The Straits Times, 25 September 1930

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEAULY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAT*^ 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.' PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 131 1 sinqapork: ts. ckcil bt. ;cphone buo. Tonight Tlic (.r.»lfh< of all \ir I'irtures FLIGHT with JA< X lIOI.T ami 1.11.\ LB WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR SAY? ys\ f\ Why, of course, give him BEAR X\ Vv -yy<s A BRAND" Milk. No other milk is S k***s s o e^ily digested,
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    • 79 1 KUALA LUMPUR 91, JAVA BT, ('PHONK 3653). ROBINSON Co., Ltd. have pleasure in announcing the arrival of a collection of exclusive Model Gowns. RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. I IF YOU REQUIRE THE 'BEST BUTTER ASK FOR ANCHOR jjgjp BRAND simAPonE COLD STORAGE «>.. Ltd. r IF YOU ARE ON A.C. or
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    • 13 1 1 Tonight The Cr.^attst of all Air PMMM FUGHT with JACK lIOI.T ami
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    • 526 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CAUGO SERVICES. PENTNSULAB AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH ItIS .MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST HAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'porc. MOREA 11,00(1 Oct. ILLA ll.lMi Oct U X
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    • 596 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIITON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail KASHIMA MAKU 10,000 Sept. 25 26 YASOKUNI MAKU 11.800 Oct. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Oct. 22 23 SUWA MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 7 FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MAKU
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    • 439 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 722 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5151, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Dcpts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Travellers Official Information Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airway*.
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    • 639 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP COLIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AM) BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route subject
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    • 509 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sium). HANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for X n lay, Trcngtranu. Kelantnn, bancnara. Telupin, Patani. Singora, Lacnn, Slchoa. Bandon, Kohsamui, Lnngsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI Sept. 29 Oct. 1 SLDDHADIB Oct. li Oct. 8 VALAVA Oct. It Oct IS The steamers arc
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    • 363 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. St«K)mvaart Maatschappij Ncdcrland Lirui N V Kottrrdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Amsterdam 4,i. Mil.* Bcathaaptoa Rotterdam Marseille* TunnaKf >.<. TJ.rta.l UI Sopt 26 I. V. OW.nbar.egJ. c B. ft* BSS L;.v!sib32 Nov 7 Konfegta acr MOM* BJ(J| NoT M ■v v Rante via Hi-lawan.
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    • 1470 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS; DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE Ond AMERICAN MAUL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO. SUEZ. PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave T .«ave Spore Spore Pcnar.g PRES. HARRISON Sept. C 3 Oct. 2 Oct. i PRES. JOHNSON Oct. U
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    • 461 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOLNT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Loa Angeles SJS. GOLDEN WALL sails from Hong Kone Sept. 27 San Francisco and Portland S.S.
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    • 428 3 Cross Canada the Scenic Way Take the route of scenic beauty providing through fast daily train service, v. iJiout change, from Vancouver to Montreal, connecting with trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic steamers. Deicriptitt bookleli dud lull information from L. L. Laulir. Central April. Hois Kong Balk Chambers, Singapore. CANADIAN NATIONAL The Largest
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    • 762 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising MsnsgSA Straits Times. Cecil Street. Plcn*» Insert the following small sdvertlsement for^ days Ybere are approximately seven words to s line and there Is a tat rate charge of 2b c»nti per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per Insertion. The
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    • 672 4 MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL BABGAIH. FOR BALK, THOL' SAND8 Or' CERAMIC FLOORING TILES. t in. 1 1 6 in. in various designs at S. $9.50 Bar lull pieces. Also plain white and plaii. i:-. y It T..')0 por 100. Omiino Italian CiarUc mn -UH 1 tiles in various lltllg— x in. i>y
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    • 826 4 ETC. TO LET, 4 and 4A. Raffles Place. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brother*. TO LET, No. 2, Amber Road. Entry October 1. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO I EX IMMEDIATELY. rXAT, 20, Amber Mansions. Rent $lO."i. Kcply Box WJ, Straits Times. TO LET, Monaco Villa, Holland Road. Furnished, electric light, sanitary
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    • 590 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, 132 and 134, Havelock Road, twostoreyed riverside godowns, suitable for rubber. Apply Stephens, Paul A Co. TO LET godowns Nos. 31 and 32, Wallich Street. Apply The British Malaya Trustee end Executor Co., Ltd., Telephone No. bOiJ. >-»♦ MM MUNICIPAL NOTICE Tho l»ublic are hereby
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    • 623 4 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby (fivn that the 17th Annual General .Mietinic of the Corporation "111 be held at the Bag! stored Ofllces Ni* :tC and 3D, Malacca Street, Singapore, at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, Scjit. "(i ia»o. AND NOTIfE is also hereby given that thr
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    • 652 4 AUCTION SALE OK VALUABLE r'RFF.MOi.n AND LEASE. HOLT) SINGAPORE PROPERTIES. At Messrs. Cheonc Koon Sen. < room, No. 30, Cliul.i Street, "ii Wedncsdnv, ((rl. 1. 1930. at •-•..10 n.m. i.«'t i. Yalii.-iiiir ::'> jrear i laaehi Id land situate nt Puliiu Tokon-, Singapore, ;irca acres, 13 nolcs dated March I,
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    • 471 5 lf You Require, CONCRETE PIPES CONCRETE BLOCKS CONCRETE CHANNELS CONCRETE DRAIN SLABS CONCRETE FENCE POSTS CONCRETE FLOORING TILES CONCRETE GARDEN FURNITURE. FNQUIKE, THE Elkaves Concrete Works. Office 40, HIGH STREET. IWHCE OF REMOVAL Patrons are hereby notified that «he Central Motor Hiring Co. has removed to, 31"«, Orchard Road, Singapore
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    • 644 5 (gticura priiiTY Keeps the hands soft -and smooth Your hands can be *ve!l kept, by cleansing them v iili a Soap .hat is mnre t!i;.n a "washing" soap. CUTICL'RA does iis irark thoroughly i( is antiseptic, effectively removing all causes of irritation; it is soothing and healing. Try CI'TICURA now
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    • 611 5 teZA**^f te/!K P4, eft I f^JB/yV Tm*,n, m.l N.. t»noi>W-<-? r ITjffii ill N«rttMjt f 7 fc/ "lhad AcuUlndi-|"Nowtnaparnhs>* I nMmi a Br«W- I Iml eaUa Cation Ur -.-.r. .nttiViT gon< »ndl ia Hrsllk «f«ii »«,'i and dretded ining thank (nodneu Ntriw w«r» Run- sJMMs leMy aiV to bed I
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    • 116 5 NATION&L ENGINES A Complete range of SPARES for all types of "NATIONAL" ENGINES is held by the Sole Agents for Malaya SINCAI'ORE IPOH XL '.IA I.I'MI'IR. A NEW "CRUSH" ASK FOR IT. FRASER NEAVE LTO. "KODAK" SERVICE Wherever you so throu hout the world you will find the KODAK Organisation
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  • 1904 6 The Grandfather Of Europe. FRANCIS JOSEPH. FAMILY SHADOWED BY TRAGEDY Nine former archdukes and duche;ses of the Toscana line of the Imperial House f.f Habsburg, represeniatvies of the provincial governments, the army, etc., took part in a ceremony commemorating the centenary of the Emperor
