The Straits Times, 9 May 1930

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times !I;BTABU3Hri> MtAMV? A CBNTDET.) THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 14 PAGES SINGAPORE, ITIDAY, MAY 9, 1930 rRK'E 10 CENTS The Straits Times PACKS SINGAPORE, FRDJAY, MAY 9, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 248 1 SINGAPORE 70. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151). Ny Carlsberg Beer la <w>tt!r* ••l» Importer* BAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. doc. In ft II I— >] PINGArORK. &l2^ m TONIC LAVAIPHE WHICH TONES AS IT CLEANSES J *•ji DV combining the laxative and refreshing properties of an effervescing I V i( r I
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    • 155 1 KUALA L.«IPUrW/a*y4ftWfeT. CPHO^^6B3). The Walter Lindrnm m World's Record Break Cue I A Facsimile of the Cv ».i(h which he made hi 3 WORLD'S RECORD BREAK of 32(J2, December 7th, 1920, in London I "1 MADE FROM THE VERY FINEST SELECTED All the materials for these Cuos have been perscnaHy
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    • 499 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SKKVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RANPURA 16,000 May 17 KARMALA 9.100 May
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    • 594 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due sail t HAKONE MARU 10,r,00 May 21 22 SSUWA MARU 10,700 June 5 6 SFUSHIMI MARU 10,'J00 June 19 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.500 July 2 8 TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 16 17 HAKUSAN MARU
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    • 468 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7£65 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4312 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 678 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. MBit with nub-connections ■i> Paeaaga, Ptetgfct, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Traveller* Official Information Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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    • 614 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMIi I). THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. fit., LTD. (Incorporated in Knglund) RBGVLAR SFRVICI-: TO MARSEILLES, t LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, LNTWEBP, H.\M!. rcc, AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLAS- GOW— BOSTON. NEW YORK AND BALTIMOJtE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT.
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    • 532 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For ;reta>, Trenmrann, Kclunlan, Bancnara, elupln, l'utani, Slßgora, Laeon, Biehen, ■i.ii'lon, Kohsamui, Lai >;mn and JangkoV Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB May 12 Siay 14 VALAYA May 19 May 121 MAI. INI May :ii May 88 The steamer« are fitted
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    • 471 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nedcrland and N.V. Rolterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage m.v. Indrapoera 12.000 R.L. May 9 s.s. J. P. Coen 11.140 S.M.N. Maylfi F.s. Insulinde IO.MO R.L. May 23 s.s. Pr. D. Nederlanden 0,200 S.M.N. May
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    • 539 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE dind AMERICAN MAIL LINt 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 IRES. POLK Mnv 12 May It May 17 I'ltES. ADAMS May M M.iy C 9 May
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    • 491 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 MADRAS May 20 s.s. CITY OF DELHI July 6 s.s. CITY OF SINGAPORE Aug. 6 nOMEWARDS
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    • 425 3 (Incorporated in Norva<r) Direct Fast Monthly Service from BELAWAN DELL PENANG AND SINGAPORE to LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCTSCO, PORTLAND, ORE SEATTLE, TACOMA and VANCOUVER, B.C. Arrive Due Sails Los Spore Spore Angeles M.V. SOMERVILLE In port May 10 June 12 (San Francisco I M.V. BONNEVILLE May 2C June 1 July
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    • 375 3 THE BANK LINE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE (Owner* Messrs. ANDREW WEIR A CO.) BOSTON, BALTIMORE AND NEW YORK VIA SUEZ Daa Dae Sails N. York. LLNDENRANi; May 2.T May 23 COMLIEBANK June 22 June 27 DIRECT SAILING TO PERUVIAN AND CHILIAN PORTS. Due M.V. CEDARBANK May H BOUSTEAD CO., LTD.
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    • 288 3 CONCRETE J>IPES AND CHANNELS Wide Range of Sizes in Stock. ENQUIRIES SOLICITED. THE ELKAYES CONCRETE WORKS, Office 40, HIGH STREET. BOOKS HANDBOOK FOR LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETIES, by Lmumm* K. Gibson, M.A. Debutes on every important question of the day, with inailßariaad arguments on both sides (3.fiO THE ART OF
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  • 1280 4 "KING MIKE" OF THE SOUTH SEAS. A Romance of Moorea. •^VON A QUEEN'S HEART WITH A PIANO. The Man Who Was Once A King was located on board the steamer Ethan Allen, of the American Gulf Line. He is a Shanghai resident and answers to the name of Michael Fogarty,
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  • 98 4 British Schoolmasters Say There are Too Many. London, Apr. 22. The Schoolmasters' Conference at Manchester adopted a resolution denouncing the increase in the number of women teachers and demanding that men only should teach in all boys' departments. Among the arguments used were that boys needed strong control
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  • 1085 4 Local Government Act. THE END OF THE POOR LAW SYSTEM. It has become commonplace to refer to the new Local Government Act, which came into operation on Tuesday, April 1, as a revolution in the administration of affairs in this country, -vrites a special correspondent in
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  • 175 4 Philippines State Germ Was Isolated 20 Years Ago. The first succcrsful results in isolating leprosy germs were obtained in the fnilippines 20 years ago, according to local health service men, refuting the claim of Dr. Herman postal, noted Austrian medical authority, in an account contained in a dispatch
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  • 84 4 Submarine Officer's Fate In Straits of Formosa. Tokio, Apr. 20. Lie'ut.-Commander Karoku Kamura, commanding the Japanese submarine N<>. 61, was drowned during fleet manoeuvres in the Formosan Strait, according to a news agency dispatch from the Sascbo Naval Base. It is stated that Lieut. -Commander Kamura
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    • 178 4 Reduce Your Transport Costs By a quicker and more efficient handling with a Hudson Light Railway All over the world you will find HUDSON LIGHT RAILWAY giving year after year of trouble-free service. Designed and built with OVER SIXTY YEARS' experience of Light Railways working under all manner of conditions,
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    • 139 4 British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd. !^l RUGBY, ENGLAND Quality." All the most important incandescent electric lamp inventions of the lust sixteen >e;us were B.T.H. MAZDA INVENTIONS and modern e!ec!ric lishtin.tr is a direct result of MAZDA RESEARCH. When you huy a MAZDA LAMP, you buy a device which embodies every feature
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    • 439 5 I £iv ffaßßß^i^&ttßßM Careless Washing Spoils Children's Hair Any chill cm have beautiful hair healthy and lv uriaat It is simply a matter of sh imp Proper shampoelac makes t!i? hair soft nn.l silky. It brinn nut all the r<al life and lu. lre, .it! natural v.iivp nnd colour, and
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    • 615 5 Pond*» Cold CrMtm for cleansing is the Gi-st step in P"^J'k Vn^^Bbbbbbbbbbbbl^^ of your porps, loosening all dirt. Vlwajs cleanse the ||X /iK %ZMmW- M/^ i rkin at Ixtltirnr and leave on a little ovwnight. Pond's j^l* Wjjlil^PaßJ f V^t^v 1 17 \»shHHbbbbbS»^— daintiest bit before you powder. It protect.
