The Straits Times, 4 July 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTVBY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST USFLIfMfIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PACES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. JULY 4, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      158 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 8151). 6.15 Tonight 9.15 "NOAH'S ARK i with 1 DOLORES COSTELLO j Phone 5261-3262. THOUSANDS h«e changed to fi§Bil SLEDGE fe*l BRAND FULL !Si|3|J I CREAM SWEETENED CONDENSED SWISS MILK FROM THE FERTILE VALLEYS OF THE FAMOUS SWISS ALPS. SUPPLIED TO ALL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND
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      169 1 KUAIGLfiHMM*". jHC^McIHdkMA). git) HARTMANN TRUNKS BOUND FOR EUROPE or any other place, on land or sea, you will get more pleasure and real travel comfort out of r" HARTMANN HA rTmA N N^^ardrobe HH^ ro£ k |u r gg P £e c ji IT JPfrl bUJIt and \\i 1 nnn
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      11 1 5.15 Tonißht 9.15 "NOAH'S ARK" j with DOLORES COSTELLO Phone MMM
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      562 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. pnvixsur.Aß and oriental s.n. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnaga dne Spore. RAJPI'TANA 17,000 July 11 KARMALA 9,000 July 25
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      614 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille*, Lontion, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonaage Due Sail t HAKONE MARU 10,500 July 15 16 YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 July °.l Aug. 1 jj SUWA MARU 10,700 Aug. 13 14 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Aug. 27 28 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 Sept. 9
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      430 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailinga by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 ions) and the U. MANGOLA (3,362 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA ia ona of the largest and finest steamers trading tc Australia, cabins
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      606 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone SJ2S. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Laave S'pora Penang. t m.s. AI.SIA July 15 July 17 m.s. JITLANDIA Aug. 6 Aug. 7 m.s. LALANDIA Sept. 9 Sept. 11 m.s MEONIA Sept. 28 Sept. 25 m.s.
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      527 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THK CHINA MUTUAL BTKAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in Inglaa4) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      615 2 THE SiAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siaa.) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Koshamui, Langsuan, Chump.n and Bangkok. ArTlval Departure MALINI July 6 July 8 SUDDHADIB July 12 July 16 VALAYA July IS July 22 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      464 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Frsncinco and Los Angelee. S S. GOLDION RIVEK sails from Hong Kong Jul 16 San Francisco and Portland.
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      485 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE iJnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO. SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA, MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang IRF.S. VAN BUREN July 6 July 9 July 11 I'HKS. GAKFIELD July 20 July 23 July 22 r > PKES. POLK Aug.
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      677 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Servicea to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Porta and Suez CanaL OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Due Spore CITY OF HALIFAX July 20 CITY OF KHIOS Sept. 1 HOMEWARDS. a.f. CITY OF BATAVIA for
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      357 3 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised aW,000,000 Cupital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 Capital paid op 1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Kyrie, Esq. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., \V. H. Shelford, ssq., Sir Thomas
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      561 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80.030,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40.U5.000 (about £3,335,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GRAVENHAGE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES: Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjermasin Kota-Radja Semarang Bombay (Acheen)
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      514 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established 18U at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000.000 (about £8,i00,000) Paid np Capital Glde. 65.000,000 (about £4,600,000 Reserves Qlds. 28.187,797 (about £2,350,000. B^ A P t OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAGLE. OVERSEAS BRANCHES: Indie? He d mcc lor Dutch K:lsl KOBE: Head Office for China
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      567 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a line and Iherc is a fiat rate charge of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of 2ri c»nts
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      749 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE. DALYDENL. Select Boarding Estab. 147, Killir.i'y Rd. Phone 4609. SINGLE ROOMS vacant, tennis, garages, Mrs. Leighton, 10, St. Thomas Walk. ROOMS without hoard from $50 with board from $135 monthly. Grosvenor Hotel. The End Room at 2, Lloyd Rd. now vacant. Splendid balcony over ga.-den. Call 6 n.m. EXCELLENT
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      496 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bid*. OFFICES TO LET, 248, Battery Koad, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrit A Co., Ltd. TO LET, 74, Cecil Street, ground fioor, suitable as an office and store. Apply to M. Saycrs, 6, D'Almeida Street. TO LET, large ground floor, offices
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      454 4 MISCELLANEOUS HAKE WHOOPEE— CaII the Photographer. !!■.,;.> Studio «7, Selegie Road. TRANSLATIONS undertaken from and into French, German and English by expert linguist. Apply 632, Straits Times. RAFFLES CAFE. Tor "Quality and Service" HEALS a' la' CARTE. Newly modelled ktchen and f.RILL INSTALLATION. Alter Cinema for- the last DRINK AND
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      670 4 PUBLIC NOTICES STRAITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE Ordinance No. 136 (Anns and Explosives) Renewal of Permits for Firearms. All persons in possession of firearms are reminded that their licences will expire on June 30, 1931, and should be renewed as soon as possible after that date. Attention is directed to the new
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      772 4 PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE ESTATE OF/ 1 SHAIK ABDULLAH BIN MARIE BIN TALIB, DECEASED. Notice pursuant to Section 29 of thu Trustee Ordinance 1929. NOTICE is hereby given that all persons claiming to be interested as creditors, next-of-kin, or otherwise, in the estate and effects of Shaik Abdullah bin Marie
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    THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS.
    339 5 Clergyman's Daughter In Salome:' Oscar Wilde's banned Salome still raises little eddies of -scandalised comment whenever it is perfortned, for the puhlic finds it difficult not to be shocked by the Dance of the Seven Veils, says the London Daily Express. The paradoxical thing
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    RENDITION PLANS.
    200 5 Foreign Ministry Officials Study Conditions. Nanking, June 24. Further developments are shortly pected in connection with Nanking's plans for the rendition of foreign concessions and settlements. Messrs. Frank W. Lee (political ViceMinister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Wang Chia-chen (administrative Vice-Minister) and Hsu Mo, who were appointed
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    RED ATROCITIES IN ANNAM.
    247 5 District Governor Burnt Alive. Appalling atrocities committed by Communists are reported in a message received in Paris from Annam. On May 1, according to this report, bands of rebels wearing the Communist emblem and led by Bolshevist agents, marched through the country, pillaging, massacring, and setting
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    Priest Tortured to Death.
