The Straits Budget, 9 April 1931

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES iESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] •>.' V 1 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1931. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    392 1 .EAUERS— P»«e Lessens From India 3 Desperate Remedies 3 The Indian Congress 3 A Political Miracle 3-4 The Menon Way 4 Uceasional Notes 6-b elegrams, Reuter and Special— Covering Past Week’s News 21-27 Britain Again Supreme 32 •ictures Wedding of L. of N. Official 17 B.ne Bag by Straits
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1639 1 Luang Suriyabongs, M. D., of the Royal r. ai( Railways, has left Bangkok for by way of Singapore for postst tuly and intends to inspect the amt a ry services of different countries u, ]ing England, France, Germany Austria. The Khun Luang has been with the duties
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    SLOWING DOWN OF WORK.
    210 2 New Instructions Rrom Home? OFFICIAL RETICENCE. Certain Operations Abandoned. It is understood that new instructions have been received by the Malayan Command relating to the defence works at Changi. The exact nature of the orders is, of course, being kept secret, hut it is understood that
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    NEW SHIPPING LINE.
    193 2 D.E.I. Direct to South Africa. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 30. According to the Bataviaach Nieuwsblad the hoard of diectors of the K.P.M. intends to open a new shipping route to South Africa in the middle of next month for the direct transport of Dutch East
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    JELAI LITIGATION.
    150 2 Judgment Reserved By Chief Justice. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 2. The hearing of the suit brought by the Jelai Concession (Pahang) Ltd. against the Dato Maharaiah Perba Jelai ended today, when the Chief Justice, Sir Lancelot Elphinstone reserved judgment. His Lordship informed counsel that his
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    BRINKMANN’S WIN LAW SUIT.
    951 2 Misrepresentations.” FINDINGS AGAINST MR. ALAN KER. In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Terrell delivered judgment in the case in which Brinkmann and Co. sued Lewis and Peat Ltd., for the return of $19,628 on the ground of misrepresentations by Mr. Alan W. W. Ker, managing-director
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    STRONG COMMENT BY JUDGE.
    448 2 Perfectly Ridiculous Action.” The Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) delivered a written judgment in what he described as a “perfectly ridiculous and unnecessary action” in which Mr. A. M. Quintal sued the Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Ltd., for loss sustained by him upon a policy of
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    ALLEGED ROBBERS.
    94 2 Sequel to Raid in River Valley Road. Following an armed gang robbery in River Valley Road on Sunday night, Mr. Barry. A.S.P., attached to the Singapore Detective Branch arrested two Chinese and seized four daggers in a house in Havelock Road on Tuesday. The complainant is a Teochew
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    B.A.T. & ARDATH MERGER.
    285 2 B.A.T. ARDATH MERGER. New Malayan Selling Organisation. ECONOMY* MEASURE. Joint Offices Under One Roof. Far reaching changes are at n.being effected at the head offices in<5? S W pore, °f two of the largest tobacco tributing agencies in Malaya—,VL which are being made as ft measure. nor,! l The articles
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    MR. F. H. WATSON.
    286 2 Death in Hospital on Eve Of Leave. The death took place in the Genera! Hospital on Apr. 2 of Mr. Frederick Harry Watson, assistant manager of the Ardath Tobacco Co., Ltd., from c implications following an operation >r appendicitis. Mr. Watson, who was well known in
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    MISSION HOSPITAL.
    54 2 More Patients Treated J>> St. Andrew’s. The annual general meeting of Ik'-’ Andrew’s Mission Hospital, Sin)-' a 1 will be held at the hospital on Apr. During the year there were 1,163. patients and 12,459 out-patients a increase on last year’s figures. Financially there was an excess come
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      LESSONS FROM INDIA.
      1130 3 —-Straits Times, Apr. 2. I» recent discussion of Mr. R. Boyd’s on co-operative societies in the I inets of Madras, Bombay and the Kniiub. we showed what official India K of this movement and is expecting We now turn to the conclusions ■y,; h Mr. Boyd has
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      DESPERATE REMEDIES.
      963 3 Straits Times, Mar. 4. Mais il est mort gueri vehemently protested the eminent French surgeon to a little group of his friends who were twitting him on the death of a patient after a successful operation.” A grim little jest which always comes to mind when we find
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      THE INDIAN CONGRESS.
      1193 3 dangerous shadows.—Strait' l Tunes, Apr. G. The All-India National Congress has ended and while the telegraphic summaries of what transpired afford flimsy material on which to base an opinion there arc at least some grounds for solid satisfaction lhe forces of reaction have sustained a definite defeat.
      dangerous shadows.—Strait'l Tunes, Apr. G.  -  1,193 words
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      A POLITICAL MIRACLE.
      1057 3 again —Watch Winston Strait limes, Apr. 7. A week has past since the news came that Mr. Baldwin and Lord Beavcrbrook had settled th«>ir differences, and we still await the details of this extraordinary rapprochement. Such particulars as have been given l.y the news agencies which serve
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      THE MENON WAY.
      1024 4 «Straits Times. Apr. 8. As president of the fourth Malayan Indian Conference, held at Teluk Anson (iuiing the Easter holidays, Dr. N. K. Mcnon delivered an address on Indian affair? which has been variously described as “striking,” “forceful” and '‘biassed." It would be easy to criticise the
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT.
    268 4 Magistrate Directed To Issue Summons. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 7. In the Supreme Court this morning the petition of Raja Ahmad bin Raja Mansur for the revision of certain proceedings which took place before the police magistrate at Bukit Morta.iam and which had been adjourned since
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    TO STAND TRIAL.
    154 4 Motor-Cyclist Charged With Causing Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Apr. 3. Harold Martin Allen Bidwell has teen sent to the next assizes to stand trial on a charge of causing the death of a Malay boy by driving a motor-cycle in a rash and negligent manner.
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    PRINCE PURACHATRA.
    51 4 Confined to Palace After Another Heart Attack. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 7. Prince Parachatra has had another serious heart attack and is confined to his palace. The Prince recently made a tour through Malaya, the Philippines, China, Japan, Burma and India to further Siam’s rice export
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    ALLEGED COINERS CAPTURED.
    215 4 ALLEGED COIN ERS CAPTURED. “Most Up-to-Date Outfit Yet Found.” Considerable importance is attached a capture of alleged counterfeiters coins by the Singapore Detective Branch over the week-end. A series of important exhibits are said to he in the hands ,,f the authorities and it is stated that the outfit for
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    FRENCHMAN’S DEATH.
    145 4 Accident at Tanjong Pagar Wharf. Remarking that it was a most unfortunate accident. Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, returned a verdict of (iea'h by misadventure on Tuesday a* the conclusion of the inquiry into th death of a Frenchman who sustained fata! injuries while his ship
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    INTENDED SUICIDE.
    142 4 Three Women Appear Before Magistrate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Apr. 2. Two Chinese women. I*ai Ah Wee and Low Ah Tai, and a Tamil woman. Ham. were produced before the police .mag strate today charged with attempting commit suicide. Mr. Chalmers, A.S.P., mentioned in connection w’ith the
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    RABIES PREVENTION.
    91 4 Another Batch of People Fined For Disobeying. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 1The drive against people who do 11 obey the anti-rabies order continues air today 23 people were summoned affined sums varying from $10 to Thirteen other cases were postponed. One defendant, Chew Boon Juan, ta
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      THE NEWEST RECRUIT.
      101 5 (”l'll ltl|I~'--v Straits Times, Apr; 2. 7 Th diligence with which the Army .rities carry out the regulations. 51 ignoring events not under their or 1 control, was made the substory told during a lighter moJ ec t ‘ht* recent Round-Table ConferW1,,u ['hi* Indian Army authorities, tn
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      AIR MAIL AT LAST.
      242 5 --.>‘tmits Times. Apr. :2. 9inganr.ro is at last to be placed on I'. iish aerial map, being one of the olacc- of call in the experimental air 1 k vices between England and Ausi i Mails leaving Croydon on April 4 V- :m due here on
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      MORE ABOUT D.E.I. RUBBER.
      409 5 Straits Times. Apr. 2. Th.* latest commentator on the enigma of Dutch native rubber during the slump is Mr. W. H. 1 hi tikes, managing director of the Anglo- Dutch Plantations of Java, who puMishc in the February issue of the R. D. A. Bulletin some
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      A CITIZEN OF MALAYA.
      439 5 —Straits Times. Apr. 4. Among the men who have seen the ederated Malay States emerge from the pioneering stage to the civilised territor,,s which they are today none has been 'I'"!-" l f, ved and none could show a finer of personal and public life than
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      DR. BRADDON’S FAILURE.
      414 5 —-Strait~‘. Times. Apr. 4. Dr. VV. L. Braddon must he one of tho fastest speakers in this country—so fast that even the professional shorthand writers employed by Government would find him a very difficult proposition—and that is one reason why his speech at the I'.A.M. meeting did
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      WHERE ROMANCE BEGINS.
      336 5 |'V» Vi nvjvui II n IVII their flocks in this area.—Straits Times, Apr. <». The news that Mr. Bertram Thomas, an Englishman who is Prime Minister to the Arabian Sultan of Oman, has crossed the wholly unexplored wastes of the Rub’ A 1 Khali, the great sand
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      DEMOCRACY IN THE F.M.S.
