The Straits Times, 6 August 1932

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST^ r AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 407 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. CFHONE 6W>» 6.15 Tonight 9.15 i RICHARD DIX IN "THE LOST I SQUADRON" Phone 5261-2. J^ "BEAR BRAND" MILK is not only the most econo- mical, but the most dependable milk you can buy. t>^L Originating from pedigree cattle grazing on the ft^^^nSsfc rich verdant pastures
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    • 210 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). and how they wear and wear and wear" MORLEY V ft STOCKINGS fully Fashioned Silk Stockings JbSm^^^^^^^^^^ MlPure Silk to Welt. The tops and feet MJi^' V M are mercerised. Elastic tops, Cuban MM Heels and no underfoot seam. [mKßmt "DELPHINE" $2.00. jOKBw"^
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    • 18 1 jBZ2Q33! j M 5 Tonight 9. 1 i RICHARD DIX in i "THE LOST i SQUADRON" Phone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 516 2 P. 0 n BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (laeorporated la England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PRNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB WAST MAIL SERVICB. OUTWARD FROM LONDON POR CHINA AND .JAPAN. Tonnage. Das Spore. mm MALWA 11,000 Aug. 5 XNOVARA 6,990
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    • 654 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPIN YUSEN KALSHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesborouxh. Vessels. Tonnags. Due. Sail. KATORI MARU 10,000 Aug. 11 12 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 25 »6 X YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Sept. 6 7 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept. 21 22 SUWA MARU 10,700 Oct 6 7 9
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    • 501 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE vis JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by ths wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tens) and the s.s. MANGOLA (8,862 tens) (Csrgo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 606 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO, LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAM- BURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Pensng. m s ALSIA Aug. 10 Aug. 12 m.s. LALANDIA Sept 14 Sept. 16 ms. MEONIA Sept 21 Sept 23 m.s. BORINGIA Oct. 12 Oct 14
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    • 1142 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HTJA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Mutual ite« C Naviitfoa*Co, Ltd*!? THE SARAWAK SJEAM3HV; To, IM. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. THE CUNARD BTEAM SHIP Co, Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, Ld. THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. THE SUN SHIPPING
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  • Shipping News.
    • 968 3 Cinderella Service. "BAD BOYS WHO MAKE FINE MEN." Comments, tempered with a long sift Experience, were made by Sir R. Burton Chadwick on the seafaring career for '\>°y*. at the annual inspection and pn«e distribution of the training ship Kxmouth, off Gray's, Es«ex. Sir Burton
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    • 44 3 A running torpedo, I* inch mail i amber 968 was lest during ag-ain'j* moving targi'*.-- "i> Aup. 4 at about 9.45 a m. approximate position 1 deg. 14' N 104 de?. 15' E. A reward of $40 is offered for iti recovery.
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    • 506 3 Amending Bill To Be Put To Council. A Bill to amend Ordinance no. 125 (Merchant Shipping) is to be introduced to the Legislative Council. I This amending Bill irtioduces certain miror alterations which experience has shown to be desirable. Section 22, if Strictly conntrued, requires that the
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    • 231 3 British Suggestions For Ottawa. A policy for the British shipping in'iiistry, submitted by a committee, and adopted by the Council of the Chamber >f Shipping of the United Kingdom, is embodied in a report published, recently. The British shipping industry," the port states, "in the interests of this
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    • 146 3 British Shipping Boycotted At Wanhsien. Mr. W. Nunn (Cons., Whitehaven), in the House of Commons, asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether ho is aware that the boycott of British -hipping in Wanhsien on the Upper Yangtec is still maintained; and whether he has au:
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    • 41 3 The following passenger* for Malaya aro due in Singapore by the N.Y.K. Suwa Maru on Aujt. 14: Mr. and Mrs. Dao, Mrs. E. Green, Miss V. Green, Mr. R. Lauflf, Mr. W. S. Patterson, Mr. O. Sanyruchi, Mr. S. Sonsuwana.
