The Straits Times, 16 March 1929

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    12 1 The Straits Times 20,00? SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      99 1 TKOPICAL SUITING "FLORODOR" (8.D.A.) WING LOONG, nca st., bixgai obk Qntmted ow^ Grazing on the rich mountain pastures of the Swiss Alps SLFDGE BRAND |i 1 CREAM 'SS^^L a "^j^p^. Condensed Milk Rich Swiss Milk with the addition of pure cane sugar, T m^^^&&^ >iT prrrnrcd at the^famous i^^i^ >^^^^^^
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      86 1 CHARMING AND EXCLUSIVE HATS FOR ALL OCCASIONS A varied selection of New Spring Millinery in the latest pastel shades can be seen in our Showroom. ROBINSON COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in tha Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. NEW SHIPMENT ENGLISH PHEASANTS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION lor Quality <md Service Mr SINGAPORE
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      7 1 FLORODOR inn a.) WING LOONG TROPICAL WEAR.
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    SMUGGLING ARMS INTO RUSSIA.
    1320 2 NEW INSURRECTION. Undermining Communist Foundations. LATEST POLITICAL INTRIGUE. Paris, Mar. 5. Guns, ammunition, and other war mateiials arc being BBUggtsd over the Polish frontier into Russia and cachi'i! for use in a ponsili!; 1 counter revolution, the United Press was able to learn on hiph authority
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    COMMUNISTS BARRED.
    29 2 Berlin. Mar. 13. fcnridcrable importance is attached U the decision of the Berlin branch of the Metalworkers' Union to bar Communist) from bonding office. Trnw-Oeesn vir Pan-Asia.
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    SALARIES TO GO UP.
    31 2 Rome, Mar. 15. The Cabinet has decided to increase the salarioi »f all ofltcials by five to twentyBye per cent., according to their grades Tiars-Oican \n I'an-Asi;..
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    BLAZE ON P. & O. STEAMER.
    338 2 BLAZE ON P. O. STEAMER. Shanghai Firemen Have A Busy Time. Shanghai, Mar. A fire of considerable consequence broke out in the P. and 0. StkimMr Mivzapore, at Shanghai yesterday. In holds 2 and the fire had made such headway in a cargo of cotton, before smoke or flames were
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    YOKOHAMA DOCK STRIKE.
    20 2 A Tokio cable states that 4,800 men employed by the Yokohama Dockyard Co. have gone en strike.
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    JAPANESE REFORM BILL.
    23 2 Tokio, Mar. U. »After a lively debate, lasting four days, the Constituency Reform Bill was passed by 233 to 155.—Nichi-Nichi.
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    S. AFRICAN ELECTION.
    17 2 Cape Town. Mar. (i. The South African gi-neral has been fixed for June 12.
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      9 2 AVY CUT TIPPED WITH CORK OF PURE NATURAL GROWTH
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      217 2 They have made their r n^ way by the way they BOUNDER'S HEAVY OIL MARINE ENGINES. Are built to meet the exacting conditions as required ia Marine Entrim*. OPERATION.— SimpIe, Economical, Easy. CONSTRUCTION— Rugged and of the Finest Materiit'. FOR PARTICULARS, APPLY UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED I H (y%%i a 9
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    COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN MALAYA.
    1851 3 VIEWS OF THE POLICE, Not Fruitful Field For The Doctrines. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN A FOOTING. In the i-urn-nl issue of ;he Malayan Police Magazine. Senior Police Officer contribute! a liioutihtful article on Conmunism, in the eentw <>f which he declare! that "there U no possibility that
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    THE POPE TO TRAVEL.
    113 3 Far-Reaching Effect of Recent Agreement. Rome, Mar. 4. It is expected that the settlement of the Roman question will have far-reaching consequences and it is believed that the Pope will visit some of the countries in which 400 million awbers of the Roman Catholic faith live.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    56 3 Saturday. Mar. 16, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah R:ui(re, "D" Eurasian Co.. rlassifiration 2 p.m., Farrer Rangr, C (Scottish) Co., No. 10 Platoon, Classification. Sunday, Mar. 17, 7.30 a.m.. Bukil imah Range, "D" Eurasian Co.. PtmUlrelinn 7.30 a.m., Farrer Range, (Scottish) <'o. No. 10 Platoon, Classifiedmn 8.11 a.m..
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    BANNING OF IDOL WORSHIP.
    484 3 Allowed to Continue For One Year. Swatow, Mar. The aitempt of the Ministry of the Interior to suppress that large part, of idol worship which it decreed should be considered to be superstition has not met with great success. The bigger centres, like Chaochowfu, Kityang and
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    FROM MALAYA TO LONDON.
    191 3 Attempt by Local Motorists. Two local motorist; left Singapore :himorning on a journey which ih.y hope will end in London. Theie have n ersl attempts to achieve this lent during the last few years. The first to try it were Messrs. M. Canagasaby, 1". Scully and
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    KING HONOURS NURSE.
    63 3 Investiture at C'raigweil House. .union. Mar. 7. His Majesty, who continues to make satisfactory progress, personally handed Nurse Davis, of the London Hospital, the insignia of the Royal Red Cross (Second Class), prior to her going on leave. She is one of the live nurses who have
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    NO MORE OIL LEASES.
    45 3 Washington, Mar. 13. President Hoover has categorically announced that during his regime there will be no leases or disposals of oil lands, no matter by what depaitnicnts. Such lands will be controlled except such dispositions as are made mandatory by Congress."—Reuter.
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    S. AMERICAN LEGATIONS.
    33 3 Tho Reichstag has rejected the ment's propose! to raise the German Legations in Buenos Aires. liii> -i: n 'iro and Santiajro to the status of Kmhassies. Trans-Oiean via I'an-.V k.
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    24 3 The teaching staff of the Malayan Seminary, 101. Upper St-rangoon Road, will ghrc an cntertainmi-nt at N.IiO pjni. to-day. A gcwral iBvitation is iuaed
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    NEW MOTORING INVENTION.
    483 3 J Coupling Gear Change. FREE-WHEELING WITH SAFETY. The motoring correspondent of the Daily Mail iias given details of an invvnItion that il likely to create the liveliest i..'.i:-isi in the world of motor engineering. II is a simple coupling that links up the transmission system of a
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      71 3 COTY'S COTY'S NEW DOUBLE VANITY CASES Are Wonderful Value Made of Superior Quality Electro Plate Beautifully Finished. CARRY A "COTY" VANITY CASE Wherever you go. Powder and Rouge of Superfine Quality Delightfully Perfumed BY COTY'S, PARIS SOLE AGENTS (WHOLESALE) DUPIRE BROTHERS, LIMITED SINGAPORE, S.S. RAFFLES CAFE PRODUCTS Distinguished for QUALITY,
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      68 3 SSp bwm -X^E^r^— -^^imfjIIIRffy^JMBiBB Is fragrant, pure cream of cow's milk, exquisite in its delicacy of flavour, free from preservatives of any kind, and unlimited in its keeping qualities. It is ready at any moment in convenient quantity and dependable quality for every purpose to which cream can be put.