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  • 243 6 Perfume Manufacturers Hard Hit. The little hill-town of Grasse (Alps Maritimes), whofe sole industry' is the manufacture of perfumes for the French expoit market, faces a crisis of proportions never witnessed in its 300 years existence. Briefly, the perfume market is overstocked, prices have gone tumbling, many perfumes
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  • 176 6 Shipbuilder and Spineless Politicians. We are crushed by taxation and the country is ruined by doles, and we have not a politician with sufficient backbone to do something," said Mr. R. S. Johnson, managing director of Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd.. the shipbuilders, speaking at a luncheon
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  • 166 6 Backs to Firing Squad as Sign Of Ignominy. Trieste, Sept. fi The Fascist militia today carried out the death sentence passed on four Italian Slavs found guilty of murder and terrorist charges. AH four were executed at dawn, with their backs towards the firing quads, as stipulated by
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  • 598 6 Growing Unemployment. ROAD AND RIVER RELIEF WORKS The effort to prevent disastrous suffering and even a shortage of food in the drought-stricken States is President Hoover's latent problem, and one of his most serious, writes the New York correspondent of the Observer. The survey of the damage is
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  • 124 6 Death of Last of the Lumber Barons." Charles Ruggles, last of the Lumber Burons," has died, at the age of 84. at Ministee (Michigan), leaving estate valued at nearly £10,000,000. nine-tenths of which he gives to charitable, benevolent, educational, and other public service-. The balance makes provision
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  • 122 6 > Josephine Baker's New Pet In Music Hall A panther hunt among the audience wis an extra ut a Paris music hall recently. Miss Josephine Baker, the coloured comedian, had been presented with it young panther by an admirer, who sent it by air from Holland. She
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    • 189 6 SINGAPORE AND MALAYAN DIRECTORY 1931 EDITION. To be included in the next edition of the above, it i.s necessai-y thai your entry should be in the hands of the publishers by the 10th of October. If you have not received the necessary form, vrill you kindly apply to IfeMK. PRINTERS,
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    • 52 6 MflH^ X n Khon 9 DORLANO '^m/t o*^mTm)m\ A vIML A CYMAWATCMES 3*§sfc N^_ ARE ON SALE mraftr^eXL IN ALL THESE '''Mlißk COUNTRIES. ••^^E^uTl RENE ULLMANN ELECTRICITY 9^ ECONOMY AND SERVICE I At the touch of a switch ELECTRICITY produces HEAT without Smell, Smoke or Fumes. No waste products. MUNICIPAL
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    • 260 7 6-15 Toniglit 9-15 Direct from its London Success FOX CORPORATION Present An all Talking Musical Drama of New York's Glamorous night life "MAN TROUBLE" with MILTON SILLS, DOROTHY MACKAILL, SHARON LYNN KENNETH MACKENNA Introducing 4 New Song Hits I By the writers of "HIGH SOCIETY BLUES COMING SOON THE BIG
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    • 164 7 \i/M \LU yjuvLW W U hi UU \\/M U U \U U U U M. V, UU U ~M6f)O<c) OQ 000Q..0e0p0e..0J9 OQ OQ. Q.QO I wB V m %lt BB I H -°l I1!I 1 o^i fea 111 1 I y 6.15 TONIGHT OAS The Greatest of All Air Pictures
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    • 284 7 VICTORIA THEATRE Saturday Next September 27 At S JO P.M. In Response to Numerous Requesls OUTWARD BOUND A Singapore Rei>ertory IMayeis 1 Production will be repealed for cne performance only. I took inn- :it LITTLE'S $3. 2 and I. COMING I VICTORIA MEMORIAL (CONCEIT) HALL. DAME CLARA BUTT. Raffles Hotel
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  • 170 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Jury's Rider on Crossing The Line." A ridor on yaoht-racinp arrancemer.ts T.-:in ad«li-<l by the jury at an inquest at Yarmouth, Isle of Wijfht, on William Sanden nged Ho, yacht atewmrd, of Burn-)ui!M-i,n-('rouch, v»)io was drowmd followin;; a collision between the Lnlworth and the l.ui'illa ni
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  • 492 8 Steadiness in Investment Securities. 1.; report on the share •1 foi the Ntk ended Sept. tt states The ijuii t •tradlaeai rawatly displayed ..il investment securities has been well D ned iliir.in- the weefc iind, with scrip tfrrlngt continuinf somewhat acmree in most t the leaden, the turnover
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  • 134 8 drill! up i<> .it.d for wctk Tiiuri day. E.-;it. 2.",, .",.!.-> p.m., r,Oij, Scrunirooii R< ad, X.V.X.A.. lecture Kuraing r. p.m.. ii :i Hall, ">:■• (Chinese) tc, Table "A" i yardi Rang*. r'ri.iuy, Seat. 2fi, Drill Hall. S.R.A. <Y>. i'romotion and Laying Twti Classes; 5.15 |..m.. l)!ill 11.-.11,
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 815 8 Insurance Prices And Yields. _It i- as tbeigt oTr.con.- had taken Stoci. Exchuaife lentinMßt by Urn shoulders aim vienchcj it right round, turning it iron Urn pic -poet of dotp depression to a etata of optimistic cheerfulness (stated n upcriul correspondent of the Financial Times on
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    • 90 8 Liable to Antagonise Good Customers. Mr. Baria Raft, formerly Conr.nonvcalth Treasurer, addressing: the learners' and Settlers' Conference at Sydney ast month, said there would be no r«.overy in trade until the wholesale and •etail prices reached their proper re'ation. Great Britain, Japan, China, Italy, jermany and France were
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    • 183 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Sept. 25. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4 j/jj .-i...l 2/3% Private 3 m. ere.lit 2/4 9 32 On New York, demand ,-,c tio P.ivate 00 d s 17 U/M On ranee, Bank T.T. 143-) On India, Hank T.T. |f| On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 4I =i <■>;:
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 471 8 Vkl M Buyer. Sell.rt 11 i! Asam Kumbang 2;j 26.->-5. Ayer llitam Tin a 9 10.3 £1 £1 Bungrin Tin U, 0 14. <j 1 1 Batang PauUng 0.10 0.15 1 1 Butu Caves 0.45 0.60 1 1 Bukit A rang 0.36 040 S fi """""h Malay la-- li.-nom.
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      • 249 8 ■MM v *l W- Buyers Sailer* fl il ImpcriaJ Tobacco 4.15.0 5.0.0 1 1 Kinta Electric 1.02*4 1J0T& 1 1 MalMCa Electric 1.57 4 1.65 lt> 10 Maynard t Co. COO T.OO nom. 50 50 McAlister Co. 78.00 8:1.00 10 10 RobinsKi Ords,. 10.00 10 20 lOOlOOUobisison I'ref». J.i
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      • 116 8 Sinfupore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 108 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 19S0 J1,578,000 par. 6% pram. Singapore Municipal 4ls p.e. •I 1907 red. 1947 11,600,000 M par -iiugapore Municipal 4Vi p.e. of 190» red. lltbi 11.000,000 96 par
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      • 381 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today's Prices Fraacr Lyall 4 Co. fewtt I \'.ltuly ($1; 0.85 0.&5 Ml 1.05 Oor Ciajah (|H 0.70 ujjU O.'is 0.85 V Hitam ($I» 1.00 1.10 1.20 l.*v V. Kilning (*1) OJJO o.^o O.i!0 0.30 4. Malay i*2) 1.00 i
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    • 359 8 Board Reassures Holders. Amsterdam, Aug. 27. On U-huif of the directors of the Royul Dutch Petroleum Company, it ww announced today that nothing tutd occurred recently to cause them to depart from their optimism us to the future of the concern. The announcement was prompted by the
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    • 204 8 Increase Under a Million In Nine Years. Th*> population of Australia has been estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mt. C. H. Wickens) at 6,429,417 persons, an increase of 72,647 on the estimate for March 31, 1920. Particulars of the population are as follows New South Wales 2,483,783 Victoria
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    • 140 8 Is Britain Getting Value For The Money She Spends Doubts as to whether Great Britain is retting an adequate return for the noney she spends on her social services trere expressed by Mr. J. J. Clarke, speakng at the Summer School of the National Association of Local Governnent
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    • 64 8 Do Parents Shirk Giving Advice A pica for a franker relationship between parents and their children was made by the Bishop of Winchester to delegates to the World Conference of the Mothers' Union, who made a pilgrimage to the homo of Mary Summers, founder of the Union.
