The Straits Times, 11 June 1930

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CBKT?BT.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, .11 NB^ 11, 1930. 'i^^ji^fh The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      65 1 Singapore: 78. Cecil st. cphone 6151) Ny Carlsberg Beer bottlei u4 draatht. H.il<- Importcra EAST ASIATIC CO^ LTD. (Itir. !i> OenmiTk) SINC II'ORr. W. A. GILBEY, LTD. FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY Matured and bottled by a firm whose name is a household word and whose products are second to none. Choose
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      15 1 KUALA LUMPUR I 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) Prime Portland CEMENT ASIATIC ]Kj SINCAPOT^^ 5
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      549 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) tL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. INSULAR AND ORIENTAL SN CO. Kit CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S .KKNMKNT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. WARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'por*. r >ri'\ 11,000 June 14 KAI VAN'
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      701 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vesseli Tonnage Due tail 5 FUSHIMI MARU 1£,900 June 1» 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 1U.500 July 2 3 TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 16 17 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 30 31 HAHUNA MARU 10,500 Aug. 13 14 t KAMO
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      457 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (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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      683 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Travellers Official Information Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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      578 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP 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.
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      521 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Si»m) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For KreUy, Trengganu, Kelantan, Banfnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Br.ndon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA In port June 11 MALINI June 16 June 18 SUDDHADIB June 23 June 25 The steamers nre fitted throughout
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      424 3 DUTCH MAILS .M.V. Ktoomviiart Maalschappij Nederland and M.V. HoCcrflamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGKR SERYICfi TO n..« Amiterdam Si.ullinmpton lUiVrlUm Kotterdam Tonnage n i i,,-. K,,fi4o S.M.N. June 13 I i Mil" I'.-U June 20 in v. Juii. i^. lenbarnevrlt 19,004 S.M.N. June 27 i U.L. July 4 v\ i.i
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      1417 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Incorporated in Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Service from HELAWAN DELI. PENANG AND SINGAPORE to JLOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, j PORTLAND, ORE VANCOUVER, n.C, SEATTLE and TACOMA. ArrW. Due Sails 1 S poro S poro Angele? M.V. COUXEVILI.K Jiino 23 June 28 July 31 M.V. UROXXVILLK Jul" July 1(1
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      408 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOIST SCHEIH I.K. Sailings for United States nnd Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Port'.und S.S. MICHIGAN sails from Hong Kon:; July X San Fiancisov I«s Ar.fele* and San
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      406 3 TTILEY SAFETY LAMPS ALL BRITISH Burn Kerosene Oil (not Henzine) Absolut i I, I 1 iniipriMil. [r?\ As Mjmlird (.ovrrnnicn's &to-jj/t Sliipiiinc ■BaY BkT -^H II h all I t« th* bent ft_»<; ii Lamp nn ih<R,___^y marliit. Bale W:.l< DUNCAN ROBERTS, LTD., M7B, CECIL s; REET, sin;. \:-c!:i:. TO
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATHS.
      72 4 ESSON. On Saturday, June 7, 1930. at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Peggy, beloved wife of U r. Esson, Port Swettenbam. it (iing nee Oci Khoen Nio Road, on June 9, 1930, ag.'d 62. inotker of A. L. J., H.L.H. and Lim. Deeply regretted. Funeral .i sunday, the loth inst., at
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      49 4 .v N'i;;in Pan and family beg most Fally to thank all relatives and tndj and members of the various clubs IOJ their Kind messages of sympathy (by II and letters) rloral and other ributes and kind attendances at the in 1 of the lute Mr. Vow Ngan Pan.
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      682 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Tiic Ailvortlsir.jr Manager, Unite, Tlmta.. Cacti Strc-ct. Plense insert the following small advertisement for days Tiice fiv approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 2b cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. The
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      669 4 __JMOTOR VEHICLES BUICK SEVEN-SEATER or other similar American touring car wanted. Purchase cash if first-class condition and little used, also 1H ton truck Ford or Chevrolet. Have ready customer for both. Cars must be cheap, little used, in excellent condition and subject to thorough road test. Replies Box 961, Straits
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      730 4 BOARD AND LODGING BOARD-RESIDENCE, single ft double room for bachelors Tennis, garage, transport, phone. Moderate terms. Apply 948, S. Times. FOR RENT, upper floor new bungalow 100 A, Jervois Road, immediate entry suitable for young couple. 4 rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen. Rent moderate. Apply 970, S. T. GOOD CUISINE, tennis
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      559 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, 25, Malacca Street, first floor, Immediate entry. Apply 6, D'Almeida Street TO LET, 132 and 134, Havelock Road, twostoreyed riverside godowns, suitable for rubber. Apply Stephens, Paul ft Co. TO LET, SMALL ROOM OFFICE, No. F-16 4th floor in Union Building. Apply to Sam Soon
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      864 4 TAIPING TURF CLUB AMATEUR RACE MEETING. Thursday, June 19, 1930. Saturday, June 21, 1930. Commencing at 2.15 p.m. each day. TWO RUNS each for Horses Classes 8, 4, and 6, respectively. First Run about 6 furlongs, second run about 1 mile and 100 yards. TWO RUNS each for Ponies Classes
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      835 4 JOHORE GOVERNMENT TENDERS will be received at the office of the State Secretary, Johore Bahru, up to noon of June 25, 19S0 for the erection of (1) Quarters for Ten Married Dressers, General Hospital, Johore Bahru. (2) Quarters for Ten Attendants, General Hospital, Johore Bahru. NOTE.— Cash securities of $1,000
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      1176 5 A GOOD OH'ORTI MTY FOX SOI'ND AND I'KOFITABLE INVESTMENT IN LAND AND HOISK PROPERTIES NOT TO BE MISSED BY BNTEKPRaUMG CAPITALISTS. IN THE ESTATE OF SULTAN KHAN SURATTEE, DECEASED. IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE ■of most valuable freehold and leasehold business and residential premises in the centre of Singapore At
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      522 5 NOTICE OF REMOVAL Patrons are hereby notified that the Central Motor Hiring Co. has removed to 315, Orchard Road, I (Singapore Motors Building). The Company has also added a number of New Hupmobiie cars to its fleet of cars. WANTED Inspector of Machinery required by the Government of the Federated
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      340 5 HANDBOOK lAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. A collection of passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. In the 1,400 pages of this invaluable book are cited familiar passages, proverbial phrases, and constantly recurring phrases from nearly 1,000 authors. It includes selections from French and German writers, and
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      186 5 "SPEEDEX" CAMERA $18 black or brown. Sole Agenti DIETHELM CO., LTD., (Incorporated in Switzerland) SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH BANGKOK. Your hair will grow healthy and strong, it becomes more glossy. dandrufiF will disappear, it stays dressed and does not fall out. if you daily rub it with Purol. TW.3O and 55
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      126 5 GOULDS PUMPS CENTRIFUGAL RECIPROCATING OR HAND PUMPS FOR ALL DUTIES LARGE AND VARIED STOCKS HELD BY THE SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA. SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. The High Powered Salesman GIVES YOU HIS GAS FOR NOTHING— BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. HIRED GAS APPLIANCES ARE FIXED FOR NOTHING—
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    THRILLS, SONGS & STARS.
