The Straits Times, 8 October 1930

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    40 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST. AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. v; A 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      42 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 8151), KUALA LUMPUR! 27. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) TONIGHT €.15 9.15 MARY NOLAN. in YOUNG desire:* »♦♦> »♦»♦««>♦»»«»♦»;» «».»#>«♦»»♦-♦-««♦»>»♦.«♦♦♦♦>♦♦«♦♦-»-♦♦« r ♦♦♦»>♦»«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦ I "SPEY ROYAL" I SCOTCH WHISKY j GUTHHIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) j! SOLE AGENTS. :j j! 1 2
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      9 1 Coming Thursday BEUE DANBU *X "LOVE p COMES j
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      565 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PFNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVHRNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. HENAI.LA "-IK" get- KAKMALA W« °,c, c }2
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      687 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam ana Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Du* Sail YASUKUNI MARU 11,800 Oct. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Oct. 22 23 SUWA MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 7 i KUSHIMi MARU 10,800 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MAKU 10,000 Dec. 3 4 TlfrVijYHl
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      470 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7366 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, cabir.s
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      589 2 SEL NORDDEUTSCHER CWSS LLOYD wTI l*> i^si IF (Incorporated la \^*^U^S Germany) The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures. OUTWARDS §TRAVB for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, Moji and Vladivostock Oct. 12 COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Oct. 13 CALSTER for Hong Kong, Shanghai. Kobe, Osaka,
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      598 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP <> LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AND BREMKN GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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      581 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE fo* Krctay, Trengganu, Kclantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure Sl-'DDHADIB In port Oet I VALAYA Oct. M Oct. 16 MALINI Oct. 20 Oct. 22 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      482 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nedcrhnd and N.V. Uottcrdamschc Lloyd WEKKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO «.rn.« Amsterdam Southampton Maraeillet Rotterdam Tonnage a.s. Slamal 12,000 R.L. Oct. 10 a.v Jnhan de Witt 10.354 S.M.N. Oct. 17 a.s. I'utria 10,000 H.U Oct. 24 J. C. Hooft I r,12 S.M.N. Oct. 31
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      1427 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Erc'aiid) "EI.LKRMAN" LINK PASSEMCn AND FREIGHT fCRVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGDT SERVICE OUTWARDS To llong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore v, CITY OF JOHANNESBURG la part s.s. CITY OT bHANUUAI Nov. 6 HOMEWARDS a j. CITY OF
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      426 3 Cross Canada the Scenic Way Take the route of scenic beauty providing through fast daity train service, without change, from Vancouver to Montreal, connecting with trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic steamers. Drtcriptilt booUtti tmi full m/ormstion Iron i. L. Ltwltt. Ctntttl Aft"'. Hotig Kong Bttik j Cbtmbtti, iirngmpart. CANADIAN NATIONAL The Largest
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      107 3 PHOIX ORANGE POP \IV. |!]j!!'nf mcsjj-. -yB' 1 I' jiffSg MALAYA'S FAVOURITE Phone 3463. RATTHAN.VT^^^ ONE CUBE WILL KILL I/I RATS. They die in tha open not under board* or in their holes. Harmless to human Ix in;js, tloe-i. tWtm, animals or ponllty. ?1.20 jht Carton of 12 Cubes. A.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      ButATH
      63 4 DEATH 1.1 K. Mi Lee Pang I\..!< died at hii resi> 6, Stanley Street, on Octobci IWIO, ut v a.m.. as -.1 leaving behind on 1 Si.« Kow, Slew Pan, 1 •..n Reng, Blew rock, daughters, one in l.i one n in law, four grandMm-, and one granddaughter to mourn
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      45 4 MEMORIAM MBafPMAM. 1., .wr loving memory of Ernest Hugfa l'ictun-(iilroy, v.h.> ciie.l al Singal o:i Ortuboi 1926. Foui yean h..vr passed, our hc-irts -II t :if •;iins on miss him UWrC, liis nder smile, his loving race, c on earth can take his place.
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      645 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Mamie** Straits Time*. Cecil Street. Pleas* Inni-rt th* following «mall advertisement for days t— 1 b*r* are approximately s»ven words to s line and thero Is a Sal rate aaarge si 25 cent* per line per .niortion with A minimum of on* dollar per
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      654 4 MISCELLANEOUS Va lane Barge, manicurist, CX, l'rinccp St. MABBLES, white Italian. 1. Telegraph St. JITMBLK BALE, Y.W.C.A., Thursday, Oct. I 1 1 p.m. POUND Brawn Terrier Dug > 07;>. Apply 114, Slang L m Tark. MAKIII.K KI.OORIM; THJEa IN STOCK. APPLY .SINGAI'ORK CASKET CO. TEL. t;tl73. FP.ASER NEAVE'S Malay Han.l
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      863 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, dwelling house No. 124, Emerald Hill Road. Rent $50 per month, apply personally Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd. TO LET, dwelling houses No. 1, Makepeace Read ami No. 198, T.ukit Timnh Rd. Apply personally, Estate A Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd. TO LET, bungalow No. 3,
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      430 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, commanding position. United Engineers' new buildingr, River Valley Road. Motor show rooms with three leafed entrance door, large sheet glass, bronze framed windows. Apply personally, Estate and Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd., Kstato Agents. 3, TANGLIN HILL Board, Residence, Excellent Cuisine, Personal Supervision, Garages, Tennis. Phone
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      861 4 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OK SINGAPORE. Companies Winding Up No. 2 of 1930. IN THK MATTF.K Ol ORDINANCE NO. ISS (COMPANIGB) ami IN TDK MATTER OF THE lil<;il STREET PROVISION STORE, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby triven that a petition for the winding up by the
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      962 4 TENDERS INVITED PAWNBROKERS' LICENCES, NEGRI SEMBILAN. With reference to Federated Malay States Government Ga ettc NotifleaUon No. 118 of Bent M, ]'j::<i. in wiiuh the Resident ol Magri Sembiliui, under section r> of The Pawnbrokers Enactment, I»l i," fixed for :i period of three years commencing from tlw Jnn. 1.
