The Straits Times, 30 October 1930

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. S 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 143 1 SINGAPORE: TS, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6101)*< CIS TONIGHT Ml KING OF JAZZ I Featuring i PAUL WHITEMAN. j WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR SAY? .y? y) Why, of course, give him "BEAR L BRAND" Milk. No other milk is so eas *ly digested, so highly nutritive, W" ::i 2> >> *^~T(^y
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    • 142 1 KUALA LUMPUR I ST. JAVA 91. 'PHONE 3683). Latest Models in Gowns and /^^k Millinery T^D TIP ROBINSONS Jf _/Jl/| f llV NEW EVENING y rii|||j jSk DISTINCTION. jjl t MILLINERY FOR VM v MATRON OR 0 \J :^i m k/__O>. i The greatest care has been exercised in j
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    • 14 1 I B.IS TONIGHT 1.15 KING OF JAZZ I Featuring r AtH» whiti:m \s\ i
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 561 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SN CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH H MAJESTVS GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RAWALPINDI 16.600 Nov. 1 •JEYPORE !>,320 Nov. 14
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    • 611 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail §SUWA MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 7 5 rUSHUU MARU 10,900 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec. 3 4 TERUKUNI MAKU 11,8(10 Dec. 17 18 lIAKLSAN MAKU 10,400 Dec. 31 Jan. 1
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    • 468 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 f 7,805 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Au.-tralia,
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    • 549 2 ANORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated in Germany). The understood are the Company's intended fixtures. OUTWARDS FULDA for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Nov. 9 SCHLESIEN for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Nov. 15 5 MOSEL for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalny, Tsingtau, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Not. 28 GOSLAR
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    • 637 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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    • 529 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTINC BEBVICI for Kretay, Trcngganu, Kelantnn, Ilunirnara, Ttlupin, Patani, Sincora, Laeon, Sichon, Runiton, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA Nov. I Nov. I MALINI Nov. 10 Nov. 12 BUDDHADIB Nor. 17 Nov. lit The steamers arc fitted throuxhout
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 479 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart MaatsehappiJ Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa AautersUaa Boathamptoa Maraelllea Ratteraaaa Toaaage m.v. f. C. Ilooft ll.filJ S.M.N. Oct. 31 m.v nihajak 13,000 R.L. Nor. 7 s.k. Koiiintrin der NeHvrlanilcn 8.206 S.M.N. Nov. 14 n>.» Indrapoera 12.000 R.L.
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    • 494 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LIKE otW AMERICAN IMAtt LINB BOUND-THE WORLD SERVICE From BINCAPQRE and PENANG *ia COLOMBO, SUEZ, I'ORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrivs Leave I-eare Spore Spore Penaag PREB. W11.30N Nov. 10 Not. It Not. 16 PRES. VAN BUREN Not. 24 Not. 17
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    • 464 3 £LLERMAN BIiCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (laeorporated la Ebglana) BLLKBXAN UN. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT BERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. rRKIGHT SCBVICI OUTWARDS Te Hoag Kong, Shanghai aad Japan Due Spore s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Nov. 7 KAZEMBE Dec. 5 CITY Ol' WELLINGTON Jan. 6 HOMEWARDS Mb CITY OF MANDALAY
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    • 490 3 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated Io Denmark) Telephone S32S. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To RENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang I m.s. JUTLANDIA Nov. 1 Nov. 7 m.s. ALSIA Nov. 2fl Nov. 28 I m.s. FIONIA Dec 17 Dee. 1» m.s. LALANDIA Jan. 7 Jan. 9
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    • 242 3 JASPER NATIONAL PARK Canada's Rocky Mountain playground For booklets and information, write, phche or call. L. L. LAWLER, General Agent, Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore. CANADIAN NATIONAL The lariat Railway Sptat in Amtnca KLAVENESS LINE (Incorporated In Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Service from ntfLAWAN DELL PENANG AND SINGAPORE to I.OS
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    • 353 3 BRUNOLINUM For the Preservation of all kinds of Timber. BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM For the* cure of all Bark Diseases in Rubber Trees. LEE KiM SOO 40, lIICwH STREET. Just Unpacked Sale Now On CHOOSE YOUR GIFT BOOKS FROM THIS LIST. Pirtnre Show Annual $.i.-,o Puck Annual $3.50 The Playtime Annual $;i.50
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 130 4 LOW SOO IIIANIi. Died at this residence .it Terfoilff, Malacca, on Sunday, iittnl vj, leaving l>ehind sous, Low CkeM d*l t'hcnir Hoh and Chptifr f'hiat, dauirhtt mn -in-law, .i dauKhters-in-law. 2:> Krandchildrcn, 1 irrnnddauKhti-r-in-law nru! I Kreat |MMM to mourn his loss. bEAH. Mrj. Saab Ann ScnR, the beloved
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    • 59 4 1 >m Hi' nil* a, ill ri.-la atuiiilcil the funeral h. Lm I'hfiw U:n yesU-r-lay «hn MBt letters of condolence, flora] ami other tributes in their sad bereavement. I'r. N. .Vootatamby bpRs to thank his friends ::n<! relatives for attending the funeral of fcis wife hml tho^.- who sent
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 606 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Th» Advertising Manages* Straits Times. Cecil Street Pleas* Insert th* following «tnall advertisement tor days >— There >rs approximately seven words to a lln» and there t* a flat rat* aaana at 26 cents per line per Insertion witb A minimum of one dollar per Insertion.
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    • 681 4 MOTOR VEHICLES EASTERN Auto Coy., Ltd., have always in .tock varieties of first class reconditioned ars to clear, cheap for east) or on deferred «yment. BABY FIAT, r.O'J tourer, H month:; old, run ■.bout 6,000 miles, owner driven, just as new, owner leaving Colony. Cheap $800 cash. Apply 40C, High
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    • 699 4 HOUSES, FLATS, BTC. TO LEY, No. 304, Orchard Road, furnished. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, 90, Meyer Road. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brothets. TO LET, 111, Meyer Road. Intry Sept. 1. Apple: Meyer Brothers. TO LET, No. 83, Meyer Boad, Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, 2, Cluny Rd.
