The Straits Times, 27 March 1930

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUKY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MARCH 27, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MARCH 27, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      113 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6181), Ny Carlsberg Beer la bottln «nd oa •'night Bol« Iaportcri I EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inc. In D«nm»rk) BINGAPOBK. «ML Growing \W ChJdren T^J^Y THRIVE 0N "BEAR BRAND" The Original and Genuine Rich Swiss Milk. Nothinjr can equal Bear Brand, the pure natural milk
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      171 1 ROBI NSON S A large shipment of Ladies' Footwear has just arrived and included arc several choice models for Evening wear. BLACK SATIN SHOES. BEIGE CREPE-DE-CHINE Plain and fancy bar styles. SHOES. Prices $15.50, $17.50 and Mode 3 with s t ra p. $18.50 per pair. ffl m Prices $14.d0
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      526 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJJ. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. KHTBEB 9.100 Mar. 129 hi. l! ANA
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      634 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles,' London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due sail > t KAMU MARU 8,000 Mar. 27 28 KATORI MARU 10,000 Api. 10 11 r ATSUTA MARU 8,000 Apl. 21 (5 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 May 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,000 May 21
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      473 2 BURNS PHUP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailinga by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7866 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4612 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is on* of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      645 2 11. i M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OP BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. 1 Telephone No. 5461, with sub-connection? to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits > Settlements of the Official Tourists Bureau of Java. Booking Office Royal
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      558 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICES TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      611 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICK For Kretny, Trengganu, Kelantnn, liangnnra, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsiunui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB Mar. 31 Apl. I VAI.AYA Afl. 7 Apl. J MAI.IM A|l. 14 Apl. It The steamers are fitted throughout
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      487 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO r.rno* Amsterdam Southampton M.T.-iil.-. Rotterdam Tonnage •A Slamat ll.BOO R.L. Mar. 28 Priii*.-- Juliana 8,070 S.M.N. Apr. 4 Tabunan 5,500 R.L. Apr. 11 im V. C. Hoeft 14.650 S.M.N. Apr. 18 n. s.Sibajak 13,000
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      1528 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Incorporated In Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Service from SINGAPORE, PENANG AND BELAWAN DELI to SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES. PORTLAND. ORE SEATTLE, TACOMA and VANCOUVER, B.C. Arrire i Due Sails Saa Spore S'por* Franciaco M.V. PLEASANTVILLE A|.l. 7 Apl. 12 Hay 10 M.V. SOMERVILLE Mai 'J May II Jane
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      486 3 JAVA-NEW YORK LINE JOINT SERVICE OK I UK N. V. "NEDERLAND" STEAM NAVIGATION CO. N.V. ROTTERDAM LLOVI) AND N. V. HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE For Ma« York, Boston and Philadelphia. Due S'pore Sailing s.s. Breedyk H.A.I.. Apl. 7 ApL s.s. Tosari K.L. May S May Tor this steam.-r cargo can be Mewtod
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      222 3 EARTHENWARE SUB-SOIL PIPES For ANTI-MALARIAL WORKS Sizes Stocked Other SI On! ENQUIRIES ROLN i THE ELKAYES POTTERB S O.'lico 10, HIGH STREET. Supersedes AH Other Cheap Dictionaries." CHAMBERS^ Twentieth Centny Dicliouary Tl-.cv.-eii-lily iv edition plement containing hundrpda „f word<, terma I recvni coinage ami rcireuoy. A Imon compatiion for croM-word
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      MEMORIAM.
      43 4 tivtl aiid fiier.Js of th: ittf Mr II Lnv, in. i^spcctfully intorincd, am! "i. low to the requiem high •hick will he celebrated at the of St. Theresa. Kampong ltaiiru I >l 0 a.m., on Saturday, Blareh -'J, 1920 Btqotetcat ill Pad-.
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      861 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. "he Ail.. ::'*!r.f V*B»?sr. 1 i.ii 5 ItfMaj Car il Street. > ftaaae lr.»e« the following small adrirtleement for days I 1 here are approximately seven words to a lino and there Is a flat rata charge of H ceuts per line per insertion with A minimum
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      880 4 BOARD AND LODGING FRONT ROOM, avail. 11, St. Nieohn FlHtu BOARD-RESIDENCE. Single private bat) and verandah. 621, Straits Times. FURN. ROOMS, $30-$4 O. With board (Euro pvan) *90-$lOO. Town. 433, Straits Times. REACH HOTEL, 69, East Coast Road Sta/root, comfortable rooms, $80 per month DOUBLE ROOM, verandah and Datnroom vacant,
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      852 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. NEWLY-KURNISHKI) XI.AT to let. NaaMSie Maa kMsa, Apply No. 13. Flat. SERVICE FLAT, ».*a front, Katong, excellent cuisine, rarape, telephone, tennis. Apply r ,.')y, Straus Times. j OFFICES AND GODOWNS LARGE OmCM to let at 9, De Soosa Street. Apply within. TO LET, 4 and 4-A, Raffles
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      902 4 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Companies (Winding-tip) No. 1 of 1930. IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 1.13 (COMPANIES) AND IN THE KATIES Of Tin: UNGK^WJ IWARBLJG, XTD. NOTICE is hanky (riven thnt a petition for the winding bjb of (lie übovenamed Company by
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      796 4 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. NOTICE SPRING RACE MEETING— MAT, 1 980. PROFESSION MEBTINi:. Saturday, Wwsm«Selay, Satnrd.iv. Wednesday and Salutd;i>. May 7, 10. II ;md 17. AMATEUR MEETING. Friday and Saturday. May 23 and 21. I'RORHMOHAL MEKTINt; I roßramme caters for Baraai t..( and 1 and :> (combined). Pomes (la: 1 I
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      668 5 POWELL CO., LTD. AUCTION SALE of oNc.-llent Jaeobtaa staaip oak and walnut- I teak household furniture, Sinffer's treadle sowing machine, crackary, gi»Mwara,| rlr., etc. Tn be bald ut No. M, fliisasaaa Road, (off, Taajoni Katong Road), an S.iturdiv. March 19. al -'.M p.m. On view Thursday prior. Express c-ata-logues i
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      334 5 aaK^s^sssssssssssTM^gs! I. Sore Aching FEET/ Sore, piinful (eet is a bad enoiißii affliction witiiontagßravaiisM h by the use at tx>i--onoii« lota— a— dawda»* Afie:- bathing iba lasH in warm ur.tier, freely aaoial mrm wilii Zun-Uuk. Paaatratiag derp into the tbsnaa, iM* reiine.l Berbal balm soon removes the, CaJMB of bad
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      377 5 h. SSS&! I Sh?* *Fte 'fillenburgs j Foods ar- nr.rticutarly stated to the v foedinr; o' infants in liot climates. They art* free from harmful yefoia tnrj artreadily prepared by the simple addi'.ior. of boiling vvalor only tlnir- g'vin™ complete kfldgpeisA r.cr. of tioubtful nr.lk rupphej. Mi!U Food No. Mil!:
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      353 5 Cuticura Healed Breaking Out On Arm and Foot 1 I had a rash on the back of my I ighl wrist. It itched a bit and I scratched it and the trouble spread right up to my elbow. I also had a breaking out on my right foot from the
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      139 5 w^ m^ mmm "WAYGOOD OTIS" LIFTS Supplied, Installed AND Maintained By the SOLE AGENTS: l/» ENTRA I IENGINE WORKS U°\ IgSa I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. 2717. X 1 use Electric Heat f>\ FOR YOUR COOKING more: pveals Sr*~ isi. l FROM LCS'J MEAT r^^lfi! BETTER COCKED W!^ LESS
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    RED OUTRAGES IN KWANGSI.
