The Straits Times, 27 March 1931

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 0 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 335 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. (PHONE 5161/. j 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 i HONEY J F.«t urine NANCY CABBOLL and STANLKY SMITH. Phone 5261-5262. FAMOUS FOOTBALLER'S M TRIBUTE Mm^ Mr. GEORGE CAMSELL, j M the famous British Football Player, writes: "Pvery footballer who plays in a leading WBN^^Sj team must be in
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    • 99 1 jj |4ja|a LUM W R |Jf4 A ST^tjp^jlM^L 1 i LIFEGUARD j LIQUID CAR POLISH THE IDEAL POLISH FOR ALL CELLULOSEI) CARS. GIVES A RADIANT LASTING FINISH. SIMPLE TO USE. INEXPENSIVE. ECONOMICAL. ls\3 CCOIS HHfc^.^WW an improved finish ij/ I•J \j ffr>|\ fj) i t scratch or damage. j SINGAPORE
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    • 14 1 G.15 TONIGHT 9.15 HONEY 1 Kcal tiring NANCY CAKBOLL and STAM.KY SMITH. Phone S261-5262.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 358 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA A\D AF( \R LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. Acntiwc I'FNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. lINUKR CONTRACT WlTtt HIS MAJESTY'S roVKttNMKNT LONDON AND FAX EA.«T MAIL SERVICE. OLTMSD FROM I.OCTON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. TT 9 nri;r JUApr'T' '?S 88 SIKASHMR MW May.
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    • 410 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. --jlJJjypMj|ll Jl B&falßtrS g^|H HHlbK*""""^'*' /NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). l TO LONDON. .'C.Hn- AiUwmb. N.ple. Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrongh. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail §FUSHIMI -VARU 11,000 Apr. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 Apr. 22 U3 TEHUKUNI MAKU 12,000 May 6 7 HAKUSAN MABX3 10,500 May 20 21
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    • 363 2 BURNS PHiLF LiNE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR "RISBANB. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND »mi»aniv tctiun THURSDAY ISLAND. Regnlu monthly .ail.ng. by th. well- J known .teaser MABELLA (7,886 tons) and th, MW motor ToM€i, MALABAR (4,612 ton.). Th. HARELLA on. of th. "d *nett lU *m"1 tr *dil"
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    • 430 2 THE EAST mTIC co^ LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark) Telephone 5325. PA(lw«rj,p A«n ™FIrHT PASSENGER AND FKMGHT QITPVIPP M^KMLfc- b»m To Gl^o*. LONDON, HOTTfcRDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. FIONIA Apr. 22 a£ i* m.s. SKLANDIA Apr. 25 J^AND^ AgJ 2U May 4 ■Et RS» »lJ »3 n,.s. ALSIA J nljr 1« tag
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    • 397 2 THE BL^ FUNNEL LINE THE OCEA> STEAMSHIP CO, THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated >r. England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, AvrwißP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN GENOA. ITAVKE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW- LoSTON, NLW YORK ANDISAI.TM WB™M»g?S X "oVlS?" AKD LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAM3URG. (Routa subjen to alteration
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    • 309 2 TUE SIAM STEAM NAY. fJ() M LTD. (Incorporated in Sam) BANGKOK COASTING SKBVTCI for sre5 ret»y- 'renspar Telupm, lata:.:, „nn, Sichon, Bandon, Kobsamui, Unpsu.n, > hurnpen aDd Bangkok. Arriral Depariur. SUDDHADIB i VAI A|ir. PRACHATIPOK ele^uic'i-^anH^. Z^c round^rin'ir'm 's" 'Sfjg" L ok andl 4du« S: ,re to Hangg*£j g fi
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    • 334 3 OCMJNIC WD ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO. SAN FRANCISCO. < ll* TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA, WAMI STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE joint Mareutiu ea and C':;n:n'.n Pointfl from '•2. Sir T San Frs ret and 1 r\NGI.O-Sl •ORATION, *Iknd) UDyMjTRIESiINO (laeerporateJ i.n (taly) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SIN(;APORE to ITALY Calling at
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    • 521 3 DOtXAA STEAMm? LIN* o*^ AMERICAN MAIL UNB ROUND-THE-WOBII) SEli > ICE SINGAPOKK, I'L.VVNG, COLOMBO, SUEZ. POKT SAJI), ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GI.NOA, MARSEILLES XKW T'OkK AM) BOSTON. Arrivn Leave Leave S'?-> re S'pors Penmifr [•RKB TAKFIi;:.!) l'.ar. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 4 I'l I'OI.K Apr. IS Apr. 16 Apr. 18 I'l: :s.
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    • 526 3 ELLEUMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. I liuurjioiatcd in EnclaMl) "F.I I.FKMAV" LINE PASSENGER AND KKKIGHT SEKVICE TC THE UMIKD KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due S'pon s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Apr. 27 HOMF.ttARDS a.a. CITY OK CHESTER for Havre, L'don. R'dam and Hamburg
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    • 519 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. TliE IIKKCANTILI BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (liicorporatt-d in England) Capi-al Au!hori*ed #3,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Best 1,645,505 Capital paid up 1,060,000 BOARD OF DIRECTOBSt -t J M. Eyrie, Esq. Chairman. I. R. Chalmers, Esq., harlea J. Hambro, Esq., 3. n. KeMasea, Esq, V. I!. Shelford,
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    • 547 3 NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824) I PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40.016,000 (about £3,335,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCII'S IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GKAVF.NHAGE HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Bandoeng Weltrvreden Rangoon Bandjermasin Kotalladja Semarang* Bombay (Acheen) Shanghai
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    • 625 3 NEDEKLANDSCH INDISCIIE HANDELSIiA.NK, N.V. RstablUhed 186S at AanWioaao Authorised Ckpital Glda. 100,000,000 (about MUNtyIM Paid op Capital Glds. 55,000,000 (aboat £4,600,000 Reserres Gids. 251«7,7y7 laboot £2,350,000 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES: THE UAGTJt ROTTERDAM. OVKBSr^S BRANCHES BATAVIA Head Offics for Dutch East Indies. SHANGHAI Head Office for China and Japan.
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  • 30 4 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENT amv.uncei of Hiu Minnl* elde*t daUk'hliT of Mr. ;uid Mrs. J y Campbell, Blantyrc, The Avenur, Ii:;r. Ivon.l"!:. un<! Alf.xaiidei late Mr. William M I>(.r:ali!, StotifhuTcn, •hind.
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  • 49 4 Mr. Pnllonjoe and family convey their •vis mid km-l .tt.iKi.il the funeral of the Pallonjee on March 2fi, 1931. :n:c! tho who sent wreath* and letters M > .-Hid V. Karayinnamy their thanks to relative! iidir,^ wreaths, lette .'.T'd all thom who littt-ndod !h'.-ir beloved father the ana Vayloo.