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    • 532 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, Offices at 1-A. Rafflei Quay, from Aig. 1. For rent and particulars apply U Cutbxie A Co.. Ltd. WELL FITTED SHOP, moderate rent to be let immediately in best European shopping district. 630, Straits Times. TO LET, 182 and 114. Haveloek Bead, two storeyed riverside
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    • 658 4 NOTICE IN THE ESTATE Of TEO SIANG THENG, DECEASED (CHOP CHIA KEE). I'ursuant to the TrOsf^cs Ordinance, No. II of 1929. NOTICE is hereby given that* all creditors and other persons, bavin* any claims or demands upon or against tin* Estate of the nbovcnami'd deceased, who died at No. 40,
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    • 554 4 AUCTION SALE of valuable Singapore Inwn ami country propel tn- At Messrs. Cheon-g Koon Seng Co.'s saleroom, No. 30, Chiilia Street, on Wednendav. Nov. 1930 a» J..10 ii.m. Lot 1. Vaiuuble 99 years' leasehold land and premises known .i Ko. 6, w Street. Singapore, area J,H7;i sq. ft. dated Nov.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 544 5 NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Mark depleted abvn la the exclusive pro-i..-iiy of the Ganaral Deetric Company of ectady, New York, United States of America, BM that the same is used by the i,l Coeapairf in respect of all classes of electrical rooda, tteaai turbines, refrigera- ;<■ iinnliances,
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    • 759 5 MINING REPORT No. 434. The Chairman and Directors RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, S.S. Gentlemen,— l be; to submit the report if mining operations for the four weeks ending Oct. 10, 1930. Drveli pmenl. The total footage of development work completed for the period is MmH Mai as
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    • 637 5 r HL jfl I s^H BJA j jijwißßflMM|™iyKßMfcg^^^^ "w-^ k^^fV^jj EASTERN AGENCIES, LIMITED. J^^J Singapore, Kuala l.umpur. and I'enang. NOW READY The Singapore and Malayan ROUGH DIARY 1931 $2.50 Obtainable from PRINTERS, LIMITED, 10, Collycr Quay. Phone 3987. AND STATIONERS. THE STRAITS TIMES m\ Jffl STRAITS BUDGET. Head Office, CECIL
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    • 127 5 GOULDS PUMPS CENTRIFUGAL RECIPROCATING OR HAND PUMPS FOR ALL DUTIES. Large and Varied Stocks held by the SOLE AGENTS FX)R MALAYA |rENTRA|"| SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. DID YOU t FORGET ANYBODY kLAST CHRISTMAS? Give a "KODAK" and be We can arrange to have one delivered to any address in the
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  • 1001 6 Ireland Settles Down To Peaceful Progress. When the Imperial Conference opened Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald and Mr. McGilligan were present as the representatives o»' the senior (iovernment of all those na*-h«red round the Council table. Canada, Australia, South Afrira, NY.v Zealand, England herself, all have changed hands
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  • 257 6 Three Aeroplanes Crash Into Trees. Three Royal Air Force Bulldog aeroplanes crashed into trees on a hillside in Arundel Park, Sussex, recently and flight Lieutenant Gerald Christopher Allan Armstrong, pilot, of one of them, was killed, and another pilot. Sergeant Wilfred Birkishaw, died in Arundel Hospital a
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  • 192 6 Efforts to Persuade Bandits To Release Them. Peking, Oct. 15. Interest in the fat? of Father P. Laffan and Father J. Lineham. of the St. Columban's Mission, at Hanyang, who have been in the hands of bandits since April 26, has been re-awakened by a Chinese report
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  • 481 6 Arrivals From the East Indies. London, Sept. 27. The pair of young lions which bred at the Zoo last year have again produced a litter of three. The mother and cubs will be kept strictly private for some weeks, in a space in the
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  • 231 6 Road Authority's Feat Of Motoring. One of the delegates who left Southampton recently for the sixth International Roads Congress, to be held in Washington, had motored all the way from Lahore. He was Mr. S. P. Stubhs. Chief Roads Engineer to the Punjab Government, and a leading
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  • 165 6 70- Years-Old Bequest Which Was Neglected. London, (><i. 3. A wealth of art treasures, the existence of which was for long unsuspected, is now on view at University College, London. The hasis of the collection was bequeathed to the College nearly TO years ago by the
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  • 307 6 Shuns Politics on His October Tour. Washington, Oct. 5. PraaUswt Hoover has decided to avoid the subject of politics during his present speaking tour, and the decision has created sudden disappointment among the ranks of the Republican Congressional candidate". Encouraged by the President's recent statement in
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  • 72 6 Attack of Giddiness While On Staircase. Caleulta. Oct. Hi. Mr. Bftbaft Danaat Inta, an assistant of the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company, died today U the result of v fall on the staircase in the Marine Club. Mr. Bawden who had been to hospital two months before suffering from
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 43 6 The merit of THORNYGROFT VEHICLES is again evidenced by the fact that the authorities have granted a concession for the running of the OMNIBUS SERVICES in CAIRO, EGYPT to a British-owned Company using THORNYCROFT VEHICLES ONLY. (SINGAPORE) LIMITED. THORNYCROFT HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Telephone 5001/2.
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    • 156 6 COME AND HEAR THE *EW British "LISSENOLA" made ELECTRIC AMPLIFIED GRAMOPHONE (ALSO EMBODYING RADIO RECEIVER). BEAUTIFUL TONE AND LARGE VOLUME. The price is lower than many ordinary Gramophones. Service after Sales. Can be heard at NANG HENG at CO., 103, Selegie Road and MITSUBOSHI ELECTRIC CO. 328, North Bride* Road,
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    • 56 6 AH! STRAWBERRIES IN CARTONS TRY THEM WITH "Freshfood" Cream SOMETHING DELICIOUS REFRIGERATING Co LTD Branches ORCHARD ROAD. SELEGIE ROAD. KEPPEL ROAD. »j 17* RUE DC LA PAIX PARI> The Best Flavours in the FINEST CRYSTAL Bottles. r ~'-*(Btg DUO DANDY -^--.IJSry^* "VS&j CHARME POESIE t 1; I fl PERFUMES ~D
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 198 7 c.15 TONIGHT Q.IS THE CARE-FREE ALL COMEDY SHOW YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR EL BRENDEL MARJORIE WHITE, WM. COLLIER, NOEL FRANCIS, MIRIAM SEEGAR and FRANK RICHARDSON IN THE NEW MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1930 THE LAST WORD IN GETTING GAY! KICK THE LID OFF GLOOM HERE'S A FUN RIOT TO KEEP YOU
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    • 285 7 yjoetoe QQQOQa/)eooQe o@ oe oo ooc|< l(l^» ninß HLi mCXm CX I Hv V*M vm I I 1° G.IS NIGHTLY 9.15 Amazing Marvellous Unbelievable SINGAPORE ENTHUSIASTIC Over Universal's ALL-COLOUR Stupendous Revue Sensation KING of JAZZ Presenting PAUL WHITEMAN and a cast of Film and Stage Favouiites greater than has ever
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    • 206 7 VICTORIA THEATRE Coming Nov. 22 23 TWO RECITALS ONLY Dame Clara Butt AND Mr. Kennerley Rumford ttt?^ MARYBOROUGH. e-15 TONIGHT B-15 COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME VOX CORPORATION Present ZANE GREY'S GREAT OUTDOOR ROMANCE The Last of the Duanes With GEORGE O'KKIKN— MYRNA F.OY. THRILLS ACTIONS I ROMANCE I'rrrrd.il liy CLAM