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    • 301 5 H. LAZARUS, Consulting Optician has re-opened his sight-testing Rooms at the Europe Hotel Buildi.ijus. B, High Street, where be may be consulted daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment. Firm established in 1870. liimrod's ASTHMA CURE l -^-r- y-.L Gircs instant relief J from Asthma, Hay A
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  • 74 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS HENG. Mr. Hcng Pang Kiat, passei 'a>. lilt al No. 2-.. bmerald Uill Ri ad He li behind hii^ t« o widowH< ag Yong Ker, Yom Khlaair, Voaj Hong Phew and Chan Pheow, f maj ran i an.! gr.'a:. gram children. Funeral will bt annouiueu la'.er. main.
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    • 768 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Tbe Advertising Mantger, Straits Times, Cecil Street. Please insert the following small advertisement for days i— 1 _H 1 There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge ot £G cents per line por insertion with A minimum of one
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    • 697 6 FOR SALE STAMPS FOR BALK. Cape, (triangular) Vylon. Straits, N.S.W. (Sydney views) and itlcr Colonies. Cat value about £io,ooo. s write Ahdulhuscin Fidahnsein. c a i,do Straits Trading Co., "ii. Market Street. MOTOR VEHICLES ■DRUM-CO WT XT, S-seator, squnrc radiaor for sale, taxed V'UO. Telephone C 226. 1929 MODEL, new
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    • 741 6 BOARD AND LODGING DOUBLE ROOM, verandah and bathroom, vacant, also single. 29, Killney Rd. I'hone 5208. BOARD-RESIDENCE, double, private bath lihl verandah, tennis, garage, telephone. 7UZ, Straits Times. BACHELORS BOARDING. Single furnished rooms with private verandah. Apply 25(, Orchard Road Flats. SINGLE AND DOUBLE rooms, furnished with boa:d, full service,
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    • 572 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. NEW FLAT;: AT MIDDLE ROAD to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply 7, De Souza Street. TO LET, furnished bungalow, 6-A, Lermit Road, from June 1. Apply Messrs. Henry Waugh Co., Ltd. TO LTT. No. 13, Shanghai Road, compound houaa with garn^e and servants' q 1 irters Water
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    • 839 6 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the office of the State Engineer BelaagOT, up to 2 p.m. of May 16, 11)30, for the construction of One block of 6 class VI quarters. One block of 8 class VI qu-.rters. Three blocks of 8 class VIII quarters. Three blocks
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    • 776 6 SCISSORS NOTICE is here'oy given that the Trade Mark dejtieted above is the exclusive pro perty of T. 11. Harries Limited of Marsh Gate Marsh data Lone, Stratford, London mil i.. used by them in rcspeet of soaps of ■;il kinds, cleaning Bnd polishing preparation aertami ry and toilet articles,
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    • 504 7 NOTICE FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, SUNGEI SUKA EBTATE. IN THE HIGH COURT OP JUSTICE IN ENGLAND. CHANCERY DIVISION. Snlt No. 47C0 of 192*. IN THE MATTER OP SELBOURNE RUBBER ESTATE. LIMITED SELETAR PLANTATIONS, LTD, Plaintiff. BELBOURNE RUBBER F.STATES. LTD, Defendant. The undersigned has been instructed to receive on or
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    • 846 7 AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold and leasehold Singapore I town and country properties. At Messrs, Cheong Koon Seng k, Co's saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Tuesday, May 13, 19S0, at 2.M p.m. Lots 1 to 4. Valuable freehold land and shophouse dwellings knewn as Nos. 14, 16, 18 and
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    • 415 7 ~^I« the Hub of the World, r Incomparable Paris The Boulevardier <J-e« PARIS Garters No Mrtul Can Touch Ton because they keep the hots faultlessly srnif! and thus add to the perfection of his appearance. Tha now, wide weave silk PARIS CARTERS arc given universal preference lor their unusual color
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    • 101 7 Ay v, "Taking care of his tummy!" HEALTHY BABES J MAKE HAPPY MOTHERS. ENSURE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS BY SAFE -GUARDING THE LITTLE ONES AGAINST STOMACH AND INTESTINAL TROUBLES. Of chemisb everywhere. "SPEEDEX" A better Camera $18 black or brown. DIETHELM CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Switzerland) SINGAPORE PEN ANC IPOH BANGKOK.
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    • 105 7 1 NATIONAL I SELF-STARTING HEAVY OIL ENGINES FOR EFFICIENCY ECONOMY I DURABILITY SERVICE 150 Hl> VERTICAL Sole Agents for Malaya If* E N T R A I Vs*- Ichcine v»ohi;s i r ?l I— I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. i "fiwSfCTa^D I i FOt< SAFETy'S SA KE T\ ■ij\w jjyr
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  • 1564 8 JAPAN LETTER. A Disarmament Treaty In Cotton? (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tokio, Apr. Ift Troubles of the Tokio Electric Light Company, Japan's largest corporation, huve been occupying the attention of the vernacular newspapers of late, but both lewapapeis and genera! public seem somewhat in the
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  • 182 8 Scholars Intervene To Save Them. Hankow, April 15. Following up their investigations into the condition of historical spots near the Wuhan cities, a group of scholars have drawn attention to the neglected state of the graves of nine of the concubine* of one of the rulers of the
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  • 115 8 Juvenile Crime on The Increase. Tokio, Apr. IG. Juvenile delirqv.ercy on the part of Kills is on the increase in Japan, accordin? to officials of the Tokio juvenile court 3. Duiing 1U29, 13,005 offenders appeared befa.-e the two courts ar,<!, of th s number, more thar. 12,000
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  • 529 8 Court Sequel to Children's Game. A children's "game of soldiers" two years ago, and an air-gun shot through which, it was alleged, a boy lost his riuht eye, had a sequel in the King's Bench Division in mail week. Three children, aged 10, 13, and 15, one
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  • 1061 8 CEYLON LETTER. High Caste Hindus Set Schools on Fire. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, May 2. The spread of incendiarism in Jaffna schools, cwing to the rule reararding the equal seating of untouchables," is alarming, but the Government declines to yield to the strong pressure
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  • 228 8 Baronet Sells It to U.S. To Pay Death Duties. Sir Armine Morris, Bait., of Sketty Park, Glamorgan, has sold a Romney portrait of Mrs. Morris and Child to an American, Colonel Carstairs, for £18.000. The Mrs. Morris in the picture is believed to be the first
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  • 100 8 US. Scheme to Place Agents Abroad. Washington, Apr. 11. The Treasury Department today requested that Congress should provide an appropriation which would enable the department to send special agents to foreign countries to prevent the smuggling of jewellery, narcotics and other commodities into the United States. At
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    • 44 8 NOT THE COST PER APPLICATION BUT THE COST OF DOING THE WORK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALWAYS DOES THE WORK Let us send you a sample and full particulars. Boustead Co., Ltd. WATCHES Punctuality ELEGANCE The watch preferred by 20 million people. Wholesale RENE ULLMANN
