The Straits Times, 27 June 1932

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST r AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. PRICE 10 CENTS 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932, The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 422 1 ■nGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151 6.15 Ton ",t 9.15 "BECGAR STUDENT with i LANCE FAIRFAX »nd SlfißUsY I»'.E i I'hone 52«1-2. DUINKMORE GOOD MILK! '^L Of c^ ver(^ ant Pastures pedigree cattle 6 fi^L~ few countries indeed, can rival SWITZERLAND for milk production Jpil^p^ "BEAR" Brand Natural Swiss Milk
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    • 234 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 27, JAVA ST. CPHO^K 6«6^> STAPLES B MATTRESS. BY APPOINTMENT "Wire Mattro* tc Bedstead Manufacture r» to H.M.THE KING /COOLNESS IN HOT COUNTRIES. The open construction of the mattress allows direct ventila- i tion straight through to the bedding, thus giving that all import^!; feature so absolutely essenin
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    • 16 1 :.tt. 1. 6.15 Tonight 9.15 BEGGAR STUDENT with LANCE FAIRFAX j and SHIRLEY PALE Thone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 559 2 ~P~ ft To:, BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OITVVUU) FKOM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1932. -(KASHMIR 9.000 July 7 RAWALPINDI 17,000
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    • 742 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. sii «j~ li Ai iii i (NIPPIN YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London. Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesborouxh. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. X TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 June 28 29 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 13 14 HARUNA MARU 10,500 July 27 28 5 KATORI MARU 10,000 Aug. 11 12
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    • 455 2 BURNS PHILP im (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by thd wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (:t,3. r >2 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to
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    • 571 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. FIONIA June 29 July 1 m.s. KRRIA July 13 July 15 m.s. ALSIA Aug. 10 Aug. 12 m.s. LALANDIA Aug. 31 Sept. 2 m.s. MEONIA
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    • 1128 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STFAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Ltd.. and China (19.12). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THK STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE CUNAKD STEAM SHI. Co.. Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, Ld. THE SIAM
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  • Shipping News.
    • 537 3 $110,000 in Bullion At Stake. Shanghai, June 8. A dramatic story of how an American warship came to the rescue of two British river-vessels threatened by a large force (,f pirate-bandits in the upper reaches of Ihe Yanfctse. has just been received. The warship concerned
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    • 290 3 Submarine to Engage A Q Ship. A considerable number of naval officers at Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth have ban engaged f<;r the past three rih'tiths on the preliminary plans lor this yi .ii s Navy Week, which will be held in ■II three ports from Saturday, July 30,
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    • 314 3 Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau for week ended June 18. Alexandria 1 smallpox case. Beirut 1 plague case. Baghdad: 3 smallpox cases and 2 deaths as against 9 cases and 4 deaths during the
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    • 69 3 Success of Experiment With Oil and Coal Mixture. London, June 21. The trial of a new fuel for oceangoing ships is reported to have given excellent results. The fuel is a liquid mixture of heavy oil and crushed coal, and permits an economy of 10 shillings a
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    • 97 3 Monday. June 27. Ships alongside the Wharves or eipected to arrive. KEPPEX HARBOUR. Main Wharf W.» Bt. Kitty 1, Marpessa, Anatina. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Senang, Will O' The Wisp. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock
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    • 73 3 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations a.t Singapore Acardo, Agatha, Argun Maru, Corneville, Dalia, Danmark, Hokk:u Maru, Hong Hwa, Honolulu Maru, Karafuto Maru, Kinkasan Maru, Mcdjokerto .Mines, Neleus, Risaldar, Scaiariy, T.rukuni Maru, Yuyoi Maru. Penang 1 :—Agamemnon,: Agamemnon, Atreus, Benclcuch. Benvenue, Etha Rickmers,
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  • 300 3 BHANURANGSI, Siam, 406 tons, from Bacho 25-6, for Bacho 27-6. DUKAT, Norw., 761 tons, from Bangkok 27-6, for Bangkok 28-6. DARVEL, Brit., 1,002 tons, from Sandakan 27-6. FJONIA, Dan., 3,337 tons, from Ban K kok 26-6, for Europe 29-6. GEN. VAN GEEN, Dut., 719 tons, from Batavia 27-6,
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  • 165 3 The following passengers for Malaya left London on Jun :l. b;- tsM N.Y.K. Kashima Mam duo in Singapore on July 3 Mr. L.. Bostock. Mr. R. Lowe, Mr. K. Ste'cn-Olsen, Mr. H. Walker. The follow-in? passengers for Malaya arrived by the P. ami O. Mantua: Mr. and Mrs. J.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 340 3 THE BANK LINE AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE. (Owners Messrs. ANDREW WEIR A CO.) BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. VIA SUEZ. Da* Dae. Sails. N. York. LAGANBANK June 29 July 6 Aug. 12 TAYBANK July 25 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) Agents. Tel. 5437. KERR STEAMSHIP CO., INC (Incorporated
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    • 421 3 SNORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated in Germany.) The undermentioned ars the company's intended fixtures OUTWARDS. S I). ALLER for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Y'hama, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka, Moji, Dairen, Taku Bar and Tsingtau July 6 J s.s. ALSTER for Manila. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Y'hama, Kobe, Osaka, Moji and Hankcw July 18 HOMEWARDS.
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    • 468 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINK cJW AMERICAN MAIL LINE A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LINERS ARE POPULAR 1 The staterooms nrp tlio largest and most eomfortubk' you can buy. 2 The cosmopolitan atmosphere of these World Linors insiuvs •/ou an interesting: cruise. 'I'hc ship is yours from stem to stern No
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    • 441 3 ELLERMAN BUCKN ALL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to t UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suei CaaaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF MELROURNR Aug. 1 HOMEWARDS. •.8. CITY OF DERBY for, Havrs, L'don,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 48 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. ;;iy's max. tenp. 81 "F. krht's mm. temp. 77° F. i -t.nkiv's i-amfall Nil sun>hine 0.1 hour 1 p.m. iflat'W 1 urn. 75 per cent. 1 p.m. wind PAW. 15 m.p.h. 1 p.m. weather overcast C. D. STEWART, Superintendent, Metwrologital Office, Singapore, June 27. \'J">2.
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    • 142 3 TIDE TABLES. Monday, June 27. H. W. 4.26 a.m., 7 ft. 6 in., 6.10 .pm., 7 ft. 9 in. Tuesday. Jane 28. H. W. 5.44 a.m., 7 ft. 1 in., 6.66 p.m., 8 ft. Wednesday, June 2». H. W. 7.6 a.m., 7 ft., 6.46 p.m., 8 ft. 2 in. Thursday,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 803 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When spptylnjr for any position advertised, In the** columns nend copies of testimonial*. Do not send orlginkls. VVANTKD middle July next for at least mi* month niirsi' for hidy with baby. State ••iary reqtlirad and references to No. 182, Str;iit> Time-. UNOTYPE OPERATORS WANTED. Only men capable of
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    • 835 4 HOUSES. FLAre TOLET BD.VGALOW No. 99, Sophia »d. Rent $50. N. TyebaHy, I«8, Cecil StreW T SMALL cosy Bungalow, 16. Balmoral Crescent. Apply .12, Balmoral Road. GARDEN Houses, Bukit Timah Rd., near Balmoml Road. $20. Phone 2Mt. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansion*. Apply Spore Building Corp., 64, Market St.