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  • 48 4 F UNERAL. LEOW CHIA IIK.NG J.P. Kit Committee Member ol CkintM Auvisorv Board and Kjk, Ex President of Chinese Chamber of Comm«rc« and recipient of of ll..i:oar. Leaving No! Cwnmins Street on Mar. -"J, 1981 at W.30 a.m. f..i intcrmcDt at the rhin«ae Cemetery, Kali, til r K..ad.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 582 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Tht-re arv approximately seven wordi to a lino ami there is a tint rate charge of 25 rents p'r lino per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of H cents
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    • 902 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE. Vacancies, sgle. double, 34, Cairnhill Rd. ROOMS without board from $60 with board fr m $1S5 monthly. Grosvenor Hotel. "WHITE IIKATHER." SM, River Valley Rd. Service Pavilion comprising two bod room! with buth rooms attached, also very large airy s.i'mir room with ceiling fan. Tihil Boon throuirhout. Very
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    • 541 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET. TO LET, 2 new modern bungalows at Angullia Park. Apply Angullia Co. TO LET, Bungalow 22, Balmoral Crescent. Apply Dr. Wee, 32, Balmoral Road. TO LET, flnt in Amber Mansions. (Pmaag Lane side;. Apply 2GO, Straits Times. TO LET, A Eber Road, off Oxley Road. Apply
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    • 503 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LKT, OFFICES at -i, Prince Street, top floor and No. 22, R.ifflea Place. Apply Koh Chew Kee. 129, Killiney Road. TO LET, go<!own No. 47, Upper Hokitn Street. Rent $150. Apply personally Kitate Truat Aiccncie* (1927), Limited. TO LET, ground floor, 78, Cecil Street, also
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    • 737 4 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE TURF CLUB NOTICE SPRING RACE MEETINGS 1931. Professional Meeting. Saturday 2, Wednesday 6, Saturday 9. Wednesday IS and Saturday. May 16. Amateur Meeting. Saturday 23 and Whit Monday. May 25. ENTIMKS 'LOSE.— ional Meeting at -1 p.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 22, 1931. Amateur Meeting at 4 p.m.
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    • 675 4 VISIT SWITZERLAND The Ideal Playground. Illustrated Rookletit, Maps, Hotel (■uideH and all inlormations free on application to the SWISS CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, 121, MARKET STKEET. LEGAL NOTICES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OK SINGAPORE. Originating Summons No. S8 of IMfe In the matter of thi- Batata and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 391 5 Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation Available with Modern Sanitary Arrangements. This Evening 6.15. TEA DANCE MONIA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT BOILm PHEASANT < KI.KIO SAKE GBBSN TEAS. MA^HKI) POTATOES. $1.75. TOMORROW Special Dinner and Dance. DANCING COMMENCES 9.30 p.m. Sea View Hotel All Rooms with Modern Sanitation.
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    • 737 5 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will he received nt the Coloninl Secretary's Office, up to noon of Apr. Ij, 11)31, for the following works Erection of new Out-patients' Dispensary at the General Hospital. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required to deposit tho sum of One hundred
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    • 684 5 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Valuable Singapore Town and Country properties. At M<-»*r«. Chconsr Koon Seng Co's salcrciom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, A.)r. 1, 19.11, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land situate at Pnsir Panjang Road, (5 milestone), Singapore. Lot 2. Valuable 999 years' leasehold land
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    • 609 5 Proof of Efficiency and Reliability. laIT jLFI transformers The Total X.V.A. of BRITISH made, ASEA TRANSFORMERS IN MALAYA is approximately 150,000 X.V.A. For full particulars, apply to the Sole Agents for Malaya CBiXBALI SINGAPORE, IPOH AND KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. No. 5471 (I linen). Notice of Removal From April 1, 1931,
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEKS NEWS FROM CHINA.
    • 1228 6 HONG KONG LETTER Their Little Worries In Hong Kong. OFF TO CANTON! GUNMEN, TELEPHONES AM) KOWLOON. llornr Kong, Mar. 13. Census day in Honk Kong has come and (tone, ami although, by nil accounts, the I work dt' the enumerators on this occasion has been carried
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    • 101 6 Nanking, Mar. 1.1 It has been disclosed that Dr. C. T. Wang, the Foreign Minister, has refused to grant Japanese newspaper representatives an interview on Sino-Japanese problems on the ground that representatives of a particular Japanese News Agency have incurred the displeasure of several Nationalist official; by
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    • 457 6 Execution of Annamites Described. Hanoi, Mar. 9, Four Annamites, convicted as murderers md Communists, were publicly executed here early this morning. The Hong Kong Daily Press correspondent in Hanoi witnessed the execution and gives his experience as follows: News was received the night before of
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    • 185 6 Village Elder Greased And Burnt to Death. Hanoi, Mar. 9, Trie French Government in Indo-China is* given a great deal of trouble by the Communistic societies among the natives. It is believed that the leaders of ihese societies operate from Chinese territory. One of the three convicts executed
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    • 180 6 Sudden Change of Policy Announced. Harbin, Feb. 18. j The question of jrol l-mininc has suddenly assumed an important aspect in the eyes of the- Chinese authorities. In a few Jays a branch of the Central Bank \a to be opened at Mukden and one of thoir principal
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    • 548 6 IS MR. HU HAN-MIN A PRISONER Marshal Chiang Kai-shek On Personal Liberty. Nanking, Mar. 10. Characterising the rumours current during the past week regarding Mr. Hu Hanmin's resignation and subsequent alleged detention as absolutely groundless, President Chiang Kai-shek, in the course cf lengthy address delivered yesterday at tho weekly memorial
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    • 232 6 New Division to Replace Unsatisfactory Men. Nanking, Mar. 15 Declaring the determination of the Gov. ernment to effect the suppression of Communist bandits in Kiangsi and the disbandment of the numerous superfluous ftrcss in north-western China and Shansi, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, interv wed by Chinese correspondents, said the
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    • 27 6 Shanghai, Mar. 2G. The Executive Yuan has approved a draft agreement for the laying of cables between Tsingtao, Sasebo. Shanghai and Nagasaki. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    • 182 6 Is It a Plot to Occupy Mongolian Territory Mukden, Mar. 1 Quite a sansation was caused early this week by the unexpected and rather mysterious arrival of 0,000 Rossis i soldiers along the Inner and Outer Mongolian frontier, where tlhey seize;! much livcsto«k. The Manchurian Government is
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    • 215 6 Peking Editor Gets A Warning. Peking, Mar. 10. Following the attack by male and female students upon the offices and stafl of the well-known Peking Chinese daily, the Hua Pei Jih Pao, the chief editor last evening received an annoymous letter threatening him with death within a
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    • 163 6 Chinese MS. 2,000 Years Old. Stockholm, Feb. H. Dr. Sven Hcdin, the explorer, who haa just returned from an expedition to China, announced in a lecture that one <f tl.<groups of his expedition had discovered a number of manuscripts on slabs of «<>>(!. These slabs, numbering tV-OO,
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    • 229 6 National Coinage Issue. MR. T. V. SOONCS FINANCE REPORT. snang :i which :'n<l he v >i i i. >u lid. I liy Mr. 'i V. nncc Minister, i: nd am which Btion at .1 lato hoii 'I h.- of s of the pbr 1 of
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    • 42 6 Statin Stall Carried Off By "Re Hankow, Mar. 17. An I of Comtnuaiit \g the Peking-Hankow Railway an V bandits of thi* U (I !.i Chia Tsai through icrvte*. prioua Yuan Yinjr i on, destroyinir the kidnapping the itaUon
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 47 6 I CHAMPAGNE 1 GANCIA RESERVE 1921 Hk EXTRA DRY fjLfwMkk AT A REASONABLE PRICE /Jrgl| I Case of 12 quarts $32 Mill Case of 24 pints $35 I lDefl Duty included. *d*r^ Fo r smaller quantities prices Xl in proportion. /^y G. AURELY, •U— J* Phone 6172.
