The Straits Times, 7 November 1930

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBABLT A CINTUKl.i THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1930. W&tWVgr™^* The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      246 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6151). Ml TONIGHT 9.15 GLORIA SWANSON in "THE j TRESPASSER." PIMM BN-NBi I r Wonderful help from PHOSFERINE FRESH BRIGHT New Vitality and Energy Miss Estelle Brody 1*^5* the well-known British Film Star, t J famous for her brilliant playing in j. T^ Mademoiselle from
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      154 1 KJ)fcVA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. PHONE 3683) A LARGE NEW SELECTION OfV*^ < GOLD CIGARETTE CASES. NOW IN STOCK— FOR LADIES OR GENTLEMEN. Engine-turned, 9 carat gold, flat, single-row. j..^ No. 5709. Ladies' Cigarette Case. Size VA x &>\ ins. Price $100.00 No. 5708. n *A 21,, ?125.00 No. 5704.
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      10 1 I Ul TONIGHT 9.13 j! GLORIA 8WANS0N < i^^. u TUP
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      546 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER 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 FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage doe Spore. JEYPORE r i,:(^it Nov. 12 KALYAN 9,100 Nov.
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      676 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Dae Sai FUSHIMI MARU 10.9U0 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec. 3 < TKRUKL'NI MARU 11,800 Dee. 17 II HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec 81 Jan. 1 HARUNA MARU 10.000 Jan. 14 II I
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      458 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated la Australia) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND ■ELBOURNE. VU JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly tailing* by the wallknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 torn) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons). Th« is. MARELLA it one of the largest and finest iteamen trading to Australia, cabini
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      536 2 <8L NORDDEUTSCBER C^a LLOYD VI |0 kd >T (Incorporated la Germany). The understood are the Company'^ inUad;d fizturei. OUTWARDS FULDA for Manila, Hong long, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Taingtau Not. 6 J SCHLESIEN for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Not. 15 MOSLL for Hone Kong, 6'ghai, Y'hama, Kobe, Moji,
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      616 2 I BLUE FUNNEL LINE IK OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO. LIMITED. IK CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) R SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, SRP, HAMBURG AND BKEMKN, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND iGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NOBTH CONTINENT. LONDON*, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route subject
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      569 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAV. CO., LTD. (Incorporated ifr Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Sinsora, Lacon, Sichon, Bsndon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chiunpoo an.l Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI Nov. 10 Nov. 12 SUDDHADIB Nov. 17 Nov. 1!) VALAYA Nov. 2J Nov. SThe steamers are fitted throughout with
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      476 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd VEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO ;,noa Amsterdam Southampton ImmlWw Rotterdam Tonnage i.v. Sibajak 13,000 R.L. Nov. 7 Koningin <J»r NVd.-rlanden 8,205 S.M.N. Nov. 14 i.v. Indrnpocrn 12,000 R.L. Nov. 21 i.v. Marnix V. St. Alfln-ondc 19,000 fi.M.N. Nov. 28
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      1409 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOU-AR STEAMSHIP UNB iW AMERICAN MAO, UNB ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang PRES. WILSON Nov. 10 Nov. 13 Nov. IS PRES. VAN BUREN Nov. 24 Nov.
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      312 3 The Scenic Route Across Canada Make your trip A lasting memory. Through fast daily train service without r l n gr, from Vancouver to Mootreal, connecting with transPacific and trans-Atlantic steamers. Dturipilvt booklet i am* tull imlofmstiem from L L. Ltwttr, GtmtrJ Aim. Hong Kong Bsnk Cbtmitrt, Sin f port.
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      421 3 BRUNOLINUM For the Preservation of all kinds of Timber. BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM For the cure of all Bark Diseases in Rubber Trees. LEE KIM SCO 40, HIGH STREET. Just Unpacked Sale Now On CHOOSE YOUR GIFT BOOKS FROM THIS LIST. Picture Show Annual $3.M Pock Annual |».5« The Playtime Annual J3.aO
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATHS
    42 4 MACALISTER.—At Owy's Hospital, London, i Kor. 'I, 1a.'.0. Dr. H. K. Macalister, M.A.. M.1).. (Cantab) M.R.C.P., D.P.H., formerly HrincinMl. King Edward VII College of Medicine, oingapore. ciHKKTHON. November J, Mrs. Alexander Robertson of Eastbou;uc, late of Singapore, dWd peacefully.
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      714 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM, i i... To The Advertising V.inarer. Straits Time, Cecil Street. Dease insert the following small advertisement for days: j r i 'i ej**4k« Mi*", -il II |_j <«*■.«>< -■<■'*• There lire «ppro»imately «even words to a Una and there if flat rate <harg« pt 2j cents per
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      691 4 MISCELLANEOUS FRASER NEAVE'S Malay Hand Book is -till the best guide for the beginner. From •II stationers or direct from the publishers. Price 12. ADVERTISER, European 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, with long teaching experience, undertakes to coach boys for the Cambridge <Locul or any other examination. Fees (3 ncr hour
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      687 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. tO LiT r i*o. »<M» Olofcaiei Road, furnished. Apply Mewcr Brothers. fO LET, 9u, Meyer Road. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, No. 7, Mt. Rosie Road, electric, water, gas, garage and tennis, entry Dec. 1. Rent moderate. Apply Box «58, Straits Times. TO LET, 86,
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      553 4 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE "Tha EseU* Enactment, 1»U." j SESStON OP 'LICENSING BOARD The next Session of the Licensing Board for the District of Klu«ng, will be held at the Magistrate's Conrt, Kluang, on December 10, 1930, at 11 a.m. All applications for the- issue, renewal or transfer of Licences must
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      867 4 NOTICE OF MEETING OF IHE BOARD OF LICENSING JTSTICES, Th? quarterly sessions of the Board of L«lce:.ising Justices J^r the Settlement of Singapore will be held in thei First Magistrate's Court, Sintraporr, at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec' IS, 1930. 2. All applications for Public House and Billiard Room licences,
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      843 4 (Vldr Gazette No, fi.'i of October 21, 1930.) TENDERS INVITED TENDERS will be received nt the Colonial Secretary's Office until noon on Nov. 14, J 1930, for the followini; services for the Gov- vernmcrrt Monopolies Department for the year 1931 (1) Supply o' copper pant, *iies ami dimensions M ilrsired,
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      621 5 1^ T-. yMafterhcrn VISIT SWITZERLAND The Ideal Playground. Illustrated Booklets, Maps, Hotel (.indes and all informations free <m application to the SWISS CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, T2l. MARKET STREET. POPPY DAY Duet in Aid of the Fund at VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Monday, Nov. 10, 1930. Tickets and Reservation of lal.les at RIKEIRO
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      611 5 H NO MORE I SHABBY FLOORS 11 DARKALINE V [I ill give your floor a lovely hull ami* Old Oak finish that won't II hip, scratch or get shabby. HDARKALINE [I DARKALINB it a wonderful II new discovery, anrl greatly superII tor to anything yet used. Simply II brushed on,
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      372 5 Raffles Hotel Tomorrow, Saturday 8 Poppy Day Blue Ball IN AID OF EARL HAIOS POPPY DAY FUND Dinner and Dance $5. Dance Only $2. All ladies and gentlemen attending arc asked kindly to co-operate in carrying out the colour scheme by wearing as much blue, of any shade, as possible.
