The Straits Times, 15 February 1932

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] TIIE LARGEST MD MOST, INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYS 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      314 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. CPHONE 6161 K." 1 r i 6.15 Tonight 9.15 CLIVE IIKOOK and I ntm SHANNON in j SILENCE Phone 5261-2. A SAFE MILK I DUE TO THE PROCESS OF STERILISATION TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECTED AND THE HYGIENIC METHOD OF PREPARATION I BEAR BRAND GENUINE SWISS
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      202 1 KUALA LUMPUR 2T. JAVA ST. C'PHONC 3683) QUICK OFF THE MARK! xfz? Cotton -Oxford JyijL Football Boots. fl^rfl ESSENTIAL FOR SPEED. SWERVE AND 'I^. SURE FOOTEDNESS. THE tfiflHSKSfiikf' Made in durable wear-COTTON-OXFORD J?-^ i ng brown calf. But SOCCER BOOT JHHT f Wmh iR Iteht and flexiWo is built with
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      15 1 r" 6.15 ToniEht 9.15 j OLIVE BROOK and nSM SHANNOV in SILENCE j Phone 5261-2.
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      467 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AMD ORIENTAL S.N. CO. NDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SF.RVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA \NI) JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1932. II I HWAN 8,070 Feb. IB RAJP
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      729 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Nippon yfsen kaisha.) TO LONDON. Naple«. Marseille*. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesborough. Vessels. Tonnaire. -Due. Sail. FIAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Feb. 21 It lIAKUNA MARH 10,500 Mar. 9 10 IRATORI MARU 10,000 Mar. 21 26 SKASHIMA MAHT7 10,000 Apr. 7 8 I Y.NNI 1.1 .Ni MARI 12.000 Apr. 19
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      448 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in Australia,) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DAKWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by ths wellknown ■teamer MARLLLA (7,866 tons) and the a.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one at the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      593 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated In Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penan*. M.s. FIONIA Feb. 24 Feb. 26 m.s. ERRIA Mar. 16 Mar. 18 m.a. ALSIA Apr. 6 Apr. 8 m.s. LALANDIA Apr. 27 Apr. 29 m.s. MEONIA
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      574 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, HAVRR. LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      491 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in Siam.) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantan, Tabai, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Randon, K»hsamui, Langsuan, Taku, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival. Departure. VALAYA In port Feb. 17 T'RACHATIPOK Feb. 21 fab. 84 SIDUHADin rVb. U Mar. 2 These vessles are fitted throughout with
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      329 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, OKE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United Stales and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Portland. Si>. lOWA sails from Hung Konp Feb. 17 Agents: ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE. Telephone 5817. tt NORDDEUTSCHEB iffli
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      419 3 DOLLAR STEAM SHIP LINE of AMERICAN MAIL LINE WHY TRAVEL THE DOLLAR WAY? BECAUSE I Prwh California fruit* and Tcgetable* arc served at every meal 2 Et*t7 atateroosß Is an ratald* eablm. S Outdoor nit-water iwlaariaf pool on Deck. 4 Orahwtrs nraala for TcavDsneinfDinner and entertainnanta. 5 Tint Son Motion
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      610 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suet Canal OUTWARDS. TO BONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer Due S'por*. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 21 Mb CITY OF DERBT Mar. 29 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITT OF
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      386 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Capital Authorised £3,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1 ,*****5 Capital paid up 1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, rlsq., W. H. Shelford. Esq., Sir Thomas Cutta,.
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      1042 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 60,030,000 STATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 40,0 1 5,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM ANIJ THE HAGUE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe 'Semarang Bombay Weltevreden Shanghai Calcutta Medan
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      660 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. (ken appriximkMly s«ren aonls to ..i (.here a Cat rate chaft* ot M cent* per line per insertion with: A uilnimnui of one dollar per Insertion viveitihui'iMits will be accepted ap te 10 t or t day af isaue. A fee of it cents Is charged for the
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      645 4 BOARD^RESIDENCJ^ THE GROVE 103, Meyer Koad, Katong. SEASIDE} RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. GARAGE. TENNIS, TRANSPORT. INCLUSIVE TERMS. TELEPHONE 5656. NEW .HOARD-RESIDENCE OPENING, FEBRUARY 15. No. 11. Scotts Road, Bua Route. Well furnished single rooms with verandah nd own bathroom, modern sanitation. Two ■•< :r.fortable flats suit friends sharing ol i.irried couple. Terms
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      538 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg, OFFICES TO LET, 84-B, Battery Road 2nd floor. Apply Gurtlie ft Cv, Ltd. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Manciona. Apply Spore Building Corp., 64, Market St. No. 4, BATTERT ROAD, formexly occupied by Bank of Taiwan Ltd, to let
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      305 4 MISCELLANEOUS $800 to loan. Security necessary. Reply to Box 579. Straits Times. MASSAGE AND MIDWIFE, by experienced European lady. 59, Wilkie Road, Singapore. IF YOU HAVE BELATIVES OB FRIENDS overseas, have the Straits Bndget posted to them every week, tl<l yearly, including postage, outside Halaya (13.20 within Malaya). Orders, accompanied
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      566 4 FOR SALE LX.T.C. tournament pictures. ART STUDIO, 87, SELEGIE ROAD. BUDDED STUMPS. Orders now being booked for April supplying. Price list on application to Manager, Carey Island, P. Sham. COLLARD and Collard, short grand piano, $500. Kclvinator Refrigerator, small size A.C. $350. Electric Gramophone, A.C. $300. All in excellent condition.
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      825 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE COMPANIES ACTS. 1929. JUS RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) The Creditors of the aheva aaaill I pany arc required on or before Mor. 11, 932, to send in their names ;inri addrefcata md particulars of their debts or claims, ami he names and addressis of their
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    WHO HAD THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER?
    613 5 Not America But Edinburgh. Edinburgh, in my reckoning, has the oldest skyscrapers in the world. Not only to the majority of red-blooded Americans, but to the average person in othor continents, who identifies all that is lofty in the way of buildings with the United
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    DR. MARIE STOPES.
