The Straits Times, 1 May 1929

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    13 1 The Straits times No. 29,077. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      119 1 TROPICAL SUITING "FLORODOR"! (8.n.A.) WING LOONG, ■m st.. motfOßK A PREPARATION BASED ON A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVEIIY OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.— Monsol DENTAL CREAM A Dental Oeam which is really germicidul, and presenting a new era in mouth A British product manufactured by the Mond Staffordshire Refining Company, Ltd., London, and endorsed
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      163 1 The dress flouncings on view at our showroom are symbolic of the premier artists of the foremost London and Paris houses. Ladies who contemplate the purchase of new apparel for the Spring races should not fail to pay us a visit. Now for* the Completion of the Perfect Ensemble Millinery
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      7 1 "FLORODOR" (8.n.A.) WING LOONG I TROPICAL WEAR.
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      518 2 P. 0. BRITISH INIIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated In England) MAIL A>D PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N. CO. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage 4a* Spore 1929 DELTA 8,100 May J RAJPUTANA 16,800
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      575 2 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail tHARUNA MARU 10,500 May 9 10 T KAMO MARU 8,000 May 23 84 KATORI MARU 10,000 June 6 7 t ATSUTA MARU 8,000 June 20 21 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 4 6 HAKONE
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      525 2 DURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MILBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AMD THUBSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailings by the wallknown steamer MARELLA (7,876 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons). The v. MABELLA is on* of the largest and finest steamer* trading to Australia. Cabin*
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      629 2 K.P. 1. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAYIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight Transhipment Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives for Singapore and Strait* Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of Java. All information, detailed itineraries free
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      585 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). REGULAB SERVICE TO LONDON AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBUBO AND BREMEN— GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— I MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND
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      501 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siaoi) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacem, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Crampon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA In purl May 1 SUDDHADIB May t May fi MALINI Mfty U May U The steamers are fitted th.vugiiuut
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      520 3 Shipping Announcements ELLERP3AK BUCKNALL STEAMS??!? CO., LTD. (Incorrorntcd In England). -ELI.ERMAN- I.INS PASSKNT.KP. AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT' FREIGHT SKItVICB OUTWARDS. To Hong Kong, Shr.mrh.-il and Japan. Due Spore. M. CITY O" MOBTLR May 8 s.s. CITY OF ATH June 10 ■okcwahm. l.s. CITY OF KnrOS
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      483 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE •And AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG *ia 01/IMBO, BUB, I'OUT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON Arrive Leave Leave B'port Spore P.nang PSES. WILSON pert Itay 2 May I PUS. VAX niKEN May 13 May 16 May 18
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      475 3 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvanrt Maatschappij Nederland and Rotterdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam s.s. Prins der Ned. 9.200 S.M.N. May I s.s. Tjerimai 8,000 R.L. May 10 m.v. Chr. Uuygen. 15,700 S.M.N. May 17 s.s. Patria 10.000 E.L. May 91 s.s. Joh. de Witt
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      487 3 LLOYD TRIESTINO NAY. CO. (Inrorpor;....: lUly) SINGAPORE TO ITALY Callinir nt COLOMBO, IiItIVIHSI. V'ENICK and TKIKSIf; i, r il,< f.,1|.. In.- up to date 1.1n.r. I mi l>,,<- DUCHKSSA D'AOK'I > I' tin 'ESQIIILINO I4.MM May t ROSANIIRA I lim T KOHOLO n: ',<:; J un tTkm fa-i M VfmHi
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      147 3 KODAGOLOn Cine-" KODAK" Pictures ii NateJ Colour Supplies now av;i liable. Call at 8, Battery Road fo~ a d vi ';r..;irr.fjn. Kodak Limited, (Incorporated In England) SINGAPORE. EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED Pointed S^^c n a Heel tf~m ft Chiffon v Heel "£k Semi-Chiffon "ml" M Nfl SO9 »♦♦♦♦♦*< Swey Stocked by
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    AMANULLAH AND THE MAGIC BOX.
    840 4 Prophet's Cloak." HOW OPPONENTS BECAME SUPPORTERS. Ainanullah's resources and the chance* ri ail succes- in the expected tight with Raccha-i-Sakau wore discusitfJ ■vit'i a Statesman reporter by Mr. M. Ofcetdu'lv.9, a mining MgfakMr, who ha- JUSJ an.'cd in Calcutta from Afghanistan. Mr. Obeidullah was in
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    LORD OXFORD'S AGE
    74 4 In >■ h.\ KM th^ !ate Lord Oxfo:>l born? According to t^ 11 r.icmorial stone errc^il over his grave a' Sutton Courtne hi was born in 1863. This date has bctn ■'•:>!: aged, and it is pointed out that tatd that he was born in Mori. Yorkshire,
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    CHEMICAL WARFARE
    372 4 Lessons Learned from The Past. Colonel Bctsch, chief of the federal technical military department, delivered an interesting lecture at Lausanne, before an audience consisting solely of officers, concerning chemical warfare in the paU and future. He declared that too much importance is attached to the efficacy of poisonous
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    END OF THE "GAULOIS."
    44 4 END OF THE GAULOIS." Aft.". W yean of tltltitnt. the Pails daily newspaper I.c flaulois," which hail RoyaiUt tendcicies, one of the organs of the aristocracy, has ceased publication. I f has been imigiii with the Figaro," which i.» owned by M. Francois Coty.
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    FAMINE HAVOC IN AFRICA.
    365 4 Eaten by Hyenas. WOMEN AND CHII DREN PERISH. Nairobi, Mares 81. Poignant details of the present famine situation in the Belgian mandated teri itcry of Ituandu have been made public by a British medical missionary. Dr. J. E. (.lunch, who for the past nine months has
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    27 4 At the Epworth Memorial Church, Rangoon, Mr. iMnTSTHJBT (.Iran;, a wellknown merchant of Rangoon, was married to Miss Inez Vicla I.anprley, Head Mistress, Government Normal School. Rangoon.
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      9 4 < p i I CORK-TIPPED C3GARETTES j /otkueeo j fr»T'Tit?ff«»f»«tf?Tf-r«i«f»»TMItt»l»?ll»»t«rr'l'»»!lf»?7M»
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      241 4 'Efwfx IN EVERY DEPARTmEN i jt j 1 The power house, tl*c ropiir shops, \~l|»!ic:jKH» the djwing rooms, th< use, i^ indeed, every cone.' i in :i busy buildinx, c.;n alma j in tantaneously be brought within of each other by the ns' ;ur^- .11 of Standard Automatic These incomparably
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    SINKING OF THE HAMPSHIRE.
    219 5 More Secrets of The War Revealed. I), ii.,,; ii ii on the Navy Eati if Commoni two in- A 1 by Cum. Kenworthy, the Laboui member I •ntr:i! ftiill. Com. Kenworthy urged the advisability ..i more labour-saving appliances in the Navy. Even on a modern battleship,
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    102 5 Hay 1929 I, 5.16 p.m., I•r i 1 Hall '•IV lEuraa till Co., '.arils Range l'ikl Di II Hal!, M.<.. Platoo itoon Parade (Drill). 5.16 p.n Drill Hull. "F" Friday. Ma) "..ir, p.m., Drill Hall, 1. 1 Bn. Id ire. Drill Hall, "C iScot- i and c.o.V
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    COMING ELECTION.