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  • 151 8 Today. .Si*m, except Lave* Siam (Kola) ,j p Ceylon, Southern and Western India (Aliporet IU Selat I'andjang, Siuk, I'akan Baroe tnd l'aJHk..inl,o (Tiilore) 4 p.m Pceloe Calang (Noeinbing) 4 pn i Upper Burma, North and Fxst India. Kgypt. Kiuupe, Canada nnd L'.S.A. (By Train 0 p.lll.p .111.
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  • 45 8 PBMeacen aniving from Batavin by thr Dutch Indie- air service (rere Mr. ft. A Drnne and Miss M. K. Wade. The following left Singapore yerterday For Palvmbai:). Mr. \V. H." Oostcn an<l Mi. Snell. For BaUvia Mr. F. Young and Mr. Girardet.
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  • 340 8 KUM-KI. HARBOUR. Main Wliarf The Table. Tug PlaßtO. 0.1 Wharf sftt, Ct-al Wharf Patrol. VKSSKUS IN DRY DOCKH. Tanjons; I'ssar. AlUit Deck Thelma Victoria lioek SO. Lighter g," Tup Vai'ana. Squnre fontoun. Kippel Harbour. King's Does kaaeJfaj No. 1 Dock Nil. No. 2 Deck Havre, Tou&soum. Vress«liiV
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 274 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Station. Temperature Rain- SunMax. Min. fall, shine. K. T. ins. hours. A lor Star .00 75 0.23 B.5 Kuta Ilh.-.ru 91 74 Nil S.I K.Trcn^tfBnu S» 74 Ml M Kroh 70 Nil 7JS Sitiiiwan W! 7S Nil R.y l|...h 04 H Nil 7.«
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    • 195 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thursday, September 23. H. W. 11.66 a.m.. 9 ft. 5 in. I'olice Band at Kntong Park, 5.16 p.m. Annual meeting of the Keppel Golf Club, club house, 6.30 p.m. I riday, September 26. Brunei United Plantations, meeting, Evatt and Co., noon. Poppy Day Committee meet at
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  • 256 9 Rubber Reported Slightly Steadier. ESTATES STILL TAPPING "FULL OUT." (By Oar Financial Correspondent.) SiriKaporc, Thursday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices R libber, 1 1 7 cents, per lb. Tin, I'l'.". tons at $67 j per pieul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London 3 7 jd. per lb., unchanged. New York,
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  • 195 9 Reduction in Profits Announced. The directors of Singer and Co.. motorcar manufacturers of Coventry, have decided to allot as dividend to ordinary shareholders one fully-paid preference share for every -even ordinary held. The reason stated for ■h" decision to distribute shares instead of the u:iual cash payment
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  • 115 9 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Singapore, Sept. 25. Tin. Steady. Taipings 30-:).". ct-nt I'll' i. 75 cents, Baaael Wajn UO-8.17H, Kaehaia 70-7 B cents, Kintas 85-90 cents, Penawatl 10-48 H cents. Malay Consols. 1517.. eentl, Norths :iO-:)5 cents, Batu Caves 46-50 cents, Sungei Luas 87-92 cents. Klang Srven
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  • 126 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rbblwr Association held its yS6th auction on Bert M, when there was catalogued 2,0."i1,804 •I BI6JB tons offend 1,788,559 lb. or T:s.|,; tMM mM 1.11!3,71»7 lb. or 635.62 tons. Spot. London :!•„<). York 7 its. PRICE REALISED. Hihlicd Smoked Sheet Cent* per
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1047 9 Messrs. Lyall and Evatt's Share Report. Both the local commodities, rubber and tin, show slight declines on balance over the period. Undoubtedly the tendency still is inclined to be downwards, but the comparative insignificance of price alterations is indicative of more optimistic notes breaking through the
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    • 64 9 Messrs. (iuthrie and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, have received a telegram from the (•ervtariM advising that the directors of Karmen Rubber, Ltd., have issued the annual report and accounts for the financial year ended May 31, 1930. The profit for the year is £4,673, the sum of
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    • 59 9 12 o'clock noon, Sept. 25, Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 3"id. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents per lb. I.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot October November Oct.-Dcc. Jan. -March Buyers 11% 12 'i, 12H
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    • 645 9 Results for Half- Year. MR. JAMES WARREN'S SPEECH The ordinary general meeting of the Planter.--' Stores and Agency Company, Ltd., was held on Aug. 26 in London, Mr. James Warren I chairman and managing director) presiding. Mr. C. T. Wale (director and secretary) having read the
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    • 53 9 The Borneo Co., Ltd., have received a cable fnm head office stating that at the general meeting of Temoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., to be held on Oct. 7. a final dividend of Is. will be recommended, less tax, payable on Oct. 10 to shareholders on the register
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    • 613 9 Chairman and Aftermath Of the War. The tenth annual general meeting of Nawng Pet Tin, Ltd., was held at the Penang office of the company on Monday, Sept. 13, Mr. A. J. King, was in the chair. In proposing the adoption of the report and accounts,
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    • 76 9 Rugby, Sept. 24, Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.055, Athens 375, Bombay Is. s*id., Berlin "J.'.405, Brussels 34.865, Bucharest XIG, Ric 5 332, Buenos Aires 40^, Copenhagen K.U6, Geneva 25.055, HeUintrfors IM%, Hong Kong Is. :i\<!., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid ■1.V40, Milan 92.80, Monte Video 40'j. N.w Y<.rk 4.56 1/16, Oslo
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    • 603 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICE AUG. 28 Abaco (£1) IV, Allagar (2/) 1/114; Amhcrst (2/) 1/3; Anglo-Malay (£1) V, Ayer Kuning (il) 1; Bagan Serai (£1) ?i; Bahru (Sel.) (2, 3/3; Banteng (£1) 1; Batang Coi.soliriuted (2/) /11; Batu Caves (£1) \a: H.itu T^a (£1) Bekoh (2/) /10;
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    • 416 9 Review of Four Years' Work. In view of the forthcoming Imperial Conference, the Imperial Shipping Committee has issued a report covering the work done since the Imperial Conference of 1926. The report includes a brief summary of the report of the Committee during the period, together with
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  • 1501 9 per cent, and buying 3U per cents, but 1 doubt whether, after brokerage fees are paid, there is much to be grained by such manoeuvring. The five per cent, issue in November may have been an indiscretion, but it created a definite contract, and if the Chancellor
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  • 1038 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1930. THE HUMAN FACTOR. i One of tho n. -iking features of the post-Wat re- --.ithusiasm with which the cry of c was taken up by the polit I thi industrialists who planned. I confidence, tha. wocU "fit for beroef to live in."
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  • 355 10 Lady dementi returned to Singapore yesterday morning from Kuala Lumpur by the night mail. H.E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., will arrive on Saturday morning. Three new medical officers have been appointed to Hong Kong. They are Dr. P. F. S. Court, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Dr. G.
