The Straits Times, 27 November 1930

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    38 1 The Straits Times KSTAULISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MAfct^A 0 PAGES SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1930, PRICE 10 CE^TS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      113 1 -Singapore: 78, Cecil st. cphone sisd. «.1S TONIGHT I.ls "THREE LIVE GHOSTS" f A United Artist* 1 I'icturc. I'hone 5261 -:»262. Growing Children V |V^> 1 THRIVE ON "BEAR BRAND" 77?e Original and Genuine Rich Swiss Milk. Nothing can equal Bear lln\nd, the pure natural milk from the famous Swiss
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      228 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 07, JAVA ST. c PHONE ***** A SUGGESTION. The festive season approS aches dances, jnirties etc. occasions when you want to \f feel perfectly gowned, indis- ,y pulably correct us /i«7/* I*l fB you to achieve this. We have (s{)tl^l a small collection of party i\< W ;'jj
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      12 1 fi.ls TONIGHT ».15 "THREE LIVE GHOSTS A I'nited Artinlx Pictrr*. >fil^»« MM-Ult
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      549 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES Mi-'-orporateil in Enpland) MAIL r VSSCMJKR AND CARGO BERVICBB. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH \Wi MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND l-'AR EAST MAIL SEKVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RANCHI 16,650 Nov. 29 PERIM 7.i;. r
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      698 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, Lmdon, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessel Tonnage Due Sail HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec. 3 4 TERUKUNI MARU 11,800 Dec. 17 18 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 HARUNA MARU 10,000 Jan. 14 15 I KATORI MARU 10,000 Jan. 29 30
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      466 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,965 tons) and thr new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      553 2 8L NORDDEUTSCHER Egl LLOYD IYaViJIV (Incorporated io Germany. The undermentioned are the Company's intended fixtures. OUTWARDS. S MOSEL for Hong Kong, S'ghai, Y'hama, Kobe, Moji, Chinwangtao, Dalny and Tsingtau Nov. 27 TRIER for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Dee. Q LIPPE for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and
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      578 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRB, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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      547 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantnn, Baagnara, Iclupin, Patani, Singora, Lneon, Sichnu, Bandon. Kohsamui, Langguan, Chumpon ami Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI Dec. 1 Dec. SUDDHADIB Dec. 8 Dec. 10 VALAYA Dec. U Dec. IT The steamers are fitted throughout with
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      511 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rottcrdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdan Southampton Marseilles Rotterdsn Tonnage m.v. Marnix v. St. Aldegonde 19,000 S.M.N. Nov. 28 s.s. Insulindc 10,000 K.L. Dec. I K.i J. P. Coen 11,000 S.M.N. Doc. li m.v. Ualoeran 17,000 K.L. Doc.
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      1412 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark) Telephone .".:12S. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang m.s. AI.SIA Nov. 28 m.s. FIONIA Ptc. 17 Dec. 19 m.s. LALANDIA Jan. 7 Jan. 9 m.i. MEONIA Jan. 2R Jan. SO m.s. BORINGIA
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      353 3 CHARGEURS REUNIS (Incorporated in Franco) SINGLE CLASS STEAMERS Fared from Malax a to Marseilles $5.15. REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT AND I'ASSF.NGER SERVICE. HOMEWARDS MARSEILLES, NANTEB and BORDEAUX Due Spore. CAP. PADARAN Dec. 22 CAP. ST. JACQUU Jan. M MARSKILLF.S, HAVRE. ROI'EN, Ot'NKIRK and ANTWERP Due Spore. ADEN l>ec. x HANCKOK Jsn.
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      444 3 EARTHENWARE SUBSOIL PIPES FOR ANTI-MALARIAL WORKS AH Sizes Stocked. ENQUIRIES SOLICITED. THE ELKAYES POTTERIES, OI'FK K 10, UK, II SI It KIT, StNQAPOfcB. CHILDREN ANNUALS FOR 1131. Tiny Tolm Annual t\ Willie WaiMip ||ja < !nldrrn\ Treasury ||JM InfantH' MagasiM Annual >1. II The I'upulir 1t0.4. of Boys' Slorii Priit
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    81 4 V. t J. to hi n mI...., Mo. S3, Balmoral IV 10, E< 70. \li. W.-.-it- leave* I., hm.l wif.\ I Dr. M v. and Me W..- Hiai Blar 'Inn ami Che« "w.t, :i .l.i.i:, i.i Wee Aim Neo, Ml Vono and Chte I.nn, owt un-i boo
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      669 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. Th: hrcrti*in| Manafer, Straus Times, Cecil Street. J'i^ase insert tho followinf small advertisement for- days There Bre approximitcly leven words to a line and there ii a flat rate charge of f| cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. The additional
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      683 4 MISCELLANEOUS WELL ESTABLISHED manufacturing Busi,>i^s with u view to extension requires a *<>rkinc IMWtaer w.th $3,000 to $5,0oo, cn|iital. Apply Box 75S, Straits Times. ADVERTIPKi: i- in a position to supply NO <>r mure nen to undertake earth ir*rk, BUk security furntsbed. Particulars on application to S. A. Wahab, 747.
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      705 4 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, 9. Claymore drive, furniture be taken over, most reasonable. Entry Dec. 19. 756, Straits Times. TO LET, sea side bungalows, near Katong Park. Apply personally, Katate and Trust Agencies (1827), Limited. TO LET, from Nov. I, one shop Grosvenar Hotel Building facing Stamford Rd. also
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      474 4 JHE SINGAPORE TRACTION C<K, iTD. I Incorporated in the United Kingdom) EXTENSION OF TROLLEY BUS ROUTE FROM HIM AM MISKIN VIA BALESTIEK ROAD TO MOII.MEIN ROAD AT BALE3TIBR KOAD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930. The following Trolley Bus Services pretently turning at Rumah Miskin will con:inue alon? Balestier Boad to
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      900 4 GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will be received at tbe Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of Dec. 9, 1930, for the following works 1. Erection of a new English Elementary School, Pasir Panjang 2. Erection of n Senior Dresser's Quarters at the Malt- I.enet Settlement, Trafalgar 3. Execution nf Current Repairs
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      756 4 AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At Messrs. Cheon? Koon Sen? <• Co.'s saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, Dec. .1, lifO. at 2.30 P.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and shophouse Availing known M No. 23-4, Clive Street, Singnporc, area 7 IS, so. ft. MORTGAGEE'S
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      261 5 King George IV" KING OF CLUBS A Sovereign Whisky of the Finest Quality I THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD.. Edinburgh. Scotland. HARRISONS CROSFIELD, LTD. 1-4. GREAT TOWER STREET, LONDON, B.C. t. IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS. Issued Capital and Reserves Kzceed £2,500,000. MaimciDg Afrenta of Tea, Rubber and Mining Properties. Agents of
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      890 5 ECZEMA ON HANDS mjjp In Wet Eruptions. Scaled Over. Cuticura Healed. "I had eczema on my bands for four years. If broke out on one of my wrists in wet eruptions and then dried up and sealed over. After a whiU the scales peeled off and the Original eruptions wrre
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      299 5 3 DAYS^MORE Last few days of our great Sale of the whole of our slock oi E.P.N.S. and Silver wares, Jewellery, Watches, etc., at 25 PEB CENT. DISCOUNT on all marked prices which we will bo unable h repeat. Hurry up and make youi purchases now. K. M. OU MOHAMED,
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      230 5 IPENTRATI Beg to Announce that from 25th November, 1930 The Address of their SANITARY DEPARTMENT Will be 65, GEYLANG ROAD, SINGAPORE, INSTEAD OF No. I, QUEEN STREET. Telephone, No. 2717. Child Pictures You will not want to take a chance when taking those pictures of your children that you might
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    JONKHEER A. C. D. DE GRAEFFS VISIT.
