The Straits Times, 20 March 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NIARLT A CINTUBT.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, I<>3l PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931 PRICE 10 CENT!
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      214 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6181)'. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 RICHARD J BARTHEI.MESS I in the J DAWN PATROL with DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. Jr. J Phone 5261-5262. Phosferine HEALTH SALT THE TONIC FRUIT SALINE Phosferine Health Salt coaxes your digestion into working with the smoothness nature intended. Its crisp, clean, stimulating flavour
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      310 1 KtMiU^UMPUR: 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683)\ NEXT WEEK i i Thick waves as it ggmu j "Wavy Banishes Dandruff beautiful hair with H7 T "f w nr* w-» 9 C* 'J^SSjKfw White's Electric Comb grows new hair. Bald patches arc HFXSKB 4^M W JB^f^^ 1 quickly covered, thin hair grnw|.
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      14 1 6.15 TONIGHT 0.15 J RICHARD BARTHKI.Mi.SS DAWN PATROL with DOVGLAfI FAIRBANKS. Jr. Phone 5261-5262.
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      500 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) 51 UL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RUPUTANA 16,644 Mar. 21 KAIYAN 9,100 Apr.
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      600 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. I *flft*/*flfi iM ■k I i (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlenbroogh. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail SSUWA MARU 10,700 Mar. 26 27 S FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Apr. 9 10 HAKOZ,» XI MARU 10,600 Apr. 22 i 3 TERUKLNI MARU 12,000 May 6
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      439 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR TRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The a.s. MARELLA is on* of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      603 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave o pori, Penang. M.s. ALSIA Mar. 25 Mar. 27 m.s. FIONIA Apr. 22 Apr. 24 m.s. SELANDIA Apr. 25 m.s. LALANDIA Apr. 29 May 1 m.s. MEONIA May
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      602 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN GENOA, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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      559 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Ban^nara, Telupin, Fatani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpen and Bangkok. Arrival Departure PRACHATIPOK Mar. L':! Mar. 25 SUDDHADIB Mmr. 211 Apr. 1 VAI.AYA Apr. The steamers are fitted throughout with electric light
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      317 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. s STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United Stales and Canada Points from Hong Kon™. San FianciKCo and l-os A"*ele». Api 9 San ra« P»ittan4i S.S. I"\\ i San rrarv. .t and I
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      476 3 DOLLAR tTKAMfInP UMB c*W AMERICAN^MAZL LBtB ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, Sl:;Z. PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA. MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave S'poce Spore Penang PRES. GARFIELD Mar. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 4 PKKS. POLK Apr. 13 Apr. lfl Apr. Ik :'iJ::S. ADAMS Apr. 17 Apr. 30
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      683 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINCDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore «.s. CITY OF ATHENS Mar. 22 S.S. CITY OF SHANGHAI Apr. 27 HOMEWARDS s.s. CITY OP CHESTER for Havre,
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      319 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorj orated in England) Capital Authorised «,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and R«»t 1,846,605 Capital paid up 1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Rjrie, Esq. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Kibli^on, Esq, W. il. S.ielford,
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      524 3 NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCUAITY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Eitubliahed at Amsterdam 1824) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND FI. 40,015,000 (about njtujtao) HKAD OFFICE IK AMSTERDAM WITH AGEXUES IN ROTTbXIDAM AND 'S-GF..WENHAUF. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES I Bandoeng V.'eltevreden Rangoon Bandjcrmasin Kota-Radja S»maraie* Bombay < Achee
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      464 3 NEDERLANDSCII INDBCHE HAND N.V. E,iir.L>li»h>d IMJ at AmnteiJam Autboriaad Capital CUs. 100,000,000 (üboot Paid up CapiUu Gld*. K/MX Reserve* GitU .bout HEAD OFFICE BEaNcH BOTTK&DAM. OVEBSr.XS UKA>U SATAVIA H««d P&o iot Du-,') Cm* Indie*. ahAN'GHAI: He*. Otto* for China «o.i Jupan. BRANU: OFFICT.H s DUTCH EAST IN rt ItcvrriJeE. BRITISH
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      682 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There aN approximately seven words to a lino snd th.-re i.i a flnt rate charge of 25 t line per insertion with A i-iininium of one dollar per insertion. nti will be accepted us to 10 sue. A of 28 cents is chnrr^d for the use of :i'jer.
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      897 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET To LKT, 2 modern bangalewi nt Angullia l':irl;. Apply Ansulli.i Co. TO LET, flat in Amber Mansions, (Penang Lane «idc>. Apply 260, Strnitr. Times. TO LHT from March 25. No. 77. Holland Road, furnished. 2G3, Btraita Times. TO LET, A Eber Jload, off Oxle.v Koad. Apply
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      554 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET. TO LET, shops at Grcveror HoUl bldg OFFICES TO LET, 218, BatWiy Road 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. TO LET, godowo No. Upper Hokitc Street. Rent $150. App y per>u;.!illj Kittle A Trust Agcnc>s (1927), Limited. TO LET, OFFICES at 4, Prince Street, top floor
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      491 4 MISCELLANEOUS MARBLES, Wnita Italian. 1, Telegraph St. CAIRNBILL PRIVATE NURSING HOME, ->S, Cairrhill Road. Phone 4110. EXPERIFNCED EUROPEAN MASSEUSE, from 8 ."..in. to 3 p.m. IS2. Middle Road. Pack your belonjinTs and store them with lh» Er.-le Trnn.-port and Godown Co., lIS. Cecil S::t?; whilst you are on leave. Charges
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      726 4 PUBLIC NOTICE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB j NOTICE SPRING RACE MEETINGS 1931. Professicnal Meeting. Saturday 2,1 Wednesday 6. Saturday 9, Wednes- day 13 and Saturday, May 16. Amateur Meeting. Saturday 23 j and Whit Monday, May 25. ENTRIES CLOSE.— Professional Meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 22. 1931. Amateur Meetin"
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      573 4 Visit SWITZERLAND in Soring Nowhere in tile world you will find mi>re aetasajd spate of Hntilinc eoun:r> more lienutiful flowers. BMM tardy Btetustaia sceneries. Illustrated Booklets. Muris, Ili.tel Gaidea and all Informatloaa free on application lo the SWISS CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, 121, MARKET STREET. For Planters. Dirci-lors, Investors and BWMMM Men.
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    1469 5 Can You Help These Men? In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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    WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
    207 5 India's Need of Increased Franchise. Madras, Mar. 1. Mrs. Subbaroyan, a woman delegate to the Round-Table Conference, in the course of an interview today, on her return to Madras, said that the declaration of tho British Government, following the conclusion of the Conference, had given them food for
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      524 5 Ratifies Hotel This Evening 6.15 TEA DANCE MONIA LITTER'S RAFFLES ORCHESTRA The Best Dance Band in Malaya. GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT HKASCIOLE A LA HLANAUC CAILIFLOWEK MORNAY. ANNA POTATOES. $1.75. SATURDAY, MARCH 21. Special Dinner and Dance. DANCING COMMENCES 9.30 p.m. Sea View Hotel ALL ROOMS WITH MODERN SANITATION.
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      100 5 I Not Luck Forethought SOLE AGENTS g i FOR ICMtMSLI MAIAYA 7 M I^EXTINGUISHEiyr SINGAPORE J I KUALA LUMPUR Tel. Nos. 5471. IPOH. TO LET Available from April 1, 1931, front room, Ist floor, in new office building at Robinson Road, fully furnished, with 5 ceiling fans (all new) entrance
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
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      REBUILDING THE NEW CHINA.
