      MALAYAN PALM OIL
      56 10 Latest Prices Messrs Guthric -the latest buyer--1 cable, for Malaya kernels, are v fol i Palm Oil In B weights Nem phia 2.45 a per lb. ic.i.f. lai.c Pacific P currency I p c.i.f. landed Holland H. ton. Palm Oil m Bam weights £13 10.--5 per eeni
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      38 10 Lower RcaUl Short!} Mi' I I Telephone n. A decision to tinfied by the Post month and the I I n f o operation al The Post Offlc d charges will )i telephones m lI M
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      GRANTS CONVERTED FOR MINING
      870 10 Pulau Kamiri Works (j u Purchased Quota At the second annual general meeting of Pulau Kamiri Limited held at the registered offices 12. Market Street. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, April 7. Mr. M. L. Phillips was m the Chair and others present were Messrs J. C.
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    435 11 I Yesterday's Clostng Quotations 1 I i 6a i 1.00 J pmbu ($1) 10 15 norn ri: '$1* 35 40 iv Kamir B bWaB 6a 9s 6d s 1.35 G 16s 6d 7s I 6d 14sM *l P 8 j 65 MO 16t9d17.M »OU.« ECBBERS I l
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    143 11 PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA BIR\LI STRUTS SETTLEMENTS and FEDERATED MALAY STATES FROM THE EMPIRE TRANSMITTER. OAVENTRY. ENGLAND. v*o o! the rollocing rreqaenctot and vvavelrn?th> will bo used simultaneously, but .ne wavelengths may be changed In ihuoune of each day\> transmissions. Announcements will be m*de at frequent Interval l
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    311 11 EUROPEAN PLANTER MURDERED Burmese Servant's Sudden Impulse Mr. H. Prosser, the European man- i a^er of the Martaban Rubber Estate. Paung Township 'Burma), was stabbed to death by his Karen lugale, Tun Khin. at 2 p.m. on Mar. 27th. Tun Khin committed suicide immediately afterwards.
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    175 11 Mnthiy return oi dealers and port rtocks. Straits Settlements, at close of business, March SI, 1934, In tons, as j A. DKALEKS' STOCKS I p R v 'WE T TO TA L Total Dry j Crepe Rubber Hs s USS Wet Scrap Dry Wet Dry Estate Re-mill
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    231 11 I I European Motorist Arrested In Penang Arrested on a warrant. Mr. S. L Welling appeared before the Second Magistrate (Mr. D. Wills) m the Penan g Police Court on a summons for failing I to park his motor car to the side of the rood. The
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    24 11 China Mutual Steam Navigation Company has paid off the arrears oi interest on the 6 per cent, cumulative preference shares lor 1931 and 1932.
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      8 11 .TFRN f UNITED •Sf ACCENT [guRANCE. (.fnfral M»n»efr.
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      62 11 CKKDIT-FONCIER I) EXTULME-ORIENT Societc Anonyme Incorporated m Belgium— 1907 HFAI) OFFICE: BRUSSELS BRANCHES SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN, HANKOW PEKING, HONG KONG, TSINAN BPICK AND TILE FACTORY IN SHANGHAI. MORTGAGE BANK Mortgages on real property, Loan* for building. House and real Estate agents. \gf ius for: Union of Paris Insc. Co. LU OFFICE:
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      397 11 Aweu exceed $12,000,000 Assurance m force over X 3. r ),000.00t The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Stralta Settlements) HEAU omCE. Great Eastern Ufe BuUdlng, Cecil Street, Singapore. lqndo* OFFICE 27. Old Jewr,. EC The Company has Z2OMO deposited with the Supreme Court of England and
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      370 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHI\I (Incorporated In England b: Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 60U.00C shares of £5 each 3,000 iKtf Reserve Fund 3,000 00# Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000 <X* HEAD OFFICE: 38, Blshopsgate, London, EC i Agencies and Branches Alor Star jlloilo {Saigon Amrltsar [Ipoh
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    41 12 Merchants are hereby informed that it has been agreed to quote a rate of '$18 per ton of 20 cwt plus $1. per ton for cleaning tank. In respect of Palm oil m bulk from Singapore to Bombay.
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    33 12 STRAITS/ HOMEWARD CONFERENCE -Merchants are hereby informed that it has been agreed to Quote an arbitrary of 9s. per scale ton on Rubber from Pulau Langkawi ran Island on the coast of Kedah)."
