The Straits Times, 31 May 1930

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    36 1 The Strait s Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CKNTUBT.J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. I PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930. The Straits Times. 2U PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      163 1 SINGAPORE 78, CECIL ST. CPHONE 6181). Ny Carlsberg Beer In bottles and driujht. Sole Importers EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Inf. in Denmark) SINGAPORK. Condensed Milk of Uniform Quality UNIFORMITY OF QUALITY IS OBTAINED BY UNIFORMITY OF ORU.IN 4||S|i||iill||p§^ ALL ttnirnnr nniiliiV' t| ULLEJUL UllHllli Illllljl Sweetened Condensed Milk Mut|?£ ALPS
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      202 1 #OT^A LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) ROBINSONS ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL DISPLAY OF MODEL GOWNS afo^/ MILLINERY, which have heen carefully chosen from the latest ranges of Leading Fashion Houses in London and Paris. ROBINSON COMPANY, LIMITED. RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. Californian Chilled Fruits —-are delicious with Cold Storage Cream LOGANBERRIES
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      11 1 Prime Portland "0 X" CEMENT EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. nen.nsrk) TMiAI'OKK.
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      498 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) AIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. .'TOTNPULAR AND ORIENTAL SU. CO. NDEB CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE. DTWABO FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AKD JAPAN. Tonnspe doc S'pore. -MtMALA MOO May 81 ORKA 11,000 June
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      686 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp ami Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Da* nil 8SUWA MARU 10,700 June 5 gFUSUIMI MARU 10,900 Jane 19 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July 2 S TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 July lfl 17 HAKUSAN MAItU 10,600 July 80 81 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Aug.
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      459 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MILBOURNE, VIA JAVA. DARWIN AMD THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly tailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (786S toni) and tha new motor Taaial, MALABAB (4512 torn). Tha a.i. MARELLA If ena of tha largest and finest sUamara trading to Australia, eabim
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      650 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated la Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with snb-connectlona to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine DepU. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore aa4 Straits Settlements of the Travellere OBeJal Iafermation liurran. Booking Office Royal Dutch Iadlaa Airway*.
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      603 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. TH CHINA MUTUAL 8TKAM NAV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in Englaa«) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, EOTTKKDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW Y07.K AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Root*
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      574 2 TBE SIAM STEAM NAV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated In S'*«) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Trentreanu, Kelantan, Baiifwara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Laeon, SichOD, Bandon, Kohsamul, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arr.tal Departure SUDDHADIB J-ne 2 Jum 4 VALAYA Jun<! J June 11 MAI. INI .him' M Juni- IS The lUintn are fitted
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      484 3 DITCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart MaatschappiJ Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WKKKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Gtnna Amsterdam Soothamptoa Marnrlllre Rotterdam Tonnage li. Pr. D. Nederlanden 9,200 S.M.N. Bay tO m.T. Raloeran 17,000 R.L. Jane 6 m.T. Chr. Huy K cai 15.640 S.M.N. Jana IS Tjcrimal 8,100 R.L. Jon* tO
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      1446 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Incorporated in Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Service trom BKLAWAN DELI, PBNANG AND SINGAPORE U LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. PORTLAND, ORE VANCOUVER. B.C., SEATTLE and TACOMA. Arrive Due Snila Loi S'por* S'por* Angele* M.V. BONNEVILI.E In port June 2 July <! M.V. CORNEVILLE June 23 Jun* 28 July II
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      382 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE. Sailings for United States aatf Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Kranrluro and Portland S.S. MICHIGAN Mill from Hong Kong July ft San Francisco, l.os Angelea and San Diego
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      238 3 COAL TAR Supplied in Various Grades to suit all Purposes. LEE KIM SOO 40, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. THE EASTERN STTOOr LEE, PHOTOGRAPHER, ENLARGEMENTS. MINI ATI R KM WEDDING «nrf OTHER CROCl'M, INDOOR nrrl OUTDOOR M.wlern Style. ELECTRIC .IGFTTING. etc. We a)«<> H«i *m:i(enr u< •••••> BLACKWOOD WARE" MUSEUM Open for
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  • Obituary
    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    58 4 DOMESTICS OCCURRENCES DEATH ViW Mr. Vow Nm P.m passed away dur May -7, l!»30, aged 06, at hi» residence No. 1, Vow Ntfan Pan Street. Funeral will tnke place on Sunday June x. 11KI0, starting at 12 noon to the CantoneM burial rounds ot Thomson Road. Relatives nml friends are
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      1304 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. T* la. IMMM| kinicn, GocU StTMk ru_»« hMH th« follavinc SBall *ir»rtU«m«nt for -«*7» I— I I rhr »j;»roT)m»t«i.« j«ver wotdi tc i-c« «.od ta«r« ta «».v r«t« cutt« *Bt» p«r l<nt p«r inMrtion with ji a ol« dolUr iwr Imer.ijs. 1 U* lot l»tt «u»«iti:einert» will
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      744 4 BOARD AND LODGING WELL FURNISHED rooms, bathrooms, verandah attached, also flat suit married couple or friends sharing, every comfort. Tennis. 828, Straits Times. SELETAR GRANGE, 15% mile Thomson Rd. European board-residence in country house facing sea. Large bathing p.igar with pier, etc. Daily or monthly. Terms moderate. Phone 34C9. HOUSES,
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      514 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. SPACIOUS FLAT FACING SEA AT KATONG. bedrooms with bathrooms attached, lounge, dining room kitchenettes, verandahs, to let from July 16. Rent $100. Tenant to take over furniture, etc., at $950. A bargain. Apply 932, Straits Times. OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, No. 34, Cecil Street and Godown
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      867 4 SELANGOR TURF CLUB. SUMMER 1930 RACE MEETING. Saturday, May 31, Tuesday, June 3, (H.M. the King's Birthday). Saturday 7th and Monday 9th (Whit Monday) of June 1930. Three runs for each division of CUiiii 1, 2 and 3 Hones. Two runs for each division of Classes IV and V (combined)
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      746 4 Police orders made under Section 6 (4) of Ordinance No. 96 (Minor Offences) for the Regulation of Traffic on the Occasion of his Majesty the Kind's Birthday Review on the Esplanade on June 3, l9.'iO. From 0..10 a.m. until fifteen minutes after th» departure of His Excellency the Covernor, the
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      763 5 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE c>f valualih- froehoM and leasehold Singapore towa ami country properties. A' Messrs. Chuunic Knon Senff Co's saleroom, N<>. M, Chalia Btrcat, on W.dncMlay, Junr 4, at 2.36 p.m. Lat 1. Valuable freehold land and compound dwellini boas* known as No. b Lorong Changi Koad. Biagaawra, arfa lli.Tfif.
