The Straits Times, 26 May 1930

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    37 1 The Straits Times [KSTABLISHTD NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAY A. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930. mivmmX]g* The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      160 1 INGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151). Ny Carlsberg Beer In bottles and on draught. Sole Importers EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inc. in Denmark) SINGAPORE. C 0 /rtl /sf *~^^6 -as though you owned ifour own cow/ Bear Brand Swiss Milk is FP.ESH cow's milk derived from ht (is that graze
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      199 1 KUALA LUMP(j\: 2i\jAVA ST. (PHONE 3683). SOUVENIR firf ROSEBOWLS I J[ y STERLING SILVER BTCtUNG BtLVBR Diameter 4'i; inches. |SF i:imctpr 4'i in--' 1 IN ice $35.00. I'rice $35.00. No. 2324. STERLING SILVER Diameter 4 inches. Price $38.50. RAFFLES PLACE. ROBINSONS MN6APOML An apple a day keeps the Doctor aiuay."
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      4 1 Prime Portland V'O X"
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      496 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CAEGO SERVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage doe Spore. KARMALA 9,100 May 81 MOREA 11,000 Jane
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      631 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISH A) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and, Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Dae sail SSUWA MARU 10,700 Jane 6 6 IFUSHIMI MARU 10,900 June 19 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July 2 I TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 16 17 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 30 81 HARUNA MARU
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      475 2 BURNS PfflLß LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly eailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4512 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. 5451, with sab-conneetlons to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Traveller* Offldal Information Burean. Booking Oflke Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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      598 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHD? CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG. AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      536 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siaas) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Trenjriranu, Kelantan, limtL'n*™, Telupin, Patani, Sineora, I.aeon, Sicbon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon ami Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI In port Mny M SUDDHADIB June 2 June 4 VALAYA June* 9 June 11 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      483 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Slonmvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO r.rnna Amsterdam Soothamptoa Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage a.s. Pr. D. Nederlanden 9.200 S.M.N. Hay 30 m.v. Kalocran 17,000 R.L. Juna 6 m.v. Chr. Huygcni 15.640 S.M.N. June 13 n.a. Tjrrimai 8,100 R.L. June 20 m.v.
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      1426 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. KLAVENESS LINE (Incnrpornted in Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Servic* from BELAWAN DEM, PEN AN (J AM» SINGAPORE to I-OS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND, ORE VANCOUVER. K.C., SEATTLE and TACOMA. Arrive Due Sails Los Spore S'yu'e Angeles M.V. DONNEVILLE May 2X June 2 July C M.V. CORNEVM.LK June 23
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      353 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT BCBKDULK. Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Portland S.S. MICHIGAN sails from Honß Kon* July 8 San Frnncixco, I.os Angeles and San Diego
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      249 3 CONCRETE PIPES AND CHANNELS Wide Range of Sizes in Stock. ENQUIRIES SOLICITED. THE ELKAYES CONCRETE WORKS, Office 40, HIGH BTRJSBT. THE EASTERN STUDIO, LEE, PHOTOGRAPHER SINGAPORE. BNLAKGEMKNT3, MINJ XX \v> -< WEDDING and OTHER (iROi i"i, INDOOK }.•>;} O!:;!ti'(U{ Modern Sty!". ELECTRIC LfGHTINfI rtc. We also <5o Amataxm 1 wmti
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      33 4 > All Let and family hep t.. tl. mi: riend and relative! win. attended the funeral of tho late Mr. Leon« Al. I^-k i wreaths, letters of condolence and other tokeni "f iympathy.
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      1294 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. T* The Advertising Manages, Strait* Times, Cecil Street Pleas, insert the follo-lng small advertisement for hay* i— A 1 I I I Ikata *r% approximately seven words to a line ard there i* a Sat rate caarg* *t V.i cents per line per Insert. on with X
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      789 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, N.o. 14, Gilstcad Road, house with compound. Apply B. V. de Silva, Ltd., Jewellers. TO LET, compound house, No. 14, Rose Lane. Tanjong Katong Road. Apply No. 14, Market Street. TO LET, urfurn:sh?d bungalow. $120 per month, near Town. Free June 1. Apply' 902, Straits
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      683 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO L"T, riwr-.:ide godown about 10,000 sq. ft Apply S. Manasseh Co., No. 5-2, Malacca Street. TO LET, 132 and 134, Havelock Boad, twottoryed riverside godowna, suitable for rubber. Apply Stephens, Paul A Co. TO LET, ground floor, 78, Cecil Street, also offices in Stanley Street. Modern
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      862 4 GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of June 23, 1930, for the following work CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PIER AT COLLYER QUAY TO REPLACE JOHNSTON'S PIER. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required lo deposit the sum of
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      776 4 IMPORTANT NOTICE RE TAI TONG PAWNSHOP IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT Of SINGAPORE. Suit No. 11l of 1310. Between (HOP TIIYK ON TONG, Plaintiffs, and TAI TOMS PAWNSHOP. Defendants. By nn Order of Court made herein on April 8, l!>.'!0. Cbeong Kflbti Beng of No. 11,
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      985 5 IN THE SUPREME COURT Of THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 231 of 1928. Between Hadji Samsudin Dairur Matara Plaintiff, and 1. Hadji Abdul Kareem, 2. Mr.hamed Tahir Mn Hadji Lahatidah, S. I .itim.il. Kinte Iludji Lahalidah, 4. Aadi KecfcMg I. Abdullah bin Hadji Mohaawd Said (An Infant).