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      238 5 Cheaper* Refrigeration by Gas i^| BRITISH hlectrolux SILENT. MOTORLESS REFRIGERATOR I^ MM M^ M^j^,^sa Produces a conlm- a r-^^^^^^^^JT uous low tempera3 liny gas burner __!—J- An »-^7z. U tlcctrolux saves you money by enabling r .1- you to keep coolcod .i ot uncooked (ood i ,J. Iresh and sweet,
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    POLICE DENIAL OF USING THREATS.
    2647 6 Alleged Attempt to Make j Man Plead Guilty. CAR CRASH SEQUEL. EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING DEATH. j (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuula Lumpur, Nov. 6. More muttons! evidi srd In I tUeeCoul today when the case came up for the third day's hearin,] in which
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      89 6 Yonr Typihte will fe// yoa 7he Royal itandt for real efficiency." "^-^^l F--4-,. So Agents for MALAYA VJIM I" O ltd SINGAPORE, I\L I-itU. KUALA LUMPUR, 1 lI'OH PENANG. B "IN" BRUNO BEER JmL LAGER Jfw HA Guaranteed Free from S Preservatives. m A yV W^B le Success of the
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      125 6 ISAKO EUROPEAN ROYAL CIRCUS BUKIT TIMAH ROAD next to Tramway Station FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY Tonight and Nightly at 9,15 p.m. MATINEES Every Saturdnj and Sunday, at 4.30 p.m. BIGGER, BRIGHTER THAN EVER. NEW BALLET CHORUS 16 DANCERS NEW TRAINED HORSES NEW ARTISTES FOR THE FIRST TIME. SIX SPLENDID
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      252 6 Owing to lack of clear evidence as to who was driving the motor-car at the time of the accident. N. J. Saunders was acquitted at this morning's hearing. CHRISTMAS The NEW JEWELLERY Specially orueri'd for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR season bis just arrived. Afo«f Wonderful Patterns CLIP BROOCHES. Diamonds and
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      132 6 You Never Spend J Anything A More A m£3j» Whrn yon buy a Ciiuklln vGjjfl^ Fndura fnuntain prn or ■(vll pruiil v<m will nrvrr YyVyHk nrrd to »|x-ii«l anything ■flaVvum drprmlnliln writing C> ,SH equipment no matter ■u\ynN| how long you use Vt^Vr^h Ihr prn or what iQ?m\ happrnt toit.
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      192 7 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 The Talking Screen Immortalised! LAWRENCE TIBBETT The World's Greatest Living Baritone IN AN EXQUISITE ALL-COLOUR OPERETTA Superlatively aloof from anything yet shown recorded with a fidelity so Incredibly Realistic that it will astound You THE ROGUE SONG Presented by Met ro-Goldwyn- Mayer Based on the Operetta GYPSY
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      474 7 oeoeooooooQQo©QOo&. oooic "■'OB d m I I MALAYA'S LARGEST AND FINEST THEATRE 6.15 NIGHTLY O.IS LAST TWO NIGHTS OF The Brilliant United Artists Production "The TRESPASSER" Presenting THE SCREENS MOST BEAUTIFUL STAR GLORIA SWANSON Latest Gaumont Graphic and MICKEY MOUSE in "KARNIVAL KID" SUNDAY NEXT (Commencing with Matinee at 3.15)
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      189 7 M M M BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF L OF JOHN BOLES in U H "CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD" H HH A Universal prorlurtion which also starru fiffi PB LAURA LA PLANTE IM i A Universal Production. NIGHTLY at 6.15 and 9.15 H9 Matinees Saturday end Sunday, 3.15. PERFECT SOUND PRODUCTION. MB
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      DISPOSAL OF OLD SHIPS.
      443 8 Scrapping Preferable To j Sale Abroad. An important subject raised at Uw| monthly tuuncil meeting of the Liverpool Chnmb.T of Commerce in mail wick was the tiisposal of old Lhips, when the sug- g«stion was made thr.t it would ny the Government to provide a fund
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      A VARIED CAREER.
      369 8 S.S. Inkula Purchased By Italian Company. The steamer Ir.kula, belonjriiitf t > Kdsforda, of Liverpool, has bsta I Id to Italians for r mjrhl.v i"7,000. and anithrr chapter of a particularly intere tin.; rtnor c niincnces. She was lai.l dowr: bf Hrn Muggiamo| rard at Spezia on
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      DOCKING BIG CUNARDER.
      230 8 Kxistin^ Dock at Southampton May be Altered. Experts are examining the huge a>aiinjr dock owned by the Southern Railway at Southampton to discover if it eaa be adapted to accommodate the pro- il 70,000-ton Cunarders. It will be three or four weeks yet before the results of
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      SHARE MARKET RERORT. Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      88 8 Tin. Steady. Ajrer Hiteau lOs.-ii-.., Kuchiiis .')1-..:. CCBU, Kintas xj-ST rent;, Panawats 39-43 cents, Malay Consols. I2\i-ll nl Luai Bl-W cent-, Bnngvl Wajri l.?'".- .'.o;-. Pvtaliiun S.6Tfe-8.U, I'lu Kten Rons Kongi 15s. M.-16& Cd., Tronohi II i. M.-1C*. 3d. Rubber. Steady. Ayr BiUmi
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      266 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Nov. 7. On London, Bank 4 m-'s 2 '3 20 22 Demand 2 Private 3 m. credit 2 '4 3/32 On New York, demand ,',i; l:\", Private 90 d a 57'j On France, Bank T.T. 1430 On India, Bank T.T. 150 i'i Kontr Konj:, Hank T.T. 4i!'« Jisc.
