The Straits Times, 9 April 1935

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 PAGES, SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935. PR'CE 10 CENTS
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      198 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) PASKOE'S i WE FURNISH YOUR HOME ON ATTRACTIVE EASY TERMS. 54, ORCHARD RD. "POWDER YOUR TEETH" ,^^-^^B Clean them with powder ImM j^X^ jWW Cdlverts of course and Iv3^ J^y carbolic tooth powdei* Representative in the Far East H. M. HODGES, 37, Robinson Road,
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      144 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25, JAVA ST. FPHONE 3639*. I FURNITURE VALUE SITTING ROOM IN MODERN STYLE THE ART OF COMFORT Q THAT REAL COMFORT EXISTS IN MODERN FURNITURE IS A FACT. WITH WELL CHOSEN UPHOLSTERY COVERINGS THERE IS NO MORE PLEASING EFFECT THAN STYLES LIKE THIS ILLUSTRATION AND WHICH ARE DISPLAYED
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      17 1 »s j i n&B§y FOR j FLOWERS PHONE 4097 I lIS. Orchard .load, j (Aorber Mansion* j
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      491 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH MO.IREY— At the General Ho.pital. SingaB April 4. 1935. to Jean, wife of J Morrey. Army Dental Corps, "B Bungalow, Alexandra, a daughter. VACANT When applying for any position advertised In these columns tend copies of testimonials. Do not send original*. WANTED a lady canvasser for advts.
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      828 2 BOARD- RES I PENCE 1 BELLEVILLE. 15. Scotts Koad. Phone 4274. 1 j Laige airy rooms. Prlv. verandah, mod. san. ATTBACTIVK rates at "I.LOYD HOUSE," 1 2 Lloyd Road. 11, ST. THOMAS WALK, jingle and double rooms. Tel: 7708. NO. 7, ST. THOMAS WAIJC, comfortably furnished rooms with ver. for
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      921 2 FOR SALE. FOB SALE, Tuba Roots and Tuba Cutuu* In large quantities. Apply Chop Kwong Cheong, Rengam. FOR SALE, Kchinator all porcelain S ft. capacity good running condition $160 large cabinet gramophone $60. Phone 5931. FOB SALS, suitable for Cruiser or Speed Boat, New Morris 18/50 H.P. Commodore Marine Engine
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      624 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AL'CTIOVEERS. Further attractive furniture sales at Europeai residences: No 256, Orchard Road, No. MOA Orchart Road, Near Corner of Orange Road. And also at No. 9, CairnhUl Road. Dates of sales will be announced very soon SINGAPORE AUCTIOVEEBS, Chulia Slreet, 'Phone 7755 AUCTION SALE of freehold
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      995 2 BUSINESS CARDS, Ere j HELENE CURTIS BEAUTY PRODI CTS Peach Bloom— A Natural Beauty Clay. B European Kxp.ru 1 $1.25. Ready-Mix Wave Set. enough to PrUMANCMT MfAl/IMf^ make a gallon, $1.75. Face Powder, ft If IWlAncn I WMVinU 75 cts. Lip Stick $1.10. Nail Polish, Co CIA B. (Xi nn
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      180 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without M -llv S 309 S 4.08 I t.M <}iu:l.-rly S 8.53 JK.OO T-M Half Vcjrly 817.80 Sl< .oo klMt Yearly 834.80 $48.00 $30 91 Note. Quotation cheques sho-ild Include tV aaaal bank discountADVERTISEMENT RATES The tharfe* ar.it instructions for GLAMt Vita ADVEBTISEMUrrS are as
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      606 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, 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. BueTonnage Spore 1935 BURDWAN 6,070 Apr 11 NALDERA 16.000 Apr.
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      679 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail 5 KATORI MARU 10.000 Apr. 18 19 S KASHIMA MARU 10,000 May 1 2 YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 May 14 15 HAKONE MARU 10.500 May
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      834 3 I'ASSENGEK AND FREIGHT OUVISt CIdSS SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. A RJI ET D I f* A BU HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. f\ |Vl b W\. D W F\ W% From Prom Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham «r« m» pa ERRIA 23/4 23/4 24/4 29/4 S I V
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      1264 3 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE <Oc?an THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual (193*.) LTD. Steam Narration Co., Ltd.) THE CUNAKD WHITE STAR LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO.. tTI. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL Line Ltd, The SIAM
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    53 4 M*ils from Netherlands Indies etc. toti»y by air win U- delivered to boxal 3 30 p.m and general deli.ii.ci poreei* at 4.05 p.m ■[■■in Europe i London mails d afar, aft by P. O Nalder* *U) b Utln :d4Ts at 8.4.5 *Mi and gen cx-3 parcels a* 8.45
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SING APORE—LONDON.
    26 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SING APORE— LON DON. I The Air Mail dispatched from Singapore on Mar. 31 was delivered In London on Apr 8 (8 days).
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      "SURGERY" IN THE SHIPYARD.
      995 4 STEAMERS IN TWO SECTIONS. NEW HEART FOR AS OLD CRAFT. The announcement that th< 26,500-tons French battle cruisei Dunkerqoe has been built in twe sections, which will be Joined together in July by a composite me thod of riveting and welding, is i reminder of the
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      164 4 Today Netherlands Indies (The) Bagan and Seiat Pandjang (Hong Thong) 3 rr Benglcalis, Laboean BUlk Tandjong Balel fßokan) 3 p.m. Port de Koca, Padang. Pakan Baroe, and Slak (Hone Kwong) 3 pjn. Toaoorrow. Java and Southern Smnatra (By Aeroplane; (Netherlands) 6 a.m. Karimcn (Hang Yon) ..9 am.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      136 4 Tuesday, April 9. Shlan ■WimllV tbe Whjrm or expected v Ultra. Goocto Cau ■jitraac* Ea*t Wharf Rajula 22 1 Anahun 20 1 Main Wharf Alcinoui 14 S Kedeh 11 3 Mania Maru 3 Glenbeg 7 3 Empire Dock Dakar Maru 30 3 Heiyei Muru No. 7 32
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      SHIPS IN PORT.
      169 4 SINOKBL, Dut., M». from Djambi 8. tor Djambi 10. TOHrn. Dut.. 683. from Toeagkal tor Toengkal 10. KAJANO. Brit I.3*i, from Sandakan 8. for Honda* an via port* 13 HUA TONO, Brit., 110, from Mjar 8. for Muar S. ALCINOUB, Dot.. 4.130, from B. Papan 8, for
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      676 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Ineorporasad an PJaVSJ LLOYDS AGENTS BOOOKINQ AGENTS. PJsLS. RLYB. AND SIAM BTATEB RAIL WATS. TELEPHONK: Fralfbt MU— hissace M2L CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. Incorporated In England) REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First class from £106 4 6 Second class from 70 6 1 REDUCED AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY
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      237 4 |K. P. M. LINE T.S.S. NIEUW ZEELAND WILL ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA SUNDAY 14th, APRIL 7 A.M. instead of Monday 15th, inst. SARAWAK STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated to Sarawak-) SINGAPORE TO KC CHUNG (It days service) I VVNEK BROOKE 13th Apr. 6 p.m. i VYMER BUOOKB 24th Apr. Noon VYNKR BssOOICB
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      500 4 &LERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. nam mam m rttiM) -ELLERMAN- LINE. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTERDAM A HAMBURG Via Parts aad Baet Ojmi Due. Sails. «e*mer B'pore B^mn. ♦CITY OP BIRMINGHOI Apr. 30 May J Cm OP BRISTOL, May 14 May IS CITY OP BAGDAD May 30 June 7 CITY OP
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      36 4 TIDF TABLE. I Tvaaaay, April 9. H W 1 4» a m 8 ft. in., 5.20 p.m.. ft 8 In. L W. S 35 am.. ft. 6 in 8 it p ra.. 4 rt 2 in.