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      744 5 STATE OF JOHORE EN THE COURT OF THE JUDGE AT JOHORE BAHRU. Land Application No. 21 of 1930. In thr Matter of Pactfaa <>2 (ii) of the Land iiin.imriil. I'Jld ai-d In tbe Matter of a Chant* <lal.il Jnn.' (i. 1929, and registered us I'r.s.ntaliin. Na. 4«.V> Charge Volume XXXIV
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      464 5 COLIC QUICK RELIEF Not only children but adults constantly suffer severe pains from over eating, change of food or drinking water. As a well known remedy for many years CHAMBERLAIN'S COUC REMEDY has been relied on the world over to give quick relief from colic, diarrhoea and stomach cramps. Chamberlain's
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      375 5 DON'T SUFFER WITH DANGEROUS INDIGESTION Do you suffer ;ifur roeall with a Vlching, from sour and acid stomach? Mary believe they liavc heart trouble :'.:id tremble with fear, expecting any ::imite to drop dead. This condition ran Ik prevented, liktwisc rcjicved. Carter*! Little Liver Pills after ineall and neutralize the
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      617 5 TILLEY SAFETY LAMPS ALL BRITISH Rum Kerosene OH (not Benzine) fj Absolutely [*J Windproof. jej^iy^Ss Braits. fB Aa supplied y^M* (iiiM r:imrn(.» Xj^^BL DaflalL. —^Ess s^sv ICunliT ami \ckno»lt-d){ed JL liv all UKrrH rT Lump on the DUNCAN ROBERTS, LTD., *****. CECIL STKEKT. SINGAI'OKK. DR. CASSELL'S TABLETS Repair Wear and
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      255 5 HENLEY TAPE Sticks and Stays Stuck. HENLEY TAPE will do everything thai I "Sticky" Tape is expected to do and i( will do most of those things better than many Sticky Tapes being sold. Write for a sample an test it for yourself. SOLE AGENTS IN MALAYA TENTRAI \l> (ENGINE
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    RADIANT FILM BLONDES.
    1254 6 CINEMA NOTFR Miss Helen Johnson Makes Her Debut—Sunshine In Films —An Actress With A Future Misleading Titles Football And Women. lienny Rubin Scores Again. The PoMtimg Of Milton Sills alentino's GhOmtS* (By Our I'ilm Correspondent.) M7HEN Anita Loos wrote her famous book "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," she might
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    THE OPERA AND THE TALKIES.
    1181 6 Can The Cinema Be An Art? (By Lawrence Tibbetts. the Famous Metropolitan Opera Singer.) Why have I deserted the Metropolitan Opera House for the talkies It is a question which many people have put to me, some of them, I must confess in tones i.f
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    REDS IN HUNAN.
    169 6 Suppression Likely to Prove Slow Process. Hankow, Sept. 21. While sensational developments arc taking place in the political situation in North China, and interest is centring in Mokdca'l move to restore peace through military intervention and in the shattering of the Peking Government, things are moving slowly
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    SOVIET DUMPING.
    185 6 Export of Foodstuffs May Cease. Moscow, Sept. 21. The central economic organ Ekonomitehsltaya Shisn forecasts in a leading article the discontinuation, as from nejet year, of the export of foodstuffs like eggs and dairy products, instead of which the country's exports will be "chiefly industiial in character. This
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    THE CENSORSHIP IN GERMANY.
    859 6 Theatrical Debates. RELIANCE PLACED ON PUBLIC OPINION. The question of a censorship for talking films already acute in some parts of Austria, has jts significance also for Germany, \vh?rc acrid, discussions among the experts turn on the problem whether a talkie is the equivalent of a
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      66 6 NEW WORLD CABARET TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY GRAND VAUDEVILLE SHOW By the New World Cabaret ''FLASHES" VAUDEVILLE. FW 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. DANCING AND VAUDEVILLE.— From 9.30 p.m. to 12. Friday, October 10 IN roMMKMOKATION Ol 'HINESK NATIONAL DAY GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL T«o atiaM "ill lir fcivcii fur the
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      149 6 THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY. WATCHES. The bi «ffcst variety (over a 1,000 different patterns). The best movements from the Best Swiss Watch manufacturers sold at the lowest possible prices with full guarantee. DIAMONDS but not only Dianionds stings of the best style and Workmanship— RlNGS. BROOCHESPENDANTS— BRACELETS, etc.... first
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      21 6 House-Hunters should study the small advertisements on Page Four of today's STRAITS TIMES —your new home may be advertised there 1
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      235 7 6-15 Tonigtit 9-15 MARION DAVIES IN HER GREATEST COMEDY HIT I ItCIM Broadway's Greatest Stage Farce "Dulcy" NOT SO DUMB As a play "Dulcy" had New York shrieking for months. Now brought to the talking screen as Marion Davies' happiest picture Directed by King Vidor, it presents A WONDERFUL COMBINATION
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      213 7 wv vw, A^.yw v .w urn uu v v \u v y. v v v. uu w ~^OHHHHHHHH|HHfIPIH£HHfIHBii Bj^ I RV W Rjgl tS I■ 1 LAST NIGHT 0.15 TONIGHT 9.15 A UNIVERSAL Production presenting the charming MARY NOLAN In a Tremendous romantic drama of a Carnival girl told in
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      282 7 VICTORIA THEATRE Coming Nov. 22 23 TWO RECITALS ONLY Dame Clara Butt AND Mr. Kennerley Rumford Raffles Hotel This Evening at 6.15 TEA DANCE GRILL ROOM. SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT KOAST UIUI OV lAMB OKI.OFK i;l!\ISKII I.KTTn K. ANNA I'O'lMOKs. $1.75 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. SPECIAL CABARET TEA DANCE GLORY ALFORD, VYNKR
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    A PORT WITH A PAST.
    882 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Parrsboro's Fame In Sailing Days. Many captains in the old sailing day-, liad heard of Parrsboro, in the county of Cumberland, Nova Sootia. say* a special correspondent to the Journal of Commerce. Few of the half-hundred portion the Nova Scotia coast some COO
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    SECOND CUNARDER.
    321 8 Official Announcement By Company. The Cunard Company, in mail week, issued the following announcement With regard to the second express steamer, the Cunard Company state that Jit the present time they are not able to add anything to their official statement of Aug. 1. "In that statement it
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    LISBON CONFERENCE.
    178 8 Unification of Buoyage And Lighting of Coasts. The Commissioner of Lighthouses. Mr. George K. Putnam, will represent the United States at a conference on tho ■indication of buoyage and lighting of ■oa-ts Ij meet in Lisbon, Oct. 6, 1930. An announcement by the U.S. Dtpart meat of State
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT
    104 8 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Sii-.caiiore, Oc*.. t. Tin. Weulc. Kuohais 32-.">tJ cc:its. Klajtai 78-aO c>-nis. I'er.awatK 33-i? cents, Kuyohs I- ffiiti, flu Klantcs r>K-CO cmt*. Talams ir.iO MlltS) Sun/ii Ways 1.&0-2. Suiiif.M Ljiis 7. r ,-S0 Mats, l.ukuts Cj-70 r, nts, Taipin?<= 2al.i eeats, l'linifah Tin os.
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    PASSENGERS.