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      900 5 FOR SALE NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. The following equipment advertised for salt is in perfect condition and immediate delivery can be effected. Particulars No. 899, Straits Times. One Hydraulic pump installation, made by harburg Kisen mid Bronze Werke, Harbury. ii'iiM-ting of ONK FOUR-PLUNGER PUMP. 2 pluncrer* for high pressure 4,500
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      444 5 JACK'S REFERENCE BOOK For HOME and OFFICE. The K.y l<> Kfliriency. 1088 Double-Column Pagaa. (loth bound. Aii em jrdopaedfa pi imiial information, j a mfilicnl. lef<al, sccial. educational and j commercial guide. An EnnliKh Dictionary. Late Pannell's reference book, new and enlarged edition. I MY MOST VALUABLE DESK COMPANION, Sir
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      468 5 SELANGOR TURF CLUB. SUMMER 1930 RACE MEETING. Saturday. May 31, Tuesday, Jane 3, (H.M. the King's Birthday). Saturday 7th and Monday 9th (Whit Monday) of June 1930. I Three runs for each division of Classes 1, 2 and 3 Horses. Two runs for each division of Classes IV and V
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      109 5 EU T R A I I |eNCiNE Wppws L'?l ftaat I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. SANITARY ENGINEERS AND DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS SOLE AGENTS FOR Joulton -V LONDON ySANITARY FITTINGS I FORSA FETy 'S SAKE "A If you can press a lever you can make movies with this extremely simple little camera.
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    AMATEUR MEETING CONCLUDES.
    2036 6 Heavy Going. THREE POLO PONY SCURRIES. Rain during Saturday morning rather •poilt conditions for the second programme of the Singapore Turf Club amateur meeting-, and the going was heavy. Three of the events, however, were two furlong 3 for polo ponies, and the remaining five were all
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    SATURDAY'S RACING : RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
    255 6 SATURDAY'S RACING RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Rac« Horn* (hick OM 8.1 l liny Hhum Whippet -'T.cl Trill Trout Panrilla on! (!av DatllWl Taipinc II Lorett.- II Ith Wind Up Sunchoko Earwig Stk ilerry Boy Kllttl RrKK'L' Jaya C:h Rodeo I. It!" Br-.ir? Mount 7t:> Any Wurric Ptowest SouUsway S.!; Voune
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    FILM STAR'S DIVORCE.
    249 6 Miss Betty Compson Objects To Noisy Parties. Miss Betty Compson, the film actress, discussed in mail week the reasons why she is suing her husband, Mr. James Cruze, the producer, for divurc?. Her complaint against Mr. Cruze, whom she married in 1925, is one of mental cruelty.
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    BETROTHAL TRAGEDY.
    209 6 Youth Prefers Suicide To Marriage. Hankow, May 5. Under the caption Old Customs kill a man the Chinese press narrates the story cf a strange suicide. A youth named Hnn-ching, aged 2C, received a good education and later held a good position in Shanghai. He was bctrathed in
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    SIKHS TO BE DEPORTED.
    150 6 Found in Manila Without Proper Papers. 1 Two Sikhs, Hajura Singh and Prim Singh, British subjects who have resided in Manila since July 10, will be deported to India on the first available transportation. The two British Indians were arrested following a complaint against them by
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    HER COTTON DRESS.
    72 6 Miss Bondfield Sets An Example. London, May. 6. The National Cotton Week for tht purpose of aiding depressed Lanca1 shire was opened by Miss Margaret Bondfield, the Labour Minister, who paid a surprise visit to a leading I draper who was displaying cotton goods. She bought a
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    A HUNDRED YEARS OF MORMONISM.
    936 6 The Story of the Sect. THE PART POLYGAMY PLAYED. Salt Lake City has just celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This city has been the capital of Mormonism since the historic day when Brigham
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      184 6 ODEON 1 H»o 1 f ALWAYS THE BEST LOTTE LEHMANN. SOPRANO, WITH ORCHESTRA. 140 040 Der FreiBchutz Agatha's Aria (Weber) 2 in-R\\ 1# ow t ran Q u '**> r I slumbered Pt. 2. Earth has lulled her care to rest ITALIAN GRAND OPERA ORC. Daughter of the Regiment Overture
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      152 6 THE WONDERFUL NEW DISCOVERY for the treatment of HARDENED ARTERIES. HJC.H BLOOD PRESSURE, LOWE T D VITALITY, PREMATURE OLD AGE, HEART WEAKNESS, MALARIA, etc., etc. Start taking Pr.nounc.i rjif^ jTjAyi FIL-O-SAN 1 KJ'LJrY 1 i PHYLLOSAN Is obtainable at all Chemlals and Stores at $1.39 and $2.60. The $2.60 size
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      381 7 ALHAMBRA From MONDAY, MAY 2fi to SUNDAY, JUNE 1. Nightly at 6.15 and 9.15, Saturday and Sunday, at 3 p.m. Direct from the Astoria Theatre, London Presented by WILLIAM Introducing (JEO. OLSEN and His Music and WHISPERING JACK SMITH Hook early at ROBINSON'S and avoid disappointment. Seals honked and not
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      312 7 D~iib~£>€> Q'Q okjO^> Q O Q Co Q Q Q Q G© O O O|< I HIV V Bi 1 1 B special r7T^Hr EXTENDED SEASON OF Radio' s Gorgeous Screen Spectacle RIO RITA Hundreds turned away nightly LAST 3 NIGHTS at 6.1 5 and 9.1 5 p.m. Thursday Next:
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      232 7 Tonight ALHAMBRA a aii ct a o VBsSp I Hft i i ML L jIMN «l^#DVD|Vw\ 1 j all talkinTg every Q n I ***** 1OO ENTERTAINERS^ "It om i Mri w^^^^^EE THE SNAPPIEST, PEPPIEST SINGING, DANCING, ALLTALKING CREATION. HAPPY DAYS will chase your Blues away Raffles Hotel THURSDAY, MAY
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    STEAMER AGROUND.
    224 8 SHIPPING NOTES Shipping Disaster in Sulu Sea. The Swedish steamer Sumatra charterad by the Compania General de Tabavos de Filipinas, which wcnl affroond on May 5, was still stranded on I'earl Bank in the Sulu Sea, a?(oidin:r t" advleei itc-eiveJ in Manila two days later by the charterers
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    All TO SHIPPING.
    191 8 New Meteorological Stations j To Be Established. proposal I establish other meteorological stations <>n the scattered U!or.<is bin* or in lone* m tht China Sea not y' represented on the map of meteorological observatoriea, was unproved ni M trologka! Conference at i: fhe proposition mi presented at
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    Captain Shot.