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    • 688 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LCT OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie A Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Road, 3,700 r<j. feat, first elas* property. United Engineer*. OFFICES to let on 2nd and 4th Floor;, Ocean Building, available from July 1. Apply MANSFIELD A CO., Ltd. GOT)OWN, River Valley
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    • 403 4 FOR SALE FOR SALE, 2 secondhand Incubators (Brish made) ia very good condition for 60 and }0 eggs. resp. M. Prager. 137, Cecil Street. ALL* EL.ECT3IC (A.C.|| GRAMOPHONE, n excellent condition. Pine panelled Cabiet wifh receptacle for 100 records. Worth 700. fioinjt for $3. r «0 or near offer. Apply
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    • 576 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. THE KUANTAN RUBBER SYNDICATE, LTD(lncorporated in the Straits Settlement*). CBAKTERRD BANK CHAMBERS, Singapore, June 20, 1932. NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on> Tursday July tt. 1932,
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    • 563 4 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE IS HERrTBY GITEM that the Trade Mark depicted ahove is the exclusive property of Leong Kin Nam trading as On Wo Tong" of No. 7. Trengganu Street. Singapore, and that the same is used by him m respect of drugs including menthol and ether medicinal and pharmaceutical
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  • 434 5 Hirer Must Replace If Destroyed. The following case recently decided in the F.M.S. Supreme Court will be of interest to those members of the public who have hired cooking stoves from the Government Electrical Department. Mr. H. Hopson Walker, of Klang, appeared for die appellant, and
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  • 429 5 Monday, June 13. In the morning His Excellency, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. P. T. Allen, Resident Councillor, Penang, visited the CToyne at Prai and the site for the civil aerodrome. In the afternoon His Excellency accompanied by the Resident Councillor and the Inspector of Schools, Mr. T.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 536 5 SATURDAY, JULY 2 Dancing till 2 a.m. TICKET S $1.50. 25$> of the proceeds of tickets donated to the European Unemployment Fund. The New Europe Orchestra will provide the music. Concerts every Sunday, 9.30 p.m. Dinner Dances. Tuesdays, jAm Thursdays and Saturdays. jmWffi ELRCPE >^LJ Telegraphic Address: Postal Address: BRASTAGI
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    • 731 5 AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE of freehold and Wsthold Sinif«pore Pruperties. At Menri. Cheonf Koon Se:.|t 4 Co.'» i»leroom, No. 30. Chulia Street, on Wednesday, Jnnr 29. 1932. at 2.30 p.m. Lots I*2. Valuable freehold land iltuate at Dukei Road :>ml Kings Road, Singapore, are*« 1 rood, 3:t poles and 42,874
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  • 2211 6 FLYING NOTES. Plans For The R.A.F. Display ISew Military And Civil Aeroplanes Air Drill At Three Miles A Minute Modern Aerial Combat Speedy Dog-Fight Watching A Spin Britain's ISew Research Apparatus Light Aeroplanes For Sweden And Egypt Endurance Of Aero Engines. London, May 31.
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  • 234 6 Man and Woman Found Stabbed. A very well-known Dutch resident of Johore, aged 50 and a Malay woman said to be his wife were found stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning. The murdered man was Mr. Julian McHeyzer, a Dutch Burgher, and a report lodged
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  • 91 6 Thieves Caught Running Away With It. Calcutta, June 7. Jogia Kumar and two others have been sentenced by the Police Magistrate of Alipore to six months' rigorous imprisonment each for theft of a shirt and gold studs belonging to a college student. The fourth accused, Nathu, a
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  • 51 6 Recommended for the Madras Government. Ootacamund, June 2. The appointment of a Statistical Officer for the Madras Government for the coordination of the statistics collected by various departments is recommended by a committee which was appointed last year to inquire into the question of statistics for ascertaining price
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 38 6 #f^^fe- SCORCHED NNfft* J^V_l^^^B^ r W V^^^^ Crisp, scorched almonds with a coating W\J feMH^B^ Fry's famous chocolate. Most econoWL%lNfc£ //•Sr^ J mical, over 130 in a 1 lb. Tin and s0- cannot be beaten for freshness and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 123 7 TODAY TOMORROW Robert Montgomery In Frederick Lonsdale's Brilliant Romantic Comedy Drama "Lovers Courageous" WEDNESDAY: OPENING at the MATINEE. Buster Keaton Schnozzle Durante Polly Moran AND IRENE PtJRCELL IN PASSIONATE PLUMBER Yet Another Metro Super 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Robert Montgomery and Nor ma Shearer IN Private Lives M V^ m\ TO-NIG
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    • 159 7 CAPITOL TONIGHT! A Great New Show for the Entire Family! SPECIAL MATINEE TOMORROW 3.15 mark" twa iiFi Immortal Story of Boyhood Adventure "HUCKLEBERRY FINN" with IAPIfIF M f^ W\ I A Paramount COOGAN. 932S I MITZI GREEN you once Revelled in ♦/m i I With the Screen's \^M 1 4
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    • 222 7 PAVILION RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. TONIGHT "'CARNIVAL' CAN REALLY BE SAID TO HAVfi SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE FILM INDUSTRY A REALLY FINE PICTURE" SAYS TODAY'S FREE PRESS. MfITHESON LfING oo«ofmy eouONEft. jqseph schilokbaot C/lRI\ilV/i| CTS A BRITISH 6 dominions PRODUCTION GOOD PROGRAMMES DON'T COME ONCE IN A WHILE TO THE
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  • 157 8 Local Rubber Position Stagnant. PRICES GENERALLY UNCHANGED. .(By Oar Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Today's Prices Rubber, 4 15/16 cents per lb. Tin, 100 tons at $59 per picul. Saturday's Prices Rubber, London. 1 unchanged. New Tori unchang Market i Stagnant. Tin, London, no market. New York, 19%
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  • 64 8 Noon, June 27. T..S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyen. Sellers. Spot ..4 15/16 5 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyer*. Sellers. July 5 1/16 5Vs Aug. 5i/ 8 5 3/16 July-Sept. s>/8 5 3/16 Oct.-Dec. 5«4 5% Tone of Market: Dull. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet
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  • 185 8 SinrGambier 7.00 (Cube A 1 unpicked) 16.00 Copra 5.30 lsixfd 4.90 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.92 2 White Pepper 24.50 Black Pepper 20.50 Pearl Sago 4.2f small 5.00 medium pea] 6.00 Rice giam $167 to 195 Saigon $149 to 165 Rangoon $152 to 166 No. 1 of 125 catties gross
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 16 8 Issued by Fraser Co., E xchange Stock Brokers. Singapore, June 27, 10 a.m.