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      517 5 RUBBER SEED THE PAMANOEKAN TJIASEM LANDS, SOEBANG, JAVA. (THE ANGLO DUTCH PLANTATIONS OF JAVA, LTD., LONDON) offer for sale A. Hovea Seed from the Company's isolated budded Seed Gardens at Wangoenredja T'Tjikadoe Sped i particulars of which will be found in the November 1927 issue of The Planter." PRICE. 2.T
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      201 5 f j■ I I l;^-t\ THE HOLIDAY SEASON If now with us. To en>oy it to the full, and to avert ill effects from strange or badly I cooked foods, shi» smells, train travel, be sure and carry with you a vial of PinketteS Dainty little laxative and liver regulators,
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      281 5 ULLEY SAFETY LAMPS ALL BRITISH Bum Kerosene Oil (net Brnrlne) Ahmlately I Wlndproor. ii J»T i w A Bran. Wm LB A> •■PPKcd 'Bl 4 aP> to th Tftiyi'-i GoTernmenta E Wl* of Malaya, Shlppiag •m^l^^ Coajpanle* aßaflM Robber and fl|B Tln-Mlnlng Common ides. |^^r etc. JC^* ■■^^^■■W v Different
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      128 5 VERITYS LARGE STOCKS HELD BY THE Sole Agents For Malaya SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Appreciated More thar the pearl of SweetCEYLON SOU IMPORTERS F. A. BARTHQLOMEUSZ LTD. Singapore. If you can press a lever you can make movies with this extremely simple little camera. The Cine "Kodak" Model 88. PRICES
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
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      THE MYSTERY OF THE "MASKEE."
      1342 6 Round-the-Workl Junk's Return. WAS IT MAL-DE-MER? SMUGGLING IN SOUTH CHINA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) H«Bg Kong. May 23. Exactly what happened to the crew of the Maskee is known only to themselves. All the outside world knows is thnt, last Saturday morning, this little craft—
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      A THREE-CORNERED WAR?
      379 6 Mukden's Threat of War To End War. Shanghai, May 19. An important declaration issued by military leaders in Manchuria is in the course of preparation. It is said to emphasise the necessity of calling a truce amon? the Nationalist and Shansi-Kuominchun commanders and the Nationalist and Shansi
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      CHILDREN'S BRAINS BEATEN OUT.
      438 6 Horrors of Red Rule In Kwangsi. "Red" activity is again evident in the western part of Kwangsi, states a message from Nanning. Owing to internal warfare, the provincial authorities are unable to send )ut sufficient troops to exterminate the trouble-makers; consequently, groups of several hundred "Reds"
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      MARSHAL & MRS. FENG
      428 6 MARSHAL MRS. FENG Leading a Simple Life Today. Mrs. Feng Yu-hsiang, the wife of the Generalissimo of the armies of the Northern Coalition, is living quietly in Pckin? awaiting the day when her husband will return to the ancient capital as conqueror of all China. She believes firmly in his
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      THE WAR ZONES IN CENTRAL CHINA.
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      FACULTY OF CIVIL WAR.
      785 6 An Appeal for a Truce. HAS COMMITTEE SYSTEM FAILED The salient facts of the situation today arc that China has been in a virtual stair of civil war for fourteen out of the twenty-four months since Peking fell t>) the Nationalists and, as things are jroinjr,
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      FERRY PIRATED.
      116 6 Crew Covered with Revolvers By "Passengers." Kongmoon, May 15. The Kut Sini? terry, running: between Pakkai and Ronjjmoon, in the Kwanglunjf Province, was pirati-d yesterday. Several pirates boarded the motor boat at Kongmoon as passengers, covered the crrw with revolvers, and piloted the boat to Luk Sha (three
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      441 7 aLHAMBRi i THE THEATRE OF PERFECT SOUND JfM REPRODUCTION tABk 9 LAST PERFORMANCES TONIGHT Al 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. Presented by Tlie Broadway Melody WILL BE SCREENED Tomorrow (Sunday) at 3 p.m. 6.15 p.m. 9.15 p.m. PAVILION ssssr From Sunday. June 1 to Saturday, June 7. at 9.15 p.m.
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      270 7 UWMU\/M\/M UU UU HU WMM, y,y. US/At/MM GOOD Qf)Qg>O.Q Q© QQ QQ QGOII oHHHHHHBBSS^QaaPBB99HBaHB| I WkHi J rSH II 1 B I w m L" I I MALAYA'S FINEST PICTURE PALACE TONIGHT AT 6.1S AND 9.15 Instantaneous Success of Paramount's All-Talking and Singing Production, "INNOCENTS OF PARIS" Starring The Idol
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      169 7 VICTORIA THEATRE From SATURDAY \EXT, MAY 3L Twice daiJy «U" and 9.30 p.m. KXCLUSIVE TO THIS THEATRE. MICKY MOUSE The pet of all the World. THE DONOVAN AFFAIR The tfrcatest of all Mystery Plays. GAUMONT GRAPHIC. SHOWING ARSENAL V. HULL THE GRAND NATIONAL etc. Booking at LITTLE'S. $2 and $1,
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    NO NEW VESSELS.
    482 8 SHIPP IN G NOTES. The Silver Lining For Shipping. "I am glail to say shipbuilders are getting no orders for new thips," said Sir Laurence Philipps, Hurt., on Apr. 29, presiding over the annual nlcetin~ of the United British Steamship Co., Ltd., in London. He pointed to
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    LIFEBOAT FOR INDIA.
    202 8 Replica of Those Used On Home Coasts. The Royal National Lifeboat institution has completed the final inspection of a motor lifeboat which has been built by Messrs. J. Samuel White and Co. for the Bombay Port Trust. Bombay has chosen the standard type of the Institution's motor
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    NEW DUTCH HO AT.
    93 8 'I hi- tiKJt'.r vessel Tabiata. built in Amsterdam, for the N. V. f ti>omvaart Miatschappij "Nederbted" Amsterdam, has been launched. Her dimensions are: -Length b.p.. 4fi.r. ft., breadth, 88 ft., and depth, 36 ft. in.; sad lie bin a carrying capacity of about 10,000 tons. The
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      BUYERS' STRIKE.
