The Straits Times, 14 February 1930

Microfilm: NL632
Total Pages: 24
1 24 The Straits Times
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLT A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Striats Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS
    38 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      111 1 Ny Carlsberg Beer Ib bnttlM and oa dr»n»ht. lolt laporton i EAST ASIATIC CO^ LTD. (Inc. in Denmark) SINGAPORE. BEG/iV YOUR DAY WITH PHOSFERINE o C > \M\v The New Tonic Saline SUPERSEDES ALL OLD-FASHIONED SALTS. IT TONES AS IT CLEANSES. AL I Proprietors |Ha PHOSFERINE (ASHTON PARSONS). LTD. London,
      111 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      111 1 GENTLEMEN'S SHIRTS FOR DAY WEAR. New shipment of Tunic Shirts in a large variety of Latest Stripes and Colourings. No. 1-5. No. C. POPLIN xJBI ENGLISH CAMBRIC IN BLUES, BROWNS, /^i|Slii^-'> IN STRIPES 0F FAWNS. WS'ISLBi/ BL( t ES, BROWNS. 771 'J^&^\ Price $L$ Q1 With one sofl and on?
      111 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 3
      14 1 Prime Portland "0 X" CEMENT EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (tea. in i>cnii.r.i. I BINCAPOHR.
      14 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      548 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAS'i MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RAWALPINDI 16.800 Feb. 22 MALWA 11.100 Mar.
      548 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      579 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail t KITANO MARU 8,000 Feb. 27 28 HARUNA MARU 10,600 Mar. 18 14 t KAMO MARU 8,000 Mar. 27 28 KATORI MARU 10,000 Apl. 10 11 ATSUTA MARU 8,000 Apl. 24 25 KUSHIMA
      579 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 3
      521 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MEL. tfUUKMK, VIA JAVA, IIAKWLN Wl) THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing* by th* wellknown steamer MARELLA (78G5 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4612 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is on* of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia,
      521 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 4
      569 2 X P M (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640, with cub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Deptr. and Manager's Desk. Reorescntative for Bi*gapor* and Strait* Settlement* of the Official Tourist* Bureau of Java. TASMAN— February 15. Batavia. G.
      569 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 5
      576 2 TOE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN BTEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. THB 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. (Rout*
      576 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 6
      524 2 THE SIAM mm NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Trengganu, Kclanlan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Baniion, K<hskmui, Langsian, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA Fafc. 17 Feb. 1|» PRACHATIPOK Feb. 14 Fob :'O MALINI Mar. ;i Mar. i The steamers are fitted throughout
      524 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      480 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Ncdcrland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa AnuUrdam Southampton Marseille. Rotterdam Tonnage M, Prins der Ned. 9,200 S.M.N. Feb. 21 *j. Tjerimai 8,000 R.L. Feb. 28 m.s. Chr. Huygens 16,600 S.MJ4. Mar. 7 s.s. Patria 10,000 R.L. Mar.
      480 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      468 3 DOLLAS STKAMffHIP UJfl Omd AMERICAN I MAIL LIKE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PBNANG tU COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK mnd BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave S'pore S'pore Penang PRES. HARRISON Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 PRES. JOHNSON Mar. 8 Mar. Mar. 8
      468 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 3
      517 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 S'pore s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Mar. 2 u. CITY OF SHANGHAI Apl. 3 HOMEWARDS s.s. CITY OF DURHAM, For London,
      517 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 4
      451 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. TACOMA from Manila Feb. 18 S.S. TACOMA from H. Kong
      451 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 5
      432 3 BLUE FUNNEL LINE LS.S. PROTESHAUS Loads at Singapore for VICTORIA B.C., VANCOUVER and SEATTLE, giving direct delivery at these ports without transhipment. Takes cargo on through bills of lading for all OVERLAND POINTS in CANADA and the UNITED STATES of AMERICA also for MONTREAL (with transhipment at VANCOUVER and thence
      432 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 6
      201 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 STRIPE WOUNDS and ANY OTHER DISEASE OR AFFECTION OF THE BARK USE BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM ORDINARY AND BED. The proved tree Disinfectant. Sab-Agent
      201 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE DESERT.
    651 4 How She Keeps Peace Among Wild Arab Tribes. Forty years of a woman's romantic life in tho East have come to light since the London Evening Standard disclosed that Miss E. F. Newton, an Englishwoman, was the hidden power on which the Government relied to
    651 words
  • Article
    PENSIONERS AND PRESS.
    165 4 Articles by Retired I.C.S Men Resented. New Delhi, Jan. 20. Replying in the Assembly to a battery of questions by Mr. B. Das regarding tho activities of retired Government servants in England against the Indian Government's declared policy, Sir James Crerar said that a Government pensioner wa3
    165 words
  • Article
    PIGEONS AS SMUGGLERS.
    55 4 Carrying Cocaine to U.S.A. From Canada. Prescott, Jan. 31. United States Customs officials, vho aro investigating here, say that carrier pigeons are being employed for smuggling cocaine ovei- the boundary from Canada. They alleged that metal bands, in which about four ounces of coacaine ore secreted, are
    55 words
  • Article, Illustration
    IN ENGLAND NOW:
    11 4 A weekly commentary on life at Home By
    11 words
  • Article
    COLLEGE GIRLS COMING.
    493 4 Eighty Young Ladies To Visit Singapore. j The proposed student tour to Singapore by the Dollar line, the first of its kind to be undertaken in the Philippines, has I met with the approval of many college girls from prominent institutions in i Manila, according to information
    493 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      254 4 Reduce Your Transport Costs J(, e British ThOHISOnHOUStOn CO., Ltd. By a quicker and more efficient handling with a Th.ij.ru or RUGBY, ENGLAND. Hudson Light Railway v^gSSt§r y^ All over the world you will find ;i HUDSON LIGHT RAILWAY Riving year after year of VC^^^^ jTim trouble-free service. Designed and
      254 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      322 5 LO NG ECONOMICAL LI F E /kjrr delivery with safety and economy Rapid delivery is the order of the power for the roughest going and day. And yet, with increased speed, the steepest climb, there must be no sacrifice of relia- bility, safety cr KamfaUL Long life A se ™-bearing
      322 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      226 5 TRUTH IM ADVERTISING IS WHAT HE STAND FOR P (DESICCATED OX LIVER) HAVE YOU? RED LIPS KOSV CREEKS Nature's Signs of BRIGHT EYES f Adequate VIGOUR BTRENGTII Blood Stream. A GOOD APPETITE. OR ARE YOU? I In(liralioMO Poot Wfak ANAEMIC W\wA (Anaemia)— the RUN DOWN IH-Kinnings of Inkca A mOR
      226 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      775 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager, Timer;, Ceell Street. Tv. Inatrt Mm following small advertisement for days:— i i i Ti ••ti- aie approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of ZS ci-nts prr line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar
      775 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      689 6 MISCELLANEOUS IK YOU AXE FEELING RUN DOWN, epressr-d and generally out of sorts YEASTI'IKIN will rapidly restore your vitality. To bo had from all dispensaries. CATARACT. No ritk of operation. Guaranteed surest speediest cure without the aid of knife-. Kull particulars free. Apply Dr. B. IC Choudhury, 02, Kaja Raj
      689 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3
      966 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, S, Xt. Elizabeth and 82, Stevens Road. Tennis courts and electricity; Apply 7, De Soots St. SHOPS, 25, 27 and 29, Amber Mansions, to let. Suitable for a motor-car showroom. Apply Singapore Building Corp., 64, Market Street. TO LET, preferably on lease, small
      966 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 4
      866 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, No. 34, Cecil Street and Godown No. 7, Bernam Street. Apply Meyer Bros. SPACIOUS GODOWN, No. 98, Robinson Road, ground floor. Immediate entry. Apply 257, Straits Times. TO LET, RIVERSIDE GODOWN, No. 11, Ho Puah Quay. Apply to Lim Kian Lam Co., Ist floor, No.
