The Straits Times, 17 June 1930

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST lISFLIIEJSTIAL ISEWSPAPER^HL MALAWA& 24 PA(JES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, JUNE 17. 1930 *PRICWBO CENTS. The Straits Times 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      141 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151). Ny Carlsberg Beer In battles tat drtof ht. i Sol* Importer* EAST ASIATIC I CO n LTD. (Ide Id I'enmirk) < SINGAPORE. MONSOL GUARD YOUR TEETH BY THE REGULAR USE OF Mowsol DENTAL CREAM tfONSQi p t HWL«q MONSOL Dental Cream, the outcome of
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      89 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683 V. ROBINSONS Special Millinery Notice. A Select Assortment of NEW MILLINERY is Assembled in Our Showroom—™ This special range, we are offering at One Price Only 7.50 H 5 V IS BREAD Made from HOVIS FIour— IMPORTED DIRECT FROM ENGLAND— is Baked Daily
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      15 1 Prime Portland -0 X" i CEMENT I EAST ASIATIQ CO., LTD. (Inc. In Dtnm»rk) BINGAPOBE.
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      550 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Ineorporat«u h. England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND C/trtuO SERVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEUVKK. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'nnre. KALYAN f.lOO .Tune 28 RAJPUTANA 18.500 July
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      662 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON TUSBN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middles Borough Vessels Tonnage Dne tail 5 II SHI. MI MAKU 10.900 Juni 19 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July 2 3 TERUKUNI MARU 12,800 July 16 17 I1AKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 30 31 HARUNA MARU 10,600 Aug.
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      487 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, ffTDItET AND kkU BOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (786S tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4612 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia,
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      672 2 K. P. HL (ROYAL PACKET NaV. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5151, with sub-eonnectlohs to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Travellers Oflici.il Information lintau. Rooking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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      568 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM N'AV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG. AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON. ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      508 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Krctay, Trengganu, Kelantin, Bangniru, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI In port June 18 SUDDHADIB June 23 June 25 VALAYA June 30 July 2 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      449 3 DUTCH MAILS M.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and M.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton lfareelllea Rotterdam Tonnage s.s. Tjerimai 8,100 R.L. June 20 ■iv. Joh. v. Oldenbarnevelt 19,000 S.M.N. June 27 M, Slamat 12,000 R.L. July 4 Joh. De Witt 10.360 S.M.N. July 11 s.s.
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      1508 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) •EI.I.ERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS TO Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore s.a. CITY OF DELHI July 2 s.B. CITY OF ATHENS Aug. 6 «.s. CITY OF DURBAN Sept.
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      427 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA. WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE. Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Trancisco and Portland S.S. MICHIGAN sails from Hong Kong July 8 San Francisco. Loa Angeles and San Diego
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      559 3 RUBBER SEED THE PAMANOEKAN TjiASEM LANDS, SOEHANt;. JAVA. THE ANGLO DUTCH PLANTATIONS OF JAVA, LTD., LONDON) offer for sale A. Hevea Seed from the Company's isolated budded Seed Gardens at Wangoenredja "Tjikadoe Seed") particulars of which will >c found in the November 1927 issue of The .'lanter." PRICE. 25 Cuilder
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    BERNARD SHAW'S FINAL MESSAGE.
    724 4 Task for Future Years. COMPLETE REVISION OF ALL WORKS. A few people intimately eOBBKtad with the literary world have known for months !>ast that Mr. Bernard Shaw has, since the composition of The Apple Cart," been engaged in the preparation of hi.< la3t words to the
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    THE VICEROY.
    58 4 Likely to be Invited To Extend His Term. London, May 2L Whik ;ii'thu,-ities at Whitehall ci.vl-m hoy have no knowledge of an invitation o Lord Irwin to extend his term of office-, he opinion in well-informed circle:- is uch that an offer is likely to b<? mad.' ii
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    BENEDICTINES BACK IN FRANCE.
    389 4 A.T.T. Liqueur for The American Market. Th Benedictine monks, long exiled from France, have returned to the ruins of their beautiful abbey, and, coincident with their arrival, the holders of their old secret formulae have announced that, after months of effort, they have succeeded in producing
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    BURIED UNDER DEBRIS.
    40 4 William Bogatto, of Latimer Street, Southampton, was having a bath at the Dublic baths when steam roller crashed through the wall of the baths and he was buried un.ier the debris. He escaped with a few cuts.
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    JAPANESE AIR HERO.
    299 4 Life Risked to Avert Disaster. The heroism displayed by a young Japanese officer in a blazing aeroplane averted disaster to Homchurch (Essex) Aerodrome and the occupants of cottages. Flight-Lieut. Kabayashi, of the Jananese Army, who is undergoing a course of instruction with the Royal Air Force, went
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    OLDEST NAVAL OFFICER.
    78 4 Dies in Hampshire at Age Of 98. Fleet Engineer William Glasspole, retired, who has died at Waterlooville, near Portsmouth, in his 98th year, i:s believed to have beer, the oldest officer of the British Navy. He entered Wcol'vich Dockyard for training 84 years ago, in 184 C,
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    AUSTRALIAN COAL.
    200 4 Commission Proposes Board with Wide Powers. A full report "is now available of the recommendations of the Commission set up early last year to inquire into the New South Wales coal industry. This industry has been extremely depressed owing to the high costs of production. In the light
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    WALKER CUP INCIDENTS.
    142 4 Ball Which Dropped in A Spectator's Pocket. Mr. R. H. Wethered, the British captain, sliced a drive in the Walker Cup golf match at Sandwich recently. A spectator received the full force of the ball, and was rendered unconscious for about a minute. A spectator running across
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    HELP FOR RUSSIANS.
    32 4 An employment bureau has been opened in the French Concession of Shanghai with the object of finding employment for destitute Russians who are flocking to that city from Manchuria.
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    FIRE BRIGADE FIGHTS AMMONIA GAS.
    296 4 Twelve Women Trapped. REMARKABLE ACCIDENT IN SHANGHAI. The escape of ammonia gas from ro-f'-igerating machinery at the Ewo Cold Storage Company, in Shanghai recently caused a hurried call for the Fire Brigade, who rescued workers by means of ladders and finally, wearing gas-masks, manag-vl to
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    SHANGHAI LAND VALUES.
    117 4 Speculators Doubling Their Money Overnight. The value of land in Shanghai is rising at such a rapid rate that real estates dealers and speculators arc doubling their money almost overnight. This is especially true in the residential and shop districts of the French Concession and the International
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      47 4 jM Buy Your Comfort HtM Not merely the self •evident *WBa clientele of a passenger aerrjA If j put them on a Dennis, and \j you will enjoy the realiaa* RR|# C J tion of transport at its best. Sole Agents MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. (IneorponkUd to 8.8.)