    173 8 Tlie following the passengers for Malayaa aorta op. board the Hector, which irrived tt Siriirapr.r"' tojay Mr. K. H. MscKentte, Capt E. C. Russell. Mivs IL ":.it. Dr. (Miss) A. K. B. Deacon, At. C. M. Morrell. Miss A. B. Graham. Mr. H. Hutton, Mr. nn.l Mrs. K. A.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    53 8 The following passengers arrived by the ItafaJ Duuh Imt.ee Airways yesterday From Bandoeng. Mr. G. Adams, Mrs. Moreau. From Batavia -Mr. B. Van Vreeden. The pasnengcrs who Ml 'or Batavia today were: Mr. S. H. Potter. Mr. E. Rhode«and, Mi. li. Shook. Mr. A. P. Addie left
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    174 8 Programme of drills up to and for week analog Oct. 12 Wednesday. Oct. 8, tUf p.m.. Drill Hall, llde. Signal Beetiott, Signul Training; 5.1.') ,i.i:i.. Drill Hull, Intelligent-).' Plutoon, Report Discussion 1.16 p.m.. Drill Hall, Kuropuiin Units S.V.C., .New Members Drill. Thursday. Oct. 9, p.m.. Drill Hal!, "C"
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARK QUOTATIONS.
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      262 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Oct. 8. On London Bank 4 m.'t 2/4 1/32 Demand tft% Private 3 m. credit 2 1 u :t2 Ou New York, demand hi 6/16 Private IX) d/n 67 13/lG On France, Bank T.T. 1435 On India, Bank T.T. 1:,.-, On Hour Kong, Bank T.T. Ci. Shanghai, Bank
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        465 8 Val. Td. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 As,.m Kumbtmr M/« 25.'o 5 Ayer UiLam Tin 8 9 0 v f! i'l Banjcnn Tin \o 14 1 1 Hatang Padang 0.10 0.16 1 1 Batu CNM 0.40 0.45 1 1 Bukil Aranf OJ6 0.40 £1 £1 Uurmah Malay 10.- 12 nora.
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        GENERAL.
        247 8 Issue V.I. Pd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Crick Ords. 2.25 2 f.O 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.00 2.10 (1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.1.6 MJ 1 1 I'ertral Engine 0.38 0.42 n-vro. iOO 50 Chinese Com. Bank 102.00 104.00 il 11 Con. T. S. T'r I'ref. 16.6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        114 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 11)36 red. IDJI-:)C 102 106 ci. Sn— ..pore Municipal p.c. of MM red. mo J1.875.0u0 jar. 9% prem. .Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. <■: 1007 red. 1947 *1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4*i p.c. of 19C» red. 19ui $1,000,000 96 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Fraicr Lycli A Co. fcvMic AIU-nby ($1) 0.76 0 0 (j.;r. 0..- Alor tiujoh ($1) ().7O U.Mir 0.70 O.bU •V Hiiam (|t) ].0U 1.10 l.uO 1.10 A. Kuning (|1) 0.20 O.UO O.JO OJO V. .Malay (fgj 1.00 I.CO 1.20 1.40
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    DUTCH AIR MAILS.
    234 8 Malayan Correspondence To Connect at Bangkok. Beginning 1 on Sunday, Oct 19, and thence afterwards on every alternate 1 Sunday, a Dutch aeroplane is due to leave Bangkok for Europe and the opportunity will be taken to forward an air mail from Malaya to Amsterdam to contain
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    HYLAMS IN COURT.
    190 8 Sequel to Raid by C.I.D. At Serangoon. The five Hylams who were BRoated by Chief Inspector Prithvi Chand, of the special branch of the Singapore Crimina! Intelligence Department, and Inspector E. V. Smith at Charhon Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, early yesterday, wtre produced before Mr. C.
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    NO FINAL DIVIDEND.
    128 8 Batu Lintang Hopeful Of The Future. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanff, Oct. 7. At a meeting of Batu Lintanjr Rubber Co., LUI., held here yesterday, Mr. D. A. M. Brown, thechaiimr.r, said that the company had a forward contract still running for five tons monthly from July
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    NEW USE FOR RUBBER!
    94 8 For Starting Fires Instead Of Damar. When an elderly Chinese woman was. summoned before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yeste.day afternoon with storing rubber without a permit, she produced a small basket containing a small quantity of scrap rubber and explained that she
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    SHOPHOUSE FIRE.
    49 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Oct. 7. Two xhophoures were destroyed and one was badly damaged when a fire broke out at night in Kamping I'antie. The lire brigade were quickly called and after some time prevented the spread of the fire which was threatening adjoining buildings.
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    EXCHANGES.
    78 8 Rlißby, Oct. 7. Foreign exchanges nrc Amsterdam 12.04 V Athena 375, Bombay Is. 5 25-3"Jd., Berlin 20.42G, Brussels JU.825, Bucharest 818, Rio 4 1:1-10, Buenos Aires 119 9-IC, Copenhagen 18.16, Gencvu 23.015, Helsingfors INK, I-c-»ii_- K..r.u )s. :i l)-l«, Lisbon 10x.2. r >, Madrid 47.45, Milan 32.795, Monte VMM
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    193 8 Today. bj.nka Island, I'ladjue and Palembanp i Klout i p.m. Blinjoe, fangkal-PinanK and Hilliton I hilelllialej 4 p.m. Kelaatan iSnddhadib) i pjo, Siaana (Parcels) (Suddhail.l. > SJOjm*. Kt'niaman, Uungun and irenggano Aseaas) i j,.n,. North, M.-t'ast and N.-West .Sumatra i Tasnian > I a,m. t)ji.nibi I Wool
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    MAILS FOR KI'KOI'E.
    40 8 MAILS FOR EUROPE. Hv S'porc l.cndun Talamba Auk- 2o Sept. U Kashmir Sept. 5 Srpt. IN Prim ilci N-de rlp.ii'lcn S-| t. 5 fcpt. iN AnKers Sept. S Sc|it. H Ilalnei.in Sept. 12 Oft .1 l.'lavaiiit Sept 11 Cict. 4
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    323 8 WtiMmtmj. Octobor f. Shipg alungaldr Ihr \Vharv«a or ripcetcd tu arrlvt. hi Pl'H HARBOUR. Mail wi.nn Havre, TonMaam, Kliodoui.u. PfclaMtok, Wrmj CuHt. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Patrol. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonc I'agar. Albert Dm-k .-.<. IJLnjoc. Victoria Dock FJ. "Klip-Klip." Baa Ho. Liong. Uipprl Harboar.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      278 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Dally Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- fiun- Relative Dircc- Speed Weather. Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity tion. F. F. ins. hour*. r r m.p.h. Alor Star SI 74 Nil 6.9 KB Calm Fine Kotii Bhn.ru 87 Si QJS 8.2 85 Calm line K. Trengyanu 85
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      192 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wednesday, October 8. II. W. 10.43 a.m., 8 ft. 9 in., 10.S6 p.m., 9 ft. in. Thursday. October 9. H. W. 11.05 a.m., 9 ft.. 11.30 p.m.. ft. 4 in. Society »t Yorkihinmen'i annual dinner, Kurope Hotel, I p.m. I riday, October 10. B. \V. UJi
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    335 9 Tin's Headlong Plunge Down 50s. RUBBER POSITION J UNCHANGED. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Hnlilirr. 12 cents, per lb. Tin, 200 tons* at $61f4 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Hubber, London .V4II. per lb., down 1. ;«n\ New York, 77 J < cts.,
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    RUBBER REPORTS.
