The Straits Times, 23 July 1931

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, r ATSD MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      129 1 Singapore: to, cecil st. (phone bibd, &tf rift 6.15 ToniKht 9.15 RUTH CHATTERTON in "THE RIGHT. 1 TO LOVE" I Phone 5261-2. I From the Glorious Health-giving Pastures Of the SWISS ALPS, comes to you "RFAR 11^ RRAUM" ULnll .-ieaS^nd^ LI lin lI U J r 'CItMC SWISS MH-K'* "n
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      374 1 1 >*"B"Mlt"<fjto^iM STERLING SILVER GIFT INSPIRATIONS W~\ FOR THE NURSERY Four Practical Suggestions as Suitable Offerings for iiaf^r the Little Men and Maids. p» imm\WWWWW\\)^^m\ Y\^ y ay> num^ erB lucky little i lads and lassie Ba r« celebrating their No. 5693. M birthdays, and fond parents and relatives CISE
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      14 1 6.15 ToniKht 9.15 RUTH rHATTERTON THE RIGHT i TO LOVE" I i Phone 5261-2.
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      571 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR IMS (Incorporated in England^ MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. CNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MATL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. KARMALA 9.000 July SOUDAN 6,500 Aug. 2 CATHAY
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      709 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENT?-. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, MarsellleH, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail t YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 July-81 Aug. 1 SUWA MARU 10,700 Aug. IS 14 g FUSHIMI hIMLU 11,000 Aug. 27 28 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 Sept. 8 10 t TERL'KUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. E3
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      473 2 BURNS imp LINE (Incorporated ia Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing! by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7396 tons) and the im. MANQOLA (3,382 tons) (Cargo only) The v MARELLA is ons of th. largest and finest steamers trading tc Australia, cabins
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      616 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO, LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone UU. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICT To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave S'uore Penang. fm.s. JUTLANDIA Aug. 5 Aug. 7 m.s. LALANDIA Scut. 2. Sent. 4 m\» MEONIA Sept. (8 Sept. 26 > m.s. BORINGIA Oct. 14 Oct. 16 m.s.
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      549 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMBHIF CO, LIMITED. TKB CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (laeorporated la Inglaad) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL sad GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AMD NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON. ROTTERDAM aad HAMBURG.
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      514 2 STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED AND THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siara) JOINT SERVICE BANGKOK. SINGAPORE, MALACCA AND PORT SWETTENHAM Tuesday, Jaly 28, for Bangkok KAMUNING. EAST COAST OF MALAYA PORTS. For Kuantan, Kemaman, Kemasek, Keja, Paka and Dungun. Wednesday Noon RAHMAN For Tumpat (Kelantan), Bacho, Semerak, Bisut
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      554 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO, S IM 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 Frsncisco and Los Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN STAR sails from Hong Kong Aug. 28 S.S. GOLDKN' MOUNTAIN sails
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      497 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENAVC. COLOMBO. SUE? PORT HAH). ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave S'pcre Spore Penans PRES. POLK Aug. 3 Aug. 6 Aug. I PRES. ADAMS Aug. 17 Aug. 20 Aug. 25 IRKS. HARRISON Aug. 31 Sept. 3 Sept. I Ample tine
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      691 3 RLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. r To BONG KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPA> Steamer Due S'pon > s-s. CITY OF HALIFAX July 24 5.5. CITY OF KHIOS Sept. 1 HOMEWARDS. s.s.
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      344 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England.) Capital Authorised C,000,00C Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 Capital paid np 1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq. Chairman. i P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford,
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      570 3 NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. > (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,000 (abon £6,669,000). STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40,015,000 (abou t £3,335.000). HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GRAVENHAGE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjermaaln Kota-Radja Semarang Bombay (Acheen)
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      517 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about £8,600,000). ;t Paid np Capital Glds. 55,000,000 (about £4,600,000 t Reserves Glds. 29,190,007 (about £2,4.12,000). HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East Indies. KOBE Head Office for China
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      714 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 2G 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 25 cente
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      765 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET PLAT, Namazie Mansions. Appl W. A. Namazie. TO LET HOUSE, No. 20, Barker Road. Apply Tel. 2963. TO LET OR FOR SALE, furnished seaside I bungalow at Changi. Apply 771, S. Times. TO LET, No. 9, Sophia Rd.. No. 4-6, East i Coast Rd.
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      552 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shop* at Grosvenor Hot«l Bldg. OFFICES TO LET, 248, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Gatbrie Co.. Ltd TO LET, small office, top floor, Dunlop House, Robinson Road. Light, cool, lift. TO LET, OFFICES at 4. Pnnee Street, top loor and No. 22, Raffles Place.
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      424 4 FOR SALE PICTURES— Yacht Club at Home. Art Studio, 87. Selecie Rd. (nr. Casket Co.) GLADIOLI BULBS at $1.50 per doz Bicgei inantitics special prices. CORONA FLOWER'HOI', 9, Orchard Road. FOR SALE, Baby "Cine" Cir.ema projector, complete with screer. etc. Apply Chconj: Koon Seng Co., 30, Chulia Street. 1;,G5 BRANDY.
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      734 4 PUBLIC NOTICES POLICE NOTICE The attention of the public is drawn to Ordinance 136 (Arms and Explosives) as amended by Gazette Notification No. 45 of Jan. 9, 1931. Paragraph 4 (2) provides that licences may be issued for 12 months from the actual date of application for a new licence
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      796 4 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Resident Councillor's Office, up to noon of the 2Uth July, 1931, for the following works Construction of a School room behind the Banda Hilir English School, Malacca, demolition of existing boundary wall between the School and St. Francie Institution and construction
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      376 5 mv 1 nvi-mfO Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation Available with Modern Sanitary Arrangements. Terms Moderate TONIGHT DINNER and DANCE GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT. BOILED TURKEY, MUSHROOM SAL'CE AND RICE. LEAF SPINACH. MASHED POTATOES. 11.75. TOMORROW. TEA DANCE 6.30 p.m. Sea View Theatre OPEN AIR TALKIES Operated by Nathanson's Theatrical Enterprises.