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  • 1133 10 I A World Without Toil A Scientist's Dream. (By E. N. da C Andrade, Professor of Physics in the University of London.) The dream of the alchemist was to i obtain such mastery of Nature's secrets BS would enable him to interfere with the
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  • 721 10 CECIL STREET'S JESTER The unofficial jc.=ter to thi 1 unamalpra:nated society of Cecil Street ricksha pullers has allowed his irrepiessille humour to break out in a new place. A distinctly unpleasant smell, which was only partially nullified by the happy smile of the ricksha puller, irnviiMl
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 323 10 THE DOVER B RANGES Made by Messrs. SMITH and WELLSTOOD, LTD., Bonnybridge, Scotland. Jlio DOVEIt B" is nn nll-rouml sui^-rior Range to any other of the r" varioty in the ma.kc-t. It cm. .bines lightness with durability and ■trvnffU to rtaut daman la transit, it is suitable for burning all
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  • 446 11 What He Expects Nanking To Do. CHANGES TO COME. Integrity of Customs A Vital Issue. Shanghai, Sept. ft. Marshal ChMf 0— I»H— gi interviewed by the Mukdon correspondent of the Kc.rth China T>aily News, stated that it is his intention vigorously to maintain I ,ty of the
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  • 89 11 Complaint Against German Fascist Leaders. Berlin. Be It is disil.i:..! today that the comj lain) against the Faaciat leaders Hitler and (iobfl; relates to a newspaper aroeM published over a year :tgo which was alleged to contain material calculated to undermine the discipline of the army. Reuter.
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  • 66 11 British Successes in Brooklands Event. Rugby, Sept. 21. An avenge -i"'<l ti '•'"•-•> n iilcs an hour ni achieved at Brookl.:nds today by A. Dealer, wh on an A s ««fWne, von the 200 mile.-' motor-cycle race in the UO c Tho winner in the 1,000 c.i.
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  • 42 11 OberaniaMrgaa, Sept. s. American Ohm have outnumbered i thi-r foreign visitors to the I'i'ssion Play. Ip to Juno 20 there had been 6,9211 spectators from the United States. Great Itritain furnished 6,78 ft The total attendance was above 101,000.
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  • 110 11 Fortnightly Passenger Service Started. The Dutch Indian Airways announce that a fortnightly mail and passenger service tx-tween Amsterdam and Batavia was inaugurated today, when a machine left Amsterdam. Another will leave on Oct. 2. The first departure from Batavia will be on Oct. 17, and the service
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  • 263 11 Tang Shao-yi's Important Task. Shanghai, Sept. 25. Upon President Hoover's invitation Mr. Tang Shao-yi, the father of the Chinese Consul at Singapore, is expecting to leave for America shortly.— Sin Kuo Min. M r. Tang Shao-yi went to the U.S.A. i;i 1K73 with the first batch
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  • 101 11 Victory for United States In First Match. London, Sept. 21. Nearly 200 hands were played in the Xnelo-American bridge tournament at Almack's Club. The United States won 1 v 4MS points. "Another match will start at Crcckfoid's Club in a few days.— Router. A previous cable stated
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  • 52 11 British Delegation to Lisbon Conference. Rugby, Sept. 21. Tho composition of the British delegation to the International Conference on the unification of buoyage and the lighting of coasts, to be held at Lisbon on Oct. G, is announced. The delegation will be headed by Sir John Baldwin.—
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  • 73 11 Elected Chairman of Trades Union Congress. Rugby, Sept. 21. The General Council of the Trades Union Congress today elected Mr. Arthur Havday as chairman for the ensuirvr year. For the past 40 years Mr. Hayday has been a permanent official of the National Union of General Municipal
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  • 68 11 From Queenstown to New York. Heavy seas, a strong southerly gale, and a blinding rain squall prevented Pilot John Chandler from leaving the United States liner President Harding on her departure from Queenstown recently, and he had to continue the journey to New The vessel was outward
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  • 160 11 Flight to Australia. TRYING TO BEAT RECORD BY FOUR DAYS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Sept. 24. Capt. Matthews, who arrived at Calcutta this afternoon in the course of his flight to Australia, Ls one and a half days ahead of Capt. Hinkler's time. He plans
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  • 186 11 Still No News of Captured Missionaries. Shanghai, Sept. 24. There is still no news of Fathers Laffan and Linehan. 0 Foochow, Sept. There U nothing definite as to the release of Miss Nettleton and Miss Ham S °The British Consul at Foochow, Mr. J. A. Martin, is
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  • 182 11 Dublin to Have Lord Mayor And City Manager. After an interval of more than six years, Dublin will have a Lord Mayor again in October. In May 1024 the Free State Government abolished the Dublin Corporation, which for years had been mismanaging ci\ic affairs. The Government produced
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  • 128 11 Clergyman Who was Prolific Writer. London, Sept. 23. The death has occurred of the Rev. Peer Hampson Ditchfield.— Reuter. Tho Rev. P. H. Ditchfield had been rector of Barkham, Berks, since 1886. He was Grand Chaplain of Freemasons, England, in 1917 and of Mark Masons
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  • 47 11 Heads of Leading Banks To Discuss Position. New York, Sept. 24. The hcad3 of the Bank of England, the Bank of France and the Reichsbank are expected to meet shortly with a view to discussing measures for the alleviation of the world-wide business depression. Renter.
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  • 212 11 Distinguished Career. MAFEKING RELIEF RECALLED. Rugby, Sept. 24. General Sir Bryan Mahon died in Dublm today after a long illness. His distinguished career in the army extended over 46 yean. His most famous exploit was the relief of Mafeking in the South African War in 1900.
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  • 91 11 Verdict of Murder And Suicide. Baltimore, Sept. 24. Mr. Maxwell Byers, President of the Western Maryland Railway, was found shot dead and Mr. Dudley Gray, the vicePresident, was found seriously wounded in the company's board room. The latter died later. The two had been at loggerheads for
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  • 81 11 Improving Collection Of Statistics. London, Sept. 24, The Council of the League of Nations has approved the Financial Committee's proposal to communicate the interim report on the jold situation to all member* of the League, and to non-member States, and to draw their attention to the importance of
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  • 39 11 VS. Control of Distributing Companies in Europe. New York, Sept. 25, The Bush Service Corporation, controlled by the Bush Terminal Company, has secured control of 26 old-established European distributing companies, covering every European country except Russia. Reuter.
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  • 30 11 Resigns Appointment In Philippine Islands. Washington, Sept. 25. Mr. Nicolas Roosevelt, the vice-Gov-ernor of the Philippine Islands, has resigned and has been appointed Minister to Hungary. Reuter.
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  • 32 11 Agreement as to Reduction In Belgium. Brussels, Sept. 24 An agreement has been reached whereby tho miners' wages have been reduced by 4 per cent, as from Oct. 5. Reuter.
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  • 129 11 Preparatory Disarmament Conference. Geneva, Sept. 24 Lord Cecil, at a meeting of the Third Committee, uttered a warning against •ushing the General Disarmament Conferpnee without proper preparation. The warning followed a speech made by Bernstorff, Germany, who, with ither speakers, felt doubtful as regards ;he
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  • 126 11 EXTRALITY." Trilateral Conference Report Untrue. Nanking, Sapt. 24. Interviewed by Reuter concerning tho report from Washington regarding a trilateral extraterritorial Conference between China, Great Britain and tho United States, the Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, declared that the report was groundless. He added that he was still engaged wi;h
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  • 122 11 Remedy for "Abnormally Low Price." Chittagong, Sept. 21. A meeting of the Indian Merchants' Association has passed a resolution urgirt' that, in view of the present economic condition of the country and of the abnormally low price of jute, the Bengal Government should enact legislation immediately to prevent
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  • 66 11 Returns to London by Air From Paris. Hughy, Sept. 14. The Prince of Wales, who has been enjoying a quiet holiday in Franci, returned to London today by air from Paris. He. flew in his own light aeroplane. He is leaving by ni«:ht train for Balmoral where
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  • 37 11 Forty-eight Executions Without Trial. Riga, Sept. 21. The O.G.P.U. officially announces the execution, without trial, of 48 so-called food specialists, alleging that they had disorganised the food supplies and conspired to create famine conditions. Reuter.
