The Straits Times, 31 October 1930

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    43 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. I 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930. f PRlffe'^b (fENTS/ U 1 l'l I The Straits Times 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930. PRICE 10 CENT-^
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      299 1 I SINGAPORE! 78. CECIL ST. CPHOrit B 151). I t-U TOMCHT 13 KING OF JAZZ 1 Featuring VAUL WHITEMAN. NEW VIGOUR ASSURES QUICK SUCCESS STRONG FIT I I after a few days of PHOSFERINE '^Hfcwhich dispelled .-ig ||W%V Depression, restored l^^pJHl^^^^^Sleep, quietened :^*^mil Nerves, and gave i^SfcS^L Energy for extra
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      105 1 KU jH|ILUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). t Latest Models in Gowns and Millinery j^ VJV J ROBINSONS H NEW EVENING M ifc r^MRL DISTINCTION. ;jh ij| f MO DHLS IN gij (''''ti^HH I t 3«\ MILLINERY FOR MATRON OR On JThe (jreatest care has been exercised \f I^^^- the
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      8 1 Hit lOMi.HT Ml > SUjGOF JAZZ \MaVL WHI^IAN. i
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      551 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASBENGBB AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnaze due Spore. P.AWALPINDI IMM N° v 1 JEYPORE r n
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      696 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPF»ON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail SSUWA MAP.U 10,000 Nov. 6 I PUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.000 Dec. 3 4 TEUUKUNI MARU 11,800 Dec. 17 18 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec. 31 Jan.. 1 HARUNA
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      469 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 (7,866 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      555 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 SSCHLESIEN for Saigon. Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Nov. IB i MOSEL for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalny, Tsingtau, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Nov. 23 S
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      629 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THF. OCBAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) RECUI.AR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRK, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW -BOSTON, NKW YORK AND BALTIMORK. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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      545 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE f..r K:.ta.v. i'rengganu. Kelantan, Bangaara, it lupin, Patam. Bingora, Laeon, Blchor., r.i.ndon, Kahsamai, Langsuan, Chumpon an I Bangkok. Arrival Drparturu VALAYA Nov. :i Nov. M ILINI N..v. iv Nov. 13 SIiDDHADIB Not. 17 Nov. I!) The steamers are
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      484 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stootnvaart Maatschapplj Nedcrland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloy4 WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE. TO CtMi A»a»WHaai Boathmnpto* Marseilles Mmitntum Ton nsc* mv.P. C. Hooft 1 LNi S.M.N. Oct. 31 m.\. Sihajai 13,000 K.L. No*. 7 m..<. Koninein der Ni'dtrlandrn 8.20 b S.M.N. Nov. 14 m.T. Indrapoera
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      480 3 DOtAAR STEAMSHIP LINE jJndAMERMCAM MAIL LINB ROUND-THE WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENAN6 vi» COLOMBO, SUEZ. PORT SAID, ALEX ANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Laave Spore Sport Penaog PRES. WILSON Not. 10 Not. 18 Not. 16 I'kKS. VAN BITREN Not. 24 Not. 17
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      485 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. lncorvor»t«-<; ID England) •ELJJCRKAN" UNI I II Ml Till AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THK UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SEBVICI OUTWARDS To tlong Koni, Shanghai and Japaa Do* R'pors s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Not. 7 KAZKMBE Dec. 6 CITY OF WELLINGTON J«n. 6 BOHKWARDS CITY
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      498 3 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED Incorporated In Denmark) Telephone 68J8. PASSENGER AND IRKiC.H' SERVICE To i.ENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, BAM BURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave S*por« Penang t m.s. JUTLANPIA Nov. 4 Nov. 7 m.s. ALSIA Nov. 2G Nov. 28 m... KIUNIA D«e. 17 Die. 1* m.. LALANI'IA Jan. 7 Jan. m.s.
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      355 3 JASPER NATIONAL PARK Canada s Rocky Mountain playground For bonklrt* and information, lorite, f,hone or call. L. L. J.AWLER, General Agenf, Hong Kone Bank Chambers, Singapore. CANADIAN NATIONAL lie Largest Railway Sptem in America lloydlwestino nay. COMPANY (Incorporated in Italy) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SINGAPORE to ITALY Calling at Colombo. Bombay,
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      340 3 BRUNOLINUM For the Preservation of all kinds of Umber. BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM For the cure of all Bark Diseases in Rubber Trees. LEE KIM SOO 40, HIGH STREET. .lust Unpacked Sale Now On CHOOSE YOUR GIFT BOOKS FROM THIS LIST. I'icture Show Annual $3.50 Puck Annual $3.50 The Playtime Annual $5.5»
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    KIDNAPPING A ROYAL PRINCE.
    2286 4 Dogged Across Europe. A DETECTIVE'S STRANGE COMMISSION. (By Edwin T. Woodhall, late of the Special Branch. Scotland Yard.) In August of 1925 I remember very well bi'irvrr stopped by a man near the Lav; Courts in London with the following remark. "You'll pardon me. Arc you
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    STUDY OF RELIGIONS.
    102 4 Syllabus of Lectures For The Winter. The Society for Promoting the Study j of Religions, which was founded in I.ondon' last February, has prepared its tirst syllabus jf winter lectures. Included are Early Buddhism, by Mr. Rhvs Davies, lecturer o:i Buddhism. School; of Oriental Studies Mahayana Buddhism,!
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    BISMARCK'S PICTURE.
    214 4 Governor Orders Its Removal. The Iron Chancellor has boon paij a tribute by the Goxernment cf Egcr, in Czechoslovakia, which n;ust cause grim satisfaction to his soul. For today, over thirty years after his death, he has been found a dancer to the Czechoslovak Republic, which was not
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    12-HOURS IN THE SEA.
    175 4 Fisherman's Ordeal After Piracy. Hong Kong, Oct. 13. An attack on a fishing jur.k vhile on its way to the Wai Chow cistriet has been reported to the police by the master, who returned to the Colony after he hai been floating in the sea for
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    THE GREAT 800-MILE PILGRIM RAILWAY.
    869 4 Possibility That It May Soon Reopen. Eijrht hundred miles of railway that begins in a desert, rur.s through a desert and ends in a desert, curries no freight, and whose only potential p.-isscngers are pilgrims, may soon he ••unning again. Mor:\mnic:'.ans of all complexions, Persians,
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    MASTER IN FLAMES.
    72 4 Servant Chased Up Tree By Police. Travundruni, Oct. 8. After pourin;: petrol on his riwplag muster, and MtUag I: rt- ti> him with a match, a servant wks chased by the police and sought rtfttf* in a coconut tree. Hi' mi arrested on his descent, and, as
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      469 4 Poorf'.« Cold Crrnm for Hrnr.sing is the first <-fep in •^H^B^fcJfi'*^ j£* < A V Pond's Method. Iv i' M-vcral times day am] fVjfß^M*^ >jS§yV. \V Iways aftrr exposure. The fine oils sink to the depths HbVp&?^7' A <-i uf your c<>r(~., lixwiimg all dirt. Always cleanse the H^R; A**
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      152 5 MILK I WITH THE WATER EXTRACTED IS KLifVi WITH THE WATER ADDED IS j| FOR SALE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION DEALERS. Pass Four Clubs I I N.J. Clubs, of course !-The Whisky fhat gffl pulls you together— makes a new man of SBj WHISKY f»l CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., ||l
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      317 5 Pains due to wounds, burns, cuts and bruises can be quickly eased by applying CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM As a liniment it gives immediaterelieftothose suffering from rheumatism, neur?igia, lame back, strains, sprains, etc. Just rub it over those sore muscles and feel tl>e warmth that drives out pain. CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM
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      219 5 \l h^f^As HealtH I /I $i^ fW Doomed f I .jB y A Through Neglect SL^^L out of 5 <"« rfoow^ m\ W^F^ W1 Pyorrhea YBLJ/titttr Br.CAUSE of neglect and carclcssnc-s 4 out of 5 past forty TCT ■Br contract Pyorrhc-.i. DrcaJ this disease with its host ot serious ills,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      73 6 I.«.\V Mrs. Low Khie Chiang, the beloved wife of Mr. I.on Khie Chiang, aged 2S, (aaeond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huang Ngun) po-ssed away at the General Hospital Singapore on 29th instant at 11.35 p.m. She leaTei behind her husbimd, two 'or.s. Lew Kirn Yong- (Alias Thye
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      740 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Thr Advertising Manage* Straits Times. Cecil Street. Pleaii Insert th* following •mall advertisement for days t— Tbsre are approximately seven words to a Una and there la a Sat rmta ataxy* ef 26 cents per line per Insertion with A minimum of one dollar per Insertion.