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    • 76 3 GEN. VERSPYCK, Dut., 640 tons, from Natuna Isls. 5-8, for Natuna Isls 9-8. HERO. Norw., 823 tons, from Bangkok 5-3, for Bangkok 6-8. KINTA, Brit., 509 tons, from Penang 6-8, for Penang 8-8. KAMUNING, Brit., 1,275 tons, from Bangkok 5-8, for unc. MEDUSA, Brit., 323 tons, from Lumut
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    • 106 3 Saturday, August 6. Ship* alongside the Wharves or expected to art-ire. Entrance Godowa Gate. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Shark," The Cable, Van Heutsz, Petronella, Lch. "Moonstone." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong I'agar. Albert Dock SHB Hoppers 1 and 4, Tag
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    • 93 3 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Singapore Altai Maru. Benaldir, Calcutta Maru, Clam, Cumberland, Duule:x, G. G. Picquet, Himalaya Maru, Kangaroo, Kistna, Kuma Maru, Kurmark, Marpessa, Menes, Minderoo, Nassa, Peipng, Pjnna, Poelau Laut, Sarpedon, Silverwillow, Simaloer, Soli, Thurlandcastle, Tokiwa Maru, Trave, Trier,
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    • 158 3 Interesting Ceremony On Laurentic. An interesting ceremony took place on board the White Star liner Laurentic during the voyage from Montreal which ended at Liverpool on July 3. Among the 1,080 passengers were Mrs. Edith j Finher and Mrs. Doris Wood, both of whom desired their babies to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 501 3 SNORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (.Incorporated in Germany.) The undermentioned arc the company's intended fixtures OUTWARDS. SAARBRUCKEN for Iloilo, Cebu Manila. Hong Kong, S'ghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Aug. VJ S ISAR for Mnnila, Hong Kong, S'ghai, Kobe, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Aug- 28 HOMEWARDS. TRIER for Djibouti. Port Said Genoa, Barcelona, R'dam,
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    • 430 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LIVE <Jnd AMERICAN _MAIL LINE A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LINERS ARE POPULAR. 1 The staterooms are the largest and most comfortable you cab buy. 2 The cosmopolitan atmosphere of thesa World Liners insures you an interesting cruise. The ship is yours from stem to stern 1
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    • 466 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in li gland M ELXERMAN n LLNE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. TU Ports and Sacs Carnal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN. Steamer Dae Spore. s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE) Sept. 11 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE for Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 47 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Yesterday's max. temp. 89° F. Last night's mm. temp. 74 °F. Yesterday's rainfall nil sunshine 9.9 hours 1 p.m. relative hum. 65 per cent. 1 p.m. wind S.W. 10 m.p.h. 1 p.m. weather fine C. D. STEWART, Superintendent. Meteorological Office, Singapore, August 6, IW2.
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    • 140 3 TIDE TABLES. Saturday, August 6. H. W. 12.12 a.m., 10 ft. 5 in.. 1.6 p.m., 9 ft. Sunday, August 7. H. \V. 12.55 a.m., 10 ft. 2 in., 1.36 p.m., 0 ft. Monday, August 8. H. W. 1.44 a.m., 9 ft. 7 in., 2.10 p.m., 9 ft. Tuesday, August 9.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 655 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised. In there columns aend copies of testimonial*. Do not send originals. SALESMAN appointed. Applicants thanked. International Indenting Co- Kafilcs Chambers. WANTKD, experienced shorthand-typist for senior position with huropeun tirm. Local experience essential. Eurasian preferred. No beginners. Apply •'!47, Straits Times. SITUATIONS WANTED
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    • 648 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET HOUSE on Institution Hill. Moderate rent. Jnited Engineers. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions. Apply Spore Building Corp., 64, Market St. TO LET, 4, Angullia Park, complete oil mill factory, 92, Robinson Road. Apply Angullia Co. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road, to let. Electricity and sanitation.