      1747 6 Nanking Policy Under The Microscope. SHARP DIVISION. IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE'S CONVENTION. London, Mar. 4. The decision of the Central Executive <>[ the Kuomintang (Chinese National Party) to draft a Provisional Constitution for presentation at a People's Convention is doubly significant because it emphasise.; the divisions among
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      PLANS FOR PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.
      352 6 Over 2,500 Delegates. VIGOROUS PROTESTS BY WOMEN'S LEAGUE. Nanking, Mar. 11. Arrangements are being made for the accommodation of over 2,500 delegates in Nanking for the National People's Convention, which will probably be formally opened by President Chiang Kaishek on May 5. A huge assembly hall,
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      THE KUOMINTANG SPLIT.
      866 6 Federal Rule for China? PRESIDENT'S SPEECH a! FULLER REPORT. Hong Kong, Mar. 9. Discussing the resignation of Mr. Hu Han-min of his post as chairman of the Legislative Yuan a Nanking correspondent, under date Mar. 8, wires President Chiang Kai-shek appears to be undecided whether to permit
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      DAYS OF MOURNING AND SQUABBLES.
      1172 6 SHANGHAI LETTER Mr. Hu Han-min and ILS.A. Silver Loan Scheme. DOG-RACING. SHANGHAI COUNCIL IN THE LIMELIGHT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Shanghai, Mar. 10. j Today China is expected to go into J mourning for three days in memory of j those who gave their lives
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      WOMEN OF CHINA.
      77 6 Demand Fuller Share In Public Affairs. Shanghai, Mar. 9. Over four hundred women met yesterday at Nanking for the purpose of celebrating International Women's Day and demonstrating for the benefit of the Nationalist Government. In the course of a meeting, a resolution was passed urging the Government
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      47 6 g CHAMPAGNE If GANCIA RESERVE 1921 JM til llf A UKY raTiM AT A REASONABLE pRICE lomH Case of 12 4 uarts 532s 32 [rag Case of 24 pints $35 I USB Duty included. A or sma^ er Quantities prices in proportion. G. AURELY, <4UsW* Phone 6172.
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      42 6 1 Yonr nlm» will be develnpod JuW M\ with tho utmost care within //^JIsBB^^IIVH hour* Free of charge. fIH Rf-^^^L^Tssi APP'y «ny I'hoto Dealer or to &B l^§^^#^4Htes**BsV DIETHELM CO, I TI).. IM -srPf H Sincaimre IVnan E Uangkok. mmmammmitmi^mi^c—r r3__» m
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      221 7 TONIGHT US AMD 9.15 TOMORROW AND SUNDAY MATINEES AT 3 P.M. Children Half Price. FOX FILM CORPORATION PRESENTS RAOUL WALSH'S h BIG TRAIL Bringing to life the romantic and inspiring story of the vision, courage, epic herobm of those hardy souls who dared to follow the setting sun and build
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      207 7 If tj' ..^T^T^^^^^Bßaf a^^fißfrVft^-" <Us| TONIGHT lais MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3.15 A Magnificently Directed Superbly Acted Story of THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE In the greatest Adventure of All Time. This production— Although Totally different in theme is classed with Disraeli. Technically directed by wnrld famous airmen this picture has
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      261 7 Ibh ■BK^QI^^EV -^^H h L_J B Starting Thursday For Tint Nights Only. "BUDDY" ROGERS and MARY BRIAN THE WORLD'S SWEETEST SWEETHEARTS I I I The River of Romance Q A Story Crowded with Adventures, Thrills art m Romance of H BEAUTIFUL LADIES AND GALLANT ME> See How A BOY 80
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    HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    144 8 SHIPPING NOTES Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. if the League of Bureau, for the week .7, L 931. Two plague cases and one :itruv case. >\.) smallpox cases and one i a 66 cholera cases and .11 liipux cases and 5.") <ic;ith One
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    PASSENGERS.
    482 8 i are the passengers un the ti im Singapore at a ;i.l;i. If'Mr. A. Dunn. Mr. W. Tweedie, Mr. :<m! Mr. 11. Ilinto:, Mr. P. \V Ch pple, Mr. and Mrs. Ri« Mr. H. J. Vai, ('::nt. W. Field Hook, Mr. l:. w. Dari Mi B. Gilbert, Miss D.
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    TIN RETURNS.
    39 8 The Hgures in brackets give the output* id Ing period of last ■i Tin. I Feb.) 179 piculs (117 Ratrut Basin Hirst half)/ 217 hours, 31,000 190 picula. Takuapa Valley Hirst half). -768 hours, yards, MM piculs.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      RUBBER MARKETS.
      367 8 C-tirhrie and Co.'s weekly rubber report, ilal.:d Mar. l'J. rtates Another dull and aninteresting w ■'< falls o be recorded, the tendency being to ::wuit ho result of the adjourned British a:.d Dutih Rubber Committees mooting, which is be helil in Load >n tomorrow. Although I! three markets'
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      125 8 Programme of drills up to and for week mling Mar. ■>> Friday, Mar. 20, E p.m., Malay Drill Hal!, •F" Malay i Co, Drill anil Weapon Training; .Li p.m.. Drill Hall, Ist Bn. Sij-ii..l Section, "able Drill, Crossings, etc. (Local practice) ■>.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Fortress Co., (European
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      COPRA MARKET.
      33 8 Barlow an.l v.'s report, dated Mar. 1". states The market has ban f:iirly steady lu:i prices are 10 cents easier on balance. Closing cuotations are as follows Sundricd, |6 mixed, $540.
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      103 8 Kerosene Oil. Per unit of 8 Imp. pis. Fish ft.lB, Dragons 15.18, Crown (8 gls. in tins) $4.98, Crown (8 gls. in drums) $4.68, Cross (8 gls. in tins) $4.83, Cross (8 gls. in drums) $4.53, Shell and Coastlight Kerosene $5.38 per 2 tins. Devoe's Imp. Brilliant 2 tins $5.38,
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        MINING.
        448 8 V'al. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. II £1 Asnm Kumbang 22 23/- cd. a ill Austral Malay 19/- 25/-)/-5 Ayer Hitam Tin 12 13/6 cd. il £1 Kaiißrin Tin 126 13/6 1 1 BatunK Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40 0.50 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.35 0.40 a £1
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        GENERAL.
        262 8 Issue \'al. Pd. Buyers. Scllcts. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.90 2.15 I 2 Alex. Brick Preft. 2.12H 2.22* II £1 Hrit. Am. Tobacco 4.2.6 4.7.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.32 V* O.:!7'i 100 50 Chihese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 11 1 Con. T. S. 7% Pr«f. 18/I V4
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        385 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today'i Price Fraser Lyall A Co. Evatt Allcnby ($1) 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.15 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.80 0.90 0.75 0.85 A. Hi tarn (|1) 1.20 1.35 1.20 1.35 A. Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.20 0.30 A. M;.l:iy ($2) 1.30 1.45
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      240 8 Friday, March 20. Skip* aloacsldc the Wkarres or expected to arrive. KJEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. F.dith, W. lit. Supply, Lch. Nb«a. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock Nil. No. 1
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      EXCHANGES.