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      28 4 m n I to Usher e yJua/itt/ counts ~o m rtji l-|^ jut 8 z>eiqns supreme, 0 G/ B B r LAMBERT 6? BUTLER. f^ ENGLAND > ii i
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      397 5 AGE 16 TO 45-, I WANT YOU^X^^ \^^r qualify lor and ol.Uin pmt ty\^^^ posiuoia. Our tlm** <<■ _^^^qX x^o\y\^^^t>Kii<'u bnnq. o» in tou. I. wM -I I!SHL"\»_^HSI 6 tf °Z^^^ lhe biK nnpl°y««: "it^l<«. although i.v fjkg^CT^j^. o^^!^^ not nnd'ruke the work ol aa rmplcymfr: \^o^< \S^l^^^ icnry, we
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      149 5 S@m© gii'vf w wSa2 sfeyi" feist eesaK^BsaeHra &w /M Sfcer /ran '^V\ '$> s/ncf ffl <A\ JOHK HAKj CO, n-v.il 1 i>. MAMONCH, SCdTHNO. V kINNAIKU HOI N r.Y, U .1.1. I \i.r. LO\IXJS. S W.i. Air«it** n< *■>■< I O-m^ij <:o«I'UM« ii'iN. I. in. MHMNM <* MOTOR LAUNCHES OK
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      385 5 Immediate Relief in DENGUE (Break-Bone Fever) A distinguished British physician recommends that to relieve the severe pain of Dengue in adults, three Genasprin tablets should be taken at the onset followed, by one tablet every hour until ease is obtained. The tablets should not be swallowed whole but disintegrated in
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      50 6 r v aI B Lin, Mr. I.'m Ie ijing, A.L.J., H.L.H. A.L.8., Linn and family beg to tender their sinccrest appreciation and thanks to all friends and ktivvi or the r kind messages of mlPkthy floral and other tributes and kind ndaaCM at the house and at the funevi.
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      705 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager, Straits Times, Cecil Street. Pleast insert the following small advertisement for days There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. The
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      637 6 MISCELLANEOUS FRENCH TUITION. Lessons by lady teacher $4 a lesson. Course of 12 lessons $42. Class R jd method. Trial lesson fre<; of har(?e Write gs7>g57> Straits Times. m ORDER TQ HEI T,,E OKC;ANISM w in victor ugui nBt all diseases, to prevtnt them am, to h.lstl. M aM treatment
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      742 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, FLATS AMBER MANSIONS, facing Orchard Road and Penang Road. Apply Singapore Building Corp., 64, Market Street. HOUSE TO LET, No. 335, Thomson Road, bedrooms, tennis, court garage, electric light. Apply Johannes Sammy, Boaham Building. TO LET, from July 1, compound house No. 773, Grove Road,
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      602 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. 3rd floor new building, Uobinson Road. Passenger lift, modern sanitation, total area 3,600 .eg. ft. Apply United Engineers, Limited. TO LET, from July 1, godown 24, Trafalgar Street, 6,000 square feet on ground level, suitable for rubber or imports, convenient to docks. Apply Brinkmann Co.
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      848 6 PERAK TURF CLUB SUMMER MEETING 1930. Saturday, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, July 5, 8, 10 and 12, 1930. 3 Runs for Class 1 Horses. 3 Runs for Class 2 Horses. 3 Runs for Class 3 Horses. 8 Runs for Class 1 Ponies. 3 Runs for Class 2 and 3 Ponies
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      929 6 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 5, respectively. First Run about 6 furlongs, second run about 1 mile and 100 yard*. TWO RUNS each for Ponies Classes
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      1180 7 A COOP OPPORTUNITY I OR SOUND AND 1-IiOHTABI.K INVESTMENT IN LAND ANft In. l SK PROPERTIES NOT TO BK MISSED BY ENTERPRISING 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
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      891 7 AUCTION SALE j of valuable Singapore properties situate at Lorong N Telok Kurau Road, Changi Road, Knst Toast Kuad, I.oronj? 29, Uaylang lioail, Derbyshire Road, Bukit Timah Road, Exeter Road and drove Road. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co's saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on i'dnrsdn\. June 18, 1910 at
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      349 7 HANDBOOK FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. A collection ol passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. In the 1,400 puges of this invaluable book arc 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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      293 7 ECZEMA ON SCALP JL?!K Irritation Unbearable. Healed by Cuticura. "Eczema broke out on my sca'p in small, red pimples. After a while the pimples broke and left a dry scale. The irritation at times was unbearable, and I could not sleep. My hair became dull snd lifeless. "I tried other
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      232 7 JJmsl s^a^k. "<nley CM. A. Wiry-; arc not just mR Mikanised india-rubber wires. They arc much more than that. They Isß^aSreffjlßYl ;irc the wires with the long i; f ■fciigSsSH^W the wires that will do their job and JgTtiP, do it well. An installation vith Henley CM. A. wires pio»i
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    MOTOR VEHICLES LAW.
    2315 8 SIAM LETTER. Effect on Taxis. TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IMPROVED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 7. The new Motor Vehicles Law. which has just been brought into force, is going to exercise a sound influence upon the traffic conditions of Bangkok. To understand this it is necessary to
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    TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE.
    266 8 Three Trains Each Week Now. Harbin, May 17. The new summer time-table on the Chinese Eastern Railway came into force en the 15th instant and the TransSiberian Express now leaves three times weekly from Harbin on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at the convenient hour of 4 p.m. The
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    HELP FOR MOTORISTS.
    78 8 Berlin's Auto Pilot Service Extended. Fifteen new "auto pilots" have Deen placed in service in Berlin by the National German Automobile Club, making 24 in all. t Nine of these possess driver's licences. The pilots' stations are located at the city's outskirts on the main automobile highways
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    THE SUNDAY TAPPING HOLIDAY.
    1187 8 CEYLON LETTER Why Ceylon Frowns Upon The Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, June fi. Two million more gallons of petrol were used last year in Ceylon than in 1928. This is one of the interesting figures given in the report of the Principal Collector of
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    SHANGHAI BANKS FAIL.
    256 8 j Liquidation Due to the Silver Crash. Shanghai, May 2S. Four local exchange banks, with a total capitalisation of $-.200,000, wtTC forced into bankruptcy yesterday as a direct result of the continued decline of th? silver market. They are now in process of liquidation. The banks arc
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      75 8 DO YOU SUFFER FROM IF SO TAKE AND CURE IT. Its large iron contents (5 per cent. Fe) make cures guaranteed, and owing to its other contents is does not constipate or discolour the teeth as other iron tonics. Obtainable at ail Chemists .inri j 6. H. SLOT CO., LIMITED
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      52 8 WHY NOT 6ET THE BESTP FRASER NEAVE LTD. fsh AERATED M Wi WATERS LION isft\ BRAND Appreciated More thar the pear/ of SweetCEVLON SOLE IMPORTERS F. A. BARTHQLOMEUSZ LTD. Singapore. SENTOSA HALL, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. Hf.lthy Surrounding.. ]J .Mlnotr. Town. Teaals Court*, Gsrac**. Highly Recommended. AUnm «t, BTKVKN3 ROAD, TANGUN.
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      304 9 SLHAMBR1 I THE THEATRE OF PERFECT SOUND fflTjUl REPRODUCTION <ft ft 9 6.15 p.m. TONIGHT 9.15 p.m. WILLIAM FOX Presents An All- Talking Musical Movietone A SONG OF KENTUCKY with LOIS MORAN, JOSEPH WAGSTAFF and DOROTHY BURGESS Hear and See THE CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY OF 1929. Woven i:ili> delightful Romance.
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      268 9 PAVILION SSsr From Sunday, June 15 to Saturday. June 21. at 9.15 p.m. sharp. EVE'S FILM EVERYBODY'S REVIEW THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE JEAN HERSHOLT AND SALLY O'NEIL in THE GIRL ON THE BARGE He struck fear into her heart, but the conquering: power of lovo 'turned ihcr bale to happiness.