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      1207 5 Boxing 25th July At the MOONLIGHT HALL, NEW WORLD. At 9.15 p.m. For the LJGrtTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP of MALAYA SID NASH YOUNG JOHNSON 10 Rounds. SEMI-FINAL G. MORALES* vs. Y. HASSAN 8 Rounds. EXTRA SPECIAL Winner-take-all Contest P. WUI YIN vs. Y. ORCHARD 6 Rounds. Amateur Contest VICTOR BOYD vs. N.
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      441 5 HOYTS Bearing Metals No. 11 AND TtSTIM E TA L CO LONDON —K MU U1 1 LINING METAL 1/ "1.C.E." A metal with splendid qualities to be used where a cheaper metal than No. 11 is required. May we send you full particulars of these and the other HOYT brands
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      110 5 AUCTION NOTICE. AUCTION SALE of excellent wax pol'shed and mahoTanv stained teak office and household furniture, etc. At our saleroom, No. 12, Robinson Road, on Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m. Now on view. POWELL CO., LTD., Auctioneers. Singapore, July 22, 1931. FOR DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT CONSULT JOHN DUKE, F.8.0.A., F.S.MX.
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    "Only Through Liberty Can Civilisation Survive,"
    4307 6 BERTRAM) RLSSELL SAYS THAI AND ANSWERS THE QUESTION, "IS DEMOCRACY OBSOLETE?" PERHAPS the nbja t with which I am about to iltal may be best introduced by recounting an incident which occurred many yearr ago in Sou'h Africa. An emissary <>f the Flat Earth
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    RENUNCIATION OF WAR.
    86 6 60 States Accede to KellojrK Pact. London, July 8. Only six Stale 1 namely, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Kcuador, San Salvador and Uruguay, out of 66 invited by the United States Government to accede to the Kellogg Pact, have not yet done so. Ceryin steps taken by the
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      235 7 TRADER HORII Opens July 29th— f% |llflW»r%>^ TELEPHONE^ 6909 yP^ZjUM TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 A brand new comedy with a brand new group of funsters. Spencer Tracy, Everett Horton El Brendel and Una Merkel IN SIX CYLINDER LOVE Saturday Opening at the Matinee at 3 p.m. The exquisite star of "The
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      118 7 >oH |B H. J WP r12k I"")b^b^b^L^ H^hß B^b^LHL^b^H r**§os) TONIGHT I«M5| Positively Last Night of PARAMOUNT'S STIRRING DRAMATIC* PRODUCTION "THE RIGHT TO LOVE" WITH RUTH CHATTERTON See this famous Star in a dual role. As the mother she converses with her other self as her own daughter she appears
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      180 7 I NDC^^^^^»^LJbWJb^bW—^b€bKblbW»^blßbVJPßb^»^^^ TJ3NQ 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 OENEVIBVE TOBIN and CONRAD NAGEL In FREE LOVE A Story Vibrant with Action, Filled with Romance and Sentiment, Humour and Deep Emotions with ZASU PITTS, MONROE OWSLEY, SLIM SUMMEHVILLE. VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Monday, August lOth at 9.30 p.m. Return Visit of SZI6ETI THE WORLD
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      249 7 Today's Cros sword Puzzle _m 'A iff" pl 9 iM W JSr \i^il rrrrr- fc^ j-^ (CLUES.) ACROSS. 20. Evn ]t 2. Sward 24 Pained 6. Fertilise 27 Anaesthetic 10. Burn 28 Metal 12 Every 30 Historical period 14.' Approximately 31. Colour 16. Store S3. Residence 17. Occasion 34. Become
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    FOUR DESTROYERS FOR PORTUGAL.
    454 8 SHIPPING NOTES. To be Built in Scottish Dockyard. The fojr torpedo boat destroyers of the latest design, which Messrs. Yarrow and < <>„ Ltd., are to build for the Portuguese Government, will embody the Most model B ideas for the disposition of armament and anti-aircraft jtuns,
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    199 8 Singapore, July 23. 8ELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 26/32 London, 30 days' light 2/8% London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1420 nom. Hamburg, demand 234% nom. New York, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    173 8 Singapore, July 23. Gambier 10.00 (Cuba No. 1 unpicked) Io.CO Copra 4.40 mixed 4.20 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.82H White Pepper 32.00 Hlack Pepper 19.60 Pearl Sago 4^25 small s»^ medium pearl 6.00 Rice, Siam $146 to 205 Saigon $133 to 145 Rangoon $128 to 148 Siam, Parboiled Rice No.
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    DUTCH AIR SERVICE.
    17 8 An K.N.I.L.M. aeroplane from Batavia i expected at Selotar aerodrome at 5.30 this evening.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        444 8 Issue Val. I'd. Bayers. Sellers. i\ £1 Asam Kumbang 18/6 21/6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 19/- 21 >/-5/- Ayer Hiam Tin 12/9 13/9 xd. n £1 Bangrin Tin 9/- 10/1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 030 0.34 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m. El £1
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        GENERAL.
        274 8 Issue ■'al. Pd. Bayers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord». 1.76 2.25nom. I 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.15 2.2S cd. (1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.14.3 3.18.0 L 1 Central Engine 0.25 O.SOnom. HO 60 Chinese Com. Rank 70.00 75.00 fl £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 17/6 18/-
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        124 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of JJ26 red. 1931-36 102 104 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 (400,000 par. 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 9E par jnigapore Municipal 4'i p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 96 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        374 8 Fraaer and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotation*. Today's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allcnhy ($1) 0.75 0.85 0.70 0.85 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.50 0.79 0.60 0.65 A. Hitam ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.85 1.05 A. Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.25nom. A. Malay ($2) 0.85 1.00 1.06 1.25
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      DUTCH AIRWAYS.