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      539 4 P. 0. NITISI HIM AND APCAR UrnS (Incorporated in England) MAIL ANO PASSBNrtEB VN:> CASGOI SLK VICES. I'ENINSI'LAH AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. J UNDER CONTRACT WITH BIS MAJESTY'S! GOVERNMENI. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEBVICB. OUTWABUS PBOM LONDON FOII CHINA AND JAPAN. Tuniirce dv" ">. re 1i.;;9 KARMALA LAHUKI. 6**
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      552 4 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YUSEN KAISIIA) TO LONDON Kaplaa, Mai Ik Laadoa, Antwerp ard JH.,, Dm ?ail HAXOZAKI MARU 1 ,600 Mnr. tt 2* HAKUSAN WAHU lO.JOO Apl. 11 U tKITANO MARU B,u(KI Apl. S3 2f IIARUNA MARU lii.M.O May :i lv KAMO MAKU >■; DO May 21 i.A i 'i!l!
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      526 4 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARKLLA (7.875 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 Ions). TTm s.s. MARELLA is one of the argant and Bmai steamers trading to Australia. Cabins
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      608 4 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (IncorptratoJ in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS. INPI/.:,' GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to Tassat-v, Freight, Transhipment Marine Dcpts. and Munager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Oriicial Tourist bureau of Java. All information, detailed itineraries
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      564 4 THE BLUE FUNNEL L;££ THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO« LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STKAM NAY. CO^ LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON A.M.: rSBDAM, ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, Han; BUBO AM) BREMEN GENOA. MAX SkILLKS, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW MABHKILXJai, HAVRE, UVEBTUUL ANII fil.ASt.uW— BOSTON. NEW TOBf ANi) BALTIMOP.E. WEEKLY SERVICE—
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      520 4 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CC LTD. (Incorponted in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING BBBVICB, Foi Kretty, Traaajaau, Kelantan Bangnara, Tclupin, Paum, Sin^'ora, Laeoa, Bicboc, Bui.don, Kohsa::iui, Lang.uan, C nuni|io;. anl BangkoK. Arrival Departure VALAYA Mar. 18 Mar. 26 ImiIIADIB Mar. .'lar. If MALINI Apl. 1 Apl. Tlm ataaiaari an* t'.u.-.i throughout w
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      515 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. Incorporated in England). "EI.I.ERMAN" LINE MMRMOKI AND ntBfOHT SERVICE T( THE I'MTKII KINGDOM AND CONTMBMT. PMKNR SERVICE OUTWARDS 1.. Honf Kong, BBaajgba] (nil Japan Hup S'porc v. CITY OK OLASCOW Apl. 10 1A CITY OF MOBILE May Xl HOMKW\RI)S ■a. CITY OF PEKIN
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      418 5 IMUiAR STF AMSHTP LINE cferf AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG tU COLOMBO, SIEZ, POUT SAID, ALEXAXIIIiIA, NAPI.BS, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and UOSTON Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penan* I'KF.S. GABFULB Mar. 18 Mar. 21 Mar. 23 I'KKS. JOHNSON Apr. 1 Apr. 4 Apr.
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      480 5 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and Rotterdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Onua Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tunnagc 1.-me Spore P. C. Hooft 14,600 S.M.N. Mar. 22 Indrapoera 12,000 I:. I. Mar. 2-.' Kon. der Ned. 8,200 S.M.N. Apl. 6 Intulinde 10,(100 X L. Apl. 12 J. P.
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      402 5 BBjnißl^ *7 iftwi'' 4-_^B^BB^^^^SMala^aß SEE SWITZERLAND The Country of Unparalleled Beauty. For further particulars and booklets, apply to SWISS CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, 117/121. MARKET STREET. HENDON HALL j Hcndun. N.W., Kngland. PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. Ueuutifully MMiale.l in own |liyih "0 Bcdroums Hut un.l Col.J rater and <las Fireiin all bcdr»um« Ontnl
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      130 5 The amateur's standby for forty ycurs. KODAK HLH jH^ plus latitude plus fine grain emulsion —plus cleanliness plus uniformity. In summing: up the above mentioned qualities we find just why "KODAK" Film gives the best picture possible un>^v der existing conditions. g(P^ Kodak Ltd. SINGAPORE. STANDARD WINDOWS We shall h
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    226 6 -.-.lurday Munh 16 11. tt I.IJ a.m.. I :.:.!> p.m.. 1.1. ■•tensjar Kact-s. Australasian mail iShirala) tlo eg I i Kootball V.M.«-.A. v. Snd Welch. St. Petrick'i Society Ball, Kuropi Hotel Canrard Biirliaa Com«dj Co., "The K.ri;rr." Vie. TkeatrV, :<:..u ]i.."i. •n«;a>. Hatch 17 W. I.IT
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    291 6 Saturda Marek IC ships aJaaajsiaa (l>c Wharrea «r esaected to ar.iw. K.BPPEL HARBOUK. n No. Uon; I'ens;, Bungm, Abella. )u Wntrt Nil ■>;■! Wharf Daisy, n-jnea. vt.sski.s i\ itf.'i DOCK& fanj..;..; Paajar. All ling Bmil Barboar. King's !>..;k Cf,)o;:s Ko. l Dock Hi.-.,.; Ko. 1p,.. k 1:;.....
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    191 6 lad.,. Xvlon, Souih^m and Waatara laaia 8h iiih.S Mara) 2 p.m Baaka lalaad, Hladjoa and PaiaasNorth, N.-Bast and N'.-Wcst Sumatra IBilTenu S pja P.ambi Van <lcr Pirnl p.m Ippn- Burma UortK Pens I p.m Laboan Hilik Tanjong Balei I Mini I p.;n Tembilahan an.) Indngiri llndragiril 1
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      397 6 GAIETY CINEMA SURINA THEATRE I i.ii All. rt and It, innol. n Ptiert). North Bridge Road. Th..ne No. «259. hum i'iid:i>. Murrh 15 to Thtir^ilay, March 21. 1929. 'PRINCESS* PRO TEM '"■"^H^H'"^ Starring I'AI'I.INE CARON THE the KeiKiiing Queen of Urcadway foutlitcht.. IXUIJ tiII I\*l/L.'\^ The Ugaaat t h f
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      422 6 ■niMMiii, m m Owing to the Enormous Success of We are compelled to extend the Season until Wednesday Night. No Seats Available To-night. Booking for Salarnmbo will be transferred on application ALHAMBRA, SHORTLY VILMA BANKY AND THR NEW ROMANTIC PERSONALITY WALTER BYRON in THE AWAKENING Supported liy LOUIS WOLIIEIM •f"TEMPEST"
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      100 6 APOLLO GITLANG From Mar. 14 to 11 WHEN FLEET MEETS FLEET A Stirring Romance of the Great Battle of Jutland. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SINGAPORE. ALHAMBRA Commencing MARCH 19 An Exct-Hent FOX ;M\ature PronramnuiV\ji^SijSßitoifeaSaßy^SgS Sally Piupps None But The Piave* Fox Pictuie Supported l>y SAMMY OOUtM in PLASTERED in
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      70 6 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Station. (B> ((.iirinv of Government Kcalih offi. r For the 24 Hour* i-ndinc at Miduicht on March 1>. Has. shade t»t.:j.-i.iMi MJ t. Min. shnde temperature ~,2.% Y. Mean ;.hadc t-mpira-ure 78.1 K. Max. Min radiation UK K. Min. traoi radiation 70 F. Mean wet bull-
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    THE MERCHANT SERVICE.