    145 5 In the Nghe An region, in Upper Annam, there have been since April 1 ten armed attacks, 2C pillajtes, 37 cases of arson, 1G assassinations, and 11) cases of wounding. The victims include local governors, mayors, and notable persons. In the Hatinh region Communist outrages were
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    PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
    123 5 Canton Expected to Call It For November 12. Canton, June 18. The Canton National Government ha? decided to convene the Fourth National Congress in Canton on Oct. 10, to coincide with the annual celebration of the Double Tenth." All the Kuomintaruc Councils, or branches, throughout China are expected
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      301 5 nu i ii/i-/^ Raffles Hotel ExceHent Accommodation with Modern Sanitation. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER and DANCE (Patrons are kindly requested to' make reservations early). GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT. ROAST TCRKEY STUFFED A LA GRANDMERE GREEN PEAS A LA FRANCAISE DAUPHINE POTATOES. $1.75. Wednesday. July 8. SPECIAL EXHIBITION DANCING DURING TEA
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      19 5 DYEING AND DRY CLEANING PROMPT SERVICE. ALSO EXECUTE OUTSTATION ORDERS. KANZAKI COMPANY SINGAPORE. Phone 3516. NO. 33, ORCHARD ROAD.
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      48 5 INSURANCE. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated -In Ireland.) Fire, Life, Marine, Acc'dent. Guarantee and Motor. AsaeU fM.MO.OOO. ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. SAFEGUARD YOURSELF Against FINANCIAL LOSS Through ACCIDENT SICKNESS by a policy, with China Underwriters, Ltd. HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS. Tel. 4276.
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      81 5 FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR. THE LONDON ASSURANCE HONG KONG FIRE INSCE. Co., Ltd., PHOENIX ASSURANCE Co., Ltd.. WESTERN ASSURANCE Co.. UNION INSCE. SOCIETY of CANTON. Ltd. EAGLE STAR ft BRIT. DOM. INSCE. Co.. GUTHRIE CO., LTD. General Agents. (Incorporated In S.S.) SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Assets Assurances In force I S
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      589 5 If it's Cable for Power or Lighting, Specify helnlely SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA: f|NTRAI SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. 5471 (4 lines). AUCTION NOTICES. MORTGAGEES' SALE of valuable freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co's saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, July 8. at 2.30
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      119 5 The British Malaya Trustee and Executor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements and Registered under the Trust Companies Ordinance is prepared to act as EXECUTOR ADMINISTRATOR TRUSTEE CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE ATTORNEY OR AGENT The Company has funds at its disposal which it is willing to lend at reasonable rates of
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    YEAR OF DEPRESSION FOR KELANTAN
    4093 6 Rice Production Being Stimulated. FALL IN REVENUE. COPRA PRODUCERS CHEAT GOVERNMENT. In the report for I!i2!i it was stated that the outlook for I MO was a somewhat gloomy one. In eoauoon with the rest of the world Kelantan suffere! from the lownl economic depression
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    CANTON AND MATCH TAX.
    33 6 Merchants Appeal for Its Cancellation. Hong Kong, July 3. The merchants of Canton are again appealing to the "National" (Canton) Government to cancel the match tax.— Sin Kuo Mm.
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      265 6 W I /ft NOT MERELY SNAPS j[ f A GOOD SNAPS B X. V °f the prize-winning kind, \V/^>A AGFA FILMS and AGFA CAMERAS j J L^^nnnkHeru* jk ji UPTON'S I YELLOW LABEL *«?£LD FAMOUS FOB CKUIiYY Ottar tfci|u< m— «ai SUD ftiidii nuJeaßavg) a Ifi waw»* i*^^S^^^|^Jj~nnjp^snwnnnsjs^enss^nnnßsßs^snnnjnjnx^nnnjajßy fc *^jflnnjnjj
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      151 6 LIITLF. BOY IN AWFULSTATE Almost Blind With Skin Trouble. Cuticura Healed. "My little boy's trouble began 0:1 his ear. It became red a:id very thy and when the skin cracked water ca it. His car was very hot and painful. The trouble spread to his ryes and he was almost
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      151 7 _E_E_fl^__B^ i3_*>----^-< TELEPHONE 6909 AND MARLBOROUGH TODAY MATINEE AT 3 P.M. Children Half Price EVENING 6.15 and 9.15 TOMORROW AT 3 P.M.— 6.15 AND 9.15 The Show wildly acclaimed by last night's enormous premiere audiences 'The Greatest Show on Earth!' EDDIE CANTOR IN WHOOPEE INDESCRIBABLE SCENES OF ENTHUSIASM MARKED THE
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      192 7 aleeoeoeooooQooooeoeoe qoooolC 3i °HB*>i*_H*HM>VBMBH*-HH-HpH|H _____F ■*>^_l ___i _i »B I^ 20l v a _J| B® >ol _V ___________J L'J loe:l oe: Don't let the Children miss "NOAH'S ARK" LAST NIGHT ___L_| of Warner Bros, stupendous Spectacle "NOAH'S ARK" with DOLORES COSTELLO, GEORGE O'BRIEN and 10,000 others Awe-inspiring and amazing in
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      290 7 HUNGARY'S GREATEST VIOLINIST SZ I G ETI TODAY A WORLD SENSATION. RECENT ENGLISH PRESS, 1929-30 TIMES. He played with a touch of the diablerie which one imagines must have been Paganini's secret. DAILY TELEGRAPH. A more brilliant performance than this it would be hard to imagine. LIVERPOOL POST AND MERCURY.
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      270 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle. 1 r t* r W¥ 1 1 n k* i* \6\ 6 _P___J_i_i_ nr ff~~ 19 j?Ej to Ji ___ii; ap 35" 51 sz 7 s 3b %7 W IP PH y $$?< sS (CLUES.) ACROSS. 26. Sun (Poet) 27. Marries 1. Rodents 29. Pastoral pip* 6.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      489 8 ST. ANDRI.W S CATHEDRAL. :th Sunday alter Trinity, July 1981, ii.:»u a.m. Holy Comn. 7.H0 a.m., Matin- 1 a.m., Holy Comn. 1 Choral Mt p.m., Evei (Cboral) and Sermon Holy Comn. on Mon.. ■fed. and Friday at S a.m.. Tues., Thurs. and Saturday at 7 a.m. ST. CHRISTOPHER'S,
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      GUIDE TO EDINBURGH.