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  • 416 8 SHIPPING NOTES. JCatest Addition to Dutch Far East Service. The trials of the M. V. Tanimbar, which j lias been built by the Caledon Shipbuild- 1 haf a'"' Enjrinecring Co., Ltd., Dundee, to the order of the Stoomvaart Maatschapplj j Nederland," Amsterdam, took place on Sept. 17. The
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  • 117 8 New Cruiser Commissioned For Active Service. .Mi Majesty** cruiser PreWahar, which I. been aenrina; in tho Second C'rui«>r Souadii-n, Atlantic Flet-t, has been paid fit ct Chatham Dockyard from fully eased eerviee ami placed In ram ie i mmm Tho Frobisher will be replaced in the Second Croiser
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  • 125 8 The Japanese Admiialty Ortici- has Rilviaed the cfßoe of th«- collector of itiv i ims that "ii uncharted rook which conrtitutei v menace to icfa navigation i •-.:■> Philippines am! Japai lias jus. i n discovered oaT the coat of Korea. l.iMr-l mariner, wen accordingly adv:»v<! i.y
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  • 628 8 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES OCT. 2 A1,.-co i£l) Allagar (2/) 1/1 Vi; Amherat Ar.jiln -Malay i l\ 13 32; Ayer Kur.-I ln| > XI > Ba«aa Serai (£1) Buhtdl (Sal.) (2 i 3 lii.!itcng (£1) H; Batanir' i onselidated IL' I !l; Batu Caves (£1) 9 1«;
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 119 8 Macphail and Co., Limited. Singapora, Oct. 30. Tin.- yuiat. Kuchßis 53-57 cents, Kintus 82-5.7 ccnU, Malay Consols. 13-16 cents, l>enaw::ts 40-*:! cent*, Lukuts 60-65 cents, Sungei Luas 78-83 cents, Ulu Klang* CO-C5 jioiiis, Susiitfi Ways 1 .87 M;- 1.97 Petalings \*M-aM, ■ulmn.s 245:-27 cents. South TaiIpinKi l«'j-20
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    • 314 8 The following passenjers arc homeward iiound hy the Khyher, which will sail ii.m. Singapore at y aja. tomorrow Mr. ;.nd Mr;. Cornwell, Mr. H. J. Frewin, Jlr. }f, (i. Winton. Mr. A. Duncan. Mr. W. N. Stilt, Mr. k. P. France, Mr. A. S. Morton, Mr. M:i.on, Mr. Dowe,
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    • 29 8 From France, by D'Artafcnan, due at Singapjre 6 a.m. on Saturday. l-'iom Kurope (Londun mails dispatched an Oct. 9) by Rawalpindi, due at Henanp J.M p.m. today.
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    • 71 8 Protrn»nsm<; of drills up to and for week ending Nov. I Tliarsday, Oct. 30, 5.30 p.m., Drill Hall, I Generul Conference, 0.0.C.'s Inspection. I Friday, Oct. tl, 5 p.m.. Drill Hall, "B" (Knglisni Co., Table "A"--:*0 Yards Range Mtluber* as notilied. I Saturday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m., Dtkit
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    • 50 8 (THE KRIKVDLY LAXATIVE). A palatfMe preparation in tablet form .iavoured with chuccilott, making it t»pircial!y Mlaatad for won.en und children, though .'<iuully food for nieii. hocolux actn gently. [Tbmptly and thoroughly without r&usinc pain or disturbing the i atjral function;. Übtainaldv Iro-n all Chemist!-. Manufarturrd by manual steakns cohpant.
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    • 263 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Oct. 30. Or. London, Bank 4m* 2 3 20 ?2 Demand 2U% Private 3 ni. credit 2 4 I :.J On New York, demund ;.f,>. Private S*0 d/t 67% On France. Bank T.T. 1481 On India, Bank T.T. 153Vj On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 42 1 disc. On
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 459 8 v"lv "l I'd- Buyers Sellers (1 £1 Asam Kumbant 20/- 25/-5-5 Ayer Hil«m Tin j:iu a 11 II limiKrin Tin IS/I U.; 1 1 Batant: Pndiuig O.IU 0.15 1 1 Butu Cavrs 0.35 0.40 1 1 Uukit AIMW 0.35 0.40 ii 11 Hum. ah Malay Id 12/- nom. (1
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      • 248 8 Nt I'd. Burers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Crick Ord». 2.20 2.00 2 2 Alex. Brick Pref*. 200 2.10 fl £1 Brit. Am. Tubiuro v.0.0 5.5.0 1 1 Central Engine OJM 0.41 nom. 100 SO Chinese Com. Bunk 102.00 104.00 fl £1 Con. T. S. 7',r Pref. 15/3 16 6
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      • 114 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1U26 red. 1931-36 101 10* ci. Singapore Municipal ft p.e. of »9i red. 1930 fI.STS.OOO r»r. prem. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. 1307 ted. 1347 $1,600,t0U U par Siiigapore liunicipal f.c. of IBUS* red. 1&65 t1.000.0u0 9K par I Singapore Municipal
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      • 386 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today's Prices Fruser Lyull Co. t utt <Ul— fcj (Jl) 0.1.0 0.65 0.7 a 0.85 A lor Umj*h ($1) 0.70 0.80 0.70 0.80 A. Hitajn (»1) 0.'.'0 1.00 1.00 1.10 A. Kumnc (II) 0.20 O.SO u^'U 0.30 k. Malay U2)
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    • 1196 8 Month Ends on Brighter Note. Ly«ll and Evatt's report of Oct. 2V state* Tin. Highest. Lewes*. CUwincLondon £120.10.0 £117.:>.0 1120.6.0 Singapore *62-« $60% MIH R25 tons sold as at Oct. 29, 1930. Kabber. London 4 lo'lCil. 4d. 4 :t IM. Singapore ISfi 12'- lt% New York B:ii8
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  • 184 8 Ihor.day. October .10. 11. W. 5.15 a.m., 6 ft. 6 in., 3.17 p.m., 7 ft. 4 in. Police Baud at Katong I'.-iik, 5.15 p.m. rriday. October 31. 11. W. 6.45 a.m.. 6 ft. 8 in., 5.02 p.m., 7 ft. Rotary > lu>> TIBb, Kafflcs Hotel. Municipal
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  • 259 8 Today. Lpper Sanaa, Nerta ami K^^t [adia (£kma I 3 j>.,h. Sontkara and Western India Kajula) ajß. Setat Pandjang, BcngkalU, Siak, I'ak.in Kaior and i'ajukomlio (Tidan 1 4 ji.,11 raelee t.nlang (Noembing) .4 p.m. Tomorrow. (Jrrat Britain, liebnd, Kuropc, North Amariea, tn connect with the An Mail
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  • 41 8 Left Arrd. By 8'pore I oudun Edavana Sept. 11 Oct. 4 Christiaan Uaygen* Sept. 19 Oct. 9 Mantua Sept. 1!* Oct. IS Shiraia Sept. 2.'. Oct. 18 Johan v Oldcnbarnevclt Oct. :t Oct. 2.1 Kashcar Oct. :> Oct. U5
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  • 304 8 Thursday, October "0. i Ship* alongKide Ihe Whine* or expected In arrive. KEI'I'KI. I! AKUUI I! Main Wharf l.ch. Kimon, Lch. THar*. W. Bt K, rtka, I. Pe«htun. Oil Wharf Nil. Ccal Whurf Patrol. ,i MU IN DRY IM)( KS. Tunjons I'ajiar. g Albert Dock 1.1. Kedah.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 35 8 AUCTION SALE nf one rubLertynd t;h:.rry with lumps and a Deli pony with harness. To bf hrld at Bonham Street, on I rids;. Oct. SI, 1930 at 10.30 a.m. I EOONC COON BOia CO., Auctioneers.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 271 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. j: Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed We»ther. Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity tion. F. F. ini. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star M> 73 0.09 7.9 SE 2 Cloudy Kota Hh.^ra No report. K Trcngtranu 86 73 "0,04 5.0 8S WJIW I
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  • 299 9 Rubber Jumps l/ 2 Cent In New York. CONFIDENCE GAINING GROUND. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday, 10 a.m. Today's I'rices Rubber. 19% cents, per lb. Tin, l.~>o tons at $C>l per picul. Yesterday's I'rices Rubber, l.nndmi. I ,d. per lb., up :t-16d. New York, 9 rts.,
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  • 115 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commero RbMwi Association heM its 991 st auction en Oct. l!'J. when there was catalogued 1,682,55!) )i.. M 711.14 tons; offered 1.497,639 lb. o: tOKD'J tons sold 1,061,513 lb. or 473.89 tens. Spot. London 4 3-16 d. New York S4 cts. PRICE REALISED.