      866 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5
      784 6 NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICE, SINGAPORE The quarterly sessions of the Board of Licensing Justices for the Settlement of Singapore will bo held in the First Magistrate's Court, Singapore, at 2.15 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 1930. All applications for Public House and Billiard Room licences,
      784 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6
      958 6 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold Singapore town and countr; proj> At Messrs. Cheong Koun Sene Co.'s saleroom, No. :;0. Ch'.ili.i Street, on Wednesday. Feb. 19, at LM p.m. Lots 1 to G. Valuable freehold building site* «itu;itc m <". milestone Uppi goon Koad, Singapore, ar';:-. :mmiii i:. lv 14,025
      958 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      455 7 LATEST FICTION ADVKNTI l< KS OF THE KAMJR J'IMPERNEL, by It.ir..nos» Orczy From the terror of th.^ trrnih nvolntlon cmcreiil tpiaodai »t eaivaln nnd valour which have aiiimuted the nian of men anil nuiii'-ii I'vcr tinea $3.09 Till ROMANTIC PRINCE, hy Kafacl Sahatini. This. hi> latest norel, is a ;>i<w.Tful
      455 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      427 7 RUBBER^ SEED THE PAMANOEKAN TJIASEM LANDS SOEBANG, JAVA. (THE ANGLO DUTCH PLANTATIONS OF JAVA, LTD.. LONDON) offer for nale A. Flevea Seed from the Company'! isolated budded Seed Gardens at Wanjtoenredja Tjikadop Sr>ed particulars of which wiii be found in the November 1927 issue of Th« Vlantrr." I'KICE. '2S Guilder
      427 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3
      406 7 *JL jr f tV iP THE PROUD MOTHER liruls in her child a nevcr-endint source of joy and ai the same time n never-tailing ■■c'<pon<ibi!i;y. Above all other consideration-; BBS plaetl thai of the child's well-being, and if sh« i> .<■ she keeps Baby's Own T:iblcis :ilv.: hand for the
      406 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 4
      179 7 (pßcwiugjo Relief and comfort will immediately follow the use of CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC REMEDY This old, reliable remedy has had the endorsement of physicians for many years. All druggists carry it. People all over the world use it for colic, stomach cramps, abdominal pains and diarrhoea. It always gives prompt relief.
      179 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 5
      220 7 in H j\y\ >^ APPLIANCES ,djr "ZC'.H'.yjZ The use of I'YRENE Fire K\linHP!!^s9B||l Kuisher at the right moment will save l^7S^it»^l 111 disaster and destruction. It is :il\\a>s l\JutSSaf J] I 'Tective in extineuishini; fires in thrir L\^£\V?J,. Ml incipient stage and partiru'arly NWCtM. ■^^^^^■1 ful m <°opinf; with oil,
      220 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXHIBITION.
    1152 8 BURMA LETTER Horse Show Successfully < Revived. i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Raagooa, Feb. 0. I, If Burma in mMicral nnd Rangoon in 1 l»articulr.r is not healthy for the next twelve months it is not the fault of the J Itnngoon h?nlth authorities who ran
    1,152 words
  • Article
    CABLES & WIRELESS, LTD.
    305 8 CABLES WIRELESS, LTD. Bitter Complaints Against The Post Office. London, Jan. 31. j A fall in Cables and Wireless, Ltd., B stock to 32. compared with 104 last ytur. representing 1 a total depreciation of about £6,000.000 has led to the revelation of a ute differences between the company and
    305 words
  • Article
    MALAYA SHOULD BE ADVERTISED.
    1930 8 PENANG LETTER. When Will Penang Have An Aerodrome (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 9. Everyone who reads the Straits Times in Penang, and the number seems to be on the increase, is glad that you have taken the trouble to chastise the writer in the
    1,930 words
  • Article
    FLOATING EXHIBITION.
    72 8 To Visit 100 Ports Showing British Goods. London, Jan. 25. An ex-Clan Line oil-burning cargo steamer, which is being refitted at Southampton on behalf of a private syndicate, will be rs-christened the Crusader A. It will be fitted with stalls and showcases, filled with British products. Thj vessel
    72 words
  • Article
    SERIOUS DECLINE IN E.C. PROSPERITY.
    711 8 SUMATRA LETTER The Sandilands, Buttery Dismissal Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mcdan, Feb. 10. It has been recently stated that t ic East Coast of Sumatra, whidi is the main agriculture territory has suffered a largi diminution in its labour supplies to the extent of
    711 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      64 8 HACOSAN THE NEW NERVE TONIC, nutritious, /^P* STRENGTHENING, &P|Bg_ cq COMFORTING \E_J/^?=«r^-U A delicious Morninjf or /v\ Evening Drink for Young L^ V^/C'lgra^^ HACOSAN is a very an- petising, nutritious Food, 4^^-, composed of fresh ej?p;s, WP^ new mi 'k' ma t extract, and Cocoa— A PRODUCT OF SWITZERLAND. Obtainable
      64 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      33 8 MAN LION Portland Cement Recent "MAN and LION" contracts:-— NEW MUNICIPAL OFFICES BjV.T. FACTORY MERCANTILE BANK UNITEERS BUILDING ALEXANDRA ROAD SEWAGE WORKS. Price Competitive. Sole Distributor. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. Incorporated ta gnflmad)
      33 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 3
      44 8 Phone 6188. P. O. Box 662. Associated with Good Tailoring H. B. WINTER Merchant Tailor SHIRT AND PYJAMA MAKER Sole Agents for Thefy Range of Shirts, Collars, etc. LATEST STYLES and SHAPES IN DRESS SHIRTS and COLLARS NOW IN STOCK. 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE.
      44 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      253 9 i iii i .i ALHAMBRA ANNOUNCEMENT Owing to final preparations in installing the Famous Western Electric Talking System, the Alhambra Theatre will be closed from tonight until further notice. Watch this space FOR OUR GALA OPENING NIGHT VICTORIA TS&ATRE TO-NIGHT at 9..J0 FOR ONE RECITAL ONLY Robert Schmitz THE CELEBRATED
      253 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 2
      371 9 Raffles Hotel TO-DAY Madame Marie Cornelli DRAMATIC SOPRANO WILL AI'PEAR DIKING THE TEA DANCE (Admission $1.) MURA I*MIRNOVA THE WELL KNOWN SHANGHAI DANCER AIM'KAKS DUKING TEA DANCES DINNER DANCES Monday, Wednesday Friday J Tuesday, Thursday Saturday (Admission to Ball Room, Non-Diners $1.) SUNDAY, 9.30 P.M. ORCHESTRAL. CONCERT Sea View Hotel
      371 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 3
      267 9 WATCH THIS SPACE For the Coming METRO--GOLDWYN -MAYER TALKIES! The Greatest Shows on Earth. Coming I LUCKY STAR FOX GIANT SPECIAL in 11 Reels JANET GAYNOR and* 1 CHARLES FARRELL Diro.t-d l>v FRANK BORZAGE v From the Romantic Love Tale by WqTJ&& TRISTAM TUPPFR. I fg^L f%9 Watch further announcements.
      267 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article
    NEW BLUE FUNNEL LINER.
    1676 10 SHIPPING NOTES. Successful Speed Trials In j North Sea. The Alfml Holt anil Co. (Kir- Funnel Line) twin-sn <-w motor vessel Monestheus, liuilt nml engined l>y the Culodon Shipbuilding ami Engineering Co., Ltd., Pundcv, ran bar OsaVria] trials in the North Sea, off the rim Tay,
    1,676 words
  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • Article
      BRITISH PICTURES.
      352 10 Fully Satisfied with The Profits." British International Pictures, in a circular letter to shareholders, states Early List year we started making plnns for entering the new talking picture field and commenced transforming our studios into ?ound-proof studios. We have now eight sound-proof stages, and the company occupies the
      352 words
    • SHARE MARKET REPORTS.
      • Article
        Macphail and Co., Ltd.
        90 10 Sinitapori 1, Feb. 14. Tin.—Quiet. Kintas 1.35-1.38, Kucliais 1.2.V 1.28, I'enawats 674-71^4 cents. Malay Consols. 32M.--34 cents, Kuyohs 12.-..-14 cents, Rahmans 1.25-1.29, Hong Fatts 66-69 cents, llu Klanes 1.35-1.40, Petalings 111 111. Rawanir Cons. 255.-265.. Panirnpa Rivers "is. :til.-fis. 7'jd.. ilancrins 225. 6d.-235. 6d., Hong Kong
        90 words
      • Article
        Rose Macphail & Penman, Ltd.
        150 10 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. Singapore, Feb. 14. London.—Rubber 7 15-16 d., down l-16d. Noan prices (London Standard) Spot 25% cents. London.—Tin £176 12s. 6d., down 15s. Mining.—Steady. Sungei Ways. 3.35-3.4."i, Kuchais 1.26-1.29. Kinta Dredge 1.36-1.39. Klang Rivers 2.20-2.30, Hong Fatts 6.1-70 cents, Malaya Consols. 33-35 cents, Pennwats 70-73 cents, PeUlings
        150 words
    • Article
      RUBBER PRICES.