      107 8 The latent edition of the official guide to Edinburgh is one of the must attractive guide books issued by any town in Europe. In addition to a number of wellwritten and authoritative articles on various aspects of the city, from its romantic history to the less romantic
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      82 8 Programme of drills up to and for aveek ending July 5 i Saturday, July 4, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, "C" (Scottish) Co., L.G. Uassifica tion 2 p.m., Karrer Range, "E" (Chinese) Co., Table "A" 3.30 p.m., Siglap Camp, Signal Units. Sunday, July 5, 7.30 a.m.. Dukit Timah
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      40 8 MA ILS EXPECTED. 1 '.mi! China U>d .Japan, liy Talma, duo al. Singapore 1 p.m. tomorrow. !'.:i Chin* and Manila, by President ran Buren, Cue at Singapore daylight on Monday. Fli.ni China and Jaran, by Moriokn 1 Singapore en Wednesday.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      17 8 iMued by Fraser ant* Co., Exchange and Stock Broken. Singapore, July 4, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      438 8 Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* 5, -6, P«!ipT>Ba River 4 5/1 1 Penawat O.tii» 0.7-1 5. -5 Pengklen Ords. 11/ C 12 6 1 1 Petaling 3.95 4.10 £1 £1 Pu~hong 9- 10£1 £1 Pungah 11/6 12/6 1 1 J'u'th 0.40 0.50 1 1 Rahman Hyd. 0.62 0.05 1 1
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      GENERAL.
      270 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers. Seller* 2 2 Alex. Brick Orda. 1.50 2.00n0m. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prafs. 2.10 2.15 (1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 318 9 4.1.:: 1 1 Central Engine 0.224 0.30n0m. 100 60 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 17/- 17/9 £1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      130 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 rod. 1931-36 101 103 xi. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c of 1901 red. 1940 (400,000 par. 6% pram. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c of 1907 red. 1947 $1,000,000 96 par Singapore Municipal i% p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 (1,000,000 85 par
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      375 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today* Price Fraaer Lyall A Co. Kvatt Ulenby ($1) 0.70 0.80 0.80 1.10 UorGajah(sl) 0.50 0.70 0.55 0.65 V. Hitam ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.95 1.15 A. Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 OJ6 0.35n0m. A. Malay ($2) 0.90 1.10 1.05 1.25 A.
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      WEEK-END WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      613 8 Concerts From Kuala Lumpur Saigon. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. The following is the list of today's programmes (Singapore time only is given) BANDOENG, P.L.M., 36.92 metres, MS to 6.30 p.m., calling Australia and other .stations, BANDOENG RADIO SOCY, P.M.Y., 50.2 metres, 6.40 to 8.40 p.m.,
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      EAST JAVA
      193 8 The report of the East Java Rubber Co. states that during 1930 937.139 lb. of rubber were harvested (against 859,767 lb. during MM), which have been sold in Sourabaya at an averaire price of 5.05 d. per lb. laga/inst 9.20d.1. The coffee crop was affected by the unfavourable
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    192 8 Today. Booth-East Borneo I Blinjo Tembilahan ami Indruyin (Chce Seng) p.m. North, N.-East and N.-Wcst Sumatra, Kcypt aad r S.A. (Irisbank) 3 p.m. Kcinamaii, Kcmasifk, Kretay, Dungun, Tr«'n|;i;anu and liisul iR< dang) a p.m. Japan and Korea I Parcels; I Vancouver Maiui Tandjong Balci and Labutan Bil.k
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    42 8 By S pore Loxdnn Left Arrd. P. C. Hooft May L'D June IS Comorin May 2U Jbm M Takliwa Jum: 4 Jun" l"t Indrapoera June 6 .1 Sphinx June :i Juno M. Van St. Aldcgonde June 12 July 2
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    PASSENGERS.
    46 8 The following paaaengen for Malaya left London on June I, l.y the- N.^'.K Maru, due m Singapore tomorrow Mr. R. V. (inter, Mr. G. K. <i rko, Mr F. Contts, Mr. It. C. Heal n-Annatronjr, Mr W. B. r. Mi M, 11. Taylor, Ms Taylor,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    265 8 SatuMtay, -I"'/ Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrhc. Entraore. East Wharf Nil. Main Wharf Minderoo IX I II Kanella 11 3 Empire Deck < elebe* Mara S3 Irisbaak :i"> Kangola M 3 Perak M Kuala It I kfodasa IS I West Wharf Nil. Suction 10
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    SHIPPING NOTES. C.P.R. EXPERIMENT.
    288 8 SHIPPING NOTES. C.P.R. EXPERIMENT. Would Another Vessel Be! Justified A definite statement that there was no possibility of a sistor-ship to the Empres« o1 BritaUl l«ir.(r built on the Clyde or In to in Great Britain within th.2 •ro yiavs was given by Mr. K. W. Beatty, pifldwsi of the
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    206 8 Bingaperi, Jtily 4. OEI.LING Lo'.Ucn, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/3! c London 3 months' light 2/3 13/U London, GO days' sight 2/3 25/32 l..ndo:i, 30 days' sight 2/3 3/4 I di 'l»n. demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/lfi T yon- aad -Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg, ilemand 2;<4V.
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    PRODUCE
    76 8 Singapore, July 4. GanWet 8.75 iiubc No. 1 unpicked).. 15.00 i apra .1.20 mixed -I .'.mi Bago flour, Sarawak I.H2Vt White Pepper H4.00 Black IVppi r M Pearl Sago 4.25 small 6% medium pearl 6.00 Rica, Siam No. 1 $136.0(1 Saigon No. l 1135.00 Rangoon No. 1 $120.00 Siam,
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    102 8 Kerosene Oil.— Per unit of 8 Imp. glv: Fish $5.1.1, (iragons $5.13, Crown (8 gls i, tin*) $4.98. Crown (8 gls. in drums) «J.tin Cross (8 gls. in tint) $4.83, Cross (8 gls. ii drums) $4.53, Shell and Coastlight Kerosen. *fi.3B per 2 tins, Devoe'i Imp. Brilliant 1 tins $5.38.
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      52 8 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING DOWN SALE AT LIQUIDATION PRICES U $150,000 U Slock in trade to be converted into canh at V9w HALF MARKED PRICES H AS KROM WEDNESDAY. Jl'Ll I, 19.J1. Lfafgl HI HI NDREDS OF BARGAINS WM GUARANTEED naaaj BELOW gaanai REPLACEMENT COST Before LVtiding Elsewhere Call on 5",
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      202 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday, July 4. i H. W. 12.16 am, 9 ft. 5 in., 1.50 p.m., 8 ft. 1 in. St. Andrew's Cathedral Fair, Polo ground, Balesticr Rond, 2.30 p.m. American N-Uonal Llay Annual Dinner, Sea View Hotel. Dog Show, Maliyan Kennel Asscn., Kuala Lumpur. Sunday, July 5.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RUBBER FROM A WEED.