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    • 56 6 ■hST The Handiest little Cine an, era in the world it a Bwm price to suit volt p< iras Your film* will be developed wtta the utmost care within 21 J Vj hours— Free of charge. ■-Nj Apply to any I'hoto Dealer or to 'LvD JJ DIETHELM CO., LTD., X
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 91 7 E ImH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Matinees Saturday Sunday at 3 p.m. They're back again now in their funniest picture A whole Jungle full of laughs THE COHENS AND KELLYS IN AFRICA JUST IMAGINE THEM HUNTING WILD ANIMALS AND WILDER WOMEN IN AFRICA'S DARKEST JUNGLE YOU'LL* SCREAM YOU'LL ROAR YOU'LL GASP
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    • 216 7 6.15 LAST NIGHT 9.15 OF PARAMOUNT'S MUSICAL COMEDY HONEY WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST Also on the Programme EDDIE CANTOR in "BUYING A SUIT" The Latest "Pathe" C? "Paramount" Sound News TOMORROW OPENING WITH MATINEE AT S.IS 6.15 NIGHTLY Ml I'itramount's Clever Sophisticated Melodrama SLIGHTLY SCARLET WITH The Screen's Most Polished
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    • 180 7 H 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Starting Friday for Two Days Only Matinee Saturday 3.15. The Picture you have been Waiting for i LJ CHARLES FARRELL JANET GAYNOR LJ M THE WORLD'S MOST LOVABLE LOVERS U <» SUNNY SIDE UP H U A SUNNY, SYNCOPATED ROMANCE Uj WITH A pfl M DAZZLING,
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  • 599 8 G REAT BRITAIN AND NORWAY. Shipping and Shipbuilding Friendship. relation* between Greal .■ay form the subject of! article by Mr. Art^i H. .i.i. Norwegian Shipociation, in the current number nal, Norway. Krom tiirv. J he points out, relation* bs;md Norwa; brisk. World cow d enormously with the pi years, but
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 605 8 BARROW, BROWN CO. Agricultural Department Development. The fuurtcoßth annual general mestlng of sharehelden Barrow, Brawn snd Co, Ltd v as hrld in Bangkok, nn S.iluniny, Feb. IS, the chair being taken by Mr. H. Leatherbarrow, who s.-iiu The directors' report states th.it. after writing off general :ir..l special depreciation, .mil
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    • 98 8 German Subsidiary's Dividend. TTw final Sfrnna for lit.50 of thf German ?ord Motor Co. of Berlin, have now been mncuncod. Turnover last year increased >om Rm. .'58,110.000 (11,1)05,500) lo {in. -Jfi.yto.OOO (f2,:Mr»,50C)— that is by 23 per cent. Of the net profit of Rm. .1,220,000 (i'lfil.000), the
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    • 33 8 1 hina and Japan, by Somali, due Singapore noon tomorrow. From Australia, by Marella, due at ingapore tomorrow. From China and Manila, by Presiden Uarfield. due at Singapore daylight oi Monday.
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    • 261 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore. Mar. 27. On London, Bank 4 m/i 2/3 27/32 Demand 2/3 23 32 I'rivate S m. credit 2/4 3/32 Jn New York, demand 66 1/16 Private 90 d/s 67 V 4 On France, Bank T.T. 1420 On India, Bank T.T. 154 V 4 On Hong Kong, Bank T.T.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 463 8 ■MM r'al. I'd. Buyers. Sellers. !1 £1 As.im KumbaitS 21/6 22/6 xd. II £1 AuMnil Malay 19/- 20/-I/-8/- Ayer Hi tain Tin 12/3 13'- cd. '1 11 Bangrin Tin 13/6 14 6 1 1 Batanfr Padanf 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40 0.50 1 1 llukit Arang 0.35
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      • 268 8 Val. Td. Buyers. Sellers, £1 £1 Imperial Tobacco 4.5.0 4.10.0 1 1 Kinta Electric 0.70 0.80 1 1 Malacca Electric 1.50 IM 10 10 Maynard A Co. 6.00 7.00 bO 60 McAlister Co. 74.00 76.00 10 10 C. A. Ribeiro A Co. 7.00 8.00 10 10 Robinson Ords. 8.10
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      • 124 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 108 1M ci Singapore Municipal 6 p.e. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. t% prtm. Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.e. of 1807 red. 1947 $1,600,000 01 par Singapore Municipal 44 p.e. of 1909 red 1865 $1,000,000 95 par
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      • 377 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allcni.y ($1) 1.00 1.10 0.90 1.00 Uur liajah ($1) 0.80 0.90 0.65 0.75 V. Ilituin ($1) 1.20 1.35 1.10 1.25 V. KunitiR («1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.25nom. Malay ($2) 1.30 1.45 1.10 1.20 A. Mok'k ($1)
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    • 144 8 The Week's Programmes From Saigon Station. The broadcasting: programme from the Saigon Radio station for the week are given below. Orchestral concerts are from approximately 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. Friday. La Bohemienne (Balfe), Concerto pour violon en mi (Bach) Robert Barras Scenes Alsacienncs (Massenet), Impressions Rustiques (Razigade), Passing
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    • 69 8 Programme of drills up to and for week jnding Mar. 29 Saturday, Mar. 28, 2.30 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, "E" (Chinese) Co., Table B." 2.30 p.m.. Karrcr Range, "F" (Malay) Co., Table B." Sundav, Mar. 29, 8 a.m., Bukit Timah Range, "E" (Chinese) Co., Table "B" 8 a.m.,
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    • 185 8 The following passengers left Singapore by the Balorran this ninrninir i Mr. CI. Houldy, Mr. A. Tolbcci;, Miss H. Gironi, Mr. G. B. B. Keun, Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Ryswyck, Mr. .1. A. Kassel. Mr. P. Lavender, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hoos, Mr. J. W. Harries Sir
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    • 89 8 BAI.OKRAN, Dut., 10,061 tons, from Batavia 27-.J, for Rotterdam 27-3. LARIT. Brit., 464 tons, from Malacca 27-: i, for Malacca 2H-:i. OP TEN NOORT, Dut., MM tons, from Deli 27-3, for Batavia 27-3. HUA TONG. Brit., 10S» tons, from Malacca 27-3, for Malacca 2H-3. HArTHOR, Norw.. 761 tons,
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    • 39 8 Mails from Europe (Ix>ndon mails dispatched on Mar. 5) ex 8.1. Rohna which anchored at Penang at 6 a.m. today, will arrive by train tomorrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholdcrs at 8.45 a.m.
