The Straits Times, 13 January 1930

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 10 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY,. JANUARY 13, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      190 1 Ny Carlsberg Beer la bottle* aid om driofht. Role laporttra EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inc. In Dtnmark) SINGAPORE. The Super Milk of Switzerland Brno doa ii n tAnJI^DnANU Switzerland has to be seen to be believed. The vivid green of the mountain slopes, the dazzling white of the snow-cap-ped peaks,
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      138 1 ROBINSON'S FOR FURNITURE I I! Mill III III! I I i 1 I i j III I I k] ill I L. ONE OF OUR POPULAR COMPETITIVE LINES. This Teak Dining Suite is just one of many new designs at the very low figure of $198.50 complete. ROBINSON COMPANY, LIMITED.
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      12 1 Prime Portland "OK" CEMENT EAST ASIATIC CO^ LTD. (Inc. In Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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      507 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CVRGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8.N. CO. VMIKR CONTRACT WITH HI8 MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'pore. KASHMIR 9.000 J»n. 19 MACEDONIA 11,100 Jan.
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      551 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail FUSHIMl MARU 11,000 Jan. 15 16| HAKOZAK1 MARU 10,500 Jan. 30 81 HAKUSAN MARU 10,600 Feb. 16 17 t KITANO MARU 8,000 Feb. 27 28 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Mar. 13 14 t KAMO
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      521 2 BURNS PBHJ> LINE (Incorpori.ted in England) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7865 tons) and the new motor vesnel, MALA5AR (4612 tons). The i,s. MARELLA is ono of »he largest and fineet ctenmers tradirg to Australia, Cabins
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      665 2 K. r M* (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated ia Holland) Under contract wfth the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. I Telephone No. 3610, with auh-connections I to Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marine f Dents, and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Official Tourists Bureau >f Java. 3JNGARADJA—
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      555 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP COLIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) tEGULAR SERVICES TO MARSEILLES, .ONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, lNTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN— IENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. .ONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      539 2 THE SUM STEAM NAV. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Slam) EANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Tiengganu, Kclantnii, Bangnart. Telupin, Prtani, Singora, Lacon, Sichcn, Bandon, Kohsamui, Lanzsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB In port Jan. 15 PRACHATIPOK Jan. 20 Jan. 23 MALINI Jan. 27 Jan. II The steamers are fitted throughout
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      452 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatsctaapplj M Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Aaaaterdaas Southampton Marseille. Rotterdam Tonnage .".-I'oWer N.,« £g as.lß*fc»i.W gfcg li. Tjcrimai 8.000 R.L. £eb. 28 m.s. Chr. Huygcns 15.G00 S.M.N. Mar. 7 S.M.N.-Vessels route via Belawan. Sabang Colombo, Suez,
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      483 3 DOLULB STBAMfInP LOT vimd AMEMKAMMAH, UNB ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang PRES. POLK Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 PRES. ADAMS Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8 PRES.
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      462 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hoag Kong, Shanghai and Japan Doe Spore s.s. CITY OF HEREFOHD In port s.s. CITY OF TOXIC Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Mar. < s.s.
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      462 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE. Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Manila and Hong Kong San Franclaco, Seattle, Vancouver and Tacoma S.S. EVERETT from Manila Jan. 14 S.S. EVERETT from 11. Kong
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      236 3 ZEISS REFLECTOR LAMPS AND FLOODLIGHTS Illustrated Catalogue free upon request to Sole Agenta M. Wiseman Co., (Eastern) Limited (Incorporated in Eng'and) 41/3, ROBINSON ROAD. SINGAPORE. GROSVENOR HOTEL RESTAURANT. Open 8 a.m. to 12 midnight GKILLS Unsurpassed. WINES excellent. (Moderate prices). Cheapest Stcngah in Town. ICES, TEA, COFFEE. HOT and COLD
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      210 3 MODERN SANITATION AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT for DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Apply to Fong Hin G. H. Watts Co., 64, WALLICB BTKEET. SINGAPORE. Phone 7582. For— MOULDY ROT BLACK STRIPE WOUNDS and ANY OTHER DISEASE OR AFFECTION OF THE BARK USE BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM ORDINARY AND RED. Thr proved tree disinfectant. Sub-Agent
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATH.
      58 4 TAN. Tan Hock Lee. aitcd 4C. passed away ,n the nth 'int. al his residence No. Cuff Road, Singapore. He naval behind his mother (Madam (hew Ileo Nco), a widow (Lim Boon Mao) and a son, ac''l a. Funeral will take place OB the l">th. Interm<Mit at Bukit Brown
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      724 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager, Straits Times, Cecil Street. Please insert the following small advertisement for days I" i~" i i j I There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of cents per line per insertion with A minimum of
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      694 4 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, two 30 cwt. Albion lorries and Aram Manaßcr Jcincntah FOR SALE, Buick six 1929 tourer, nearly neWi <.03t |4JMO, sell $2,750. ballot 2 Litre French Bentley) WeyTinn Saloon in excel:e: en t condition, cost $8,000, sell $2,600. \pp|y a. Harbour, Ltd., Union Building. Miort1! I A
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      877 4 BOARD AND LODGING GROSVENOR HOTEL, European management, central, modern conveniences. A FEW VACANCIES occur at No. 7, Institution Hill. Mrs. Millard, Phone 7004. VACANT from Jan. 15, single room for bachelor, with every convenience. Phone 4C09. THE BRANCHES, 319, River Valley Road. Comfortable room*. Terms moderate. Phone 4104. SUNNYSIDE, 7,
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      723 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS 6, CECIL STREET to let as from Feb. 1. For rent and particulars apply to Guthrie A Co., Ltd. TO LET, Raffles Chambers, Nob. 8, 20, 40, 41, 43, 46. Apply to the Secretary, The Garden Club. TO LET, ONE SHOP at Grosvenor Hotel, corner Stamford Road
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      746 4 FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS TENDERS INVITED Lease of Station Hotels, K. Lumpur and Ipoh and Restaurant Cars. Tenders arc invited for lease of the Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, the Station Hotel, Ipoh and the Restaurant Cars running between Prai and Singapore for a period of 3 years from June, 1,
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      594 4 AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold land and house No. 162, off East Coast Road, 999 years' leasehold land and houses Nos. 11, Mohamed Sultan Road and 57 (old No. 2CI Bain Street, Singapore and 100 shares in locil bank under arbitration agreement dated June 5, 1929, Chop Hup Leong and
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      206 5 To those living in Hotels. You arc ontillcd to comfortable SLEEP. No Bed can be comfortable unless fitted with a Bed Spring Mattress that will NOT SAG I The One Bed Spring that WILL NOT sajf is THE Simmons "Royai Ace" Makes sleep a pleasure. Stocked in all sizes to
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      338 5 WIFELY SOLICITUDE. Kiery Woman Who Has An Over-worked Ktin-Dnwn Husband Should Have Him Try Dr. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. i hf ■"nust tonic for ev< ry man who has become ovcr-wroufrht, nervous, enfeebled, run-down, l.'ni.u^h ovi-r-work, business "iher cnu.se, is a >rood lonic holiday prelorably on the sea where he can
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      382 5 1 yr"^ Eleven different Models, a# supplied to the I llnti-h and Colonial Government*. Foreien ii<i\i-rnnii nt-, and to Commercial Firm* throughout the World. Sule Agents DUNCAN ROBERTS, LTD. 137, CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. NEW SHIPMENTS Valspar Varnish and Enamels Waterspar Varnish Stains Will not turn White. They are Waterproof, Heatproof
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      223 5 Use Cuticura Ointment for all skin troubles Rf.D, rough skin, sore, Itching, b-.T-ing ircc, dialing;., cli-ippin^s, rij'..cs, iniutions, cursor bur.v ;.rc quickly teLered ami healed f>y applications of Cuiicura Ointment. No hou«h>M should be witiiouc ii. taaala &uo, Oir.imcal anj Til^ .n- fnc uporrtoinH.f .raWußrtl r'Kippt (M»lu. S> l.imued. Uaioa
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      162 5 TRUTH IN ADVERTISING AND WE STAND BEHIND THE STATEMENT BACKED BY SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL TESTS THAT fP (DESICCATED OX-LIVER> Will give new Blood and make pale men, women and children Healthy and Robust. It is usfd by Doctors and Hospitals for the cure of ANAEMIA Pernicious and Secondary with Miraculous Results.
