The Straits Times, 20 November 1930

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  • 40 1 I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] M The Straits Times. THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, THI'KSDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS 20 PAGES The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 120 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 81B1). fRSSSSSSS S.IS TONIGHT Ml RaODfALD DBfllT in "WHAT A MAN." Phone 5261—5262 A|%#^^ x Growing Wmk f ~W Children 1 THRIVE ON i "BEAR BRAND" The Original and Genuine Rich Swiss Milk, Nothin:,' can oqu;il IJcar Brand, Ike purr natural milk from the famous
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    • 121 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 27. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) fund Games is now com- Wl4W 1 4 tyf*Sk plete. There is something -Jp^vl jok to pleasr every youngster and at a price to please Toys, Crackers, Games, Decorations Etc., Etc., Etc. Toyland is Open I Come Right in Children! "r To bins
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    • 11 1 6.1.'. TONIGHT «.15 DONALD MNNY in "WHAT A MAN." Phone 5261—3262
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 552 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Inoorporntcil in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SKR VICES. I'Ki, „X wMD ORIENTAL SJJ. CO. UNDEI iNTaUCJ WITH HIS MAJESTYT, GOVERN BUrJNT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL BEBVKJB. OVTWABD FR'JM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. TtANCHI 18,660 Nov. 29 li-
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    • 691 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHa) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rutteidum and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail S I'USHIMI MARU 10,1)00 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec. 8 4 TF.RUKUNI MARU i:,100 Dec. 17 18 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec. 81 Jan. 1 HARUNA MARU 10,001) Jan. 14 16
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    • 460 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNET AND BELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by tha wellknown steamer HARELLA (7,865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons). Tha sj. MARELLA ia ona of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 580 2 *NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated la Gsnaaay). The understood are the Company's Intended fixtures. OUTWARDS > MOSEL for Hong Kong, S'ghai, Y'hama, Kobe, Moji, Chinwangtao, Dalny and Tsingtau Nov. 27 TRIER for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tuku, Dalny and Tsingtau Dec. C I LIPPE for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, and Moji Dec.
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    • 587 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMKN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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    • 554 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretay, Trengganu, Kclantan, Ban/nara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, l.aeon, Sithun, Bundon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chu>npon ami Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA Nov. 24 Nr>v. Z<\ MAI.INI Dec. 1 DM. I SUDDHADIB Dec. I Die W The steamers are fitted throughout
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    • 458 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Strmmvaart MaatschappiJ Nedcrland and N.V. Rutterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL nnd PASSENGEF SERVICE TO iJcaoa Amsterdam Soathamp«on Marselllre Rotterdaai Tsataji mv. ludraporra IS, Bin Nov. *1 w.v. Marni* V St. .Vrfw.nde HfiOt S.M.N. Nov. 31 s.s. Insulinde l«i,(H»0 R-L. tN> J j p Corn 11, H« S.M.N. Dec
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    • 1429 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOLLAM tTBAMaOP UHt c^W AMERICAN^MAJDL LIKB ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE i From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXi ANDKIA, NAPLES. GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and I BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penan* PRE 3. VAN BUREN j Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 29 PRE
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    • 340 3 CHARGEURS REUNIS (Incorporated in France) SINGLE CLASS STEAMERS REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. HOMEWARDS MARSEILLES, NAMES and BORDEAUX Due Spore DESIRADE Nov. 24 CAP. PADARAN Da* HAVRE, BOLE.V, DUNKIRK and ANTWERP Duo Spore. DTNTRECASTEAVX Nov. 10 ADKN Da* For freight and passages, apply to The Succesaora of MOINE COMTE
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    • 401 3 EARTHERN WARE SUBSOIL PIPES FOR ANTI-MALARIAL WORKS All Sizes Stocked. ENQUIRIES SOLICITED. THE ELKAYES POTTERIES, OFFICE 49, HH.H STKEKT, SINGAPORE. PICTURE ANNUAL FOR 19SI Golden Annual for Girl* $2.70 Crockery Gift Book $J I Little Peoples' Annual <> Nursery Book $2.70 Jolly Book for Boys i,<i Jolly Book for Girls
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 767 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Arlvrrli«tng Manager, Straits Time*. Cecil Street. Ham insert thr following iinall »dvertisenient for -days: t There ure Approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate rhargc of Ii cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion.
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    • 690 4 MISCELLANEOUS $40 REWARD. Lost in Newton Ro»d about 9 a.m. on Nov. IX, Young Airvdali Do;,-. Black and Tan. Above reward will bi- paid to anybody returning same to Owner at No. 11, Newton Road. Telephone No. 4004. IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS overseas, have the Straits Budget posted
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    • 708 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO Mi A and 4 A, Itaffles Plac. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, Flat, 310, Orchard Itoad, ground floor. Rent $80. Please apply J. S. Nathan, De Souza Street. TO LET BUNGALOW. 363 A. Orchard Rd. ai.d compound house, S&1, Pasir PsnjaneApply Angullis Co. TO
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    • 424 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET. is; nhJl IM. Havelock Rnad, tw<t-sti,.«-y.-d riverside goaVwaa, suitable for rubber. Apply Stephens, J'auJ Co. TO LET, ground floor, 73, Cecil Street, also offices in Stanley Street. Modern sanitation. Apply J. S. Nathan, 6, de Souza Street. COBMWALL, 2 or 1 paylag quests welcome in
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    • 827 4 Cuticura Healed Eczema in Watery Blisters on Ankles 'The eczema from wh.ch I have been suffering firM started with srrall watery blis'.er:i around :n7 ankles. Tht irritaticn was ho great that I could not refrain Ircm scratching thi affected j-arts. Scratching caused the blisfrj to break, rr.akir.t; it much worse,
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    • 800 4 Leaves Hair Twice as Beautiful The simple hair styles of to-day mako beautiful hair a necessity. Luckily, beautiful hair is now easily obtained. It is simply a matter of shampooing. Proper shampooing makes the hnir soft and silky. It brings out nil the real life ami lustre, all the natural