    55 5 Libel Action Settled Out Of Court. Dr. Mlarie Stopes' recent libei action against the Rev. Henry Davis, S.J., and Cardinal Bourne, the late Bishop of Nottingham, Mi. J. K. Weld and the late Father Henry, the tnvtaaa and registered proprietors of the Tablet newspaper, has been settled
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      892 5 RAFFLES HOTEL mSPECIAL CABARET NIGHT!!! Wednesday 17th Feb. AFTER DINNER CABARET and DANCE ARTISTS SYBIL JAMES VYNER GOMEZ IRENE JACKSON— CAPT. COCKLE DAPHNE LEACH MONOLI T A AND MA U R I C E DANCING TILL MIDNIGHT MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA PART PROCEEDS TO EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Admission $1.00. EVENING DRESS
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      780 5 AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE of Singapore Town and Country Properties. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co's salsroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1931, at 2.30 pm. Lot 1. Valuable 99 years' leasehold 'and situate at Chin Swee Road, Singapore, area 2,677 sq. ft. (Messrs. Donaldson ft Burkinshaw,
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    FLYING NOTES. AIR MAIL FROM LONDON TO THE CAPE.
    2406 6 Landmurh In Empire History World's Longest Organised Airway The Greatest Light Plane Tour? Mrs. Westenra's 23,000 miles Across Congo Jungle And The Desert New Squadrons In The Royal Air Foree Weather By W ireless For The Owner-Pilot This Year's King's Cup
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    GONDOLAS GO MODERN.
    336 6 not until last year that the gondola was introduced as a livery venture. Small motors were installed in the boats, and a land office business was begun. This season the livery owns 2G gondolas, i 4 of them ci|UiiJ*>eu with motors an.l a dona of them ava
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      7 6 JEWELLERY BOUGHT AT RENE ULLMANN MEANS INVESTMENT.
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      74 6 Cutout mat t/iiy ((j)(0i) $1,330 at SINGAPORE lhe 14.9 H.P. FORD (ENGLISH TYPE) ECONOMY CAR. Fully equipped— safe braking and with shatterless wind shield glass, it is no boast that this new British Ford contribution to th« present "low cost" sales field excels and creates a new" high economy standard.
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      191 7 UST TWO NIGHTS AFTER A WFEK-END OF PACKED PERFORMANCES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW: CHARLES FARRELL with MADGE EVANS-ln PARAMOUNT^ DRAMATIC SBNBATION "HEARTBREAK" AND "UNDER SUSPICION" with HAROLD MURRAY and LOIS MORAN FOX PICTURES WEDNESDAY. Commencing at the Special Matinee at 3 p.m. INDIA strange mysterious POURS OUT HER THRILLS IN AN'
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      274 7 CAPITOL TONIGHT CLIVE BROOK The Most Popular British star on the Screen Today— IN Paramount's Dramatic Sensation SILENCE MAX MARCIN'S GREAT PLAY. Held for murder, he^rcfuses to talk Sentenced to die, he never speaks the word that means release! SKE this gripping picture and learn what they tried in vain
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      203 7 Booking Phone 6903. 9 a.m.-l p.m. and 5 p.m. -9. p.m. PA VI LION 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 THE SENSATION OF THE HOUR!! "WATERLOO BRIDGE" FOR ADULTS ONLY JjJSSSk^LOVE WAS HER BATTLEGROUND frflfc 4EjPv S ster f tfle c^ orus lady of the f- Kjk Mf.'" eve 'iing scarlet queen of
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    SHIPPING NOTES. HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    237 8 Kullotin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. Health Bulletin of the League of Natiojw' Eastern Bureau, for week ended t, r.«2. Alien I smallpox eases (imported). Baaaain 2 smallpox cases. Itdinliay 1 i-mallpox case as against 3 cases and l! deaths durinjr the
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    135 8 kfeadav, F.l.ruiiiy K>. Ship* alon;:,lde tUe Wnanes or expected to arrive. KF.I'Pn. HARBOUR. Main W!.- rf 11-lcion, Minderoo, Lch. Mars, l.eh. Princes Miry The Cable, Pinna Paula. Oil V.-! irf Nil. Coal Wh.-irf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. lanjons; Pairar. Alb»rt Dock Nil. Victor:a Duck Nil. hr;>pel
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    TELEGRAPHS.
    6 8 ih Takuapa has been rwtoi
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      202 8 i !>!). IS, MUM, London, 4 month. alfltat 2 l'« London, r.\< atas 1 tigat I. <.:,.i, .ii, 60 dajra 1 light i 31/U i,,n. SO aaya' si x h x 3 X./16 I.ondnn, (ioitanil 2 :>'\ London, T.T. 2 9 IS/lfl Lyons aad Paris, domand VTI liambursr,
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      PRODUCE.
      68 8 Siagapon, F\-H. 'Tnmbier 13.00 16.00 B.TO x.il C 2". i\iti'> Boar, Sarawak 2.65 White Pepper Black t'i'i pm 24 .0 > l'oai 1 Siix 5.00 nail M 0 median pearl i Uicc. Siaai SIK4 to 240 Bai«on $165 to IK Ki'ni; on $167 to 1M No. 1 of lIS
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      Vessels Arrived.
      209 8 NB. VAN UL'REN, Amr., 6 ID", tons from San Francisco It-t, for New York 16-2. SIN'GKEI'. Dut.. L'-'l teas, fio:n Asahan 1.1-2, for As.ihan 18-1, GEN. VI >. HKTDKN, Dut., 640 tons, from Bataviu 1.1-2, for Riouw 21-2. THKDENS. Uut., 1,181 tons, from Palembanc 15-2. for Paltmbanp 17-2.
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      795 8 Chamber Music From Saigon. (By Our Wireless Correspondent) Sinjrr.nore, Monday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is a? follows (Singapore time only is given): ALWAYS ON THE AOL BANDOENG, PLM., «3 metres, 6.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music 0.30 to 7 p.m.,
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        MINING.
        444 8 Issue Val. i.l. Buyerv Seller*. £1 £1 Asam Knmbang 24/- 2SA £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/- Ayer HiUm Tin 10/3 11/3 11 1 Bangrin Tin 10/3 11/3 il £1 Batang Padang 0.07V4 0.12H 1 1 Hatu Caves 0.15 0.25 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 o.4onora. £1 £1 Burmah
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        GENERAL.