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    • 694 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICE, Robinson Road, 3.700 sq. feat, first class property. United Engineers. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Bond 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. TO LET, Riverside Godowns and Shoos at Grosvenor Hotel, Apply Stephens Paul ft Co. TO LET, Office Ist floor, Robinson Road approximate floor
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    • 480 4 FOR SALE VENETIAN LACES, luncheon sets, tablerunners. Motifs, 15 cts. up. Dresses. 319, River Valley Road. SEA SIDE Residential Sites for sale. Excellent position and reasonable terms. Apply M. 10, Malacca Street, Singapore. ORCHIDS FOR SALE, Oncidiura Sanceanum Dlfferent kind of Cattleyas and Dendrobiums etc- Can inspect daily from 9
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    • 546 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS NOTICE is hereby given that enden an now invited for the following materials o? services, and that particulars of such tenders ma/ be obtained in the Tender Boom Municipal Offices Construction of a 18" permanent drain near Balestier Road. Date of closing, 4 p.m., August
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    • 312 4 BUSINESS CARDS. HEALTH AND PHYSICAL CULTURE HALL 2, Victoria Street, (next to tlu: Convent) Singapore. For the cure of hiph blood-pres&ure, nervousness, constiput on, pimples, anaemia, weak heart, and increasing the energy for Ringing and all outdoor games. F. H. SMITH, late of Harbour Board. NANG HENG FURNITURE Co. Designers
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1591 5 A Defence of Rubber Forestry. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln the Straits Times of Aug. 1 a letter appeared from Mr. Laurence Henderson, a fruit grower at Penang referring to the R.R.l.'s attitude on the subject of rubber forestry us "a hoax." The
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    • 854 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. I have been asked what might appear a simple question, viz.: Who are the ratepayers? Judging from the accounts in the Press, I naturally answered "the public." But, on being told that I was wrong. I referred to the word
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    • 735 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have followed with great interest the articles in the Straits Times in connection with the possibilities of pig farming in Singapore. The figures quoted show the possibilities alu-ad for enterprising individuals or syndicates prepared to tackle the venture on
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    • 313 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—lt is gratifying to note that your Wireless Corrrspond'.-nt iei c at last taking Government to task for their policy of negation on the broadcasting question. They have been permitted to go their own sweet way, without protest, for too long and
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    • 193 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—ln your issue of Aug. 1 the description of the fire which resulted in a bungalow being gutted was really pitiable since it told of a nurrber of people losing their homes and household effects. Thouel! the Singapore Fire Brigade
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    • 158 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—ln view of the f.iUic meeting convened by the present committee of the prcpooed Singapore Ratepayer* 1 Association, which will bfl held on Tuesday next ai US p.m. at ihc Aiidphi Hotel. I shall be grateful to you if you will
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    • 169 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your issue of July 28 under the heading "Kampong Industries" it is stated that the printing of cheap sarongs is entirely in the hands of foreigners. This is not the caw?. Here in Ke'.antan w have a flourishing industry
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    • 147 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I most sincerely endorse A. V. G.V protest published in the Straits Times of Aug. 4. though I do not think he makes his point sufficiently strong in that by showing two or more pre-views of forthcoming shows, it
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    • 304 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—On Sunday iiicining a regrettable I sipht was r.een in a Singapore Market. I Two English women wearing badly cut, very s.hort shorts we.c causing endless amusement to the Chinese working there. The lemarks of the latter were, it is
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 338 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water TODAYS ATTRACTIONS Special Dinner Dance Cabaret TANIA SVETLAHOVA AND ALEX. SALNIKOFF Will appear during the Dinner dance 9.30 to Midnight. GRILL-SPECIAL DISH SPECIAL DAILY TOMORROW DOLLAR LUNCH TOMORROW Saddle Of Lamb Mascot ALA SIMPSON
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    • 155 5 RAFFLES HOTEL Comfortable rooms at Special rates for monthly residents. "Better than a Whole Meal!" CAPITOL CLUB SANDWICH ""^^^■L^ Served with a Tankard of l Sßiß^3E^' I jst '^bb**^^^__ -^Ws> i fc BJ OBTAINABLE AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT INSURANCE. COMMERCIAL UNION j FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR. ASSURANCE CO., LTD. THE LONDON ASSURANCB, (Incorporated