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    • 56 8 KELVINATOR The only Electric Refrigerator that provides Four Automatic Refrigeration Services I* t Bflßfaßß Hi Ml 4 f4fin^Bn9L^L^fl nX 1. Automatic Fast Freezing of Ice and Desserts. 2. Automatic Normal Freezing. 3. Automatic 40 to 50 Degree Food Compartment. 4. Automatic Cold Storage Compartment. Distributor! GETZ BROS. CO. (Incorporated in
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    • 376 9 PAVILION From Monday, May "> to Saturday, May 10, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. AN EASTERN WESTERNER (Harold Lloyd) EVE'S FILM AND EVERYBODY'S REVIEW THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE SIR HARRY LAUDER in HUNTINGTOWER In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. GEORGE O'HARA and HELEN FERGUSON in CASEY OF THE COAST GUARD
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    • 298 9 The Safety of the Public should be 0 the First consideration of every Theatre Management L.C.C. Report. aaaU^ In the Building and Furnishing of THE CAPITOL, Provision for the .Public safety has been the Primary ConOur Projection Booth has been declared by I experts to be the Largest and Fincst-equip-J|
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    • 252 9 COMING! MERRY, MISCHIEVOUS, MARVELLOUS MARION DAVIES In Her First All- Talking Picture MARIANNE With LAWRENCE GRAY, CLIFF (UKULELE IKE) EDWARDS and BENNY RUBIN. FEATURING THE SONGS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WHISTLING Marianne," Blondy," Just You, Just Me," Hang on To Me," The Girl from Noochateau," "When I see my Sugar
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  • SHIPPING NOTES
    • 390 10 Banks Likely to Foreclose On Mortgaged Ships. It is becoming increasingly evident that the sup]' 1 f tonnage available for employment in of t ho leading lon/| distance trades is :it last showing signs of being dt-tiniti !y sho.t as a result of^ the laying-up consequent upon the
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    • 219 10 Smallpox. Cholera Plague Reported. The Health Bulletin of the I.iacue of Nations' Eastern Bureau, (or the week i :il 'I April 26, il Bl follow! A 1 andi ia l plague i Baghdad plague eai 1 cholera ease and 1 duath. Bombaj I plague death sit small- x
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    • 101 10 Ax "I Mada r., a Dan h ::m.in. was charged in thi Marine Court yesterday before the acting M isi r Attendant (Commandci Oldershaw) with being in i 1 Colony without :i ceiiiflcat* at <!isi l:;il IT' 1 lie pleaded guilty and wan s nt»need to i ne
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    • 42 10 The Anhui arrived In port ycstoiday with l'.I'.il' deck pan ngara. A case i i smallpox wai diaeoverad cm board, and l !ii- ..lii|i mi detained at tha (juarantine nnthoragc until famiiratad, the psaaamcan LiinK lanilwl St. John's island.
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  • 1640 10 Intensive Cultivation A Success. The nineteenth ennual general meeting o* the members of Kombok iF.M.S.) Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on April 9 at the registered office f>. Whittington Avenue, E.C., Mr. Konald W. Giblin (the chairman) presiding. Mr. K. Brown, representing the ISUHlsrlsi I Messrs. Guthriv
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  • 230 10 Market Quiet But Unusually Steady. Messrs. Guthrie and Co.. Ltd.. report under dale of May 8 The market has been quiet but steady during the past week, although somewhat unit 't' sting. New York anticipations are that, op account of the tapping holiday." there will be stiffening
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  • 78 10 Rugby, May K. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12 075. Athens ITS, Bombay Is. 5 13-16 d., Berlin 20.36. Brussels MJHt, Bucharest 818, Rio 55 t k. Buenos Aires 4.') T Copenhagen ISJ6S, Geneva 2r>.oKs, Helsingfors 192 T Hong Kong Is. I lr.-ltid.. Lisbon 108.30, Madrid 5V.717, Milan 92.68. New
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  • 79 10 Profrrnmme of drills up to snd for week •nil nit May 11 Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m., Farrer Range, S.R.A. (V), Classification; 2.30 p.m., Bukit rimah Range, S.Y.R.A., Spoon Shoot 3 p.m Siglap. Ist Bn. Signal Section Arty, and Inf. Rile. Signal Section, Camp. Sunduy, May 11, 7
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  • 1240 10 Sir Charles Addis And Settlements. Sir Charles Addis, K.C.M.G., addressed a meeting of the Institute of Bankers st the Fur Trade Saleroom of the Hudson's Bay Company London, on April 3, on the subject •1 th» Bank for International Settlements. He hud been reminded, he said, that on
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  • 466 10 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are the pricrs, cents per cutty where not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on Muy 8, as .furnished by the Food and Market Inspector Meat. Beef steak (round I 52 per catty, beef stew or carry 45, pork, lean
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  • 87 10 Profitable Year for Sunday Pictorial. Sunday Pictorial Newspapers (1920) state, in their annual report, that the profit for the year ended Feb. 28 was £351,653, against £350,415 last year. An amount of £40,000 has been placed to reserve account, which now stands at £320,000, and £5,000 has again
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  • 52 10 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, s«nd us the following cable dated May 8, their quotations being in ;old dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchanges sales today 100 tons. May 14.10, June 14.30, July 14.50, August 14.70, September 14.90, October 15.10, November 15.20, December 15.40 January,
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  • 240 10 The following passengers are due by the s.s. Nieuw Holland tomorrow From Brisbane. Mrs. E. XL Rodger. From Sydney. Miss L. Aslin, Mr. and Mrs. Bonnett, Lady Braddon, Mr. S. Bourke, Mrs. G. A. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brunskill, Mr. R. W. B. Cairns, Miss L. Clark, Mrs.
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  • 140 10 China, Hainum, Japan, Korea, Formosa, Kast Siberia, Philippine Islands, Western Canada ami We tern States of 11.5.A. I'hi inius.) 9 a.m. Ai.amha and Natuna Islands (Maetsuycker) a.m. Singkep (Van <ler Doei <l- liyi I V a.m. Ntrth, N.-Kast and It-West Sumatra, Ceylon, Southern and Western India and
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  • 38 10 By Sirdhina Slamat Rawalpindi Primes Juliana Takala Tabanan Left Arrd. Spore Londun Mar. 27 Apr. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 21 Apr. 4 Apr. 26 Apr. 4 Apr. 28 Apr. May ;i Apr. 11 May G
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  • 320 10 Friday. May :>. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected tv arrive. KKI'l'KI. HARBOUR. \!uin Whaif W. Ht. Kitty I. Sultan V.m Koctei, Df dg»T lonni" I. The (ill. If, Siput, Huntress. Oil Wharf Nil. Ccal Wharf I.uliiro, I'atrol. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong I'agar. Albeit Dock s>.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 36 10 niAMnwnQ what fascinati n l/li\lYlUill/lJ WE HAVE THEM To suit all tastes. YOUR SERVICE IS OUR PLEASURE. VISIT CHOP KIM SENG C2O. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Tel. 3915. Jewellery Experts. Diamond Specialists. Goldsmiths w ith Discernment.
