The Straits Times, 14 January 1930

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    38 1 The straits times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 4 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      146 1 Ny Carlsberg Beer In buttle* and on draught. Bole Importer* EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inc. In Doumark) SINGAPORE. YOUR THROAT /^SISt THROAT PASTILLES These Pastille: could not have been made without Monsol. Other germicides are too harshly irritating to be used in sufficient strength to cleanse the mouth ef germs.
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      189 1 ROBINSON'S FOR FURNITURE I 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. (Incorporated in the Straita Settlement*) FOR YOUR BREAKFAST TABLESpecialljT Selected Wrapped Kippers, Smoked Fish Fillets. Fresh Herrings. Haddocks.
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      12 1 Prime Portland "OK" CEMENT EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inc. in Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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      513 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. KASHMIR 9,000 Jan. 19 MACEDONIA 11.100 Jan.
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      606 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Nap'.cs, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Jan. 16 17 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Jan. 80 II HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Feb. 16 17 t KITANO MARU 8,000 Feb. 27 28 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Mar. 13 14 t KAMI)
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      502 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (li.con'ori ted in Englsnd) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MAREI.LA f 7BRS tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of »he largest and (inert steamers tradii g
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      638 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marine Dents, and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Official Tourists Bureau of Java. REYNST— January 15, Sourabaya,
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      550 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHD? CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICES TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND •BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      515 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Inrorporatcd in Siam) EANOKOK COASTING SERVICE For Krctay, Ticngganu, Kclartan, Bangnara, Telupin, Prtani, Singora, Lacon, Sichcn, Bandon, Kohsamui, Lan^suan, Cbumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB In port Jan. IS PRACHATIPOK Jan. 20 Jan. 23 MALINI Jan. 27 Jan. 23 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      491 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa A-uterdas. Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage m.s. Sibajak 12.000 RX. J"- s.s. Konder Ned. 8,200 S.M.N. Jan. 24 m.s. Indrapoer. 10.000 R-L. Jan. 81 v. J. P. Coon 11,100 S.M.N. Feb. 7
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      477 3 oaiuui mAMflnr uwi ceWAMEeUCAN MAILUNB 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. 26 PRES. ADAMS Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8 PRES. HARRISON
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      463 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 Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore s.s. CITY OF TOXIC Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Mar. 6 s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Apl. S HOMEWARDS
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      476 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 Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Tacoma S.S. EVERETT from Manila Jan. 14 S.S. EVERETT from H. Kong
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      245 3 CAMERAS in Models ranging From $10 to $500. Illustrated Catalogue free upon request to Sole Agents M. Wiseman Co., (Eastern) Limited. (Incorporated in England) 41/3, ROBINSON ROAD. SINGAPORE. NEW "SEASON" PIANO solid teakwood case, mahogany polished, full iron frame, overstrung, German made. $480 or $20 monthly instalments. SEASON CO., LTD.
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      212 3 MODERN SANITATION AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT for DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Apply to Fong Hin G. H. Watts Co., 64, WALLICH STREET. SINGAPORE. Phone 7582. For— MOULDY ROT BLACK STRIFE WOUNDS and ANY OTHER DISEASE OR AFFECTION OF THE BARK USE BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM ORDINARY AND RED. The proved tree disinfectant Sub-Agent
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    WHERE LIQUOR LAWS ARE STRICT.
    837 4 Chile's New Temperance Enactment. Chile's new alcohol and (temperance law, which has been in effect since Jan. 18, 1929, has resulted in a 60 per cent decrease in arrests for drunkenness as eon pared with the same period last year, and an incrcaro in savings
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    66 4 In order to correct various inaccurate reports which have appeared in regard to M. Clemenceau's memoirs, his literary executors have issued a statement to the effect that the memoirs, which bear the title Grandeurs and Memories of a Victory," were completed and corrected by M. Clemenceau's own hand before his
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    WANTS TO DIE POOR.
    228 4 The Benefactions of A Philanthropist. To give to others before he dies the riches which he has acquired in a long life of business enterprise is the determined resolve of Mr. Halley Stewart, of Harpenden, who began his career as a bank clerk. Following many generous
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    OCEAN PHENOMENON.
    118 4 Stationary Water on Edge Of Current. Recently the steamer Euripides, on its voyage from Cape Town to London, encountered an amazing marine phenomenon. While crossing the southern equatorial current, which is about 100 miles wide, it appeared that while the main stream was travelling at about three knots,
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    THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    61 4 Questioned by Mr. H. Day (Lab., Southwark Central) regarding the cost of competing in the Schneider Trophy contests, Mr. F. Montague, the Under-Secretary for Air, states in a written reply that the figure of £100,000 may be quoted for both 1927 and 1928 as an approximate indication
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    ENGLISH POLITICS.
    515 4 Serious Liberal-Labour Breach. The most exciting week politically since the Labour regime began has ended, but the Government escaped defeat. The Liberal Party had formally decided to vote against the Coal-mines Bill unless their very -serious objections to the measure were met. Urgent telegrams were sent to every
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    THE POPE'S ADVICE.
    190 4 Immoderate Appetite For Riches." I In a Christmas Encyclical the Pope censures the fret and hurry of modern life and appeals foi< silent meditation and prayer as a needed remedy for the fever uf our age. The great vanity of the modern age ard the source of
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    RETURNING FROM PARTY.
    119 4 Three Burnt to Death In Motor Accident. London, Dec. 30. I Flight-lint John Francis Lawton and I h s wife, returning from a party in a car, collided early this morning at Wimbledon with a motor cycle driven by William Albert Wild, whose brother was riding pilli.n.
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    MARY AS STYLE SAVANT.
    426 4 Advises China Flapper to Stick To Old Garb. That the women of China would be wise to stick to their own style of dress rather than substitute for it the ever changing fashions of the Western world is tho rather astute rpinion of Mary Pickford. I
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    CRICKETER PREACHER.