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    MR. SNOWDEN AS A JOURNALIST.
    713 6 Newspapers Preferred To Politics. Two members of the National Unbn of Journalists, Mr. I'hilip Snowdcn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. William Graham, President of the I of Trade, wore the thief gasets at the annual dinner of that organisation at Hotel Metropole, London.
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    A CALENDAR PROBLEM.
    264 6 Difficulties to be Faced In China. Swat w, Dec. 51. The Mini try of the Interior is making ftjinthcr and more determined attempt this y< ar t,, enforce what is new known us the national calendar, writes the ■pedal correspondent of the Hunjf Konj; Telegraph. Such annual
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    THE GLOOMY DEAN.
    153 6 < Adultery, the Pastime Of The Idle Rich." The world is- witnej-sing an indignant and angry revolution by the younjj against the generation which landed the world in the calamity of the Great War, and sent children to the shambles to expiate the follies of their parent?,"
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    TAKING TO COMMERCE
    133 6 > Lord Lloyd Accepts London Directorship. London, Dec. 31. I lojrd has joined the board of the International Sleeping Car Company, Ltd. By accepting a seat on the board at the International Sleeping Car Company. I'!. I.i.kI Lloyd has joimd numerous cxadministraton who hnve found influential commercial
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    PRIMATE'S 1930 MESSAGE.
    69 6 "Critical Time for Church And Commonwealth." Lcndon, Dec. 30. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered a \.w Viar i.i is -are to the Nation at Cant ei bury Cathedral last night. ii Grace declared that this was a c.iiiial time for the Commonwealth and the Church. (jr industrial
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    RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR ECHO.
    440 6 Secret Sino-Russian Pact Alleged. Had Japan known of a secret treaty concluded between China and Russia before the Russo-Japanese War under which the two countries united in regarding Japan as a common enemy China directly encouraging Russia to fight the Japanese Japan would have annexed south Manchuria
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    THE TREASURE OF THE INCAS.
    273 6 Reported Discovery in An Ecuador Cave. Prospectors in a mountain pass of Azuay, necr Chuchi, in Ecuador, South America, have reported the discovery of p cave containing an Inca idol and many skeletons, and the discoverers are convinced they are on the trail of part
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    SNAKE-CATCHER'S FEAT
    167 6 I Cobra Captured in Calcutta Godown. Calcutta, Jan. 3- i A large hooded cobra, measuring 4 feet! 6 inches, was discovered on the premise* of Messrs. Francis, Harrison, Hathaway and Co., a few days ayo. A member of the staff noticed an enormous cobra on the first floor
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    SAVED BY DOG.
    163 6 Gun Jammed When Grizzly Charged. Charged by an infuriated grizzly bear, the largest ever seen in the Barkerville country, Hans Iverson, trapper and bin game guide, of Indian Point Creek, Barkerville, owes his life to hia dog, which held the grizzly at bay until Iverson could get
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    MYSTERIOUS S.O.S.
    164 6 Sent Out by 2,000-Ton Coasting Steamer. The Chin,a Merchants Steamer Hsiii Chang, of 2,000 tons, is reported to be in distress in the China Sea approximately midway between Shanghai and Foochow, states the Hong Kong Telegraph of Jan. 3. She was bound from Hong Kong to Shanghai. S.O.S.
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    BRITISH WORK IN INDIA
    80 6 New York Newspaper's Warm Tribute. New York, Jan. 1. America is following with sympathetic interest the developments in India. India means more to us than a dusky fairyland of swamis, yogis, child marriages and widow-burning," remarks the Herald-Tribur.e, drawing attention to the expansion of Indo-American trade
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    CORPSE ON A CROSS.
    635 6 Woman Who Dabbled In Occultism. Although the cause of death has not been ascertained definitely, it is fairly certain that CNpcsurc was responsible for tl.e tragtxly of Miss Norah Emily Farnario, 32, of Mortlake Road, Kew, Surrey, whose body was found on a hillside in the
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    DEFINITELY SEDITIOUS.
    218 6 South African Comment On Indian Situation. Cape Town, Dec. 30. The Arpus, under the heading Revolutionary Mi vioient in India," says the adoption by the Indian National CoflfNM of independence as a battle cry tot the future is rather disquieting, and places the British Government, desirous as it
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    M.P.'s DIVORCE.
    72 6 Misconduct With Actress Proved. Lord Merrivale, in the Divorce Court in London on Dec. 11, gnatad a decree nisi with costs and custody of her child to Mrs. Helen Beckett, of Sneyd Road, Cricklewood, on the ground of the adultery of her husband, Mr. John Beckett, M.P. for
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      111 6 Home movies with the CINE-KODAK %«r~~ Jpf Sri y --••Jr" There is unlimited fun in making your own movies and as much as you enjoy these you will also enjoy the professional full-length photoplays obtainable at nominal rental prices. Comedies, dramas, travelogues, etc. Write for full particulars of the Kodascope
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      100 6 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. RENE ULLMANN, just back from Europe, has brought with him the latest novelties in JEWELLERY, CLOCKS, CRYSTAL WARE, etc Also a Special line of WONDERFUL PATTERNS of LIMOGES (FRANCE) ENAMEL WARE which is now to be seen in his showroom. THE BIGGEST ASSORTMENT of WATCHES of the
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      324 7 VICTORIA THEATRE EXTENDED SEASON of The greatest novelty show ever presented to Singapore audiences. SAMOAN DANGERS NEW STAGE KFFECTS. NEW PRESENTATION. NEW SON(;S AND STFEL GUITAR MUSIC. TO-NIGHT, TO-MORROW and WEDNESDAY at 9.30 p.m. MATINEE on WEDNESDAY at 5.15 p.m. Children at Half i'rice at Matinee. BOOKING AT LITTLE'S. PRICES
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      246 7 Raffles Hotel TEA AFTER DANCE p 'I D nnm DINNER Monday i]P 11 11 0 |l I)ANCES Wednesday U» UUUIII Tuegday and Thursday y P m UNRIVALLED IN THE sat'ly EAST ORCHESTRAL Phone 2920 for CONCERT Reservations. Sunday, 9.30 p.m. Sea View Hotel All rooms fitted with modern conveniences. MONDAY,
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      407 7 O JOHN HAIG6C9D?H|IRfeL (pi'MWs MABHNCH Sai^l) X^^S^g Agents THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION, LTD, SINGAPORE. LIVE SNAPS under all conditions. For perfect photos in any kind of weather, you need an Agfa Camera using Agfa Films. Even with your present camera Agfa Films wiH give you far better results. Try them ROLL
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    TONNAGE LAID UP.