    1177 6 SIAM LETTER, Highly Appreciated. REDUCING GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I Banjrkok. Nov. 22. j The visit of the Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies. Jonkheer de j Graeff, is nearing its end, the distinguished visitor taking his departure tomorrow j night in
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    CORDIAL MESSAGES.
    139 6 King of Siam and Jonkheer de Graeff. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 26. Cordial messages have been exchanged wtween the King of Siam and Jonkheer ie Graeff, Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, who has just eft Siam after a week's visit. Jonkheer de Graeff wirelessed from
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    DOCTOR TAGORE.
    176 6 Did Mr. Gandhi Miss A Great Opportunity London, Nov. 15. Let me believe in his firmness and not in my doubts," concludes Dr. Rabin dianath Tagore in a letter to the Spectator, discussing Mr. Gandhi's refusal to attend the Round-Table Conference. Dr. Tagore ascribes the holding of the
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    TAILLESS CATS.
    157 6 No Manx Legislation For Their Protection. A suggestion of the Isle of Man Government that legislation should be introj duccd with a view to preserving the breed of tailless cats for which Manxland h noted, did not receive the support of tfcs Manx Board of Agriculture, states the
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    WHAT'S IN A NAME ?
    77 6 WHAT'S IN A NAME A Nautical Superstition Justified. I There is an old superstition among .seafaring men that it is unlucky to change the name of a vessel. Recently the little coasting steamer Mersey (546 tons), of Liverpool, changed her name to Mersey Rose. During the nijrht shu came into
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    ENGLAND AND COAL.
    75 6 Basis of Country's Industrial Future. Inaugurating the conference of the Fuel I lift it ut ion at London, the president of the Institution declare^ in his speech, that the success cf England as an industrial nation must be based on the exploitation of coal and not on
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    41 HAVE PAID, HUT
    52 6 4 1 HAVE PAID, HUT- A peasant of Hclstein, worried because he could not pay his income-tax, drove to the local tax office in a car. He deposited in the courtyard four tons of red cabbage, with the remark, I have paid my taxe6." He drove off without watting for
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    CHAMPION OF THE UNTOUCHABLES.
    1823 6 Lawyer Who Went to GaoL MR. MENON ADMITTED TO F.M.S. BAR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26. Opposition by the Bar Committee to an application for admission to the F.M.S. Bar by a well-known advocate and solicitor in the Colony was to uncommon an
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    GIANT FLYING-BOAT
    155 6 British Rival to German Machine Addad interest is lent to ska visit to Cul.-not in the course of its trans-Atlantic light f the German seaplane Do.X hy the news that a British rival flyingboat is ;ii snsmt bates constructed there. It will l<e all steel and the hull
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    THE CITY OF LONDON
    143 6 £ufffccstion That Day Census Should Be Taken. Among sejesjMse men m the city of London there i i stated to be bosm intention to request that, as an adjunct to the Imperial census iuxt year, there shall be taken a day COSMOS of the City of
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      54 6 GYMA NOTICE The New Patterns of CYMA WRIST POCKET WATCHES for 1931 have just arrived. Prices from $10 to $250. For Sale at first-class Watch makers and at RENE ULLMANN AGENT Capitol Uuildinjr Stamford Road. SINGAPORE. Never ask your dealer for a 'film' ASK FOR AN —nnd be sure of
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      101 6 ELECTRICITY I r 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 COX KINGS (AGBNTS). LIMITED Head Oflec IS, REGENT STREET, LONDON, B.W. 1. TAKE CHARGE
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      71 7 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 llig Fox Introducing a brand new 4 laugh IiFiHtKIVER The Comfort's Sake-BOOK! Plans at Robinsons. MARYBOROUGH. 6.15 TONIGHT 0.15 FOX CORPORATION PRESENT DON JOSE MOJICA ONE MAD KISS A Maskal Movietone Romance Drama With NONA MARIS— ANTONIO MORENO ALSO (LARK and McCULLOUGH IN A <;KKAT MIKTHCJI AHK
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      145 7 3(eeoeoQ o< oo'oeroQ^o 6006 o@ ooote 1 1 11 m* J S II B B 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 United Artists Corporation PRESENT THREE LIVE GHOSTS FREDERICK S. ISHAM'S Famous Stage Comedy NOW The HIT of the TALKIES With AN EXCEPTIONAL CAST including BERYL MERCER JOAN BENNETT CHARLES MacNAUGHTON ROBERT MONTGOMERY
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      223 7 U 3.15 TONIGHT 9.15 L (Matinees Saturday and Sunday, .3.15). P^^ "LITTLE by LITTLE" The Greatest Song Hit of The Talkie Era. r Mk A Rollicking story of College Life I MUSIC etc. R H "THE SOPHOMORE' B Starring SALLY O'NEIL and EDDIE QUILLAN. Also H Pathetone B v A
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      CAPTAIN DOLLAR.
      311 8 VS. Policy Which Drove Him from Philippines. Manila, Oct. 2.'.. The Dollar liner Mayon arrived in Manila this morning after her trial trip from Glasgow. She will inaugurate the inter-island service of the Dollar Steamship Company and form the first step in a r°l'cy of swifter and more
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      S.S. RANPURA.
      160 8 New Children's Rooms in The P. and O. Liner. Children's rooms are always a godsend in it liner, bjth for the kiddies themselves and the other passengers, but perhaps tho necessity is greater in a company like the P, and O. than any other, partly on account of
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    FLYING SLANG.
    194 8 The Strange Jargon of The British Birdmen. Flying slant: is one of the most extensive. A '•Chinese ace," in the jargon of the j trans-Atlantic aviator, is the fellow who has made a Chinese landing Wun Wing I Low, which usually results in the damag- injir or smashing
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    vSOVIET HITS BACK.
    133 8 Reply to Britain's Stand Against Dumping. 'I In- Soviet Government is contemplating the rstiiMishnient of a Ru<;sn- Afghan company for tho sale of petroleum and mineral <■:! in Afghanistan. The chief object of this company will be to lijrht against the British oil interests in Afghanistan, taking
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    DRIVING ON GOLD ?
    59 8 DRIVING ON GOLD All is Not Petrol That Splutters Guld, in addition to petrol, in said to be contained in the tank.s of many motor- cars cromrinjr the border from Mexico to the United States. The Mexican Government it reported to have issued instructions for double ■viai- j lanco to
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    PASSENGERS
    395 8 The following passengers arc leaving by the Karmala, which will sail from Singapore at 9 a.m. tomorrow Mr. I. 11. C. Godfrey, Mr. H. M. Cook, Mr. F. R. Coote, Cant. V. Maddox, Mr. J. Birtlcy, Mr. E. A. 11. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hunter. Mr. K.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      265 8 EXCHANGE. Singnporf, Nor. 27. Or London, Bank 1 m's 2/3% Demand 2 J 27 U2 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 ;;:,■> On New York, demand 68 l Private 90 d s r,~y t On France, Bank T.T. H27 On India, Bank T.T. UUM On Hone Konjr, Hank T.T. 41 disf.
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        MINING.
        464 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Srllert £1 fl Asam Kumbang SO'- 26/5 -5 Ayfr Hltam Tin 11 12 fl £1 Banprin Tin MA 14 1 1 H-ttanR I'adsng 0.10 0.16 1 1 Hutu Cave* 0.40 0.45 1 1 Bukit Arang O.:iS 0.40 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 10/- 11 nom. £l
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        GENERAL.