      687 8 Payments on Instalment Plan Come First. The executive head of pne of the most important industrial companies in America recently told shareholders at the annual mectifiir that there was no overproduction or exetsshn inventories in that country. Since the beginning of the unprecedented hull Stock Market, which ended
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      SHARE MARKET REPORT.
      134 8 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. Singapore, May 31. London. KuM>rr I li-lCxl. per !!>., uiich»g»il. Ncihi price (Luodoi Standard J Swt 22'± cents. Loo* n. Tin 11 1J I2j. r,.\., 10s. Mining. (Juict. Sunsci Ways 3-3.20. Ku.hiiis I.lf-1J7M .«<!.. Kinta Dredges l.K>1.18, I long Katts 50-65 cents, Malaya
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      TEA RESTRICTION.
      97 8 Dutch Indies Growers' Decision. It i.i understood on very good authority that, :i- u riviult of further attempts to induce Dutch-Indian tea growers to join the EnglishI'utch restriction scheme, those Dutch-Indian tea gardens which were in production in 1929 will restrict their 1930 output to the 1929 output.
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      EXCHANGES.
      74 8 Rugby. May *0. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam ltX/1%, Athens 375. Bombay Is. 6 25-32 d., Berlin 20.366. Brussel.? 34 815, Bucharest 818, Rio 5 55-64, Buenos Aires 42 13-16, Copenhagen 18.161. Geneva 25.116, Helsingfors ISJ, Hon;r Kong la, 4'id., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid U'J.sy:., Milnn 1)2.76, New York 4.85 15-16,
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      14 8 From China and Japan, by Calcutta Maru, due at Singapore on Monday.
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      258 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, May 31. On London, Bank 4 m 2 3 15/16 Demand 2/3 8/4 Private 8 m. credit l1l 1 4 On New York, demand 88 1/16 Private 90 d/s 07% On France, Hank T.T. 1481 On India, Bank T.T. i..i\ On Hon» Kong. Bank T.T. 40U O:i Shanghai,
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        477 8 Bayers Seller. Cl £1 Asam Kumbang 21/- 23/- xJ. Ayer Hita:n Tin 13/9 It 3 C £1 Bangrin Tin 80/- 20 9 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.14 1 1 Butu Caves 0.80 0.85 1 1 bukit Arang o*s 0.66 £1 £1 Burmah Malar In,- 16/U £1 Chenderiang 2/6
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        GENERAL.
        222 8 Val. I'd. Buyera Seller! 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefi. 230 2.40 I 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 0.00 3.10 il £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.18.0 6.15.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.40 0.50 nom. 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 0.4j nom. 10s. 10s. DalT Development 4 6 5/6 6/8 Dunlop
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        101 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-3fi 102 108 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 11*01 red. 1930 $1378,000 par. 6% pram. Singapore Municipal 4~j p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 M par Singapore Municipal 4',i p.c. of 1909 rev. 1955 *1, 000,000 96
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        378 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today'! Price* Fmser Lyall A Co. Evatt Allrnl.y (U) I.IU 1.00 3.40 I.SO Alor (..ij.i.-i ($1) IJiU UO 1.20 1.30 A. liitHin if!) t.OU P.f.O 2.00 Z.4U A. Kuning(sl) OJU 0.40 0.30 0.40 A. Malay (fZj 1.00 Ii.ZO 2.00 J.
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      KEPONG ESTATES.
      518 8 Larger Crop and Lower Costs. The twenty-fifth annual general nicotine of the Kcpong (MaUy) Rubber Estates, Ltd., wns held in London on May 9. Sir Francis Voulcs, C'.li.K. (the chairman), in moving the adoption of the report, said that last year the company produced 2,144,397 lb. of rubber,
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      494 8 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. -Sunday r.fter Ascension, June 1, 1930, 7 a.m.. Holy Ccmn. 7JO a.m., Matins: 8 a.m., (Choral) Hcly Conin. 10 a.m.. Children's Service 5.30 p.m., M'hotali Evensong and ItrMlj Holy Comn. on Mon.. Wed. and Friday at S a.m.. Tuck.. Thurs. and Saturday at 7 a.m.
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      VOLUNTEER DRILLS
      48 8 Programme of drills »i to and for week ending June 1 Saturday, May SI. 2 p.m.. Fairer Range, M.G. Platoon Eurasian, Clarification. Sunday. June 1, 7.30 a.m.. Raffles Institution Playinsr Fi<?ld. Corps Parade, Practice King's Birthday IJM p.m.. Bukit Timah Range, "F" (Malay) Co.. Spoon Shoot.
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      39 8 MAILS FO R EUROPE. By Ulwa libajak > "»lma lajputan* >'Art*fn«n I. der NedciUndcn B'por* L*b4ob Aor. lft M»t 10 Apr. 26 M«v 16 Aor. 23 May 17 May 2 May 24 Apr. 30 May 26 May 2 May 26
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    164 8 Today. I'iadjuc and l'al>'inbanp; (Sipiroki 3 pin. Java, South-West Sumatra, .SouthLast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, and Timor lully I Barents/ > ,1.111. Uhio, Billiton, Java, Sotlth-West Sumatra, Smith-East Rimco, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Elout; I pin. Miri, Labuan, North Borneo and Jolo (Marudu) 4 p.m. Laboean Bilik
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    PASSENGERS.
    287 8 The followinj pa'senjent for Malay:-, per P. O. s.s. Kannaln, left London on M.y I Miss It. H. Amour. Mr. W. H. Arscott. Mr. M. T. Avent. Dr. G. I. 11. Brainc. Mr. R. I. Barne», Mr. M. Brown. Mr V. fam, Mr. J. P. Blyth, Mr. end Mrs.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    272 8 ■attjrdajr, M.iy 11. Ships tlonitidr ih» Wharvea or eip«(<-d to arrive. EEPPEL, HARBOUR. Main Wharf Imh J. J. 1 I. Tfci .1 (til Wh-rf Nil. Coal Wharf 1'ntiol. I...li K VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. T»n|ong Pagar. Albert Dock Darvcl. Victoria Dock Nil. Krppcl Harboar. King's Dock Nordsec
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      277 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dine- Speed. Weather. Max. Mm. fall. thin*. Humidity tioa. F. F. ma. hours. I m.p h. Alor Star 91 76 Nil 7.0 85 SE S Cloudy Kota Bharu 91 74 Nil 7.6 85 S 5 Fine K.