    61 4 At a Service of Commemoration for the "M members of the South Metropolitan Gu Company's ('^-partnership who lost their lives in the War was held in Southwark Cathedral, the Bishop of Woolwich and Canon J. 1!. Haldane officiated at tho service, and the Rev. E. H. Gillingham, the
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      53 4 Siuißey Sheldon Steel Furniture BRITISH MADE. STEEL STORAGE SHELVING BUILT TO CUSTOMER'S SPECIFICATIONS. "I_____________________________________| mPPTj Quolations Submitted on Application. ALSO STOCKS OF FILING CABINETS, STORAGE CUPBOARDS, PLAN FILES, INVOICE FILES, JUMBO FILES, CARD INDEX DRAWERS, etc., etc. Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd. Office Equipment Showroom at 2, PRINCE STREET. Phone 2700,
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      294 5 WHAT LOVELY SNAPS Do you often wondw why your friend gets better snaps than you, though >«. x both use the same camera? En■gfcteameat will come to you in the answer "I ALWAYS USE AGFA FILMS." Change over to Agfa next time you buy films and you'll b« delighted at
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      256 5 NO GIFT ll f MORE Nil H PERSONAL Ifffl r '"Pur: new Wah 1 Ever- I 'iK^H X sharp Personal Point fcjj^jj^j*! Pens arc gifts literally I ir.ji '.r.Hgl v •;*^s made to the recipients lr-ai»e^j You choose the pen that Bl?^j)| \T is exactly what you wish 9L\ fll|
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      163 5 By Appointment -to-his Majesty tmc king fe^ sani«?#equirMent MAY WE QUOTE FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS? Sole Agents in Malnya \r* EN T R A I SINGAPORE IPOII KUALA LUMPUR. H PREPARED, (PBl not rom s Y nt^ et i cs nor /J||j|B^ imported fruit juice spoilt n&t" excess preservatives, PURE RIPE
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    63 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. TAN. -Tan Hock I^ee, aged 40, passed away i>n the Uth nut. at his residence No. 47, < uff Koad, Singapore. He lea.'cs behind hil mother (Madam Chew Heo Nco), a «:d(.w i Lim Boon Neo» and a son. aged r> Funeral will take place on the
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      726 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager, Straits Times, Cecil Street. Please insert the following small advertisement for day* i i i I i r 1 i i j r t There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 25 cents per
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      719 6 »♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MISCELLANEOUS ALHAMBRA MANILA CIGARS are mild. PIANOS. New and second-hand pianos for Hire. Season Co., Ltd., 11l and 113, North bridge Road. WANTED, Japanese barl>er fo' Rcng.-in; f'\\ib two Sundays i>cr month. Contract rate. Apply Hon. Secretary. You don't HAVE to drink Phoenix Mineral Waters, you just DO SO
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      860 6 BOARD AND LODGING WARWICK HOUSE, 81, Cavanagh Road, Select English Boarding establishment, Phone 7593. LADY willing to let her boarding house, fully furnished, as mess, to any firm or person at reasonable rates. Apply 103. S. Times, THE GROVE, 103, Meyer Road, Katong. high-class boarding establishment on sea front. Excellent
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      728 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO BE LET, No. 81, Tank Road, at present occupied by Messrs. John I. Thornyeroft and Co., Ltd. Apply 6-1, Salaeca Street. TO LET, ground floor, 7S Cecil Street, also offlces in Stanley Street. Modern sanitation. Apply J. S. Nathan, 6, de Sousa Street. TO ,rT Pll«.
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      780 6 PERAK TURF CLUB ufi-Tivr ioon arKIINU MriEilllNU IIMO. BATfTRnAY Tl'pqiiAV TuiTRanAV .nj gJpMBAY mI i I i«l »mo BAn/lIW" 1 rB"- 8> 193°Three nine each for Horses Class 1, 2 and 3 and Ponle. Clan, 1. Races will be provided for one Division of Class 2 Ponies if toUl entries
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      712 6 AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold land and house No. 162, off East Coa*t Road, 99D years' leasehold i and and houses Nos. 11, Mohamcd Sultan Road and 67 (old No. 26) Bain Street, Sinfapore and 100 shares in local bank under arbiNation agreement dated June 6, 1929, Chop Hup Leong
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      310 7 To those living in Hotels. You are entitled to comfortable SLEEP. No Bed can be comfortable unlt'ss fitted with a Bed Spring Mattress that will NOT SAG The One Bed Spring that WILL NOT sag is THE Simmons "Royal Ace" Makes sleep a pleasure. Stocked in all sizes to fit
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      482 7 RUBBER_ SEED THE PAMANOEKAN TJIASEM LANDS SOEBANG, JAVA. (THE ANGLO DUTCH PLANTATIONS OF JAVA, LTD., LONDON) offer for sale A. Il'.'vca Seed from the Company's isolat „1 budded Seed Gardens at Wangoenrcdja :'Tjikadoc Seed") particulars of which wil! j !><• found in the November 1927 issue of The j I'lanter."
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      254 7 Eleven different ModeU, an supplied to tht BritUh and C'oloaial GorernmentH, Foreifn i.oMrnmenis, and to Commercial Firmi Ihrounhuul the World. Sole Agents DUNCAN ROBERTS, LTD. 137, CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. NEW SHIPMENTS Valspar Varnish and Enamels Waterspar Varnish Stains Will not turn White. They a;v Waterproof, Heatproof and Weatherproof. Colours I—
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      382 7 BACKWARD BABIES Begin To Thrive When Own Tablets Are Used. Derangement of the digestive organs is responsible for most of the ailments whicn trouble infants and keep them backward ;n development. Baby's Own Tablets gently stimulate the stomuch and bowels, restoring them to norm.il action, and this is all that
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      178 7 TRUTH IN ADVERTISING AND WE STAND BEHIND THE STATEMENT BACKED BY SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL TESTS THAT P (DESICCATED OX-MVER) Will give new Blood and make pale men, women and children Healthy and Robust. It is used by Doctors and Hospitals for the cure of ANAEMIA Pernicious and Secondary with Miraculous Results.
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    YOUTHFUL HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    620 8 Average Age Well Under Fifty. Reticence regarding age is a characteristic and privilege BSOaOy attributed to women, but not so in the British Houses of Parliament. There are 102 malu members of the new House of Commons who have not, bo far, confided their ages to
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    GIRL-WIFE'S ORDEAL.
    179 8 GIRL- WIFE'S ORDEAL. Public Prosecutor And Inhuman Treatment." When Tulsi Ttlini was charged, in Cal(utta, with having attempted to murder her daughter-in-law, Somalia, a 14-year <ild girl, the Public Prosecutor said that this was another instancs of inhuman treatment of a daughter-in-law by her mother-in-law. It was not often, he
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    'COL. BARKER' RELEASED.
    78 8 Famous Man -Woman Case Recalled. Londoii, Dec. 15. It is reported that Mrs. Arkell Smith. who recently masqueraded us "Colonel Barker," was quietly released from prison to-day. until'- masquerade a* an Army oAeer, a restaurant kec per and a married man ended in March last, when h.T
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN LONDON.
    1581 8  -  J. Jefferson Farjeon.) (By Oar London Critic, The Psychology of Christmas —Sybil Thorndike's Latest Play— A New Interpretation of Napoleon Dennis Neilson-Terry's Jfipanese Study— Easing A Tortured Conscience— A Visit to Camera —What Happened to Franz Diener Misplaced Courage. London, Dec. 17. j
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    HAITI, THE BLACK REPUBLIC.