    1731 6 THRILLS, SONGS STARS. CINEMA NOTES. Exhibitors Difficulties Talkie Costs Profitable Production Singapore's Own Screen Story T rue film Love More Galaxies of Stars Mystifying Tableaux The Croaked Canary Murder Thrills at the Capitol. If local exhibitors of sound films were faced with no other difficulties, the problem of providing entertainment
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    SPEED QUEEN KILLED.
    102 6 Baroness Crashes to Death In Big Car Race. Message:; from Algiers state that the BarOBM D'Elern, OM <>f the best known women motorists in France, was killed when her car crushed into a telegraph pole hile she was taking part in the Algiers (iruiul Prix. The uccident
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    CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM.
    86 6 Six or Eight Pints of Milk A Day. Sir William Willcox, the physician, at a meeting of the National Temperance League in London yesterday, advised those addicted to drink to take six or ei-rht pints of milk a day. "It seems a lot," he said, "and drinking
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    MR. GANDHI STATES HIS TERMS.
    180 6 Interviewed in Jail By Daily Herald. London, May 21. Mr. George Slocombe, the Daily Herald's special correspondent in India, has telegraphed to his paper an interview with Mr. Gandhi in Yeravda jail. I Mr. Slocombe declares that he gathers that Mr. Gandhi is prepared to
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    GOLFER'S EXPERIENCE.
    237 6 Twice Falls Flat to Avoid An Aeroplane. At FarnborouTh (Kent) the police are investigating a report of alleged dangerous stunting by an aeroplane over Downe Golf Course. According to the report of a club member, an aeroplane, said to have been piloted by another club member, swooped down
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    SECRET MARRIAGE LASTS 2 DAYS.
    269 6 Husband Said It Was A Mistake. A secret marriage and a parting after two days were described in the Divorce Court recently. Lord Merrivale heard the undefended suit of Mrs. Queenie May Green, of Bradfield Avenue, Yeedley, Salford, Lancashire, for the dissolution of her marriage
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    HAIFA TRAGEDY.
    39 6 European Police Sergeant Shot Dead. Jerusalem, May 28. Sergeant William Singleton, formerly of fie Irish Constabulary, and one of the oldest members of the Palestine Police Force, was shot dead at Haifa by a stranger, who escaped.
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    EMPIRE RELATIONS.
    49 6 Need for Alteration in .Fiscal Policy. London, May 29. The Empire Chambers of Commerce unanimously adopted a composite resolu'l:on embodying 12 resolutions on the commercial relations of the Empire. Overseas delegates emphasised the need i for an alteration in the fiscal policy of 1 the mother country.
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    ELECTRIC EAR.
    180 6 Professor's Invention To Aid the Deaf. Man will be able to hear without cars, iind deafness will lose most of its terror, if the invention of the famous Vienna rurist, Professor Stephan Jellinek, proves to be all that he claims it to be. Professor Jellinek has come to
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    A TRIBUTE TO GERMANY.
    299 6 Dean Inge and Good Will In Central Europe. Dr. Inge recently condemned real politilc aa out of date and these who practised it as not being real enough. They were, he said, merely romantics out of touch with the world m it was. He was speaking
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    LOST WARATAH FOUND?
    288 6 Airmen's Discovery on A Sunken Reef. "Two miles off Peddie, near the South African port of East London, a great ledge of rock runs out under the sea and on it lies a wrecked ship. "It is plainly visible on calm days when the sunlight strikes the
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    SMOKING IN OSLO.
    120 6 Women Publicly Insist Upon Their Rights. Women's right to smoke in the street* of Oslo is claimed in a practical fashion by a number of young and not-so-youni; girls who march down the Avenue KarlJohan in the mornings puffing at cigarettes. A certain feminist whose first name
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    RIVER PIRATES AND THEIR MINES.
    594 6 Exploded by Time Fuses. NOVEL METHODS ON THE WEST RIVER. Depredations committed by criminal gangs in the outlying districts of Kwanrtung continue to furnish the princioal items of news, writes a Canton correspondent to the North China Daily News. Having taken to using mines, the
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    COMMODORE MARSHALL.
    80 6 Destroyer for Burial At Sea. London, May 20. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Coiiimnnder-in-Chief, Portsmouth, has intimated thnt a destroyer will be furnished for a naval burial at sea of the late Commodore William Marshall, C.8.. of the liner Majestic, who died at the age of 57. Deceased, who
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    RANGOON RIOTS INQUIRY.
    66 6 To be Conducted by High Court Judge. Rangoon, May -SO. It is understood that as soon as the present troubles are at an end in Rangoon and tranquillity has been restored, the Government proposes to institute an inquiry into the orizin of the disturbance.;, and the measures
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    FIRE ON STEAMER.