      75 8 Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.12, Athens AIT,, Bombay Is. I 27-.ILM.. lierlin 20.3'Ji-j, Brussels 34.59, Bucharest bIT. Rio 4, Buenos Aires 39'», Copenhagen is.lfi'. Geneva 25.25 >.i. Helsinjrfors 19:1. Honu Kong Is. (Had.. Lisbon IWJK, Madrid 46.02, Milan U2.74H, Monte Video :\r,U, Ntw York 4.8J 29-32, Oslo 18.16. Paris
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      195 8 The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at 0 a.m. Tortured China, 1931. illus.. Hallitt Abend); Asia, Vol. XXX, 1930, illus., Ex-Jesuit-autobiotfraphy, 1931. illus., il'r. K. Boyd Barrett i Account Rendered. (Politics I 1900-1930, illus.. (Ernest J. P. Benin; Innocent 111, A Biography. 1931.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    167 8 Todsy. Java, Southern San East Borneo, ;;ml Timor Dill) I Selat Pandjang, Bangkalla, Sia!.. Pakan Haroe and Pajakombo (Hob; Thong) North, N'.-Kast, .md N.-W< t Sumatra (Tiaoi I p.m Banks Island (except intok Batavia (I- 1 |< a Java. South-West Sumatra. SouthEr.st Horneo. Ce'..'l>es. Moloceu and Timor
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    43 8 Herrral Metzinger Patria Comorin lnhan de Witt Sibajak Ethiopia S pore London I., ft Arrd. Jan. 20 V, V H .Ian. SO Feb. 21 Feb. r. 1-Vb. tM K.-l,. i Mar. I Feb. 13 Mar. II Kvb. 12 Mar. 7
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 8 From China and Japan, by Hakodate Maru, due at Singapore on Monday.
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      53 8 j SPfetM. ANNOUNCEMENT RFf^ ninWM begs to call your kind AUCTION to his EXTRAORDINARY SALE Of JEWELLERY and WATCHES of every description and of the best makes which is NOW TAKING PLACE at SPECIAL LOW PRICES with LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. THE BEST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Capitof Buildings,
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      103 8 1931 SUNBEAMS John Marston Co., Ltd., (Subsidiary Company of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.) are introducing for 1931 an entirely new Sunbeam. It is a 2 h.p. model with a new design of frame, engine, front fork and gearbox. It is designed for those who require an efficient motor cycle of
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      138 8 RADIO NEWS. The Week's Programmes From Saigon Station. The broadcasting: programmes from thf -Saigon Radio station for the week are :iven below. Orchestral concerts are rom approximately 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. Friday. Ouverture do Veronique, (Me3saper) Solo de violoncelle par Mme. Simone Cheflay; Fantaisie sur La Fille du TambourMajor." (Offenbach)
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      275 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. I Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed Weather. Max. Min. fall, thine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star .96 73 Nil 8.0 65 NNE 10 Fine Kota Bohru .90 71 Nil 9.7 75 S 2 Fine K.Trcnggsnu ..89
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      272 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Friday. March 20. H. \V. 11. 1H a.:i:.. !> ft., ll.f>9 p.m.. S ft. G in. Society of Yorkshiremen in .Malaya, annual meetinp, Kurope Hotel, 8 Singapore Chini E chool, prize distribution, 1.80 p.m. Singapore Chesi Club, annual meeting, Adclphi Hotel, "j p.m. Westminster Glee Singers,
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    386 9 Rubber Statistics For February. PRODUCTION DOWN BY NEARLY 8 PER CENT. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. 12'n Beats per lb. Tin, 200 tons at 562.7"> per picul. Yesterday's I'rices Rubber. London. :t 13-16 d.. down 1-ltid. New York, 7' 4 cts.,
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    CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.
    70 9 Immigration into Canada :n: n 1930 totalled 101.R0f., compared with 164,992 in 1929. Th- main decrea.ic in immigration took place in the last half-year, after the Government policy of restricting immigration became itTe live. The figures for September totalled r,.!»22, as compared with 11J;>1 for the corresponding month
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      PSYCHOLOGY IN INDUSTRY.
      401 9 How Costs of Production Can be Lowered. The part which psychology could play reducing industrial production costs was discussed by Mr. H. Seebohm Rowntree in an address delivered to the National Institute of Industrial Psychology. Mr. Rowntree observed that Great Britain even before the War had begun
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      TOERANGIE (SUMATRA).
      133 9 The crop of rubber harvested in the year ended Oct. "I last by the Tociri.<le (Sumatra l Rubber and Produce Estates amounted to 168,716 lb. fajrainst 996,598 lb. in the previous year). The average net sale price was G.V.Id. per II). I against !1.24d.1, equivalent to 7.59 per
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      66 9 Buyers Selleri t.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot 12'h UK itandard R.S.S. on Tender March 12U 12S n April 12i. 12 T May la Kt'i n April-June 13 1:IS a July-Sept. 13',i la^i Tone of Market r— Atagmaat. L»t«at Cable -.—London Spot Sheet 3 13-16d.
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      BIG FALL IN TAPAH PROFITS.
      1474 9 A Difficult Year. COSTS OF PRODUCTION REDUCED. The annual general meeting of the Tapah Rubber Estates, Ltd., was 'ic-ld at Evatt and Co., yesterday, Mr. W. 11. Macgregor, the chairman, presiding, those present including Mr. C. V. Bailey, and Mr. H. D. ■■■11l The chairman
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      BAH LIAS RUBBER ESTATES.
      567 9 Mr. Eric Miller on The Statistical Position. The twentieth annual ordinary general meeting of the Bah Lias Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Feb. 18 at 4 Idol Lane, London. Mr. H. Eric Miller, the chairman, said that a large part of their cost of production
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      LONDON MONEY MARKET
      909 9 A Strong Blast of The Economic Blizzard. FALL IN GOVERNMENT STOCKS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 19. Money was very tight in London la-t week and the Bank of England was compelled to reverse its open market policy i and buy bills. As a result the
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    67 9 Rajoo Ki-1-..-l. 156,4*6 lb. Balom' ib. Djasinga. 58 I Donowarie. ***** Ib. Olenshicl. 12.300 lb. Kamaran. 2X.01U lb. Kepone Malay. 173,872 Ib. Labnaa Blleh. ***** Ib. Langcn. 66,f>70 lb. New Serendah.— l4.ooo II). Rajah Hitam.- 7,676 lb. Semenyih. -57.G00 Ib. Sungei I'urun. 44.6 M Ib, Sung< i Banal.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931. 2,692,000.
    963 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931. 2,692,000. Not before time, the Labour Government has decided to appoint an independent committee, whose duty it will be to make recommendations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for affecting forthwith ible reductions in the national expenditure on the Supply Service.*. having
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    NOT AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS PAINTED.
    702 10 More Joy Than Peril In Motor-Boat Racing. (By Charles Holt, the famous American mctor-boat racer.) Since the death of Sir Henry Segravc the belief has taken root that motor-boat-ing is unusually dangerous and more often than not entails a risk of life. This
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    322 10 M. Hubert Sarton, manager of the Credit. Fonder d'Extreme-Orteat and Cons*) for Belgium, Is returning from have by the m.v. Felix RoBIBSI, due here tomorrow. The Resident Councillor, Mr. E. W. F. Gilman, and party yesterday visited 11. M.5. Kent where they were met by Captain Ramsay,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    681 10 MALAYAN TEN MS. In the midst of a very strenuous tour 'which is as much for bmiMM a* plea and playinp on a day exceptionally hoi cvci: for SiiiKapore, Mr. K. I). And the Now Zealand Davis Cup player. perhaps not quite at his besi yesterday.
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    MAJORITY OF 5,710 FOR MR. DUFF COOPER. BLOW FOR "PRESS BARONS."