    933 6 Mission Burnt to Ground. TWO LADIES SHARE GRIM ORDEAL. A fri-im story of an outrage committed ipy Communists." who :u in CWpWt*, rondo] of Lnngchow :in<l that part of Kwaivjsi surroumlinjr Lunjrchow, was lold by Dr. Hutch Rice, of the Bible] dMttth Mis-ion, who arrived in
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    BLASPHEMY BILL.
    214 6 Dropped by Promoters Owing to Amendment. The Blasphemy Bill, a private memijers' measure, which sought to provide that no criminal proceedings shall be instituted (n any court against any person for schism, heresy, blasphemy, blasphemous libel, or atheism was dropped by its promoters in the Standing Committee of
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    LANSDOWNE HOUSE.
    211 6 New Club and Theatre Plans. I.andsdowne House, th? historic mansion in Berkeley Square, was sold recently. It is to be transformed in*o a great new luxury club— the headquarters of the Braton Ciiib with a thoatre attached. The Bruton Club, a mixed club with premises at present in
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    HUGE RAT ATTACKS CHILD.
    327 6 Stands Its Ground Against The Mother. The screams of a Chinaae boy of seven years, residing at 36 Tai Hung Li, off North Szechuen Road, Shanghai, alarmed the child's mother. She rushed into the bedroom of the youngster and was badly frightened when a huge rat
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    ENGLISHMAN'S SUICIDE.
    76 6 Sequel to Motor Accident Near Antibcs. London, Mar. 15. Cannes. A wealthy young Englishman, Mi. Philip Rowland Hill, of Park Lane, London, with a country house near Kidderminster, was found shot dead on board his yacht, with a gunshot wound in the temple. Mr. Hill had been depressed
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    21 6 The camp for B (English) Company S.V.C.. mentioned in the training programme to be held on March 29-30, has Seen cancelled.
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    REAL LIFE DARBY AND JOAN.
    92 6 Countess Who Did Not Wish to Live Any More. London, Mar. lfi. Death will not divide the Earl and Countess of Coventry, who lived in idyllic marital happiness. The Earl (who died last Thursday week) frequently paid public tributes to the Countess, whom he described
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    WANTON DESTRUCTION.
    258 6 Lady Cynthia Mosley's Plea For Country Homes. Lady Cynthia Mcsley. daughter of the late Marquis Curzon of Kedlcston, and now Labour M.P. for Stoke-on-Trent. revealed in mail week that death dntiee ■were still being paid on two castles her father left to the country. The statement was mad?
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    49 6 An inquest was held by Mr. A. Gilmour, MfMMT, at Merlimau, into the denth of a Tamil named Karpip'n who was found dead in a car on March I at Scrkam. After the evidence of the police and witnessrr. the coronrr brought in the verdict cf denth by misadventure.
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    INDIAN DOCTORS.
    303 6 British Degree Necessary For Entry to I.M.S. London. Mar. l.">. The London correspondent of the Statesman, Calcutta, is authoritatively informed that one of the most important effects of the decision of the General Medical Council to refuse to recognise Bar the time being, medical decrees conferred by Indian
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    AMERICAN PROSPERITY.
    107 6 Ford Receives Hujje Orders For His Cars. Mr. Use] B. Fcrd, president of Ford Motor Co., stated that more than SoS.OOn.fIOO worth of orders were booked by Ford dealers throughout the United States by Jan. 4, following the introduction of new Ford body types on Dec. tL An
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    THE "PROFITEER'S PARADISE."
    647 6 Wartime England. WHAT GERMAN WRITERS THINK. A war book published on Feb. 20 in (iermany deserves notice if only for the Tact that its jacket promises that "many readers' Mood will run cold." But the importance of "Generals, Traders, and Soldiers" by Maxim Ziese and Hermann Ziese-Beringer.
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    INCOME-TAX "LAW."
    164 6 When is a Married Man Single Applying for an order against man named A. Read for M Xs. <>d. tax and 12s. costs. Mr. V. M. Bailie, an Incometax collector, said at the Guildhall re cently "Although he is a mariiod man allow ing his wife £150 a
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      129 6 THE WAY TO BETTER if if PHOTOGRAPHY Well-Balanced Pictures The density does not race ahead of the detail, and the shadow*, and Ihe intervening gradations of lijht jfa t ar'ion are all developed up equally LA IT|5 well-balanced pictures. They do '^^iifcV you credit. r frW 'tty' FEATURE OF THE
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      75 6 TRY THIS RENOWNED BEER S Brewed in Denmark by the Purveyors to the Royal Danish and Royal 1 Swedish Courts. ;M Grown Brand ''teSSES^' Try it, you'll like it. A Sparkwk ;<IIK eer s ''&htly bitter a^ij§&i flavour. G. H. SLOT CO., LIMITED Agents. DORSAY'S PERFUMES PARIS AH the nicest
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      23 6 House-Hit ntcrs should study the •ma// advertisement! on Page Four of today 1 STRAITS TIMES —yoar new home may be advertised there I
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      283 7 •as ALHAMBRA Evenings at 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. METRO— GOLDWYN— MAYER Present The World Famous Entertainers THE DUNCAN SISTERS IN A SUPREME TALKING, SINGING and DANCING COMEDY IT'S A GREAT LIFE A Wonderful Musical Romance with colour sequences. NOW RUNNING AT THE EMPIRE,
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      491 7 Victoria Tlieatre R. B. SALISBURY'S COMPANY THE QUAINTS IN THE LATEST LONDON MUSICAL COMEDIES. TO-NIGHT FUNNY FACE Friday, Mar. 2N and Saturday. Mar. 29. Monday, March .11 and Tuesday, April 1. THK GIRI. FRIEND SO THIS IS LOVE BOOhlNf. AT I.ITTLK'S $4, 2 and I. Three Special Performances APRIL 2,
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      268 7 Raffles Hotel Mura Smirnova The Well-known Shanghai Dancer M'l'l Alts DURING TEA DANCES I DINNER DANCES Monday, Wednesday Friday Tuesday, Thursday Saturday (Admission to Rail Room, Non-Diners $1.) Sea View Hotel AH Rooms fitted with Modern Conveniences. CINEMA TRA (WET 0R FINE) DINNER TO-DAY DANCES THE FIRST KISS DANCES with
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    JUNKS ON HIGH SEAS.
    541 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Voyage from Swatow To London. Every sailorman who has had anything to do with the Far East takes a very k:>en interest in the Chinese junk in its myriad types. He is very willing to admire her icinarkahle qualities, l.ut as a practical i.ian
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    PASSENGERS.
