The Straits Times, 29 October 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUBY.] THE LARGEST, AND HOST, INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931. 20 PAGES. The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931. 20 PAGES.
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      204 1 SINGAPORE 78. CECIL ST. X'PHONI BHIJVI 6.15 Tonight 9.15 CHARLIE RUGGLES A "THE GIRL 1 i HABIT." j Phone 5261-2. j I From the Glorious Health-giving Pastures Of the SWISS ALPS, comes to you I I "DEAR PW DRAMn" j im nnUli Uknil ."MAR BEAOT--. UllfillU I SCENIC SWISS MIL*
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      67 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 27. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683)'. PROVISIONS. NEW SHIPMENTS RECEIVED. All New Stocks are being Retailed at the OLD Prices. SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR. r |ft FINEST QUALITY— "PINEAPPLE" COOKED HAM AT REDUCED PRICE AT SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD, ORCHARD ROAD SUB -DEPOTS.— QUALITYTHE FIRST CONSIDERATION. (Silbes'6 ©16 Uovn
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      12 1 >. 6.15 Toaifkt 945 CHARLIE RUGGLES "THE GIRL HABITS i>j j Phone 5261-2.
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      496 2 P. 0, BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJf. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR BAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. BAJPUTANA 17,000 Oct. 31 KHIVA 9.000 Nov. 2
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      753 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Manteilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Dm, Sail. 5 KATORI MARU 10,000 Nov. 5 6 5 KASHIMA MARU 10,500 Nov. 19 20 X YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Dec. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Dec. 16 17 8 SUWA MARU 10,700 Dec.
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      476 2 BURNS PHUP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      630 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Inco.porated in Denmark). Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. To GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave. Spore. Penang. M.s. FION'IA Nov. 4 Nov. 6 iiu. ALSIA Nov. 25 Nov. 27 m.s. JUTLANDIA Dec. 2:t Dec. 2". M.s. LALANDIA Jan. 6 Jan. 8 m.s. MEONIA
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      614 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON-, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRK. LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      452 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sium.j BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantan, Tabai. Bangnara, Telupin, Patnni, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuun, Taku, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival. Departure VALAYA Nov. 1 Nov. 4 PRACHATIPOK Nov. 8 Nov. 11 SUDDHADIB Nov. 15 Nov. IS These vessels arc fitted throughout with
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      533 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 PIMMIbM and I-os Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN MOUNTAIN sails from ironic Kong Hot. 21 San Francisco and Portland. :-.S.
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      535 3 DOIXA* STEAMSHIP LINE c*WAMEMCAW MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE. PENANG COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore. Spore. Peaang. PRES. OARFIELD Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Not. 14 PRES. POLK Not. 23 Not. 28 Not. 28 PRES. ADAMS Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec.
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      563 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM and CONTINENT. Via Ports and Snei CaaaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF NORWICH Nov. 26 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS for HaTre, L'don, R'dam and
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      1445 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Capital Authorised 0,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.666.846 Capital paid up 1,060,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq, J- O. Robinson, Essj., W. H. Shelford, Esq.,
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      726 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to s line and there is a flat rate charge of 21 cuts |ic-r line per insertion with: A minimum uf one dollar per insertion. AdvertispuuMit!! will be accepted up to Id a. in. on the day uf issue. A fee of cent
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      770 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE. A FEW vacancies occur, No. 7, Institution Hill. Sates Reduced. PRIVATE GUEST HOUSE, room soluble married couple. Also single. Excellent table, modern sanitation. Tennis court. Mrs A. Willies late of Adelphi Hotel, 13, Scotts Road. Phone 2043. HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, 24, Meyer Rd. Apply within. UNFURNISHED
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      807 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie cV Co., Ltd. TO BE LET, new bnilding, corner Cecil Street and Market Street, now nearing completion, suitable for first clasa offices. Apply S. Manasseh A Co., No. 6-2. Malacca Street. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET Nos.
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      242 4 MISCELLANEOUS CLINIC of Swedish Massage Rem. Excercises, mcd. electricity. Certificated Masseuse lLcndon> S.B.N. Mrs. M. King, 366, River Valley Road. Phone 4609. SINGAPORE ART CLUB EXHIBITION OF PICTURES, SCULPTURE, etc., will be held at Victoria Theatre from 2 to 7 November. Open daily from 9 to noon and 4 to
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      871 4 PUBLIC NOTICES KINTA TIN DREDGING C 0. r LTD. NOTICE is hereby riven that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Registered Office, Hon? Konz Bank Chambers, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1931 at 12.30 p.m. at which the Directors
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      776 4 TENDERS JOHORE GOVERNMENT Notice calling for Tenders for the undermentioned services. 1. Lease for Pi: Slaughter-house, Kluang 2. Street lamp lighting (Benzine and kerosine), Kluang. 3. Street lamp lighting (Kerosene and Petromax lamps), Rengara. 4. Street lamp lighting (Kerosene and Petromax lamps), Paloh. 6. Street lamp lighting (Kerosene and Petromax
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      369 5 HOTELS ft affles Hotel FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS Saturday. November 7. Saturday, November 14. PIERROT and PIERRETTE BALL ENTENTE CORDIALE BALL Under the Distinguished Patronage of Umler the Auspices of H.K. Sir CECIL CLEMENTI, G.C.M.G., The "ft? U IOn and LADY CLEMENTI and ln Honour of H.E. MAJ.-GEN. L. C. L. OLDFIELD,
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      354 5 RAFFLES CAFE AND CONFECTIONERY EXCELLENT MEALS A LA CARTE AT MODERATE COST. CAKES A fine assortment of dainty and delicious cakes are made daily under the supervision of an expert confectioner. CHOCOLATES— SWEETSCRACKERS FANCY GOODS, at reasonable prices. HELLO FOLKS DON'T FORGET WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th. TEDDIE BELL and HIS BAND.