      173 8 Changes in Routes, Times And Fares. The K.N.I.L.M. (Dutch Airways) announce that the passenger and freight r;it( s on the Singapore—Palembang Uatavia line have bten reduced. As from July 16 the rates will 'be as follows Service to Medan. If nothing unforeseen happens Sinra-pore-Medan air service will begin
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      PASSENGERS.
      320 8 The following passengers are leaving Sinrapore by the s.s. Rawalpindi on Friday V Penang, Colombo, Bombay ajid Europe Miss W. K. Ames, Mr. C. Graham Brown, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Wallis, Mr. S. T. Waite, Swift Party, Mr. P. C. Ruthven, Mr. S. W. H. Parker, Mr. N.
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      116 8 Programme of drills up to and for week ending July 26 Thursday, July 23, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. "A" (M.G.) Co., Revolver Classification 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, "E" (Chinese) Co., Recruits Drill; 5.15 p:n Drill Hall, S.K.E. (V), Elementary Demolitions. Friday, July 24, 5 p.m., J.alny Drill Hall,
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      OUTWARD MAIL.
      66 8 The P. and O. Karmala with mails from Europe (Lord<n mails dispatched on July 2) is exoe fd to reach Penang at noon today. Tie mails will probably be forwardod 'mm Piai by s-pecial train and should each Sini?anore tomorrow morning. Tnr time of deli vary of correspondence
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    AIR MAILS.
    22 8 Air Mail Karachi London dispatched by s.s. Egra on July 2 wa3 delivered in London on July 22 (20 days).
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    Vessels Arrived.
    124 8 BENLAWERS, Brit., 3,753 tons, from Vladivostock 23-7, for P. Said 23-7. KLANG, Brit., 723 tons, from Pcnang 23-7, for Penang 25-7. LARUT, Brit., 464 tons, from Malacca 23-7, for Malacca 26-7. MEXICO MARU. Jap., 3,560 tons, from Durban 23-7, for Moji 2(3-7. PENANG MARU. Jap., 3,230 tons from
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    MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
    794 8 News Broadcast From Pontoise. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. M. Ballereau, the French Consul in Singapore, informs the Straits Times that Pontoise, Paris, broadcasts every evening at 9.30 on a metre-length of 19.68 an<' continues until half-an-hour after midnight. At the present time the broadcas 1
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    237 8 Today. Southern and Western India (Kskaa) 3 p.m. Upper Burma, North and Last India (Tairea.) 3 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, South East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, and Timor Dilly iJohan da Will j'ocloe Galaag (Moambiag) ..4 p.m. .Si lat i'andjar.K, Bcngkulls, Siak, Pakan Baroe, l'ajukombo and Padantr, (Tidore)
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 8 Left Arrd. M. Van St. Aldegond* June 12 July 2 Kashmir June 12 July 6 Porthos June 17 July 13 Tairea June 18 July 13 Ranpura Juno 2<> Jal) -<1 J. P. Coen June 26 July 2(1
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    123 8 Thursday, July 2!. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. hKITI I. HARBOUR. Main Wharf Attatha. I'hiiMam lla, I'ri.i'Umrf," The- Cable, Lch. Mercury, Lighter "(ItOil Wharf H.I.M. Lighter -1. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Scott Harley. Victoria Dock Katong. Keppel
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    65 8 From Europe (London mails dispatched on July 2, by Karmala, due at Penan;; noon today. From China and Japan, by Havana Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Borneo Maru, due at Singapore on Saturday. From China and Japan, by La Plata Maru, due at
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      311 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL PERVIfiM. Daily Weather Report. YESTERDAY. 1 P.M. YESTERDAY. Bright Wind. Stations. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Force. Weather Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity. tion. L F. F. ins. hours. <-', m p h Kedah Alor Star ..85 74 Nil 3.9 65 Calm Overcast KclanUn Kota Bharu .87 72
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      55 8 KUALA LUMPUR RADIO. The Kuala Lumpur Amateur Radio Society will broadcast the following programmes this weekend on a wave-length of 65 metres Sunday. (From the Selangor Club) 7.15 p.m. orchestral concert, Overture, Barber of Seville (Rossini); Three Dances, Nell Gwyn (German) Selection, Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan) Ballet Music, Faust (Gounod)
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      217 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thursday, July 23. H. W. 3.54 a.m. 8 ft. 5 in. 4.15 p.m. 8 ft. 5 in. Police Rand, KatoiiK Park, Ml p.m. Friday. July 24. H. W. 5.20 a.m., 7 ft. 9 in., 5.11 p.m., 8 ft. 4 in. Singapore mails close for Oylon, Southern
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    273 9 Tin and Rubber Shares Depressed. NO CHANGE IN INDUSTRIALS. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices Rubber. 9'j cents per lb. Tin, 17'> tons at S'>r> s per picul. Yesterday's Prices l'ubbcr. London 3d., unchanged. York, 6', cts.. down 1-16 rt. Market Tone Very quiet. Tin.
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    BRUSEH RUBBER.
    214 9 The report of the director:; of Bruseh Rubber Estates Ltd.. for the year ended M it. SI, 1931, states The profit for the year, after ni-iking provision for deipreciataon, is £SBO 14s. Bd. an! the amount brought forward from last year was £9,068 19s. 9d. making £9,444 14s.
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      SARKIES BROTHERS.
      303 9 Business at Meeting Of Creditors. The following report has been officially supplied The first statutory meetinpr of the creditors of Sarkies Brothers was held at the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. This firm carried on the Raffles and Sea View Hotels, Singapore, and the E. and O.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      62 9 12 o"cl«Kk noon, July 23. Buyers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot 9>£ Standard R.S.S. on Tender August 9% September 9% >• n Aur.-Scpt. 9T4 Pit.-Dec. 1O'» m m iJ;n.-Mar. 10% Sellers. 9% 10 l"'s lOtt 10% Tone of Market Steady. Latest Cable London Spot
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      SHARE MARKET.
      434 9 Tin Depressed by Heavy Straits Shipments. Fraser and Co.'» report, dated July 21, states After declining sharply earlier in the week, the price of tin recovered to £114 ss. per ton, but the market has been somewhat depresscJ by the continuance of heavy shipments from the Straits, the
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      ULU PANDAN RUBBER.