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
      212 10 Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. Alexandria plague ca oj. Port Said: 1 plague c;i Baghdad: 1J plague cam and 7 deaths. Bombay: 1 plague case ::f> smalpoyl cases and L'7 deaths as agahut 40 cases iiml ::5 deaths daring the preceding week. Calcutta
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      SOCIETY'S PROGRESS.
      272 10 70,000 Boys Trained for British Ships. Captain Sir Arthur W. Clarke presided i'.ir the quarterly ceurt of the governors < the Marine Society, hold on April 23 in the sr-eiety's offices at Clark's Place, rate, London. The report ihowed that ">:» boys were Emitted to the Warapite during
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      LESS CARGO.
      88 10 Difficulties of Australian Shipping. Bir D.v.'i! Gordon, acting chairman of Oversea Shipping Representatives, i in 1 < out that cargo requirements to Australia from Great Britain and New fallen over 50 per <-c-.it irrttai the Sjrd indent of th? Daily T< legraph. The shipowners, he adds, an 1
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      S.S. POLYPHEMUS.
      113 10 Sold for Breaking-l'p Purposes. Further evidence is provided that th^rt an- British shipowner* who make a point of srilinR their f.ld ships for breaking up rather than to foreign buyers for fulurc trading. i. Alfred Holt and Co. have sold their China Mutual Navigation i.tcamer Polyphemus, a vessel
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      BUSINESS MAXIMS.
      211 10 Principles Essential To Good Salesmanship. Mr. F. \Y. Goodcnoush, president of the Incorporated Sales Manii«ciH' Association 111 addreesiag the annual conference of that hojy at Scarborough enumerated as essential to |»ood sales management the practice of the following maxims Business relations can be permanently I rofitable to the
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      PASSENGERS.
      597 10 The following passengers arrived in Singapore by the Ophir yesterday From Boelelenc-— Mr. The Soci Enc and Mr. Gorsti Made Sempidi. From Sourabaya.— Mr. E. Pack, Mr. J. Cools and Mr. Tjoa Thjcns Kioe. From Batavia.— Mr. B. Braat, Mr. J. F. HiMan, Mr. C. G. Frohwen. Mr. .1.
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      264 10 EXCHANGE. Singapore, June 17. O.i London, Bank 4 m 2 '3 15 1C Demand 2/3 3/1 Private 3 m. credit 2 37»3 7 On New York, demand 67 Private 90 d/s 57% On France, Bank T.T. 1429 On India, Bank T.T. 154*4 On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. UK On Shanghai,
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      AUSTRALIAN MINERALS.
      137 10 The total coal output from Western Australian mir:e:<, winch nrc situated at Collie, lor the p-ist year an.ounted to ■">:"» 1 1 1, n valued at £123,4?2, which, says Reuter'i F'crlh corre?nondcnt, i< an increase of 16,039 tuns and in value of i'6,'llo over the previous liiic'esling figures,
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      HULL'S £100,000 PROJECT.
      63 10 The Unemployment Grants Committee has -.•'.nrtinned a comprehensive scheme of the Mull Corporation for laying electric service cables at an estimated cost of approximately L'loo,ooo. The scheme is a departure from the practice hitherto observed of latyini; SbMm under guaranteed consumptions, and will permit of cables beins
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      REDUCED DIVIDENDS.
      247 10 Two Important Sumatra Companies. Two of the more important Sumatra ranker companies under British control, Allied Sumatra Plantations and Sialanir Rubber Estates, announce hig reductions in profits for the put year. The Allied Sumatra. which was formed as recently as 192 i, obtained a net profit of ElU.Kfiil
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      SHARE MARKET REPORT.
      126 10 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. Singapore. June" 17. London. --l'.ublirr fiJ., down 1-lCd. Trice 'l.i.iiiliui Standard! Spot ISV c-nts. lomlnn. Tin SIAj 2s. Cu.. down ,s. U. Mining. Sun-jci Way* 2.C0-2.U0, Kuchais 1.03-I. MS, Kinta Drcd»ro 10:S- 1.0.1, Malay:. Consols. .20-22 cent". Johann U-444 cents. .Suiicci Luas I^s-I^7';,
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        MINING.
        472 10 Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* £1 £1 Asam Humbling 21 6 23 -v Aycr Hitam T.n 12 i U 1 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 19 201 1 Baton* Padanf 0.10 0.14 1 1 Batu Caves 0 30 0.60 1 1 Bukit Aranfc 0.40 0.50 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 1.1 16'il
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        GENERAL.
        222 10 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Sellers 2 I Alex. Brick Trefs. 2.15 '-'.SO 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.70 2.80 El fl Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.7.6 5.12.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.40 0.50 nan 1 1 Cycle and Carriages 0.40 0.45 nun:. 10s. 10s. Duff Development 4/6 6/6 5 S
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        111 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 192G red. 1931-36 102 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 19i0 $1,878,000 par. 5% T'em. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4's p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,900 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        373 10 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today s Prices Fraser Lyall A Co. Kviitt All.nl. v ($1) 120 I.UO 1.20 LM Alcr Uljmh (|1) 1.10 120 1.10 1.-'i Hltain ($1) I.TI 2.00 cd. 1 .«0 2.00 cd A. Kun.n 1 (*l) 0.J5 U.j;/ lUH U. J
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    202 10 Today. Ceylon, Southern and Western India (Royal I'rinivi m Bragkalia, UkMtl Uilik and Tandjoiit; Bak-i I Sinxaraujai 3 p.m. Stiat J'andjan;;, siak, I'akan Barov anil Pajakombo (lions Kwong) pja, Ragan 81-Api-Aai iKamanMaj :t p.m. Fantianak Khoon Hocm ;i.ni. Java, .-'.mill- tteai Sumatra, Scuth-Ka.-t I 1 .rneo, Celebes,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    45 10 Ry Halna Ukajak Mm !:.ij)'Ul;in.i yArtacnaa C. dor Ncderlandcn 'ndrapocru i.o[i \rrn. S'ptirp l-.indi.ii Apr. IS May 10 A|ji. 2.". .May \i Apr. S3 May 17 May 2 May il Apr. r,O May J6 \iay 2 May UU May U June '1
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    281 10 KKITIX IIAKHOl It. Via in Wharf RaMet J, J. II. W. Bt. Splrndoar, (row, Sin Kluiii; 3J1 Wharf N..uw Zcelaml. Coal Whii.r Patrol, Lolign. ratfu ix dry docks. ranjc.ni: 1'asar. Albert Doc!: ii. hulm. Crane Lighter* A ud B, Lighten c and K. Victoria Dock hints. tvcppil
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    78 10 Kucl'.v, June If, Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam ll'.Wi, Athi-ns 87*. Bombay In. 5 25-32 d., Berlin 2u.:;7. Brussels UM, Bucharest lit, Rio 5 17-32, Buenos Aires 41%, Copenhagen 18.16, Geneva 25.075, HeUingfors 193, Horn: Kon;r Is. Sd., Lilboß llis.^:,. Madrid 41.. r iT. r Milan U2.?<;. New York 4.85
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      36 10 Nt AMAwnQ what fascinati n UIAifIUIILJIJ WE HAVE THEM To suit all tastes. YOUR SERVICE IS OUR PLEASURE. VISIT CHOP KIM SENG C2O, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Tel. 3915. Jewellery Experts. Diamond Specialists. Goldsmiths with Discernment.