    151 8 for Malaya are coming by the Patroclu*, due from lac .'.X Mr. 1.. S. Jemmctt, Mr. 8. Hare, Mr». |:«11, M and .Mr-. .1. s. Mcsseniccr, Mr. and Mm. .1. V. Scharff. Mrs, Van Geldtren. Misi P.. Van Gelderen. Mr. B. D. Watkinson. Mr. rad Mrs. H. M: Wyllie,
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    49 8 Krom Australia, l>y Marella, due at Rinsra <■ on Saturday. Prom Europe (London math dispatched < n Mar. 6) by hna, <ku at Penang I a.m. tomorrow Prom China and Japan, by Ifetgen Mara, ill;- al Singapore <>m Satorday. .in Prance, >>y Angers, dv al Sings. ...ia. 0,1
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    EXCHANGES.
    70 8 Ragkjr, Mar. L'G. Koreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.12 Athena 375, Bombay Is. l:;-lfid.. linlin :!0.:;s:.. Brussels 34.88, Bucharest xi.s. liueno Kite* 12 r.-lii. Copenhagen 1X. 165, Cenova 25.135, licls,ii(.'f..rv l'.t:i',. Hong Kong I >i.. Lisbon 108.30, Madrid MM, Milan \>2M, N. York i>>; 19-32, Oslo 18.17, Paris 1-1.J7. Prague
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    155 8 Programme of drills up to and for week eliding Mar. M II p.m.. Drill Hall. BJLA. (V), Battery and Battery Signal Parade 5.18 p.m.. Drill Mall. "I>" (Eurasian) < Wei n Training: 5.11 p.m.. Drill Hall. "X" I Chinese) Weapon Training and 30 Yards Rang*; S.lfi p.m.. Drill
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      WEEKLY SHARE MARKET.
      646 8 Mere Cheerful Tone In Local Market. Messrs. Fraser and Co., under date of Mar. 2!i, report as follows There has been a distinctly more cheerful tone in the local share market, chiefly owing to the advance in the price of tin, which closes about £8 15s. higher
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      SHARE MARKET REPORT.
      153 8 Rose Macphai! Penman, Ltd. >or«, Mar. -7. Lasvton. Rubber 7 1M 64, down !«e\ N'..<.:i price r London Standard I Spot cents. Loatfea. Tin JM7o. sewn ■;:<>. Mining. Steady. .Mineci Ways :;.:;',-::..",n. Kuchais IJ9-1.32, Kintal 1.."J-1.!2. Klans Brvcra ZJK-tJO, Hoag Fatts r,.-,-70 cents, Malaya Coa ols 2"
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      WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT
      149 8 Maseru. Cuthrie and Co., Ltd.. report under date of Mar. 27, a* follows There has really been no outstanding feature in the market during the past week, the prevailing tone being steady, but quiet to dull. At time of writing, prices in Rtaaaaote, London and New York
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      RUBBER PRICES.
      58 8 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable dated Mar. :2<5, their quotations bcins; in gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchanges sales today 350 tons. April 15.20, May 15.50, June 15.70, July 16.10, August 1G.20, September 16.40, October 16.60, November 16.70. Today's
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      266 8 EXCHANGES. Singapore, Mnr. 27. On London, Dank 4 m/s 2/3 15/16 Ucmnnil 2 :s*i I'rivntc 3 m. credit 2 t% Or, New York, demand G6'» Private 90 d/s »7Vfc On France, Bank T.T. 1482 On India, Bank T.T. m\ On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. :;i"» On Shanghai, Bank T.T. 118'..,
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        MINING.
        515 8 Issued by Fraser and Co., Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, Mar. 27, 10 a.m. Issue \al. I'd. Buyers Scllcri £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 35/- 37 I Aycr llitam Tin 14,9 15/9 £1 i'l I'.ai.irrin Tin 22 '6 23 '6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.19 j.2:t 1 1 Batu Caves
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        GENERAL.
        232 8 Issue Val. I'd. Kuyrr- Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefj. 2.15 2.2.1 1 Alex. Brick Ord.v 2.75 3.00 £i £1 Brit. An:. Tobacco 5.15.0 6.0.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.40 0.60 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.46 0.56 10s. 10s. Duff Development a,- lift 8 Dunlop Rubber 11 U
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        100 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-38 101 101 ci. Singapore Municipal fi p.c. of l'Jul red. 1830 f 1,578,000 par. 6% pram. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,00 »fi par Singapore Municipal ihi p.c of 1909 red. 1956 $1,000,000 96
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        395 8 Fraser^an^Co^ndJLyall and Evatt's quotations. Allcnby ($1) Alor Gajah ($1) A. Ilium (%l) A. Kilning .»1 i A. .Malay (fit A. MolcK Ml i A. 1 ana.- i -1 i Ba, a ctt (?lj Brucas (?lj Brunei (|6> IS. Jclutung ($1) B. Katil i«lj llukit K. B. ($1) B.
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      LAPAN UTAN RUBBER CO., LTD.
      536 8 Dividend of 15 Per Cent. For the Year. A meeting of the shareholders of the l...pnn Utan Rubber Company. Limited, was held at the office of Messrs. B'>uste«d Bros., Colombo, at noon on Monday, March 10. Mr. W. Wilson Smith (director) was in the choir,
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      ONLY BRITISH WANTED.
      53 8 Mr. Prefontaine, the Minister of Agriculture, stated in the Manitoba legislature on Feb. It, that the Provincial Government w»« opposed to any form of subsidised immigration, except that of British boys, and that under the trainee scheme. British trainees he said, were doing good work on the
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      AFTER THE WAR.
      339 8 A Nerve Victim's Sufferings and How They Were Cured By Dr. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. Like many more of his comrade Mr. Harry Knowles. an English veteran of the Great War, suffered greatly from nerve troubles after his return to civilian life. It was not until Dr. Williams'
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    210 8 Today. China, Hainam. Japan, Korea. Formosa, Kast Siberia. Westers Canada and Western States of L'.S.A. t Van Heutsz i 2 p.m. Siam, except LeWOT Siam lllall.lerl p. m. Western Australia (Kaaaaroo) .1 p.m. Coylon, Southern and Western India (Aliporei ,i. Upper Burma. North and Kast India Bjgnt,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    46 8 Left Arrd. H> S'pore London Jnsulinde Feb. 14 Mar. Elephant* Fab. IS Mar. 8 Gen. Metzingcr Feb. 20 Mar. 17 Karmaln I 21 Mar. If Prins der Ncderlandcn Keb. LI Mar. 17 THirea l'cl>. 87 Mar. tS Tjeriinai Ycl>. l M Mar. a
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    268 8 Taanday, Sklpi alongside lh«- WlwfTca or oprrlrd In ?rriic. Kntr*nrr ::a:t AVIimT Sii.-i.-.lra .Maru L".! I Tilawa 2<i l .Main Wharf La Plata Maru i- KUlK Irt Kama Maru 1 1 I'orscus B Knipirv Dock Aliporo M Altona :::> SirHh:'iia :I7 :i Van Rentn M I Silvcrpalm
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      31 8 »eeee«e»«eee«»»e««e»ss«»*ee«« BUY OR SELL THROUGH THE STRAITS TIMES SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW WORLD CABARET Jal;m Bcsar. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT 9 P.M. The Opening Date for Our liar will be announced shortly.