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 281 5 x/ Vf s WHERE SUCCESS COMES FROM Sales of whisky that are the largest in the world do not result from a whisky for special occasions, but from a popular blend. Such a blend is Johnnie Walker "Red Label" the whisky that has made Johnnie Walker's reputation. The best whisky
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    • 653 5 Raffles Hotel Thursday November 20 DINNER DANCE Friday Tomorrow Owing to the Singapore Rotary Club Dinner and Dance there will be NO TEA DANCE. Sea View Hotel All Rooms with Modern Sanitation. TONIGHT CINEMA. 11 Opening Night CLAIRE WINDSOR. FRIDAY. NOYEMKER 21. SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE SUNDAY NEXT. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
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    • 281 5 You want a Long Life electrical installation and the life of the installation depends upon the wires. Let your installation depend upon HEUNI—E/y C.M.A. Wires— the wins that will last as long as the building itself. W. T. M g^" F Y TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., IJD. Sole Ajjenls in Malaya
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  • 869 6 Flying Club Progress. FULL TIME INSTRUCTOR TO BE APPOINTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 10. A number of important developments are foreshialnwrd I Kuala Lumpur Plying Club, which prat nted t'> an extraordinary general meeting of the members in the Headquarters tomorrow evening.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 883 6 To the Editor of the Straits Time's. Sir. To this question, as to every i.thcr, there .ire two sides. A discussion of it is not assisted by the importation cf personalities, of exaggerations such as the slogan Votes for Tambies or of puenl-itii-s such as the statement that
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    • 168 6 To the Editor of the Straits Time-. Sir, At the camp for unemployed men at Port Dick.son, there is at present a great absence of sports gear, and gifts of Rugby and Association footballs, hockey sticks and balls, golf clubs and balls, cricket nets and matting, and gramophone
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  • 120 6 Ten Bandits Taken After Daring Hold-Up. Wuchow, Nov. 7. On the night of Nosember ."> bandits in Kong Hau. on the West River, boarded the passenger boat Shun Lei, as passengers. When the bat was a few mile-; above Kong Hau on its way to Kwai Uen
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  • 110 6 Mr. G. P. Langton Succeeds j Mr. Justice Hill. Mr. George Philip Langton, X.0., has been appointed to succeed Mr. Justice Hill as a. judge of the High Court (Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division). The new judge is 49 years of ati, and has been a barrister
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  • 99 6 Broadcasting Station Being Built. Ihn Saud. ruler of the Wuhiois, Kir.;r of Hejaz and the Xejd, and Keeper ot the Islamic Holy Places, Mecca and Medina, is havintr a "neat wireless station built by a British firm at Mecca. To rule his country Ibn Saud has use.l
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  • 50 6 Youth Sent to Lock-Up By Lahore Judge. Lahore. Oct. 2P. When a youth wh;> lay dozinp across several chairs in the Lahore Hiph ourt today refused to Uatan to *he judge"request to sit up properly, he Wai an-est-ed by crder of the judge and to the lock-up.
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  • 435 6 Action Taken by F.M.S. Bar Committee. (From Our Own Comspoadwt.) Koala l.m.'pui-. Nov. l!>. Grars allegations againal an advoeaU ami solicitor of the I". M.S. Supreme Coait ■en made today btfert Mr. Justice Mi:di: whan Mi. E. D. Bhearn mi behalf of lha P.M.B. Bar Committee,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 72 6 Never ask your dealer for a 73m' ASK FOR AN HMa^gßßa^aHflwSgSß^jswiSc* 'c^^Jr^ii/ \7- RUL DC LA PAIX PARI^ D'OBSAY*B PERFUMES. SPECIAL NOTICE. i ~_z. rdir lo all<iw <iur ■ym < nMiim«TK In ■■■Ml 111 lh» .(ualily of "irOrsay-H -ji J Ivlrails- a sm;.ll bottle 'J Rene ULLMANN ipuo~D'o i s
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    • 292 6 HARRISONS CROSFIELD, LTD 1-4. GREAT TOWER STiJEET, LONDON. E.C. 3. IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS. Issued Capital and Iwmi exceed £2,500,000. Managing Agents of Tea, Rubher and Mininpr Properties. Suppliers of Textiles, Hardware, GngfakMring und Instate rcquiremewts, specialising in high gratis Kuropean Plywood Chests for packing tea and rubber. Shipping and
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    • 56 6 [ELECTRICITY I I9^ ECONOMY AND SERVICE < Don't forget Electricity is associated in your mind with light, but it is used also for cooking, heating and cleaning. There is heat and Power in it too! ELECTRICITY NOW READY The Singapore and Malayan ROUGH DIARY 1931 $2.50 Obtainable from PRINTERS, LIMITED,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 200 7 6^15 TONIGHT 9.30 Continuing the interrupted Season FOX MOVIETONE'S HAPPY CAREFREE MUSICALROMANCE S vie Scrvrtts j First Original All Talking 1 I Singly- Dancmf- Musical £Wy I 1 SUNNY j (SIDE UPjj 5 JANET j/dSQ. CHARLES »MSyl farrellC^H| The film you can see again again! Evergreen! Unforgettable! Youthifying! A SUNBURST
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    • 260 7 r> <n n <n o r> oTTO (-)OQO Q O b O O OO O Q C X :HH|HHpnpiHß I ■HUJI I I I 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME REGINALD DENNY IN The Season's J oiliest Talkie I s nY i"n ii 'hi WITH MIRIAM SEEGAK and ANITA LOUISE
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    • 149 7 W 615 TONIGHT 9.15 W M| (M:i(in»-cs Saturday and Sunday, 3.15). I Programme Specially I Augmented. I Pathe Super-Sound §1 I Gazette. (The Best News Reel in the World.) RlOl DISASTER. French and English Homage to the Victims. I Scenes at Beauvais, where I the Airship Crashed. I The Procession
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  • 665 8 SHIPPING NOTES Remarkable Achievement) At Wallsend. The launch of R. M. S. Brilliant ht Vali-icii.l, as lias beta raportad, coinpltte in cvi-iy drtail MM with smoke iaaoiag from Urn funnel.-'," has followed cioacly upon that of the South African rire leer Springbok at Port (ilasg-^w with
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  • LOCAL, STOCK AND SHARK QUOTATIONS.
    • 269 8 EXCHANGE." .Sinsrapore, Xov. 20. On I.om!on. Bank 4 in i 2 ,•>", Demand 2 3 20. '32 I'rivate 3 m. credit 4 |/H Dm New York, demand 66 1 10 i'rivate DO da VIVt Oa Hiiw. Bank T.T. 1420 On India, Bank T.I. IM* On H*Bg Ko.ik. 8..r.k T.T. 42^
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 117 8 Singapore did Storage 7 p.c. itk of ;'.<-C red. 1931-36 102 106 ci. Siiscapi.re Municipal 6 p.c •I 1901 red. ISUO JI^TH.OOO par. 57< prem Sin^vtore Municipal 4H Pc. of V.v: red. 1J47 »l,W)u,OiH) 96 par Hag^WM Municipal 4-.- -,i.c. of ISOB red. 1H55 ?1,000,000 99 par
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      • 245 8 V-;. Buyers Stlleri 2 I Alex. Brick Ords. KM MM ■J S! Ale*. Brick i'ret'a. i!. 05 ?.IO II il Biii. Am. Tohactu 5.0.0 6.6.0 1 1 Cent l ill Kr.ftine MB MM. 100 50 i h.tiese Com. Bank 103.00 104.00 £1 tl (or.. T. S. 1r;1 r Pref.