    363 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Number of Idle Vessels Likely to Increase. The Beri n < >mments of Lord Inchcapc ;it the P. and 0. meeting on the depressiit ir conditions in the fr I :ht markets have bun cu i<i b shipping manageri and the I tii. wai <in!y
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    SHARE MARKET REPORTS.
    100 8 Macphau Jind Co., Ltd. Fan. IS. Kach:ii> i.j:. Malay l.!T- --1.-J3 1 1 j-18 unt-. I 1.21-l.-"t. 1 i HiUmi Pantrnim Riven its. I6».-17».. I nut- i' -la'.iiyans 25 I I 1.35-1.43. Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. .1 in. IS. 1C<1. down i t 23 ets. 1.21-1 27,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    56 8 i: nderson, n.-Vi sad Company, Inc.. Jfork, -..,(1 ua the following cable ■latcd -):;n. II. their quotations being in gold dollar cents closing luii prices: Rubber Exchange talei to-day COC tons. January 24.30, February 24.60, March 24.70, April 24.90, May 15.10, June 15.20, July 15.40, August 15.60, September
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    EXCHANGES.
    62 8 Kugbjr, J;m. 12. Poreicn nrc Amsterdam Bombay Is. l'<.i-:(2.I., Berlin *****5, Bru»*elt :il'.il.">. Km-harrst Uuci 16, Copenhagen 18.205, «.-n.v:i 25.136, Helsingfori 193%. llon^ KoniI T.-.I.. Li»bon 108.25, Madrid *****. Milan M.04, .%<•« York 1>7. Oslo ls.2t:.. i'uris I23J»I, I'r. rue 164 Rio i Btockbolm IS.H5, ShanKhai l«. 11 ',<).,
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    79 8 With ;i view to bringing to book those people who cause obatruction to live-foot ways in Ipoh, the !i -i i I ihi> Kinta Sanitary ll'.ai.l made surprise visits to Ihe variooi Qve-foot ways on Monday nd Tni day la I and aa sequel to this ii i undc stood
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    LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    283 8 EXCHANGE. PRODUCE. Singapore, Jan. 13. Singapore, Jan. 13. On London, Bank 4 m/i J/3 15/ifl Can, bier 9.50 Demand 2/3% (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 14.00 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 7/32 Co P ro j|- 3 ;j On N«w Yo rk demand 66 4 3
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      MINING.
      498 8 V I'd- Buyers Sellen £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 86/- 88/-I-I Ayer Hitain Tin 149 15,9 il £1 Uun K rin Tin 25/6 27/6 1 1 Bulling I'udang 0.20 0 22^4 1 1 Batu Caves 1.00 i.iy 1 1 Bukit Arung O.KTVi 1 02tt <l fl Burinah Malay 22 6
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      GENERAL.
      240 8 VkL Pd Buyers Seller. 2 2 Alex. Brie!. Pref». 2.10 2.15 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.75 2UO U U Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.15.0 6.17.6 1 1 Central Xn K ine 0.50 0.60 1 Crete md Carriage 0.4 a 0.55 10s. 10s. Dulf Development 5/ 7/- V <l. Uunlop
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      102 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 ICS ci Singapore Municipal 5 p.c' oi IDOI red. I<J3O $1,878,000 par. C,'c prem Singapore Municipal 4', 3 p.c. of 1307 red. 1947 $1,000,000 95 par. Singapore Municipal 4!i p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 96
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      379 8 Frascr and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. To-day'i Prices Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allcnby ($1) Alor Gajah ($1) A. liitam ($1; A. Kuning ml) Am. Malay ($2) A. Mi.ii-k is-l, A. 1'anas (Jlj Bimtt <S1; Brogaa i$D Hrunci ($5; li. Jelutong ($1) U. Katil ($1) Itukit K.
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    493 8 Can be obtained at the following placet Id Singapore Money Changer, Adelphl Hotel. Money Changer, Europe Hotel. Money Changer, Rafflei Hotel. Grosvenor Hotel. Kelly Walsh, Ltd., Rafflei Place. Federal Rubber Stamp Co., Raffles Plaee and Tank Road Station. C. II. Kiat A Co., Ltd., Collyer Quay. Asiatic
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    160 8 Monday, January 1.1 H. W. 8.21 a.m., 9.0. 10.22 p.m., g.2. Lunas Rubber, annual meeting, French Bank Building, noon. Samoan Dancers, Vie. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Tuesday, January 14 H. W. 9.11 a.m., 'J. 4. 11.11 p.m., 8.6. Ex-Service Association (Women's Branch) annual meeting. Kurope Hotel, 0.30
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    168 8 To-day. Hoi how (Aniiui) 2pm China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Siberia, Philippine Islands, Western Canada and Western States of ISA. (Hoaaag) 2 pm Bagaa Si-Api-Api (Meranj I \i rth and Ka.-t India (Yuenaang) ;i Sclat I'andjant: and Bengkaii* (I)a J ;ikl 3 r. in Shanghai, Japan
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    MAILS FOB EUROPE.
    38 8 By Patria It&uulpimli Johan ck- Witt Ohtnonceaux Bluest EUanga 8'pore London Dec. R Dec. 2H Die. 12 Jun. 4 Doc. IS Jan. 6 D-c. 12 Jan. 6 D.-C. I'll Jan. 11 I Ill Jun. 11
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    405 8 KKITU. HARBOUR. Main Wharf I.ch. Spartan, Khoen-Focng, lt.P.M. Lighter 1M, Scab Shell. Cil Wharf C pol-s. Coal Wharf \u. TMW IX DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. 1Albert Dock iMi-mlaic. 1 Victoria Dot!; Stl. Lighter K, Katonff. keppel Harboor. Kinc'l Dock Spondilus. No. 1 Deck W. Bt. Enterprise. No.
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    15 8 A new school for English has been opcnotl at Jasin village on Chin Chin Road.
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      376 8 ALHAMBRA From Monday, Jan. 13 WEST POINT JYaturinE JOAN CKAWFOBD A Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Picture Aitinj; with Latest Empire News. First Shew at 7.30 p.m. RALPH FORBES in UNDER THE BLACK EAGLE TAN CHBNG KEE, Sole Proprietor. By Appoint- l V\?'1$T t vF J l "•>•• King ment to < 0u^ra»S George
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      124 8 BUY OR SELL THROUGI7 THE STRAITS TIMES SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS. Just Arrived Just Arrived AFTER MOTHER INDIA AFTER MOTHER INDIA This book is recommended to those who arc interested in the many discussions of Miss Mayo's work and wish further facts about India. By HARRY H. FIELD. Price $4.50. Postage Extra.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      250 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature. Bain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Min. fall, thine. Humidity, tion. F. P. int. houri. m.p.h. Alor Star 92 7a Nil 10.9 65 E 15 Fine Kota Bharu No report. K. Trcngganu 83 74 0.10 6.9 75 NE 10
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      64 8 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Payable in Advance.) STRAITS TIMES (Daily) Including Postage. Within Outside Singapor Malaya. Malaya. Without Postage Monthly .V00 4.00 2.50 Quarterly 8.50 12.00 7.30 S yearly 17.00 24.00 15.00 Yearly 34.00 48.00 30.00 STRAITS BUDGET (Weekly) Including Postage. Within Outside Singapor Malaya. Malaya. Without Postage Monthly 1.10 1.17 1.00
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    836 9 Rubber Price Still Declining. LITTLE CHANCE IN TIN SITUATION. (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Monday, 11 a.m. To-day's l'riie* Rubber. 23 cents. Tin, 1M tons at S90V Saturday's Prices Hubber. London C. 11-lfid. per lb., down 3-16d. New York I! 1 cts. per II)., unchanged. Market tone
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      BULLION REPORT.