    346 5 Kich Young Men Fighting Constituencies. Pamom young men of wealth, with reputations made in the ring, on the athletic ground, and on the dinner lists at London*! exclusive hostesses, are shortly to appeal baton the public in a new ami :<!<■. Some of the mo«t difficult in the
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    BECAME WIDOWER AT 103.
    101 5 The oldest man in Kent, Mr. John Edward Taylor, of Hillside, Green Street rreen, was 105 in mail week. When his ■\\\i died two years a(c<> at the ajte of |M they were the oldest married couple in England, ;i .<l had licon IBM I lad
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    AN 18TH CENTURY MEMOIR.
    923 5 Dorothea Herbert. THE "ILK-USED IRISH WIFE.' This month Mr. Gerald How*, the pubi- to Intrwhm a very naive ung Irish woman of the eighteenth ccny. c.ne Dorothea Hcrbeit. daughter of vicar of Cut 1 ick-on-Suir. in the Water(I country. Dorothea doabtlos* uniiiown to hci family —appears
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    SHORTAGE OF CLERGYMEN.
    50 5 Canada is faced with a shortag of clergymen. For every 50 clergymen ">w ordained there is only one student, dec A the Rev. Alfred Gandier in an address to the Ministerial Association at Hamilton. An appeal MM maile for mniv fOOMJ irtcn to train fur the ministry.
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    LIVING LINK WITH CAPT. COOK.
    304 5 Tortoise He Caught 150 Years Ago. A Chum of Captain Cook has 'noun tl is- 1 covered, liule and hearty still, though ■'aptaiii Conk died 160 years -ago. But then Captain Cook was nut a tortoise. His chum was— is. He is a •'chief" of
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    THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
    43 5 The following: announcement is made from the Lord Ohamboi Iain's Office, Buckingham Palace N. tire is hereby given that The Kind's Birthday will In- celebrated in London and all stations both at home and abroad, on Monday. June o MXt
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      135 5 CeeoteK I INSULATING LUMBER WITH INCREASING SALES PRICES REDUCED $12.20 M. STERNBERG CO. 11. WHITE AWAY BUILDING. A USEFUL REFERENCE VOLUME A new edition of "Foreign Dollar Loans. "published byThe National City Company, contains brief but essential particulars of the principal issues offered in New York during the last ten
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      202 5 MONER PERFORATED CONCRETE PIPES THE IDEAL PIPE TOR LINING WELLS, FILTERS, etc. EASILY SINK. Enquiries ~^C i——^^-^^^ solicited lor i all pre-cast i concrete SEND FOR prod-icta RR CE UBT including OF CHANNELS MOMER SLABS OONCsTRI fencing mm. POSTS THE B 0L AN D ART PFST MILESTONES AND GARDEN CHEAPEST.
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    ALLEGED FRAUDS AT AERODROMES.
    659 6 Hoi:ie Oftfc. Action. SENSATIONAL LOSSES OF R.A.F. EQUIPMENT. C, virnnn beon called in tu make «tigatkw int. i the R.A.F. i drmiM, writes the Bijf I wad B c .rreapondeni of home i a m«ll Two leading i<iir.-iif' -"!<••' were eourtmnrtiallt harite--. .■n.l tent iromulK«l I.
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    "DORA " HOURS ALTERED.
    134 6 "DORA HOURS ALTERED. later Tobacco Sales in a (ircat City. Liverpool city Council decided to make ::!i order allowing tobacconiate to He<?p O.i ii- shope open until 18 i'.u>. on Saturdays nnd il.30 p.m. on otho>- days. TheM boon are in lUbstltlltioB for 8 p :n. the jrtneral doling hour
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    COOLER OFFICES IN CALCUTTA.
    790 6 Weather Manufactured To Order. Investigators among American office workers have declared that certain atmospherical conditions by which employees are surrounded can be so regulated and improved that the output of work is not only increased but improved, due to ceriain psychological factors subtly influenced by li.ioKs
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    "POKER GOLF."
    202 6 Effort to Stop Gambling By Closing Courses. War tis;»irist SunJay coif, which has been w*««d I y a MCtin <>f the Birmingham City Council since the council by a s.niitl majority sanctioned Sunday play, b, been rttmolated hy ihe discovery that camblW, in the fonr. <>f "poker" jrolf,
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      90 6 Over Seventy years' continuous experience in the design and construction of powerpropelled vessels, during which period we have maintained one standard only of design, workmanship and materials, has earned the world-wide reputation we now possess CONSULT IS REGARDING MOTOR LAUNCHES for inboard or outboard power units MARINE ENGINES Petrol Paraffin
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      222 6 Stjrrmg Popularity Everywhere Greets HUPMOEILt^ NEW 1929 CENTURY S IX t AfßLic accept^r.ce swift I sure certain ha. i^f^% greeteJ thcNiw Ontiry y Six on every oicasn.n. Xc- Barc!lt!!s of the place or cii r* new thousands ha\t eagerly -^jJUHtJi sought out Hunmobileow-nvT- ifl ship bscanc the Ceator ,it jy
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    BAGGAGE INSPECTION TO BE FACILITATED.
    447 7 Customs Delays. IMPROVED FACILITIES AT VICTORIA. So far as Customs examination of, paasoajjers' basiraKe ami «<«h1s entering England is eiHKaiasd, H.M. Custom am! Excise undertaken to provide CustOBU officers only at certiir. ineeiflsd pert! of entry und between ceitain hours. If it ary For Customs
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    THE SULE PAGODA.
    324 7 Ornamented by Diamonds Of Rare Beauty. The Sule V;!ir<Vi:i m Rangoon has for •hr l.i-t i .or.ths been undergoing extensive :epairs and jewelling. Some in■i figures iltl obtained from the >f :iie pagoda as regards the irems that have recently been placed on the new gilded hti.
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    PARACHUTIST'S PERIL.
    77 7 Drops From 'Plane and Falls Into River. WViil:- giving exhibition* at Reading, Mr. John Tvanum, tlu- parachutist, (ln)pped fron :::i i 1 "mm- 81 a h'iffht of 1,000 ft,. Vut mimed Y landing point and fell into n :.i ('..vcrsham BridffC. He- v..> in lianger of lwing drowned
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    44 7 A joint rtehal 1 Chinese Students' ia:-y Association and the ''hiii. -c c>, tian Association will take place ai the latter's premises, Prinsep Street, Singapore oi May •'!<> at B.ir> p.m. „t will be: 'That the Government should introduce law legalising the idoption of children."
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    GREAT EXHIBITION.
    961 7 City of White Palaces On Tyneside. Newcastle is on the eve of a tremendous gamble. She is about to stake her whole prosperity on the turn of a card, and no one can declare as yet whether that card is an ace or a deuce. The card is
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    58 7 A well-known scientist and explorer is at present visiting Malaya in the person of Mr. A. Sjogren. A few years apo Mr. Sjoßien took part in H.ft.H. Prince William of Sweden's scientific expedition to Central America. Mr. Sjoßren, who is sUyrrjr with the Swedish Consul General, Mr. Adelborg, and the
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    RIVAL CLAIMS TO HOLY RELICS.