        265 8 ■MM rat Pd. Bayers. Seller* 2 2 Alex. Brick Ordt. 1.75 2.25n0m. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.8714 1.95 zd. n £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.13.6 3.16.3 1 1 Central Engine 0.20 OJOnom. 100 60 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 tl £1 Con. T. S. 7Cr Prefs. 15 3
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        138 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c of 1901 red. 1940 ?400,000 99 101 Singapore Municipal 4V» p.c of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 96 Singapore Municipal i% p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,060,000 98 98 Singapore
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        398 8 Frm*»er and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotatioua. At the present tlma the majority of above robber share quotations are nominal? onl> Today's Pries Frmscr Lyall A A Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.60 0.65 O.CO 0.65 Alor Gajah (fl) 0.40 0.45 0.37' MSK A. Hitam ($1) 0.T5 0.80
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      47 8 TODAYHARDLY A SHIP LEAVES A BRITISH PORTWITHOUT BEING l^^s^ PROTECTED. THK PERFBCT PROTECTION AGAINST ALL CORROSION. NO OTHER COATING HAS SUCH A LASTING SUCCESS. IT IS THE NATURAL CHOICE OF ALL ENGINEERS. WHILES DOVE BirUMASTIG SOLD DAILY BY UNI *ED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in S.S.) SINGAPORE BRANCHES
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      64 8 FOR ALL THINGS RADIO WRITE, PHONE OB CALL mfm i^'^ltslSCorner Opposite Amber Maoaloa. Sole Acents and Repre««itatiTL< of the Leadlne Radio Manufacturer*. SHOUT WAV! RECEIVERS WIRELESS COMPONENTS Up-Country Orders Executed by Return Poat. PHONE 7399. PRODUCTS OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE ESTATE CHEMICALS FORMIC ACID 90% ACETIC ACID XGlacia, 99%) PARANITROPHENOL (P.N.P)
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      258 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. YESTERDAY. i p.m. YESTERDAY. Stations. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc-" 1 Majc. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity, tion. Force. Weather. Ke^anun 1 1 W 65 Nil "J 45 NE 15 Fine Tr^nKanui™ tOJ C 5 NE 5 Fina ■Jt/jft 84 69 Nil 10.3 75 ENE
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      251 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Monday. February IS. H. W. 3.^ a.m., 8 ft. 5 in., 4.C p.m., fi ft. 0 in. Sinifiiporc Poy Scouts Assn. Meeting, V.M.<- A.. r..;10 p.m. Annual Meeting 'if Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya, Adelphi Hotel, 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 16. H. W. 3.42 a.m..
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    159 9 Rubber Steady Sellers Hold Off. MORE RESTRICTION RUMOURS. (By Onr I'inancial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Today's Prices Kublwr. H\ cents per lb. Tin. 22"» tons at S7."> per picul. Saturday's Prices KrM>er. London. 2*»d.. unchane*d. Now .>rk. l'» rts.. up ct. Market Tone Very steady. Tin. no market.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    167 9 Today. Pakan Raroe. Si^k. Be«ak»Ui 1 „r Ban Sin B 1 I p. .11. N.Hh X -Fa-: ami N.-W.^f Sun.atra. revlon. Genoa .m.l V s A. I SHvr p.m. Pontianak (Rnubi 4 p.m. Heforred Departure. Ceylon, BmUtern sasi Vestera India I Ivn M I I'.ni. Tomorrow. Sourabaya.
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    MAILS FOR KLROrF..
    55 9 i :i Arrg. Br Spore London I. P. Coen Kmm Felix Rousnel I-atria <hr i t.aan Hycena C-.rfu Karon Sphinx Dec. 11 Jon. 1 Dec. 17 Jan. 9 Dec. 17 Jan. 11 Doc. 18 Jan. 7 Inc. 21 Jan. 14 Dec. 2.-. Jan. 10 Jan. II Feb.
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    COPRA MARKET.
    30 9 Rarlnw ;i'i<l Co, report a.^ follows or >.!.. 13 The market has been steady and pries* show -***** improvement. Closing quotation ;mo ji^ follows Sundiicd $<5.G0 niixc I |«.15.
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    AIR MAIL.
    19 9 A mail from Batavia an I Pid'.mban^ by aeroplane i- SJUXttad at Singapore at 1.4(i p.m. tomorrow.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      BULLION REPORT.
      547 9 Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Weekly Letter. Samuel Montagu and Co. in their weekly i.ulli -i report, dated London, Jan. 20, stiit* The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £120,761.529 on Jan. 13 as compared with £120,749,776 on the previous Wednesday. France his again been the
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      FINANCIAL WISDOM.
      442 9 Poverty in Midst Of Plenty." Sir Hu'io Cunliffe-Owcn (chairman. British- American Tobacco Co., Ltd.) We, as a country, with our export trade to Asi and our enormou Eastern interests, have more to gain from stable silver at a reasonable price than any country in the world, and yet
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      66 9 U o'clock noon, Kcb. 15. Buyers. Sellers t.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot g% Itandard R.S.S. on Tender February X' b S!arcli g^, April M s n Ajiiil-Junc 9 m n Jui.v-Scpt. ;p' Ml a* v as Mi Tone of Market Very <iuict. Latest Cable
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      804 9 Symington and Wilson's Weekly Letter. Symington and Wilson's weekly market report, dated London, Jan. 20, states After remmining fairly steady up to the end of last week an easier tendency *et in in the rubber market on Monday and prices began to sag away. The *->ne at the
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      METAL MARKET.
      414 9 William Jacks and Co., in their weekly report, dated London Jan. 20, state The announcement that the reparation? lue^tion is likely to be postponed foi political icasor.s until alter the United i-.tate< tle:tion nipped the trade imnroyvment in the bud, as a ten month- delay Jangerous under present
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      EXCHANGES.
      78 9 Rueby, Feb. 11 Fo'eiitn exchange* arc Amsterdam M2H, AthMN ESS, !!•>•■.-;..>■ I?. 8 ■i-32d.. Berlin 14..10. BteSMlf UM.TO. BacbUDSt 5*7% Rio 1 .J-IC. BntlMM Airi-s 39:-. roprnhHeoii lH's. Cenero 17 11-Irt. Hel-injrrors 204. Hone Kaag Is. I ).">-:;.'d.. Usbon IQMI, Madrid 43%, Milan t6%t, Mon> Videi ;:l, Montreal IM,
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    LONDON TIN MARKET.