      739 9 Messrs. Samuel Montagu *k Co.'s Weekly Letter. The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £137,006,947 on the 11th instant (as compared with £133,725,605 on the previous Wednesday), and represents a decrease of £16,899.36)4 since April 29, 1925 when an effective gold standard was resumed. On
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      HUGE RUBBER CARGO.
      97 9 The largest shipment of crude rubber ever brought to Akron, 0., over the water-motor-truck route from Cleveland, was delivered to the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. recently. A fleet of fifty tractors and trailers was employed to haul the 475-ton shipment from the docks in Cleveland to
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      63 9 Tone of Market:—Steady, quiet. Sellers reserved. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 6 15-16 d. Der lb. New York :—Spot Sheet G. cents 14H per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard H.S.S. on Tender Spot January February March Feb.-March April-Juno 23 H 24 24% 23
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      HAPPY OUTLOOK.
      1595 9 United Temiang Rubber Estates. The nineteenth annual general meeting of the members of the United Temiang (F.M.S.I Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Nov. 27 at the registered office, 5, Whittington Avenue, London. E.C., Mr. R. F. McNair Scott (the chairnian) presiding. Mr. C. E. Brown, representing the
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      PANTS SPEED PLANE
      119 9 rants arc the latest addition to the landing (rear of airplanes. Tests of the new Ooodrich test plane No. 3, christened Miss Silvcrtown," show that the new streamline punts increased its speed more than six miles un hour. This innovation in airplane equipment was designed by engineers
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      MALAYAN TRADE.
      171 9 Increase of Imports and Exports Last Year. The Department of Statistics. S.S. and F.M.S., has forwarded the following comparative statement of the total value of foreign merchandise, excluding parcel post and bullion imported to and exported from British Malaya during 1928 and 1929 anuary 'ebruary -larch Ipril ■lay
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      CRITICS CAUSE LOSS.
      848 9 Statement by Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. The following statement was issued on Dec. 11, by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. "At the meeting of the Court of Directors to-day the chairman, Lord Kylsant, stated that the attacks thut have been made upon the company and
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      U.S.A. LIFE INSURANCE.
      195 9 Huge Invested Fluids Increase Rapidly. New life insurance purchased in the United States has averaged $12,900,000,000 annually in the past decade, and In 1928 amountnl to *I8,61X,0OO,0O0, according to the Index, published by the New York Trust Co. The review points out that the rapid frrowth of
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    LONDON TIN MARKET.
    883 9 The Voluntary Mining Holiday. INTERESTS WORKING FOR HIGHER PRICES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. IS. Authoritative statements in print intimating that the Malayan mines were to cease working on Sundays and were to shut down for a week in January, a week in February, and possibly
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    54 9 The Westminster Paper Co.. Ltd.. of New Westminster. British Columbia, has decided to build a new plant costing $2,000,000 to replace the paper mill destroyed by tire on July 13 lust, when a loss of $1,000,000 Will sustained. It MMBWWd thui tinfirst unit of the new pliint, costing *swi.ih)<>, will
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY. JANUARY 13. NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    1056 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY. JANUARY 13. NAVAL CONFERENCE. BuririR the past month there has undoubtedly been a good deal of private negotiation, not to say wire-pulling, between the Great Powers in view of the. Na\al Conference whi?h is to open in London next week. And \here was certainly plenty
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    511 10 Mr. G. C. Gillan is to act r.s Special Commissioner for Sarawak in England. Mr. Van Lear Black, who has set cut on another extended flight from London, is expected to arrive in Bangkok on Wednesday. Mr. E. Gregory, Postmaster at Merlimau, has gone on leave and
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    ARE MODERN SHIPS TOO SLOW ?
    1262 10 ARE MODERN SHIPS TOO SLOW The Need for Speedier Transport. (By Edward M. Hurley, formerly President of the United States Shipping Board, in an Interview.) When he reads his morninir paper, thr citizen of to-day is impressed with the speed obtained in the transmission of news. In Ix>ndon, New York,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    764 10 "WELL PLAYED, PERAK." At last the redoubtable United Services XV has met its match. Perak's gallant victory in the final of the Malaya Cup will do local Rugby a great deal of good, for it must be confessed that the brilliance of the Services since the
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    123 10 The following appointments to the Malayan colonial services have been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies: Federated Malay States: MrW. B. Sutherland, MB., Ch-B-, to be Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service; Mr. W. H. R. Evans and Mr. G. F. Gripper, to be Inspectors of Mines; Mr.
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    POLICE GUARDS AT GENEVA—ANTI-FASCIST THREATS. TAKING NO RISKS AT GENEVA.
    134 11 POLICE GUARDS AT GENEVA— ANTI-FASCIST THREATS. TAKING NO RISKS AT GENEVA. Precautions Against Anti-Fascists. Geneva, Jan. 12. Never before have there been such elaborate police precautions on the eve of a meeting of the League Council, except when the Russian delegates attended a meeting. But, in view of the recent
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    BRITISH REPLY TO FRANCE.
    1491 11 "Public Expectation Will Be Disappointed." LKT US MAKE A START. Do Measures of Security Mean Anything? Ku.by, Jan. 12. The British Government, in its reply to the French memorandum of December 20 i n t!"' Naval i onfei-iue. expresses appreciation of the frank and friendly attitude
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    "UNDERSTANDING & FRIENDSHIP."
    240 11 "UNDERSTANDING FRIENDSHIP." New Anglo-Egyptian Era Opens. Cairo, Jan. 11. King Fuad opened the restored Egyptian Parliament amid scenes of public enthusiasm. The Premier, Nahas Pasha, read the Speech from the Throne, in which joy is expressed that the session will permit of th; opening of a new era of understanding
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    MEERUT CONSPIRACY.
    196 11 Accused Committed For Trial. Mecrut, Jan. 11. All the accused in the Mecrut conspiracy case have been committed for trial at the sessions, with the exception of Dharam V'ir Singh, the member of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces, who has been discharged. Later The special magistrate
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    A LIGHTNING FLASH.
    90 11 Kills Ten People In Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 12. Ten people were killed instantly by n single flash of lightning, during a terrific thunderstorm which occurred over the township of Assis, in Sao Paulo State. Reuter. Sao Paulo is a state of Brazil. It is bounded
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    LIFTING GOLD EMBARGO.