      62 10 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable dated February 13, their quotations beinp in gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchanges sales today 550 tons. •February 15.70, March 1^.90, April 10.10. May HUSO, June 16.50. July 16.70, August 16.90, September 17.10, October
      62 words
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • Article
        MINING.
        494 10 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Stlleri £1 £1 A.-am Kumbanir 36/- 38/- cd. -o Ayer HiUm Tin 13.6 14/3 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin VU- 23/1 1 Batar.g Padang UM Mi 1 1 Batu CMM 0.95 1.00 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.90 1.00 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 22/6 23/6 £1 £1
        494 words
      • Article
        GENERAL.
        230 10 ■MM Val. Pd. Buy r? Sellers 2 2 Alex. Bricic Prcf?. 2.07 V.1 2.15 I 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.T0 2.80 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 8.12.6 6.16.0 1 1 (crural Enfina 0.40 0.50 1 1 Cycle and Carriafl« 9.45 0.65 10s. 10s. Duff Development 6/- 116 Sd. Dunlop
        230 words
      • Article
        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        103 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 192« red. 1931-38 101 ICi ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c i of IDOI red. 1930 $1378,000 par. 6% pr«m I Singapore Municipal 44 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 H par. Singapore Municipal 4V» p.c. of 1909 r.d. 1965 $1,000,000
        103 words
      • Article
        RUBBER SHARES.
        386 10 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Allcnby ($1) Alor uajan t Jl) A. HiUm ($1) A. Kuninf (|1) A. Malay (|2) A. Molek ($1) A. I.mas (SI) Uassett i*l, Brogas ($1) Brunei (15.) B. Jclutong ($1) IS Katil c.?ll i Bukt K. B. (|1) B. kepong
        386 words
  • Article
    MAILS EXPECTED.
    26 10 i'l. m hir.a and Manila, by Pi--.! :i' [arrison. <im at Sinprcpor: on Monday. Proa France, bj Chenonccaux, duo at iinfapore r.'on en Monday.
    26 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    198 10 Today. Banka taßM*, .lava. South-West Sumatra, South-Kast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Hilly (Mi'lchior Trcubl p.m. China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Silx ria, Philippine Islands. Westers < .itiaila and Western State, of I'.S.A. iCrrmerl 2 p.m. North N.-Kast ami N.-West Sumatra (Ccncral van llcrn) V, p.m.
    198 words
  • Article
    HAILS FOB EUROPE.
    38 10 Khyber Kaiputam D'Artagnan P. C. Hooft Sibajak Egra LtVlt Arrg. B'porc London Jan. 4 Jan. S* Jan. U »h. I Jan. 9 Feb. 1 Jan. 10 Feb. 1 Jan. 17 Feb. Jan. 14 Feb. 8
    38 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    305 10 1-ri.li.y. Ktl.ruary 11. Ships alongside Ihe Wharvei or expected to arrive. hi M'KI. HARBOUR, ■aia Wharf Dreefear Tmaakal, Tub langtas, l.rh. Lucifer, Phy a. P.W.D. Hoppers 7 and 3. Ten ins Maru, Havre. Oil Wharf Parpen. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjons I'it.ir. Albert Dm-k
    305 words
  • Article
    EXCHANGES.
    71 10 Rugby, Feb. 14. Korci|?n cxi-hniiKcs are Amsterdam 12.12%, Ataeas 87», Bombay l*. r > MM. Berlin 20.365, Brussels MJff, Bucharest 818, Buenos Aires 43 1-16, Copcnhairen 18.165, (Ji-ni'va 25 20, Belsiasrfon [U%. Hone Kon* Is. fiVid.. Lisbon 108.26, Madrid 38.525, Milan 92.90, New York 4.86 7-32, Oslo 18.21. Paris
    British Wireless  -  71 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      113 10 Prepared Ensure positive traction for your car on muddy, sandy roads Drive safely, without skidding, on wet, slippery pavements Carry always Weed Tyre Chains, ready to be put on when needed. Look for the name "Weed" on every hook. Order/row your deahr. AMERICAN CHAIN CO. New York. N. V., O.
      113 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 2
      93 10 House-Hunters should study the small advertisements on Page Six of today's STRAITS TIMES your new home may be advertised there Himrod's ASTHMA CURE J~-rsvr- J^-g-^l Gives Instant relief from Asthma, Hay i m PT^I FC V ce C° dd •1 Coughs, Catarrh, 5 3S&B etc. The standard ■i uiaw remedy
      93 words
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 10 Miscellaneous Column 1
      264 10 1 mM>t«MMMMM>MMIMM>»>M MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperatur*. Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity, tion. F. F. ins. hours. I m.p.h. Alor Star .92 71 Nil 9.6 65 E 15 Cloudy Kota Bharu K8 69 Nil 10.5 75 KNE 15 Fine
      264 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 10 Miscellaneous Column 2
      194 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. 1'iiiliv. February 14 H. W. 10.6 ML 10 ft. 2 In. Singapore and South Malay Boy Scouts Association, annual irectinu, Y.M.C.A., 5.30 p.m. Madam Kclvcy'i Pupils. Adclphi Hotel. Robert Schmitz, pianist, Vic. Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Saturday. February II. W. 12.U a.m., I ft., IIM p.m.. 10
      194 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Article
    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    474 11 Optimist and Pessimist No Middle Ground. PRICE OF TIN STEADILY DECLINING. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices Kublicr, 26 rents per II). Tin, 1.2.'. ton- at Shtt per picul. YeMerday's Prim Rubber, London 7 1".-16d. per lb., down MM. New York 1 .*>*'.
    474 words
  • Article
    GILLETTE RAZOR.
    139 11 Decrease in Company's Net Earnings. Nit earnings, after reserves for taxes, depreciation, and all other fixed charges, of the Gillette Safety Kazor Company for the year ended D*e. SI, ltt», amounted to $13,620,700. as compared with £1K.244,429 for the year 1!>2«. It is stated that the decreased earnings
    139 words
  • Article
    AN AMALGAMATION.
    98 11 Adamson. Gilfillan Co. And Harper Co. It is announced that an enrly amalgamation •will take place between A. Harper and Co., Ltd.. and the Malacca, Kuula Lumpur and Ipoh iir.ire.st~ of Adamson, Gilfillan and Co.. Ltd. The new company will be incorporated m the F.M.S. under the style
    98 words
  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • Article
      ECONOMIC RISE OF INDIA.
      1162 11 Sir Basil Blackett On British Policy. Sir Basil Rlackett read a paper on the Economic Progress of India before the Indian section of the Royal Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi. W.C., on Jan. 10. Kir Basil said that some observers were aiisfied to find an
      1,162 words
    • Article
      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      68 11 Tone of Market Dull and Easier. Latest Cable Lom'on Spot Shrot 7 15-16d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 1HI per lb. Singapore, 12 o'clock noon, Feb. 14. I.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot Itaodard R.S.S. on Tender February March April i A|>nl-Junc
      68 words
    • Article
      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      300 11 New Non-Fiction Books Received. The undernotcd non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at n a.m. The Last Glaciation, (Ernst Antevr 1, 1928, ilhis. (presented) j Turkey and Syria Reborn, (Harold Armstrong), lii.lo, illus. Tho Riddle of Russia, (E. Ashmead-BartlttU. 1929 j Outline of the Anthropology
      300 words
    • Article
      THE RUBBER MARKET.
      219 11 More Confidence Shown In Past Week. Messrs. Lewis and Peat Singapore), Ltd.. under date of Feb. 14, report ai follows More confidence has been shown in the rubber market during the past week, and with the notable exception of the manufacturing interests, support has been fairly general.
      219 words
    • Article
      U.S. STREET RAILWAYS.
      160 11 Many Companies Unable To Pay Interest. Holders of securities in the street railway systems of American towns and cities are scriou&ly concerned over the outlook for their investments. One company after another finds itself unable to pay interest on its funded debt, and receivers are able to
      160 words
    • Article
      MONGU TIN MINES.
      261 11 Discussion on Basis of Share Exchange. An extraordinary general meeting of Mongu I Nigeria) Tin Mines, Ltd., was held in London on Jan. 15, at which resolutions providing for the amalgamation of the company with the London Tin Syndicate, Ltd., were carried after discussion. Captain Walter Broadbridre,
      261 words
    • Article
      JAN. RUBBER RETURNS.
      325 11 Anglo-Ma1ay.— 1.:.1,«31 lb. Amalgamated Malay.— 66,ooo lb. Allcnuy.— 6s,3oo lb. Bukit Kajang.— l3u,97l lb. 8a1au.— 41,500 lb. Beranang. 51,000 lb. Broome (Sclangor) R.P. 69,610 lb. Batu Tig.-i (Selangori.- 191,000 Ib. Bikam.— S9.7oo lb. Batu Village.— l,374 lb. Buloh Kasap.— 62,ooo lb. 8ru5eh.— 46.660 lb. Bcrtara (Taishoi.— 92,s24
      325 words
    • Article
      RENONG TIN DIVIDEND.