      179 9 The directors' repo'. t to the shareholders of the Ulu Pan Jan (Singapore) Rubber Kstates, Ltd., for the year ended April 30, 1931, states The accounts show a loss on the year's working of $6,708 (as against a loss of $9,175 for the previous year) which, after
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      STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      693 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JUNE 24. Abncco (£1) V< Allagar (2/) /7',i; Amherst (2/) fVk; An 8 10-Malay <£lj 3/16; Aycr Kuninir 7/16; Bagan Serai (£1) 3/16; Bahru (2/) 2,'; Banteng (£1) %J batang Con-solidat.-.l (2/) /3; Batu Cay« (£1) 7/16; Batu Matanf (2/) /9; Batu Tiea
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    325 9 The under-noted non-fiction works will be ready for is?ue on Saturday, nt 9 a.m. Procession of the Gods, 1931, (Mythology), (G. U. Atkins) What Shall We Have Today, l'Jol, (Cookery), (X. M. Boulestin) I Hnve no Regrets The Strange Life of a Diplomat Vagrant. 1931, (J. Hringolfl A
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    HOME TRADE REVIEW.
    1571 9 Ramifications of War Debt Problems. DOLE ANOMALIES EXPOSED. (By A. W. StilL) London, June 24. lam inclined to look upon the announceI ment made by Mr. Hoover iii regard to a j year's moratorium for Germany as the 1 most important political statement that has been made
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    THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
    123 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association helj its 1,057tl on July 22, when there *M catalogued 1.742,050 lb. or 777.70 tons rd Ib. or C 74.34 tons suld I.S&MM lb, tons. Spot. London 3d. New York 6 n: H•■ PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per
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    D.E.I. RUBBER EXPORTS.
    55 9 The Java Sumac. i.andeli;inat>-<'r.;ippii supply the following statistical tgurea regarding robber exports from the undermentioned places tons. rot;:l exports for June from D. E. I 3f which to U. K 0. S. A. F. M. S :i ■S\.:ui l,70« !<).:» 11 Native rubber, wet. dnrine Mnv tfative
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    113 10 Singapore. ALITAMBRA.- El Brendel in Six Cylinder Love. C.15- 9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— Ruth Chatterton in The Right to Love. 6.15—9.15. Phone 5261-2. EIROI'E HOTEL.- Dinner and Dance. Robert Drencher's Famous Viennese Orchestra. GREAT WORLD.— Opera, Wayang», Zoo, Sporting Field, Skating ground, etc., etc. MARLBOROUGH.— GIadys Brockwell in The
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    53 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH CALDEK. At the residence of her son, 132, Calrnhill Road., on July 2i, IM3I. Knjma Kathleen <aidet> afjfd 67 S widow jf the leta James G. Calder, Assistant Consulting Engineer for Railways, India. Funeral this afternoon at Bidadari Cemetery, 4.45 p.m. (Deeply regretted). Madras, Bangalore and Calcutta
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    The Traits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931. THE TRADE OF MALAYA.
    982 10 The Traits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931. THE TRADE OF MALAYA. For a calm, dispassionate review of the position in this country we commend readers to a study of Economic Conditions in British Malaya," which has just been issued by the Department of Overseas Trade. It is a report
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    TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR SERVICES.
    1062 10 Planning Ideal Machines For the Purpose. (By Dr. Edmund Rumplrr. designer of the Rumpler-Taube and the transoceanic flyln»>b«ttt.) "I am firmly convinced," srij/.s- the writer, that the problem of a Si-hour yon-stop service between Berlin and New York ho* already been solved fa ihpory tttid con be
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    365 10 Mr. Rajagopal Suppiah and Mr. L. R. Chandran were admitted to the Federated Malay States Bar on Monday. The New Chinese Consul for Penang,' Mr. Hsieh Siang arrived yesterday morning with his wife. He was met by a delegation representative of the Penang Chinese community. The Hon.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    803 10 THE ARMOURED CARS. The news that an armoured c\r unit b to be added to the Singapore Voluntew Forces rs welcome and indeed overduefor it has long been a matter of wonder why this type of fighting equipment has not been provided in all the larger
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    FRANCE REMAINS STUBBORN.
    353 11 Mr. Snowden's Sharp Duel With M. Laval. WALL STREET VIEW. Germany Likened to A "Leaky Bath." If the German Chancellor (Dr. Bruening) takes :u-k to Berlin less than he expected that, it is believed, will be largely ascribable to the attitude of the trench, who have steadfastly
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    WAR DEBTS.
    128 11 Will Whole Question Have To be Re-opened New York, July 22. The conviction is gaining ground on Wall Street that the German crisis will inevitably lead to thn re-opening of the entire question of War i.'ehts and reparations. At all events, some scaling down of payments is expected.
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    PLENARY SESSION.
    501 11 Secrecy After a Three Hours' Sitting. Rugby, July 22. The contents of the document which was the outcome of yesterday's 5-hour discussion by the committee of Financ? Ministers was today under discussion at the plenary session of the Seven Power Conference. The terms of this settlement are confidential,
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    SYNDICALISM IN SPAIN.
    120 11 Threat to Stability of The Republic. Madrid, July 23. The Government is determined, onco and for all, to crush the syndicalist disturbances which are daily worsening and threatening the stability of the Republic. The principal ringleaders in Madrid and Seville have been arrested and their headquarters have
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    CHINA WAR CLOUDS.
    300 11 Marshal Chiang to Fly To Nanking. Shanghai, July 23. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek,— who is now at Nanchang, in Kiangsi, directing the operations of the National Government forces engaged in the anti-Communist campaign at present in progress in that province, has announced that he will return to Nanking
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    " DECLARE THE SLAVE TRADE PIRACY."