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  • 229 9 The umlcrnnted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturduy, at a.m. Horizon, IMO, 1 Life in a sailing shipi (Ken Attiwilli The Diaries of Col. The Hon. Robert Kulke Greville, 1930. illus., K. McK. BladOB) The World I URed to Know. *****012, iliu>;.. IntM. from the
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  • 64 9 At a meeting of the directors of the liurniah Oil Company held on Oct. 17 at GlaagoW) an interim dividend at the rate of i»i rent., less tax of 3/lh-d. in the i". on the ordinary shares was declared payable i>n \ov 11. The usual half
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1406 9 if illy -.mud companies that are not overcapitalised and have low-cost producing plant. I have pleasure in seconding the proposal for the adoption "f the report and accounts. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The chairman then proposed the confirmation of tba payment of the interim dividends.
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    • 60 9 12 o'clock noon, Oct. 30. Buyers i t.S.S. equal to London Stanford Spot 13% ttandard R.S.S. on Tender November 14Vi December U% Nov.- Dec. 14 Jan.-Mar. 15 Sellers 14 14\4 14% 14% 15% Tone of Market Steady, quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 4%d. per
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    • 1418 9 Falling-Off In Native Output. (By Dutch Air Mail.) The twentieth ordinary general meeting of Kinta Kellas Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held, on Oct. 10, at the Rubber Growers' Association, 2-4. Idol Lane, E.C. Mr. P. J. Burgess (the chairman) said Gentlemen, In rising to move the adoption
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    • 263 9 Kepong and Gordon Statements. Similar circulars have been issued by Kepong (Malay) Rubber Estates, Ltd., and Cordon (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd.. following shareholders' inquiries, states the Financial News of Sept. 19. The Kepong statement says that total outpat for the year 1930 is estimated in round figures at
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    • 77 9 Rugby, Oct. 29. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.06, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5 25-32 d., Berlin 20.385, Brussels 34.845, Bucharest 818, Rio t%, Buenos Aires 38 3-16, Copenhagen 18.16. Geneva 25.025, Helsingfors 193>«, Hong Kong Is. :iVid.. Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 43.95, Milan 92.705. Monte Video 39, New York 4.85
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    • 280 9 Rate Maintained On Ordinary. The directors of the Dunlop Rubber Company have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent, on the ordinary shares. This is nt the same rate as last year. The full dividend for 1929 was 15 per cent, says the Financial Times
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    • 109 9 Companies to Cease Extensions. Amsterdam, Sept. 28. The directorate of the Amsterdam Rubber Company announces that the company's extensions of rubber planting are being executed according to the programme fixed for 1930. For 1931 the company intends either to stop all extensions of planting or to carry
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  • 1558 9 Retail Business Falling: Off. TELLLING RETURNS BY DISTRIBUTORS. (By A. W. Still.) London, Oct. 1. A square yard is 1,296 square inches, and no amount of argument can make It more or less. No similar finality is possible in regard to any known standard of value. A
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    • 158 9 Raffles Hotel TO PLANTERS, MINERS AND RESIDENTS OF JOHORE, MALACCA, THE NEGRI AND SELANGOR. WEEK-END VISITS AT SPECIAL RATES. Owing to Steamers' schedules of arrivals and departures it ia found that during the average week-end there is vacant bedroom accommodation at Raffles Hotel, and the Management is prepared until further
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  • 1051 10 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1930. HEALTH BOARDS. Ever since the rubber industry was started in Malaya and Indian labourers were attracted in their thousands the country ha~ borne a deservedly high reputation for the excellent conditions maintained. Successive agents of the Government of India have found little
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  • 1119 10 Economists and Business Men Differ. (By W. T. Hart, B. Com., formerly Lecturer in Banking and Exchange at the City of London College.) The theoretical economist and the practical business man frequently find themselves at variance in their interpretations of the cause.'— or even
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  • 273 10 Mr. T. F. Carey returns from leave i this week. He will go to Taiping, where' he will act as State Treasurer. Mr. T. C. Green, of Sungei Choh estate, well known in the F.M.S. as a cricketer and now on leave, has been operated upon for
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  • 802 10 "A BRAW LADDIE." There is an eight-year-old boy in Aberdeen at present who ought to be Chancellor of the Exchequer lonj;, long before he is Mr. Snowdcn's age. His slogans are risk no capital, believe in the inherent poodness of human natur and be content with
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    • 214 10 (H^k. MALAYAN CHRISTMAS I fc^* CARDS. I Wi II mrH^' A delightful series of cards depicting jl 7^ If 31 T| scenes in Malaya. L The front of card bears an etching TO^j^^L^fV'V^ i in black and white, and inside the .-^Jj jjr SHftfo*-', I card is printed Greetings from
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    • 69 10 U.S. DE SUVA BROS. JEWELLERS A DIAMOND MERCHANTS n New Goods In Sterling Sllrcr and E.P. W«r« St years' experience < 1 Tel 61, HIGH BT, 'Phon. "SUrabro*." SINGAPORE. 454» ejit t.e.tt "KING OF JAZZ" Now screening at the CAPITOL THEATRE All the favourite items, conducted by PAUL WHITEMAN only
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  • BREVITY OF R1O1 TRIALS: EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY.