    546 8 A Puzzle for U.S. Politicians. The present troubles in Haiti began ns a strike against the reduction of the Wta on education, says a Times leader, a. id nothing could better illustrate the radical weakness in the present situation there. The United States has been the
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    POSITION IN IRAQ.
    343 8 Unfortunately Timed British Announcement. The publication at Bagdai' of the Colonial Office announcement of Britain's policy in Iraq, in which it was said that, as a result of the declaration by the British Government that they intended to recomn.end Iraq for membership of the League of Nations
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    FRENCH LEGATION.
    26 8 Paris, Dec. 20. The Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies has passed un appropriation for the establishment of a French Legation in Dublin.
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      96 8 V l II B II I f^nVl^ NEW YEAR I pN V f% YOU HAVE THIS ATTRACTIVE RANGE TO fl b Jf Sara* l 1 choose from I ?1 I* I I*l MODEL No. 111. TYPE No. of Seats PRICE PPH > 5 9 8 2 SEATER 2 ?1,450 rB*Sc!JS
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      441 9 I PAVILION SK I From Tuesday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 19, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE GEORGE SIDNEY, VERA GORDON, MACK SWAIN and RATE PRICE in THE COHENS KELLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY In a riotous farce of the famous Iri sh and Jewish screen families who
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      342 9 Raffles Hotel TEA AFTER DANCES P "I OAAm0 AAm DINNER I j 3 DANCES Wednesday Ml 111 ■■UUIII Tuesday and Thursday JUS?^ UNRIVALLED IN THE J^ EAST ORCHESTRAL Phone 2920 for CONCERT Reservation*. Sunday, ».3O p.m. Sea View Hotel All rooms fitted with modern conveniences. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1930 SPECIAL
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      285 9 TALKI ES METRO— GOLDWYN— MAYER take great pleasure in announcing the release shortly of 1. "THE BROADWAY 3. "TRIAL OF MARY MELODY DUGAN All talking-singing-dancing All talking With beauThe picture that took Europe tiful NORMA SHEARER and America by storm. in the role of Mary Dugan. 2. "HOLLYWOOD REVUE of
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    HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    413 10 SHIPPING NOTES. Bulletin of the L of N. Eastern Bureau. Tamntuw T!;.< I and UlTM <l<:it!i HciIm i;i On maHpcx t! ath. Baghdad: Five smallpox eases and three dtatlu Ba irah tin.' plague 1 1 Bombay aiallpox and IS dcatha. c.iU ut. ,i IS cholera casea
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    SHARE MARKET REPORTS.
    236 10 Macphail and Co., Lid. ■■<•, Jam. u. n Pandan i .:).">- 1.50. Ayi r Ki. Ajrcr i'nnns i Balgowntoi 0 nU, Hukit ii etnts-1.05, < 'h.-iiiykiit Serdanici l>" 5, GleneaJyi IM-IJtQ 1.. Inilr.i. >.l Jan 'til Kedahi 2.7O-2.VO. Kuala Si.lims 2.C.V Malaka Pindai 1.40-1.45, Nun Si-u<!;.is l
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    40 10 Henderson, Helm ;ind Company, Inc., t h following cable >■ 13, their quotation! being in rits closing l>id prices: ales to-day 1,875 Januarj I. I- t l i.sn, March ril 1 tO, June I.VGO, Jul) tembor l&M. is out
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      MINING UNPROFITABLE.
      987 10 Chenderiang Tin Dredging, Limited. The fifteenth annual general meeting of Chendeiiang Tin Dredging, Ltd., woi held on Nov. 20, at th« registered offices of the company, 7, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., Mr. W. Arthur Addinscll, chairman of the company, presiding. Mr. C. H. Smallwood, on behalf of
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      EXCHANGES.
      85 10 Rugby, Jan. 13. i9^o r v iKn A.i. cxcha "«t c a Amsterdam L'.OHS,, Athens r Bombay Is. 5 29-32 d Berlin 20, Brussels 34.94. Bucharest 818, Buenos Aires 4514, Copenhagen 1X.205, Geneva 25.15, Helsingfors 193 7 Hong Kong Is. C- K d., Lisbon 10H.2.->, Madrid 35.82. r >.
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      VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
      52 10 Programme of drills up to and for weekending Jan. 19 Tuesday, Jan. 14, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, Units S.V.C., W.Os. and Sergeant* Prill Course. Saturday. Jim. 18, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah H.-mire, Units S.V.C., Practice Murray (up. Sunday, Jan. It, 8 a.m., Bukit Timah Kanije, Units S.V.C., Competition
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      260 10 EXCHANGE. PRODUCE. Singapore, Jan. 14. Singapore, Jan. 14. On London, Bank 4 m J/J 15/16 Gamlier 9.50 Demand 2/354 (Cuba No. 1 unpicked) 14.00 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 7/S2 Co P ra On New York, demand 66* S r.'go Z'^. Sarawak LM Private 90 d/s 67 l ,i Black
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      MINING.
      479 10 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Seller! £1 £1 Asam Rumbling 86/- 88/- ."> -5 Ayer Hitam Tin 14/3 14/9 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 85/6 27/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.20 0.22 V4 1 1 Batu Caves 1.00 1.10 1 1 Bukit Arang U.ST'fc 1.0214 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 22/6 28/6
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      GENERAL.
      234 10 ■MM Val. Pd. Buyers Seller* 2 2 Alex. Bricl. Preft. 2.10 2.15 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.75 2.90 tfl £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.15.0 5.17.6 1 1 Central Engina 0.50 0.60 1 1 Cycle and Carriag* 0.45 0.55 10s. 10s. Duff Development 6/ 7 I Hd. Dunlop Rubber
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      104 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 106 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $13*8,000 par. b/ c prem. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. of 190T red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par. Singapore Municipal 4!i p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 96
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      383 10 Alltnby ($1) Alor Gajah ($1) A. Kitam ($1) A. Kuning ($1) Am. Miilay ($2) A. Molok isi, A. Panas ($1) HisseU i $l.i Brogas (slj Brunei ($5) K. Jrlutonk- ($1) B. Katil ($1) [tukit K. B. ($1) B. Kepung (|1) B. Timah ((10) Ch. Serdang ($5) Colinsburgh ($1)
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      PASSENGERS.
      725 10 The following passengers arrived at Singapore per the s.s. Haruna Muru this morning from Europe. Miss E. Abbott, Mr. R. Abbott, Mr. P. H. Birt, Mr. and Mrs. H. Brotherton, Miss J. Brothcrton, Mr. J. J. M. Brown, Mr. J. Diribrrn.-, C»pt- and Mrs. S. S. Franklin, Mr. II.