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      269 10 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rnin- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity tion. I F. X ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star 86 74 1.91 4.9 93 SSE 5 Overcast Kota Ilhiiru No report. K. Trciigganu 71 Nil 10.2 r > WSW
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      162 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tuesday, June 17. II. W. 1.10 a.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 2.52 p.m., 7 ft. 0 in. Wednesday, June 18. H. W., 1JI a.m., 8 ft. 3 in., 3.35 p.m., 7 ft. 0 in. Thursday, June 19. H. W. 2.4; a.m., 7 ft. 0 in.. 4.LM)
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    393 11 Effect of the U.S. Tariff Bill. LOCAL TIN OUTLOOK MORE OPTIMISTIC. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Today's Trices Kr.bher per Hi., 18' 2 cts. Tin $67 V Yesterday's I'ri; >s llul ber, London (iel. per lb.. down l-16d. N«w York 11 rts. per lb.,
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    SUNGEI SIPUT RUBBER
    242 11 The Benefit of a Forward Sale. Sir Ivor Philipps. X.C.8.. D.5.0.. speakir.s 20, at the ordinary general meetingof the Sungei Siput Kubber Plantations. Ltd.. > i «l that there had been a considerable IntraMl In ;!n' crop harvested during 192U, ihe output m IH2H being 637,000 lb.
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    NEW FORD BODIES.
    163 11 Many Improvements in New Models. The new Fonl passenger car bodies, which me now on display at all Kurd showrooms, possess many novw features of compactness and comfort. Kviiv line from tho higher radiator to the tip of the curve of the rear fenders is new. Tkl
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    LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
    39 11 A cabla n..ive«l by I-ewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., lie. in thin London correspondent r.tattn tint rubber -locks show an Increase <>f 1314 tons daring thr past week, the total now e.n hand being 104,758 tons.
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      REGULATION OF TIN OUTPUT.
      1145 11 Mr. J. Howeson's Views. THE ANGLO-ORIENTAL CORPORATION The Second Ordinary General Meeting of Anfflo-Oiitiital Mining Corporation, Limited, mi held in London on May 2.). Mr. John Howeson, the chairman, who presided, s:iid: Ladies and gentlemen, A year anu I emphasised the grave consequences which mu't ensue*
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      COPRA MARKET.
      29 11 Bailuw and Co. report that the price of copra continues to case. Approximately 628 tuns wen' shipped last we-ek, and closing quotation* were: Sundried, $X.20 mixed, $7.80.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      62 11 Tone of Market Dull, sellers reserved. Latest Cable Lofdon Spot Sheet 6d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 11% per lb. 12 o'clodl 14 noon, June 1 17. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot June July August July-Sept. Oct.-Dec.
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      LONDON METAL MARKET.
      330 11 Movements Within Small Margin. As we anticipated last week, metals have moved up and down within a small orbit, and this seems likely lo continue for some time. Copper: —Kranee and Germany have bought <-icctrolytic every day, and the position of the Copper Exports' Trust has therefore
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      SELANGOR RIVER RUBBER.
      2702 11 Imoortance of British And Dutch Co-operation. The tenth ordinary general meeting of the Selangor River Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held recently in the Council Room, Rubber Growers' Association, London, E.C., Mr. Noel Bingley (chairman of the company) presiding. The representative of the secretaries (Messrs. Taylor Noble and
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    1155 11 Six Months* Supply In Sight. PRODUCTION MUST FALL BELOW CONSUMPTION. (By A. W. Still.) London. Kaj 81. I was asked the other day Wlnt really is the matter with rubber and I answered that it was suffering from the condition of the world in general, and from
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930. WORDS OF WISDOM FROM IPOH.
    1039 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930. WORDS OF WISDOM FROM IPOH. A refreshing amount of common sense was talked at the ipeeial meeting of the J'.M.S. Chamber of Minos at Ipoh on Saturday and if it is true that the Tin Producers' Association has I;e?n holding its hr.r.(i
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    TENNIS ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG.
    1275 12 By an American Woman Champion. City Mrs. T. C. Rundjr. the American woman tennis champion, who is now the mother of five children,. Mrs. Itimdy BM held the American Women's Open Championship. 1904, and has twice held the Ladies' Singles Champion' hip at Wimbledon, 1905-7.)
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    346 12 Mr. H. McClelland, of th 1 Siam Commercial Dank, has left Siam. Miss G. E. Collinson has been appointed matron of the Child Welfare branch of the Sarawak Health Department. The annual gathering of the Singapore Auxiliaiy Diocesan Association was held at S.P.G. House, 15, Tufton Stieet,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    708 12 A TALE OF JAPAN Dark rumours have boon prevalent of employee* of certain Malayan firms Mag invited to accept reductions of salarie; in 'low of the hardness of the times. If 'uch a thing should come to pass the vorkeri affected may fortify themselves by reflecting
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    ANOTHER SPECTACULAR CRASH ON WALL STREET.
    105 13 AMERICAN STOCKS CRASH. "Bears" Play Havoc. WORST SINCE PANIC LAST YEAR. New York, June IG. Bears played havoc with the stock market, prices crashing in a spectacular manner. Shares, totalling over 5,800,000, which were dumped on the market in the belief t:at the Tariff
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    PROMPT ACTION IN BOMBAY.
    220 13 First Effect of New Ordinance. MANY ARRESTS. Picketers Sentenced To Hard Labour. Jonc 16. The iirst e.Tc?t of tl.r Viceroy's Antihitiiiiidiitiiin Ordinance was fell this morning, when the police arrested 2C Gandhi supporters who were picketing shops selling Foreign cloth inside the European business quarl< Apparently
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    ETONIAN O.T.C.
    243 13 King Presents New Colours. Rugby, June 10. Ii; th' i Windsor <a-uie. the Kincr. in the uniform of a Fi?!d .Marshal, accompanied by the Quean. Training ni |is with new co'( These are a replii a Ci sanctioi n ictoria 70 years ago. The most famous regiments of
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    TOURIST TROPHY.
    76 13 Fast Time in Junior Event. Rugby, June lfi. The Junior Tourist Trophy race in the Isle of Man. today, was v.i :i by Tyrrell Smith, on a I!'.:.ljrt machine, Nott and Walker, both "n Rudge machines, were second and third respectively. The winner*! average speed was 7148 miles
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    SILVER MARKET.
    30 13 Big: Shipment from Shanghai To London. Shanghai, June 17. The .Mitsui Bank ii shipping i,:too.oo:> oanecs of silver to London by the P. and O. liner Ranpura. Reuter.
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    COUNT BETHLEN.
    73 13 Hungarian Prime Minister In London. Rugby, June 14. Count Bethlen, the Hungarian Prime Minister, who. with Countess Bethlen, i* \i.viiing London ai the (neat of the British Government called upon Mr. Arthur Henderson, the !■'< reign Secretary, at the h'oreurn Ottos this morning. A dinner in honour of
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    UP THE "RIVER" TO TOWN.
    436 13 Morning Aquatics In Singapore. Heavy rains during the F ast cw days i.lminated in a downpour this morning which rendered some of the roads leading into town almost impassable, wh'le others took on the appearance of rivers. Me tOliata coming from the Tanglin district encountered
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    U.S. TARIFF BILL.
    125 13 President and Complaints Of Foreign Countries. Washington, June 10. President Hoover announce; that he will sign the Tariri? Bill on June 25. He indicate- that if he finds that the flexible provisions are not sufficiently powerful to effect the needful changes, he will request greater powers. The
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    COMMUNISTS IN U.S.A.