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      487 5 AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE of excellent walnut-stained teak household furniture, "Colombia Grafonola" Table Grand Gramophone, plants, etc. To be held at No. 3, Crescent Flat, Tanjong Katone on Saturday, Oct. 31, 1931, at 4 p.m. On view from Friday, 30th instant. Catalogues issued. CHEONG KOON SENG CO., Auctioneers. Singapore; Oct.
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      145 5 The Regent Portable LIGHT, DURABLE AND DEPENDABLE. IMPERIAL TYPEWRITER CO., LTD. Leicester, England. Sole Agents DUNCAN ROBERTS, LTD., 112 ft 114-B, Rohinson Koad, Singapore. MODERN EQUIPMENT— fir't quality material, .these are important factors in our Eyeglass Service. But all important are the skilled hands and trained minds which carry our
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED
    4311 6 The Springboks Not An Invincible Side. BUD WALLEY A PLUCKY LOSER. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Timks Office, Fleet Street, Oct. 6. Of unrivalled importance among the sporting events of the week, Saturday's Rugby match between the Springboks and a WartToantiM XV at Bri.-nol has caused a
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    "MODERNISING" OXFORD.
    89 6 The "mob" quadi angle at Mirton Co!!r;rc. which is the "father" of college nua'l atur'ps the world o.er, has besn 1 i: (i i 1 ci; tbo last \acation. Me n r 'vrlur.i- with room* i-i I his and 'lie tio.it l|Mlllßllghl. f( nn.l o:i their return that
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      166 6 INSURE YOUR EYE-SIGHT pt- with -w LAZARUS CAPITOL BUILDINGS. Tel. No. 2751. Hours from 9 a. it., tn g p.m. SUNDRIES. Barr Play Halln. Uaby Uul.l.rr l'.inK S|n.rtine Kiihhcr Shoes, AtMtitc Sup!>i'rlcr.<, Barmn Itnznrs. 1!.i70r Slrrp«, Casicr Slrin, Shaving Sticks, Oil CMM. Shoe I'olish. Soft Collnrs. Kl.-sh Slr.v>s. Kuhh.r Soap
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      154 7 i^SriT ON I fi H fivrl sH^v J 1 V/liIVIll 1 K jTj\ frjj lYicii ay an w 1 1 Vx 111 1C 1 W \w of Alhambra s Offering JmmwSLmmV W I DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS What excitement! At last, the answer to the plea of millions! "Doug" in a story
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      211 7 CAPITOL Where Every Production is :i "Double-Theatre" Attraction. 6.IS— TONIGHT— 9.IS Here he is Famous Star of "CHARLEY'S AUNT" The Comedy King of MODERN Film Favourites Setting all Singapore Laughing in His Latest Paramount Hilarity Riot "THE GIRL HABIT" You're not too Old! You're not too Young Come along and
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      227 7 PA VILION 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 LAST PERFORMANCE OF —AROUND the CORNER— THE PICTURE THAT SET THE WHOLE TOWN CHUCKLING! TOMORROW ss r ij m t~^ ANN JSSjXj HARDI NO*^^ Mm v^| I Bop 11 n>nk MARCH* mt y PASSIONATE M |/|r BEAUTIFUL! I■ 1 1 W\ V A FILM WITH
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    PASSENGERS.
    844 8 Tin 1 following passengers for Malaya arrived ';i Singapore from China and .lapan ytrs- tin- P. and 0. Kashmir Mr Upton,, Mr. G. Johnson, Col. C. K. Gowan, Mr.' T. Takin, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mr-. I. Hi i. pit, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blair, Mi. .mil
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    MALAYALAM PLANTATION
    293 8 The tenth annual report of Malayalam Plantations Ltd., for the year ended Mar. 81, 1981, states: The crop for the year amounted to 5.117,747 lb. Tapping was suspended on all the estates duhafe the three months of May, 1930, January and February, 1931. but notwithstanding, the crop wait
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      213 8 Singapore, Oct. 20. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 7/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 6/82 London, CO days' sight -J I :i :)2 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 1/16 London, demand 2/4 London, T.T. 2 3 31 32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1100 nom. Hamburg, demand
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      PRODUCE.