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      179 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Salnrd*y. May 31. H. W. 12.60 p.m., 8 ft., 11.56 p.m., 0 ft. 5 In. Bandar, Jane 1. H. W. IM p.m., 7 ft. 8 in. Monday, Jane 2 H. V< 12. la a.m.. 'J ft. 3 in., LM p.m., 7 ft. 5 in. Tuesday, June
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    236 9 Visible Supplies Still Increasing. HOLIDAY IN NEW YORK. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. 22»< cents per lb. Tin. 150 tons at $71 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Itubbcr. London 6 I.VISd. per lb.. unchanged. New York, cloned. Tin, London £140 12s. 6d.
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    OIL AND RUBBER.
    372 9 Slippery Aspect of Palm Growing. Of late years, apparently in order to help minimise the uncertainties of their staple trup, certain of the larger rubber companiei in Malaya, such as the Linggi Plantations, have tal. ii to cultivating the oil palm, sayi The Financial Times. The more
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    CANADA AND U.S.
    186 9 Pending Duty on Cattle Attacked. Canadians threatened with a tariff that will cut off $75,000,000 (£15.000.000) of the yearly export* to the U.S.A. are turning to niore dependable markets within the British Empire." declared Mr. I. J. Woods, President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, at the
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      SHANGHAI PANIC ON EXCHANGE.
      646 9 New Low Silver Record Established. After weeks of comparative steadiness, silver on May 14 reached the unprecedented low level of. Is. lOd. st the close of the day's business, creating another financial panic in business quarters at Shanghai. Gold bars, as a result, took a startling
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      NATURAL GAS.
      119 9 Big l\S. Power and Light Developments. According to advices received from New York, rapid development! are taking place in the substitution of natural (as for the manufactured gas now employed for lighting and power in the Southern States territories served by subsidiaries of the Central Public Service Corporation
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      ADVERTISING PAYS.
      80 9 During 1929, advertisers in the United States spent $260,000,000 in newspaper advertising, was an announcement mad* in New York recently by the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. The amount spent in newspaper advertising in 1929 constituted a new record 'for all time, the announcement declared. The automobile industries alone
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      55 9 Ton* af HarUt :—Quiet. Late«* Cabla London Spot Sheat 13-16 d. pei lb. New York Holiday. I.S. equal to London Standard ndard R.S.S. on Tender Spot June July July-Sept. Oct. -Dec. 22%. 23 VI 23% 24'. 25* 23 23 H 24 24 H 26 H
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      WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT
      409 9 Prices Again Sagging After Steady Market. Messrs. Lewll and Peat (Singapore), Ltd. under date of May 30, report as follows After a steadier market at the beirinninj of the week, prices again sagged away and buyers who had been supporting the market at the higher level were
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      FRENCH VINEYARDS.
      131 9 Effects of Spring Frosts. Severe spring frosts following the mild winter have played havoc with vine cultivation in the Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, and, according to a Lyons message to the Paris Midi, the yield is likely to be seriously affected, losses in some cases bein- placed as
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      SINGAPORE MARKETS.
      441 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are the prices, cent* per catty where not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on May 30, as furnished by the Food and Market Inspector Meat.— Beef steak (round) 52 per catty, beef atew or curry 45, pork, lean 60,
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      TIN AS A MEDICINE.
      149 9 Very Valuable for Skin Disorders. Tin already a vital factor in all industries requiring machinery is now being used as a medicine, according to Dr. Logan Clendening, a well-known U.S. physician. The tin salts, he states, are worked up into an ointment and have proved to
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      SERIOUS FALL IN U.S. EXPORTS.
      884 9 SERIOUS FALL IN U. S. EXPORTS. R! Concern for Future Of Industry. n business opinion is taking a ver •w of the outlook for th» country's de during the next twelve months, i in the United State* hat been de -such a point that unless the tremendous voltome at manufactured
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      BRAZILIAN BANANAS.
      53 9 British Capital in New Enterprise. An important Brazilian company for the cultivation of fruits has just been constituted, according to a message from Sao Paulo. It will operate at Caraquatatuba, and it is largely financed by British capital. This company has initiated the exportation of bananas direct to
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    NORTH MALAY RUBBER.
    1184 9 Preliminary Expenses Extinguished. The first ordinary general meeting of North Malay Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on April 29 in London, Mr. Stnnlake Lee (chairman of the company) presiding. The representative of the secretaries (Maura. Burt, Taylor and C>., Ltd.) baring read the. notice convening the meeting
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    COPRA MARKET.
    30 9 Messrs. Barlow and Go. report that the copra market has been easier throuKhnut tinweek. No ihipmants were reported. Closing quotation* art as follow] Sun.lrieil $S ."j, iaix«a |l.«v.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930. THE MAY STOPPAGE.
    992 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930. THE MAY STOPPAGE. Today sees the end of what has been described 'as "a (Treat experiment" in the lubber industry. A large proportion, though by no means all, of the producers in Malaya, Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies agreed that there
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    COCKPIT OF EUROPE TODAY.
    1224 10  -  H. E. Dr. Juliu Maniu. Are Minorities Still A Danger (By Minister of Rumania.) Prime Before the -War there ivas- a problem of minorities, as countries possessing them usually adopted so misguided a policy that many far-seeing men prophesied that there would always be a risk
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    410 10 Mr. H. R- S. Law is in Singapore on a b»?inesß trip from Bcngrkok. The condition of Mr. Arshak Sarkics, of Penaiig, who has been indirposed, is improved- Phia Sundara Vachana, Siamese Con-sul-General at Singapore, has returned from a visit to Bangkok. The Hon. Mr. A. P.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    709 10 THE FALL. There have been a hundred reasons why. the Straits Time* should not run in** I word puzzles regularly, and all have been advanced at various times to readers who have asked that they should be provided with the material for a little bo\it of
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    28 10 Mr. Fenwick Oliver, the engineer-in-charge of the new Post Office building at Malacca and also secretary of the Malacca Club, is an inmate in the Durian Daun Hospital.
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    NEW ORDINANCES TO DEFEAT SEDITION IN INDIA.
    336 11 REFUSAL TO PAY TAXES. New Steps to Fight Sedition. A PLAIN THREAT." Viceroy's Reasons For Measures. Simla, May 30. An Ordinance against the instigation of refusal of payment of certain liabilities entitled "The Unlawful Instigation Ordinance, 1930 has been promulgated. A statement regarding
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    INDO-CHINA UNREST.