    132 13 COMMUNISTS IN U.S .A. Anti-Insurrection LawRevived. Atlanta, May 31. Four men and two women Communists were placed under arrest here today and confined in the cily gaol on charges of violation of an "anti-insurrection law" which permits the infliction of the death penalty upon conviction. This penalty may be imposed
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    TRAIN BLOWN UP.
    122 13 Shanghai, June 7. The tyrranical oppression of the Kulaks in Eastern Siberia under the Stalin regime has l:d to a state of seething discontent. On Thursday this accumulated feeling against the Soviet boiled over and it waled itself in an ugly incident. A horde of revolting Russian
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    INTERNATIONAL BANK
    113 13 Success of the Loan Flotation. P.asle, June lfi. After a meeting of the Council of the liank of International Settlements, M. Tie: re Quesnay, the Director-General, in d statement, emphasised the success of the issue of the shares of the bank and the Younff loan. He announced that
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    MALTA CRISIS.
    225 13 Lord Strickland Interviewed in London. London, June 16. Lord Strickland, the Piime Minister of Malta, has arrived in London by air. Interviewed by a representative of Reutor's Agency, Lord Strickland emphasised, that the Government of Malta did not wish to shake off the yoke of the Church. They
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    R.M.S.P. COMPANY.
    176 13 Sir Walter Runciman Becomes Director. London, June 10. The court of directors of the Royal Mail .Steam Packet Co. has appointed Sir Walter Runciman, M.P., director and deputy chairman of the company. Reuter. A cable of June 11 stated The affairs of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
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    MR. J. H. THOMAS.
    25 13 Assumes Duties in New Post. London, June IC. Mr. J. 11. Thnnia.i today assumed his new duties as Dominion Secretary. Reuter.
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    U.S. NAVY.
    26 13 Contract for 322 Bombing Planes. Washington, June 10. The Navy Department has contracted for SSt torpedo bombing planes, at a coat of $827,000.— Reuter.
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.
    93 13 Mr. Lloyd George's Offer. NEED FOR EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. London, June Iff. The offer of a guaranteed majority to the Government if a special emergency session of Parliament is convened to deal with a great unemployment measure was made by Mr. Lloyd George in an interview with the
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    CHINA CUSTOMS.
    339 13 Startling Move Made In Tientsin. Pciping, June 10. The ciisis in connection with the remittance of the Ita P*f cent, customs surtax to Nanking reached a head in a wire from >en Shi-shan, which is published today, declaring I have repeatedly notified Lieut.-Col. Hayley Bell (the Commissioner of
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    CHINA AND BELGIUM.
    76 13 Pavilion at Liege Exhibition. Liege, June 16. The Chinese pavilion at the International Exhibition was inaugurated this i-fternoon in the presence of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires, the CommissionerGeneral, Dr. Tsu and M. Vandervelde. representing the Government and the directors of the exhibition. Dr. Tsu recalled the bonds
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    FAMOUS INVENTOR.
    115 13 Death of Mr. Elmer Sperry. New York, June 10. The death is announced of Mr. Elmer Ambrose Sperry, the inventor of the gyrocomnass and a well-known electrical engineering expert. Reuter. Mr. Sperry was 70 years of age. Beeides the gyro-compass, lie invented aeroplane and ship stabilisers, a high
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONES.
    67 13 Description of Test Broadcast In Australia. Rugby, June 16. On Saturday evening, after the close of nluy, Mr. Pelham Warner, the famous English cricketer, gave a description of the game by wireless telephone to Sydney, which was broadcast throughout Australia. To commemorate this innovation it is proposed to
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    ENGLAND'S VIGOROUS INNINGS.
    180 13 Tourists Faced with Big Task Today. Vigorous hit; ing by the England batsmen in a sporting bid for victory resulted in them presenting: the Australians with the difficult task of scoring 429 in their second innings in order to emerge suece.sful from the first Test ma^ch, which
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    MAJ.-GEN. PRITCHARD.
    129 13 New Appointment For G.0.C., Malaya. '!ie Straits Time? uiuicrr.tands thai •a Excellency Major-GcmnU H. L. i ritchard, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., General OnVir Commanding the Troops, Malaya, as lx.cn appointed to succeed Majoroneial George Walkev, C.B., C.B.E i'3.0., as Commandant of the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, Inspector cf
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    EARL OF SEFTON.
    150 13 Death of a Well-known Sporting Peer. R-jgby, June K>. The death is announced of the Earl of Sefton, the well-known sportinp peer, whose large estates at Liverpool included th( Grand National rac-.course. In his younger days the Earl did much big game hunting in Africa. He was
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    " IRONSIDES " PRAISED.
    150 13 IRONSIDES PRAISED. Tribute to Their Popularity In Changsha. Hong Kong, Jane 0. A report of foreign origin from Chansshu states that peace and order are Well maintained by the Ironsides, whose behaviour is said to be good. They arc alleged to be well disciplined, and merchants and residents are not
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    "IRONSIDES" IN A TRAP.
    825 13 Hemmed in on All Four Sides. BIG PUSH BEGINS. Chang Fat-fui's Offer To Nanking Shanghai. Juno 18. The new:; to hand today from the various battle fronts confirms the belief that President Chiang Kai-shek is, M far th>situations elsewhere will permit, concentrating all hi.< available forces
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      99 13 TODAY'S 24 PAGES. Page 1 Tennis Advice for the Young, by Mrs. T. C. Bundy 12 Lighter Side of Life in London, by J. Jefferson Farjeon 17 Electoral Reform and the Liberals 1 7 Letters from Ceylon Siam 8 London Letter 20 j False Trade Mark Case 17 Move to
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    COURT PRESENTATION CANCELLED.
    204 14 Case Causes Sensation In Society Circles. A sensation has been created in society circles in London by the announcement in the London Gazette that the presentation of Mrs. Christopher Courtney at Their Majesties' court on May 14 has been cancelled. 'Ihe Court was the first of the
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    TEHERAN IN 10 DAYS.
    118 14 International Sleeping Car Cc.'s Project. Teheran, June 2. A representative of the Campagnie Internationale <les Wagons-Lits has arrived in Persia to study the prospects ol ihe establishment of a direct, quick motor service between Teheran and Constantinople, via Khanekin, NisUa and Aleppo, to join the Simplon
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    BOULOGNE MURDER
    259 14 Sequel to Neighbours' Quarrel. Boulogne, June 7. The discovery of a gold wristlet watch mv Irad to the solution of a murder myitery which has baffled the English and Franca police since February. 1927. The body of an English nurse. Miss Daniels, was then discovered at a lonely
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    DARING BURGLARIES.
    115 14 Offices Broken Into Over The Week-End. A local cat-lmrglar is believed to have t. l( i, concerned in two clever burglaries over the week-end in Raffles Square, the premifMi concerned being the offices of Messrs. Rose Mac-phail and Penman. Ltd. and Mejsrs. Kelly and Walsh. In the format
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    MR. J. H. WHITLEY.
    75 14 Accepts Chairmanship Of B. B. C. London, June 5. Mr. H. Whit!, y, a former Speaker in the House of Commons, has accepted the Chairmanship of the British Broadcaating Corporation on the condition that his new appointment does not disturb his work with the Indian Labour
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    MADAME LUPESCU.