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    202 10 Tuesday. January 14 H. W. 9.11 a.m., 9.4. 11.11 p.m., 8.5. Ex-Service Association Women's Branch) annual meeting, Kurope Hotel, 6.30 p.m. Moon Max. Dec. N. 1 a.m. Samoan P— CSTS, Vie. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Wednesday, January 11 j H. W. 10.0 a.m., D.X, 11.54 p.m., 8.7,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    248 10 To-day. Java, South-West Sumatra, SouthEast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly Bonm-villi- 2 p.m. T«mbilahan und lmira,;iri (Circa) 2 p.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India Diomed 2 p.m. North, N. East and N. West Sumatra (Selangor) 3 p.m. Ceylon and Egypt H'arcilsJ (Teiresiasj 2.30 p.m. Bagan 81-Api-Api
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    38 10 Bj Patria Rawalpindi Johan de Witt Chenoni'caux Slamat I-ikiiL-a i.rn Arra. S'pore I.ondo. Ppc. K Pec. 21 Dec. 12 Jan. Dec. 13 Jan. I Dec. 12 Jan. D.c 20 Jan. 1 Dec. l'J Jan. 1
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    269 10 Tuesday, Jan. 14. Ships alone* do the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf I.i-h. Spartan, Khnen-Foeng, H.P.M. Lighter li>4, Spon■lilus. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonc Pagar. Albert Dock Nil Victoria Dock Btt, Lighter K, Katong. krpprl Harbour. Kin
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    18 10 From Europe (London mails despatched en Dec. 2(!) liy Kajulu, tea at I'vnanic a.m. on Friday.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    691 11 Rubber Goes Up One Cent A Pound. BIG TIN CROUPS STILL HOLD BACK. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday, 11 a.m. To-day's Prices Kubher 2) cent*. Tin 200 tons at $89' s. Yesterda>'s Prices Kuhber. London T'^d. per Ih., up ">-16d. New York US eta. per Ib,
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    NATIVE RUBBER.
    60 11 ported thai the Ned. Rubber Unie nf I untianak have recently reduced their sU(T. dismantled nulls mid stooncd business in wit rubber. They arc now only buvinr HIM rubber manufactured in other mills. Thr amapuy. winch has factories in Talemlianir. Djambi and Band iermassin with headquarters in Amsterdam,
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    LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
    38 11 A rahle received by Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., from their London correspondent states that rubber stocks show an increase of 1!.f.7fl Urns durinr thr put u.-ck, Hi,- h.t.Tl now ,in hand being 7s,<vik tun*.
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      BUKIT PALONG.
      1207 11 Syndicate's Annual Meeting. The eleventh annual ordinary general meeting of the Bukit Palong Syndicate, Ltd., was held on December 23, at the registered cttoM, 50-51 Birth Road, Scremban. Mr. V.A. Tayler presided, and the representative of the secretaries, Messrs. Manse igh Tayler, having read the notice conm ninir
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      30 11 The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City has made a survey of the extent of present American investments in Mexico. Th«- total arrived at is 1.150,125,000 paws, «>r ni.oiit
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      70 11 Tone of Market Kasier, after firm. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 7 .id. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 14% per Ib. Singapore, 12 o v clock noon, J Jan. 11. I.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot January February
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      LUNAS RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.
      1886 11 Increased Profit For Year. The annual general meeting of the Lunas Rubber Estates, Limited, was held at the registered offices of the company, French Bank Buildings, Singapore, at noon yesterday. The Hon. Mr I'M Robinson (chairman) presided and others present were Messrs. A.E. Baddeley and H.B.
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      GOODRICH RUBBER.
      257 11 At Last Ready to Pay Dividend. After a rather uphill struggle of four and a half years the British Goodri«h Rubber Co. has at last placed itself in a good divi-dend-earning position. A welcome feature of the accounts is that the hitherto heavy charges on profits have either
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      DIESEL ENGINES.
      946 11 Enable U.S. Railways To Reduce Expenses. The future of the Diesel engine as a source of motor power is one of >ery grc.-u interest, writes the American editor of thiFinancial News. The increasing economic compulsion to reduce power costs has hern refleced in the most strenuous efforts to
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      BRITISH CAN COMPANY.
      116 11 Registration particulars of the British Cmi Co., which was recently formed under AngloAmerican 'auspices, are now availnble. The capital is X750.000 in £1 shares (250,000 7 4 per cent, redeemable cumulative preference and 500,000 ordinary). The company is tc acquire all or part of the assets, liabilities.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    1066 11 Output Forecasts for The New Year. IS THERE A SILVER LINING (By A. W. Still.) London, Dec- 18. When the proposals of the Tin Producers Association, or what WH understood to be the proposals of that body, were cabled to Malaya, I gather that prompt action was
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 14. THE TYRANNY OF SPORT.
    1089 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 14. THE TYRANNY OF SPORT. It is difT.cuH Jo realise how greatly conditions of sport have changed in the last fifteen cr twenty years, but we arc sharply reminded by a letter from a I correspondent to The Times of the pains and penalties
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    THE WAR AGAINST NOISE.
    1252 12 How It Affects Energy And Efficiency. (By Dr. Donald A. Laird, of Colgate Univers'rty, I'.S. A., in an Interview.) Thunder of trains, grinding of tram -ars in their tracks, shrill toots of motorhorns, the screech of brakes, lumbering vibration of snorting lorries, piercing dir of steel
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    361 12 Lieut.-Colonel J. M. MacKenzie, D.5.0.. Commandant S.S.V.F-, arrived in Malacca on Friday and left with Captain Gething for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It is said that when Mr. E. A. Dickson. M.C.S., District Officer, Kinta, goes on leave, he will b« succeeded by Mr. T. S. Adams,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    853 12 THE WRONG AND THE RIGHT. We publish to-day two entirely different views on the rubber situation. In the Correspondence Column Mr. R. de Bo.ul> expounds the restrictionists' case at soni« length. Summed up, all that it amounts to is an appeal to someone to do some-thing-that
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    THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T BUDGE—NAVAL BASE COMEDY. SHIP THAT WOULD NOT SLIDE.
    605 13 THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T BUDGE— NAVAL BASE COMEDY. SHIP THAT WOULD NOT SLIDE. Strenuous Morning at The Naval Base. A launching ceremony at the Naval Bn.-o this morning became very much more interesting than the organisers had anticipated. It had been intended to launch the second train ferry, which is
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    GALE CLAIMS 36 LIVES.