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      692 6 MISCELLANEOUS MARBLES, white Italian. 1. Telegraph St TRANSPORT offered R. V. Road to town iiui back. 4 times per day. 617, S. Times. WANTED to buy, pen of pure bred poultry. Reply giving full particulars of breed, age, ..rice. etc.. to 631, Straits Times. JUST RECEIVED. CHEAP MORNING FROCKS, ALL
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      707 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, vacancies at the Crescent and Meyer Flats, Katong. Modern sanitation. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, sea side bungalows, near Katong Park. Apply personally. Estate and Trust Agencies (1927), Limited. TO LET, small bungalows, 28, Balmoral Rd., 16, Balmoral Crescent. Apply 32, Balmoral Rd. Phone 2248
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      632 6 AND GODOWNS LARGfc OFFICES to let at t, De Boon St. Alao «8, Bobinson Bd. Ist aad Ind floor, 17 and 1», Lloyd Bd. aad 97, 120, 122, KilHney Bd. Apply N. E.ubtn 7, De Souza Si. TO LET, godowa No. 152, Cecil Street from Oct. 1, 1980. Rent $125.
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      717 6 JOHORE GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS are invited for the following contracts for the year 1981 1. Lease for Government Rest House, Johore Bahru. 2. Lease for Pig Slaughter House, Johore Bahru. 3. Lease for Pig Slaughter House. Kluang. 4. Street Lamp Lighting, (Benzine and Kerosene lamps), Johore Bahru. 5. Street Lamp
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      657 6 (Vid,? Uazettr No. 65 of October 24. 1»3«.) TENDERS INVITED TENDERS will b- received nt the Colonial Secretary's Office until noon on Nov. 14, 1930, for the following services for the Govvernment Monopolies Department for the year 1981 ill Supply of cupper p:.ns. sizes and dimensions as desired, to be
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      651 7 fjrnrre GO TO SWITZERLAND The Country of unrivalled Heauty and Charm. llluKtratrd Booklets. Maps, Hotel <;uidi-s and nil informations frev on application to the SWISS CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, 121, MARKET STREET. AUCTION SALE i.f valuable BtagaaWn town and country properties. ChnM>2 Koon Snnc Co/s saleroom. No, .tn, Chalia Street. <m Wodnr?:!:i:
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      445 7 Two more! 1 SHABB* FLOORS i. ill fcivc your Poor a lovely lu3i iom OM Oak tviisli ilun won*' DARKALINR is wondcrt i ki c discovery, and grcaily sapcrifj o .i.ivt'iing yel jsed. JSimpl. brtntaed > i Jncs i ihw 1| omy i ..^s icw minuieS,i^<t #J ivnoie ...jjna j'
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      544 7 SPECIAL NOTICE TO 1 PARENTS. ANALYST'S REPORT. Montreal Tesiinji laboratory Montreal I hereby certify that I have made a rarcrul chemical analysis of Baby's Own Tablets i-hich I personally purchased at a nrus store. My analysis has proved that They contain obsolutely no opiates or nurcotics. They can be given
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      232 7 FRESH STOCK. TIES FOR UN Neck Tics and Bow Ties of outstanding quality. Strong Texture, good shapes and Utest stripes and checks to fcuit all taste*. With Viybx or Linosair lining which give better and longer service. NECK TIES From 75 its. to $2.75. BATSWING BOW TIES From 80 cts.
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      149 7 GOULDS PUMPS CENTRIFUGAL RECIPROCATING OR HAND PUMPS FOR ALL DUTIES. Large and Varied Stocks held by the SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA rgKITRAI I V» lENGINE WORKS I^D]^ SINGAPORE H'OH KUALA LUMPUR. Golfers!! IS YOUR GAME IMPROVING IF NOT, WHY NOT Get a friend to make a moxie of your play.
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      151 8 ■HH^L^h^mDl ■■■■■^■■■■■■■v ■■■■■^■■■■1 litnlßw'^' OPENING IN A FEW DAYS' TIME B PAVILION THEATRE E Tel. 6903. (ORCHARD ROAD). Tel. 6903. Comimg I Coming I W^: INIVERSAL EQUIPPED WITH WESTERN p Attractions ELECTRIC TALKING PLANT. CAPTAIN OF THP: Attractions I guard. THE THEATRE HAS BEEN swing high, 1 ■■M "LITTLE ACCIDENT."
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      269 9 Last Two Nights MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. THE MAD-GLAD CARE FREE ALL COMEDY SHOW THE TOWN IS RAVING ABOUT! THE NEW MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1930 EL BRENDAL and MARJORIE WHITE IN A Delicious outbreak of Delightful Comedy. Sunday Next, Nov. 2 OPENING AT THE MATINEE AT 3 P.M. Evening
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      326 9 r> <■ >r O( > o Q O r.) O Hp OQ OOP f> G-Q C< C I flflr w ®I I iJ I I pp 11 -mSi *6A5 NIGHTLY! O.IS SPECIAL MATINEES On Saturday Sunday at 3.15 p.m. GIVE THE KIDDIES A TREAT. BOOK NOW! All Records Smashed 15,364
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      198 9 VICTORIA MEHORIAL (CONCERT) HALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NOY. 22 AND 23, T 9.30 FOR TWO RECITALS ONLY Damo i Liar a Butt (BRITAIN'S QUEEN OF SONG.) AND Mr. Kennerley fcumford AT THE PIANO MISS CECILY MURRAY. HOOKING OPENS AT JOHN LITTLE'S NOV. 8. Reserved $5 and $2. Unreserved SI ISAKO
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      SHARE MARKET RERORT.
      109 10 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Kiiipaporc, Oct. 11. 'I'm. vv u Kurhuis .'•■l-.V.t cents, KinUu ■M'j-.s'j cents, Panawata 10-15 cents, Malay Csaaols. UVs-I.Vi cents. Sunirci Luas 7K-83 nts, SuiiKt-i Ways 1.90-2, I'ctalings a.OO-3.70, flu Klancs eJ'i-fiC cents. Talams 48H-52 ■■enU. Souths 17-21 cents, Norths 2j-30 cents, IVinfrnir.-i itivirs
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        MINING.
        463 10 Val. I'd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 20/- 26/I r > Ayer Hitam Tin S> 10.6 t'l l'l Bangrin Tin 13 3 14/1 1 1 Batanc Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.35 0.40 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.35 0.40 i\ £t Burmnh Malay 10. 12/- num.
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        GENERAL.