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  • 57 11 Resignation of the Duce's Chief Lieutenant. Rome, Sept. 'J I. Considerable importance is attached to the announcement that Signor Mussolini's chief lieutenant, Signor Turati, has resigned the secretaryship of the Fascist party and is returning to the ranks of tho Black Shirts. He will be replaced by Signor
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  • 49 11 Sir W. Morris' Generosity To Oxford Hospital. London, Sept. 10. Sir William Morris has contributed the whole gum of £100,000 required for the Radliffe Observatory! tite at Oxford on v.hkh a hospital is 'to be erected. Sir William Morris recently gave £40,000 towards a new maternity home.
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  • 188 11 Important Memorandum To Prime Minister. JOINT INTERESTS. Conference of a Non-Party Nature. London, Sept. 24 On the eve of tho Imperial Conference a joint memorandum from the Trail's Union Congress ami the Federation of British Industries has been addresswl t > the Prime Minister. It stresses the importance
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  • 143 11 Tribute to World's Most Cheerful looser." New York, Sept. 21 The residents of Salt Lake City have decided to offer fifty pounds of silver for the manufacture of the loving cup to be presented to Sir Thomas Lipton. It is announced that 1,500 contributions, not exceeding a
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  • 139 11 Posts for Those Successful In Open Examination The Civil Service Commissioners Ir London have now assigned posts to th< women who recently passed the exaaumv tion for executive positions on c-iua terms with men. Seventeen were first declared successful but places have been offered to '.M. Nine
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  • 45 11 State Burial in Nanking Yesterday. Shanghai. Sept. 24 The State burial of General Tan Tankai, who had been acting as President the National Government at Nankin:: during the absence of President Chiang Kai-shek at the front, took place today. Sin Kuo Mm.
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  • 44 11 IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. COMMONWEALTH TRADE CONFERENCE PROPOSED. Mr. Mac Donald's Address to Be Broadcast in U.S.A New York, Sept. M Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald's address nt the opening of the Imperial Conferonc" in London on Oct. 1 will be broadcast throughout the United States.— Reuter.
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  • 73 11 To be Addressed by the Hon R. D. Denman, M.P In place of the address by Swami Adyananda announced for tomorrow's nu'-ting of the Singapore Rotary Club, the Hon. R. D. Denman, M.P., will speak on Reflections on Rubber." Mr. Denman, who is M.P. (Labour) for Central Leeds,
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    • 79 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Page The Untold Power of the Atom.— By E. N. da C. Andrade 10 Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board Meeting ..14 Correspondence Rubber vs. Padi U M. Briands Proposals for a United States of Europe Criticised '3 Centenary of Emperor Franz Joseph Home Trade Reviewed.— By A. W. Still
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  • 647 12 Sequel to Death of Old Chinese. A terrible crime was described by the Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. J. H. Pedlow) yesterday afternoon, when Loh Yew Char Kway, a young Chinese, was placed on trial on a charge of murdering a ."-year old Chinese with whom ho shared"
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  • 137 12 Suit of Penang Municipal Commissioners (Proa Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 14 The Penang Municipal Commissioners' suit against a former financial clerk, a former shroff and two others (as guarantor- of a certain bond) for the recovery |1Q,Q57 and a further sum of $880 began in the
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  • 77 12 Court Story of Chinese Detective. l From Our Own Correspondent.) IVnaiig. Sept. 24. A middle-aged Chinese was charged in the police court here yesterday with beint? in possession of counterfeit coins. A Chinese detective, of Kuala Lumpur, said he had been told to purchase false coins. The
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  • 74 12 Flight a talkie drama of the air opens at the Capitol tonight. There will be an afternoon dance at the New World Cabaret from 5.45 to 7.45 on Saturday in future. These will be in addition to the usual evening dances. The Singapore Repertory Players will "Outward Bound"
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  • 642 12 China's Professional Organisers. Shanghai, Sept. 13 The spirit of the Ku Klu Klan has invaded China. New secret societies inspired by professional organisers, and guaranteed to protect their members from bad government and anything else a Chinese might wish to be protected from are springing into existence by
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  • 116 12 Belgian Paper and a Letter By Hindenburg. Le Soir, a Belgian paper recently published a letter by Marshal von Hindenburg, circulated to all the German Ministers in 1919 containing extracts from unpublished German documents. Dealing -with the question of the future German borders, it advises the creation,
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  • 99 12 Three Doctors to Speak At Meeting. A meeting of the British Medical Association (Malaya Branch) will be held to' morrow at 9 p.m. in the College of Mcdi cine. Dr. J. \V. Scharff will speak on comparative anti-malarial measures in Italy and in Malaya. Dr. R. Walkingshaw
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  • 28 12 The Standard Shipping Company, of New York, hav.j placed an order for six tank steamers of 16,000 tons each, of total value of i i.r.oii.iiiin, with Qmaan shipyards.
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  • 549 12 Prison for Driver Who Dismantled Steering. Sentences totalling two and a half years' rigorous imprisonment were passed by Mr. Justice Mundell at the Singapore as?izt-s yesterday on the Chinese taxi-driver wh > was charged with causing by a rarh act the deaths r.f two Chinese
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  • 66 12 The building cf a bridge over the Danube, which was prevented by the outbreak of the Great War, is now beinir discussed again between the Rumanian and the Jugo-Slavian Governments. The Government of Mexico has confirmed reports of the nationalisation of Protestant church property in conformity with the constitution. The
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  • 498 12 What Peace May Mean To China Today. Central Anhui, Sept. 7, "The most bountiful harvest we have ever known,"- is the way the farmers of central Anhui describe the present harvest. Rice is now selling for one-third the price it was three months ago, in the
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  • 22 12 Mails from Europe (London mails dispatched on Sept. 4) are due at Penang by the Rajula at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 22 12 Several hundred tins of opium were found on board .the Dollar liner President Jefferson at San Francisco recently. No arrests were made.
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  • 381 12 Arrangements for Annual Baby Show. The Child Welfare Society will hold their sixth annual baby show and child welfare demonstration at the Victoria Memorial Hell on Nov. 25. Medical examinations uprn which prizes are awarded, have shown that the health conditions of baby competitors among all nationalitise steadily
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  • 504 12 Archduke's Register Office Wedding. Further details of the Hungarian Archduke Albi?cht's marriago at a Bright,);; registry office are contained in the Home pr.pers recently to wi. The A.c'uluke, a Royal Prince of the old Austro-Hungaiian Imperial boose. who recently formally renounced his claim to the Hungarian Throne, married
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  • 309 12 1930— SINGAPORE'S DRIEST YEAR? Rainfall Well Below Average. If the present drought continues. ISM looks like being the driest year on reionl in Singapore. Up to the end of August the rainfall was 18 M inches short of the average fof the year. This month so far, the rainfall has
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  • 314 12 Black Masks and Mock Revolver. A raid by masked men wti described v Wokinirham Police Court recently, wh< i four young men wire charged with bc-in'j-concerned together in attempt deprive the owner of a building of the use of his property, assaulting the watchMa, and being found
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  • 119 12 Sheffield Headmaster's Sad Lament A complaint that the- boys "of 1: were far too polite to play su football was made to their parents by Mr. Robern Aleock, headmaster of In Hill Council School. Sheffield, at] tinschool's prize-giving last month. It -.mis that, in their football
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  • 117 12 Husband's 48-Hour Search Tor His Wife A husband's 48-hour search in a snowstorm on the mountain dotdes-Cavaie near Lyons, for hi:; young wile, «Em he lost during a climb, ended the m-xl morning in th« discovery of her bqefe. The couple, M. and Mine, van de VfUe,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Welch vs. Malays in Today's Cup Final.-S.C.C. Tennis Tournament Ends.