    517 13 Naval Tug Sinks 23 Men Missing. IS DEATHS ON LAND. Atlantic Fleet Held Up For 24 Hours. Hu:;by, Jan. 13. Three officen and L'O men pf the Royal i the groat gale ye itcrday evening, when the naval tug. Gonny, nnk alout 32 miles north west
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    MORE CAPE TROUBLE.
    67 13 MORE C APE TROUBLE. Mayor Injured in Riots At Carnarvon. Carnarvon, (Cape Colony), Jan. 13. I ha Mayor, several other Kuropcans and n number of natives were injured in noting at the Municipal Offices, due to native disnati faction over small-holdings on municipal common lands, which had been inflamed by
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    DUTCH ANXIETY.
    68 13 Rubber Mission to The D.E.I. Amsterdam. .lan. IS. The Putrh rabber producers have appointed committee to confer with British and othci foreign producers as to how to improve the robber industry. Tin y have voted £2,000 t<> cover the cxi i hi- committee and particularly in rover tin'
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    "MILITARY BONDS."
    52 13 II ;il I'- Month's Kent Levy In Canton. A Sin K ii<> Mm i.ililc from Ilong Kong lli.it Ih-- CanUM authorities have torkl'd <■■ iii"l '■•!>• to prohibit gambling from pril m-\t. I;, i union Government has proclaimed levy nf ;i li.iH ii i.n'ir- rant Military boil, ill
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    "NO TAX" MOVEMENT.
    186 13 How It Has Collapsed In India. Calcutta, Jan. 14. In consequent of the rigid enforcement of the Criminal Coda banninc all assemblies, the No Tax movement has collapsed. One-fourth of the quarterly amount ha? been already obtained a 1 B.indabila. Bijoy Chandra Roy, the leader of the
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    ENGINEER'S DEATH.
    65 13 London, Jan. 13. The Heath has occurred of Mr. Sebaslian Ziani <le Ferranti, the head of Ferranti, Ltd., Hollinwood, near Manchester. Reutcr. Born at Liverpool in 1864 Mr. de Ferranti was educated in England. He patented the Ferranti alternator in 1882. He was chief electrician to the London
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    BOMBSHELL AT THE HAGUE.
    403 13 Proves a Damp Squib. REICHSBANK TRIES TO DICTATE. The Hague, Jan. 13. Herr Schacht, the president of the Reichsbank, dropped bombshell at the Conference to-day-He informed th« chairman of the organising committee of the International Bank that he reserves his attitude as regards the co-operation of
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    SANCTIONS FORMULA.
    122 13 Ready for Franco-German Acceptance. Berlin, Jan. 13. The legal experts' formula regarding sanctions is now ready and awaiting: the acceptance of the German and French delegations. It is understood that', in case the Younz Plan ceases under circumstances which the Fronch.claim would justify intervention, the formula provides compromise
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    PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.
    138 13 What the Law Enforcement Commission Thinks. Washington, Jan. 14. The preliminary report of the National Commission on Law Observance and.Enforcement recommends the immediate strengthening of the prohibition law if on no other grounds than to give the law a fair trial." The Com mission says it is
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    JUNK CREW SAVED.
    55 13 Waterlogged and Burning Craft Discovered. When the coasting steamer A -dan* arrived in port yesterday her master reported th»t ho had found a iunk waterlogged and on fire at sea, and had saved the crew. It was blowing very hard at the time, and the rescued men
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    2,000,000 DOOMED TO DIE IN SHENSI.
    569 13 China Famine Horrors. FIGHTING LIKE WOLVES FOR BUNS. Pekin Jan. 13. One of the primmest narratives of human misery and affliction in the history of the world has boon brought to Peking with the return cf a sroup of foreigners who have been investigating
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    FIVE-DAY CROSSING.
    50 13 Two Atlantic Liners For New Service. Washington, Jan. 14. The Postmaster-General has outlined n plan fo r a new service in the North Atlantic involving the construction of two new liners capable of making a five-day cr"«sinir from New York to Cherbourg. They will call at Southampton. Reuter.
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    MOTORISTS SNOWBOUND.
    30 13 San Francisco, Jan. 13. Thirteen hundred motorists are snowbound in a blizzard which has swept CaliforniaFrantic efforts are bci>ij? made to clear the roads with snow ploughs. Reutcr.
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    MINE-OVERSEERS MURDERED.
    94 13 46 Chinese Arrested In Borneo. (Aneta's Service.) Bandjermasin, Jan. 13. A band of Chinese miners, armed with knives, attacked three Dutch mine overseers, named Van Scheyndel, Schillings and Voltmann, at a coal-mine at Samarinda. The two first named men were seriously wounded in the stomach, and died shortly
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    GENEVA INCIDENTS.
    721 13 An Italian from Paris: Swiss with Pistol. Geneva, Jan. 13. Just before the meeting of the League Council a sensation wa3 caused by the errest of a young Swiss who was trying to enter the League headquarters. He was found in possession of a revolver and blank cartridges,
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    T.P.A. APPEAL TO CHINESE MINERS.
    1843 13 Restriction Adopted In Selangor. REDUCTION IN HOURS. Fifty Gravel Pumps Closed In Perak. (From Our Own Ccr-cspondrrt.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. The recommendations cf Um Tin Producers' Association were adopted bjr the Selangor Miners' Association at :i mocting held at Kuala Lumpu.- to day. The
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    OPENING OF FIRST ASSIZES
    604 14 Three Murder Owes For Trial. The first Singapore Assize for this yesi were ceremoniously opened this morning by the Chief Justice (Sir 1 Hlliam Murison), in whose Court the s tting will be held. The ceremonial began wit i a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, wl
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    MORE C.E.R. TROUBLE.
    95 14 Soviet Manager D smisses Chinese. Shangh. i, Jan. 13. A message from Harbin i »ys the Chinese authorities are amazed i t the sudden action of the new Soviet ma lager of the Chinese Eastern Railway iti < is»i:ssinit alt the Chinese employees en raged after July
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    17 14 A new cinema has opera i at Jasin, called the Kassim Cinema, a id is nightly crowded.
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    SUBMARINE TONNAGE.
    334 14 How It Is Related To Destroyers. Rugby, Jan. 13. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, in a speech last night, made further reference to next week's Naval Conference for which, he declared, 'he ground to be covered had been prepared by previous consultations with
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    THE SAMOANS.
    275 14 South Sea Dances at The Victoria Theatre. Wild primitive dancinjr. to the monotonous tattoo of a bamboo drum, that rises slowly to a frenzy and lashes the dancers to a savage fury a colourful stage setting with a striking resennblance to a South Sea Island scene that. 7s
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    GIFT TO YALE.