    370 9 Sumatra Proprietary Plantations. The accounts of the Sumatra Proprietary Rubber Plantations for the year to April :iO ■how a lon of £2.:)7G I against a net profit <•! OM fot IMB-S9), which, deducted fr»m th.- amount brought in. leaves £4,127 to be carried forward. No dividend has been
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    TIN RETURNS.
    133 9 Gopcng Consolidated. -1.200 piculs. Tekka. 340. piculs. Tckka Taiping.- 680 piculs. I'engkalcn. -1,201 piculs. Ranihut.in. 14.". piculs. Kinta Tin Mines. 14S pii-uls. 1 I ri Hydraulic Tin.— 4oo piculs. I.ahat Mines.— 6o6 piculs. Telok Kruin Tin. finl pii-uls. Mcnulembu Lode Mining. —213 piculs. Patalinf Tin. 2.200 piculs. ('using
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      FOUNDING A BRITISH EMPIRE BANK.
      1021 9 Problem for the Imperial Conference. (Hy Leonard J. Reid, formerly Financial Editor of the Nation and Athenaeum.) An idea which, temporarily perhaps, is very much to the fore in international politics, is that of dividing up the world into international groups or units. Across ihe
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      61 9 12 o'clock noon, Oct. 8. Buyert Seller* R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot 12 12U Standard R.S.S. on Tender October 12H OS November 12'.« 12Vi Lcccmber 12V4 \2\ Nov.-Dec. 12 1-' Jan.-Mar. 12T» 13Vi Tone of Market Quiet, Steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 3
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      DECLINE IN PRICE OF RUBBER.
      1406 9 Dunlop Directors' Views. I CONFIDENCE OF SIR ERIC i GEDDES. The board of the Dunlop Rubber Com- pany «nd the Dunlop Plantations Company has isssu?d a memorandum to the share- I holders setting forth its views on the present situation of the rubber plantation <
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      198 9 Aloir Gajah.— l9.4so lb. Angto-Johore Consolidated. 50,000 lb. Ayer Kuning (F.M.5.1.— 100,000 lb. Ayer Panas.— 74.ooo lb. Australasia.— 2s.7oo lb. Badek. -43.300 lb. Hagan Serai.— 4s.soo lb. Batak Rabit.— 39,soo lb. Banang (Selangor).— Bo,l4o lb. Bajau.— lB.2Bo lb. Beaufort Borneo. 55,000 lb. Bintan Rubber.— ss.l36 lb. Bradwall (F.M.S.).-
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    CENTRAL PAHANG PLANTERS' ASSO.
    1579 9 Standard Wages of Indian Labourers. A special general meeting of the Central Pahnng Planters' Association was held in Mentakab on Sept. 30, primarily to discuss a resolution regarding standard wages of Indian labourers. There were present Mr. R. de Bondy, in the chair, and M?ssrs. R.
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    ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
    721 9 Falling Tendency In Prices. SECOND U.S. CROP REPORT. (From Our Own Corrcspondert.) Manchester, Sept. in. Developments in the Manchester market continue to be adversely affected by Unfailing tendency in prices. There are no hopes of any revival of buying until than are indications of more stability in
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    DUTCH E. INDIES TEA.
    152 9 Six Months' Sumatra And Java Exports. Some interesting features ar« disclosed by the figures furnished by Tea Expert Bureau. Bat*via, of the course of shipments of Java tea during the first half of the years I9SB80. From the point of view of the Empire, it is
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930. "DISTINCTLY GRAVE."
    1101 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930. DISTINCTLY GRAVE." In time; such as these it is only to be expected that the passage of a period of thref months should bring great changts in tin' point of view. It h, therefore, not surprising to find a considerable difference of
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    12 10 Mr. E. E. Colman, M.C.S., returned from leave by the Hector today.
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    13 10 Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barbour returned to Singapore by the Hector today.
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    14 10 Mr. Thomas Henry King has been appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hong Kong.
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    16 10 FSijiht Lieutenant Albert James Moss has been appointed Superintendent of the Civi! Aerodrome at Hong Kontr.
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    21 10 Our Bangkok correspondent wires that the King and Queen of Siam have returned to Bangkok from Hua Hin, the seaside resort.
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    19 10 Lieutenant John Arthur Lcmuc-l Schreilicr, Royal Artillery, has been appointed an Honorary Aides-ilc-Cc.mp to the Governor of Hong Kong.
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    29 10 On the occasion of China's National D.iy, which falls on Friday, the Chinese Consul-General in Singapore will hold a reception at the Consulate-General, Robinson Road, from noon to one.
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    32 10 The forthcoming wedding is announced of Mr. Frederick Stanley Winfield Smith, of Hong Kong to Miss Elsie Naomi Earl, No. 72, Marsala Road, Lewisham, London who is out on the Terukuni Maru.
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    36 10 Sir George Lambert, who will act as Governor of the United Provinces during the time that Sir Malcolm Hailey is attending the Round-Table Conference, has been Finance Minister of the Executive Council, United Provincos, since 1928.
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    34 10 Lieut-Colonel M. F. Day has been appointed military attache to the embassy at Washington and to the legations at Mexico City, Guatemala, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, San Jose, Panama, Havana, Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo.
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    58 10 The Sultans of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Trcngganu and the Regent of Kedah will arrive in Singapore tomorrow to attend the Durbar on Saturday at Government House. The Sultan of Selangor and the Yang di Pertuan Bosar of Ncgri Sembilan will arrive on Friday, and the Kaja of Perlis, and
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    58 10 Thirty-two years of service without a single day's absence on sick leave is the record of Mr. J. C. Holmberg, who wa? entertained by his colleagues in the Posts and Telegraphs Department, Singapore, at a farewell function in his honour at Mr. Loke Van Kit's bungalow, Pasir Panjang. Mr. Holmberg
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    U.S.A.'s UNPAID DEBT TO BRITAIN.
    1166 10 A Question for the World Court to Decide. (By Viscount Bertie of Thnmo, the British Statesman.) Eight of the States comprising the United States of America owe British people approximately £78,000,000, and they have owed this sum for a number of years. We incurred a
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    818 10 FOOTBALL AND THE SLUMP. How severe the trade depression has Keen in Wales was emphasised recently by the Council of the Welsh Football A«sonation, in its annual report. The accounts showed a loss on last season of 17C6 and the Council described the season cs the
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  • HOMAGE TO R101 VICTIMS-LONDON'S MIDNIGHT DRAMA.
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      ARRIVAL IN LONDON.