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    • 438 8 Issue VaL Pd. 1 1 Penawat Buyers. Sellers. 0.31 0.34 6/- 6/- Pengkalen Ord. 1 1 Petaling Tin 9/3 10/3 3.12 i/ 2 3.20 £1 £1 Puchong 5/9 6/9 £1 £1 Pungah 1 1 Puteh 7/9 8/3 0.30 0.40 nom. 1 1 Rahman Hyd. 1 1 Rajah Perak 0.35
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    • 288 8 Issue VaL Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.70 1.00 noi 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.15 1.35 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.10.0 3.13.9 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 5.00 1 1 Central Engine nom. 100 50 Chinese Com. Bamk 61.00 63.00 £1 £1 Con.
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    • 141 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 104 106 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4i/ 2 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vi> p.c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000
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    • 378 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Tito fcboT# rubber quotations an nao»tly only noaalnL To-day's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Co. Allenby ($1) Alor Gajah ($1) A. Hitam ($1) 0.15 0.30 0.10 0.25 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.25 0.40 0.60 0.40 0.50 A. Kuning ($1) A. Malay ($2)
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  • 191 8 Singapore, June 27. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London*, 60 days' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, demand 2/3% London, T.T. 2/3 23/82 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,050 Hamburg, demand 171 New York, demand 41% Batavia
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  • 91 8 Rugby, June 25. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam B.9sVss Athens 557 1/ 2 Belgrade 225 Berlin 15.2714 Bombay Is. 5 15/16 Brussels 26 Bucharest 620 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18% Geneva 18.57>/ 2 Helsingfors 215 Hong Kong Is. 3' t d. Lisbon 110 Madrid 43% Milan 71 Monte Video 30
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  • 46 8 A mail from Batavia and Palembang by aeroplane is expected at Singapore at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Air Mail Alor Star Amsterdam dispatched from Singapore on June 16, arrived in Amsterdam on June 24 and was delivered in London on June 25, (9 days).
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  • 39 8 From China and Japan by Terukuni Maru due Singapore tomorrow. Prom China and Japan by Madras Maru due Singapore on Wednesday, the 29th instant. From Australia by Mangola due Singa i p-ore on Wednesday, the 29th instant.
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  • 114 8 Today. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak, Pakan Baroe. Pajakombo Padang (Ban Siong Bee) 8 p.m. Bengkalis, Laboean Bilik and Tanjong Balei (Retch) 3 p.m. Kemaman, Kemasek, Kretay, Dungun, Trengganu and Besut (Bhanurangsi) ..3 p.m. Pontianak (Raub) 4 p.m. Tomorrow. Bagan (Pasir) U ••<»»• Pontianak. Sing<kawanK, Pemangkat and Sambas
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  • 47 8 I* Porthos Karapara Kola Tjandi Baloeran Chitral nenonccaux Tabinta Karoa B'pore London Hay 18 June 13 May 19 Jane 18 May 19 Jane 18 May 27 June 16 May 27 June 20 June 1 June 27 June 2 Jane 27 June 2 June 27
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  • 213 8 Reported Heavy Sale Denied. Rumours current in London that the Banka tin mines of the Dutch Government intend to at once sell large quantities of tin to one merchant are, I am authoritatively informed, without foundation, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times on June 12.
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  • 253 8 The interests of the British-Borneo Petroleum Syndicate are widespread. Some have been more severely affected by the exceptionally unfavourable general market conditions, particularly the depressed state of the oil industry, than others, but the position as a whole is intrinsically sound. As the chairman pointed out at the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 109 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Monday, June 27. "Show of Shows," Raffles Hotel. Tuesday, June 28. Annual meeting of Devon Estates (Malacca) Ltd., French Bank Bldfr., noon. Annual general mIR. of Spore Chinese Girls' School. 6.15 p.m. Wednesday. June 29. Rotary Tiffin, Adelphi Hotel, 1 p.m. Police Band at Telok Ayer,
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1850 9 LUNUVA (CEYLON) TEA RUBBER. Chairman's Review Of The Year. Th« twenty-fifth annual general meeting of the Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Ruber Estates, Ltd., was held on May 18, 1932, in the council room of the Rubber Growers' Association, 2-4, Idol Lane, London, E.C. The chairman, Mr. H. J. Welch, presided.
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    • 457 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are the prices, cents per catty where not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on J'ine U4 an furnished by the Food and Market Inspector: Meat. Beef steak (rouidi 38 por catty, beef stew or curry 30, pork, lean 60,
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    • 64 9 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. The closing prices today were RUBBER. Buyers. Sellers. Spot M 4 d. 1 13/16 d. June M,d. 1 13/16 d. Oct. -Dec 1 15/16 d. 1 1 16d. Jan.-Mar 1 15/164. 2d. Apr.-June 2d. 2 1 1 fid TIN. Spot
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    • 183 9 The report of the directors of Ulu Klang Tin, Ltd., for the year ended Mar. 31, 1932, to be presented at the fourth annual general meeting of the company at Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, states At the close of the year the company's land holding was $83,465
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    • 253 9 Monday, June 27, 5.15 p m., Mackenzie Road. "B" Company. Section leading; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "C (Scottish) Company, Sand Table exercise and Revolver practice; 5. 15 p.m., Headquarters "D" (Eurasian) Company, Lewis Gun Cla.-i; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, Fortress Company (Malays). Drill .-Mid Light; 5.15 p.m.. Sorangoon Road. S.
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    • 781 9 Consumers Buying From ;>i Hand To-Mouth. UJ3. DELIVERIES FOR JUNE. (From Our Own' Correspondent.) London, June 1. The suggestion has been put forward recently that the grade of Bolivian ores had greatly improved lately, and that for this reason the fine tin contents were better than the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 621 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,0 a* (about £8,000,000). Paid op Capital Glds. 65,000,000 (about £4,600,000). Reserves Glds. 29,190,007 (abont £2,432,000). HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE UAGUE. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHEB Batavia Head office for Dutch East Indies. BRANCH OFFICES: DUTCH EAST INDIES
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    • 55 9 BANKING. CREDIT FONCIER D EXTREME ORIENT BOCTETE ANONYME. (Incorporated la Belgium.) I*7. Head Office BRUSSELS. Branches SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN. HANKOW. PEKING. HONG KONG, TBINAN. Brick and Tile Factor/ ia SHANGHAI. MORTGAGE BANK. Mortgagee real property. Loans for hnildlng. Hoaae and real estate agents. OFFICE, MEYER CHAMBERS. 3rd FLOOR. Tele. 5M1... P.0.