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    • 9 10 BUY OR SELL THROUGH THE STRAITS TIMES. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS.
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    • 44 10 COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA (Spanish Royal Mall Line) For MANILA. s.s. LEON XIII about July 10 ?"or BARCELONA. VALENCIA, CADIZ, SANTANDER AND BILBAO. •J. LEON XIII about July 10 For freight and passage, apply to BARLOW CO, LTD. Agents. Ocean Building. i Tsl. No. SUI. \l
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 255 10 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. i Bright Wind. Station. Temperature. Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity tion. F. F. ins. hours. in.p.h. Alor Star .87 74 2.79 7.1 93 Calm Overcast K.ita Uharu 89 73 1.39 32 85 Calm Overcast K.Trengganu 87 7R 0.04
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    • 196 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. rrlday, May t. H. W. 7J6 a.m., 7 ft. 8 in., 8.38 p.m., 7 ft. 8 in. Mmi for AMtnHa tUaai tt in a.m. Saturday, May I*. H. W. 8.44 a.m., ft. 3 in., 9.13 p.m., 8 ft. 1 in. Outward mail due a.m. Sunday, May
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  • 1118 11 Report for Last Year. ACTIVITIES OF MANY COMMITTEES. A number of matters of interest to the rubber industry in Malaya are contained in the 21st annual report of the Rubber Growtlon, which was submitted to the annual meeting on Apr. 11. Kxtracts from the re|«>rt. which incorporates
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  • 4432 11 the exports of rubber from Ceylon has been tleluyed, but it is hoped that this will soon be an accomplished fact. Consequently the CcyJcn IMvuriuuvnc -1 11 a. tJ7,.'>n<M tin- Association (£2,0001 and local subscribers IP :,i,m,. i have continued their subscriptions as in former years.
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  • 286 11 Directors' Report to The Shareholders. v The directors of the Changknt Serdang Estates, Ltd., will submit the following report at the annual meeting of shareholders on May 15 Your directors submit herewith a duly aslited statement of accounts of the company for the year ended Jan.
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  • 215 11 London Council to Help Operations. Sir Edfrar Jones, chairman of the Kmpirc Canning Council, suggested in 1 letUTe t<> the Royal Society of Arts at .lohn Strcel, Adelphi, on April 7, that it woul<! l> thing for the Empire if one or inori' powerful central packing corporations, with
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  • 212 11 The following rubber returns for the month of April are reported Anclo-Sumatra.-29,64fi Ik. A-ahan.— 73,960 lb. Alor Gajah.— l!»;too lb. Ayer Pan us. -64 ,000 lb. Australasia. -20,050 lb. Bah Lia5.— 103,746 lb. Bila (Sumatra I. -.riH.2f>o. r iH.2f>0 lb. Bruseh I Mar. i. :ifi.U)o |b. Bertam Consolidated.-
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  • 18 11 Kinta Tin (two diadgoa). 1,011 picula. Semenyih.--200 piculs, l«0:( hours, hours lost 117, 62,300 yards.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 27 11 a^ WILLARD'S high standards of WW r m *g *g STORAGE lllard Sole Agente UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED < Incorporated in th* Straits Battlements) Electrical Department SINGAPORE and BRANCHES.
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  • 1044 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930. ANOTHER LAME DOG. Because the interests of Malaya are so largely bound up with the tin and rubber producing industries, we are ant. in timo:; liko the presort, to overlook ;iinnou:irp(l tendem-ics to <!cv>lopm<;nt or Ic.iino in other trades which, while alTectlag
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  • 920 12 "To Ensure Peace And Liberty." (By Charles Francis Adams, Secretary tc the UJ3.A. Navy, in an interview.) I have the most friendly feelings for England and the En?lish, and the American Navy too, I feel sure, from admira' to saiior, cherishes a respect and
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  • 283 12 Mr. R. E. L. Davis replaces Mr. A. Gould on the Malacca Advisory Committee. Dr. F. V. Jacques, Health Officer, Pcrak North, is going on Home leave in June. New cadets who arrived on May 3 are Messrs. L. R. F. Earl, D. Gray and G. F.
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  • 786 12 EGYPT DISAPPOINTED. f In spite of every effort by the Government to satisfy Egyptian aspirations in hs proposed new Treaty of Friendship between Great Britain and Egypt', the negotiations have finally broken down and he delegates are returning to Cairo with K>thing to show for their
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    • 101 12 634 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD TENG SENG GUAN. Established 1905. Reduce your cost of living and at the came time support local industry by using T. K. K.'S Tyres, Shoes, Hats, Slippers, Balloon Toys and other Goods. s<M»MMtH>miHH»MM«tt' U. DE SUVA BROS. JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS New Goods in Sri-rliiv; Silver and
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    • 25 12 STRAITS /tfT% TIMES SINGAPORE 4^ A KUALA LUMMII ti, cicii MIUT V» vy I', mm mic WWI »161 >i^S^ PkOM 111 l AT ALL TIMES
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  • 958 13 FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE LUNGHAI RAILWAY. NANKING ATTACK LAUNCHED. 2 Towns Captured 7,000 Casualties. POSITION CRITICAL. Battle for Pengpu Holds Up President. Nanking, May 8. Chiang Kai-shek left Nanking at three •'doefc tfcfc morning from Hsuchow, the junction of the Ticntsln-Pukow-Lunghai railways, in order to direct the offensive against the
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  • 942 13 Treaty Criticised in The Lords. London, May 8. The Naval Treaty was hotly criticised in the House of Lords. Viscount Bridgeman, who was First Lord of the Admiralty in the Conservative ..idn-inistration, asserted that the Government had missed the opportunity of reducing the size of battleships. He
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  • 1123 13 What Will London Think DIFFICULTIES OF SIX DAY WEEK (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 8. Planters, local directors of rubber companies and agency firms have learnt with much interest and surprise that the Johore Government has addressed a letter to the Johore Planters'
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  • 459 13 Great Damage Done. WOMEN AND CHILDREN EVACUATED. Sholapur, May 8. Twenty-five peoplo were killed and 100 injured in tho course of serious rioting here. Six police stations, the magistrate's court and nearly all the local liquor shops were burnt down. A detachment of the West Riding
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  • 104 13 Mr. Baldwin Launches His Campaign. London, May 8. Speaking at Sheffield, Mr. Baldwin launched the Home and Empire campaign of the Conservative party. He expatiated on the policy he laid down in speeches in London recently, and promised the restoration of all the safeguarding duties Mr. Snowden
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  • 38 13 Rise in All Shares on Stock Exchange. Tokio, May 8. The Stock Exchange today witnessed a jally for the first time in the current year. All shares, especially industrials, rose from one to eight yen. Reuter.