      511 5 Straits Times, Apr. 6. The little dialogue between Major Kidd, M.C.S., the Chairman of the Kinta Sanitary Board, and Mr. J. A. S. Jennings which we reproduced in this column the other day has had all torts of rc-per-eu.sicns which Major Kidd certainly did not expect.
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      WILL SIAM COME IN ?
      408 5 WILL SIAM COME IN the committee’s activities. —Straits Times. Apr. 7. The announcement that the international tin restriction committee is to ask the Governments of various tin-producing countries which have not already adhered to the quota scheme to do so now brings to mind the letter written to the Straits
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      W. L. WYLLIE PASSES.
      328 5 -—Straits Times, Apr. 7. The news of the death of Mr. W. L. VVyllie, at the age of eighty, will come as a shock to all who are familiar with the work of Britain's most famous modern naval and seascape painter. But to those who had
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      MURDERER’S FATAL APPEAL.
      157 5 aa-amst such sentence.—Straits Times Apr. 8. A point of immense legal interest has l»een raised in India, as a result of ait appeal lodged by a young Punjabi again =t a sentence of transportation for life lor the murder of his former mistress. The Court of Appeal
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      MORE LURID PICTURES.
      232 5 Straits Times, Apr. 8. We are indebted to the Malay Mail for a translation of an article which appeared recently in a Marseilles paper on alleged conditions in Malaya. Among an extraordinary tissue of mis-statements in this French journal is one to the effect that “The number
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      AN ANZAC’S LETTER.
      397 6 AN ANZAC’S L ETTER. of the lads are Mind.”—Straits Times, Apr. 8. Writing from the Amuc Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Bn. a Queensland, Mr. J. R. Munru, who v,us a sergeant with the original Anzacs, makes an appeal on behalf of his disabled comrades which we are sure will not fall
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    MALAYA’S CENSUS.
    149 6 Over 1,000,000 Schedules Filled Up. The theoretical moment for the taking of the Malayan census was at midnight on Apr. 1. Of course, the work has been in progress for some months now, and will not be completed for some time to come. It is expected that when
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    BROADCASTING.
    161 6 Experiment from Keppel House Successful. VSIAB, on 41.7 metres, gave an interesting broadcast last Wednesday from 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. Beginning with the usual gramophone records electrically reproduced the station switched over at 9.45 to a trial broadcast programme relayed over some miles of telephone line from Keppel House,
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    TOWN PLANNING IN PERAK.
    1461 6 Ipoh Improvements. ENCOURAGING SANITARY BOARDS. The year under review has witnessed satisfactory progress anil interest in town planning and town development, states the second annual report of the Department of Town Planning, Perak, for the year ending Dec. 31. In spite of the general trade depression
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    RAFFLES’ PRINCIPAL RETIRES.
    644 6 Dr. R. O. Winstedt Unveils Portrait. On the occasion of the prize di.tril )U tion of the Raffles Institution on Apr &gt; the opportunity was taken by the scholars to say goodbye to Mr. D Bishop, M.A., the headmaster, who j s leaving for home on retirement
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    ARRESTED IN IPOH.
    88 6 Man to be Sent Back To Malacca. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 7. Arrested at Sungei Siput on a warrant issued at Malacca, Tan Kim Huat produced in the Ipoh Court by the P° lut who asked for the case to be transfen to Malacca. The
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    69 7 fThP Straits Times is not responsible for he opinion of its correspondents. Corresj(, n?s should bear in mind that letters r lie short and to the point. Long rc liab,e t 0 be re J ected or cut t Correspondents must enclose their es »nd addresses, not necessarily for
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    LOCALLY-BORN CHINESE.
    582 7 T.) the Editor of the Straits Times. __i ,-ead with interest the letter written bv Paha, as published in your e ,l cf Tuesday. r-ihi thinks his rights have to he pro.,1 Ml he says can be summed uo in i o words, i.e. snobbishness and selfish- Baba
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    VAN KLEEF BEQUEST.
    176 7 To the F.ditor of the Straits Times. Sir,— One begins to wonder what has about the Van Kleef bequest to lhf Singapore Municipality. At the "nnnencement, the Municipal Commis01 appropriate committee got busy. They apparently discussed matter inside out, advertised publicly su 2t?estions, and, having considered i.,,
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    THE POLICE BAND.
    226 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. —May I have a little space to say something about the sites of local Polic? Band performances. As regards the few spots available at present, there seems to be some objection attached to each ot them. Katong Park is
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    HEAVY FALL IN TIN PRICE.
    217 7 LoAdon Spot Quotation Down 62s. 6d. Tin sustained a heavy fall in both London and New York on Tuesday the closing market quotations being London (spot) illG 2s. Gd., down G2s. 6d., and New York 25 7 cts., down r h ct. The local market
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS.
    447 7 Mr. V. P. F. Walsh and Miss E. M. Carnow. The wedding of Miss F&lt;lma Minni* Carnow daughter of Mr. James Henry Cm now of Bendigo, Australia, and Mr* V r ictor Phillips Francis Walsh of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Singapore, took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on
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    RUBBER’S BLACK YEAR REVIEWED.
    3037 8 Planting History in Report. VALUABLE RECORD. RAPID FALL CK COSTS ON MALAYAN ESTATES. The annual report of the Planters’ Association of Malaya tor the year 1930, which is signed by the secretary, Mr. C. Ward-Jackson. is a full, clear and valuable record of planting affairs during
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    MARSHAL CHANG.
    60 8 Contemplating: Attending People’s Conference. Shanghai, Apr. 3. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, the Manchurian ruler, is reported to he contemplating attending the National People s Conference in May next. President Chiang Kai-shek is reported to be proceeding to Peking after trio National People's Conference to participate in discussions regarding the
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    BROKERAGE FIRM’S CLAIM.
    1048 9 Judgment for Plaintiffs. UK W. MILLARD WATTS SUED. rim n t for the plaintiffs was delivered \j, Justice Terrell yesterday in the case l'..ch the liquidators of Rose Maephail Penman, Ltd., sued Mr. W. Millard U r-. His Lordship, delivering judg- t r said The plaintiffs in
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED IN APPEAL.
    471 9 Alleged Misappropriation By Inspector. Mr. Justice Whitley reserved judgment in an appeal against conviction for alleged misappropriation by Mr. L. G. Aeriu, a probationary police inspector. Mr. V. D. Knowles and Mr. A. J. Braga appeared for the appellant while the D.P.P., Mr. P. A. McElwaine
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    RATS ATTRACTED BY MUSIC.
    846 9 Evidence Before Wild Life Commission. Giving evidence before the Wild Life Commission at Sungei Patani, on Mar. 30, Mr. N. W. Mallet, of Tupah Estate, Bedong, who has been in Malaya for 23 years and in Bedong ten years, stated that he had noticed a distinct
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    BATANG PADANG D.P.A.
    627 9 Labour Matters. “FULL DAY’S WORK FOR FULL DAY’S PAY.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 1. The annual general meeting of the Batang Fadang D.P.A. was held at Sungkai when Mr. J. M. P. Landon, the chairman, presided. After the usual formalities the chairman, in referring to
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    AGRICULTURE’S DEBT TO MEDICINE.
    2220 10 Dr. Tempany’s Speech |To Malayan Doctors. B.M.A. DINNER. OR. HOOPS ON YOUNGER GENERATION. The debt which tropical agriculture owes to tropical medicine and hygiene, and the great advance which has been made in the last thirty years towards making the tropics habitable and useful to man.
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    PICTORIAL EDUCATION.
    86 10 Educationists who appreciate the value ol Pictorial Education, the monthly journal published by Evens Bros., Ltd., London, v.ill be interested to learn of a new venture in the shape of quarterly extra numbers of that publication, also published at Is. The first contains a series of coloured panel
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    TURF CLUB TO THE RESCUE.
    316 10 Government Too Slow. LAND LENT TO K. LUMPER AIRMEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 31 Many important matters were diccu«« od at the annual general meeting of 'th. Kuala Lumpur Flying Club held her, yesterday. The club’s debt to the Turf Club was
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    COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
    295 10 Result of March Professional Examinations. The March professional examination? at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, resulted as follow* Final Professional. The Diploma L.M.S. (Singapore) ha* been awarded to each of the following:K. Doraiappah; M. Doraisinghan; C. Jumeaux (Distinction in Medicine. Margery. Midwifery and Gynaecology);
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    BLAMING IT ALL ON THE CLIMATE!
    4315 11 B.M.A. President’s Remarks On European Life. CAUSES OF OUR ILLS. iillVT PSYCHOLOGY CAN no IN MALAYA. One of the most interesting commentaries ever made by a medical in m on European life in Malaya was de’hered by Dr. G. Waugh Scott liotoro the Malayan
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    IPOH GOLF CLUB.
    200 12 Successful Year Owing To Better Support. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 4. Mr. F. E. de Paula presided at the annual general meeting of the Ipoh Golf Club. In the course of a review of the past year he stated that financially the club had been
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    TWO MURDERED.
    102 12 Railway Coolie Sentenced To Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 5. Ramasamy, a railway coolie, was sentenced to death here by Mr. Justice Williamson for the murder of a railway tindal and his wife at Bukit Berapit. It was stated that one afternoon when the coolies wore
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    MR. KEMPE LEAVING KLANG.