    289 7 SHIPPING NOTES. Share in Britain's Trade Balance. Tho Prwitart of the Board of Tradr :i]i unlilfr LUter), at a dinner given bj tlic Chamber of Shipping, disclosed that the Hoard of Trade lad year's trade balance gave 150,000,000 on the credit side. The liaily Telegraph points nut
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT.
    155 7 Rose Maephail and Co Sinprnnore, Mar. K,. Jtniilwr.— London Is. O'»d., 'id. down ndon J221, 80a, op. Mining. Dull. Sung.-i Way M6-SJ5, 1 Ml. Kmta ilrrlce I.I,;-1..VP. KlaiiK Rivur S.lfl Hong Fatta fi()-65 cts., 80 <-rs., Penawat S9-*1 <is.. Petaling Klmac i. :i7 i V L.l.uii :!;'-ll
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    HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES
    182 7 Tin Per Cent. Dividend For The Year. The revert of the- directors of Haytor Rubber Estates, Ltd.. for the year ended Dec. ■tatei that the- net profit for the real aueanta to $11,044.13 (as against 132,049.50 foi the previous rear) to which nm>t be added the sum
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    RIVERVIEW ESTATES.
    60 7 (i-'roro Our Own Correspondent.) ii-..h. Har. 11 \t the annual leering of Kivervirv. I Mr. W. laterson. presiding. MS at Is. M. per Hi. he wan of opinion no extensive new clearing! attempted in Malaya. A final is pei real. w:is passed and aa Interim dividend of I
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    62 7 1 v-.m. llilm and Company, Inc., New V"k, -md v.< tlie following cable, dated .Mar. 15, their quotations being in gold dollar eenta doting bid prices: Robber Exchange sales to-day 3,222 Karen M.TO, April MM, May 25, ,lum- tt.lo, Ju!.. 2&20, August 25,30. H>. 1. ber -0.4U, November
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    MALAYSIAM TIN MINES.
    87 7 MALAYS IAM TIN MINES. In the course ef the next week or two then »ill appear the i>ro;,pectus of the Tin Mines, Ltd.. which is being funned U> acquire tin-brai ing properties in Persk. Viaeouat Elibank. chairman of the rei Hydro-EUetrie Pawn Co., will be eaainaaa 01* the new company,
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      RUBBER AUCTION.
      645 7 Strong Movement to Depress Prices. I Measra. Br.r'ow and Co., in their rcnorl, I dated Mar. 16, state 1 I The market has bc-^-n dull throughout th« period undt-r review and with the sxcoption of a slight recovery at the beginning of the week prices have continued to
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      AYER TENGAH RUBBER.
      219 7 Forward Sales in Current Year. The report of the directors of Ayer Teng.ih P.ubber Estr.les, Ltd.. the year ended Dec. 31, 1928, states that after charging all the year's working resulted in a profit of $20,117.08 and with the balance brought forward from the previous year $24,234.08
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      RADELLA RUBBER.
      219 7 Disposal of Past Year's Profits. The report of the director* of Radclla Rubber Estates", Lid., for thi- year ended Dee. 31, ll<^-< states that Bflef charging all secretarial and office expenses to revenue the year's working resulted in a profit of M 6.667.10 which with the balance brought
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      254 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, Mar. 16. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/3 29/32 Demand 2/3 20/52 Private 8 in. credit 2/4 7/16 On New York, Demand 66 1. 16 Private 90 -Is 58 ')n Fr»nce PanV TT. 14:11 On India, Bank T.T. ISStt On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 12% di.^-. :,_'h;u. Bank
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      SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCN.
      54 7 Tone'of' Market :—Easier. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 12Vid. per lb. New York :—Spot Sh.-et cents M% per lb. t.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. .'ip»! itandard R.S.S. on Tender Hfcreh Oct.-K-c. II 41 12', 13 H ocncr ■!l'i 4l' t 42',™ 43^ 44 12
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      229 7 S. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. Thi- Titti Si nday in Unt, March 17. 7M a.m.. Litany 7.4."> a.m.. (< homl) Holy Comn. and Bcrmoa D.IS a.m.. Matin* ami Hoi] Comn. I p.n;. The < atechisin MO p.m.. (Choral) Kvensonand SernjKn Holy Coma. »n Hon. Wod. an t'ridaj at 8 a.m..
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      24 7 Ki'im France, by ChMMMMMS, duo B< Singapore <> p.m. to-day. Knim China and Manilii. by I'icsidcni (lailield, due 'at Singapore daylight or Monday.
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        MINING.
        440 7 Val. Pd. Cl £1 Asam KuniLang Cl £1 Hatigrin Tin 1 1 Bailing Padang 1 1 Hatu Caves 1 1 Blkit Arcntr £1 £1 Burmiih Malay Cl £1 Chenderiang U £1 Kastern Si:im £1 £1 Huail Y:ii 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt Cl f! Huey Yot
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        GENERAL.
        228 7 Issue l"al. Pd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.07H 2.12V4 2 2 Alex. Brick Orda. 2.45 2.55 El fl Brit. Am. Tobacco C.0.0 6.2.6 Canadian KaH. in 11 1 1 Central Engine 0.70 0.80 1 1 Cycle and Carriage O.fiO 0.C.5 10s. 10s. Duff Development 10/6 11/6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        96 7 D. Eng. 6 p.c. 1,225,500 Norn. Spore Cold Stori-*e 7 p.c. -y.mSSff" 1 10S a of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4',i p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par. Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par. Singnpore Municipal
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        397 7 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. To-day's Prices Fraier Lyall ft A Co. Evatt Allcnby ($1) Alar i.ajah i > I A. Hilam i?l j A. Kuning i*l| Am. Malay (Wj A. Mol-'k ($1) A. I'an-s W>) Balgwrala i$u Bansett ($1) Hro K as ($1) Iliuru-i
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET
      120 7 Messrs. Lewis and Peat report London, Feb. 20. Plantation Rubber. The past week has been one of great activity with rising prices, and a large business has been done for all positions. Large American houses have been conspicuous buyers, both here and in Eastern markets, and it
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      EXCHANGES.