      538 9 New Discovery by Soviet Scientists. Not only have Soviet scientists succeeded in producing rubber from oil, but they have now produced from alcohol, and from a weed known as tau-sagiz, found in Central Asia, says the British United Press Moscow correspondent. Offers have been made for
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      MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
      21 9 Baioo Kid0e1— 201,279 lb. Balcn.bissi*— l7,Bo3 lb. Djminga.— lB3,Bs4 lb. Donowarie. 33,896 lb. Langon.— B93l3 id. TjiknBintoc.--66.254 lb.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      67 9 Ton« of Market Steady. Latest Cable Lendon Spot Sheet 3Vid. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 6% per lb. 12 o'cl l.xk It noon, July I 4. t.S.S. equal to London Standard iUndard R.S.S. on Tender Spot July August September Aufr.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-
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      SUN INSURANCE.
      433 9 Company's Encouraging Results. Presiding on June 2 at the general meeting of the Sun Insurance Office, Ltd., the Hon. Sir William Henry Goschen, K.8.E., referred to the deaths of Mr. Sclater Booth, a director for thirty-nine years, and Mr. G. S. Manvell, manager of the office from 1908
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      164 9 Foreign imports of rubber into Malaya daring the month of June, 1931 J. I. MILLER, M.C.S.. Ag. Registrar-General of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S. Singapore, July 2, 1931. Dry- Wet. Smoked Scrap Sheet Lump Country of and and Origin. Crepe. Sheet. Bark, Total. Tons. Ton*. Ton*. Tons. Sumatra 683
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      JUNE TIN RETURNS.
      168 9 The ftunrc in bmcketa give the outputs fer the corresponding period of last year. N»wn& Pet.— lB4 hours, 10,700 yards, 124 P Raw»n*.— Bl6 hours, 260,000 yards, 1,276.80 picals. Kuala Kampur.— 6B6 hour*. 220,000 yards, 8M.40 piculs. Knndang.— Bo2 hours, 64,000 yards, 420 picals. Chanjrkat.— «l9 hours,
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      MALAYAN BREWERIES.
      140 9 Statutory Meeting to Be Held on Monday. The statutory meeting of Malayan Breweries, Ltd., will be held at the registered office of the company, 7, Trafalgar Street, on Monday at noon. In their statutory report the directors state that the total number of shares allotted is 206,250 management
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      SINGAPORE MARKETS.
      459 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are the prices, cents per catty where not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on July 3, as furnished by the Food and Market Inspector Meat.- Beef steak (round) 48 per catty, beef stew or curry 42, pork, loan 48,
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      EXCHANGES.
      78 9 Rugby, July 3. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.09 'h, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 6*4 d., Berlin 20.50 H, Brussels 34.09, Bucharest 817. Rio 3 2S-32, Buenos Aires 35 13-16, Copenhagen 18.16H, Geneva 25.12 M., Helsingfwrs 193H, Rone Konr Is. O^d./ Lisbon 110%, Madrid 41.35, Milan 92.92%, Monte Video 28%,
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      228 9 Ocean shipments of rubber, including concentrated latex, latex and revertex, being final shipment! on ocean-steamers at til Malayan ports, during the month of June, 1931 Sheet and Crepe. Latex, Concentrated Latex Total. Tom. Revertex. tons. Tons. Transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Straita Malay Export StraiU
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    81 9 Firmer Tone in Tin Share Market QUOTAS EXCEEDED BY 1,899 TONS. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber, 10% centß per lb. Tin, 225 tons at $60*1 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London 3 'id., unchanged. New York, 1% cts., unchanged. Market Tone
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    Rubber.
    358 9 The present steadiness in the rubber market must be attributed to the Hoover moratorium scheme. There is no change in the London and New York prices frorr yesterday but the local price has jumpe ct. This is possibly due to the fact that better news from Paris concerning the
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    Industrials.
    63 9 Traders have moved op to $26 business done, Steamships taken at $207 with a further small buyer. Fraser and Neave3 wanted $12. Hammers $181 or near, other local industrials being: unchanged hut distinctly firm. I The Financial Correspondent will endeavour to deal in this column with any inquiries which
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    UNITED SUA BETONG RUBBER.
    324 9 Satisfactory Production Costs. The twenty-second annual general meeting of the United Sua Betong Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on May 29 at 2/4, Idol Lane, E.C., Mr. J. C. Hay (chairman of the company) presiding. Mr. W. M. Miller, representing the secretaries (Guthrie and C, Ltd.),
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    Oil Palms of Malaya.
    499 9 You may have observed a note in the balance-sheet that the company is under agreement to subscribe as and when required up to £136,600 for shares at par in Oil Palms of Malaya, Ltd. That contract before it was concluded was submitted to you at the
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    System of Tapping,
    557 9 I am glad to be able to assure you that reports on our properties are uniformly good. You will gather from the observations I have already made that upkeap has been well maintained, and our visiting agent Mr. Waugh in a very recent report, states that expenditure
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    RUBBER REPORT.
    141 9 Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., in their report dated July 3, state Rather better prices have been seen durine the past week and the general tone of the market is more cheerful. Locally prices continue to keep above the export level and the indications arc that up-country dealers
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    RUBBER EXPORTS.
    44 9 Java Sumatra Handelmaatschappij are in receipt of cable advice from their Batavia office giving the total exports of rubber from the following places for the month of June 1931 Palombang 1,747 tons, Djambi 2,749 tons, Western Division of Bcrneo (Pontianak) 1,468 tons.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931. THE LIBERAL-LABOUR PACT.
    1168 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931. THE LIBERAL-LABOUR PACT. By accepting the Liberal amendment to exempt playing fields from land tax, the Labour Government has averted the latest of a long succession of crises. During the past two years Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald and his colleagues have been
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    26 10 Mr. J. Watson has been appointed Director of Education, S.S. and F.M.S.. in success'on of Dr. R. O. Winstedt, who is now General Adviser, Johore. I
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    31 10 The death has occurred in Ipoh of Mr. William Douglas Hay, son of the late Mr. William Hay. the well-known big frame hunter. Both father and son died of blackwater fever.
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    28 10 Second-Lieut, (acting Captain) A. R. Craig, Second-Lieut, (acting Captain) C. G. Sollis, Second-Lieut. J. A. McQueen and Second-Lieut. J. M. Gamble, have been promoted Lieutenants in the S.S.V.F.
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    38 10 On the occasion of the marriage of his second son, Mr. Ch«ang Theam Kee, a dinner was given by Mr. Cheang Tim Chuan, at Riviera, Pasir Panjang Road, last night. There were a large number of guc.Us present.
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    36 10 Mr. H. D. Mundell has been appointed to be temporarily an unofficial member of the Executive Council and a nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave of Mr. A. P. Robinson.
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    36 10 According to the Government Gazette Mr. C. D. Ahearnc, Controller of Labour, Mr. W. Mellor, Surveyor-General of .ships. S.S., and Mr. G. Heron, deputy SurveyorGeneral, have resumed their appointments in Malaya after special duty in India.