    51 14 New York, Jan. 11. Mr. Edward Stephen Harkness, whose father was one of the original partners in the Standard Oil Company, hws donated nu-Wy £4,000,000 to Yale University, with which sum Yale will be able to build five new buildings, with quadrangles modelled on Oxford and Cambridge.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    66 14 [The Straits Timei is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Long epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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    THE SLUMP IN RUBBER.
    909 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, About the time of ths Baldwin bombshell in April 1928, some prominence was given in the Straits Times to a letter of mine in which I urged the immediate need for close co-operation between the British' and Dutch
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    SAVE THE RUBBER!
    118 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, When rubber restriction was removed the public and shareholders were given to understand that more and more rubber would be used by the world, thereby giving a fair profit to the producers. It is nearly two years since the
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    SENSATIONAL CASE.
    140 14 Criminal Breach of Trust Of $9,292 Alleged. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Jan. 13. Evidence of a sensational nature is expected to be forthcoming in a case which commenced to-day in the Police Court when Chan Ban Yok, a Hokien, was charged with criminal breach of trust in
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    PETROL IN CEYLON.
    89 14 Import Duty Raised By 60 Per Cent. Colombo, Jan. 13. The duty on petrol entering Ceylon has been increased to 9d. a gallon. Reuter. The former duty was 30 (rupee) cents a gallon, or roughly 5 'ad. It was recently announced that a petrol war in Ceylon
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    BIG OPIUM HAUL.
    71 14 100,000 Guilders Worth In Cement Barrels. (Aneta's Service.) Weltevreden, Jan. 13. The Custom Officers here have confiscated 3,000 tahils of opium, worth 100,000 guilders, hidden in a consignment of 200 barrels of cement imported from China by a Chinaman who has been arrested. So far, only 10
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    BIG SUMATRA FIRE.
    39 14 80 Houses Destroyed 2 Chinese Arrested. (Aneta's Service.) Medan, (Sumatra), Jan. 13. An enormous fire destroyed 80 houses at Tandjong Pasir. Damage estimated at 150,000 guilders was done. Two Chinese have been arrested.— Straits Times Copyright.
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    AIR LINER'S FEAT.
    68 14 London to Brussels in 90 Minutes. Rugby, Jan. 13. Covering the distance between London and Brussels in actual flying: time of ouly 90 minutes, and at an average speed of 140 miles per hour, a triple screw Arm-ftrong-Siddeley air liner, weighing nine tons, and piloted by Captain
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    RUBBER SLUMP TRAGEDY
    108 14 Mr. Steuart Overwhelmed By Losses. London, Jan. 13. At the inquest on Mr. T. C. M. Steuart. rubber company director, who was found shot at his home at Purley on Friday, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind. The coroner read a letter
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    CHINA'S PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS.
    456 14 Request for Frank And Open Criticism. Nanking, Dec. 28. President Chiang Kai-shek issued a circular telegram last night to the Press of the country encouraging and soliciting free and constructive criticism concerning Party and Government affairs. The following is a translation of the telegram: "Ever
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    SOLDIERS GAOLED.
    99 14 Six Months for Housebreakini; Attempt. The two soldiers from the Welch Regiment who were detained by the Orchard Road polic? yesterday on a charge of breaking 1 into a European's house at 11 Malcolm Road, were produced before Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, the District Judge, this morning.
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    Stewards' Inquiries Into Penang Racing Accidents*.—Local Hockey. FINE DOUBLED FOR INSOLENCE.
    212 15 Stewards' Inquiries Into Penang Racing Accidents*.— Local Hockey. FINE DOUBLED FOR INSOLENCE. Trainer in Trouble At Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent). I'enanj;, Jan. 13. The Stewards of the Penang Turf Club held two inquiries on Saturday in connection with the accidents which occurred in the third and tifih races. In
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    PENANG RACES.
    459 15 Handicaps for Third Day's Events. The following are iho handicaps for the thn-.l <]ay >.f thr Penang Turf Clud meeting Horns. Classes IV :md V. Fourth Division dive furlongs): Black Moon si.n. U-iriunite y.r». Galloway :>.:. Cardell Bweet Oraagi 8.1, Msimoon B.IS, Ali 8.8, X.i Truinper 8.3. 1.c.1.i
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    S.C.C.'s BIG WIN.
    273 15 Score Nine Goals Against Engineers. The S.C.C. were much too strong for Uk Royal Engineers at hockey yesterday, and a one-sided game ended in a resounding victory of 9—l9 1 for the Club. The S.C.C. inner forwards were on top form, especially Hoblyn and Wigglosworth, while Pcrdrir.u
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    BROOKLANDS SCHEME.
    160 15 Improved View of Finishes To Be Given. Since the present fini.-hint point on the Brtoklands mc.or racing ttack was adopted, there has been a fading that tne view available to the public of the conclusion of the various oven's has not been perfect, and a achfe, which is
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    VON PORAT SUSPENDED.
    104 15 English Champion's Claim Corroborated. The N'ew York Athletic Commission have passed an indefinite suspension on Otto Von Pcrat, the Scandinavian heavyviifrht. following the incident which condudorf hi.- match with Phil Scott at Madison Square Garden. This decisicn throws light on the official view of the incident in
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    SCHNEIDER CUP DINNER.
    81 15 The Royal Aero Club, in conjunction with the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Air League, and Society of British Aircraft Constructors, will hold a banquet at the Savoy Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to commemorate the winning of the Schneider Trophy and the gaining of world's speed records.
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    THE WAY TO STOP FOUL BLOWS.
    443 15 Purse Money Should Be Forfeited. What is wrong with modern heavyweight boxing, asks Geoffrey Simpson in the Daily Mail. Three big heavy-weight fights in as many weeks have ended in foul blows, and people are asking what is to be done about it. Phil
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    PORTABLE TOTE.
    190 15 New Invention to be Tested Soon. The new portable totalisator, which has been made by a Nottingham firm, will shortly be tested on a racecourse near London. If it is approved by the Racecourse Betting Control Board, it is expected that similar machines will be installed on ether
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    220 15 Tuesday, Jan. 14 Penang Races. Rugby SJ.R.F.C. vs. Islands, J.B. Rugrby: 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.RJ.C, Thomson Road. Hockey S.V.C. vs. Services, S.C.C. Thursday, Jan. 16 Penang Races. Football England vs. The Rest, S.C.C.