    441 12 Raja Muda Present At Farewell Function. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Mar. 31. A reception was held yesterday at the Selangor Coast Club in honour of Mr. j. E. Kempe, M.C.S., president of the club, prior to his departure to Kuala Kangsar on transfer. The guest
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    LATE MR. R. N. G. BINGLEY
    307 12 A Pioneer Tea Planter In Java. Mr. Robert Noel Glanville Bingley, who died last month at Notley Abbey, Thame. Oxon, in his sixty-seventh year, was a prominent figure in the rubber and tea growing industries. A correspondent writes of him in The Times:— Going
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    SINGAPORE MAN’S BIG CATCH.
    315 12 Lands 514 Pound Mako Off New Zealand. (From a Special Correspondent.) Otehei Bay, Mar. l. While fishing today at Otehei Bay Crupukapuka Island, New Zealand, mV G. B. Anderson, of Singapore, landed y 511-pound mako after a struggle lasting one hour and 45 minutes. Mr. C.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    372 12 Monday, Mar. 23. The Hon. Mr. E. W. F. Gilman. C.B.E., Mr. 1*. H. Ezechiel, C.M.G., anti Mr. L. M. Clauson, O.B.E., arrived at Government House. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council. Dr., Mrs. and M iss Hoops dined with His Excellency and Mrs.
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
    4449 13 Farewell To Mr. Lornie—A Human And Popular Civil Servant—From Land Office To Residency—Public Parks In Kuala Lumpur Selangor’s Cricket Eleven —Golf Among The Chinese The Malayan Shoiv. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 3. PUBLIC attention has been focussed this week on
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    BOUND TO TREE.
    145 14 Man Partly Buried And Insulted. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 2i). On Wednesday last the District Court at Soekaboemi, Java, began the trial of 42 coolies, accused of conspiracy on Tji C.cmbong Estate, Java, resulting in the binding of the estate manager to a tree. Further
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    CHASE BY SAMPAN.
    187 14 Charges Against Fishermen improved. A chase by sampan by Revenue Officers of two Chinese fishermen off the coast of Bedok on the evening of Mar. 14 had a sequel before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Apr. 1 when the latter were charged
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    COLLISION OFF PULO BERANTI.
    165 14 Findings by Marine Court. The inquiry into the collision between (he water-boat Spring and the Sampan G.G. near Pulo Beranti on Jan. 17, Nvas concluded in the Marine Court on Apr. 1 The court consisted of Mr. G. C. Dodd the acting Singapore District Judge (President)
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    A “ SUMATRA.”
    187 14 A SUMATRA.” Unusually Violent Gale Over Singapore. A “Sumatra” of unusual violence struck Singapore on Apr. 3. There had been no wind during the evening, but at 11.20 there was an instantaneous rise to 30 miles an hour from the south-west. A rate of 40 miles an hour was reached
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    FLIGHT FROM EUROPE.
    58 14 Lone Airman Arrives In Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Apr. 4. Count Czarkowski, an officer in the Polish Army, arrived at Don Muanir aerodrome unexpectedly yesterday, having flown from Europe. He is alone in a small aeroplane, and is on a pleasure tour. He intends to
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    SELANGOR SPORTSMEN’S FAREWELL TO MR. LORNIE.
    30 14 &lt;&gt;n&lt;- al Ihe Town llall, In .11 Hplrt ,hV!n'eho^;i:V?^rr^d' i ;ri'n e Va"la m a. V,CW f thC kfm w hkh Mr h ,ak
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    DEATH OF REV. W. E. HORLEY. M.B.E.
    3180 15 A Striking 1 Personality. HIS LIFE’S WORK IN MALAYA. The death of the Rev. William Edward Horley, M.B.E., District Superintendent of tho Methodist Episcopal Mission, Singapore, occurred about 11 a.m. on Thursday, Apr. 2, following a heart attack. With his passing Malaya loses
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    SINGAPORE’S HEALTH.
    149 15 SING APORE’S HEALTH. The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended Mar. 28, gives the total number of deaths as male 124, and female 70. This represents a death rate of 20.20 per mille, per annum, compared with 19 80 in the preceding week and 20.01 in the corresponding
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    DR. TEMPANY 0N MOULDY ROT.
    691 16 Not Spreading in Malaya. 4* REMEDIES THAT SHOULD BE USED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala L :ipur, Apr. 1. Dr. II. A. To;npiin*\ I"e Director of Agriculture, nddrev.se t! onrur I meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya on Tuor.dav on the subject &lt;&gt;! mouldy
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    ANOTHER VILLAGE FIRE.
    37 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 2. Nine shop-houses were gutted by a fire at Serendah village, 24 miles from Kuala Lumpur, this morning. Several of the houses had been unoccupied for months.
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    BAKERIES IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    790 16 BAK ERIES IN KUALA LUMPUR. Report Secrecy. BREAD HEALTH OFFICER WILL NOT EAT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 1. What were described as "alarming” rnl "astounding” criticisms of bakeries in Kuala Lumpur, made by the Health Officer, Dr. W. J. Vicke rs, were discussed by the Sanitary Hoard
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    PENANG WILL CASE JUDGMENT.
    633 16 The Registrar’s Finding Upheld. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I’enang, Apr. 2. Mr. Justice Sproule, in the Supreme Court this morning, confirmed the lCe*ristiar’s finding in the mutter of the claim of Hamat, Adam and Hawa to be included in the list of lawful issue of Nashurddin
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
    90 16 The close of the first term was celebrated in the Anglo-Chinese Secondary School with a break-up programme a feature of which was a clever farce entitled, “The Man from Ipoh.” The House C hampionship Shield, donated by Mr. Ntf Sen Choy, was also presented to tn&lt;* winners for
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      FLORIDA RIPPED OPEN.
      729 21 4Reuter. Glorious that 23 emigrant passengers lrouii the Florida were missing and that one Syrian in the Glorious was dead. Almost simultaneously came a message* from Marseilles which read :—“Contrary to previous reports the owners of the Florida now state that nobody was killed or injured in
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      FLYING TO SHANGHAI.
      214 21 —Reuter. Mr. Ford May Be Delayed A Fortnight. London, Apr. 3. Reports from Athens indicate that the damage to Mr. Ford’s aeroplane was not so serious as was at first believed, but Mr. Ford will be held up at Athens for a fortnight awaiting spares.—Reuter. Mr. Ford,
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      SPLIT IN THE NAZIS’ FORCES.
      163 21 —Reuter. Storm Troops Leader Defies Hitler. Berlin, Apr. 3. All leaders of storm troops must immediately sign unconditional obedience to Hitler.” This army order, issued by the Nazi chief of staff, represents Hitler’s latest shot in the fierce warfare between an influential section of the
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      JAPANESE NAVY.
      37 21 Reuter. Aircraft-Carrier Ryujo Launched. Tokio, Apr. 2. The aircraft carrier Ryujo, 7,600 tons, was successfully launched at Yokohama today in the presence of a large gathering of notable people, including Prince Fushimi, representing the Emperor.—
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      PEARLING FLEET.
      40 21 Reuter. Three Luggers Sink and Two Run Ashore. Perth, West Australia, Apr. 3. A message from Broome states that three pearling lugeers have been sunk in a storm. The Asiatic crews were lost. Two luggers have run ashore^—
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      UNIONIST PARTY SQUABBLE.
      236 21 —British Wireless. Jrioiiiér.‘ The Ousting of Winston Churchill. WAS IT A SLIGHT Finance Committee Chairmanship. Rugby, Apr. 1. The retirement is announced tonight of Mr. Neville Chamberlain from the chairmanship of the Conservative party organisation. Mr. Chamberlain took over this post last June to effect measures of
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      KUOMINTANG SPLIT.
      196 21 .lafipan to reéhperatc his health."-—Sin Kuo Min. Will Mr. Tai Chi-tao Resume His Duties Shanghai, Apr. 2. Mr. Tai Chi-tao, the chairman of the Examination Yuan, is reported to be returning to Nanking shortly from the mountains. It is stated that he will resume his duties. On the
      .lafipan “ to reéhperatc his health."-—Sin Kuo Min.  -  196 words
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      DEPRESSION IN JAPAN.
      78 21 Reuter. Exports and Imports Decline During Jan.-Mar. Tokio, April 2. The continued depression in Japan is reflected in the foreign trade figures for the first quarter of this year. The exports had a value of Y293,000,000 compared with Y400,000,000 during the same period of last year. Imports
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      LEFT £101,000.
      27 21 ~Rcutor. Fortune of Woman Missionary In China. London, Apr. 1. Misn Lilias Catherine Graham, of tha English Presbyterian Mission at Chingchew, has left i’101,000. —Reuter.
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      3¼d. A POUND IN LONDON.
      576 22 3 d. A POUND IN LONDON. ~~~Briti~h Wire-loss.‘ How Singapore Received The News. PROBLEM OF STOCKS. General Outlook Never Blacker. Rugby, Apr. 1. Rubber fell today to 3‘id.. pound on the London Exchange. This is a new low record. The average price last year wa. 6 16|16d. a pound, and
      ~~~Briti~h Wire-loss.‘  -  576 words
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      TROUBLE IN SPAIN.
      58 22 ~Reuter. Army Officers Punished By Military Court. Madrid, Apr. 3. The Supreme Court of Military Justice, wh ich has b“en trying the signatories of the revolutionary manifesto of last December, ha sentenced a colonel to eight months’ imprisonment for negligence,” two lieut.-colonels to six months’ imprisonment each
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      POLA NEGRI GETS A DIVORCE.