        251 8 ■MM V»l. Pd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Bri.k Ord*. $M 250 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.0." 2.1U £1 £1 Hrit. km. Tobacco 0.0.0 BJJ 1 1 Central Engine 0JJ5 0.48 nom. tOO 50 Chinese Com. Pank 102.00 104.00 «1 £1 Con. T. S. l r /o I'Ttt.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        114 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-38 101 1M ci. .Singapore Municipal 6 p.c of 1001 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 6Cc pram. Singapore Municipal 4V» P-C. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 M par Singapore Municipal 4H PC of 180!) red. 1955 51.000,000 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 8 F riser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt'g quotations. Today's Trices I 1 laser L; all to. Evatt Utteby ($1) o.9o 1.00 0.90 l.uo .Ylor (.ajah <il) 0.3U 1.00 0.76 O.'Jit V. Hitam i?n l.ftO 1.80 O.'JO 1.10 V. Kumng i*!) 0.20 i' in I'. -'I' 0.30 A.
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION PROBLEMS.
    644 8 Views of An Early Ceylon Pioneer. Sir Leybourne Davidson, writing to the Financial Times on Oct. 25, says Two countries (Britain and Holland) control the rubber production of the world. Last year they produced over 800,000 ton* whon only 700,000 tons were required, with the result that
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    RUBBER TAPPING.
    164 8 Two Estates to Cease Production. In view ut the difficulties of the rubber industry two more companies have decide) "ithcr to cease production or restrict lapping, says the Financial Times of Oct. 29. The New Crocodile Kiver (Sclangon Rubber, which has an is.:ued capital of £222,746 and has
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    IMPERIAL BANK OF INDIA.
    529 8 Sir Sidney Sitwell's Retirement. Although India looms s.» large in the public eyo these day* the number of those who can lay claim to an intimate acquaintance with its financial and economic problems is still severely restricted. The City, in particular, can ill afford to be
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  • SHARE MARKET REPORT.
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      102 8 Singapore, Nov. 27. Tin.- Dull. Ayer Hitams lls. 3d.-12i. 3d.. Kiutus 1.02-l.Ot;, Kuchais TTi-TIH cent«, £ungci Luas 1.08-1.12, I'enawats 4J-50 cents. Malay Consols. 17-19 cents, I'anrnga Rivers It*. ITtd «i. I'etalings 4.10-4.25, llu Klangs 7a-i7 cents, Hong Kongs Us. 6d.-17s. Cd.. Tronohs 14s. 9d.-ir.s. 9d. Rubber.-
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    " CURLY " THE LOCO.
    143 8 CURLY THE LOCO. J Place of Honour at Vancouver Exhibition. Curly,' a sixty-year-old railroad l:ci>motive, ha?, received a place of hon;ur in an exhibition in Vancouver, B.C.. after I career in which it helped to lay the trackof the Canadian Pacific railroad in 1HM, served Count de Lesseps in his
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    PRIMA DONNA IN A DITCH
    79 8 Mmc. Galli-Curci Involved In Motor-car Smash. Mini'. (ialli-Curci, the famous operatic miiimt, was involved in a motor accident .it (!ay Hill, near King's Nort >n. She was on her way to Selly Oak, King's Norton, when her car, in trying to avoid another vehicle, ran
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    EXCHANGES.
    81 8 Rugby, Xov. ML Foreign azchangn are Amiterdim 12.064, Athens 375. Bomb** Is. 5 ,d.. Berlin 20.36.-. Brussels iM.K2Vi, Bucharest 81X, Km 1%. Buenos Aires 38 S)-015. Copenhagen 1H.1.1',4. Geneva tbJtffM, HtJsintrfors 103. Hong Kong Is. 2 11-ICJ.. Lii.bon 108.25. Madrid J:».. r .O. Milan 92.76',-i. Monte Video 39. NVw
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    161 8 Today. i Southern and Western India i I (Rajula) 3 p.m. Poclne Galang (Noembing) 4 p.m. i Selat Pandjang, Siak, Pakan Baroe and Pajakombn (Tidoroi 4 p.m. Siam (except Lower Siatn) (Acdang) 1 p.m. i Deferred Departurr Lpper Rurma, North and East India '.hl.n.aj C p.m. Tomorrow.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    43 8 By T.kliwa General Metzingcr Jnhan de Witt Malwa IhTl.rr I\ C. Ilooft i-en nrra. S'porc Loadon Oct. 9 Not. 1 Oct. 8 Not. 2 Oct. 17 Nov. 8 Oct. 17 Not. H Oct. U Nov. L'L' Oct. 31 Nov. H
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    257 8 Thursday, November 2~. Ship, alongside the Wfcarrta or «iotctt<i to arriTc. KRPPEL HARBUI K. Main Wharf Sullun van Koctci. Bunga. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Patrol. VESSELS IN DRT DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock De Wei-rt. I Victoria Kock Bert! Hnrlcy, Kajaus;. Kcppel Harboor. King's Dock A<lna.
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    LEVANT TIN.
    104 8 A receiver wan appointed in the C'huncrr.v Division on Oct. 24. of the Lcvunt Tin MfawJf of Pcndeen. Cornwall, on the application ol the Treasury' Solicitor. Commm said th« appointment of Sir Win. Hy. Pent was agrce'l t->. He understood the mine was clo.sei] down at the moment,
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      264 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Tunipernlure Ra'n- Sun- Mlaiive Dircc- Speed Weather. M«a. Miii. rail, thine, i Humidity tion. I K. 1*. in:, hours. ra.p.h. Al-.-r Siar M 7« O.M 7.7 85 Culm Overcast Kotn Kharu S-> report. K. Trcii','snnu Hfi 7:: 1.J5 H.'J (>8 NNK
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      205 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOK THE WEEK. Thursday, Nor*mb*r 27. II. W. 3.10 a.m., 7 ft. r > in., 1.51 p.m., 8 ft. 4 in. Pearl's Hill School prize distribution, 3.30 p.m. Friday. November 28. H. W. 4.5 a.m., 7 ft. 4 in., 2.r.4 p.m., 7 ft. 7 in. Rotary TifHn. l.inRUi Tin
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    AROUND TOE MARKETS.
    203 9 U.S. Manufacturers Not Buying So Freely. TIN CONTINUES TO FLUCTUATE. (By Our Financial Correspondent!) Singapore, Thursday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber, 14% cents, per lb. Tin, 200 tons at $58 J s per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 4 9-16 d. per lb., unchaojted. New York, 9
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    INFLATION IN RUSSIA.
    283 9 Rising Price Level Since 1929. Soviet Russia is the only European country which has "enjoyed a rising price level sjnef IMJL According to the official organ of the Trade Commissariat, the retail price index numbers for non-controlled private trade show for the twelve months to August 1,
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    CRUDE RUBBER.
    175 9 The following lire tstatifties of importations of crude rubber into the United States during September, 1930 Plantations. Tons. Hnt.iv; a 2,400 Belawan-Deli 2,712 Colombo 4.013 Hamburg C Japan und others 40 Liverpool 27 London B 0 Malacca 1,103 I'enane 6,202 IN.rt Oickson 1,392 Port Swcttenham 2,209 Scmnrang 185
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      SHARE MARKET.
      540 9 Interest Sustained in All Sections. Fraser and Co.'s report of Nov. 25 states: Interest in shares has been well sustained in ail sections of the local market throughout the week, and with buyers predominating values have advanced in numerous instances, particularly aaumgst the smaller-priced rubber and tin counters.
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      TAVOY RUBBER.