      78 7 [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Mar. 15. Foreign exchanges »re An-.sterdam 12.11\, Athens 375, Berlin 20.455, Bombay Is. 5 31-32 d., Brussels 34.95, Bucharest 816, Buenos Aires 47 11-32. Copenhagen 18.21, Geneva. 25.23, Helsingfors 193, Hong Kong l»-ll»4d., Kobe 1«. 0 15-16 d., Lisbon 108 1.,,'1 Madrid 32.555, Miran 92.675,
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      20 7 The M.M. liner f'heiionooaux i.s expected to arrive at Singapore at 6 p.m. on a>>ii Yi.iU jail <>>. fciUi Ufl XlilS^i
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    64 7 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH N(;O.— Mr. N;;o Yam ChMag* of Mcssr.i Sit.-.c. Duty (■•>.. [M, Singapore, passe,, away at :;.u''> ;>.m. jrwtarday, meed H. II is survived Ijy his widow, five sons, onf daughter ami tw t daughters-in-law. Pancral at Itukit Brown ..n Sunday. 17th inu.. BOtteg< li'UVirii: No. 11, MoIUUBOd
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      364 7 634 T. K. K.'S niSC'l ITS 1 l'o. tin from :!0 els. to 15 Ctl per tin. BISCUITS 2 Ib. tin from 45 rts. (o 65 ct.pcr tin. BWKSTfI from 2". rls. to 40 tts. per bottle MEDKATKI) TEA IS rts. per parkel. TENG SE3VB GUAM 634. NORTH ■UD6I BOAO,
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      817 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts., see page 18. WANTS. FOR SALE. ETC. WANTED a ledger clerk. State salary required. Apply MS, Straits Times. ROPEAN, M rean all romd aOea <■:>- r i i. it 170, 8. Times, ilpi TO LET, shops in the Grosvenor Building, from Muy 1. Appiy to
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 16. THE FILM OF THE FUTURE
    1169 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 16. THE FILM OF THE FUTURE In the last few weeks there have been unmistakable sijfns that some of the leading English authors are at last prepared to do something more for the film indu3try than they have done in the past and, which
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    HEALTH IN THE TROPICS.
    885 8 Common Types Of Fever. (By a Medical Correspondent) There are many people to whom the word fever means little or nothing, but to others the thought of it spells terror. One of these was so scared of fevers that he would spend his spare time in
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    321 8 The Oxford and Cambridge Universities' Dinner which is to be held in Singapore on Saturday, Mar. 23, will take place a: the Sea View Hotel. H.E. the Governor will arrive at the Europe Hotel at 8.15 to-night for the St. Patrick's Day dinner. Members and their guests
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    789 8 CRACKERS PATRIOTISM We published a full report of the Chinese Christian Association's debate on cracker firing because it seemed a useful opportunity to convey to the gcnernl public some Chinese opinions on thin peculiarly Chinese custom. On the whole, we think our readers will agree that
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    BETTER POSITION IN CHINA.
    402 9 The Kuomintang Congress. UNITY REACHED. Support for National Government. Nanking, Mar. 15. The capital was bedecked with flags this morning on the occasion of the opening of tin- thir.i ..'ational Kuomintanr: Congress at which 211 delegates are present from a total of 356 elected to represent
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    KING'S GOOD DAY.
    77 9 Bright Sunshine At Bognor. Rugby, Mar. 15. The KinR pn?sed a pood day. In spite of the persistence of the cold easterly wind, brilliant sunshine enabled His Majesty to ko out in the grounds of Craigweil, n'thou^h hp kept to the sheltered side of ihe house. PriniT«.->
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    MR. VAN LEAR BLACK.
    47 9 Delayed by Illness Of Pilots. Bulawayo, Mar. 15. Mr. Van Lear Black, the American r piipei- n.agrnate, who is returning to Europe in his aoroplane, is held up at Rioken Hill as his two pilots and the mechanics are suffering from influenza. Rt-Ut<T.
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    FRANCONIA AT BANGKOK.
    49 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 15. Tl.e roumi-thc-wnrld liner Franconia arrived off th<- bar early this morning. The passengers were brought up in tugs to Paknam and from there to Bangkok by train. They are beirg rushed round the usual itfkta mid leave this evening.
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    COLD IN BANGKOK.
    37 9 (Kiom Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 15. Bangkok it experiencing a particularly cr>ld tpaH. Old residents car.not recall a February in which there was so much rain or a March which was so cold.
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    BELGIAN STEAMER SUNK.
    37 9 Oran, Mar. 15. The Belgian steamer Scheldepas, proceeding from Antwerp to Shanghai with general cargo, struck a submerged wreck near Vesta Kock, Plane Island, and sank in 30 fathoms. The crew were saved. Reuter.
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    54 9 The case ir which a Chinese woman was alleged to have bought or otherwise acquired a C hinese girl for immoral purposes, and to have forced her with bites and blows to be a prostitute, was concluded in the District Court to-day, when the accused was fined $600, in default
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    CONTROL OF BRITISH COMPANIES.
    188 9 Burma Corporation's Action. London, Mar. IS. The precedent established by the General Electric Co. has been followed by the Burma Corporation as a sequel to the acquisition of a large block of Burma Corporation shares by American interests early in the year. The board of the
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    STUDENTS' REVOLT.
    69 9 Disturbed Situation In Madrid. Madrid, Mar. 15. Students yesterday broke a shop-window in which a photograph of General Prin-.o de Rivera vas displayed. The police charged with drawn swords. The Government does not regard the situation as grave but describes it as unpleasant and intolerable. Fresh repressive measures
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    CUBAN SUGAR.
    79 9 Great Damage by Cane Fires. Havana, Mar. 15. The sugar crop at Violeta has been reduced to 75,000 bags by cane fires, which have already destroyed 32,500,000 pounds of cane. Large areas have been destroyed belonging to the United Fruit properties. A cane-cutter at Camaguay has been arrested
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    RHINELAND OCCUPATION.
    63 9 Protest by Belgian Senator. Brussels, Mar. 15. In the course of a debate on the Foreign Office estimates in the Belgian Senate, M. Oebroukere made a strong attack on the Rhineland occupation, which he daacribed as neither morally nor militarily justifiable. He suggested that the security vital to
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    MOTOR EXHIBITION.
    39 9 Many American Firms At Geneva. Geneva, Mar. 15. American firms predominate at the sixth International Automobile Exhibition now bcinjf held here, occupying 31 stands. French firms hold 22 stands, German nine, Italian seven anl British three. TransOcean.
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    ZEPPELIN FLIGHT.
    38 9 Friedrichshafen, Mar. 15. Owing to the large number of applications for passages, it is proposed to arrange a second Zeppelin flight over the Mediterranean towards the middle of April. The fare will be 3,000 marks.— Trans-Ocean.