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    38 10 Lady Moore-Guggisbcrg, chairman, and the Overseas Stction of the Forum Club gave a women's luncheon in honour of oversea representatives on June 2. Amonir those pro.tnt were Lady Clementi and Lady Tilley. Among the speakers wa3 Lady Guillemard.
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    79 10 The Rev. G. E. H. Theophilus (father of the bridegroom) and the Rev. B. F. Simpson officiated on June 6 at St. Peter's Cranley Garden?. London, at the marriage of Mr. John Edmund Theophilus, of Nilai. F.M.S., eldest son of the Rev. and Mrs. G. B. H. Theoohilu-. King's Seaborne
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    AUSTRIA—EUROPE'S CINDERELLA.
    1338 10 AUSTRIA— EUROPE'S CINDERELLA. We have no political end in visw in proposing to enter into a Customs I'nion tcith Gnwany. All we want is to find a remedy for our economic poiition." Thus does Dr. Schober sum irp the situation awl he further significantly remarks that the controversy over thr
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    787 10 ONE DOLLAR PER MONTH We publish today an inteiviow whiih throws much necessary light on thi we rk which the European unempli mittees in Malaya haw- been doing during: the past nine nicnths, the situation v.!ikh they have lecn called on to tackle, ami the problems
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  • FRANCE AND U.S.A. AGREE ON WAR DEBT MORATORIUM.
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      "RATHER VAGUE" COMMUNIQUE.
      323 11 Is Settlement Really Final TERMS OUTLINED. Young Plan Signatories Must Confer. Paris, July 4. Franco-American agreement has been reached with regard to Mr. Hoover's moratorium proposal, but it was decided thait tho Young Plan signatories must confer rogr.rdinj» the guarantee France gave, under the' Ymiair I'lan. to
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    "KEEPING STEP."
    337 11 Prime Minister's Tribute To Mr. Hoover. Rufjby, July 3. The Paris dimensions between the American representatives, the United States Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Andrew Mellon) and the U.S.A. Ambassador in Paris (Mr. Walter E. Edge),— and the representative? of the French Government upon the Hoover proposals were
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    BRITAIN'S LOSS.
    319 11 Mr. Snowden's Note Of Warning. London, July 3. In the House of Commons, replying to the debate on the third reading of the Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Snowdon) said he hoped a Mtisfaetory settlement would be reached in the Franco-American negotiations in Paiis. but
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    UNIVERSITIES OF THE EMPIRE.
    150 11 Prince of Wales on Need For Best Brains." London, July 3. The Prince of Wales was received by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, Mr. Stanley Baldwin (as Chancellor of the Universities of Cambridge and St. Andrews) and distinguished educationists on the occasion of the opening of
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    THE NAUTILUS.
    375 11 Arrival- of Machinery From America. London, July 3. A massive armature, weighing nearly four tons, to replace the damaged machinery in the Nautilus, has arrived frov.i New York and is being fitted at Devonport Dockyard, under the supervision of Sir Hubert Wilkins. Reuter. The Nautilus, it will be
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    FLOODS IN CHINA
    119 11 Over 100 Drowned Thousands Homeless. Shanghai, July 3. Floods, due to the swollen rivers and heavy rainfall, are causing havoc in various parts of the country. More than 100 people have been drovned and thousands are homeless. A large area is submerged as a result of the
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    BETHLEHEM STEEL.
    37 11 Suit Brought by Stockholders Withdrawn. Atlantic City, July 3. Stockholders have withdrawn the suit against the Bethlehem Steel Corporation to compel a bonus refund. The injunction obtained by the stockholders was therelore formally dismissed. Reuter.
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    THE STAMP TAX.
    34 11 Retrospective Enforcement Upon Foreign Merchants. Shanghai, July 3. Tho Shanghai Chinese merchants are petitioning the Nanking (Central) Government to enforce the stamp tax upon fi.ieirn merchants retrospectively. P n Kuo Mm.
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY PLANE SINKS.
    614 11 In Avoiding a Steamer. PILOT FREES HIMSELF JUST IN TIME. Rugby, July 3. One of the S-6 aircraft used for training purposes by the high speed flight now engaged in practice for the Schneider Tiophy at Calshot had to alight today on Southampton Water near Hamble,
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    THE "YOUNG MARSHAL."
    50 11 To Receive Sir Miles Lampson Next Week. Shanghai, July 3. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, the Manchurian ruler who has been in hospital in Peking for many weeks suffering from typhus, is reported to be receiving the British Minister to China (Sir Miles Lampson) next week. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    LABOUR GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE.
    181 11 In British Coal Dispute. OWNERS TO OPPOSE NEW LEGISLATION. London, July 3. The Government has decided to intervene, by legislation, in the dispute between the coal owners and miners, over working hours and wages rates, which threatens to lead to a serious industrial crisis. The present
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    "RED" ATROCITIES.
    98 11 Marshal Chiang's Appeal To the People. Nanchang, July 3. Hundreds of, villages have been razed to the ground, thousands of innocent people massacred and countless women outraged." This passage occJrs in an appeal by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to the people, in which he states their active co-opera-lion is
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    PARIS EXHIBITION.
    88 11 Bigger and Better Dutch Pavilion Promised. The Hague, July 4. The Dutch authorities are building n better and a bigger pavilion to replace the one burnt down at the Paris Colonial Exhibition a week ago. Reuter. The oi iginal Dutch pavilion, which was completely destroyed by a fire
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    TIN SHARES IMPROVE.
    83 11 Buying for Eastern Account Resumed. (From Our Own .Correspondent.) London, July 3. Numerous tin shares improved yesterday following the rise in the price of the metal, notably Gopeng and Southern Malaya, and the buying of Malayan shares for Eastern account was resumed after a long lapse of
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    THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY S6 PLANE.
    96 11 The above ifi a picture of the Supermarine-Rolls-Royce SS racing seaplane, winiur of the 1929 Schneider Trophy contest and holder of the world's speed n curds over three, SO and 100 kilometres. Either this machine, or its sister seaplane which also took part in the
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    COMMONS PASS THE FINANCE BILL.
    141 11 Certified by Speaker As Money Measure. Rugby, July 3. The third reading of the Finance Bill, in which is incorporated the Government's land tax proposals, was debated in the House of Commons today and was carried by 227 votes to 222. The Bill, which was
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    NEW YORK DISTRESS.
    283 11 Appeal to Lord Astor For Help. New York, July 3. A joint appeal has been cabled to Lord and Lady Astor by Mr. Norman Thomas, the United States Socialist leader and excandidate for the Presidency, and Mr. Paul Blanchard, director of the New York City Affairs Committee,
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    IN GIBRALTAR.