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  • 516 6 Properly Used in Ceylon. SECRETARY OF STATE'S REPLY TO PROTEST. Colombo, July 23. Following is the text of the reply of .the Secietary of State for the Colonies to the protest which was submitted by 25 members of the Ceylon State Council against recent acts of
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  • 61 6 The photograph shows the daughters of Prince l'aribatra of Nagor Svarga, and was taken at the Prpbat Hotel, Prabat. Sumatra,. At the back is Phya Pradibaddha Bhubal, formerly Siamese ConsulGeneral in Singapore. Prince Prribatra left Bangkok shortly after the coup d'etat and went with his
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  • 604 6 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. 11th Sunday after Trinity. Aug. 7, 6.50 a.m., Holy Comn. 7.30 a.m.. Matins; 8 a.m., Holy Comn. (Choral); 10 a.m., Children's Eucharist: .r>.'!o. r >.'!0 p.m., Evensong (Choral) and Sermon; Holy Comn. on Mon., Wed. and Friday at 8 a.m.. Tues., Thuis. and Saturday at
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  • 30 6 Saturday, August C, Bukit Timah Range. Units S.V.C., Bislcy Meeting; Siglap, S.V.F.A., Srd Camp. Sunday. August 7, Hukit Timah Range, Units S.V.C., Bisley Meeting; Sijrlap jS.V.F.A.. 3rd Camp.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 188 6 mjiiuj'i^wiiii^^SeMeiße^B^y^ juaaHiitiitll^KßKlEßßS&.'S tiful Paramount star, says: ,jJ^BM^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^t^t^M "To keep the nupeal of Jt^^B^^^^^^^^tt^^mKm y out^ exquisitely smooch T^^rHfflii'iijiiliiMitf -UJfflt^i^i^i^F" d^i^i^B slcin is c s st* n 111 1 vi l I vc Ba f° un d Lux Toilet Soap an wJ'^^^Mtiplillfft^B^ffiF J^KSf J^^^B^^^^^^^^BBlll^^BßlH invaluable lu-lp m keeping &^3ii|{j|j{iijpjj| j ijJl^^^^^^HHP^^
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 170 7 Off Again on a Grand Riot of Record Smashing! Just Watch ALHAMBRA mwmm The House with the Stars and the Pictures MATINEES TODAY and TOMORROW LAST NIGHT'S PACKED HOUSES ARE SPREADING THE NEWS LIKE WILDFIRE! j JAMES DUNN SALLY El LERS IN DANCE TEAM "Is simply great!" "I'm going to
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    • 231 7 "ALTOGETHER AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME Straits Times. CAPITOL Matinees Today at 3.15 and Tomorrow. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 The ONE Picture That Dares to tell the Truth About Hollywood! TT U wi I I I mm six famous STARS VP headed b > ImP mV RICHARD DIX I ERICH v»n STROMF.IM B^^P|^B
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    • 318 7 i^bmh^b mmm am aaaaißß mm m m aaiaß > ■mmw w LAST NIGHT I I MATINEE TODAY 3.15. A DELIGHTFUL BRITISH COMEDY FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT TOrT'GHT. I "THE PERFECV LADY" I j BRILLIAM WITTY! SPAIKLING STARRING BETTY AMANN I j (ENGLAND'S SCREEN "VAMP.") COMMENCING TOMORROW Ii MATINEE AT 3.15. BRITAIN'S
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  • 208 8 Rubber Continues To Firm Up. BUYING IN NEW YORK. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. Today's Prices Rubber, 6 9 16 cents per lb. Tin. Singapore price $71.62 V 2V 2 per picul. Yesterday's Prices I'ul.lu'-, London, 2' M d., unchanged. New York. l\ l 4l 4
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  • 69 8 Noon, Aug. 6. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyer*. Sellers. Spot ..6 9 16 (v< Standard R.S.S. on Tender Buyeri. Sellers. Aug. 6", 6 11 16 Sept. ..611 16 6% Oct. 6 6% Oct.-Dec. 6";; 7 Jan.-Mar. 7' H 7J4 Tone of Market Firmer. Latest
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  • 169 8 Singapore, Au^. <>. Gambier 6.2f (Cube No. 3 unpicked) 12.0< < Sopra r>.r>r mixed 5.0 C Sago flour, Sarawak 1.9f White Pepper 25.W Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl Sago 4.2E small 5.0( medium 6.0 C Pice Siam $163 to 195 Saipon $150 to 15f Rangooti $146 to 15? No. l
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 459 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5 5 Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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      • 282 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.90 1.00 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.3.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 60.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. W Prefs. 18 6 £1 £1
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      • 142 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfe p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V 2 p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000
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      • 379 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and K vatt's Quotations. The above rubber quotations art moitly only nominal To-day's Price Fraser Lyall Evatt ft Co. Allenby ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.20 0.30 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.25 A. Hitam ($1) 0.40 0.60 0.40 0.50 A. Kuntag ($l) A.