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      260 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Briftht Win<l. Sta'.ion. Trniperature. Rain- Sun- Relative Pirrc- Speed. Weather. Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity tion 1'. 1". in*, hours. m.p.li. Alor Star i)S 74 Nil 10.0 75 BMI Kino Kota Hha-u 87 71 Nil W.D 7". N I Fine K. Trenjrtfi.nu ..87 72
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      293 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. < Thursday. M«rch 27 H. W. 8.10 a.m., 7 ft. 5 in., 10.3 p.m., 7 ft. 5 in. Homeward air mnil rinses at p.m. Homeward mail !>>• It. I. s.s. Sinlhana closes at I p.m.. by trnin at ,1 p.m. Shorthand Writers' Association annual mooting. 22r>.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    721 9 Both Commodities l^ower. MALACCA ELECTRICS LIVELY. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore,, Thursday, 1 1 :ini. TiwUyV |'rirc«; Hubhcr, 2.'i cents per H>. Tin. IM tons at MM P«-r picul. ■\estcrdiy's I'riccs Kulihrr. London 7 «-lfid. per lb.. down '/»d. N«W >..r!> 1 >' ctv per lh.. down
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    PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
    97 9 Opposition to British Enterprises. Thi Balboa correspondent of the New Yor Tines, quoting El Tiemno, states that th< Government of Panama hn:- approved th transfer of additional mining concessions t the British Panama Corporation, headed b Duncan. Elliott and Alvcs. Th impany, it is added, has purchase
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      SANDYCROFT RUBBER CO., LTD.
      1077 9 Ijoss Results from Lack Of Forward Sales. The annual general meeting of the Sandyrroft Rubber Co.. Ltd., was held at the offices nf the secretaries, Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., Chartered Bank Chambers, yesterday, Mr. (i. A. Fott-; presiding. Others present included Messrs. A. K. Bnddelcy,
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      WON BY GARGOYLE.
      37 9 The Vacuum Oil Co. states that the thr«c recent winners of the tran^-Atlantic record, the MaurWani.i. the Hiemcn and now the Kuropa. all used (iar^uyle D.T.E. oils for the Inbrieatien of their graat turbines.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      60 9 Buyeri Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard SP ot 2» v Standard B.S.S. on Tender April 25-U 2(5 May 28'i 26'i May-June 2C\ JJ July-Sept 28 -'S 1 Toa't of Market .Dull. Lataat CabU London Spot Sheet 7 9-16d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet
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      GOOD PROFIT MADE.
      501 9 The Kamasan Rubber Co., Limited. The directors' report for the year ended Dec. 31, 1929, for presentation at the twentieth annual general meeting of shareholders of the Kuniasan Rubber Co., Ltd., to be held at the registered office of the company, Kuala Lumpur, on April 8, is
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      140 9 Thf Singapore Chamber of Commerce] Rubber Association held its 9Coth auction on i Mar. 26, when there was catalogued 2,!75,011 lv. or 970/J9 tons offered 1,919.603 lii. or tesjn t*M "V LWHi IK. ..r :74.47 tons. Spot. London 7 11-16 d. New York U% ets. PRICES REALISED.
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      INDUSTRIES FAIR.
      597 9 Big Improvement On Previous Years. The British Industries Fair opened on Feb. 17 in London at Olympia, and the heavy industries section at Castle Bromwich. At Olympia the floor space was 420,000 aquare feet and the exhibits, exclusive of gangways, took up 2.10,000 square feet. The range of
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      SIAMESE INDUSTRY.
      53 9 The latest issue <>f the Record, a publication issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Communications, Ban/kok, as the organ of The Board of Commercial Development, is replete with statistics, so much so that it is more valuable for reference than for reading. It covers a wide commercial
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      STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES
      591 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICE FEB. 26. /.baco (£1) 2; Allagar (2/) 1/11; AngloMalay (£1) 17/; Ay*r Kuning (£1) Buhru iSi'l.i (2/; r,/; Bakap (£1) V4 Ban-t-i.ir (£li 17/3S; Batang Consolidated (2/) 1/4V4; Uatu Caves (XI) 31/32; Batu Tig» (£1) ••i; Bekoh (2/) l/l'/i; Beranang (2/) 1/10!:,; HiTtiiin
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      AUSTRALIAN RUBBER COMPANIES.
      218 9 Increased Profits of The Goodyear Co. The consolidated bnh-nce sheet of the jootlyear Tyre and Rubber Co., (Australia), .ltd., and subsidiary company for the year •nded Dec. 31, last, haa been issued. It xhibits paid-up capital at 300,000 £1 umul.itive preference 8 per cent, shares, md 500,000
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      220 9 I The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday at 9 a.m. Travels nnd Reflections, (Noel Buxtonl. 1 1929 Twenty Thousand Mile* in a KlyincBoi.t, (Sir Alan Cobhaml, 19:10, illus. Seamanship for Yachtsmen, tV. R. Cookel, 1923, illus. Memoirs of Travel, Sport and Natural History,
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    HOME TRADE REVIEW.
    1489 9 The Dundee Trust, one of the Hatry group, has had a first meeting; of creditors at which total indebtedness amounting to i2,17'.t,00O was disclosed and as far as I tan see the assets to place against this huge debt are still very doubtful. Paper Company's Troubles. Then
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1930. THE RUBBER MUDDLE.
    939 10 It is net surprising that there should be widespread reluctance to advance opinions on the letter sent by the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, to a number o: associations connected with the rubber industry. The letter is vague in the extreme.
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    CAN UNEMPLOYMENT BE CURED?
    1364 10 What Has Been Done In America. (By the Hon. James J. Davis. American Minister of Labour.) Does the experience of the United States i ft' r Europe any light on the problem of increasing the fluidity" of its lsbour supply that is, fitting the jobless man
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    774 10 HOMER NODS. It would not be fair to reveal the name of the Malayan contemporary which MM out with a news item headed, (irumaphone for Pronunciation," but we cannot suppress a malicious delight in point ing out how unfortunate it is thai the same much-abused instrument
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    263 10 Mr. Ford recently arrived in Ipoh to join the l J osts and Telegraphs Department. Mr. Flavin of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, Ipoh, will be leavin r for Kuala Lumpur on transfer in the course of the next few days. Mr. R. H. Walltr, of the
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      164 10 IT'S A GREAT LIFE AT THE ALHAMBRA j Fireworks HAVE NO PERMANENT < INTEREST. t The most elaborate set- j t piece fizzles to a finish X and the proudest rocket t falls. Fireworks parti- cularly advertising fire- I Z works have no cumulative value. Advertising X I is not
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      20 10 STRAITS /fp\ TIMES SINGAPORE (r 4^ 3] KUALA lUMPUI 11, CICII SUCH V > 4j 17. J»>» SIIUI AT ALL TIMES
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    -WAR ON A LARGE SCALE IMMINENT'— HOUSE OF COMMONS STATEMENT ON CHINA. CHINA OUTLOOK WORSENS.
    401 11 Mr. Henderson's Gloomy Prediction. WAR IMMINENT. Anxiety for the Safety Of Legations. London. Mar. 2fi. It, t!.' [IoUBC I Commons, at question time, Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, Hated that it was learnt from
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    POLISH POLITICS.
    135 11 Pilsudski's Brother To Form Cabinet. Warsaw, Mar. -'>!• Marshal Pilsudski again troubling polities. 11.- has offered to participate in the Cabinet which the partisan Protestor Kzymanaki (batter known a< an oculist than a politician) ii attempting to form en condition thai the deputies, firstly, do not jnterfero ■••■itli
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    RUBBER AND TIN.