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      68 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER BEPOHT. j Stations Yesterday i.as* nigut Max. Ralnla.,l Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sunshine t*ni|i. •F hrs. T Alor Star 90 Nil «T. 7 75 Sitiawan 91 Nil 8.9 72 Kota Bharu No Report. Buklt Jeram 90 Nil *ffl 73 Malacca 87 Nil 9:0 74 Singapore (Kallang Aerodrome) 8&
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    MOUNTAINEERS TURN THEIR EYES TO THE HILLS OF INDIA.
    2062 5 German, Dutch And French Expeditions As Well As British. From Our Own Correspondent Calcutta, April 6. MOUNTAINEERS in Europe are again turning their eyes to the hills of India and at least four expeditions to the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush
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    WOMAN'S ORDEAL.
    39 5 tf.imbay, Mar. 11. A burglar broke into the room of a woman residing in the labour area in Parel, Bombay, gagged and pinned to the ground at the point of a dagger and removed all her ornaments
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    INDIAN OFFICERS IN THE ARMY.
    304 5 Question In The Legislative Assembly. New Delhi, Mar. 7. In the Legislative Assembly today, Mr. G. R. F. Tottenham, Army Secretary, replying to Mr. Asaf All's question, said that 248 Indians had received the King's Commission since August 25, 1919 of whom 196 were still
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      58 5 EVERY CAR OVER MM GUARANwKr 0 TEED. UNIQUE EXCHANGE DETERRED ■EX TERMS. JB A OUR REPUTATION IS TOUR COMJKr W PLETE PROTECTION. 1932 HILLMAN WIZARD SALOON ...$l,OOO 1930 HUPMOBILE6 SALOON ...$B5O 1929 AUSTIN 6 TOURER 650 1930 DE SOTO SALOON 550 1929 FORD ROADSTER ...$4OO 1929 BUICK TOURER 350 I
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      46 5 Hit neadtf yet?" Bourn-vita is the last word in modern fooddrinks the outcome of Cadbury's century of experience as food-drink specialists and of ImHMßS^l^^^ the latest discoveries in dietetics. It is perfect ncu ishment, most rcpidly assimi la ted and a great aid towards good MASTER'S"
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    52 6 Mr. Anthony Eden, representing Great Britain, met M Laval, the French Foreign Minister, and Signor Snvichy of Italy, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. Mr Eden was accompanied by Sir George Clerk, the British Ambassador, This ph >(o shows: Mr. Anthony Eden arriving with Sir Georee Clerk. British Ambassador, for
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    "TEMPLE OF WIND" FOR R.A.F.
    171 6 TEMPLE OF WIND FOR R.A.F. New Tunnel Installed In England. London, Apr. 7. A new aeronautic wind tunnel, one c f the largest in the world, was set In motion by Lord Londonderry, Air Minister, at the Royal aircraft establishment at Farnborough yesterday. A tingle-Mater fighter aeroplane was held on
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    22 6 The British Postmaster -General has appointed Mr. F W. Phillips. Director of Telecommunications, to be a member of the Post Office Board.
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    Canadian Apples For Malaya.
    113 6 Apple eaters in Singapore may not be aware that a big portion of the fruit comes from Canada. They are apples from British Columbia, and large shipments are continually being sent here (says a Reutsr special). Every year, the overseas market for British Columbia apples is
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    30 6 M Dmitri Bogomaloff. Soviet Ambassador to China who has been on short I leave, has left Moscow and is expected to arrive in Shanghai by Apr. 15. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    SIR J. KEITH'S RADIO MAXIMS.
    363 6 THE ROYAL ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT. QUICKEST EXIT." Cape Town. Striking aphorisms on the aims and ideals of broadcasting are contained In the report by Sir John Reith, Director-General of the 8.8.C., on broadcasting policy and development in the Union of South Africa, which was published.
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    OFFICERS SAVE WAR MEDAL RIBBON.
    236 6 Royal Protest Sequel. The officials of the Empire Officers' (1914-1818) Guild have communicated to the King and the Prince of Wales the fact that 900.000 yards of war medal ribbon, which In 1931 was sold by the War Office for commercial use, has been bought
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    EX-FUKIEN REBELS.
    91 6 Being Incorporated Into Kwangsi Army Canton, Apr. 8. Officers and privates of the now defunct Nineteenth Route Army are being Incorporated in the Kwangsi army. One regiment has Jeen formed, and e.iough have been recruited for an additional two regiments. Oen. Tan Kal-shu, a former commander of the
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    CANADA'S FAMOUS POLICE FORCE.
    300 6 Everyone Wants To Become A "Mountie." Some 15,000 men from all pirts of the world have applied to Join the "Mountles" (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) in the last few years, but only the very pick of them have been accepted for the famous force which is
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    FOURTEEN DEAD IN TORNADO.
    64 6 Storm And Flood In The Southern States. McComb Mississippi, Apr. 8. Fourteen persons were killed and 100 injured as a result of a tornado striking the town here. Three others i were killed In storms in other parts of the south, while ten persons are reported
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    66 6 The ancient Coronation Thome on which King George V was crowned 25 years ago and which will probably figure in the Royal Silver Jubilee celebrations marking the twenty-fifth year of his reign. The Throne is in Westminster Abbey, London. Underneath can be seen the Stone of Scone on which the
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    HALF-CROWN EXTRA FOR UNEMPLOYED.
    123 6 A Jubilee Gift Which Costs £100,000. London, Apr. 5. The Silver Jubilee procession In which Their Majesties will drive to St. Paul's Cathedral on May 6 will be exceptionally long and impressive. Arrangements have now been made to Increase contingents from the Navy, the Army, and
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    10,000 MEN IN "SECRET BATTLE."
    229 6 TO TEST HONG KONG'S DEFENCE. Hong Kong, Mar. 2:>. DRITAIN is staging the great- est air, land, ami sea mock WW ever seen in the Western Pacific. But its details are being kept a secret says the Daily Express. Ten thousand British ofli 1 men,
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    ARCHBISHOP IN EFFIGY.
    87 6 More Tithe Trouble Among English Farmers. Effigies of the Archbishop of Canteibury in clerical garb and Queen Anne were carried in a procession and burned in a bonfire near Ashford, Kent, following an auction sale at which no biu was made for nine pedigiee cows seized for
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      113 6 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL THE REAL EVENT OF THE SEASON Sat; April 20th and Tuesday April 23rd at 9.30 p. m. MADAME GALLI-CURCI THE WORLD FAMOUS SOPRANO "THE VOICE of the CENTURY" Booking now open at JOHN LITTLE'S Prices $4. $3. and $2. C J YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
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      212 6 RIDING in the New 1935 VAUXHALL I I/^UTT CIV i^S^Jj^S^ I This is the 1935 edition of ivfp^QH^p |C^=^]) the highly popular VauxnmTtf*££S to^isSFlt^lt* y! "p[ with more leg and elbf<w eibow room. LLJ room in the luxurious iTjr^^Sfifck interior. Performance is faster and the jjajp-Z^PIl; J^ engine is smoother
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    B.B.C. WANTS TO GET IDEAS FROM ABROAD.