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    • 534 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,00« STATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 20,015,009 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUB, HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermaiin Kobe *Senu»rsng Bombay 'Weltevreden Shanghai Calcutta Medan Solo
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 40 10 The remains of Rose, wife of Arthur O. Fernando of Adelphi Hotel will be removed for interment from the General Hospital. Singapore at the Catholic Cemetery, Bidadari to day at 4.30 p.m. Ceylon papers please copy. No chits.
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    • 19 10 BUCKERIDGE. -In ever loving memory of Lionel, who was taken from us suddenly on June 2fi. 1929.
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  • 1135 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JUNE 27. 1932. THE NEW SIAM. With a swiftness and certainty which showed how well laid were the plans of the organisers, the Siamese coup d'etat has been carried into effect. The King has acceded to the demands of the People's Party, which now has
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  • 1210 10 The Colonial Problem As A European Problem. (By Sir Edward Grigg, X.C.V.0., D.5.0., M.O, former Governor and Commander-in-chief of Kenya Colony, in an interview.) The author suggest* that Britain should divide her main problems of oversea government into two branches, Asiatic and African, each with
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  • 203 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Dr. (Mrs.) M. Zylstra has been appointed to act as temporary Lady Medical Officer, Infant Welfare Centre, Johore Bahru. Mr. E. Tipson, secretary in Malaya for the British and Foreign Bible Society, has gone home on leave accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Tipson. Mr. Lionel L. Hodgson is
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  • 795 10 SLUMP IN SARAWAK. Annual reports, st uU;ii-s and accounts issued by Governments make de»ress in ir, reading in these day*. No matter where they come from, if th" country is civilised enough to produce statistics they tell the same tale of woe as those of their
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  • 119 10 Slafapsra. AI.HAMBRA Robert Montgomery, Madr* Evans and Roland Young in Lovers Courageous. 6.16 9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— Jackie Coogan and Mitzi Green in Huckleberry Finn. 6.15—9.16. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.— Wayangs, Cinema, Donkey Rides, Zoo, Skating ground Commercial Museum and Talkiei MARI.BOROI (ill. Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 63 10 TIFFINS. THE BEST FOOD. THE GREATEST COMFORT. THE MOST EFFICIENT SERVICE. ECONOMICAL PRICES. CA TERING A SPECIALITY. JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. Incorporated in England. I SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG and IPOH. HE richest grazing land in the world provides pasture for the cows which produce AUSTRALIAN BUTTER. -T. 1 "Watch
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    • 109 10 HJELL I Destroys Hies, anil, mosquitoes, etc No harm where h«rm is not intended Pleasant to /Ik MATIH TC ENID PETRIE is giving an Exhibition of Model Gowns and Millinery at the Palm Court in the Capitol Theatre on July 2, from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. This uill provide a
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  • 2127 11 To Rule Under A Constitution. MIDNIGHT RETURN TO CAPITAL BY TRAIN. Prince Purachatra's Visit To Hua Hin. With no disorder or disturbance of the life of the capital, the coup d'etat in Siam has been successfully accomplished. It was only on Friday that
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    • 76 11 On Other Pages, Page Flying Notes Around the Markets By the Financial Correspondent 8 London Tin Market 9 Africa is Empty and I ndcveloped By Sir Edward Urigg 10 Mysterious Death of European 12 Judge Linchnrger Interviewed 12 Straits Trading Co. Meeting 12 Indian Tourists Start Well 13 L. D.
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    • 9 11 CAPITOL TONIGHT! JACKIE COOGAN in MARK TWAIN'S -HUCKLEBERRY FINN."
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  • 544 11 Anglo-American Unity At Geneva. Lausanne, June 25. A gigantic scheme for a Euiopean federation, the idea of whicih was recently mootied by Herr von Bulow, 'is likely to hold the cerjtre ef Wie stage next week. It is understood that M. Herriot, the French Premier, and Heir
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  • 197 11 Letter from the Siamese Consul-General. We have received the following letter from I'hra Mitrakam Kaksha. the Siamese Consul-Genersl in Singspore In order to dispel sny misgiving and anxiety caused by the recent change of Government in Siam, I beg to inform you officially, snd through you the people
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    22 11 Mr. P. M. W. Linebarger. legal adviser to the National Government in China, who psssed through Singapore yesterday. Story on page 12.
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  • 679 11 In South China. TWO-HOUR RAID NEAR HONG KONG. Shanghai, June 27. The trouble in South China is rapidly developing, despite tka fact that Dr. Sun Fo's efforts at medial. nn are being continued. Following the attempt made some days r.go by military forc-s under the control
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  • 246 11 Communist-Nazi Clashes In Rhineland. Berlin, June 25. Bavaria has revolted against the Reich and definitely refused to raise the ban on Nazi uniforms. The Premier, Dr. Held, at a meeting of the Diet this morning, in announcing the decision, declared that Bavaria would strictly adhere to
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  • 154 11 Britain Not to Force Concessions. Lcnlon. June 25. I The proposal of the International Chambers of Commerce of Shanghai for a round-table conference to discuss the future of Shanghai is warmly supported by Mr. J. S. Wardlaw-Milne, M.P. (Con^., Kidderminster) in a letter to The Time.s. He emphasises
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  • 94 11 Salvage Ship's Cargo Arrested." London, June 26. There was a dramatic development when the Italian salvage-ship, Artiglio 11, arrived at Plymouth today with £180,000 in gold and silver from the sunken liner Egypt. The cargo was "arrested" and the holds sealed up on the instructions of the Admiralty
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  • 103 11 30 M.P.H. Increase in Air Operations. Rugby, June 26. Representatives of all nations, including many airmen who have achieved fame in war and peace, witnesseJ the 13th Royal Air Force display- at H-endon Aerodrome today. Tho piogramme included imny thrilling and some comic events and the display afforded
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  • 41 11 Loss Reduced from £4,861 To £3,289. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Juno 25. The Bukit Rajah Rubber Co., Ltt cport shows a loss of £3,259, against ms of f4,861. The company is carryir arward a credit of £7,826.