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    TROTSKY IN TURKEY.
    33 9 Constantinople, Mar. 15. Trotsky has left the Soviet Consulate and taken rooms in the Hotel Tokatlian. He was not recognised by the hotel guests as he is ciean-shaven and close-cropped.
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    GOLD FOR U.S.A.
    20 9 New York, Mar. 15. A consignment of gold valued at 1.400 ,000 has arrived from Berlin. Reuter.
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    93 9 The London representative of The Planter writes I hear from Mr. J. W. Campbell, who is still at Sidcup, that he is still confined to bed except for a period of two hours daily when he gets into a deck chair. The fog and damp recently haa been against him
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    DUKE OF YORK IN BERLIN.
    275 9 Journey to Oslo. ROYAL WEDDING PREPARATIONS. Berlin, Mar. 15. The Duke and Duchess of York spent two hours in the palace of the ex-Kniser, and were very interested in the apartments of Wilhelm II. The British Ambassador, Sir Horace Pumbald, and Lady Rumbold acted as
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    EUROPE'S AIR LINES.
    77 9 Extension of British Service. Rugby, Mar. 15. A new service of air liners between London, Brussels and Cologne is to be boprun by Imperial Airways on Monday. The service v.iii leave Croydon aerodrome at 8.30 each week-day morning, and Cologne will be reached at 1.45 p.m. At
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    FAMINE IN CHINA.
    87 9 16,000,000 Sufferers in Three Provinces. Nanking, Mar. 1.". The Minister of Public Health was recently sent to Hunan. Shensi anil Kansu to report on actual famine conditions and to give the Central Government a definite idea of the funds required and the best steps to take in
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    TSINAN INCIDENT.
    39 9 Another Deadlock in The Negotiations. Tokio, Mar. 14. After the drafting of formal documents for settlement of the Tsinan incident had been practically completed, fresh difficulty arose owing to the uncompromising attitude of the Chinese representative. Nichi-Nichi.
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    THE PATHANS.
    78 9 Labour Member Asks What Name Means. Earl Wintcrton had to answer a number of question* regarding the Bombay riots in the House of Commons on Feb. 11. One at least, was unusual, Mr. J. Bromley (Lab.) asking Is the name Pathan an Indian word equivalent to blackleg Earl
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    REQUEST TO CAMBRIDGE.
    35 9 Rugby, Mar. 15. Under the will of Mr. John Humphrey Plummer, of Southport, who left £271,000, a bequest of £200,000 is made to Cambridge University for the advancement of science. British Wireless.
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    JAPAN'S BUDGET.
    35 9 Tokio, Mar. 15. The Budget "ias been parsed by both Houses. It amounts to 1,752,000,000 yen, including 268,000,000 for the Army and 231,000,000 for the Navy. Supplementary estimates will be presented shortly. Router.
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    52 9 The firm of Messrs. Edgar Brothers, Ltd., Bangkok, received a cable announcing the death, in London on Monday, from heart failure, of Mr. Mack A. Edgar, the senior partner in the firm. The deceased gentleman, who was a resident of Bangkok for some time several years ago, was 61 years
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    GREAT FLOODS IN U.S.A.
    190 9 Towns Isolated. LOSS OF LIFE IN ALABAMA. Montgomery, Alabama, Mar. IB. Very serious floods, following heavy rains, have occurred in Alabama, Georgia, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Alabama suffered tho worst, at least five towns being inundated, including Flomatcn and Brewton, where 10,000 persons are reported to
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    MEXICAN REVOLT.
    55 9 Government Purchase Of War Materials. Washington, Mar. 15. Large quantities of war materials, including tear pas, arms and ammunition, have been ordered by the Mexican Govorr.ment from American manufacturers for use against the rebels. The Mexican authorities desire t-> use tear gas rather than poison gas to minimise
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    FRANCE'S NAVY.
    48 9 Senate Authorises New Construction. Paris, Mar. 15. The Senate, by 272 to 28, passed the bill authorising the laying down of one cruiser of 10,000 tons, six destroyers, of 2.4S0 tons each, six submarines of 1,460 tonr, each and one mine-laying submarine of 720 tor.s. llavas.
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    KELLOGG PACT.
    42 9 Only Japan Remains To Ratify. Washington, Mar. 15. The Chinese Legation announces that the Nanking Government has ratified the Kellogg Pact. It is understood that only Japan out of the original 15 signatories has not yet ratified the Pact. Reuter.
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    ITALIAN DISCOUNT RATE.
    35 9 Fall in Government Securities. Milan, Mar. 15. The rise in the discount rate in Italy has surprised financial circles and resulted in an appreciable drop in all stocks, including Government securities. Trans-Ocean.
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    VISION OF THE FUTURE.
    115 9 Tabloid Food and Ray Treatment. London, Mar. 1. Life in the future was visualised by Professor A. M. Low in a lecture at Westminster to-day. He believed that human thought was an electrical process and must cause oscillation. Eventually, he said, a man might be arrested
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    OVERTHROW OF SOVIET ?
    170 9 OVERTHROW OF SOVIET World-Wide Preparations Alleged. Last month the Paris correspondent of the British United Press Association made the revelation, on the highest possibly anti-Soviet authority," of details of vast military preparations throughout the world for a counter-revolution in Russia on a gigantic scale. The correspondent said that guns and
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    GERMAN BUDGET CRISIS.
    136 9 Government Threat To Resign. Berlin, Mar. 15. In the course of the debate on the Budget in the Reichstag, the Chancellor, Herr Mueller, declared that unless the Budget were passed the Government would resign. The situation in Germany was so critical that party politics ought to be
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    NEW ANAESTHETIC.
    105 9 Remarkable Properties Of Avertin. Rugby, Mar. 16. A new anaesthetic which is not yet on the commercial market is described in the current issue of The Lancet by two distinguished anaesthetists, one of whom, Dr. Shipway, acted as anaesthetist to the King in his recent operation. It is
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    WAR DEBTS.
    85 9 Payments Made to Great Britain. Rugby, Mar. 15. The Italian Government duly paid to the British Government to-day the sum of £2,125,000, being the seventh instalment payable under the Italian war debt funding agreement of 1926. The sum of £125,000 in gold was released to the Italian Government
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    AUSTRALIA WINS LAST TEST.
    1080 9 Victory by Five Wickets. GREAT ENTHUSIASM. Gates Thrown Open To Public. The end of the fifth Test match rame shortly after the luncheon interval to-day, states a Reuter cable. Australia won by five wickets. YVhrn the morning's play ceased the Australian total was 248 for live,
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    TEST MATCH RESULTS.
    158 9 Appended are the results of the first four matches of the present scries. A, complete review of the Tests, together with batting and bowling analyses, will be published in Monday's issue. First Match.—At Brisbane, Nov. 30* Dec. 5 England 521 and 382 for eight. Australia 122 and
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    COMPENSATION FOR INJURY.