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      872 12 The loss to British shipowners, underwriters and owners of cargo m j the course of a year through ship fires is considerable but the loss of life is, practically nil. and m view of that one might be inclined to think that the existing methods
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      PASSENGERS HOMEWARD
      1047 12 The following passengers are pro- 1 ceeding per s. s. "Ranchi" to-day for, Penang. Colombo and Europe: Mr. W. Holland, Capt. G. Nobbs. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Urquhart. Lt. C. W. V. Usherwood, Mrs. J. Cairncross, Mr. and Mrs. Fooks and infant. Ft. Lt. and Mrs. G.
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      75 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships aUagiMt the vi East Whan" .1m,.,,,,,. Plancius 22 Main Wharf Entra** Ranch! 18 c Kutsang 6 Empire Dock (Entraiict Larut 31: Thei Ousebridur 37 Empire \hu k (Enti Silvercyp. I West Wharf 1,,, Corfu 4: L, >dU I Minderoi) >J\v Main Whar»Lch. -Alert'; Oil Wharf. I! Coal
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      82 12 Ngow Hock N Bangkok 12.4 Nam Yonji Batavia 114 Klang, Brl 12.4. for Pi B Minderoo, Bi Premantle 11 mantle 17.4 Hiui TOni 124. for MU Toba. D\V 12.4. U'i- Kut s. ng Calcutta 12 4 and Japan Perak. Bi Ani 12 Belawan. I !j:. 1; 12.4 I
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      30 12 April M Nor. i. A l Ital. i; Lh< i Shunko M. r Fell. Gleniffer, Sin X Btmeralda, Mi Van Heui X April 12 8 Gambada, i Bri: i
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      25 12 The follOV the Ki. Mrs B mas I Mrs R. P H D. L Mann By the yesterday Frisby. Mil and Mrs. Mcl
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      451 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches and Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7 p.m. Kuantan »via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan <via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Padang Besan Monday and Friday 7 p.m. 1 Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday,
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      258 13 i k. I 1 w\ i H m ZI m aft It,/ I O 1) I >\ d I 1 \J (BRITISH INDIA p 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS. flu* Riip T nage Spore. soi'DAN 6.500 June 6 RAJPUTANA 17.000 June 8 RANCHI 17.000 June 22 BURDWAN 6.070 July 5
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      469 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) p™ n*,^^ "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON. ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. Steamer City of Bagdad Due Sails City of Lille Apr 14 A P r 16 Apr. 29 May 2 Cty of Eastbo™ ce H NG K NG> SHANGHAI CU.v o f W
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      1184 13 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HU A KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO., (1 Ml) Steam Ship Co.. Ltd., and China Ltd. Mutual Ste&m Navigation Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM *niP Co. Ltd THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE SARAWAK STEAMo.I Co. Ltd. OiE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORumAL LINE
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      786 14 K. P. m. &ONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ MAPIA Friday. Apr. 13. Fottoe-KMJang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Fteloe-Paßas and Rengat. PLANCIUS Friday. Apr. 13. Muntok 'passengers and mails only), Batavia Somarang and Sourabaya. M WEERT— Friday. Apr. 13. Rhio, Bllnjoe, Djeboes, Soengci-Liat, PangkalPinang, Koba, Tanjong-Pandan and Batavia riNOMßO— Friday, Apr. 13, Belawan-Deli. TOG lAN
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      434 14 -j ;i _.-fi h i^mm^Ltm >M LTO EUROPE rUOM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY, SUEZ. PORT SAIO, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA, MARSEILLE* AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Spore. Spore. Penang. N.York. Pres. Garfield Apr. 21 Apr. 24 Apr. 26 June 5 Pres. Polk May 5 May 8 May
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    MOTHERWELL GO OUT OF THE CUP
    50 15 MOTHERWELL GO OUT OF THE CUP mat W&® L m ri ishi g chance •3 waning :p and guphip and says a T housand right. Mirren W ere •lite nidfield listincUy I laltj n the Me '1' I 1 partroubled c first The i icond Dawr 01^ shall effort son's
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    IS LARWOOD FIT AGAIN?
    35 15 fesi Of Fool V i vt Monday London, M.ir .'7. c iii ihall know Nottlngplaj i iinc< ot tv m Aus- md ts he he nobody Is j «.-t 1 bowling
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    TO IMPROVE MALAY AN RACING
    810 15 Turf Club's Griffin THOROUGHBRED ENGLISH 2 YEAR OLDS TO BE IMPORTED [N ORDER to raise the standard of racing m Malaya the Singapore Turf Club is importing S each year W thoro^ hble d« at aE? of After a spell at Cameron Highlands the horses
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    ENGLISH GRIFFINS
    175 15 Four Events Provided At Penang Meeting There are still a tew left of the batch ot English horses imported by the Pen- I ang Turf Club, and now waiting to be drawn for. These horses will race at the Penang j July August Meeting and will be pro-!