    157 14 Grief -Stricken Over Broken Romance. Paris, June 9 M;.(!ame Lupescu, grief -stri:ken over her broken romance, was confined to her bed the whole of Thursday at the chateau at Ectleme St. Martin, where she has lived with Ki.n; Carol during the past five years since he reliquished his
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    THE SEA GODDESS.
    344 14 100,000 Pilgrims Visit Her Shrine. Hong Kong, June 7, Ovtr 100,000 pilgrims visited the Temple of the Sea Goddess in Yuetshing this year. The Canton Government, which has ■pared no pains of recent years in it? war against superstition, must have been discouraged to learn that the
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    THE GEORGE INN.
    217 14 Scheduled by Commission For Preservation. The George Inn, So. thwark, off the Borough High Street, has been scheduled by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic;^" Monuments as "especially worthy of preservation." In their interim report the Commission humbly recommend the G :orge, toir<r.her "with other properties,
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    SOMERSAULT OVER BANK
    49 14 Occupants Unhurt When Car Plunges into Stream. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penar.g, June 16. A small motor-car containing a party 0* Chinese plunged over a bank and 'unersaulted into a stream near the Swimming Club here today. The occupants had remarkable escapes, no one being injured.
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    CEYLON RELIEF FUND.
    24 14 The following donations to thd C«ylon Kelicf Fund are acknowledged: Mr. Au Boon Haw, $200. John Dickinson and Co., Ltd., $10.
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    CASE FOR CONTROL OF TIN.
    549 14 CASE FOR CONTROL OF TIN. Comment in; London Newspapers. Writing on May 23, our London correspondent stated that the newspapers were beginning to take a lively interest in the critical position U the tin industry. Commenting on t.oe speech made by Mr. John Howeson. 1 at the annual meeting of
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    "SHOW BOAT."
    216 14 Screen Version of Stage Play At the Capitol. The screen version of Show Boat (the Drury Lane success) which was hown at the Capitol Theatre last night falls short of the original stage produ:tion. To begin with, it suffers from a handicap, which in later developments of .■nund
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    CLAIM TO $200,000.
    116 14 Judgment Given in Favour Of Plaintiffs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 16. Judgment in favour of the plaintiffs Oon Tung Hoon and Oon Ah Hoi, was given in the Supreme Court today in the ci«se in which there were three sets of claimants to the $200,000
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    18 14 Mr. M. John is in charge of the German Legation, Bangkok, following the departure of Dr. R. Hartz.
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    SEEKING EASTERN MARKETS.
    367 14 Elstree Makes First Dutch Sound Film. The strides that British films are making and their popularity in other counti ies was explained yesterday to a Straits Times representative by Mr. C. St. Erdellion Williams, of the British Internal ionai Pictures, who arrived in Singapore recently. Mr. Williams
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    GUN IN KAMPONG HOUSE.
    201 14 Malay Man and Woman Bound Over. Arrested by Detective Inspector Sani, a Malay employed by the Singapore Ti action Co., and his wife were produced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, this morning and charged with behrr in possession of an unlicenced revolver and
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    CAMERON'S HIGHLANDS.
    192 14 Rest-house Ready for Visit Of The Governor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 16. The road clearing schemes at Cameron's Highlands have progressed rapidly since February owing to the present availability of cheap labour. The Lower Highlands are already unrecognisable owing to the network of new clearings and
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    STEAMER STRIKES ROCK.
    32 14 Yan?chow, June 9. The steamer Litung, owned by the Litung Navigation Company, struck a rock near Tungchow on Saturday afternoon. One hundred of the passengers and crew were drowned.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    18 14 Song of Kentucky a Fox all-talking and singing production will be screened at the Alhambra tonight.
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    21 14 The Rev. W. Murray will conduct divine service in the Government English School, Batu Pahat, on Sunday next at 5.15 p.m.
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    ROCHORE MYSTERY.
    80 14 Indian Found Dead Last Nigrht. A police patrol on rounds last night in the Rochore district came upon the dead body of a North Indian lying at the junction of Jalan Penang and Victoria Street. On examination it was found that the man had a stab wound under
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    WORKERS' DEFIANCE.
    193 14 Soviet Farms Only Partly Sowed and Tilled. The execution of tlie Government's plan for the sowing SliapciC" is given miKh attention by the Soviet Press. lsvestia wri'-es "We arc not satisfied with the percentage of the plan executed." According to the statistics of the CommissarUt of Agriculture 50
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    THE "LIE DETECTOR."
    181 14 Said to Have Found 2 Alleged Murderers The efficiency of an instrument know as the "lie detector is held responsible for solving the mystery of the murder of Mr. A. Douglas, in Chicago, and bringing to airest two sailors from the Great Lakes naval training school. The
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    25 14 The 8.1. steamer Rohna with the outward mail despatched from London on May 29 is due at Penang at 6 a.m. on Friday.
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    ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
    118 14 Stones and Logs of Wood Piled on the Line. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June IG. Only the vigilence of the driver prevented the International Express, which arrived here from Penang on Saturday, from being wrecked. While goinf through Siamese territory the driver noticed in
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    SELANGOR POLO CLUB.
    228 14 Gymkhana Held in Kuaia Lumpur. In spite of heavy rain towards the close, the Sc-langor Polo Club gymkhana «as a great success. There was one slight accident, Mrs. Gibson, wife of the Hon. Mr. W. S. Gibson, falling from her horse in the ladies' race. She escaped
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    KIDNAPPED GIRL.
    111 14 Accused Man Arrested After A Year's Search. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 11. A Chinese named Goh Lah Hap, a■raaed of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese girl, was sent for trial at the next essizes at the conclusion of the prelimirary inquiry in Klang District Court totay. It
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      AUSTRALIANS' BIG TASK.
      1480 15 Require 369 to Win. FINE STAND BY HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 10. Kntrliin! baa undoubtedly proved her superiority to Australia in oil departments in !(:< I I. L match at Trent Bridge, Noltin-rham. for when stumps were <i awn pestcrday the tourists
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      DAVIS CUP.
      52 15 Australia Defeated By Italy; Milan. June lfi. Italy eliminated Australia from tho Davis Cup, winning three matches to two. Reuter. The result is a surnrise, as after their victory over Great Britrin the Austmlians were confidently expected to win thp European zone final. Italy had previously beaten Monaco
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    MILITARY GYMKHANA.
    69 15 The 2r.d Bn. Welch Regiment are to hold a gymkhana of amusing events on the cricket ground at Tanglin Barracks tomorrow, starting at 4.45. There will be a swimming giila in the morning. The Chinese High School, Bukit Tiinah load, defeated the T'nited Chinese Foot)all Association at football
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    BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    196 15 Results of Qualifying Round. London, June 16. Americans were prominent in the first qualifying round of the open golf championship, for which a record entry of 296 has been received. The) players are divided between the Hoylake and Wallesey courses. W. Twine, Bromley, heads the lists
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    MALAYAN RACING.
    244 15 Taiping Turf Club Amateur Meeting. Appended are the handicaps for the first day of the Taiping Turf Club amateur meeting which begins on Thursday. The events include a steeplechase over a course of two miles. Ponies. CUss 111, Division II (about five furlongs).— Jaya 12, Gipsy Girl 11.1:1,
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    LOCAL CRICKET.
    199 15 V.M.C.A. Lose at Tanglin. The Y.M.C'.A. were beaten by 53 runs when playing: a 2nd Welch Regt. team at Tanglin on Saturday. Scores -nd Welch Regt. Bdm. Ivimey c Combie !> Mcrrdith 4, Capt. W. V. Price c Combie b Meredith 4, Ptc. Baglow b Pcachcy 2, Delahoyc
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    S.C.C. DEFEATED.