    799 10 Employers' Liability. NEW LEGISLATION PROPOSED. A bill is to ho introduced into the efrinlative Council of the Straits Settlement* l" l»' known aj the Workmen's < omnensation Ordinance. According to the objects ami reasons, the bill seeks to impose upon employo.s liability to pay compensation for personal
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    CHURCH MEETING.
    143 10 The .innunl business meetine of the I renbjrteriaa dmrch bjm heW last nijrht in the Tomlinson Hall. th;> Rev. \V. Murray luin^ in the Chair. The minute* of th<- previous mmatiag mi read and ronfhrmed. The wyorti oi' the Ctafeh Session ami Beard of Ms'nnjrers wan adopted, and
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    26 10 Second-Lieutenant W. T. Cherry, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, is i i he \iiini' Captain, whilst S«>cond-in-t „i n.n an.l m t!i<- Malay Company, Singa*vik -VvluuWK ivy*,
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    498 10 Defendant Who Received No Summons. In the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday it was disclosed that judgment had !>cen given in the Civil District Court against a defendant on whom a summons had not baea served. The nppliiant was P. Suppiah, and Mr. P. II. Battishill, upp. ai'ng for
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    STUNG TO DEATH.
    122 10 Alleged Thief Steps On Hornets' Nest. At a Singapore Coroner's inquiry wstciday morning into the death of a Chinese who was stung to death by hornets it was stated that while runnintr away after a raid on a Chinese householder's fowl-run the man stepped on a hornets'
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    ALLEGED SEDITION.
    93 10 Propaganda Found in Coffee Shop. A Chinese was arresteil in a coffee shop in Moss Street this morning in possession of a quantity of litvraluic. Following an examination of the contents, he M produced by the police in the Fourth Court this morning on a charge of being
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    SCOUTS' JAMBOREE.
    53 10 (Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 16. Ipoh is invaded to-day by 500 Scouts who ai-c holding a jamliorce over the week end in the extensive grounds of Mr. Eu T.mik Sen's house. The Resident of Prrak is presenting trophies to-day. Scout officers from other pa Us of
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    22 10 The tender of United Engineers. Ltd., $ti4.246, for the installation of a water sanitary system at Goodwood Hill, Singapcre, has been accepted.
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    77 10 A well-known former resident in the planting world of Malaya has passed away at Bournemouth in the person of Mr. Frank Shaw. He was in his 91st year, and went out to Sumatra in the early days of tobacco planting. He became chief administrator of the United Lankat group. Subsequently,
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    THE CATTLE TRADING CASE ENDS.
    318 10 Former Employees Sent To Prison. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Mar. 1G. After a trial lasting for six days the three employees of the Straits Cattle Trading Company, Penang. Mohamed Malimiar, A 1 k In 1 Subham and Salleh Malimiar. were found guilty and the
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    EVIDENCE WANTED.
    335 10 Abrupt End of Police Prosecution. A motor-bus driver who was produced in the Third Police Court this morning on a charge of causing death by a rash act was discharged, the magistrate, Mr. W. N. Gourlay, holding that the police must be prepared to offer some evidence of
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    NAPIER ROAD SMASH.
    157 10 JJoyanesc Driver Loses His Licence. Two cars met in a head-on collision in Napier Road, near the junction of Tanglin Road, yesterday evening One car, in which o European was riding, with a syce at the wheel, was forced back against a tree anil badly damaged. The
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    26 10 Mr. S. P. K. A. Manikam Chettiar is appointed a member of the Hindu Advisory Board for the Settlement of Singapore vioe Mr. Veerapa Chettiar resigned.
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    32 10 It is reported that ">0 per cent, of the 20,000 rubber plants despatched from the East Coast of Sumatra to Liberia withstood the voyage and arrived in good condition at their destination.
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    26 10 A Tokio cable states that Mr. Moeukc Kawabara, of the Seiyukai party, .baa been elected president of the House of Commons in succec&ion to Mr. Motoda,
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    "AT THE CALL OF DUTY."
    176 10 Tribute to Sir Hayes And Lady Marriott. A correspondent writes in The Times The announcement of the death of Sir Hayes Marriott, Colonial Secretary o' the Straits Settlements, on Saturday, Feb. !>, and of Lady Marriott or. Saturday. Feb. 10, scarcely reveals ihe tngoif of
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    POSITION IN CHINA.
    247 10 Alarm at Recent Troop Movements. Honjr KotiK. Mii>-. 8. In some quarters, it is thought, the wholesale mobiliMng of military units in Central China is aimed at Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General," who is Minister for War in the National Government and who has denied that he
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    LOCAL BOTANISTS.
    277 10 Address to Natural History Society. The annual general meeting of the Singapore Natural History Society was held at the Medical Collejrc on Thursday. The '"Hewing were elected officers for 19SS President, Mr. R. E. Holttum vice-presidents Dr. Brooke (hon.). Rev. Dexter Allen, the Hon. Mr. G. C. vViison
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    50 10 Owing to the great success of Beau Sabreur at the Pavilion tho picture will be shown up to Wednesday next. All seats are taken for to-night anet only a few are available for to-morrow. Scats already booked for Salarr.mbo," the next Chang o, may be transferred on application.
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    21 10 Thr death occurred at the General Hospital last night of Mr. Ngo Yam Chiang, of Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., Singapore.
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    34 10 Mr. Cipriano E. Unson, Under Secretary of Commerce and Communications of the Philippines Govarnmenlt, will arrive at Singapore on Monday morning by the Dollar Liner President Garfielii on his first voyage round the world.
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    50 10 The Band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme, weather perauttblg, at the Botanic Gardens tomorrow commencing at 9 p.m.: Reminiscences of Ireland (Godfrey); selection A Musical Jig Saw (Aston), (a) .Air from County- Derry (Grainger); (b) 'Sfnfr Killarney (Balfe) selection. The i,i>ri(l"i;.i" (Sullivan); selection, The JSUamruck (Mydtlleton),
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    THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
    118 10 Advance Party Arrives Inj Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) PonariR. Mar. lfi. Dr. John Jackson, loader of the British Scientific Expedition who has ct>:>ie in COIJncctior. with the solar eclipac Ml Ha] Mrs. Jackson and Mr. P. J. MeloUf arrived .stcnluy from Birkenhead by the Lao:n> dun.
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    ENGLISH COMEDY CO.
    449 10 Thrills and Mystery In "The Ringer." Det.-Inspector Bliss C. V. Wallace Dct.-lnspec-tor Wembury Ormiston Miller Colonel Walford Henry J. Comer Samuel Hackctt liardy Russell Maurice Meistcr Reginald Tippett I)r Lomond R- Hcaton Croy Cora Ann Milton Josephine Kilfoyle Marv I.cnley Klnna Aherne .l..hn Lenlcy T. W. Sleigh
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    "MADE IN MANILA."