      72 8 Singapore, Oct. 20. Gambier 12.00 (Cube No. 1 unpicked).. 16.00 Copra r >.2"> mixed 4.60 SaKO flour, Sarawak 2.60 White Pepper 111. Oil Black Pepper 20.00 Pearl Sago 5.00 small 5.00 medium pearl 6.0) Rice, Siam $175 to 255 Saigon $144 to i 6-1 Rangoon $148 to 16! No.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      163 8 Thursday, October 2'J. shlp« ikinf.ldr the Wharves or expected 10 arrive. Godown Gala. Entrttc* KEPPEL HAKBOUB. Main Wharf Lih. Lady Clcmcnti, Lch. Makota, Lighter Harm.;-. Lch. Tumby, Tug Prince, UghUr Kilat, W. Bt. Aitncs I, Thedens, Lch. Lady Evelyn, V.K.I). Hoppers 3,<1, C and i, Tug Bclangkas.
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      HOSCOTE RUBBER.
      193 8 The sixth annual report for the year encle.l June 00, 1931, ot Hoscote (Malaya) Rubber Estates Ltd., states: Ihe amount of rubber harvested durI ir.^ the- twelve months amounted to 1,129,129 lb. Xne average net sale price, including the estimated value of the unsold i" i linn of
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      50 8 From Europe (London mails dispatched on Oct. 8) by Rajputana, due at Pcnang noon today. From China and Japan, by Genoa Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China, by Yucnsang, due at Singapore daylight on Sunday. From France, by Felix Roussel, due at Singapore 0 a.m. on Sunday.
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      25 8 Programme of drills up to and for weekending Nov. I Sunday, Nov. 1, 7.20 a.m., Johnston's Pier, S.K.A. (V), Practice Shoot— Blakan Mati.
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        MINING.
        439 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 22/- 23/£1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/5/- 6/- Ayer Hitam Tin 10/3 11/£1 11 Bangrin Tin 109 11/9 1 1 HaiitiiK I'auang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.25 0.30 L 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m 11 1 liurinah Malay
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        GENERAL.
        265 8 Issuo Val. I'd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.75 2.25n0m 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.95 2.05 ft £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.2.6 4.7.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.25 0.30 norn 100 .10 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 73 00 m i'l (on. T. S. l r ;<
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        136 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 103 104 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. cf 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 5% prem Singapore Municipal i\i p.c. »f 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4^. p.c. •I 1WU nd. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        390 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. At tb. preiont tim. the majority of above rubber share quotations are nominal only. Today's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Vllcnby ($1) 0.65 0.76 0.60 0.70 AW Gajah (*1) 0.40 0.45 0.35 0.45 A. Mitam (?1> 0.75 0.80 0.65 0.75
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      755 8 Tonight's Special Concert From Saigon. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore time only is given) ALWAYS ON THE AIR. BANDOENG. PLM., 32 metres, 5.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music 6.30 to 7
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    459 8 Today. China, Hainan., Japan. Korea. Formosa. Kiist Siberia, Western Canada and Western States of U.S.A. Ulysses) .'i p.m. Southern and Western India (Rajula) H p.m. Siam (except Lower Sinm Kistna i a p.m. Selat I'andjann. BcBgkalls, Siak, I'akan Karoc, 1'ajakombo Padanir (Tidorel 4 p.m. Pladjoe and Palembanj;
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      16 8 MODERN CONCRETE GARDEN FURNITURES OF ARTISTIC DESIGNS. Showroom 89, HIGH STREET. The Elkayes Concrete Works. MNGAI'ORE.
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      38 8 FOR ALL THINGS RADIO WRITE. PHONE OR CALL 2, ORCHARD ffOAD SINGAPORE Corner Opposite Amber Mansion. Sole Agents ami RepresenUtires of the Leading Radio Manufacturers. SHORT WAVE RECEIVERS WIRELESS COMPONENTS Up-Country Orders Executed by Keturn Post. PHONE 7399.
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      302 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. YESTERDAY. 1 r.M. YESTERDAY. Bright Wind. Station!. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Rircc- Fore*. Weather Max. Mm. fall, ihine. Humidity. tion. F. P. mi. hours. m.p.h. Ki-<i.-ili Alor Star 86 71 1.73 2.3 N Calm Rain Kelantan Kota Bharu 7!) 73 2.2'J Nil 1)5 WNW
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      257 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thursday. October 29. H. W. 11.18 a.m., 9 ft. 4 In. Friday. October 3». H. W. 12.20 a.m., 8 ft. 6 in., 11.13 p.m.. Municipal Commissioners' Meeting, Inaugural Meeting of Singapore Musical Society, Victoria Memorial Hall, 5.15 p.m. Police Band, Katong Park, 5.15 p.m. Saturday, October
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    289 9 Local Improved Feeling Continues. RENEWED TIN SHARE ACTIVITY. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices Kubbcr, 814 cents per lb. Tin, 75 tons at 5K4.75 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Kubbcr, London, 2 3 /4 d., unchanged. New York. 4',i cts., down 1/16 ct. Market Tone Steady.
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    THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
    127 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,0415t auction i on Oct. 28, when there w.-.s catalogued 1,955,412 lb. or K74.29 tons offered 1,615,593 lb. or 721.25 tens sold 1,410,301 lb. or C2a.«o tons. Spot. London 2-..1. New York 4 9-16 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed
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      BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.