    823 9 Supplies All in The Shop Window." PRICES WILL RISE WHEN U.S. TRADE IMPROVES. (Krom Oui Own Correspondent.) London. Jan. 20. It is the considered opinion of influcnial In- kt-rs here that even should eoniumption not improve the stocks of tin by the end of December will show
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      37 9 BANK MANAGER (RETIRED) Has propositions calling for INVESTMENTS with DIRECTORSHIPS. Active or NonActive, in Dew or establishes] PRIVATE COMPANIES. Of i pt i ial interest to tho.-r settling or retiring in England. Write Box 379, Straits Times.
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      206 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS. MONTHLY KKTIKN OF fOI.O.VY STOCKS AT CLOSi: OK BfSINKSS, JAN. It, IM2. A, DEALERS' STOCKS. DRY. WET. TOTAL. Total Cr«pe. all K rsaM iUmill, of dry 8-8.8. blanket. Scrap, robber as and EataU hark and Wet lamp and Wet and Mtimatcd Area. O.BS. orepe. scrap. sh»et. b«rlc
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      101 9 "our London cnrri'spniulen^ «.i ys Wtst End jewellers are enjoyinH .1 snw.ll b*im. PROBABLY' DUE TO THE PACT THAT GOOD JEWEI I.HRY AHWAYS STANDS A SAFE SECURITY." (Sunday Times, February 14. 19.52.) IT IS FOR THE SAME REASON THAT RENE ULLMANN (when toying always means INVESTING) SELLS MORE than ever
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    110 10 Singapore. AI.HAMBRA. Charles Farrell and Madge Evans in Heartbreak and Lois Moran and Harold Murray in Under Suspicion. 6.16—9.15. Phone 6909. CAI'ITOL. (live Brook and Peggy Shannon in Silence. 6.15-9.15. Phone .IL'fil-?. GREAT WORLD. Wayangi, Cinamaa, Zou Joycars and Donkey Rides. Gat* 10 eti •zcept Sat., Sun. and Holiday
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATHS
      128 10 WONG.— At No. 7fi. Kone Lee Road on Fell 14. 1922, Mrs. Wen* Ah Kook, the beloved ■ether of Mes«r». S.K.. S.C. S.Q. and S.T. Wonp and of the Into Mr. S.N. Wonp. Ajroil 12. The date of the funeral will be announced later. Malayan and Hong Kohr papers
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      MEMORIUM
      45 10 A H'ph Mass of Requiem for the rtposp of th? soul of the late Mr. Thomas Robert (Tom) Glass will be sun?, at the Churrh of St. Joseph on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 19?2 at UN a.m. Your kind prayers an<l Uteiidancc are earnestly solicited.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY. FEB. 15. 1932. THE SHANGHAI POWDER MAGAZINE.
    1219 10 The news to hand from Shanghai ihi? morning is both alarming and tantalisi.-.g-ly vague. Hitherto we have been led Jo believe that the Japanese have sen: only ne division of land forces from Tetta tt Shanghai. But a
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    ROMANTIC QUEST FOR PIRATE TREASURE.
    1460 10 My Adventures in The Cocos Island. (By Robert M. Mar Donald K.R.C.S.. the well-known traveller and explorer and author of "Opals and Gold.' > Hoc ix ftisciiwtiiig story of MOf forttnus in fluid and gtiUR hidden In, lite "yvixtlviih')i of *hr skull and crosnbovrs" in
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    241 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mi. and Mrs. A. B. Taylor are passengers from London to Port Swettrnham by the Glenluce. Mr. R. H. Heywood, manager of Lubok Segintah Estate. Kuala Ketil, is going on long leave by the Terukuni Maru next month. Mr. Frederic S. Marquardt, of the Philippines Free Press, is
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    884 10 WILD SINGAPORE. To the Lm Aac«M Times of Jan. 7. >ye are indebted for tho following iniprc*ion of Singapore as it appeared to Mr. Will Kopers "You have ln;ir.l ;.licuit thr RqtMtOT well, here is I town that is rtraddl* of it. It runs riirht through
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      7 10 BRAND'S ESSENCE OF CHICKEN ENJOYS PHYSICIANS' CONFIDENCE.
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    PREPARING TO DRIVE CHINESE OUT OF SHANGHAI.
    2034 11 Three Divisions To Be Used? OVER 22,000 TROOPS BEING LANDED. Withdrawal Of Chinese Troops 20 Miles From Shanghai Demanded. Thi.u.uh tantalisini>ly ■If.o.rf and a true the news to hand from Shanghai today dearly indie- lies that the Japanese arc preparing to embark upon
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    STATE COUNCILS FORMED.
    399 11 Negri Innovation. UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBER. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpr, Feb. 15. This week-end the Governments of Ncgri Scmbilan and Pahang fell into line with Pcrak and Selangor and announced the new form which their State Councils will take under Sir Cecil dementi's decentralisation policy.
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    TERRORISM AGAIN IN IRELAND.
    75 11 Dail Member and Detective Killed. London, Feb. 15. The comparatively placid atmosphere in which the election campaign was proceeding in Ireland was disturbed at Foxfield, County Leitrim, by the terrorists who shot dead a detective named McGeehan and a Dail member, Mr. Reynolds, the j Government
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    SILVER PROBLEMS.
    45 11 French Invitation to US. Senators. Washington, Feb. 14. A group of Senators interested in s.ilvi r have accepted tho invitation of a number of French Deputies to form an informal inter-Parliamentary Association to study legislation to restore the purchasing power of silver. Reuter.
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    PREMIER TO REST.
    58 11 Told Sight Will Require More Care. London, Feb. 14. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, has been ordered three week.-.' complete reft by specials.' s who have told him his sight will require greater care than it has been receiving. Reuter. Mr. Mac Donald recently underwent an
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    MR. HU CHING-SUI.