    59 11 Bank Chairman's Gloomy Review. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. jrt. At tin- annual meeting of the M< reantil.' Bank of India Ltd. the chairman gloomily reviewed conditions in Malaya and said he did not anti( ipate lasting benefit from rubber and tin restriction. The recovery of
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    IS IT QUITE FAIR ?
    56 11 IS IT QUITE FAIR Tempting Mmc. Hanau With Sight of Food. Paris, Mar. M. A different kind of persuasion is now being tried with .Madame Hanau. Three l"ispi( ;l attendants have boen ordered in iat their meals in from" of her and it is hoped that she will thus be
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    CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NAVAL BASE.
    90 11 Mr. Tom Shaw Makes A Promise. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 26. In the House of Commons Rear-Admiral T. Beamish C.8., R.N., the Unionist member for Lewes, asked a question with regard to the instalments of the contiibutions by the Malay States and New Zealand
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    ROUSING WELCOME.
    277 11 Egyptian Delegation In London. London, Mar. 2(1. A boisterous reception was accorded thu Egyptian delegation on its arrival in London. Fleets of taxi-cabs, flaunting the Egyptian colours and inscribed with Nationalist slogans, disorganised normal Iraflic. M. Briand, the French Foreign Minister, arrived by the same train. His Welcoming
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    PIRACY GUARDS.
    236 11 Shipping Companies To Bear Cost. London, Mar. 2'l. In the House of Commons, in reply to questions. Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said the Government had informed the shipping companies that it was prepartd to sanction the further extension of the provision of
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    AUSTRALIA BY AIR.
    51 11 India-Singapore Section Commons Statement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. F. Montague, the Under Secretary of State for Ai:, said the Singapore section of the India to Australia Air Service primarily concerned Australia. A satisfactory arrangement was anticipated. —Straits Times
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    33 11 Mr. Reginald J. B*-, A.0.G.1.. A.M.1.C.E., F.R.G.S., section engineer of railway construction in Kelantan, where work is sad to be curtailed, has been transferred to the P.W.D. and is now stationed ia Ipoh.
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    RUBBER INQUIRY DISCUSSED.
    762 11 The Tapping Stoppage. ACTION NOT DESIRABLE BEFORE MAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 20. Varying views on the Colonial Secretary's letter on the rubber situation are held in rubber circles in Kuala Lu.upur. l.ut there is no doubt that pleasure at the f.fticial desire to
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    POWER TRANSMITTED BY WIRELESS.
    308 11 A Vision of the Future. LAMPS LIT 11,000 MILES AWAY. Genoa, Mar. 2G. Speaking into a microphone aboard his yacht the Eleetra here, Signor Marconi thi? morning opened an electrical exhibition in Sydney. Radio short waves carried the famous inventor's voice across the 11,000 miles, when,
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    A COSTLY FIASCO?
    77 11 Lake Nemi Search For Treasure Trove. Rome, Mar. 26. On, the advice of archaeologists that the second Roman galley which has recently appeared on the surface of Lake Nemi is identical with the first and historically not interesting, ?ignor Mussolini has stopped pumping operations. The announcement is
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    RUSSIAN ORDERS.
    50 11 Britain's Growing Trade With Soviet. Moscow, Mar. 20. Russian orders received by Great Britain during the first quarter of the fiscal year amounted to iDOO.OOO. Official estimates indicate thai the orders placed during the second quarter will probably total three times that amount i.e. over i' 2,500,000. TransOcean.
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    LAND DISARMAMENT.
    79 11 "France Leads the World," Says M. Tardieu. Paris, Mar. 27. "In the matt»r of land disarmament France leads the world," claimed the Premier, M. Tardieu, in the course of a debate in the Senate on the Army Estimates. Another official spokesman asserted that French military effectives are 44
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    FINANCIAL REFORM.
    63 11 Cabinet Crisis Imminent In Germany. Berlin, Mar. 26. The parliamentary crisis in connection with financial reform particularly unemployment insurance, on which the Industrialists and the Socialists are at loggerheads remains in a state of suspended animation pending Thursday's Cabinet meeting. Meanwhile the coalition leaders are endeavouring to escape
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    SENTENCED TO DEATH.
    36 11 Murder of British Planter In D.E.I. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Weltevreden, Mar. 2C. The native murderer of the British planter on Doerdjo Kstat?. Mr. Heming, has been sentenced to death. Straits Times Copyright.
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    "NO EXAGGERATED OPTIMISM."
    278 11 Faint Ray of Hope At Conference. London, Mu>. L't'i. The sudden re-emergence of the politic?.! aspect of the Naval Conference indicates the completeness of the failure to overcome the Franco-Italian deadlock by other means. Although the new turn produces a faint ray of hope of a five-Power
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    CARNERA'S PROGRESS.
    36 11 Twelfth Knock-Out Win In Two Months. Kansas City. Mar. 21. Camera has gained his twelfth successive knock-out victory in two months by knocking out the IC-stone Chicago heavyweight George Trafton in 54 seconds.— Reuter.
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    LIQUOR CARGOES.
    47 11 Canada to Help The U.S.A. Ottawa, Mar. 2G. The House of Commons, by 17.'! votes to 11, has passed the third reading of the Government Bill forbidding the clearance of liquor cargoes destined for the United States. The Bill now goes to the Senate. Reuter.
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    JONESCO LIBEL ACTIONS.
    304 11 Daily Express Consents To Judgment. (From Our Ovn Correspondent.) London, Mar. 26. The Event ng Standard has withdrawn its appeal against the judgment in the <ionesco case. The Daily Express has consented to judgment on the basis of agreed damages and costs.—Straits Tina Copyright It will he
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    75 11 Dr. T. P. NoUo, Mrs. Noble and '•aujrhttr of Bangkok have left for Home by the Abia. They will leave the vessel at noa and travel to Milan and on to Switzerland, where Miss Noble will be left at school. Dr. and Mrs. Noble will proceed to London and later
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    LINKING EMPIRE BY PHONE.
    513 11 Why Post Office Stations Were Chosen. QUESTIONS IN HOUSE. Service Cheaper And More Efficient. Rugby, Mar. 20. In the House of Commons Sir Edward Hilton Young, the Unionist member for Sevenoaks, drew attention to the decision of the (Jovcrnnunt to develop OVClßtai wireteas telephony through the
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    SIR WILLIAM PEEL.
    36 11 At Buckingham Palace Party. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. M. Sir William Peel, the Governor elect of Hong Kong, was present at a party at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, Simits Times Copyright
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    BOMBAY COTTON.
    70 11 Combine of Fifty Mills Contemplated. Bombay, Mar. 2«. Negotiations between the Government of India and the Bombay millowneis for the rationalisation of the col ton mills ar<still proceeding, following the announcement in January that a number of mills were amalgamating. It is now stated that n combine of
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    THE NEW TOKIO.
    41 11 Emperor Congratulates The City. Tokio, Mar. LV,. Tlie Khiperor. on the Occasion of the. great ceremony held in Tokio today, congratulated the city on the completion of its reconstruction. Over 100,000 school children participated in the processions. —Nichi-Nichi.
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    40 11 Mr. I). Monro, of Messrs. G. \V. Wilson und Co., Ltd., Ipoh, met with an accident ;i tew days ago dislocating his shoulder a.--Urn result 01 B fall in tin bath room. lie II an inmate of Uutu Uujuh HoipiUtl.