      93 9 Receiver and Manager Appointed. Mr. Justice Luxmoore, in the Chancery Division on Oct. 24, on the application of the Vmalgamated Finance Company, appointed i receiver and manager of the Tavoy Rubber 'ompany. Counsel mentioned that it was the ease >f a single debenture. The respondent comlany consented to
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      THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS.
      314 9 The following publications have been eceived or issued by the Department of statistics, and are available for public use n the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Singapore 1. Issued by the Department Comparative Statement of the Value of ■'oreign Trade in Merchandise, 1929 and 1930, I. and
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      57 9 12 o'clock noon, Nov. 27. Tone of Market :—Dull. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 4Hd. per lb. New York :—Spot Sheet G. cents 9 per lb. :.S.S. equal to London Standard tandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot December January Jan. -Mar. April-June Buyer* 14* l-*<* 14%
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      FRANCE BUYS RUBBER
      333 9 About 12,000 Tons Purchased. France has bought about 12,000 tons of rubber in the past three weeks, says Arthur S. Wade in the Evening Standard of Nov. 10. About 1,000 tons were taken in the week ended October 25. A big jump in the French purchases to
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      RUBBER PAVING AT ST. PAUL'S.
      786 9 Cost Said to Be Prohibitive. (From Onr Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 81. Sir William Thomas asked at yesterday's meeting of the City Corporation whether the experimental section of rubber paving laid down in a City street had proved a success, and, if so, whether it
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      EASTERN SUMATRA RUBBER.
      382 9 Company in a Strong Position. The twentieth annual meeting of the Eastern Sumatra Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Oct. 24 at 71, St. Mary Axe, E.C. Mr. F. B. Budgett (the chairman) said that the slight increase in estate expenditure was more than accounted for by
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      139 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association held its 995 th auction on Nor. 26, when there was catalogued 1,691,632 lb. or 755.19 tons offered 1,483,155 Ib. or W2.12 tons sold 799,372 lb. or 356.86 tons. Spot. London -I'-d. New York 9 cts. PRICE REALISED. Ribbed Smoked
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    STERLING RUBBER SHAKE PRICES.
    593 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES OCT. 30. Abaco (£1) Allagar (2') 1/3; Amherst (2/) 1/3; Anglo-Malay (£1) 13/32; Ayer Runin* (£1) 16/16; Bagan Serai (.£1).%; Bahru CSel.) (2/) 3/; Banteng (£1) 1116; Batang Consolidated (2/) /9; Batu Caves («> «.1B; Batu Tiga (£1) Bekoh (2/) .'7%; Beranang (2/)
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    HOME TRADE REVIEW.
    1625 9 Retail Business Livens Up. MORE ORDERS FOR MANUFACTURERS. (By A. W. Still.) London, Oct. 29. The trade outlook seems to be somewhat seriously prejudiced by exceptional political conditions, as there is some danger of the Imperial Conference breaking down. The Dominions are at one in arguing that
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1930. AN ENORMOUS TASK.
    999 10 With the cessation of the flood of oratory which marked the opening: of the Round-Table Conference the real difficulties which face the delegates are becoming clearer. A cable received yesterday r« 'erred to the enormous task involved in drawing
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    PREMONITIONS WHICH COME TRUE.
    1519 10 Voices Out of Space Give Warning of Death. (By Air-Commodore C. R. Samson, the British air "ace.") There has, of late, been a great deal of discus3ion as to the truth underlying the theory of reincarnation, for man's conception of his place in the universe is
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    222 10 Bishop Perros has returned to Bangkok from Saigon. Lieut. Col. D. P. Dickinson, D.5.0., M.C., 2nd Welch Regt. is shortly leaving Singa)K>re for Baghdad. He is well known in local sporting circles, particularly among polo players. Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, who visited Singapore with three R.A.F.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    680 10 AIR MAILS. At long last, a little enthusiasm i being aroused in the House of Commons in the cause of Empire air services. It seems that some disagreement between Imperial Airways, Limited, and the Government of India is responsible for the delay in extending the London-Karachi
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    44 10 The engagement is announced of Ernest Patrick Carlton Langdon, of the F.M.S. Customs, youngest son of the late Mr. E. S. Langdon sometime of the Eastern Telegraph Co. and Mrs. Langdon, of Paington, Devon, and Mildred Irene, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carless.
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    CHARGES AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN AT MOSCOW TRIAL. CHARGES AGAINST BRITAIN.
    386 11 Allegations in Moscow Trial. COMMONS QUESTIONS. Suggestion of Official Protest. I/>m!on, Nov. 26. Anti-British allegations in the Moscow conspiracy trial were railed attention to in the House of Commons at question time. Sir Rennell Rodd (C. St. Marylebonc) and Major-General
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    DISARMAMENT.
    273 11 Considerable Progress At; Geneva. Geneva, Nov. 2G The Disarmament Committee ha* adopted the article of the Draft Convention providing for the establishment at Gcnc\C <-f a Permanent Disarmament O remission for the purpose of seeing tne Convention carried out. The members will not as representatives of their respective Governments.—
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    CHINA'S DEBTS
    79 11 Question of Position of British Creditors. London, Nov. 26. In tho Hi use of Commons Mr. Arthur on, the Foreign Secretary, assured a questioner that all British creditors were lirinjr ft l!y considered in the discussions in Nanking with the Chinese Government. Hi.s Majesty's Minister ssade it clear
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    NOT IN FAVOUR OF REPEAL.
    357 11 F.M.S. Government And Health Boards. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26. I Throughout the campaign which has been and U still being conducted in the F.M.S. for the repeal of the Health Boards Enactment, Government has maintained silence as to how far it
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    WAR ON CORRUPTION.
    174 11 Lethargy Stagnation In China. Nanking, Nov. 28. President Chiang Kai-shek, addressing Ministers and other high Government officials today, deplored the present state of affairs within the Nanking Government and announced his determination to end the present state of lethargy and stagnation and to deal sternly with officials
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    109 11 Question of Altering The Conditions. Rugby, Nov. 27. In the House cf Commons, Mr. F. Montague, the Under-Secretary for Air, was ciked regarding next year's Schneider Trsphy race whether the conditions attaching to the Super-marine S 6 and Napier seaplanes could be removed to allow Royal Air Force
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    COMMERCE CONVENTION.
    45 11 Date for Ratification Extended. Geneva, Nov. 26. A plenary sitting of the Economic Conference today resolved to extend the date for ratifications of the Commercial Convention, concluded in March last until Jan- 25, 1931. Eight nations, all European, have so far ratified. Reuter.
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    HANKOW SETTLEMENTS.
    39 11 China's Demand Upon Japan And France. Shanghai, Nov. 26. Dr. T. C. Wang, the Chinese Foreign Secretary, today notified Japan and Fiance that the Nanking Government demands the unconditional return of the Hankow settlements. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    AIR MAILS TO FAR EAST.
    192 11 Holding: Up Development ATTITUDE OF INDIAN GOVERNMENT. London, Nov. 27. In the House of Commons Mr. G. Mander (Lab., Wolverhampton, E.) asked for information regarding the establishment of an air mail service from England to the Far East and whether the Government of India was
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    INDIAN CONFERENCE.
    395 11 Study of Subjects to Be Discussed. Rugby, Nov. 27. The Federal Relations Committee of the Indian Round-Table Conference has been summoned to meet tomorrow, when it is understood that the request of the British Indian delegation for the co-option of all the remaining British Indian members will be
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    THE KWANGSI REVOLT.