    56 6 Outbreak on the Vechtdijk At Port Said. Tha Dutch steamer Vechtdijk, in which a fire has broken out, is enrrying a cargo of copra, oilcake, jute, gunnies and cotton. As the crew wire unable to extinguish the fire by using water. No. 4 hold has been closed
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      107 6 ARTISTE AT COVENT GARDEN AND QUEENS HALL r LOTTE LEHMANN Read these favourable criticisms The entrancing quality and delicious inflections of her voice."— MANCHESTER GUARDIAN. Every Song revealed complete mastery."— DAILY TELEGRAPH. "Above all, her singing is entirely pure." THE TIMES. Mme. Lotte Lehmann's recital at the Queen's Hall was
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      304 7 iLHAMBRl I THE THEATRE OF PERFECT SOUND MM REPRODUCTION Wk 9 6.15 p.m. TONIGHT 9.15 p.m. The Supreme Achievement of the Talking Screen. kI a 4 4 h( ALL TALKING, SINGING AND DANCING 200 Performers— Mag nificent Colour Scenes. Advance Booking at ROBINSON CO., LTD. BOXING THURSDAY, JUNE 12 LION
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      359 7 oe oeoe oc) o<poo oo o® o® o.aw\K ■n i j m 1 1 h 2o| m A vj II I moK TONIGHT AT 6.15 9.15 Positively the Last Night of Paramount's Thrilling Mystery THE Canary Murder Case As a Thriller it is one of the best Singapore has seen
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      236 7 I PAVILION SW From Snnday, June S fn Salnrd;-.\, June 1 I. at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE CHESTER CONEIN in FOOLS FOR LUCK ESTHER RALSTON in THE SAWDUST PARADISE In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. WALLY WALES in SKEDADDLE GOLD mm Saturday, June 14, at 4.30
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    HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    703 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern' Bureau. Health Bulletin of the Laague of i Nations, Eastern Bureau, for the week ended May 31, 1930 Alexandria I'iv. pli'pue cases and two litath-s. Baghdad Twelve i>lr.gu? cases and six deaths. Rombsy One plague case 40
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      REMBAU JELEI RUBBER.
      648 8 Seven and a Half Per Cent. For Year. The iixth annual general meeting of Jlcmbuu Jelei Rubber. Ltd., was held on May 2 at Winchester House, London, E.C. Mr. T. W. Hod<re, chairman of the compnny, presided, and, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts,
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      EXCHANGES.
      74 8 Rugby, June I*. ?'orc:gn exchan?»s are Amsterdam 12.0KN,, Athr.ns 375, Bombay Is. s\d., !<■ riln SO^tti Kru-scU "^.815, Bucharest 818, Rio G 23-^2. liueno- Aire3 42 7-16, Copenhagen 18.16. Geneva 21.0<<3. Helsinirfors 192 T :ioi K..nir la. I :i-16d Lisbon 108.25. Madrid IO», Milan U2.75. New York 4.85 27-32,
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      PASSENGERS.
      46 8 Mr. Trr Manek anived from Batuviu bj tl.i Du'ch air mail yesterday. The pa«r,cnger» v.ho left Sinjr.pore for J^vj lij air '.oilay m I For Valembar.^ Mr. K. I.nmmorse. Kor Ratavia Mr. K. Gourdeau. Count CardaUi, Hlm W. Posdar, Mr. S. Hainan ;ii:.i Mr. i-chupf.
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      VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
      88 8 Programme "f drills up to and for week er.dinp June 16 Wednesday. June 11, S.l". p.m., Drill Hall, InteHifonet Section, Distance Judging 5.15 :>.:.:.. Drill Hall, li.le. Signal Section. Drill. Thursday. June 12. 5.1.1 p.m.. Drill Hall, .S R.K. V i, 30 Yards Range. Friday, June IS, 5.15
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      258 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, June 11. On London, Bank 4 m a |/1 15 '16 Demand 2/3 3/4 Private 8 m. credit 2/414 Ob New York, demand 66 1 ID Private 90 di 679* On Franca, Bank T.T. 1411 On India, Bank T.T. 154*4 On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 41,'t On Shanghai,
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        MINING.
        481 8 I»»ue Val. Id. Buyers Seller* £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 21 C 23 Ayer HiUm Tin 13'- 14/£1 £1 Bangrin Tin 18/6 80/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 O.U 1 1 Batu Caves 0.50 0.60 I 1 Bukit Arann 0.4 i 0.55 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 15 ICt'l £1 Chendcriang
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        GENERAL.
        225 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* 2 2 Altx. Brick Trefii. 2-23 2.33 J L> Alex. UricU Ordi. 2.U0 3.00 £1 £1 P.rit. Am. Tobacco 6.7.6 6.12.6 1 1 Central Engint 0.40 O.oU nom. 1 1 Cycle and Carriaf* 0.40 0.45 nom. lOs. 10*. Duff Development 4 6 5 8
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        100 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 103 106 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. SCo prcm. Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. oi IM! red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4Vs p.c. of 190!) red. 1956 $1,000,000 Jo par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        369 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotation*. Taday's PrieM Fratcr Ljall A Co. fcvatt Vllcn'jy ($1) 1.30 1.40 1.40 I.SO \lor liajuh (*t) 1.10 1.20 120 1.80 V. Jlitam (|1) I.9'J 2.hoed. 2.00 2.40 I. kuninß iM) 0.25 Mi 0.30 0.40 Malay ($2) 1.90 2.10 2.00 2io
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    171 8 Today. I'.mika Uland, I'ladjoc and Palembang (Thedensi 3 p.m. North, N. -hast and N.-West Sumatra (Van Hcutszi 4 pin. Crylon (President Harrison I ti p.m. Egypt end United States «f America (Parcels) (President Harrison) 5.30 p.m. Tomorrow. Pcnang, Province Wcllealey, NortliWaat Perak, Kcdah, Kelantan, Wettern Siam, North,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    44 8 By Ha Sibajak r»lma Rajputana J'Anagnan <.. der N'ederlandon Indrapoera Li«ri Arm. S pur* Loadoa Apr. 18 May 10 Apr. 25 May II Apr. a May 17 May 2 May 24 Apr. 3D May 26 May 2 May 20 May June 2
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    296 8 Wednesday. June 11. Ships alongside the Wharrea or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Hopper J, J. 14. W. BU Splendour. Crow, Abclla. Oil Wharf Nicuw Xccland Coal Wharf I'ntrol, Loligo. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS, fenjonf P»f ir. Albert Dock Erv.:.rn Victoria Dock Kmta. Crpycl Harboar.