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  • 343 11 JAPAN HOOVER PLAN. The Price of Manchukuo Recognition. DAIREN CUSTOMS. All Japanese Officials Resign. Washington. .June 2fi. Officials here do not take a serioufc view of the infoimal Japanese sujrire-stions thnl the United States should recognise I Inindependent Manchurian G<w<rr>nien( n return for Japanese acceptance of th Hoover plan. The
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  • 232 11 Cunard Co.'s Experiment A Complete Success. Rugby, June 2fi. i The Cunarder, Scyihia, which, on her voyage to New York, is carrying as part of he; fuel 150 tons of the new mixture cf cif and pulverized coal for use in one of her boilers as a
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  • 71 11 Abbreviated Bathing Drosses Banned. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. The Italian Home Office ihas order* that bathers at the Lido in future shal wear knee-skirt bathing dresses, and thu the mem shall be .segregated fatal the wd men. Dancing: in bathir.ir suits or l>cac
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    • 135 12 J dffbrd to I Can you afford to smile m If not. you need a Prudential V^^^ Policy its security brings contentment and freedom /O v*' from worry. -O^A I Tltt PtßlllirNllAl' WAY/ The Endowment policy offers you the ideal means of insurance. To the family man it means protection
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  • 1001 12 THREW UP JUDGESHIP TO FIGHT FOR CHINA. Paul Myron ml worth Linebtarger. who in 1906 threw up his judgeship in the Philippine Islands to join Dr. Sun Vat Sen and fight side by side with him for 18 years in the establishment of the
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  • 139 12 Bill to Provide For Dissolution. A liili .iissolvinK tb* t'tntial Health! Boa'-<l BBd rem-alimr the Health Boards EnavUmnt L 929, it to b introduced in the I Fed* ml Council. A.' a result of the present economic BitiKtMH it has become impossible to entftft tli niovisK.M.s of the
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  • 141 12 Th. M ond of the St. Andrew's Market* will be held in the "vl> mortal Hall on Friday. There will bi', m baton 50 stalls, and it is exiMvted hat they will all be takui up. Th-.> arr.in^t nun's for btjking them, and for taking out the
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  • 13 12 Mr. T.-m Soo Hock hn> resigned from {Jic Hourilut Licensing? Justices, 'Malacca. I
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  • 124 12 Chinese Alleged to Have Confessed. While vigorous inquiries were being made into the murder of a Chinese, a former detective, who was found stabbed to death in a drain in Sago Street on Wednesday night, a Chinese walked into the Central police station last night with the
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  • 56 12 Holds Function in Honour Of President. The Coylon Sports Club held a function yestiiday in honour of their president, Mr. S. Muttukmaru, J.P., the representative of the C'eyloncse community in Singapore, when his picture was unvciiled. A tiffin followed. Tho ceremony wat; performed by Mr. E. N.
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  • 53 12 Woman in Difficulties Bathing At Changi. Mrs. Cameron. wife of Mr. Gordon famefon, ipanaging dTr»ctor of Molilton (Ea'sU>:.r) Ltd., «ot into difficulties while batHnic in th s.a at Cham;' on Saturday nqpM. She was readied bul collap—d a little later. She wan taken to hospital and after
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  • 242 12 Funeral Service At Kampong Merhum. The burial of His Highness Al-Mu'tasim Bi'llah al-Sultan Abdullah, KX'.VCXi., ibni al-Marhum al-Sultan Ahmed al-Mu'adzam Shah, late Sultan of Pahang, took place at the Royal Burial Ground at Kampong Merhum on Thursday afternoon. In accordance with the usual Pahan? custom Tcngku Abu
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  • 136 12 Matheson Lang In Carnival." The British and Dominions picture, Carnival," featuring Matheson Lang and Dorothy Bouchier, which opened at the Pavilion on Saturday and played to large houses throughout the week-end, is one of the finest offerings from British studjps yet to reach Malaya. Apart from the masterly
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  • 151 12 Bedroom Drama. FORMER EMPLOYEE OF MUNICIPALITY. The Tanjong Pagar division police are| inquiring into the mysterious circum- 1 stances attending the death of Mr. A. M. B. Brown, described as a 35-year-old Englishman, who waa living at 509, 1 Kampong Bahru Road. Mr. Brown was formerly
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  • 62 12 Station to be Set Up At Shanghai. Shanghai, June 26. An agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Communications, the Imperial International Communication* Co., and Marconi's for the installation on the outskirts of Shanghai of a beam wireless installation for international radio telegraphic- communication, particularly with Great
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  • 79 12 Change of Programme This Evening. The Capitol ch-angfs its programm; tonight, ottc inj? Mark Twaim'* famous story, "Huckleberry Finn," with Jacl;i<Coogan and Mitzi Gieen in th-: leading parts. Thtre will be a special matinee tomorrow at 3.15. A picture which is being anticipated witfh much interest will come
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  • 73 12 Alleged Armed Robbery By Chinese. Two Chinese have been arrested in connection with the case of armed robbery in Home Road, near Jalan Besar, last week. It i- alleged that a Hylam fruit seller was passing thro-jgh the road at 'J on the night in question when
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  • 46 12 Wounded in Arresting A Hawker. A Chinese police constable received stab wound in the richt shoulder about r.oon en Saturday in Hock Lam Stmt while trying to arrest a hawk r for all.-R-ol nop.-eomnlianee with lules. Thwound was not serious. The hawker wms arrested.
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  • 1709 12 Review of the Tin Position. I CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH. VITALITY OF CHINESE MINERS. The half-yearly meeting of the Straits i Trading: Co., Ltd., was held at the com- pany's offices, Ocean Building, today, the Hon. Mr. J. Bagncll presiding. Others 1 present included The Hon. Mr. F.
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  • 156 12 {Bought by Benedictines Urom Sir E. Hambro. Milton Abbey, Dorset, the seat of Sir r.iu Hamhi-u. th«- banker, Ha.- been purI haaad by the Biwdiciine monks of DownVJ' 11 Abbey at a pricv. Itatae the Catholic Herald, ranging between i^iiuioo and £70 000. It is emoted that
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  • 145 12 Black Horses and A Kettledrum. Thousands of peoplo in LMga recently "KJUMM stranjru wecldinn procession. The bridal party arrived at the town nail, where the ceremony wus performed, in a removul van pullt-d by four black horses. The bride wort- a black dNM with a tram 20fl.
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    • 75 13 A Dose of A_A yjMgro ®fly*'s ASPIRIN J^ A^ R MmmL .^^r yes s P eed y /l^s" >A^ 'If anc certa n relief Z from headache, toothl\ \^kl/»iiß^'^ v^ ache, earache, neuralgia tf A TVJtmfjKr—~-iJr^ and rheumatic pains. VV V |Mp ~~j) The Original &>p*'s ASPIRIN s V^^( Tablets
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  • Indian Cricketers Do Well In Test.—Singapore Golf Title.