      776 11 Huge Crowd Waits At Victoria. London. Oct. B. The Tempest arrived at Dover at 'J.'-'.O, when rain was failing like a benediction. The eoAna were lying on the d«vk in long rewi covered with Union Jacks nr.'i wiealhi from France. Each was borac on the sho'.ilders of
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    GALLANT DEAD HONOURED.
    477 11 Huge Crowd at Victoria Station. FRANCE'S TRIBUTE. Remains Brought From Beauvais to London. The remains of the victims of the RlOl were brought 1o England on H.M.S. Tempest and reached London in the early hours of this morning. ft>ery homage was paid to the remains as they
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    U.S. NAVY VISIT TO SINGAPORE.
    239 11 11 Destroyers Arriving Tomorrow. The United States Navy tender Black Hawk, accompanied by two divisions of destroyers, forming the 15th Destroyer Squadron, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow from Manila. The warships will stay hero until Oct. 19, and will then proceed to Java. It is
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    MRS. BRUCE SAFE.
    87 11 Crash Shortly After Leaving Jask, Basra, Oct. 7. Mrs. Victor Bruce, who is engaged on ri (light to Japan and was reported missing 1-etwocn .Jask and Bushie, has been located on Mount Mubai-ak, 36 miles from l.i She is reported to be safe. Karachi, Oct 7. In
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    DUTCH AIR SERVICE.
    80 11 Trouble With Turkey Delays Plane. The Hague, Oct. 7. The departure of the Royal Dutch Air liner from Sofia for the Dutch East Indies has been delayed by the refusal of the Turkish Government to sanction the transit of Dutch planes generally, and insisting that permission must
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    FAMOUS ADMIRAL DEAD.
    122 11 An Arctic Explorer 55 Years Ago. London, Oct. 7. The death has occurred of Admiral Sir William May. Reuter. Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May was 81 years of age and entered the Navy as long ago as 1863. He served in the Arctic Expedition
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    MURDERED MISSIONARIES
    93 11 Memorial Service to be Held In London. London, Oct. 7. A mcmoiiai service to the missionaries Miss Nettleton and Miss Harrison, will be held at St. Brides, Fleet Street on Oct. 10. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Wiliiam Wilson Cash, who has been general secretary
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    LAHORE CONSPIRACY.
    97 11 Court's Finding After Protracted Trial. Lahore, Oct. 7. The special tribunal appointed in connection with the Lahore Conspiracy Case has concluded thr protracted trial of person i accused of having been concerned in the murder of Mr. Saundcrs, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, in 1928. Three of the
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    THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.
    352 11 Party Nominees. SIR MALCOLM HAILEY LEAVING INDIA. London, Oct. 7. The Government and the Opposition delegations to the Indian Round-Table Conference will be exceptionally strong. The Government will be represented by Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, Lord Sankey, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Wedgwood Benn, the i Secretary
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    H.M.S. REVENGE.
    125 11 Rumours of Insubordination Denied. London, Oct. 7. It appears that the rumours current .it Nice, concerning disaffection on board H.M.S. Revenue, are merely an exaggeration of lcave-bnaking by a very few men out of '.lUrdreds landed daily. There have been no arrests. The Admiralty, in a statement, categorically
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    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
    107 11 Mr. Hoover on Free Universal Education. king's Mountain, Oct. 8. At King's Mountain Battlefield, South Carolina, President Hoover, in a speech contrasted the American system of' free universal education, training runners ard striving to give them an equal start," with Socialism, Bolshevism, anarchy and despotism which all meant
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    CANADIAN LOAN..
    29 11 CANADIAN LOAN. Oversubscribed on New York Market. Mm York, Oct. 7. The $100,000,000 Canadian Government four per cent, loan, which was issued at 95! i, has been over-subscribed. Reuter.
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    INTER-IMPERIAL TRADE.
    188 11 Ministers' Views. MEETING OF PREMIERS |N LONDON. Rugby, Oct. 7. The plenary session of the Imperial Conference which begins tomorrow will be devoted to economic questions, with particular reference to inter Imperial trade. The Dominions' Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, will be the first speaker, and after him
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    NEW YORK STOCKS.
    97 11 Strong Warning to "Bear" Syndicates. New York, Oct. 7. The officials of the Stock Exchange have warned tho brokers that they are risking disciplinary measures when, they sell, and assist in the sale of, securities for the purpose of causing demoralisation of market values." I The Stock
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    A.A. & Q.M.G. CHINA.
    123 11 A.A. Q.M.G. CHINA. 1 Colonel R. B. Cousens' New Appointment. London, Oct. 7. Lieut. Colonel Robert Baxter Cousens has been appointed Assistant Adjutant I and Quartermaster-General in charge of 1 administration in China as from January 1. 1931.— Reuter. I Lieut.-Col. Robert Baxter Cousens has l.etn recently in command of
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    IMPERIAL RELATIONS.
    93 11 Scheme for General Tribunal Discussed. London, Oct. 7. The Moses Room at the House of Lords. containing the large painting of Moses bringing down the Tablets of the Law from the mountain, was the appropriate setting for the first meeting of the Imperial Conference Committee on the constitutional
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    COTTON PRICES.
    49 11 Compulsory Powers To Stabilise Prices. London. Oct. 7. The spinners of American cotton at 1 Manchester have decided to prepare a scheme, with compulsory powers, for sta- bilising yarn pries, with the object of preventing sales under cost of production from efficient mills on full-time working. —Reuter.
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    AMERICAN NAVAL VISIT TO SINGAPORE.
    23 11 A vessel of the class of United States destroyers comprising the squadron which n ill vi«it Singapore tomorrow.
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    PREMIER REPLIES TO THE CRITICS.
    249 11 Confidence of the Nation Fulfilled. London, Oct. 7. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, addressing the Labour Party Conference at Llandudno, replying to critics both inside and outside the Party, said 'the Government had fulfilled the confidence reposed in it at the last election both in its
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    REVOLT IN BRAZIL.
    152 11 Army of 80,000 Marching On Rio de Janeiro. New York, Oct. 7. The Brazilian Government has called up the first and second Army Reserves and has requisitioned all food stuffs in Rio de Janeiro. A later message from New York says A Brazilian rebel army. 80,000 strong,
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    AMOY NEXT.
    65 11 Notes Regarding Rendition Published. Shanghai, Oct. 7. The Chinese and British notes regarding the rendition of Amoy have been published.— Reuter. A previous message from Nanking (dated Sept. 17) read This afternoon Sir Miles Lampson and the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, signed and exchanged notes
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    ARCTIC PASSAGE SEARCH.
    138 11 Airmen Fjnd Sites of Two Camps. Major Burwash, the Canadian Government explorer, and his pilot, Gilbert, who lecently completed the first aeroplane flight to King William Island, report that they have found the sites of two camps on the island belonging to Sir John Franklin's party, whose
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    PRESENT NO TIME FOR PESSIMISM.