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    SIRED WIN A LOT
    292 15 Death Of Horse Whose Stock Won £182,000 Sydney, Apr. 6. Rosscndale ump.> the property of' Mr. J. F. Flatter, of the Eullengoral Stud. Gulgong. who paid 9500 guineas Ccr him at the Kingsfleld Stud dispersal, has died from complications fol-] lowing a nail entering a hoof.
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    PARIS CRAZY OVER OBIE
    130 15 Negro Boxer Ot fcreakisti Physique Paris is crazy over a negro heavyweight of the Langford, Jeanette, and McVey school. Obie Walker is the norn-de-ring of something like 240 pounds of fighting material, which appears to constitute a menace to the world's best boxers. If ever there
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    NOVEL SPORT IN RUSSIA
    322 15 RAILWAY ENGINE WRESTLING Stalin's Warning To I "Wreckers" j Stalin and Molotov, the Soviet "Premier," have issued a drastic decree ordering the immediate improvement of the transport system m Russia. Communist Party transport workers, who are declared to be so inefficient that some of them could
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    An Athlete's Chest
    236 15 Dr. Anderson cites the case oi a man of 49 whose average weight for the last 15 years was 15 St. Alter three months' systematic application to this principle of eating, the man's weight remained stationary at list. 9 Ib.. and his chest and walsi measurement! approximate
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB
    74 15 Junior Handicap Competition For 1933 The result of the Junior Handicap Championship competition is as follows: G. Parbury. Albert Neess and C. G. Paterson tied for first place with 11 wins each. On the replay G. Parbury beat Albert Meess and C. G. Paterson 2 games each,
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    N.C.C. CRICKET
    93 15 The following have been selected to represent the Nondescripts for their week-end fixtures: Vs. the P.W.D. on Saturday, at 2 p.m. on the N.C.C. Grounds: Chee Choon Lim, J. N. Fernando, F. Chopard. I. Salim, P. R. Forbes, L. Sequira, H. J. Bruvns, Choor Singh, V. Chelliah. P.
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    MEN AND WOMEN HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
    483 15 MEN AND WOMEN HOCKEY CHAMPIONS ENGLAND'S DOUBLE TRIUMPH <From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Mar. 26. England accomplished a great hockey "double" yesterday, by defeating the International men and women champions and regaining both titles. At Belfast, the men beat Ireland by two goals to one. and m Edinburgh, ttM women
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    LADIES YACHT RACE
    148 15 R.S.Y.C. Programme For Week-End On Saturday, April 14, "B" Class yachts will compete m the first of a series of three Ladles races. Start 4.30 p.m. 1 On Sunday, April 15. the Six-Metre Class will re-sail the lirst race for the Somerville Challenge Bowl. Start 10 a.m.
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    COVERED COURT TENNIS
    130 15 IS' iff el Sharpo Wins Queen's Club Title (From Our Own Corespondents London, Mar. 27. The finals of the Spring Tournament on the covered courts at Queen's Club were concluded on Saturday. I when Nigel Sharpe beat R. K. Tinkler m the Singles by three sets to
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    L.T.A. President In Winning Form
    94 15 L.T.A. President In Winning Form London, Mar. 14. M. Sleem, who is now the president of the All-India L.T A made light work of his opposition a f the West Twickenham hard courts tournament yesterday. Playing In his own imperturbable r.nnner. Sleem defeated H. D. Thompson by 6—l. 6 o,
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    144 15 Mr. Jee Kirn Keat of Messrs. Guthrie •and Co., Ltd.. Ipoh. is to be married to Miss Beh Kwee Hong of Penang on the 23rd. inst. at the Hu Yew Scah. Madras Lane, Penang. Mr. Joe Kirn Keat was for some time In the Government service at Seremban where he
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      158 15 ■■■■I .^^^Hl^^^a^ SLOTTED BLADES lI T MI OILLETTB f' RAZORS OLD AND NEW MUB The slot m the new Gillette blade permits of dual tempering. This enables the end portions i of the blade, which are curved m the razor Rjj frame, to be soft and flexible to allow for
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      S.R.C.'s First Half Shooting Beats Pulau Brani
      765 16 AYRES CARRIED OFF IN FIRST DIVISION MATCH S.R.C 3 Pulau Brani 1. TT WAS lucky lor the S.R.C. that they took full advantage of their openings early m the game and established a three-one lead before half-time, when they met Pulau Brani m
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      Police Unlucky AT The S.C.C.