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    • 196 8 Singapore, Aug. 6. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 13/16 London, demand 2/3 25/32 London, T.T. 2/3 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,010 Hamburg, demand 163 New York, demand 39%. Batavia and
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    • 89 8 Rugby, Aug. 5. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.61 Athens 545 Belgrade 225 Berlin 14.57 »/i Bombay Is. 6~7/64 Brussels 25.20 i/ 2 Bucharest 585 Buenos "Aires nominal Copenhagen 18.60 Geneva 17 13/16 Helsingfors 232 >/> Hong Kong Is. 3% Lisbon 110 Madrid 42 11/16 Milan 68 Monte Video 29'/>
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  • 25 8 From France, by Chenonceaux, due at Singapore 5 p.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Himalaya Mai v, due at Singapore on Tuesday.
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  • 23 8 The air mail Kr.rachi London dispatched by s.s. Epra on July 14 was delivered in London on Aug. 2 (10 days).
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  • 46 8 Barlow land Go. report as follows on Aujr. 5. There is little change to report in the market for this commodity. Closing prices on Aug. 4 were unaltered from those given in our last report viz: Sundried $5.45 per picul, mixed $4.95 per picul.
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  • 230 8 Today. Sarawak, Siliu, Miri, Labuan, North Borneo and Julo (Marudu) 4 p.m. Rhio, Billiton, Ja"a, South-Went Sumatra, South-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor Dilly, Mauritius and South Africa (Tohiti) 4 p.m. Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api Api (Toboali) 4 p.m. Tembiliihun and Indragiri Batak i 4 p.m. Tanjong
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  • 11 8 Communication with Kota Bharti (Kelantan) via Siam has been restored.
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  • 477 8 The following novels were added to Raffles Library during the past fortnight: The Theatre Crime, Fred Andreas; Case for Mr. Fortune, :t fpfaa, H. C. Bailey; The Monk and the Huffman's Daughter, A. Bierce and A. D. de Caste*; More Obiter Dicta, Augustine Kirr.'ll; All Square with Fate;
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 185 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday, Auguat 6. St. Andrew's Cathedral Market. Memorial Hall. Singapore V.R.A. Bisiey licetine, Bukit Timah. Starts 2.30 p.m. Sunday. August 7. Singapore V.R.A. Bisley meeting, Bukit Timah, Starts X a.m. Monday, August 8. Legislative Council meeting, 10.30 a.m. Tuesday, August 9. Singapore Ratepayers' Meeting, Adelphi Hotel.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 656 9 Chairman's Review Of The Year. The twentieth annual general meeting of the Nordanal (Johore" Rubber Estates Ltd., was held on June 29, at the registered office of the company, 149, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C 3. Mr. E. L. Hamilton, chairman of the company, presiding. The chairman
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    • 50 9 $2,000,000 Loss Recovered In Second Quarter. New York, Aug. 2. The result of the Chrysler Corporation's trading in the second quarter of 1932 shows an important improvement with a net profit representing 27 cents a share, instead of a loss of over $2,000,000 for the first quarter. Aneta-Havas.
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    • 157 9 The figures in brackets give the outputs for the corresponding rftriod of last year. Rahman Hydraulic. 120 piculs. Oliniau Tin.— Ditch Line ran 100 per cent. Pipe line 'jT.ll per cent of possible. Restriction. Nawng Pet Tin.— Hours 287, yards 7,988, piculs 92. Katu Tin. Hours run
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    • 552 9 Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., report as follows on Aujr. With continued inquiries from the home markets and sellers being of a more optimistic temperament, prices have asrain shown an improvement on balance after a fluctuating market. Reports indicate that the buying which is going on is chiefly
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    • 476 9 If Restriction Had Not Been Imposed. Mr. John Howeson, at the meeting of the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation, enunciated an important principle when he said that the relationship between producer and consumer must be reciprocal, says the Financial Times in vii editorial comment on July 15. That is an
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    • 22 9 Anglo-Johore C0n.— 38.000 lb Ayer Kuning.— ll2,ooo lb. Badck Rubber.— 393oo lb. Bukit Jelotong. 14,100 lb. Bradwnll.— 30.291 lb.