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    • 43 8 By Spore London Left Arrd. Comorin Feb. 6 Feb. 28 Johm da Witt Feb. 6 Mar. 2 Sibajak Feb. 13 Mar. 6 Ethiopia Feb. 12 Mar. 7 Porthos Feb. 26 Mar. 23 Marnix V. St. Aldcjjomle Mar. 6 Mar. 27
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  • 212 8 Friday. Marc 27. H. W. 2.6 a.m.. 8 ft.. 4.15 p.m. B ft. 7 in. Y.W.C.A. jumble sale. Raffles Quay, 4 p.m. Malayan Orchid Society, orchid .•-how at V.M.C.A. Concert at Wesley Church by Air Base Rainbows," 8.15 p.m. Saturday, March 28. H. \V. 2..M a.m.,
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  • 228 8 Todsy. Selat Pandjang, Bengalis, Siak, I'akan Baroe and l'ajakombo (Hong Thong) 3 p.m. North, N.-Kast, and N.-West Sumatra (Tinombo I .3 p.m. Upper Burma, North and East India (Madras Maru I 3 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, SouthEast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly i Na:n Yong) 1
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  • 97 8 Friday. March 21. Ship, aloncald* the Wkarraa or expected te arriTe Entrance East Wharf Oa Tea Me»rt to l Main Wharf Toussouim 10 S Madras Maru l:: ;i l-'ill|i:if Dock Kuala (shifts to t'Oilov. ii -i Croystoke Ca«tl« 37 3 West Wharf Nil Section 10 Nil. KEPPEL
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 52 8 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REWE ULLMANN begs to call your kind ATTLNTION 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 Capitol Buildings, Stamford
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    • 128 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 pearbox. It is designed for those who require an eflicient motor cycle of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 269 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dircc- Speed Waatfctr. Max. Min. fall, ahine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. I m.p.h. Alor Star 98 73 Nil 10.3 H KK 2 Fine Kotn Ilahru &1 7a Nil 10.6 75 Calm Fine K.Trcngsanu 92 71
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  • 382 9 Gloomy Outlook For Rubber. STATISTICAL POSITION TO THE FORE AGAIN. (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore 1 Friday, 10 am. Today's Prices Rubber. HI 7 rent*; ;mt lb. Tin, 178 lons at 5(i1.2.~> per picul. Yesterday's I'rices Rubber, London. :i'jd., unchanged. Nr» Yiirk. 7 cts.. unchanged. Market Tone
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  • 74 9 Rugby, .Mar. 26. Foreign tsduugM aie Amsterdam 12.12, Athens ::T.".. liombuy Is. ."> 27-32d., Berlin 2O.:;8M». Brussels MAI, Buoharost 817, Kio :i 11-10, Huimics Aires :i'J 5-32, Copenhagen is.lt)':. Geneva iOM%, HclsiiiKfors IMH, llunit KoBf l». O'.id.. Lisbon 108.25, Mnilrid 46.01, Mflail iiL'.T.'i'i, .Monte Video A;>\ Svv. Yi.rk I..-.".
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1008 9 Dividend Paid Regularly For Fourteen Years. Presiding at the annual meeting of the Sungei R: mal Syndicate Ltd., held at the offices of Boustcad and Co., Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, Mr. K. (i. Leyne said The profit for the year amounts to $:f:i,73"> which is equivalent to
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    • 218 9 The following report will he submitted at the uiiiu.il BMttaf of the Bukit Timah Rubber Estates, Ltd.. to be held in the French Bank Building*. Singapore, on Apr. 2, at 12 noon Tht- net profit for the year amounts to $7.-WS to which must be added the
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    • 65 9 12 o'clock noon, Mir. 27. Buyer* Seller* R.S.S. equal to London Standard Sput 10% n Standard K.S.S. on Tender April 11% 11", a May 11% 12 a April-June 11 \i July-Sept. 12*4 Mi •t Oct.-Def. 12 13 Ton* of Markat Stagnant. LaU»t CabU Lomdon Spot
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    • 1292 9 MAKING PINEAPPLES POPULAR AT THE BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR. (From a Special Correspondent.) London, Feb. 25. Your Empire Marketing Board stand is the most richly representative thing of its kind that I have seen in the world," was the comment of a Swedish tea-buyer after
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    • 154 9 The 21st annual report of the Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd., to be submitted at 137 Heeren Street, Malacca, on Tuesday, Mar. 31, at noon, states The loss for the year is $7,296, less credit balance brought forward from last year of $5,814, leaving balance at debit
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    • 32 9 Barlow and Co.'s report, dated Mar. 26 states The market has been slightly easier and close* 15 cents lower on balance. Closing quotations are as follows Sundried, $f>.Xo mixed, $5.45.
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    • 34 9 The directors of the Kedah Rubber Co., Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 2 Vi per cent., on account of the year ending Apr. 110, 1931, payable on Apr. 15.
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    • 827 9 Traditional Victims Of Needy Chancellors. UNPLEASANT BUDGET REFLECTIONS. London, Feb. 2G. Money was easier in London last week, short loans beir.fr obtainable at 2 per cent. on most days, thunk;. to the diminished cal!ing-in by the deposit banks. The narrow margin at pri?ent existing be-twet-n ease and
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  • 413 9 Guthrie and Co.'n weekly rubber report, dated Mar. 20, states Up to yesterday at middiy. the mark-t was dull but fairly steady Ihoiigli little business wai passing, but, on receipt of news from Amsterdam that several of the larger Dutch interests are not iv favour of restriction, prices
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    • 59 9 'TRY the new "quick- 1 cooking" Quaker Oats. Now cooks in 1-5 the time formerly required! Save time, labor, fuel. Serve it as porridge for breakfast thicken soups and gravies with it use it in fritters, cakes, biscuits. Try a tin today. Tkt HinJ cfQtottr (toll jo. hart mlmati iht
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    • 128 9 NEW WORLD CABARET CHANGE OF ORCHESTRA. COMMENCING FROM MARCH 28. OUR NEW ORCHESTRA (LATE OF THE EUROPE HOTEL). Will Play During Dancing Every Night. BEWARE OF IMITATION. /^f^t\ The Scale Brand Chemicals are (TRADf/l ((JR WARKj very widely imitated e>wing to its V SJ3TvVS> J superior quality. Chemicals bearing X.
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  • 1287 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. 1931. RUBBER— A LONG VIEW. :In addon decline in the price of rub- i which followed Ike announcement that ik Dutch producers had wired to the Minister of the Colonies expressing unwillingness to participate in any restriction scheme merely proves if such proof
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  • 547 10 Thrilh Fast Present And To Come. (Dv Cclcr.cl V/iKrid Jc'.f. C.M.G.. D.5.6.) Tcdatt tkc Grand Natioml Steeplechase ft bcir,g run at Aintrec end, in thi' article, a British soiilni and tpcrttman (file of the course, >■• aval triumph* I'Dil of Ik* illinium r anil ronuiHce
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  • 23 10 The Rt. Rev. Dr. Charles Gore, some time Bishop of Oxford, who is in India at present, will be visiting Ceylon next month.
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  • 26 10 The Kiny of Siam is shortly due in Hong Koni; en rcute to the United States where he intends to undergo an operation for eye trouble.
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  • 28 10 The Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., has been provisionally re-appointed to be an unofficial member of the Executive Council, Hong Kong, for a further period of five years.