    164 11 Three Killed in Conflict With Police. Paris, May 30. There has been fresh trouble in French Indo-China, three people being killed and two wounded in a conflict between the police and 1,000 demonstrators at Chomoi, 125 miles north-west of Saigon. The demonstrators, who brandished bamboo sticks and native
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    PRINCE OF WALES
    58 11 Descends Tin Mine In Cornwall. Rugby. May 29. The Prince of Wales today went down v 400 feet deep tin mine near Helston, in Cornwull. Wearing: an overall, the I'rinee was taken down a shaft worked l>y < lictricity. The process of the excavation and extraction of
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    LORD DAVIDSON.
    27 11 i' Burial in Canterbury Cathedral. Rugby, May 29. The body of the late Archbishop Lord I>avid.son, was buried this afternoon at Canterbury Cathedral. British Wireless.
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    "WET" OR "DRY" TEST.
    88 11 WET OR DRY TEST. American Straw Votes On Prohibition. Washington, May 13. Various straw votes now in progress to test public sentiment on the prohibition question in the United States were "inertly stuffed rabbits set up by the 'wet'," F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, declared today
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    EUROPEANS SHOT BY PIRATES.
    226 11 Mr. J. Harder Dies From Injuries. Shanghai, May 30. A daring piracy took place on the Whangpoo River this morning, in the course of which two Europeans were wounded. Wages were being paid to the Chinese employees on a Whangpoo conservancy launch in the vicinity of
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    PRESS CONFERENCE.
    139 11 Biggest Gathering For Twenty Years. Rugby, May 30 Tin pioprictors and editors of all the n.ot important newspapc.s of the Emp;iv are. now assembled in London for t'i>' Imperial Press Conferen^. Ihtrt h;.s not been a gathering of this churact.v tor nearly 20 years. The delegates will be
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    CHINESE STUDENTS.
    183 11 Number Going: to the U.S. Declining:. Waihington, May 11. A survey of the -number pf foreign students coming to the United States during the past two years, as compered with 1021 and 1922, ihowecl today that China has made a marked decrease with a total of 948 for
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    CONVICTS BREAK OUT.
    47 11 Dash for Liberty at Ohio Penitentiary. London, Ohio, May 30. Forty-seven convicts in a local prison farm attempted to break out, and the warders, fired, killing one man. The convicts included many transferred from Colombus Penitentiary, where the 'disastrous fire occurred last month. Renter.
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    IS A 'PLANE A VESSEL?
    137 11 IS A 'PLANE A VESSEL Smugglers of Chinese into U.S. To Appeal. I. us Angeles, May 13. George Flaherty and John F. Smith, recently convicted of conspiracy to smuggle in connection with a scheme to bring Chinese into the United States from Mexico by aeroplane, said today that they would
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    RIOT AT NAVAL BASE.
    208 11 Workman Killed. CLASH BETWEEN INDIANS AND CHINESE. An incident in the carpenters' shed between Chinese carpenters and an Indian overseer is believed to have been the cause cf a serious riot which occurred at the Naval Base, Seletar, yesterday afternoon, iv-'iltinji in the death of a
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    THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
    34 11 There will be no issue of the Straits Times on Tuesday, June 3, the birthday of H.M. King George V. The newspaper will be published as usual on Wednesday, June 4.
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    SCHOOL LEAVING AGE.
    91 11 Allowances for Children Of Poor Parents. London, May 30. The House of Com.r.ons, by 225 to 101, passed the financial lesolutioc in connection with the BHI raising tlu- \gt for leaving school. Moving the resolution, the President of the Board of Education, Sir Chuff* Tr«vclyan, said the
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    ROYAL ACADEMY.
    404 11 Tallulah Bankhead As A Boticelli Angel. London, May 4. The Royal Academy Exhibition which will ba opened tomorrow, comprises IC6O exhibits, and includes a notable display of portrait*, including a stately portrait »f th<- Queen by David J agger. Otherwise. the critics agree that the picturts generally- do
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    RANGOON RIOTS.
    36 11 Situation Better: Shipping Still At Standstill. Rangoon, May JO. The situation ib improving, althoughshipping remains »t a standstill. A number of those injured have succumbed and the death roll is estimated at 176.— Beutar.
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    20,000 REFUGEES IN HANKOW.
    645 11 Martial Law Declared. FIGHTING IMMINENT AROUND TSINAN. Shanghai, May 30. The situation on the war fronts in Central China remains more or leas unchanged. The most important events during the past two days have occurred on the Tientsin-Pukow (Nanking) and Peking-Hankow Railway lLaes. General Ho Chen-chun,
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    BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
    105 11 Li ttle Decrease »nd Gains In Retail Trade. New York, May 11. A survey of business conditions over the. past we«k today showed little deereas/e «d<l 'tonic good Rain* in the retail trade, coupled with a bahmced decline in steel yjoihictfbn. r Mortgaged money wa» easy through the
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    REGULATING TIN OUTPUT.
    155 11 Special Committee Of T.P.A. Appointed. London, May 31. Th« Council of the Tin Producers' Association announces that Mr. F. J. Houwert and' Mr. 3 Van der Brock, of Billiton, Dutch Ka«t Indies, and Mr. F. E. Mair and Mr. C. V. Stephens, representing the Association's Malayan section,
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    DRASTIC NEW BILLS.
    131 11 Stamping Out Communist Fascist Feud. Berlin, May .10, The German Government has been moved by the increasing seriousness of the feud between Fascists and Communists to prepare drastic preventive measures: The feud is alarming the whole of the German public as several deaths occur each day. A
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    CIVILIAN "POLICE."
    61 11 Co-operation Scheme Launched By the Soviet. I■ j j Moscow, May 30. A scheme has been launched to induce workers and peasants, to co-operate with the police authorities. Special civilian bodies will be formed in towns and villages, members of which can be ingtnicted by the, police to
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    TALK FROM AEROPLANE.
    59 11 Telephone Conversation Over 3TO DfcUnct. Btrlin, M»y 30. Prufeii»cr von K&uuann, of the Tixhnita! Hijjh School at Aix U Chapelle, flyin^ in an aeroplane over Los Atiff*le«, cQnwsed for ten mihutts by wireless teU phone with-Herr Milch, the director of the Lufthansa company in Berlin. The \V
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    33 11 Serious Position Faced In C.ermarn. Berlin, May 30. Tut Minister of Labour has announced that 280,000,000 marks must be found by the Reichstag -to relieve the unemployed, who now number 2,000,000. —Reuter.
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    AN AMERICAN ON CHINA.
    903 11 Not Impressed by Civil War. NATIONAL AIMS. Opinions of Well- Known Author. That I the Nationalist movement in China .is "doomed, to failure for many years yet,' and 'that the present "civil war is no more than* a/fal-be, fism which nothing c*iTb«' > achieved were 'wnrw
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    MUNICIPALITY & RACE HOLIDAYS.