      38 11 The Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., have received cable advices from the secretaries in London to the following effect The board have declared an interim dividend of 7% per cent. (actual) payable on Feb. 25."
      38 words
    • Article
      A.P.A.M. LOOKING FOR MEMBERS.
      598 11 Asiatic Planters' Local Committee. Messrs. Chcok Huan Cheong, Lim C.hong Pang and Lim Bock Kec have been appointed a local committee for Singapore and Johor* of the Asiatic Planters' Association of Malaya, with Kvatt and Co. as hon. secretaries to this committee. The committee is of
      598 words
    • Article
      BRAUNSTON ESTATES.
      384 11 Satisfactory Profit On Increased Crop. The twentieth annual general meeting of the Braunston (Malay) Rubber Estates was heW on Jan. 13 at 20, Kastcheap, London, E.C Col. K. S. Dunstervillc, C.B. (the chairman), said that the profit amounted tc £5,72 K. as compared with £1,454 m the previous
      384 words
    • Article
      JAN. TIN RETURNS.
      28 11 Talam Mines.— 640.21 picuU. Ayer Weng (Rahman). 50 piculs. I'ahanir Consolidated.— 3,789 picula. Ipoh Tin. 520 piculs. Sunitt'i Kinta Tin.--56& piculs. Xemoh Tin.— 630 yiculs.
      28 words
  • Article
    CITY TO HELP IN REORGANISATION.
    1284 11 Offer of Co-Operation With Industry. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Lord Privy S. .1 m I Minister of Unemployment, announced at Manchester on Jan. 10 that the City was prepared to give financial support to Khimu for placing industry upon soui.d financiul basis. Referring to the
    1,284 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      13 11 IF IT IS WORTH ADVERTISING YOU WILL FIND IT IN JHE STRAITS TIMES,
      13 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 2
      65 11 jPfepiE J >i|»p»»a Willard promises you battery JBsm< '**»~*±< £slh econom y- Willard s ives you "~Tr^ battery economy. For years LB^aW 'I' l 'n'CSSSW!^' hßb "wners more for their money. IaSHP* '^^tf^r'^^W Fewer demands on patience if] have Willard batteries with W'm ti ti STORAGE •pi BATTERIES I 11
      65 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article
    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. THE PLANTER'S LOT.
    1206 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. THE PLANTER'S LOT. In the days of fantastic profits in the rubber growing industry it became the custom to regard the planter as a pampered individual who had to be paeifW at all costs. There may or may not ha\e been grounds for
    1,206 words
  • Article, Illustration
    BY-WAYS OF OLD MALAYA.
    1204 12 A Nomad Recalls The Naning War. It is a common assertion that the Malays have no history. And it is true that the wanderer in Malaya will be d'f appointed who hcres to f\:\a imposing historical relics. But the assertion is none the less ill-founded. For
    1,204 words
  • Article
    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    247 12 It is rumoured that the Hon. Mr. B. W. Elles, Resident Councillor, Malacca, is to succeed Mr. C. F. J. Green, British Resident, Pahang, when the latter goes Home on leave prior to retirement, in April. A wedding took place at St Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, on
    247 words
  • Article
    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    834 12 TRADE AND UNEMPLOYMENT. It was announced on Thursday last that the number of unemployed in Great Britain has increased to 1,508,600. This reminds one of the words used by Mr. Stanley Baldwin at Edinburgh on Dec. 13 In the last six months of the luto Unionist
    834 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    43 12 Brigadier-General Sir Gordon GugKisburg who was once a Sapper oftict-r in Singapore has ha<t to resign the Governorship of British Guiana on the grounds of ill-health. He has been in poor health dnce la*t July, when he was compelled to leave British Guiana.
    43 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      34 12 Q OLD FLAKE? jEjOAwrrTggn 1 WHEREVER YOU GO YOU WILL FIND W. D. H. O. WILLS' "GOLD FLAKE" CIGARETTES. GOLDG 0LD FLAKE 4 'oarettc* j L^D.fcltOWlW*J BRITISH-AMKRICAN TOBACCO CO. (STRAITS), LIMITED. (Incorporated In England)
      34 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 2
      99 12 634 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TENG SENG GUAN. Established 1905. Tel. No. 2415. T. K. X.'s TYRES. Further reduced from Tubes. 815 x 120 $20.00 to $18.00 $3.75 820 x 120 $22.00 to $20.00 $3.50 880 x 120 $26.00 to $23.00 $4.00 895 x 135 $30.00 to $23.00 $4.50 29 x
      99 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • Article
    RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA: DEBATES IN LORDS AND COMMONS.
    794 13 DEBATES IIS LORDS /j£i AND COMMONS. SOVIETS WAR ON RELIGION. Discussions in the Lords And the Commons. DELICATE SITUATION. Interference in Internal Affairs of Russia. Rugby, Ffli. 13. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, w:is asked in the House of Common!
    794 words
  • Article
    JAPANESE TRADE.
    30 13 Tol.io, Feb. 11. Trade returns far th<> first ten days of h how a total of Yen. 49,367,000 imp i- niruinxl Yen. 38,247,800 »f exl»oit.;. Nichi- Nil hi.
    30 words
  • Article
    CONVICTS AT LARGE IN SINGAPORE.
    100 13 Daring Dash from General Hospital. Three long-term convicts from the Singapore Criminal Prison, are at present at large, having made a sensational escape from the lock-up ward of the General Hospital. The three prisoners who were serving various terms for robbery, were sent to the
    100 words
  • Article
    NAVAL REDUCTIONS.
    282 13 Mr. S. Baldwin Questions The Premier. Rugby, Feb. 13. In the House of Commons today the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. was asked by Mr. Stanley Baldwin what w«-rv the naval standards in respect of cruisers, and what were the reasons foi variation by which the Admiralty
    British Wireless  -  282 words
  • Article
    C.E.R. CONFERENCE.
    72 13 Mr. Mo Teh-hui's Appointment Approved. The Central Political Council of the Nanking Government decided, on Wednesday last, to appoint Mr. Mo Teh-hui as Plenipotentiary on behalf of China at the S\ o-Soviet Conference. Mr. Mo Teh-hu' be shortly returning to Mukden after I i-ivinjf full power. (Jenera! Chang
    Sin Kuo Min  -  72 words
  • Article
    JAPANESE ELECTIONS.
    77 13 838 Candidates for 466 Diet i Seats. Tokio, Feb. 11. The number of candidates for the 40C seats in the Diet now totals 838, of whom :iti3 are participating in an election for the first time. The approved candidates of the Minseito (or Government Party) and of the
    77 words
  • Article
    KIANGSI BANDITS.
    36 13 A Sin Kuo Mm message states that Chut.-h and Maochaktung bandits have occupied the southern part of Kiangsi Province and Nanchang is threatened. General Liv Chi is sending two brigades to supprc-ss the bandits.
    36 words
  • Article
    A LADY CENSOR IN THE LIMELIGHT.
    789 13 The Cinematograph Case. CURIOUS SITUATION IN SINGAPORE. The surprising fact that the ainat ur owner of a moving picture camera is in a different legal position to the owner of a still camera has been revealed by a case heard in the Singapore Police
    789 words
  • Article
    HATRY LOSSES OUT OF £1,000,000 FUND.
    164 13 Yesterday's Settlement. PRESERVING THE CITY'S GOOD NAME. London, Feb. 13. The Stock Exchange settlement in connection with the shares of th.- Hatry group companies, held up since September, was carried out to-day. It was fcund, last year, that some of the Hatry interests obtained
    Reuter  -  164 words
  • Article
    TROUBLE IN SPAIN.
    177 13 Unemployed Demonstrate Outside Palace. Madrid, Feb. 14. A thousand unemployed attempted to demonstrate outside the Royal Palace. The police charged and dispersed the j demonstrates s, who then raided shops ir. the suburbs. In Barcelona five students were injured in street fighting. Madrid, Feb. 13. I Spain's
    Reuter  -  177 words
  • Article
    OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.
    81 13 U.S. Plans for Biggest And Fastest Yet. Washington, Feb. 13. The United States lines have drawn up plans for two liners, 9G2 feet lon<» and having a speed of 28 Ii knots, which will be longer than the Majestic and faster than the Bremen. The United States lines
    81 words
  • Article
    FURTHER CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.