    66 11 Cost of Living in Japan Fluctuations Cease. Tokio, Jan. 10. Mr. Inoue, the Finance Minister, on the eve of the removal of the gold embargo, declared that he sees no reason to fear the abolition, pointing out that trade continue s its favourable turn, while the downward
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    JAPANESE APPRENTICES.
    29 11 Ten to Study Commerce In Sumatra. Tokio, Jan. 10. The Narvo Kyokai, or South Seas Association, proposes to send ten commercial apprentices to Sumatra this year. Nichi-Nk-hi.
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    TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE.
    28 11 Jan. 22 to See Through Traffic Resumed. Harbin, Jan. 12. It has been decided to re-open railway traffic between Harbin and Moscow on January 22.— Reuter.
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    SINGAPORE BASE NOT LIKED.
    198 11 Mr. Wakatsuki Admits It BUT ISSUE NOT TO BE RAISED BY JAPAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12. Interviewed by the Sunday Times, Mr. Wakatsuki, the chief of the Japanese delegation to the Five Powers Naval Conference, admitted that Japan disliked the construction of the
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    KEEPING IN TOUCH.
    641 11 Mr. Stimson Arranging For Daily Cables. Washington, Jan. 12. la response to suggestions that the negotiation of a separate Mediterranean Pnct might be undertaken, in order to effect Franco-Italian accord, it is stated at The White House that any discussion of the question of enlarging the agenda
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    TROUBLE BREWING IN MANCHURIA.
    162 11 Truculent Russians. FRESH SINO-SOVIET CLASH LIKELY. A Sin Kuo Min message from Shanghai states that the Russians who now iepresent the Soviet Government on the board of control of the Chinese Eastern Railway are adopting an increasingly truculent attitude. Conflicts of opinion between the Chinese and
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    THE PARROT DISEASE.
    138 11 Baltimore Woman Dies Fresh Cases. New York, Jan. 12. Public officials are becoming alarmed at the spread of psittacosis. A woman has died at Baltimore, and two fresh cases are reported to have occurred in New York. Inspectors are visiting all the wholesale pet shops in New
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    U.S.A. CRIME LAWS.
    48 11 Overtaxing National Machinery." Washins'on, Jan. 11. The Law Enforcement Commission finds that the prohibition, the stealing of motorcar*, Ihe white slave traffic immigration and other laws involving crime, are overtaxing 1 the national machinery. President Hoover sends the report to Congress on Jan. 13. Reuter.
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    THE LEAGUE DEFINED.
    116 11 America's Baby Left On Europe's Doorstep." New York, Jan. 11. General Smuts, speaking at a banquet in ce'ebrntion of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the L»ague of Nations, referred to the departure of the American delegation to the London Naval Conference as marking the return
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    EXTRALITY IN CHINA.
    139 11 Sir Miles Lampson Insists On Gradual Abolition. A Sin Kuo Mm message states that the Nanking Ministry of Communications has formulated a programme for the abolition of all forcien navigation of the internal waters of China and cf th<> coasted waters. The Foieign Office spokesman declares that
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    DECEMBER TRADE.
    35 11 Big Excess of Imports Over Exports. London, Jan. 11. The Board of Trade returns for December, 1029. show the total value of British imports and exports as follows Imports £10(»,500,000 Exports 58,500,000 Rcuter.
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    THE SNOWDEN TOUCH.
    224 11 German Delegates Get A "Move On." The Hague, Jan. 11. "Plenipotentiaries ought to settle thing.; without always, referring to somebody else," declared Mr. Philip Snowdcn, the British Chancellor of tha Exchequer, rebuking the German delegates for the second time within a week for dillydallying. Dr. J- Curtius,
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    COAL CONFERENCE.
    88 11 When Does Miner's Shift Begin Geneva, Jan. 11. The Cool Conference, consisting of representatives cf nine of the principal European coal-producing countries, following a discussion on labour conditions, adopted an important jiropoHtinn rabmitted by the International Labour Office fgardwg the formula to apply to the duration cf work
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    FOOCHOW COUP D'ETAT.
    264 11 Situation Reported to Be Grave. Foochow, Jan. 13. Admiral Yang Shu-chuan has again control of the situation. The attempts against the Government have been suppressed. Reuter. Admiral Chen Chi-lianh, commanding "A" squadron, states a Sin Kuo Min message, has gone to Foochow to handle the situation which
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    JAPAN'S TRADE.
    31 11 Tokio, Jan. 10. Trade returns for the first ten days of this month show a total of Yen 33,829,000 for imports and of Yen 1 ;;;l,072,0OO for exports. Nichi-Nichi.
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    PLOT AGAINST SOVIET.
    189 11 Part Which British General Took. STORY FROM BERLIN. High German Officers Plan Georgian Revolt. I! liin, .Ian. 1.'!. Extraordinary nllcrratiom. with regard to high German ir.ilitaiy officers and others arc nada in the Ceaunaaiat paper, Rotefahnc, in connection with the a plot to overthrow the Bovict Go*
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    "A DIVINE MANDATE."
    175 11 A DIVINE MANDATE." Papal Encyclical On Education. Vatican City, Jan. 11. The sharp controversy between the Vatican and Signor Mussolini on the subject of the education of children, which arose in June last, shortly after the signing: of the Lateran Treaty, finds an eeho in a Papal encyclical which, for
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    NEW YORK TAXIS.
    71 11 Uniforms for Drivers 4-Wheel Brakes. New York, Jan. 13. The new dark-grey uniform-, specially prescribed by he Police Department and chosen by Police Chief Grover Whalen, must henceforth b- worn !>y all New York's 70,'i00 taxi-drivers, ami all taxis must conform to eertaln ntand*id specifications, such as
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    JEWISH PEACE LEAGUE.
    80 11 Dr. Albert Einstein's One .\l;ir!> A Year Proposal. Berlin, Jan, 13. A nev,- "Jewish Peace League" waa inaujrurat'-il at a !>itf public, meeting, presided over by Pr. Wassennann, director of the Deutsche Bank. The speakers included Dr. Leon I'etichtwanjrer, the author of Jew Siis-;. Dr. Albert Einstein
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    WINTER IN CHINA.
    34 11 730 People Frozen to Death In Peking. A Sin Kuo Mm message states that no fewer than 7.'!0 people have been frown to death in Faking during the past few days.
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      62 11 I TO-DAY'S FEATURES. i I'aKC Are Modern Ships Tee Blow, by Kdward M. Ilnrhv 10 Political Diary of tlic Week IS Loral Defence ('niifereiice at Drill Hall 13 Letters to the Editor IK London Tin Market l<f viewed Perak's Victory in Cup Final I'l Home Football Results 13 More .Mishaps
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    SHANGHAI EXCHANGE PANIC.
    739 12 Newspaper Comments. STRONG CONDEMNATION OF BROKERS. The North China Daily News of Dec. 28 has some very .strong remarks to make concerning the disastrous Stock Exchange collapse, as a result ofc which hundreds of small speculators have been ruined others have failed to receive the money which
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    A BAD NEPHEW.
    174 12 Has a Forgiving Uncle. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. Suppiiih. a young Tamil of the labouring < la.-s. was charged to-day, before Mr. <;. 11. Nash in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court with having volurr.-vily caused hurt to his urcle, Perianan. by stabbing him
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    26 12 In the case of alleged rape by a Malay at A lor Gajah of his adopted daughter, the occumhl was commit tori to the forth(■oming Assizes.