    316 11 DECLARE THE SLAVE TRADE PIRACY." Earl Buxtons Appeal. 5.000,000 IN A STATE OF SERVITUDE. London, July 23. "It i? estimated that there are 5,000 000 people in a state of servitude at present in China, Abyssinia, Liberia and Arabia," declared Earl Buxtoi. in moving a resolution, which was agreed to
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    THE WILY SOVIET.
    169 11 Bluffing the British Labour Party. Rugby, July 28. Answering questions in the House of Commons on the work of the AngloRUssian Committee dealing 1 with debts, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. H. Dalton) said Lord Goschen, the chairman of the committee, has reported the present stage
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    VIGIL AT A TOMB.
    82 11 Appeal to Spirit of Dead Emperor. Tokio, July 22. Twenty-five disabled soldiers, representative of those who, under the existing regulations, are not entitled to pensions, are publicly appealing to the spirit of the Emperor Meiji for pensions. They assembled in front of the Emperor Mriji's tcmb
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    OPIUM "SUPPRESSION."
    185 11 Talk of Impeaching Nanking s Director of Health. Shanghai, July 22. The Supervisory Yuan states that it is considering the institution of impeachment proceedings against Dr. Liv Juiheng (J. Heng Liv) for establishing th» Opium Suppression Department." Sin Kuo Mm. Dr. J. Heng Liv is the director of
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    PERAK ELECTRICITY SCHEME.
    337 11 Mr. Macf adyen's Criticism. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE A.B.M. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 22. Presiding at the annual general meeting of the Association of British Malaya this morning, Mr. Eric Macfadyen referred to the Perak River Hydro-Electric scheme, r.nd said "The harnessing of the Perak
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    SHOT A ROBBER.
    177 11 U.S. Instructions to The Peking Legation. Washington, July 22. Acting on the basis of a cablegram received from the United States Minister at Peking that Dr. F. F. Tucker, an American missionary, is held by the Chinese authorities for the fatal shooting of a Chinaman, who is
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    THE C.E.R.
    124 11 Soviet's Demands And China's Offer. Shanghai, July 22. Report* to hand from Harbin state that the Sino-Soviet discussions relative to the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute have been suspended owing to the uncompromising attitude of Moscow. The Soviet Government, it is declared, is demanding $(gold) 300,000,000 as the purchase
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    NIPAH DISTILLERIES.
    89 11 Proposed Reconstruction Of the Company. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 22. The directors of Nip*h Distilleries of Malaya have issued a circular stating that the sum of £27,500 n required in order for the company to reach the producing stage. Reconstruction is proposed, the suggestion being that
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    BOMBS THROWN AT MR. T. V. SOONG.
    101 11 Japanese Minister's Life Also Endangered. Shanghai, July 23. The Minister of Finance (Mr. T. V. Socng) and the acting Japanese Minister to China (M. Shigemitsu) arrived from Nanking this morning by the night express and were entering their motor-car at the station exit
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    THORBURN MYSTERY.
    245 11 Bearing on Extrality Issue. London, July 22. Replying to questions in the House of Commons with regard to the disappearance of Mr. John Thorburn, Mr. H. Dalton, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister in China, understood that the Chinese Government's
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    FAR EAST TO "GIB."
    148 11 Trans-African Air Route To be Surveyed. London, July 22. Sir A'an Cobham, with a crew of two engineers, two photographers and a wireless operator, took off this morning from Rochester on a 12,000 mile flight via the Mediterranean and Nile Valley to the high-altitude lakes of
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    FLIGHT TO EAST.
    77 11 Col. Lindbergh His Wife Leave Next Week. New York, July 23. Very little ha« been left to chance in connection with the flight ot Colonel Lindbergh and his wife next week to the Far East via Alaska, Siberia, Japan and China. The safety measures include a watertight,
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    RADIO TELEPHONY.
    47 11 Britain and New Zealand Now Connected. Rugby, July 21. The Postmastei-Gcneral (Mr. C. R. Attlee) announces that, from Thursday July 23, a radio telephone service will bo available between all parts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of New Zealand. British Wireless.
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    AN UNENVIABLE JOB.
    50 11 Canton Finance Minister Who Cannot Resign. Hong Kong, July 22. Mr. Lum Wan-koi recently intimated that it was his intention to resign the post of Minister of Finance in the new Canton National Government, but the Canton Government has refused to accept his resignation. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    THE EDUCATION OF THE MALAY.
    3205 11 What the Village School Represents. KAMPONG REALITIES. Spreading New Knowledge And a New Spirit. In this article the policy which is being followed in the education of the Malay, the machinery which has been set up to that end. and the institution in which Malay
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    DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERER.
    1378 12 Assize Hearing. SHOOTING AFFRAY IN VICTORIA STREET. The case in which two Chinese. Ong Kirn Kiat and Ng Chong, stood trial at the A film tor the murder of a compatriot. < hut; Sim Vi ok, and the attempted murder of a ricksha puLler, Tan Muah,
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    DR. C. T. WANG AND RIOTS IN KOREA.
    354 12 "Trial and Punishment" Demanded. Shanghai, July 23. The Anti-Japanese and Overseas Protective Association, at a meeting held last night, passed a resolution urging the Ctntial (Nanking) Government to adopt drastic action with a view to dealing with Japan" in connection with the
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    GEYLANG SURGERY.
    172 12 Alleged Bogus Doctor Charged. Arrested by Detective Inspector D. W. Mclntosh of th<- Singapore Detective Branch, a well-dressed Chinese, who is alleged to have been carrying on an extcii'ive medical and surgical practice in Singapore illegally, was charged before Mr. G. E. Clayton, the Singapore Second Police Magistrate,
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    THRILL FOR BOMBAY'S ACTING GOVERNOR.
    173 12 Student Fires Two Shots. SIR J. HOTSON HIMSELF TACKLES ASSAILANT. Poons, July 22.. I A student fired two shots at Sir John E. B. HoU-on, acting-Governor of Bombay, while he was inspecting the Ferguson College. Sir John Hotson, who was not hurt, himself overpowered his
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    KILLED BY MOTOR-CAR
    242 12 European Lady Driver's Experience. The death of a young Chinese compositor employed in a Chinese newspaper office in Robinson Road who wa3 knocked down anJ fairly injured by a motor car driven by a European lady, was the subject of an inquiry held by Mr. F. G.