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      SERVANT'S WAGES.
      255 8 Cook's Claim for $38 Upheld. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klanjr, Nov. 5. In the Kla.itv jiolice court today, licfove Tunprku. Syed Abu Dakar, a Tr.mil cook named Krishnan claimed 358 balance of wages due to him by his employer, Francis Lopez, a tekgrapk inspector, of Klang. His W'
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        MINING.
        465 8 MM v I'd. Buyers Seller* £1 fl Asam Kumbant 20/- 25/- .">-.", Ayer Hitam Tin 10- 11/£1 £1 Kungrrin Tin 13'- 14 1 1 Batang Tadanf 0.10 0.15 1 1 Butu Caves 0.35 0.40 1 1 Bulcit Arsng 0.36 0.40 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 10/- 12/- nom. £1 £1
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        GENERAL.
        251 8 [MM V..1. I'.l. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.30 2.00 i Tt Alex, brick i'rels. 2.00 u.iu £1 XI Ilrit. Am. Tobacco 6.2.6 5.7.0 1 1 Central Engine (l.l.i 0.40 nom 100 r.O Chinese Cum. Bank 102.00 184.00 I'l *1 Con. T. S. 1% Pref. 16/3 16.0
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        87 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1831-36 102 105 «i. Singapore Municipal 6 nc. of P *i red. 193? p., 6% pro. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c of 1907 red. 1917 $1,600,000 flu par Singapore Municipal p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par Singapore
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        378 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today's Price! Fraser Lv.ll Co. £-att •MliT.iiy ($1) O.*n Ml 0.80 0.85 vi or Oajab (II) U.7U u.eo u.7u 0.60 A. llitam ($1) 0.90 1.00 O.M) 1.10 Kunint •>*'» o -tU O.ZO UJU A. Malay O.i>s l.to 0.90 1.10 i.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    175 8 Today. North. N.-Eut ::n<l N<-W*at Sumatra (Tiaomko) r i. Pnntianak i Khoin Focnc) I p.m. Selat Panujang. bengkaiis, Silk, Pakan Baroe and I'ajakombo Montr Thong I "> Java, South- West Sumatra, SouthEast Borneo, Celebes, Molucca* end Timor Duly I Han Hmg Lionel '1 p.m. Bibn I Kmgbj)
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    41 8 MAILS FOR EUR OPE. Left kit*. By 8'por* loadun Shirmla Sept. 25 Oct. 18 Ji.han v Oliji'tibaint'vclt Ort. I Oct. 23 Kash-ar Oct. Ort. 2.S Slamat Oct. 10 Oct. 31 Tukliwa lit I. Nov. I GcaeraJ Mctxiiigtc Oci. 8 Mav. J
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    PASSENGERS.
    273 8 Thi- following :>.!ssen:rcrs for Malaya me mi Imard the hMU which la due to nrriv it Bingapon on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. It. U. Woodcock, Mr. K. S. If May. Mr-. K. R. Fostoa, Mr. \V. H. Hill, Mr. V. M. Studd, Mr. W. Q. W. Hastings, Mis-. M.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    203 8 li iiluy, .Wivr niher 7. Shipn alongniilt' M.r Wharvri or expected to arrive. arm hakisoi u. A'.uin Wha' t IaIi. Riinau, Dn li(>| P«M IlKIHt. Oil Wharf a* I'lty uf Mun<lal:.y. Coal Wharf Patrol. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock «.s. flirt Victoria Dock ».s.
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      8 8 M<C£iy.UM r RERFEC^^EpTS WH I$ KY V^^- Irakfc^
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      147 8 JIST RECEIVED. SHOES CHILDREN BB*^ssw^^^^^^ SII'ERIOR QIAIITY. All leather and made in England. New shapes specially designed to Rive comfort in wear to the little ones. INFANT SHOES. Colour sky or champagne. ?1.75 and $1.85 each. CHILDREN'S SHOES. In Tan Calf or Patent Leather. From F2.75 to $4.50. MAIDS' SHOES.
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      264 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Dally Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dircc- Special Weather Max. Mlu. full, shine. Humidity tion. F. F- iit«- hours. Te m.p.h *'W «f* 8. 7 Nil M 93 Calm Cloudy Kota liharu No report. K. 1 re:i™Kanu .88 74 0.07 M 85 SSW
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      197 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. l'riday. Nin ember 7. 11. \V. in. 20 a.m.. i) Z in, 11.10 p.m., I ft. £klurday. Notember 8. II. W. 10.1.1 a.m., t> ft. 5 in., 1144 p.m., rt. i in. Sunday, N<» ember 9. II. \V. 11.15 a.m., II rt. C in. Monday, November
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    242 9 General Tendency To Firmness. RUBBER SENTIMENT BRIGHT. (Ry Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Today's F'rices KnMirr. W i rrnts, per Ib. Tin, tons at 150 tons $58 V* per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, -l^d. per lb., unchanged. New York, 8!' cts., up ct. Market
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    TIN RETURNS.
    61 9 I'lu Klang Tin. -4XI piculs, 86,225 yards. DM hours. Ram bun mutt. 860 piculs. Kurhai Tin. Ituckct dredge 631 hours 2~> inins., 112 hours ;i."i mins. lost, ay-rage dining depth 4L'.18 ft., tifiC piculs, 99,000 yards. Si, up Tin (F.M.S. 1.— 707 piculs. KiMa Tin. No. I drcdire
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    37 9 Ib urn ib. Aver Panas. 78,006 lb. Australasia, liu.ooo lb. Ayr Kuning I F.M.S. 1.— 107.000 lb. .Mor Posjgsa. 11.4L'-! Id. Ay r Kuning. 1. r >,305 lb. Bukil Kul.u. 20,608 Ib. ilaiiel:.— 4l,6oo lb.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.
      1175 9 Low Prices Owinjj To Competition. The annual meeting of the Singapore Cold Storage, Co., Ltd., was held yesterday, the Hon. Mr. F, A. Pledger presiding. Others present included Messrs. W. H. Macgrego*, H. W. Kaper, S. H. Moss, W. K. Rayncr, C. E. Wurtzburg. V. R.
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      EXCHANGES.