    • 1989 13 S.C.C. Tournament EXCELLENT BATTING BY H. B. NOON. A splendid three-figure first-wicket stand between H. B. Noon and D. C. Burn, and a century scored by the former, were the principal features of the drawn S.C.C. tournament cricket match on the Padang which began on Friday and
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    • 1101 13 L. D. Hardies Success. BRILLIANT GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH. L. D. Hardie won the Singapore Island Golf Championship yesterday for the sixth time when he beat W. W. Paterson 13 up and 12 to play in the final, and when it is said that Paterson was playing
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  • 251 13 Perry Beats Allison In Fourth Round. London, June 25. At Wimbledon today F. J. Perry beat the American, W. L. Allison 6—4,6 4, 6—l, 4—6,4 6, 6—2 in the fourth round of the men's singles. Aoki and Lyttleton Rogers beat Findlay and Michel in the second round of
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  • 59 13 D. R. Jardine to Be Captain. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. According to The Star the M.C.C. has ajn-ady decided that D. R. Jardine will captain the Tourists in Australia, but U not yet issuing a definite announcement. The claims of the other leading amateurs, including
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  • 254 13 Monday. Jane 27. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: Gloucester* v». Malays, An son Rd. Stadium; Div. 2: Chinese vs. Gloucester* 11, S.R.C. grd. Friendly: S.C.C. Ist vs. I.C.F-A., Padang. Tennis: S.C.C. Mixed Doubles tournament; S.C.R.C. tournament. Tuesday, June 28. Tennis: S.C.C. Mixed Doubles tournament; S.C.R.C. tournament. Football: S.A.F.A. Div.
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  • 701 13 Test Match at Lord's. 'HOLMES AND SUTCLIFFE FAIL. The Indian tourists created a mild sensation by their success against England in the only Test match of the tour, which opened at Lord's on Saturday. The English team had a great shock when Nissar. the visitors' fast
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  • 123 13 The Rovers B.P. defeated the Amateur Sporting Association by four games to one, in a series of matches of four singles and one doubles played on Saturday on their own court. The results are as follows (Rovers players mentioned first): Tan Quee Leng beat Sect Kirn Cheng, 15—10, 15—6.
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  • 371 13 Successful Meeting At A lor Star. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 25. The annual meeting of the Redan Gymkhana Club was held at Alor Star today. It was most successful from all points of view, and quite a number of Penang people were present. Before the races,
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  • 332 13 Perak Beaten By Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 25. An enormous crowd witnessed Penang triumph over Perak in the Malaya Cup match by 3—2.3 2. The winners thoroughly deserved their victory, being the better team all round, combining well and always being quicker on the
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  • 63 13 In the four-ball Malayan billiard.) championship at the New World in games played on Saturday Salleh bin •\assim beat Teo Lan Chye by 99 and Ang Chin Phian beat Teo Chwee Hoe by 71. Today's games are 7 p.m. Abu Yamin (Kota Rajah Club) vs. Choh Cheng Chua (J.C.S.C);
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    • 152 14 fruit\ /the whole fruit I nothing but. the fruitl tjk V In the manufacture, of j x^T^hv llwigepopH Y^^^Malaya's Favourite 1 H The Product of Vhcenix I 'Phone 3463. COFFEE. surveying JAVA GROUND COFFEE AND MARINE From INSTRUMENTS THE BEST SELECTED COFFEE !>K.\N>. A complete range of PRICES. Instruments in
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    • 7 14 Other Sporting News Appears On Pa*e 15.
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    • 273 14 OUR DIFFICULTY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Due to the closing of our branches at Malacca and Seremban, on the 11th June unsold stock to the value of $40,000 has been returned to Singapore. Limited space does not permit us to store these surplus stocks, which we have decided to clear at
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  • 422 14 Keppel Golfers Beaten At Bukit Timah. At Bukit Timah yesterday Singapore G.C. defeated Keppel G.C. by 13 points to 6^i. Details (Keppel players mentioned" first): W. Bay and R. Craik 0, J. T. Smith and S. N. Kelly 1%. H. Jcckson and Dr. Lowson 1, R. J. Isherwooi
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  • 132 14 Drawn Game Between Chinese And V.M.C.A. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 25. The V.M.C.A., playing at home, dTew with the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club at cricket today. The V.M.C.A. compiled 144 for four before declaring, the chief scorers being Edwards with 35, Foenander 29, Jumeaux
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  • 92 14 London, June 25. Tea interval scores in home county cricket matches which began today were as follows Surrey 217 for 3. Barling '83, Squires 73, both not out. Against Oxford University. Middlesex 146 for 4. Allen, 67. Against Yorkshire. Somerset 163 for 8. Against Northants. Notts 185 for
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    • 134 15 li Dili I > 1i 1 1 loxl [jjyjgS^ feSIS) GOODS "A'\ ALWAYS BEST i NOW CHEAPEST "VICTOR" fel^^^y^ WARDROBE TRUNK !SS I THE TRUNK THAT IS BUILT TO TRAVEL B*«d what U« owner —y». ■1. Huatar House. Hunter Street, London. June 28, 1927. Dear Sin, It occur* to dm
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    • 235 15 YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL The Wireless Announcer was; read what he says ilmW m I n 1 m m* jtjf/j Ml f-4 M le-V f^Kmf m f V %*?^l IBBBw-*' L i rom v Wireless Announcer "Before I begin Ihc iNcks 1 haw an announcement in make. Missing
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  • Correspondence.
    • 732 15 Improving the Health Of Working People. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your editorial of June 20 came as a distinct surprise as it was fondly hop«'l that not a dissentient voice would be raised against such a spkrulid proposal as daylight saving. I work on
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  • 53 15 Man Who Shot Midnapore' Magistrate. Calcutta, June 25. Predyotkumar Bartachcrji, the murderer of Mr. Douglas, the district magistrate at Midnapore, has been sentenced to death. Reuter. Mr. Douglas was presiding at a District Board meeting on Apr. 30 when a Bengali youth fired at him three times at
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  • 88 15 SARAZEN COMPLETES DOUBLE." Perkins Second In American Open. Flushing, Long Island, June 26. Gene Sarazen completed the double by winning the American open championship here today. He also \%m the British open this year. T. P. Perkins, the former British amateur open champion, was joint runner-up with Bobby
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  • 349 15 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, June 26. Today's baseball results wera National League. Boston 6 Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 9 New York 8 Klein and Ott home runs. Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 7 Chicago 6 American League. New York
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  • 741 15 Excellent Goalkeeping By Proud. Chinese 3 I'ulau Brani 3. Goals ought to have been plentiful at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday for the Chinese. They scored three but they might have scored about six more against Pulau Brani had it not been for the Island
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  • 95 15 Nancy Stair Beats Flying Home. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. June 25. The British Dominions Two- Year-Old Plate was run at Sandown Park today and resulted as follows Mr. Marshall Field's NANCY STAIR Filly (J. Child*)— 1. Mr. M. G. Hartigan's FLYING HOME Colt 2. Mr. S. Joel's