    3616 11 Mr. P. M. Robinson Sees Return of Prosperity. A TRADE REVIEW. PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The half-yearly meeting of the Penantr Chamber of Commerce was held in Penan" yesterday with the Hon. Mr. P. M. Robinson in the chair. The meeting was called with the
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    CIVIL PRISONER'S REVELATIONS.
    2087 12 "Need for Inquiry." JUDGMENT RESERVED IN FILM CO. CASE. Judgment was reserved yesterday afternoon in the Singapore Supreme Court suit in wHch Mr. L. Faulkner Willis claimed $10,000 from Famous Lasky Film Service Ltd, U damage* for alleged wrongful and imprisonment. ring to plaintiff's description of In-
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    25 12 On Friday next, the anniversary of the Chinese Republic, there will bo a special service in St. Peter's Church, Stamford Koad, beginning at JIM a.m.
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    NATIONALISTS TAKE CHENGCHOW.
    474 12 Is a Mukden-Shansi Clash Coming Nanking, Oct. 7. It is officially announced that the National Government forces captured Chengchow, Marshal Feng Yu-hsians'3 headquarter?, yesterday evening. Reuter. Shanghai, Oct. 7. A telegram received from General Liv Chi today announces that General Chen Cheng's 11th Division entered Chengchow a.t
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN F.M.S.
    240 12 Committee to Deal With European Cases. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 7. The following letter has been addressed to Mr. D. H. Hampshire, by Mr. W. E. Pepys, Under Secretary to Government, F.M.S. Sir, I am directed to inform you that the Chief Secretary to
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    PANTHER OR BEAR?
    133 12 PANTHER OR BEAR Chinese Women Mauled At Puloe Tekong. Residents of Puloe Tekong, in the Straits of Johore, are living in terror since yesterday as it is believed that a wild beast is at large there. Three Chinese women rubber tappers who were working on various parts of the islr.nd
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS.
    135 12 The following letter, addressed to His Excellency the Governor, is published for the information of all ranks. Colonial Office. Downing Street, August 13. With reference to the report on the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force for the year 1929, copies of which were enclosed in the Colonial Secretary's
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    TURKEY'S EX-QUEEN.
    238 12 Living in Singapore on £8 Per Month. The ex-Queen of Turkey, Sultanah Saniah Inshrah Hanim arrived in Singapore recently and is the guest of Mr. H. Abdeen, Eff, of Messrs. Abdeen and Co., Ltd. The Sultanah is now ar. Egyptian su'oject, as this was compulsory when she went
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    UNDER-SECRETARY.
    234 12 Mr. W. E. Pepys Confirmed In F.M.S. Post. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 7. A supplement to the F.M.S. Government Gazette announces the appointment of Mr. W. E. Pepys, M.C.S., as Undersecretary to Government, which post he has held in an acting capacity since Nov. 11, 1929,
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    HARDLY DEALT WITH.
    167 12 Man Who Was Detained In Prison. Mr. Justice Sproule, in dismissing the claim of a Tamil lorry driver named Angkapa for $500 damages for unlawful detention in Singapore prison, said that he considered it was a matter for public regret that Government had not thought fit to
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    FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
    118 12 Captain Matthews About To Leave Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 7. Captain Matthews, who damaged his aeroplane when he made a forced landing near here during his flight from England to Australia, left Don Muang aerodrome this morning. When he reached the sea h<> found
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    GERMAN UNEMPLOYED.
    35 12 Krupps May Have to Dismiss 2,500 Workers. Berlin, Oct. 7. Krupps announce that they must dismiss 2,500 workers, owing: to lack .if orders for steal, unless business improves within, the next month.— Reuter.
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    FRENCH SYMPATHY.
    264 12 Letter from the Consul In Singapore. The following letter of sympathy in the RlOl disaster was sent by the PlOM.ll Consul in Singapore, M. Ballereau, to the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements "Je suis certain d'etre l'intcrprete des sentiments de toute la colonie francaiae de Singppour en vous adressant
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    "NOT SO DUMB."
    186 12 Marion Davies Film at The Alhambra. (By Our Film Correspondent.) Marion Davies comes to the fore again in Not So Dumb which o|>cned at the- Alhambra last night. The story is a screen adaptation of the well-known stage comedy Dulcy," and kept last night's audience in fits
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      130 13 . A practice game will be played on the Padaag today at 6 p.m. TM? teams are as follows Colours. W. J. Pearce A. I. Coldinan (capt.), I. P. Cork. \V. B. Wigg and H. iMeynell A. W. 1.. Ryan and J. H. J. Dredge H. A. HasM.t?.
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      IRELAND'S RUGBY LOSS
      141 13 . R. V. Stcphenson Decided To Retire. It is announced that G. V. Sttphenson, the famous Iri-h centre-three-quarter, hai (U-finitely devilled to give up playing. Stephenron has played 42 times for his country, which is easily a world's record. Learning the game at Haileybury. where he was in
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    MILITARY BACKS FAIL.
    912 13 Public Services Win. VIGOROUS PLAY IN S.C.C'. TOURNAMENT. A more evenly contested tramo than the piiinis scored mifrhi. indicate opened the S.C.C. Rugby ti urnamem yewti rday wkn ih<- Public Services mat and defeated the Malayan Command OAena on the Padang bjf i?i> points (four coals nr.:l
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    SHOOTING
    137 13 . Chinese Volunteers' Spoon Competition. Tho following scores were re: iraea at on shoot al the Caiaete Company, S.V.C. at Bukit Tinas Range:— P;e. Onf Kay Yoag won the handicap poon with an arpregate score of 102.01, end the Recruits Competition was won by Pte. Lira Cheng Peow, l'IVi 300
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    LOCAL GOLF
    18 13 . The Saea (our.se Coif Club Octobe medal (bogey) will be plave<l on Oct. 1 r.d VI.
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    CRICKET AND THE EMPIRE.
    892 13 Rallying Call to Imperial Team. The Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, replying to the toast of "Cricket" at the farewell dinner to the Australian cricketers given by the president otj the M.C.C., Sir Kynaston Studd, drew a striking analogy between the Empire and cricket. "I very much
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    J. C. WHITE'S DENIAL.
    150 13 No Truth in Rumours Of Retirement. J. C. While, captain of Somerset C.C., nnd a member of the English Selection CwnmittM fjc tho Test matones, MMM the report that he intends to relinquish the captaincy of his county. He says that there is nothing in the
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    RACEHORSE WHICH WON A FORTUNE.
    253 13 Gallant Fox to Go To Stud. New York. Oct. 7. Gallant Fox, greatest money-maker on the American turf, has been retired to the stud by his owner, Mr. William Woodward, of New York. The horse is the winner of nearly all the important Amerkan races,
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    JAVA TOUR.