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      • 462 8 Is.ue Val. id. Buyers Srller* ii fl Ascm KumLang MA 2b/-1-I Ayer Ifitam lin 10. d 11/6 il il Uaiiicriu Tin IV- U J 1 lljtari!,' i'atluni; O.IU U. 15 1 1 Hula Caves 0.3 b 0.4.1 1 id. l it Arunx »•..)<< 0.4U Cl £1 Bunnah Mi. lay
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      • 388 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyal! and Evatt's quotations. Today's Prices !-ni»er I.yall ft Cu. K.a'.t All«.i:Ly I] 0.85 O.Bi> O.sG O.irO ■ilur liujuh (.$1) U. 70 (i. SO 0.70 O.PO 4. Hitam (sl.i OJHi i.wi U.»O 1.10 A. kuniiig (sli d.JU MO 0.2U U-'.'i Malay u.i"o 1 .10
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    • 509 8 Dividend of 5 Per Cent. On Ordinary Shares. A circular has been issued to shaveholders on the eastern register of Consolidated Tin Smelters, Ltd., announcing that a cable from London states that the directors report and accounts were posted in London on Nov. 18, 1830, to all
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    • 149 8 An extraordinary general meetiim of xharvhoMer* of the Central Perak Rubber Co., L d. was call-'d for Nov. 0 in London to consider a resolution to reduce the capital of the comprny from £500,000 to £160,000, divided into 100 000 aharei of £1 and 400,000 shares of Bs.,
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    • 653 8 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES OCT. 23. i\ 1 !4; Allagar (2 1/lVj; Amherst 1 I Anglo Malay (i'l) Vi .12; Ayer Kunlti| ill 7 llni;an Serai (£1) S Bahiu •.-.1.1 (2 1 8 lluntcnir (fl) 11/16; Uatang r molidated (2 > S; Hatu Caves (£1) 9 IS;
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    • 543 8 Slightly Better Tone Prevailing. Fraser and (o.'s report of N\w. l w .-latei: A slightly better toi.t lies pivvailvd in the local market than for tome tine past and although ihe volume of business is still of modest dimensions, the satlook appears to be i;ither less discouraging meanwhile,
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    • 368 8 Rubber and Tea Estates. The eirvtnth annual ordinriry ■eaavaj] nioyting af the Indiu:i IV. huala !lul>t>«-r and Tea KsLat.s.. 1-id., wa* held on Oct. 21 at Kur.gi!l<iu.«e. 71. St. Mary Axe. K.C. Sir Herbert Wright (ihainnan cf the company* pteeidM, >md in moving the adoption uf tho report,
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    • 83 8 Rugby, Nov. 19. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam itJtf, Athens ;!7, r i.'i7n. Unmbay Is. t*4d., H.riin t»jm, llru^.M-ls UJBU, Hucharest KIH. Kio 1 liuenoii Aires M%, (opeiih.'iirea inn; 1 Geaera 2. r ..0. r is, Belatagfan IttJW, Hong Kong Is. 3 .r>-16d.,. r >-16d., Lisbon 1O8J2:., Ma.lri.l «..'.:>. Milan
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    • 44 8 From llollund uml Germany, by Jan Pietorszoon Coen, due at EHafjapon 7 p.m. today. From China and Japan, by Najjpore, due at Singapore 6 a.m. tomorrow. From Euivipe (London mails dispatched on Oct. T(0) by Kajula, duo at iVnang f» a.m. tomorrow.
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    • 39 8 MAILS FOR Xl KOPK. Left Arrd. By s pii re London Kaahgar Oct. 3 Oct. 26 Slamat Oct. 10 Oct. 31 Takliwa Oct. 9 Nov. 1 General Metzinger Oil. X Nov. I .lohan rft! Witt Oet 17 Nov. 8
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  • 209 8 Today. Unner Ilunua, North and IV: t India, •OPt, Europe, < unadu mid 1, .5.A. iKlnio|».a) ..8 p.m. Tembilahaa and Indragirl (Chaa Bang) aun, Siuiahuya, Olebea, Molucca-. Timor Lilly and South-Last leraeo I Kan 110 Gaanj i p.n. Sdat-Pandjang, Bengkalia, Sial Pakan-HanM and PaJakonho (Tidora) l pjß
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  • 126 8 Thursday, MoVi uhot 20 Ship* alongside thr Whmra or tipertrd tv arrite. Entrant-* Eaal Wharf H.M.S. Itoaaoia y.y.r.. wimrf i Ti.lmnbu L' 2 1 Mai Hint tO 1 Main Wharf H«ntftn«iu it> t. I". Coca II Ti-luiiucliu- in 1 -iunder n Cnenoneeara t Fmpire I>oc-k Tayhai.k OS
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  • 230 8 BORIBAT, Blam, 351 tons, from Kenu In 20-n. for Kemasin 22-11. BELAWAN, Put., 71". tons, from Handjcnmi sin M-11. lor Bandjernwain 22-11. CHENONCBAUX, I'nnch, 8,37s tons, from Yokohama 10-11, for Marseilles 2u-n. KAI.SIKIA, Uanish, 2.771 tons, from Kane kok L'o-11, lor Copenhagen fct-U. FUSHIMI MAKU, Jap.. r.,s<4<; ions,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 256 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direr- Speed Weather. Uux. Mm. fall, ibine. i Humidity tion. V. F. int. houri. m.p h. Alor Slur SI 7;'. O.»2 M NXE 0 Showers Kota lihuru No report. K.Trvnmranu No report. Kv.h 75 CD 0.0.S S3
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    • 210 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOIl THE WEEK. Thunulay, November 20. H. W. ».4i u.ni., a ft. in.. 10.31 p.m., 9 ft. 6 in. Kridiy. November SI. R. \V. 10.!.". a.m.. ft. 7 in lUt p.m., I ft. I in. St. Aadrtw'i Sm i > practice dance, Earapa Hotel, B.16 p.m. Singapore dying Club
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  • 246 9 Rubber Reported A Little Easier. TIN IMPROVEMENT ANTICIPATED. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Kubbcr. 14 X cents, per Ib. Tin, 100 tons at $VJ'. per picul. Yesterday's Prices liubher. London, 4 9-16 d. per Ib., unchanged. New York. Mi rts., up t
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 790 9 The Tebrau Rubber Estates. The Tebrau Kubber Estates harvested a crop of 1,135,000 Ib. during the year nnded June 30 (against 1,054,900 Ib. harvested during 1928-2y>. The average gross price realised was 8.54 d. per Ib. (against 10.12d.1, and the "all-in" cost amounted to 7.17 d. per Ib.