    • 426 13 S.C.C. TENNIS. Autumn Tournament Concludes. The final of the A Class Doubles Handicap at the S.C.C. yesterday, which concluded the Autumn Tournament, proved a triumph for the handicapper, and resulted in a very closely contested same. The finalists were S. H. Moss and C. Salter (plus 15) and the Rev.
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    • 280 13 Bobby Jones Again In Winning Form. ArHmore. Sept. 124. The 32 players who qualified for the American tfolf championship, (including ii solitary Englishman, Perkins) opened the match play stapes of the competition uxlay. Bobby Jones, as usual, was in devastuU injt form. Followed by a (fallery
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  • 94 13 England Only Draw With Irish at Belfast. London, Sept. 24. In j/un.e at Belfast today the English >'ootball league drew with the Irish l'ootball League, each siie scoring twice. Reuter. The Irish League have yet to obtain a victory over the English League in this competition. 1.a.-t year
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  • 146 13 The Singapore Doubles Championship. Hrn final match of the Singapore badminton open doubles championship tournament, between Seah Eng I.iat and I.im Ohek Henjr, of the Mayflower 8.P., and Lim Boon Guan and Wee Eng Sianjr. of the Shanghai 8.P., will be played off > n Saturday at 4 p.m.
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  • 31 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanfr, Sept. 24 Two Penan); yriflins, Scotch Pink and Mr. J. Griffith's Dorkinp, were raffled thi.i Moriiintc and were drawn I.y Mr. Lm 'l.mn I'oon.
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  • 201 13 Miri R.C. to Visit Singapore. On Thursday. Oct. 23, the Miri Rowing Club will compete against the Royal Singapore Yacht Club rowing section for the interport rowing trophy. Since the Singapore Rowing Club amalgamated with the Yacht Club there has been only one interport race, and that was
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  • 370 13 Tourists' Crushing Defeat Of N.S. Wales. In their first mutch of the Australian part of their tour on the cricket rrround at Sydney the British Rushy tourists recently defeated New South Wales by 29 points to 10. New South Wale 3 suffered severely from injuries in the
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  • 53 13 Temiang Rovers Beaten By SJ.P. Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Sept. 22. The Stia Jawi Pranakan Club, Muar, ui'at the Temianv,' Rovers Association, Seremban, here, yesterday, by four goals to one. IHamid performed the hat-trick for Muar and Haji Anuar scored their fourth goal, while Williams replied
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  • 486 13 Postponed Match at Anson Road Stadium. Today's Singapore Cup final, between the 2nd Welch Regt. and the Malays, which will be played on the Anson Road Stadium, should prove one of the most interesting games of the season. Anyone who saw the Welch Regt. eleven play
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  • 75 13 Playing an eleven from the Royal Engineers yesterday on the school ground the St. Joseph's Institution were successful by three goals to one. E. Then, A. Philemon and Chia Ken? were the scorers for the school, while the Engineers obtained their only goal from
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  • 78 13 Chinese Players to Visit Java. On Monday next a team of Chinese footballers will leave Singapore to participate in a tour of Java, under the auspices of the local Chinese F.A. The tourists will be selected mostly from the S.C.F.A., but some up-country players are also being invited,
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  • 91 13 ThurwUy, September 25. Keppcl Golf Club, annual meeting, G.BO p.m. s.A.F.A. Cap Fin*l Malays vs. Welch, Anson Road Stadium, 5 p.m. I'riday, September 2«. Dioresan Cup Europeans ml Best, Jalan Ink Saturday, September 27. Selangor Knees. Slncmpore Badminton Doublet Championship Final. 2nd Batt. Welch Regt. Gymkhana. Sunday, September
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  • 215 13 Australian Press On Tourist Team. Discussing the British Rugby tourist? capabilities in their fust match at the end of last month, tl'e Brisbane Courier pays a tribute to the form displayed They showed themselves to be speedy exponents of the open game, providing a neat blend
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  • 179 13 Europeans vs. Rest at .Jalan Besar The Europeans vs. the Rest match for the Diocesan Cup will be played at Jalan Besar tomorrow afternoon. This is the second occasion on which this Cup has been played for, and considering the form displayed this year by the Malays and
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  • 68 13 Leicester City Get Full Points At Sheffield London, Sept. 24. The following were the results of football matches played yesterday First Division. Sheffield Utd. 0 Leicester City 2 Third Division (Southern). Brentford 2 Notts. County '2 Torquay Utd. Bristol Rovers ;i. Reuter. At Julan Besar tomorrow afternoon, prior
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  • 91 13 Game with Saigon Cancelled Temporarily. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 24. The Saigon Rugby team, which was to have played Bangkok at Bangkok on Oct. 3, has temporarily cancelled the fixture. It is understood that this is due to thi? troops in Indo-China being mobilised in
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  • 408 13 Search for New British Heavyweight Hope." In view of the present unsatisfactory position in England with regard to heavyweight boxing, and with tho i<l?u of finding a boxer capable of recovering our lost prestige as a result of the reemt BeottStribling fiasco, the management of the
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  • 35 13 American Major League Results New York. Sept 24. Today's ba.>ilial! result.- \.u< v :'.illows National League. Philadelphia In at Brooklyn ft— S. Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati s—l.5 1. American I.en :<i Boston beat Washington I
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  • 71 13 The S.C.R.C II will bi? at how Indian eleven on Saturday. The player.; will be Varma's XI. Choor Sinirh. Ammrchand Katyal, W. Sint'h. R. K. I'radha;!. T. Sinjrh, Harijrovind. CJopa! Singh. Tithe tali and K.idha. S.C.R.C. II Kenry Boon. Chua Choon Sim, Chua Chenp List, Chan I' Cheong
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 4159 14 Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board Meeting. THE NEW MARKET. HOUSES WHICH ABET TRAFFIC IN GIRLS. (Kroni Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24 The Sanitary Board marked a new departure by holding their meeting today in the Town Hall instead of as formerly in the
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  • 179 14 FOG-PIERCING RAYS. Baird Demonstrates Before Mariners. A demonstration was given to the members of the Master Mariners' Club it Southampton recently of the fog-pier-Sng qualities of the mfra-red rayj? discovered by J. L. Baird during his research work on television. The latest application of these rays, rvisible to the human
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    • 65 14 [The Straits Times is nH responsible for the opinions of it* correspondents, (iirrespoiuk'uts should hear in mind that letters must he short nnd to the point. I.unc epistles are liable to be rejected or rut down. orrespondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publicaiioii but us guarantee
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    • 893 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—" Bull's Eye," it appears, is one ot those giants of the "good old days," who was intimate with the Malays at i linii; when the writer was MMf I <'iU smacked at school for thinkin-.' Malaya produced pirates and
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  • 82 14 Twenly Nations Represented At Dresden Twenty nation- are represented in tho Court of the Nations," now opened at Dresden in connection with the International Hygiene Exhibition. America's exhibit d.als mainly with farming and the pasturising of milk. Tin key shows methods of combatting leprosy, malaria, etc. Great Britain,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • 1202 15 The League's Authority. ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN AND U.S.A Lord ushendun. who was British representative to the League of Nations Committee on Arbitration and Security, contributes the following article "on M. Hriand's prooosals for a Tnited States of Europe":— Economically and politically the world is very much linked
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  • 209 15 Dr. Jacks on Pleasures Of Creative Skill. "The leisure of the idle rich is one thing the leisure of the idle poor is another. I know not which of the two is the more dangerous to society and the more demoralising to its possessor." So laid Dr.