    185 7 OART of the 1935 policy of the 8.8.C. is the Interchange of staffs between the British and European broadcasting stations. Members of the programme staff of the 8.8.C. will visit foreign countries during 1935. while their "opposite numbers" attached to Continental stations will
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      318 7 HOTELS MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL A j f TONIGHT 1 SPECIAL DINNER AND CONCERT 815 to 9.15 p.m. WT IfJfc DANCE (formal) 9.30 lo midnight M^L \jL TOMORROWS CABARET M THE ROGERS WlMf THE MERRY ENTERTAINERS JBj IN AN ENTIRELY NEW AJ ■■BiVi PROGRAMME RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA 9HB Directed by DAN
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      110 7 SPECTACULAR NEW IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDE UNEQUALLED RECEPTION Through exclusive engineering advancements, the marvellous new 1935 PHILCOS ALL-WAVE RADIO ASK FOR F E E RECEIVER. j.,, GA IAL N BLI (Mains or Battery M\ |gj EVER. MODEL 55 HAfr KAUIOGRAM. Kxcel in finer tone, greater volume and world-wide reception Absolutely guaranteed by
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      144 7 rfTp\ VICTOR LKjyi) >MAGIC BRAIN" \^^S RADIO An exclusive RCA development— the MAGIO BRAIN an almost human unit that direct* world wide reception In this radio like youa own brain directs your body. You select ymir atattana with greats aocuracy and in better and higher fidelity tone. Come In and
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      389 7 8.8.C. PROGRAMME. The BBC. announces that In future the following wavelengths will be used: n.etre. metre. 9 35pm-11.5 OSE 25.89 GSB 31.55 11.5-11.20 OSB 31.55 11.20-12.20 OSB 31.55 GSA 49.59 12.20-12.35 OSA 49.59 12.35-1.5 GSA 49.59 GSD 25.53 TODAY. Transmission 2 p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. The 8.8.C. Itorthern Orchestra. Leader,
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      395 7 9.(15 Th« Newt 9.20 Close down. Transmission 3 9.35 Bis Ben. The 8.8.C. Donee Orchestra,* directed by Henry Hall. 10.20 "Living Dangerously." "Air Thrills.'* Some personal reminiscences told by Captain T. Neville Stack. AFC. 10.35 The Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. Conductor, Richard Austin. Relayed from the Pavilion, Bournemoutn. 11.20 The Modernlques
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      569 7 Z.HJ. PENANG. Wavelength— 49.3 Metres Penang Wireless Society. r TODAY. 7.00 p.m. Gramophone records. 7.30 p.m. Pinang Gazette news bulletin. 7.35 p.m. Gramophone records. 7.55 p.m. Messrs. Lean and Co.'s share report. I 8.00 p.m. Studio concert arranged by Mr. Asmus. 8.45 p.m. Gramophone records. 9.00 p.m. Close down. TOMORROW.
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      321 7 SINGAPORE. Broadcast programme of Station "Z.H.1." Singapore— Wavelength 49.9 metres. (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya. 1934, Ltd.. Broadcast House, No. 2, Orchard Road Singapore) TOMORROW. 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.30 Relay of dance music by Raflfej Hotel Dance Orchestra und< r the direction of Din Hopkins,
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    BRUCE LOCKHART'S BOOK AS A FILM.
    1585 8 NO MALAYAN SCENES IT IS ALL ABOUT RUSSIA. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Mar. 27. CAY what you like, there is nothing to compare with Rotten Row on a Sunday morning, for its glories, thank goodness, have departed, and it has become the playground
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    HIS BRAVE NEW WORLD!
    502 8 BLIND MAN CURED— AND DISAPPOINTED. SHOCKED BY WHAT PEOPLE LOOK LIKE. O brave new world That haa such people in't! —"The Tempest." I spoke last week with a man who is seeing the world for the first time since he was two years old (writes a
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE.
    304 8 COMMAND OF HENLOW DEPOT. Group Captain V. O. Rees, 08. E., on completing three years In command of the Home Aircraft Depot at Henlow, has gone on half-pay, and his successor, announced today, is Group Captain James McCrae, M3l, promoted In July last. The new CO. returned
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    PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA.
    617 8 IBN SAUD'S "NO VENGEANCE ORDER." THIS years pilgrimage to Mecca has passed off successfully. The pilgrims numbered nearly 100,000, including 35,000 from overseas, of whom 16,000 were from India. One of the devotees was an Englishwoman, Miss Wentworth Fitzwilliam, who, as a Moslem and under the name
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    RAREST STAMP FOR SALE.
    459 8 ONCE BOUGHT FOR SIX SHILLINGS. THE 1 CENT BRITISH GUIANA OF 1856. In stamp-collecung circles the chief topic of conversation is the forthcoming sale In London of the unique 1 cent stamp of British Guiana <1856>. It comes under ths hammer for only the second time
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      182 8 jP^N^i |T SSOSAFE jK| FOR DELICATE h Listerine Tooth Paste brings a new whiteness, a new sparkle and brilliance to the teeth in a remarkably short time, yet it is absolutely safe to uae. Its new cleansing and polishing agent unmatched in am other dentifrice is harder than tartar, yet
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    ANOTHER SITE FOR AQUARIUM.
    403 9 Next Door To Raffles Museum. Strenuous opposition having been forthcoming It is understood that the scheme to build the Van Kleef Aquarium opposite St. Joseph's Institution has been dropped. There Is equally strong opposition, from within the ranks of the Commissioners themselves, to the use of
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    WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS.
    211 9 Singapore Exhibition Opened. An exhibition of paintings in water colours, by the woman artist, Lafugie, was formally opened by the ConsulGeneral for Prance, at the Y.W.C.A. town branch in Collyer Quay yesterday. Madame Lafugie, who maintains a unique collection of oil and water colour paintings In her
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    OFFICE BEARERS.
    124 9 Junior Civil Service Association. At the annual general meeting of the Junior Civil Service Association on Apr. 6, the lollowing were elected office-bearers for 1934- 1 93 3: President, < Mr. Kiong Chin Eng; Ist vice-presld- ent, Mr.- Lim Seng Kiang; 2nd vicepresident, Mr. A. Plllay; h:>n. secretary,
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    44 9 A direct result of the Tislt to Que bee last summer by members of the Marseilles Chamber of Commerce in connection with the Jacques Cartier celebration has been the recently expressed desire by the Chamber to trade with Canadian, and particularly with Quebec exporters.
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    DANIEL DEFOE IN COURT.
    116 9 Alleged Criminal Breach Of Trust. A Eurasian named Daniel Defoe appeared before the second magistrate, Mr. N. Grice, yesterday, on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust. The first charge was cheating a Chinese, Lim Soon Chin, of $100 of which $20 had been -returned,
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    JOHORE CHINESE.
    148 9 Officers Of Thong Wah Kok Assn. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Joh >re Bahru, Apr. 3. At the 13th annual general meeting of the Thong Wah K;>k Association the following officers were appointed: Patrons Messrs. Sean Lam Slew and Wong Shee Funr; president, Mr. Lim Siow Joo; vice-presidents Messrs.