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    • 1595 9 Genera} Uneasiness Emphasised. MONEY GOING INTO PUBLIC LOANS. (By A. W. Still.) London, Oct. 22. The London Stock Exchange account, which closed on Oct. 17, has gravely emphasised the general uneasiness which prevails as to the trade outlook. Giltedged securities i.e. Government Loans have all improved in
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    • 66 9 Tone of Market :—Slightly easier. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 4 9-16 d. per Ib. New York :—Spot Sheet G. cents 9S per Ib. 12 o'clock t noon, Nov. 20 t. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard K.S.S. on 'fender Spot November December January Jan.-Mar.
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    • 567 9 Further Big Rises In Values. The strength of invostment securities was again the outstanding feature of interest in the Stock Exchange yesterday, says the Financial Times on Oct. 21. Encouraged by the prospect of a steadily downward tendency in interest rates, to which attention was called by
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  • 109 9 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Singapore, Nov. M. Tin. Steady. Ayer Hitams Ma. Hi 1 j<l.-l l>. U, Kintas 93-97 cents. Kuih;ii< r,.V..-6" cents, Sungei Luas T8 cents-1, fVnawuts tt-46 i ta, Malay Consols. 16-18 cents, i'angnea Riven 3s. 4'.-id.-3s. lOVjd.. Pttalingi :i.'.>T V4.lO, flu Klangs 65-7!! cents,
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  • 128 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its I'll Ith auction on Nov. 19, when there was catalogued l.iiL'l. Ib. or 725.24 tons; offered 1,449,878 11.. or 647.27 tons; sold 797.6H:i Ib. or liifi.ll ton.. Spot. London I I ir.,l. New York y'l cts. TRICE REALISED.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 806 9 PENANG THE "RUNNYMEDE," The Premier Hotel in Malaya with BEAUTIFUL LAWNS TO THE SEA. FOOD AND" WINES ESPECIALLY GOOD. ORCHESTRA* DAILY. Dancing twice Weekly and Intermediately. 20 Additional Rooms completely modernised and refurnished, are now ready. Cables HUNK) MKDK." MINNTMM HOTEL, LTD. (.KOIU.K GOLDS UK, Manager. IF IT IS WORTH
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  • 1236 10 For the <.imo being we have finished with detailed analy.-is of the franchise proposals launched under the aegis of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. Our efforts -o defeat this illcenceived plan by pointing out the dangers involved ar.d the entire
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  • 1777 10 What Contemporaries Thought of Him. (By Count Sforza. the former Italian .Minister for Foreign Affairs.) Lenin is dcr.d but something much more important and complex than he I,en nism is still living in Russia, and living as a religion. Being a religion, it bums with
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  • 16 10 Mr. L. K. Brown, of Sendayon estate. Port Dickson. has boon transferred to Keeling: estate, Kerling.
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  • 17 10 Mr. J. W. Cruickshank and Mrs. C'ruick^hank, of Teluk Anson, have gone Home thii week on holiday.
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  • 26 10 The wedding of Mr. Geoffrey Martin of Harrisons and Crosfield, Ltd., Colombo dad Mi-s Edna Theobald took place at St Peter's Church, Colombo, on Nov. 8.
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  • 29 10 Mr. W. EL Gladwell, manager of VwHTM j Bros., Penang, was married to Dr. Mary I Agnes Minahan, of the F.M.S. Medical Service, presently stationed at Scrcmban, !ut Penany.
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  • 6 10 Mary Duchess of Hamilton, who was
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  • 36 10 lone of the passengers on board the Highi land Hope, which went ashore near the Farilhoes. is 70 years of ace. She was married to the 12th Duke of Hamilton. h'-ho died in 1895, in 1873.
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  • 46 10 j Messrs. T. G. E. Afcßett and 11. AnderI son of the F.M.S. Railways, Mr. D. R. L. P. Muthcson. of the Malayan Police Service, and Mr. J. Donnett, of ■hv .Malayan Civil Service, are all due oaik from Home leave by the next English mail.
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  • 51 10 Mr. W. S. Ebden, Assistant Tiwaarar, Penang, has gone ti> the F.M.S. on 'transfer to take the place of Mr. E. (>. I Venables as District Officer, Upper Perak. Mr. A. D. York is acting as Assistant I Treasurer until the return from leave of Mr. A. L. Birse, on
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  • 46 10 The marriage took place on Oct. 7. at |St. Mary's Church, Dumfries, of William |l>unbar Peterson, of Gula Kalumponjr Estate, Perak, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Paterson, of Dumfries. 1 1 Mary Thomson, second daughter of Mr. >nd Mrs. Thomas Thomson, of Marchhill, Dumfries.
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  • 47 10 The engagement is announced of Sy.lmy Trueman Rhodes, (Compagnie dv Selangor), youngest son of Mr. and Mr*. I W. H. Rhodes, of Dulverton, Somerset, i and Marion Ella, second daughter of Mr. Charleton Maxwell, Malayan Civil Service (retired), and Mrs. Maxwell, of Maryland estate, The Dinding, S.S.