      80 22 —Réutcr. Princely Husband I ree. i TO WED AN OPERA STAR NEXT. London, Apr. 2. The film star, Pola Negri, has been granted a divorce on the ground that her husband. Prince Serge Mdivani, has deserted her. Hollywood, Apr. 2. In consequence of the receipt
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      BUDGET AND TEA.
      89 22 4Reuter. Empire Producers And D.E.I. Menace. London, Apr. 1. The British Empire Producers’ Organisation has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer requesting the maintenance of the principle of Empire preference in any re-imposition of the tea duty.” They say the removal of preference will give a
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      ON THE FRONTIER.
      84 22 —Rcutor. Lesson for Tribesmen Who Harbour Outlaws. Peshawar, Apr. 3. A salutary effect upon Frontier tribesmen who persistently harbour outlaws is expected to be achieved as a result of a swift operation by a mobile column of Gurkhas, Punjabis, British machine gunnel’s and artillery, which quietly surrounded
      —Rcutor.  -  84 words
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      “RIDDLE OF THE SANDS.”
      101 22 —-Reutm‘. Honour for First European To Cross Rubalkhali. London, Apr. 1. What explorers have hailed as the first and greatest step towards the final elucidation of the riddle of the sands crossing the Rubalkhali, the great sandy desot of South Arabia, has earned for Mr. Bertram
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      CONGRESS “ CABINET.”
      54 22 CONGRESS CABINET.” Reuter. Mr. Gandhi and 14 Others Chosen. Karachi, Apr. 1. Fifteen Congress members have been elected as the Cabinet by the All-India National Congress committee. They include Mr. Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mrs. Naidu, with Mr. Vallabhni Patel as president. They are likely to represent Congress at
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      OUR FLYING PREMIER.
      50 22 British Wirelesé'. To Go to Lossiemouth in R.A.F. Machine for Easter. Rugby, Apr. 1. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, today flew from London to Lossiemouth, in the north of Scotland, where he is spending Easter, in an Air Force machine. piloted by Flight Lieutenant Heslop.—British Wireless.
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      UNITED STATES FLEET.
      29 22 ~-Reutcr. New Commander-in-Chief Appointed. Washington, Apr. 3. Admiral Frank Schofield has been nominated to succeed Admiral William I ratt as Commander-in-chief of the United States Fleet.—Reuter.
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      STRUCK REEF ON WAY TO SINGAPORE.
      89 22 -Reuter. Malabar’s Passengers And Crew Reach Shore. Sydney, Apr. 2. The 4,500-ton London steamer Malabar, bound from Melbourne to Singapore, struck a reef in a fog this morning, near Port Jackson. Twenty-seven passengers and the members of the crew have reached the shore. It
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      ECONOMY IN D.E.I.
      122 22 .-—-—Reutor. Salaries of Officials to Be Cut. Batavia, Apr. 3. Five per cent, is to be cut off the salaries of the Dutch East Indies civil and military officials from July 1 and another five per cent, on Jan. 1 next, with a view to reducing public
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      THE TIGER PASSES.
      117 22 British Wireless. Navy’s Farewell to Famous Battle-Cruiser. Rugby, Apr. 2. On the return of the Atlantic Fleet to home waters yesterday H.M.S. Tiger made for Devonport to pay off preparatory to being scrapped under the Washington Convention. Before sailing, she had been stripped of all her presentation
      British Wireless.  -  117 words
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      THE IRISH SWEEP.
      63 22 ~Reuter. Legal Dispute Over The Winning Ticket. London, Apr. 1. Mr. Justice Meredith, of Dublin, has granted an application for an injunction restraining the Irish Hospital Trust from paying the first prize in the Grand National sweepstake to Emilio Scala. The application was made on behalf of
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      CHINA IN THE COMMONS.
      88 22 ifiéflt'er. Greater Part of Country Not Controlled from Nanking. London, Apr. 1. In the House of Commons, in answer to questions, Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, said there had been no material change in conditions in China since his statement of Mar. 9, made in
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      FRENCH BUDGET.
      46 22 ~Havas. Balanced to Within Three Million Francs. Paris, Apr. 1. The Budget for 1931—1932 has been definitely adopted. an estimated expenditure of 50,643,085,.195 francs and an estimated revenue of 50,640,509,352 francs. The session has been closed and Parliament will reopen on May 5. —Havas.
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      INTERNATIONAL TIN COMMITTEE.
      95 22 —Reuter. First Meeting in London. SIAM AND BURMA To r p APPROACHED. E London, a nr. Ihe Colonial Office announces tk. international committee to ree .i th production and export of tin wh, lhe its first meeting in London K!d asking the Governments 0 f s ls
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      BUDGET FIGURES.
      226 22 British Wireless. Mr. P. Snowden’s Sick-Bed Reading! Rugby. Apr. 1. Mr. Philip SnowJcn. thi- Chancellor rf the hxchequeiv who is proKiessine m n m his Surrey nonie, has before him a complete statement of the financial &gt;i‘tua. tion with which he must deal in hw annual Budget speech
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      IN THE CARIBBEAN.
      172 22 British Wireless. Closer Union Between British Islands. Rugby. Apr. 1. In a dispatch to the Governors of Trinidad, the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, Lord Passfield. the Secre tary for the Colonies, states he has been carefully considering the question of some form of close union
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      WORLD WAR ECHO.
      120 22 Renter. Japanese Navy’s Fine Work Recalled. Tokics Apr. 1* The valuable assistance rendered Japanese destroyers in patrol and co work in the Mediterranean during World War is recalled by the atinouna ment that eight destroyers which V,L built in 1915 and sent to Malta umu Rear-Admiral Sato,
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      EIGHT MILES A MINUTE.
      347 23 Im‘uter. Will British Seaplanes Do It? SCHNEIDER TROPHY. Two New Supermarine Wonders. London, Apr. 6. eo d of over 400 miles an hour is A nd to he achieved, according to the t by two new supermarine Zidane* tilted with Rolls Royce engines &lt;eap v i]i
      Im‘uter.  -  347 words
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      HERO OF 13.
      81 23 Router. To be Received at The White House. Washington, Apr. 4. A youth of thirteen, named Bryan nt ivilt, who stripped himself to his •r.'lt rclothes in order to warm younger children who were freezing with him in a :orry marooned in a snow-drift in m ora
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      PREMIER OF JAPAN.
      175 23 Midnight Operation Proves Successful. Tokio, Apr. 5. i lu* foreign and other Ministers visit- ■&lt; the Prime Minister, Mr. Hamaguchi, •'Us morning. 1 "Howing a medical examination the ni &lt; Minister is described, somew’hat 'crunusly, as confined to his bed and (Hovering most slowlv, if not actually
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      BRITISH MISSION TO FAR EAST.
      548 23 Reuter. A Startling Report PROMISE OF “STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS.” London, Apr. 4. Sir Ernest Thompson’s British Economic Mission to the Far East has returned, after a six months’ study of trade conditions in China and Japan, and hopes to report to the Government within a fortnight.
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      SPAHLINGER VACCINE.
      104 23 —British Wireless. Anti-Tuberculosis Serum to Be Tried on Calves. Rugby, Apr. 2. The Royal Agricultural Society Council yesterday'decided to arrange for a preliminary test of the Spahlinger vaccine treatment for the prevention of tuberculosis. .,11 Thirty calves, each six months old, art to be used for the purpose,
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      CHICAGO GANGLAND MURDER.
      131 23 Reuter. Fourteen Years for Leo Brothers. I Chicago, Apr. 4. A gangland cause celebre has ended with the sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment passed on l&gt;eo Brothers, gunman, for the murder last June of Jake Lingle, a journalist and gangster. It was at first believed that Lingle
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      SHOTS IN SYNAGOGUE.
      74 23 —Reuter. Two People Killed By Madman in Budapest. Budapest, Apr. 4. During a service in the principal synagogue yesterday evening a man, who apparently suddenly became demented, whipped out a revolver and fired repeatedly in the midst of the congregation. Two people were killed and five wounded.
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      NANKING-BERLIN.
      112 23 lReuter. Much Boosted Lufthansa Service Opens. Shanghai, Apr. 1. Planned to bring Berlin within four days of Nanking, a Junker plane hopped off from Nanking this morning, inaugurating the Nanking-Berlin air service. The plane is stopping at Peking, Mukden, Manchuli, and at Irkutsk. It will be met by the
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      SZECHWAN TROUBLE.
      166 23 '—Sin Kuo Min. Marshal Wu Pei-fu Anxious To Go Abroad. Shanghai, Apr. 1. Marshal Wu Pei-fu, the war-lord of Szechwan, is stated to have petitioned the Central Government for permission and for funds to enable nim to go abroad to study foreign military administration systems. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek
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      MUTINY IN PERU.
      95 23 ~—_Reutc r. Twenty-nine N.C.Os. And Privates Sentenced. New York, Apr. 3. A message from Lima states that 29 non-commissioned officers and privates have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one to 20 years for participation in the mutiny of infantry regiments last week. —Reuter. An
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      PRINCE LENDS HAND IN GOLD MINE.
      215 23 -Reuter. Wjth Pneumatic Drill. HOT WORK AND A FALSE ALARM. Ecllohorizonte, Brazil, Apr. 5. Wearing overalls and large black helmets whuh the miners cull hard boiled L r KS Rrin.ce of Wales and Prince George do tended the Mm rovelho gold world the dCC,&gt;t
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      SOVIET BLUFF ?