    262 13 Kuominchun Again Taking The Offensive. Shanghai, Feb. 11. Civil war is again threatening. The Kuominchun is again advancing into Hupeh, with Hankow as the objective General Shih Yu-san who, after a few skirmishes in January agreed to withdraw with his troops into llonan, is reported
    262 words
  • Article
    "LET US RESIGN."
    178 13 Marshal Yen's Suggestion To President. I A Sin Kuo Mm message states that President Chiang Kai-shek wired to Marshal Yen Shi-shan on Feb. 9 telling him of his intention to go to Canton to direct the Kwangsi campaign and asking that Mr. Chiao Tai-wea should ccme down
    178 words
  • Article
    WHO IS TO PAY?
    113 13 Singapore-Port Darwin Air Service. Canbei.'a, Feb. 13. Refer. in;r to a statement ihat the British Air Ministry is eagerly awaiting an announcement from Australia with regard to the establishment of an air rcute between Singapore and Port Darwin the Premier, Mr. Scullin, said that although the
    Reuter  -  113 words
  • Article
    MANCHURIAN FRONTIER.
    28 13 A Sin Kuo Mm DM|I states that Marshal Chang Hsuch-liang is about to hold a frontier defence conference, which A'ill U- attended by 150 Manchurian .lfficers.
    28 words
  • Article, Illustration
    CHANGING SINGAPORE: THE PIER ENTRANCE.
    108 13 Work will be commenced within three or four months on tlic new Johnston's Pier, which will greatly change the appearance of Collyer Quay. The above drawing shows the dignified and massive frontage on the landward side. 170 feet long. 42 f«H-t h'-S. with a central
    108 words
  • Article
    VIEWS OF FRANCE AND JAPAN.
    164 13 Two Important Documents Presented. ITALY'S POSITION. Getting Down to Facts At Naval Conference. ■■ihj. Feb. II At the Naval Conference today the proceedings consii.ted ol' private talks between the ih'laistn iiaoni these batoj -onversations between M. Tardieu, Mr. Hugh Cihs< n and Mr. Raassay MaeDoaaU
    164 words
  • Article
    FRENCH STATEMENT.
    400 13 Smaller Navy Now Than Before the War. London, Feb. 13. 1 hat France is the only great lower which has reduced her Navy since before the War is ?tati:;i;cal!y de-moiist rated in a stsi meat prepared by M. Tardieu, show.ng v picscni global to:mage of 682,000, compaied with
    Reuter  -  400 words
  • Article
    JAPANESE MEMORANDUM
    325 13 Advocates Reductions In All Categories. Rugby, Kel). The Japanese delegation tonight lined a memorandum Mtnag forth its riewi in the discussions. The memorandum nqWHBCl Japan'! lies' iv to find a formula for harmonisin r the irl<iluil and category theories and her to agree to the proposal that no
    325 words
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 1
      65 13 TODAY'S 24 PAGES. Page I By-Ways of Old Malaya 12 i Is Rubber Control Practicable I, by W. L Braddon 20 I Australian Politics 20 Utters to the Editor 19 New Books Reviewed 17 I Letters from Burma, Penang and Sumatra 8 Japanese Davis Cup Players in Singapore Ii Kerosene
      65 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Article
    MINING OPTION CASE.
    1054 14 Sum of $100,000 Paid For What? (Fran Our Own Correspondtnt.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 13. This morning the hearing was continued in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, before Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby of the in which the Malayan Tinfields, Ltd.. :ire plaintiffs in an action regarding an option on
    1,054 words
  • Article
    CYCLIST BOMBERS.
    130 14 Situation Still Disturbed In Indo-China. Paris, Feb. 13. The .Ministry for the Colonies announces that the French, without casualties, repulsed the attack on the militia post at Hunurhoa in Indo-China. An annamite motor-driver fired a revolver at a policeman in Hanoi on Monday and .-hot and killed two
    130 words
  • Article
    CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
    515 14 Chinese Enmeshed In Police Trap. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 13. A method by which the police succeeded in arresting a bicycle thief was explained in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court this morning to the Magistrate. Mr. H. Doel, Chief Court Inspector, prosecuted. Accused,
    515 words
  • Article
    IN THE ANTARCTIC.
    209 14 Sir Hubert Wilkins At Deception Island. Washington, Feb. 14. It is ri ported from Deception Island ih.il Sv- Hubert Wilkins is expected there rh die William Beoresby tomorrow and will return lo America as soon as possible. Theft- will no flight to the Ross Sea thi< tea
    209 words
  • Article
    U.S. CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.
    23 14 Washington, Feb. 14. The Senate, by 52 votes to 26, has continued Mr. Hughes' appointment to the Chief Justiceship. Reuter.
    Reuter  -  23 words
  • Article
    ILLEGALLY SENT TO JOHORE GAOL.
    265 14 $250 Compensation For A Squatter. A case in which a Chinese served four months' imprisonment on an illegal conviction was dealt with by Mr. Justice McCab/; Reay at Johore Bahru on Wednesday. His Lordship's judgment was as follows The accused in this case found a
    265 words
  • Article
    DEBTS DUE BY RUSSIA.
    138 14 Poor Comfort for Private Bondholders. Rugby, Feb. 12. Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, stated today in the House of Commons, that no schedule of the counterclaim? of the Soviet Government had been received during the current negotiations. In any statement of British claims those arising
    British Wireless  -  138 words
  • Article
    IN MANCHURIA.
    45 14 Soviet Soldiers Kill Four Chinese A Sin Kuo Mm message from Shancrhai, dated Feb. 13, states that Soviet .-•oldiers have killed four members of the Chinese garrison at Manchuli. Admiral Sun Hun-li is planning to rai=o $400,000 to reorganise the Manchuriin river defences.
    45 words
  • Article
    HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
    62 14 Light on Forgeries Which Stirred Europe. Berlin, Feb. 13. The police believe they have succeeded in solving the mystery of the forgeries of American hundred dollar bills that stirred Europe recently. The alleged culprits a Rumanian named Jermas, a Hungarian named Katz and a Czecho-Slovak named Weiss
    62 words
  • Article
    TEN "DRY" YEARS.
    53 14 "No Satisfactory Results" In ILS.A. Washington, Feb. 13. At the opening of the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee's investigation into the question of prohibition there wes warm applause at the "wot" chairman's declaration that prohibition had been tested for ten years with no satisfactory results. Many "wets"
    Reuter  -  53 words
  • Article
    COAL-MINES BILL.
    59 14 Compulsory Amalgamation Clause. London, Feb. 14. The House of Commons, by 281 votes to 142, has adopted the first new Government clause in the Coal-mines Bill, creating an Amalgamation Advisory Committee to decide where the amalgamation of coalmines should be compulsory. The clause, which was introduced to placate
    Reuter  -  59 words
  • Article
    THE STEEL CARTEL.
    43 14 Price Increases Decided Upon. Brussels, Feb. 13. The European steel cartel has decided to increase the basic prices of merchant steel and angle steel by 2s. fid., unfinished products by 2s. and thick plates by 4s. a metric ton. Reuter.
    Reuter  -  43 words
  • Article
    OUTWARD MAIL.
    38 14 Mails from Europe (London mails despatched on Jan. 23) ex 8.1. Rajula, which anchored at Penang 1 a.m. today will arrive by train tomorrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholders at 9.46 a.m.
    38 words
  • Article
    "I WAS AS A SON TO HIM."
    648 14 Unusual Estate Claim By Tamil Servant. Either treat me as the dead man's son, or else pay me for the service which I rendered him in the expectation of being trcatsd upon his death as if I were his son." This was the
    648 words
  • Article
    "REDS" AT MALACCA.
    196 14 Documents in False-Bottomed Suitcase. Arrested on a boat which arrived at Singapore from Malacca, a Hylam was found in possession of a large quantity of Crmmunist literature. The accused, Aw Voh Hin, was this morning charged before Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, the District Judge, with be.ng
    196 words
  • Article
    COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIES.
    89 14 Col. Sir James Lithgow As President. Rugby, Feb. 13. The Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries yesterday nominated Colonel Sir James Lithgow as presidentelect, in succession to the retiring president, Mr. Lennox Lee. Colonel Lithgow is head of the largest firm of shipbuilders in the
    British Wireless  -  89 words
  • Article
    NEW VOLUNTEERS.
    326 14 The Organisation of "B" Company. It is now close on four weeks since the Singapore Volunteer Corps recruiting campaign began. A considerable amount of success has i been achieved, 91 new European recruits having been enrolled. Of these some 47 were enrolled direct into B Co., so that
    326 words
  • Article
    MALAY CLUB RAIDED.