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  • 832 10 STRANGE OCCUPATIONS Every one, of course, has heard of th people who earn a living by makin; pips to put in raspberry jam. Then there are those little-known heroes of the lxrndon Zoo w.io pull out elephants' teeth :>n<J who tackle the thankless task of relieving
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    • 201 10 PRESENTS FOR FRIENDS AT HOME A few suKj??stions of Gifts that are appreciated. HI VII 4 ifraL^;;-.'' ,-Cij, PIP ADO MANILA Kwr^n,^ L^ Jss&£&d CIGARS Box*! of IS 10 100 200 SI 3.75 15.1S ST.?". S10."" 518.55 511.7.-> 5(i.2.-» HM SI 1.60 $22.30 JOHNNIE WALKER WHISKY. P. G. CHAMPAGNE. lied
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    • 85 10 y u.s. de silva bros. J JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS!! Nrw Goods in Sterling Silver and I K.P. Ware j| SO years' experience t Tel 61. HIGH ST, 'Phone X Silvabros." SINGAPORE. 4540. Come and Hear the Great Song Hits from THE Vagabond King now screening at THE CAPITOL COLUMBIA RECORDS
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  • "THAT LONG, THIN CHRISTIAN":
    • 1772 11 Indian Views Stated At Conference. MINORITY PROBLEM. More Peace Loving Than Westerners." Indian delegates ii^ain emphasised their hopes durin>r jresteroay's diaeassion at the RssmsVTahie Confeteswe. Speaking for the Prince*, the Maharnia of Patiala said thai by remaiaiag I'rinci-; tiny did r.i.t cease to be Indians
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    • 455 11 Chiang Kai-shek's Future Plans. Shanghai, Nov. 19. It is now understood that, either on Nov. 27 or 28, President Chiang Kai-shek Intends to go on a visit of inspection up the Yangtse River as far as Hankow, the capital of Hupeh Province. He proposes to use
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    • 123 11 Discussion with German Minister. Rugby, Nov. 19. The Secretary for Mines, Mr. K. Shinwell, in his attempt to secure internatkmal agreements in the coal industry, boUl in Dioduction and marketing and on mini rs 1 hours,' yesterday met Herr Stegerwald, the German Minister of Labour. They diseasasd questions
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    • 80 11 The Rev. Nigel Williams To Act Temporarily. The Hcv. Nigel William:;, of Tcluk An. on, will arrive in Singapore on Satuvdajr i i act as temporary assistant chaplain at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. J. V. \V( itlake having sailed for Home. The question of the chaplaincy and
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    • 74 11 Liquor Brought Over Canadian Border. Detroit! Nov. 80. The existence of two powerful aerial smuggling organi'Wtioas, using l>o aerophmes, to bring liquor from Canada to remote spots on the American side of the border h>;s been revealed by a Federal Grand Jury n turning indictments against i
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    • 218 11 Conference's Work. MR. J. H. THOMAS DENIES FAILURE. London, Nov. 20. The Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, summing up the work of the Imperial Conference, referred to interImperial relations and said the value of the British Constitution lay in the fact that it was unwritten. Nevertheless
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    • 244 11 Programme of Visit To South America. Rugby, Nov. 19. It is officially stated that Prince George will accompany the Prince of Wales on his South American tour. The Princes will probably join tho liner Oropesa, which leaves Liverpool on Jan. 15, at Santander or Vigo, Spain, and may
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    • 41 11 Majority of American Bar Favour Repeal. Chicago, Nov. 19. A poll of To per cent, of the members of the American Bar Association revealed that 11.872 were in favour of the repeal of Prohibition and 6,340 were arainst.— i Rcuter.
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    • 65 11 Another Outrage by Chinese 1 Communists. Shanghai. Nov. 19, The Very Utv. Tierney, an Irishman i ami Superior of St. Columban's Mission, i Kienchang, so miles fouth-east of Nan- t chung. has been captured by Communists, i No details have been received. I Thi* makes a total of
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    • 131 11 Death Roll of 25. GREAT DESTRUCTION IN UNITED STATES. Oklahoma City, Nov. 19. Over 20 have been killed and many injured, and some 200 buildings have been wrecked at Bethany, a town seven miles from here, which was swe^t by a tornado. Simultaneously torrential rain fell
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    • 172 11 Safeguarding to Cease On Jan. 15. Rugby, Nov. 19. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. \V. Graham, announced in the House of Commons today that the Government had decided that a.s the object of the DjlOSlnffl Act had been attained it should lapse on Jan. 15
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    • 116 11 Two More Suspensions In Kentucky. Xcw York. Nov. 19. The failure of two more small banks in Kentucky in consequence of the stoppage of the National Bank of Kentucky makes a total of ten banks closed in the State. So far .14 rural banks in Arkansas have availed
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    • 131 11 Result of Campaign Against Noise. The hoot of tugs upon the Seine will soon be a memory. The Minister of Public Works is to issue p decree prohibiting steamers from using their sirens on approaching bridges and locks now sufficiently equipped with light signals. This decision
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    • 34 11 A line out during the game played at Saigon on No\. !i when the Mala>:i Command was beaten In the French Army ot South Indo-Chinn by II points to four.
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    • 404 11 Refusal to Recognise "Yellow" Bonds. London, Nov. 19, In the House of Commons, questioned regarding the allegation that the Chinese Government refused to recognise the yellow bonds of the Chinese five per cent, loan of 1U13, Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, said representations had
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    • 226 11 Woman's Struggle With Suspect. London, Oct. 18. Racing at high «peed from a police motor-car which was hot in pursuit, a car which bandits had used to raid a jeweller's shop, crashed into a lamp standard in Eait London today. Three men abandoned the car
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    • 55 11 Powerful Committee Appointed In New York. New York. Nov. IS. Mr. John I). Rockefeller, junior. M-. Owen I>. Young and Mr. C'iaHr; Schwab are assengst the ."<() leading men and women who have been invited by the District Attorney to meet him to consider means of suppressing
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    • 71 11 One of the First to Land On Antarctic Continent. Ttv' death occurre 1 at hi.s houn- in London at the end of last month of Captain William Cojheek, the Antarctic explorer, who wu< a member of the Southern Ctom expedition in IgW, which was the lir.;t t'. land
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    • 339 11 AH Passengers and Crew Saved. ANOTHER LOSS. Mauretania's Timely Aid Off Cape Race. The British motor-liner Highland Hope went ashore off the coast of Portugal. All the passengers a:td crew were landed safely. In response to an S.O.S. call the Mauretania went to the assistance
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    • 103 11 (ireat Liner's Response To S.O.S. New York, Nov. 111. After a desperate race against time in response to an S. O. S. call, th' Mauretania reached the Swedish steamship Oridta, ".111 tone, hound from New Onesm to Cardiff, which was llowlj sinking 100 miles off Cape Race.