      353 23 SOVIET BLUFF Router. Organised Campaign In Japan. Tokio, Apr. 5. Asserting that an organised campaign against the Soviet Government exists in Japan, in connection with the fishery and roubles questions, and demanding that it should be probed, the Soviet representatives in Tokio have, for the second time, strongly protested against
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      A DANGEROUS LUNATIC.
      48 23 Router. Revolver Fired into Church Congregation. Budapest, Apr. I. Zatloka who fired a revolver into the congregation of a church with serious effects has been identified as a dangerous lunatic who recently escaped from an asylum. Nobody is dead but some have been wounded gravely.—Reuter.
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      FURTHER SHOCKS AT MANAGUA.
      723 24 Renter. British W‘ireio; —Reuter. Renewals of the Fir&lt;ps. BANDIT ATTACK RUMOUR CAUSES ALARM. New York, Apr. 1. Wireless messages now estimate the death roll in the Managua earthquake as likely to reach 2,500. Eleven hundred dead have been already found, says the New York Times’ Balboa
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      THE MYSTERIOUS MR. SCOTT.
      429 24 ——Reuter. 7 Who Is the Flyer Now On His Way to Singapore Karachi, Apr. 5. The airman, Mr. Scott, has arrived here und has continued his flight to Jodhpur. He had not been reported since he left Alenpo on Friday. He is slightly ahead of Air
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      DOMINIONS & COLONIES.
      52 24 DOMINIONS COLONIES. viser to both departments.—British Wireless. Legal Advisers Appointed In London. Rugby, Apr. 1. Following the retirement from the public service of Sir John Risloy, Mr. H. G. Bushe has been appointed Legal Adviser to the Dominions and Colonial Offices, and Mr. H. Duncan, Assistant Legal Adviser to both
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      IN ARGENTINA.
      142 24 Router. Severe Shock Shakes Three Provinces. Buenos Aires, Apr. 4. A severe earthquake shock, felt in Tucuman Salta and Catamarca, has caused a panic. No fatalities have been reported up to the present.—Reuter. Managua, Apr. 4. Barely had the miserable victims of the earthquake been assured that they
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      MR. GANDHI THE ONLY DELEGATE.
      71 24 -Reutcr. Congress Plan to Avoid Heart-Burnings. New Delhi. Apr. 3. The heart-burnings that were likely to be camed by the selection of the AllIndia National Congress delegation to the Round-Table Conference have been averted by the Congress Executive’s decision to appoint Mr. Gandhi as sole
      -Reutcr.  -  71 words
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      COSTS TOO HIGH.
      148 24 —Reutm‘. Wage Cuts Or Tariffs In Great Britain. London. Apr. 5. Quite a stir was caused by the declaration made by Mr. A. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, that the Economic Advisory Council had informed the Government that wages must be cut or tariff’s applied to
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      SHANGHAI DRAMA.
      252 24 Sexagenarian Kills Woman Then Himself. Shanghai. Mar. 15. A sordid drama of jealousy was enacted yesterday morning when Innocenty Granovsky, 65 years of age. killed a woman, Anna Litvinova, believed to have been his sweetheart, and then committed suicide. Both the murder and the suicide were carried out
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      LORD WILLINGDON.
      51 24 Reuter. Given Great Send-Off At Victoria. London, April 2. Lord Willingdon has left for India to assume the Viceroyalty. Representatives of His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister, with Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord Reading and a host of friends gave Lord Willingdon a great send-off at Victoria
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      GREETED BY WIRELESS.
      69 24 New Year Message to the King Of Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Apr. 2. A New A ear message of greeting was sent by wireless from the Phya Thai 1 ‘dace hotel here to the King of Siam, who is now in Hong Kong on his
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      LARGE BATTLESHIP ESSENTIAL.
      63 24 -Re§tei'; V U.S.A. Navy Department’* Opinion. S Washington, Apr. 5 Admiral Pratt, tho Chief of v. Operations, indicated today that Department was carefully* n? question of tonnages and gun calibreReuter gathers, unofficially, that'tK Navy Department still considers tu! battleships of 35,000 tons are essential f American strategy,
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      NANNING’S PLIGHT.
      256 24 What it Looks Like After Prolonged Siege. Hong Kong. Mar. 24. After an interval of some months, comnuinication between Wuchow and Nanning has been resumed, but it is difficult to sav for how long, since the military situation has been by no means cleared up. Th e Journey
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      TO STABILISE SILVER.
      157 24 —Reuter. President Hoover Denies A Fresh Rumour. Washington. Apr. 4. Mr. Samuel Arentz. representative for Nevada the Silver State,” interviewed by Reuter, said he hoped that President Hoover would call an International Conference to stabilise silver. He added that the prospective meetinu between Mr. Andrew W. Mellon,
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      CANTON BOMB OUTRAGE.
      49 24 —Sin Kuo Min. One Killed, Three Injured, Five Arrested. Hong Kong, Apr. 3. A bomb exploded in Chaoyam Street, Canton, yesterday morning. One man was killed and three others were injured. Five arrests have been made. A bodyguard corps is being organic in Canton.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      DISBANDMENT IN SHANSI.
      53 24 nanp usueh-i:anp on the vexed que." of military disbandment funds. —Sin Ku Min. Six Commanders to Interview “Young Marshal.” Shanghai, Apr. Six of the leading Shansi commas■' are jointly proceeding to Shenyang j 0 the purpose of interviewing Martha. hang Hsueh-liang on the vexed quo- of military
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      RUSSIAN GOODS IN D.E.I.
      382 25 —Aneta. Not a Question Of Dumping. GOOD QUALITY. Government Answer To Complaint. Batavia, Apr. 7. The Government answer to a question l .J c people’s Council regarding Russian ‘E.nuvmr confirms that piece goods of i -inn origin are imported into the Imteh Fast Indies. The only
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      AFGHANISTAN.
      120 25 Refit—é}. Effort to Consolidate Friendly Relations. New Delhi, Apr. 6. Hie publication of statements likely to promote unfriendly relations between the Indian Government and foreign States "ill henceforth be punished by up to two Jeats imprisonment or a fine or both !nder the new ordinance. Ex-King’s Letter. New r
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      VOLCANO ERUPTS.
      83 25 —Reuter‘.' Villagers Become Refugees On Japanese Island. Osaka, Apr. 4. K'ifr lU .il- era k e a v °lcanic island in the Minima Prefecture, erupted on Thurs,a&gt;; evening. villagers are refugees. 1 s are not available owing to lack c °mmunications.—Reuter. Osaka, Apr. 4. K a U N.
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      RUSSIAN GOLD-BARS: A LAW SUIT.
      122 25 -Reuter. Sold by Imperialists: Seized by “Reds.” New York, Apr. 6. Russian gold-bars figure in an international law suit which opened today. The plaintiffs are the Banque de France and the defendants the Chase National Bank and the Guaranty Trust Company. The Banque de France
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      W. L. WYLLIE R.A.
      414 25 Death of Famous Marine Painter. London, Apr. 6. The death is announced of Mr. William Lionel Wyllie R.A., the famous naval and landscape artist.—Reuter. There can be few readers of the Straits Times who are not familiar with the work of Mr. W. L. Wyllie R.A.,
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      RUBBER ROADS NEAR HOSPITALS.
      85 25 —Reuter. Minister of Transport Not Enthusiastic. London, 2. In the House of Commons M H. Graham-White, Liberal member for East Birkenhead, asked the Minister of Transport, Mr. Herbert Morrison, in view of the low pi ice of rubber, to recommend that roadways near urban hospitals should
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      LADY WYNDHAM.
      236 25 —Reuter. Death of An Idol Of The Stage. London, Apr. 6. The death is announced of Lady Wyndham, formerly Miss Mary Moore, the s ctress.—Reuter. Miss Mary Moore first began to play in the provinces in 1885, then went to London, playing at the Criterion Theatre under the
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      THE NAVAL PACT.
      95 25 -Rcuter. Signs of Franco-Italian Differences. London, Apr. 6. Paris telegrams indicate that differences of opinion have arisen between *hc French and Italian Governments over the drawing up of the proposed Naval Agreement. The French are reported to desire to continue to replace their obsolete vessels, particularly cruisers
      -Rcuter.  -  95 words
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      A 5,000-MILE TREK.
      67 25 Renter. Strange Caravan Leaves Beirut for Peking. Beirut, Apr. 4. An unusual caravan of eight semicaterpillar trailer-cars, forming the Haardt-Debreuil-Citroen Expedition, started from here today on a 5,000-haile trek across Asia to Peking via Baghdad, Teheran and Pamir. The expedition is equipped with wireless and cinema cameras
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      MORE SOCIALISM.
      77 25 Reuter. Wild Men of N. S. W. Change Their Minds. Sydney, Apr. 6. The Easter Conference in New South Wales, after yesterday adopting a ‘‘threeyear plan,” on the drastic lines of the Soviet five-year plan, hy 57 votes to 44, today reversed the decision by 65 votes to
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      MOSLEMS TALK OF CIVIL WAR.
      401 25 —Réutef. 7 Continued Pandering To Congress. SPINELESSNESS.” May Lead to India’s Complete Ruin. New Delhi, April 6. The All-India Moslem Conference has passed a resolution with regard to the recent communal riots deploring the wanton aggressiveness of the Hindus, declaring that the continuance thereof may
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      THE HIMALAYAS.