    301 11 MAJORITY OF 5,710 FOR MR. DUFF COOPER. BLOW FOR "PRESS BARONS." Official Conservative Wins St. George's. INDIA AS ISSUE. Stanley Baldwin Scores A Triumph. London, Mar. 19. Thf result of the by-election in the division of Westminster caused by th<' death of P!r Laming Worthington-Evans was Mr. D ''"on.) 17.242.
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    PRISON REVOLT.
    133 11 Chaplain Faces Maddened Convicts. Illinois, Mar. 19. Later details of yesterday's rioting lie culminating p■it i week's stifled rebellion. Th< troul i in ;i chair where l by :i prearranged signal, atta warders. Nearly all the 1,800 prisoners then j prison yard, ttin;r lire d the workshapi and
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    KWANGSI RUMBLINGS.
    118 11 Peace Efforts Make Little Prcgress. SI nghai, Mar. 19. The n i nerals Wang Rhao-hung and Wu Ting-yang, the director inn! a ectively, for Reha n Kwangsi, left llon\rtheir way ni i h day, (l< :u ral Wan j: arrived at Canton last night and was invited by
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    NAVIGATION BUREAUX.
    25 11 Opened at Five Centres In China. si snghai, Mar. 10. n Communications is nu i at Shang- H Hi' bin, Canton and Tien
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    3 ITALIAN AIRMEN KILLED.
    111 11 Leader of Italia Relief Expedition. Pisa, Mar. 19. Three of Italy's most prominent airmen, who participated in the recent formation (light to South America, were killed in a crash today two miles out at sea. They were Colonel Maddalena, Captain Cecconi :i!i 1 Engineer-Lieutenant Damonte. The
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    CAYENNE RIOTS.
    167 11 Ten Thousand Should Be In The Dock." Nantes, Mar. 19. The trial of fourteen negroes arrested ai Cayenne in connection with riots in August H>2B, following the mysterious death of M. Galmot, is pursuing its course. A sensation was caused when H. Prevot, the Mayor and President of
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    MALTA'S POLITICS.
    146 11 Royal Commission's Delicate Task. Rugby, Mar. 19. The Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, today, announced the composition of the Royal Commission on Malta. terms of reference the Commissioners are to visit Malta and consider the existing political situation in the island, and to make such recommendations
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    MOTOR TAXATION.
    104 11 Sir H. Austin Criticises British Method. Rugby, Mar. 19. Speaking at a luncheon given by the American Chamber of Commerce in London, Sir Herbert Austin, the wellknown motor manufacturer, criticised the liri'ish method of motor-car taxation ha end on horse-power. It was, he said, unfair in incidence and
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    SZECHWAN TROUBLE.
    85 11 Generals Fall Out And Hostilities Begin. Shanghai, Mar. 19. Reports from DlOthwan to the Central Government of China state that hostilities have broken out between Generals Tisn Chung-yao and Teng Shih-lou (Ten Hsihao). Generals I.i Chih-siang and Liv Hsiang (Liv Tsiang) have been instructed to take measures to
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    DR. MUELLER.
    51 11 Condition of Former German j Chancellor Now Critical. Berlin, Mar. 19. The- condition of the former Chancellor, Dr. Mueller, is most critical. He is suffer- ing iron internal trouble and inflammation ol the lunga, He is unconscious and his 1 :'!in^. A transfusion of blood has betn made.
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    GOLD RUSH STARTS IN MEXICO.
    138 11 "Alißaba's Cave" Found? BANDIT'S SECRET COMES TO LIGHT. New York, Mar. 20. A stampede has been in full swing ICO miles north-east of Mazatlan since a prospector tumbled upon what is battered to be Ali Baba's Cave," which was first discovered by the notorious bandit,
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    B.B.C. PROGRAMMES.
    202 11 Criticism in the House Of Lords. Rugby, Mar. 19. The programmes of tho British Broadcasting Corporation were the subject of comment in both Houses cf Parliament today. In the House of Lords Lord Radnor, Conservative, referred to the phenomenal popularity of broadcasting ::nd said there were now ;t,500,0G0
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    H.M.V. AND COLUMBIA.
    108 11 £6,500,000 Amalgamation Scheme. London, Mar. 10. His Master's Voice Company, Limited, and the Columbia Gramophone Company have agreed to amalgamate subject to acceptance of the scheme l>y th holders. A new company will be formed to acouire the whole of the capital of both companies on the
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    POLITICS IN JAPAN.
    98 11 Stenographers Set Upon By Opposition Members. Tokio, Mar. 19. All the stenographers in the Lower House struck today. As a result the proceedings of the Diet were brought to a standstill. The strike was due to riotous scenes which occurred during the recess yesterday evening, when the
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    IN KIANGSI PROVINCE.
    49 11 War Minister Takes Charge Of Anti-Red Campaign. Shanghai, Mar. 19. The 14th Division hns joined the troops already concentrated in Ki<injisi province and final preparations have been made for the big anti-Communist drive. General Ho Ying-ching, the WaiMinister, is now personally directing operations. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    'QUAKE IN PHILIPPINES.
    46 11 Two Women and Several Children Injured. New York, Mar. 19. Two women teachers and children are among the number ir.i ired in an earthquake in the Philippine Islaiub. Many buildings collapsed and church towers were destroyed. Cor. othtr damage was done. Reuter Wireless.
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    STEAMER LOST OFF CHINA COAST.
    211 11 250 Passengers Missing. FATE OF CREW OF 70 NOT YET KNOWN Shanghai, Mar. 20. A wireless report has been received hare which says that the steamer Chang Kiang has been wrecked and is a total loss. Fifty out of 000 passengers have been piel ed
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    END OF EMPIRE DAY.
    83 11 N.S.W. Caucus Favours Abolition. Sydney, Mar. 19. The New South Wales Labour caucus has pasted a resolution favouring the abolition of Empire Day celebrations and i Ming of the flag in schools. It also endorsed the scheme to establish a school for teaching Socialism. The caucus
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    TRIBUTE TO VICEROY.
    72 11 i "Weathered Biggest Storm Since Mutiny." London, Mar. 19. Lord Irwin ha.i weathered a bigger storm tlian India hn known sine) the I Mutiny," declared the Maharajah of in a speech in London defending British m'icy in India. He denied that British p r estige had l>ern
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    BURIED ALIVE.
    71 11 Breathing Oxygen Through a Tube. Lyons, Mar. 10. Breathing through a tube from an oxygen cylinder workmen aro lying buried beneath the debrii of a hour,e which collapsed here this morning, burying seven men who wan engaged in breaking it up. Four of the men got out, one
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    ARUNDEL CASTLE.
    105 11 Remains of the 13th Earl Exhumed. London, Mar. 19. After lying undisturbed since the 17th century in a vault at Arunde! Castle, Sussex, (the seat of the Duke of Norfolk) the skeleton of Philip Howard, 18th Earl of Anmdel, who became a Roman Catholic ir. 1684, has been
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    FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER.
    100 11 Ten People Killed And I 50 Injured. Etampes, Mar. 20. Ten people were killed and 50 injured when an express train from Paris to Bordeaux collided with a slow goods train near Etampes. Experts Puzzlod. Paris, Mar. JO. Experts are puzzled as to the cause of the
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    THE COALFIELDS.
    184 11 Ominous Clouds Again Gathering. London, Mar. IP. More trouble is expected in the coalfields as a result of the Miners' Diitiratcs Conference today refusing to sanction ihe continuance, beyond th" end f March, of the system known as tho spread) of hours, whereby the miners work 90 hours
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    A SAINT ECLIPSED.