    320 7 Treasure of Knights Of Malta. A complicated international dispute has arisen concerning the fabulously rich treasure 1 accumulated by the Knights of Malta (the Order of St. John of Jerusalem), which is being claimed by a group of English bankers, the Russian Soviet Government, representatives
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    38 7 Classes in simple Malay, suitable for use in shopping and housekeeping, will bo held at the Y.W.C.A., B. Raffles Quay, on Fridays 10 to 11 a.m. commencing in May. Fii'ther information will be found in our :'(ivi'iti.sement columns.
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    85 7 The half-yearly genera] meeting of the lalfnese Co aperawVe Society wa* heM in the Tcv-n Hall. Kiiaia Lumpur, un Saturday. Mr. R. X. Tfcamby TMrai, th? j President, referring to the accounts m i- ed oat the steady progress which society w:>s niukirv ir all (Election:,. f*» announced that in
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      77 7 The finest procurable Strawberries and Cream "Quality and Service first" REFRIQER-ATIrtG Co LTD Orchard R.O&& ~-^"eligie R.O&a CONCRETE MIXERS. No. 9 Kdina Portable Power Mixer— completely equipped truck outfit. Sleol |;rum. British Built IVtrol Engine. Hopper-cooled, with H.T. M» K nrto Ignition and all attach m.nts. Weight 1,232 Ih. Drum
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      114 7 Mir r Q Waters J 1 FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS SOLAR ECLIPSE SEE IT AT ALOR STAR (Ktdali) Thursday, May 9, 1»29. Train Service: Single ftf« ess ast w r"- M: s Wi ■laipin* *M a.m. 4 1( 40^ 5—- ni'-i \m H-'turn Sin|t e h;111 Al.oi: BTAR I.p. J.W
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      183 8 In whatever part of the world you happen to be, get the best by saying— Two Hundred Years of World Preference Cmmmtmtimg Monday, May 6 ALHAMBRA WILLIAM FOX mevnts Del Rio mw~'Mffi PASS;CM,:v!NTP.!CUE//i <.- \SCaETVS PLEASURE ■At4E&&^j&i., > RESORTS Supported by PREP AND PEP V •»nu-d\ Drnnia »l Voiith. l{"tiianrv
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      242 8 VICTOR'A THEATRE FOR TWEE NIGHTS ONLY Thursday. riduy and Batßtth] Mnj 3 and at p.m. FAREWELL VIBIT 01 TROUBADOURS In a Caaipletc New Pmiißinif Bookinu A LITTLE'S. Prices |3, $2 i;:id $1. Commencing Thursday, IU) i) and Nightly al p.n. GANVARD MUSICAL COsO.' COMPANY BmUic at I.ITILKS Fran Sattviaj Next.
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      110 8 SURLNA THEATRE North kMp K»ad. °l*honr No. MM. I'nim Wi-diH-sdav. May 1 to Tuesday. Mi* 7, 1529. Second .Show at S p.m. HARD-iHTTIN' HAMILTON leaturine BJ KFALO HILL, Jr. \\...,,1i.iful feata of ridiag aad thrillint MONTY BANKS in AHA BOY The GBAND SON of Laughter in a GBAND SLAM of
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      404 8 COMINC SOO\ KJREKSS UGIQN 0-*Mtrj)kikm «wJnaeUiik— I |A ToppinK I'ro.ijranime of Interesting and Entertaining Pictures KOR THREE NIGHTS From .Monday. April 29. at the APOLLO CINEMA GF.VLANf;. Second Show at p.m. MARRIAGE D^>-.l on H. c. WILLS' irell-known Bosk Inlanatinz ami mtcrtaiainß to Ixith the Mani-d M 4 Wnxla TOO
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      55 8 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandan,; Kerbsiu Slation. (By riirtm m Gmvummn* iir.nh Me*. tor thr 21 II., urn <-i:<linu .it MWaigkl un \..ril M. M»:. shade lcmp< n .Mii). •hade teni|ieral Mean >h:;.i.- t. muvrature KU.0 I Ma\. inn radiation ris I Min. K n titan r»l. humid 1) 81 Mi-un aluolul
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    302 8 v. May I. Shipa alongside Ihr Wharvea oi ripeclrd lo arrite. Batnwc* X.-.-.1 Wharf Oacai Inside E, E. K. Wharf I Rohna a I Swartenhondt, Uichiels 20 I Main Wharf Beni 1.1 3 Prea. Wilson :i TauniKa Maru P An. 1: 7 Kmpire Dock Malay Maru 30
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    SINGAPORE HAILS CLOSE.
    178 8 To-day. North, N. Cast and N. v. |..ni. Bunko h-lumi. i'la.lj.,. Palembani i hedena i p.m. Bengkalis. Siak B s Hot nderpi p.m. i'r,|n-r Bun.ia Hong K List (Magnet I p.m. Banlu Inland len i Mm I Loudon) eylon, southern and WesU rn Ind i i Burftoland
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    125 8 v.. int•,:..> H, W. 1 ..J mi Thararfay, M..> H. W I Id a.m \l.\l. homrwa I |..,,i. Homeward P. nn Id 2 n n train i p.m. i Kaai'a Havaiians. 1 r;<ia>. May i 11. \V. ::.M a.m.. 6.7, notch hom< araril n I Chanirkal
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    TIN DREDGING.
    155 9 Inflation of Output Of Ore. rden «t Watt, ■port th. depart industry in ISO I •l mdei mi .i. tail mded. if Origin. 27, America 8, taniei irfttr i« dredge t" lh« number of dredgei <>n .•Mr; the output <if tin-ore fur a few >■■•. instead oi ampaniei
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    UNITED ASBESTOS.
    120 9 Winding Up of Honj? Kong Company. 84, the .-harcholdcr:-. of the United ental iVgency, Ltd., nnanimonaly i.;,mv i..- unund un dwell ud Co, appointed liquidator! for the purposea of .-u<-h winding up. P. Warren, prodded at the h ni held in Horn; Konjr, uid my' trorUns f..r tho
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    FARMERS' BANK.
    71 9 Overseas Chinese Subscribe For Shares. Hank in idvancc small Im.ns at Iture in ihe country i, n Ion bj tha l'rnCommittee. ....d that a Preparatory Comirtly appointed u. formulate approval of the Provincial I n rrn-iv.d from I'-nanir by tha I'np.i I I'rmlucts Hank 0 the shares of
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    KUALAKANGSAR RUBBER.
    90 9 Tr;»dinjj Results in I'ast Tew. 0 SI, 1928. states I totalled 999,080 Ib., and »t< ram l"i''' r in concurrently wiih n year, m th:it full effect of l.-lt fi>r (TMttoT ued accordingly. "all in cost of pro r p.. und. m !>■: than II .97d. per poond
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    29 9 ''>>nipany. Inc. i ng embk > Heine in bid price* I l.'JT.'i Hay 19.60, lua 20.20. 20.40, October i>- eember 20 80. T.> .In Sinirnpore prire it tinU
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      ANOTHER AMERICAN COMBINE.