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    LOCAL DEFENCE.
    139 12 Conference at Drill Hall On January 21. H.E. the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, Major-Gencral H. L. Pritchard, C.B.. C.M.G., D.S.O.), and the Commandant and Officers of the Singapore Volunteer Corps have issued 5,000 invitations to all British men below the age of 40 to attend a
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    NAVAL STRENGTH.
    157 12 American Superiority To Britain. The surprising fact was revealed by the naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in mail week that the British Navy, instead of being superior in strength to that of the United States, as asserted in America, is actually greatly inferior in every category, except
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    GENERAL TANG'S PLEA.
    142 12 "Too Sick" to See President At Chengchow. General Tang Seng-chi has dispatched General Liv Yi-yuen on a visit to Marshal Yen Shi-shan. General Tang pleads that he is sick at Yenchvn and will not be able to comply with Marshal Yen's order to go to Chengchow for
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    A HUSBAND'S PLIGHT.
    321 12 Says Wife Refuses To Return. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. A case in which Mrs. Margaret Sayampanathan. a Tamil, was complainant was heard to-day, in the local Police Court before Mr. G. H. Nash. The accused was a middle-agod Tamil man named Vellasamy, who
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    65 12 Decision to Extend Kandang Kerbau Market. Committee No. 2 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners has decided that Kandanft Kerbau Market shoild be extended, and that preliminary inquiries may be made for extra litad. The committee also recommended provision of an additional sum of $718,000 from loan account for
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    TAKING A JOKE TOO SERIOUSLY.
    326 12 U.S. Senate Inquiry Ends As Comedy. New York, Jan. 11. The Senate Naval Affairs sub-com-mittee's investigation of the activities of Mr. William B. Shearer at the Geneva Naval Conference in 1927 was abruptly and comically ended by Dr. William Maloney, its author, describing the famous
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    TAN—LEE WEDDING.
    184 12 TAN— LEE WEDDING. Three Thousand Guests Invited. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 11. The wedding of Mr. Tan Eng Lim, the cldtst son of Mr. Tan Soo Hock, to Miss Lee Swee Yocng, the sixth daughter of Date Lee Kong Lum of Kuala Lumpur, which was certainly the grandest
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    SCHILLING CONVICTED.
    138 12 Explorer and Journalist Fined at Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 13. Wilhelm Bruder Schilling, who was charged with being an unregistered alien and asked to show cause why he should not be bound over was fined $30 or in default sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment on
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    INSPECTOR FINED.
    332 12 Paya Lebar Officer Loses His Job. Tan Poh Siong, a health inspector in the service of the Rural Board, who was charged with receiving an illegal consideration, was fined $50 or two months in default, in the Criminal District Court on Saturday. It was alleged by a Chinese
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    CHINESE CLERK CHARGED
    107 12 Alleged Falsification Of Books. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. A clerk named Khaw Keng Chuan, until recently in the employ of Mr. Tan Seng Khim, was produced in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court to-day before Mr. G. H. Nash and charged with having falsified
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    MALACCA WEDDINGS.
    227 12 Chinese and Eurasian Couples Married. From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 11. In response to invitations issued by Messrs. Ong Kirn Choon and Ong Kirn Kee of Batu Berendam, Malacca, a good number of relatives and friends were present on Saturday and Sunday at the dinners held in
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    ALLEGED ADULTERY.
    125 12 Young Malay Woman Pleads Guilty. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tampin, Jan. 10. Before Che Mohamed Idris, sitting at Tampin, Mr. R. Ackrill charged a Malay woman named Bedah bintec Ayot and a man Talip bin Karim. with committing adultery. When the accused were charged the woman pleaded guilty
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    17 12 Mr. M. Striven, of Batulang Estate, Malacca, and Mrs. Striven and Miss Striven have returned from Europe.
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    17 12 Dr. W. A. Tempany, Director of Agriculture, has been admitted to the European hospital at Kuala Lumpur.
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    53 12 At the Sungci Ujong Club, Scremban, en Saturday, Jan. 18, the Seremban Amateurs are giving ashow entitled "The Mikado" and "Trial by Jury," with a case of 30. The performance will be followed by light refreshments and a dance. The whole of the proceeds are to go to the Ex-Service
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    SUICIDE OF LOCAL STOREKEEPER.
    189 12 Wife's Shocking Discovery In Bedroom. A sensation was caused among the Straits Chinese community of Singapore on Saturday by the suicide of one of its well-known members, Mr. Tan Hock Lee. The deceased, who had been employed as chief storekeeper by the Singer Sewing Machine Company
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    BOATMAN DROWNED.
    233 12 Extraordinary Disappearance At Malacca. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan- 11. An inquest was held at the Coroner's Court on Saturday when Lieut-Com-mander J. H. Owen sat as Coroner and Inspector Higgins represented the police. Evidence given by fellow boatmen and the father went to show that the
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    INSPECTORS RECOVER.
    49 12 Inspector Mclntosh, of the Singapore Police, was discharged from the General Hospital yesterday, having recovered irom the wound received in the pistol battle with gangsters in Havelock Road, and Inspector Byrde, who was wounded at the same time, is expected to be out in a few days.
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    50 12 Mr. G. A. Hodirin. an evangelist on a world tour, who is on his way to China after visiting South Africa and India, delivered an address at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor Road, yesterday evening. He will hold another service to-day at 7.30 p.m. at the same place.
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    STORM IN CHANNEL.
    111 12 Much Damage in Britain 120 M.P.H. Wind. London, Jan. 18. Fierce gales swept the British Isle* yesterday. The velocity of the wind in the Channel is unofficially estimated at 120 miles an hour which is a record for Britain. Much damage has been done throughout the country.
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    LAND SLIDE.
    183 12 Chinese Meets Violent Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Gajah, Jan. 9. An inquiry was held at Alor Gajah by Mr. A. C. Boyd as Coroner, last week on which judgment was postponed for today, regarding the death of a Chinese named Chua Hock who was killed at
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    MALACCA REST HOUSE.
    84 12 Improvements Nearing Completion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 10. The additional three single rooms on I the light wing as you go into the Malacca Hi House and the half a dozen reini. reed buildings for motor garage on 1 the left of the entrance are
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    F.M.S. GAME LAWS.
    92 12 With reference to our report of the general meeting of the Central Pahang Planters' Association, the District Officer, Kuala Lipis, was omitted from the list of the committee appointed by the F.M.S. Government to overhaul the Wild Animals and Birds Protection Enactment, IMS. The full constitution of
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    Perak vs. United Services—Special Report of the Malaya Cup Final. CIVILIAN VICTORY IN CUP FINAL.
    2078 13 Perak vs. United Services— Special Report of the Malaya Cup Final. CIVILIAN VICTORY IN CUP FINAL. Rugby Trcphy for Perak. SERVICES LOSE CHRISTIE IN FIRST HALF. (By Our Special II* preservative.) Scenes of wild cnthus.asm were wit-tk.--.mI at Ku^la Lumpur on Saturday whin Pcrak's Rugby fifteen stored a try just
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    AN AMATEUR AGAIN.