    5614 12 MUNICIPALITY RACE HOLIDAYS. "Wait-and-See" Method Adopted. HEALTH STATISTICS. KALLANG AND GEYLANG SCHEMES. Routine matters occupied most of the time at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yeiterday. The most interesting topic was that raised by Mr. O. P. Griffith-Jones, who proposed that the Commissioners should >gnore the lead given
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.
    603 12 New Permanent Branch Suggested. As already reported, the committee appointed to report on the system of appointment in the Colonial Office and in the Colonial Services has completed its inquiry. The recommendations have been summarised and the findings suggest many alterations of present practice. It is recommended
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    ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY.
    233 12 Officers Elected at Annual Meeting. Whether the memory of Bobbie Burns would suffer a temporary eclipse this year owing to the difficulties of holding a successful celebration was discussed last night at the annual meeting of the Singapore St. Andrew's Society. The anniversary occurring so close to
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    PORTUGUESE LOAN.
    40 12 Subscribed Three Times Over In Two Days. In order to provide for public improvements, the Portuguese Government recently floated a 'oan to the amount of £1,000,000. This was subscribed three times over in the country within two days.
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    20 12 Mr. Francisco Santos Vaz, of Goa, visiti'd Malacca this week. During his short stay he visited the historical places tttwt.
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    LABOUR AND MAY STOPPAGE.
    719 12 No Unemployment Reported. At a meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee held at Kuala Lumpur, the Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya (Mr. H. C. Bathurst), who presiced, informed the committee that he had issued instructions to the various labour offices to report to him ct once
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    SEARCH ON LINER.
    158 12 Five Bottles of Spirit Confiscated. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May SO. There was some excitement at Swettenham Pier today when the Dollar liner President Adams arrived from Singapore. Immediately after the boarding officers embarked, about twenty revenue officers ltd by Mr. R. K. Auten, of the
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    47 12 Mr A. J. Rajapaske, manager of the Malacca branch of Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co., who went to Ceylon, Java and Japan on leave, will be returning to Malacca the first week in June, -»nd Mr. d« Souza, who is new acting, will k» feint AUt Star.
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    LUIGI DEAD.
    280 12 Famous Figure In London's Clubland. Signor Luigi Najntre, one of the roost famous figures in London's Clubland, has died at his London home after collapsing: in a taxicab. Luigi began his career as a youth in London at six shillings a week. He became a friend of princes,
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    BURGLAR SENTENCED.
    195 12 Was Sheltering from The Rain." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 30. Sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment was passed by the Chief Justice (Mr. L. H. Elphinstone, K.C.) at the Selangor Assizes today on a Hylam who, >n answer to a charge of housebreaking, stated that
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    76 12 Mr. Seiichi Iwao, Assistant Professor of the Taihoku Imperial University, Japan, paid a flying visit to Malacca and was the guest of Mr. K. Tajiri, manager of Senda and Co. Mr. Iwao visited the historical parts of Malacca and at his visit to St. Paul's Hill took a black-print copy
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    ARMS SMUGGLING IN SINGAPORE.
    521 12 European Sentenced To Two Years. A successful police trap' for a European gun-runner at the Tanjong Pagar wharves yesterday afternoon resulted in the appearance of Jean Hillibaut, a Belgian member of the crew of the tramp steamer Kembove, before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge,
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    72 12 The promotion of Dr. P. Mehta, of the S.S. Medical Service, to the special class of the service is announced. Dr. Mehta has been for many years Deputy Health Officer in charge of the Quarantine Camp on Pulau Jerejak and is a specialist in his line, as was the late
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    Britain's Last Hope in Amateur Golf Championship.—County Cricket.
    326 13 Britain's Last Hope in Amateur Golf Championship.— County Cricket. COUNTY GOLF TITLE. Retained by Lancashire After Hard Struggle. Lancashire retained the English County Golf Championship on the Burnham arvl Berrow Course (Somcrest) with an aggregate for their team of four of 040, nine strokes worse than their winning score of
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    TEST CANDIDATES DO WELL.
    617 13 County Cricket Results. MANY UNFINISHED (JAMES Test match candidates MM) to have found I heir form in the latest matches, for from th' cables received today it is seen that Eiaßuaond, Satellite, Leyland, K. S. Dukepsinhji, Freeman, Tatc and Hcodrcn are all to the fore with
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    124 13 I'raiKT's Kntry For Next Race Unlikely. According to H. Oadj Luatatu, the fp'iidus Ipead pilot, it is unlikely thut i lonea wul take pait in the next Schnci- < Trophy contest. \I. Sadi-Lecointe. who has devoted him•'ccially to speed records, was pointed as trainer of the French team
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    PLAYER ON THE DOLE.
    120 13 Victim of League Transfer System. At a limlln of the Players' Union at Manchester, ngrat was expressed at Urn action of the Management Committee of the LMgM in refusing to meet the Hum' Union to discuss the financial ixiMtimi of players placed on the transfer list.
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    DERBY BETTING.
    84 13 Diolite at 3-1 Cartello Scratched. London, May 30. At the Victoria Club call over today, Derby bettinß was as follows: I!— 1 Diolitc, taken and offered. G—lG 1 Rustom Pasha, offered 13 2 taken. 100—8 Silver Flare; offered. 100 8 Trews, offered 100 7, taken. 100—7 Ballyferis, offered.
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    TILDEN WINS.
    56 13 French Championship Results. Paris, Kay 30. The fol'owlnjT were results in the French champions-hip's today Tildcn beat I.yttleton-Rogers (Irelaml)i 6 L 6—l, 7—5. Miss Helen Jacobs beat Mrs. Watson, 5_.7, ft— 3, C— l. Frau'.ein Aussem beat Miss Ryan, 4 G, 5_ i, r o. Miss Wills-Moody beat
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    LOCAL TENNIS.
    85 13 Tanglin Club Tournament. In the semi-final of the open mixed doubles .it the Tanglin Club, Mrs. Tennent r.nd A. D. Anderson beat Mrs. Zylstra a;u! It. F. Goodman, 6—4, G 2. In the final of the men's doubles handicap yesterday, A. D. Anderson and Wise, owe 13.4, beat
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    219 13 Scratching^ for Today's Events. The Solangor Turf Club mcetinp begins toda;/. The following are the rcrnteh■nes 2. Popanda. 3. Black Auster am! The Witch. 4. Farmer. r>. Shcdiac. 6.— Entella. Handicaps. The followinj* are further handicaps for the second and third days' racing Second Day. Race 1. Horses,
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    SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY.