    84 8 Captain .Tames H. Beveri'.ljre, na-ter (if the British stcar.ier Pacific, was found :.hot throu^ti th« [:<■;:<; in his cabin while the >hip wai ;u Philadelphia, April 16. by the steward when h? went into the cibin to serve the captain's breakfast. He was rushed to hospital but died
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    Announcement
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    PASSENGERS.
    266 8 The follow: (I- -ila 1 1 i :d'-m: d'-m Adan Mr. 8. C. E Hn. J. Costcn :m :i.ns, .\i:-. an. l Mrs. Bn ton Dcniels, J.mcs H. Port, Hil M:uiu:i .1. Horton, ill Kan Y. and M l The foil rived or. th? s.>. Pi; iklu: thin morning
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    34 8 From China, by Crama*, due at Sinjra]»>re dayliirhi tomorrow. From China, by Kirklerporc, due at S.nuapoiv '1 p.m. tnmorrow. From China nd .l:\pan. by Mantua, due jit Sincapore 10 a.m. »n Wc;!nesday.
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    LONDON RUBBER REPORT
    135 8 Shaw nnJ Smy.ho report under April 2". On the ics'jmntion of tSe market ai'tcr the Easter holidays, prices developed a nagging tendency aad regie. er a decline of bout %i. per Ib. There hus been some soiling by first hand interests nnd it ha? boon noticed that
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      TIN COMPANY TO STOP WORKING.
      436 8 Position of Tarau, Limited. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan;;, May 24. Ig ct t'.ie second annr.al nu-eting Tin, 1.L.1., today at the ollici- of Messrs. Evnt; and Co.. the secretaries. Mr S. Wood-Hill, the chairman, announced that :i the Bine had been working at lons
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      259 8 EXCHANGE. Rinj^pore, May 28. On London, Bank 4 m 2 '3 31 '32 Demand 2/3 25 32 Private 3 m. credit 2 i% On New York, demand 56 1 16 Private 90 d.'l 57 On France, Bank T.T. 14(1 On India, Bank T.T. 1S4»» >n llunj: hon.-r, Ha.ik T.T. 3G
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        MINING.
        487 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* £1 il Asam Kumbang 20/- 22 0 cd. b -8 .\ycr llitani Tin 14 14 9 H £1 Rimgrin Tin 23/- 24 1 1 iiatang I'udang O.IS 0.16 1 1 lialu Caves O.fcO 0 8." 1 1 Lukit Arang 0.45 0.6 C £1 £1
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        GENERAL.
        224 8 Val. IJ. Buyers Sellers 2 Alex. Rrick Prefs. 230 2.J0 ■i. Alex. Brick Ords. 3.UC 3.1» H £1 Br:t. Am. Tobacco 6. 1C0 E. 15.0 1 I Central Engine 0.40 0.50 nom. 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 0.45 nom. 10t. 10*. Uu:r Development 4•! ."> I 6 i
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        101 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. I deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. or 1991 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 5% prem. Singapore Municipal 4',i p.c. of IUO7 red. IMI 1,000,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 41f p.c. at I'JW red. 1955 {1,000,000 95
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        384 8 Fraser and Co. and Ly all Evatt's quotations. loday i t'ricei Fraiter Lyall Co. Kvatt Allcnuy ($1) 1.40 1.50 2.-4O 1.00 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.20 |Jt 1.20 1.30 A. llitam (Jli 2.00 2.60 2.(W 2.40 A. Kunins (*1) O.JU 0.40 U.ju 0.40 A. Malay ($2) 2.00 2.20 2.00
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        Macphail and Co., Limited.
        97 8 Singapore. May 20. Tin. Unchanged. Hong Fatts ,"i2-57 cents, ['hi Klangs 1.14-1.20, IVtuhiiT- 6.10-5.3U, Batu Caves 76-80 cents, Knchais 1.i:,-1.20. Kintas 1.15-U'O, Penawaia 63-59 c-nti. Sunjci Luus 1.45-1.50, Rahr.ians 1.11 l.lh Norths 45-49 cents, Sungei Ways 3.01-3.15, Talams 92-98 cents. Aver Ililani- 14s14s. 9d.. Hong Kong
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        Rose Macphail & Penman. Ltd.
        136 8 Rose Macphail Penman. Ltd. Singapore. May 2fi. London. .Rubber ft 15-16 i]., up 1-lGd. Noon prices (London Standard I Spot 2:;' i cents. London.- Tin, no price. Mining.- -Quirt. Sun*ei Ways 3-3.20, Kuchais 1.16-1.20 xd., Kinta Dredges 1.10-l.!il. Honjf Katts 50-5."> cents. Malaya (un-ols. 2224 cents. Jchans 36-37 rent... Sungci
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      VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
      292 8 Programme of drills up to and for week ending June 1 Monday. May 26, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hill, S.R.A. iVi, Practice King's Birthday; 5.15 -i.m.. Drill HmII. Offlcors S.X.C.. Sword Drill Ui p.m.. Drill Hall, Intelligence Section, Practice King's Birthday 1.1 l p.m.. Drill Hall. "D" (Eurasian) Co..
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    159 8 TodayJava, South-West Sumatra, SouthEEst Borneo, Celebes, Molucr.i-. and Timor Dilly (Tasm.nii 3 p.m. Stint I'andjar.ir. Bengkalii md ll:iva;i Si-Api-A;>i i Meran i ".p.m. Kemamaa < Hnnir Chuan i 3 p.m. ppyr Burma. North and Ka.st India i Himalaya Kan > p.m. Tomorrow. Anamba and Natunm Islamls (Scett
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    43 8 Athos II P. C. llooft Malwn Sibajak T u l. na Rajput:'.r:i Left Arrd. Spore London Apr. 17 Mny 12 Apr. 17 May VI Aur. IS Vav 1<> Apr. 25 May 18 Anr. n M«v > 7 May 2 Muy 21
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    424 8 Konjey. May M. Ship* alnneudr lh« Wharvea or expected to arrive. KEPPF.L HARBOUR. Mela Wharf loner I. J. 14, \V. m. Spring, Kijanr. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf I'atrol. Lolico. VESSELS IN DXV DOCKS. Ftnlong Pagar. Alboit Deck EamaraMa. Victoria Dock Biagfcvp. ttrpprl Harhour. King's Dock Saxicava.