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  • 477 15 Malacca Beat Selangor By One Match. (Frt>« Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, June 26. Excellent tennis was witnessed on the Padang yesterday when Selangor were opposed to Malacca in a series of matches, and lost by one match. All six singles were played on Saturday, and each State won
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    • 400 16 UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. MANUFACTURE HULLS FOR OUTBOARD AND INBOARD CRAFT. SUITABLE FOR ALL TYPES OF ENGINES. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCHES. CT77n zzziziz^^ziz ■fir I vl ie x§m w^a k W^ MU4p)mii4w4| IW% THE RAPID RHYTHM OF THE PRESENT DAY H^J|^B^T| DEMANDS AN ADEQUATE INCREASE IN THE jj I lii
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  • 497 16 Complaint of a Crippling Handicap/ (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tniping. June 25. The Tailing IHstrkt Planters' Association. <li« 'i^ing thp vexed question of prieaa, expressed the opinion that thn BMOciattM and it* kindred bodies should consider the possibility of attempting to induce the suppliers of petrol
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  • 120 16 Hoy .nul (iirl Lmmn Married At 51. Hi Horace Mot aad Miss Eliza Groves, both aged H. of (Jreat Wakerine. have n.irried after a courtship of luiitiK i!;t i>f when they wenMr. St.'w hu known his bride since he v;i l. and I" 1 became engaged to
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  • 234 16 Do Nerves Cause Rheumatism In nn imliroot \v;iy rheumatism can often Ir iraiod to tirrvp weakness.. Nervion interferes with the digestive and sets up stomach acidity. The mU iwiwins thus generated are set free into the blond stream and become lodged in various v arts of the body, cbubmu tHone
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  • 188 16 $40,000 Edifice Opened At Bidadari. The new mosque at Bidadari, the minaret of which is a replica of that at Mecca, wait opened last week with Maghreeb prayers after which the congregation read Moulood-un-Nabi (reading the biography of our Prophet). After this the congregation, which numbered about 400,
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  • 105 16 "Anti" Movement Growing In U.S.A. WaihinKton, June 22. The anti-prohibitionist movement is growing in the U.S.A. and the declo'a tion that th deputy of one of the "Dry' states that h« has becme anti, has been received with the greatest interest, as it is thought that it may be
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  • 95 16 Mr. Wellington Koo And Delayed Departure. Pekin. June 21. The departure of the Inquiry Commis- ion for Japan, which «'ai fixed for June la i>o<lponi'd until July although this date is not yet definite. It is thought tl-at the postponement is Imp to tho tactless detlanitions made by
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  • 84 16 Indian Inventors and Their Claims. (Vj-kuttiai. June 8. Providing cooler building* by means of hollow fliH s. hcn,t nlmorbinjf windows ami batter vcntlation is an invention of particular i r»t Mai l-> dwell* n in India, which i« nenaTtMad in tin* nnnual repori of tho Patent (ttlic- for
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  • 74 16 Sequel to Midnight Visit To Fowl House. rhittaßonir, June 2. A enhra's mMltlgM visit to a fowl house in a pleader's garden was cut short when the fowls, displeased at the unwelcome intrusion, woke the occupants of the houge with their crowing. The pleader's daughter, who went to
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  • 39 16 Will Not Vote for President Hoover's Re-election. New York, June 21. Senator Borah refusing the compromise proposed by the Republican convention at Chicago has stated that he will not vote for the re-election of President Hoover. Ancta-Havas.
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  • 77 16 Permission to Explore Temporarily Stopped. The Dutch (iovornment has introduced a Bill by which pc-rmis&ion to explore for mineral.-, is temporarily limited. It appears that this Bill has been introduced in view of the susqreation of tho Rntsafftche Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch, that
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  • 26 16 The Raja Muda of Solancor left Klanjj yestertjay for I'ahanc. He will fee visiting the Tunku Mahkota, Pahan.e, in reepect for the late SulUn of Pahang.
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  • 369 16 Mallard Of Too Many Wives. The mallard drake of Lincoln's Inn is in disgrace, writes a special correspondent of the Morning Post. The story began two years ago, when he and his mate nested for the first time by the pond in New Court, and
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  • 203 16 Millions Fail to Cross A Shingle Bar. Millions of eel.t are lying dead or dying on the shingle bar at Taumutu, which p. nates Lake Elle:.mere, 20 miles south of Christchuroh. New Zealand, from the sea. It is an extraordinary sight," states a visitor there. There
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  • 114 16 Fever's Heavy Toll in Comilla Villages. Contflla, June 9. A virulent type of fever in an epidemic form is taking a hoatvy toll in several villages near Comilla. Over 480 deaths from the diweaso were reported during the year ended April 1932; and during the
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  • 86 16 Minor Quarrel Between Chinese Tibetans. Simla. June 8. The Tibetan Government's reports of some minor trouble on the Kham border between Tibet and China are now confirmed, though naturally with a slightly different nuance \ry the Chinese Preex. The trouble wppcars to *»v» (riven thi Tibetan Government
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  • 54 16 Sikh Youths Sentenced To Death. Lahore, June 9. Two Sikh youths went sentenced to death hy Mi G. S. Mongia. Sessions Judf*. for the murder of their mother, a widow, who went to live with a friend of her late husband against the wish?? of the youths. A
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    • 163 17 Bread and milk £|f O What f Bread and Milk at a party.' How unjust! Hou 'awful! ?But the curious thing is that the children liked it better than the |^MJL J cakes. For the milk, you see, wa«. _ySv^*^ Milkmaid Milk spread nice and Jtf^^' y pA, thick on
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  • 68 17 Capable of Supplying World for 500 Years! Shanghai, June 27. Tlio Central (Nanking) Government and the Shensi Provincial Government are planning to open oil wells in Shensi Province in the near future. It is asserted that these wells are capable of yielding sufficient petroleum to meet world
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  • 68 17 River Rises 38 Feet At Hankow. Shanghai, June 27. Reports from the Upper Yangtse state that the river is still rising and that many districts have been inundated. Serious Hoodi are expected shortly. At Hankow, the river has risen 38 fe«>t 2 inches within the past few deys
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  • 64 17 Smuggler Elects to Go To Gaol. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. Croice Franklin, described as the mostj notorious tobacco smuggler in Europe and the ringleader and organiser <»' K»n?s smugglers, was fined £15,000 or six months' imprisonment at the Marylebone Police Court, yesterday afternoon. On hearing
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  • 50 17 Returning to Ranching Life in Canada. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 25. Tho IK-year-old Earl of Egmont is returning to* Canada to resume the ranching lift al>:iM<i<>ni<l by the late Earl on the assumption to the title. Tho family estate, Avon Castle, is now for :;ik\
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  • 21 17 Tlic death has taken place in Malacca ;it llu- am of 7:1 of Mrs. Wee Scow Xeng, nee Tau Eng Neo.