    • 1020 11 Nationalists Meet With No Opposition. TAIYUAN AIR RAID. Marshal Yen Willing To Go Abroad. Shanghai. Oct. 29. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang announced today that he will meet President Chiang Kai-shek in the near future. The "Young Marshal" denied that there is any mutual suspicion between the President and
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  • 160 11 Protest to the Soviet Ambassador. Rugby, Oct. 29. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, wat asked in the House of Commons if he could state the conclusions arrived at by the special committee set up to inquire into propaganda by the Third International in Great Britain,
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  • 128 11 Further Sentence of Two Years Imprisonment. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 29. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the exPresident of the All-India Congress, only smiled when he was sentenced by the city magistrate at Allahabad to two years' i igorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. COO on charges
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  • 154 11 Woman for Tokio and Man For Australia. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 30. The first to greet the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, who is flying to Tokio, when she arrive.! at Dum Dum aerodrome this afternoon was Mr. Oscar Garden who is flying to Australia. The
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  • 96 11 Kidnapped Millionaire Returns Home. Galvcrs, Illinois, Oct. 30. The kidnapped millionaire bank president, Mr. Earle Yocum, has returned home. Reuter. It will be recalled that Mr. Earle (previously referred to in the cables as Karl Yocum was missing from his home over the week-end and, on Monday, his
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  • 40 11 Early Morning Arrests By Police. Delhi, Oct. 20. The police arrested three men and one woman in the early hours of this morning and seized four bomb cases, a revolver and cartridges, chemicals and inflammatory literature. —Reuter.
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  • 208 11 'Unauthorised Incorrect' THE ATTACK ON MR. BALDWIN. Rugby, Oct. 29. A statement published in the Press today and purporting to be signed by 44 Conservative members of Parliament, who, it was stated, attended a meeting to protest and demand a change in the leadership of the
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  • 232 11 Mr. Scullin on Equality Of Status. London, Oct. 29. Mr. J. H. Scullin, the Prime Minister of Australia, broadcasting on the Imperial Conference said the Conference was now engaged in bringing the forms of government within the Empire into harmony with the new status. If the task were
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  • 67 11 Dominion Delegates At Buckingham Palace. Rugby, Oct. 29. Nearly 1,000 guests attended the afternoon party given by the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. The guests included the Dominion delegate- to the Imperial Conference and their wives, who were presented to Their Majesties. The member of the
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  • 29 11 Bill Authorised By Senate. Amsterdam, Oct. 30. The Senate sanctioned the bill authorising a loan of 75,000,000 guilders on behalf of the Dutch East Indies. Reuter.
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  • 124 11 A Record Peace-Time Order. London, Oct. 17. Important equipment for the Royal Air Force, which, when completed, will place the British Air Service ahead of all others in the first line of day squadrons, is announced in the Morning Post. The paper understands that the Government is
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  • 443 11 Effort to Remove It. CHINESE NOTE TO BRITISH MINISTER. That representations will shortly be made by the newly-arrived Consul General for China, Dr. Chen Chang Lok, to the responsible authorities for the rescinding of the ban on the Kuomintang in Malaya was announced this morning. Discussing
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  • 51 11 Another Big Merger Suggested. New York. Oct. 29. It is learned that informal discussions are proceeding for the amalgamation of the Bank of the United States, the Manufacturers' Trust Co., the Public National Bank and Trust Co. and the International Trust. The merger will have deposits of $700,000,000.
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  • 95 11 Hard Luck Pilot to Have Another Shot. Tacoma, Washington, Sept. 30. Mr. John Buffelen, backer of the "hardluck pilot." Lieut. Harold Bromley, in the latter's numerous and unsuccessful efforts to fly between Tacoma and Japan, announced today that he has authorised another attempt at a trans-Pacific crossing. The
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  • 65 11 Boys and Girls Who Leave School to Wed. New York, Oct. 19. According to the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools, 483 boys and girls (mostly girls) dropped from the school rolls last year owing to marriage. They included a girl of 12 years and
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  • 227 11 Japanese Police And Civilians Killed. Tokio, Oct. U. Communications with Central Formosa are disrupted. Fragmentary reports indicate that about 140 Japanese police and civilians were killed in the uprising of the tribes. It is attributed to over-strict police control or alternatively to the tribesmen revolting against
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  • 145 11 More Stable Monetary System Suggested. London, Oct. 29. In the House of Commons Sir Oswald Mosley, Labour member for Smethwiek, dealing with the trade depression, urged the establishment of a more stable monetary system in the Empire. He said the stabilising of gold and price fluctuations were two
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  • 213 11 May Again Become Minister To Great Britain. Shanghai, Oct. 2!>. Dr. Wellington Koo and his political rival Dr. C. T. Wang, the Foreign Minister to the Nanking Government, met in Shanghai today. There is a rumour current that Dr. Wellington Koo will go to England as Chinese
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  • 33 11 Over 1,000 Killed in Recent Fighting. Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 29. It is disclosed that 1.000 were killed in sanguinary righting between Oct. 15 and Oct. 20, at the Sengues bridjre-head.
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  • 86 11 £22,000,000 from Germany Since Elections. Berlin, Oct. 15. The export of gold form Germany since the Reichstag election has reached the total of £22.000.000. The Reichsbank has just sent two further consignments of gold each worth Rm35,000,000 to Paris and one consignment of Rml7,500,00l) to Amsterdam. The reason
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  • 743 11 Lord Thomson's Advice To Air Officers. ONE TRIAL FLIGHT. Why It Was Shortened To 16 Hours. Rugby. Oct. •>'.>. The inquiry into the RlOl disaster was mainly engaged today in discussing available facts regarding the only trial flight the airship underwent after the structural alterations.
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  • 71 11 Fifteen People Killed Near Bordeaux. Bordeaux, Oct. 19. Fifteen were killed and 40 were injured when the Geneva-Bordeaux express (eft the rails while seeding downhill at GO miles an hour. The express «a< being drawn by two enuines. The accident i". attributed to an obstruction on the line.