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    397 15 Last Important Fixture Of The Season. The last important future of the Malayan Rugby season will be played at Ipoh on Jan. 25 between the North and South. Among those selected to play it will be noticed that Perak dominates the North XV. while the United Services are
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    77 15 Result of Keppel G.C. January Medal. For Keppel Golf Club January Monthly Medal last week-end 44 cards were taken out. The competition resulted in a tie between C. L. Wyatt and J. M. Watt, who each returned a score of 2 down. The ball sweep on Saturday was
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    Ladies' Spoon Competition At Keppel G.C.
    64 15 For the Ladies' January Spoon competition at the Keppel Golf Club 24 cards were taken out, and the following returned Hiss V. M. H. Patterson Urs. .1. Groothoff Urs. E. A. Elder Hiss R. Webster tfiss M. A. S. Law ■i. XI. J^. 51
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    CHESS.
    117 15 Results of Local Club's American Tournament. The results of the Singapore Chess Club's handicap American tournament, Evans* Gambit accepted, to-date are as follows Clink leay 'an Luang Kia laschoiuff 'eck umabhoy "olman <oh Kam Woon iurwar 'arbury Stevens fclntyre tan latthews 'aux 2A 2A 3 2A 2R 2B 1
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    HAGEN GIVES UP !
    87 15 HAGEN GIVES UP Famous Golf Professional Beaten by Storm. Los Angeles, Jan. 13. Rain fell heavily to-day (during the £2,000 tournament. Hagen, playing at the height of the storm, picked up hi» ball at the eighth hole and retired. Denny Schute, the professional at Columbus, led at the end of
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    27 15 The annual general meeting of the Straits Chinese Football Association will be held at the meeting room of the S.CR.C on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m.
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    SUNDAY'S YACHTING AT R.S.Y.C.
    422 15 New Trophy for "A" Class Boats. Mrs. F- G. Lumlon has kindly donated a trophy to be sailed for by the A class boats of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, and Sunday's race for this class was the first of a series of three to decido
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    INTERESTING TIES.
    128 15 Fourth Round of English Cup. London, Jan. 13. The draw f.<r the fourth round of the English I'\ A. Clip, which is to he played on Jan. 25, took place to-day and resulted as follows Walsall vs. Aston Villa. Notts. Forest vs. Pulham or Bournemouth. Newcastle Utd. or
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    TAIPING RACES.
    141 15 Professional Meeting Next Month. The Taijiinjj Turf Club profe si. n.il race BkMtinf will be held on Feb. 15, lit and 22. There will be thlM horses eai h for honet, cla^.s 2, urn! classes I Bad 5 (combined), the stakes bcinif $1,-J(>o aad $1,000 respectively. Three ru.i.s
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    COLONY vs. F.M.S
    87 15 States Team Selected For Annual Match. The following team has been selected t > represent the F.M.S. against the Colony in the annual hockey fixture which is to be played this year at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 1 J. M. Waite (Perak) J. C. Mathison (Perak) and
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    MR. CHURCHILL'S BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF CANADA. A LAND OF PROMISE.
    1932 17 IN to-day's article Mr. Churchill continues his impressions of Canada and gives a rapid bird's eye view of the country, touching on a great variety of topics. The most interesting point he makes concerns the development of the northern regions
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    A CENTRAL BORNEO DRAMA.
    604 17 Murder of Dutch Officer, ISOLATED SCIENTISTS' RADIO LINK. Manila, Doc. 27. The brutal murder of a Dutch provincial commander. Captain J.L. De Quant, has placed two young American scientists and explorers in a tense situation in the wilds of Central Borneo. They are expecting any minute
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    THE BOYCOTT IN INDIA.
    206 17 New Statesman's Advice To The Raj. London, Jan. 3. The weeklies publish lung articles on India. The Spectator declares that the only thine which would make the Congress policy <>f complete independence look feasible would be the existence of a single Indian scheme for governing an
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    SCIENTISTS WILL STUDY APES.
    589 17 Party Coming Here. $500,000 GIVEN BY ROCKEFELLER. Plant are goin^ forward for carrying oat the programme of Yale University for establishing a laboratory station ir) Florida for the breeding and scientific study of the anthropoi.l apes. The university has acquired nearly 20i) acres of land near
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    FORTUNE ROMANCES.
    169 17 Ex-Maidservant Who Inherits £3,000,000. London, Jan. 3. The romance of two big fortunes was revealed to-day. The first story comes from Port Chester (New York), where a Czech maidservant who married her employe.-, ;i New York stockbroker, has inherited the latter's fortune of approximately £5,000,000. She polished the
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    WHITLEY COMMISSION.
    56 17 Indian Planters to Give Evidence. Madras, Jan. The United Planters' Association has nominated Sir Fairies* Barber. Mr. C. R. T. Congreve and Col. C. H. Brock to give evidence before the Whitley (Labour) Commission on behalf of the Association, which, in its memorandum, invites the Commission to visit
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    THE LONDON LETTER.
    2736 18 Shoppers Who Don't Economise West End Crowds. THE JUDGE WHO SWORE (From Our Own Correspondent.) j i London, Dec. 10. i That personalities can still dominate! politics was demonstrated onc<- more inj the House of Commons to-day, when, by the extremely narrow majority of eight, the Government
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    PRINCE "UNATTAINABLE."
    171 18 U.S. Girl Secretary's Amusing Comment. London, Dec. 28. Seventy rooms have been booked at a large West End Hotel for the American delegates, experts and secretaries who are to attend the Five Power Naval Conference which begins in London on Jan 21. Reuter's Washington con jpondent says that
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    GENERAL POST.
    120 18 Sarawak Government Offices On the Move. The Chinese Secretariat and Labour Protectorate at Kuching have moved into the old Trade and Customs offices, half of which are to be used by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The Education Department, which is now without a roof to its head,
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    ANGLO-VERNACULAR EDUCATION.
    1578 19 Government's Attitude. NEW CODE FOR TAMIL SCHOOLS. <By Our Indian Correspondent.) The Hon. H. H. Abdoolcader in the Couree '.f his presidential address delivered M the recent session of the AllMalaya Indian Conference touched upon the need for Anglo-Indian Schools. He referred to the existence of small illequipped
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    ATTACKED IN BED.
    298 19 European Woman's Ordeal In India. Peshawar, Dec. 23. A European woman living in the cantonments at Dem Ismail Khan narrowly escaped bcins choked to death by an Indian who broke into her bungalow in the early hours of the morning and attacked her in bed. She is
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    GRECO-PERSIAN TREATY.
    33 19 Teheran, Jan. 2. The Persian Minister in London has been authorised to sign, on behalf 'of the Persian Government, a permanent treaty of friendship. Customs, I OWCrtCI nnd navigation with Uivi-it,
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    DUKE OF WESTMINSTER.