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    26 8 Mr. W. W. Purchase, a Ijrc.ih i at rncing dogs, is passing throujth Malaya (-Ti hi.; way t.) .''•liantrhai nrd othci- plaie.i in the l-'ast East.
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      412 8 STATE OF JOHORE IN THE COIRT OF THE JUDGE AT MUAR. Miscellaneous Application No. 117 of 1529. Between NARAYANAN CHETTIAR hy ala attorney S. N. Mnthiah Pillai of No. 8, Jalan Mahsrani, Muar. Chargcc. and TEO SOON LAN of Xo. 78, Jalan Abdullah. Muar, Chargor. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE it all
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      231 8 NOTICE. Tlie Public arc hereby notified that Ur. Hugh E. Mayo is no longer employed 1;;. this firm and is not authorised to conduct any business whatsoever in our name. Messrs. KENNEISON BROTHERS, LTD.. JOHORE BAHHI'. SALE OF PLANT The War Department has for disposal the following plant (i) TWO
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      283 8 HltMtMHM>MlH«M«»l<»>»H>>M»««««t«l>MHM>««l><H» MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Hin. fall, shine. Humidity tion. F. F. ins. hours. mn h Alor Star .85 74 Nil 5.9 ft Calm Cloudy Kota Bharu HI 74 0.02 8.9 x.i WSW 2 Overcast K. Trenforanu
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      152 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Monday. May 2ft. H.W., i). 10 n.m., 7 ft. 7 in., 9 pm, 8 ft. 3 in. Tuesday. May 27. H. \V. 9.65 a.m., 8 ft., 9.30 p.m., 8 ft. 7 in. Devon Estates, meeting, French Bank Building. 11 a.m. Trafalgar X.state, meeting, 2, Prinec Street,
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    710 9 Better Outlook For Rubber. TIN SHARES CONTINUE WEAK. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. 23 "/j cents per lb. Tin. 100 tons at $72 Va per P*"'Saturday's Prices Rubber, l.ond.n 6 I.VISd. per lb.. up l-16d. Nev. York 14 cts. per lb.,
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    RICE SHORTAGE.
    106 9 Mi'-'.rs. Win. G. Hale and Co., of Saigon report that the rice shortage in Canton appears to have been definitely settled by t ii<- energetic measures taken by the Govrrument establishing an official market for this commodity and advancing one million dollars to break the soaring of prices
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    EXCHANGES.
    75 9 Rugby, May M. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam i:!.oH> a Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5 13-16 d., Berlin 20.36 V Brussels 34.827, Bucharest 818, Rio G 55-64, Buenos Aires 42%, Copenhagen 18.16 ft, (Jeneva 25.12\, HeUingfors 193, Hong knni; Is. fid., Lisbon 108.24, Madrid 40.81, Milan 92.73, New York 4.80.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      CHERSONESE (F.M.S.) ESTATES, LTD.
      467 9 More Than Half Acreage In Coconuts. The report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders' of the Chc.sonese (F*.M.S.) Estates, Ltd., at the twentieth annual general meeting of the company, is as follows The directors present to the shareholder? their report and accounts for
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      MENTAKAB RUBBER.
      605 9 Average Yield of 483 Lb. Per Acre. A profit double that for the prcvions year was reported at the annual general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Co., Ltd., which w.-.s held at the offices of the secretaries (Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd.), on Saturday. Mr. Chew Woon Poh
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      64 9 Tone of Market Dull. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 6 15-16 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. conU 14Vi per lb. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot June July July-Sept. Oet.-Dec. Buy«r« 23>~ 24 H 26 U 26 tt
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      BULLION REPORT.
      727 9 Messrs. Samuel Montagu Co.'s Weekly Letter. The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £162.M87,487 on April 23 (as compared with £1.59,822,774 on the previous Wednesday), and, represents on increase of £16,927,40:) since Jan. last. Gold from South Africa to the value of £712,000 was available
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      LONDON MARKETS.
      532 9 General Stagnation In Business. The continued weakness in Wall Street, combined with disappointing returns for the first quarter there, have brought about a general stagnation in business, and while prices of many commodities are manifestly too low, it is difficult to And good reasons fur an immediate advance.
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      JAPAN AND P.I.
      412 9 Philippines Benefited By Peaceful Penetration." An ever-increasing trade between Japan and the Philippines based on mutual cooperution between Japanese and the Kilipinos is predicted by K. Yabuki, retiring manager of the local Yokohama Specie Bank, and T. Dazai the new manager, who has just arrived at Manila
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      CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LTD.
      678 9 Slight Profit Despite Bad Trade. The annual meeting of the Central Knginc Works, Ltd., was held ut the offices of the auditor!), Messrs. Kvatt and Co., French Bank Chambers, d'Almeida Street, on Saturday. Dr. S. C. Yin presided, and others present included Messrs. C. S. Ashbrooke,
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      CUSTOMS ENACTMENT.
      345 9 New Schedule of Export Duties on Rubber. A supplement to the F.M.S. Gazette, published on May 23, contains the following In exercise of the owers vested tn him by section 21 of The Customs Enactment. 1923," the Chief Secretary to Covernmen'. hereby cancels so much of Notification No.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    1105 9 Need for Combined Selling Scheme. TALE OF FALLING PRICES. (By A. W. Still.) liontlon, Apr. 90. 'On the eve of the May strimairr. London spot price is down to 7d. It is a sad figure, particularly in view of the fact that more than five months ago
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930. WOMAN'S VICTORY.
    938 10 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930. WOMAN'S VICTORY. Thrcusrh icorcMaf sand storms, sheets of rain, monsoon gales and drenching doada of fog-like density, above arid dosrrt^ and virgin jungles, over invisible mountain tops and hundred's of miles nf trnvklcss ocean Miss Amy Johnson hai fought her way, single-handed
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    HOODWINKING AS A GENTLE ART.