    109 13 Chinese Footballers' Ist Victory Follows Big Reverse. The Malayan Chinese footballers in Java, who are engaged on a tour sponsored by the local S.C.F.A.. met with a Sevan reverse when opposed to the Bandoeng Bound XI, being beaten by five clear goals. Information received locally was to the
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    EMPIRE GAMES.
    244 13 The Problem of a Regular Rota. The Empire Games at Hamilton are now over, and frees reports they seem to have been an unqualified success, but the suggestion that there should be t regular series of such events in different parts of the Empire, attractive though it may
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    INTER-PORT ROWING |
    232 13 INTER-PORT ROWING Miri Crew Coming To Singapore. The crew to represent the Miri Rowing Club in the inter-port rowing match on Thursday, Oct. 23, will be: Bow H. G. M. Smith. 2 N. Q. Batcheller. 3 T. H. Whitins. Stroke R.H.W.Hamilton (capt.i Cox F. Claike. Spare man R. L King.
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    HOME RACING.
    124 13 Cesarewitch Betting Fox Rides 100 th Winner. London, Sept. 26. The Gatwick course betting on the Ccnurewitch, which will be run on Oct. 15, is as follows: 1,000 to 90 against Friendship (taken) after 1,000 to 80 wa.s lnkl. 1,000 to ?."> against Bruineux (taken) after 1.000 to
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB. I
    85 13 SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB. The followinfr is the corrected list of positions in the Singapore Chess Club handicap tournament I G. Parbury .12 0 10 U 1144 IV L«<ly Colina Hus.-cv 1C 0 f> 0 7 Ki6 II J. T. Cheater .12 0 7 I US II J. C. S. Whit!'
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    SPORTING FEKTUKES.
    92 13 SPORTING FIXTURES. \>>diu-sJ»>. Octobrr 8. Kntric* close for Sinirapo'e racra. Hockfj S.R.C. vs. 11.A.X. Polo: K.O.R. Cup Kinal: Singapore va. Army. Inhore Rahru, j p.m. Ihr.HKli.y, < It tn lit r 9. Hockey: Baffles Irst. ft, Wi-lch Band. TM. I riday, October 16. Hockey: S.R.C. v«. Rorneo-Boiislea'l. A.P.C.. S.H.C. Baffles
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    CARNERA LOSES ON POINTS.
    158 13 Jim Maloney's Victory. AGGRESSIVE IN EVERY ROUND. Boston, Oct. 7. Jim Maloney, the Irish-American heavyweight of Boston, spranjr a surprise by clearly outpointing Prinio Camera, th.Riant Italian, in a ten-round contest. It was Camera's last ficht of his present tour in the United State-. .Malot.i v
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    CARNERA OR STRIBLING ?
    117 13 CARNERA OR STRIBLING World's 2 Best Heavyweights, Says Mr. Jeff Diekson. IcT Diekson thinks that either Camera or Younjr Stribling will Im- the world's heavj-weipht champion within a year, aad fa\-ours StribHng. Int< rviewcj while in route for Atlanta <if<- where Camera mat and beat :i fellow countryman in Riccardn
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    GERMANY BEAT KKANCK.
    277 13 GERMANY BEAT FRANCE. Runners Carry Them To Victory. Germany beat France in the athletic match at Hanover by ±i points tesuh which was a sad diaappoii the !'"rcrch, who, after tiirir the English atl tamfo d Bridge, were hopeful of success. This Germany's fifth victory. France's best performan ;as* year,
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    SECRET MILITARY PACT IN EUROPE.
    1271 14 Threat to World Peace. ATTACK ON POLAND? GERMANY THR SOVIET TO CO-OPERATE In »iew of the International c implication that may arise- ibieqaont X' certain tpatehe made bj German leader*, M the •subject oi the Polish "frontiers" the followina rticle will be read with interest
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    LIGHTSHIP MEN.
    309 14 Penalty for Refusal To Embark. The nine men who, on Aug. 2, refuted to embark on the Vestal at Cowes in order lo effect the monthly relief of the Calshot, Spit, Warner, Owers, and Royal Sovereign light vessels are to be reprimanded and bse a year's seniority. This
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    STERILISATION.
    180 14 Practical Experience Of The United States. Scientists from IS c untries met at Farnha.n, D irset, recently, at the opening of the ninth Conference of the International Federation of Eugenic Organisations. An amusing interlude en horse-racing occurred when Dr. H. H. Lautr'nlin, of the Eugenics Record Office, U.S.A., was
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    A PATERNAL BLESSING.
    160 14 Dr. Norwood Discusses Birth Control. Dr. F. W. Norwood, o| tse City Tcrp'e, chai: nan of the Congregational Union, speaking at Taunton recently, sai>l it was c!l very well for the Bishop? at Lr.iibe'.'a to fcive a paternal blessing tv birth eaati A, not united but divided,
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    KARAGEORGE REBURIED.
    126 14 Founder of the Reigning Serbian Dynasty. The body of the founder of the reigning Serbian dynasty, Karageorge, was removed from the village church of Topola, where he has lain for a century, and buried in a new church, for the construction of which the late King Peter gave
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    £25,000 ROBBERY.
    88 14 Theatre Party Hold-Up In Chicago. Mr. James A. Hewett, of Manchester, had an experience recently which convinced him that the newspaper description* of Chicago were not exaggerated. He was one of a theatre party ot four. On the way home when the car stopped to drop one of
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      79 14 THE S.S. POLICE BAND (Available for private engagi'iiu-nta). WILL PLAT AT JALAN BBSAR, iM P.M. KATONG PARK. 5.15 P.M. TODAY (WEDNESDAY). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. OH N SON'S WAX To clean, wax and polish jjgjfe me floors, linoleum, wood- 111 JS JOHNSON'S WAX. "'it H^^ I "r Absolutely urcaseless. Cheaper be-
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      245 14 WHAT COMPETITION CAN MATCH THIS RECORD? The Kelvinator Corporation has just closed an INDIVIDUAL sale for Kelvinator Equipment which invoh c > approximately two million dollais This contract was made with Display Refrigerator Service, Inc." one of the largest operators of chain .stores in the United States. What tompetition can
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    3935 15 Malaya and the Home Press: Cold Comfort. OBSTINATE HIGHLANDERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sr|>l. 12. f'auitht in a 'downpour, which was us sudden as it w;is terrific and gave Ixindon un inch of ruin in an hour on Wodm sd.iy evening, I niipht well f.ave imagined
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    TEA-PLANTER DROWNED.
    43 15 It is reported that Mr. W. Q. Forbes, the European manager of the Hati Khuli Tea estate, was accidentally drowned on Sept 4 in the Nowgong district, where serious floods have been caused by a sudden rise in the river Brahmaputra.
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    DRUG PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.
    733 15 Tea and Coffee. 3 HEROIN MOST DIFFICULT HABIT TO CURE. Professor Walter E. Dixon, F.R.S., in the course of his address at the ninetyeighth annual meeting of the British Medical Association taking place in Winnipeg, said that addiction to drugs had recently assumed such world-wide
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    An " Experiment" with Wine.