        242 10 Val. I'd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Drirk Ordt. 220 2.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prafi. 2.00 2.10 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.0.0 6.5.0 1 1 Central Engine 0 JS* 0.43 nom. 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 102.00 104.00 n £1 Con. T. S. 7'/« Pref. 15/3 16.6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        113 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 px. deb. of MH red. 1931-36 102 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 5^ prcm. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 f 1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4S p.c. of 190'J red. 1950 J1.000,000 95
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        369 10 Eraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today Prices Fraser Lyall Co. E"utt .\iiuibv i?n mi c.^o o.yo o.so Alor Gojan (11) 0.70 O.sO U..U 0-eu A. llitam (111 O.UO 1.00 1.00 1.10 A. Kuning (»i) Oiu ujo 0.20 0->0 K. Malty (f2j 0.80 1.10 O.JO 1.10
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      264 10 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Oct. 31. On London, B«nk 4 m/» 2 '3 29/C2 Demand 2/3* i I'nvntc 3 m. credit 2/4 5 r.2 On New York, (icmund 56' i Private 00 d s §T$ On France, Bank T.T. 1430 On India, Bank T.T. Ut% On Hon K Kont, Uunk T.T. 42U
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    SUCCESSFUL TRIALS.
    411 10 Netherland Shipbuilding Co.'s New Motor-Vessel. On S>pt. 10, 11, and 12, the mot.r nnilship M.irnix van St. Aldegonde ran sucresfful trials. The Marnix van St. Mdejfondc is a sister-ship of the motor;hip Johan van Oldenbamevelt, which ma'lf her trial trip in March of this year. The Marnix van
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    CO-OPERATION IN COMMERCE.
    799 10 Sir Walter Raine On Unemployment. Sir Walter Rainc, president of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, addressing the autumnal meeting of the association at Birmingham on Sept. 25 suggested that there should be regain assemblies of the nations comprising thi British Commonwealth to increase our crease
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    EMPRESS BREWERY.
    197 10 Dividend Raised to lV/ 2 Per Cent. A dividi'iul of 17',i per cent, on the 10,000 ordinary shares of JPIO is reeommeaded b; the 'lirert"is of the Kmpress Brewer] I pany. of Old Trafford. Manchester, for thiyiar ended Aug. 31 last. This c.impuri's with 7'; per cent, for
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    EXCHANGES.
    77 10 Rugby, Oct. 30. Foreign exchange} are Amsterdam 12.0fi'.i, Athens 375, i'.Oinbny Is. t 2."i-32d., Berlin 20.385, Brussels 34.845, Rucharest 818, Rio 47i,4 7 i, Buenos Aires 38 5-lrt, Copenhagen 18.1C. Geneva 25.025, Helsintrfors IMU, Uor.g Kong Is. 3 T 10.1.. Lisbon 108.25. Madrid -IM.Iu, Milan !>2.806. Monte Video 39,
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    34 10 From France, by D'Artagnan, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Tottort Maru, due at Singapore on Sunday. From China and Japan, by Namsang. due at Singapore daylight on Monday.
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    LONE CRUISE ROUND THE WORLD.
    298 10 SHIPPING NOTES. "One-Man American Boat" In Colombo. 'A most remarkable one-man yacht flying the American flag, glided gracefully into Colombo harbour on the morning of Oct. 20 and anchored a short distance from the passenger jetty. On board the yacht, which bears the name Sturdy,
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    SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS
    796 10 Rapid Progress of The Development Scheme. The first I.oooft. berth to Ko provided by the va.;t scheme of docks extension or Ult western shore of Southampton is U he ready for the reception of shipping early next year, and, therefore, the con struction is boinjr rapidly pushed ahead
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    189 10 iriday. October 31. Jl. W. C..4.-I a.m., 6 ft. 8 in., fi.o2 p.m., 7 ft. Rotary <lul> Tiffin. liulm* Hotel. Municipal Commissioners' monthly meeting, 2.1". p in. Singapore Amateur Races, Turf Hub, 4.H0. St. Andrew's Society Practice Dance, Europe Hotel, fi.lj p.m. Singapore Bwimmlag Club "At
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    130 10 Today. i'ontianak (Khoen Focng) n PaBdJM,, Hcn,rUlis, Si.k P Ve (Thuihf)" and N Wcst sum tra PJB> '•va, Sou'th-Weat Sumatr.. South- '"li 0 1 S uthcrn «"d We.tern India Aden Mauritius. Egypt, Europe" tt -;^in'; d •°r Aus »1U WlimW Iim Islands (Burgenlniul, Tomorrow. 1 ValU:ia IsUnds
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    42 10 Left ArrtJ. B'pore Loidoi Edoviin. Sept< v Oct 4 Chrntiaan Hojjoni Sept. 19 Oct. Sept. 19 Oct. U I h nu Sept 25 Oct M Johan v Oldcnbarncvclt Oct. I! Oct. 2.1 Kash K ar Oct. 3 Oct. 25
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    227 10 Friday, October SI. Ships alungMdr thr Wharves or expected I' arrive. KEI'I'KL IIAKBOL'R. \lam Wharf I.ch. Rimau. Uh. Mars, The falilc. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Patrol. BHU IN I)KV DOCKS. Tanjung i'.-.u ir. Albert Duck u. Kc.l.ih. Victoria Ho,k .s Van Ilcut.'Z. Kcppcl Harbour. Kind's Dork
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    32 10 Programme- *t iriUl up to and fur week ;nding Nov. 2 Friday. Oct. U, p.m.. Drill Hall. "B" fEn K li>hl Co.. Tahl.- "A" M Yard* King* aiembers ns notified.
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      160 10 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 nnd departures it is found that during the average week-end there is vacant bedroom accommodation at Raffles Hotel, and the Manaronicnt is prepared until further
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    230 11 U.S. Increase in Price Of Tyres. RUBBER FIRMNESS TO CONTINUE (Ry Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Kul.ix-r, 1 :J J4J 4 cents per Ib. Tin. 125 ton.s at sfil per picul. Y«'Klcrday's Prices !ful)l>cr. Liminin. 4 5-lfid. per Ib., down l-16d. New York.
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    EMPIRE FOODSTUFFS.
    210 11 Imperial Conference Memorandum. The British Empire Producers' Organisation 1 1 mm pi I i'il n memcrundum dealing" with th>' Rmpire food producers' problems -..d- fcr submission to the delegates to the Imperial Conference. The three main point! taken for examination are bulk purih;i i quotas and tariffs. The
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    475 11 ■uthrie and Co., Ltd., under date Oct. 30, Ut« The market has shown quite an appreciable improvement over the past week, prices at time of writing being 14 cents locally, 4%d. in London and i) cents (gold) j n New York. At these prices (ruins of Hi cents,
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      PANGNGA RIVER TIN CONCESSIONS.
      2336 11 Amalgamation Scheme. THE RESTRICTION OF OUTPUT. An extraordinary general meeting of Pangnga River Tin Concessions, Ltd., was held on Sept. 29, at 7, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, K.C., to consider a resolution approving a scheme of amalgamation with Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd. Mr. E. J. Byrne,
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      GOLD FLUCTUATIONS AND THEIR CAUSES.
      1321 11 The League of Nations' Report. The Interim Report of Gold Delegation of the Financial Committee of the League of Nations should be read by everyone who is concerned with the castes uf the present industrial financial depression, says the Morning Post during mail week. We
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      59 11 12 o'clock noon, Oct. 31. Buyers R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot 13% Standard R.S.S. on Tender November lt u December 14H Nov.-Dec. 14 M Jan.-Mar. 14% Ton* of Market Steady, quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 4%d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G.
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      RENONG TIN.
      409 11 Trading Profit for Year Of £51,204. The following is the report of the directors of Renong Tin Dredging -Co., Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1930 No work was undertaken on the Gombak Valley during the year. Exemption from working wui obtained up to Nov. 12, 1930.
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    CABLE TRAFFIC.
    39 11 The following comparison of estimated traffic "receipts of the Imperial and International Communications, Limited, is issued September, 1930 £424,138 September, 1929 £483,985 The aggregate for nine months, January to September, was In 1980 £4,080,171 In 1929 £4,599,488
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    COPRA MARKET.
    31 11 Barlow and Co.'s report on the copra market states The improvement in the price of the commodity still continues. Closing quotations are as follows, 6undried $C 76, mixed |6.50.
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    RANTAU TIN.