    137 14 Alleged Gamblers Rounded Up By Police. The relentless police campaign against gambling in Singapore is still being pursued- The latest raid was conducted by Mr. E. Tongue. A.S.P.. Gambling Suppression Department, on W.Mlnesday night and 26 alleged gamblers were arrested. The premises raided were those of the
    137 words
  • Article
    SIR JOHN JACKSON, LTD.
    38 14 Managing Director at The Base. Mr. P. Westacott, managing director of Sir John Jaekscn. Ltd., the contractors for H. M. Naval Base, has arrived in Singapore, and will be here for about two months.
    38 words
  • Article
    WHAT AIRSHIPS CAN DO.
    308 14 Commercial Craft in Next Few Years. Rugby. Feb. 1& Speaking with relation to the economic development of the Empire the Air Minister. Lord Thomson, last night said he thought the excellent results obtained from the two experimental airships, the RlOO and RlOl, proved there was no
    308 words
  • Article
    WHAT ITALY WANTS.
    75 14 Absolute Parity With France." London, Fob. 13. An authoritative Italian statement emphasises that absolute parity with France will remain the cardinal principle of Italian naval policy. The Italian delegation will not table any figures of tonnage until the French figure arc tabled then the Italian figures will
    Reuter  -  75 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      98 14 WHY IS THIS WHISKY SO POPULAR f Jgo&jr "RECAUSE there is that subtle fM§k&f difference in its flavour MJBBBf and quality which distinguishes from all other whiskies. It has been said that there is Bbfc. r difference to-day between one well-known brand and Mf another, but convincing proof SQk S^^Rr
      98 words
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Exhibition Tennis in Singapore.—Heavyweight Championship Fight Fixed.
    • Article
      DAVIS CUP PLAYERS AT S.C.C.
      1055 15 Visit of Satoh and Harada. JAPANESE PLAYERS' FINE DISPLAY. Itis the general experience tint exhibition MtchM in aimed every sport fall «hoi-t of expectations. Hither those who give them indulge in fane.v-stjfT," or tha opposition is so weak that tin 1 are nut extended, and
      1,055 words
    • Article
      TITLE BOUT CONFIRMED.
      57 15 Schmeling to Fight in June For £50,000 Purse. Berlin, Feb. 13. A Reuter cable confirms the acceptance of Max Schmeling, the German heavyweight, to meet the winner of the Sharkey-Scott fight for the heavyweight championship of the world and adds that the bout will take place on
      57 words
  • Article
    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    80 15 Kesults of S.V.R.A. Spoon Competition. The results of the Singapore Volunteer U'di Association Spoon Shoot on Sunday Wi re as follows 800 yanls.— Nett. CpL A. Prroira, 30 handicap, Pte. K. I". Oehlcra, 20. 100 yarn-..— Nett. Sgt H. C. Brett, 32 p.p, Pte. Chia Tiang Bee, 30.
    80 words
  • Article
    NEW LEAGUE PROPOSED.
    188 15 Suggestion for Midland And South Alliance. London, Feb. 2. A most interesting announcement was made dating the week-end of a project for a new important league of two divi>:ons for dubs south of the Trent. The authorities state that the proposed scheme, if adopted, means the dismemberment
    188 words
  • Article
    GENEROUS OFFER BY AMERICA.
    51 15 Refused by British Ladies' Golf Union. t London, Feb. 13. The British Ladies' Golf Union has arranged a regular programme of international matches against America, Canada and France, with alternating venues. The American offer to pay the British expenses for the first ten visits was declined.
    Reuter  -  51 words
  • Article
    CHESS CLUB REPORT.
    553 15 Activities During the Past Year. The annual report of the Singapore Chess Club, to be presented at the annual general meeting at the >Adelphi Hotel on Feb. 21, is as follows During the year the club met every Friday evening at the Adelphi Motel. The committee and
    553 words
  • Article
    MARVELLOUS LINDRUM.
    134 15 Leading Smith by Over 10,000 Points. London, Feb. 3. The following were the close of play scores, in the fortnight time-limit match lulwe n Walter Lindrum (Australia) and Willie Smith (England) Jan. 31 Lindrum, 13,720 Smith, 7,331. Feb. 1 Lindrum, 17,331 Smith, 8,039. Feb. 3 Lindrum, 19,378 Smith,
    134 words
  • Article
    MALACCA GOLF.
    76 15 Good Winning Score in Ladies' Medal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 13. The following was the result of the Malacca Golf Club ladies' monthly medal competition, for which 13 cards were taken out Mrs. Wiseman Miss Elles Mr*. Coleman Mrs. Chester Mrs. Beatty Mrs. Berry Mm. Sanderson
    76 words
  • Article
    ATTEMPT ON WORLD'S SPEED RECORD.
    280 15 Kaye Don to Drive Monster Racer. Washington, Feb. 13. The Automobile Association have sanctioned the attempt by the British motorist, Mr. Kaye Don, on Major Sir Henry Scgrave's world's speed record of 231 miles an hour. Mr. Kayc Don is due to arrive at Daytona'
    280 words
  • Article
    WARM WORK!
    125 15 Football Experiment In Singapore. An interesting football experiment is to be made in Singapore tomorrow. The S.C.F.A., with a view to making fuller use of the existing grounds and giving their players more games, has arranged to play two matches in one afternoon at the Jalan Besar stadium.
    125 words
  • Article
    WATER POLO.
    54 15 Two Practice Matches at The Swimming Club. Two practice matches for fixtures against the Chinese on March 2 will be played at the "Swimming Club on Sunday morning at 11.30. The teams will be as follows: Druiding Brodi*. Wheeler Leonard, Oggier, Hill and Bain. Peers; Waterfield, Hay; Swinchatt,
    54 words
  • Article
    SPEED RECORD BROKEN.
    88 15 Australian's New Time For Ten Miles. Norman Wizard Smith broke the world's 10-mile record on Jan. 17 on the 90mile beach at Auckland, New Zealand, completing the distance in 4 minutes and 2 1-5 sec. at an average speed of 148.637 miles per hour. The car used
    88 words
  • Article
    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    116 15 Friday. Feb. 14 Inter-Com. Cup: Mansfields v«. O.T.F.C. (Replay). Saturday, Feb. 15 Taiping Races, first day. Football: S.C.F.A. vs. Welch Rcgl., Jalan Besar. Sunday, Feb. 16 R.S.Y.C. Races. S.C.F.A. League match, Jalan Desar Stadium. Monday, Feb. IT Inter-Corn. Cup: Straits Java Trailing vs. Winners of Robinsons vs. A.P.C.
    116 words
  • Article
    PENANG'S CRICKET PROSPECTS.
    944 15 An Abundance of Talent. A WHO'S WHO OF OLD AND NEW PLAYERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 8. Penang should have a stronger batting side for 1930 and, if Rcatens is fit, their bowling should also be more varied. Owing to the Padang being under repairs,
    944 words
  • Page 15 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 1
      181 16 Sankey Sheldon Steel Furniture BRITISH MADE. STEEL STORAGE SHELVING BUILT TO CUSTOMER'S SPECIFICATIONS. Quotations Submitted on Application. M£O 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, Office Equipment
      181 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 2
      195 16 f J mm ?W£ v<w2£ y*?<u. *o«£ €XtHomaf because, conditioned by the exclusive Rothman-Wyner "EASTOPAC" process AND IMPORTED FRESH FROM \>A IN ROUND V^A air-tight "»lt/##l^iUM^l9# \W Pall Mall |A W Virginia •I L/. 1 IV ft A^| I Pali Malli are ci««rettM of outatandraj <|uWity. M««l« from fr»«Wy'"|f fill
      195 words
Page thumbnail Page 17
  • Article
    THE LITERARY PAGE—NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    3734 17 THE LITERARY PAGE— NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. A Talented Family- The Travels of Alec Waugh What Publishers Want about Malaya— An Unfortunate Memory of Singapore More about Malayan Wives— ldyllic Tahiti The Mission of Hope in a Channel Crossing Mr. Evelyn Waugh's Honeyed Vitriol The Ancient Romans As They Were Not.