    175 15 An Experiment with Wine. What is it that you lose first if y<vi make the experiment of taking a glass of wine?" This question was asked at the British Social Hygiene Council's Summer School at Welwyn by Professor A. K. Heatn, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wales. The
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      237 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. I J I I i I I KoV (CLUES.) ACROSS. >[••£» 2. Beautiful -j- Maxims •1. Shrub Simmers 8. Rested lengthwise -•>• se«"5 e 11. Abiding place ;9. Keeper of a public park 13. Precious stone Negation 14. Sacred Snare I*. Ship's company }J}»f' t eh Ifi.
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      264 16 MODERN OFFICE MACHINES I AND CALCULATING MACHINE^J J^g^j| Durability- for a:ii composed of minimum ij /tSajj. SUNOSTRAND number of parts all coa91 E9 ADVANCED fldl paHicUla.'K mructcJ o£ ti.o five«, wearMglß V EATUFES rf tISIUJe (i> fo° r tcy;! y toeically ar- m'MKTWAVII GbtUIXMtSCUTUr) ranged for speed with case nl/,11
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      52 16 STILL GREATER VALUE 1931 LEADS AGAIN ALL PRICES REDUCED MORRIS ISIS MODELS. TOURER $3,290 SALOON $3,420 SOLE AGENTS: MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. aaaa^i^^^^M-^^^^^^^BU VS^S I ALWAYS FRESH FROM ENGLAND DOUBLE ACE VIRGINIA CIGARETTES ARE THE BEST OBTAINABLE AT THE PRICE cents per t|n f 50 ARDATH Co., Ltd. TOBACCO V^Bj^^P LOMDON
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    DESTITUTES AND DECREPITS.
    1496 17 DESTIT UTES AND DECREPITS. Inquiry Result. NUMBEft IN SINGAPORE ABNORMALLY HIGH. The committee cor istint of Mr. H. I-'airhurn. Mi. Gay C. Clarke, Dr. A. L. Hoops. Dr. Urn H.in Hoc. Mr. 0. I- HUcock ami Mr. A. M. (ioodman which was 1 tn inquire into the case of dectad
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    GOVERNMENT SALE.
    148 17 Man Accused of Criminal Breach of Trust. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang. Oct. f.. Before Tunglru SyH Abu Bakar in the Klan? police court today We Sin Keah. formerly a petition writer in Banting, ua? charged with criminal breach of trust in respaet of $320 being the proceeds
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    OPIUM FROM CHINA.
    118 17 Hylam Passengers Sent To Prison. Al install by off.ccrs of the Sin;ra;>ove Prevantiva Service on their arrival from China on board the steamer Kwei Yanjr, two Hyiums ploai'ed guilty to, chai-ges <'f Ii mv, in |»s-.f-ssion of ontrr.band opium aafora Mr. C Wfiaaa, the Singapore Criminal District
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    117 17 Monday, Sept. 2\>. His Kxcellency presided at a meeting of the Lo/rhlative Council at the Council Chamber, Government Offices. Wednesday, Oct. 1. His Kxcellcncy presided at a meeting o'.' the Executive Council at Government House. Thursday. Oct. 2. The following were His Excellency and Lady Clemcnti's guests at
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    2223 17 Can You Help These Men In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we Rive publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are- unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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      57 17 Probak Elades are formed from one continuous ribbon of steel, ground, honed and finished in one operation every blade must have the same perfect edge. Fit all three-prong; razors. Five Blades 75 cts., ten blades $1.50. I wonderful invention in new two-edged safety razor blade PROBAK Agents: HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS ft
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    UNCENSORED FILM.
    467 18 $400 Fine Reduced to One Of $100. The fine of $400 imposed in a Singapore police court recently upon n Japanese for failing to deposit, within the prescribed period of his arrival in the country, a film with which he landed in Singapore, and for exhibiting it uncencorcd,
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      MALAYA'S NEED.
      799 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Before the Government starts building houses for decrepits, would it not be advisable to place some restriction on the type of immigrant who come to Malaya Assuming that the present embargo on immigration is raised, anyone who cares to can
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    MR. OAKESHOTT BETTER
    238 18 . No Operation Performed For Extraction of Bullet. Mr. B. F. Oakeshott, A.S.P., in charge of the Rochoro Division, who was shot during ambush at a sundry goods store at the junction of Meyer Road and Crescent Rood, Tanjong Katong, on Sept. 3, has been discharged from the
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    INDIAN'S CHANGED STORY.
    715 18 Woman at the Bottom Of Trouble. A case in which an Indian clerk was alleged to have flun/j a. compatriot out of a second floor window on to the ground below, took an extraordinary i turn yesterday when the complainant "went back on his original report" and
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    PRINTER FINED.
    138 18 Breach of Printing Press Ordinance. Siii.rnoiied, at the BMtaaca of Mr. E. Tongue, Hi ad cf the Singapore Deter tive Branch, the Chinese proprietor of the Chop Caoag Nam IVcss of 21 Colrman Ml eat, was line <! ISOQ hv Mr. E. N. Taylor, the Jin;:;i|>ore Second I'olics
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    145 18 The Singapore .Municipal health statement for the week cn<le<l Sept. '27, gives the total number of deaths as male 178, and female 96. This repvo* Tits death rate of 28.7:5 per niille, per annum, compared with 81.16 in the preceding week and 25.59 in the corre-pondini; week of
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      1984 19 Assets exceed $11,000,000. Assurance ia force over 138,000,000. II The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) HKAD OFFICE Winchester Home, Singspore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compliei with the British Life Assurance
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      155 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES twj SHE gave her best NESTLES did the rest, and here <&£&£^Ss^iS^ki Syou have the finished 1 product: the nearest pßJ^jjl jtj T thing to perfection in Iff^^^^^^^^fcl -n Psterilisec^ cannea milk. I IT HAS THE L"^^'"j 0 FLAVOUR B!ffi^iS Eof fresli dairy milk. 4 S NATURAL
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      124 20 Smoke aWdls's urn eaa I> £> N r laße W.D.&. H.O.WILLS. BRISTOL LONDON SAFE JBt I LISTERINE 2 Nb J TOOTH PASTIi introduces mL| an amazing new cleansing S^Sa 'agent that whitens teeth 025E I with almost no brushing. M& {gs v Fifteen other ingredients, »~J 1 chosen after fifty
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      199 20 THE OCEAN ACCmENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Creat Britain) Beatf Office for Malaya i SINGAPORE. MONIER REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPES MADE IN ALL SIZES DP TO 8 FEET DIAMETER. Suitable for Road and tOOO 7^^ The B"4 Railway Culverts /mK\ and Specially Constructed vW I) OVOID SHAPED imW^J^ Pipe-
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