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  • 28 10 The members of the Selangor Coast Club will entertain their president Mr. J. E. Kempe, District Officer. Klang, to a Malay dinner prior to his departure on transfer.
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  • 30 10 The marriage took place recently at Shanghai, of Helen Mary Shirdan, daughter of Mrs. W. S. Clay and the late Thomas Shirdan, Shanghai, and Lieut. P. F. Capon, Dorset, England.
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  • 55 10 Raja Haji Osman, Chief Kathi of Selangor, left Klang on Tuesday on a six months' holiday to visit Masir, Mecca and the neighbouring holy places. Among those who saw him off were tho l.ajn. Muda of Selangor, Mr. J. E. Kemp<2. District Officer, Dato Kaya, Inche S»ma!i, Raja Petra and
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  • 49 10 The marriage took place recently at Holy Trinity Church, N'uwara Eliya, Ceylon, of Mr. Alfred Ronald Williams of Roeberry Group, Madulsima, and Miss Elizabeth Eleanor Joyce Hobday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hobday of Shortlands, Kent, and niece of Mr. W. K. Hobday, Assistant Government Agent, Nuwara Eliya.
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  • 821 10 Ii \v.~.-, \r? thirl-. E b< boordiag na-.q.i"." vri:- di i so mash to popularise th? beret ir>. Great Ilri.-.-.in. Tocsc rr.-n r.nri ir.akleir r.->t_\] the nrr.t srd rathrr dashing looking headgear with approval, ar.:i itraigatwa; ber I cut on ail rider-. ?orr,c very brcorr.;r.p r?
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    • 223 10 COMMENCING MONDAY NEXT! TURKISH TOWELS. TURKISH BATH SHEETS. ivy weight. Bitt 41 x 7l ma, Extra large. Price $1.75 each. Sale price $300 ea(h COTTON I'ILLOW CASES. |^MBr TV CALICO. 28 inches. Salt Price $2.65 per doz. W^l I 28 i.iche.:. Sale Trice 52.85 per ft doz. B IgUtUJ!! S
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    • 67 10 634- 1 'ar \ORTI T ES2Z7GE T*^**^ TENG SENG GUAN. Established 1905. T. K. K.'S TYRES AND TUBES. 26 x 3..-.0 f 9.50 J2.00 27 I. HI Sll.-.1l $2.: A i a| H I 1. 10 $12.50 $2.50 B M| LM $17.00 $3.30 0 r iiinniniiiiiiiiiinmia? I W. A. GILBEY,
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  • 458 11 "I CANNOT TOO STRONGLY CONDEMN THIS STRIFE": Mr.Gandhi "GANDHISM WILL NOT DIE, "None Can Harm Me, f Says Mahatma. CXWNPORE RIOTS, Hundred Dead MO Now In Hospital. Kai.u-hi, Mar. 27. Mr. Gandhi held tens of thousands spellbou..J for nearly an hour during an address which he delivered in the Congress
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  • 87 11 MELB A'S DEATH. A Result of Eating Water-Cress. Melb mriie. Feb. 18, ated officially thai Dame Nellie .1 from blood poisoning supervening on paratypho d, contracted through eating water-crest in England The train conveying the body stopped at •i.ms between Sydney and Melbourne, and hushed crow.'- were permitted to Ale
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  • 107 11 Loans to Aid Stabilisation Of Peseta. New York, Mar. 27. Mi. .1. Pierpont Morgan has arranged an ighteen months' revolving credit of 138,000,000 (trold) tor the Spanish Government, to be devoted to regulating the peseta. Daring that period do facto stabilisation is contemplated by the Spanish Government, preliminary
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  • 54 11 Air Service to Open On April 1 Shanghai, Mar. 20. Tie Euro-Asiatic Air Service is cxpeeted to be Inaugurated on April 1. Reports >;.ite that negotiations are under way for securing the necessary permission to fly over Siberia. Sin Kuo Mir,. This refers to the Siho-German plans i for
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  • 143 11 Rubber Producers And Their Attitude. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 23. In Medan rubber circles little hope is i uU'i tamed Uiat the present rubber negotiations in London will prove a success. This was tho opinion I gathered during an inquiry which I made
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  • 133 11 Further Outbursts: 28 Killed. Rangoon, Mar. 26, Twenty-eight people were killed and numbers of others were wounded during skirmishes between rebels and the police in the Insein district of Burma. Sixty-five rebels attacked a police outpost. The police drove them off, killing four and wounding one, and capturing
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  • 99 11 Big Cuts by Large U.S.A. Producers. Austin, Texas, Mar. 20, A conference is being held here i:i an efl.ut to secure the rationing of tho new Ha»l Texas Oilfield. The East Taxas <-.;. men .->ay they will agree to rationing when imports are cut to 16,000,000 bsorMis i>
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  • 100 11 Agreement Reached Regarding Income Tax. London, liar. 'i 6 An agreement has been signed between the Irak Government and the Irak Petroleum Company, comprising British, French, American and Dutch interests, after months of protracted negotiations, principally involving income tax, which the Irak Government originally claimed on profits
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  • 116 11 Officers Paid on a Sterling Basis. London, Mar. 26. In the House of Commons today, Mr. W. L. Everard, Unionist member for Melton, Leicester, asked Mr. Thomas Shaw, the Secretary of State for War, whether military officers in Hong Kong, recruited on a sterling basis, were
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  • 77 11 Headquarters Opened In Manchuria. Shanghai, Mar. 26, Kuomintanp; Party Headquarters have been established for the first time in Manchuria. The oath was formally administered to the director of party affairs in Manchuria and that officer assumed office today. Sir. Wu Tieh-cheng, the recently appointed Director-General of the National
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  • 791 11 Tension in Europe Grows. AUSTRO-GERMAN PACT SIR AUSTEN'S VIEWS. Rugby, Mar. 26, The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. H. Dalton, replying to questions, said that, with regard to the proposed Austro-German Customs Agreement, he had no more information to give. He could only say that the Foreign
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  • 38 11 Will Brazil Agree To Abolition Shanghai, Mar. 26 The first Minister to represent Brazil in China presented his credentials in Nanking today. Favourable results as regards the abolition of Brazilian extraterritorial privileges are expected. Sin Kuo Mm.