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  • 223 13 American Statement Contradicted. (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 0. The Federal Government has had to take the unusual step of contradicting an American official statement. A communique issued from the Under Secretary's office reads as follows It has been brought to the notice of
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  • 116 13 Still Further Stoppages Suggested. London, May 8. At the annual meeting of the Rubber Plantations Investment Trust in London, Mr. H. J. Welch, the chairman, said that, while the present scheme to cease tapping during May might be sufficient, yet, in case it was unsufficient, a further scheme
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  • 99 13 Views of Australian Prime Minister. Canberra, May 8. Referring to the Dutch scheme to extend the Holland-Java air route to Australia, Mr. Scullin, the Prime Minister, said the Netherlands Government had made representations to him with regard to the carriage of mails, etc., and the discussions were
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  • 84 13 Charge for Calls to U.S.A. Reduced. Ru~by, May 8. Owing to the success of th; transAtlantic wireless telephon? service the post office announces that from Sunday next the charge for call? to the first zone of the United States and Canada will be reduced from £9 for three
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  • 51 13 Company's Record Revenue Last Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 8. The Evening Standard draws favourable attention to the shares of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., for investment purposes, particularly the preference sharer. There was a record revenue of nearly £100,000 last year. Straits Times
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  • 1868 13 Freedom for Oppressed Races. COLLAPSE OF RUSSIA. "The Greatest Crime In History." That the Allied programme at the start of the Great War was not MM of liberation for oppressed races is the admission made by the late M. Clemcnceau in today's extracts from his book,
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    • 54 13 JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIUIIIIIHIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TODAY'S 24 PAGES. Page The Mission of the American Navy, by Charles Francis Adams 12 New Books Reviewed 17 Letters from Japan Ceylon 8 Actor Sues Theatrical Company 19 Letters to the Editor 19 Australians' Splendid Recovery 15 S.C.C. Tennis Championship 15 Cricket Notes If I Rubber Growers' Association.
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  • 905 14 ACCUSED OF TAKING MAN'S NAME. Unusual Features in Local Land Dispute. An unusual case arising out of a claim of possessory right to a piece of land situated at Lorong Kast ("cast Road. was commenced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Jud toy when was alleged that a Chinese
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  • 65 14 Mr. Hartshorn to Replace^ Lord Passfield (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 8. The Daily Herald states that Major C. v ill probabW succeed Mr. Ben Turner, the Parliamentary Secretary to Mines Department, nrni Mr. Hartshorn will probably "to the Cabinet, replac- mSi vetary of State ti r
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  • 41 14 will be no celebrations at S. hureh, Sepoy Line- a1 T BJB. i ther notice. The .lealh on April M of Mr. F. G. f n t, lanitor at the CoUeno of Medicine, i .ii. ii with reere) in the Government
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  • 745 14 Negotiations with Egypt Break Down. London, May 8. After a strenuous eleventh-hour effort the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations iiK.uuh thr- snags of opposing claims, the roafannea mot again at eleven o'clock. .-.1 IJ.i") it was announced that the negotiations had broken down, and no iurthei meettegl had been arranged. 'i
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  • 23 14 Mr. van Dort, who was some years ago chiCT clerk of the Treasury, Taiping, is I'Uiiin uusled< UuTaiping in the same position, ""-v
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  • 40 14 Arrangements have been made to celebrate the Wasak festivities, beginning on Sunday; at the Buddhist "Tiger" Temple i,: Race Course Road. Visitors will be l!e I tec the biggest image of Buddha in M.i'aya it is 4G feet in height.
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  • 62 14 Thi hand of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme weather permitting at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday, May 11, commencing at 9 p.m. Spanish inarch, Gallito (Lope); selection, lolanthc (Sullivan); (a) "Berceuse de .locelyn" (Godard); (b) domance, Simple Avcu" (Thome); humoresque on "The Ok "nil;'; at Horn;-" (Roberts):
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  • 396 14 Kept Mine Going Out Of Salary." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 8. In a case heard before Mr. Justice Burton in the local Supreme Court the parties were Mr. T. M. Callanan, plaintiff, and Kepayang Tin, Ltd., defendants. Plaintiff claimed $7,565, alleged to be
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  • 254 14 Judge's Comment in Penang Bankruptcy Case. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 8. Judgment in a somewhat unusual matter was delivered today in the Supreme Court when Mr. Justice Sproule dismissed the application of a well-known Chinese to have an adjudicating order made against him cancelled
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  • 29 14 New Governor's Arrival In Hong Kong. Hong Kong, May 9. Sir William Peal, the ntw Governor, and Lady Peel, arrived by the Khiva this morning. Reuter.
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  • 49 14 Consideration by U.S. Senate Committee. Washington, May 8. Senators Reed and Robinson explained to the foreign relations committee of the Senate the details of the negotiations leading to the London Naval Treaty. The committee decided to hold public m«etings to consider the Treaty, beginning on Monday. Reuter.
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  • 38 14 New York, May 8. The purchase of a property at a cost of $10,000,000 is announced, with the idea of erecting a 60-storey skyscraper occupying a solid block in Wall Street with a 45-storey tower. Reuter.
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  • 108 14 Parents in South Melbourne have been unable to send their children to school owing to lack of money to buy clothes for them. A large number of parents were charged at the South Melbourne Court with having failed to send their children to school and some stated that their children
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  • 580 14 Japanese Community's Warm Welcome. The few hours' stay which Prince Takamatsu and Princess Kikuko of Japan were able to make at Singapore, yesterday, en their way to England to return the visit cf the Duke of Gloucester and the Garter Mission, was crowded with incident.
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  • 106 14 Sentences on Charges Of Espionage. Moscow, May 8. The Supreme Court passed sentences of ten years imprisonment on Kolianikov, the chief metallurgist of the Lena Goldtie'ds Co., and Muromtzev, the legal adviser of the concessionaires, on charges of undertaking destructive activities and espionage but reduced the sentences to
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  • 61 14 Miss Amy Johnson's Flight Still Proceeding. Baghdad, May 8. Miss Amy Johnson, the young airwoman who is attempting a lone flight to Australia in a Moth machine, was compelled to land in the desert between Aleppo and Baghdad owing to a sand storm. Two hours later she started
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  • 23 14 A lecture on Greater India" will be delivered at the Indian Association, Owen Uoad, by Mr. S. N. Dutt, at 8 p.m. today.