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  • 228 17 Warrant Issued For Former Friend. Shanghai, June 17. Murder is believed to be at the bottom of the discovery of the body of an American, Mr. R. K. Heim, in open country down the Great Western Road, at mid-day today. Following police inquiries, a warrant was
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  • 316 17 Dr. Sze Desires Britain's Friendship. London, June 27. Aiming at showing British activities in China with a view to their expansion, the Financial Times has issued a 36-page supplement leviewfng conditions and prospects in China and Hong Kong. An editorial article says that the foiew which must
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  • 122 17 Well-Known Long Distance Flyer. Mystery .surrounds the death of one of Rumania's leading airmen, Prince lonel Ohica, who in April flew solo from Bucharest to Saigon and back in seven- 1 teen days. He also made a non-stop P.ight from Bucharest to London last year. His death is
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  • 101 17 Greek Statesman to Be Deported. The Greek Government has approved a police recommendation that General Pangalos and eleven of his supporters shall be deported. General Pangalos is at pre- j M nt taking a cure at the baths at Aedipso, and will remain there until his treatment is
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  • 40 17 i A Chinese of the coolie class is alleged to have tried unsuccessfully, to commit suicide by taking some poisonous root in a house in Java Road. When found he was in an unconscious state. Later hie condition became comatose.
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  • 433 17 Serious Illness of The Prince-President. Shanghai, June 27. The Prince-President of the Manchukuo State (the former Emperor Hsuan Tung, otherwise known aa Mr. Henry Pu-yi) ;s reported to be very seriously ill. Mr. Kui Tsen, whose Japanese leanings are well-known, is supervising the Manchukuo Government's affairs in his
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  • 146 17 PILGRIMS ATTACKED. Wild Scenes At Ballymena. Dublin, June 26. Wild scenes were witnessed at Ballyniena (Co. Antrim, 33 miles from Belfast) railway station just after midnight when a mob of hooligans, several hundred strong, who had previously paraded the town, singing party songs and abusing the Pope, attacked a party
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  • 21 18 Mr. W. IT. Tseng, of the I.cc Wah IJank Ltd.. has left for CfcSM kv the Mantu.i on (hire ironths' leave.
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  • 1165 18 Alkaff Mosque. P. AND O. BANKING CORPORATION. Two judgments were delivered in the Court of Appeal on Saturday by the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) presiding, and Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell. In one the appeal was dismissed with costs, while in
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  • 128 18 Petrol Lorry Causes Huge Blaze. Bordeaux, June 22. A peirol lorry was delivering petrol to a pump in Bordeaux, when, for an as yet unexplained reason, th? spirit took fire, and spread to the interior of the garage which immediately became a raginc furnace. The intense heat melted
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  • 95 18 Expect Organisations to Be Outlawed. Ivrlin, June 22. The German National paper, the Lokal Anzeiger, asserts that the Communists are expecting the outlawing of certain of their organisations, and have already taken all possible precautions t« i prevent their monies and codes froir fall- 1 ing into the
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  • 38 18 Mr. Yap (iim* Hock, of the Singapore Traction Co.. Ltd writes asking us to point out that he is not the person of the same name who is involved in the American Conciliate safe iobl>ery. ssMßaaai mmtmmmiMm aav
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  • 405 18 Demonstration Flights And Joy Rides. Seventy-five passeiiKvrs were carried on joy rides at thi? Royal Si-njpapon; Flyinir Club's at home on Saturday, and altn gtAlber the club's four machinist the tkna Moth ."■tapl ines and the flying lx:iat Cully Sark spent 880 minutes \m the air.
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  • 61 18 Their Highnesses the Sultan and Sultana of Johore, with Sir William an. l I.ady Muri.son, were present at Mile. Mura Smirnova's cabaret, the Show of Shows, Ht Kaffles Hotel on Saturday ni^ht when thaft was v record attendance of nearly GOO people. The show is being (rivon
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • 2612 19 STORM CLOi'DS OVER EUROPE BRITAIN TO CARRY THE BABY AGAIN? COAL BILL THAT PLEASES NOBODY— BUT POSTPONES tHE EVIL DAY WATERLOO BRIDGE REPRIEVED NO TIME FOR DERBY DAY COMPROMISE WITH FREE STATE? P.L.P. VERSUS I.L.P. f Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, June 7. rK
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  • 269 19 "Position Strong," Says Auditor-General. OotaCuMrunri, June' 9. The process of improvement has be*r7 checked to some extent by the general economic disturbance of the year 1930-81 and the unfortunate financial effect of the recent political events, but Madras has not suffered so seriou«ly from these i causes as
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  • 224 19 Post Office Cortcern at Number Of Robberies. Wholesale robberies from public tele-phom--boxes by gangs of thieves were revealed in a case at the Old Bailey, m which Lewis Francis, 43, motor-garage worker, of Brighton Terrace. Brixton, ami Edward Yenning, ;t2, motor-mechanic, of Lilford Road. Camborwell, pleaded gaK? to
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  • 182 19 "Easily Led Astray" Boxer Bound Over. There was a sequel at the Old Bailey to an attack in th- street on a wardor at Wandsworth Gaol whan Richard Douglas Stubbing*. 23, mschine operator, wa« brought irp for judgment. He had been proviously found guilty with another man
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  • 164 19 Giifs Death in War Bombardment. Peronne, June 3. A curious claim for £800 against the ex Kaiser has been lodged before the- Civil Tribunal of Peronne by M. Linden. He alleges that the ex-Kaiser is responsible for the death of his daughter during the War. In 1916 the
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  • 496 19 Coast Restoration. LEVELS R\iswn 8 IN. IN ONE YEAR. nlHtitMi""; n r •< in"- i-thss in tnildIh(W ipl.-ts of the IJiv,.,- Th-nie« estnarv and in fl'nckwnter Creek, B«iex, b«vc amx-essfullv demonstrnted a new nx'tbod of 'nnil reclnmafion. ConsidetHlil-' ttoNW*\u »'•> expected in ihr> r>rnt»>ctir.ti of
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  • 177 19 Strange Monster Seen Off Tasmania. A sea monster wns seen bjr the chief and fourth officers of the White Star liner Ceramic on the voyaga tnm Sydney to Durban. The chief officer, Mr. G. Shaw, reported tmlt at 7.::0 one morning, olf ';ipi> hoi rertier, Tasmania, he
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  • 88 19 Pillars Simply Kend to A Colliding Car. Pari* is experimenting with a new type of flexihle street refiiKc desifrned tv H«l i absent-minded or short-si»{hted drivers from serious acciden*-.. Instead of cast-iron pillars thinking the refuses in the middle of the road around which traffic must turn, indiarubbcr
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  • 40 19 Wireless sets in use tkroashaot the world are estimated by tka L Tiited States Department of Cotr-merce ti> total ;!4,750,410, more than half of which are in Ninth America. Europe is estimated to have 14,684,117 sets.
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  • 35 19 I A memorial tablet to John Wesley has been unveiled by Mr. Isaac Foot, M.l.. Minister of Mines, mi I lie she of the lir*l Methodist heudquurU-nj in Tabernacle Street, Finsuury, E.C.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • 236 20 AMELIA EARHART MAKES TALKING FlLM— Miss Amelia Earhart. who flew the Atlantic in the record time of 13 hours 40 minutes, visited the Paramount studios in London and made B talkinß film of her epic flight. (Planet News.) IN THE ROW. For
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 5 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES S 1,.--
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