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    • 67 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Pmf« The Effects of Taxation on Industries.— By W. T. Hart 10 London Letter 15 Smallholders and Their Problems 14 Letters to the Editor 17 Propaganda in the Kam pongs 14 Home Trade Reviewed. By A. W. Still 9 Today's Crossword Puzzle 15 Amateur Boxing in Singapore 13
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  • 723 12 Claim for $40,000 Dismissed. The hearing of the $40,000 fire insurance .i i was concluded in the Supreme Court this morning when the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) dismissed the claim of Seah Oh Swce for $40,000, the sum for which be insured the (Juan Hoe Rubber
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  • 159 12 81,200 Fine for Man Who Tried To Import It. (Finn Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 29. large black box which contained 17 packets of Irdian-hemp wrapped in a in rapaper iad wrigMoc over four tatties w produced tins morning in the District i nt when Salleh Bm
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  • 50 12 Many morals can bs extracted from information from the Chefoo Daily News. 'A ohysical soundness is the mi tli"!' of all uinii rtakings, Mayor Ho has personally Uhl all the skeaaVers of hfs ..t:irT lo make slow races around the of the Municipal Government pftor the daily mwtlng at p.in,"
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  • 627 12 Inquiry Into Ricksha Puller's Death. A motoring fatality during the early hours of the morning of Oct. 19 in which a motor-(?ar, said to have been driven by Mr. Vaughan Jones of Malayan Motors, was involved, was the subject of an inquiry by Mr. J. G. Barrett, the
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  • 295 12 Blind Men Who Live Happy And Useful Lives. The excellent work done in helping those who were blinded in the War to recapture some of what they lost with their sight is illustrated in the fifteenth annual report of St. Dunstan's, which has recently been issued. Today St.
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  • 67 12 Protest Meeting to be Held In Canton Today. Hong Kong, Oct. 29. The merchants of Canton have called a meeting for tomorrow to discuss the probable effect of the new American import tariffs on China's-, trade with the U.S.A. V Grave fears have been expressed in Canton
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  • 509 12 Officer Commended By Judge. "This is a very good catch and I must congratulate you, Mr. Mclntosh on that," said Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, to Detective Inspector Mclntosh who was responsible for rounding up four armed Chinese and frustrating their plans for a
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  • 66 12 At a meeting of committee no. 7 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners it was agreed that the President should serve on a committee to be appointed by H.E. the Governor, to investigate the question of general improvement of the waterworks reserve round the Peirce and MacRitchie Reservoirs, on the understanding
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  • 562 12 Workers to Stick To Their Jobs. Moscow, Sept 17. People who leave their jobs in search of higher pay or Letter living conditions are described now as deserting the economic front." Every effort Is made by the Communists to make this form of desertion as shameful in
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  • 257 12 C.I.D. Officer Rounds Up Communists. Caught red handed while in the act of sitting at a cyclostyle printing machine and preparing a "Red Star" news sheet with the star, hammer and sickle the badge of Russian Communism a local "Red" was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment
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  • 290 12 "Public School Boys Unable To Write English." Dr. T. Izod Bennett, Dean of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, criticised the education given at public schools in his annual report at the opening meeting of the winter session, held recently at Queen's Hall. The education of the average English
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  • 186 12 Death Sentence Passed At Malacca Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Oct. 29. Without retiring, the jury at the Malacca Assizes today brought in a unanimous verdict of guilty in the case in which a Tamil coolie, of Merlimau estate, was charged with the murder of
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  • 122 12 Complaint Regarding Book Printed in India. The murder of Jeewa Singh, a Sikh watchman employed at Paterson Simons and Co., Ltd., whose dismembered body was found in the Botanical Gardens, was recalled in the Second Police Court, before Mr. E. N. Taylor, this morning when a Sikh
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  • 718 12 Mukden Leader on Why He Intervened. Mukden. Oct. 1. A lengthy interview was granted by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang to the editor of the Mm Pao today. Pointing cut that Marshal Chang's peace circular, issue;! on SeploinU'i- 18, and the sending of Manchurian troops to Peking and
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  • 153 12 Graves of Dutchmen Found After 300 Years. Oslo, Oct. 2. When exploring Jan Mayen island, in the Greenland Sea, a Norwegian jreological expedition under Gunar Olonkin discovered, in a glacier, the remains of seven Dutchmen who were members ol Captain Jan Mayen's Polar expedition of 1034, which
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  • 47 12 An interesting talk M the reeoMstruetion of China was (riven l>y Dr. Chen Chang Lok, the new Chinese ConsulGeneral on Tuesday evening when the old boys of Singapore Chinese High School entertained him at the Oriental Hotel. There was a large gathering. Including Mrs. Chen ('hang I.ok.
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    • 31 12 "NY GARLSBERG" BEER IN BOTTLES AND. ON DRAUGHT in. B OTrtEDEXPRISSiyfO» aI>c r rjjl 1 NY CAWSBERG Sole Importers The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • 50 to One Chance Wins the Cambridgeshire—Local Rugby and Hockey.
    • 107 13 French Player Dies From Fractured Spine. A Hugby player named Barrentin, whose spine was fractured in a match the previous day near Meaux, died in hospital on Sept. :iu. A similar fatality, which occurred at Bordeaux la>t May, will lead to the trial early next month of
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  • 1171 13 A.P.C. and I. Beaten. SPLENDID DEFENCE IN LAST MINUTES. Etceteras 8 pts. A.P.C and I. li pts. After a keen forward struggle, in which dofrpednos was the main feature, the BrtllM hmi the A.I.C. and I. by X points (a kohl and a penalty gwri) to •>
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  • 252 13 Walking Allowed In A Mile Run A i MTetpesMieat writes asking whether 0 competitor in a mile race can be disqualified if he partly walks and runs to the winning post, and by such methods prove successful ill getting a place in the iu>t three. It ib doubtful
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  • 130 13 Wins Eight Successive Contests In U.S.A. In a letter recording the success of Bud Walliy. tie Singapore flyweight, against Kiank GinaMo in New York, his manager, Nai Kirn Lin, father states "Johnny Aiha is going along by leaps and bounds and has scored eight wins in BUCtesrion.
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  • 120 13 Thursday, Orluhcr 30. Rupby: H.Q. Win*, Welch vs. S.C.C. "B," TyvrtaU. Water l'olo: Swimming Club vs. H..M.S. Cornwall, 5 p.m. 1 riday, Orluher 31. Amateur Races at Singapore. Singapore Swiiiiniing Club "At Home," .1 pin. Hockey: S.R.C. v«. United Services, S.R.C. Chinese Hockey XI vs. Raffles College S.C.C.
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  • 1146 13 Beaten by Five Goals. BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SERVICES. B.C.C. 0 United Services 5 The United Services fully merited theii five clear goals win over the S.C.C. in their hockey match on the Padang yesterday. From the very first bully there was no doubting the superiority
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  • 122 13 Mr. W. H. Elkins Wins Senior Medal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 20. The following was the result of the senior medal bogey competition for October Winner: W. H. Elkins 3 up. Other cards returned were D. Steel all square G. Herbert 1 down J. S.