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      54 8 USED CAR TENDER Erskinc and Citroen cars, one each, in first class order to be sold by tender. On view for two weeks only. Bring or post your offers, cash or terms. Highest offer gets the car. BUY A GOOD USED CAR AT YOUR OWN PRICE. From THE USED CAR
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      605 8 No need to SUFFER Don't suffer any longer from lame back or the agony of lumbago. An application of CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM will ease the pain at once and bring prompt relief and comfort. This wonderful liniment has no equal for banishing muscular inflammation and the severe pains that come
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      81 8 ESTATE OF AHMADMAH NACHIA, DECEASED AUCTION SALE of valuable jewellery comprising 3 dia kiosanjs, 4 <lia krurmos, 2 gold neeklsces, 1 bangle, 1 bracelet and 1 hair pin etc. To be held nt Messrs. ChconL' Koon Sens Co's sale-room, No. .10, Chulia Street, on Friday June 13, 1930 at 10.38
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      278 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Mill. fall, shine. tyumidity tion. F. F. ins. hours. i m.p.ta. Alor Stsr .88 74 Nil 7.3 9:1 Calm Fine Kota Bharu 88 7:1 007 7.6 j P5 SW Cloudy K. Trcngganu 90
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      144 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wcdnwdiy, Jane 11 11. W. 11.06 ».m., 8 ft. 4 in., 10.8 p.m., 9 ft. 2 in. Thursday, Jane 12 H.W. 11.48 a.m., 8 ft. 2 in., 10.41 p.m., y ft. a in. Friday, June 1.1 H.W. .26 •p-in- 8 ft., 11.15 p.m., 9 ft. 8
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    677 9 Sunday Stoppage a Weak Palliative. FURTHER EASING IN TIN PRICE. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber, Hi 1 cents per Ib. Tin. 250 tons at $69.87 Vz per picul. Y«-*Cerday's Prices Kubber, London 6 l-16d. per II)., down !4d. New York 12
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      98 9 Singapore, June 11. Tin.— Easier. Kuchais 1.11-1.15, Kintas 1.1 1-I. US. Malay Consols. 21-23 cents, Penawats tS-M cents, Ulu Klanirs 97ft cents I, Hong Fatts 4S-51 cents, Sungei Ways 2.90-3. Klang Rivers 2.10-2.18tt, Hitam Tin 31-36 cents, Ayer Hit.im 135.-13s. 9d.. Hong Kong Tin ITs. f..1.-lSs..
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      Rose Macphail & Penman, Ltd.
      133 9 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. Singapore, June 11. London. Rubber 6 l-16d. per lb., down Md. Noon price (London Standard) Spot 19\ t cents. London.— Tta £139 12s. 6d., down £1 10s. Mining.- Dull. Sungei Ways 2.80-3, KuchaU I.IZ-l.l'i, Kinta Dredge 1.10-I. lit. Hong Patts .10-55 cents, Malaya Consols. 2214 rents,
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      BAGAN SERAI CO., LIMITED.
      1072 9 Establishing Substantial Reserves. c tenth annual general meeting of the in Serai Company, Ltd., was held on 9, at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, 8.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the chairman of the- company > presiding. The secretary (Mr. F. E. Maguire) read the report of
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      58 9 Tone of Market Quiet. Latex Cable London Spot Sheet 6d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 12 per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot June July August July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Buy«r» Seller 19*- 19% 20 20* 20J4 20% 20H
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      STRAITS RUBBER CO., LIMITED.
      1978 9 Increased Profit BOARD'S CONSERVATIVE POLICY. The tenth annual general meeting of th« Strait* Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on May 9, at Winchester Houie, Old Broad Street, E.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton, chairman, presiding. The secretary (Mr. F. E. Maguire) read the notice convening the meeting
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      U.S.A. AND MALAYA.
      153 9 Imports and Exports During April. Mr. Don C. BliM, the American Trade Commissioner, Singapore, has just received by cable the following statistics relating to the foreign trade of the United States with Middle Asia APRIL, 1930. Total exports from United States G5332,000,000 Total exports from United States
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      ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
      634 9 Mr. Robert Connew's Appointment. The 20th annual general court of the Royal Exchange Assurance was held on Apr »v. Mr. Vivian Hugh Smith (the Governor > presided. The gorei-nor, in the course of his address, said Before submitting the report md accounts I wish to make reference
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      TIN'S DECLINE.
      251 9 Over-Production In Malaya. Lean and Co.'s report of June 6 states: Since our last report tin has developed further weakness, having reached the low level of £135 for spot and £136 17s. 6d. for three months forward, but closes today firmer at £137 10s. ready and £139 10s.
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD.
      22 9 The output of the Raub Australian Gold Co., Ltd., for the four weeks ended May 22 was 1,823.35 ounces.
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    ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
    981 9 Overseas Buyers Holding Aloof. INDIAN BOYCOTT NOW COMFLETE. L(From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, May 14. nditions in most sections of the ;et have remained very unsatisfactory. Except for the Home trade section, demand has b«en of retail dimensions. Buyers for the overseas outlets have adopted a policy
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930. "THE IDLE RICH."
    1094 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930. "THE IDLE RICH." Although ii is perfectly true that, for the present at any rate, British Malaya, ag a whole, can afford to contemplate with detachment the controversy regarding the pros and cons of the income tax which has lately been raging:
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    ARTIFICIAL SILK AND ITS FUTURE.
    927 10 Rapidity of Post-War Development. (By Sir Edwin Stocktom. J.P., ex-preti-dcnt of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.) I suggest there will be no exaggeration of the truth in stating that the artificial silk industry has already fully proved itself to be one of the main outstanding
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    252 10 Mr. F. K. Wilson has been appointed Public Trustee, F.M.S. The Hon. Mr. G. P. Bradney has been appointed a member of the Planters' Loans Board. The Hon. Mr. Goh Kirn Swee has been appointed an unofficial member of the Legislative Council, British North Borneo. Mr. M.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    828 10 THE DAWN. We grow strangely prosaic by continued residence in Singapore. We are ju»t conscious of the fact that we have a great port, at which ships of the world touch that we harbour many races within the limits of our equatorial city ami that now
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    INDIAN OPINION ON SIMON REPORT: "AN INSULT." UNANIMITY OF REPORT.
    494 11 INDIAN OPINION ON SIMON REPORT: "AN INSULT." UNANIMITY OF REPORT. Importance Emphasised By Sir John Simon. BRITISH COMMENT. Imperialism in a New Light;' Rugby, June 10. Sir John Simon, chairman of Indian Statutory Commission, interviewed tod*y emphasised the importance of the fac that the seven members of the Cominis uion
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    FORESTRY OFFICERS.