    36 11 MR. HU CHING-S UI. Death of Mr. Hu Han-min's Elder Brother. Hong Kcng, Feb. 15. Mr. Hu ("hin»r-sui, the elder brother of Mi. Hu Han-min. died in Hong Kong at noon on Saturday. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    32 11 ("King Keng Lee and Co., Ltd.. announce that the Sheriff's sale of land and houses in Kallang Road, which was to have taken rlace this afternoon, has been postponed, pending furth?r instruction;.
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    CONVICT PRISON MUTINY.
    760 11 What Lay Behind It. ATTEMPT TO RESCUE CRIMINALS. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 2. While the reverberations of the Dartmoor explosion are now dying away, il is quite certain that we have not yet heard anything like the whole truth about the mutiny amongst the convicts
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    RETRENCHMENT IN THE F.M.S.
    157 11 Another Heavy Cut Expected. NEW PROPOSALS. Difficulty of Balancing The Budget. The probability of further dra-tic retrenchment in F.M*S. finances is foreshadowed in the Jollowim message sent by our Kuala I.ump-Jr correspondent today. (From Our Own CorrcspondenU.) Kuaia Lumpur, Feb. 16. It is very strongly rumoured
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    BOMB EXPLOSION.
    307 11 Riddle of Midnight Outrage. Kong Kong. Jan. 19. A "bomb" exploded in a Yaumati confectionery establishment last nisrht, causing injuries to two Chinese who were on the first floor landing. The real nature of the explosion has nol been determined, the origin of the "bomb" is unkown, though
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    KINGSFORD-SMITH.
    101 11 Australian Flier Victim Of Depression." Sydney. Jan. 2tl. The famous airman. Air Commodore Kinksford-Smith. is without a job but i> quite cheerful about it. An announcement was madi' yesterday ly .Mr. Piano, Minister for Defence, thai the Government had no funds to supply Kinjcsford-Smitn with a job or to
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    CHEWING GUM "KING."
    81 11 Death of Mr. Wrijfley At Age of 70. London, Jan. 87. The death occurred at Phoenix, in Arizona, yesterday of Mr. William Wrigrley, the chewing >rum kinjr." Mr. Wrijjley was 70 years of age. He rejran business in Philadelphia with his father at the age of 21
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    BURDEN OF TAXATION.
    45 11 Ix>rd Lytton to Give Up Family Seat. London, 'an. 26. Owing to proisuro <>f taNation Lo'il and l.iidy Lytton arc v.uatinp their family east, Knebworth Boom, In Hertfordshire, and IMTC .le. ided t.. live in I *m:ill manorhonse a few miles away.
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    PUBLICITY AGENT'S CLAIM.
    477 12 Sequel to Wrongful Dismissal Action. Judgment was delivered on Saturday in the Supreme Court, of Mr. Justice Thorne (lead out by Mr. W. A. N. Davics, i of the case in which Mr. E. M Mar applied for further consideration cf the amount of damages to which
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    S.R.E. (v.) FIELD CO.
    192 12 Dinner and Dance at Adelphi Hotel. The officer! and members of the S.R.E. (V.) Field Company gave a very successful dinnnr at the Adelphi Hotel on Salur(■:iv eveatec. Ladies were present on .is ion. and the innovation WM trtii rally approved for the dance which followed
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    NO BAIL FOUND.
    69 12 Echo of Alleged Cheque Fraud Case. Unable to furnish the bail of $fi,ooo required, Coomaru Shanmugair., the Jirst i.cumml in the Bankruptcy Office fraud CMC, has l>een committed to the Civil Prison. Hi.- former sureties were found unsatis-la-loiy liy the police and when i tiled upon to
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    CAR ON FIRE.
    54 12 Excitement at Botanical Gardens. Thi- Singapore Fire Brigade received a call to the Botanical Gardens last evening, ■Ml N arrival the two engines found they Lad in ni|K' with a blazing Buick car. Despite the-ir efforts the car was completely destroyed. Mi. S. Crimburg of 45, Amber
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    FIELD FIRING.
    46 12 FuM Artec exerei will be carried Mt l>y 'hi W.t bat', tm. Gloucester, hin Kegt. at the Hind Golf Club between tht; lour* of 6.30 and 9.30 a.m. every day from Xi I. :'l to 27 inclusive and not on the date" iirevMni'ly announced.
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    MALAYAN ENGINEERS.
    187 12 J Fewer Enterprises During Current Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 15. At the annual general meeting of tho Perak section of the Engineering Association, Mr. J. L. Hope was elected president, Mr. K. J. Bee hon. secretary, and Messrs. H. C. Har.nay, J. M. Whitie, W.
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    KUALA PILAH CRIME.
    161 12 Fine for Well-known Local Towkay. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremba-n, Feb. 13. The Kuala Pilah Magistrate imposed a fine of $630 yesterday on a well-known Chinese towkay, Tan Puan. of Kuala Pilah, who was convicted of being in possession of chandu dross. Several illicit liquor cases were
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    MR. J. H. THOMAS.
    62 12 House Burgled Two Men Arrested. London. Feb. While Mr. t. H. Thomas is at Geneva! attending the Disarmament Conference. I thieves broke into his house at Dulwich, at present unoccui :ed, and situated only 50, yard? from a police station which, happily, proved convenient, as two
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    ROYAL VISITORS.
    86 12 Belgian Prince and Princess In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 15. Travelling as Count end Countess de Rethy, the Crown Prince and Princess of Belgium, accompanied by the Vicomtesse de Lantsheere, lady-in-waiting, and Baron Cppelle, A.D.C.. arrived on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning they visited the Kymt
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    QUARREL WITH MONK.
    44 12 Jeweller Sent to Hospital With Stab Wound. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 15. A Sinhalese jeweller named Andris has been admitted to hospital suffering from a stab wound alleged to have been inflicted duiing an altercation with a Buddhist monk.
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    SUICIDE VERDICT.
    46 12 Woman Who Cut Her Throat In Hospital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 18. Death by suicide was the verdict of the coroner at the Inquest on a Chinese woman who was found with her throat cut in a bathroom at the General Hospital.