    140 11 Mr. Charles Chaplin Takes' Venice by Storm. Venice, Mar. 19. St. Joseph was eclip.-ed today by Mr, Charles Chaplin who, arriving here on the Saint's Feast Day, found a surging crowd of holiday-makers at the station who lionised him and wanted to carry him off for the
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    PEACE OR WAR?
    108 11 Railway Strike Still In The Balav.ee. i. Mar. 19. Sli-op;: oppo lition to th-j i r in railway wages was manifested at today's meeting of th delegates oi the National Union of Railwaymen, the biggest of the three railway uni consider the recent award of the National
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    "I AM NOT GUILTY."
    81 11 Mrs. Sarah Hearn Sent For Trial. London, Mar. 19. After she had be m before the magistrates 17 times on a charge- of murdering by arsenic poisoning her sister and her woman friend, the 41 widow, Mrs. Sarah Annie Hearn, v. I committed for trial on
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    THE NAVAL PACT.
    56 11 Committee of Experts Holds First Meeting. BOfftqr, Mar. 19. The —willed of British, French a-i<! Italian experts, which is engaged on lh? drafting of the final terms of the Ang'o-French-Italian Naval. Agreement, held its first meeting at the Foreign Office today. It is expected that the proceeding
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    LORDS DEBATE ON INDIA.
    341 11 Duke of Marlborough's Motion Withdrawn. LABOUR'S POLICY. To Seek Co-operation Of Other Parties. Rugby, Mar. 19. The debate on India in the House of Lords last night terminated in the withdrawal by the Duke of Marlborough oi' his motion asking thr Government t.i make a categorical
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    LIBERAL CRISIS.
    116 11 Party Policy to Be Overhauled. Rugby, Mar. 19. The crisis which has developed in Liberal Parliamentary Party a n rt <;t!'. of the defection of members dm House of Commons 'division on the University scats clause of the Kaferai (Representation of th'Bill, is expected to rea.'h a h?;id
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    THE VIKING DISASTER.
    153 11 Famous Flyer to Search For Survivors. NY r York, Mar. 18. The American airman, Bi rnard Balchen. hero of a number of famooa flight* including Kear-Adm: :il Byrd'l tran..Atlantic and South Polar flight--, is to tak'part in the search for the remaining survivors of the Viking the
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    EXPRESS DERAILED.
    105 11 Verdict of Manslaughter Against Driver. London, Mar. 19. A Coroner's jury at Carlisle returned a verdict of manslaughl r against .1 dale, the driver of the Edinburgh-London express which was derailed on Jan. C, whi-n three were killed and 20 injured. Kskdalc collapsed on hearing tin- verdict. He
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    ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BROKER.
    1685 12 Brinkmann's Sue Lewis And Feat. WHOSE RUBBER? FALSE REPRESENTATIONS PLEADED. Allegation- of false representations against a well-known Singapore broker, Mr. Alan W. W. Ker, were made yesterday in the Municipal Chambers before Mr. Justice Terrell in a case in which Brinkinann and Co. sued Lewil and Peat.
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    "LAUGH, YOU FOOLS!"
    136 12 Outburst by Australian Politician. Canoerra, Mar. 19. The attitude of the Lang group towards the Fiduciary Bill was disclosed in the House of Representatives today. Mr. Lazzarini declared they would support the second reading but would propose in committee an amendment making illegal the writing of cheques
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    CHANGES IN SPAIN.
    111 12 Constitutional Guarantees Re-established. Madrid, Mar. 19. All constitutional guarantees without exception will be re-esUtblished on Sunday by an announcement in the official gazette. Thus will disappear the last vestiges of the abnormal situation dating from the dictatorship of Primo di Rivera. A scathing attack on the court-martial
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    28 12 Trade Mission on Its Way To Canton. Hong Kong, Mar. 19. Tho Japanese Trade Mission proceeded to Canton today fron. Hong Kong. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    FORTUNE FOR WIDOW.
    149 12 Big Bequest Under Millionaire's Will. London, Mar. 19. Mrs. Norah Fryer, the principal beneficiary under the will of the millionaire Mr. S. Napier, who is receiving a life interest in £700,000, is the widow of a doctor. Mr. Napier underwent a successful operation many years ago in
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    WHEAT MARKETING.
    89 12 Regulating Australian And Argentine Crops. Melbourne, Mar. 19. The regulation of the marketing of Argentine and Australian wheat crops was suggested by the new Argentine Consal-General here who declares that the chief object of his mission is to get the Federal Government to reach an agreement with the
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    SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON.
    75 12 Back from Antarctic Exploration. Hobart, Mar. 19. The discovery that the south magnetic pole has moved 100 miles to the north west since his previous visit was announced by the explorer Sir Douglas Mawson on the arrival here of his exploration vessel Discovery from the antarctic. He
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    CHINA'S BUDGET.
    67 12 Deficit of $140,000,000 (Mexican). Nanking, Mar. 19. The Finance Minister, Mr. T. V. Soong, today submitted to the Central Political Council his Budget for the financial year commencing July 1. Revenue is estimated at Mex. 500,000,000 and expenditure at Mex. 640,000,000, of which the military will absorb $228,000,000.
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    PRINCES GET STUCK IN THE MUD.
    182 12 Argentine Thrills. 25 MEN LIFT CAR OUT OF A MORASS. Buenos Aires, Mar. 19. An exciting experience befell the Prince of Wales and Prince George, when returning by motor-car from an cstancia, where they had been spending a brief holiday, to Cordoba. Two days
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    MISSIONARIES KILLED.
    80 12 Reported Capture of The Murderers. Nanking, Mar. 19. A telegram to the Foreign Office from Yunnan-fu states that the murderers of the two women missionaries have been captured by the provincial authorities. Washington, Mar. 19. Tremendous indignation was caused in America by the news of the fate of
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    SPAIN AGOG.
    100 12 Death Sentence on Capt. Sediles Resented. Madrid, Mar. 19. Unrestrained indignation over the death sentence passed on Captain Sediles has resulted in Captain Domingo being clapped in gaol. The incident is symptomatic of the public feeling that somebody blundered in connection with the trial and the announcement of
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    COMMUNISTS AGAIN.
    31 12 Battle With Police in Vera Cruz. Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mar. 19. One Communist was killed and two wounded in a battle with the police after a street demonstration. Reuter.
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    "THE BURDEN NOT SHARED."
    95 12 Mr. Frank Mair on The Quota Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 19. Speaking at (he annual meeting of Go.ieng consolidated today, Mr. Frank Mail- again criticised the tin quota ?cheme, saying that the burden of cultailment was not shared equally by producers, large and
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    PARIS TO TOKIO.
    163 12 French Plane Detained By Japanese. Seoul, Mar. 19. The French aviators, M. Burtin and M. Moench, arrived here at 2.26 p.m. today. M. Burtin and M. Moench left Paris on Mar. 2 on a flight to Tokio. Tokio, Mar. 19. Press dispatches from Korea report that the
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    COTTON CORPORATION.
    70 12 Net Loss of £162,368 in First Year. London, Mar. 19. The Lancashire Cotton Corporation, formed last year, has issued its fir?t balance sheet, showing a net loss of i'lo2,'!GB, of which £56,300 is accounted for by the writing down of stocks from cost to the present market price.
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    POLICE FIRE ON REDS.