    113 11 Committee to Report On Training:. Rugby. June 10. The Colonial Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary for India and tht forestry Commissioners, has appointed committee to consider and report on the training of candidates and probationer* for appointment as forest officers. The Committee is composed of Sir .fames
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    ROUND EUROPE FLIGHT
    45 11 101 Aeroplanes Entered For International Race. One hundred and one aeroplanes, of which tight are British, are to take part in the international round Europe flight starting on July 20 and ending Aug. 7. The race will start and end at Berlin.
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    MOTOR RACE FATALITY.
    43 11 Four Killed When Car Dashes Into Crowd. Winchester, Indiana, May 31. A racing car, travelling at a fantastic speed on a dirt track, left the course and plunged into the crowded grand stand. Four people were killed and 20 injured.
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    CAROL DISMISSES A MINISTER.
    77 11 Enmity Incurred In Paris. Bucharest, June 10. M. Diamandy, the Rumanian Minister in Paris, has been recalled and placed on the retired list. Renter. Paris, June 10. It is rumoured that M. Diamandy wu curtly dismissed by King Carol for refusing to return to Bucharest. He
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    MR. JAMES PETRIE.
    100 11 Unable to Compete For Tourist Trophy. It was announced on May 28 that Mr. James I'elvie, of Singapore, who was selected to represent the Straits Settlements in the Tourist Trophy motor-cycle races in the Isle of Man, had met with an accident while practising, being found unconscious
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    "I.O.U." FOR RANSOM.
    137 11 Considerate Treatment By Raiders. Quctta, June 10. Details of the capture of Major E. L. Farley and Capt. and Mrs. Frere, who were kidnapped on the Quctta-Chanaan Road by Achakzai raiders and subsequently released, show that they were considerately treated. Mrs. Frere fainted, and the raiders seized
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    WAGES REDUCED.
    170 11 Bringing Down Prices In Germany. Berlin, June 10. The first step in bringing down prices reducing wages has been taken by the Minister of Labour, Horr Stegerwald, who, on the request of the employers, declared obligatory an award in favour of the West German iron and steel group,
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    CHAPLIN AS WITNESS.
    124 11 Mary Pickford Brings Action Against Fortune-Teller. Los Angeles, May 13. Mr. Charles Chaplin, the film comedian, appeared in court here today as a witness in the case in which Miss Mary Pickford is accusing a Hindu fortune-teller of having illegally used her name in advertisements as being
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    WORST WAR HORROR.
    104 11 (iruesome Scenes in New German Film. Berlin, May 26, The ghastliest War film hitherto seen —"The Western Front in 1918"— was shown for the first time on Saturday. Scores of people were unable to stand the realistic horrors, for nothing was left to the imagination. Men were
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    SIR FREDK. TOONE'S DEATH.
    287 11 Test Team Manager. LOSS TO ENGLISH CRICKET. Rugby, June 10. Sir Frederick Toone, secretary to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club and manager of the last three English teams which visited Australia, died today, aged C 4. His Knighthood was given him last year on his return
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    WAR CLAIMS.
    56 11 Compensation for German Ships Seized. Washington, June 10. The Cci man- American mixed claims commission has awarded $74,000,000 to Germany for vessels seized by the United States in American ports at the outbreak of war. The award covers 94 merchantmen. The largest valuation was placed on the Vatcrland
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    JAPAN'S NAVY.
    87 11 Changes Made in High Places. Tokio, June 10. The Naval changes already cabled ar« officially announced. Although official confirmation is not obtainable, it is persistently reported that the early replacement of Admiral Kato as Chief of the Naval General Staff by an officer more amenable to the views
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    BANK CLOSED.
    105 11 Big Shortage Discovered In U.S.A. Cincinnati, June 10. The Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Co. has been closed by the Bank Superintendent, owing to the discovery of a shortage of nearly $000,000 in the accounts of Henry L. Doherty and Co. The Cincinnati branch officials stated that the shortage
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    REPARATION LOAN.
    42 11 International Bank's Flotation. Purls, June 11 A $300,000,000 Reparation Loan will be floated during the present week under the aegis of the Bank of International Settlements, which announces the respective quotas for eight European countries and the United States. Reuter.
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    A COMMON CAUSE.
    94 11 Mr. Philip Snowden on World Unemployment. London May 14. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Snowden), in a speech at the Bankers' Association dinner, said that not only well-established industrial countries such as Britain, Germany, and Japan were suffering from unemployment, but countries like Australia, which
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    RUBBER'S NEW LOW LEVEL.
    349 11 Effect on Market. 10 PER CENT. OF ESTATES MAKING PROFITS. The fall in the price of rubber yesterday reduces the number of estates throughout Malaya which were previously able to make a profit to about 10 per cent. This was explained to a Straits Times representative
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    BOYCOTT IN INDIA.
    196 11 Resistance to New Ordinances. Allahabad, June 10. The Congress working committee, after a four days session, decided to cell on the country to meet the situation created by the Viceroy's recent Ordinances prohibiting picketting, the nonpayment of taxes and tampering with the loyalty of Government servants by
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    VOLCANO ACTIVE.
    45 11 Big Eruption in Japan Reported. Tokio, Jure 11. The- volcano Asamaya, 90 miles from north-west of Tokio, was in violent eruption at 8.15 today. The mountain was enveloped in black smoke. So far no repotts of damage or casualties have been received Router.
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    LABOUR CONFERENCE.
    19 11 Geneva, June 10. The International Labour Conference elected three vice-presidents, including Mr. Chu and Mr. Suzuki. Reuter.
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    DIPLOMAT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
    313 11 Jump from Train Near Russian Frontier. Warsaw, June 10. M. N'aumoff, formerly attached as a special commissary at the Russian Embassy in Paris, twice attempted to commit suicide today. He had been recalled to Moscow, and when the train in which he was travelling ueared the Russian
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    AMERICAN TRADE.
    37 11 Big Decline in Exports For April. Washington, June 10. The returns of the Department of Commerce show that the export trade of the United States in April declined by $100,000,000 compared with April, 1929. Reuter.
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    HANKOW AGAIN IN DANGER.
    1250 11 Ironside Regiment In Yochow. TSINAN SENSATION. Negotiations Fail Big Battle Expected. Shanghai, June 10. Very sensational though, us usual, somewhat vague and contradictory news i? to hand from the battle fronts today. Perhaps the moat alarming report is that the negotiation!i between Marshal Yen Shi-shan and
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      53 11 TODATS FEATURES. Pag* Artificial Silk and Its Future, by Sir Edwin Stockton 10 London Letter 17 Weekly Cinema Notes English Cotton Trade Reviewed 9 Today's Crossword Puizle IS Selangor Automobile Assocn. Trials 13 Home Racing Reriewed IS Cricket at Hone ..13 Singapore Tennis Championship 13 Around the Markets, by the
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    MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON FREE TRADE.