      81 9 Rugby, Nov. 6. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam !J.Of,- 4 Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5 25-32 d., IVilin 20.385, Brussels 34.835, Bucharest 818. Rio 5, Buenos Aires 3H?fi, Copenhagen 18.16, Geneva 25.03, Helsingfors 192 7t,,7 t,, Song Kong Is. 3ttd., Lisbon 168.26, Madrid 43.00 Milan 92.805, Monte Vidro 395., New
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      68 9 Tone of Market:—Dull. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 4 3-lfid. per lb. New York :—Spot Sheet G. cts. 8% per lb. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard &S.S. on Tender it n m 0 m -mm Spot November December January Jan. -March April-June Bayers i:t's
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      RENONG TIN DREDGING.
      2646 9 Improved Recovery. CONSERVATION OF TIN DEPOSITS. The 17th annual general meeting of the members of the Renong Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., was held on October 9 at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C., Mr. A. E. Percy, F.C.A. (the chairman), presiding. Mr. C. B. Hester, representing the
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      RUBBER MARKET.
      464 9 Guthrie and Co.. Ltd., report under -datt Nov. 6 as follows The market has been quietly steady during the past week with little variation in prices on balance, but on a firmer tone ruling air the beginning of the month a fair anumt of forward selling was done
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    LONDON MONEY MARKET.
    857 9 Bank of England Cold Stocks Down. RISE IN SECURITY HOLDINGS. (From Opr Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. l). Money was a little tighter in the London money market last week. The turn-of-the-quarter ruquirements of the discount and exchange markets were rather larger than normal because three months hence
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    COPRA MARKET.
    36 9 Barlow and Co.'s report on the coprn market states The market has shown an easier tendency and prices have declined Bfi rents during the week. Closing quotations are as follows Sundried (6.10, mixed |(.UO.
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      377 9 NOTICE SPAGU MINES, LIMITED, SINGAPORE. Owing to enquiries received both fi-'.m the Dutch Enst Indies and locally as a result of a leader appoarißK in the Sumatra Bode of Best 13, 19:10, the Directors of Spagu .Mines, Limited h:ive decided that an EBtamatloa of the policy hitherto adopt I :irvl
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      130 9 IlkSavSaßwl saw) ESIiESp IBpBBS Ik. v.iistd MW-.'»»teW vi- Tit muind r»r.w«.b6«r 1— «ry /Iti i*» ik. uciii luimui tttmmr rfrlMt. fc.lhj ml ifc« ftsmt v«< ukmrt •idimmt t *«M«plM fmll u*4tr *ar4 SEVENTY-SIX MANUFACTURERS OF CARS, TRUCKS' and buses use WILLIARD BATTERIES Manufacturers of automobiles, tracks and buses have speat
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1930. WIZARDS OF FINANCE.
    1229 10 Taken as a whole, the last meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners was not notable for the amount of logic displayed. At the outset of his preliminary remarks on the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the coming year,
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    WHAT I THINK OF SPIRITUALISM.
    1089 10 > A Conjuror's Curious Experiences. (By Jasper Maskelyne. the Famous Magician.") The Maskelyne family in tho past has not enjoyed the friendliest relations with vociferous advocates of spiritualism. Consequently, I suppose, we have attained a reputation as convinced anti-spiritualists. Now a definite anti-spiritualist can only
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    10 10 Mr. S. G. Hacker, of Singapore, is visiting Kuala Lumpur.
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    18 10 Mr. J. W. Murphy, of the Topographical Surveys, Taiping, leaves for a holiday in Australia on Nov. 13.
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    23 10 Bishop and Mrs. Edwin F. Lee will sail from Seattle on Nov. 29 arriving in Singapore on Jan. 5 in the President Adams.
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    20 10 Dr. and Mrs. Mv >tapha have arrived in Malaya from Hong Kong. Dr. Mustapha has been appointed Government Pathologist, Kedah.
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    25 10 Mr. Douglas Jenkins, U. S. ConsulGeneral in Canton, accompanied by Mrs. Jenkins, left recently for Shanghai, where Mr. Jenkins will take charge of the Con-sulate-General.
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    36 10 The marriage took place on Oct. 2 at Yverdon, of Humfrey, second son of the late Sir Henry Gompertz, late Chief Justice, F.M.S. and of Lady Gompertz, to Simone, daughter of M. and Mme. Charles Dubath.
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    39 10 Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mac Naught are leaving Taipinjr for Home on furlough very shortly. Mr. Mac Naught has been honorary secretary of the Taiping Golf Club and he will be given a presentation by the members tomorrow.
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    32 10 The forthcoming marriage is announced of Lieut.-Comdr. W. H. D. Friedberger, R.N., of H.M.S. Odin. China Squadron, and of Latchmoor Cottage, Brockerhurst, Hants, to Miss Eleanor Louise Renton, of Hollowell Manor, Northampton.
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    53 10 The staffs of Jawi Krian, Kampong Lima and Dorset estates met on Jawi estate to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. K. M. McLeod. Mr. McLeod is the manager of the four-estates and is retiring after over 20 years' service. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod leave for Home on Saturday by
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    54 10 Miss Gertrude Louise Craik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Craik, formerly of Hong Kong, was married to Mr. Anthony Michael Duncombe-Jewell at St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, recently. The bridegroom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncombe-Jewell of Plymouth, and is a master mariner in the
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    767 10 VERY GOOD NEWS. We give the place of honour on our main news page today to the most cheering cable concerning the rubber industry that we have been privileged to publish for many months. The decision of the directors of tho3e companies comprising what is known
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    32 10 The de3th of Mrs. Robertson, who was for many years a resident of Singapore, occurred at Eastbourne on Monday. She was the wife of Mr. Alexander Robertson who wag a well-known broker.
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    BIG RUBBER GROUP DECIDES TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION. BIG REDUCTION IN TAPPING.
    171 11 Straits Rubber Group's Decision. 35,000 ACRES. Output to be Reduced By One Third. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 7. Directori of the various companies comprising what Is known as the Strait 3 Rwbber Group have decided on the
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    EMPIRE WHEAT.
    210 11 Application of the Quota System. Rugby, Nov. C. The heads of the delegations to the Imperial Conference will consider next week the agreed report by the Economic (.o-^pera 1 >n C < I ittee, over whioh the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. William Graham, presided, upon
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    DISARMAMENT.