      667 9 World's Largest National Trade Exhibition. The British Industries Fair, or 8.1. F." as it is becoming known in every language, is the display of the manufactures of Great Britain and of the produce of the British Dominions and Colonies which is held for the period of a
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      58 9 12 o'clock noon, Oct. 29. Tone of Market Dull, steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2%d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet 0. cts. 4ft per lb. Buyers. Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot November December Jan.-Mar. April-June m 8%
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      TIN EXPORTS AND QUOTAS.
      74 9 We have received the following statement from Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., the local secretaries of the Tin Producers' Association (Incorporated) Quotas Sept.-Nov. Previously over-exported Previously under-exported Malaya. 11,342 4,77'J N.K.I. G. 291 25G Bolivia. 7,707 66 Nigeria. 1,683 79 riiam. 2,500 z Total. 29,623 4,53«
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      HOME TRADE REVIEW.
      1564 9 Safeguarding Local Industries. THE APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY. (By A. W. StiU.) London, Sept. 30. The gold standard was suspended on Sept. 20, the law authorising this suspension receiving Royal Assent on Monday Sept 21. Before the end of the week, Ih" exchange value of the pound
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      SILVER CONFERENCE.
      195 9 60 Cents an Ounce If Powers Act. Washington, Oct. 7. In a radio address broadcast over a rational hook up to all parts of the country to-night Senator Key Pittman,' Democrat of Nevada, said that an inter- national conference could immediately in- crease the price of silver to
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      SUNGKAI-CHUMOR.
      196 9 The twenty-fifth annual report of Sungkai-Chumor Estates Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1931, states: In view of the depressed market conditions, tapping operations were reduced to about 60 per cent, of normal and 609,862 lb. of rubber were harvested during the year. As from the middle of
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      RUBBER PRODUCTION.
      88 9 Statistics Relating To 615 Companies. The Rubber Growers' Association has issued its usual monthly statistics of rubber returns. The figures this time cover the nine months to Sept. 30 last and show that 615 companies operating ir. all parts of the world produced in that' period 192,766 tons,
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      BAJOE KIDOEL RUBBER.
      357 9 The twentieth annual report of Bnjoe Kidot-1 Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., for the year ended Mar. 31, 1931, states: The amount of rubber harvested on the three estates during the year was 1,800, 7431 b. The average net sale price of the crop, including the estimated
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      TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.
      66 9 The following is a comparison of the estimated traffic receipts of the Imperial and International Communications Ltd.: September, 1931, iaiO,2lG September, 1930, t'424,138. Aggregate for nine mor.thi January to September In 1931, £3,506,265 in 1930, £4,080,171. The sum of £22,000 must be deducted from the message receipts for
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    STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
    475 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES SEPT. 30. Allagar (2/) /3; Anglo-Malay Vi; Ayur Kuning (£1) V 4; Bagan Serai (£1) 3/16; Bahru (2/) 1/; Banteng (ill lit; Batu Caves (£1) 7/16; Batu Matang (£1) 79; Batu Tiga (£1) >',; Bertam (2/) 1/4%; Bidor (£1) «i Bikara (2/) /4H;
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      87 9 THE HUB OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Founded over 210 years ago the Royal Exchange Assurance is the oldest composite insurance Office in the World, and the Head Office has occupied the above site in the heart of the City of London for as many years. During this period it has
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      62 9 CHRISTMAS I THE irtAL CrmtSTtfAS PRESENTS ARE NOW ON SHOW AND SOLD AT RENE ULLMANN LOWEST PRICES FOR THE BEST QUALITIES. JEWELLERY °f every description WATCHES *tf THE BEST SWISS *!ADE (more than 1006 different patterns in stock) D'ORSAYS PERFUMES: the bestlxavours IN THE NICEST CUT CRYSTAL BOTTLES RENE UJLL.MANN
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      74 10 TAX. Mr. Tan Tiang Hock, age CC years, assed away peacefully at 12.30 a.m. on Thursday, (Jc'.cher 29, 1931 at 533, Geylanif Road, leaving a widow, two sons (Messrs. Tan Gcok Lim and Tan Kheng Sesgl, one daughter, two daiigfcters-in-law, one son-in-law (Mr. Koh Kirn Koot) and one grand
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      ANNOUNCEMENT.
      48 10 The funeral of thj lute Mrs. Chan Cheow Heng will take place at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, 1931 from her residence No. 17, Lim Twa Tow Road. Interment at the Teoclicw Cemetery Kong See Suai, Upper Sernngoon. S.S., F.M.S. and Hong Kong papers please copy.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1931. THE LANDSLIDE AND ITS LESSON.
    1031 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1931. THE LANDSLIDE AND ITS LESSON. Whatever may happen with regard to 'the General Election results as yet undeclared and this is being written with j about three-quarters of the returns available the overwhelming victory of the National Party is assured. The completeness
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    THE CURSE OF MIDAS FALLS.