    885 12 Press Peers 1 Position. DOMINIONS ABfD THE NEW POLICY. An article by Mr. Lloyd George, in which he review* the political situation in England, appears in the American Press. After describing the policy of Empire Free Trade as an audacious conception which, "if accomplished,
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    34 12 The management of the New World Cabaret announces a carnival night for Saturday next Dancing will continue until 2 a.m. Pierrot costume* may be wni n, and novelties will be given away.
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    EDUCATION IN F.M.S.
    407 12 The Maxwell Scholarship Fund. We have received a copy of the report of the Sir George Maxwell Scholarship Fund.' The fund was instituted to commemcrats the name of Sir George Maxwell, K.8.E., C.M.G., the former Chief Secretary, F.M.S., who was instrumental in initiating the co-operative movement and
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    ALLEGED BETTING.
    98 12 Two Chinese Charged And Allowed Bail. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 10. Tan Seang Chin was charged here today with the management of a common betting house in Penrtns: Road. The case was postponed until June 17, bail being allowed in $2,000. Inspector Fowler, who conducted a
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    DEARTH OF DANCES.
    145 12 World Waits for New Steps And Rhythms. The rather terrible confession of the complete bankruptcy of new ideas in the dancing world was made by Mr. P. J. S. Richardson, as chairnan of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing, at a luncheon in London attended by many
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    THEATRE CHANGE.
    100 12 Coliseum May Show Musical Comedy. It is understood that a complete change of policy is being: considered for the future of the London Coliseum, which has been the leading: variety theatre for many years. The Coliseum is wired for talk-films, but it is understood that preparations are being
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    BANNED SCHOOL BOOKS.
    50 12 Shanghai Company's Readers Prohibited in F.M.S. Under the Registration of Schools Enactment, 1927," the use is prohibited in registered schools of the F.M.S. of all text-bocks and readers for use in schools published by the World Book Co., Ltd., of Shanghai, under the style of Hsin Chu
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    SINGAPORE RURAL BOARD.
    264 12 SINGAPORE RURAL BOARD. Decision Against New Taxation. At a meeting of the Rural Board today, the Commissioner «f Lands (Mr. F. T. Tree) presiding, ft was decided to postpone asking Government to put the Rural Board ort equal terms with the Municipality with regard to the levying of rates. It
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    OFFICIAL SECRETS.
    357 12 Incident Which Lead To Passing of the Act. The incident which led to the passing of the Official SecreU Act is recalled by "The Londoner" in the Evening StandRecently this Act was applied to find out how the news of Gandhi's impending arrest came to be published in
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    DIPLOMAT ROBBED.
    67 12 Chinese in Moscow Loses Dispatch Case. Mr. Mo Teh-hui, Chief of the Chinese delegation which went to Moscow •to settle the dispute over the management of the Chineaei Eastern Railway, has suffered a serious and mysterious locs. Shortly after his return from a conversation with Kharakhan and Litvinoff
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    FUTURE OF FIJI.
    103 12 Provision for an Inter-Island Air" Set vice. The addresls of the Governor of the Fiji Islands, Sir A. G. M. Fletcher, at the opening of the Legislative Council met with the approval of colonists. Revenue in 1929 amounted to £678,000 and expenditure. to tf'> 12,000. The Governor
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    LUCKY AUGHNACLOY.
    51 12 Aughnacloy, a market town in County Tyrone, has so much money In the bank that the town 'council has decided that it was unnecesssry 'to levy any rates this year. This happy state of affairs is due to the' success 'of the markets, which bring in a large
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    LONDON LIFE OF MRS. NAIDU.
    623 12 .Qirtori Girl Under Gandhi's Spell. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, who has succeeded Abbas Tyatji a3 leader of the Indian campaign for the «verthrow of British rule, visited London in October, 1928. She is a striking orator :jid is the only woman who has ever been president
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    STALIN'S LIFE IN PERIL.
    200 12 Food, Drink and Papers Examined for Poison. After the free fight at the meeting of the Politburcau during which Stalin was nearly strangled, Stalin has taken measures to prevent a repetition of an attack on him. The dictator has recruited a special bodyguard composed of the
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    19 12 The Singapore Police are now equipped with a number of new motor vehicles,' including a fleet of Black Marias."
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    90 12 The following office bearers were elected at the annual meeting of the Arabic Social and Literary Club, Singapore President, Mr. Syed Ahmad b. Mohd. Alsagoff vice-president, Mr. S. Abdul Kader b. Abdul Rahman Aljnnied; hon. secretary, Mr. S. Hussein b. AH AlsajroflT; asst. secretary, Mr. S. Mohd. b. Ali b.
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    RUBBER RESEARCH.
    314 12 Institute's Policy Of Co-operation. In the annual report of the Rubber Research In»titute of Malaya for 1929, which is signed by Mr. H. A. Tempany, the president and chairman, it is mentioned that considerable advances have been made in the intfttw of securing: co-operation and liaison with other
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    LONE AIRMAN MISSING.
    75 12 No News of Flyer from Rome To Australia. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, June 10. Some anxiety is felt here as there is no news of the Italian airman, Captain Savine, who is flying from Rome to Port Darwin, Australia in a seaplane. He was due in
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    FORTUNE FROM RUBBER.
    41 12 Mr. T. Stewart's Will Proved At £75,083. Mr. Thomas Stewart, of Down Street, Mayfair, and Morefield, Ross-shire a (i<rector of British Malay Rubber Company, Oriental Rubber Company, Ltd. and Sione Tin (F.M.S.), Ltd., left £75,083, net personalty £60,567.
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    23 12 The fifth lecture in the series on the First Principles of Theosophy will be delivered at 3, Finlayson Green 'tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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    NADIR KHAN'S WAY WITH REBELS.
    241 12 A Story from Kabul. HOW UNRULY TRIBESMEN WERE SUBDUED. Peshawar, May 27. A traveller from Kabul relates the following story of how King Nadir Khan subdued the Sulemankhels in the Ghazni country For some time after Nadir Khan became King of Afghanistan the Sulemankhels dodged
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    BETTING DISPUTE.