    606 15 Weak Klang Eleven's Success. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 16. The Singapore Cricket Club, in making over their trip to Klang on Saturday, had the opportunity of obtaining their revenge for the defeat they sustained on their visit last year, when they lost by 12 runs. This
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    101 15 Wednesday, June 18. Football-: Ist Div., S.R.C. vs. R.A., Stadium Res. Div., Chinese "A vs. R.A., J.B. S.C.C. Tourn., Etceteras vs. Engineers. Swimming: 2nd Welch Re&t. Sports. Thursday, June 19. Telok Kurau English School Sports 3 p.m. 2nd Welch Regt. B Co. Sports. Football 2nd Div., Mansfields vs.
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    MITCHELL WINS RUBBER.
    44 15 Diegel Outclassed Over 36 Holes. London, June 15. Mitchell won a 36-hole rubber match against Leo Dtegcl by 4 and 3, outclassing: his opponent in both rounds. In the second round Mitchell did lo holts in a total of 57. Rcutcr.
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    KENT'S SUCCESS.
    110 15 Freeman Completes Hundred Wickets for Season. London, June 10. Kent easily defeated Derbyshire by rvrii wickets at Tonbridge today. Battin-' Rrst, Derbyshire could total only 144. Frec:i:an, who took eight wickets for 70 rur.s. earned the distinction of being the first bowler to bring his aggregate of wickets
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    TENNIS.
    34 15 No Play in Singapore Championships. Owing to the heavy rain the ticj in the Singapore Tennis Championships which were fixed for yesterday could not be played. There will also be no play today.
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    S.C.C.-MALAYS MATCH POSTPONED.
    174 15 Club Padang Unfit For Play. Owing to the heavy rain the match between the S.C.C. and tho Malays, which was to be played on tho Padang this i afternoon, has been postponed, the ground j being unfit for play. The game has a tremendous bearing on the
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    GOLF IN SIAM.
    149 15 Siamese Wins First Open Championship. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 1C. The Siamese open golf championship was won by Xai Tim, a Siamese, with an aggregate "of 297 for 72 holes. This was 25 strokes better than the second player. The final round was closely followed
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    32 15 Drm. L. Btirt, HQ Win.', 2nd Welch Regt. has been suspended by the Regimental Sports Committee from playing in any representative football until Oct. 31 for unsportsmanlike behaviour during recent football match.
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    INTER-STATE TENNIS.
    325 15 Perak's Lucky Win Against Penang. (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. .luiif 16. Thf return tennis match between Perak and Penang was played on Sunday. No play was possible on Saturday owing lo rain. Feral;, who were rather fortunate to win by one gamo, lasti\l out better than Penang,
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    NO LIKELIHOOD OF ELECTION.
    1278 17 Political Crisis Passes ELECTORAL REFORM ANE THE LIBERALS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 2!. Following Sir Oswald Mosley's resignation and statement in the House of Commons, yesterday's papers were full of stories of the political crisis and in the evening all sorts of rumours of
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN LONDON.
    1135 17  -  J. Jefferson Farjeon. (By Our London Critic, Theatre-Goers Prefer Beautiful Clothes A Play of East End Life With Rags and Shiny Elbows That Has Scored a Bull A Marvellous Musical Comedy Mixture With a Tune You Can't Forget And a Very Lovely Girl
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    ACTOR'S SKULL.
    241 17 118-Year-Old Mystery Believed Solved. Aftai- IW years the disappearance of the h: ad of George Frederick Cooke, th? ;ictor of importance to adorn the American >:^jc, is believed to have been .■cl cd. Cooke was exiled from his native London and died in New York on April 21
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    RAIN WANTED IN JAVA.
    28 17 V* bile rice gmwttl in parts of Java are i ufforinir because of insufficient rains this sf-ason those in irrigated districts are pro ["ring.
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    "I HATE WAR!"
    493 17 Manchurian War-Lord Or Present Conflict. Mukden, May 22. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, chairman cf tht Four Eastern Provinces of China Manchuria), is strongly opposed tj the nveront struggle between the northern coalition, headed by Marshal Yen Shi-v-han and Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, and the National Government in Nanking. The
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    CHILI'S BIRTH RATE.
    60 17 The Highest in the World Today. Chili has. apparently, the highest birth rate in the world. The latest statistics, ust issued, show the figure to be 46.7 per thousand per year. This country has also one of the highest death rates in the world 29.5 per thousand.
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    $56,000,000 ON TOBACCO.
    27 17 Stockholm, May 30. The Swedish toLncco monopoly last year netted the Government $56,000,000 which was about ?ti,000,000 more than in the preceding twelve months.
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    THE LAST HORSE-CAB.
    34 17 Frankfort-on-Main, May 30. Decorated with green leaves and flowers, Frankfort's last horse-cab made its last trip. It v.ill be placed in the Historical Museum here as memento fit a bygone era.
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    GHEE MERCHANT CONVICTED.
    612 17 False Trade Mark. SALE OF MIXTURE OF OIL AND FAT. Noor Mohamed Virjibhai, the Indian Mohammedan ghee merchant of MS* Kovan Road, Singapore, who was charged mder the Merchandise Marks Ordinancu .vith awilslfsl'ii the Chop Bun^ah (flower) trade mark of Mannanlal Dwarkadas, a well-krown Calcutta firm if
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    ALLEGED ABDUCTION.
    166 17 Chinese Girl Seen Stru.^lin-; In Car. (From O.ir Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 16. Although a preliminary inquiry ha! already !>een held and the Cf transferred to the A isizes, farther evidence was beard in the local po'ic" court on Saturday. before Mr. 6. H Nash, in connection
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    MALAY WOMAN'S DEATH.
    72 17 Charge of Rash Driving Against European. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Penang. June 1(1. There was a sequi I to a motor-car accident in Ayer Hani Road in which a Malay woman was kille I. in the police •ourt here when Allister Stewart Ra'tisa* if Paterson Simons and
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    BUSES TO BE BOYCOTTED.
    23 17 Railway employes of Limerick. Ireland. recently decided at a mass me-eting to boycott all merchants who encouraged omnibus transportation.
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    THEFT FROM POSTAL BAG.
    1827 19 Mail Officer Sentenced. INCIDENTS ON LOCAL STEAM LAUNCH. Arrested at the instance of the late Mr. Krnc.-t Cheers, Head of the Singapore Detective Branch, an Indian mail officer employed at the Singapore General Post Office stood his trial on a charge of theft of 40,000 guilders
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    OPIUM POISONING.
    254 19 Sad Fate of Young Chinese Wife. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 16. The inquest was resumed in the Coroner's Court on Saturday, before Tunku Abdul Rahman, in the case in which a ycunc Chinese woman^ Yee Cheng, or V, Ifooi, the wife of a Chinese boilermak.v
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    MOVE TO DEAL WITH UNEMPLOYMENT.
    377 19 Government Action. COMMITTEE TO WATCH TIN CRISIS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, June 16. A committee of Government officials and of persons (Europeans and Asiatics) connected with the tin mining industry in Perak has been formed at Ipoh, under the chairmanship of the District
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      "FAIRY TALE."
      807 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Lt.-Col. Kunhardt's brochure, according to your leader of today, makes very entertaining reading for those who like fairy tales and are wanting to be deceived How it is possible for any statistician, with any pretence to a knowledge of the
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      THE TALKIES.