    120 13 Miss Mary Browne Reinstated In America. New York, Jan. 11. The famous American tennis and golf player, Miss Mary K. Browne, who was deprived of her amateur status by the American Golf Association for competing in professional tennis tournaments under the auspices of Mr. C. Pyle, has
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    107 13 Monday, Jan. IS Hockey S.C.C. ti. R.E. and R.A., S.C.C. Tuesday, Jan, 14 Rugby P.S.R.F.C. vs. Islands "A S.J.R.F.C. vs. Islands, J.B. Rutrby: Bull Merchants vs. The Rest, S.C.C. Annual S.C.C. cricket meeting, 6.30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15 Rugby S.C.C. vs. P.S.R.F.C., Thomson Road. Hockey S.V.C. vs. Services,
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    WALKER CUP GOLF MEETING.
    477 13 America vs. Britain At Sandwich. New York, Jan. 16. R- T. Jones has been elected captain of the American Walker Cup team which is to meet Great Britain on May 15 and 16 at St. George's, Sandwich. The team has been selected as follows:— R. T.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    185 13 Fixtures At Race Course Club This Month. A flag competition, with staled handicaps, will be played en Wednesday, the 15th. The monthly medal will be competed on the 18th and 19th. The entry list for the Makino cup is now open. February Competitions At Garrison G.C. The following
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    HAGEN BEHIND.
    60 13 Big Money Tournament In California. Los Angeles, Jan. 11. Walter Hagcn, holder cf the British open golf title, competing in the first round of a £2,000 tournament at Santa Monica Canyon, returned a score of 81, which was eleven strokes worse than that of the leading player, Johnny
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    REMARKABLE BREAKS.
    76 13 Sensational Scoring in SmithLindrum Match. The scores at the close on Dec. 31 in the Lindrum-Smith match were a3 folLindrum (in play) 17,664 Smith, 14,809. Lindrum's biggest break was 1,104 and Smith's 1,239. On Jan. 1, the scores were Lindrum (in play), 18,726 Smith, 17,812. Smith made breaks
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    TURF GAMBLING.
    258 13 Considered at S. R. A. Meeting at Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 11. The Government's letter to Turf Clubs on the subject of sweepstakes was discussed at a meeting of the Straits Racing Association held here to-day, when it was stated that the Singapore Club had
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    BRITISH R.U. TEAM.
    352 13 Programme for Next Year's Tour. The match programme for the British Rugby Union team's tour of Australia next year was discussed at the N.S.W.R.U. council meeting in mail week. The management committee's suggested itinerary for submission to Queensland and Victorian Unions for approval was Aug. 23, v
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    22 13 There will be an extraordinary general meeting of the Public Services Rugby Football Club in the Municipal Building at 6.30 this evening.
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
    312 13 English Cup. FIRST DIVISION CLUBS HUMBLED. London, Jan. 11. The following are the results of English and Scottish Cup and League games played to-day F.A. Cup. Third Round. Rotherham ltd. 0 Notts. Itoaat 5 Charlton Ath. 1 (Juei-n's I'urk R. 1 Chestcrticlil 1 Middlesbrough 1 Wrexham 1
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    MERCANTILE CUP.
    51 13 Few Entries Received Up To The Present. Entries for the Singapore Inter-Com-mercial Cup competition are coming in very slowly at present, but it is known that there are a number of firms who intend to enter but have delayed the formal notification. Entries close at noon on Jan.
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    LOCAL HOCKEY.
    34 13 Indian Association Defeat Fort Canning. An Indian Association team defeated Fort Canning on the I.A. ground by 4—24 2 yesterday. The home team played with only ten men in the first half.
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    MOTOR RACING TITLE.
    101 13 Competitic n Conditions For Championship. The International Association of tho Automobile Clubs, whose headquarters arc in Paris, announce the conditions of their competition for the world's automobile championship, 1930. The title will be awarded on a points basis en the results of the seven major motor races
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    DR. WANG EXPLAINS CHINA'S POLICY.
    542 15 Foreign Journalists Criticised. Shanghai, .Inn. 2. In a New Year's Day statement on fo: ;l; l; n policy, it-sued by Dr. C. T. Wang, the Foreign Minister, yesterday, it is intimate! that steps will be taken in the coming year B 0 restrict traffic on
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    HAICHING PIRACY.
    202 15 Murder Hearing to Start Shortly. That the Police Court hearing, in which two men arc charged with murder in connection with th" Haiching piracy attempt, will in all likelihood begin about January it, was intimated by Mr. L. R. Andrewe3, the Assistant Crown Solicitor, to Mr. Hamilton at
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    A PECULIAR CUSTOM.
    162 15 Quail Plucked While Still Alive. A east of gross ill-treatment of a quail was brought to light when a Chinese appeared at the Kowloon Magistracy on Jan. 2 and admitted a charge of plucking the feathers off the bird while it was still alive. On receiving the
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    1638 15 The Coal Mines Bill— Dissolution Speculations Mr. Graham's Marvellous Memory Government Surrender to BackBenchers— A Gem of Official Candour— Egyptian Treaty 's Dangerous Changes The Air and Naval Bases What The General Election Cost. (By Our Parliamentary Correspondent.) London, Dec. 17. pROPHKCIES that the
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    DELHI TO KARACHI.
    319 15 700 Miles by Air-liner For Rs. 160. The timings of the new air mail ierviee batWM n Karachi and Delhi will lie as follows Leave Karachi G p.m. Saturday, arrive Hyderabad <i.io p.m. depart Hyderabad Sunday 7 a.m.. arrive Jodhpur l<i.f>. r >, leaving 11.40 and arriving
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    THE ANCIENT CITY OF ABRAHAM.
    1133 16 Ur of the ChaJdees." BEFORE AND AFTER THE FLOOD. History is now -written with pick and spade, and most people have heard of the 'discoveries or Ur, called of the <"haldee»," which was the home of Abraham in its later days. The sit* of the
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      192 16 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir, Judging from the letters which havd appeared in the Press during the last few days regarding the Victoria Theatre and private enterprise in the cinema trade, it would appear that the Municipality through the Board of Control of the Municipal
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      277 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I see from the Siam lettrr of la evening that there is an epidemic of .'.astro-enteritis among Siamese cats. A gieat deal car. be done if owners, while having expert advice, will take the trouble tv nurse the cats
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      535 16 To the Editor of the StraiU Times. Sir, Among matters for discussion at the ncxi committee meeting of the S.S. \ssociation mention is made of the iJevlang River and Kalian); Basin developments. It is satisfactory to see that attention is at last being devoted to these all
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    FACED DEATH FOR A BRIDE.
    369 16 Amazing Story of A Wartime Romance. In the spring of 1918, according to the Budapest paper Magyars*?. Yolan Kovecsy, a pretty young nuise in the auburban asylum of Angyalfo'.d, came to the city and requested the military authorities to send her to the Italian front.
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    B.B.C. MUSIC DIRECTOR.
    118 16 Mr. Adrian Boult to Take Over in May. The B.B.C. announces that Mr. Adrian Boult will assume the nost of musio director of the BBC. on May 15 next. Mr. Adrian Boult has been the director of the Birmingham City Orchestra since 1924. He was educated at
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    HEAD OR BUST?