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      80 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Pate Can I'nemployment he Cured by the Hon. James J. Davis 10 I. iiniion Letter 13 j Humane Killing at Kuala Lumpur ..171 i Home Trade Reviewed, by A. W. Still 9 I Letters to the Editor ..17 j I Outsider Wins Lincolnshire 13 Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club
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    THE FILM CENSOR'S HEAVY HAND.
    587 12 How British Productions Are Suffering. The efforts British film producers arc making to reach the foreign markets, which are essential to the success of the industry were illustrated yesterday to a rimes representative by Mr. Rol.ni 11. Weait. who is in Singapore at present on
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    L.M.P. MADRAS.
    240 12 Equivalent to F.M.S. Dresser Grade 11. At the meeting of the Central Health Hoard. F.M.S., held at Kuaia I.umpur on March 11, a letter from the Assistant Emigration Commissioner, Malaya, dated; April VI. 1929, on the subject of the appointment under the Health Board scheme* of persons holding
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    STRAITS BUDGET.
    146 12 An interesting series of pictures appear* :i. this week's Straits Budget taken during the B.V.C. operations on Sunday. Tin- -i\ engine* of the central division of the ingapore Fire Brigade drawn up in front ct the Municipal Ofiees, tad the Ben Rones' quarters and the new fire station
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    465 12 More Questions About Hammers. At tomorrow's ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners the following supplementary asjaatfeMßi will be asked by Mr. O. i.riflith-Jones with reference to Hammers 1. Were the complaints received by the Water Engineer in regard to quality or cost 2. From whom and when were
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    CHINA'S RAILWAYS.
    299 12 Why They Do Not and Cannot Pay. Nanking Mar. 9. The a,'o;uion of drastic measures for the i-moval of various obstacles to the smooth and efficient administration of the Government*! railways is urged by the Ministry of Railways in a petition submitted yesterday to the Central Executive Committee.
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    22 12 At the Indian Association Dr. K. C. dhosh will dative* a lecturo on "The Mind: Normal and Abnormal" at 8 p.m. tonurrow.
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    51 12 German is now being added to the curriculum in the Bangkok commercial schools, for which Mr. O. Brandon has been engaged as a teacher. An aeroplane was brought to Penang by the s.s.. Sinlhai.a on Sunday from Calcutta. It is believed that the aeroplane is the property of the Siamese
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    MORE RIOTS IN MANILA.
    165 12 American Sailors' Clash With Mob. Manila, Mar. 17, Two icrious riots broke out in Manila today. The first occurred when 30 American sailors, indulging in a game of Sunlay baseball, wore attacked by 50 gang■jters after a speech in Tagalog by a Filipino orator. Seven sailors
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    COMEDY AND FARCE.
    265 12 "When Knights Were Bold" At Victoria Theatre. The comedy, "When Knights Were Bold," by Charles Marlowe, which the Salisbury Company presented last night at the Victoria Theatre was well received. Written many years ago, and recently revived in London, this comedy was the first of a type
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    229 12 Mr. H. L. Hosking and Mrs. J. B. Wakefield. The wedding tcok place at St. Andrew's < 'ached lal yesterday afternoon of Mrs. Jenncth B. Wakefield, of Dalydenc, Killiney Read, and Mr. Harry Leonard Hosking, sec. ctary cf tht General Hospital. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hosking are well
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    IS NUDITY OBSCENE?
    252 12 Magistrate Rejects Plea Of Counsel. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 26. That mere nudity was not obscene was counsel's submission in the District Court today, when Teng Teow Hoe and Ooi Chooi Hong-, proprietor and manager respectively of the Penang Photo Stores, 3D, Bishop St., were
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    KISSING IN THE DARK."
    258 12 Undergraduates Ordered Out of Dance Hall. The visit of the Senior Proctor of Cambridge University to a dance hall in the village of Fen Ditton, Cambridge, was desi ribed at Bottisham police court in mail week. Mrs. Eileen Allen Woolfe, aged 39, of Riverside Cottage, Fen
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    KOREAN FILM FIRE.
    238 12 Officer's Attempt to Commit Suicide. Tokio, Mar. 12. Press "ispatches frcm Korea state that Captain TakmrnU, the adjutant at headquarter- if Shinkai Fortress, holding himself responsible for the terrible tragedy en Mi ndcy. when 104 persons, including 75 children, lest their lives through a fire at a
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    SHOTS AT BURGLARS.
    161 12 Gang on Roof Drop Booty And Make Otf. Shanghai, Mar. 13. A shooting affair occurred in the Ching Lch Lee. off Wcihaiwei Road, at about four o'clock yesterday morning, when Mr. L. T. Wood, a licensed Chinese pistol owner, fired three shots at a gang of burglars.
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    " TAKEN FOR A RIDE ?"
    141 12 TAKEN FOR A RIDE Mysterious Disappearance Of A Chinese. San Francisco, Mar. '>. Police, investigating the wrecking of the motor-car of Mr. John J. Kan and the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Kan himself, believe that the well-known young San Francisco Chinese may have been taken for a ride." This American
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    75 12 Rctnam, an assistant linesman about 22 years of age, employed in the Electrical Department, Ipoh, met with a fatal accident on Sunday morning at about 11 o'clock. He wae attending to some repairs ;n; n the electrical mains at Jalan Bendahara when he is said to have come in contact
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    BREATH SMELLING.
    148 12 Anti-Liquor Precaution At Ford Works. New York, Mar. 11. A dispatch from Detroit, published by the New York World today, DjBSiSS Mr. Henry Ford as saying that New York financial interests are aiding in the financing of boot-leggers, while "wet" interest" control the newspapers. Mr. Ford declared that
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    MURDER AND SUICIDE,
    254 12 Strange Letter to The Coroner. London, Mar. 15. This is a simple, straightforward case. I have shot Mrs. Barton at approximately 6.45 you will find her in a bed- 1 room at the other end of the house and j then myself at approximately 12.20. My' motive
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    PILOTS ON STRIKE.
    108 12 pper Yangtze River Traffic Suffers. Hankow, Mar. A. j-. hinese pilots' strike is now in force or t.»<; Icheng-Chungking run. The pilots themselves are quite satisfied but pressure has been brought to bear by their Union. At present scales, a No. 1 pilot receives $350 per mensem.
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    LOCAL DIVORCE PETITION.
    201 12 Dimissed in Absence Of Husband. The petition of Voon Kirn Chone, otherwise known as Dr. K. Voon, for a divorce from his wife, Martha Veronica Martinet Voon, was mentioned in the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) this morning. Mr. N. A. Malliil said
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    HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION
    134 12 German Scientists Arrive At Delhi. New Delhi, Mar. IS. The German scientific expedition to the Himalayas reached Delhi today and is receiving the fullest assistance from the Raj and the Himalaya Club. The expedition has already secured the co-operation of the Sikkim Durbar and is awaiting the permission
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    KILLED BY WOLVES.
    67 12 Fate of Distinguished German Scientist. Winnipeg, Mar. .">. A < anadian Mounted Police officer tu(iay reported finding the body of .Mr. Kurl Faber, noted German scientist. 15 miles north of the Lower Hay River outl.osv. Wolves had disfigured the body. Mr. Faber left Edmonton last September in
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    MR. HARRY WELDON.