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    • 57 11 British Engines for Future Flying Boats. Rugby, Nov. 19. Reports from Berlin indicate that it was in connection with the divines <■{ future flying boats of the l>o.X type an>; not the Do.X itself that Dr. Doniier w.i in negotiation with tho makers of Rolls
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    • 78 11 Milc-a-Minute on Kin«>idn By-Pass Road. London. ()i! Hi. Lady Diana Cooper, of Gower Street, was lined i") at Kingston-on-Thanic> today for exceeding the ipeed limit on the Suibiton section of the Kingston bypass road. A police constable who timed her ever :i measured control >^ii'l that the
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    • 75 11 j TODAY'S FEATURES. I'atfe Did I.enin IMie\o in l.mm Nm lly Count Sforza 10 Home Spurt Letter IS b Jahare Planters' Meeting II letters to the Editor local Lawyer in TMahie II Aerodrome for K. l.umpur <» Home Trade Reviewed. •> A. \V. Still I IWajr's Cro>-,»ord I'u/zlv I."i Malaya
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  • 1596 12 Further Evidence. MENTION OF "CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS." The mortgage dispute case was continued in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Juwtice Palgrave Simpson, in which I'.A.K. Maricah is suing the Malayan Planters' Provident Fund Board for damages and other relief in connection with a mortgage of $460,000. The
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  • 227 12 Elephant Control Department Suggested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 19. Giving evidence befoie the Wild Life Commission, sitting at Tapah, Mr. B. W. Adams, manager of the Banopdane Estate, Bidor, said there were now less elephants. Two had been killed during the past two years. He
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  • 178 12 6 WEDDINGS 1 DIVORCE. Matrimonial Statistics From America. Washington, Oct. 22. Matrimony united 1,232,559 couples in the United States last year, while 201,475 divorce:, were recorded. In the preliminary report on the 1929 matrimonial statistics issued by the Department of Commerce, it was shown that 10.1 marriages were performed for
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  • 172 12 i Retirement After 23 Years In Singapore. i After being on the staff of the Straits Times Press, Ltd., for over 23 years, Mr. E. A. Snewin is leaving for Home by the I-'ushhrii Maru tomorrow on retirement, rccompanied by Mrs. Snewin. A serious illness, from
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  • 64 12 5 The second bi-monthly meeting of the Singapore Division of the Malaya Branch, British Medical Association, will be held lin the College of Medicine, Singapore, j today at 9 p.m. Papers on ElectroI Physical Methods of Treatment," illustrated by a cinematograph film, by Dr. J. S. Webster, and The Asthenobiosis
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  • 222 12 Enough to Blow Up a Town Taken From Quarry. London, Oct. 21. Children in Gloucestershire have been playing with enough explosive to blow up a town, unaware of their peril. The explosive formed part of ths 200 pellets ■of gelignite missing from a stone quarry at
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  • 411 12 Coming Appointments Predicted. Shanghai, Nov. 19. The Central Political Council will, it is understood, decide the personnel of the new National Government on Nov. 21. The following appointments are expected to be made General Ho Ying-ching to be vice-chief of the Executive Yuan and concurrently War Minister. (It
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  • 190 12 First Aid for 300 Only Thanked by 8. Many motorists in England who have been injured owe gratitude to Mrs. Ethel M. Smith, for she has aiJed no fewer than 800 during the eight years she has lived at the Corner House, Chaxhill, on the main Gloucester-South Wales
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  • 490 12 Bar Committee's Decision. CALLED UPON TO SilOW CAUSE. In the Supreme Court today the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) made an irder against Mr. Murugasu Valu I'illai to show cause why he should not be suspended from practice or struck off from the rolls of advocates
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  • 370 12 Plaintiff Obtains Its Return And Damages. Before the Chief Justice (Sir William Muriion) in the Supreme Court yosterday Tan Choc Cheng BMd the Cyck and Carriage, Co,, Ltd.. we tho return, or tinvalue, of a car. which, he contended, they wrongfully seized Tn July last. He sis i
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  • 68 12 Saved Anna But Lost Life And Rs. 200 Jamshedpur. Nov. 1. To save the ferry charge of MM ;"tiiia. a Marwari youth with a parse containing Rs. 200 started to ford Subarnarekh.i river bek>w Ghatsila, but was swept away and drowned. When the body was recovered next <lay
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  • 21 12 Mr. K. Knight, IllUllf of SI. Leonard's and l.ukut estates, Port Dickson, will Ik* proceeding on home leave, sometime this month.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 47 12 You will be satisfied with "GLOVER" BRAND PRODUCT OF DENMARK, The Leading Dairy Country in the World. U. Danish milk BwH aft^wP MsswJwF B I IDEAL FOR BABY FEEDING. Obtainable from all Provision Dealers in Singapore. Sole Importers The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. PENANG SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • Rugby-Public Services Lose to Malaya Command-South Johore Beaten,
    • 785 13 (ivilian Backs Fail. (,OO1) WORK BY PUBLIC SERVICES' PACK. Malaya Ceatsaand 1 I !>ts. Public Services II The Malaya ommand beal the Public Services yesterday at Thomson Koad by II points (three tries and a goal) to nil. Neither side was really representative. ti... Public Service being
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    • 266 13 Big CSaim Against Tommy Milligan. Boxen d<> not do all their fightinp: in the rinp. Some of them are natackf enough to W tour lined with fiyhts in the Law Conrts. I'liiiiu Camera has already had one case decided against him, and is threatened with another, while Tommy
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    • 227 13 DOPING." Doing Great Harm to Breeding Of Thoroughbreds.' Lord Derby, at a meeting of the Jockey Club at Newmarket in mail week, said be would lile to take the oppovtanifjr of referring lo the action which the Stewards of the Jockey Club had been taking hiring the Mason for the
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    • 834 13 Single Goal Decides The Issue. S.K.C I. S.C.C. 0. The S.R.C. defeated the S.C.C. on the Padang yesterday by a single goal. It was a hard tussle throughout, but the S.R.C. well-merited their win, for they took one of their many chances, and the S.C.C
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    • 80 13 Fine Record of Anglo-Chinese Eleven. The following is the soccer record of the AngJo-Chinese School from Sept. 26 to the <in inst. Oldham Hall Union A.A.A. A.C.S. Old Boys Junior Civil Service Association C.S.A. Health nnd Strength M.l'.H. Chinese High School Johore English College Sionjr Boo .Innior Civil
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    • 715 13 A.P.C. and I. Win Easily On the Padang. Mainly through t'.ie work of a better back division, the A.P.C. and I. beat fairly weak South Johore XV on the Padang yesterday by M points (four goals and two tries) to 11 points (a goal and two
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    • 99 13 S. African Champion Subject Of Demonstration. Donald McCorkindale, the South African heavyweight champion, was awarded the verdict on points over Jose Caratolli, the Argentine ligh-.-heavyweight champion, in Johannesburg on Saturday. The announcement of the decision .mi ill nn unprecedented demonstration in favour of the Argentine, who was carried
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    • 80 13 The semi-finals and final of the Robinson and Co.'s six a side competition will bo played tomorrow on the V.M.C.A. prround. The wilMen will receive a challenge cup presented by Mr. S. (J. Hacker for yearly competition. Medals, presented by Mr. Tan Chin Hiuk, will l>e
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    • 116 13 lliumdav,; November 2*. Hn.k"•: YM< A. VS. CMaeoS XI. VM.C.A.: Kaffirs last vs. Medical College. K.I. Iridiy, November 21. Sir.npure Plyiag Club mcetinif. fi p.m. Hockey: S.R.r. 2nd XI vi. 1.A., S.K.C. Saturday, November 22. Rejtßf t Malaya Command vs. Negri .Sembilan. S.C.C. ■eekey: I'.jiffl** In>t. vs. R.A.,
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    • 17 13 The co-operation of dub secretaries U requested in keepingr this diary of sporting events accurate and up-to-date.