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  • 88 14 Dunedin, (New Zealand) aldermen are perturbed at happenings in several dance halls in the city. It was stated that a dance held recently in the concert chamber of the Town Hall, for a semi-philan-thropic purpose, culminated in scenes not creditable to the city. A dance at a suburban hall recently
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  • 139 14 Death of Mr. W. Main Of Singapore. News has been received by United Engineers, Ltd., of the death at sea of Mr. William Main, a member of the staff in Singapore. Mr. Main, who was about 34 years of age, left for Home on the Blue Funnel
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  • 84 14 Anglo-Oriental's Low Dividend. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 8. The report of the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation, the most important unit in the tin producing industry, admits 'hat the immediate situation is less favourable than that at any period during recent >< Ml The gross r< vrr.uc was
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  • 120 14 Construction Postponed Until Next Year. Berlin, May 8. The Budget committee of the Reichstag, by 19 votes to 13, rejected the proposal of the Minister of Defence to insert in the Budget a nominal sum for the construction of cruiser B. Speaking before the Budget committee cf the
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  • 14 14 The Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, will meet on June 20 at 2.15 p.m.
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  • 18 14 Mr. H. E. Corbell, of Eastern Smelting Co., Taiping, will be away in Siam for about a month.
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  • 17 14 Tenders are invited for the erection of the new Government Printing Office, in Upper Serar icon Road.
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  • 20 14 Notice of the proposed carrying out of the Government improvement scheme in Kampong Java is published in yesterday's Government Gazette.
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  • 41 14 The Supreme Cou.-t will have a vacation from, May 31 to June 21. One judge will attend for urgent matters on June 6, 10, 13. 16 and 2C. The Registry and other offices of the ccurts will be open as usual.
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  • 287 14 CIVIL WAR OVER PROHIBITION Grim Prophecy by United States Senator. New York, Apr. 7. Accortiirfg- to fttttaW James Wadsworth, civil war may come in the United States if the Prohibition Law is not abandoned very soon. This startling statement was made at a meeting held last night in Albany, the
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  • 87 14 Proposed Grant from Egyptian Government. Cairo, Apr. 7. A proposal that £34,000 b? granted to the latf Lord Carnarvon's heir as compensation for expenditure on TutankhamcnV tomb was made by the Finance Minister in the Chamber to-night. The proposal was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration.
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  • 55 14 Anthrax and Foot and Mouth Diseases in Siam. (From Uur Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 8. It is officially reported that the outbreaks of anthrax and foot and ni utii disease in the Government cattle sheds have been suppressed. Two animals died from anthrax ami one which had foot
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  • 33 14 Mr. Claude da Silva advocate and solicitor, who has been indisposed for the past few days is now an inmate cf the Singapore- General Hospital, but hopes to re-sum? his duties next week.
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    • 28 14 GORDON'S FOR Pahits, Cocktails Slings. llGordon[l f QJ&GIH I The Best GIN makes the Best SLING GORDON'S EVERY TIME. Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. trn«f«rpor«ted in En|fMnBT"'"
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  • 223 15 Iriday, May 9 Football: S.A.F.A. League: Ist Di»., Welch vs. 1.C.F.A., Stadium Reitrvei Div.. R.A. vs. 1.C.F.A., J. B. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Th« Riff-Raffi," Raffles College ground S.C.C. vs. United Services, S.C.C. Saturday, May 16 Cricket: S.C.C. vs. United Services, S.C.C.; "D Co. Welch Baft. vs. S.C.C, Tanglin.
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  • Kleinman Beaten in Local Championship.—Australians' Great Recovery.
    • 1084 15 Hard-Fought Final. YOUTH TRIUMPHS OVER EXPERIENCE. The final of the S.C.C. Singles Champic n hip, between D. H. Kleinman and Hoy Smith, which was played yesterday afternoon, was ope of the best encounters that has been forthcoming in this tournament. Conditirr.s were all against good
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    • 152 15 G. O. Hovil Wins the Open Singles. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 8. The Sdangor Club tennis tournament concluded yesterday, when Mrs. E. H. H. Ewrrst presented the prizes to the following winners Maat Open Singles.— G. O. Hovil i runnerup. H. S. Hewett. Nm'l Open
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    • 116 15 Visitors' Races at R.S.Y.C. On Sunday. On Sunday at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club the A Class will sail the first uf the series for the Black Swan Trophy over the south-west monsoon course, starting at 10 a.m. The B Class will sail the Visitors' Race in which all
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    • 212 15 Six Wickets for 11 Runs. AUSTRALIANS' SPLENDID RECOVERY. London, May 8. After being dismissed for the low total of 156 by Essex in their third match, the Australians responded by skittling out the county for the paltry total of 67 runs. When play was resumed this
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    • 152 15 German Champion Beaten In Second Round. London, May 8. At the Albert Hall Young Stribling, the American heavyweight beat Schonrath, the German heavy-weight champion, the referee intervening in the second round of a contest scheduled for ten rounds. Stribling ended a sequence of 25 knockout victories with
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    • 102 15 Hope of Heavy-Weight Title Abandoned. (By Air Mail.) London, Apr. 17. Paolino, the Spanish heavy-weight, has made £60,000 out of boxing, says Arthus, his former tiainer, who was recently in Paris. Paolino and I have dissolved partnership, but remain good friends," he states. He be-lieves Paolino has now
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    • 40 15 No Morning Play in Padang: Match. The match between the S.C.C. and the United Services, on the former's ground, was to have started at 11 a.m. Owing to heavy rain it was found impossible to start before 1.30.