    41 12 Death of a Popular Comedian. London, Mar. 12. The death is announced of Air. Harry Weldon, the popular variety and pantomime comedian and spoilsman. Until quite recently lie appeared at the Palace Theatre. Manchester, in the annual pantomime.
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      OUTSIDER WINS THE LINCOLNSHIRE.
      127 13 Lconidas Romps Home At 66 to One. London, Mar. 26. The following was the result of the Lincolnshire Handicap, the opening race of the flat season Lincolnshire Handicap, (one mile), a Sweepstakes of 20 soys. each, or 5 sovf. only if dec. by Feb. 4, with
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      ARSENAL ENTER CUP FINAL.
      88 13 First Time in History Of Club. Lonaoa, Mar. lm. In the replayed BngUsh Cup seml-nnal tie the Arsenal beat Hull City l>> I—o. The match took place at Villa Park, the. ground of Aston Villa. Renter. The Arsenal meet Huddersneld Town in the final. This will
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    1366 13 Financial Difficulties. SUNDAY PLAY TO BE INTRODUCED. To permit play on Sundays, and to use groundsmen M partners, were SOttM <'f the decision- reached at the annual meeting of the Ladies' Lawfl Tennis Club yesterday evening. Sir William MurisQU presided. Speaking on a motioa to iiu
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB
    74 13 On Similar at 10.30 a.m. at the Chinese Swimming Club there will be 50 metres handicap race* (I" rev style) in the A :md D classes, and a water-polo match between the I')I 11 iron an. 1 Sea-serpent rnawil Referee, Mr. T. O. Mayhew. Owing to a
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    MALAYAN GOLF.
    470 13 Championship Programme At Selangor G.C. The Malayan Golf Championship meeting under the auspices of the Malayan Golf Association, start on April 18 at the Silangor Golf Club. Entries for the championship are limited to amateurs (1) with a handicap of six or under in an associated club whose
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    INTER-VARSITY GOLF.
    168 13 Oxford's Big Victory Over Cambridge. London, Mar. 26. At Hoylake today Oxford won ?he interVarsity golf match by an aggregate uf 12 matches to three. In the similes, which vere played today Oxford were successful by eight matches to two. The three Americans, who were playing for Oxford,
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    WEIHAIWEI CUP.
    174 13 Sepoy Lines and Keppcl Golf Clubs Meet. In the Weihaiwei Cup competition the Sepoy Linns Golf Club will meet the Kcppd Golf Club on Keppel links on Sunday. The teams are as follows (Sepoy Lines players mentioned first) Mt ii.m. Lowson vs. Craik. B.M ...ill. Knrlish vs. S.
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    INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY.
    20 13 Ireland's Narrow Victory Over Scotland. London, Mar. 8. m Aberdeen in the hockey inUrnational, Ireland beat Scotland 2—4.
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    TENNIS.
    190 13 S.C.C. Tournament. The following were the results of ties played in the S.C.C. tournament yesterday Championship Preliminary. Joy beat Howpill. 6—2, o— 3. Championship Sinclen. Fuller vs. Haskins (unfinished Championship Fain. The Rev. W. Aitken mul Kkinnian beat Hall and UMtk, 6-1. C- 2. Profession Pair*. Mclntyrc and Grcig
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    CRICKET TEAMS.
    288 13 S.C.C.'s Selected for Games This Week-End. The following' are the S.C.C. elevens for week-end fixtures Against "A Co. Welch Regt, at Tanglin on Saturday at 2 p.m. J. A. Dean, J. W. Jackson (capt.), R. Jarvis, \V. G. Johnston, R. N. Wallinff, R. Land, P. H. Romney, D.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    120 13 Thuritday. March 27 Football BJCJ& II vs. S.It.C. 11. Pni^ng j S.C.K.A. vs. 0.T.F.C., Stadium, Anson Road. Football Chinese vs. Indu-Ceylunesc, Jalan Bcsur SUdium. Friday. March 28 Cricket: S.C.C. vs. The Riff Raffi. S.CC Football: S.C.F.A. vs. R.A., Stadium, Anson Road. Saturday, March 29 Cricket: S.C.C. vs. The
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    S.C.C.'s EASY WIN.
    550 13 Poor Prospects for S.R.C. This Season. S.C.C. 4 S.R.C. 0 When the ■aaaßg clubs met at football yesterday, a pocr game resulted. The 3.C.C., although they had fielded a very weak team, were much superior, and eoa> sequently won with the greatest of case. It was the
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    R.S.Y.C. EVENTS.
    86 13 Racing on Saturday And Sunday. At the Royal Singapore Yacht Cluh on Sunday, Mar. 30, A Class will race the r.ccond of the series of three races for the Lipton Cup, starting at 10 a.m. "B Class boats will race for the second of the series for the
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    61 13 Huddersfield Narrowly Defeat Middlesbrough. London, Mar. ■-'<>. The following were the results of Knglish and Scottish League games played today First Wllslsa ■aMsnaeM T. 1 HMdlesbrougfa o Third MrWoa (Southern). HoinniMiiouth 1 Brentford Plymouth Ar. :> Bwhldon T. 0. Third Division (Northern). Wraxhaa Bam* o Scottish LsagM (l.'iv.
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    G. R. MILLS.
    120 13 Famous Bromley Amateur Turns Professional. The Chelsea Football Club announce that G. R. Mills, their amateur centre forward, has signed on ional. Mills made a name with Bromley, tlv Athenian League clul>, and in rec< nt months has been playing more- or le regularly for Chelsea. He
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    TO GO TO PARIS?
    62 13 Proposed Races with French Crews. London. .Mar. The Oxford and Cambridge crowi have been invited to Paris ;it Easter time to race against the crack French crews or Apr. on the Seine. It is suggested that the winners of the 'Varsity boat-race on Apr. 12, row
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    FILIPINO'S HONOUR.
    52 13 Fernandez Gets World Title Bout —But Loses. Battalino retained the world's featherweight championship in mail-work winning a ten rounds decision over Ignacio rernandez, ol the Philippine Islands. Although a hard-fought contest was •ritneaeed, Batt ;!in<'> was credited with ci<rht rounds. Fernandez taking the fif'li and sixth. Then were
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    CLAPTON'S NEW GROUND.
    89 13 Clapton Orient arc stated to have approached the Football League for permission to move from Clapton Stadium to tlm Lea Bridge Speedway Ground. The new ground, which is only half i mile away from the present enclo lire, i capable of considerable development, and would be much
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    THE LONDON LETTER
    3033 15 Hostesses and the "Sneak Guest": Lord Donegall's Views. "THE BEAVERBROOK BOMB." (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Fab. This week the weather has been a little less wintry and on Sunday the King went out for the first time since he returned to Luckingham Palace from Sandringham. Accompanied
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    PSYCHOLOGY IN INDUSTRY.
    747 15 Choosing a Career. v WORK OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. In presenting the annual report of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology at the general meeting of the instiute held recently at Aldwych House, the hairman, Mr. H. J. Welch, said it was a ■■curce of gratification that
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    ANOTHER WAR.
    172 15 The Only Justification For Second General Strike. Another genvial strike would only bo justified in case of war this is th" opinion of Mr. Ben Turner, M.P., secretary of the Mines Department, who records hi--views and his romantic career in a frank and entertaining book. About Myself, which
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    HUMANE KILLING IN PIG ABATTOIRS.