    26 11 The board of directors of Rantau Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., have decided to resume operations with the No. 2 dredge as from Nov. 1.
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    LONDON MONEY MARKET.
    778 11 Government Securities Advance. DEMAND. FOR MOTOR ISSUES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 2. Conditions in the London money market remained unchanjro during last week. The coincidence (d moderate demand for credit for 81 k Exchange settlement with window-dressing by one of the commercial banks had no
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930. THE FIRST CONSIDERATION.
    1126 12 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930. THE FIRST CONSIDERATION. If it be true, as Disraeli said, that The first consideration of a Minister ihould be the health of the people," then we may safely assume that among the subjects discussed at the Imperial ConTerence in London during the
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    ARE SURFACE FLEETS OBSOLETE ?
    1934 12 ARE SURFACE FLEETS OBSOLETE How Air Forces Would Deal With Them. (By Oneral Miller Mitchell, formerly Commander of the American Air Force and Director of Military Aeronautics, U. S.A.) A surface fleet is no longer vital to defence. If all our surface battleships and attendant craft attempted to sail across
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    15 12 Mr. E. N. T. Cummins is returning to Malaya by the Ranchi on Nov. 27.
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    21 12 Mr. N\ S. Powell, manager of Glimau Tin, Jelebu, sails for Europe by the Antcnor on Nov. 6, on Home leave.
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    22 12 Mr. Rowland Lyne, the Physical Director of the V.M.C.A., Singapore, is return;ng from leave by the Rawalpindi, which is due here tomorrow.
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    24 12 A London cable of Oct. 22 announces the death of Mr. Frank R. Bramwell, formerly a member of Reuter's staff in Calcutta and Bombay.
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    29 12 Mr. H. R. S. Law, manager of the A.P.C., Bangkok, is being transferred to Singapore on Nov 9. He will be succeeded in Bangkok by Mr. G. B. Adams.
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    34 12 Captain I. K. Quarrington, R.A. and Lieut. A. K. H. Brown, R.E., have left for Home and been struck off the strength of the Malayan command. Capt. Quarrington is posted for duty to Gibraltar.
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    41 12 Major Stenson Cooke, secretary of the Automobile Association, and his daughter, Miss Joyce Stenson Cooke, are passengers for Singapore by the Rawalpindi. The wedding of Miss Stenson Cooke and Mr. H. Collins Free will take place at St. Andrew's Cathedral tomorrow.
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    159 12 Sir Henry Strakosch, G.8.E., the wellknown economist, has been appointed a member of the India Council in succession to Mr. F. C. Goodenough. Sir Henry Strakosch, is a member of the Financial Committee of the League of Nations. He is chairman of the Union Corporation, Ltd., director of the Anglo-International
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    741 12 BOOSTERS WANTED In these days of long faces and short purses the advocates of smiling assurance that all is well are welcomed. These are unfortunately few and far between, in fact so much so, that the unfortunate optimist who relaxes his features in a grin is
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    26 12 Mr. A. B. Jordan has been appointed president of the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A., in place of Mr. W. E. Pepys, who goes Home on leave shortly.
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      THREE DEATHS IN AIR CRASH.
      524 13 Imperial Airways Disaster. INDIA SERVICE. London-Bound Machine Wrecked. Boulogne, Oct. 31. The Imperial Airways liner City of Washington crashed m ar DlHlkflM at 2.30 this afternoon, and was completely wrecked. A i assenpror and two mechanics died from their injuries. The pilot and two other
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    UNEMPLOYED
    82 13 20,000,000 People Affected In U.S.A. Washington, Oct. 30. Mr. Grocn, the President of the American Federation of Labour, appealed to all groups to join the movement to provide jobs and relief to conquer unemployment. It is anticipated that the official estimate of 3,500,000 unemployed will be increased during the
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    PLOTS IN GREECE
    69 13 Effort to Restore Pangalos To Power. Athens, Oct. 30. General Pangalos, the ex-Dictator of Greece, has been arrested at his residence in Eleusis, following the discovery of a plot to restore him to power with the rid of insurgent forces. The police made arrests elsewhere, but several
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    DEVASTATING RAINS.
    51 13 134 Deaths Reported In Smyrna. Constantinople, Oct. 30. and school buiidinirs in Smyrna have licon turned into shelters for li."> 00 families who are homeless through devastating rains. Already there have l>pen 1.14 deaths and many more nro missing. Damage to the extent of £2,000,000 has been done.
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    ANOTHER FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
    97 13 Airman Due at Singapore Tomorrow. Rugby, Oct. 30. Mrs. Victor Bruce arrived at Rangoon this morning in the course of her flight from England to the Far East. Mr. Oscar Garden, who is flying from England to Australia, also arrived at Rangoon. They intend continuing their
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    UNITED NATIONS.
    151 13 Tribute to Dominions By Prince of Wales. London, Oct. 30. I The British Commonwealth was held tip as an example to the world by the Prince of Wales at a dinner given at the Guildhall by the League of Nations Union at which all the Dominions were eminently
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    FORMOSAN REVOLT.
    131 13 Massacre by Head Hunters At Sports Gathering. Tokio, Oct. SO. Gruesome scenes occurred in the massacre at Musha hill station, r e ntral Formosa, on Monday. The authorities were caught napping. Survivors relate that the Japanese inhabitants had gathered to watch the sports at the Japanese primary school,
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    SUPERFLUOUS WORDS.
    236 13 French Premier's Reply To Mussolini. Paris, Oct. 30. The Government gave a brilliant banquet in honour of the airmen Costes and Bcllontu. who flew direct from Paris to New York. The Premier, M. Tardieu, in a speech, said they were living in a time of material and mental
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    MR. BALDWIN STILL LEADS.
    734 13 A Momentous Meeting. "POLICY OF A FREE HAND." London, Oct. 30. A momentous secret meeting of the Conservative Party, on which the future leadership may depend, is being at present held at Caxton Hall. It is being attended by COO Conservative Peers, members of the House
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    PICKETING IN CALCUTTA
    120 13 Workless Indians who Seek "Comforts of Gaol." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 30. Clive Street was thrown into confusion today as the lesult of the activities of young Congress picketers. Clad in khaddar and Gandhi caps, they approached the Customs House and barricaded the main entrance,
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    RlOl SAID TO BE " HEAVY."
    421 13 RlOl SAID TO BE HEAVY." Inquiry Revelations. ENTRY FROM LOG BOOK RECOVERED. London, Oct. 30. Further revelations of the airship's performance were made at the resumption of the R101 inquiry. The SolicitorGeneral, Sir Stafford Gripps, quoted Flight-Lieut. Irwin, the commander, as having reported after three trial flights in July that
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    GALLANTRY REWARDED.
    101 13 Albert Medal for RlOl Survivor. Rugby, Oct. 30. The Air Ministry announces that the King has awarded the Albert Medal to Henry Leech, foreman engineer, in recognition of his gallantry when the R 101 was wrecked. Leech entered the burning wreckage and rescued a companion, receiving bums while
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    COMMERCE IN BRAZIL.
    93 13 Banks Re-Open Under 30 Days Moratorium. New York, Oct. 30. Fifteen million dollars worth of gold have arrived for the Guaranty Trust Co. from the Banco do Brazil. Associated Press reports from Rio de Janeiro that the Junta is taking steps to restore the commercial life of
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    NEW PRINCESS.
    82 13 Christening at Buckingham Palace. London, Oct. 30. Dressed in the cream silk, old-lace robe 110 years old, which was used for the christening of Queen Victoria and nearly all her descendants, the ten-weeks old Piincess Ma.garet Rose was christened this afternoon, in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace,
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    NEW SUBMARINES.
    46 13 Four Leaving For China Station. London, Oct. 30. Four of the most modern submarines Perseus, Pandora, Poseidon and Proteus are to proceed to the China Station. They will leave Portsmouth on Dec. 12, unescorted and will reach Hong Kong on Feb. 21, 1931.— ReuUr.