    235 11 Litvinon" Called to Order At Geneva. Geneva, Nov. C. The seventh session of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission opened today under the chairmanship of Dr. J. Loudon (Netherlands), who called to order M. Litvinoff for starting Umg dissertation on disarmament, notwithstanding tht Commission's dwisiQa to abstain from any genera] discussion
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    BOXER INDEMNITY.
    20 11 Sino-liritish Agreement Ratified. Nanking, Nov. 6. The Central Political Council has ratified the Sino-Kriti-sh Boxer Indemnity Agreement. Reuter.
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    WORKLESS IN AMERICA.
    47 11 Washington, Oct. 30. President Hoover*! emergency committee on employment announce*! today thut welfare (u-ganisations throughout the country are preparing to take care of the workless through community chest-, and tliat the navy department lias decided lit basil work immediately on construction to cost $o,UUO,UUO.
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    RAISING THE SCHOOL AGE.
    158 11 Conservative Opposition To Bill. London, Nov. 7. The Gotvernment's School Attendance Bill, raising the school leaving age to 15 and providing for the maintenance of schoolgoers between 14 and 15 passed it* second reading after the defeat of a Conrervative motion for rejection by 294 to
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    IRON AND STEEL.
    129 11 New Measures Urged To Foster Trade. Rugby, Nov. 6. In the House of Commons last night a private member's resolution forcing Government to take immediate measures to stem the decline of activities in the iron and steel industry was debated. From the Conservative benches adoption of protection
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    FRENCH SENSATION.
    180 11 Three Banks Suspend Operations. Paris, Nov. 6. M. Tardieu is personally taking steps to minimise the injury due to the recent closing of the Adam Bank, one of the oldest banking institutions, with over a hundred branches in North France. The crash was particularly felt at Boulogne, whose
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    SHEIK SHOOTS WOMAN.
    106 11 Then Kills Himself in Front Of Dancers. Mme. Wardiyah, the proprietress of the Farnh Hotel, who is known to thousands of British soldiers and R.A.F. men who have visited Basrah, was the victim at midnight three weeks ago of a tragedy ill desert love. While a dance
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    GOLD FOR AMERICA.
    52 11 Yokohama Specie Bank's Large Shipment. Tokio, Nov. 7. The Yokohama Specie Bank has shipped Yen 7,500,000 in gold bullion by the Tatsuta Maru to America. The Bank of Shinano, with a capital of Yen 14,000,000, of Uyeda City, Central Japan, a centre of the silk industry, closed
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    AIRSHIP BUILDING.
    74 11 U.S. Congress to be Asked For $32,000,000. Washington, Oct. 28. It was announced today that an appropriation for the construction of the ZR-5, the second of two naval superdiii(ribles, has been included in the naval building programme to be presented to Congress in December. The total appropriation to
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    DEADLOCK IN U.S. ELECTIONS.
    432 11 Democrats' Gains. PARTIES NEARLY EQUAL IN SENATE. New York, Nov. 6. The final position in the new Senate is:— Republicans 48, Democrats 47, Farmer Labour 1. In the House of Representatives the Democrats have 209 seats, the Republicans 205 and Farmer Labour one. Twenty results are
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    U.S. MINE DISASTER.
    138 11 Death Roll of 94 At Athens, Ohio. Athens, Ohio, Nov. 6. In addition to nearly 160 killed in the Millfield coal mine explosion and 26 rescued about 20 are entombed alive but are expected to be brought up safely. Most of the survivors are in bad condition.
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    AN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.
    78 11 Acting Treasurer Resents New Labour Policy. Canberra, Nov. C. Mr. Lyons, the Acting Treasurer, has resigned following the passing of a resolution by the Labour caucus ordering legislation to compel the holders of the £27,000,000 loan, which 13 maturing in December, to hold the bonds for another
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    INDIAN CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS.
    402 11 Table for 88 Delegates. LORD PEEL'S WARNING OF DIFFICULTIES. Rugby, Nov. 6. The King will open the Indian RoundTable Conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords next Wednesday, and the subsequent meetings will be held at St. James's Palace, where the preparations for the
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    COLLISION AT KOBE.
    236 11 Bishop of Korea Dies Of Shock. Tokio, Nov. 6. The Hakusan Maru was badly damaged in a collision in Kobe Harbour with the British freighter Benmacdhui. The removal of all the passengers was necessary; The Right Rev. Mark Napier Trollope, the British Bishop of Korea, who was
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    MRS. VICTOR BRUCE.
    32 11 Leaves Hanoi en Route To Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Nov. 7. Mrs. Victor Bruce left Hanoi at noon yesterday and is expected here this afternoon, if all goes well.
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    CUT IN U.S. NAVY.
    116 11 $20,000,000 Worth of Craft Struck Off. Washington, Oct. 28. Seventeen destroyers and two light mine-layers, constructed at an estimated cost of $20,000,000 and representing a total of 19,921 treaty tons, were struck from the Navy's register today. The vessels were decommissioned and replaced in the fleet
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    HASTENING THE R101's DEPARTURE.
    633 11 Evidence of Sir J. Biggins At Inquiry. London, Nov. 6. At today's sitting of the inquiry into the RlOl disaster, the President, Sir John Simon, questioning Air Marshal Sir John Higgins, elicited the fact that the repairs to gas bags which were holed through chafing when
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    COMING TO SINGAPORE.
    123 11 Sir Geoffrey Salmond Reaches Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 7. The three British -aeroplanes of the India command arrived at Don Muang yesterday afternoon, returning the visit to the Siamese aeroplanes to India earlier in the year. The flight was headed by Air Marshal Sir
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    NATIONAL GALLERY.
    47 11 Powers to Lend Paintings Abroad. Rugby, Nov. 6. The Prime Minister informed the Housa of Commons that a one-clauie Bill woul.l be introduced shortly empowering the trustees of the National Gallery at their discretion to lend paintings and drawings abroad under proper safeguards. British Wireless.
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    NEW YEAR ODE.
    40 11 Tokio, Nov. B. It is officially announced that the subject of tie ode fo be presented to the Imperial Court in the coming New Year will be Shatoh no Yuki or The Shrine in the Snow Nichi-Nichi.
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    W. B. PENMAN IN COURT.
    324 11 Charges Against Singapore Broker. ACCUSED'S RETURN. Sum of $250,000 Said To Be Involved. In consequence of a cable received frcm the British Consul at Swatow, Detective Inspectors Porter and Mclntosh boarded the steamer Anking which arrived from China ports this morninjr and took into custody,
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    MOTOR-CYCLE RECORD.