    1665 10 How Nanking Deceived Peking. The article by Putnam Weale, reproduced below, was written three days before the Northern Allies, under Marshals Yen Shi-shan and Feng Yuhsiang, launched their double offensive against Hankow and Nanking and their subsidiary attack eastwards towards Pengpu. At that time, of
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    502 10 The birthday of the Sultan of Kcdah will be celebrated on Tuesday. A guard of honour is to be given by the Scouts nnd Police. Mr. E. Sykes, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Preventive Branrh, F.M.S., has been appointed to act as a Superintendent of Excite, X.M.S., with
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    723 10 LORD DAVIDSON Lord Davidson of Lamboih has died full of years, and churches of all denominations unit" in paying tribute t;> a great Archbishop. It is sad to think, however, that his last years were to a great extent embittered by what has become known as
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    12 10 Mr. J. D. Hall has been appointed Ad viser, Land Office, Kedah.
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    EMPIRE ACCLAIMS MISS AMY JOHNSON'S HEROISM.
    1851 11 "THEN I STOOD UP AND CHEERED." Girl Pilot's Account of Flight To Port Darwin. AUSTRALIA'S GREAT WELCOME. AS REPORTED in the later edition of the Straits Times on Saturday, Miss Amy Johnson, the brave young English girl who essayed to make a lone flight
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    SECESSION FROM THE COMMONWEALTH.
    165 11 Campaign in West Australia. Perth, May 25. A campaign for the secession of West Australia from the Commonwealth was enthusiastically initiated at a public meeting presided over by the Prime Minister, Mr. P. Collier, end attended by the Lord Mayor and Members of Parliaments. A resolution
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    PILGRIM SHIP FIRE.
    158 11 Two Hundred Perish On The Asia. Paris, May 24. Le Petit Parisien learns from Jeddah that the gallant rescue of five terrorstricken pilgrims from the burning steamer Asia was made by two British officers of the steamship Arabistan. The cfficer3 scrambted up a cable, picked up the
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    "REALLY WOLVES."
    135 11 Mussolini Warns His Countrymen. Rome, May 25. Signor Mussolini, in another striking speech in Milan before 300,000 people, raid the object of his recent speeches, which had been perfectly attained, had been to prevent Italians being lulled ta s!i ep by the bleating of lambs which were really
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    HONG KONG AMOK.
    87 11 Five Men Mortally Wounded. Hong Kong, May 24. A building in Queen's Road housing employees of the Chinese Bank was the scene of a shocking tragedy early this morning, when a dismissed employee tan amok with a large kitchen chopper and mortally wounded five employees by cutting
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    FISHING RIGHTS.
    59 11 Agreement Between Britain And Russia. Rugby, May 25. A Government White Paper will be issued next Tuesday covering the terms of the agreement signed on Friday by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, and the Russian Ambassador, M. Sokolnikoff, regarding fishimc rights in noithern waters which had been
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    COMMUNISTS IN PARIS.
    51 11 Many Arrests Made By Police. Paris, May 25. The police havr arrested 150 people, including 31 Indo-Chinese and 104 foreigners, who were participating in a largely attended Communist, pilgrimage to the corner of Pcre la Chaise Cemetery, where members of the Paris Commune were ■J^> in 1871.—
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    RIOTOUS CROWD IN BOMBAY.
    376 11 Charge by Police. ATTEMPTED SALT RAID AT WADALA. Bombay, May 25. A hundred volunteers attempted to raid the Wadala salt pans. Half were arrested. The spectators surged forward and the police charged with lathis. Thirteen people were injured, including a police sergeant who was hit with
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    DANGER ZONES.
    112 11 British Residents Warned In China. Peking, May 24. The British authorities have declared that all territory in Honan south of the Yellow River and the provinces of Hupeh and Kiangsi are danger zones in which it is not safe for British nationals to reside, the former owing to
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    ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    53 11 Dutch Pilot to Accompany Kingsford Smith. Amsterdam, May 25. At the request of Capt. Kingsford Smitli, the Royal Dutch air lines have granted Pilot Evert Van Dijk, the famous bad weather airman," six weeks leave to enable him to accompany Capl. Kingsford Smith on his forthcoming transAtlantic flight
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    AMOY PRISON ATTACKED.
    34 11 Amoy, May 25. At 10 a.m. today a party of 40 Communists attacked the Amoy prison. They shot two warders, severely wounded three sentries and liberated 54 prisoners. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    NORTHERNERS PLAN TWO ATTACKS.
    756 11 In Shantung and On Hankow Railway. Shanghai, May 25. It is now understood that, at their recent conference, Marshals Yen Shi-shan and Feng Yu-hsiang decided that the Shansi troops should remain on the defensive on the Lunghai Railway front. Other Shansi troops, however, in cooperation with
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    GRAF ZEPPELIN.
    26 11 Leaves Rio de Janeiro For Cuba. Rio de Janeiro, May 2f>. The Graf Zeppelin landed at 7.5 a.m.. and later Uft for Cuba. Reuter.
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    DEATH OF LORD DAVIDSON.
    1325 11 Former Archbishop Of Canterbury. A GREAT PRELATE. Many Tributes Of Affection. London, May 2". The death occurred today, at the ago of 82, of Archbishop Lord Davidson, wbo was Archbishop of Canterbury from 190:1 to 1928. Lord Davidson died in his sleep at 1.5 p.rm He
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      52 11 TODAY* S FEATURES. Page How Nanking Deceived Peking, by Putnam Wealc 10 Political Diary of the Week 15 London Rubber Position, by A. W. Still 9 Golf at Home 13 Singapore Amateur Races 6 S.A.F.A. Beats Army and Navy M Rradman's Wonderful Batting 13 Around thr Markets, by the Financial
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    SINGAPORE SEAPLANE CRASHES.