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    • 462 13 Singapore G.C. to Meet Garrison. The following arc tho teams :>'i<l starting times in the match bctWCM Uu <i;in: .=on Golf <lub nd tin- Piagapore Golf Club to be playetl over ti.e- Garrison link.H on Sunday. The Singapore Golf <'Hii> players are mentioned tii m.:;o,
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    • 62 13 Tht» Navanbcr medal competition ;ii tho Bacc Count (iolf Club resulted v: follow? Xc Ten Ui-<. H— r.:. H. h. H. Lim 82— 10 72 .1. W. Moou- 83—10^7". Th Viai Loons Armistice (.'up v.»won hy Dr. A. J. Lim with ;t m M
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    • 84 13 THE POPULAB SONGS FROM "VAGABOND KING" ARF Ul2<i. SONG OF THK VAGABONDS, Dennis Kinj,'. ONLY A KOSE. (arolyn Thomson. 15. i>r,7o. LOVE ME TO NIGHT, Melville and Oldham. ONLY A ROSE, .Vlihillc and Oldham. 1346. VOCAL GEMS, all numbers sung by Light Opera Co. ON "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS. Wr
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    • 106 13 ytf^k REDUCE RUNNING EXPENSES Installing other engines than full DIESEL MOTORS means in 9O per cent, of all cases WASTING MONEY. DIESEL STATIONARY MOTORS 6-2,000 H.P. DB Bl Bl ll P ill Br DIESEL MARINE MOTORS 6-2.000 H.P. k« I M DIESEL STANDARD LIGHTING SETS 5-1,000 KW. fiL DIESEL MOTOR
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  • 478 14 v Giving Evidence Against A Husband. In an appeal brought with the sole ohji'i'. >f securing a decision on t'.v. question whether or not a wife, being a competent witness at common law, was of necessity a compellable witness, th? Criminal Appeal Court in London
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  • 201 14 Submarine Parts as Motor-car Spares." L'..rl Jeilic c, who arrived in Belfast recently to carry out a number of iii^aK"mentt in connection with the British Legion, disclosed a War secret when speakin-r at the Lord Mayor's luncheon. He said that, following the sink in? f Audacious, he
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  • 145 14 Son of the Aga Khan Hurrying To See a Race. Brighton, Oct. 17. Prince Ali Khan, son of the Aga Khan, of Alford Street, Park Lane, W., was summoned at Brighton today for driving a car at a dangerous speed on the London Road on Sept. 2.5. A
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  • 94 14 Means of Safe Travel in The Future. The use of dirigibles as a means of safo travel in the future was pictured to Preaiflcnt Hoover in a speech. at Washington, by F. M. Harpham, vice-president of the Coodyear company, who said that his company's faith in dirigibles was undiminkhad
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    • 462 14 'A vgflga^BSL .^^^^L \1 sudden Chills r\ON'T ignore that sudden chill, sore throat or that persistent couKh. Take Peps and bentnt from the direct healing action of these famous breatheuble tablets. To pre latiie oils which Peps contain, every tablet has to he si parately wrapped in silver toil. When
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    • 124 14 ASTOUNDING NEW LOW PRICE LEVELS FOR DODGE CARS STRAIGHT EIGHTS:— ROADHTER *2,675 PHAETON .52,75. r SEDAN 52,590 SIXES:— ROADSTER HJH PHAETON 82,300 CONVERTIBLE COUPE $2,525 SEDAN $2,425 AH models fully equipped with six wire wheels. Front and rear bumpers and trunk rack. LYONS MOTORS LTD. 92 100, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE.
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  • 4609 15 'Varsities' Poor Rugby Form: Wales' Soccer Surprise. AMBITION OF KID BERG. (Fran Oar Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. L'T. The Sussex County Criekel Chafe an I ace :'K-un organising I series of whist drive!) i"r the benefit of the Nureerj Fund, Which haa produced such noted players as
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  • 289 15 Nazi leader Says He Was Misquoted. Berlin Nov. B. An asnusiaa. c atreversy rages in tb<* Press o.ei the report on the speech iiiud by the prominent National Socialist leader. Dr. (iocbbels. at a closed meeting of hi•upp'.irters when he is alleged to have Mated I hat
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  • 42 15 Birth of a Second Daughter. London, Nov. !>. The a Maharaja of Isidore's American wife lias given birth to a secoad daughter at the ex-Maharaja's chateau near Paris. i'oth are well. The girl has In en named Sita Rave Holkar.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 131 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. 75 Mam^ tgsßß Hgaw'^^ t ~~"~~»fflhVßBHgjgi*7~T~~-^ I haHMHg^flßj i Br*s* i qGh^° 1 I I (CLUES.) ACROSS. fSS. man )0. Liquors 1. K;:r disease Hcrl, Knot a. Notion ■feeae U, Trick ::0. Was aware of lL' 111 In IS. Mast of rocks hest 14. Calamitous »<--"venly body
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  • 986 16 Gibraltar Tunnel. SOME ENGINEERING DIFFICULTIES. Ity IV 1. I'cdro Jcwiiuis, the author of the project for the tunnel, connecting Bamps and Africa.) Our pi ijaet foi a submarine tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar is a plan of the greatest interest to the whole world, ami
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  • 250 16 93 Miles An Hour With 40 Passengers. The trial of what ha 3 been called a Zeppelin on rails was successfully made recently on the railway between Hanover and (elk. This invention, by Herr Kruckenberg, is a combination of an omnibus runnmn on rails and an airship,
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  • 254 16 Theatre Manager who "Took Away His Wife." London, Oct. 21. A decree nisi was awarded in the Divorce Court today to Mr. Egbert Arthur Stevenson, of South Street, Eastbourne, against his wife, Mrs. Constance Edith Stevenson. Misconduct was alleged between her and the co-respondent, Mr. Arthur Hamilton,
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  • 221 16 WAS GLORIA DESERTED Hollywood Too Swift For Happy Marriage. Los Angeles, Oct. 22. Gloria Swanson, the film star, has filed a suit for divorce against rer third husband, the Marquis de la Falaise de le Coudraye, whom she married in Januur.. 1925. The application is made on the ground of
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  • 182 16 Attempt to Be Made On Mount Kamet. Mr. Frank Smythe, the principal British member of this year's international expedition to the Himalayrs, who was a guest at a dinner of the AlpineSki Club gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, on the attempt to climb Kanchcnjunga, and on
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  • 436 16 Report of Geneva Opium Board. Drug addiction has its changing fashions, according to the draft report of the Permanent Central Opium Board to the League Council. This report, which was discussed at the public meeting of the Board on Oct. 18 gives statistics showing that the
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  • 267 16 Man Saved by Thin Tube When Platform Tilts. Sheffield, Oct. 17. A man, using a pneumatic drill nearly 1,400 ft. down a pit shaft had an amazing escape from death today. I He was working with ten other men ion a scaffold 40 ft. from the bottom
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  • 737 16 Chief Shot At In Council. REPLIES BY BURNING SUBJECT'S HOUSES. London, Oct. 89. A shooting affair at the cou: tof a native chief in Bcchuanalaml. Soutli Africa, had a sequel before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today. The case concerned the alleged