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  • 387 15 Fainr Godmother Scheme In Paris Seeking new ways of boosting: marliajti- and tasine the Uivlininft hirth-ratu pr biem, the French Government ha* in-trocu:-ed a kind of love lottery whereby, in specified cases, a girl who takes a man to the alt.n- will have 10,000 francs. aid into her
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  • 170 15 Stambul Swimmers Tackle The Bosphorus. The crossing of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus is a popular display of strength and skill aimed at by the more ambitious swimmers in Stamboul. That the distance is not very great is r>f little importance what matters are the fierce currents
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  • 442 15 Floating Log Found to Be Full of Opium. Manila, Sept. 14 An innocent-looking piece of wood, floating in the bay and resisting all efforts at fishing it out of the water by a mail launch yesterday, led to the discovery of a novel and daring way
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  • 219 15 Sir A. Steel-Maitland And Causes of Trade Slump. Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, M.P., speaking recently at Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, charged the Government with deliberately misleading the country about the present position. All we heard from the Government, he said, was parrot-like repetition that the cause of the great slump
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  • 154 15 Man Who Disclosed It Leaves JI2GO Mr. Conrad Donald ir.i Thurn, cf Eaton Terrace, S.W., tnrough whose agency the Zincvieff letter which pUyed a prominent part in the general election of 1924. was mada public, left ursettled property valued at £262. Letters of administration have been granted
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  • 137 15 South Sea Island With 198 Women. Surplus women have created a parad!'* for four men living on a South Se3 iaHM -according to Robert Casey, the traveller .vho returned to New York recently after an eleven-months' cruise in a sailing landing on the island of Rapa ound
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  • 301 15 Once the Centre of a Great Empire Archaeologists are giving increased attention to the mystery of s Island, the lonely dot of land that lies 2.000 mile? fiom its nearest neighbour in the ooutn BOM. It has a population of 200 or 300 native Polynesians. After spending reveral
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  • 184 15 Japanese Surgeon's View. VISION OF LIVING FOR CENTURIES. The secret of long life must be sought for in the human cell and not alone in the transplanting of gland. If this means for rejuvenating can be found man may live centuries," declared Dr. Chozo Aoyunia,
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  • 173 15 Tragedy of a Deauville Hostess. After Ml inquiry into '.he tenth of .1 !jv;iiitif.il American woman. .Mrs. Souther, %••■■> was found dead i;\ her bed at her villa, La Bungalow, Bcneryille, near Deanville, the poict* have decided that death was due to natural causes. Mrs. Souther, who
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  • 399 15 South America Taking Action That a thus far and DO farther Ji---■um Ijc placed en ambitious skyscrapers, he fourth Pan-American Congress of ■\ivhitvct-' convened at Rio de Janeiro. )assed a resolution re.- BoW3dillZ W lw egulation* restricting the height of build.r.tf.s in different city zone-, in all Mm
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  • 80 15 Escapes With Fractured Left Leg People who saw a IG-year-old Redhil! •choilboy, Edward Daffern, overbalance and fall (iOft. down the cliffs at Oving--Jean Gap. near Brighton, recently, were. surprised to learn that, instead of being killed instantly, he received only a frac.ure of the left leg. Great
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 253 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 20 P«»t»tatag to tiie calf of the Us Tl. Kvul property 1. Allow 'i*- Commerce 4. Dialects 2(< S'u 8. Metul -■>■ Take effect 10. Itendcr turbiU I»*coura t -e It. Small sheet of water :i! Squadron IS. Commonplace ;'r J-'mite 15 Sward ot ever
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 192 16 DODGE- BROTHERS EIGHT ■ft I ISiiirffli^fc^iJMßlß >Ml s^ <** **a QUALITY Quality is the first thing that strikes you when you examine the Dodge Eight-in-Line. The Mono-Piece Steel Bodies are beautiful, exceptionally roomy, safe and silent. Quality characterizes the fine upholstery, the comfortable pillow-type cushions and smartlydesigned fitments. Advanced eight-cylinder
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    • 67 16 Don't Forget to Come! 8. P. C. A. ANIMAL WELFARE SHOW AT THE RACE COURSE ON Sunday, September 28 Gates open 2 p.m., when judging will commence. Charge for Admission to ground 10 cents. Enclosure $1.00. The Band of the S. S. Police will be in attendance. Teas and Refreshments
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  • 670 17 Pilot and Passenger In Conflict. How :i pilot of an aeroplane OH its way from Uuryborongh bo Brisbane was I forced to take a passenger by the collar and f< ice him back into his seat, when i|) 3009 ft aloft, ,was related in
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  • 200 17 Sikh Acquitted of Being In Possession Lab Sin^li. an elderly Sikh watchman employed at the Bong Kong, and ShanjfBa k, who was arrested by Dctec i [napeetor Mclnto.h on Aug. 2 fo< being in auaauiiluu of an automatic pistoi ami amntmition, was acquitted by Mr. G. T.l'eall. the
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  • 23 17 It understood that the Schneider Trophy piiut, Flight Lieutenant AtcherI -land on Sept. IS, to join hit Unmbil) -.<|ii:i<lr<>n mi \in man, Transiordania,
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  • 191 17 Mr. Justice Stevens Reserves Judgment. After a hearing lasting r*veral days in May. the whole of last week, and Monday. Tuesday anu yesterday this week, the Wong identity case conclnded yesU.dav when Mr. Justice Stcven3 reserved judgment The case is one in which Vong Man Nun. also
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  • 62 17 British Bombing Planes For Hedjaz. Animar. Sept. Four Wapiti aeroplanes with Britisn pilots have left for Kowit, via Baghdad to form the nucleus of nrf air force at the Hed.iaz to check frontier raiding. An important tribal conference opened here today when a special British com-r.'is.-ii ncr
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  • 119 17 Drivers Alarmed by Talk Of A Reduction The Brighton Watch Committee is "onsidering a revision of the scale of laxical) fares. Visitor! complain of the present charge of Is. -id. a mile and compare v with only ltd. a mile in London, where there are also
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  • 105 17 Ban on Two London Papers Revoked Two further books have been banned in the Irish Free State, under the Censorship of Publications Act. This brings the total number of books banned to date up to 17. The first list of books placed on the index was
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  • 68 17 Serious Outbreaks in Many Parts of Siam (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Srpt. 21 Influenza has broken out in several parts of the country and in some districts i. is serious. There have been many eases in Bang- ok and in one district in the north :;5 death*
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  • 69 17 Consideration of Animals Shops By-laws Tomorrow. At a meeting the Municipal Commissioners, which is to be held in the Municipal Offices tomorrow at 2.15 p.m., bylaws for the licensing, control, etc., of places in which animals are kept in captivity will come up for consideration. the agenda also
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  • 40 17 Melbourne, Sept. 5 Gold diggers arc tearing up the main street of Ballarat, in Australia's agricultural country, because pay dirt has been found clow to wherf> the Welcome Strange* nugget of 2,217 ounces mil discovered in 1819.