      243 9 Cable and Wireless v ommunications. I m ..r -i lepcrsph, cable, nnd wirecovering !.<■<• (lobe ll r A I tl li America Communication Ir.ti rni tional 1 oration. The hundred dollai ft idto Corporation is appurently being subordinated, l.ut soldi ■toek. c. Throe Mtkfidiariea are chart lease,
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    • SHARE MARKET REPORTS.
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        Macphail and Co., Ltd.
        105 9 Singapore, May 1. Tin.— London 066 18a. Robbers.— Quiet. Paiams 1.80-1.87'j. Bnlgownies 2.9a-:t.ir.. Bedfords 90 cenU-1.01, Connemaras 1.70-1.75H, New Scudaii !..">7'j1.64. Mentakabs :.>JI cents, llu Benuts 40-44 eeata, Amal. Malays l'.:'!-::.21. Allen.. I.'.mi. Ayei- Panaa 7.60-8 ■.■»in. Mining.— Dull. I."lv Klangs I.JO-1.2.".. oi: M-64 cents, Ponawats
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        Rose Macphail & Penman, Ltd
        171 9 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd Singapore. May 1. London. RuM>e'- B% cents, unchanged. Noon Spot "rue cent London. 'I i» £2im> His., down 7s. r,,1. Mining.— Dull. Bnngei Way 8-S.lO, Knehats ;::--i.;i. Kinta Dredge IMt-IM, Klang Kiver :i. 10-3^o, Hong Katts lifl-fi". cents. Malay:: Consols. 61-63 cents, Penawats 78-80 cents, Petalings
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      247 9 EXCHANGE Siocapen, May l. I i radon, llank -1 ms 2 :i -'7. "J :-i credit i 5 H On New Vi.iU. |ivl:.:md Print* N i fi^'n On France. Hani; T.T. 1«1 On India, Bank T.T. in hoDg X. Hank T.T. U% p.c. On Shanghai, ilank T.T. W* hank VT.
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      SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCN.
      74 9 12 o'clock nuun. May 1. Buyers Sellers n.S.S. equal to Stiin.l.ir.l Q.C.F. Spot :);< Standard R.S.S. on Tcmk-r Haj M« Jum MX :t4 J"ly »4 8414 July-Sept. MM 34'j Oct.-D'T. 34 >i 35 Tone of Markot Steady, quiet. I.att-st c.-.l>Ic London Boot Sh<-«t ;r-,d.
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        MINING.
        473 9 Issue Val. I'd. £1 £1 Aaam Kumbanij £1 B lianjjrin Tin 1 1 li.itung I'adang 1 1 Haiu Cam 1 1 Baktt Aranic Cl £1 li'jrmah Malay CL £1 i !-r:;inir II £1 Eastern Siam II (1 Haad tmi 1 1 Hit™ Tin 1 1 Hong !-;,tt 5/-B/- Hone
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        GENERAL.
        233 9 Vai. I'd. Buyers Sellers $4 4 Mexican Eagle 13/- 14/1 1 Malacca Klectric 2.05 2.16 SO 60 McAlister Co. 94.00 96.00 10 10 Maynnrd Co. 8.00 R. 60 ID 10 Ribeiro Co. 8.00 9.00 111 I" Robinson Ord. 21.00 21.50 xd. loolooßobin>on I'refs. ]:«i.«M) 1:16.00 xd. 1 1 Shell
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        117 9 U. Eng. 6 p.c. 1,226,500 Norn. Spore Cold Storage 7 p.c deb. of 1926 red. 1931-38 101 103 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 »1,878,000 par. 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4/4 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 fl.iiOO.onu \i~, par. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c of
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        395 9 Allenl.y (*1) Al.,r (iajah ($1) A. llil.-iin ($1) A. Kuninc ($1 Am. Malay (S2) A. Molek ($1) A Paiias I*s l Baljfownie (*1) BUMtt ($1) Bro K:l s i si, Brunei (f'o) B. Jelutonit ($1) B. Katil ($ll Bukit K. B. ($1) B. Kcpong (*1) B. Timah ($10)
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      VALLEYSIDE ESTATE.
      330 9 No Dividend on Past Year's Results. The thinl annual ordinary general meeting of Valleyaide Eitate, Ltd.. was h-ld on AprM rambu, Mr. A. B. S. Morton presidinc. In the course of his remarks, the Chairni.'ii Mid You will h;.v<- seen from the that our 'irolits for lust year
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      BRITISH CAPITAL.
      71 9 In the House of Commons recently the Secretary of State for the Dominions fMr. L S. Amiryi, replying to Mr. E. T. Campbell iCon.l, who urged that the Empire Marketing Moar^i should onwmga preference to the Kavnire for thr> imsslSMSl of capital, said that the statistics »hee»d that
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      MERCANTILE MARINE TRAINING.
      571 9 SHIPPING NOTES Facilities Provided In India. The Indian Mercantile Marino brataiag -hip Dutferla aroTidee training fpr thorn who wish to follow the profession of a deck at encattv; oUtmt m the Mercantile Marine. This training ship was established by the Uorernmrnt ol India In Dceember, U>27. an.:
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      33 9 From lioMam!, by Palra clue at Sui;mpore to-morrow morning. From Indo-CUna, by Chenonceaux, uuat Singapore C a.m. 'c -n" From China and Japan, liy Tilawa, dtw at Singapore 1 p.m. to-morrow.
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      EXCHANGES.
      78 9 bib* April 30. Foreign exchances arc Amsterdam 12.07'u, Athens 375, Berlin 20. I*! 1 Bombay Is. I 2U-:S2d.. Brussels ::i.:.1. Bucharest XlB, Buenos Aires 17 6-16, Copenhagen 18.19 Geneva SbUIH, Helslngfon 133, Hong Koni is. ll 7 vd.. Kobe is. n 15-lfld IMtt, Madrid :;::.kt Milan 92.64 York ■l.s.',
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      PROPERTY SALE.
      58 9 Singapore properties suld by auction l>v Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng uuj Co. at th-ii saleroom, 30, Chulia Strei-t. on April 2J included freehold land and houses M Emerald Hill Road, area 1,644 M). ft. and 08, Emerald Hill Roatl, area 1,686 <|. ft. bought by P. R. N.
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      PASSENGERS FOR HOME.
      275 9 The following Straiis < leaving for Kurope to-day by the An Mrs. I). S. S. Douzln*. 'Tempi*, Mr L. K. Fry. Mr. F. Crltehley, Mr. and Mr Kirby, Mr. ami Mrs. C. if. Thurstan, Mr. J Gilbert, Mr. Dale Rces. Mr. I 11. Dod, Ml am! Mrs.
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      LORD ASHFIELD'S POST.
      137 9 Chairman of N. Metropolitan Company. Sir J:imei Devonshire, having reached the retiring age, has resigned tin* portion *'f chairman and managing director of t'n North Metropolitan E'ectric Power Supply Company, but retains his reat on thf baari of iirectors. Lord AskSfU has beet «Ppointed chairman of the
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      BUKIT CLOH.
      34 9 Directors arc recommending; a final dividend of Sd. per sharp, less income-tax at 4s. in making id), per share for year ended Dec. 31, IS2B. Last year total was Gd. per share.
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
      31 9 and th« brother* of tana be* to thanl; their r.-1.-.t v,-< fri so kin. ll m.-.i.:. 1 the funeral evening, and also those arho enl irreathi and letters „f condolence.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. A TAX ON LEAVE.