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  • 195 16 The Old Pupil in Will Hay's Sketch. While the audience at the first house at the London Palladium on Oct. 20 wus bv'wi amused by two comedians, .Mr. Gordon Sounders. one of kha actors in Mr. Will Hay s laughter provoking sketch "Out of Bounds," collapsed
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    • 107 16 BUY OR SELL THROUGH THE STRAITS TIMES. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS WHAT A NEWSPAPER CAN DO. For fifteen years the Campbell Soup Company, of Camden, New Jersey, refused to enter into any extensive newspaper advertising campaigns. It did not thrive as the directors had hoped and it was decided a year ago
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  • 830 17 SiKTcaful Appeal Against Death Sentence. From Our Own Correspondent.) Ki::ila Lumpur, N 18, The skull r a aurdere 1 man was one bf the gruesome exhibits in the Court of Appeal thi.- m iriing when Law Seng, alias Low Seng, appealed against the ntence passed by
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  • 162 17 tV«rat liit of Driving I Haw Heard Of." Lom'on. Oct. IH. 'I I" about the worst bit of driving I have ever heard of," said Mr. John Recorder of (iuildford, at the locul Quarter Sessions today, when he imposed :i line of KM, and suspended Ihe <li
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  • 481 17 Coolie Who Murdered His Brother. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 18. Before a Ml Court of Appeal today, consisting of the Chief Jus.. Justice Fairer-Manny and Ur. Justice Mudie, the appeal was dismissed in the case in which a Tamil, Kandasamy, a;> pealed against a conviction
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  • 249 17 A Ciunpowder Plot And A Haunted House. London, Oct. 20. Miss Diara Churchill, Mr. Winston Churchill'? daughter, hins discovered an incident cf his boyhood days in which such thrilling things as gunpowder and a haunted huse figured. When the opened a new nurses' home at Harrow. Mr.
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  • 104 17 Knocked Into Village Pond And Drowned. Hankow. Oct. 28. h mmi incredible that three persea* should lose their lives over $1.25, but such *M the case at the Ko family villagt; beyond Hanyang. Stated in cash the amount look* re i. posing, bein:; 7.000 cash, and
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  • 91 17 League Investigation Not Yet Complete. London, Nov. 1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowdcn, informed the Commons that he had received the interim report of the gold delegation of the financial committee of the League of Nations which bore on the possibility of futuresupplies of
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  • 424 17 Hankow Worried by Wave Of Self-Destruction. Ih.nk Oct g& The local vernacular Press i> evincing anxiety com fining the number of suicides which are taking place in Wuchang and Hank'>w. Undoubte ily many ench incidents occur which arc sevei reported to the public, but there ha\e been
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  • 66 17 Why London Must Have More Skyscrapers. London, Oct 17. Ur. Tee, of Hackney, :i a London boosing ronfei today, said they were impelled in ondon to build he t itist ;i-! i). outward bee:. use I hi-n- wan not thi transport to carry people great distance!!. •Tin iv
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    • 684 17 VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP. Can You Help These Men In accordance r.ith the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemI ployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to
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    • 636 17 EUROPEAN. Planter and accountant. Experience in rubber and oth^r <nlliv:iti-n, c "crially pioneer >v< rk. Accustomed to estate management and accounts. Excellent testimonials. Apply, Unemployed Eighteen. PLANTER. Fully experienced, speaks Malay and Tamil fluently. Apply. Unemployed Sixty-throe. PLANTER. Fourteen years in Malaya, fluent Malay and Tamil. Excellent references. Married. Willing
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    • 604 17 basis as traveling sale mm and insurance WNMW Experienced in sale of electrical coods and accessories, car tyres, estate supplies, buildins materials, general furniture and household K<>mls. liquor and provisions. Also knows lire and life insurance. Applv. Unemployed 211 A. CHINESE. Aced 36. A dispenser with 10 years' experience whose
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    • 332 17 INDIAN. Seven years' experience of gMMnl ImildinK works--reinforced ronrrele. carpentry, surveying and levelling, «"tr. Has worked as foreman, supervisor nnd (ivrisrir. Apply, 1 nrnvilini il 'i A. INDIAN. Mohammi •r!nn. acid IS, knows typing iind salt 'smanship. Twii >ear;' experience in pro* ision deparlmcnl. Speaks Tamil. Mal;iy anil Bagjiab. WiWag
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  • 4731 18 Meeting of Johore Planters. R.R.I. ATTACKED. INQUIRY COMMITTEE APPOINTED. protest against the imposition of the rubber cess during the prevailrag -lump: an attack on the Rubber Research Institute and a defence of it. were features of i he half-yearly general meeting of tho Johore Planters'
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  • 76 18 oinplications in Case Against Ex-Treasurer. i Frees Our Own Correspondent.) 't Il>oh. Nov. If. The case against Wong Wai I.am, th<former treasurer of the Malayan Teachers' i o-onerative Thrifi Society who waa recently arrested in connection with an alleged shortage in the funds of tile society, was again
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  • 56 18 Five Officers and 150 Men Arrive at Selctar. Tho tirst part of the new R.A.K. bombing squadron has arrived in Scletar. It includes live officer.-s and 150 men. R Is understood that the rvmaiiulor of the -iiuadron will fly from India in thy new machines, arriving here
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  • 77 18 Booking plans for The Yeomen of th<' Guard are now open at John Little's and at c !i!lir;c "!> well. n c first public performance will tale place on Dee. 1 !>ut the opera is being played to private audiences twice befonthat date and the public
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  • 90 18 An interesting wedding group appearing in the pictorial paxes uf this WWk*l Straits fiuii^et i* that taken at the mairiatr:' of Mis.^ Cynthia Muhony, ;'ie Chief Justice's niece, to Mr. A. I). M. Poison, of the General Kubber (\>., iringa- ore. Other photographs taken ot the wedding show
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  • 54 18 "bunnyside Lt>." the popular screen inasical comedy featuring Jnynet Gajmor md Charles I'ancll. returns to the Alhainbra tonight What A Man," a comedy drama starring Reginald Denny amj Miriam fceegar, opens at the Capitol tonight. A Gnumon 1 Sound Xew.s showing scenes of the RlOl itisaster and tin-
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  • 21 18 I'ailu- Sound Gazette riving after the KlOl disaster at Ileauvais and the funeral at Cardington will be shown the Pavilion tonight.
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