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      361 9 f% m m| —f\ Last Nigiit of The Famow Musical 9.30 Sharp! "THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" #»J9| with it's delightful music by Bl OSCAR STRAUSS J Ik Presented by the I #_B LONDON MUSICAL M COMEDY COMPANY l«tfcEthel Beard as "The CbocoUte Soldier" can boast of a M«ical Score far more
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      478 9 lALHAMBRAI raw, s5s 5 j PAVILION j RKO Radio's bcttt BMiafcsaJ cmat*r *B_t baa drawn ■■»>■< hrases since tne "HAWAIIAN" NIGHTS" A tSSS/^*- GAY TUNES! GLAD GIRLS! GLORIOUS FUN! «IQWr TIME" a colourful comedy of land and sea by the producers fe w W sfa 11 1 wI a_ of
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      36 9 EXHIBITION of Genuine Indian Carpets Quality Carpets Not Carpels Built To A Price. Gorgeous Designs. (NOT WESTERNIZED) YOUR INSPECTION INVITED FRANKELS 101. VICTORIA STREET. also 5, RAFFLES PLACE. WED.. FRI., SUN. TEA DANCES 5.30 7.30 p.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    191 10 Further Fall In Rubber Prices. <From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Apr. 9. The local rubber market was dull nnd slightly easier fiis morning, with .sellers reserved at the lower levels. U.K. rubber stocks were up 1,435 tons at 163,360 tons over the week-end. Rubber shares were easier
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    75 10 Daily Prices Current For R. M. A. No. 1. K. Ribbed Smoked Sheat. Closing Prices, Monday. Buyerc. Sellers. Spot (loose) 18 i/H 18>i (F. O. B.) current month 18 :< > 18»> April 18' -j 184/ t May -June 18 :1 19 July-Sept. 19-H 20
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    121 10 A patent has been taken out by the Dunlop Co. for a novel type of cushion wheel for cars, which has for its object the improvement In riding of motorcars and the prevention of wheel drumming." The hub ot the wheel Is Insulated frpm the road by two rubber shock
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      229 10 Ihe following are the exchange rates thU morning according to the dally circular Issue J by the Hong Kong and Sharghu Bonking Corporation: SELLING. 1 London, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/16 i London, 3 months' sight 2/4 1/32 1 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 London. 30 days' sight
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      PRODUCE.
      290 10 Singapore, Apr. 9, 12 noon. Bayer. Seller Gambier 5.00 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg Cube 11.00 White Pepper 27.00 White Muntok Pepper 29.00 Back Pepper 14.50 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 4.40 Copra, mixed 4.15 Pair Flake Tapioca 3.90 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.75 Small Pearl Tapioca 550 Lingga Sago Florr
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      C. D. COX'S QUOTATIONS.
      106 10 Rubbers.— United Malacca 1.58 1.63: Buklt Katll -59/-61; Malaka Plnda 145/150; Ulu Benut -49/-50; Mentakab .38/39; Sungei Tukang 1.00/1.02; Indraglri 1.04/1.07. Mininc— Jelebu Tin .90/93; Kuchai Tin .75/77; Rantau Pref. .80/82; Ayer Weng 197 l /2'2 05 Malay Consols -2»Vi/-31Vi; Southern Klntaa 4.35 4.45: Takuapas Valley
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        MINING.
        400 10 Ail snares quoted above are fully paH Issue 7al. Buyers i Sellers V- Ampat Tin 4/3 4/» £1 Asam Kumbaug 33/£1 Austral Maliy 59/5/- Ayer Hltam 11/9 34/61/- 12/6 1 Ayer Weng 2.00 £1 Bang r ln Tin 24/2.10 25/£1 Chenderlang 8/50 Hltam Tin 0 49 0.52 1 Hong
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        GENERAL.
        302 10 **L Ptt Buyers. Seller* 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.35 2 2 oo 7Vi *Tels. 1.65 1.70 10 10 Atlas Ice 11.50 12.00 cd £I£IB.A.T 512.0 5.17.0 1» 5 BnUsh Malaya rriutee 5.75 600 £1 £lCn T b 7% Prets. 23/6 24,6 £l£lCon. TAOrd. 20/3 21/£l£lDuniop Rubber 47/-
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        155 10 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL b% 1901 red 194 c $403.J00 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 110 112 norn 4Vi% 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 114V 2 116» 2 norn «Vz% 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 118 120 norn I v 1913
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        372 10 Fraser and Co., and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. I (Shar?s are SI unlers otherwise stated TMav's Prlcto Fiauer Lyall 4 Evatt Co. Allenby 1.50 1.55 1.50 1.60 Alor Oajah 1.25 1.35 1.25 1.30 A. Hltam 2.05 2.20 2.05 2.20 A. Molek 1 00 1.10 1.00 1.10 I MnLL
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      WORK STEADILY EXPANDING.
      597 10 Child Welfare Society Report How the work of the Child Welfare Society in Singapore is steadily expanding is shown in the annual report for 1934, which has jus. been issued. Owing to the unexpected retirement of Sir Cecil Clemen ti, (says the report) the office of president,
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    LONDON PEPPER PRICES.
    81 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. Today's closing prices en the London pepper market were as follows: White Muntok, unchanged at 9' 4 d. in bond. Black lampong. spot and April delivery 3 7 16d.: business done and sellers, afloat and March-May 3'' 2 d. buyers;
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    AYER KIINING RUBBER
    304 10 Payment Of 7l7 l 2 Per Cent. Approved. The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of the Ayer Kunin;? IFM.SI Rubber Company. Ltd., was held In London. Sir Frank A Swettcnham (the chairman), said: The very mild restriction of exports imposed by the International Committee during seven months resulted
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    DUTCH PEPPER PRICES.
    65 10 No Export Duty In Next Quarter. Amsterdam. Mar. 2«. It is reported from Batavia that the prices for white and black p;pper, which are being fixed by the DutchIndian Customs Office and serve as a basis for the levying of the export duty, have been revised for
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      18 10 INSURE AGAINST ALL FIRE RISKS FIRE. LIFE MARINE ACCIDENT MOTOR GUARANTEE r-.tls. Manager and Under- < h.t.'tfni Branch, Singapore.
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      BANK OF ENGLAND DIRECTORATE.
      229 11 Election Of Members For Coming Year. London, Mar. 28. The Court of the Bank of England, which on Tuesday had elected the Governor and the Deputy-Governor for the ensuing year, was continued yesterday for the election of the 24 directors The governing body for the period
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      THE MODERN TYRE.
      137 11 Large Increase In The Average Mileage. j Uttle-known facts about pneumatic j tyres wer e related by Mr. A. G. Perret, j < resistant to the technical director at 1 i'ort Dunlop. in the course of an! laddna to the Institute of the Motor Trade at Dublin.
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      DUTCH INDIES LOAN.
      351 11 3>/ 2 Per Cent. In Exchange For 4«/ 2 Amsterdam, Mar. 28. I As previously predicted the issue was announced today of a Netherlands East i I 3' 2 per cent, conversion loani 1 1 far F1. 50,000,000 (£4.100,000 at par*.! |:Ot this sum FL 20,707.500 (£1.725,000)
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      RAILWAY STATISTICS.