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  • 129 11 "Death to the King." AMAZING SCENES IN BARCELONA Barcelona, Mar. 23, The police today frequently charged students who are flying the Red Flag over the University and displaying posters declaiming Long Live the Republic," Death to the King." The police and students both used firearms but there
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  • 280 11 Long Discussion But No Decision. Rugby, Mar. 26 Addressing the Liberal candidates today regarding the attitude of the Liberals to the Government, Mr. Lloyd George said the declaration he recommended was that they should pursue a policy of co-operation not one of frustration and should declare, first of
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  • 204 11 Lord Passfield Flogs the Old Dead Horse. London, Mar. 27. In the House of Lords, replying to the Earl of Kinnoull (Labour), Lord I'assficld said the allegation that slavery existed in Hong Kong, and was condoned by the Government of Hong Kong, was absolutely untrue. He could
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  • 208 11 Federal Government's Awkward Plight. Carbcrrn. Mar N, Mr. J. H. Scullin. the FVderal Primp Minister, announced in th^ Housp cf Representatives today that Mr. Lang, the Prime Minister and Treasurer of NewSouth Wales, had telegraphed to him that New South Wales did not intend to
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  • 164 11 Local Option Scheme For Britain? London, Mar. 26, In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Home Secretary, announced that the Government was introducing a Bill to legalise the Sunday opening of places of amusement, but leaving it to local authorities to decide whether
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  • 129 11 Dr. Colijn's Appointment Practically Certain." (From Our Own CoraMpMMkwt.l Medan. Mar. 21 Accord^nx to Urn Java-Bode, information has oei'ii received from the very lost source that Dr. Colijn, the walMCßO'ftll Dutch statesman, whose nam? is doeel) connected with several economic conferences at Geneva, has yielded to the pressure
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  • 67 11 Angora Decides Upon A State Monopoly. Constantinople, Mar. 27, A parliamentary committee at Anjrbra has approved the proposed State monopolisation of the manufacture, import and export of drugs. The committee has ordered three drug factories here to liquidate their affairs within six months. It is expected that the
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  • 49 11 Ensured for at Least A Year in Britain. London, Mar. 2fi Railway neace is assured in Great Britain for at least a year, is a result of the decision of the National Union of Railwaymen today, accepting the award of the National Wages Board reducing wages. Reuter.
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  • 41 11 Stabilisation Plans and A Loan. New York, Mar. 27. Oil companies operating in Mexico are 'lending the Mexican Government $10,000,000 for the purpose of stabilising the peso through purchases of silver pesos on the New York market. Reuter.
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  • 2890 11 His Negotiations With Jelai Syndicate. MR. IRVING'S PART. Question of Surrender Of Title. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 26. The Dato Maharajah fVrba Jelai, owner of the Jelai Ketchil area of PahanK. and one of the leading chii :'s of the Malay aristocracy,
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    • 78 11 I TODAY'S FEATURES. j Page Tlio Fascination of "The National."— By Col. Wilfrid Jelf 10 I Suit Against Broker 12 j Malacca Horticultural Society Meeting 14 Grandson's Suit Dismissed 18 New Books Reviewed II S'pore Fire Brigade Report 17 The P.A.M. Report .16 I.C.F.A. Soundly Beaten 13 Hockey Association to
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  • 3341 12 Further Cross-Examination Of Mr. Ker. JUDGMENT RESERVED. "THOUGHT THEY OUGHT TO PAY." Judgment was reserved by Mr. Justice Terrell yesterday in the case in which Brinkinar.n and Co. are suing Lewis and IVat, Ltd., for the return of $19,000 odd which they allege, they paid as
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  • 1111 12 An Eventful life. REBEL TO GOVERNORGENERAL. London, Mar. 26. The death is announced oi Mr. Tim Healy, K.C., ex-Governor-General of the Irish Free State. Reuter. Timothy Michael Healy was born on May 17, 1855 at Bantry, his father, Maurice Healy being clerk of the Bantry
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  • 45 12 Mr. Edward Jago, Second Police Magistrate, who has been ill since Jan. 23, today relieved Mr. R. J. F. Curtis. The latter, it is understood, will fill the vacancy created by the transfer to Singapore of Mr. Cobden-Ramsay, the Official Assignee, wires our Pertang correspondent.
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  • 198 12 WORLD BOOM COMING SHORTLY Sir J. A. Salter's Shock For Weak Hearts. Nanking, Mar. 26 Sir (James) Arthur Salter, Director of the Economic and Financial Section of the League of Nations, speaking at a tiffin at the International Club, sounded an optimistic note in connection with the worldwide depression. He
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  • 86 12 Concealed in Tin Under a Layer Of Rice. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 26. A tine of $1,050 or seven months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed here today on Sourynathan, who pleaded guilty to the possession of Indian hemp. Mr. Guy Austin, of the G overnment Monopolies,
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  • 77 12 Wild Life Inquiry in Province Wellesley. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 26 The Hubback Commission on Wild Life has been in Province Wellesley where a number of Malays gave evidence. They said that the principal pests to coconuts were monkey, squirrel and pig. Monkeys were kept down
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  • 70 12 Britain Approves of China's Plans. Nanking, Mar. 26 Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister in China, has formally notified the National Government that the British Labour Government has approved 'he proposals for the disposal of the British Boxer Indemnity Funds. The mixed Purchasing (Control) Committee will be
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  • 73 12 Hopes to Present Budget In Person on April 28. Rugby, Mar. 26. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, was able to leave his bed yesterday and continues to make excellent progress. He is in regular .consultation with officials in connection with his Budget
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  • 60 12 REDS TO SURRENDER Campaign in China Reaching Critical Stage. Shanghai, Mar. 2G. The anti-" Red campaign in China is now reaching a critical stage. Many of the Communist leaders are stated to have made representations with a view to surrender. In official circles in Hanking the early extermination of those
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  • 43 12 Death of Labour Member For Ashton-under-Lyne. Rugby, Mar, 26 A by-election will be necessitated by the death, which occurred this evening, of Mr. Albert Bellamy, the Labour member for Ashton-under-Lyne, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions. British Wireless.
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  • 57 12 It is rumoured, says the MUlay Maii, that the scheme for the amalgamation of the S.S. and F.M.S. Medical Departments has been dropped for the time being, owing to opposition from the Unofficial Members of the Finajice Committee. It is possible that the subject will be revived on the return
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  • 476 12 Sir Charles Eliot. IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE CEREMONY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) s.s. Hakone Maru, Mar. 16. The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Eliot, news of whose death on board the Hakone Maru has already been cabled to you, was buried at sea this evening when the ship was
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  • 220 12 Two Training Squadron Vessels at Singapore. Two battleships, belonging to the trainint* squadron of the Japanese Navy, the Idzumo (the flagship) and the Yakumo arrived here this morning from Japan on a training crui.se to Marseilles, under the command of Vice-Admiral M. Sakonji. A salute was fired from
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  • 205 12 Further Appeal to House Of Lords. London, Var. 26. The Court of Appeal has reduced the judgment against Messrs. Wa'.erlow and Sons to £300,000 with stay of execution pending an appeal to the House of Lords which has been granted.— Reuter. It will he recalled that, in
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  • League Football: Runaway Victory for Chinese.—Week-End Cricket
    • 742 13 Keng Hock's Success. TEN GOALS IN LEAGUE MATCH. Chinese 10 Indo-Ceylonese 0. An unfortunate incident marred yesterday's First DiviUoa match between the Chinese and the Indo-Ceylonese, when Buaope, one of the latter's players, was >;ont on" the field for ungentlemanly conelm and rough play. The result was
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    • 625 13 Governing Body Formed At S.C.C. A meeting of representatives of various local hockey-playing clubs at the S.C.C. last night decided to form a Singapore Hockey Association. Mr. F. J. L. Mayger presided at the outset, and the following were present Messrs. O. R. S. Bateman, D. R.
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    • 357 13 Teams for S.C.C. Trial Match. The S.C.C. trial for the purpose of selecting a team to meet Selangor during Easter starts this afternoon, and will be continued tomorrow, when the teams will be R. L. L. Braddell, Lt. G. J. Bryan, P. H. Stewart-Brown, W. W. Dean, D.