      77 19 To the Editoj the Strai' s 'I in- s. Sir, Your respondent wh complains of old ictures Mng shown in Singapore makes a sweeping statement which is unfair to local exhibitors. I returned here from leave two months ago. A large proportion perhaps even the majority-i-of the pictures
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      HOW SIMPLE !
      220 19 HOW SIMPLE To the Editor of tilt Straits Times. Sir, There seems to be a simple solution of the rubber problem in the following direction. Let the governments retain one fifth of the rubber to be exported, part or the whole of the rubber retained to be sold when rubber
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      GAME LAWS.
      227 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, May I add a modicum to the report of the annual meeting of the Central Pahancr Planters' Association published in the Straits Times of June 9 A statement attributed to me Mr. Braybon remarked that his estate had suffered no
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      THE LABOUR PROBLEM.
      353 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The present unemployment among Chinese coolies affords a good opportunity to (ii.scuss the attitude of one type of coolie, especially after he has been domicild several months in Malaya. He appears to imagine that rubber is half-a-crown a pound
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    SALE OF BEER.
    191 19 Restrictions to be Removed In F.M.S. At the next meeting of the Federal Council, to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, June 26, the Legal Adviser, F.M.S., the Hon. Mr. W. B. Gibson, will introduce a Bill to amend the Excise Enactment, 1923. The object of
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    37 19 For an experimental period of three months, old-age pensioners of 70 years of age and over are to be carried free on Liveioool tramways and omnibuses. This was decided at a meeting of the Liverpool City Council.
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    GOOD SPORT AT R.S.Y.C.
    848 19 GOOD SP ORT AT R.S.Y.C. Kathleen's Good Win. SPLENDID WINDS FOR TROPHY RACES. Sunday morning's y tchting at the Koyal Singapore Yacht Chll mi favoured hy a splendid, fresh breeze a welcome Chang.? from the calms which have frayed th_' rerves of helmsmen and crews for the past few weeks.
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    EPSOM AFFRAY.
    94 19 Ex-Calcutta Merchant Robbed And Assaulted. London, June 9. A man, believed to be Mr. R. ForbesSmith, a wealthy Clasgowian who recently returned from Calcutta, where he was a company promoter and timber merchant, was the centre ligure in a mysterious affair at Epsom. He was discovert d unconscious
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    2667 20 Labour Fears of the Opposition: Daily Herald Sums Up. HORATIO BOTTQMLEY'S PLEA. (From Our Own Correspondent) j Ol> l!jv > hou'd imagine my c<>ntinned complaints about the weath< i.< Rome to be duo to the me. "n<l wno tun hinc foi n I ..y, I cits <
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    AUSTRALIAN TALKIES.
    107 20 m Requests to Federal Ministry. Sydney, M;iy 19. Representing actors, prodarors, anil Anstraliaa authors, a deputation today interviewed the Assistant Mtnlstrt loi industry (Mr. J. A. Bo.isley), and advc cated the purchase and installation by t'nfederal Ministry of motion picture equipi.'rrt, at a Mist of £80,000, for the
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    148 20 Programme of drills up to and for week ending June TZ I lj. day, June 17. 3.15 p.m., Drill Hal), 5.11.X. (VI, Weapon Training; 0.1") p.m.. Drill Hall, "X" (Chinese) Co, Wemon 8.1 5 pi'i.. Malay Drill Hall, (Malay) (0.. Weapon Training and Z'i Van! i Range. I
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    MR. SNOWDEN AND THE BANKERS.
    849 22 Efforts at Economy. WHEN SAFEGUARDING IS JUSTIFIED. Mi. Snowden had every reason to be j-Wased with the reception given to him at the annual dinner in mail week of the British Bankers' Association. Some of his BtatWMßtl regarding financial principles met with hearty approval. His
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    NO DOGS, NO "FURS."
    35 22 Because they were not getting satisfactory prices for dogskins, dog owners n the interior of China refused to sell, md this has caused a shortage of the fur in Chinese cities.
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    BRITISH SUBJECTS IN AMERICA.
    183 22 Many Applications For Free Passages Home. Numerous applications for repatriation are being received at the British consular offices throughout the United States from British subjects who have been discharged and are in financial difficulties. Durinz the present industrial depression American employers, finding that reductions in staffs
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    7 FEET & STILL GROWING.
    92 22 7 FEET STILL GROWING. Remarkable Case of A Rumanian Girl. A strange case is being studied in the hospital of Klausenburg, in Rumania. One of the patients, 29 years old, Susan Fekete, has reached the height of nearly seven feet, and is still growing. The doctors believe that an operation
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    LUNATICS ESCAPE.
    64 22 Eleven Break Out of Detroit Hospital. Detroit, June 4. Widespread consternation has been cnused as a result of the escape of eleven inmates of the Hospital for Insane Crini'nals armed with knives and razors, with which they previously overawed the night v atchman. All women and children are
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    ECONOMY CAMPAIGN IN AUSTRALIA.
    122 22 Reduced Civil Service Salaries. Sydney, May 15. In pursuance of the economic policy of the Ministry, the Treasurer (Mr. Stevens), in the Legislative Assembly tonight, introduced the Public Service Salary Reduction Bill. He explained that the object of the measure was to make a reduction of
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    CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA.
    244 22 "Hardships Suffered Through Unjust Laws." The hardships that the Chinese in Australia suffered through not being able to I ring their wives into the country were stressed by Mr. Sung, Chinese ConsulGaneral in Australia in a recent speech in Brisbane. He appealed strongly to the Australian people
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    ARAB DEADLOCK.
    177 22 Demands Refused By British Government. The Palestine Arab delegation, in a statement just issued 3ays that :n discussing with the British Government the situation in Palestine it submitted the following demands. Immigration to Palestine should be stepped*. Lands in Arab possession ?>iould be made legally inalienable owing to
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    A CAIRO JUDGMENT.
    78 22 Girls Should Not Be Educated." A judgment which is likely to draw a protest from feminists in Kcrypt was delivered recently at the Abdin Sharia Court, Cairo. An Egyptian woman had brought a suit against her husband, claiming an allowance for the education of her daughter. The
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    LIFE FROM CORN.
    69 22 Belief of Aboriginal American Races. Evidence that Indian com was deified by the oldest aboriginal American races has been found by James B. McNair, asistant curator of economic botany at the Field Museum, Chicago. In a book on the history of corn McNair says tradition credited it
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    SEEKING PEACE IN INDIA.
    234 22 Preliminary Conference Suggested. Poona, May '".>. A novel and interesting suggestion for a preliminary conference between the Viceroy, the Nizam, and Mr. (iandhi, with a view to reaching an understanding to the London Round-Table Conference, was made l>y Moulana Ania Ajfrmed, Secretary of the Central Muslim
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    AN OLD FASHIONED WIFE.
    149 22 "Take the Money, But Don't Hurt My Husband." Peaceful residents of Pristnn. Manehuua. wendin-* their ways homewards round about midnight, have recently been set upon by a band of young Russian hooligans who are operating in some of the principal streets of the town and who
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      561 23 Aw* 1 exceed $11,000,000. N Assurance in force over 138,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. ;»<-"rporut«d In the Straits RaU>«menta.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester Boom, Slnfapore. LONDON OFFICC Z7. Oid J.-r,, >.O. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of fci. -ad eoirni.. .irn th* Brttisi Life
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