    502 12 Nose-Dive Over Harbour. ESCAPE OF PILOT GIRL PASSENGER. Shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday morning, <.nc o' the Singapore Flying Club machines, carrying a club pilot and a lady passenger, crashed outside the harbour l breakwater. Happily, neither the pilot, Mr. V. P. Baibat, of the Improvement Trust,
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    EMPIRE DAY.
    141 12 Celebrated in Singapore |< Schools. Empire Day was celebra ed in the Singapore achooli I urday was holiday. The scholars sang national songs. wing which they marched past and tsnluted the Union .Ir.ck. They were then il of the Kn 's annual Empire ncsaagc, and t>i. wni followed
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    FOOTBALL SENSATION.
    98 12 Further Adjournment In Penang Stabbing Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) < Penanj;, May B. J The case in which Samsudin bin Sahan- J din, the Malay footballer, is charged with t voluntarily causing hurt to N'jt Kham I'hooi. another local footballer, at the Renong ground with an instrument
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    THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
    99 12 Arrangements for Malacca i Celebrations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) afalaeea, May 24. >. The Malacca celebrations iii connee- F tion with the King's Birthday will include a parade of the .M.V.C.. police, cadets and scouts, under the command of I.ieut.-Col. I A. A. I-ermit, 0.8.X., at the
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    RACECOURSE BOOKIES
    247 12 Arrests During Turf Club Meeting. Bookies appear to be a persistent lot and in spite of the number of plain clothes men on duty illegal betting is still being carried on at the Singapore racecourse. During the meeting of the Singapore Turf Club on Saturday three Indians and
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    MENACE TO U.S.
    336 12 Legislator Would Set Philippines Free. Washington. May 18. tative Knutson cf Minnesota, r. 11 1 1 h r of thr Knutson Philippine Independsnee Resolution, predicted in the representatives on May 13 that act! B on independence is taken by thi< session cf Congress, the [U tion will
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    SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM.
    367 12 Complains of Government's Extravagance. In ;i letter to the Times in mail week. Sir liank Swettenham, a former Governor of the Straits Settlements, complains of the i -xtraviiguncfs of successive Governments. He say.s I' is the House of Commons and the lunernment of the day which are
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    27 WIVES AND 56 CHILDREN.
    530 12 Mcrmon High Priest's Family T.ifp. Mrs. Susa Young Gates, the forty-first child, by his twenty-first wife, of Brigham Young, famous in his day as the Ugk priest and leader of that curious sect l;nown as the Mormons, has written a biography of her father (Brigham
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    THE C.E. RAILWAY.
    94 12 Russia Declines to be Bought Out. Mr. Mo Te-!iui.— wh: will be th? representative of the Nanking Government at the forthcoming Sino-Soviet Conference to be held at Hcaeow to Fettle outstanding questions in connection with the Chinese Eastern Railway, has informed the Foreign Office that no date
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    DEVIL'S ISLAND ROMANCE
    245 12 A Convict, Butterflies And A Mission. The adventures of an ex-convict who wants to return to Devil's Island were told in the Correctional Chamber when Georges Gutmann, on appeal, had a sentence of four years' imprisonment for theft reduced to one of 18 months' imprisonment. It was
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    LAYS DOUBLE EGGS.
    45 12 Two eggs in one, the inner egg having a perfect shell, have been laid three times in as many weeks by a hen owned by Roy WhiU-. of Ogikn, Utah, the land of the llormona. Even tlir h ns believe in plurality.
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    JAPAN'S "COMMUNIST VILLAGE."
    475 12 Inhabitants Many Strange Customs. At the northern exteremity of Japan there is a generally obscure large district called Higashitori-mura, and it is known as Japan's Communist village. 1 The" village consists of twenty-four hamlets, of which eleven are along the sea-coast, covering an area of about 100
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    CHINESE EGGS.
    264 12 Should Importation Into Britain Be Prohibited Once again the question of Chinese eggs in Great Britain is being ra'seo", and questions are being asked in the House of Commons on the matter. I: is felt that, now that Britisn egg? ire becoming available in increasing mar.titii.-s and that
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    NEW MOTOR LAW.
    92 12 Increase in Fees Charged In Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 25. The new motor law has been promulgated. Under it an applicant for a licence to drive a public vehicle must be 20 years of age or over. A private driver must be 18 years
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    NAMING A PLANET.
    44 12 Practice Which Should Not Be Discontinued. Flagstaff, Arizona, May 25. The Lowell Observatory has named the recently discovered trnns-Neptucirn planet Pluto. The trustees of the observatory ft H that the pi-actice of naming planets p.ftcr mrthologiciritroftß should not -be discontinued. Router.
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      109 12 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, I have read with much interest the various suggestions by f.-llow plant- 1 crs and permit me to voice mine. Instead 1 cf having a tapoing holiday, why not >?o r back on to the quarter ?ut, alternate daily instead
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      PLANES AS WARNING.'
      159 12 PLANES AS WARNING. Flight Over Rebel Tribe's I Headquarters. Pashawar, May. 8. r R. A. F. aeroplanes took part yesterday in a demonstration over the point on th? <• Mohmand border were Bad-r.uh Gul (son of the Haji of Turangzai) has his headquarters. The object of the demonstration Wai v
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      MALAYAN MAILS BY AIR.
      89 12 m Marseilles-London Service Discontinued. The Acting Secretary f:r Postal Affairs (S.S. and F.M.S.) states that it has been e'ecided to cease the dispatch from Penang of an air mail for conveyance by < air from Marseilles to London. r It has been fcund that, sir.cc the
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      KIDNAPPED TO BE MARRIED
      460 12 At Point of Revolver. HELD UP AND DRIVEN TO CHURCH. A dramatic account of his allpjceel kinlapping on Sunday, April 27, by h\c Tippcrary men who sought to maku him marry a 2;S-year-old domestic servant, was criven at Dundrum Court, recently by Thomas Woods, a yountr
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    65 12 Scrangoon Road Shooting Affray. Tlin V»Pfl -In^ nf ih( Sni'Jin^nnr. Rn.iil •>iootint," case in wh'ch Yip Lar.i and Mak ■".<■:•: Kara fland charged with murder. Itttmptad BCTdn and imd robbery, and Chan Hong with armed robbery, operi- at the Assizes today before the Chief Ju?ticc (Sir William Mi:rison).