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    • 278 13 S.C.C. Tournament Results. Yesterday's results in the S.C.C. tournament were as follows Godown Doubles Handicap. G. G. Hough and J. C. Cooke vs. J. H. J. Dredge and J. P. dc C. Hamilton postponed I. K. W. Peachey and F. S. Horslen vs. E. L. C*M .mil W.
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    • 100 13 MONDAY'S TIES. hampinnship Singlea. N*. S. Hoiran vs. T. Lcijssius. A Singles. N. K. Kss vs. W. A. Aeria. G. de Souza vs. P. J. Johnson. B Singles. R Morrow vs. H. dc Souza. N. de Souza vs. P. James. L. Aeria vs. C. C. Davis. TUESDAY'S TIES.
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    • 39 13 The final of the Ladies' Doubles Handicap was played at the Tanglin Club yesterday, and resulted in Mrs. Laing and Mrs. Freyhrrtr.. owe IM, beating Mrs. Tcnnent and Mrs. Stephenson, owe 16.2, 6—l,6 1, 6—l.6 1.
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    • 60 13 Golf Tournament Fixed For April 19. A golf tournament has been arranged by the Ex-Service Association, Singapore, to take place at Bukit Timah on April 19. Members are asked to note this date. Notices have already been sent out giving the date as April 26, but it has
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    • 34 13 An extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association will be held at the Stadium, Anson Road, on Monday at 6.30 p.m., to consider the statement of accounts for 1930 and general business.
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    • 345 13 Handicap for the Fourth Day. Race 1. Horses, Classes IV and V, Third Division five furlongs). Silver Tin 9.7, Little Lillie 9.4, Split Nut 9.3, Stiffy H.B, Marco 8.4, ForUlone 7.7, Galloway 7.7, Grey Habit 6.12, Queen Anne 6.10. Race 2. Ponies, Class 11, Second Division
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    • 65 13 Further Ties in S.C.C. Tournament. The following ties will be played in the S.C.C. volunteer snooker tournament on Monday T. M. Smellie and G. Pritchett vs. E. A. Hudson and A. S. Owens. J. B. Williamson and W. Hardy vs. A. S. Banks and J. C. Grant. T.
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    • 64 13 To Give Tennis Exhibition In Java. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Mar. 23. Mr. E. D. Andrews, the well-known tennis player, arrived in Java from Singapore yesterday. He intends to give several exhibition matches and already meetings have been arranged with the former champion of Java,
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    • 119 13 Races at R.S.Y.C.On Sunday. On Sunday, the A Class of the Singapore Yacht Club will sail the second race of a series for, the Van Schreven Challenge Cup. The course will be posted in the usual position and the start will be at 10 a.m. The B Class will
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    • 214 13 Friday. March 27. Football: S.A.F.A. 2nd Div. S.H.B. vs. 8.A.T.. S.H.B. S.C.C. cricket trial. Saturday. March 28. Cricket: S.C.R.C. vs. S.C.C; St. J. I, vs. S.C.C. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div.: Malays vs. Glouccsters, J.B. Stadium; 2nd Div.: Police vs. Ho Hone, Police; Medical College vs. F. and N.,
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    • 161 13 Richmond II and Skrun Prince Scratched. London, Mar. 26. Richmond II and Skrun Prince have been scratched from the Grand National, j T. Morgan will ride Annandale, Niandot Rhyticere, Bideloup Royal Arch, and Sassoon Pixie. Reuter. The following is the revised list of probables Easter Hero (Rees). Gib
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    • 70 13 i Disciplinary Board Takes A Lenient View. I The Disciplinary Board of the S.A.F.A. 1 have concluded their inquiry into the sending off the field by referee Phipps of 1 Lim Ah Goo for dangerous play during 1 the match on Mar. 17 between the Ho < Hong
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    • 269 13 Chinese Leading First Division. The following are the positions of the :eams in the S.A.F.A. League tables ncluding yesterday's matches CfciMM I'ul.iu Urani R.A.F. IXjC. Malays Indo-Ceylonese llloucesters S.R.C. r. n l.. i>. r i\. 1 I I I II I I I 1 0 11 6
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    • 146 13 Inter-State Match With Selangor. A badminton match has been arranged letween Singapore and Selangor to take !>lace at the S.V.C. Drill Hall, Singapore, luring the Easter holidays. The Hu Vow seah Badminton Party from Penang will »lso visit Singapore during the holidays. The following have been invited to take
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    • 47 13 GREATEST ARTISTS \^s^^m FINEST RECORDINGS It is only possible to obtain such artists as KHKISI i:u. HEIFITZ, GALLI-CURCI, TITO SCHIPA, LEVITSKI, MOISIE WITCH, CORTOT, ROSA I'ONSELLE, etc., on "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hoat Kong.) "H. M. V." SPECIALISTS RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE.
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    • 48 13 \ns"*t on Magnet "BAKELITE" LIGHTING ACCESSORIES FOR Safety, Service, Satisfaction. Magnet Bakelite switches, landholders and general lighting accessories are absolutely shockproof, will not tarnish, require no cleaning and moreover will harmonise with any scheme of decoration. The General Electric Co., Ltd. of England. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR AND IPOH.
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  • 214 14 Criminal Breach Charge Against Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 20, The case was mentioned before Mr. B. R. Whitehouse in the Malacca Court yesterday in which a Chinese named Chiang Kwee Lian was charged with criminal breach of trust of $630, the property of the Peninsular
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  • 137 14 Communist Literature Seized At Paya Lebar. As the result of a police raid in a house in Paya Lebar recently, four Hylams were arrested and a quantity of Communh-' literature seized. The accused were charged before the actinc Third Police Magistrate (Mr. \V. R. Boyd), yesterday,
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  • 77 14 Weil-Known Towkay and J.P Summoned. (Cm Our Own Corrwpondent.) Penang, Mar. 26. Mr. Lim Kow Thoon, a prominent Penang towkay and J.P., was summoned today for centravening the conditions endorsed in v permit by allowing flags exceeding a height of 17 feet 6 inches to be carried
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  • 33 14 Dr. Tan Bin Chiang mentioned in a court case yesterday, is in private practice at the Town Pharmacy and is not connected with the Singapore Medical College, of which he is a graduate.
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    • 211 14 From Youth's Happy Springtime to Life's Proud Autumn Overtake and record the fleeting jMj^l moments of Gaiety and Happiness with a "KODAK." The hectic romps that you had with your now grown-up famHy are pictures that will delight the eventide mmm^ mm <>' your life. The simplicity of r •>
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  • 2694 15 THE LITERARY PAGE NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. "I The Empress Eugenie An Intimate History Frisky Book About Women Travel in the East— Echo of a North Pole Expedition Disaster Religious Poetry j "Sin and Sex" Don Bradman on Cricket. A Mixed Bag. The Life Of The Empress Eugenie. By Robert Sencourt.