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    66 12 A public meeting is to be held at the Masonic Hall, Yenning Road, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday at 6.35 p.m., when an address dealing with the relation between the rubber producer and the rubber manufacturer -will be given by Mr. L. Cresson, of the Singa,<ore Rubber Works. The meeting is
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    16 12 The Poppy Day Collection made in Penang for 1031 amounted to $21,270.(32 against 9S£flM.fl for linn.
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    THE JOHORE QUARRY RIOT.
    326 12 25 Discharged The Rest Bound Over. The hearing of the case in which 109 men were charged wv'h rioting at the Bukit Lunchoo granite quarry, Johore, came to a conclusion on Saturday morning when Mr. F. C. Marshall, the First Magistrate, Johore Bahru, discharged 25 and
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    THE CAPITOL.
    233 12 Clive Brook in New Role In "Silence." In Silence." the Paramount production of Max MarcinV, play of the same name, which is showing at the Capitol, Ciive Brook, the popular English actor, appears in a new role namely that of a gaol-bird, who ultimately finds himself undr>r sentence
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    CHETTIARS' CHAMBER.
    364 12 First Annual Meeting Lasts Six Hours. The tii st annual general gathering ot' the Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, was held on Friday in the specially decorated hall of the Chettiars' Temple. Almost all the members were present and prominent among the visitors was Mr. Vaisu Shunmugam. After
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    NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
    132 12 Eight British Destroyers At Singapore. The destroyer; Beraphis, Seraph, Sterling and Sirdar are due to leave Singapore for Colombo and the United Kingdom to- morrow. It will be remembered that the destroyers arrived at Singapore on Jan. "J7 or. their way home from the Far East, and i
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      CHINA AND JAPAN.
      1002 12 New Conditions In Manchuria To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, For many days news from the Far East has Deen comparatively scanty, and tht-re seems to be no major warfare taking place in Shanghai. Further, r.o telegrams are arriving from Manchuria, a fact which may
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      BOYCOTT.
      208 12 To the Editor of the Straits Trmea. Sir, Under the heading Boycott." in your issue of Saturday, your correspondent Civilised is quite right whrn hr states that the story about Jie Prime Mnviter and the Danish butter may be fantasy. It is Accompanying this letter is the local newspaper
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      "IN REPLY TO YOURS."
      122 12 "IN REPLY TO YOURS. To the Kditor of the Straits Times. •Sir, Permit me to dispute you'- stateaients in your leading article on Thursday, (1) "with 50 per cant, restriction the pi ice cf the commodity must be double I before producers are in as good a position as they
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      206 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I wish to associate myself with the writer of the letter in T'r.u < lay' issue of the Straits Times who sij-ns hinvielf "Malacca." With reference to your leader "in Reply to Yours" I think that a definition by yourself of the
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      EYE-SORES.
      111 12 To the Editor of the Straitr, Times. Sir, I notic? that all the attap ihedfl occupied by Chinese ami others alongside Balestier Road, as well as those on Haylang Road at the turning into Tanjong Katong Roa.l, have be-n demolished but there are quite a number on Oxford Read
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    SPAIN'S WARSHIPS.
    293 12 New Fleet Under Construction. Madrid. Jan. 14. The Minister of MarilM bus been authorised to sell liy auctim four cruisers, three destroyers, one gunboat, six torpedoboats, one submarine, and a fisheries protection vessel, according to a decree published in the "official jourtal." What at first siarht mijjht appear
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      ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
      875 13 Hi-Annual Regatta. MERLIN MISSES COASTING STEAMER BY INCHES. Favoured by ideal conditions, the sailing at the bi-annual regatta of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Satur<lav afteraooa was full of interest. There was a large attendance and added Intend tras lent to the proceeiings by the
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      EXCITING FINISHES AT TAIPING.
      846 13 Two Big Surprises. AU AND NEELAVENI PAY $113 and $137. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 13. There was an improvement in the attendance on the third day of the Taiping Turf Club's professional meeting held today. The weather was fine throughout and among those present
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      MOTHERWELL BEAT CUP HOLDERS.
      696 13 Home Football. ARSENAL'S WIN OVER VILLA'S CONQUERORS. The Scottish Cup holders were eliminated from that competition on Saturday, when the runners-up, Motherwell, secured an at home victory in the third round by two clear goals. They thus give good promise of once more figuring in the
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    SEREMBAN HOCKEY.
    272 13 Weak European Side Defeats the Rest. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremben, Feb. 13. Although unable to field their strongest te»m, the local Europeans were victorious by three goals to one against the Rest this afternoon when the curtain was finally rung down on hockey for tho season. The
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    TENNIS IN BANGKOK.
    57 13 Siamese Win Both Singles Events. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 14. The Siair. taluA chan.pionships conclude i on Saturday afternoon, when both the ladies' open singles and the men's open singles were won by Siamese in the presence of the King and Queen of Siam, both
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    SINGAPORE GOLF.
    206 13 Monthly Medal Competition At Garrison G.C. The Garrison Golf Club men's monthly medal ompetition was played on Satur:ay and yrstsjlltej The following wiv«: the bi--t ICtMM Mr. T. Addis Martin 1 down Mr. K. Grpsory -Jones 3 Lieut. G. H. T. Billson 3 On? !>a!l sweep m won
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    150 13 Monday. February 15. Football: Commercial Cup, 2nd rd.: Bramtoco vs. Ho Hong Bank, Anson Road Stadium; S.C.C. practice match, 5 p.m. Coif: Keppcl G.C. Women's Spoon (bogey); Singapore G.C. Women's spoon (bogey). Tuesday, February 16. Tennis at the S.C.C. Over 40 vs. Under 40. Football: Commercial Cup, 2nd
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    19 13 [The co-operation of club secretaries Is ■equeeted la keeping la!l diary of sporting i-vtnts iccuraU and up to dats.l
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    929 13 Leading Positions Remain Unchanged. The following are the positions ot teams in the English and Scottish Leagues after Saturday"s matches P. W.L. D. F. A. Pts Everton 28 17 10 1 85 B 2 35 Sheffield Utd. 28 16 10 2 C 2 44 84 West Brom. A.
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    OSBORNE SHIELD.
    139 13 Selangor's High Score Against Perak. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 15. In the anni al rifle shoot for the Osborne Shield, Selangor beat Perak by 559 points to 534. Selangor's score is the highest since 1909. Scores: Selangor: Ensor 92, Hutton 92, Dewar 97, Davies 93, Abu
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    S.C.C. CRICKET.