    1823 10  -  J. M. Keynes M.A., C.B., (By the well-known British economist.) What Surplus Gold May Do For U.S. and France. The Vfdtti States had, in effect, set the rest of us the problem of finding some way to do I wtffcotif her wheat, her copper, her
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    192 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Dr. and Mrs. Rattray, who have been en a yachting 1 holiday, have now returned to Singapore. Mr. W- F. Hedges, late Chief Architect, P.W.D., F.M.S., and Mrs. Hedges are leaving for home by the Kashmir. Mr. G. E. Greig, Senior Warden of Mines, and Mrs. Greig are
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    791 10 CCMING EVENTS? The Cambridgeshire was won \v.wnl;iy by Disarmament at 18 to 1. Let us hope the coming: Conferer.ce will result in H handsome a win for disarmament. IN A MEAN MOMENT. In this column yesterday we expressed thanks to Reuters and the cable company for
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    NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MAJORITY OF TEN TO ONE.
    6471 11 > <t» < Magnitude Of Victory Amazes The Entire World. BUOYANT EFFECT ON LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. With Ten Results To Come National Government Leads By 555 Seats To 50. With only len results still to come in the National Government finds itself in
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    1,000 PLANTERS TO BE DISMISSED ?
    96 12 1,000 PLANTERS TO BE DISMISSED Appeal to Government. CRISIS APPROACHING IN THE N.E.I. (From Our Own Concspon lent.) London, Oct. 28. Messages received from Amsterdam give a description of a conference held in the Netherlands East Indies between the new Governor-General, Jonkheer de Jonge, and representatives of the Planters' Association.
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    THORBURN CASE.
    152 12 Basis of Settlement Arrived At. London, Oct. 28. Negotiations between the British and Chinese Governments with reference to the disappearance of Mr. John Thorburn are approaching completion. Reuter learns that the Foreign Office has received a dispatch from Sir Miles Lumpson, the British Minister in China, which is
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    BIG FLIGHT ENDS.
    141 12 Plane's Non-Stop Trip To Egypt. Rugby, Oct. 28. The new Royal Air Force Fairey Napier l:ng distance monoplane, which 'eft Cranwell Aerodrome, Lincolnshire, at G. 45 yesterday morning on a non-stop flight of 2,857 miles to Abu Sueir Aerodrome, Egypt, arrived early this afternoon. The machine was
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    FLIGHT ABANDONED.
    82 12 Hamilton Brothers to Make Fresh Start. Vienna, Oct. 28. Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Stuart Hamilton, and his brother, Mr. Kenneth Al!en Hamilton, who started from Lympne aerodrome, near Folkestone, shortly after midnight on Tuesday in a light aeroplane on an attempt to break the England to Australia air record, and
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    MORE TERRORISM.
    58 12 District Magistrate Shot At in Dacca. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 28. Mr. L. G. Durno, the District Magistrate, was shot at with a revolver while fitting in his car in front of a winemerchant's shop at Nawabpur Suburb, Dacca. The assailants escaped and Mr. Durno was
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    OXFORD MURDER.
    58 12 Seymour to Appeal Against Death Sentence. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 28. An appeal has been ltdged by Henry Daniel Seymour, the 39-year-old commercial traveller, who wss found guilty at the Oxford Assizes on Oct. 24 of the wilful murder of Mrs. Annie Louisa Kempson, a widow,
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    HOME COMES FIRST.
    55 12 Holland to Keep Out Certain Imports. The Hague, Oct. 29. The Dutch Government has announced that a bill will be introduced authorising it to take measures to prevent such an increase in the import of certain goods as might threaten the home industry -with the loss of
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  • Favourite Unplaced In Cambridgeshire.—South Africans Still Winning.
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      SINGAPORE'S NEXT RACE MEETING.
      1989 13 Today's Training Notes. HIGHLY SATISFACTORY ENTRIES. (By Our Racing Correspondent.) The entries for the forthcoming mcctii><' which dOMd yesterday are highly satisfactory, thy total number of horses and ponies (stand being 151 as against 12'J for last year's October meeting. Twenty seven class I horses are
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      HORSES IN TRAINING.
      297 13 Preparations for Local Race Meeting. The following is the list- of local horse' and ponies in training for trv> Singapore Turf Club November meeting W. W. Rcdfcarn. No. Horse. Owner. 2. Eagle's Claw "Mr. lie la Rue 3. Irish Caress "Mr. De la Rue" •I Desert Fox
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      ENTERTAINMENT TAX.
      376 13 Serious Effect To Football Clubs. The new entertainment tax charges will serioysly affect all football clubs, and it is almost certain that there will be increased charges for admission. It is impossible for the majority of football League clubs to balance their budget under existing conditions, and the
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      SEREMBAN SPORT.
      137 13 Nilai Club's Hockey Win Over King George V School. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Oct. 28. The heavy downpour of rain did not have much effect on the Nilai Club ground for the hockey match this afternoon between the home team and the King Georjje V School which
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      RAIN SPOILS SPORTS.