    138 10 Monopolies Officers Seize Cigars. Cigars, apparently made on the spat, were discovered recently during :i Monopolies raid packed in bom hearing a well-known Manila cigar maanfactnrer'a trade-mark. There wrcalso HMKlliMI fur dgMI pro fluction anil <|iiantities of tobacco in various stages tt preparation. At the instance of
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    MR. HIAM'S RETIREMENT.
    172 10 Entertained by F.M.S. Railway Staff. Mr. R. W. Hiam, Engineer for Ways and Works, F.M.S. Railways, was entertained by his brother officers of the Railway Department at a farewell dinner in the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on the 12th instant. The Hon. Mr. J. Strachan, General Manager,
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    LIGHTING OF STEAM ROLLERS.
    1056 10 Evidence at Assize Trial. Mr. JlUttcC Deane and a special jury •ait,- occupied all day yesterday in hearhu the evidence lot the prosecution against Mr. K. A. Kllis, mathematical piaster :it liahVs Institution, whe Wat charged with causing the death ol Mr. W. D. McLean by
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      CHAPMAN'S VIEWS.
      199 11 Te-'IM Limited lo Five Days. Melbourne, Mar. 15. A. I. I". Chapman, the Knylish captain. ii n t<-■ >k wed by Reutei 's AK"noy. said the wonderfully happy-family" spirit was l:ii|.'rl.\ responsible .for the sin-ce.-s of th'. 1 ti.ui. Th if huil l>v( n M ipwinil. aril h:'
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      M.C.C. TEAM.
      106 11 Macartney's Comments On Selection. CusMiinllf. mi the M.c.c. teamsalested for- the litth T\st match. C. G. Macartney wi ile^ SutcliMVs omission i- duo, of course, entirely to his injured shoulder. Tyldes|,.y's sueiess in the recent match against Victoria thoroughly justifies his inclusion. Chapman's loss of hatting form, coupled
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      YOUNG BATSMEN.
      260 11 Advice Which May Be Dangerous. Then is a tendency for bat»men at the wickets to give advice to the youngster at the other end. states the Sydney Referee. This advice may often be most timely, and of material assistance, but there is a danger if it have the
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      TENNIS.
      360 11 S.C.C. Tournament 'I lie X.C.V. tournament will begin em Wednesday. IT.c follewing ties are anaosaced. WEDNESDAY. GedMra Doubles 11.,.. P. 11. Barries and o. \V. Gifaaovr vs. J. S. Anderson and .1. K. Hamilton. V.'. Warder, and K. Mnisse v.s. A. C. -.s ;.n<l N. S. Wise. 1". A.
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      S.C.C. CRICKET.
      128 11 Stewart-Brown's Sound Batting. Only a splendid display by R. Stewart Brown, who scored 51 on the Padang aved the S.C.C. Vice-Captain's eleven from rout in a praetios game with hi Captain's side. When play conclude I Mr. HanasH'i XI had lost three wickets for 6 I runs, and
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      HOME RACING.
      422 11 Entries for \pproaching Big Events. Apwendml arc the entries for the big event of the early part oi' the English Hat-racing season CREAT METROPOLITAN. (Itun Epsom, April 22. int. 2f.) The Sirdar, Kinnaird, Ballour, Blan- j iona. Aruntius, Confirmation. Mount Hawke, l"onoroi;o, Dark 'Hillock, i Tiber, Pard, Adage,
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      234 FIGHTS AT 21.
      264 11 Len Harvey's Striking Record. Len Harvey, the Plymouth-born middleweight boxer who has been scoring sensational victories of late, has the right to be regarded as on; 1 of the most remarkable pugilists in the world. He is now a little aver 1M years of age, he
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      MAJOR SEGRAVE.
      125 11 Race for Motor-Boat Record. Daytona Ecacb, Mar. 15. !V f ;i i ">i- Se'jrave is proceeding to Miami to-day to compete against Mr. QMW»>d lor the motor-boat spied championship of the wo.ici, t)n> neord for which is at I resent h'jld by Mr. Ganvood's Mis? America" with 92
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      MALAYAN GOLF.
      173 11 Arrangements for Championship Meeting. The Malayan golf championship meeting, which is to take place at Bukit Timah at Banter, starts on Mar. 29 when there vil! be a bogey competition (18 holes club handicap) open to all members and visilOli. On Mar. 30 the championship will lie started.
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      SELANGOR RACES.
      44 11 Scratchings for To-day. 1.—Polycreta. 2.—Stiffy. 3.—Very Naughty, Little Gibby, Story Book and Foundling. 4.—Don Q, Some Silk and Polianthes. 5.—Corvus, Battle Creek and St. Btnedirta. fi.—My Poscy. 7.—Irish Lady, Striking and Colake. 8.—Adun-Ai and Kaytnda. Melan. All engagements.—Polianthes, Don Q and Cro?tarie.
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      WATERLOO CUP.
      37 11 Golden Surprise Wins Final Course. London, Mar. 13. The final course for the Waterloo Cst resulted in Mr. A. Gordon Smith's Golden. Surprise beat Mr. 11. Bell's Sassoon. Betting was G—lG—1 against the winner. Reutcr.
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      B.B.C. AND CUP-TIE.
      158 11 Club Demands £100 Fee j For Broadcast. The proposed broadcast of the Swimlon and Arsenal Football Association Cup-tic. at Swindon did not take place. I The dineton of the Kwindon Football! Club were asked to WKtkm the installa- 1 tion of the Microphone nnd lines on their
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      243 11 To-day's English and Scottish League Fixtures. Th? fullowinjr frames are down for di'iision in the English and Scottish Leagues to-il;iy i— First division. Arsenal vs. Cardiff, nirminjiham vs. Liverpool. Blackburn R. v*. BneffloM Utd.. Kolton i W. vs. Manchester Utd., Derby County vs. I Aster Villa, Everton vs.
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      ARNE BORG.
      39 11 New World's Record At Suva. Suva, Miir. IS. Swini;iiiiiK in the Mimki ..i! ua bttlta at .Suvi-.. A \-nc Borg Dwda :'i n»w worlds Meord by cuvcrini; UGO yards in G BUS. 1 57 8/1 sec. Iteuter.
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    RACE PROBLEMS IN THE PACIFIC.
    537 12 Japanese Viewpoint. FRANK STATEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. An important pronouncement on population problems in Australia and Japan, *nd their relations to peace in the Pacific, was made by the Japanese Consul-General (Mr. 1. M. Tokugawa) M a tarewell luncheon given in his honour recently at Sydney.
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    ITALIAN DISCOUNT RATE.
    22 12 Rome, Mar. 14. The Bank of Italy has raised the discount rate from six to seven per cent. -Trans-Ocean.
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    "ON HER FEET."