    387 17 Veterinary Surgeon Vs. Pork Butchers. (From Our "Own' Correspondent.) Kuala l.unipur, Mar. 26. Conflicting views of the proposal to adopt humane slaughtering in the Kuala l.umpur pig abattoirs were ugain preKented to the Sanitary Board today. The rhalrman. Mr. V. G. Kzekiel, referred lo tin-
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    TIBET INTRIGUES.
    289 17 Soviet and China Rivals For Power. Intrigues to obtain influence in the mysterious land of Tibet, the Gateway l.i India, are being carried on respective- bj Bgentl r <f the Russian Soviet and the Chinese Government. It i.s reported that the Tibetans are mobilising forces and that Chinese
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    BRUTAL CRIME.
    170 17 Murder and Arson Suspected. At the recent fire on the west hank <:f the river at Bangkok it was Originally Stated that the- woman, Nang Soon, who BUt tier death, had run back into the house to save some of her goods and had been -aught by the
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    29 17 Mi.. Kiboet, the clever and talented .-in te, with her company of Javanese actors and actresses will appear at the Moonlight Hall, New World on Mar. 28.
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      21 17 We have revived a letter from H.F.N., Kuala l.umpur, which we would prefer noL to publish at the moment.
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      AN OLD GRUMBLE.
      65 17 To the Editor of the Stiaits Times. Sir, Can nothing Ik- done to counteract the putrid stench which rolls up from the Singapore River at ebb tide It i--. surprising that raeh a city as Singapore can tek rate, as a necessary <vil, the foal and nasty
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      MR. STILL'S FIGURES.
      95 17 To the gifflTT of the Stiaits Times. Sir,— l read with interest Mr. A. W. Still's article in yesterday's Straits Times on Recognition of eonunen interest." I nob the number of tapping task* M estimated :«t 8<MM»00 which in«y be e-or-itx.l. hut M the vast majority of
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      RESTING RUBBER TREES.
      172 17 To the Editor of the SI: aits Time*. Sir,— Mr. Shaw-llellier is right in p»i"ting out the advantage to the tree pi pioloagod ie-4 dm UK wintering. I go farther and t<ili<\« ml a real ol any month will benefit the tree considerably. Thai the K.G.A. did
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      A REBUKE FROM S. AFRICA
      446 17 i To the Editor of the Stiaits Times. Sir, I ash for little space in this i paper, H a woman who ha? worked for years for the wiser treatment of animals. who has studied methods of marketing,, transport and laughter and who has had
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      RUBBER PRODUCTION.
      529 17 To the EdiU>r of the Stiaits Times. Sir, In a ltcont Note of the Day there is a short article undo the heading lli Million Tons Per Annum." Several figures are given (--howing British and Dutch rubbvr production. It is so common nowadays to hear natives of all
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    CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.
    120 17 Great Success of Penanp Organisation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ponanfr. Mar. 2C. At their half-yearly meeting to be held on Apr. 10. the membci's of the GovernBKBt Servaata' ('o-opc-rntive Thrift and Li an Society, of Penally, will Ik> served with ii^ht refreshments. This may be takm as en
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    244 17 The following official communique has been received from Government lioi!>e Monday, March 17. At 10 a.m. His Excellency and Lady CteaMaU left Kuala Lumpur by Rpecial train for Kuala Kangsar. Tuesday, March 18. The following were the guests at a lutu-hii.n given by His Exctllene-y and Lady Clementi
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    BAND CONCERT.
    62 17 The Band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme, weather permitting, at Waterloo Street tomorrow (Friday) commencing at 9 p.m. March, t Bersagliere, (Di Capua) Overture, Poet and Peasant (Suppe) A Musical Jigsaw, (Aston) Waltz, Morgenblatter, (Strau-s) (a) Song, In an old fashioned Town, (Squire) (b)
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    CAVE MONEY TO FRIENDS.
    133 17 Plea Draws Rebuke From Magistrate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 2G. That many friends had borrowed money from him and failed to return it was the excuse of V. C. George, a Tamil clerk, in the Police Couri, today, when charged with criminal breach of
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    CORPSE DISAPPEARS.
    137 17 Funeral Rites Held Over Skull. On Mar. Nai Nua, of Potaram, Siam, arranged to hold a cremation of the remains of his father, and an entertainment, which included a cinema show, and some theatrical performance was provided. In the evening a procession was formed to bear the remains
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    JAPAN'S BUDGET.
    20 17 Tokio, Mai-. 25. The working Budget has been approved and will be enforced as from April 1. Renter.
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    HATRY'S VICTIMS.
    474 17 Judge Settles Who Shall Sue Who Problem. There was an adjourned motion in lit gation in the Chancery Division to decide who shall bear the MM eaosad by the bsue. by Clarence Hatry and hi.- assoeiateii. of i' 260.000 bogus Gloucestei I orporatir.n stock. Sir Herbert CunMtTc, for
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    ASSAULT ON MANAGER.
    96 17 Coolie Gets Sentence of Six Months. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 27. Judgment ha- 8008 sV Brand in the Parit Police Court in the case in which nine coolies were charged with rioting and cßsaulting Mr. Lepervanche, the divisional manager of Parit Perak Estate. The magisttate
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    HIRED ASSASSINS.
    116 17 Nai C'hooni is a lawyer who lives at Bar. Batra, Siam. On March 17 two Chinese called to see him. They naively admitted that they had come to kill him, and stated that they had been hired by a Siamese who had given them Tea, r > ai
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    "INDIA, PEACE OR WAR ? "
    359 17 "INDIA, PEACE OR WAR "An Ireland a Hundredfold More Dangerous." London. Mar. 7. In India. Pc V Wat which has teen published. Mr. C. 8. Range Iyer. M.1. .A., traces the course of polH dining the last decade, culminating 'ii t:ic Viceroy's proclamation of last November, which Mr. Ranga Iyer
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    DEATH IN THE STREETS.
    238 17 Four Fatal Accidents a Day In London. i Yet another great and alarming in- crease in the death-roll of the London streets was officially announced recently. LBH people were killed in the whole of last year. 5 407 wen killed and li.lll Injured in L the
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    FAREWELL TO AN ISLAND
    109 17 River About to Cover Sacred Spot. Friar's Island, Killaioe. where eight centuries ago the monks of St. I,ua's Oratory preached Christianity to the Irish, wit! soon have disappeared beneath the Waters of the Shannon, which will rr e to cover it when the reservoirs for the
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    MALAYAN EXHIBITION.
    73 17 The attention of planters it drawn to Ihe fact that th( date of receiving entry f< rate for thr robber section of the Malay- n Exhibition will close in a few days. Exhibitor* iri the nibbei ction are advised therefor* to make immediate ap- plication fnr entry forntl
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    42 17 In ear report <n .Monday's DMeting of the Lcgtelativt Council a speech un the übjeeU of Malacca Hnrbour and thi Babilber Research Institute delivered by the > I Hon. Mr. H. E. Nixon were wrongly attributed to Mr. J. M. Milne.
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    DARING PIRACY.
    284 17 Steamer's Compradore Murdered. The compradore of the Pinghu S. N. Co.'s steamer Shanghai was shot dead bo cold blood and three other persons were wounded by bullet shots in one of the moi>t daring piracies which have b( ported for some t'mc pa t. Ti> seem nd ntai
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