    74 11 Insurgents May Invade Yunnan. Hong Kong, Nov. 26. Telegrams received here announce that the Kwangsi "rebels" are preparing to enter Yunnan Province via Paksik. President Chiang Kai-shek has wired to the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government instructing him to increase the strength of his troops on
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    RUBBER ESTATES CLOSING
    53 11 Five Companies in Sumatra To Cease Tapping. Amsterdam, Nov. 26, The Handelsblad states that five French rubber estates in Tapanceli, West Sumatra, are closing down for two years. This will mean a yearly reduction of 1,800,000 kilos (about 1,760 tons) in the rubber exports from the Dutch
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    SHANSI BANK NOTES CAUSE TROUBLE.
    333 11 Magistrates Besieged. MARSHALS YEN FENG ON THE MOVE? Shanghai, Nov. 26. Reports are to hand that serious trouble is brewing in Shansi owing to the steady and continuous depreciation in the value of the Shansi notes with which Marshal Yen Shi-shan has flooded the province.
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    SIR HERBERT STANLEY
    130 11 Reason for Appointment In S. Africa. Rugby, Nov. 27. Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Secretary for Dominions Affairs, stated in the House of Commons that Sir Herbert Stanley would take up his new appointment as I High Commissioner in South Africa next April. The object of the
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    MURDERED BISHOP.
    133 11 Italian Legation's Strong Protest. Peking, Nov. 26. The Apostolic Delegation and the Italian Legation have both received confirmation of the murder of Bishop Soggiu, Father Novell and Father Luciano at Hingan in South Shensi. The Italian Legation states that the atrocious crime was perpetrated on Nov. 12, the
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    LORD KYLSANT.
    79 11 Granted Leave from Royal Mail Company. Rugby, Nov. 26. Lord Kylsant has been granted leave of absence by the court of directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and its associated companies. He is to visit South Africa early in the New Year md will be away
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    R.A.F. FLIGHT RETURNS.
    25 11 Rugby, Nov. 26. The Royal Air Force's West African flight, which visited Bathurst and toured Gambia, returned to Khartoum yesterday. —British Wireless.
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    "GRAND OLD MAN" OF CEYLON.
    674 11 Death Ends Fifty Years Of Politics. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 26. The Pinang Gazette's Colombo correspondent cables the news of the death of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan. By the death of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan C.M.G., K.C., Ceylon has lost one of its most distinguished
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    ARGENTINA.
    84 11 Government Faces Tremendous Deficit. New York, Nov. 27. The Associated Press correspondent at Buenos Aires says that Argentina will be faced with a tremendous deficit of Pesos 15,000,000 at the end of the financial year. The Ministry of Finance has decided that it will be necessary to dismiss 10,000
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    MORE MOTOR RECORDS.
    93 11 Five Successes for British Driver. Rugby, Nov. 26. Jack Dunfee, the British holder of the world's 200 miles' speed records for all type 3 of cars, yesterday, with the assistance of Dudley Froy, broke five more records on the Montlherv track at Paris. Driving a three litre
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    252 KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE.
    241 11 Latest Figures of Japanese Disaster. GREAT DAMAGE. Difficulties of Rescue Work. Tokio, Nov. 27. The latest figures of casualties as a result of the earthquake in the Izu Peninsula are 252 dead and 143 injured. There were 1,560 buildings destroyed and 4,0117 partially destroyed. Tokio, Nov.
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    TRADE MISSION.
    118 11 Preparations for Reception In Nanking. Nanking, Nov. 27. The Chinese Government is making elaborate preparations to entertain the j members of the British Economic Mission to the Far East, which will arrive in the capital on Dec. 3. Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister, who is now here
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    TARIFFS IN CHINA
    66 11 New Rates to be Enforced From Jan. 1. Nanking, Nov. 27 The new tariff schedule has passed its third reading at a meeting of the finance committee of the Legislative Yuan and will be brought up at the general session of that yuan on Saturday for approval
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    WEST INDIES SUGAR.
    98 11 No Intention of Withdrawing Preference. Rugby, Nov. 27. During the debate raised by Lord Olivier in the House of Lords on the crisis in the West Indies sugar industry, the Colonial Secretary, Lord Passfield, said it was difficult to expect any rise in the price of sugar
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    OLD AUTHORITIES OVERRULED.
    1845 12 Surety Suing Principal. IMPORTANT FINDING BY CHIEF JUSTICE. In the Supreme Court yesterday the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) j heard the case in which Mohamed Tahir < sued K. Mohamed Hussain and K. Mohamed Meah for $2,.W{.26, being principal and interest on two promissory notes. The
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    "DUMPING" IN BRITAIN.
    70 12 "Low Price Due to World Surplus." London, Nov. 26. The House of Commons, by 224 votes to 139, rejected a private member's motion deploring the Government's inaction anent the dumping of foreign cereals and urging immediate counteracting measures. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade declared
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    LEO FRACHTENBURG.
    129 12 Death of a Weil-Known Anthropologist. Waterloo, lowa, Nov. 26. The death occurred here today of <co Frachtenburg, the anthropologibt. leuter. Leo Frachtenburg, who was born at zirnauU, Austria, was 47 years of age. ifter studying at various European niversities wont to the United States hero took degrees at
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    GARDENING SOCIETY.
    184 12 Membership Not Confined To Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26. At a committee meeting of the Selangor Gardening Society held on Nov. 14, it was decided to apply for affiliation to the Royal Horticultural Society, and to Subscribe one guinea per annum for two transferable
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    EXPLORER'S DEATH.
    188 12 Man Who was Companion Of Dr. Nansen. Oslo, Nov. 26. The death occurred here today of Otto Sverdrup, the polar explorer. Reuter. Otto Sverdrup joined Dr. F. Nansen in 1888 and was one of the party that crossed Greenland from Gyidenlove Fjord to Godthaab. In 1893 Sverdrup became
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    CHINA'S CLAIMS.
    104 12 Criticism of British Draft Proposals. Replying to questions relating to extraterritoriality in China Mr. Henderson said the Chinese Foreign Minister, conversing with the British Minister on Nov. 20, made some criticisms of the British draft proposals. Mr. Henderson understood that counter proposals were likely to* be received shortly.
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    CONTRIBUTIONS TO RUBBER ROADWAYS.
    121 12 Dutch Object to 1929 Crop Basis. Lcndon, Nov. 18. In regard to the rubber roadways scheme, it is understood that the suggested basis of the 1929 crop may be modified so that contributions would be based on the crop of the year in which contributions are
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    A MARQUESS' ESTATE.
    201 12 Bankruptcy Sequel to Hatry Smash. London, Nov. 19. The first meeting of the creditors of the Marquess of Winchester took place in the London Bankruptcy Court today. The official receiver stated that the Marquess was in the hands of moneylenders to the extent of £20,000 and was
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    STRAITS BUDGET.
    78 12 The recent Singapore Polo Club gymphana is well featured in two pages of pictures in this week's Straits Budget. There are photographs of the Malaya Command Rugby team that recently visited Saigon, and their opponents. Other photographs are of the parade at Ipoh on Armistice Day, a group
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    THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.
    25 12 London, Nov. 27. The price of the Daily Telegraph is being reduced from twopence to one penny as from Dec. I.— Reuter.
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    19 12 It has been decided to light East Coast Road from Joo Chiat Road to the municipal limit by electricity.
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    SINGAPORE ARREST.
    205 12 Cashier Alleged to Have Absconded. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26. The Chinese cashier of a local firm is alleged to have absconded during the week-end with about $1,200 in cash. A warrant has been issued for his arrest, and a man has been detained in
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    COTTON TRADE.