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    OVERSEAS CHINESE.
    31 12 Affairs Committee Opened In Canton. Hong Kong, July 21. The members of the Oversea Chinese Affairs Committee assumed office today, Mr. Tong Shao-yi administering the oath. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    ASSIZES MURDER CHARGE.
    338 12 Sequel to Stabbing Near Alhambra Theatre. As a sequel to a Chinese taxi-driver being fatally stabbed on June 13' in front of the Alhambra Theatre, a Boyanese, Ahmad bin Manan was charged at the Assiies this morning before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson, with murder. The Court was
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    OIL PRICES.
    40 12 More Producers Decide To Close Down Wells. Oklahoma, July 23. The Empire Oil Refining Company, the British-American Oil Company and several other producers have joined the movement to close down their well; until oil prices are higher. Reuter.
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    ADVICE TO A FATHER
    103 12 Must Chastise His Children At Home. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. A constable, perturbed by the bellowing? of a small Tamil boy who was being beaten by his parent with a belt, the boy's hands being tied, warned the angry parent to stop
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    SHANGHAI PILOTS ON STRIKE.
    139 12 All Suspended by Harbour Master. A message from Shanghai dated July 17 states Acting on the authority verted in him under General Rule No. 7 of the -Pilot Regulations, the Harbour Master, Captain Green, yesterday morning suspended every member they number 38 of the Pilots" Association
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    BANKRUPTCY.
    254 12 Man Who Died After Adjudication. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell, the examination of ten witnesses, regarding 'a.' utTaiifc of Omar Khan SuraUee (deceased), was adjourned. The examinee.., according to Mr. 75. N. Taylor, were proving creditors, relatives of the bankrupt and close a^t-ociates
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    VICTIM OF THE SLUMP.
    319 12 Suicide by Young StraitsBorn Chinese. Believed to have been depressed because he was unable to secure employment, Can Poon Chye, a young Christian Chinese, consumed a large dose of strychnine at hi: brother's house in Kempas Road and dicJ on the way to hospital on July
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    GERMAN UNREST.
    69 12 Two Killed in Rioting At Dortmund. Berlin, July 22. There was a recrudescence of rioting between the Communists and their political opponents (the Nazis).' at Dortmund late last night. A policeman was seriously injured after he had fired a revolver killing two and wounding two rioters. Police reinforcements
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    GERMAN BANKRUPT'S PROTEST.
    1061 12 Interpreter Needed. RIGHT TO SPEAK MOTHER LANGUAGE. Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell had occasion lo warn a Gormen bankrupt. Alexander Nolte, said to be a contractor, not to interrupt while lie (the judge) wu speaking. The judge, further aakl tlial he did not think that bankrupt would
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  • Selections for Penang Races.—South China Footballers Beat S.A.F.A,
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      SOUTH CHINA BEAT SINGAPORE.
      1134 13 Closely Contested Game. LATE GOAL SETTLES THE ISSUE. S.A.F.A. 0; South China 1. The South China team certainly iiiloemed themselves yesterday when playing against the S.A.F.A. at the Anson Koad Stadium, for they gave a splendid display of football, and managed to win by one goal
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      THE PENANG RACE MEETING.
      1160 13 Form Discussed. NINE EVENTS ON FIRST DAY. The Penang Turf Club's autumn meeting begins on Saturday with a card of nine events. Class I and II horses will race over six furlongs, Class 111 horses over a mile, and Class I ponies o\er 5 furlongs. The
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    MALAYAN TENNIS.
    231 13 Women's Doubles to Open Next Tuesday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. The Malayan tennis championship meeting will open at Kuala Lumpur next Tuesday with the women's doubles. The following matches have been arranged Tuesday. Miss OldfieUl and Mrs. Drew vs. Mrs. Bridge and Mrs. Sim.
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    ICE TENNIS.
    67 13 Catches Fancy of U.S. Sportsmen. Moscow, Idaho, July 10. Tennis played on ice skates has caught the fancy of University of Idaho sportsmen. It started when students petitioned to have the tennis courts flooded for ice «kating. Someone put up a net and the game soon become popular.
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS.
    47 13 S.C.C. India-Ceylon Matches Postponed. The singles matches between the S.C.C. and the India-Ceylon Club, which were to have been played yesterday, were postponed on account of rain, and the matches will probably take place on Monday next. On Tuesday each side won a doubles match.
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    REGGIE MEEN WINS.
    149 13 Quick K.O. Victory Over Belgian Opponent. Reggie Meen, the young Desborough heavy-weight, enhanced his reputation when before 10,000 spectators, he knocked out Peter van Gpole (Belgium in the second round at an open air tournament in Sheffield during mali week. The bout was scheduled for 15 rounds,
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    BASEBALL.
    95 13 Match on S.R.C. Ground Tomorrow. The baseball game between the South China Athletic Association and the Singapore *Cubs, which wa.i postponed' last Saturday, will be played on the] S.R.C. ground, tomorrow, beginning at 4.30. The Singapore Cubs' team will be :—P. James pitcher, G. H. da Costa catcher, C.
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    NET BALL.
    405 13 In a Net-ball League match played on Tuesday on the Raffles Girls' School ground, the Convent Old Pupils defeated the Y.W.C.A. Sports Club by 30 goals to 2. The Convent girh played very well, Miss Ess being outstanding. The following have been selected to play for the Y.W.OA.
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    COLONY v. F.M.S.
    124 13 Changes in Eleven to Visit Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, July lii. Owing to the inability of EL 1.. Marshall and C. K. Foster to play for the F.M.S., W. O. Jenklcas. of Selangor, and Capt. J. G. Wylde, of Netfvi Sembilan, will take their places.
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    F.M.S. CRICKET TEAM.