      55 13 The hockey match between the S.C.C and the S.R.C., fixed for yesterday, »-a< cancel la 1 owing to the unfavourable stat-; of the S.R.C. ground. The football match between the Mala> Scodts and-The"Rcst (S:outs) was postponed for a week. The match was U have taken place yesterday
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      300 13 Ihnrsil-ij, October ?9. Hockey Raffles Clßl|i Mixed vs. C.ir;*' Sports Club, Raffles College ground Pulicc vs. Medical College Union. Polico ground. Thomson Road; V.M.C.A. vs. S.C.C., V.M.C.A. ground. Friday, October 3S. Football: Singapore Malays vs. North Johoro Football .Wm.. Jalan Besar Stadium, 4.45 p.m. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. R.A.F.,
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      JACK HOBBS.
      87 13 To Coach Indian Cricket Tourists (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 28. I understand that Jack Hobbs, the famous England and Surrey batsman, has written to the Maharajah of Vizianagram to the effect that he may yet visit India early next year to coach the Indian team before
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      HOME RUGBY.
      40 13 South African Tourists Win Again. London, Oct. 28The South African Rugby tourists defeated the West of Scotland XV in their match at Glasgow today by 21 points to 13 points. Reuter. This was the tourists' eighth consecutive win.
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      TENNIS.
      109 13 L. L. T. C. Tournament. The following are ties for tomorrow i-i the L.L.T.C. tournament Men's Open Doubles. R. F. Goodman and I. B. Abed vs. Dr. de Souza and N. Hay Uo finish). Mi ii- Handicap Singles. D. (I. Jackson vs. J. M. Brown (to finish!. ("apt. Graham
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      BADMINTON.
      84 13 Singapore Inter-Club Championship. The Singapore inter-club badminton championship tournament will begin on Saturday at the S.V.C. Drill Hall, Beach Koad, and will be continued on Sunday. On Saturday, at 2 p.m. the Roseray Uadn'.inton Party will meet the Perhimponan Stia Club. On Sunday, at 10 a.m. the Shanghai Badminton
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      DISARMAMENT WINS CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
      316 13 Favourite Fails to Get A Place. London, Oct. '28. The Cambridge-hii" Btakw war- run at Newmarket yesterday and resulted as follows Cambri Igeshire Stakes (one mile one furlong), handicap of 25 soys. each, 10 ft. if dec. by Oct. 20, or 5 soys. if dec. by Sept.
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      PENANG HOCKEY.
      40 13 (From Our Own Corr.-spon lent.) Penang, Oct. 28. The Penang Cricket Club defeated th" Dairul Aishan Football Club at hockey by four clear goals in a fast game. The Ii.A.F.C. are the Penang soccer League champions for 1931.
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    TEACHERS' THRIFT.
    131 14 Society Recovered From Chaotic Condition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 28. At the annual general meeting of the Malayan Teachers' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society the chairman said that the society had recovered from the chaotic condition in which it found itself at the end of tlu-
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    HUSBAND'S SERVICES.
    94 14 Gratuity of §15,000 to be Given To Mrs. .1. D. Fettes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 29. The Municipal Commissioners here have agreed to pay a gratuity of $15,000 to Mrs. J. D. Fettes, in recognition of her husbarrl's services as water engineer. Mr. Fettes died at
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    MAX RHEINHARDT WEDS.
    121 14 European Producer Married To One of His Stars. Vienna, Oct. 6. Professor Max Rheinhardt, Europe's most famous theatrical producer, was today married to the star of his theatres both at Vienna and Berlin, Helene Thimig. Professor Rheinhardt had but recently obtained a divorce from his first wife
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    CLAIM FOR SALARY DISMISSED.
    623 14 Suit Against Sir John Jackson, Ltd. A claim for two months' salary on a basis of £43 per month, and a passage home to England was dismissed with costs by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule, in the Supreme Court yesterday, in the case in
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    MR. TAN BOON CHIA.
    93 14 One of Selangor's Leading Residents. (From Our Own CorrcsponJcnt.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 28. Mr. Tan Boon Chia, J.P., who died at his rosid-nicc at Rasa, in Ulu Sclungor, on Monday, had been prominent in the '■ommcrcial and social life of this State for many years. He
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    MODERN "SINBAD."
    163 14 Bearded Man Alone in Boat Off Brixham. London, Oct. 7. A modern "Sinbad the sailor" has appeared off the English coast in the person of an unknown man with a beard that has grown almost to his knees. This man was sighted last Monday off the Devonshire fishing
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    CRAFTY SMUGGLERS FRUSTRATED.
    511 14 Smart Work by Keeper Of Lighthouse. A largo variety of bamboo fish traps, types that ha 1 never been put to use in local waters before, coils of old rope, fishing hooks and a dilapitated fisfting net, which had evidently been out of commission for some considerable
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    FACTION FIGHT.
    88 14 Malayalees and Tamils Clash Over Loss of Goat. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 29. A serious fracas occurred on Tronjj Estate yesterday, a quarrel betweom a Malayalee and a Tamil coolie over the loss of the latter's goat developing into a faction fight resulting in a Malayalee
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    WIFE'S HEAVY DAY.
    72 14 Husband Arrested, A Death And A Birth. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 2». At the continued hearing of the case concerning cheques lost by Messrs. Bousteacl, the wife of the first accused said that on the day her husband was arrested her mother died in the
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    FORGED COUPONS.