    74 11 British Rider Again Secures Title. London, Nov. 6. The amazing speed of 150 miles an hour on two wheels has been achieved by thp British rider Wright on a British O.E.C. Jap motor-cycle. Riding at Cork, he averaged 149.68 miles an hour over a kilometre thus refraining the
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    REPARATIONS PAYMENTS.
    139 11 U.S. Federal Bank Official's Mission to Europe. New York, Nov. 6. In view of the recent visit of Dr. Schacht, the former President of the Reichsbank, who stated that Germany must cease reparations payments unless other countries helped her to extend her foreign trade, particular interest attaches to
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    LORD BROTHERTON.
    70 11 Big Bequest to Leeds University. Rugby, Nov. 0. The estate of the late Lord Brothcrton, the well-known Yorkshire industrialist, is expected to be proved at about £1,750,000. Public bequests included £100,000 to Leeds University, £20,000 each to the cities of Wakefield, Leeds and Birmingham for charitable and educational
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    TROUBLE ABOUT A MORTGAGE.
    1295 12 Large Sum Involved. INTERRUPTED BUrLDfNG SCHEME. A somewhat unusual ease came before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson in the Supremo Court yesterday, when Pana Abdul Maii<-un, a man who does not understand or read English, sued the Malayan Planters' Provident Fund Board in connection with certain alleged
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    BORROWED JEWELS.
    241 12 Daughter-in-Law Sued By Mother-in-Law. Stating that he thought the defendant was a liar, that her brother was a liar and that her other witness, her stepdaughter, was a liar, the Chief Justice yesterday afternoon pave judgment against a Chinese daughter-in-law who was sued by her mothar-in-law for the
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    CHINESE GUNMAN.
    228 12 18 Months for Being Caught with Pistol. It is always a good practice Mr. Meredith, to potat it up, there is a big sky above," said Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, this morning when Mr. R. W. Meredith, Chief Court Inspector, produced an automatic pistol
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    CRUELTY TO A GIRL.
    113 12 Young Chinese Woman Gets Three Months. For cruelly beating: a girl of fourteen and chaining her to a bed, a young Chinese married woman was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday. The woman pleaded guilty to
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    DEMOCRATS BEST FOR U.S.
    433 12 Californian Judge's Views. Discussing the Democrat successes in the United States elections, Judge Henry C. Gesford, a retired judge of the Superior Court of California and a lifelong Democrat, told a Straits Times representative yesterday that the Prohibition issue was probably the cause of the turn
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    HIT BY SUDDEN SQUALL.
    101 12 Boat's Tw» Minute Ordeal In China Seas. While proceeding from Swatow It Hoihow, the s.s. Anking, which arrived in Singapore this morning, was struck suddenly by a fierce cyclonic squall, which, though it lasted only two minutes, did much superficial damage to the vessel's superstructure. The
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    HOODWINKING THE LABOUR OFFICE.
    244 12 $50 Fines for Tamils Who Sold Bogus Surats. (From Oue Own Correspondent.) Klang, Nov. 5. Ihe hearing was concluded today in the Klangr police court before the Tungku Syed Abu Bakar in the case in which two Tamils named Subbiah and Karpen were charged v;ith dishonestly
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    WORLD CYCLISTS.
    141 12 Adventure-Seekers In Singapore. Two cyclists, G. SzUvjanik, of Vienna and F. J. Davar, a Parsi of Bombay, who have travelled more than C0.000 miles in six years and eight months in a journey round the world, arrived in Singapore today from Hong Kong. After a short stay they
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    72 DESCENDANTS.
    85 12 Toronto Couple's Remarkable Record. Mrs. Jane Sparks, who was born in England, has died in Toronto, leaving a record of unbroken descent perhaps unparalleled in the Dominion. Mrs. Sparks was eighty-six and her husband, Alfred Sparks, is eighty-seven. They had been married for sixty-six years, and this is
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    HIT AND RUN DRIVER.
    249 12 Three People Struck, One Killed. (From Our Own Co.rre»pondent.) Ipoh, Not. 5. An Indian driver of private motor-car owned by Dr. Kameyama, was charged here today with causing the death of a Chinese and injuring a Chinese woman and boy on Deepavali day. He was also
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    PASSING BAD COINS.
    175 12 Three Men Get Seven Years' Rigorous Each. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 6. That the accused might be one of an international gang which was conspiring to spread the uttering of counterfeit coins was the view expressed by Mr. Justice Sproule in sentencing Teoh Kim to
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    PAVILION THEATRE.
    230 12 Packed House at Re-opening Last Night. (By Our Film Correspondent.) The Pavilion Theatre, Orchard Road, re-opened last night with sound films, screening Captain of the Guard as the premiere. It is a comfortable theatre with exroThnf sound effects and makes a valuable addition to Singapore's amusement centres. The
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    184 12 Sequel to a Calcutta Lottery. Allegations that he cheated a com,patriot out of a lottery ticket which drew a prize of 2,000 rupees were made against an Indian named Subra Naidu, before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday. Mr. S. N. Dutt, appearing for the
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    CHINA'S EMBARGO ON RICE IMPORTS.
    617 12 Mr. Mo Teh-hui to Remain In Moscow. Shanghai, Nov. G. At a conference held at Nanking today the National Government decided: (1) To approve the resignation of Mr. Yu Yiu-jen, the President of thu Au;!it Department. (2) To place an embargo upon the importation of
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    ADVERTISE.
    158 12 Lord Mayor's Remedy To Bring Back Trade. The power of advertising in the development of modern industry was referred to by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir William Waterlow) on Oct. 6 when opening the third annual exhibition of advertisements in London. He said:— "Advertising is rapidly gaining wider
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    EX-PRESIDENT IRIGOYEN.
    68 12 To Live in Retirement In France. A sumptuous villa is being prepared near Juan Ins Pines, France, for thi> former President of the Argentine, Senur Irigoyen, who is en route for Kurope aboard an Argentine cruiser, having given a solemn pledge that he will not return to the
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    27 12 Mails from Europe (London mails dispatched Oct. 16) by the Kohna will arrive by train tomorrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery at 8.46.
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      TOMORROW'S RUGBY ON THE PADANG.