    47 13 Season to Start Next Week. The S.C.C. cricket will begin with a trial match to be played on Feb. 26 and 27, and there will be another trial game on Feb. 28. On Mar. 4 and sth match will be under 30 n. Over 30.
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    PENANG CRICKET.
    62 13 Ceylonese Beat Indian Association. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 15. In their cricket match against the Indian Association the Ceylon Association scored 51 and 45 runs in their first and second innings, the Indian Association replying with 40 and 36. The Indian bowler. Parekh, took five wickets
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    ENGLAND'S RUGGER VICTORY.
    308 13 Ireland Defeated In Dublin. London, Feb. 13. At Dublin, before 35,000 spectators, England registered her first international victory this season by beating Ireland by 11 points to 8. —Reuter. The teams were as follows England R. J. Barr (Leicester) C. C. Tanner (Gloucester), D. W. Burland (Bristol),
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    37 13 At a recent steeplechase meet in Hong Kontf, I-ady Peel's pony, Marquis Hall, ridden by Capt. Coltman, private secretary to Sir William Peel, was first. Lady Peel is very keen on pony racing and owns several animals.
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    Sporting News.
    65 14 WITHOUT PRECEDENT Amazing Incident at Race Meeting in Slam. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 14. During one of the races on the concluding day of the King's Cup race meetinj ct the Snorts Club six horse* fell in heap. One d:ed ami another was injured, whik two
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    LOCAL SOCCER.
    79 14 The following will represent the Municipal Treasurer's department against the Transport Centre at football in the Farrer Co] < ■oinpeition on Wednesday at the (Jcylang football stadium Yam Soon Chiap Kirn anil Ah Chew Cheng Hoe, Chee Kit and Se«« Chor Yunos, Khun Onn. Kemaf. Marcus and Menon.
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    147 14 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended Feb. G gives the total number o:' t'eaths as male 118 and female 77. This represents a death rate of L 1.56 per mille, per annum, compared with 21.78 in the preceding week and 24.73 in V\i corresponding week of last
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    SUPERMEN OF THE AIR.
    681 14 Pilots Who Fly Blind Ii An Weathers. Inclusion of a course of blind flying ir Ihe training of every pilot in the Roya Air Force, reveaJed, in an Air Ministry announcement a few weeks ago, marks t now and vitally important stage in th< conquest of
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    AFRICAN ROMANCE.
    124 14 Viscount Annoyed At Daughter's Marriage. Nairobi, Feb. 2. A surprise wedding between the Jaaghter of a British peer and her father's Ci'.ropean hunter, while her father wns r.way engaged in a big same hunt, and ii r father's subsequent displeasure upoii arninit of 'he match have excited the
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    CABLES AND WIRELESS.
    47 14 Return of £4,839,000 Last Year. London, Jan. 20. Cable and wireless traffic yielded £4,839,000 in 1331, compared with £5,.165,000 in 1930, and £6,146,000 in 1929. This year's total shows an apparent decline of over foOO.OOO, but strict compurison is not possible owing to adjustments.
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    13 14 The troopship Lancashire arrived at Singapore from the Far East today homeward bound.
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    2763 15 CABINET AGREES TO DIFFER DISUNITED BUT INTACT A FACE-SAVING FORMULA NOW FOR TARIFFS BUT NOT COLONIAL PREFERENCE A CRITICAL SESSION AND A UNIQUE SPECTACLE MR. RINCIMAN'S QUANDARY THE LAW OFFICERS' GENERAL POST LABOUR LOSES ITS MOST BRILLIANT WOMAN DR. MARION PHILLIPS AN ORGANISING GENIUS
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    MR. HOLTTUM CLIMBS MT. KINABALU.
    1008 16 Botanical Treasures. NEW FERNS ORCHIDS DISCOVERED. Mr. R. E. Holttum, Director of the Itotanical Gardens, Singapore, gives the following brief account of his axrent of Alt. Kinahalu, British North Borneo, in November of last year. Notwithstanding many warnings, I ventured to the summit of Mount
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    UNILEVER HOUSE, LONDON.
    811 16 Notable Addition to City's Buildings. There was a time and that not long ago when the sight of a new building going up aroused only an idle interest among Londoners, writes the building correspondent of a London journal. It was the architects' fault; they never gave ns
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    TEACHING THE KING'S ENGLISH.
    964 16 A London Experiment. BROADCAST LESSONS IN SPEECH. The pronunciation of English by London school children was the subject of a demonstration in school broadcasting, arraftged by the Central Council for School at The Conference of Educational Associations at University College. Mr. G. T. Hankin. H.M. Inspector
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    31 16 Sir James Sexton, Socialist M.P. for St. Helens from 1918 until the last election, has notified St. Helens Labour Party that he does not intend to stand again for ths division.
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      354 16 -Dread and milk 2k\ 2k Whilt Bread and M»"< at a party.' How unjust! Howauful! ?But the curious thing is that the P children liked it better than the «V*JL T cakjs. c For tne m»"<, you see, ua> Milkmaid Milk spread nice and t thick on thin slices of
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    THE ISLES OF THE DOOMED.
    1387 17 Soiled Humanity. LIFE ON DEVIL'S ISLAND. It is seldom that French authority allows visitors from the outside world, who might be indiscreet enough to relate what they have seen, to set foot upon the soil of the famous Devil's Island convict settlement, and of those
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    ELSIE JANIS.
    318 17 Cats Will Say I Robbed A Cradle." Km Kl.-ie Janis, the American actress who has revealed the news of her wedding i;r. New Year's Eve t:> Mr. Gilbert Watson, a business man 16 years i.er junior, has her own philosophy of marriage. Lots .of cats wi:l *ay that
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    LIQUID FUEL.
    235 17 German Rationalisation Scheme. The plan for rationalising and unifying the production and Rale of liquid fuel hi Germany is under discussion. The aim oi the scheme would be to secure the use ot us great a quantity of German products as possible, and to secure that the raw
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    TRAINED ETONIANS.