    3,734 words
  • Article
    PLAY READING: Where Over the No
    940 17 PLAY READING: Where Over the No it Scores vel. Plujn MM written to be acted, but they can also be read with pleasure. Many habitual readers of books evade the everhMTWtWMJ number of printed plays with the thought that for them such books can have no pleasuro. Thus the work
    940 words
  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 1
      215 17 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL AxND BUNGALOWS. Pboae <4»0 Srotts Rosd. Tanglin. I'bonf U»l. AWAY FROM NOISE AND CONGESTION. ConTfnient to town. Spieiobr Dining and Kereption Balls. Private MBNjnoU (rranzed int. Ample caraee r.rcommodatloa. Single Rooms with llath from |4L Double Rooms from 97. U TENNIS COURTS fat nse of Residents. Courts
      215 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 2
      95 17 SjjS z point you Ujj fill "^n<^" sc cct fitted Is\ am v i r sisj flm instantly to the [Ly f*tj J Tlir point that rjuicily „,it t-jB Mil your writing stroke ami lli.nf/ I holder that exactly smi Mil J your taste can be MMCkxI PSI j separatelyandpcrmanciitl.
      95 words
Page thumbnail Page 18
  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 1
      289 18 Qive Haby Strength t"^V When breast-feeding fails *N a substitute must be found that will be as rich and nourishing as natural J/ milk. The most perfect substitute is Mellin's Food. f Mixed as directed it con's J/ tains all the constituents 3^"™) °f Mother's Milk and is i *""-^-f/
      289 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 2
      149 18 JfißjT wifh garden fresn-ness V^_JX liiuokc Bond lea Always Order "SUGARCANE" BRANDS OF HAMS and BACON. DO YOU P THEY ARE THE BEST. Truth In Advertising Always Reaches Its Objective, REFRIGtRATIMG Co LTD Orchard Road Selegie Road Keppe! Road Grange Rd. Market. CROSSLEY OVER 100,000 ENGINES BUILT AND SOLD. Sole
      149 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 3
      147 18 ;j I j I (77m Wonderful Daily Bread of Sweden.) WjkH^.. "N&4 'V'iijßm AND 550, Ryvita House, 96 South wark Street, London. S.E.I FREE —A r>o«tcard lent to-rt»v will brinK you by rpturn zr nr rout tree umplr of tlic genuine origin il "Ky vita Cri>pbrctii." -why not GET THE
      147 words
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • Article
    THE " OLD AND BOLD " EX-SERVICE MEN.
    562 19 THE OLD AND BOLD EX-SERVICE MEN. Should Ladies Attend E.S.A.M. Dinner? There appeal) to be at the present time two sehoohl of thOMgki in re-gard to the. Armistice Dinner," says the annual report of the Singnpore' branch of the B»fflaivkea Association of Malaya. Tho. Olel and Bold school wish to
    562 words
  • Article
    NEWSPAPER SENSATION.
    102 19 Charges Against the Siamese Aeronautical Dept. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Feb. 18. The i ■:>..■• :iKair: the two Siamese newspap' rS !,y the .Ministry e-f Wui has caused ie)P. The charge against one of the papers i> that it i ported that the chief of the Aeronautical
    102 words
  • Article
    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    102 19 Making Up St. Michael's Road. '1 In 1 Following action has IK-en taken by ummittee no. "< e>f the Singapore Municipal Comtntsskmeri Considered '•nje-ctions to the apportionment etc. of cost of niakintr up St. Michael's Road under section IUJ. amended s:ime> by cancellation of apportionment against lots 346
    102 words
  • Article
    NEW JOHORE LAWS.
    70 19 Motor Fatalities Cause Of Legislation. A Hill is about to be introduced in the Council e>f Johore, to oroyidc v c ivil remedy should a map meet bis death by l li«- wrongful act of another, in view eif the- many finalities from motor accieients. Another Bill
    70 words
  • Article
    DILUTED DRINKS.
    174 19 Local Trade in Empty Bottles. The local authorities have been giving special attention recently to the exceptionally large amount of alcoholic 1! ;uor which is being diluted and sold under the labels of well-known firms. Chinese dealers arc the worst offenders, and almorl every type of alcoholic liquor
    174 words
  • Article
    HILL STATION SITES.
    151 19 S.S.A. to Write to Chief Secretary. At the last committee meeting of theStraits Settlements (Singapore) Associatie»n. A letfer was read from the Penang Association SjrmpathisJat with this Association's request to Government to acquire an an-n at Cameron's Highlands tei provide a rest house or hotel lor the
    151 words
  • Article
    A MEAN THIEF.
    127 19 Chinese Coolies Robbed By Companion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Feb. 12. A Chinese whe> was charged for theft anei convicted and whose sentence was dcfi'ied to Wednesday appeared today befl Mr. G. B. Kdlaghcr, when Inspector McLennan tolel the Court that it was a Bsaaa thefi
    127 words
  • Article
    THEFT CHARGE FAILS.
    95 19 4) Malay Motor Driver Women Acquitted. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 12. The GSM which was started last week before Mr. L. S. Freer, at the Jaaia ('< urt, when Mr. M. S. Perera was complainant in a charge of theft against two Malay we.-men nnd
    95 words
  • Article
    S.S.A., SINGAPORE.
    93 19 Mr. H. D. Mundell Replaces Mr. Denis Santry. At the last committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association the vice-president tendered his resignation as he was proceeding on long leave. Mr. Denis Santry ret-eived the thanks of the committee for his valuable services, and, under Rule 12,
    93 words
  • Article
    PENANG, CHAP GOH MEH.
    106 19 Chinese Festival Brilliantly Celebrated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnang, Feb. 13. The Chinese festival of Chap Goh Meh started last right when the moon was foJt The streets presented an animated spectacle, with the houses brilliantly lighted and thousands of cars full of bejewelled yorag damsels
    106 words
  • Article
    NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTOR.
    274 19 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTOR. Judgment in Estate Fire Case. A claim by an estate owner for damages caused by a fire originating on an adjoining property, in which an interesting defence was raised, was the subject of a judgment by the Civil District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) yesterday. Tay
    274 words
  • Article
    PRINCES AT BANGKOK.
    154 19 Danish Part} Welcomed Royally. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) i;- i,'-kok, Feb. 13. The Danish Royidtice arrived this afternoon. Tl.: '< r their steamer, the Fionia, at itohftichanp ihi, morning anel came to Bangkok <;wrnment Yacht. They received i»n Ihi I'i^nia Phya Surawonmce, reprutntinn the King, the Danish
    154 words
  • Article
    CHILD KIDNAPPED.
    139 19 Malay Woman Sentenced For Six Months. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 14. Che ah, ri Malay woman, was sentence;! at the- As- izes to six months' rigorous imprisonment e,n charges of kidnapping and theft of jewelleryThe accused went te> visit a friend at I Batu Gajah. walked
    139 words
  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • Letter
      HIGHLANDS PROBLEMS.
      969 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It is now quite a time since the Development Committee for Cameron's Highlands have issued a report, although it was arranged to be a quarterly affair. The chairman, Mr. F. A. Swettonham, has gone home on leave, but that should
      969 words
    • Letter
      RUBBER PRICES.
      254 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the above matter, it should be obvious that unless something is done to stabilize prices at a remunerative level, nothing hut disaster awaits the majority of the mbbt-r planting companies if the present low prices continue much
      254 words
    • Letter
      TENNIS BOOKINGS.
      237 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association announced in connection with the inhibition games played by the Japanese Davis Cup players at the aVCG M the 13th inst., that there would be no foiwanl booking. Some friends of mine therefore arrived en
      237 words
    • Letter
      "THE FIRST FLAT ROOF."
      146 19 THE FIRST FLAT ROOF. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— In your issue of Feb. 12 you publish a photograph of a building with a large type headline the flint flat roof in Singapore's Chinatown." In tho caption this claim is further elaborated. In view of the fact
      146 words
    • Letter
      Untitled
      123 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your issue of Feb. 12 there appears a picture of the first flat roof in Singapore's Chinatown which, according to you, is situated at the corner of Bra. Basah and Selegie Rouds. I myself see this building: every day and from
      123 words
  • Article
    HEAVY SENTENCES.
    52 19 Chinese Reds in Bangkok Get 15 Years. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 13. Twenty-two (him M charged with attending illegal meetings were sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment and to pay lines of r >,(X)!) tical- c;u h. It was ulkgid that th« meetings were bCM in support
    52 words
  • Article
    CAIRO-CAPE TOWN FLIGHT
    131 19 Air-Commodore Injured While Motoring. (ape Town, Pah. 1. The four Royal Air Fora machine* which left Cairo on Jan 11 on the fifth annual service flight to Cape Town and back, arrived here today. An earlier me-ssairc (dated Bulawayo Jan. 27) said Air Commodore A. (I. Board,
    131 words
  • Article
    MADAM KELVEY'S PUPILS
    53 19 Over 170 people were present yesterday afternoon at the Adelrmi iletel to witness 'an entertaining- performance by Madam Kelvcy's pupils- The items supplied by Mies Marion Knowles, Miss Olga Kclvey, nnd Miss Eileen Jackson wars particularly well received. The programme will be repeated tonight and tomorrow at
    53 words
  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 1
      111 19 HIIIIHG IKE IHAHK! World industry is hard at work thinking out new methods for developing trade surveying possibilities on all sides for extending markets. You should be thinking and making decisions too if your business is tc survive increasing competition. There will be no doubt about its power to do
      111 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Article
    AUSTRALIA'S NEW YEAR WORRIES.