    150 11 Carpenter Executed No More Disorders. Gibraltar, July 3. The carpenter, Ernesto Ospisso, was hanged thi? morning. There has been no renewal of the disorders. A crowd gathered at the prison gates, but there were no demonstrations. In some cases hotels were closed throughout the day. The execution, which
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    U.S. UNEMPLOYED.
    100 11 Less Government Figures The Better." New York, July 3! The less Government figure? as an active agency in unemployment relief the better," said Colonel Woods, chairman of the President's committee for unemployment relief, who has just returned from Europe after a tour of inquiry into the methods of
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    BRITISH EXHIBITOR
    48 11 Ship to Boom British Goods In South America. Rugby, July 3. The Eritish Exhibitor, formerly the Leicestershire, of the Bibby Line, is being reconditioned at Birkenhead for a year's cruise to the West Indies, Central and South America to display and Hell British manufactures. British Wireless.
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    EUROPEANS HIT BY THE SLUMP.
    1592 11 The Past Nine Months In Malaya. DISTRESSING CASES. Policy of the Relief Committees. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July The member" of European eluli.; throughout Malaya are now receiving a reminder, in the form of an appeal to contribute one dollar a month to
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    SIKH WHO PRESENTED FORGED CHEQUE.
    813 12 No Guilty Knowledge. PROSECUTION FAILS TO PROVE CASE. Oh no, that il calling upon me to prove that I am innocent." protested Mr. K. P. K. Menon against the submission <.f the prosecution that a young Sikh who was caught while attempting to pass a
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    TROUBLE WITH JAPAN
    79 12 Troops Said to be Massing On Korean Border. Shanghai, July 3. It is reported that Japan is massing troops (in Korea which are being concentrated on the Manchurian border, and it is believed that Japan is determined to bring pressure to bear upon the Manchurian authorities in
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    MARSHAL YEN SHI-SHAN.
    66 12 Sends Former Counsellor To Interview Han Fu-chu. Shanghai, July 3. Marshal Yen Shi-shan, the former model governor of Shansi and one of the military leaders of the recent Northern Revolt against Nanking, is reported to have sent his former Counsellor to interview General Han Fu-chu. The ex-Counsellor
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    " WHOOPEE."
    348 12 WHOOPEE." Excellent Nerve Tonic at The t Alhambra. Whoopee is not a detective story or a mystery play or a tale of the eternal triangle. It is one of those musical shows which are designed to entertain by means of songs, dances, beautiful girls and firstrate comedians, and judging by
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    FRENCH STRIKE.
    158 12 Settlement Reached After Seven Weeks. Roubaix, July 4. The textile strike, which has been in progress here for seven weeks, has been settled and work is to be resumed on Monday. Reuter. A message from Roubaix (dated May 17) read About 125,000 workers in the Roubaix and Tourcoing
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    DEMAND FOR $600.
    223 12 Letter Signed Leader Of Red Bodyguard." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 4. Picking up a letter thrown in his shop, the owner, a silversmith, found it was addressed to a miner lodging upstairs. On receipt of the letter the miner ope.ied and read it and found
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    DR. R. H. FLETCHER.
    94 12 Death in Singapore General Hospital. The death of Dr. Roland Henry Fletcher, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., formerly of the British North Borneo Government service, occurred in the General Hospital, Singapore, yesterday at the age of 60. Dr. Fletcher was in British North Borneo lor a number of years,
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    PRESENT POLICY OF HEALTH BOARD.
    288 12 Illusions Dispelled By P.A.M. Chairman. At the last meeting of the Central Health Board, held on June 9, a letter from the secretary, Planters' Association of Malaya, seeking a reply to a letter received by the secretary on the subject of the present policy of
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    LINK WITH DISRAELI.
    244 12 Death of Sir William Hart Dyke. London, July 3. Th« death has occurred, in his 94th year, of Sir William Hart Dyke, Benjamin Disraeli's Chief Whip. Sir William, who was a very prominent rportsman in his day, was one of the originators of the game of lawn
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    COMMONS SCUFFLE.
    162 12 Left Wing Labourites To Apologise to Speaker. Rugrby, July 3. It is stated that certain members of the Left Wing of the Labour Party, who took some part in the scuffle in the House of Commons yesterday when the Glasgow member Mr. McGovem was removed from the House
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    FRENCH MIXED COURT.
    105 12 I>raft Agreement to be Signed In China This Month. Nanking, July 3. It is stated semi-ofneiaily that the draft agreement relative to the rendition of the mixed court in the French Concession of Shanghai will be signed on July 16 by the French Minister (M. Wtfden) and
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    OFFICER ACQUITTED
    83 12 Charge of Theft Before Court Martial in Malta. Malta, July 3. A court martial acquitted Lieut.-Comdr. Joseph Reid on a charge of theft. A police inspector asserted that he wax watching throujrh holes bored in a cubboard and saw the accused steal a lCs. note, a florin and
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    R. E. MOHAMED KASSIM
    83 12 Death After Brief Illness Of Three Days. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, July 3. Haji R. E. Mohamed Kassim, J.P., sole proprietor of R. E. Mohamed Kassim and Co., with branches all over Maiaya and Southern India, died today after a brief illness of three days
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    BARBOUR CASE.
    93 12 Placed in August List For Mention. The case in which two brothers, E. A. and A. Harbour, are plaintiff and defendant respectively, was mentioned before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell today, and placed in the August list for mention. Mr. J. C. Cobbett, for E. A. Barbour, said
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    WHEN FRIENDS FALL OUT.
    923 12 False Information Alleged. A second-hand motor car appears to bo the bone of contention between two Chinese said to have been very good MMCk i until the car came in, and their difference las to who is the owner of the vehicle h<i:brought them to Court,
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    ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN
    164 12 Marshal Chiang Leaves For The Front. Shanghai, July 3. The general offensive against the Com-munist-bandits in Kianffsi has Ut.i launched and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has left Nanchang for the front on a visit of inspection to the garrison ports. All units have been instructed that they are expected
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      COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS.
      835 13 Champions Beaten. SUTCLIFFE HENDREN BAT WELL. Yorkshire continued their triumphant progress in the County Championship when they obtained their fourth successive innings victory. This time Somersetshire were the victim!. In their last four matches they had batted only once each time, and have defeated Hampshire, Middlesex, Kent
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    A FIRST DIVISION SURPRISE.