      523 16 HAD AS MUCH OF THE Ga\ BUT COULD NOT SCORE Sec 3: Police •THE S.C.C. beat the Police by three |< 1 Division game yesterday on ;he Pfcdani be said that this result is a correct tad] play. The Police were distinctly unlucky t, they
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    The Men Who Will Choose The English Test Team
    40 16 The Men Who Will Choose The English Test Team London, Apr. 13. Sir Stanley Jackson, of the M.C.C.. Mr P. A. Perrin (Essex) and Mr. T. A. Higson (Lancashire) have hpen chosen as the English cricket test selection committee.- Reuter
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    14 16 The usual monthly mixed foursomes competition will be held on Sunday.
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    FULL POINTS FOR
    358 16 THIRD DIVISION FOOTBALL Four Goals In First Half Against Bramtoco S.R.C 4, Bramtoeo .0. The Singapore Recreation Club registered four goals to nil yesterday at their own ground when they met the Bramtoeo Sports Club m a third division (A) fixture of the S.A.F.A. league. The Recreation
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    JOHORE BAHRU FOOTBALL LEAGUE
    66 16 Owing to the heavy rain last Wednesday, the fixture between the Johore Chinese Football Association and the Joiinthians had to be postponed to to-morrow. Five games have already been played, the results being: Johore C. F.A. 2: Customs 2 Muhabar 3. P.W.D. 2 Education 0: Jorinthians
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    CLERICAL UNION SOCCER
    109 16 Tan Buck Scan's team <F> beat Sin Khoey Hoe's team <A> by three goals to nil yesterday m the Clerical Union's competition played on their ground at Balestier Plan. The losing side was short of one player throughout the game. Scorers:— Seng Cheng and Kemat (2>. Mr.
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    LAWN TENNIS
    42 16 S.C.C. Singles Final To-day The final of the S.C.C. singles championship could not be played yesterday owing to rain. It is hoped to play this final this afternoon, m addition to the godown doubles final and the veterans' doubles semi-final.
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    COMBINED SCHOOLS VS. S.R.C.
    67 16 The following have been selected to I represent the Combined Schools vs the S.R.C. to-morrow, at 2 p.m. on the S.R.C. ground:— A. M. Valberg, <Capt.>, S Sundrum, A. Ffernandez (R£), E Le Mercler, I. Leijssius, Low Kee Pow R Minjoot (S.J.S.), D. Ross. J. Ferguson
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    WEBER TO MEET GRAHAM
    208 16 BOTH MEN ARE CONFIDENT To-night's Return Fight At New World Frankie Weber meets Aircraftsman Graham m a return fight over 12 three-minute rounds at the New World to-night. This is expected to be one oi the hardest contests ever fought m a local ring between! two
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    HOME RUGBY
    202 16 HoddergftekTfl Three Holiday London. Mar. 30. The following are the results oi matches played under Rugby League rules to-day Barrow 6: Rochdale 10. Bradford 2: Huddersneld 21. Biamley 9: London H. 31. Broughton 12: Halifax 5. Castleford 20: Featherstone 3. Hull 22: Hull K.R. 14. Hunslet 21: York
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    FRAMROZ CUP
    150 16 V.M.C.A. Water-Polo League The Browns, captained by Lim Fook Loong, drew with the Blues, captained by Tan Wee Chwee. lour goals all yesterday m the above competition Mr R. Lyne refereed. At the interval the Browns led lour goals to nil. their scorers being Secw Sian Chye (3»
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    SELANGOR CLUB TEAM
    74 16 H. .1. Sinclair Eajaj Tin Final In the s- singh s s< I Sinclair ;>•..(: I. foresting mat suited In 81 6—2. The van. with Sincli taking the I 9 I rallied stronf lln a low the aexi iai 1 placed br. i 1 three garnet an
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    34 16 Cup Finali-t- Hrld I Simderland I .lido 1 I|M Result! of Leai wen DIVISION I SundLrlanc DIVISION 111 OlUlnghain Norhampa DIVISION 111 --< Northern Wrexham SCOTTISH LI \<-' BCeltic f£L ifotherweU Cowdenbfi; St. Johnston.
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