    82 17 Sudden Death of SergeantMajor Andrews. Etonians, past and present, will learn with regret of the sudden death of Sergeant-Major William Andrews, of the Eton College Officers Training Corps. He was 59 years of age, and had been with the Corps for 21 years. Sergeant-Majcr Andrews served in the
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    WARNING TO INDIA.
    257 17 Congress Menace Of Anarchy. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Secretary for India, speaking at the India Office on Jan. 14, sajd that the emergency measuies in India would not be kept in operation a day longer than they were ntede:!. But they will remain as long as threats
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    GIANT CUNARDER.
    94 17 Resumption of Work if Loan Is Granted. London. Jan. 28. In a circular letter to shareholders regarding the suspension of work on the new giant C'unard liner at Clyde- ank. the Cunartl Co. state that ihi y j have never tost faith in the en tbility to operate
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    NITRATES BLAZE.
    38 17 Damage Estimated At 2,500,000 Francs. La Palice (France), Jan. 27. j Two thousand five hundred tons of f'hilean nitrates in a warehouse hero have been d' -tioyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 2,500,000 francs.
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    DEATH RISK TO FIND PLANTS.
    660 18 Explorer's Rare Haul In Tibet. An extraordinary story of hardship and adventure on the mountainous borderland cf Tibet and Burma has reached the Natural History Mustum, South Kensington, from Mr. F. Kingdon Ward, naturalI ist and explorer. The letter indicates that Mr. Ward successfully penetrated
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    MISSING AIRMAN.
    285 18 Not Seen After Boarding Express. Some time ago a young English airman ritjininn from New Guinea, with a quan •iiy of gold dust in his luggage, enteref" the Rome to Calais express at Genoa, in Italy, apparently on his way to England to ioin his wife and child
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    £150 FOR BREACH.
    40 18 A jury in the King's Bench Division has awarded Mies Annie Wordell, a nurse £150 damage against Mr. John Williar. Kimber, of Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, fc bleach of promise to marry. Judgmen was entered accoulingly with costs.
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    PUBLIC SCHOOLBOYS.
    357 18 Physique Compared With State Schoolboys. Boys who go to public schools are at the outset physically inferior to the products of State-aided education. Dr. Cyril Norwood, headmaster of Harrow, has been telling us. "They lack," he says, "the natural chest displacement and lung power, and they are full
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    LONDON'S ADVANTAGE
    235 18 Why Foreign Industrialists Select Southern Sites. Mr. F. J. Marquis, chairman of thu Liverpool Organisation, speaking at the xnnual meeting said that a representative >f the Organisation was at present interv ewinjr important industrialists in Gernany. who had been forced by tariffs to consider manufacturing in Great Britain,
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    RAIDED HEIRLOOMS.
    149 18 Countess's Appeal To Burglar. Family miniatures of great sentimental value were among articles stolen recently from the residence of the Dowager Countess of Damley at Puckle Hill, Shome, near Gravesend, Kent. The stolen property included miniatures of Mary Queen of Scots, the fourth Lord and Lady Darnley, the
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    HE MADE IT HIMSELF.
    105 18 Why a Coin Forger Was Not Arrested. A Bohemian-looking man entered a Budapest shop, and, having made a purchase, flung a glittering new coin on to .he counter. As the assistant examined it with suspicion, the customer remarked calmly, 'There is nothing wrong with the money
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    STRATOSPHERIC AIR FIGHTERS.
    420 18 Experimental Plane Being I Built Finding themselves outclassed in speed by the British aircraft constructors. Continental designers are now turning to altitude, and at least six foreign experimental aircraft for flying in the stratosphere, carrying their pilots in air-tight pressure cabins, are being built abroad. With these
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    THREW ACID.
    173 18 Three Year's Prison For Jeweller. Sentence of three years' penal servi-| tude was nassed by Mr. Justice Finlay at the Old Bailey on Ernest Phillips, aged 47. a jeweller, of West End Lane, Hampstead, who pleaded guilty to throwing corrosive acid at Mr. Ernest Owers, estate agent, with
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    SMASH-AND-GRAB RAID.
    133 18 Jewel Thieves Make Off In Fast Car. Three men, believed to be part of a London gang operating in the provinces, made a daring smash-and-grab raid, securing diamond rings to the value of nearly £700 from a jeweller's in Union Street, Bristol. Two men got out of a
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    LEGION OF HONOUR.
    116 18 Englishmen Who Figure In The Awards. Paris, Jan. 14. Several foreigners figure in the New Year's promotions in the Legion of Honour. Two British journalists, Mr. Heathcote, of the London Referee, and Mr. G. A. Raper, who has been 28 year* on the staff of the Continental
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    SPAIN'S CIVIL GUARD.
    995 19 A Fine Force. SAVED THE COUNTRY FROM CHAOS. No crime of recent months has provoke! such indignation in Spain as the killing of the four Civil Guards by an Infuriated BlOb at Cast ill. lam o. in the I'rovince of Badajoc, write* Uw Midi id correspondent of
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    " CHANGING GEAR " IN THE AIR.
    335 19 CHANGING GEAR IN THE AIR. Climbing Invisible Hills. One hundred and fifty hours' test flying have been completed with the new Gloster Hele-Shaw-Beacham variable pitch air-screw, which does for an aeroplane what the <rear-box does for a motor-car. When an aeroplane is climbing, the engine is working under conditions very
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    THE " B. B. C. AGE."
    437 19 THE B. B. C. AGE." A Picture of Life in The Future. A picture of the future life of a citizen provided for by the 8.8.C. was drawn by Sir Hugh Allen, director of the Royal College of Music, at the conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians in London:
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
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    THE DIVORCE MILL OF RENO.
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    ADOPTS AN ORPHAN.
    228 19 Highest Paid Film Star's Decision. Hollywo<xl, Jan. 12. A London orphan lad has b<:en adopted as her own by Constance Bennett, the highest paid film actress in the world, who in private life is the Marquise de la Falaise de la Coudraye. She secretly asked the court
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    Woman Member Of Russian Arctic Expedition.
    123 20 eh, has just returned to Russia in the ice-breaker Redov after penetrating hitherlo unexplored rtgjtm* i:i Franx first time a woman took part in an Arctic expedition, for I'rau Demmcm wife of a member ol the vpiililion. arcointhe expedition among the ice packs. On
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