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  • 59 13 Former Boy Champion's Success. Lieut. H. S. Mitchell, of the Green Howards, winner of the Boys' Amateur Championship in 1922, carried off the open golf title for China in Shanghai recently. He took 306 for his four rounds, returning cards of 70, 74, 7(i and 77. Mr.
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  • 631 13 Annual Meeting of The S.A.B.A. Two innovations will probably be introduced into the annual championship meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association this year. At the request of the Rev. R. K. S. Adams, on behalf of St. Andrew's School, the committee will consider introducing competitions
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  • 62 13 Progress of Ambok Soolah Football Competition. Results of the Ambok Soolah interschool football competition to date are afollows Anplo-rhinese 3 St. Andrew's 0 Rudin Man C Ceylans 1 St. Anthony's 0 Serangoon 1 Volley-Ball Competition. A volley-ball inter-school competition fee has been organised, and in the first match
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  • 151 13 Spectators Who Wanted New Centre-forward. London, Oct. 11. Spectators' efforts to dittate football directors' policy by a boycott spread to Fulham this week, where a Boycott Association was formed. The reason was because some thought the club ought to buy a new centre-for-ward, but the scheme collapsed when
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  • 467 13 Outsider's Narrow Win. THE RECORDER FINISHES THIRD. l/ondon, Oct. 29. The Cambridgeshire Stakes v.as ran at Newmarket today and resulted as follows: Cambridge Stakes (hep.) of 25 soys. each, 10 ft. if dec. hy Oct. L'l, Of soys. if dec. by Sept. with I.IMO SOWS. :uldc<l; 2nd
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  • 129 13 Entries for Polo Pony Events On Saturday. In the eels pony races at :he Singapore Turf Club on Saturday. Vitality should be in division A and Fatality in division H The corrected li?t of entries is as follows R:i. 1. Division I) i aljuul 2 farli C:,u-h weipht.-
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  • 41 13 The following tic will be played in '.be S.C.C. billiards tournament this evening "A" Class Handicap. H. Gray owe 125 v*. S. Dodds set. TOMORROW'S TIE. V Class Handicap 2">o Up. J. Lee Ber. vs. P. Carmichacl owe 126.
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  • 248 13 Remedy is Not the Permitting Of All-in Scrapping." A great many people in the buxinc game wheel I s»at during the week-end seemed to think that the Boxing Boar.l of Control would oppose the use of the new American protectors which Mr. Jeff Dickson has brought back with
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 32 13 MOUTRIE PIANOS ARE UNSURPASSED FOR Quality and Value. Upright from 500 cash. Baby Grand $1,300 Player-Piano $1,300 HIRE PURCHASE TERMS ARRANGED. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Hone Kong) RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE.
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  • 505 14 Demonstration Van To Tour the F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala l.tiinpur, Oct. 29. Through tl'e joint en' uprise of the ultural Department, the co-opera-Department and the Robber Research novel experiment is to be tried in an attempt t transfer the kn>wand experianee gained by these
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  • 185 14 Charge of Cruelty in Singapore Police Court. Carrying ;>n infant in ha arm:, a young Chinese woman who was charged with wrongful confinement and voluntarily causing hurt to a 14-year-oM girli pleaded guilty before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yes- The child was
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  • 176 14 "All Quiet 00 the Western Freut ihe .-omul film adaptation of Brk Remarque's 'iniis hoofc is being screened at the Wembley Cinema! Geylang, from tonight. i nil j.ntire to the. Miami effects of this ivi 1 War film can be expected from the i ccellenl recording previously heard
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  • 680 14 From Caesar's time to The Present Day. London, Sept .">. Cswnr CKH sad the English Channel in SB B.C. in approximately 5 hours. Miss (lertrude Ederle swam the Channel in August. 1!i29, in 14 hours and 34 minutes. A regular Channel steamer completed the crossing in August, 1929,
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  • 128 14 Action by Seremban State Council. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 29. The following notice to Malays has ue-d In view of the fact that the price of robber is very low and will probably remain so for a considerable time, and that in certain districts the
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  • 69 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Oct. 30. Judgment was reserved in the Supreme Court here today in the ease in which Ko Ay Low, sole proprietor of Chop Sin Guan Kee, coffee manufacturers, is seek|ing an injunction to restrain Chop Sin Huan Aun, from uskig a trade
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  • 23 14 A ten-year-old Chinese girl was knock ed down and killed on Tuesday by a lorry at the 2'/i mile, Petaling Road, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 925 14 Attack on London's Longest Street. The application of Bermondsey Borough Council f:>r permission to borrow £100,000 for slum clearance marks a further advance of the policy of this authority to rid the district of slums vrhich MMc included some of the worst housing areas in London. Three years
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  • 110 14 Happy children at the Singapore Swimming Club is the caption for a series of interesting pictures of bathers al the club on days other than Sundays within week's Straits Budget. Sir Cecil dementi is seen distributing medals and decorations at the police depot, and there is a
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  • 48 14 T'.ie Singr-pore and Malayan Diroctory for 1931, published by Printers, Ltd., will be issued in January. A ladies' section is to be included, besides other new f'-tures. It is notified th.-t tomorrow is the hurt day on wkfeh entries for inserii<n in the < i; ectory can be recaived.
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  • 347 14 Memories of the Emperor Franz Josef. One of the most charming comedy actresses of the old Burgtheater in Vienna, Katharina Schratt, who has been in retirement for the past thirty years, has just had her 75th birthday. A good deal of pre-War Austria finds its embodiment in her.