    263 12 Great Britain Needs No Charity. It would be a veritable disaster if mistake! inferences from public speeches and nitional appeals encouraged the Dominions ar.d the rest of tie world to believe that Britain is in the throes cf poverty ami starvation." The Daily Express (London) in an
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    COLONISATION SCHEME.
    127 12 Welsh Miners for Canadian Empty Lands. A statement published in Lcndon that the British Government is training Welsh miners to cultivate 70,000,000 acres of I the Peace River country lifts the veil lf«om one of the most ambitious schemes j of colonisation visualised in Canada. Officially the Government
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    WOMAN'S AMAZING MASQUERADE.
    476 12 "Col. Barker's Record." PRESIDENT OF MONS CLUB. London, Mar. f>. Amazing stories are leaking out in regard to Colonel Victor Barker," who has now been identified as Mp, Valerie Smith, the wife of an Australian, whom she married during the War. The woman v/as a former leader
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    INDIAN PROTEST.
    62 12 Geneva, Mai-. 12. Three distinct groups have been apparent in the International Labour Bureau discussions of the British proposal to revise the Ei^ht-Hour-Day Convention, and there soenis no immediate prospect 01 an agreement. The Indian delegate, Mr. Chaterjee, protested against the matterbeing viewed in the light of world
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    SILENT FOR 20 YEARS.
    118 12 Waiting for M.P.'s Maiden Speech. Sir Robert Bird, Conservative M.P for West Wolvcrhampton, has mystified hi? colleagues in the House of Commons. He said at a dinner that a man who has been a member of the House of Common for twenty years has still to
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    DUNCAN SISTERS SUED.
    187 12 Musicians' Claim for Wages Settled in Court. The Duncan Sisters were sued for wastes i n ij eu of notice at Westminster ("aunty Court, in mail week, bv throe numbers of their orchestra. Mr. Frank Powell, for the musicians, said that they were engaged for the revue
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    GENERAL MOTORS.
    61 12 Berlin, Mar. 11. General Motors, the American corporation, has acquired an eighty per cent, interest in the Opel Co.npany, which operates Germany's leading motor-car factories. The price was 125 million marks. The Opel Company reserve the light to buy back the American interest within eight years at twenty-five
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    AFGHAN RESCUE STORY.
    400 13 A Thrilling Flight. ZEPPELIN OFFICER'S RESOURCE. A number of OlIIIMB am! A i objects, who ware mcHd from the l.-ir.ds of Afghan rebeil b; l:a\r ju:.t passed !iu(,ujc'i Ci.lon-.bo en mute far home. 1- ivc of thi-ui. Aim Geraian m Mid two hwilsa. came ti> Colomtn I)
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    VATICAN CITIZENSHIP.
    24 13 Rome, Kar. I. TIm Pom h;:s srderwl Um evietioa from Vsti.un City nf all who aiv r.ot intli-pensa-U« t" the Vatican Ac)iiii:i!strati'>'.'..
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    RUBBER FOR ROADS.
    158 13 Transport Ministry Not Satisfied. London, Mar. C. In ervl wed rH the Ministry of Transport to-day, Cokmel Richmond, the chief authority on roadways, said that there v.:>.'; no intention at present of extending i i;},'-,i r roads to minimize traffic vibration, no testa hitherto had beer, undertaken
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    NO BANANAS !
    99 13 NO BANANAS Mussolini and a Forbidden Fruit. Londo.:, Mar. 3. Mi! -t fri's latest iikn.se is against bana01 He has ordained th-il Fascisti must net i at banana* because they do not grow in Italy vr in the Italian colonies. Vi fnjMtkrs the strieteat look-out being kept for the forbidden
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    DIRECTOR'S SUICIDE.
    94 13 Gross Extravagance" Ruins Business. London, Mar. 4. Richard Leigh .Jones, a former director „1 R. K. Jones, Limited, the well-known catering firm, was found hanging in the cellar of hi~. Swansea residence- He and his two brothers resigned from the Board Fi Mowing the report of an investigation
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE ANTARCTIC.
    1187 13 SCIENTIFIC WORK. Expedition to Use The Discovery. MR. BRUGES STATEMENT AT CANBERRA. The Australian Commonwealth Government (as already announced briefly in the Stiaitss Times) has decided to organise an expedition to that part of the Antarctic which lies immediately to the South of Australia. Sir Douglas
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    HONOURS FROM POPE.
    40 13 Rome. Mar. 12. A delegation which imluded the Pop'-"s nephew conveyed the Gnad Cress of the Onle:- of the Holy Sepulchre to the King of [taly and Signo!- Mussolini on behalf of the Pope. TmM-OceM vi:i Pan-A.si.-..
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    BIG WHISKEY SLUMP.
    177 13 Trade Asking for Duty Reduction. A report from Edinburgh says that ofmcial figures show that the consumption of British spirits at "home last year foil by 414,2'JS proof gallons compared with the preceding year. The total consumption was 10,984,368 proof gallons, against a high water mark of
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    ROYAL VISIT TO SPA.
    42 13 Frankfurt, Mar. 13. It is reported here that H. M. Kinj; (I.- i^ro will vi: it Bad N'auheir.i in May, and forty r (.ins In a sanatorium arc b.'inir prepared for the Royai suite. lians(!i an In Pan-Asia.
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    FUGITIVES STARVE.
    34 13 I'.iica, Mar. \'i. Ninety politics] prisoner! escaped from a Rouian convict ttation after shooting four guards. Ka!f of the fuKJti.es arc believed to have died faun hunger ami expoxure. Traiu-Oeeaa via Tan-Asis.
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    MR. COOLIDGE AS A FREE LANCE.
    56 13 Five Dollars a Word. FOR ARTICLES OV HUMAN INTEREST. Washington. Mar. 1 Mr. Ooolidge has returned to his nodesi New England home i;i Northampton, Massachusetis, to settle down to jouvna!i»m and fulfil contract.-, one of which specifies a rate if S"i I.S. mnvney a
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    CURIOUS MISTAKE.
    107 13 Mr. Philip Snowdcn in Po k Court. London. Mar. 4. A poorly-clad middle-aged woman called Berth Mason admitted she had mad* a big mistake in identity, when sh« nu» charged at Westminster Polios Court and saw Mr. Philip Snowden, Ml., enter the witness-box to support a charge against
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    SOVIET AND SMOKING.
    44 13 Moscow, Mar. 12. A Otvwin factory dine tor has been fined 10,000 roubles foi violation ci the labour laws. Mis Russian workmen demanded, among other things, a smoking room, as they refused t<< work for six hours witlmut smoking.—Trans-Ocean via Pan-A.«ia.
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      509 15 Assets over $8,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $30,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) ■BAB OFFICE Winchester House, Singspore LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jev/ry, E.C. The Company hss £20,000 depoaited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      611 15 BANKING 1 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853.) Paid Up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each f.f,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,000,000 j HEAD OFFICE t 38, BlshopxKate. London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches Alor Star Harbin Sercmban
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