      114 11 Constant Decline In Expense Ratio. The total capital expenditure cf the four group home railway companies at the end of last year amounted to 1 1,178,000,000. or £61,900,000 in excess of capital receipts. The balance-sheet total of the four companies was £177,700,000. Net revenue was £32,200.000, compared with
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      75 11 It is announced that, in connection with the slum clearance scheme of the Poplar Borough Council, provision is to be made for the proposed use of rubber flooring in tenements now being erected In Old Ford Road. The Glasgow Gas Department has recently opened new showrooms In Sauchlehall Street. The
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      THREAT TO BRITISH TIN SMELTERS.
      622 11 U.S.A. HOME REFINING PLANS. Warning Against Present Price Policy, The British Empire holds a very important position in the international tin industry (writes a special correspondent of the Morning Post). Apart from the fact that normally Malaya, Nigeria, Burma, and Australia are responsible for about
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      34 11 Among the novelties at the British Industries Fair, which opened on Feb. 1 18, Is a new process of moulding rubber objects in several sizes, which H Is claimed will make existing plant out-of-date.
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      Malayan Company Results.
      914 11 Kali Glagah (Java) Rubber and Produce 21.-2 1 p.c, less tax, for period to Sept. 30, 1934 (agst. nil). Mtg.. Apr. 9. Talerng Tin Dredging— £l96,424 shown agst. leases, expend, to Oct. 31 of £673 having been Incurred on account of conversion fees and surface rights. London
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      644 11 BANKING HONG-KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong] The liability of members is limited to tn extent and In manner prescribed by Ordln ance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: DONG KONG. Authorised C»r>Ual $50.000 001 Issued and fi:lly paid up $20,000,001 Fund:
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      450 11 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in Eniland by Rortl Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital In COO.OOO shares of £5 each a OOO.OWJ Reserve Fund £3.000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* t3.OOO.ZZt ilk 41, OFFICR t 88. Bbhopejate London F..C. 8. ArenU and Branches. Alor SUr Hollo
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    AMUSEMENTS
    112 12 ALBAMBKA Halwaain NighU 6.15— 9.15. CAPITOL London Musical Co.— Chocolate Soldiers 9.30. GLOBE TZIKATRE. GREAT WORLC George White's Scandals. GREAT WORLD Cabaret Fast Workers St Amoy Wayangs. HOLLYWOOD I). SERANGOON ROAD Divorce In The Family with' Jackie Coooer Ac Conrad Nazel 8.15 p.m. i MARLBOHOUGH Hatlmtal 6.15-9 15. NEW
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR, 9, 1935. THE TRAFFIC TOLL.
    738 12 Increase in the number of vehicles, excessive speed and bad driving these are the factors making for a growing toll of human life I on the roads, declared by Mr. J. A. McEvoy in a broadcast talk at Penang
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    LEAVE EXTENDED.
    137 12 Return Of Professor Hawes Postponed. The leave of absence granted to Mr. L. R. F. Earl, an officer of Class V, M.C.S., has been extended for one month and nine days. The leave of absence granted to Mr. O. C. W. Davson, Senior Executive En gineer. Malayan Public
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    THE IDEAL ESTATE DESCRIBED.
    1513 12 Dreams Of A Tropical Scientist. Unity, National and Imperial. By Dr. 11. Martin Leake. Allen and Inwin. Bs. Cd. The rationalisation of tropical agriculture and the fuller application ol the results of research are the two chief points made by Dr. Leake, formerly principal of the
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    717 12 |T IS not easy to comment en th» suggestion, made by a correspondent on another page today, that a Jubilee gift to needy families In the garrison should be made from the fund to be raised by means o( the Terror Ball. I believe that the
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      83 12 MoK '"CM-TEAR XWt^O CASH SALE FOX THE DURATION OF THE SALE ONLY "QUALCAST" LAWN MOWERS Roller-Mower f %s^ f^ Complete with extra JT Large Grass Bon W\ j (f^ "Qualcast" Model "H" Ballbearing 16 in. Size Sale Price $14-00 JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (incorporated in England; SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG
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      45 12 -CECILEFOR EMPIRE GOWNSCHARMING AND INEXPENSIVE JUBILEE EVENING DRESSES OF THE LATEST MODELS. HATS, DAT DRESSES, HANDBAGS, Etc CECILE SHOP 19. STAMFORD ROAD. J AIUA X6U> /VUCti CTGRNA Stainless steel from *w Gold frsrn $58. D:i*v free in Johore cid F V.S. Opposite the New Pier.
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    THREE PRIME MINISTERS TO MEET AT STRESA.
    715 13 MR. MacDONALD TO JOIN SIR JOHN SIMON. MUSSOLINI AND M. FLANDIN. Presenting A Three -Power Front To Germany. MR. EDEN ILL AFTER TOUR. Prime Ministers will meet at Stresa, on Lake Maggiore, in Italy, on Thursday. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, the British Premier,
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    Wordsworth Thrushes Sing To America.
    103 13 London, Apr. 8. On the occasion of the anniversary yesterday of the birth in 1770 of I William Wordsworth, songs of thrushes and blackbirds outside Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Westmoreland, where the post lived for many years were broad- cast to the United States and Canada.
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    BANK SENSATION.
    116 13 MANAGING DIRECTOR FINED $800. Mr. Lee Wee Narn managing director of the Sze Hal Tong Bank, with 1v3 other directors, was charged before the third magistrate today In resard to ths authorisation of certain loans by the Bank without security. Mr. Lee pleaded guilty to a charge of
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    NAZIS NOT IN POWER.
    82 13 Final Results Of Danzig Elections. Danzig, Apr. 7. The provisional final figures Indicate that while the Nazis have failed to secure a two-thirds maporlty in the Diet they have Increased their aggregate vote by about 30,000 compared with the 1933 election. About 247,1-00 votes were recorded,
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    STOP PRESS
    44 13 POISON GAS DISASTER. Shanghai, Apr. 9. Reports reaching here reveal that, owing to inadequate precautions, more than 500 inhabitants of Mukden were killed by poison gas during yesterday's war exercises by the Japanese and Manchukun forces in the city. Sin Kno Mln.
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    MR. R. STEWART AS R.G.A, CHAIRMAN,
    352 13 Meeting Next Week. MALAYAN TAXATION PROTEST. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Apr. 8. Mr. Robert Stewart has been nominated as the new chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association. He will be elected at the annual meeting of the Association in London on April 16.
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    DEVALUATION OF GUILDER.
    212 13 London. Apr. 8. A vigorous deience of the guilder ov the Dutch authorities today stamped ed bears into covering, this causing a I sharp rally in gulders and Swiss francs. 1 1 Nevertheless the City thinks that 1 devaluation in Holland and N witter I I land
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    SCOT SHOT DEAD IN A SHANGHAI ROAD.
    202 13 Accident During: A Police Chase. A CHINESE ROBBER CAPTURED. Bullets Barrage In A Market Shanghai, Apr. 9. A Scottish engineer employed in Shanghai was killed today during a fight between police and an armed robber in Hongkew Market. The man, Nathaniel Gilston Mac
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    33 Dead In Typhoon.
    40 13 Manila, Apr. 8. Thirty-three people are known to have perished and many were injured in a typhoon which struck Samaris Land. The entire population of Borongan numbering 21.000 are homeless. Extensive damage has been done. —Rey%+.\
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    "PUBLIC ENEMY" TO DIE.
    32 13 Raymond Hamilton the Public Enemy who was captured in Texas !on Saturday has been sentenced tc electrocution on May 10 for murder ol a state prison guard.— Reutcr.
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    LT-COL. BURKHARDT RETURNS TO CHINA.