    69 12 Riotous Crowd Attacks City Hall. Cologne, Mar. 10. Riotous scenes were enacted at Dusseldorf last night when a crowd of Communists attacked the City Hall and attempted to force their way into the meeting of the City Council. The police fired and seven civilians were seriously
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    BELGIAN CIVIL SERVANTS
    74 12 Six Per Cent. Reduction In Their Salaries. Brussels, Ma-. I'.i. The ([uestion of a six per cent, cut in the salaries of Belgian Civil Servants, which the Government held to be essential in the interests of the country's financial health, was the subject of a vote of
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    TREMORS IN HONG KONG.
    55 12 Slight Earthquake But No Damage. Hong Kong, Mar. 19. Distinct earth tremors were felt throughout the Colony at 2.30 this afternoon. As far as is ascertainable no damage was done. The Observatory recorded a fairly severe quake. It is believed that the centre is 300 miles
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    PRESIDENT HOOVER.
    56 12 Leaves on Holiday Trip To Porto Rico. Point Comfort, Mar. 19. President Hoover left here today in the battleship Arizona on his holiday trip to Port Rico and the Virgin Islands. He is accompanied by Mr. Patrick J. Hurley, the Secretary for War, and Mr. Roy Lyman Wilbur,
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    MORE 'QUAKE SHOCKS.
    50 12 Cold Weather Sufferings Of The Homeless. Belgrade, Mar. 19. There were further earthquake shocks in the Ghevgheli district throughout yesterday. A number of houses collapsed at Demikapia and the population is living in shelters and tent--.. People arc suffering badly owing to the cold weather. Reuter Wirele-s.
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    CENTRAL AFRICA TO LONDON.
    458 12 First Air Mail A Fine Achievement. Rug\v. Mar. The first air mail liner from Central Africa to Great Britain arrived at Croydon this afternoon on scheduled tine, having covered 5,114 miles in nine days, saving 23 days as compared with surface port. The first Stags of
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    SIR CHARLES ELIOT.
    100 12 Japan's Tribute to Scholar And Diplomat. Tokio, Mar. 20. A simple but impressive service was held this morning in the English church here in memory of Sir harlss Eliot, who, died at sea last Monday en route to England. Baron Shidehara, who was a close personal friend
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    91 12 Seven R.A.F. Men Selected For High Speed Training. London, Mar. 1!". The Air Ministry ha.- selected seven Royal Air Force officers for special high speed flying training, after Easter, Ihree Of whom will lie chosen to defend the Schneider Trophy against Francs :i!i<i Italy over The Solent in
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    RUBBER PROPOSALS.
    51 12 Dutch Commttcc's Visit To London Postponed. Amsterdam, Mar. 19. The newspaper Klfectenshlad announces that the Dutch Rubber Committee has postponed its visit to London for a few days in order to five the Dutch Colonial Minister an opportunity of communicating with the Govonor-Goßoral of the Dutch East Indies.
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    THE LABOUR CABINET.
    32 12 Transport Minister Invited To Join. Rugby, Mar. 19. The Prime Minister has invited Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Transr>rt, to be a member of the Cabin ritish Wireless.
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    23 12 "The Big Trail" a romantic tory of tho caravan days in America and lh'opening up of the We t, hi si the AlhumiiKi.
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      GUNNERS DISPLAY FINE FORM.
      1020 13 First Division Debut. CHINESE WIN BY LAST MINUTE GOAL. S.c.r. 1 K..\ 0. Playing for the first time this season in the First Division of the Singapore Football League ai the Alison Road Stadium yesterday afternoon, the Royal Artillery (rave an impressive display against the Chinese
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      LOCAL FOOTBALL.
      104 13 S.C.C. to Meet Malays In League Match. The hardest test so far this season for the S.C.C. will be tomorrow when they will meet the Malays in a S.A.F.A. First Division match at the Anson Road Stadium. So far, the S.C.C. have appeared twice in League matches, and
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      TENNIS.
      149 13 S.R.C. Tournament. The following are the ties for today anil Mom! ay in th-' S.K.C. tennis tournament TODAY'S TIKS. B HaglM. L. A. Marcus vs. G. W. Angus. K. J. Woodford vs. M. R. llaMUI. L. Aaria vs. C. C. Davis. M. A. Canbira n. r H. ia !>■!■
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    UNLUCKY SOLDIERS.
    239 13 Dame Fortune Against Gloucesters. S.C.C 4. Gloucesters I. If Dame Fortune had ever had her sway over the parties contending in a football ground, she certainly worked against the Gloucestershire Regt. yesterday when they met the S.C.C. in a Reserve Division match on the Padang. The military team,
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    E. D. ANDREWS AT S.C.C.
    1031 13 Beaten by Bong Soo. TWICE ON LOSING SIDE. Mr. E. D. Andrews, the New Zealand Davis Cup player, was not entirely successful at the S.C.C. yesterday, when a large crowd saw him take part in three exhibition sets. In the first set, partnered by D.
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    ENGLISH TURF TOPICS.
    1783 13 National Candidates. INTERESTING BEGINNING TO FLAT SEASON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. '5. Quite a first-class sensation was caused at Lingfield last Friday by the defeat of Easter Hero in a 2li miles handicap steeplechase. He was beaten a head in a field of four by
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET NOTES.
    1288 14 The Services Surprised. SLOW SCORING ON S.R.C. GROUND. The first meeting between the S.C.C. and The United Services produced cricket of a rather surprising nature as it was felt that the Club nttack, without Hopkins and Dean, was hardly strong enough to cope with the strong Services
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    68 14 Ladies' Medal at Garrison Club. The Garrison Golf Club ladies' monthly medal wa3 played on Wednesday and i Thursday. The best returns were Mrs. H. D. Sharpin 48—16 =33 Mrs. S. H. Moss 80—15=35 Mrs. H. R. S. Law 47— 7=40 Mrs. J. D. Breakey 49— B=4o Mrs.
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    Keppel Competitions.
    260 14 The following will be the teams representing "Captain" and "President" in the two-ball foursomes match arranged for Sunday at the Keppel Golf Club, the Captain's players mentioned first 8.30, S. C. Campbell and C. N. W. Joyce vs. R. Craik and J. M. A. Lowson. 8.35, A. F.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    141 14 Friday, M«rch 20. Garrison Golf Club, annual mtp.. 4 'M p.m. Football: S.A.H.A. 2nd Div. Fraaer and Neavc's vs. Vehicle's Dfpt., Harbour Board; H.P.H. vs. Mint fields. V.M.C.A. Reserve Div. Chinese "B" vs. IndoCi.ylone;:c, A.R. Stadium. .Saturday, March 21. Coif Exhibition by Mr. Larry Montes, S.G.C.. 2.4P p.m.
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    'VARSITY BOAT RACE TOMORROW.
    112 14 Oxford's Best Piece Of Work. London, Mar. 19. The critics may be compelled to modify their views regarding Oxford's chances after this morning's work in which they did their bfst pic c of rowing since their arrival at Putney, putting in an excellent three minutes' row,
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    GRAND NATIONAL.
    50 14 Massai Now Favourite At 10—1. The following is the latest betting on the Grand National, which will be run next Friday 10 1 Massai. 14—1 Ballasport. 16—1 Drin Grakle, Sargasso and Sir Lindsay. 18 1 Drintyre and Easter Hero. 20 1 Leonidas, Rivalry, Masher, Knight Error and Oxford.
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    IRISH SWEEPSTAKE.
    113 14 Prize-Money of Nearly £1,100,000. London, Mar. 19. The subscription list for the Irish Grand National sweepstake closed at midnight, the total prize money beinp; approximately £1,100,000. The grand total, including grants of hospitals ward, expenses and prize money is expected to be nearly £2,000,000. Long queues of purchasers
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    KUALA LUMPUR CRICKET.