    55 14 Two Chinese Sent to Gaol For Two Years Each. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Oct. 29. Two Chinese, Song Chin and Chua Chah, were each sentenced here yesterday by Mr. Justice Burton to two years' rigorous imprisonment for using as genuine 400 forged cigarette coupons. Mr. Dowling, of
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    MR. LIM ENG CHEONG.
    46 14 Death of a Prominent Penang Cricketer. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Oct. 29. The death has taken place here of Mr. Lim En? Cheung at the early age of 26. For several years Mr. Lim was one of Penangr's most prominent cricketers.
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    Scheme For Malayan Motor Rally "Catches On."
    491 15 Scheme For Malayan Motor Rally Catches On. *Tke Dream Cat j Designed By 22 Salesmen: The £1000 Look! 1 rpODAY, at Coventry, wri'.es Harold Pemberton in the Daily Express I have seen a new mot:r-car for 1932 that has virtually been designed by 22 salesmen. It is a remarkable motor-car
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    57 15 SLOTS START (;R EATEST TEST R IN F THK VKAR :_Fourteen Mm started from Wortham ■,f" lle 1 th woroen^nly classic motor reliability trial thiouch the Peak- and Lake district. I ark Ka-.li. the most dreaded test hill in fcnglan:.. was included in the route. The contest was for the
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    Notes and News:
    777 15 By Our Motoring Correspondent. Building the Car to Suit the Customer The ISeiv Baby Body Record Year For Another British Motor Manufacturer Tap§dmg the Overseas Market. P^OUR of the bulkiest men in a Coventry motor-ear factory were sent for one llay last year and seated on chairs
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    CAR ON FIRE AT 120 M.P.H.
    276 15 Sir H. Birkin Stands On Seat to Steer. jOIR .Henry Birkin, the famous racing motorist, had one of the most amazin«r lewapei of his thrilling career at Brookhuida when the record-breaking Bentley ('•net! by the Hon. Dorothy Paget, in which he was practising for
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    A SKID. How to Get Out Of It.
    76 15 A SKID. How to Get Out Of It. A SKID may he corrected hy turning jour front whfJs into the dircs'ion in which the .■kiel has -iaken p'ac?. In ether uwnK if \our car has swung out to tin- r.iht. t:;rn your leering over to the right. Never over-correct the
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    AMERICAN FLIERS FIND A "GREAT WALL" IN PERU.
    203 15 Flying o*et uaexplored territory in I Pan, American riiir» have dis-.-i a great wall a hairier similar the float wall of China and possibly half of its liia. The discovery is one of the outstandng achievements of the Shippee-Johnson aerial photographic expedition
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    COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS DETAILS.
    94 15 Singapore Automobile Club's Interest. APROPOS the suggestion made in my notes a fortnight ago for the holding of a Malayan Concours d' Eleganc in connection with the forthcoming Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition, the idea appears to have caught on." A meeting of the committee of the Singapore
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    MOBILOIL IN BRITAIN.
    212 15 Wandsworth Works of Vacuum Oil Co. T*HE Vacuum Oil Company's plants at I Wandsworth and at Birkenhead arc said to employ more British workers than any other in Great Britain handling highgrade lubricating oils and greases exclusively. I At Wandsworth the storage tank capa,city reaches 64,000 barrels.
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    AUSTIN OVERSEAS.
    97 15 In View of the remarks regarding thy excellent posilion of the Austin export business made by Sir Herbert Austin on th? occasion of the announcement of the company's Olympia prjgranime, it ia interesting to note the registration figures for Cape Colony, South Africa, i i. ii have jusi
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    2010 16 i NEW POLITICAL TAISGLE TARIFFS THE CRUX HOW THE CRISIS AROSE CONSERVATIVE SACRIFICES QUID PRO QUO DEMANDED RIFT DEVELOPS LIBERAL DILEMMA PREMIER DEMANDS DOCTOR'S MANDATE LL.G. STEPS IN BUT DEADLOCK PERSISTS PRISON FOR PROFITEERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5. A cynical but
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    IN MANCHURIA.
    146 16 Japanese Reports of Killing Of Koreans. Tokio. Oct. 11. A list of casualties among Koreans in Manchuria has been published by the War Office as follows: Sept. 22: 11 Koreans massacred in the vicinity of Tungliao. Sept. 28: 4 Koreans were carried away from a place to the
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    A NAZI LEADER SHOT.
    82 16 Communist Crime in Streets Of Essen. Cologne, Oct. 6. The leader of the local National Socialists, Herr Erich Cathe, was shot dead in the streets of Essen this evening by Communist terrorists. The outrage occurred when a small party of Nazis were attacked by the Communists,
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    WHITE RUSSIANS.
    137 16 Semenoff Said to Have Joined Japanese. Harbin, Oct. 11. Local "White" Russian Press organs are aroused over reports from Daircn of an alleged agreement between the "White" leader. General Semenoff, with the Japanese military authorities in Shenyang for the organisation of a "White" army with the main purpose
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    "ECONOMY" MARCH.