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      26 13 m«mm« m The report of the Singapore amateur races appears on Page Six. »»»>♦»♦♦« BRITANNIA BRAND BRITISH PORTLAND. G. AURELY godown Sole distributor. Phone 6172. 2190. pMf^as^
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      LOCAL GOLF.
      94 13 Keppel Beat Japanese Club. The natch between the Japanese Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club played over the Keppel links on Sunday resulted in a win for Keppel. The Keppel Golf Club monthiy mixed i fouisome competition for June will be played off on Sunday, June 1. Race
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      CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.
      281 13 England Wins St. Andrews Preliminary. London, May 24. The customary preliminary to the amateur championship took place at St. Andrews today in foursomes and singles between English and Scottish sides. Knfrland won by eight matches to four, and three were halved. In the ftiursomes England won by 3V4
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    DOUBLE CENTURY FOR BRADMAN.
    393 13 Unbeaten for 252. TOURISTS' Bir. SCORE AGAINST SURREY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 24. The Australian.; struck their batting form at the Oval today where they met Surrey. The match was especially inter- < <ting- because of thy appeara.net> of I. .1. C. Alton, the
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    SCHOOL CRICKET.
    92 13 Excellent Performances At l*enang. (Fioa Our Own Correspondent.) Poaanffi May 25. Penang S< taking serious|y cricke Esplanade ye*-- team from the Fi-ce School il< fcated the Cricket Club second d na by 35 runs. winners scored 113 for s:x wickets lap l'ai »rod 34 and Keng Flock 29.
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    MISS NUTHALL BEATEN.
    35 13 Notable Victory for Miss Sandison. i London. Ifan -•>• he final of the womm*i •burlM in in ihiU'ipionshiKs. Miss Sanili- on, the woman champion of India, beat the Betty Nuihall, 7—5, V R
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    HARD COURT TENNIS.
    66 13 Tilden and Coen Lose To French Pair. Paris, May 2J. In the final of the women's doubles in the French hard court championships. Mfaci Wills-Moody and Mrs. Rvan bent Mme. Mathieu and Mil;. Barbier. <5—3.5 3. >— 1. In the fourth round of the men's 'irubles, Borotra
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    S.A.F.A. League.
    267 13 i nc touowiag are the p-.sitions of clubs in the S.A.F.A. League Kirst Division. I'. W. L. D. F. A. PL S.C.C. S 0 2 17 (i 14 -M.il.iv s t 1 SI 12 S.C.KA 7 T, 1 1 2.1 3 11 2nd Welch Her:. 7 S S
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    S.C.C. FALL TO WELCH REGIMENT.
    318 13 Cheap Wickets in Low Scoring Match. In a low scoring match at Tanglin yesterday, an S.C.C. XI lost to the 2nd Welch by the narrcw margin of 20 runs. The Welch batted first and except for a fine innings by Ivimey, who compiled 74, their
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    MILITARY DEFEAT.
    566 13 Stewart-Brown and Hoblyn Make Good Stand. 1 A good stand by Stewart-Brown and Hoblyn was mainly responsible for the defeat of a combined R.A. and R.E. XI by ihe Borneo-Boustead combination yesterday. Ths military side, who batted first, only compiled 54 run^. which total was easily passed by
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    BATTLING KEY.
    106 13 Victim of Unsatisfactory Decision. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 25. Battling Kiy, the Singapore boxer, lost to an African boxer on a technical knockout in the last of a ten-round contest here. For the greater part of the time Key was in trouble. The decision caused a
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    ANOTHER WIN FOR CHINESE.
    294 13 R.A. Beaten by Four Clear Goals. Chinese 4 R.A. 0. The Chinese proved too good for the Royal Artillery in the First Division match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, and won by four clear goals. The Gunners started promisingly, but they slackened off
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    RECORD TURN-OUT.
    171 13 Empire Day Parade Sport In Penang. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 25. Mulchings School annex ?d the Cheeseman Shield at the annual Empire Day sports yesterday, in which the various scouts units of the Settlement participated. The winners scored 82 points to the o'J obtained by the
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    COTTON BROTHERS.
    71 13 Family Competition In Midland Foursomes. The brothers, Henry and Leslie Cotton, (71, "i'2 143) won the Midland profes- sional foursomes competition in mail week at Geirai-d's Cross. In an affair in which fathers, sons anl brothers figured prominently, Ernest and Charles Whitcombe were runners-up with 144. The Whitcombes
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    126 13 Monday, .May 26. S.A.F.A., Ist Div. R.E. vi. K.A.F., Stadlurp. Tuesday, May 27. S.A.F.A. S.C.C. vs. 1.C.F.A.. S.C.C. 2nd Div., O.T.F.C. vs. Warders, S.S.r. Mansfields vs. Simc Darby, H.B. B.A.T. v«. S.J.C. Servers' Brigade, V.M.C.A. Reserves Div., Malays vs. 1.C.X.A., Stadium. Wednesday, May 28 S.A.F.A. Ist Div., R.E.
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    TENNIS.
    235 13 S.C.R.C. Tournament The S.C.R.C. spring tennis tournament has now reached the concluding stages. The A Doubles Handicap final between Lai Kwong Chun and Cheong Chee Lim and John Lim and I. H. Hoahing was won by the former pair 6—4,6 4, 7—5.7 5. The first semi-final in the Open
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    LIFE-SAVING.
    186 13 Penang Support for R.L.S.A. Branch. At the annual meeting of the Penang Swimming Club which was held yesterday, the chairman, Mr. Penrice, suggested the formation of a life-saving class. There had been many drownings amon;; Asiatic bathers recently, he said, and they must take steps to prevent any such
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    STANLEY OUTCLASSED.
    214 13 Charlie Smith Wins in Five Rounds. Although Jack Stanley held a prcv.'ou* victory over Charlie Smith, he was far from confident when the pair faced each other at The Ring for their fifteen-round return contest. Smith was the favourite from the outset, and he soon proved his superiority.