    75 13 Marshall and C. K. Foster Unable to Play. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July Jl'. Two changes have had to be made in the team selected to represent the X.M.S. against the Colony at Singapore during the August holidays. H. L. Marshall and C. K. Paster
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    LOCAL BOXING.
    150 13 Nash to Fight Johnson On Saturday. Syd Nash, the former lightweight champion of the Navy, returned to Singapore yesterday, and was immediately fixed up to head a bill at the Moonlight Hall, New World, on Saturday evening, when his opponent will be Young Johnson, of Kuala Lumpur. Nash,
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    BARNEVELDT WINS.
    70 13 Longchamp, Fiance, June :>. Bameveldt, Count Oliver de Rivaud's three-year-old, won the Grand Prix de Paris, with a purse of $41,884, to-day. Baron Edouard de Rothehild's Tasodium, an extreme outsider, was second. The favourite. Markel Bousa;h's Derby winner, Tourbillon, was third. Mr. D. H.'Kleinman will give a talk
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    NEW BILLIARDS SHOT.
    177 14 Intricacy of Newmans Stroke Amazes Lindrum. Tom Newman has taught Lindrum a new billiards shot, Lindrum was amazed at the intricacy of it, and Newmans delicacy of touch in executing: it was even more remarkable. The shot i 3 described by a correspondent as follows Newman (spot)
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    ROWING REGATTA.
    138 14 International Fours Race Arranged. There will be a rowing regatta at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Saturday, Aug. 1, when the events will include the International Fours Race, which has lapsed for several years. In addition there will be a race for Junior Scullers. Crews representing (1)
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    206 14 Thursday. July 23. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div.: R.A.F. vs. Indo-Ceylonese, A. R. Stadium S.C.C'. 2nd vs. Merry lads, (friendly), Padang. Cricket: Johore vs. Blakan Mati, Johore Bahru. Singapore Chinese Badminton tournament opens, Great World. Friday. July 24. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div. S.C.C. vs. S.R.C., Anson Rd. Stadium 2nd
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  • Fuel Consumption Test In Malaya: T. T. Records. ASSEMBLED IN SINGAPORE.
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      980 15 Notes and News: %2ZZ£S Overwhelming Supremacy of British MotorCycles Gruelling T.T. Races— Great Britain Exporting Fewer Cars. mm w, mm mm mm mm ¥>KITISH machines and riders once again proved their overwhelming supremacy by carrying all before them, despite very formidable foreign opposition, in the Auto-Cycle Union
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      MOTORING IN KENYA.
      226 15 THOSE motorists who cany a couple of sparking plugs, a spare bulb, a puncture outfit and a few odd nuts and bolts in addition to the standard tool kit think i they are well equipped for any emergency. A writer in the Light Car quotes a chapter
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      ASSEMBLED IN SINGAPORE.
      627 15 Reaching Finality In Car Design? Sir Malcolm Campbell ami Designing State of Stabilisation Progressive Improvements The Self-Changing Gearbox. T AM disposed to agree that the motor■l car has arrived at what we may call a state of stabilisation as concerns bask design, but this is a very different thing from
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      MALAYAN PETROL TEST RUN.
      476 15 32.41 M.P.G.— lpoh To Kuala Lumpur. A report is issued of an economy test run by an Essex car from Ipoh to Kuala Lt'mpur, the low consumption of :52. 1! .riles per gallon having been at..'lined. A stanJan! Essex car was examined at I Ipoh by
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      AMERICA'S BABY CARS.
      597 15 Three Midgets Now Marketed. Jlf IDGET motoring m the United States has set 1931-32 for its greatest advance. Behind the scenes preparation? have been completed to augment the present single bantam car with two others and, in addition, midget models are knowr to be under study in
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      U.S. CAR PRODUCTION.
      71 15 According to a report received in Singapore from the United States Department of Commerce at Washington, automobile production in the United States for the first four months of 1931 as> compared with the first four months of 1930 was as follows an. 'eb. ilur. Ipr. Passen- Passenger
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      FRENCH GRAND PRIX.
      354 15 British Driver Finishes Fourth In Severe Test. LOUIS CHIRON and Achille Varzi— French and Italian drivers respectively (and two of the finest drivers in Europe today) drove a Bupatti into first place in the French Grand Prix at Montlhery on June 21 at an average speed of
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      ESTIMATING SPEED.
      155 15 AT the Hamilton Sheriff Court (Scotland) recently, a police constable stated that a motor bus was going at a speed of 20 miles an hour, and that it travelled 45 yards after the driver wan told to apply his hand brake. "'How many yards a second was it
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      FAULTY ACCESSORIES.
      218 15 MOST motorists, writes a home journal, still experience too much trouble with accessories, sometimes because they are not particularly well made and frequently because, when fitted at the factory as part of the standard equipment, the mechanics do not always take sufficient care. It is not at all
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      FATALITY IN THE SENIOR T.T. RACE.
      43 15 F. G. Hicks, a well-known motor-cyclist, was killed at Union Mills during the Senior T.T. race in the Ule of Man on June It. The photograph shows Hicks talking a corner at speed darinr the race. (LJ4.A.)
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    THE "BIG FIGHT" IN THE COMMONS.
    2200 16 Scrum of Struggling, Gasping Men. RINGSIDE STORY. MR. McGOVERN'S EJECTION FROM THE HOUSE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 3. Last night's "big fight" in the House of Common*, when Mr. M. Govern, tfte Labovr M.P. far Shetttwrt »i (Glasgow) was forcibly eiccted by
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    2,000,000th TELEPHONE.
    52 16 The two millionth telephon? instrument to be installed in Great Britain has been accepted by the Kin* and h«s been placed in Buckingham Palace. It ia of the latest hand-micro design, and is finished in old sold. The instrument bears ft plate with an inscription giwng details of
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    44 16 Nanking has decided that the Panchen -una, the living Buddha," of Tibet, in his new capacity as special commissioner of the Government North-Western boom*ary districts, will receive an annual salary of $i2©,0W>, pJur a monthly appropriatron of $30,000 for the maintenance of hi* office.