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    EMPIRE CONFERENCE PROGRESS.
    384 13 Report on Constitutional Questions. Rugby, Oct. 80. The heads of the delegations to the Imperial Conference will meet tomorrow to receive and consider such reports as have been completed by the committees entrusted with the detailed examination of the questions on the agenda. InterImperial constitutional questions were
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    TRADE MISSION.
    169 13 Inquirers Welcomed In Japan. Tokio, Oct. 30. The British Economic Mission arrived here this evening and was welcomed at the railway station by representatives of the Foreign Minister (Japan), the Economic Federation and the Industrial Club and by members of the staff of the British Embassy. Special interest
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    DANGEROUS DRUGS.
    129 13 Turkish Delegate at London Conference. Rugby, Oct. 30. At today's session of the meeting of manufacturing countries preliminary to the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs, a delegation representing the Turkish Republic made their first appearance. Responding to a speech of welcome, Wazhar Bey,
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    TYRE PRICES.
    43 13 Nearly All U.S. Companies Announce Increases. Akron, Ohio, Oct. 30. It is announced that nearly every important tyre manufacturing company in the United States, including Firestone and Goodyear, have raised prices. The increases range from ll'.i to G per cant. Rautar.
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    EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
    699 13 Thirteen Killed and Much Damage. TRAGEDY IN CHURCH. Tidal Wave Sweeps Ancona Harbour. Rome, Oct. 30. Ten were killed in Senigallia district and three were killed and 54 were injured in Ancona, as .1 result of the earthquake which occurred at eight o'clock this morning. Much material
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    KUOMINCHUN ARMY BREAKING UP.
    598 14 Nationalists to Occupy Kansu Province. Shanghai, Oct. 30. The disintegration of the Kuominchun forces in north-west Hnnan, in the southwest corner of Shan.-i and in east-central Shensi is. apparently, continuing apace. Wholesale desertions of isolated Kuominchun units to General Shih Yu-san (the former Kuominchun general who
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    NANCHANG THREATEND
    43 14 Missionaries Leave For Kiukiang. Fritter, Oct. 14. Bandit noftartod to have partially tooted and destroyed Kian, in North kiiiiiKM. :iini are Bgaifl threatening Nancnang, the capita] of the Pravtee*. A number of missiunaiies have tloI'.iriiil from Xanchantr and r'>ni' to Kiukiang.
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    SUED FOR $5,000,000.
    122 14 Bishop's Suit Against Big Newspaper Owner. Washington, Oct. 16. I i ami n, jr., of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, South, tiled a libel suit asking for |S,OOO^OQ damages William Randolph Hearst, in the. utii'>'4 MpTHM court todaj. 1 lie bill ol complaint said that the New V..ck Journal,
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    FAULTY PLEADINGS.
    238 14 Postponement of Case Ordered. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct 30. Unsatisfactory pleadings by counsel for the plaintiff in a Supreme Court suit this mcrning led to the postponement of the case. The case concerned the establishment of u title to a certain piece of land in Province
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    CONDUCTOR KILLED.
    321 14 European's Account Of Accident. A sequel to the fatal collision between a "mosquito" bus and a taxi and 3.45 a.m. yesterday morning near the Capitol Theatre was heard in the Fourth Police Court before Mr. K. G. A. Doho:>, yesterday afternoon, when the Chinese driver of the bus
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    POPPY DAY.
    114 14 Selangor Wants Record Collection. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 30. A meeting r>f the committee of the Poppy Da;- Fund was held on Tuesday at Carcosa. .Mrs. C.othrane presided and the following were present Mrs. Mathews (secretary), Mr?. R. F. Blair (treasurer), Ifn. Klphinstone, Mrs. Tempany,
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    GERMAN AND JAPAN.
    99 14 A Flight Which Cemented A Friendship. Hcrr von Guerand, the German Minister of Communications, has received from the Japanese Minister of Communications, Mr. Koizumi, a message in reply to his meetings conveyed by the Japanese flyer Vushihara who recently flew from Berlin to Tokyo. The message states
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    THEFT ON RAWALPINDI.
    63 14 Police Meet Boat to Search For Missing Money. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 30. In response to wire'ess niessages from the P. and Rawalpindi, reporting a theft of money on board, a number of <ii lectives went out to n.eet the boat »ome >i ilcs fium
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    WHY AIR MAIL IS NOT SUPPORTED.
    201 14 London Chamber Of Commerce's Criticism. London, Oct. 20. The London Chamber of Commerce, in their letter to the Air Ministry and to the Post Office on the subject of air mails to India and Australia, referring to the Indian air mails, says An air
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    EAST AFRICA.
    55 14 Considering Proposals For Closer Union. Rugby, Oct. 30 The Under Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. William Lunn, in the Home of Commons today, said it was hoped to move shortly in both Houses for the appointment of a joint commrttee to consider the proposals for a closer union
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    LIEUT.-GENERAL WIGRAM.
    47 14 New Chief of General Staff In India. Rugby, Oct. 30, The appointment of Lieut-General Sir Kenneth Wigram as Chief of the General Staff in India, in succession to Lieut.General Sir Cyril Deverell, with effect f n m Mar. 21 next, has been approved. British Wireless.
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    ADJUTANT GENERAL.
    39 14 New Appointment for General Massingberd. Rugby, Oct. 30. The War Office announces the upp >intrs.cnt of Geni'rnl Sir Archibald Montgomery Massingyl>erd to be Adjutant General to the Forces, in Hucoesaicn to General Sir Walter Braithwaite. British Wireless.
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    PENANG'S 600 WORKLESS.
    52 14 16 Cent Meal Tickets Being Issued Daily. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 30. Up to this morning: 600 unemployed Chinese have been put on the register. It has been found impossible to deal with many others. Meal tickets of a value of 16 cents are being
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    MOTORING FATALITY IN GROVE ROAD.
    489 14 European Driver Not To Be Blamed. Remarking that there wu no evidence of rashness or negligence on the part of Mr. Vaughan .Tones, driver of a two-seat-er car which collided with a ricksha in Grove Road, resulting in the death of the puller, Mr. J.
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    NOBEL PRIZES.
    91 14 Award for Medicine to Dr. Landsteiner. Stockholm, Oct. 30. The Nobel Prize for Medicine for 1930 has been awarded to Dr. Karl Landsteiner, of the Rockefeller Institute, N'ew York.— Reuter. Dr. Karl Landsteiner has been a member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research since 1922. He was
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    MISSING COLONEL.
    65 14 Memory Revived By Newspaper. London, Oct. 20. Lieutenant-Col. Henry Wicks, who was reported as missing, returned to his home in Folkestone, exhausted and wet through, after two days' wandering. His wife said her husband told her that his brain seems to have stopped working." He slept by the
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    MR. F. J. MORTEN.
    63 14 To Return to Singapore As Under-Secretary. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 30. Mr. F. J. Morten, who has been acting as Senior District Officer, Butterworth, since the retirement of Captain E. Pratt, is to return to Singapore as Under-Secre-tary, S.S. to relieve Mr. W. Bartley.
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    MR. MADSEN-MYGDAL.
    47 14 Arrives in Bangkok From Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 51. Mr. Madsen-Mv^dal, the well-known Dunish agriculturist and politician, who is touting the East and was recently in Singapore, arrived here today. The Danish Consul-Genera) and many people of the Danish community met him.
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    LONDON TRAFFIC BOARD.
    182 14 To Eliminate Uneconomic Competition. London, Oct. 3. The creation of a new statutory body on lines similar to the Port of London Authority is contemplated by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Transport, in proposals for the co-ordination of London passenger traffic. The scheme is designed to eliminate
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    MINER'S DAUGHTER.