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    • 202 15 Necessity for Drastic Disciplinary Action. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 8. There have been two sensational endings to football matches in one week on the Selangor Club padang. On Monday the referee stopped a same after ten minutes' play owing to encroachment by the crowd,
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    • 595 15 Two Unfinished Matches With Giao. Khoo Hooi Hye, the Malayan tennis champion, took part in the tennis tournament held in Saigon last month, in which Giao, the champion of Cochin-China, Chim, the champion of Indo-China, Gordon Lum, the champion of Shanghai and Aragon, the champion of
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    • 79 15 Singapore S.C. Season Open On Sunday. The Singapore Swimming Club's programme of races will begin on Sunday with a one length race for novices. As high tide will be at 9.3'J a.m., the race has been fixed for eleven o'clock. In a Second Division League match at Anson Road
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    • 948 15 Low Scoring Matches. S.C.C. ELEVENS FARE BADLY. There were no really important matches during: the past week-end though it was a pity that the Borneo-Boustead-A.P.C. XI vs. an S.C.C! eleven match on the, pp.dang was ruined by the weather. The Combined Companies' team had little or
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    • 300 16 rufl- s-i-\|GfISAND I WATER I RON pipes Supplied in large quantities fA A !Ut:i v to the Singapore Municipality, 1^ wA ss lktKHrtlt Gas and Water Departments. iwk These /'//>( j art mnnufacturtd in India >iy the Heugiil hun Co. Ltd.. whose foundries have ,1 produetijn capacity of 50.000 tons
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  • 6010 17 THE LITERARY PAGE— NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. The Greatness of C. Montague The Influence j of The Manchester Guardian— A Modernist Version of "Hark, Hark, The Lark' —Art and Drudgery— Tragedy is Not Depressing. What is Freemasonry Its Origin In England. The Degradation of The Medical Profession. -The Legion Book. Inside
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    • 294 18 Qive Haby Strength fWhen breast-feedirg fails a substitute must be found that will be as rich and nourishing as natural milk. The most perfect substitute is Mellin's Food. Mixed as directed it cont tains all the constituents of Mother's Milk and is just as digestible. It builds strong bone, active
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  • 1010 19 More Piquant Evidence. SUIT AGAINST MR. CARL LAWSON. That the famous British actor, Mr. Norman McKinnel, la plow at learning hi 3 /inc., was quoted by plaintiff in yesterI Rot ai rears of wages against Mr. Carl Lawson, of the Bandman Comedy 1 of the fact
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    • 54 19 EMPTY-HEADED GIRLS." To the Editor of the Straits Times. S:r,^Regarding the Empty-headed jrirls," I feel I must reply to Arch Mar"Ha I have been married for ten years to a Singapore girl. She is the best wife any man could wish for and I am Yours, itc, A VERY HAPPY
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    • 117 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Permit me to poini out a misleading statement in your issue of May 7. I refer to the paragraph headed Dramatic Ending. Pahang Concession Suit Dismissed." As the suit to which you refer is really only a part of the
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    • 174 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, So it has come at last To the S.O.S.' of the planter is added another by the broker, Save Our Shares." If Mr. Blake thinks for one moment that the mercantile community of Singapore cares two hoots" whether shares
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    • 204 19 A SPRIGHTLY OLD AGE." To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have read with interest your leading article of May 7 on Malacca. While most of what you have said is perfectly true and extremely interesting, I would like to call your attention to one or two points.
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    • 605 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It wa.s with considerable disappointment that I read your recent editorial commenting on Mr. Denny's new book America Conquers Britain." The Kreat majority will neglect to read the Look after reading your commentary, because of your conclusion that it
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  • 77 19 KING QUEEN RETURN. Visit of Siamese Rulers To Indo-China Ends. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 8. The royal yacht returned today to Bangkok from Indo-China waters. Their Majesties the King and Queen arrived overland from their Indo-China tour this afternoon. In view of the motor tragedy when the Queen's
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  • 71 19 Huntingtower the film in which Sir Harry Laudcr is featured is attracting large audiences to the Pavilion. Tonight's picture at the V.M.C.A. at 8.30 p.m. for members and their friends is Christina with Janet Gaynor. There will be a special dinner dance on the roof garden at the
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  • 631 19 Story of Fatal Stabbing At Port Swettenham. (From Our Own Corresponde it.) Kuala Lumpur, May 8. An alleged stabbing on beard the s.s. Bulan at Port Swettenham on Jan. 27 led to the appearance before Mr. Justice Fair;r-Manby and two assessors this morning of a Bengali
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  • 140 19 Straits Settlements Law to Be Strengthened. Some new Bills will shortly come before the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements. An amerdment to the Labour Ordinance extends the scope of the Controller s jurisdiction in Chinese labour disputes. Clause 4 provides that prescribed rates of wages shall be
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  • 62 19 Club Secretary Fined $100. Mr. Fenwick Oliver, secretory of the Malacca Club, was fined $100 by Mr. G. B. Kellagher, yesterday on a charge of assaulting Inspector Huggins at the Central Police Station, Malacca, on April 27. In recording a conviction Mr. Kellagher said I have ample evidence
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  • 41 19 Dr. Antonio Hazanas, a professor at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, attempted suicide unsuccessfully on April 30 by cutting a vein or artery on his left wrist. He explained that he was »l s perate on account of stomach trouble.
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  • 340 19 Police Unable to Trace Driver. A mclor-car which caused the death of Jrhn dc Villiers, a-cdonrcd seamen, on the night of Apr. 26 last ot Keppel Road has not been traced yet in spite of the efforts of tho police. Tho unfortunate victim of tho accident waa
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  • 283 19 Anti-Fascists and Police At Blows. New York, Apr. 7S7 S An attempt to arrest a prominent anarchist, who was describing the present Italian Government to 1,200 antiFascists assembled in the auditorium of the Cooper Union here, resulted in a brief but spirited liot yesterday afternoon. The chief
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  • 179 19 Failure of Attempted Mutiny. New York, Apr. 7. The Porto Rican schooner Chiquiinula has come into Jacksonville (Florida) with a story of mutiny on the high seas. Two members of the crew, both Porto Ricans, dissatisfied with a voyage to Jacksonville for the purpose of loading lumber,
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  • 54 19 Price May be Trebled in Year Or Two. Johannesburg, Apr. 26. The rapid decrease of Congo radium supplies- is predicted owing to the exhaustion of ore. A radium famine may follow, possibly resulting in the present price of £12,000 per gramme being doubled, or even trebled, within
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  • 55 19 The band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme weather permitting at Katong Park today, May 0, commencing at 9 p.m. March, Distant Greeting (Dering) overture, "Stradella" fFlotow two numbers from I.e.i Millions D'Harlequin (Drigo) selection, Merry England'" (German) (a) idyll, "The Glow Worm" (Linck); (b) fox trot,
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  • 572 19 Big Upward Movement. U.K. SECOND IN RUBBER CONSUMPTION. The important point is brought out in "A Survey «f the Trade in Rubber Manufactured Goods," by the Imperial Economic Committee (H. M. Stationery Oflic price 6d.), that there has been a striking growth in the United Kingdom's
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  • 218 19 Happier Life to Begin In 1931. What docs 1931 hold in store Let thrprophetic voice of Old Moore speak throiißh the pages of Koulsham's Almanack, as it has done every year since 1607. Old Moore is optimistic He starts off in a foreword with a clarion cry.