    101 12 Discussions with Manufacturers To Continue. Rugby, Nov. 27. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. William Graham, stated in the House of Commons that the matters discussed at the recent Manchester conference with representatives of sections of the cotton trade were the value of the formation of
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    CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
    141 12 Indian Menagerie Owner Fined. For cruelly exposing tigers, monkeys, birds and other animals without any shelter, Abdul Rahman, an Indian Mohammedan, described as a proprietor of a travelling menagerie, was this morning fined $25 or one month's rigorous imprisonment in default, by Mr. G. E. Clayton, the
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    UNEMPLOYED CLERKS.
    135 12 Fund Opened Under Auspices Of Clerical Union. An appeal is being made through the Clerical Union for subscriptions to a fund which is to be devoted to granting assistance to unemployed clerical workers. It is stated that several hundred cle:-!'S are cut of work, and c committee has
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    TAMIL'S DEATH SEQUEL.
    89 12 Man and Woman on Two Charges. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 26. In connection with a recent motor accident in which a Tamil pedestrian was killed Mrs. Ellen Jane Mason was summoned in the police court here today for driving without a licence and for causing
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    H. KONG PEACE SOCIETY.
    33 12 Hong Kong, Nov. 26 The inaugural meeting of the recently formed Hong Kong International Peace Society was held yesterday. The foreign consuls and many foreigners participated. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    45 12 "Up the River," a Fox Movietone comedy, featuring a new star, Claire Luce, opens at the Alhambra tonight. Three Live Ghosts," a screen adaptation of Frederick S. Isham's play with Beryl Mercer and Joan Bennett in the cast, opens at the Capitol tonight.
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    22 12 The Tanglin Club's amateur band. The Wig Wogs, will play for the dance at the club starting at 10.30 on Saturday even-
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    CEYLON INCOME TAX AND SHIPPING.
    475 12 Dr. Shiels's Statement In Commons. London, Nov. 19, In the House of Commons today, Lord Stanley (Cons., Lancashire, Fylde) asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Dr. Shiels, whether he was aware that the new Income Tax Bill, which was being introduced in the
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    NAVAL BASE BABIES.
    64 12 To Have a Special Show Of Their Own. There will be a baby show at the Navai Base on Monday next, starting at 8 a.m. Mrs. Pritchard, the wife of the General Officer Commanding, will be present and will give away the prizes. At the recent show
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    "PUT ME PRISON."
    113 12 Chinese Boy's Pathetic Request. Chinese prisons are not exactly nursing homes for the delicate and a 14-year-old boy surprised the police i> Kongmoon by asking to be locked up in the local gaol. He said I have not broken the law but I want you to put
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    FRANCE AND THE R101.
    72 12 To Erect Monument Where Airship Crashed. M. Laurent Eynac, the French Air Minister, has been authorised to table a Bill in Parliament providing for the erection of a monument on the land at Allonne, near Beauvais, where the British airship R 101 crashed. The building of
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 12 From France, by Sphinx, due ut Singa pore 8 a.m. on Saturday.
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    OUTWARD MAIL
    25 12 Mails from home by the Ranchi, which reached Penang today, will be forwarded to Singapore by special train and should arrive tomorrow morning.
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    22 12 The quarterly jumble sale of the Church Workers' Association will be held in St. Andrew's School on Dec. 6, at 10 a.m.
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      OXFORD NARROWLY BEAT HARLEQUINS.
      296 13 Cambridge Lose. ADVANTAGE OF HEELING AND HOOKING. London, Nov. 15. Oxford's heeling and hooking enabled them to score a narrow victory against the Harlequins today by 11 8 on the 'Quins own ground. Hart and Hofapejer got over for tries, and Henley besides kicking a penalty
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      S.C.C. TOURNAMENT RUGBY.
      630 13 Win for Merchants. ETCETERAS' FIFTEEN OUTCLASSED. A very scratch Etceteras side were easily defeated by the Merchants in an S.C.C. tournament game on the Padang yesterday by 25 points Ctwo goals a penalty foal and four tries) to nil. The Etceteras were forced to defend throughout the
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      CHINESE BEATEN BY S.R.C.
      680 13 Faulty Finishing By Forwards. S.R.C, 3. Chinese 0. The Chinese hockey team, which came into being only this season, suffered their third defeat yesterday when they met an S.R.C. XJ on the Padang, being beaten by three clear goals. This was their 21st game of the
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      RUGBY IN THE PROVINCES.
      781 13 Bristol's Impressive Start. These a.v early days to suggest that certain teams may prove the outstanding combinations of the season, but indications certainly point to Bristol and Leicester as iwv likely to attain to so exalted a position, writes C. W. Packford in the Sporting Life.
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    PROPOSED NEW RULES FOR S.A.F.A.
    820 13 Change for the Better. REASONS FOR REVISION EXPLAINED. The proposed changes to the rules and bylaws of the S.A.K.A., speaking generally, are undoubtedly for the better, and it is to be hoped that the meeting, which is lo be In Id next ir.onth, will agree
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    STEEPLECHASING.
    46 13 lust Cause Wins Military Event in India. I.ucknow. N'nv. IS. The Indian Graad HUtan Steeplechase C". mIIm), irsullH u: follows: dipt. P. .1. Uilliiir.ls .JUST CAUSE 1 Ciipi. A. K. Doans PASSING SHOW 2 Mr. A. R. Carlos NELLY Tinu' I mini. 11 -J-5 -*ees.
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    SUNDAY CRICKET.
    129 13 A.E.R.GilliRan Supports Hobbs In His Refusal to Play. London, Nov. 20. Hobbs' refusal to play cricket at Calcutta on Sundays is much commented on in the Press. A. E. II. Gilligan. in an article in the News Chronicle, recalls that when the M.C.C. visited India in 1!)26 they
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    TWO DRAWS
    174 13 Match to be Played a Third Time. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. "J6. The Chinese company and the Eurasian company of the Malacca Volunteer Corp? who met in the inter-enmpany football match on Nov. 17 when both the teams scored two goals each, met again on Nov.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    54 13 Competition at the Singapore G.C. The' December ladies' bogey competition at the Singapore Golf Club will be played on Monday. The limit handicap allowed will be ono stroke per hole. The December Medal Competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. G and 7. The limit of
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    M.C.C. TOUR.
    78 13 Rain Spoils Match With Griqualand West. Kimberley, Nov. 18. j The match here between Griqualand i West and the M.C.C. was left drawn. The provincial team had scored UlO. tu which Balaskas contributed 83. and the M.C.C. today carried their overnight total af 222 for nine to 232.
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    KINTA RIFLE MEETING
    138 13 Cornwall Cup Won By 1. Sinclair. (From Our Own Correspondent. I Ipoh. Nov. 20. The Kinta branch of the M.S.V.R. liattalion Rifle Association held a successful meeting. During the meeting the final stages 01 the Cornwall Cup was fired and won by I. Sinclair. Last year's winner,
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    THRILLING FOOTBALL MATCHES.
    561 13 Rough Play at Villa Park. ARSENAL'S FINE WIN AT SHEFFIELD. London, Nov. l.'«. The Arsenal, who beat the champion* at Sheffield 2 1 today,' are steadily demolishing 1 all opposition to their aspirations for the League championship thin year, and the only blot on their record so
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    BIG BREAKS.
    165 13 Lindrum, Davis and Newman Top the Thousand. Lindrum is producing remarkable lam against McConachy to whom ho is ionreding 7,003 pjinls. On Nov. 17 Lindrum carried hi* unfinished break of 1.505 only to l.M''. and ater on in the <iay compiled 1,413, t r > finish up with
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    111 13 Thursday. Niiv.-mber 27. Hockey: I. A n. IMkal Callm, I A Raffles In.it. vs. ll.lt. Junior B.C, It-l. Friday, November 28. Hork<\v: S.R.I Ist XI vs. Borne. Boustcad-A.P.I". Saturday, November -0Ru K by: P.S.R.K.C. vs. S.< .< S.l\C Johoro \>. Malaya ComniMii<i. .ii.n.n.Bahru Klnn^- »m. B.C.C. 2nd XV.