    166 13 New Appointment. AFTER FOUR MONTHS IN SINGAPORE. (By Our Services Correspondent.) Lt.-Col. V. R. Burkhardt, officer commanding the newly formed 9th (Heavy) Brigade, R.A., stationed at Changi, has been appointed General Staff Officer (First Grade) to the China Command. Military attache at Peking before he
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    SIR A. CADOGAN.
    33 13 Sir Alexander Cadogan. British Minister to China, after attending the exhibition In Shanghai of the Chinese art treasures destined for London, yesterday left by train for Peiping. Sin Kuo Mln.
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    CENOTAPH FLAG FOR SINGAPORE.
    327 13 The Standard which has flown on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and whi;h has been presented to the Ex-Services Association of Malaya by the J trustees of the Imperial War Museum, will be installed in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday April 24, Ex-Service men will parade at
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    JAPANESE CONFERENCE IN CHINA.
    471 13 Secret Meeting Of Consuls. NEW POLICY BEING DISCUSSED. General Doihara's Recent Tour. Shanghai, Apr. 9. Under instruction of the Tokio Foreign Office, all the Japanese consuls stationed in China have gathered in Shanghai for a conference which opened yesterday. The strictest secrecy is observed regarding the
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    SINO-JAPANESE TRADE.
    23 13 In the House of Commons yesterday. Sir John Simon said he had no Information regarding the reported Sino-Japanese trade negotiations. Router.
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      56 13 Reply To Impex. A reply by our commercial cor- respondent to the recent letter by Impex" in support of the Chamber 1 0/ Commerce attitude to quotas occupies the greater part of our commercial review this week. There is also reference to the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, of whose activities little
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    MR. A. SAVAGE BAILEY INQUEST.
    1196 14 Verdict Of Death By Misadventure. ACTION OF MEMBERS OF CREW COMMENDED. AT f o conclusion of the inquest on Mr. Arnold Savage Bailey yet.erday, the Singapore coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, in returning a verdict of death by mis adventure, said: I am satisfied by
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    Jubilee Illuminations: Official Programme.
    339 14 mplete official prQfTt .iver Jubilee eekbrat In Singapore is now ready meed to decorate, ynd to! Illuminate by nlgli' from May 6 to 11. from Government House •llaysun Green, via Orchard ■ntr.rd Road. Connaught Ancinw's Road, E*npre««[ Quay. I s n and Cavenagh Bridges. by electric
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    "THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER."
    177 14 Another Old Favourite At The Capitol. Another old favourite, the Chocolate Soldier, was presented at the Capitol Theatre yesterday by the London Musical Comedy Co., who made such a hit with the Belle of New York when they opened their Singapore season on Friday. George Voltaire plays
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    BISHOP LEE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    192 14 Nation Preparing For Independence. Bishop Edwin F. Lee and Mrs. Lee returned to Singapore on the President Polk on Saturday after an absence of two months in the Philippine Island.'-. Bishop Lee presided at the annual session of the Philippine Islands Methodist Conference which was
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    JAPANESE CLERK CHARGED
    95 14 Alleged Non-Declaration Of Goods. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Apr. 6. Yukio Murai, the Japanese clerk from Segamat who was fined $25 the other day by Sheikh Abu Bakar, the second magistrate, Johore Bahru, for i undervaluing s>me goods at the customs, appeared for the third
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    ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL.
    37 14 Shortly after his return from his trip to the East Coast, His Excellency the Governor, on Friday hopes to be present at the Speech Day at St. Andrew's School, to give away the prizes.
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    WELL-KNOWN FIRM VICTIMISED.
    93 14 $2,000 THEFT BY OLD EMPLOYEE. Two Chinese, Lee Khang Chen and Siah Kan Hoe, were produced before Mr. Norman Grice In the Singapore second magistrate's court yesterday in connection with the theft of jewellery, watches and cigarette cases from Messrs. Frankel Brothers. The articles were valued it
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    JUDGE ORDERS A RETRIAL.
    203 14 Disagrees With Verdict .Of Assessors. A murder trial before Mr. Justice Mills at the Batu Pahat Assizes last week ended sensationally, the assessors bringing in a verdict of not guilty with which the judge disagreed and ordered a re-trlal a*, the next Assizes. A Javanese, Maryanl,
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    NEW MARKET FOR JOHORE BAHRU.
    97 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahra, Apr. 6. I understand that the old market behind the present car stand at Jalan Segget is to be demolished and that an up-to-date market is to be erected opposite the Theatre Royal on the vacant ground at Jalan
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      THE TERROR BALL PROCEEDS.
      241 14 Plea For Garrison Mothers. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your issue or Saturday last, under the caption Royal Jubilee," an extract given from the Cathedral Courier shows that it is Intended that the proceeds from the ball to be held on H.M.S.
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    CHARGE AGAINST MR. J. YOUNG.
    108 14 Case Postponed Until Friday. That efforts were being made to get the case compounded was disclosed before Mr. N. Grice, the second magistrate, today when Mr. J. Young, a director of the London Musical Comedy Co.. appeared on the charge of criminal breach of trust
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    MRS. J. H. MARTIN.
    20 14 Mrs. J. H. Martin, who entered the General Hospital on Friday, was operated upon this morning.
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    23 14 Owing to a sudden change in the weather, from dry to very wet. an epidemic of Influenza has broken out at Kuala Lipis.
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    FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    97 14 PENANG EUROPEAN CHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 8. A fatal motor accident occurred in Tanjonjf Tokong Road on Friday ht midnight when a young Malay, Mohamed Tahir, was knocked down by a motorcar alleged to have been driven by a European, Mr. A. Trowell. The
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    KUALA LUMPUR.
    228 14 Broadcast programme of Station ZGE. Kuala Lumpur— Wavelength 48.92 metres. TODAY. 7.00 p.m. Recorded music Overture: Dan Giovanni. London Symphony Orchestra Octet: Memories of Mendelssohn. J. H. Squire's Octet. Orchestral: Coronation March: Largo. Bournemouth Muricipal Orch. Orchestral: San^i, of Home. Lcn Fillis and his Orchestra. Violin solo: Serenade;
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    JUBILEE HOLIDAY.
    37 14 The Residents of Perak, Selangor. Mcgri Sembllan and Pahang have declared Monday. May o, the twenty-fifth anniversary of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne, to be observed as a public holiday In their respective States.
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    ALLEGED AGREEMENT TO DECEIVE D. P. P.
    4344 15 EX-PARTE MOTION FOR ORDER "TO SHOW CAUSE.' NAMES OF SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE NOT MENTIONED. Solicitor General Addresses Court For Three Hours. fN the Supreme Court yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Huggard, and Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, the acting Solicitor-General, Mr. Adrian
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    R. A. F. FIGHT BACK PLUCKILY IN FIRST DIVISION MATCH.
    1430 16 GUNNERS DEPEND ON THEIR WING MEN. Two Police Players Ordered Off Against Monopolies. Although they were defeated by five goals to two by the Gunners at Anson Road Stadium yesterday afternoon In a First Division match th« R.A.F. were certainly
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    MALACCA SCHOOL CRICKET.
    684 16 S.F.I. BOWLER DOES THE "HAT-TRICK". Volunteers Beaten By The High School. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Apr. 7. The annual encounter for the Clarke Shield between St. Francis' Institution and St. I'auls Institution on Saturday < nciej in a easy victory for the former by an innings
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    21 16 W. R. M. Haxworth of the S.C.C. who has been showing particularly tood form with both bat and ball this season.