    140 12 Action Against Bookmaker And Turf Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 10. There has been a sequel to the recent betting dispute here. Two Siamese entered a civil action against the Royal Turf Club and Da Pcctonji, a bookmaker, claiming Tcs. 38,400 wfth interest. They also asked
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    COUNCIL MEETING.
    55 12 To be Held in Penang On July 7. It is officially announced that the next meeting of tha Legislative Council will be held in the Town Hall, Penang, on Monday, July 7. This will be the first time for many years that a meeting of Council has been
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    Cambridge's Spirited Batting Against Australians.—Local Sport. DULEEPSINHJI BATS WELL.
    898 13 Cambridge's Spirited Batting Against Australians.— Local Sport. DULEEPSINHJI BATS WELL. I Test Players' Form. FINE BATTING DISPLAYS. c cricket cables are exceptionally esting today, for they show the form of some of the players who will represent England in the first Test match. The most outstanding performance was that of
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    SINGAPORE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    455 13 Play to Start at 9 a.m. On Sunday. The Singapore tennis championships will begin on the S.C.C. courts on Sunday, when play will continue all day, and competitors are notified that they must be on the ground and ready to play at 9 a.m. The matches will
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    REVIEW OF HOME RACING.
    1411 13  -  I. Leo Faulkner.) 1930 Colts and Fillies. BLENHEIM FAILS ON A HEAVY TRACK. (Bj It is the general belief amont the experts that the threc-year-o!d fillies of li>3o arc superior to the colts. That their view is correct wai supported by an inrpection of the nineteen
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    CRICKET.
    52 13 Tin- f( l'ou ir>g have been invited to play r the Bankers, Brokers and Insurance .••irr.inst the Services on Friday and Satur<ay E. S. Ball, P. 8. M. Dew. R. B. Gotch, O. P. Griffith-Jones, K. N. Hamilton, 11. H. Johnson, I.C. Mackay. W. Miliard-WattJ, t'i C. Nash, L.
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    S.C.C. WIN AGAIN.
    369 13 South Johore Team Well Beaten. The S.C.C. were in good form yesterday afternoon when meeting a team from South Johore in a friendly game on the Padang. winning by five clear goals. Throughout the S.C.C. gave a pleasing display, the forwards combining quite well together. The hiavy
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    SELANGOR A.C. TRIAL.
    378 13 Sixteen Hours Test Over 341 Mile Course. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 11. The second long: distance trial orjjanis?<l by the Selangor Automobile Association proved a jfreat success. Though from the point of view of entries the trial was below the previous one, in standard
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    184 13 Wrdneiday. June 11. I Football lit Div.. R.A. T». R.A.F., A.R. Stadium, S.C.C. Tourn., Merchants vs. A.P.C. Thursday, June 12. Boxing Boy Wallcy vs. Chua Lai. Football Ist Div., Chinese vs. S.R.C. J.B. Stadium, Res. Div.. S.C.C. vs. S.R.C. S.C.C. 2nd Div.. Harbour IBoard vs. Telephone Co., S.R.C.;
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    CAMBRIDGE WELL BEATEN.
    523 13 A Stubborn Display. GOOD STAND BY BROWN AND HUMAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 10. The Australians defeated Cambridge University by an innings and 134 runs. Although an innings defeat was inevitable when play was resumed today, the 'Varsity gave a stubborn display, Killick. Human and
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    JOLLY'S VICTORY.
    29 13 Wins Professional Tourney At Leeds. London, May 31. In the final of the thousand guim'ai professional tournament, Herbert Jolly Foxglove) beet O. Sanderson (Bradfo-d) I and 1.
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    STATE OF RELIGION IN RUSSIA.
    1127 15 British Ambassador's Report. Early in tin- year the diverament ask.d the Hritish Ambassador at Moscow to send a report on the character and extent of the Russian Government's campaign against religion in short, to report whether and how far the charges of persecution mad.' against
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    "YOUNG GERANIUM."
    123 15 Mr. Churchill on Sir Oswald Mosley. London. May 26. It would hove been a ba/1 week for ;he Socialists if they had lost, not only their brisrht younx red jreraniun-. but I their triant j;oose'>crry as well", declared I Mr. Winston Churchill referring:, during an Empire Day speech,
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    NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.
    124 15 Army Bands Informed Of China's Choice. Army bandmaster! an- informer! in Army Oretea that n*w Chinese National Anthem has been published, and that all i: r. i« ifeovM '■■>• in potwuioa of at least <:u- set o f music. It is to be hoped, for the -akc
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    QUAKERS AND INDIA.
    118 15 Deputation Waits on Mr. W. Benn. London. May 2!>. A Quaker deputation informally waited in Mr. Wedgwood Benn and presented a minute nn tho Indian situation. Satisfaction is expressed in the minute 'hat Indian Nationalists include men like J- ir Rabindranath Tagom and Mr. Gandhi, who combine
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    AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS.
    98 15 The King Hears German Opera Again. London, May 22. The Kinjr un<; Queen, accompanied by the Puke and Duchess of York, were I reseat last night for the first tirr.? since the War at the performance of a German opera a. Covoat Garden, the work was Johann
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    CAPTURED BY TRIBES.
    86 15 European Flyers Prisoners In African Jungle. Forced ('.own in the wild* of central Africa, two Kuropean aviators headed for Cape Town are reported here tonipht acaptured and htlil prisoners by nomadic tribei inhabiting the Rio de Oro region. Burpct and N'unex, the two missing' fliers, have not
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    THE PRIMATE'S ILLNESS.
    41 15 Ordered to Take a Month's Rest. London, May 29. Tho Archbishop of Canterbury has been ordered to take a month's rest. The symptoms indicate a recrudescence of the duodenal ulcer which was responsible for His Grate's recent illness.
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    ESCAPE FROM SEVEN LIONS.
    232 15 Man's Long Immersion In Deep Pool. Novel tactics were employed by Mr. j Jcoffries, of Maun, to escape from an awkward predicament, says the Johannesburg correspondent of the Morning Post. Unwisely venturing some distance from the town without a rifle, he suddenly came upon a group
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    RAILWAY TRAGEDY.