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    TRADE REPRISALS BY THE SOVIET.
    426 14 TRADE REPRISALS BY TH E SOVIET. Trade Commissary's Comments. The president of the Council of tfce Peopk Commissariat, M. Kykov, has ;,i(fiied a decree forbidding all imports from France, Jugo Slavia, Hungary and Rumania and prohibiting the use of the ships or railways of the3e countries for transporting Russian goous.
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    DR. W. H. HUTTON.
    278 14 Death of the Dean Of Winchester. News has been received of the death at Freiburg, Germany, of Dr. William ilolden- Uuttor., Dean of Winchester, a distinguished ecclesiastical and historical scholar. r Pi Hutton, who was To. had suffered ill-health f r many years, and had been
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    THE ANDREE EXPEDITION
    75 14 Films Restored to Admit Projection. Much interest has been aroused at Stockholm by the announcement that ten of th" films found with the remains of the I ill-fated Andree North Pole expedition I have been sufficiently restored to admit projection. Ten other still-pictures are also fairly j
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    59 14 His Excellency the Governor and the Hon. Lady Jackson attended the marriage cf Lieut.-Col. H. M. P. Hewett, of Andrew Yule and Company. s:>n of Sir John Prescott Hewett, former Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces to Miss Joyce (jladys Garrord daughter of Major S. H. > larrurd who had arrived
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    TRAGIC END TO ZOO ROMANCE.
    399 14 Mrs Hippo Blamed For Husband's Death. The London Zoo has b«en unfortunate in losing two wcH-known favourite; Dob, the large hippopotamus, and Toto, the oldest lion in the Garden, writes a correspondent of the Sunday Times. Bob was probably the largest hippo ever exhibited at
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    A SIX HOUR DAY.
    45 14 German Firm's Remedy For Unemployment. The Hamburg- Wilhemsburg oil industry hae decided to introduce a six hours' woiking day in order to give at least partial employment to a larger number of workers than at present under the eight hours system.
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    A SAXON CHURCH DISCOVERED.
    525 14 Built During Reign Of Canute. An architectural secret of the reign of Canute has been betrayed by the little church of Thursl«>y. between the Hog's Back and Hindhead. Hitherto it has been regarded as of Norman workmanship, but it must now be added to the list
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    SEARCH FOR OASIS.
    320 14 Wild Life Found in Barren Desert. Lond.n, N v. 7. The discovery of the Oasis of Zcrzura--the lost oasis cf the Ncgroc —is the object )f an adventurous cxpe liti n n.w exploring the endless .sands of the Libyan desert. Major Ralph ftagnold, the leader, and other
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    "WARDING OFF PLAGUE."
    399 14 4,000- Year-Old City ustom. i i of 1. ndi D ha-, ii folk- !< train nquets which :.i i.'.l the NCCttt el' < Alderman William Phew Neml has been EOtutc-d '< the Wellcome Historical Mcdi- reminder to its visitors 4,000-ycnr- >V method of warding ift pU-gue i>;
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    CHINA HAS COLD RUSH.
    30 14 Harbin, Nov. 14. hfotankiang, v small village n Western Manchuria, became the scenes of a gold lush when a rich vein was discovered near the town.
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    WORKLESS CHINESE IN SELANGOR.
    475 15 How the Relief Camp Is Being Run. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 25. The Selangor Chinese Unemployment Kelief Committee have issued the following report and review signed by the chairman. Mr. Low Leong (lan The Relief Camp at the Chinese Conwtery was started on
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    THRKAT TO MEN.
    215 15 Professions Invaded By Women. Bedford College girl*, training for wide-ly-varying careers listened recently l tIK lir.H Fawcett Lecture, delivered by Mi>s L Grier, Principal of Udy Margaret Hall Oxford. These lectures have been endowed in memory of Dame Millicert Fawcett. Appropriately, it dealt with the change! in
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    DR. ADLER'S DISCOVERY.
    73 15 Experimental Marriages A Great Mistake." The new kind of scientist often make? a valuable contribution to philosophy, ethics, theology, or any other branch ol human activity, in the most unassuming way. A Viennese psychologist, Dr. Adler. has iust announced a momentous discovery thai "Experimental marriages are a
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    U.S. NAVY BUDGET.
    61 15 $32,000,000 Requested For Aviation. The I .S. Navy budget fot the fisca v. ;ir IMS requests appropriations fo: iiviution totalling (i. $:;2,000,000. This includes an item of G. $I,:>oo,o<K for beginning work on the ZRS-ft, th< suuml luperdirigible to be eaaatnotaf by the United States. Officials <leclined.
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    1692 15 The Government A mi Bad Life"— lnternal Conflict Mr. Snoivden Holds lip Progress Of Imperial Preference Scandals Of The "Dole 99 Mr. Bahhvin And The Leadership. (By Our Parliamentary Correspondent.) London, Oct. 28. I riOUBTS and perplexities governed the mood of politicians at today's
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    ANOTHER LAWRENCE.
    227 15 French Story of British Agent in Arabia. The French habit of attributing mys- terious and universal power to the Intelligence Service has shown itself once again in the discovery by a French journalist of another uncrowned King of Arabia. This obscure but highly influential parsonage w ho has
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    A BOWL OF PUNCH.
    141 15 Dispute Over Dance Prize Leads to Double Murder. Sergeant Schmerse, of the Berlin police, I was stabbed to death and Constable Winkelfann was seriously injured in a dispute which followed a recent dance competi-i tion in Brandenburg, attended by the twn i |H)licemen. Sergeant Schmerse, who
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    M. DOUMERGI.
    231 15 Returns to Paris From Morocco. PreMdcnt Doumerr.ie returned to P.irU on Oct. 24 fr.m his trip to Moroco. The visit iproved a great sue .-ess l":om! start to finish, and may be ecusllUtJ ha\ ing consecrated the work <>:" Uarsha 1 Lyaute./ in developing htorocc I ar<l t
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    OTTAWA—TORONTO
    114 15 OTTAWA— TORONTO Vast Power Carried Over 230 Miles of Lines. More electric power is being- earriod over transmission lines from Paugun Kails on the Oatineau River, near Ottawa, to Toronto, a distance of 2-50 mile*, thuDVOI any other power lines in Canada. Two 220,000 volt steel-tower transmission lines now carry
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    WHERE BRITAIN LEADS
    104 15 Heads List of Countries Exporting Aircraft. During the but few weeki Briti: ;i aircraft firm- have received order* worth several hundreds of thousands <f pounds,, lone firm alone participating to the extent J of 170,000. Britain, it b believe!, now heads the list of countries exporting nircraft.
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    DULLER LONDON !
    75 15 DULLER LONDON "Byns Boys" Win War Against Night Clubs. Night clubs, ns I. ndon usH to know them, have b-en burnt away. Lord Byng. the Commissioner of th's Metiopolitan Police, declared war on then two years ago, and the battle has ended in victory for Scotland Yard. The sa!e of
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      148 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. h ri. 3 I p° flgggßD f^ I I (CLUES.) ACROSS. spirit J- Glass vessel m,,<T 23. Pertaining to nil J4. Fastened with accdlc mm tiircau 8 thrill. 26 Malefactor •V ,v w^hcrs gJ°«J 30. Measure of weight vr Irh- Curved bone IB? I'J. CaiiM- to suffer
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    WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN BUDAPEST.