    2106 20 A REDUCED INCOME. Production Costs Must Be Reduced. LOSSES AND WASTE IN INDUSTRY. Canberra, Jan. 13. lie pile the (UAcaKiM encountered in 1929, Australia is facing: the New Year with :i spirit of optimism ami M» mimiJM to .surmount the obstacles of the put. The !'l
    2,106 words
  • Article
    BALUCHI REBEL SHOT.
    68 20 Sequel to a Court-Martial At Teheran. Teheran, Feb. 2. Doost Mahomed Khan, the Baluchi rebel I has been court-martialled and shot. Doost Mahomed Khan, who was ca')- 1 tured and brought to Teheran some six months ago and was granted an amne.-ty i by the Shah, but
    68 words
  • Article
    IS RUBBER CONTROL PRACTICABLE ?—I.
    1574 20 IS RUBBER CONTROL PRACTICABLE I. The Merchants' Opposition ____,> WHAT MALAYA IS LOSING AT PRESENT. (By W. L. Braddon.) In the issue of the Straits Times for Jan. 11 there was an article headed j" Malayan Trade Increase, Due Mainly to I Big Rubber Shipments." It showed the :-tfecU of
    1,574 words
  • Article
    A YEAR OF CANCER RESEARCH.
    489 20 Brighter Outlook. WORK OF SURGEON NOT YET OVER. N« disease lias attracted W much attention during the past feai as earner and its treatment, (writes the medical corresI pondent of the Morning Post) and while Ino sensational discovery was reported, there was steady and important
    489 words
  • Article
    LLOYDS BANK, CORNHILL.
    106 20 Wonders of London's Newest Building. London. Jan. 27. The new h '■ifcsaartiri of Lloyds Bank at (.ornntll have an artificially sunlit basemtnt, wi.eiv the ledger clerks work in Hummer radiance. A telewriter syi en has been installed, whereby messagi written <.n an innocent looking pad in ne
    106 words
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 1
      105 20 Lead the M^^ way on a 0.0.a. >^|r^^r"^ Wherever motor bicycles aro sold B-SJL't aro pre-eminent for value, reliability, and long service. Load the way ia your district on a BJSA.— too mast popular motor bicycle on the road to-day. Specifications of all models indudo BJSJL throo spocd gearbox, dutch,
      105 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 2
      51 20 Van Hin Furniture Co., Established 1903. Noa. 132 and 134. ORCHARD ROAD. Telephone 4144. Manufacturer* H nd Designer* of any kind of Furniture. Furniture Suppliers to the New Municipal Offices and Quarters. Special price jriven for Flat*, Clubs and Messes. Inspection cordially invited to Our Showroom at No. 120, ORCHARD
      51 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 3
      120 20 ■lJSw^> a% Rl F«f quail, or any M h«r feathered hay. by tbair vary marie buik ia? gMM, th. raadar i, rrcommeiKW a p«iod of a hundred y««, a wwssW S» naa Eley or Kynoch cartridges lul rcpuution amoogrt aO Man of the *"tb. Smokeleu Diamond, gun for getting fint
      120 words
Page thumbnail Page 21
  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      268 21 Nature gave them that thin outer coating of enamel to protect them. To keep this intact you must keep it clean and polished. Use powder to polish, of course, just as you would for polishing anything else. But it must be the right powder, one specially prepared for the purpose
      268 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 2
      190 21 CV six in tne price rantfe of the four J H ill I hi r -J If lIS r s 1 S 4 5 'The new Ocvrvld Six b »haUerin < every proiou, record *of ChcvroJct succ,,. noJ or:iy bee« US e it provides the ereoicii vaJoc in Chevrolet hL
      190 words
Page thumbnail Page 22
  • Article
    DEFRAUDING THE LEGION.
    1146 22 Official Sentenced. STRIPPED OF RANK AND DECORATIONS. Allegations that he stole money paid by relatives of dead soldiers who wished to visit gruvrs in battlefields abroad were made in London against Major Harold Edwin Chceseman, a Legion official. Major Cheesman, who was secretary of the Metropolitan branch
    1,146 words
  • Article
    EXTRALITY TIRADE.
    211 22 Chinese Outburst At Shanghai. Shanghai, Jan. 21. No doubt inspired by the arrival of Judge Feetham, who is to report on the future status of Shanghai, Mr. Chen Tchching, the Commissioner of Greater Shanghai, yesterday delivered a lengthy tirade on the question of foreign jurisdiction in, China. The
    211 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    8 22 The Malacca Sundry Goods Association has been registered.
    8 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    14 22 It is forbidden to export silver coin of the country from B. N. Borneo.
    14 words
  • Article
    BUSY DENTISTS IN MALAYA.
    1031 22 Children's Bad Teeth. ENTIRE FAMILY SHARING A TOOTHBRUSH! One views with alarm the state of the teeth of the modern Asiatic school child," says Mr. C. F. Mummery, L.D.S., in an instructive article in the Malayan Medical Journal. Extracts from his article arc as follows The
    1,031 words
  • Article
    HINDU MAHA SABHA.
    76 22 Round-Table Conference Offer Accepted. New Delhi, Jan. 18. The Working Committee of the AllIndia Hindu Maha Sabha today adopted a resolution welcoming the Round-Table Conference and expressing preparedness to participate, but pointing out that no constitution will' be acceptable to India unless it grants immediate Dominion status.
    76 words
  • Article
    REVENGEFUL INDIANS.
    86 22 Four Injured in New Jersey Shooting Affray. New York, Feb. 1. Three men, believed to be East Indians, entered a boarding house at Paterson, New Jersey, and started firing revolvers. Four boarders, named Abdul Said, Sarag AH, Cather Ali and Sami Ali were dangerously injured. Later The police
    86 words
  • Article
    STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
    80 22 Adaptation of Old Tap-room Ballad Washington, Feb. 2. Enthusiastic "drys" on the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee, which is hearing evidence in support of a move to have The Star-Sprangled Banner recognised as the National AnIthem, gasped when a witness said that the music of the hymn was
    80 words
  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 1
      70 22 We Guarantee that both State Express 999 and State Express 555 Cigarettes are made of exactly the same unique tobacco leaf, the only difference being 999 are not made by hand. State Express 999 are supplied to meet the increasing demand for a cigarette of 555 quality at an economical
      70 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 2
      371 22 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE lies in the arms of every nursing mother \Jh£ef%*f~J *X*HERE are occasions when, do what you V^** jjjjT \J^t*^r y- X .will, the Mother's milk remains scanty, \V_^i|^^N/— X.^ _^r weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sun- shine Glaxo has proved helpful to the Mother,
      371 words
Page thumbnail Page 23
  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 23 Advertisements Column 1
      2120 23 Assets exceed $10,000,000. Assurance in force over $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straita Settlements). HEAD OFFICE, WinchesUr Honse, Singspors. LONDON OFFICE 27. Old Jewry. E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Englsnd snd complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
      2,120 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 23 Advertisements Column 2
      193 23 THE "MEMO" GREASE CUP Provides a scientific, economical and simple method of Automatic Lubrication for every industry where Machinery enters 3-oz. No cocks to turn off and no wicks to remove no drip nor waste. Lubricant under perfect control, feeding the hearing when the machinery is in motion only. STOCKS
      193 words
Page thumbnail Page 24
  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 24 Advertisements Column 1
      79 24 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES MORRIS SERVICE REPAIRS 1930 Flat Rate Charges Now Revised. Books on Application to MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD., SINGAPORE. WEARNE BROS., LTD., Malacca, Muar, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. YOUR CHOICE WILL BE THE AUSTIN 7. Only $425 deposit and ten payments of $90.1 0. We can deliver from
      79 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 24 Advertisements Column 2
      59 24 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Head Office for Malaya SINGAFORB. fcSx) MOTORS!! CHALLENGER il—^(j^l CHALLENGER FIVE SEATER TOURER Luxury and Performance AT Astoundingly Low Price THE STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE "rrrz i A n Pj\ n*JK/i fih Js \y /VCmi 1 Cc\\(r^\ r \l\ I
      59 words