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  • 2024 17 Can You Help These Men In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals lor work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the *lump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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  • 394 17 The Zeal of Municipal Drawing Office. -i'luto to the v Drawing Oflke staff ii paid h the •<. ;\>r 1 :r_v< the Singapore Municipal KngineerV department, signed David B. McLay, now Town Engineer, i ndee. The .K-rsonnel of I ays the priced with great zeal throughout the
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  • 158 17 Millionaire's Wife Injured In Hamburg. A nyaterioui bomb pfcH again I Herr Schliemann, a German oil magnate, has resulted in his young wife being in hospital in Hamburg in a serious condition. Dining the night of Aug. 26 miscreants cut all the millionaire's telephone wires and attached a
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  • 160 17 Replacing Some of the Eastern Antiques The I", and 0. Royal mail steamers NaM> i a and Nurkiimki. i!' present intentions are carried out. will be taken ntf tba Australian service a> soon as the two MW 21,000-ton VCOMIs now building the Strathaird and the Strathaven
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  • 737 18 Huge Budget Increase. FINDING 40,000 NEW TEACHERS. In imdertaknjl the immediate introduc-tif-n of aatversal compulsory elementary l llf tloi in the whole of their vast country the Soviet leaden have assumed a stagKcrinc burd'-n. writes I Mo.-cow repivsentiitive. Three million children, from 8 to 10 inclusive,
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  • 126 18 Police Find in North Calcutta. Calcutta, Sept. 11. One cast iron live bomb, one shell in t three tins, aluminium all bottles, chemicals, jruncotton and other iir plcmcnta in :.n almeirah were recovered in tr.e come of a rail in a h-use in Jorabr.gan. North Calcutta, yesterday, by
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  • 67 18 Thieves Attempt to Rob Dead Archduke. Vienna. Sept. 13. Ti.ives !a*t night broke open the sareophagns in which the Archduke Joharr. tmi his wife Anna are buried at Acdoenru-.. near KmUKh They wive, however, unable to open the rr>fii;is in which, it is reported, the Archduke i» barfed
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  • 462 18 Financial and Domestic Worries. A well-known London professional lawn-tennis player, William Henry Dear, aged 22, of Trcen Avenue, Barnes, S.W., was found at a Hammersmith inquest on Aug. 27 to have committed suicide while of unsound mind. Death was due to gas poisoning. Dear was engaged at
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  • 102 18 MOSCOW THE FAR EAST. Plans for a Regular Zeppelin Service. Moscow, Sept. 10. In connection with the visit of the airship, Oaf Zeppelin, it i 3 stated here that conversations were taken up regarding the Soviets' plan to establish a regular airship service between Moscow and the Far East which
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  • 320 18 Mother's Flight Across Mountains. A remarkable story of an Italian mother's hardy exploit with a child in order to join her husband in France is reported from Geneva. A party of four climbers observed two men and another whom they first thought to bo a priest
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  • 230 18 Move for Repeal of the 18th Amendment. Albany. New York, Sept. 10 Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt today made public a letter he has sent to Senator Robert K. Wagner, of New York, urging that he devote his best efforts toward achieving the repeal of the Eighteenth (Prohibition)
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  • 184 18 Inquiry Leads to Daily Revelations. New York, Sept. IS. More and more amazing revelations are being made daily in connection with the investigation into the accusation of graft ir the administration of Ne-w York City. A prominent Tammany Hall figure, Mr. Martin J. Healy, has, according to
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  • 219 18 Return Child Victim "Free Of Charge." Even bandit-kidnappers sometimes display compassion. Recently, states a riong Kong paper, a girl aged five years was sent from Hanchow to Shanghai to be returned to her parents. During April a number of armed men entered a carpenter's shop in Shanghai and
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  • 55 18 Baghdad, Sept. 12 With reference to the reports current in London of the agreements regarding the Iraq oil-fields the Premier, Nuri Pasha has Mated thnt the negotiations have i.ot yet been concluded. The Premier adds that when a final agreement is reached it will be on the b>;sis
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  • 395 18 How He Tried to Talk With Armed Gang. Peking, Aug. Z Just what does a famine relief worker do when he is told that the horizon ia thick with ba'.ciits Here's how Mr. John Earl Baker, director of relief operations for the China International
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  • 108 18 THE VITAL SPARK." Expert Gives His Views On Modern Advertising. Mr. A. J. Greenly, whose exhibition of ancient and modern advertising in Pall Mall, S.W., has closed, alter attracting 2.000 business executives, said The exhibition proved that Britain has developed an adverti^in.r sense' In these days I would say to
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 70 18 i—^ It is now an established fact that Tj NEEDLER'S High-Class EnKlish Chocolates are of fine oustanding Quality, with a distinctive flavour. QBOHbH Improved beyond all other chocoflQlSL&m| li'tes, NEEDLER'S is truly a very MMXI delicious confection. IW|j||j^^w( Test it for yourself. OF ALL GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS F. A. BARTHOLOMEUSZ,
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    • 152 18 Aft pSBV^y a pair of 1 m SPARKLING EYES Eyes that are Crystal-Clear limpid as a mountain stream Such eyes transform the plainest face with their radiance, making it vivid and beautiful. The fundamental requirement for beautiful sparkling eyes is rich, pure blood. It is the exhilarating feeling of perfect
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    • 214 18 THE PATENT "WAFER" &j^S| A marvel of compactness, undoubted- //jS\ i*£«2 f]7Z9 ly the "THINNEST CAMKRA IN W^iHilii*! JKlg THE WORLD." yet it is strong mid -SgfflE ir £i T rigid, fitted with highest grade Zei.^H /TP^^ilfiSS /U Teisar lens. Takes Plates, Film Packs J a > 2gje Prices from
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 545 19 Assets exceed $11,000,000. Assurance in force over $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Stialta Settlements.) HEAD OPFICK Winchester HnM Bingapoi*. I.ONDON OFFICE: tft, Old Jewry, E.u. The Company bus £20,000 deposited with the §wpreme Coort »f England mrd complies wfth tne British Life Afsurance Companies
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    • 559 19 BANKING NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK. N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about £8,600,000) Paid up Capital Glds. 55,000.000 (about £4,G00,00O) Reserves Glds. 28,187,797 (about £2,350,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES UATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East Ir.Hies. SHANGHAI Head office for China and
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    • 661 19 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed Y15,000,000 Capital Paid-up Y12,126,000 President S. Shimnda, Esq. DIRECTORS. N. Yanasita, Kaej. Araki, Esq. T. Hisamune. V X. Takagi, Esq. T. TaahMa, K,q. HEAIt OFFICE Taipcii. Poms :i (Tuiwan) BRANCHES AMI AGENCIES Amoy Hankow Makonc Shinchiko
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    • 363 19 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life. Marine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £60,000,000 ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Assets Assurances In force £116,753,004. £493,404,870. LET US DEMONSTRATE how a Policy of $10,000 over 25 years
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    • 176 19 Engineers Say RUSTON ALWAYS AHEAD. The Engineering Correspondent of GAS AND OIL POWER" wrote on August 7th: I was greatly interested by the new RUSTON HORNSBY horizontal engine. Th?s possesses one feature which has always appealed to me, a separate water jacket for the breech end with twin outlets and
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 466 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLIQES Standard ti^lllLThe 9 hn Car jJNE THING Meets the Demand l$ SURE for a comfortable car that can be relied Johnnie Walker "Red Label" upon, under all conditions, to give every is fine a whisk > as the best j. of any other firm. One of the
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    • 141 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Head OaVe for Malaya SINGAPORE Do You Want to HIRE A Ceiling FanP If so ASK FOR A I CROMPTON These can be obtained from the Municipal Electrical Department for $1.50 per month. Sole Agents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated
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