    1823 16 WHY I PREFER TO SING TO ENGLISH AUDIENCES. il'i Mini- (.;i Hi -Cure i the famous Soprano.) It was about louiteen years ago that I began my caieer on the concert platform in America, and in all that time I never experienced such a
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    BOXER INDEMNITY AGREEMENT.
    263 16 "Chinese Gesture Of Friendliness." Shanghai, Nov. 20. Commenting on the Boxer Indemnity Agreement between Great Britain and China, the North-China Daily News says that the settlement does credit to both countries. The decision to use the bulk of the remitted funds for rehabilitating and building railways in
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    MURDER ENDS ROMANCE.
    238 16 "Twelve Unhappy Years Of Marriage." Oxford, Oct. 20 A climax to what counsel described as twelve years of unhappy married life was reached at the Oxford Assizes today when Arthur John Kimber, a 34-year-old labourer, of Headington, Oxfordshire, was tried before Mr. Justice Hawke on a charge
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    ROMAN "DUMPING."
    235 16 Evidence at Colchester Excavations. The evidence of Roman dumping in Britaii: before the military conquest, which has been obtained during this season's excavations on th;- great British town of Camclodunum, near Colchester, is strengthened by the final statement issued recently on behalf of the Col.-hes-ter Excavation Committee. Numerous
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    FAT MEN REJOICE !
    117 16 FAT MEN REJOICE What a German Professor Has to Say. Fat men, who pay extra premiums to insurance companies, and who dissipate their fortune in Turkish baths, can take comfort from Dr. Berthold, the wellknown German professor, who has just pronounced the opinion that embonpoint is one of the greatest
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    AMUSING M.P.s.
    118 16 Mr. Lansbury Suggests Bowls And Clock Golf! Mr. Lansbury, First Commissioner- of Works, has suggested a scheme for the entertainment of Members of Parliament. He proposes that bowling greens, and possibly clock golf courses, should be laid out in the Victoria Tower Gardens, which adjoin the House of
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    ABBEY MEMORIAL TO ADMIRAL.
    552 16 Man Who Helped Wolfe At Quebec. An interesting act of historical justice was performed at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 4, when the Prime Minister of Canada offered to the Dean of Westminster a memorial tribute to Admiral Sir Charles Saunders consisting of an inscription on his
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    SECRET SERVICE WORK IN WAR.
    1535 17 A Spy's Experiences. STORY OF A GHASTLY REVENGE. (By Joseph Crozier.) before the War. as befitted the offspring f.f a respectable middle-class family, I had a great contempt for spies and spying; but when hostilities broke out in 1814. and, thim^li a curious combination of
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    CHANGING PICCADILLY
    196 17 Well-Known Landmark Disappears. The day is not far away when the as- 1 pect of Piccadilly will be changed as com- 1 pletely as Regent Street has been changed durina the last quarter of a century. The latest improvement to be effected on the south side— and already
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    "WALL OF RULES."
    181 17 Problem of Men and Women Undergraduates. Following the attack by the Oxford lsis on wamen students, a writer in the Cambridge Gownsman describes the restrictions on men and women mixing at Cambridge as pernicious anachronisms." He writes The newcomer learns with amazement that the residents in Newnham
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    NOVEL CELEBRATION
    44 17 Reynolds Packard and Miss Eleanor Cryan have just completed a novel in Vienna protesting against marriage and similar conventions." How shall we celebrate the completion of the book?" the..- asked. "Let's i»et married," they replied. So now they are man and wife.
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    2039 17 Can You Help These Men In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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    THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
    227 17 Leads to Bloodless Duel In Hungary. Two men arrived in Budapest recently with the fixed intention of killing each other. They were the former Greek Minister, M. Konstantin Apostolides, and an Italian diplomat, Signor Scuzi, brother-in-law of Prince Bouncompagni. The cause of their quarrel was a diary
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    FIGHT WITH A BEAR !
    118 17 FIGHT WITH A BEAR American Official Badly Mauled In India. I Mr. L. R. Stuyvesant, the American vice-consul in Calcutta, is recovering from injuries sustained in an exciting fight with a wounded bear. Mr. Stuyvesant encountered the bear I while on an expedition to the Jalaswar jungles, near Puri, accompanied
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    BERLIN SENSATION.
    101 17 Communist Newspaper f Suppressed. The new chief of the Berlin police, former Minister of the Interior Grazesinski, last week issued an order forbidding for eight days the publication of the Communist organ Rote Fahne (Red Flag) for publishing an editorial note approving the action of an unemployed worker
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    IN MERRY MEXICO.
    65 17 Armed Men Take Possession Of a Town. A body of armed men, led by Don Leocadio Velasco, took possession of the town of Comitan, in the Mexican State of Chiapas, recently. The municipal authorities were ousted and a provisional administration was installed. The Federal officers were not
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    JUMPING TO DEATH.
    73 17 Dramatic Suicides in Wall Street District. Two men jumped to death from skyscrapers in the Wall Street district during one afternoon recently. One leaped from the thirtieth floor of the Equitable building and crashed on the roof of a lorry, killing the driver as well as him:clf.
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    ECHO OF LAST YEAR'S SIKH MURDER.
    2469 18 Book on "The Sensation Of Singapore." DEFAMATION CASE. WATCHMAN'S LITERARY EFFORT Scenes reminiscent of the sensational Sikh murder trial of Btptrakar last year were witnessed in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday afternoon, when ;i i a c of alleged defamation, based en a
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    THEFT OF LATEX
    77 18 Husband and Wife Go To Prison. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 23. Two Tamil estate coolies, a man and wife, were each sentenced to four! i-.:onths rigorous imprisonment here, the woman for stealing latex and the husband for abetting. It was asked that the two accused
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    31 18 Holy Communion will he celebrated i i Malay at St. Peter's Church, Stamford Read, on Sunday. The collections throughOOt the day will be on behalf of the St. Andrew's Church Mission.
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      FLIES.
      49 18 To the Editor of the Straits Time3. Sir, At Tanjong Katong there are numerous flies. I think this is the result of open drains. There are no anti-mala-ria drains as at Serangoon. At Sorangoon there are fine anti-malaria drains and no flies Yours, etc., KEY. Singapore, Nov. 26.
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      THE AERODROME.
      84 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I have read Sir G. Salmond's viev.-r, regarding the proposed aerodrome in the Kallang district, and I quite agree with them-in a few years the district will be thickly populated and an aerodrome would cause a lot of nuisance to the
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    "BLACK MAGIC."
    239 18 Magician Acquitted Of Pupil's Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 26. What is alleged to have been a sequel to an experiment after a course of tuition I in in&gic regarding the invulnerability of Lbe luimon body to weapons was heard in a trial at the Perak
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    RIGHTS OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS.
    1708 18 Adelphi Hotel Case. MR. WILLIES' APPEAL COURT CLAIM. As reported yesterday, Mr. 11. H. Willies' appeal against Mr. Justice Stevens' decision awarding him only $11,000 of the $22,000 which he claimed from the Adelphi Hotel failed except on the question of interest on the $11,000. He
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    CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
    220 18 Challenge Which Had to Be taken Up. Madras, Nov. 18. Opening the newly-constituted Madra-i Legislative Council today, the Governor referred to the Round-Table Conference, and said that, although none could foretell what the final issue would be, none should entertain any idea of failure. Personally," he said, I
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    MAN BADLY STABBED.
    80 18 Quarrel Over Ownership Of A Duck. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 25. There was a serious stabbing affray here yesterday evening, said to have arisen over the ownership of a duck, when a Chinese ricksha puller was attacked by several compatriots, receiving several severe injuries. The
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