    81 14 Post As Medical Missionary In Madras. Calcutta, Oct. 16. Dr. Mary Tomlinson, the daughter of a Wigan miner, left Birkenhead recently for India, where she is taking up medical missionary work on behalf of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Dr. Tomlinson began work as a weaver, but, eleven
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    BIGGER WAR NEXT SPRING.
    84 14 What Mr. Wang Ching-wei Foretold. Peking, Sept. 20. It is understood that Mr. Wang Chingvei, and other members of the Left Wing, weeks ago foretold the probability of aimed intervention by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and declared that it was quite likely that the leaders of the
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS
    97 14 Ranges Nov. 1. and 2, Service Rifle Meeting, Bukit Timah. Entry forms can be obtained from the Drill Hall. All ranks are reminded that arms and equipment must be returned to the Drill Hall for the annual check as soon as possible after Nov. 1. Clothing is
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    DUTCH AIR MAIL.
    27 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 31. The homeward Dutch Batavia-Ams-torilam air mail is due here tomorrow afternoon. The aeroplane leaves on Sunday morning-
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    A CRYING NEED IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    1022 14 More Playing Grounds For Rising Generation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 30. The crying need for more playintgrounds was stressed by Capt. A. U. Wilson, chairman of the BcJaagOr Football Association, at a dinner held in his honour last night by representatives
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    32 14 "The Last of the Puincs," Grey romance, oaaned bat nijjht at the Marlborough and was enthusiastically received by a well-filled house. This lilm has come direct from the Roxy Theatre, Xew York.
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      SINGAPORE'S RUGBY TEST.
      978 15 The Negri Side. TODAY'S GAME ON THE PADANG. Tomorrow Singapore meet Xegri SemI'ilan at Scremlmn in their first II i!;iyj. Cup match. The team which leaves Singapore touny by boat to Malacca, is quite a foi m clalile looking ride and ought to briny off a x
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      AMATEUR RACES IN SINGAPORE.
      74 15 Selections by "M.F.J." For Today. The Singapore Polo Club amateur meeting, held in conjunction with the Singapore Turf Club, will begin today. There will be four races, starting at 4.30. Selections by M.F.J." are given below Race I.— THE CHEF SIMON MICKY FREE. Race 2.— VALEDINO
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      154 15 Friday, October 31. Amateur Races at Singapore. Singapore Swimming Club "At Hume," p.m. Hockey: S.R.C. xr. United Services, S.R.C. Chinese Hockey XI vs. Raffles College S.C.C. XI vi. D. Co., Welch Rcgt., Tanglin. RuKby: Malayan Command vs. H.M.S. Cornwall, S.C.C. Saturday, November 1. Amateur Races at Singapore. Rugby:
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    CROSSLEY'S TEST.
    153 15 Fowler Outpointed in Hard Fight. Harry Crossle/ (Mcxbircu^h), the cruiser-weight champion, gained a points victory over Frank Fowler (York) at Newcastle in mail week, after a closelycontested 12-rcund fight. Fiwler wi»s the more ejrrressive throughout, but (_>■ ssloy, wry cool, playe-i a waitinc game, and profited by Fowler's
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    "SICK OF AMERICA."
    106 15 Miss B. Carstairs and World's Record for Motor- Boats. Miss Botty Contain, who recently made an unsuccessful attempt to regain the Harmswoi th M:tor-Bo;it Trophy at Detroit with hor two spptd-boats Estc'lc IV. and V., landed at Southampton in mail week. She laid she is not going
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    YACHTING.
    123 15 Naval Officers to Race Against R.S.Y.C. The Uoyal Singapore Yacht Club announces On Sunday the A class will sail the first of a series of races for the RearCommodore's 1930 trophy. The start will be at 10 a.m. and the course will be posted in the usual position. Starting
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    TRUE CHAMPION.
    258 15 Cuthbert Outclasses Title Contender. Juhnny Cuthbert, the featherweight champion, emphasised his superiority in his division by a convincing victory over a challenger to his title in Roy Berriaford (Burslem) in a fifteen round contest at Manchester. The end came in the eighth round, when the towel came in
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    QUEEN'S CLUB TENNIS.
    50 15 Long Struggle in Men's Doubles Match. London, Oct. 21. The Queen's Club Covered Courts mixed doubles final resulted in Kingsley and Miss Joan Ridley beating Olliff *nd .Mr, (iodfree, 6—4, B—6. In the men's doubles Austin and Olliff beat Ingram and Wilde, B—6,8 6, 15 13, 6—4.
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    WATER POLO.
    46 15 Swimming Club Victory Over H.M.S. Cornwall. The Singapore Swimming Club water polo team met a team from H.M.S. Cornwall yesterday. The club won a good game by 6—l.6 1. Representing the club were: Windle; R. Goldman and Druiding; Leonard; Faber, C. Goldman and Burton.
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    DONCASTER SALES.
    144 15 No Indication of Slump In Value of Bloodstock. Doncaster's Yearling Sales were concluded in mail week, the close morning's bts realising: the satisfactory total of 29,070 guineas. The grand total for the week was 183,715 guineas, compared with 288,705 guineas last year. This drop, though big, should not
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    HARLEQUINS BEAT CAMBRIDGE.
    408 15 Smeddle's Three Tries For 'Varsity. London, Oct. 18. Three -tries by Smeddle were the feature of Cambridge's testing game against the Harlequins today. Cambridge, through a converted try by Carris and a try by Smeddle., led B—o8 0 after 12 minutes' play, but Gibbs (2), Gogland, and
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    ANOTHER RECORD.
    73 15 National Billiards Tournament. London. Oct. -1 Close, cf play scores in the billiards iv.atches today were Davis 24,407 McConachy t0J6 13 Newman 21,253 Limlrum 19,395 With a break, of 1,826 Lindrum created a world's record with two consecutive four-figure breaks, having compiled 1,013 ye.-.terday evening. The scores on
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    WOMEN'S CRICKET.
    462 15 "In Strict Order And Decorum." In 1811, a man writing about Women's Cricket saki that a match was played "in strict order and decorum." That phrase so well expresses all that the Women's Cricket Association tries to do for organised women's cricket today, writes Marjorie Pollard in a
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    MANCHESTER UNITED "BOYCOTTED."
    234 15 MANCHESTER UNITED BOYCOTTED." Four Players Injured At Swansea. London. Oct. 20. Manchester I'mtcd's best irate Hit* season before the boycott was MO. Saturday's iranu- against the Arsciril, when a boycott was on the programme, produced £1.600 Not only was there a marked revival of enthusiasm, but the United's form improved
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    AGA KHAN'S BET.
    58 15 The Long Shot Which Did Not Come Off. London. Oct. 20. The Aga Khan told an interviewer today that he had a thousand to one double (£5 to win £">,ono» on the Cesar witch winner, L't Majeur, in the Cambridgeshire just for fun." The Pen won the
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    TATE'S RECORD BENEFIT.
    25 15 Popular Sussex Flayer (Jets £2,000. London, Oct. Maurice Tato's benefit amourrti td over £2,000 which is a record for any Sussex professional.
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    CONTROL OF RUBBER OUTPUT.
    924 16 Dutch Attitude. SIR CECIL CLEMENTI NOT HOPEFUL. An important conference between the committee appointed to watch over the inten of the Ceylon rubber industry and Sir Cecil Ckmenti took place while Sir Cecil was in Colombo on Oct. 22. The deputation met Sir Cecil at Queen's
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    ELECTROCUTED.
    86 16 Children Who Climbed Over Fence on to Railway. Two children were electrocuted on the Southern Railway near their hemes at hlewcith recently. They were: Co".in D. Rae. aged eight, of Wooalands Gardens, Isleworth, and Iris Syrett, nine, of River■M Walk, [sleworta, and they were found lying on the up-side
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    A WOMAN'S SCHOOL OF CRIME.