      149 25 —British Wireless. Fifth Attack on Kamet A Peak of 25,000 Feet. Rugby, Apr. 6. The leader of the British Expedition which left London on Saturday to attempt to climb Kamet Peak, in the Himalayas, is Mr. F. S. Smythe, who was a member of the Kanchcnjunga Expedition. This
      —British Wireless.  -  149 words
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      “ MARRIED LOVE.”
      51 25 MARRIED LOVE.” ‘Iifiutt'l'n An American Victory For Dr. Marie Stopes. New York, April 7. Declaring that Dr. Marie, Stopes’ book, Married Love.” is neither immoral nor obscene but “highly informative” Federal Judge Woolsey dismissed the case brought by the Federal authorities under which the Government sought to confix* cate the
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      SCOTT ARRIVES AT SELETAR.
      823 26 —Reuter. «British Wireless. Still Ahead of Kingsford Smith’s Time. PROMPT DEPARTURE. Stays Only Half-an-Hour Here. Rugby, Apr. 1. Mr. Anderson Scott, who left England today on u solo flight to Australia and hopes to beat Air Commodore Kingsford Smith’s nine days’ record, is using a 120
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      CAPE TOWN FLIGHT.
      221 26 British Wireless. Warm Praise for Glen Kidston. Rugby, Apr. 7. Lord Amulree, the Secretary for Air, has sent u message of warm congratulation to Lieutenant-Commander Glen Kidston, on the successful completion of his flight to Cape Town in 6‘j days, whjfh breaks all previous records and which
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      MAGISTRATE SHOT.
      56 26 -Reuter. Another Ghastly Indian Outrage. Midnapore, Apr. 7. Mr. James Peddie, the district magistrate of Midnapore, is lying in hospital :n a critical condition, suffering from five oullet wounds. He was the victim of a murderous attack by an unknown man who escaped. Mr. Peddie was visiting an
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      MONTAGU NORMAN.
      64 26 Renter. Important Conference In Washington. Washington, Apr. 7. Mr. M6ntagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, who has been conferring with the Federal Reserve Banks in New York, arrived here privately yesterday and is conferring with Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, the U.S. Treasurer, Mr. Eugene Meyer,
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      FOND OF LONDON.
      73 26 FOND OF LON DON. Britbh Wireless. Japanese Royalties Leave After Year’s Stay. Rugby, Apr. 5. Prince and Princess Takamatsu left London this morning on route for America, and are expected to reach Tokio in June. Lord Colebrooke, Lord-in-Waiting to the King, was at Waterloo Station to take leave of Their
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      ANGLO-GERMAN PLAN FOR CONFERENCE.
      247 26 British Wireless. —Reuter: Will France Take Part ITALY OTHER POWERS MAY DE INVITED. Rugby, Apr. 8. The German Chancellor, Dr. Bruening, and the Foreign Minister, Dr. Curtius, have accepted an invitation extended to them by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, to visit London for a
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      INDIAN FINANCE.
      113 26 Renter. “Purse Cannot Capture Congress.” New Delhi, Apr. 7. Mr. Gandhi lectured the financial pandits at the opening session of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce today. He said the Federation leaders could not capture Congress by means of the purse but by greater sacrifices for the
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      WORLD FINANCE.
      111 26 -Reu tér. Plan for European-U.S.A. Co-operation. New York,' Apr. 7. Mr. Montagu Norman, addressing American financiers, including Mr. Andrew Mellon, the United States Treasurer, and the Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, urged periodical conferences between the heads of the Federal Reserve Bunk and the Central Banks of
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      CRISIS IN NORWAY.
      80 26 —Reuter. Huge Lock-Out About To Begin. Oslo, Apr. 8. At the culmination of the long-drawn-out wages dispute, the great lock-out which has been threatening Norwegian industrial life seems to be materialising. Work will cease in the iron, steel, engineering, mining, textile, building and several other industries—including the
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      “BIG BILL” THOMPSON DEFEATED.
      184 26 —I’.euter, Chicago’s New Mayor. OUT TO SUPPRESS CRIMP AND CORRUPTION. Chicago, Apr. 8. Cermak has defeated Thompson ir. the Mayoral election Later Unconfirmed reports’ that the figures were a Cermak sip, “Big Bill Thompson —Reuter. “Clean Sweep” Promised. Chicago, Apr. 7. Any previous deficiencies in the
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      £70 PER DOCUMENT.
      66 26 —Reuter. Military Secrets Cheap In Bucharest. Bucharest, Apr. 7. That military secrets were sold to foreign military attaches during tht autumn manoeuvres for £70 per document \va.‘ asserted_ at the opening of the courtmartial on 65 alleged Soviet spies, arrestee in October. Numerous foreigners are among the
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      RUPERT BROOKE.
      280 26 03 vii ivvv t there were torchlight dances. Wireless. Memorial Unveiled on a Greek Island. Island of Skyros, Apr. 5. The entire population of this island, picturesquely dressed, turned out at dawn to meet the steamer bringing M. Venizelos, the Prime Minister of Greece, the British Minister at
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      NAVAL TREATY VICTIMS.
      40 26 Router. Over 8,000 Dismissals From Japanese Dockyards. Tokio, Apr. 6 Some 8,200 workers in naval dockyard and arsenals were discharged this in«&gt;rn; ing as a result of the London N«* va Treaty. Generous discharge allowances v granted.—Reuter.
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      ATTEMPT TO WRECK DELHI EXPRESS.
      94 27 #Reuter. Engine Overturns. SIX COACHES DERAILED PASSENGERS HURT. Simla, Apr. 6. daring attempt was made today to *.fc *he Delhi express near Lalry, on V, North Western Railway. Several nils were removed. The Indian driver saw what had been e and applied the brakes, but
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      MADEIRA REVOLT ?
      143 27 MADEIRA REVOLT —Reuter. British Cruiser Sent To Funchal. London, Apr. 7. Ti e flag of revolt is waving in Madeira. It hough there has been no news of ri oting the stage is set for dramatic developments and the Portuguese authority are rushing a cruiser, troops, guns and aeroplanes to
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      JAPANESE LINES.
      105 27 —Reuter. N.Y.K. O.S.K. Enter Into 10 Years’ Agreement. Tokio, Apr. 6. A ten years’ agreement between the N.Y.K. and O.S.K. was signed today. Inter alia, the agreement provides for *phm&lt; of influence on certain routes, the N.Y.K. operating the Puget Sound run. and the O.S.K. monopolising the eastern
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      KING OF SIAM.
      248 27 ~Reuter. Arrival in Shanghai en Route To U.S.A. Shanghai, Apr. 3. King and Queen of Siam, who are travelling to the United States, arrived y t; e this morning by the Empress of apart. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, br. t\ T. Wang, boarded the liner to
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      BOMBAY MILL MERGER ABANDONED.
      84 27 Reuter. Loan of £7,500,000 Could Not be Arranged. Bombay, Apr. 7. The proposed scheme for the merger of 35 cotton textile mills here has been abandoned because the Government of India refused to forego entirely the 3Ms per cent stamp duty, which represented an outlay of
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      SOVIET BLUFF.
      133 27 Reutt*r. The Times Comments On Fishery Dispute. London, Apr. 7. Commenting on the Russo-Japanese dispute, as regards the shooting of the Soviet trade agent M. Aniekieff, the Times thinks the Soviet Government wants to use the crime of an unbalanced individual as an excuse to drive the Japanese
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      SNOWLESS PEAKS.
      53 27 —Reuter. Norwegian’s Discovery In The Arctic. Oslo, Apr. 4. Lofty, snowless peaks are reported to have been discovered in the Arctic between longitudes 27 and 85 west by a Norwegian Government whaling inspector who ha* just returned from the herding grounds. He has handed details and photographs to
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      MIDNIGHT FOOTBALL.
      94 27 —Reuter. Princes’ Novel Experience In Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Apr. 7. The Prince of Wales and Prince George were enraptured by a novel experience last night. Seated in a profusely beflowered box in the midst of 40,000 spectators, they watched an exciting game of soccer, played
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      OPTIMISTS DISCOURAGED.
      60 27 —Reuter. U.S.A. Steel Operations Show A Decline. New York, Apr. 7. Optimists who have been prophesying the rapid recovery of industry in the United States of America have been rather discouraged by the publication of statistics regarding steel operations during the past week. These figures show a 2
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      ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
      53 27 —-Reuter. Shock in Argentina But No Damage Done. Buenos Aires, Apr. 7. A fresh earthquake shock was experienced at Tucuman this morning but no damage is reported.—Reuter. Tucuman is a town of the Argentine Republic, the capital of the province of the same name. It is 94 miles
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      THE POET LAUREATE.
      50 27 I—British Wireless. Reception in the Aula of Athens University. Rugby, Apr. 7. In honour of the English poet laureate, Mr. John Masefield, a largely attended reception was held today in the Aula of Athens University. Mr. Masefield spoke of English poetry past and present. —British \V ireless.
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      SOME HURRICANE !
      192 27 SOME HURRICANE Reuter. Planes, Hangars, Houses Destroyed in Japan. Tokio, Apr. ti. Considerable damage was done at the Tachiarai army aviation station in Kyushu at 1.45 this morning by a sudden hurricane and hail storm which destroyed 21 aeroplanes completely and several score of others partially. Thirty houses in the
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      THE KING’S HEALTH.
      286 27 Renter. .iiFiIiKH"Wir€iéés.r Keeps to His Room by Way Of Precaution. London, Apr. 5. His Majesty is keeping to his room again today owing to the bad weather, merely as a precaution. He yesterday carried out his normal routine business and worked till late.— Reuter. Not Confined To
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      OIL IN COLOMBIA.