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    GODOWN DOUBLES FINAL TODAY.
    171 16 Lawn Tennis. Paterson And Bateman Win Veterans Event. A. A. A. Paterson and O. R. S. Bateman I won the S.C.C. Veterans' doubles title yesterday afternoon by defeating T. H. Holyoak and A. C. Potts In the final' 6—B. 6—4. 6—3. The final of the godown
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    MALACCA FOOTBALL.
    48 16 The Teachers were trounced by the Stadt Haus in the semi-final of the Government League competition on Friday losing by eight goals to one. At half-time the score was 4—l.4—1. Syed Alwi retired five times. Newman, Leman and McNee once esch. Loo netted for the teachers.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    66 16 Tuesday. April 9. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. n. Marine Dept. vs. 8.C. P. A., Anscn Road Stadium; Dtv. n, H.M.S. Terror vs. Wiltshire* 11. SRC. ground; Div. ni. Fort Canning ts. K balsa Association, V.M.C.A. ground; Frlendlles. S.C.C. "B" vs. R.1., R.I. ground; St. Joseph's Institution vs. V.M.C.A.
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    PERAK STATE TRIAL MATCH.
    467 16 PLENTY OF BOWLING AVAILABLE. Team Chosen To Meet The Negri At Easter. (From Our Own Correspond: tit.) Ipoh, Apr. 7. Low scoring characterised th.^ St .ts trial match played here en Saturday and Sunday. Plenty ol useful b.wliri; talent was revealed but the baiting was disappointing.
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    SELANGOR P.C. NEED MORE MEMBERS.
    264 16 Polo No Cheaper Polo In The World Thun At K.L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 6. At the annual general meeting of the Selangor Polo Club Col. R. H. A. D. Love, the president, called for more playing members as times were now
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    CRICKET IN THE NEGRI — STRONG XI TO MEET PERAK.
    892 17 CRICKET IN THE NEGRI STRONG XI TO MEET PERAK. "DUSTY" RHODES RETIRES. Gurdial Singh In Fine Form. Gemas Beaten. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sercmban. Apr. 8. The following have been selected to represent Negri Sembilar. in the first inter-State cricket match at Ipoh on Saturday and Sunday against Perak: C.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    842 17 Swimming Club*s Advance. Now A Social Centre. A Soccer Problem. English Woman Honoured. Gene Tunney's Gift To Colombo Police. Conducted by "LEIGHTON." WITH the possible exception of the Singapore Turf Club there is no club in the Colony which has gone ahead quicker in recent years than
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    43 17 OVER TOGETHER: An air mail picture shows Major N. Furlong's Reynoldstown (Mr. F. Furlong up) and Mr. J. H. Whitney's Thomond II <W. Speck up) Ukint the but Jump of the Grand National Steeplechase together. Rcynoldstown went on to win by three lengths.
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    PENANG EASTER MEETING.
    317 17 WEIGHTS FOR THE SECOND DAY. Strathpeffer Again At Top Of Class I. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 8. Following are the handicaps for the second day, Wednesday, Apr. 10, of the Penang Turf Club Easter meeting: Hones, Claas 1, S% furs:— Strathpeffer 9.7, Refill 9.5. Prohibition
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    SEASON OPENS ON SUNDAY.
    167 17 Baseball. Six Clubs To Fight For 1935 Pennant. The Singapore Baseball League 1935 season opens on Sunday, Apr. 14, with a game between the teams representing the American Association of Malaya and the Japanese Young Men's Club. The game is to be played at the St.
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    ALL OUT ELEVEN.
    222 17 Sensational Collapse Of Khalsa Association. Playing at McNalr Road on Sunday an SCC. XI beat the Khalsa Assocla Uon by 36 runs. The Khalsa collapsed sensationally and were all out for 11. Holt taking six wickets for six runs. For the losers Williams took seven for 14.
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    BATTLE OF THE ISIS AND THE CAM.
    1014 18 'Varsity Dinner In Ignorance Of Result. A Cinncr In celebration of the boat race was held at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday, by the Oxford and CamI Society of Malaya. This was the seventh consecutive occasion on which University men have met for
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    18 18 Training for victory. The Cambridge crew at practice for the annual boat race which they won on Saturday.
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    EVEN IN SWITZERLAND!
    50 18 the home of milk par excellence, ever Ineremsirg quantities of Bear Brand sterilized milk are being consumed, on account of Its outstanding quality and absolute freedom from disease germs. If you study safety in the tropics, insist upon Bear Brand," the original and genuine natural Swiss Milk.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    205 18 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Chinese Official* Leave Penang Phya Bhubal Returns Home- Messrs. H Lin Cheng and Chen Kung-po, the Chinese officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, left Penang on Friday on their way to Bangkok on a short pleasure trip. Among those who saw them off at tha Railway Pier
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    FAMILY TRIUMPH IN THE GRAND NATIONAL.
    1180 19 Reynoldstown 's Fa ultless Jumping. Golden Miller Refuses. Liverpool, Mar. 29. Never was a Grand National winner handled with greater coolness or better judgment. Even after the race young Mr. Furlong was still unflurried, and as he forced his horse through the surging mob
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    16 19 Princess Mir falls during the Grand National. An air mail picture of the world's greatest steeplechase.
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    SLACK SOCCER PLAYERS.
    385 19 SELANGOR RESERVES NOT PREPARED. Teams Chosen For Second State Trial. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 8. There is to be no repetition of the unfortunate circumstance attending last Friday's soccer trial match. A number of reserves had been selected, and yet the Kuala Lumpur team
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    MALAYS WIN THEIR FIRST MATCH.
    299 19 Selangor League. Police Defence Proves To Be Very Weak. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Apr. 8. Malays "A" ..4; Police Depot 2. The Selangor Malays "A," last year's winners In the First Division League of the Selangor Football Association opened their first match of
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    SARAZEN WINS.
    70 19 Augusta, Apr. 8. The 36 holes play off between Oene Sarazen and Craig Wood, who tied In the Master's Golf tournament with scores of 282, resulted In a win for Sarazen. Saracen's score was 1444 and Wood 149. The winner played magnificent golf and his putting was superior.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    16 19 In a Scottish (Div. 1) match today Queen's Park lost to Hamilton S—A Reuter.
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    THE PADMORE SHIELD.
    87 19 The Padmore Shield blllards tournament was started yesterday at the Metropole Hotel Bras Basah Road, and the following two matches were played. Ang Tee Kla (Amicable Athletic Association) beat Foong Mun Fun 'Chinese Sports A.-soclatlon > 300 to 226. Calllstus Albuquerque (Post Office Club) beat Cop. McLeod
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    HOME RUGBY.
    20 19 Lonaon, Apr. 8. Bridgend beat the Devonport Services by 9 points to 8 in a Rugby match today.—Reuter.
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    TWO-REFEREES SCHEME JUSTIFIES ITSELF.
    822 19 TWO -REFEREES SCHEME JUSTIFIES ITSELF. Exhibition Of Smooth Control In England Trial. V/est Bromwlch, Mar. 27. So far as it has gone in Association football, the two-referee sihemc mus. be proclaimed a success. Today the dual control system was given a second and more searching test here, and again it
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    COLONIAL QUOTA WORKING WELL.