    108 15 Forty-five Passengers Burnt j To Death. i London. May 30. The facts are only now publicly dis- I dosed in regard to the railway tragedy wMeh occurred in the middle of April at Domodedovo, 20 miles from Moscc w. > in which 45 passengers were burnt to death
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    PRIMA DONNA ARRESTED.
    170 15 Sequel to Commission Claim. Mme. Elizabeth Rethberg, the German prima donna, was arrested in her dressing room after she had made a successful appearance at a recent Dresden concert following her alleged refusal to pay £4,000 claimed as commission by a concert company in Berlin. She was
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    SAD BAND OF 70 WOMEN.
    99 15 Crept Uninvited into Barries Books. Sad references to "seventy women who crept into the pages of my books absolutely uninvited" were made by Sir James Barrie, presiding on his 70th birthday over a brilliant gathering at a banquet givrn by the Royal Literary Fund.Sir James
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    WAS HE JILTED ?
    44 15 WAS HE JILTED Man Sues American Widow For £100.000. Paris. May 15. Mr. I.co Teektor.ius. an American pianist living here, has filed n breach of promise suit claiming i'JOO.OOO from Mrs. Robert Galloway, a rich American woman. Mrs. Ga!lowa> has b?en married three times.
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    COCONUT SHORTAGE.
    250 15 Philippine Factories Crippled. Tho operation of the dessicated coconut factory of the Franklin Baker com rnny in Manila has been indefinitely suspended, a coconut oil mill has been temporarily shut down and two other oil crushers are in danger of being closed as a consequence of a serious
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    SISTERS AS STOWAWAYS.
    273 15 Two Go On to London One Sentenced in Colombo. Colombo, May JB. Throe girl stowaways— sisters— wpre riseovered on board the Orient liner Ormorde shortly after the ship left Krentantle for Colombo. The eldest sister. Miss Violet Grahnm ■••.gge-ited that she should stand h?r 'rial at Colombo,
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    WANTED IN SINGAPORE.
    137 15 Chinese Held by Police In Hong Kong. Hong Kong, May 31. Thb morning a Chinese named Au Vone-tim was produced before Mr. R. E. Lindsell on an extradition -warrant, he ocinjr wanted by the police in Singapore for the alleged embezzlement of $3,205.67. the property of the
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    BROKEN ROYAL ROMANCE.
    138 15 Princess Grants ex- Fiance A Farewell Interview. Bucharest, May 15. That Princes Ilesna insisted on giving her ex-fiance Count Alexander Ilochberg, his conge by word of meath rather than by leaving t to the- new*■toers to announce it to hin:, was admitted today in responsible drelee v
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    MR. S. SAKLATVALA.
    35 15 To Be Communist Candidate In By-Election. Mr. S. Saklatvala has been adopted M the Communist candidate for the Shettleston Division of Ghisgow in the parliamentary by-election due to Mr. John Wheatley's death.
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    "MILITARY TORTURE" AT HARROW.
    300 15 Protest Signed by 300 Schoolboys. London, May 29. Harrovians are revolting against the number of compulsory parades of the school O.T.C. Three hundred out of 400 members have sent a typical schoolboy protest to the Commanding Officer, declaring that "two parades a week is one too
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    FROM PIT TO PALACE.
    100 15 Annbank's Farewell To Mr. J. Brown, M.P. London. May 19. Good-bye. .linimy Be^t of Luck." These words were ringing in the ears of Mr. James Brown, M.P., when, with hi« wife, he left the Ayrshire mining I Was. I) >f Annbank to take up residence in
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    A HUMAN SACRIFICE.
    123 15 Amazing Murder Story From Las Palmas. Thirty-two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a girl in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. A supposed order from, the spirit world is said to have led to the trapedv. Aftpr a yourr* man of n viliaere near
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    A GIANT MONOPLANE.
    76 15 To Be Launched Shortly In Yorkshire. Tlir lugMt monoplane Syinjf-boftt ever built in England, the Blarkbura Roils-Royce Sydney, is shortly to b* launched at Brough, Yorkshire. The machine is intended for scout work with the Fleet and is of metal. It is driven by three of the
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    FATAL PRACTICAL JOKE.
    49 15 Ex-Lunatic Electrocutes His Wife. Wishing to give a shock to friend" coming to celebrate his discharge from a lunatic asylum, a Budapest man recently connected his bedroom door handle to an electric light main. His wife, opening the door when taking him breakfast, was instantly electrocuted.
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    MILITARY TRAGEDY.
    38 15 Lance-Corporal Shot By Private. Bangalore, May SI. A fatal shooting aH'ray is reported from the military area, where it is alleged. Private Britton shot dead Lance-Corporal Pavie*. of the Royal Tank Corps, with revolver this morning.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    3218 17 The Press Official Secrets: Gandhi's Arrest Comment. DUKE'S DAUGHTER DIVORCED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 15. Baehan, (he Scottish meteorologist of a hundred years ago, the accuracy of whosx prodfctiona had been challenged in high placid, h;;s been amply vindicated this week-end, for the cold spell
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    FAMOUS CARDINAL.
    241 17 gof the Archbishop Of Rheims. 1 Louis Henri Joseph Lucon, p of Rheims, who won the id admiration of the world when he remained at his post after most of the inhabitants had fled during the great German bombardments which destroyed the Bated cathedral of Rhoims curing the
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    TWO KINDS OF MARRIAGE.
    415 17 Dean Inge's Sensational Proposal. Dean In-je, the Dean of St. Paul's, at Newcastle recently said he was in favour of a strict interpretation of the law of God on divorce, but if it was impossible to enforce Church law on all people if there was a
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    NATIONALITY CHANGED.
    110 17 British War Novelist Now A VS. Citizen. Mr. Coningsby Dawson, the English novelist and traveller has been granted his final papers as a naturalised American citizen. Bom at High Wycombe, Bucks, in 1883, Mr. Dawson has spent most of his time in the United States and Canada since
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    FIGHT IN AN AEROP LANE.
    110 17 Drunken Man Attacks Pilot When 3,000 ft. Up. Four other passengers, including two women, watched in terrified silence, while Tex Anding the pilot, fought a drunken passenger who tried to seize the controls of a passengers airplane flying at a height of 3,000 ft. over
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    THE WAR PUZZLE IN CHINA.
    1097 17 Censorship, Bluff And Propaganda. If the truth were :eally to be told, war news might well br omitted except to announce that a new war hud started ami some time later thai, it is all over ami that the scene is n<t too much altered.
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