    946 10 In a recent letter to The Times Lord Dccicj envisages a terror which lies in wait for those British people who go Home en leave fio.n the East. He points out that such men as have established residence in
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    BANKING YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY.
    1049 10 The British Joint Stock Centenary. (By Sir D. Drummord Fraser. K.B.E., a Vice-President of the Institute of Bankers.) May 1, 1929, marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the oldest existing joint stock bank in the British provinces, the District Bank of Manchester, and is
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    670 10 Miss Louise Seale, a graduate >if California University who is on a world tour, has joined the Suydam Girls' School for some months. Mr. F. Critchley, manager of Brinkmnnn and Co., left to-day for Europe on furlouch by the Anchiscs. Mr. S. L. Oggicr is in charge
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    830 10 FIRST OF THE MERRY MONTH. Though to-morrow's cables will probably bring tiding'- of street brawls in Berlin and other cities in '.lie fair cause of Labour, it is a significant fa't that this year there has beer a concerted movement among continental rations tn May Day
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    15 10 Dr. S. K. Lim and Mrs. Lim are leaving for England by the Mantua to-mnrrow.
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    COLONIAL OFFICE ESTIMATES.
    599 11 Hopes for Singapore University. RUBBER'S FUTURE. "Gloomy Predictions Not Fulfilled." i: 'i-n-ii- to education in Malaya, «ith fhe hope that Kallles College would wome the Singapore L'niver..it>. was made l>y Mr. Amery when ini'rod'.irirg the Colonial Office estimates in tiic HMMC nf Commons. .Mr. Anury also referred
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    ANTI-PLANE DEFENCE.
    113 11 Two Wonder Ships in British Navy. New details <»f the battleship Nelson and Rodiwy, whuh are under construction, ii.i hi in oAcially communicated. Among the features of thes wonder ships is a steel deck, which is the heaviest horizon'a! pmtiriiini ever fitted on a ship making i'n"in the
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    DROWNED IN STORM.
    23 11 Zurich, April 30. Two bnats «;ink during a severe storm on Lake Enrich and two men were drowned.— Tr:in> -Ocean.
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    34 11 1 'hr I', and O. steamer Delta with London Maid despatched on April 11 is due at Penanir at 5 p.m. tomorrow. The mail will be delivered in Singapore on Saturday morning.
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    USE OF POISON GAS IN WAR.
    270 11 British Reservation To Protocol. Geneva, April 30. At the meeting of the Disarmament Committee Lord Cushendun announced that Great Britain would ratify the Geneva protocol of 1925 prohibiting the use of poison gas in wartime, provided that the other Powers also ratified it. Lonl
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    LABOUR MANIFESTO.
    131 11 Equal Treatment for Men And Women. London, April 30. A Labour Party manifesto outlining its election programme upholds ordered progress by democratic methods. It lays down a comprehensive scheme to stimulate employment, consisting of housing slum clearance electrification re-organi-zation of transport new roads afforestation re-organization of the coal
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    SMALL-POX SCARE.
    62 11 Nearly Three Hundred Cases In London. London, April 30. There are now 201 cases of small-pox in London. Middleborough, Mass., April 30. The local health officials are alarmed at the epidemic of small-pox which ha.; broken out here. So far 100 cases have been reported. There is no
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    NEW FRENCH CRUISERS.
    42 11 To Make Tour of Far East. Paris, April 30. The Duquesnc and the Tourville, the two new 10,000-ton French cruisers, will tour the Far East late in the summer. The Duquesne will visit New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. Reuter.
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    "MAD TO GET WORK."
    188 11 MAD TO GET WORK." Tragic Scene in London Suburb. All doubts as to whether unemployed men are genuine in their preference for hard work instead of the dole were removed when, in response to the demand of the Bermondsey Corporation, for 200 road makers, 1,000 men struggled and fought and
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    NIGHTLY SERVICE.
    18 11 A night air mail to London was opened on April 9, leaving Paris nightly, except Sundays.
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    CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S PLANS.
    286 11 A New Campaign. FENG YU-HSIANG THREATENED. Shanghai, May 1. Encouraged by the unexpected ease and bloodlessness with which the Wuhan imbroglio was straightened out and realising that the matter must be settled sooner or later, Chiang Kai-shek is planning a campaign again?t Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, following up
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    FRENCH WAR DEBTS.
    126 11 Sterling Bonds Held In Britain. Rugby, April 30. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked in the House of Commons whether Ihe Treasury still held sterling bonds for the full amount of the French debt to Great Britain, and whether, in the absence of rectification by the
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    FAR EAST FLIGHTS.
    60 11 Service between France And Indo-China. Paris, April "0. At a dinner (riven h honour of the airmen Bailly and Reginensi, the Air Minister declared that their flight to Saigon and back indicated the possibility of the establishment of a regular air service between France and Indo-China. French
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    " SING THEM MUCK."
    151 11 SING THEM MUCK." Author and Unfortunate Mistake." Miss Winifred Ponder, the author of Dame Clara Butt's memoirs, recently arrived at Townsville. Queensland, from Singapore. She left Brisbane two and a half years afro, and is returning there for a few months. Speaking of the muck incident. Miss Ponder said that
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    POLITICAL CRIME
    27 11 Secretary of Italian Legation Killed. Luxembourg, April 30. The secretary of the Italian Legation has been shot and killed by an Italian anti- Fascist. Trans-Ocoan.
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    NORTH POLE FLIGHT.
    72 11 Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will arrive in Washington shortly to consult the U.S. Government with regard to the plans for a North Polar voyage by the dirigible Giaf Zeppelin in 1930. He will have a base in Alaska, with a mooring mast. The area to be explored will
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    MANY COMMUNISTS ARRESTED.
    275 11 May Day Ban. DRASTIC PRECAUTIONS IN PARIS. Paris, April 30. In consequence of the drastic precautions taken by the Minister of Interior to prevent May Day demonstrations, many foreigners were arrested yesterday evening. Twenty-five Tiav. been expelled, including Bespaloff, president of the Lyons Union for the Repatriation
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    REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
    102 11 Divergent Views in Paris And Berlin. Berlin, April 30. The suggestion 'hat in the event of the Reparations Conference failing, the matter should become the subject of political negotiation during the League of Nations meeting in Madrid is the cause of divided opinion in the French and German
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    LAHORE ARRESTS.
    44 11 Charge of Murdering Police Superintendent. Lahore, April 30. Sukhder and three other men who were arrested in connection with the discovery of a bomb factory have been remanded on a charge of murdering Asst. ISupt., Saunders and Head Constable Chaman Singh. Renter.
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    GERMAN SCHEMES.
    91 11 Trans- Atlantic Ventures Under Discussion. Considerable attention at present is being devoted in Berlin to Transatlantic air ventures. The air company, Lufthansa, is combining with German shipping companies for the creation of a committee to explore the possibilities of a regular air service. The Lufthansa, in June or
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    "GALLION'S REACH."
    127 11 Femina Award for Mr. H. M. Tomlinson. The Kemina Vie Heureuse prize for 1928-20 has been awarded to Mr. H. M. Tomlinson for his work Gallion's Reach." This book is Mr. Tomlinson's first novel. The final selection for the prize, amounting to £40, is made by a French
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    THANKS FOR KING'S RECOVERY.