    106 16 ECONOMY MARCH. Scots Guards Save Money By Walking. London, Oct. 6, Led by bagpipes and cruins, the 2nd Battalion cf the Scots Guards streamed out of Aldershot today through crowd* of I cheering townsfolk, on their "economy" I march to Windsor. r They could have travelled in a comfortable train,
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      NATIONAL DAY.
      1947 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, May I :u! i <>w concluding words to the controversy m the Chinese National Day, which shonld not have started at all, because we Babas have BO business to qoMtioa whether Oct. 10 should be a holiday or not, any
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      MALAY OFFICERS.
      256 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The selection of Malay candidates for the appointments under the Malay Officers' Scheme Class V practised in Johore since 1929 does not seem reasonable and ha* handicapped the senior clerks in the attempt to better themselves by securing promotion to
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      IS MIGHT STILL RIGHT ?
      213 17 IS MIGHT STILL RIGHT To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In connection with the news from Manchuria, it may be interesting to recall the almost exactly parallel circumstances preceding the annexation of the Transvaal and Orange Free State by our own country as a result of an even
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    350 17 Free Water, Light and Gas For Staff to Stop. Action taken at a meeting of committee No. 6 held on Oct. 19 Katong Park be open between the hours of 6 a.m. end midnight, and the swimming pagar from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Action taken at a
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    THEFT & CAUSING HURT.
    72 17 THEFT CAUSING HURT. Six Years for Chinese at Negri Sembilan Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Oct. 27. Before Mr. Justice Burton at the Negri Sembilan Assizes today three Chinese from Kuala Pilah were charged with voluntarily causing hurt to and stealing jewellery and ca^h from a Chinese woman, her
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    PLANES FOR SWALLOWS.
    140 17 Carrying Migrating Birds Over Alps. Aeroplanes have been chartered by the Viennese society for the protection of animals to come to the rescue of the swallows which, while winging their way towards the south, have been so drenched by icy rain and blown about by unprecedentedly early
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    AUTOMOBILE CLUB.
    240 17 Another Delegate Meeting In November. (From Our Own Corrcsponient.) Sereroban, Oct. 27. At a commutes meeting of the Negri Sembilan Motor Association held on Oct. 22 the president, Mr. Q. Maund, said he had accepted an invitation from the chairman of the Sanitary Board to sit on a
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    NO 1931 CHAMPAGNE.
    115 17 i Result of Bad Summer And Insect Pest. No champagne of 1931 will ever be; Icttled as vintage cf this year, and hardly i any will be made. The cold and wet summer has ruined the crops, which have been devastated by j an insect called the
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    FOUND IN SAIGON.
    43 17 Pigeon's FKght From France To Indo-China. A Lille pigeon fancier has learned by air post that one of his birds, which left j Lille in August, has been found at Saigon, Indo-China. The bird will be brought home by steamer.
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    Weekly Letter From Scotland.
    1022 18 Idols In Dundee, Edinburgh And Glasgow Cheap Provisions Being Dumped A Better And Brighter Caledonia Approach Of Winter T heir Majesties Annoyed By Tripper s Freebooters Arrested Off Orkney An Echo Of Mail-Coach Heroism End Of The Highland Gatherings. (From Oar Scottish Correspondent.) I MUST economise,
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    TIBETAN REVOLT.
    154 18 Dalai Lama Strengthening His Army. Nanking, Oct. 11. Tie lUuatkm in Sikong and Tibet is a •suminjf a graver aspect, according to a telegram received today in official circles hero frorj CHangto, capital of Szechwan Province. The Dalai lam has been mobilising ail tro i|- lacreasblg his force
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    MEDAL FOR A DOCTOR.
    37 18 I).-. T. P. AnJirson, Colonial Medical Servk ha- beea awarded the North Persian ForcM Memorial Medal for the year 1930. This was awarded for a 1 aper on r.^alarial investigation in East Africa.
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    DESERTER FROM CHINA.
    163 18 Highlander Arrested in A Cross-Channel Steamer. When James Penny, aged 25, admitted at Lnm (Sussex) Police Court that he was a deser'.c;' from tho 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, stationed at ITo.ig Kong, it was statel that ha was arrwtfcd in a cross-Channel steamer. Hi* story
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    MR. COOLIDGE.
    39 18 Mr. Calvin Coolidge declares in an auiclr in the- Saturday Kveninit Post t^a'. 'he will r.ol stand for the Presidential ebctinn next year. He is in favour of Piesident Hoover continuing for a second term cf office.
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    PEACE CONFERENCE IN SHANGHAI.
    384 18 Agreement Denied. NANKING-CANTON TALKS CONTINUE. Shanghai, Oct. 29. Mr. Wang Ching-wei denies that an agreement has been reached lictween 'Canton and Nanking as wa3 reported in 1 the Sin Kuo Mm telegram yesterday. Mr. Li Shi-tseng arrived in Shanghai today carrying with him, it is said,
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    EARLIER REPORT.
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    64 18 No Fresh News to Hand In London. Nothing fresh concerning the SinoJapanese situation is known in Chinese diplomatic quarters in London and no fresh news of importance has been received from Nanking or Geneva. Dr. Alfred Sze is still in Switzerland. Chinese circles in London will not
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