    1374 16 Impersonating European Aristocracy. (By "Crimtnologist.") Nobody in the world could have associated Inndsome, dashing, stylish Lady Jane Grey ith humbie, drab little Minnie Graham, of the industrial town Birkenhead. For Minnie Graham had been a poor and obscure and rather miserable factory hand, whereas Lady
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    NOVEL APPOINTMENT.!
    228 16 Director of Religious Drama. The Bishop of Chichester (Dr. Bell) has appointed Mr. E. Martin Browne, M. A., as Director of Religious Drama in the Diocese of Chichester. This is the first appointment of the kind made in England. The dntii v. >re indicated by the Btshop'l Chaplain
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    FAMOUS CLOWN TO RETIRE.
    459 16 Greek to Live on French Riviera. (iroc-k, the famous French clown, who has been telling au'liemcs fur years that he is leaving the statre, is really retiring 1 n, ■ecorrinf to nwwgii troai Berlin. He has declared that his appearance at the Berlin Scala this month
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    TENNIS STARS TO WED.
    38 16 Mr. John Van liyn, jun., the United i v avis J.u;> player, and Miss Marjo: ie Gladman, ficatern Crass Courts Singles Champion, applied at Los Angeles for a licence to -marry <>ti Oct. 22.
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    COOKING BY WIRELESS.
    286 17 Experiments Leading To Radio Homes." Cooking by wireless in the all-radio home of the future is but one of the possibilities which lie behind research now being carried on in Washington, according to Dr. Willis R. Whitney, director of the General Electric Research Laboratories. Scientists are now
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    WEIHAIWEI MERCHANTS.
    202 17 Nankin? Asked to Follow British Methods. Shanghai, Oct. 7 Mr. P/aaf ("hia-cheng, vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was recently commissioned to effect the rendition of Weihaiwei on Oct. 1, has returned to Shanghai on board the Daircn Maru from Tsingtao. In an interview with a correspondent of Kuo
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    MAN LIVES WITH LIONS.
    173 17 Native Outcast Shares Their Lair. Following the spoor of a wounded buck, which obviously had been dragged by a lion, a Northern Transvaal fanner expected to meet the lion in its lair, but was astonished to find instead a native tearing and eating raw flesh. Investigations
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    2351 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 w':o are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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    JAPANESE MILLS.
    183 17 American Official on Their Unequalled Efficiency." Washington, >ct. 7. Mr. Charles Moser, of the U.S. Department of Commerce, today published -4 Mi.vey of textile conditions in the cour"-> of which hr> forecast that certain western exports eastward will continue to declinerr.ptcially in the face of the increasingly dominating
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    PARIS MOTOR SHOW.
    144 17 Price-cuts in European Cars. Paris, o A large < mud. incraiiog mvmborj of th Diplomatic Corps a/id prominent politicians and financiers, attended tcday < pel ing of the International Motor She," at the Grand Palais in the Champs Klj sees. The utstundirj; feature of the show 1i
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    THE LITERARY PAGE —NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    3615 18 THE LITERARY PAGE NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. Recent Phases of the Thriller A Batch of Ten^- A Paradoxical Story From G. K. Chesterton in His Usual Manner "Sapper's" Mixture of He-men and Heroines A History of Modern Arabia. Diversity of Thrills. Strong Puixm. Ily Dorothy L. Bayers. Gellaaei. 7s. 6d. (.'rime
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    A Remarkable Novel.
    969 18 Spleen. By Olive Moore. Jarrold7s. 6d. Once in a while there oomes a new novel which stands out by itself from the ruck of average productions. Not often is the tired reviewer thus rewarded by a book bearing a name which is not familiar, and when he
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    LATIN VERSE COMPETITION.
    263 18 Conducted by Tityrus." COMPETITION No. 4. A competition in the translation of a set English piece into Hexameters, Elegiacs, or Alcaics (as may be announced beforehand) will be held every month. Versions should bo typed or at any rate very clearly written. They should be addressed to
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      213 18 »M>MM»»> MHMMHMt««MmMMMItIMMt» r++ Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 18- Adam's garden 22. Firm 2. Wealthy Drunkard 5 Way 25. Insane io! Retreat 26. Colour 11. Small beard 29. Ointment 12. Meeting in shock 31. M.puficent 14 Sell again 32 Borders 16. Ambassador »<• Conical lumps of sugar 19. Forthwith :!S
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    A VAST INDUSTRIAL EFFORT.
    660 19 What Russia is Doing. SENSATIONAL FACTS AND FIGURES. Moscow, Sept. 4. An intensive effort to stimulate the initiative and efficiency of the broad masses of Soviet workers will mark the beginning, i.n Oct I, of the MM economic year— the thud yen of the famous Fivs-Yi-ar
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    MIXED BATHING.
    154 19 Subversive of Shanghai's Morals. Shanghai, Oct. 17. The Commissioner of Public Health reports receiving a personal letter from certain members of the Health Committee staling that the Chinese community consider that mixed bathing in the Municipal swimming pool is subversive of decent morals, and therefore they consider ii
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    VATICAN FIND.
    219 19 Glasgow University Supplication. In addition to the discovery in the Vatican archives of the Balliol manuscript and the Scottish section of the Bagimond's Roll, Dr. Annie Cameron, the Carnegie R.seun-h Scholar in co-operation with Mgr. Mercati, Prefect of the Secret Archives, has found a fifteenth century record of
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    THE KOUTEPOFF AFFAIR.
    285 19 Paris Mystery Thought To Have Been Cleared Up. Paris, Oct. 12. The afternoon newspapers publish sensational discoveries about the Kouteprff affair. General Koute-poff, former chief-of-rtaff t/ the Czarist Army, was the reccgaised head of the White Russians abroad and had been appointed in this function by the
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    DUMPING IN CHINA.
    274 19 Strange Rumour Re Russian Wheat. Hong Kong, Oct. 14. Drastic measures may have to be adopted by the Nanking Government against the importation of cereals from foreign countries. It is stated that a huge quantity of wheat has been dumped into the Chinese market from Russia during
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    DOG PREVENTS THEFT.
    50 19 Mr. Stimson Awakened By Barking. Washington, Oct. 16. Cricket, a Scotch terrier owned by Mr. Stimson, Secretary of State, prevented a possible robbery last night. Aroused by the dog's constant barking, Mr. Stimscn opened a window to see what it was about and frightened away a burglar.
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    SOME ADVANTAGES OF BEING BLIND.
    1372 19 SOME ADVANTAGES OF BEING BLIND. How I Make My Portrait Busts. (By Georges Scapini, the blind French deputy, barrister and sculptor.) At the age of twenty, like other youngstsrs of my age, I was serving in the French Army. A German, bullet hit me in the head. I felt a
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    MAGIC PILLS.
    290 19 Carried in Battle By Chinese. When the "Yellow Spears" of Honan, powerful Chinese secret society und-er the leadership of "Mad Chang" go into battle every man carries a supply of "magic pills." By this means Mad Chang" infuses Dutch courage into his followers, whom he has assured that
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    AVIATION IN CHINA.
    256 19 Canton-Wuchow Service To Be Opened. Canton, Oct. 17. It is announced that the first regular air mail and passenger service to be put <nto operation in South China will be that between Canton and Wuchow, this linking Kwangtung and Kwangsi. It is expected that this service will
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    KIMBERLEY'S "G.0.M."
    147 19 Sir David Harris's Bust Unveiled. Colonel Sir David Harris, the "grand old man" of the diamond fields, had the unusual experience of witnessing the unveiling of his own bust when it was handed over in his presence to Kimberley. Sir David Harris commanded the town guard defence of
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    FAMINE RELIEF IN CHINA.
    294 19 Nanking's $50,000,000 Fund To Help Sufferers. Nanking, Oct. 4. The Legislative Yuan of the National Government passed this morning a set of regulations providing that $50,000,000 b; set aside by the Government towards a State Famine Relief Reserve Fund. One per cent, cf the annual Government
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    THE EARTH'S ESCAPE.