    212 11 Anonymous Donor's Generosity. Rugby, April 30. The following letter has been addressed by Lord Stamforham, the King's private secretary, to Audax," the donor of a gift of a hundred thousand guineas to the thankoffering fund for the King's recovery Dear Audax. The proposal to express your
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    BOLSHEVISTS IN EGYPT
    165 11 Propaganda Under Cloak Of Trade. Cairo, April 30. The Egyptian authorities have unmasked a serious attempt by the Soviet to establish a centre of Bolshevist propaganda in Egypt under the cloak of an agency called Textile Imports, Ltd., which the Soviet was allowed to establish in Alexandria
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    CHINESE IN RUSSIA.
    59 11 Trade Union Protest Against Cheap Labour. Riga, April 30. The Russian trade union representatives have protested to Moscow against the employment of cheap yellow labour as being inconsistent with the principles of proletarian dictatorship. The protest is a sequel to the importation of Chinese labour for the
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    LORD REVELSTOKE.
    40 11 Bequest of £100,000 to King Edward's Fund. London, April 30. Lord Revelstoke, who died in Paris on April 19, bequeathed the sum of £100,000 to King Edward's Fund, from which the income is to be annually distributed.— Reuter.
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    "SHEEREST BLUFF."
    120 11 Russia Destitute of Financial Reserves. Moscow's Red Army is the sheerest bluff, asserts the usually well-informed Russian newspaper published in Paris. The Soviet Government now has 500,000 armed men, who are well disciplined and loyal, but the financial machinery is hopeless. There are no reserves, and the present
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    BIRTH RATE IN BRITAIN.
    67 11 Commenting on the continued fall of the birth rate, the Registrar-General says that since 1923 the rate has entered upon a stage, which, if there is no improvement in the future, must ultimately result in a declining population. The return for 1927, just published, shows that
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    SOFIA FIRE.
    22 11 Sofia, April 30. Fire destroyed the Assembly Hall of the Sobranje. The cause of the outbreak is not known.— Trans-Ocean.
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    DIFFICULT SOCIAL PROBLEM.
    218 11 Hygiene Laws in Straits Settlements. SUPPRESSION POLICY. Comment on Committee's Report. The report of the committee appointed to consider venereal disease and other questions in the StraitN Settlements was mentioned by Mr. Ormsby-Gore in the House of Commons yesterday. He remarked that the report which has already
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    "TALKING" FILMS.
    142 11 Injunction Sought By German Firm. London, April 30. In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice to-day, Mr. Justice Romer heard a motion on behalf of the German Corporation Engl seeking to restrain Hyde Park Cinemas, Ltd., from using a talking li'.i apparatus which is alleged
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    AIR LINER MISHAP.
    79 11 Slight Damage to Machine At Baghdad. Baghdad, April DO. A west-bound Indian air liner was taxiing across the aerodrome prior to taking off for Cairo when it ran over an underground petrol tank, breaking oft* the tail skid and damaging the fuselage The machine was unable to
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    HELPING THE MINERS.
    36 11 Mansion House Fund Closes At £843,000. London, April 30. The Mansion House Fund for distressed miners closed at £813,000, to which tho Government grant of a similar amount has to be added. Reuter.
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    ECCENTRIC DOCTOR.
    124 11 £30,000 Kept in Chest Of Drawers. A remarkable case of hoarding was disclosed at Leeds by the relatives of Dr. Clarence Foster (aged 85 years), a bachelor, who died in wretched conditions. Cats were his only companions. They discovered bonds valued at more than £30,000 in a cheat
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    FROST IN CALIFORNIA.
    30 11 San Francisco, April 9. It is estimated that damage amounting to nearly $50,000,000 (£10,000,000) hai been caused to tree fruits, nuts, and grapes in California by frost.
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    JAPANESE EMPRESS.
    33 11 It is announced officially that Empress Nagako expects the birth of her third child in September. The only living child in the Imperial family is a daughter. The second daughter died.
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    ROYAL PRINCES.
    42 11 The Sunday Times (London) recently declared that it is an open secret that the Duke of York is likely to receive a Dominion appointment in the ■:ourse of the next two or threo years, probably, also, the Duke of Gloucester.
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    SERIOUS OUTBREAK IN SHANGHAI.
    618 12 Cerebro-Sftinal Fever. VIGILANCE BY LOCAL PORT VUTHORITIES. u'horitics of Sinjra- j ntion to sliips ngnal owing to a a! fover in the I It will t>e recalled that the port mthork! have recently been ilarmed by case of I irateh is alleged to have been brought
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    HONG KONG BANK CASE.
    817 12 Implied Agreements With Customers. The CMC in which the Hone Kong lit n; is ;uin,<r the lior.g Kong and Shanghai T'ankinj: Corporation in respect I of three fa qwa ..llegcd to have been i resmMa' m Aprii H at th*? Supr-iiH' Court, before his Lordship the
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    THE NEW PONTIAC.
    118 12 Tlu-re was a large gathering at the showrooms of Oriental Motors, Orchard Road, yesterday evening to inspect the 1920 models of the Pontiac car. Many improvements have been made, the developments being in the directions of comfort, durability, speed, and last, but by no means leas'., safety.
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    40 12 We have received a copy of the revised i list of Imports and Expoits, together with the conversion table which ■mporters and exporters should consult diking declarations. Copie- ran he obtained from the Import and Expoit Ortice, price M) cents.
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      83 12 To the Iwlitor of the Straits Times. Sir, It may bs of interest to you to know that at least some of the "younger generation oat here have witnessed the spectacle (r.ot necessarily "extraordinary oi' a topper being worn, l Sir llerry Gompertz (late Chief Justice F.M.S.)
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    MR.HASTINGS RHODES
    154 12 MR. HASTINGS RHODES Death of leading Penan?! Advocate. The death occurred on Monday evening of Mr. Hastings Rhodes, a leading lawyer of I'enangr, after an illness lasting fur three weeks. Deceased v.iio was popular amonpr members of the Bar as well as h circles was admitted to the F.ar in
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    DISCHARGED PRISONERS.
    306 12 Activities of the Local Aid Society. A committee meeting of t h<- Discharged Prisuncis' Aid Society was held on April 1G when there were present Sir William Muiijon (chairman), Mes;rs. K. Tesscnsohn, S. S. Sawhny, Thong SJong Lini, Seah En;; Tong, Tan Khye Kok. Booy Kok Leone-, W.
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    AUDACIOUS ROBBERS.
    194 12 Servants Taken from Beds And Bound. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apiil W. The particulars i)f a daring raid by three Cantoncso armed with daggers on a dentist's shop in High Street in the early hours of to-day have been ;r;i'': the police. The dentist carries on
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    78 12 Mr. H. R. L. Dyne and Miss K. I. Mosley. A v.-ry quiet wedding took place yesterday at tlw Cathedral of ;hc Good Shi-p-b*rd, Singapoie, when Mr. H. R. L. Dyne. 1 of the ltfjal firm ol Messrs. Donaldson and Burlcinshaiv, was married It, Mi-; Katherir? Isabel Mosley,
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    KUALA LUMPUR'S TOWN HALL.