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  • 73 19 Silver Bullet Was Never Fully Tested." London, Apr. 2". Kaye Don arrived at Southampton today genial and smiling, after his ill-luck at Daytona. He told Reuter "Conditions were terrible. "The Silver Bullet' was never fully tested, because I was driving through water half the time" He emphasised
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  • 382 20 America's Third Oriental Problem. A pica that Congress exclude "this uni« .limilablr r:irr" which is driving the people to dasperate unemployment conditions was made on April 10 by Reprcsen:ntive Rirhard J. Welch, of California, rrfruinjr in favour of his Filipino exclusion Bill at the openinc:
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  • 334 20 Broker Kidnapped And Chauffeur Shot. Shanghai, Apr. 22. Prcmpt work by a chauffeur yesterday nearly raved his master from the hands of armed kidnappers, but his efforts unfortunately just failed and he himself MifTcrcd through a bullet wound in the left lung. The kidnapped man is Mr. Tonp
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  • 82 20 Mr. Neil McLean Threatened With Bankruptcy. London, Apr. 5. According to an appeal issued by the .secretary of the fund raised for the purpose of helping Mr. Neil McLean, M.P., to meet the costs of a lawsuit, the Socialist member for Govan is being pressed for I
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  • 235 20 Another Mystery Picture By Orpen. Men and women artists in all parts of the British Islcr, are preparing for this year's Royal Academy, which open on May 5. More than 10,000 applications for entry frrms have been received. Sir William Orpen, whose problem picture, The
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  • 159 20 Plans for a New York-Arabia Flight. Hollywood, Apr. 18 Richard Halliburton, a professional V aaventurer," who haa displayed mai kea ability to coin his exploits into profitable magazine articles and books, announced today that he intends to fly from New York to Arabia by way of
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  • 32 20 A fire in the business haart of Manila m Apr. 21 destroyed a number of wcll-l-.r.own commercial establishments, their loss, in rtocks. toeether with the los 3 of the buildings, totalling P163.000.
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  • 389 20 Sir Dcnnistoun Burney\s Forecast. Commander Sir C. Dcnnistoun Barney, lecturing at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Mar. 28, on The Influ-nco of Aircraft en Sea Power," contended that in future Great Britain would require a larger instead of a smaller Navy if she
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  • 29 20 The birthday of Buddha, which falls o' Sunday. wSI be celebrated as urual at th Burmese Temple, Kinta Road. Btafßfwn Tho cercn'jnies will continue durin Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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    • 207 20 DITTO ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE DITTO MAKES For I A COPIES direct from Kxport B t snSi9^BaA your original writing, Consular Invoices 3|s§Jj3 nu stencil, type or Manifests or Sta- I tistical Forms in ONE OR MORE L/O IOUrS at One In your own and every other known line f business
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    • 114 21 w Wti&t Diseases ■^\%v^.^^^4 out of 5 through m vfe^^Ji^^ neglect lose health VBk \^H This high percentage have bargained their health and past forty arc suffering the dreaded effects of Pyorrhea. The first symptoms are soft bleeding gums often develop*J»'' ing into serious ill-health. Forhan's for the Gums used
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    • 270 21 wi, nciiyic MA UENIIIa Sole Agents MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) SUCCESS WITH SUNSHINE GLAXO What Nurses Write: EXPECTANT MOTHERS NURSING MOTHERS morning sickness relieved nausea finished Tatient had very bad morning sickness i wee baby i i fretful i flatulence 1 1 became very ill. I advised Sunshine
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  • 1258 22 Motherly Advice Wins. THE QUEEN'S PART IN THE ROYAL WEDDING. butotta Cavendish has written s Life <.r the Queen ('The Biography of Her Majesty Queen Mary" Marriott, which might serve as a model for royal biograprles. She has treated her august abject with profound
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  • 790 22 Business Men Join In Move. Wall Street interests, who have been identified with both development and financing of new industries over the last seven years, have planned a clearing house for inventive genius, which wiH provide a new and organised channel for ths study, classification, utilisation, and
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  • 48 22 It is reported that on April 21 Nang Mon, a native of Petchaburi, Siam, found a sapphire weighing 453 carats in the gem area of Mr. A. E. Nana at Kanchanaburi. The stone has been valued at Tcs. 20,000 and is the largest yet found in this district.
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  • 298 22 Cabinet Plan Condemned As inadequate. The West India Cqmmittee have received several cables from the West Indies declaring that the Government 1 proposal of guaranteed loans was inadequate as a means of assisting- the sugar industries. Following are extracts. Jamai.a Imperial Association What is required is
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  • 68 22 For Inciting Troops to Disobey Orders. London, Apr. 22. Two men were fined respectively 12 md £1 at the Brentford Police Court for giving soldiers leaving the Hounslow Barracks pamphlets inciting; them to refuse to attend church parades and urging them to form Barrack Committees and refna
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    • 179 22 IF IT IS WORTH ADVERTISING YOU WILL FIND IT IN THE STRAITS TIMES. difference being 999 are not made by Yg; i > < >> .]> 1 i T"i 1- J -v H$ > XILKMAID" MMHißr" r "Tyamzraet ALL the vita- hand. They are supplied to meet the V; MLmiikatits
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    • 530 23 Assets exceed $11,000,000. Assurance in force over $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlementa) BEAD OKI'ICE Winchester House, Singapore.. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has. i'IM.WIO deposited with the Supreme Court of Knglaud and comi-lics with the British Life Assurance C»ia—
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    • 560 23 BANKING NEDERLANSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK. Established lbC3 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about 13,500,000) Paid up Capital Glds. 55.000,000 (about £4,600,000) Reserves Clds. •JT.ISO.::*",:. (about £2,270,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East Indies. SHANGHAI Head Office for China and Japan.
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    • 599 23 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed Y16,000,000 Ci.pitul Paid-up Y12.125.000 President S. Shimada, Esq. MRECTOU T. Hisamune, Esq. If. Araki, Esq. N. Yanus-itu, Em. N. Takagri, Esq. T. Yoshida, Esq. HEAD (IKIICK Tnipeh, Kormesa (Taiwan) BRANCHES AND AGENCIES Ainoy Hong Kon^ M
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    • 298 23 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life, Marine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £60,000,000 AKTHUB C. I'OTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Kastern Branch, Singapore. THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY DOES A World Wide Business. IS Enjoying Rapid Growth. HAS A I'olicv for Kvery Need. K-l.ihli-hid 1887 Brand!
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    • 350 23 The Reliable "Ruston" COLD STARTING OIL ENGINES VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL 16,000 B.H.R WORKING IN MALAYA. Sole A gents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE. I AGE 16 TO 4S. WT^f I WANT YOU^^ V »> ifvil-lS lor and obUin u<> hikitti ■^ifr'iV^ rO^l^^^^^ DKtioa brin us in
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    • 236 24 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES ARE SUPREME In Appearance, Performance and Price for In a Morrln you buy more Motoring h a Monti la aaf* »«tnrt»f— »»ot #r(nv for fa;h I)t»llar Spent. Triple* CHm U atandardla^ l» all Vn, cnd rn»re money b.l «S^ v»ii rannot l.uy better value, tvrry and wlth
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    • 180 24 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AM!) GUARANTEE COKI'OUATION. LCD. (IrKorpoiL-cd in Gr«at Britain; Mead Office for Malaya SINGAPORE. i. Tco C'Z wMcii i'Vz ovorv n^cd In a suoarlar manner. *>^W^ 't •'ireSJfr lie Mc^>3Tn«lc vaMcM a? the Dr!tc ol a popular Yssj^/'Mtt' 3olh reel at Ciia anC London Motor Shows with ,oflfflti
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