    29 19 Engaged to Sir F. Ponsonby's Daughter. London, Jan. 2. The engagement is announced of Loelia Mary, daughter of Sir Frederick Ponsonby, and the Duke of Westminster.
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    NEW MINISTER TO SLAM.
    42 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 13. Mr. C. F- Dormer, the new British Minister to Siam, arrived this morning but leaves for England in a few weeks. He will return to Siam after a holiday at Home.
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    ROUND THE WORLD.
    164 19 Huge Fokker to Make The Attempt. Cleveland, Dec 28. Mr. Hurry Hustcd, a manufacturer, announced to-day that he is conducting rcpid preparations for a round-the-world flight. He said a special aeroplane has been designed, a3 a result of the offer by Colonel Easterwood, of Dallas, Texas, of
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    INDIAN RATIONALISATION
    374 19 Conquest of Science Over Religion. Mr. Kamanathan, M.A., B.L., Editor of! the Revolt and private secretary of Mr. ftamasamy Naikar, gave an interest- j ing lecture on Fridny last at the Indian Association, Dato Kramat Road, PenanK. says the Straits Echo, whtiii he pleaded for rationalisation of the
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    FIRES AT BANGKOK.
    27 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 13. There is considerable unrest among th? insurance companies owing to the number of fires occurring throughout Bangkok.
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    MOHAMMEDAN WILL CASE.
    2059 19 Was It a Codicil? JUDGMENT RESERVED IN SUPREME COURT. An interesting case ctDH '-•> a conclusion in the Supreme ("curt yesterday, after several clays' hearing, when the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) reserved judgment in the matter of the will of Ena Mohamed Tamby (deceased) which it
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    A NEW YEAR GIFT.
    72 19 Lady Houston's £1,000 For Hull Tramwaymen. London, Dec. 30. A mm of £1,000, which was deposited in a bank by I.ady Houston a- :i "defence fund," will now be distributed among the Hull tramwaymen who were recently dismissed by tht> Council as shi> wished to make
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    AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL SENSATION.
    2440 20 AN AMAZING ATTACK. Miners Reject Wage Cut Proposal. MR. HUGHES LAUNCHES HIS NEW PARTY. (From Our Own (""rrespondent.) C uibem, Dec. 9. Mr. Rowland Jam«, Uie militant member for Hunter i i wlii-h electorate are located most of the coll lies of the northern coal field of
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    INDIAN AIR MAIL.
    278 20 Bitter Complaint From Baghdad. The series of misfortunes from which Imperial Airways, Limited, have been suffering still continues, writes the Bagdad correspondent cf the Calcutta Statesman. Not so very long ago the company was able to boast of 100 per cent, efficiency in the operation of the
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    HOW GANG LEADER LIVES IN GAOL.
    373 20 Books, Rusts and Visits From Friends. Scraface Al Capone, Chicago's most picturesque Kiinman, who is serving a year., sentence in Philadelphia peniten- i-iry for illegally caiTjrlng arms, spends his time in prison rending Balzac and V t. r Hugo. It was reported at the
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    EUROPE'S FIRST SMOKER.
    110 20 Tardy Honours Granted Pioneer. Snrin s aboat to honour the memory i of Rodrijro de Heretr., who, it is claimed, I was the Br«1 man to smcke tobacco in Europe, ly fbdnf a memorial tablet on j the house in which he lived in Argamonte. I Elcreta
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      225 21 CHANGE OF ADDRESS We beg to give notice that we are NOW in occupation of our new works and offices. The address in future will be (SINGAPORE), LIMITED TIIORNYCROFT HOUSE, TANK ROAD, SINGAPORE, S.S. I fit? They Do Not Fear This Trying Climate. This wise couple appreciate the necessity of
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    WHERE SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
    426 22 Advice to Directors. SIR H. THORNTON'S WARNING. Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, speaking at a luncheon given in London by Mr. E. B. Mclnerney, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada, to a company of financiers, railway people, and business men, made
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    CORRUPT GIFTS.
    301 22 Civil Servants Sent For Trial. Two Civil servants. Harold James Walter Scott, a deputy chief accountant, and Frank Dayrl Marsden, a chief realizing clerk, both employed in the Board of Trade, were at Bow Street Police Court in mail week committed for trial by Sir Chartres Biron. They
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    HONG KONG TRAGEDY.
    94 22 Date of Inquest Not Yet Fixed. We are authorised to state, after making inquiries from the coroner (Mr. E. W. Hamilton) this morning, (says the Hong Kong Telegraph of Jan. 3), that an inquest will be held in due course in connection with the tragic deaths of
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    41 22 At the Bth mile on the Merlimau Road in the Jasin District, the P.W.D. is trying a test of the new asphalt called Boeton which does not require fuel, sand or molting but is simply spread and requires very heavy rolling.
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    A MESSAGE FROM MR. MACDONALD.
    463 22 Women Urged to Cultivate A World Outlook. Messages of greeting from Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, Miss Margaret Bondfield Minister of Labour and from Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. the famous explorer, author and humanitarian, were read at the opening Congress of the International Federation of University Women
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    DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE.
    339 22 Mr. Cecil Harmsworth's Gift to the Nation. The famous house in Gough Square, London, which Dr. Johnson occupied for over ten yean, and in which he compiled the greater part of his dictionary, is to be preserved for the nation. It was purchased many years ago by
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    LICENSING COMMISSION
    94 22 Resignation of Mr. Allan Findlay. Mr. Allan Findlay has resigned from the Royal Commission on Licensing. He is the General Secretary of the United Pattern-makers' Association, which is not prepared to allow him time for work on the Commission. The Executive of the Association considered the matter some
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    WINE AND SONG.
    250 22 No Rousing Chorus To Boost French Industry. France, the home of wine, is searching for a good wine-drinking song. One thousand francs will be paid by the Society of the Friends of the Wines of France, for a first-class wine-drinking song. Germany, Italy, and Austria have their
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    A LONELY ISLE
    206 22 Liner Visits St. Paul Lobstermen. The White Star liner Euripidos, during a voyage from Liverpool to Australia, recently called at the lonely island of St. Paul, in the Inrjian Ocean, to ascertain why no message had been received from it for two months. The cause of the
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    DENIAL OF MAN'S APE ANCESTRY.
    406 22 Former Darwinian's View. EVIDENCE FROM MODERN BABIES. A complete reversal of his opinions on the origin of man has been made by Dr. Henry Fairfield Osbom, head of the American Museum of Natural History ard one of the foremost zoologists and biologists of America. Previously
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    31 22 Statistics compiled by the International Labour Office at Geneva respecting conditions in the cinema industry show that of the £800,000,000 invested in the industry throughout the world, Great Britain contributes £70,000,000.
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