    181 16 Czech Actress Sues A Sculptor. Madame Anna Sedlachkova. of the National Theatre, Prague, has brought an action against the talented Czech sculptor, Foit, who had been commissioned to make a marble model of the actress's head. Recently Madame Sedlachkova was ajtonirhed and disagreeably surp.ised to find a
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    "THE APPLE CART."
    176 16 Irony that Affronts Saxon Democracy. According to the Dresden correspondent of the Ecrliner Tageblatt, the Saxon Minister of Education expressed mistrivirg? tc tho intendant of the State Theatre with regard to the proposed production of Mr. Shaw's play The Apple Cart, entitled in the German version The
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    AN OLD PAL.
    110 16 Memories of Chancellor's Early Days. An interesting story of Mr. Philip Snowden's earlier days is told by one of his colleagues in the House of Commons. Mr. Snowden was asked whether he had ever visited X, a little Lancashire town in the neighbourhood of the Pennines. Oh,
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    THE SHADOW-PLAY IN OLD CHINA.
    522 16 Precursor of the Talkies. VOICES FROM BEHIND THE SCREEN. A form at talking:, moving picture play Originated in China more than u hundred years before the Christian era, and hacontinued in popularity to the present day. This is the ancient Chincsi-shaJow-play, which anticipated talking pictures
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    SECOND DAY OF PENANG RACES.
    1483 17 More Mishaps. CARRBRIDGE DESTROYED ON COURSE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnanjr, Jan. 12. The Kcond days' tMM at the Penang Turf ("ml> New Yiai maetif were full of thrill:; am! l.\< iter.icnt. The weather was tin. ;it ihc start, but there was a heavy shower
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    AN ESCAPED CONVICT ?
    55 17 AN ESCAPED CONVICT Alleged Singapore Prisoner Caught. A Chinese who is alleged to be one of the thirteen prisoners who craped from the Singapore Criminal Prison some time ago has been arrested and detained at Johore. So far seven of the escaped convicts have been arrested. The prisoner will be
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    FRASER & NEAVE, LTD.
    74 17 FRASER NEAVE, LTD. Resolutions on Share Issues Confirmed. At an extraordinary general meeting of Messrs. Fraser and Neave, Ltd., held at noon to-day at which Messrs. W. H. Macgregor (chairman), E. Walker, J. A. Clarke, W. E. Ilayner, R. L. Hastie and E. A. Fooks were present, the resolutions relating
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    WOMAN LIES IN STREET.
    82 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 10. At about 12-30 on the afternoon of Thursday, at the junction of 2nd. Cross Street and Jonker Street, where a P.C. ir on traffic duty, a Chinese woman with head clean shaven had suddenly laid butself down in the
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    ENTICED AWAY.
    85 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Gajah, Jan. 10. Mahir bin Tahar, a young Malay, was charged before Mr. A. C. Boyd at Alor Gajah that he on Dec. 25 did entice away Somoh bintee Maun, the wife of Lewi bin Jalal, whom he knew or had reason to
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    A GRUESOME ERRAND.
    61 17 At the instance of Dr. Nicholas, the assistant HUgeon, District Hospital, Jasin, twenty-one Tamils were charged bofore Mr. L. S. Freer with trespass into the District Hospital burial ground at Jasin. They were convicted. There were U mon and 8 women who attempted to rwiiovo a corpse.
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    COSMPOLITAN CLUB RAIDED.
    134 17 Australian Charged In Betting Case. Another sensational raid was carried out by officers of the Gambling Suppression Department in Singapore on Saturday. The premises searched were those of the newly formed Cosmopolitan Club on Ang Siang Hill. The membership of this club is drawn from all local
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    DOWNTOWN CENTRE
    102 17 Charges Against V.M.C.A. Secretary Police. Mr. Gordc- Ci.m.v itr-tary of the V.M.C.A., and inspector Bvbm an.l two confttableii w >•• urn 'oncd before the District .ludjr- lhi.i morning on charges ef wrongful contii.-ii; pi and treaMM. The coniplaiii:ir.; WS U Indian Mohamedaa, M. A. Kaiboo. a former lessee
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    MORE MINES CLOSING.
    83 17 Large Number Shut Down On Sundays. The following additional mines are closing down <n Sundays Dredges. Lukut Tin 1 Larut Tin ■> Jelanang Tin 1 Kainuntir.g Tin '1 Panjrnga River 2 Ipoh Tin Dredging 2 Tin Bentong N.L. 1 Plants Murai Tin, Ltd. Chong Sin Hing C
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    MR. GANDHI STILL DISTRUSTFUL.
    292 17 Request for "Absolute Guarantees." Mahatnia Gandhi, the Indian leader, in a letter to Mr. Fonner Brockway, the Labour H.P for East Leyton, who had urged eo-operation as a step towards the solution of India's problems, writes as follows regarding the Viceroy's declaration on Dominion status for
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    GILLESPIE ACQUITTED
    68 17 Not Proved that He Drove Death Car. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. In the course of a lengthy judgment this morning at the Police Court, the magistrate acquitted and discharged William Gillespie, who was chaiged with causing the death of a Tamil on his v.uy
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    SOLDIERS ARRESTED
    47 17 Alleged Entry of House In Malcolm Road. Two soldiers from the 2nd Welch Regiment, were arrested early this morning by the Orchard Road police and were detained for inquiries. It is alleged that the prisoners broke into the house of Mr. Perry, 41 Malcolm Road.
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    FIRE AT NYALAS.
    216 17 Twenty-one Shophouses Burnt Down. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 10. A fire broke out at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Mar.tai village, N; a;a", which i.s ".4 milts from Malacca and 10 r.iilcs from Jasin. Wiihin forty minutes twenty-one shophouses were reduced to the ground in
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    SLANDER AT KLANG.
    198 17 Nurses Sued by Hospital Matron. In the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, before Mr. Justice P. A. FarrerManby, an interesting civil suit for $2,000 damages for alleged defamation wa3 mentioned, says the Malay Mail. Lim Kin Un, plaintiff, matron of the Chinese Maternity Hospital, Klang, alleged,
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    NEW SIGNALS.
    194 17 Kuala Lumpur Chinese Puzzled. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. Two Chinese motor-car drivers named See Kew and Yee Kirn were charged with failing to obey the lawful order of tht policeman on duty regulating traffic at the junction of Java Street and Batu Road. Mr.
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    SALE OF HOTEL CECIL.
    250 17 Windfall for "Liberator" Depositors. London, Dec. 20. After nearly 40 years' waiting, the depositors and creditors of the Liberator Permanent Building; Society and other Jabez Balfour enterprises, which crashed ;;7 years ago, causing losses exceeding 17,000,000 to about 25,000 small investors, are likely to receive an
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    HOUSES COLLAPSE.
    65 17 Alarming Accident At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 18. An alarming accident occurred on Sunday morning at Clark Street, where four shop-houses in the course of construction collapsed, injuring four workmen. It is believed that faulty arrangement of the roof timbers resulted in tne ruof falling
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    CAMERON'S HIGHLANDS.
    129 17 Rules for Use of Halting Bungalows. Rules have btcn irawi up for the use of the halting btwgnlowa at Cameron's Higriur.ci.s and applications should be addrvssid tc the Executive Engineer at the HlfhtomU. The bungalows art- provided with bedsteads, mattresses, pillows, crockery, cuU lery, cocking utqnsils, tamps, chairs
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