    266 13 London Welsh Cause A Surprise. i After bcintr successful in the first four seasons of the Middlesex seven-a-side rugger competition, the Harlequins were defeated in the concluding rounds of this year's campaign at Twickenham. Thu defeat of Harlequins by the London Welsh in the semi-final was somewhat of
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    JONES & WETHERED IN FINAL.
    246 13 JONES WETHERED IN FINAL. American's Narrow Escape. London, May 30. Bobby Jones beat Eric Fiddian 4 and 3 in tho seventh round of the amateur championship at St. Andrews today. The other results were as follows Voigt beat Sutton, 5 and 4. Wothcrcd beat Howell, 4 and 3. Lister Hartley
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    S.C.C. SUCCEED.
    272 13 Hard-Earned Win Over R.A. The S.C.C. obtained a well-earned victory over the R.A. at the Anson Road Stadium in a First Division match yesterday. Throughout the game was interesting and at times very exciting. Neither side displayed a high standard of 'kill, the football exhibited being more of
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    RUGBY CLUB CENSURED.
    87 13 Sequel to Rough Play in A Championship. As a sequel to the rough play in the Rugby Championship semi-final match between Agen and Pau on Sunday, May 4, in which Michel Pradie, an Agen player, received injuries from which he died, the Pau club has be«n officially
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    RUGBY UNION STORM BREWING.
    688 13 Comments on FranceWales "Fight." Is the Rugby Union season too long? asks the Athletic News. It is understood that there is a controlling force on the Rugby Union Committee who believe it is, and that at the annual meeting a proposal will be forthcoming to make
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    CLARKE CUP.
    401 13 Europeans Meet Rest Today. The annual match between the Europeans and the Rest for the Clarke Cup will start on the S.C.C. padang this afternoon. There have been several changes in the Europeans' side from that originally selected, SquadronLeader Livock, Flight- Lieut. Wigglesworth, Major Olliver and Capt. Quin
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    GARRISON CUP.
    172 13 Volunteers XI to Meet The Regulars. The match for the Garrison Cup, between elevens representing the Regular Army and the Volunteers, is being awaited with much interest. The Volunteers have selected a good side, which is composed of well-known first division players, and the Military will also be
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    268 13 Saturday, May. 3l R.S.Y.C. Rowing Regatta, 4.20 p.m. S.A.F.A. IM Div. Welch vj. S.C.F.A., Jalan Besar Stadium 2nd Div. F. and N. vs. Mansfield*. A.R. Stadium. Cricket Clarke Cup match, Europeani va. Rest. S.C.C. S.C.C. XI vt. S.S. Police, Thomson Road. Sclanpor Raced. Sunday, June 1 Cricket Clarke
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    THE HEAVY-WEIGHT TRAVESTY.
    553 13 Gilbertian Element Of Coming: Fight. Never since James J. Corbctt defeated John L. Sullivan in 21 rounds at New Orleans in the first glove contest lor th« World's Heavy-weight Championship ha* the title been held up to such withering' contempt, writes John Fearless in th« Athletic News.
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      PEASANT DRESSES LIKE MAPS.
      128 15 Embroidered Legends Of The East. 1*HB childhood of Europe and ancient Icjtc:i<;-i of the East are reflected in an exhibition of Rumanian peasant art, vliich U being held in London on bel.alf of the Folk Lore Society, writes a special representati\e in the Morning I'o;t. Rug^.
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      LINEN COATS.
      300 15 \)'p political disunion, from which Rumania had suffered during the greater l>art of its history. Traditions difTcr, however, locally, for 'with craft and design are handed down fii/iii father to son. So formalised are women'l drcaaai that to a Rumanian each one is in itself a map. The
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      THE FINEST SPORT FOR WOMEN.
      258 15 Speed-boating Rivals Motoring. WHEN this year's outboard motor-boat racing season began on the Welsh Harp, Her.don, there were many more ■vomen present than men. A woman competitor. Miss Joan Spicer, raid: Outboard racing is the best of all women's sports. It is full of thrills,
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      HOME HINTS.
      118 15 (Jeese, wild ducks, etc., are improved if hot water U poured over and through them before cooking. When a joint is under-done, re-cook next day for 30 or 40 minutes in a saucepan in which thore is a little fat. Turn once, and keep covered. Try bread sauce
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      "BEING A LADY."
      90 15 BEING A LADY." A WOMAN educator in a convent, noted for devolien to deportment. see-; freedom in manners for young women Mac* in>r out nith freedom of dross. IJi'irn; .1 iady." highly deiirnl>k in the Viclorian age. again i-; pn|)ulir. says Eihel Kit;:pntvick. Racial d.*an of Rosary. College. CtJcag*. The
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      A NOVELTY NECKLACE.
      28 15 A new idea in necklaces is to use beads of wood covered in pleated rrepe-de-rhine. matching your evening frock. These are joined with crystal beads.
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      TENNIS CAN BE OVERDONE.
      272 15 Need for Abundant Stamina. TENNIS is an excellent outdoor exercise. It is good for wind, eye. brain and limb. It teaches alertness and self-reliance, but it demands abundant stamina if played seriously, and should be regarded, therefore, chiefly as an exercise for the young land the
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      "TAILS" NOW.
      136 15 A beautiful young woman of title wu bemoaning the fact that the had lost htr tails at a theatre the other night, says a writer in a Home paper. Perhaps this needs a little explanation. It is simple. On leaving the stalls a very clumsy young- man stepped
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      SAVE YOUR EYES FROM SUN.
      97 15 Avoid "Too Much Of A Good Thing." is not always an unmixed blessing. Though it is true that light is vital to ,ood health, at least one important func.ion of the human body the eyesight i* irequently badly disorganised by too auch of a good
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      A SIMPLE DESIGN.
      245 15 tection against light overdose. Its coloured curtain," the iris, who*e central aperture forms the pupil of the rye, is equipped with tiny muscles. When a bright li?ht falls on the eye, th* coloured curtain expands, through muscular effort, making the pupil smaller and preventing a good deal
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      17 15 LADIES with Evening Dreasea wear EBEL JEWELLERY WATCHES Sold at RENE ULLMANN Capitol Building, STAMFORD RD., SINGAPORE.