    717 13 Indo-Ceylonese Win. PULAU BRANI'S WEAK DEFENCE. Indo-CY> 'lonesc I P. Brani 2. The Indo-Ceylonese create/1 a surprise yesterday when they defeated Pulau LJrani, conquerors of the Chinese, by the odd goal in five in a First Division match yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium. It must
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    MONDAYS CUP TRIAL
    194 13 Preliminary to Match Against Johore. A Malaya Cup trial, in preparation for the match with Johore on Friday next, will be played on Monday between a United Services team and a S.A.F.A. team, at the Anson Road Stadium. The I teams will be as follows S.AK.-i. Ah
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    MALAYA CUP
    262 13 Johore's Second Success Malacca Beaten. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 3. In ths Malaya Cup-tic played on the Kubu Ground here today, Johore beat Malacca by 4—2.4 2. The match was played in ideal weather before a crowd of about 5.000 .spectators. The Johore team made two
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    HENLEY REGATTA.
    80 13 Final of Grand Challenge Cup Today. Lorfdon, July 3. At Henley Regatta the London* Rowing Club, whose eight yesterday beat the two American eights, today defeated the Berliner Rowing Club by one-third of a length m their heat of the Grand Challenge Cup. The London R.C. will now
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    EUROPEANS' GOOD EFFORT.
    571 13 Clarke Cup Match. STUBBORN BATTING ON STICKY WICKET. Thank? to a fine fighting stand by 11. B. Noon and R. N. Hamilton (capt.) the Europeans did exceptionally well to get 80 runs in just over l'/z hours' playin the Clarke Cup match against the Rest on the
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    S.C.C. Bridge Tournament
    210 13 Appended is the revised list of games in the S.C.C. auction bridge tournament. Games will begin at G. 15 unle3s by mutual arrangement players wish to begin earlier, in which case they must inform the .secretary. Tables will be allotted. Monday. W. Hardy and L. G. Smith
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    113 13 Saturday, July 4. Football S.A.F.A. Ist Div. Chinese vs. R.A., Jalan Besar Stadium. Cricket: Europeans vs. The Rest, Padang; R.A.F. vs. S.C.C, Seletar Klang vs. S.C.C Klang. Tcrak Hares Summer Meeting, P.T.C. Coif: July Bogey Competition, S.G.C. Sunday, July S. Cricket: Europeans vs. The Rest, Padang; Klang vs.
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    AMERICAN OPEN GOLF FINAL.
    259 13 Dismal Golf by British Players. Toledo, Ohio, July 4. Sixty-three competitors qualified for the American Open Golf Championship today with aggregates of 158 or better. The qualifiers included Gene Sarazcn (78-152), Ernest Whitcombe (7f-155) and Perkins (76-154). The dismal golf of the British competitors practically washed
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS.
    70 13 Ties in the straight, snooker championship at the S.C.C. are as follows Monday. P. Carmichael vs. F. J. L. Mayger, J. A. Dean vs. A. S. Owens, L. A. Williams vs. L. M. Strachan. Tuesday A. D. Baker vs. Winner of Roy Brown and J. B. Williamson, E.
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    WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    290 13 Singles Titles Decided. FRAULEIN AUSSEM AND WOOD NEW HOLDERS. London, July Accidents eliminated two popular fancies in the Wimbledon championships to day when glorious weather favoured the play. H.R.H. l'rince George was piesen' in the Royal box. In the all-American singles final Sydney Wood was (.riven a
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    BENDEMEER ATHLETIC
    102 13 At the annual meeting of the Bcndemeer Athletic Club the following officials were elee'ed President, Mr. Goh Tock Swee vice-presidents. Mr. Gan Hock Chye and Mr. Goh Hiok EnK hon. secretaiy, Mr. Sim Kwcng Tow hon. asst. secretary, Mr. Lte Peng Hwee hon. treasurer, Mr. Cheng Kirn Whatt
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    Baggy Blue Serge Has Gone!
    1202 14  -  Margaret Carlton Pyjamas Again. By MODERN FASHIONS for The Bathing Beach London, June 4. WE have had our first hot day Yes, quite unexpectedly, when woollies and rain coats were supposed to be the order of the day, we achieved our 70 de» in the
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    Music That Helps To Choose Your Millinery
    178 14 ~\[O, madam, that hat does not really suit you. But I will soon find one that will make you look a dream. I will design it for you specially. Just give me time to play a few simple tunes on my piano. Then
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    HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
    370 14 Amber beads can be cleaned with milk. A small bag of sulphur hung in a bird's cage will keep away insects. A few drops of salad oil in the water when rinsing chamois or doeskin gloves will keep them soft, Children's socks will not wrinkle round the leg
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    The Microscope Is Now An Aid To Fashion
    160 14 The Microscope Is Now An Aid To Fashion A FTER exhausting every other source of inspiration, the socrets of nature as revealed by the microscope are now being copied by the inventors of dresses and decorative design. The idea was started by a French artist, Mme. Albin Guillot, in collaboration
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    The Real Value Of Lawn Tennis.
    1135 15 says Mme. Mathieu IS TO KEEP FIT. In this intervieu Mme. Mathieu touclir.- on many aspects of the game from a woman's point of view. Espc -rally in.en ■.tin,; Is htr reference to Fraulein Aussrm. Last Thursday Iraultin \ussem beat Mme. Mathieu in the
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    South Sea Island Dances For Health.
    254 15 South Sea Island Dances For Health. ENGLISH women should adapt a systjm «f exercises based on the native dances of the South Sea Islanders. This is the view propounded by Ettie A. Hornibrook in Restoration Exercises for Women (Heinemann), which is now published. The author states that there is no
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    To Be Charming You Must Control Your Energy.
    408 15 fj'ODAY a nao'i ehana is fryonritnl on her hta!lh ar. the c.ntrol of her ene."gy. Mo.«t modern women na aaat git!C they play gulf ;.ni U nri.-. n UB i i.ie. exercise and eat the proper food ImMai finding time for jobs
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3438 16 The Commercial Depression Lifts— Cutting Down The Chinese Immigration Quota—, Position Of Selangor Mines— Three Senior Officials 'Retiring— Humane Slaughter And The Koran— Next Month 9 s Big Exhibition— Living Under Canvas In Malaya Practical Scouting. Kuala Lumpur, July 3. fpHERE must have been
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      326 16 REOPENING OF AN OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM IN SINGAPORE On Monday, July 6th, 1931. We beg to announce the Re-opening of our Optical Establishment at No. 3, CAPITOL BUILDINGS (at Main entrance to the Capitol Theatre). Our Consulting Rooms have been equipped with the latest appliances for Sight-Testing, and we have
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    SLAM BIDDING AT CONTRACT.