    590 20 LANCASHIRE TRADE BBNEFITS. REVIEW OF HOME COTTON MARKET. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, Mar. 25. Raw cotton prices have been Steadier but buyers have not been in the mood to place orders of jveiKht. The recent fall in raw material rates has had a very disiurbinff
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    "CONSIDERABLE" LOSSES IN THE PEPPER CRASH.
    1273 20 Chartered Bank Meeting In London. SITUATION IN CHINA. American Influence In Silver Market. Reference to the "considerable" losses incurred by the Chartered Bank as a result of the failure of Strauss and Co., and the collapse of the pepper pool was made by the
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    SHIPMENTS 40,000 TONS LESS.
    746 20 EFFECT OF ALTERED RUBBER QUOTA. SYMINGTON AND WILSON'S REPORT. A sudden change on Tuesday (state Messrs. Symington and Wilson in their weekly rubber report for March 27) was of course due to the decision of the International Rubber Regulation Committee to alter the exportable percentages for
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    Price Of Rubber Will Not Rise On The Quotas Decision.
    655 20 LONDON FINANCIAL TIMES' VIEWS. The London Financial Times of March 27, in a leader on the new rubber quota, says the fall within a month of more than Id. a pound In the price of crude rubber had naturally inclined
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    Government-Controlled Business A Natural Development.
    2870 21 WEEKLY SINGAPORE MERCANTILE REVIEW I Reply To "Impex" Economical Situation Today Parallel To Political Position Of 1 914 Giving Up Piece Goods Was A Retrograde Step Sound Business Impossible In Straight Competition With Japanese Get Together! The Manufacturers 9 Association In Singapore. By Our Commercial
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    SOLDIERS ARE BETTER BEHAVED.
    95 21 Crime in the Army is dwindling. The number of offences calling for courts-martial dropped from 4.150 la 1925 to 2.562 1 st year, according to War Office figures. Better conditions in the Army compared with those in pre-war days are said to have been responsible for
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    LONDON'S TRAMWAYS MAY BE ABOLISHED.
    101 21 Th? Minister of Transport, Mr. i.. I'^iha. has rcveatod that as a i result rf the w:rl: ot Ihz comri I exports set up last July, there was i every hope oi c ;b:. standard of the maximum pe< noise to wh'ch r:ad rthlclM w~uld
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    71 21 Mr. Leith t. Hi.clicock M.Sc of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board left Australia for America oy the Mariposa In order to carry out investigations In connection whh the biological control of noogoora burr Mr. Hitchcock was ercaged on a slin lar mission in connection with prlckJy pa .r during the
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    CRIME DETECTION.
    676 22 SHERLOCK HOLMES UP TO DATE. SCIENCE AND THE DETECTIVE. Dr. James Davidson, of the Pathological Department of Edinburgh University, who has been appointed director of the scientific laboratory to be set up at th« Metropolitan Police College, Hendon, has arrived at Scotland Yard, and has begun his official
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    AMOY TRADE FAIR.
    78 22 Beauty Carnival Also To Be Held. A new venture In Amoy Is a proposed International Trade Fair to be held along the Bund waterfront from April 19 to May 12. From 60 to 70 booths will I be erected and rented to exhibitors or 1 manufacturers. The
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE.
    59 22 Command Of The Gosport Base. Relieved in command at Upper Heyford station by Group Captain Maycock, Group Captain W. C. picks, A.F.C., has been appointed to command the RAF. Base, Gosport, the principal establishment for decklandlng and torpedo training for the Fleet Air Arm. It Is here
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    NEW COMMANDER IN BALUCHISTAN.
    84 22 The War Office announces that Major-General H. J. Huddleston, C.8., C.M.0.. D.5.0., M.C.. Colonel, The Dorsetshire Regiment, has been appointed Commander, Baluchistan District. India, In succession to Major-General H. Karslake, C.8., C.M.G., D.5.0., who vacates the appointment on completion of tenure with effect from September 7
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    ROYAL NAVY.
    184 22 REDISTRIBUTION OF BATTLESHIPS. Arrangements are now notified for the redistribution of battleships between the Home and Mediterranean Fleets announced by the First Lord in his notes 'companylng the Navy Estimates. In order to obtain homogeneity *the Queen Elizabeth class battleships are to be static ned In the Mediterranean
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    THEY WERE ALL
    90 22 BANTAMS AGAIN. The Army To Be 2 Inches Shorter. The Army is to be shorter. Recruiting regulations Issued a few weeks ago fix the minimum height for infantry at 5 ft. 21ns. This is two inches below the old minimum. Cavalry of the line, Tank Corps, Royal
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    CANDIDATES FOR THE MARINES.
    160 22 The arrangement which has been made with some of the universit;ps to nominate graduates for commissions in the Royal Marines Is Interesting, in view of the falling off in certain years in the number of candidates for this distinguished corps. In November. 1933, 10 cadetships were
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    AT SEA WHEN LION ROARED.
    100 22 Two ships in the Baltic were DMfif wrecked recently by a lion. The lion was a "passenger" in a small Finnish vessel bound from Helslngfors to Tallinn, in Estonia. Thick fog descended. At regular Intervals the foghorn was sounded. Every time thl-. happened the terrified
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      422 22 HER JOINTS SQUEAKED LIKE NEW SHOES Swollen With Rheumatism At Thirty She had begun to feel like an old 1 woman, yet she was only thirty. Her joints sounded like squeaking shoes; her hands and ankles were badly swollen. Then she started taking Kruschen Salts. Read what she says after
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    FOOD SHORTAGE AFTER CEYLON MALARIA EPIDEMIC.
    2652 23 CEYLON INDIA. THOUSANDS IN NEED. Drought Results In Crop Failures In Galle. From A Ceylon Correspondent FURTHER light on the condition of the people following the malaria epidemic, and of the crops following the drought, are contained in the latest report of the Commissioner
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    REVOLUTIONARY IN BURMA.
    257 23 TRAFFIC IN ARMS. Activities of Bengal Terrorists. oon. 'THE report on the administration of Police In Burma for 1933 ttatet that six Bengalees were arrested for conspiracy and traffic In arr> that a revolutionary orsan'saUon «r 3 discovered at Akyab. According to the report "Bangai revolutionaries in
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      189 23 HAD TERRIBLE M m Face a Mass of Scales. Healed by Cuticura. "My little boy. tbree years old, had an awful attack of impetigo. It started with a few apota an his face and the irritation camed it to tpread quickly, and in no time bia face waa a mass
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    A Monument To King Albert.
    110 24 ■me largest statue of the Saviour In Spain— land of religious sculpturehas just been erected at the entrance to a church In Tlbldade near Barcelona. The statue Is in bronze and measures about twenty-six feet. M. Maurice Maeterlinck, the famous Belgian author, unveiled a monument
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    34 24 The grubby, cheeky little urchin thai was the Jacky Ooogan who captivated millions of film-goers in the days of the silent films has disappeared. His place has been taken by this goodlooking young man.
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    39 24 The leader of the feminist movement In France, the Duchesse de la Rocz hefoucauld. was the principal speaker at an Anglo-French luncheon In London. Lord Crewe with the Duchesse de la Roczhefoucauld, French feminist leader at luncheon in London.
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    12 24 Lord Hallsham, Minister of War, leaving Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting.
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    23 24 A young angler at Southend proudly shows an old fisherman her catch. He agrees It Is a "whopper"— seen through a magnifying glass!
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