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      64 15 A NEW MUFFIN. Sift together half-a-rup of flour, half-a-teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda, and half-a-teaspoon of sait. And one cup of thoroughly crushed rye bread, three-quarters of a ri'.p of strained orange juice, one and a half tablespoons of treacle, and two tablespoons of melted butter. Beat the batter well,
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      301 16 m/q The First Motor Car With a Single Unit of Harmonised Beauty motif in the n-.odern manner -p"'"^ j^feaftjßwH^S ■*sl>aS k used on rr-diator emblem, radiator cap, bumpers, lamps, ls^^3wi!|T! l'3ll P^J*!^^j hub caps, door handles inside K"smi^pJ P -hB and out, v/indov/ mouldings, B*«h \i^HT I"^Tl^ instrument panel, smoking
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      61 16 DOUBLE A^|IiGARETTES ALWAYS" SUPERLATIVE QUALITY AND HYGIENICALLY PURE. THEY ARE THE BEST CIGARETTES OBTAINABLE AT THE PRICE OF 50 CENTS PER TIN OF 50 ARDATH TOBACCO Co., LTD. LONDON 0 jffjf "I hH()\I M\ DENNIS lily iljjb i ||M i rffl, |»i i^^^^R BWIm \^P^^B 1 m^M w7 O J^^^fc
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    PROVOCATION RECEIVED.
    249 17 Murder Charge Reduced At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May oO. The Chinese who was charged with murder before the Chief Justice at the Selangor Assizes, as a sequel to a knife fight near the District Hospital gave evicence in his defence today. Accused said
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    CHINATOWN MURDER.
    49 17 Suspected Triad Society Crime. Shortly after 9 o'clock on Thursday rvening a Chinese was followed into a lane off Sago Street, in Singapore's Chinatown, and shot dead by a man who is believed to be a member of a triad society. No arrest has yet been made.
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    ABDUCTION CHARGE.
    249 17 Young Chinese at Selangor Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 30. Th? Court of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Elphinestone, was crowded this morning, when a young Chines? named Wee Kok Cflong, who is the son of a well-known local Towkay named Wee Hr.p Lang, appeared
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    KING'S BIRTHDAY.
    281 17 Programme for Review In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 30. The King's birthday, June 3, will be I'elrbrated at Kuala Lumpur by a parade i«n the Selangor Club padang at 8. a.m. There will be two companies of the M.S.V.R., one Scottish platoon, two
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    CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
    343 17 New Powers Granted Certain Officers. H.E. the Governor has, upon the nomination cf the Attorney-General, appointed the undermentioned officers to assist the Attorney-General and to act as his deputies in the performance of the following functions and duties of the Publfc Prosecutor und°r the Criminal Procedure Code:— 1.
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    MRS. WAKING'S FUNERAL.
    512 17 The funeral of Mis. H. R. Waring took place at the Bidadai i Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the Rev. J. V. Westlake officiating. The principal mourners present were the husband, Mr. Arthur E. Odell and Mr. Pat 2gan. Floral tributes were received from the following Her lovi.no husband
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      162 18 IT I I IS THE NEW CHRYSLER 62 Price: Tourer $2,1 SO Borneo Motors, Ltd. SINGAPORE, PENANG, TAIPING, IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, MALACCA AND HAADYAI. "•■■^^Y^;'^ Johnson Outboard \^__~~-=i^~— —^Z~HT^--jW!B r^^^' races and regattas in every part of .^p^BHBJpL/jlfcs»sw'' t~;"** sj the world since January 1. 1929q^ -<~^ L **'i
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      223 18 r,ni n tins? I fi akf \J Li l^r E^pg^^ 't kill I CIGARETTES MITRE BRAND TEA 3^™^ FROM ALL GROCEKS. Walter Abeyegoonisekera •1 «»Kri RH fl lIN^APOWB NEW BROADCAST "HIS MASTERS VOICE" "COLUMBIA" RECORDS. MONG HUAT CO.. VALET" Sharpeu ita owm bladt. LADIES' COLLEGE, JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS. Founded 1880,
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      558 19 AHMi exieed $11,000,000. Assurance hi force over $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Struits Settlements.) HEAD OmCI Wlllfclltir House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 dapositcd with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      580 19 BANKING NEDERLANSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK Established 1H63 at Amsterdam A»thorised Capital Gldi. 100,000,000 (about £8,600,000) it PaU up Capital Olds. 65,000,000 (ab«nt £4,600,000) Reserve* Gldi. 27.186.366 (about It £2,270,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAOUJL ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES t HATAV1A I Head Offlea for Dutch latt India*. SHANGHAI Head Offlee
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      660 19 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter la Japaa) Capital Subscribed Y18,0O0,00O Capital Pald-np Vlu.m.OOO Prtaident S. Shimada, Esq. DIRECTORS T. Hisamune, Esq. M. Arekl, bq. N. Yanaglta, Esq. X. Tnkagi, Ih. T. Yoshida, Esq. HEAD OFFICE Taip«h, Formora (Taiwnn) BRANCHES AND AGENCIB8 s Amoy Hong Kong
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      269 19 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. > (Incorporated in England) I Fire, Life, Harine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £60,000,000 ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY DOES A Vorld Wide Boiintit. IS Enjoying Rapid Grovt*. HAS A Policy for Every Need. Eatablished
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      151 19 tTIRE!' Powerful and efficient in the combat with fire is the MERRYWEATHER "VALIANT" PORTABLE PUMPING ENGINE Hurls a jet of water 110 ft. high. Delivers up to 12,000 gallons per hour. AND IT RAISES STEAM IN 10 MINUTES. Fire-fighting, however, is not its only service, for it is an ideal
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      252 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES SURE LISTERINE |y TOOTH PASTE introduces jj pm an amazing new cleaning W'^ •agent that whitens teeth i^ jjjjj with al must no brushing. W*s NR Fifteen other ingredients, H chosen alter fifty years' study P5 ol'tooth and mouth troubles, hp uuard teeth against decay, stimulate the
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      155 20 I GAS AND I 1 I WATER I IRON PIPES I Supplied in large quantltiM V SjM to the Singapore Municipality, iffl ua r>tiuuu.t. Gas and Water Departments. S Theu Pipes are mcMufatturtd in U by The Bengal Lou Co. Ltd., vhtSC foitmlncs have a production capacity of 50.000 tons
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      277 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Head Office for Malaya I SINGAPORE. Never ask your dealer for a 'lilm'ASK FOR AN —and hr sun 1 of \\wK^^Y^fnfvlnS§ prrfrvl results. FHA¥ CAR FOR^^Jj YOKiR NStXY LEAVE H^^ If you buy a car from us it can
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