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    ACCIDENT ON DOLLAR LINER.
    293 16 Sequel to Seamen's Escapade. As the result of an escapade on the Dollar linjer. President Garfield, three deck-hands •ere admitted to the Singapore Gtneral Hospital last night Two were suffering from minor injuries and were discharged after receiving attention, but the third was in a critical
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    MR. E. LA M. STOWELL.
    199 16 Acquitted of Criminal Force Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 22. In the Butterworth Court today Edgar La Mote Stowell, headmaster of the Tenang Free School and. formerly headmaster of the High School, Bukit Mertajam, was acquitted and discharged on a charge of using
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    SIAMESE TWINS.
    103 16 Born in Coolie Lines of A Rubber Estate. (From Our Own Comspondent.) Penang, July 21. Siame;e twins were born in the coolie lints of Beitam Estate, Province Wellesley, on Saturday and survived until yestt'day. The twins had one trunk with two heads, cne at each end. There were
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    ENGLISH SPEAKING P.Cs.
    34 16 To be Distinguished by Red Shoulder Tab. We are asked to give prominence to the iact that all police constables who speak English wear a red tab on their right shoulders.,
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    BOUSTEAD AND CO.
    71 16 In the report of a court case in Penang in which Quah Eng Hoe, described as a ckrk with Memrs. Boustead ft Co., is charged with the theft of four cheque Waves from the firm and cheating the. Mercantile Bank, Quah Eng Hoe was referred to in
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    "THE RODA."
    79 16 We have received the first issue of The Roda," the monthly magazine of the Rotary Clubs of Malaya. It contains plenty of matter of interest to Rotarians, and a still wider public will appreciate the first of a series of articles on Legal Problems in Malaya," by Mr.
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    CROSS STREET FIRE.
    29 16 A small fire broke oat in a house in Ooaa fltwofr yesterday, but had not done much damage before the fire brigade arrived and extinguished it.
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    JOCKEY'S SUIT AGAINST TRAINER.
    1965 17 Breach of Contract Alleged. NOT ENOUGH RIDES. EXPECTED $8,000 BUT GOT ONLY $1,500. (Vn.ni Ooi Own Corracpsndeat.) Per.aner, July 22. > lonishir.g allegations were made in the Supreme Court here today when the case in which 'ho jockey J.ouis Mendoza BUM .he trainer Andy Norman, for
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    THE M.E.O.A.
    157 17 Klang District Forms A Committee. (From Our Own Correspondent.) KJantt, July 20. A met'ting of rubber estate owncri and dealer:, was heM hero yesterday when Mr. Alec Doujjlas, of the Malayan Kstate Owners' Association, and Mr. Choo Kia i'eng urged those prasenr to join the M.K.O.A. At the
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    55 17 The Kumpc MoM Sunday ronrrrt pro»:iamin<; from U. 15 p.m. to 11 p.m. will t, Waltz, Grrat Vienna (Strauss) Overture, Prometheus (Beethoven) Rcmancp, Mirage (Coates) Barcarolle, Moonbeams (Drigo) Selection, Luxemburg (Lehar) FanUisie, Aida (Venli) Minuet, From the Opera Don Juan (Mozart) Intermezzo, The Mill, (Jesen); ■ad Hank, laradc
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      350 17 To the Editor of the Str»;it» Times. Sir, I should like i.o congratulate you I on your editorial in today's Straits Times. V I do not, as a rule, agree with you in j your remarks (e.g. whor. you refer to the question of Council Eefo'.a), and iti
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    ATTACK ON A PRINCE
    77 17 Bangkok European Found Mentally Affected. A European, living in Rama I. R'>au, tried to assault Captain H. S. H. Prince Charoensuk Sobakya Kasemr-ant, R. S. N., with a long knife while the latter v:as standing at the gate of his residence, says the Bangkok Times. The
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    POSEIDON SURVIVORS IN SINGAPORE.
    1286 18 Graphic Story. P. 0. WILLIS'S RESOURCE PRAISED. Carrying themselves well and in the best of spirits, the 34 survivors of the PdUeidon disaster arrived in Singapore yesterday by the P. and 0. Rawalpindi, on their way home, where they will be given leave before being deputed
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    HOW AMERICA FACES THE SLUMP.
    767 18 Spending Money to Keep Things Going. How America is facing the present world-wide depression was described by Mr. Charles E. Talbot in en address to the Singapore Rotary Club at their weekly tiffin yesterday when Dr. Lim Han Hoc presided in the absence of the
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    MR. G. JEAN NATHAN IN LONDON.
    801 19 What He Thinks of Things In America. At first I thought that it was the general depression that had affected Mr. Gtorge Jean Nathan, who is in London for a short visit, for he was considerably less ebullient than when I interviewed him two
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    TWO STAGE SURPRISES
    239 19 Actress Remains Asleep v For Two Days. Two leading actresses qf 'Ihe Comedie Franchise have suffered from unpleasant experiencesOne was Mme. Berthe Bovy, the unforgettable Old Lady in Sir James Barries play. One evening she was driven to the theatre by her husband, but was asleep, having
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    CLERGY LIVING IN POVERTY.
    623 19 Discussion in Church Assembly. The financial difficulties of the clergy were discussed at considerable length at a recent sitting of the Church Assembly at Church House, Westminster, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Captain E. H. Tuckwell (Guildford) said that ignorance of the conditions in which their
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    FEWER EMIGRANTS.
    220 19 One Effect of Industrial Depression. The past year has been the most unfavourable for migration since he War," states the report of the Overseas Settlement Committee for the period Jan. 1, 1930, to Mar. 31, 1931. It is also pointed out that migration has always been lowest in
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    COMMUNIST LEADER.
    79 19 Believed to Have Been Executed. Shanghai, June 25. Mir. Shang Churtg-fah, alleged chief secretary of the central executive committee of the Communist Party, is believed to have faced the firing: squad yesterday, although the local headquarters of emergency affairs has made no announcement in this connection. Mr. Shang
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