    637 12 Faulis oi the Present Building. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 30. The rectat accident to the i-oof of the Town Hal! gives one hope that the Government will at last realise that it is a positive disgrace that a town of the size anil
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    TUBA AS A TONIC.
    269 12 Death Follows Dose of Native Medicine. The fact that the tuba root, sometimes .■■~c.l by Malays to stupify fish, which arc Wily gathered in baskets, is also tiled at a tonic was revealed at a coroner's inquiry yesterday. The inquiry was concerned with the death of
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    POLICE SEARCH.
    61 12 Anticipating May Day In Singapore. j Last r.itrht the Singapore police searched 1 central n Communist activity .vith a \ie-.v to seizin* May Day propaganda which might have been distributed i to-day. At only one place was any literature >ir.d. and this consisted of documents in i Knulisti
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    GAOL FOR A BAKER.
    108 12 Ten Convictions in The Police Court. A Bengali baker who, according to Chief Court Inspector Meredith in the District Court Ihis morning, conceived the idea of extorting money under threat of subjecting: his victims to the indignity of a police search of their houses Tor nuns,
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    ORCHIDS IN FLOWER.
    185 12 Fine Plants of Vanda Lowii At Botanic Gardens. There are now flowering in the small plant house at the Botanic Gardens some particularly fine plants of Vanda Lowii. This interesting orchid was discovered in Sarawak by Sir Hugh Low, and sent to England by him about 1840.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    96 12 Atta Boy." a new Monty Banks comedy will be shown r.t the Surina from tonifcht. The Modern Hercules will Rive performances at the Starlight Hall, New World from to-morrow evening. He demonstrates feats of strength and muscle control and challenges anyone to repeat his acts. Camille." with Norma
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    43 12 On a charge of leaving the Colony in order to avoid examination in bankruptcy, E. S. Joseph and Teo John Long were produced before the Second Police Magistrate (Mr. O. Wilson) this morning, and remanded for a wetk on bail of $500 each.
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    THOUSANDS STARVE IN VLADIVOSTOK.
    257 12 Terrible Conditions. SCRAMBLE FOR BREAD FROM US. SHIP. {Shanghai, April is. j Information fn>n. Vladivostok, which rea.lied :Shansrhni by numl al>n:t channel; I is to the effect thai literally thousands j persons are starving in this seaport. i What conditions in the hinterlcnd are is beyond
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    DEATH OF MR. H. WALKER
    90 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) IVnantr, April SO. The death occurred at the Penan v General Hospftal early this morning of Mr, Harold Walker, mechanical c to the Penang Municipality. The deceased, who was 27 years of re, came out Ito the Basi recently and joined
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    THE G.O.C. AT PENANG.
    88 12 I The G.0.C., Troops. Malay::. :■>■. General Pritchard, inspected the European and Malay Companies, Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteers Corps, on I Sunday. There was a good attendance land the battle drill was well carried out. General Pritchard expressed his satisfaction to Capt. Green, Officer Commanding
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      992 13 New Arrangement 1ST (LASS COUNTIES AND THEIR FIXTURES thod of decid inir th Conn i hip. Umici it the ii inK whomsoever Ihv: and allo« r,. i l.f LN :n ■imwn u North, the s h, and the M.< .C. Eight point foi ;i win, four points
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      COMPSTON VS.HAGEN.
      121 13 COMPSTON VS. HAGEN. Three Matches for £1,000 A Side This Year. Arrhic Compatoa (England) and Wall Kagen (America*' are to meat aK»:n. They will play three matches, rh ovi 36 hole*, during the early part nf the year, t"<>i ride-Make, it is underi of n,ooo. the f mai will be
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      RIFLE SHOOTING.
      328 13 Had Weather Mars Chinese Volunteers Spoon Shoot. A monthly spoon shoot was ht'ld in connection with the CUMM Volunteer Kiile Club on Sunday at Bukit Tinui'n' l!;.n:'i but owing tu the adverse W Wither and bad visibility the xorcs retained wiTc not Ul> to standard. The ton bcsi
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      SWIMMING.
      202 13 Results ol" Preliminaries For Y.M.C.A. Carnival. The preliminary heats in connection with the Y.M.C.A. swimming carnival resulted in the following qualifying to ompete in the finals B« i \m Yards Free st> Ir Haadieaa, llaat l l. >:■ Ian D. Ikra. Heat 2 1. Goldman 2. Ch»o Brag Kay
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      212 13 Wt-diit-sdiiy. May 1 let Div. Football: S.C.C. v«. S.R.C., l'utlane. l:.lliard» Kxhibition W-llie Smitii at Tssalia Club. «.4J to 8.43 p.m. S .C.i Tennis Profession Pairs final. Thursday. M»> i S.i Tennis (iuilown Doubk-» finul. Billiard! h.vhili'lion Willie- Smith ut Johon- Civil fervid Clul.. MS- iv 'j pja.
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      BOXING STARS AT ALBERT HALL.
      502 13 Hill Retains Title Against Jarvis. JllllMj Hill, the European flyweii'it champion defeated Ernie Jarvis on point* in contest a: the Albert Hall durir.g mail week. A. J. Daniels, commenting M the bout in the Sporting Life, says: For, <;uite a long while there seemed a
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      SINGAPORE CRICKET.
      184 13 Selanjjor Team to Meet S.C.C. This Week-End. In the match between the S.O.C. and SataagW on tho Padr.rg on Saturday am! Sunday, the XI chosen to rwoicaoat tho, Sclai t< t Club will be A. S. Bailey, A. J. Bastock-HiJl, <".. M. Brand, K. F. Krrinjclon. T. Green,
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      H.M.S. MALAYA CUP.
      88 13 Arrangements for Association! Football Competition. The dates for the Southern Section of -H.M.S. Malaya" Association Football Cr.!> are as follows. July 27 Malacca vs. Ncgri Semoilan, at Malacca. Aug. 10 Singapore vs. Negri Sembi- Ian at Seremban. Auk. 17 Singapore vs. Malacca, ct Stadium, Singapore. Chinese "B"
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      FENCING.
      134 13 Singapore Sword Club Competition. Two more bouts in the Singapore Sword Club foil competition were fought in the Tomlinson Hall last night. Both were very evenly contested and in each case only one point was between the winner and loser. The results were as follow* C. Justesen (owe 4)
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      YACHTING.
      904 13 Team Race Won by ViceCommodore. Ol Sunday tiv R;vo Officer sent away 11 y.-ii hts for a team race. The VicoCommodorcV team consisted of Juno, Jean. Merlin, In ill. Jazz Kiend and I'rinia Donna. The Roar-Commodore's team romliUi] of Kathleen, Klla Dorothy, Betsy. Columbire and Corrib. Immediately before the
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      S.F.A. DELINQUENTS.
      83 13 Malays Question Still Under Consideration. The general council of the S.K.A. met last nipht :i: the Stadium to consider the 1 question of the postponement of the Maliiys-S.C.K.A. match. It will be recall- eel that Um Chinese turned out at the Stadium f< tins pane and the Malays
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      WIN FOR KLEINMAN AND CLERC.