      84 27 ~Reutcr. Restrictive Regulations Stop Prospecting. New York, Apr. 8. A message from Bogota states that two large American oil companies—the Texas Petroleum Company and the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation—announce that they are unable to continue development work in the oilfields of Colombia in the face of the
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      TOLL OF JUNGLE.
      48 27 14 Persons Killed by Wild Animals in Bengal. Calcutta, Mar. 20. Eight persons killed hy tigers and rogue elephants. Three men mauled by bears, and three men killed by crocodiles. This toll of human life was taken during 1980 in the forest areas of Bengal.
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      A MILLION DOLLAR SUIT.
      91 27 Reuter. UtS.A. Circus Dispute. KINGS OF THE SAWDUST AT LOGGERHEADS. Chicago, April 7. A sensational suit for damages of over $1,000,000 has been filed in the District Court, on behalf of the Western Show Company, Zack T. Miller and Miller Brothers, charging the Sells-Floto Circus, Ringling
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      BRIBED OR BEATEN.
      62 27 —Reutér. New York Police Scandal Witnesses. New York, Apr. 5. No fewer than 28 of the witnesses who have been summoned to appear before the Court of Inquiry which is investigating charges of extortion and corruption against the New York police have disappeared, alleges the New York
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      EASTER IN BRITAIN.
      94 27 Liiéifiéfi MEL-I175; Holiday Rushes by Air And By Road. Rugby, Apr. 2. Despite the threat of inclement weather over Easter the railways ami omnibus services arc preparing to deal with record holiday crowds, and the Ministry of Transport and motoring organisations are appealing to all road users
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      KATHERINE TYNAN.
      89 27 ——Reuter. Death of Well-Known Irish Novelist. London, Apr. 8. The death is announced of the novelist, Katharine Tynan.—Reuter. Mrs. Katharine Tynan Hinkson was the fourth daughter of Mr. Andrew C. Tynan of Whitehall, Clondnlkin, County Dublin. In 1898 she married Mr. H. A. Hinkson, who died in 1919.
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      AMERICA’S ‘MR. SPEAKER.’ ‘
      68 27 AMERICA’S MR. SPEAKER.’ .—Reutcr. Lying Seriously III With Pneumonia. Aiken, South Carolina, Apr. 8. Mr. Nicholas Long worth, the speaker of the House of Representatives, is seriously ill with pneumonia.—Reuter. Mr. Nicholas Longworth was speukcr of the 00th, 70th and 71st Congresses from 1925 until 1981. He was Republican floor
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      CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
      137 27 —Reutcr. New York, Apr. 8. The citizens of Managua were panicstricken when a fresh, sharp, brief earthquake shock occurred fh s morning. There were no casualties.— Reuter. Sydney, Apr. 7. The draft constitution of the new Federal “Loyalist” unit, namely “The New England State,” was formally
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
    1749 28 Man Who Borrowed $20,And Signed for $100. CHOP’S $70,000 DEBTS. PARTNER’S NIGHT FLIGHT AFTER CRASH. The notorious practice existing among a section of the money-lenders in Singapore of making their clients execute promissory notes much above the actual sums paid out was mentioned in the Bankruptcy Court
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    GROWTH OF OVER-SEAS LEAGUE.
    503 28 Membership Campaign Started. I As announced at the annual meoting j of the Over-Seas League (Singapore j branch) a few days ago, the League has just entered on its 21st year of existence, and as a suitable celebration of the event, a campaign has been launched
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    QUARREL OVER JEWELS.
    170 28 Stabbed Man Who Would Not Stay in Hospital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 31. A verdict of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Sugana bin Nafsar was entered by the Penang Coroner. Mr. R. J. Curtis, at the conelusion of the inquiry into the death
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    PASSENGERS.
    767 28 The following passengers have left Malaya by the Rawalpindi on Friday last Mr. D. if. Lennox, Mr. J. Lambournc, Mis? C. Reid, Miss K. M. Hill, Mrs. W. J. WalUr Miss H. Flint, I. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. D. Cruden. Capt T.
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      SELANGOR WIN BY TWO WICKETS.
      1079 29 Fester’s Great Innings. thrilling finish close ON TIME. (prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 6. Sis minutes before the time for drawing stumps young A. L. Henry made the winning bit for Selangor this afternoon, 1 t hus terminated a hard-fought threedav fixture with
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      SINGAPORE POLO.
      99 29 Result of Barnes Cups Competition. The Singapore Polo Club Barnes Cup competition was played on Saturday and Monday (three chukkers each day) and resulted in a win for A team, which consisted of Sloper, Hulbert, Lovett and Turner. They had an aggregate of eight goals. An outstanding feature
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      NEW MALAYAN GOLF CHAMPION.
      51 29 Bv defeating M. M. Paterson (left) 4 and 3 at Bukit Tiniah on Monday \S H Elkins (right) became the new Malayan golf champion. Mr. Elkins had been runner-up for the cha nipionship on two previous occasions, while this was .Mr. Paterson’s first appearance as a
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      CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB.
      541 29 Good Sport at Opening Of New Pagar. The opening of the new Chinese Swimming Club pagar was performed by the Hon. Mr. Wee Swee Teow on Satu**&lt;iay before a big gathering including many ladies the premises being gaily decorated for thc occasion. The honorary recretary of the
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      KID GABO BEATS LITTLE LEWIS.
      592 29 t Local Boxing. JAPANESE A PLUCKY LOSER. The reduced charges for admission resulted in a good attendance at the Lion City Ring on Apr. 2 for an interesting programme of fights. There was only one incident to the evening’s entertainment, ar.d that occurred in the
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      F.M.S. SHOOTING.
      157 29 Results of Championship Meeting. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. The P.M.S. shooting championships were decided at the Kuala Lumpur rifle ranjfe on Sunday and Monday. J. Grieve won the rifle championship with a score of .558 with W. A. I). Kdwards d ah' utton tieinjf
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      ELKINS WINS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
      1481 30 Match Ends at 15th FINE APPROACHING BUT POOR PUTTING. Deadly accuracy in approaching won Mr. W. H. Elkins the Alalayan Golf Championship at Bukit Timah on Monday. He beat Mr. M. M. Paterson (Singapore) in the final, 4 and 3. The champion certain'y won, for throughout
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      MALAYAN CHINESE SPORTS.
      1296 30 Singapore’s Success. VISITORS BEATEN IN TEAM EVENTS. The All-Malayan Chinese sports meeting concluded on Tuesday when the remaining volley-ball and basket-ball finals were played. The games were very keenly fought out, and the spectators were provided with many thrills. In the girls’ basket-ball final, Johore beat Singapore
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      PORTSMOUTH’S FINE FEAT.
      1879 31 —Reuter. Arsenal Held. PRELIMINARY CANTER FOR CUP FINALISTS. London, Apr. 1. Results of matches played today in the ScuttDh League (Div. I) are as follows Rangers 2 Queen’s Park 0 (Cowdenbeath 3 Hamilton Acads. 1. —Reuter. London, Apr. 3. Results of English League matches slaved today were
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      BADMINTON TEAMS’ VISIT.
      480 31 Interesting Matches At Drill Hall. A series of badminton matches arranged for the Easter holidays between the Mayflower Party, of Singapore, and the t Sunnydale and Hu Yew Seah parties, of Kuala Lumpur and Penang respectively, ended on Monday. Through the courtesy of the authoritthe matches were
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      DAVIS CUP.
      56 31 —Reuter. Argentine in Final Of S. American Zone. Eeunos Aires, Apr. 5. The Argentine team eliminated Uruguay from the Davis Cup competition today by three matches to nil. Argentina will now meet Chile at Santiago in the final ofl the South American zone. The winner will meet the
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      ENGLAND LOSE TO FRANCE.
      224 31 .—-Rcutcr. International Rugby. BAILLETTE DROPS TWO GOALS. Paris, Apr. 6. In the international Rugby championship in Paris Prunee defeated England by two dropped goals and two tries to two goals ami a try (14 points to 13). Tho weather was fine and the playing conditions periect.
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      MALAYAN GOLF.
      204 31 End of Championship Meeting. The Malayan Championship golf meeting concluded at the Singapore Coif Club on Monday afternoon with long driving and putting and approaching competitions. M. M. Paterson, the runner-up in the championship, who excelled with long drives during the final round in the morning, won the
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      SWIMMING.
      165 31 Y.M.C.A. Annual Handicap Carnival. The annua] handicap swimming carnival will lx* held at the Y.M.C.A. Swimming Pool, Fort Canning, on Saturday, Apr. 25. 7 here will be 14 events, open to members of the Association only, and competitors are reminded that the entries close on Saturday Apr. 11. The
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      MEDAN FOOTBALLERS.
      45 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 4. The St. Xavier’s Recreation Club defeated a Chinese team from Medan by the only goal in the match this afternoon. Fook Cheng scored the winning goal* which the Dutch custodian made a gallant effort to save.
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      SULTAN OF PERAK’S FIVE WINS.
      1604 32 Racing at Ipoh. LAST RACE THE MOST EXCITING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 5. There was a fair attendance at the opening day of the Latter Amateur Meeting. The weather was dull and the going good. The Sultan &lt;-f Perak, who was present, had
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      BRITAIN AGAIN SUPREME.