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    GOOD WIN FOR S.A.F.A.
    668 13 Fine Forward Play. ARMY AND NAVY TEAM WELL BEATEN. S.A.F.A. 5 Army and Navy 1 The charity match played at the Anson Road Stadium yeL*.eiday afternoon between the S.A.I I.A., and the Array and Nnvy attracted a largo crcwd, who enjoyed a thoroughly good n^'"'The proceeds
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    THE RETROCESSION OF WEIHAIWEI.
    698 15 British Govt. Petitioned By Residents. .Shanghai, May 5. The inhabitants of the territory of Weihaiwei, the small peasant-proprietors and famcrs, the men, who, by the sweat of their brows wring a precarious livelihood from a not too fertile soil, the people who for over 30 years
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    179 15 50,000 Refugees Flock Into City. Hankow, May 15. Taking advantage of the absence of the Nationalist troops from Hankow and Wuchang, consequent on the war against the Shansi-Kuominchun allies, thousands <>f Chinese Communists are conducting atfflaa of plunder and pillage and are openly organising a big movement
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    1764 15 Parliament's Three Months 9 Hard Labour Pressure of Business May Prolong Session —Further Friction Expected From Extremists Real Break In Labour's Ranks Looming Ahe a d Liberal-Labour Compact Considered Unlikely Incomplete Harmony In Conservative Camp. (By Oar Parliamentary Correspondent.) London, Apr. 29. PARLIAMENT re-assembled
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      135 16 Miss AMY JOHNSON. COMPLETES HER WONDERFUL FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA IN 2O DAYS, HAVING USED THROUGHOUT SHELL I AVIATION SPIRIT 1 1 In view of the circumstances of her lonely flight long stretches over sea, desert and jungle Miss Johnson's most urgent need was for a Spirit on which
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    33 17 About thirty-live Chkiaaa aanisheee loiud by ;i itrong cordon of armed s.kli police, left Penang on Thursday evening by tin b.». Kint.i for Singapore. They will be sent away t., China from Singnre
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    134 17 The Fascist Scheme Of Education. Rome, May 7. The Fcstavcl Libro (Book Fair) which one of the most popular ani vents under the auspicos of the Mivjnt was held on May 4 when all book hope in Rome were open all day X ng. The Fair is part'
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    356 17 Two Oil Stations Held Up By Robbers. I nidentined gunmen in a stolen automobile figured in a double hold-up at Manila un Ihc nisjht of May 8, when two gasoline stations, the Socony establishment at the corner of Taft Avenue am l Culle Herran, and the station owned
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    273 17 Woman Remarried Thinking First Husband Dead. The Manila City Fiscals office has a urzle to solve in connection with the case of Teresa Buendia who. honestly believing '.hat ht-r first husband had di?d abroad, -ortracted a second marriage, out of which two children were born. It is conceded
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    113 17 atansnri, a Mohammedan Filipino, was executed on May 12 for the murder of a public school teacher at Jolo. The death penalty imposed en Mansuri by the trial ranrt was unanimously affirmed by the Supreme Court on app?al. Mansuri, for reasons unknown, entered a classroom of a schoolhouse
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    39 17 The funeral took place yesterday of Mr. Stanislaus Pestana, who died in his I'ouse in Owen Road on Saturday, aged 7'i. Before his retirement, Mr. Pestana was for many years boarding officer of (he (liiverniiKiH Marine Kcpnrtment of Singapore.
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    137 17 Man Who Taught Ronald True the Drums. Peter Murphy, reputed to be the oldesl inmate of Broadmoor Criminal Lvnatic Asylum, Berkshire, has died there :i'. tin age of 90. He had been at Broadmoor for 5 j years. Murphy was sentenced at the O:d Bailey in
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    22 17 Mr. P. V, Norman. of the Survey Office, Taip-ing. well known in Rugger circles. is engaged to be married to Miss Pease.
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    449 17 World-Wide System Many Centuries Old. It is not true to suggest, as has been done in some speeches attacking the Salt Tax, that it is an unusual form of taxation 'Impose! only in India, and that in India itself it originated with British rule, state:
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    40 17 Mr. OttT Hcathcote. a rubber planta-1 tion empbyee, returning to England from Malaya, has complained to the Paris oolice that \vh?n leaving the Palace Theatre. Paris, he was robbed of a letter of credit for £700 and SAb in cash.
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    64 17 Mr. C. J. Manuel of the staff of the Old Viet; ria Institution at Kuala Lumpur will be shrrtly coming .j Singapore to continue his rtudies at the Raffles College. Thir is the first occasion a fully qualified teacher has fc( :-n awaided a Government scholarship. Mr. Manuel passed his
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    SHARK FISHING.
    371 17 Durban's Promising New Industry. A company with a capital of £50,000 has been formed to establish r.hark fishing as an industry in Durban. Its objects will be to capture the sharks v.-hich abound in South ArVfcan Waters and tarn them into commercial products. Nearly 1290 sharks were captured
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    WEST RIVER PIRACIES.
    327 17 New Device to Cope With Pirate Mines. Cantor., May 7. The junks on the Canton-Szeyap run are to be equipped with a special device to render pirate mines impotent, according to the shipping merchants here. This is thought to be the best way of warding off pirate
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    MUI-TSAI IN HONG KONG.
    262 17 1,600 Registered Out of About 10,000. Writing on the subject of the registration of Mui-tsai the Hong Kong Telegraph of May 15 says When Lord Passfield ordered the Hong Kong Government to put the law (relating to registration) into operation, he frankly admitted that time would
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    36 17 Two Redemptorist Fathers af the Philippine Mission will arrive m Singapore in the second week of June from Manila, to conduct a retreat in the Cathedral of The Good Sheperd from June 15 to June ZM,
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    33 17 The Roy. W. A. SehtUT, Pastor of the Fttxgartld Memorial Church. Ajuob Koh-I. Ponatiß, announces that the sfathodisl Quarterly Confarance ha* aVMMsd lo change the name of ntag*rald Memorial Church to Wesley Church.
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