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  • 164 14 Chinese Gets Five Months' Rigorous Imprisonment. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 30. Wong Kin, one of five Chinese who were arrested in connection with the recent Stewart Lane gang robbery ami who was yesterday convicted by the police j magistrate on a charge of dish.nesil.,' retaining
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  • 191 14 Procedure for Calls in London And Singapore. On the question of Singapore Municipal tenders, committee No. 7 of the Commissioners agreed that the deposit made with tenders is to ensure that any tender stnt in is bona fide, and decided that if any Municipal Department is put to
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  • 200 14 Unlucky Spectacles Lead To Prison. An elderly Indian tailor, Mohammed Kassim, who attributed his troubles to his pair of spectacles, which he said had brought him bad luck, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay a compensation of $1,000 to his employer or
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  • 676 14 Agricultural Experts' Discussion. (From Our Own C-.n respondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. The second Banna] inter -depnrtmental Africultunil co'nfcien -c, in ivhich officers nt the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, the Agricultural department, and the C^-opera.ive Societies department and the Veterinary department are taking part, began the
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  • 154 14 Fraudulent Dealer Convicted. The ca r in which a Chinese named Choo Bock Soon of the firm of Chop Hock Soon Leong, was charged with selling an inferior brand of oil in Wakefield Castrol oil tins, has been concluded before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal
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  • 96 14 Chinese Conductor Killed. A motoring accident during the early hours of this morning has resulted in the death of a Chinese motor-bus conductor who was flung out and sustained a fractured skull. It appears that a mosquto bus which wa being driven along North Bridge Road at
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    • 88 14 IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MOTOR TRADE INJUNCTION (WITH COSTS) OBTAINED! HOW WAKEFIELOS' DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF SUBSTITUTION! We know all about imitation being the siucerest form of flattery, but when a case of substitution of another oil in the place of Castrol Motor Oil comes to our notice,
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  • 4368 15 Labour's Hopes in Next Election: M.P.'s Forecast. THE PIT DISASTER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 3. Although it is only two days since I sent you letters by the Dutch Air Mail, M much of an interesting and important nature has happened in the last 48
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  • 165 15 His First Factory on The Continent. Coeln, Oct. 2. Mr. Henry Ford today personally laid the cornerstone of his first Continental factory where Ford cars will be built by German workmen of German material and which, apart from supplying the German market, is to terra as the
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    • 47 15 i Discriminating Women 2 The World Over j> i Cuticura 5 Cuiicura t I Talcum \i Why Not Try Them! J USfl^ Sample each S(<ap, i\ > Uuil iliag, Singapore. m DR. CASSELL'S TABLETS Repair Wear and Tear of Nerve sad Body Price Is. »d. and 4s, >♦♦.»•*• M.«
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 198 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. r™l" h M. Nothing 1. Foamed ft Jf ctal 7. Obtained Bond-servant 10. Bane 2" bCcnded 11. Lovo intrigue Occurrence 12. Measure of length g- url 13. Walk *r»K ranca 14. Distilled spirit r.' 8 j •>, 15. Freeze oved < J u 'f Ul
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    • 258 16 *^^E^s^s^s^sl f*s** V O •t iiflßH isw 1 1 I ywi W§) (J<3s{j y° u remem ber when you first <lfr\(jr>fn? heard of CAPSTAN Cigarettes \c?Ji Increasing sales through f]/'t\ \(f\\/^ many ye<irs arc due to the !IV i) high standard of quality iI^CSW Mlnialned ii WMmPSUM i Bar_Tiawsßca^ncs»3fsMs»utasaairg»«MSisas»»^i»«iM»»«»s«t^BS»«sMS»«s»^ i
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    • 214 16 RUBBER SEED 1 UK PAMANOEKAN TJIASEM LANDS, SOEBANG, JAVA. (THE ANGLO DUTCH. PLANTATIONS Of JAVA, LTD., LONDON) offer for sal* A. Hevea Seed from the Company's isolated budded Seed Gardens at Wangoenredja "Tjikadoe Seed") particulars of which will >c found in the November 1927 issut of Tat Planter." PRICE. 26
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    • 102 16 ss« Xi KSSSk t^^^'^ *-'*^r~3 :t^^ ||Bl lit f Rrs I V -^nfK^KV *.>'*'''" f_^KJS_M_Bp|K<^a^Ssy>^ a r no rss v vr< s tlian in a r> l''I l < s building, $L J does Goodyear seek tli«> new, \VSH__£} needed, the advanced. Because people find in Goodyear Tyres values and
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  • 702 17 Ingenious Scheme Told In Police Court. (Fron Our Own Correspondent.) I K!an X Oct. L'H. A m a Ingenious practice designed to hoodwink I abour Oftlees into irsuing repatrlation tickets to Tamil coolies who arc without any discharge tickets from their lart piece of employment,
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  • 249 17 Paii list Women Applicants In U.S.A. Toledo. Ohio, Sept. 30. A happy mill 111— was given here tod;:y to one of I'm? serifs of troublesarae naturalisation cases involving worn( n if [uicitist i lews. Mrs. Cari I.andis appeared before Judge A M. Rod. is in the U.S. Federal Couit
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 102 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, We have a very active Film Censor in Singapore, but what about other things which go on unchecked It is a fsct wejl konwn to everybody that the position in the centre of the town on any night at tho
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    • 126 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I am surprised you are supporting the perpetuation of the memory of the greatest mistake of the world. Anyone who was at the Front or has read War books cannot but have a qualm that while they were patriots of
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    • 491 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln your issue of Oct. 22, Mr. C C Malet wrote on the subject of absorbing surplus rubber. The discussion mainly hinges on the possibilities of using rubber on roads in a similar manner to asphalt. There is
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  • 141 17 Arrest of Members of New Sect. The arrest of two young girls, who were found by the police performing weird "snake dances" beside a spring near Kishineff. Rumania, with no other costume than that afforded them at birth !•>• Mother Nature, has led to the discoveiy of a
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  • 2329 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 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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  • 352 17 ..y. Oct 20, His Bxcelkncj Mr. Job >' assumed the duties of Officer Ad ing the Government ng the Oaths of Allegiance and of office in the. Legislative Council Chan Toe day, C Captain A. N. Dowding, I. .1 wall, and Mr. Madsen llygdal called on Ilis Excellency.
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  • 1064 18 Suffragettes and Air Raids. (l!j Mrs. Sharman. for SO yearn hr.usel;pep«r «f in. Downing Strcel.) My years' experience of superintending the domestic arrangements at 10, Downing Street be- pan under Lord Salisbury and ended under Mr. Baldwin, lio t people imairil Salisbury to liave !>.■. !i
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  • 162 18 'Crude Handling of Delicate Problem." London, Oct. 15. In an editarial, the East Africa Times, while pointing out that as far as substance nee there is really nothing in cither of tax fcwa papers issued last June embodying the Government's policy in East Africa to justify
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  • 110 18 Red Activities Benefit The Landlords. Hankow, Oct. 1. Due to continued Communist outrages in the country district, the number of refugees coming into Hankow is steadily increasing. As a result, house rents are gradually scaring to the distress of the poorer citizens. Rifle firing on steamers in
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  • 774 18 Henry Ford's Idea For Industry. The seven-hour day, five-day week, and now the tpn-month year. Various ways of increasing leisure for workers have been suggested in the United States, and it is Mr. Henry Ford who has row made the proposal of a two months' holiday
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  • 201 18 Skeleton of a Long-Legged Hippopotamus. Peking, Oct. 7. The Andrews Expedition returned to Peking today after five months of intensive work in the Gobi Desert. Professor Granger, the palaeontologist of the expedition, stated in an interview that one of the most important finds was that of a
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  • 313 18 A Complicated Game From Norway. At an extraordinary general meeting of the Oslo Chess Society one of the members, Mr. E. Brodtkorb, presented before the assembly a new game based on the now existing chess. The new 'xhess" is played on a board four times as large as
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  • 83 18 Reported Signs of Mental Instability. According to reports received in Lone'oh, Stalin has recently developed the Mjrns of mental instability. A commission of mental specialists has hoen appointed to examine him, and the findings of this commission are said to have confirmed the worst suspicions, nnd I
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