      422 32 —-Router. Criti'h Wireless. Kaye Don’s Feat. SPEED RECORD FOR MOTOR BOATS. Buenos Aires, Apr. 2. Kaye Don established a new speed record for motor-boats here today covering a nautical mile at 103.*3 m.p.h. His official time was 103.49 m.p.h.—Reuter. New York, Apr. 3. Heartiest congratulations on breaking
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      AUSTRALIAN RACING.
      104 32 Sir Chrystopher Wins The Doncaster Handicap. (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Apr. 4. The Doncaster Handicap, run at Randwick today, resulted as follows Sir Chrystopher (Munro) 1. Mollison (Cook) 2. Casque d’Or (Pratt) 3. Betting 7—1, 14—1, and 8—1. Sydney, Apr. 6. The result of the Sydney Cup
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      AIR TOURISTS FOR SINGAPORE.
      259 32 Two Americans Leaving Alor Star on Friday. Two American airmen, Ross Hadley and John G. Pratt, who are touring rh» world, will leave Alor Star for Singapore on Friday. The fliers have already toured the United States, Great Britain. Germany France, Spain and Italy and on
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      COUNT CRASHES.
      78 32 Polish Airman Down In Eastern Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Apr. 7. Count Czarkowski, an officer in the* Polish army, who arrived at Don Muang aerodrome last Friday afternoon on a solo flight from Europe, left yesterday for eastern Siam where he crashed not far from the
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    “ COLOUR BAR.”
    130 32 COLOUR BAR.” —Reuter. S. African A.A.A. Make Serious Decision. Blomfontein. Apr. 4. The annual nutting o‘. the &gt;^ u!! African Amateur Athletic A" V; l J r acceded to the request of J. H. the well-known athlete, for assistance of £100 a year for three to enable him to go
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    BIRTH
    20 32 WHITE.--At Maternity Hospital. 'A on April 3, 1931, to Nora, wife of &gt;v. (R.A.F. Base), a son (still born).
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    29 32 DEATH. ONG.— Mr?. Ong Koon Wan (nee 3 1 Keo Noo i at her residence N't*. l Valley Hoad, peacefully passed a Sunday, April 5. at 7.30 p.ni. A
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      73 1 General Rubber Situation 1 Singapore lin I lices l \Rila\*a Tin Statistics 1 i ,\nlon Rubber Market ay A. W. Still 1 Tin Restriction in D.E.I. 1 Vnited Engineers iongkah Harbour Tin 1 Malaya Rubber Statistics 2 Rubber Returns 4 Trade and Finance 4 Stocks and Shares 4 Correspondence
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      33 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices tl. 8 &gt; i .,.i l.Mon S’pore Apr. May June A.&gt;:\ 0.104- 0.104 0.104 U.114 0.104 0.104 0.11 0.114 0.104 0.104 0.10-4 0.11
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      16 1 v it tons at $60.75 per picul. 00.12 4 2.»o 5s. 02 4
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      202 1 foreign imports of tin ore during the i. ■■•nth of March, 1931 Country of origin. Tons. Burmah 87 Dutch East Indies— Banka and Billiton 2.315 Singkep 122 Other places 6 trench Indo-China 93 Japan 69 Siam 1,537 l nion of South Africa 1 Total 4.230 Note. i.
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      RUBBER EXPORTS.
      49 1 1 10 Java Sumatra Handelmaatschuppij j received cable advice from their Batuvia giving the total exports of rubber from undermentioned places for the month of '‘ifh, 1931, as follows: —Sumatra East ’•‘'t. Be la wan, 4,719 tons; S. and E. Divi- n of Borneo, Bandjcrmassin, 2,152 tons.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Native Planting in Dutch Indies. DIFFICULTIES IN WAY OF RESTRICTION.
      1076 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) [Str ill*• Time* Copyright.— Reproduction Right* Reserved.| London, Mar. 11. 1 he Liaison Committee discussions, which have been taking place here since I last wrote, have been adjourned for, it is understood, a
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      TIN RESTRICTION IN D.E.I.
      238 1 Mr. A. W. E. Weyerman Interviewed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 30. That the tin production of Billiton will be curtailed by 20 to 25 per cent, and that of Banka by 10 per cent, was a statement made by Mr. Weyerman, the vice-president of
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      BUKIT TIMAH RUBBER.
      483 1 Estate Now on Care And Maintenance Basis. The annual general meeting of The Bukit Timah Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Thursday the 2nd April 1931 at Messrs. Evatt and Co., French Bank Buildings, Singapore. Mr. H. D. Mundell (chairman) presided and others present were Mr. E.
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      UNITED ENGINEERS.
      51 1 No Interim Dividend On Ordinary Shares. United Engineers, Ltd., have issued a notice to shareholders to inform them that owing to the continued business depression the directors have decided that no interim dividend will be paid on the ordinary shares in respect of the year ending June .'10,
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      TONGKAH HARBOUR TIN.
      145 1 Ihe report of the Tongkah Harbour I’in Dredging Company, which was submitted at a meeting held in Hobart on Jan. 19, states that during the year ended Sept. .'lO .1,02 i,oi 0 cubic yards were dredged (against 4,(1H4,(H)0 cubic yards during 192 H-29), from which H7l tons
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      Control Of Rubber Exports.
      1316 2 PROPOSAL FOR DESTRUCTION OF SURPLUS. Shareholders in rubber com P*™* responded in large numbers to an invitation to discuss the present posUion of the industry at a meeting held on Mar. 1 u Cannon Street lintel. I.nn.lon. K.C. The na-eting was &lt;'; nv e,U-, y 'f
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      LUKUT TIN, LTD.
      49 2 The directors of Lukut Tin Dredging, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 2 1 per cent, for the financial year ending Aug. 31, 103 1. payable on Apr. 24, 1931. The transfer hooks of the company will he closed from Apr. 20 to 24, inclusive.
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      CORRESPONDENCE.
      66 2 The Strnita Times is not responsible for ihe opinion of its correspondents. Torres(.undents should bear in mind that loiters must be short and to the point. Long epistle? are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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      RESTRICTION.
      972 2 ruined to know who brought them. Uln on The labourers are still living i n .e hope of better times coming so &lt;&gt;n they put up with extra work, but i! UI C not last for ever and I am certain those who will get the first great «i!
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      TO SAVE RUBBER.
      375 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—People have written on the ?uiject of the rubber plantation industry a,: nauseam. May 1 til! the bowl by adding this short summary with a possible solution. The Dutch, the minority of the producers, do not want restriction, presumably In.-cause
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      108 2 Ocean shipments of rubber (includng latex, revertex and concentrated latex&gt; during the month of March, lS&gt;ol Preliminary Return. Sheet and Crepe. Latex, Concentrated L a tex Revertex. Total. Io !l, s Tons. Tons. transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Straits M a lav F\ mrt Straits
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      Malayan Collieries Pay 30 Per Cent.
      3565 3 PRESENT TRYING TIMES ONLY TEMPORARY. n, seven teeth annual general meeting Malayan Collieries, Ltd., was held at V long Kong and Shanghai Bank KuUli’T. Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday. chairman, Mr. J. A. Russell, presided 1 f 7hew present were Messrs. H. H. ‘iVobins. W.
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      108 4 The figures in brackets give the outputs f-u the corresponding period of last year. Anglo-Johore Cons.—■4o,ooo ll*. Bukit I'along. 24,800 lb. Bftgnn Serai. 29.000 lb. (26,500 lb.). Jlatak Habit. -27,000 lb. &lt;24,500 lb.). Consolidated Malay.--97,500 lb. Chnlsa (Selangor). 68,000 lb. Hast Asiatic. 272,288 lb. &lt;296.690 lb.). Kurau. 17.000
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      156 4 Singapore, Apr. 8. EXCHANGE. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2'3 27/32 Demand 3 Private 8 in. credit f On New York, demand Private 90 d/s On France. Bank T.T. Jj’jV On India, Bank T.T. l J f. On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. 55 4 p.c. dis. On
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      Stocks and Shares.
      859 4 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, Api. 8. MINING. 1 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. j 1*1 £1 Asain Kumbang 20/- 22 6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 19 21/5 -5 Ayer Hitam Tin 12/3 13/- cd. £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 13-6 14 6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAR. 11.
        784 4 Atd:o (£1 &gt; 4; Allagar (2/) 1/J Amherst ,2 i /9; Ang o-Malay (£1) 4; Ayer Kunii'j', till 4; Begun Serai (£1) 4; Bahru ('J 2 H; Banteng (£1) Batang Consolidated (2 /6; Batu Caves (£1) 4| Butu Mat ang (2/) 1.6; Batu Tiga (£1)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES APRIL 8.
        690 4 Capital Issue r Closin Pric Paid Up Value Dividends L a Company Co. Kvatt. 454,175 1 5 p.c. for year 28-2-30 Allenby &lt;li 0.90 1.00 o.»u 216,779 1 Nil for year 30-9-30 .Alor Gajuh ($1) 0.70 0.80 0.65 0.7.) 439,425 1 15 p.c. year
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      RUBBER STATISTIC.
      149 4 Foreign imports of rubber during the month of March, 1931 ine Dry. Wet. Smoked Scrap Country of “Sf* *2* Urigin. Crepe. Sheet. Bark. Total. UuTch r n 49! B T6 7 «”*1 Java and* 16 other 432 2,623 226 3 281 Dutch Islands 71 38 7 116 u
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