      679 13 2nd Welch Regiment And S.C.C. Tomorrow the B.C.C. mast the 2nd Welch on the Padang and MNIM interesting Rugby should be seen. Tho battalion t<am )<>f>ks cvrry bit as strong as last year and has shown fairly good form so far Ihii Nlioa, The pad;
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      BRITISH CHAMPION HELD.
      437 13 Tarleton Draws With Cuthbert. London, Nov. 6. At Liverpool today Johnny Cuthbert (holder) and Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) drew in a 15-round contest for the featherweight championship of Great Britain. Rcuter. Johnny Cuthbert won the featherweight championship from Harry Corbett in the big tournament staged at the Olympia
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    SINGAPORE POLO CLUB
    366 13 Programme for Gymkhana On Nov. 15. A gyaUUHM will be hold at the Singaporu Polo Club on Saturday, Nov. 15, ■taltiag at a p.m. In the cisc of wet wnfkar it will be rostponed to the following day. The programme will be as follows Bending Race,— Heats
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    ONE-SIDED GAME.
    103 13 Chinese Volunteers Beat Europeans 7—2. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 4. The first match of the inter-company football of the Malacca Volunteer Corps took place yesterday at the Malacca Club Padanp when the "A" company consisting of Europeans anl the "B" coml>any consisting of Chinese met. The
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    115 13 Iriday, Nn\ ember 7. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. R.A. and R.E., S.R.C. tjc.ee.' r: Welrli Kc.'t. v?. Malny.i, Jalan Bt ;ir, 4.1" p.m. S»»tird»y, Iteiliaibsi S. Ragfcy: S( vs. -'nd Welch Ke;-t Jchore N.S R.ntram. Suiirfay. Nuvcmlur 9. Golf Keppel G.C. vs. 5.r,.(.\, Krppcl. Monday, November 10. Kujrl.y: I'.S.P.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF.
    299 13 Teams for Match At Keppel on Sunday. The teams for the match between the Kcpp'l and Singapore Golf Clubs, to be playe<i at Keppel on Sunday, have been am. mini, and the list is now as follows, Singapore G. C. players mentioned first 8J0, L. D. Hardic and
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    FLYING ORB DIES.
    272 13 Sire Of Winners Of 400 Races. Mr. J. W. A. Harris, manager of the Callykistt'on Stud, Co. Tipperaiy, announces that the successful sire, Flying Orb, met with an accident and has had t.i be destroyed. Flying Orl) was nineteen years (M. !(<• \va:; by Orby out of
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    YEARLINGS SLUMP. How The Breeders Are Hit.
    351 13 The slump at the DMKMtMT yearling sales has cast a gloom over the racing world. Racing enthusiasts endeavour to explain the fall in prices hs a return to normal after a period of exceptional boom. They refuse to see in it any decline
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    KNEE INJURIES.
    219 13 How To Treat Commonest Football Accident. A broken kneecap is a rarity at games. A twisted or dislocated knee is the com- ■©nest of all. football accidents, says the i Athletic News. What has happened is that a disc of lartilust in the socket of the joint on
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    AMERICA'S CUP.
    413 13 When International Sport Loses Healthy Influence. Now that the tumult and the .-.houting •re over we may sum up the lessons of the rares for the America's C'u;i, ?uys the Daily Telegraph. The first is clear. If all contests in international sport can be fought out in the
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY MATCH.
    871 13 Interesting Fixture. UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT MARS GAME. Miss G.-Jones" XI I. (iirU" Sport* 1. An unfortunate accident marred the hockey match, between Miss GriffithJones' XI and the Singapore Girls' Sports Club, which was played on the Padanjr yesterday afternoon in aid of Poppy Day Fund. Miss 15. Riley.
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    THE LITERARY PAGE—NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    3341 15 THE LITERARY PAGE NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. A Batch of New Fiction An Apt Chronicler of Drab Lives— A Poet's Prose— Book Guild's Choice- Mr. E. V. Lucas's Concoction Getting Things Done in India Another Novel from Mr. A. E. W. Mason. ii«iiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiwi«iiii«ffimH(Htt'iiii;iniiiiii«n *Hiwwii«miHiiiiitHi.iiiiiiiiiii;iiHHiii!iiiii!imiini,iiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;^ New Fiction. Shatter The Dream, By Norah
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      209 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. fln 4— P**"^^^ I— ~t~— bbbbbbY<9~ (CLUES.) ACROSS. g£« L Dim R*f un< l c d 4' Struck with amazement A rn j s of a w 'n<l mi ,i n r ns Kt.«i. w l^ Pr«ious t one ivi v e-ie -i» n Oi Und Assemble
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    MORE YOUNG BLOOD WAITED.
    932 16 Sanitary Board Meeting. MEMBERS ASKED TO RESIGN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. The necessity for newer and younger i.lood in the Sanitary Board was ventilated it today's meeting when the chairman, Mr. V. G. Ezechiel, said he had caused an item constitution for
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    "COLUMBUS" STAMPS.
    47 16 A specimen set for the new Columbus postage stamps has been issued by Spain in commemoration of the discovery of America. The stamps have been put in circulation. They are of the pictorial type for both land and air post, and will grace any collection.
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    BANKRUPT'S ARREST ORDERED.
    216 16 Receiving Order Sequel In Singapore. A warrant of arrest against Leopold Wilhelm Zerner, sole proprietor of the Anglo-Continental Manufacturers* Agencies, was ordered by Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson, sitting in the Bankruptcy Court this morning. The order was made upon the application cf the Assistant Official Assignee (Mr.
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    PRISON FOR RUFFIAN.
    362 16 Old Chinese Squatter's Experience. Sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday on one of four Chinese, who tied up an old man of 72 and robbed him of 50 fowls. A lot of old people earn
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    DIRIGIBLE EXPLOSION.
    90 16 Three Members of Crew Injured. Toms River, New Jersey, Oct. 21. An explosion today wrecked the gondola and engine of Capt. Anton Heinen's dirigible, Air Yacht, and seriously injured three members of the crew. The gas bag was not damaged. The explosion occurred when the motor was started
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    A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.
    125 16 Two Hundred Years Old Crime Unearthed. A gang of workmen who are excavating for a new road on the Saleve Mountain, overlooking Geneva, recently discovered, at the depth of a few feet, the skeleton of a woman with a steel dagger firmly wedged between the ribs. Scattered
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    MOTHER DRIVEN MAD.