    420 19 Narrowly Missed by A Comet. French astronomers at the Meudon Observatory, Paris, declare that all danger of a collision between the SchwassmannWachmann comet and the earth is past. The cornel has swung as close ti the earth as it will ever com* and is now disappearing, having
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    OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
    112 19 French India's Grants To Ex-Service Men. Madras, Oct. 6. The Governor of French India, in pursuance of an order from the President of the French Republic, has issued a notification in the official Gazette announcing the creation of an Association of ex-service men, who served in the late
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    FASCISTS AND COLLARS.
    53 19 A Fascist pamphlet is in circulation in Berlin in which the aim is put forward that a i evolution in men's clothing must take place simultaneously with the awaited historic development. The collar is one of the fetters to be cast off, while modern footwear musl be
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    MEN WHO RULE THE UNITED STATES.
    561 19 MEN WHO RULE THE UNITED STATES. Financiers, Publishers And Industrialists. In the opini in of Mr. Jame< W. Cora. I. foimerly United States Ambassador lGermany, nil men "rule tru- United States." Mr. Gerard compiled a list of these men recently for ths New York Times, which asked hi.ii to amplify
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    NOTED CHEMIST KILLED.
    29 19 Professor Ludwig Moser, of Vienna Polytechnic, a noted Austrian chemist, and his wife, were killed noar Zell-am-Sec\ whci. his motor-car was in collision with a train.
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    21 19 On i.he initiative of Signor Arnaldo Mussolini a sylvan shrine in honour of the poet Virgil has been opened at Mantua.
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    GOVERNOR LATE FOR THE BOAT.
    1067 20 PENANG LETTER. Stowaways' S ories. ALLEGED DECREASE IN COST OF LIVING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanfr, Oct. 22. The last seen of the Governor and his family in Malaya on his departure fcr Europe was informal in the extreme and j (onsisted of the view
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    SWEDEN'S BIRTH-RATE.
    328 20 Press Campaign Against Birth Control. Happy Sweden may be said to have less sorrows than most other countries the country enjoys health and prosperity and has few, it' any, political adversaries. Vet there is one problem which, in these weeks, is discussed with a certain amount of passion
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    1158 20 SIAM LETTER. Effect of New Gaining Law. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 22. The Gaming Law continues to be a subject of the greatest interest and is being submitted to interminable discussion. There are many points on which elucidation is required. Racing men are rather
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    A CHINESE COWBOY.
    372 20 Wizard at Driving a Four Horse Team. Cut Bank, Montana, Sept. 8. Not only a fair bronc rider, but a wizard at driving a four-horse team ma George Taylor, the only Chinese cowboy in the annah of Montana, who now has put away the black snake whip
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    NEW YORK THE LARGEST CITY.
    1181 21 I,ondon's Lost Title. DISADVANTAGES OF SIZE. Dr. Walter I«ti<llaw, an Americhn census oTcpcrt, who hus hepn U London to find a basis for comparing its population •with Now York's, has returned t> the United States to report that "thtre will lii'Vtr he, within twenty miles
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    COLONEL'S DEATH.
    125 21 Trapped in Overturned Blazing Car. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest in Belfast recently on Colonel W. H. Goodwin, C.M.G., D.S.O. who was burned to death in his car near Newtownards. William Wattcrson ombcr, who was motor-cycling behind Colonel Goodwin, said that when he
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    "THE GUT."
    110 21 Thames Terror at Oxford To be Straightened. Oxford men the world over 'mow the terrors of The Gut on the Thames, and will be interested to know that there is now a movement on foot to straighten it. We are going to raise money in tho University to
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    LANGUAGE OF SCENTS.
    550 21 How Bees Can "Talk" Together. Eees are able to talk to one another by means of a scents and dance language." This is the interesting theory held by Mr. James I. Hamilton, of the Bureau of Entomology in the United States Department of Agriculture, who has made
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    MALARIA AND INSANITY.
    217 21 Amazing Success of New Treatment. London, Sept. 12. Malaria, the scourge of the tropics, has been used effectively in conquering general paralysis of the insane, facts collected by the Ministry of Health reveal. More than 03 per cent, of the stricken patients who are allowed to be
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    SPIRITUALISM.
    366 21 Lady Doyle to Carry On Work. Lady Conan Doyle, widow of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, told an Evening Standaid representative of her plans and those of her family concerning the cause of spiritualism to which her late husband devoted the whole of his attention during the later years of
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    LITERATURE TO ORDER.
    555 21 A Chief Librarian's Protest. Mr. L. Stanley Jast, chief librarian of the Manchester Public Libraries, in hi* presidential address to the Library Association at Cambridge dealt with the standardisation of literature. It was not his purpose, he laid, to review, even cursorily, all the forces that were
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    M. POINCARE.
    154 21 Will He Again Become I'riiuc Minister Paris, Oct. 2. The former Prime Minister. M. Poinr.uv, may soon return to power as Premier ol' a new Cabinet. Such an event is being generally foiv- told by political circles here in their speculations on the significance of yaatar day's meeting
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    CAPT. A. T. CUNNINGHAM.
    131 21 Abandons Flight for Financial Reasons. Madras, Oct. 16. The Australian aviator, Cant. A. T. Cunningham, who had a forced landing in Burma, 20 miles from Akyab, on Oil. 3rd, arrived in Madras this morning from Calcutta en route to Australia. He has abandoned his flight for
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    SUPPORTING ONE'S PARTNER.
    799 22 BRIDGE NOTES. When to Go On and When To Stop. (By Hubert Phillips, the authority on Auction Bridge.) I notice that many of those who play Auction regularly have never worked out for themselves, or even attempted to work out, the principles upon which they should support
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    Relation to Question Of Constitutional Advance.
    463 22 ARMY IN INDIA. London, Oct. 14. General Sir George Barrow, in a paper read before the East India Association on "The Army in India and Constitutional Reform," expressed the opinion that the Simon Commission's plan to deal with the formidable obstacle presented to constitutional
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    BURIED TREASURE.
    149 22 Hunt for 13 Crores Begins In Sangli State. Belgaum, Oct. 10. A very big store of nearly R5,130,000,000 is expected to be unearthed this week in a hill near Marihal village, near Belgaum, belonging to the Sangli State. It will be recalled that, for the last eighteen months,
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    AIRMAN EXPLORER.
    134 22 Found Safe After Week's Search by Planes. Winnipeg, Sept. 29. Information has been received by radio from northern Saskatchewan that the aviator-geologist, Mike Finland, has been found, and is safe. Finland disappeared on an exploration flight from Lac la Rouge, one of the numerous Saskatchewan lakes which feed
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    THE PRINCE IN WAX.
    235 22 Celebrities in Paris Shopwindows. Paris shopkeepers have discovered a' method of combining hero-worship witn money-making. The old-fashioned wax figures have vanished from the show windows of the boulevards; in their places ace wax figures of the celebrities of the day. A walk along the nrain boulevards
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    CAR WITHOUT ENGINE,
    145 22 Man's Claim to Have Solved Perpetual Motion. Claiming that he has solved the secret of perpetual motion, Mr. John Goodwin, of Southport, says that within a year he will be driving a motor-car without using an engine or motor spirit. Mr. Goodwin's invention consists of a circular
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    PRESS NOTICE AND ASSAULT.
    306 22 After-Lunch Attack on A Director. Many people in the film industry were •resent at Bow Street Police Court recently, when Ernest Fredman, managing director of the Daily Film Renter, summoned Dan Fish, artists' agent for asscult, en September 10, at the Trocadero Restaurant. Mr. Laurence Vine
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    THE KING'S VINE.
    126 22 Over 1.000 Bunches of Grapes This Year. The King's grape vine, near Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, is bearing over a thousand splendid bunches this year, many of which have been cut and sent by Their Majesties to hospitals and other institutions. Some of the bunches weigh
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