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    • 89 15 DE RESZKE HHHHpP I &Kg Jfristocrdt of Ci&drettes k9^^^F That delicious aroma j that delicate flavour j^r I that smoothness of tipff J Where else will you find it Wf "\y but in these divine 'DE RESZKE'? g^^^ HBflnl3£MHMß^g^g^gHgialLHwß9 y^ w a«a^xi. BP^I S w. THE PERFECT VIRGINIA CIGARETTE ||g^
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  • 1387 16 Planting History in P.A.M. Report. VALUABLE RECORD. RAPID FALL OF COSTS ON MALAYAN ESTATES. Th annual report of the Planters' Delation <>f Malaya for the year h .'J0. which i sit-reU by the secretary, Mr Vard-.I\ckstii. is a full, clear and valuable re- on! of planting
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  • 941 16 Poor Quality of D.E.I. Product. Several reports on native rubber in the M.E.I, wen issued during the year of which the 4th and 5th reports on native rubber cultivation by the division of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture. Industry and Commerce >»' the .V.E.I. Go/erament^ and
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  • 653 16 Suggestion of One Day's Rest A Week. The report deals f ully with Indian labour developments dating the year, and ;ays, i,ili alia In May last, the Council appointed a Committee to inquire into and report whether it was advisable to ask the Governments of Malaya to introduce
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    • 355 16 >»^>t "wife; is' :^3^ "l've come to them at last, you see!" CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES The ONLY Cigarettes Made Specially to Prevent Sore Throats MADE IN LONDON Hole Agents HUTTENBACH LAZARUS Sons. Ltd. Singapore. Fcnang. Ipoh, Kuaia Lump.ur ~^T Central Motor Biring Co. Did BEETHOVEN s^, orchard road, singapork. LimkPZj
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  • 916 17 More Fires But Less Damage in 1930. The number of calls received was 187, an increase of 42 on last year's figures, states Mr. H. E. Stevens, Superintendent of the Singapore Fire Department, in his report for 1930. The calls are classified as follows: Genuine fires within
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  • 53 17 Cart of Water Sold for 50 Cents. (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Mar. 25. The drought is affecting Muar and there is a general complaint of shortage of water everywhere. Water cartmen are doing good business, as a cart of water is being sold for as much
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    • 266 17 15f "ml W- T^s Beautiful pint stars, who iy^R; thH know the ralue of a smooth, lovely skin, use Lux Toilet jflMpgf||^ Hpi t^ otf to ee p rs n ll'ifj^ 4 Mali iJIP Prftt* condition. Like all 1 I MfO lit r ioyely women "who use '^W^'-'MkS *i *sS
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  • 1254 18 KNAVE, FOOL AND HONEST MAN." Will Dispute. GRANDSON'S SUIT FOR $2,000 DISMISSED. Tk? h?arin.T w=s resumed yesterday of the dispute about an ai'iegod fifl given to a fjramiscn by a woman row desd. in the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) when Gan Tarn Kp was tiio
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  • 382 18 Chinese Bus Owner's Allegations. Further evidcr.ee was rocordei by the Singapore Kcurth Police Magistrate (Mr. C. H. Whitton) yesterday in the ease in which Mr. P. \Vilron. cf the Municipal Vehicles Department. ir. charged with u.-injr criminal force to a Chinese rnm?d Teng Boon Lan. a bur
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  • 139 18 Charge Against European Dismissed. Remarking that he was not justified in driving over the white traffic line, Mr. C. H. Whitton, the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, discharged Mr. D. M. Walters, a European who was charged with driving his car on the wrong side of the road.
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  • 157 18 Marilyn Miller will be featured in "Sally" at the Capitol soon and not at Mm Alhainl,ia us previously stated. The Pohcim arid Ki'llys in Africa," a Universal film with plenty of comedy, opens at ihe Alhambra tonight. The Police Rand will give the following programme in the Botanic
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  • 718 18 (Continued from pane 10.) hymn days. CH-tcr. Manifest tic's Silver. Jerry M.. Poethlyn, old Serjrcant Murphy. They all ring tin. What n v:orderf'.:i National they may be runr.ir.r "up there"! V.hr.t jocl-cys to ri'Jo them! In tho Pndd-ck. But ccn-.c nlrr.T. I ;im-> to have
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  • 181 18 The paiaiie Tan tin in Mnntemoration of the Gl imen 's back to-back BgM at All a idrwi In IMI v shown in this week's Straits Budget. There is a group pho 'graph takon at the Kepp'.'l Golf Club on the occasion of Ihe farewell tillin to
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  • 78 18 Criminal Breach of Trust Charge Against Clerk. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klanp. Ma: The arrest of Well-known Chinese named Oc: Kwan Slew had sequel in the Klang police court before R'ija Petra :cda; when he v.as charged that in Kebruary 1930. while i a clerk :o the
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    • 250 18 (Tnomore SHABBY FLOORS II «^^B ()nc c°at ot I] DARKALINE If W 'H give your floor a lovely lusII troiis Old Oik finish that won't II hip, scratch or get shabby. DARKALINE I DARKALINR is a wondcrfj' II new discovery, and greatly superII ior to anything yet used. Simply II
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    • 171 18 A Healthy Outlook He remembers when this was just a jungle, !io\t he was afraid he would never see those roung healthy trees ready to be tnppcd —he was afraid malaria, 'flu or fever woukl invalid him inme first. Hut thanks to I Tail's Wine which has kept his system
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  • 1507 19 Can You Help These Men? In accordance with the offer made in the .Notes of the Day column we Kivt* publicity to the following appeals lor work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the lump. The Editor will be pleased to pl.ice
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  • 1098 19 BRIDGE NOTES A Definition. EXPOSING A COMMON ERROR. (By Hubert Phillips, the well-known authority on Auction Bridge.) I have received from a correspondent (and am very glad to have it) the suggestion that I should say something in this column about the vexed question of
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  • 396 19 Woman Sees Husband And Baby Die. A drama of the Robinson Crusoe existence of six men and a woman on the lonely volcanic island of Saint Paul, in the Indian Ocean, which some months ago was reported to have been completely swallewed up by the sea,
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    • 223 19 'W^P^B^r BEFORE YOU As easy as stepping on AU A A Off" tee starter of CHOOSE yourcar~thats wBBWWwfc how easily your J^f^CCtO 'JjgCirtS ft Prospective purchasers are i^^^^L^/ll^^./ invited to attend a demon- stration run in the roads. N^T^^ TIMES ARRANGED TO o titling SUIT ENQUlRERS no~spinning-ho p 1T uncertainty.<Jnst
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    • 241 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES the-j 931 MORRIS-OXFORD SIX Has the Reliability, Comfort and Performance OF A CAR IN A MUCH HIGHER PRICE CLASS. FOR 1931 the 15 h.p. MORRIS OXFORD SIX offers the finest value among the lower priced 6-cylindtr cars. The coachwork has been improved and the interior is designed
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    • 102 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND fiUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) H<aJ Otßct for MaUva SINGAPORE. Sankcy Sheldon Steel Furniture BRITISH MADE. STEEL STORAGE SHELVING BUILT TO CUSTOMER'S SPECIFICATIONS. Quotations Submitted on Application. ALSO STOCKS OF FILING CABINETS, STORAGE CUPBOARDS, PLAN FILES, INVOICE FILES, JUMBO FILES, CARD INDEX DRAWERS, etc.,
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