      338 13 Final of Championship Pairs at S.C.C. The final of Championship Pahs in the S.C.C. tournament yesterday ran Had in an easy victory for Paul Clero and D. H. Klcinman, who beat W. C. Hili and E. Winter 6—0, 6—2. While the bam made a plucky
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      28 13 Lor.don. April SO, In a Third Division (Northern) match I to-day Rochdale weie at home to Bradford I City and lost by 3—l3 1. Reuter. i
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      WILLIE SMITH.
      305 13 Breaks of 2(>0 and 232 In Singapore. M:uiy people were rathei disappointed with Willie Smith ai the S.C.C. on Moiiday. lull tbOM who w i at John Uttle'l evening m iKi- In of the real playei thi man, who h;i^ made a break of 2.7;. 1 Tiue his
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      39 13 To-day's rirvt Division Game At Stadium. following ha' been wlected t' 1 n the S.C.I he S.iM nt the Stad', i. n a lir.st mati h Barnra IVoodi and i Rrummitt ReBde and Donald McFarlan and Pattenoi
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      266 14 JL I^J fcki jir "'f 1^ h r^* '4' &%*Z •'w^i "«W Astonishing as have been Pontiac's sales records cooling area; the General Motors Research type in the past, records which have never been equall- of cylinder head; a positive fuel pump with filter ed in the first three years
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    1570 15  -  A. W. Still. FINANCE AND INDUSTRY. WAY TO PROSPERITY. Home Markets for Homo Producers. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. DEVELOPMENT. (By [COPYXICHI I Umdoa, April r ihc moment la whether, ;,i view ieral Election, Mr. .ike liia courage .a b >lh hands and boldly declare himself is I i
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    1053 15 \JAVA NOTES, St. (Jeorge's Day Celebrations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hn'.uvia, April 27. The total eclipse of the Sun on May i> \vi!! hf the thiit' t.ital sola.- eclipse witfrotn this part (.f the wwM in yc ;;i>. Tin' shadow passed OTOT Christmas Island. South
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    433 15 MALACCA NOTES. i Elaborate Decorations But Disappointing Costumes. From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, April l!P. The Malacca branch of the St. George's Society held their annual celebrations at the Malacca Club on April 27, when about ."00 people W«re present, at a fancy dress ball. The Hoa.
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    28 15 Mr. D. D. Booth, Sione estate, Bat. I Caves, baa assumed the management oj Kinrara and Ledbury estates during thI absence en leave t,;' 2.U-. \V. S. Uodward.
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    HIGH SEASON OF FESTIVALS.
    534 15 RANGOON LETTER. Politics Quiet In Burma. (From Our Own Corretp Kanp'> in, A, Burma is famous, or, assomemi notorious, for us prodigious nmnber m' fattvlH. The Buddhixi calendar itself is very prolific in this direction! I I is only tho beginning Being a n mopolitan city,
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    73 15 Oxford (Jraduatc's Lnd In* New York. A man who wai listed ai a labourer, with the Municipal I m hia last address, but who claimed b Oxford grailuat/- an 1 to have Krvcd as an engineer in thi- British Army iluriijK the War. died in Belfarue recently,
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    777 16 Preventive Purpose. AGAINST SUBVERSIVE PROPAGANDA. N m Delhi, April IS. A Gazette Fill— nil Mlf has been issued to-<lay piWMlgltlm "an ordinance to check the dissemination in British India from other t— trlri af certain forms of propaganda under the title- of the Public Safety Ordinmut- 193SS."
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    WORLD DEPTH RECORD.
    51 16 The Italian submarine, Mameli, successfully passed a pressure test, beating the world depth record by leaching 117 metres, which is 12 metres more than the prrvious record attained last year by a submarine of the Balilla type. The Mameli, which is 65 metres long, is of S2O
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    40-SEATER 'PLANE.
    33 16 It was recently disclosed in Berlin that the Dornier works are completing the older of the Italian Government for a 40seater, 12-engined seaplune. It will be ready in spring of 1930.
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    "AS ITHERS SEE US."
    151 16 Irish and Scottish Views On England. Irish and Scottish schoolteachers gave their views on England to the delegates at the N.U.T. Conference at Llandudno in mail week. They were members of a delegation from teachers' associations m other countries. The Scotsman »aid I We arc told
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    AMERICAN WAGE LEVEL.
    333 16 Steady Rise for Over Six Years. The extent of the wege-earner's partici)>atii>n in the national prosperity is discussed in the current issue of The Index, published by the New York Trust Company. In view of the 71 per cent, increase in the cost of living in the
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    1721 17 HOME SPORT LETTER UND1 OPTIMISM. Winding Up the iliigby -Oil. FORM I ENGLISH i EAGUE. ill 4. A re] sii man; f..i for. much reason for L hi woul I II up :o in the •bOUl the !.rii;!: 'i d ii the the Bret five KOIKV
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    QUARREL ON HOLY SITE.
    137 17 Governor of Jerusalem Intervenes. J-, raMlna, K-.. 1 1, Major E. Keiih Koach, the Governor ..f Ji ru :J... away ft na tan with Mr. RucSyard ;i,.'limr to nettle an I unseemly equable at the Holy Sepulchre lay (Maundy Thursday). Greeks and Copt; trespassed '.n Um
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    BEWARE OF MEN !
    108 17 BEWARE OF MEN Woman Advises Her Nieces In A Will. "Any niece of mine, who receives any money from my estate, ■hall only i by consenting that such money shall aii-l •soiutely be-long to he-- alone, and shall never l«> invaated in an; u inen conducted) managed, or in ai
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      942 18 MOTOR LAUNCHES FOR SALE f Tenders will lie received at the office of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, F.M.S., nt Kualn I.umpur up te noon on May, 20, 1929, for the purchase of the motor launches menttoaea belo» Enrelopea should be marked "Laand Plkat, •l^it" 1.-.ilt 1923. length fi7
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      841 18 GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of May 9, 1U29, for the following works 1. Erection of one Class 111 Quarters for Headmaster at Upper Serangoon Road English School. 2. Erection of a Garage at Geylang Police Station. 3. Erection of Quarters
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      786 18 AUCTION SALE of Singapore business ard residential properties. At Messrs. Chcong Kcon Seng Co.'s «a'croom. No. .in, Chulia Street, m on Wednesday, May 8, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable 999 years' leasehold land Ud business premises known as No. 34, Boat Quay and No. 47, Circular Road, Singapore, area
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      528 19 Assets o\er $9,500,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $35,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Winchester Honie, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, I.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      532 19 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853.) Paid Up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAO OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 3. Agcncic9 and Branches Alor Star Harbin Seremban Amritsar Iloilo Saigon
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      719 19 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) Head Office HONG KOXG. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. \V. H. Bell, Esq., Deputy Chnirman. B. D.
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      259 19 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION, ASURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Finland) Fire, Life, Marine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £51.000,000 ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE 2nd floor, Hong Kong Bank Chra., Singapore. New Insurance effected in 1928 £17,943,000. An increased Scale of Dividends has been
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      256 20 "Man and Lion" Cement Best Portland Rapid Hardening Supplied against the Singapore Municipal contract fop several years. Used by leading European contractors throughout Malaya. Prices Low. CaplM uf ol'.iLiut tests 8«ot uo request to Sole Ag-ents:-ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO.. LTD. Singapore. Penangf, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, and Ipoh. LIM TAN SOON, lU,
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