    131 14 Teams for Selangor State Trial. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 19. Much interest is being taken in the first State cric-ket trial match of the season, which will be played on Saturday and Sunday between the following teams Probables G. M. Brand (capt.), A. J.
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    H.M.S. KENT.
    67 14 Football and Boxing In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanjr, Mar. 20. A soccer team from H.M.S. Kent played ,v match with the Indian team here on Wednesday, the game resulting in a draw of one goal each. Last night a series of boxing bouts were arranged at
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    PENANG TENNIS.
    77 14 Aste Beats Bryant in Singles Final. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 19. In the Penang Cricket Club tennis tournament championship singles final Aste beat G. W. Bryant 4— fi, o—2, 6—o. In the doubles handicap class B V. C. Nolan and I. M. Morris beat W. H.
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    BACHELOR'S DOUBLE.
    105 14 Winner of Over £10,000 In Stakes Dead. Mrs. W. W. Bailey's stallion, Bachelor's Double, has died at the Rathbane Stud, County Limerick. Bachelor's Double won the Irish Derby, the City and Suburban Handicap, the Royal Hunt Cup, the Great "Jubilee" Handicap, and over £10,000 in stake money. He
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    RAID ON JAPANESE HOTEL.
    552 15 What the Police Found. WOMAN AND GIRLS ARRESTED. The drive against I roth tution ii men and Children's Protection Ordinance which i- !I tr vigorously pursued Protectorate an ,l the Detective ilranch. Already several r.otorious houses in various parts of the town and suburbs of women
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    CHILD SHOT DEAD.
    170 15 Tharrawaddy Rebels' New Outrage. Tharrawaddy, Mar. 0. Last nijriit, at about T..'JO p m., while K<> Bfawe Gyaw and his family ware having tea at home in North Pan7.\ve village, two rebeli suddenly appeared in the house and shot at then with a jrun. Two rounds were
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    NO REDUCTION.
    118 15 Governor's Salary in British (Guiana. Some misnnderstandiag has been caused by the announcement that thr salary of the- Governor <>t" British Guiana has been reduced b) vote of the Legislative Council by Cl.OOO a your. There has, in fact, been no reduction in tiu> lie rernor'i emoluinenta bui
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    PRODDED WITH GUN.
    354 15 Attempted Murder Charge Acquittal. The hearing was continued at the Singapore Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Whitley of the case in which Lim Gek Soon was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder by •lusinir the death of Goh Cheng Bak on Jan. 20. The accused
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    FATAL STABBING.
    147 15 Murder Charge Sequel At Assizes. A quarrel which led to a fatal slabbing had its sequel yesterday at the Singapore Assizes before Mr. Justice Whitley, when Raman was charecd with the murder of Chitran on Jan. 15. The D.P.P. (Mr. P. A. McElwaine) sonductad the prosecution, while the
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    INDIAN HEMP CHARGE.
    115 15 Fine of $2,200 for Being In Possession. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 17. A lir.e of $2,200 or ten months' rigorous imprisonment was ordered in the case in which v Chinese named Weng Kiat, was found guilty of being in possession of six of Indian hemp.
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    GAOL FOR EUROPEAN.
    96 15 Three Months for Cheating At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 19. A European named L. Hince, who was charged with having cheated John Little and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, on Nov. 25, in lespect of $36.85 and $97.05, respectively, pleaded guilty this morning
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    151 15 The Singapore Municipal Health state1 cnt for the week ended Mar. 14, gives the total number of deaths as male 128, and female 64. This represents a death rate of 19.48 per mille, per annum, compared with 16.95 in the preceding week and 121.18 in the corresponding week
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    INDIAN OFFICERS HONOURED.
    623 15 Local Ceremony. VICEROY'S APPRECIATION OF SERVICES. In honour of the presentation of the order of Sardar Bahadur to Chief Inspector Balwant Singh Judge and the order of Rai Bahadur to Chief Inspector Prithvi ("hand of the Singapore Criminal Intelligence Department, by H.E. the Officer Administering the Government,
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    STRAITS BUDGET.
    200 15 Pictures of the terrible earthquake which devastated Napier and Hastings form one of the principal features in the pictorial supplement to this week's Straits Budget, from which an idea can be fathered of the magnitude of the disaster. Lady Murison and Miss Diana Murison are seen photographed at
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    58 15 The following programme will be griven by Robert Drescher's Viennese Orchestra in the Europe Hotel on Sunday evening from 9.15 to 11: Waltz, Vienna Blood (Strauss); Overture, Light Cavalry (Suppe) Largo (Handel) Fantaisie, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) Minuet from the String Quartette, No. 4 (Hayden); Prelude (Rachmaninoff); Remembrance
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    MALAY DISPUTE OVER LAND.
    416 15 Old Woman Establishes Her Title. A dispute over the estate of a man, who died about G'~ years ago, had its sequel in the Supremo Court, yesterday, where before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) a man named Ahmed Talip bin Hadji Mohamed Sahib sued a
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    THE PRINCE AND BRITISH AEROPLANES.
    2026 16 2/tree ff ee/cs O/ Flying Demonstration In Argentina A British Factory In Greece Building Planes For The Greek Air Services Schneider Trophy Preparations ISew Chairman Of Contest Committee Twelve Million Revolutions A Question Of Structural Strength —Next Air War Of TheR.A.F.— The Defence Of London.
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    CHINA'S AIR MAIL.
    105 16 Machine Crashes At Kiukiang. Shanghai, Mar. 9. Saturday's air mail from Hankow to Nanking crashed at Kiukiang. It is reported that both pilots were injured. Details of the crash are lacking. Later: The China Airways' report of the Kiukiang crash states that the plane was damaged while
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    OVERBURDENED STATE.
    119 16 Why Old Bailey Recorder Was Lenient to a Bigamist. A bigamist was bound over at the Old Bailey, on Mar. 3, so that no charge should fall on the State. Cecil Alfred North, aged 34, a greengrocer, had pleaded guilty to bigamously marrying Edith Alice Pond, a shorthand
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    BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
    271 16 Paris Tests Of British Invention. Samples of Acetex bullet-proof glass, j the British invention which is to be i manufactured in France by a recently I formed syndicate, were subjected to i severe tests in the presence of officials of the Artillery Research Department of the Ministry of
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    MUTINIES IN SHANSI.
    86 16 Rumours that Marshal Feng Is Involved. Peking, Mar. 8. Reports of the mutiny in Shansi vary. In some circles it is asserted that the outbreak is insignificant, but some Shansi generals are magnifying the occurrence and arc declaring it was due to the troops not being paid,
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    FATHER TIERNEY'S FATE.
    81 16 Kiangsi Government's Sop To Bandits. Peking, Mar. 10. The Kiangsi Government has sent $2,000 to the Catholic Mission to be given to the bandits in order to avert the immediate murder of Father Tierney, of the Columban's Mission, who was captured at Kienchang on November 30. The
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    451 17 Hi* Monkey Wife <>r. Married to ;i him p. By John Collier. Peter Davie;. The .Misted Mirror. By Henry DanielK'-!>-. Translated from the French with a Preface by R. H. Mottram. Seeker. 7s. lid. mm l>av To Day. By FerdynanJ Goetel. Tianslaled by Winifred < eager. With
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    2420 17 THE LITERARY PAGE NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. The Man who Married a Chimpanzee Fantasia Which is a Tract for the Times Almost Valueless Picture of French Youth— Dovetailed Diary and Novel A Problem Stated for Readers To Solve An Allegorical Tale. ceremony before the exchnnge was disctvered. Mr, Fatigay wju horrified
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    Motor Boat Manual
    144 17 The Motor Boat Manual. Temple •Press, Ltd. ."is. The tenth edition of The Motor Boat Manual" is written and illustrated by the staff of The Motor Boat," and covers the whole field of motor boating, dealing exhaustively with the construction of motor boats and motor boat machinery,
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    CANTON CENTRAL BANK.