    87 16 Shoots Her Baby And Then Herself. A four-year-old child, living with h«r parents at Jette, near Brussels, was suffering- from a malady which, the surgeon decided, could only be cured by an operation. The little girl's mother was driven frantic by the idea that her baby was
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    ROAD TRAFFIC IN MALACCA.
    424 16 Unequal Railway Freights Criticised. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 6. At a committee meeting held yesterday of the Strait? Settlements (Malacca) Association Mr. W. Munro was co-opted a new member in place of Mr. F. G. Charlesworth. Letters received from the Chiel Police Officer, Mr.
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    YOUNG MARSHALS' HOPES
    264 16 Control of Shantung One Of His Aims. Peking, Oct. 27. The Peking public is making preparations for the coming official visit of the head of the Manchurian Provincial Government, Marshal Chang Hsuch-liang, who is expected to arrive here in about a week's time to confer with the
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    LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
    122 16 Believed to Have Been Pure Accident. Los Angeles, Oct. 19. Experts who have been engaged in an investigation of the gas explosion which wrecked the interior of the Garment Capitol building here the day before yester<!ay announced today that in spite (if circumstances which at first pointed
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    70 16 An Exhibition of old Chinese paintings is now open at the St. Matthews' Young People's Guild, 152 Neil Road, (close to the Fairfield Girls' School). The exhibits were preserved in the imperial palaces in Peking and are the property of the art collector Mr. Ho Jun Mm, of Peiping, who
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    POSITION AT NANNING
    312 16 Kwangsi Troops Make A Sally. Hong Kong, Oct. 28. The first direct news from Nanning for many weeks has just come to hand in a message from the correspondent of the Hong Kong Telegraph in the besieged city. The message throws some light on the reported lifting
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    PLANTERS' MEETING.
    28 16 The half-yearly meeting of the Johore Planters' Association will be held at the Kluang Club on Wednesday, Nov. 19, instead of Nov. 15 as previously arranged.
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    30 16 The Duke Borea d'Olmo, chief master of ceremonies of the Royal Italian court, celebrated his 100 th birthday in Rome recently. He has held his present post for GO years.
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    82 16 At the annual general meeting of the F.M.S. Union Club, Kuala Lumpur, the following were elected officers: President, Mr. Loke Yung Hong vice-presidents, Messrs. Loke Yung Cheong and Lim Cheng Wee hon. secretary, Mr. Ho Kirn Hoi (re-elected) hon. treasurer, Mr. Hoh Sum Chee hon. auditors, Dr. M. Y. Lum,
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    STORY OF A STOLEN REVOLVER.
    421 16 Accused Discharged For Lack of Evidence. A theft of several revolvers from th" godown of John Little and Co.. Ltd., ten years ago, was mentioned before Mr. C. |Wils<..i, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday, whin a Chinese painter was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen
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    A DEAF-MUTE "PUNTER."
    94 16 Promises Not To Back A Dog Again. An undertaking not to bet or go to do:r races was piven at Wimbledon by a deaf I mute, who was bound over on a chart;' I of stealing £3 14s. 2d. and a bank home safe from his employer.
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    EXCAVATIONS IN MALACCA.
    1025 17 Recent Finds. UNDERGROUND PASSAGE SEARCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 5. Interesting discoveries during excavations were reported at the annual meeting of the Malacca Historical Society held here yesterday. At the nutMt a silver carved cross which had been found was handed round for examination. Mr.
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      113 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Here is another question on the Ruffles Library subject On Nov. 1, I applied for half-yearly subscription, but was informed that the quarter did not begin until January of next year. I could pay from October (one month which I
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      162 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I am of opinion that a good number of the members of the Raffles Library agree with what Kunchi Kitab wrote a few days age. Several books have not been in the library for at least three months'. Whether they
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      169 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— "Citizen's" letter of yesterday about Singapore's organ was quite good just the type of letter one would expect in a correspondence column. Why doesn't "Citizen" run along to Mr. Brown and voice his grievance? I am sure E. A. would
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      307 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The Singapore mercantile community will be surprised and pained to hear that the membeis of the committee of such an important and influential association as the Singapore Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution at a meeting held on Oct.
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    76 17 The latest experiment of the Shell chemists is a lorry which may be described as a laboratory on wheels. It is a sixcylinder car in which scientists watch the performance of lubricants under actual road conditions. The object of the test is to reproduce the road conditions
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    BROKERS SUSPENDED.
    33 17 New York, Oct. 27. The Stock Exchange announced the suspension of C. Lothier Jones Co. of Philadelphia today, for insolvency. Members of the firm include It. Norris Willinu, the tennis player.
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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 Dar 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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    RIOTS IN JAPAN.
    128 17 Police Clash With Strikers In Tokio. Tokio, Oct. 25. Riot.ius scenes were witnessed iate last night in Kameiuo, a <ul.url> of Tokio. during a clash between the polid and factory workers of the Tojro M-.islin Co., who have been on strike for the past five wreks. While
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    222 18 Court and Hitch in Family Circle. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Nov. 5. Charged with the theft of seven at Uatu Tiga on Oct. 17, a Tamil na:ned Annasee claimed trial. They are my mother's goats," he pleaded. Mr. Arthur Pearce, 0.C.P.D., Klang, addressing the court said that
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    84 18 Cotton Industry Urged To Advertise More. The importance that publicity plays in the sale and distribution of cotton fabrics is stressed in a pamphlet issued on the liiiti-h Cotton Textile Exhibition to be held at the White City, Shepherd's Bush, in February. The Exhibition is being held as
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      552 19 Assets exceed $11,000,000. Assurance In force orer $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27 Old Je«n. «.C. The Company has 120.000 deposited with the Supreme Conrt of England and compiles with the British Life A.sur.nce Companies
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      564 19 BANKING NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Zstablisfced 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Gld«. 100,000,000 (abo «8,500,000) Paid op Capital Gldi. 65,000,000 (abo M.6O0.0O0) Reserves Qldi. 28,187,797 (abo £2,350,000) HEAD OFFICE!: AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICESI: THE HAGUB, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES I BATAVIA|: Head Offlea for Dutch lait Indies. SHANGHAII: Head offlc« for China
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      520 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND OUARXNTCE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in Croat Britain) llrid Offirr for Malata SINGAPORE. THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE lies in the arms cfemy nursing mother \^r^/'-y '"pHF.RE are occasions when, do what you Vv^^ft^/ J X will, the Mother'! milk remains scanty, \\*LS3j&y >^ weak and unsuitable.
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