    1263 17 BRIDGE NOTES A Fascinating Feature. HOW THE RULE OF EIGHT WORKS. (li-.. A. K. Manning Foster, the famous l>iiJuc lilayir and expert.) Sla>v U Iding at Contract is undoubtedly c:n;uinK and attractive feature. Tv bid and made a grand slam is a thrill ir i'M'lf quit*
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    COMMUNISTS ACTIVE IN FURIES
    462 17 Thousands Killed in A Fierce Battle. Foochow. June 11The past we/k in Foochow has beer, a time of considerable strain. Th? news of the defeat inflicted by the Communists on part of the s<Hh Army in th? neighbourhcad of Kienninghiien (up the Mm Rive-r 90 miles
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    SHOT AS A SPY.
    262 17 Army Officer Faces Firing Squad in Canton. Canton, June 24. Mr. Ng Tsc Fung-, a military spy of Nanking, who war, finally tracked ami arrowed during the latter part of last week in his headquarters en Tsing Shui Ho Mreet, was, after a brief trial, forced
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    COMPRADORE'S SUICIDE.
    155 17 Sensational Affair In Haiphong. Hong Kong, June 23. A profound sensation has been created in business circles in Haiphong by the suicide of a well-known Chines;' compradoro in the employ of the local branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. According to advices just received, Mr. Hong
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      238 17 Jiread ana milk fjj Vhut.' Bread and Milk at ~a party.' How unjust! How awful! ?But the curious thing is that the P children liked it better than the m.m.JL. fe i cakes. For the milk, you see, was J^^rKv Milkmaid Milk spread nice and f iy( X k/U thick
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL.
    419 18 Tribute to Principal At Annual Meeting. At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chinese Girls' School, those present being Mi. Tan Soo Bin (presiding), Mrs. Lee Choon Guan, Dr. Lim Han IHloe, Messrs. Scow Poh Leng, Kwa Siew Tee, Tan Pens: Long and Chua Keh
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    124 18 Speeding Up the Mail Delivery. The following are extracts from the Straits Tinus of June M, 1881 It would seem that the P. and O. Company have lately determined that their sU-amiTs shall not be behind other mail companies as regards speed. The P.ohilla delivered the London
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    72 18 European Charged in Third Police Court. In the Third Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. K. K. Gref?K, a European. Fiunk Bullin. was tharjred with forgery, or. In tho alternative, dishonestly usintt ;i- tccniunt" a forged document, and, also alternatively, criminal breach of trust in lOf yet
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    X.M.S. VOLUNTEERS
    257 18 Hon. Colonel Commandant (■ratified. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 3. The following letter received from Cotoad W. H. Cochrane, C.M.G., is published for the information of all ranks of the Sflanjfor Volunteer Forces Sir, I h:ivi- the honour to convey to you my »|M>rt'i'iati. n of
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    DEATH OF SILAS HARDOON
    268 18 Said to be Richest Man in The Far East. Shanghai, June 20. Leaving assets which are estimated at the colossal sum of Tls. 250,000,000, the death took place last night of Mr. Silas Hardoon, a member of the well-known firm of Messrs. E. D. Sassoon and
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    66 18 [The Strsitg Timei U not reipoiuibU for tha opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letter* mast be short and to the point. Long epistlee are liable to be rejected or cat down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for Publication bat as
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    178 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the decision of the.Municipal Commissioners to close down the births and deaths sub-offices at Prinscp Street, Kreta Ayer and Joo Chiat Road, which was reported in your paper, I wish to point out the hardship and wastage
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    290 18 Pranks in Billiard Room' Lead to Black Eyes. After a hearing which has lasted three days, a dispute between members of a well-known Singapore Chinese family living in a family estate has ended before Mr. C. H. Whitton, the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, by the conviction of
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    420 18 Capt. Chichester Chooses An Unorthodox Route. Sydney, July 3. An unorthodox route from Australia to England hrn been chosen by the New I Zealand airman, Capt. F. C. Chichester, who took off this morning, in a Moth plane fitted with floats, to fly via New Guinea, the
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    FISHERMAN'S DEATH
    168 18 Japanese Drowned Off Billiton. K( mckiko Kcnashero, a member of the new of a Japanese trawler, took a fatal dive in his attempts to mend a net while fishing off Billiton on June 26, and Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, who held an inquiry into the
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    45 18 Commission Agent Found Suffocated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 4. Mr. W. G. Phillips, a commission agent, was found dead in his bed in the hotel here whtre he was staying on Thursday morning. His death was due to suffocation.
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    CLAIM FOR $1,698
    45 18 Building Contractor Gets $870 Awarded. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ptnang, July i. In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Jurtice Whitley awarded $870 and costs to Ho Ah San, building: contractor, against the Dato Muda Panslhiia Kinta. The original claim was for SI.GPS.
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    IMMIGRATION BAN
    74 18 Proclamation Extended For Another Three Months. It is notified in the Government Gazette that the proclamation restricting the imtiii^ration to adult male Chinese labourer is to continue in forc2 for a further period of three months from Aug. 1. The restriction of the immigration of Chine** WM bo;;un
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    51 18 Mr. Wang Chia-chen To Investigate Position. Shanghai. July L. Mr. Wanp Chia-chen, of the Ohiru-.T Foreign Mini try, is shortly proceeding to Wiihuiv.vi to investigate the conditions prevailing there since the rendition of the port to China by Great Britain. Vvr. Wang is later proceeding '.o Peitaiho. Sin Kuo
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    1667 19 A Clown Tires Of Laughter AND Applause. "I AM TIRED," SAYS GROCK THE WORLDS GREATEST CLOWN. REALLY and truly, sans blague, I am tired. Applause no longer seems to me the celestial music it once was to my ears, and when I appear in the cvoning before my circus or
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      181 19 Wonder and Novelty at THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT OLYMPIA The biggest and most appealing novelty for years is the Motor-cycle stunting by dispatch riders of the Royal Corps of Signal? Their jumping and acrobatics are astounding, especially when you remember the loose tan track and the very bumpy surface of it.
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    90 20 WOMEN'S HANDICAP DOUBUB Miss Tohy and M*rs. Chamier met Mrs. Vignoles and Mr-. Kill. urn in the handicap doubles. K.S.Y.C. TENNIS FINALS Mr. Kelly and Miss Dunne who met Dr. and .Mrs. Phillips (right) in the mixed handicap doubles. IN ACTION Mrs. Chamfer in action
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    44 20 FILM EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.— Hens Srhomhurgk. the explorer, is going to Africa on a new film expedition to the Dark Continent. The photograph, just receive.l from (Jermany. shows the specially constructed automobiles, with trailers for wild animals which arc caupht dining the expedition. (L.N.A.)
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