    68 17 Nanking Orders That It Be Renamed. Nanking, Mar. 11. Among other important business dealt with by the Central Political Council this morning was a Government decision that the Central Bank at Canton should henceforth be named the Kwangtung Provincial Bank. This is believed to have been ordered
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      418 17 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE lies in the arms of even/ nursing mother \/jM|n^V HpHERE arc occasions when, do what yoo V^^^T/ X^^ J X will, the Mother's milk remains scanty, J\^^^y t^S weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sun- \>^l _^S shine Glaxo has proved helpful to the Mother,
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    DIOCESAN WORK REVIEWED.
    771 18 Many Difficulties. REPORT BY BISHOP OF SINGAPORE. The Bishop of Singapore signs the 20th annual report of the Singapore Diocesan Association, the annual meeting of which is to be held next Wednesday. The report states: Several circumstances have impeded t rn work of the Singapore Diocesan Association
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    COLDS IN CHILDREN.
    1306 18 Why docs my child catch so many a ijucstion which many a worried im.thrr asks herself She keeps him well Trapped up, feeds him well and \.atches him can tally, Ylt coM after cold comes ■long and iha dreads each time that it might turn to lometaing
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    26 18 The death ii announced of Mrs. Chua Huay Neo, of Singapore, at the age of 69. The funeral will take place on Sunday at 10.30 a.m.
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    MURDER MYSTERY.
    121 18 Chinese Found Dead In Street. A mysterious murder believed to be the result of gangdom's vengeance is now occuping the attention of the Singapore Detective Branch and the Rochore police. The body of a Chinese, bearing several stab wounds, was found lying on the roadside last night at
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    WESTMINSTER SINGERS.
    256 18 A Programme of Delightful Artistry. Those who heard the Westminster Glee Singers on the occasion of their last visit required no recommendation to renew acquaintance with thU fine body of artistes when they opened another series of recitals in the Victoria Theatre last night to an appreciative audience.
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    CUSTOMS DUTIES.
    188 18 Post Office Raises the Deposit Rate. In connection with the arrangement whereby senders of parcels addressed to Great Britain and Northern IrcJand can take upon themselves at the time of posting the payment of customs and other charges due on delivery, experience has shown that the present deposit
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    "PLEASE TRANSFER ME."
    98 18 Man Wants to Go to Gaol In Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 19. Will you please transfer me to the Singapore gaol," asked Kechil bin Man who is undergoing a sentence of two years for attempted robbery at Butterworth and who was brought up today
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    THE GRAF ZEPPELIN.
    57 18 To be Allowed to Land In Egypt. Cairo, Mar. 19. Three years ago Great Britain refused to allow the dirigible Graf Zeppdin to fly over Egypt. Now, says the newspaper Al Mokattam, the Graf Zeppelin is to be allowed to land at Almaza aerodrome here. The Royal
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    LIKE A BATTLEFIELD.
    52 18 Swiss Landslide Carries Away A Forest. Berne, Mar. 19. The well-known tourist region 20 miles south of Berne resembles a battlefield after a bombardment as the result of a landslide, which carried away the beautiful forest on the mountain slopes and is now threatening the hamlets below.
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    CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
    96 18 Municipal Engineer of Penang Called. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 19. The case began in the Supreme Court today in which A. S. M. Mohamed Husssin, by his attorney, A. S. M. Varusai Mohamed sued Hok Im Nyean, alias Hok Imn Van and the Boon Hin
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    $2,900 BREACH CHARGE.
    76 18 Alleged Offence Spread A Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanjr. Mar. 19. Charged with criminal 1 ai h as a servant in the stun of $2,900 Teol Klong Ah was produced trict Judge th is morning. Mr. I.im Cheng Ean appeared for the proa ution. Th( accused
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    70 18 Leaves Bangkok for the United States. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Danrrk^<, Mar. 19. The King and Queen cf Siam left in tho royal yacht shortl"" afternoon today to join the Selandia at Koh-ichaug. They will travel in tbe Selandia to Hong Kong where they will join
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    RACHMANINOFF BOYCOTT.
    87 18 Russia Resents Article in New York Paper. Riga, Mar. 19. The famous Russian composer Rachmaninoff is to be boycotted by the youthful members of the Leningrad and Moscow Musical Institutions because in an article in a New York newspaper he criticised forced labour in Russia. Rachmaninoff's works are
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      52 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, My Initisll arc fo like those of yi ur T.-ipah corre i m nt H.W.R." that resist his v.indiammcr idea. I t'l have latex pumped aboard these..(!j:il millinp moklng aunu n, with a fair wind (liko i n. \v. :i.
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      THE KENNEL CLUB.
      46 18 To tli" Editor of the Straits T:n:e.=. i Sir, Witb reference to "Bow W -ue of the S i.; full of 1 or help I ;>f his suggestions I am rare i. would i' \*'i..- ranch appreciated by l bej'di; myself. i riDO.
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      INDIAN ASSOCIATION.
      246 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Stay— My attention ."as been drawn to I the report in your issue of Ha ri general meeting of the i A.-..:ociation. Your report in referring to I the building fund of the association j states i" He (Mr. O. Rama.samy
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    THREE DACOITS SHOT DEAD.
    415 18 Quarrel Over Booty. END OF A NOTORIOUS GANG. Lahore, Mar. Following an altercation in regard to the distribution of booty, a dacoit is stated to Save shot dead three of his companions in hat at Raowim! village yesterday rfterr.oon, and then to have surrendered oca] police
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    GOVERNMENT IN THE EAST.
    1325 19 BRITISH METHODS IN INDIA AND DUTCH METHODS IN THE D.E.I. CONTRASTED. At a time when our Indian Empire is in the melting pot, and when the question whether Britain can govern is being answered with a considerable amount of indecision, it is interesting to see how
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    ANGLO-INDIAN'S BRAVERY
    179 19 Attempted Rescue in a SharkInfested Sea. Madras, Feb. 24. The gallantry of an Anglo-Indian youth who lost his life when he dived into a shark-infested sea to rescue a child, has been recognised by the award of the Royal Humane Society's Medal and a certificate signed by the
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    88 19 A tea party was given by the Post Office Club, Singapore on Saturday on the occasion of the coming retirement after over 30 years' service of Mr. S. Govindasamy. Assistant Superintendent, General Post Office. There was a large attendance including Capt. F. Blackwell, Controller, Posts and Telegraphs, and a number
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    TIENTSIN-PUKOW RLY.
    136 19 Badly Hit by Seizure Of Rolling Stock. Tientsin, Mar. 10. Carrying a petition to the Manchurian Government demanding that Northern military commanders should refrain from commandeering railway stock, a representative of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway authorities has gone to Mukden to interview Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang. The delegate, Mr. Chen
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    BRAHMIN DISOWNED.
    78 19 Family's Surprise For Volunteer." Hirabad, Mar. 2. A Brahmin named Mahraj Mathradas has been ostracised by his community following his imprisonment for having taken part in the civil disobedience movement. Although he was given a rousing reception in other quarters, his family maintain that he has forfeited his
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