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    • 490 9 Increase of Capital Sanctioned. An extraordinary general meeting of the Sungala Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on July 12 at the office of the Geddes Trading and Dairy Farm Co., Ltd., 8D Yuen Ming Yuen Road, Shanghai, for the purpose of confirming the following special resolution passed
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 609 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 P.id np Capital Glds. 65,000,000 Reserves Glds. 24,190,324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUK. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES I Batavia Head office for Dutch But Indies. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeng, Cheribon. Gorontalo, Makassar, Medan,
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    • 424 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS. OCEAN SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER, INCLUDING CONCENTRATED LATEX, LATEX AND REVERTEX, BEING FINAL SHIPMENTS ON OCEAN-STEAMERS AT ALL MALAYAN PORTS, DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, 1932. Sheet and Crape. Latex, Concentrated Latex, Revertex. Total. Tons. Tom. Tons. Transhipment. Transhipment Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Straits Malay Export. Straits
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    • 453 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030.000 STATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 20.016,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermatin Kobe 'Semai-ang Bombay 'Wdtevreden Shanghai Calcutta Mcdan Solo
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  • 897 10 For the fourth time in five months tho German people have passed through the ■xcitemen of a critical flection. The po'liiiK which ha-; just concluded was iho culminating point of a ■eriet of arises which had produced a situation that
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  • 144 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. E>avid McLaren Doig has been re-c-ognised as Brazilian Vice-Consul in Singapore. The Hon. Mr. J. W. W. Hughes now holds the Bishop's licence as an honorary lay reader to officiate in the diocese of Singapore. Mr. G. N. Allen, of the Chartered Bank, Ipoh, and Mrs. Allen,
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  • 1025 10 Human beings have never displayed greater contempt for life or been so intent on the selfish enjoyment of living as today and they have shown themselves utterly unworthy of the liberty they possess a liberty many have not learned to use but have not been
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  • 698 10 THOSE MAILS. That home mail on Friday for Singa>crc seems as far away as ever! We had loted with approval that the fortnightly service by the "B.I." route was being tpeeded up so that the mail will reach vere by Friday in future-— and then came
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 75 10 BKOWN. At the .loh'.r.' General Hospital .t 1 in. mi Am:. <;. I9SS, Mr. Arthur Charles Brown, Airent, Sir .Joßn Jackson (S'porel Ltd.. ajreil II vis. l-'uni>rul at Kidadan today at 5 p.m. SIM. The death of Sim Cheng Lian, aged fi.'t, occurred at ISO, Chin Swee Road, on
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    • 40 10 The family of the late Mr. Samuel Francis DTonceicao wish to convey their sincere und heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral yesterday afternoon, and also those who sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence..
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  • 124 10 Singapore. ADELPHI HOTEL.— Special Dinn.r DUN, ALHAMBRA. James Dunn and Sally Eilers in TOie Dance Team. 6.15—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.- Richard Dix, Erich Von Stroheini and Joel McCrea in, The Lost Squadron. 6.15—9.15. Phone 5261-2. GIIAT WORLD. -Tuikirs, Worldly Goods with J. Kirkwood, Mermi Kennedy and Shannon l>;iy. I'a.sur
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    • 161 10 Stourbridge Crystal I This exquisite set is a delightful |f| example of Stourbridge Crystal, o| made by craftsmen who have never tSjj done anything but make beautiful ju glassware. Their skill has been Bg handed down from father to son §i| for several generations. SI ENGLISH HANDMADE CRYSTAL JOHN LITTLE
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    • 185 10 A. FLINTER 6, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE BUYS GOLD COINS and GOLD ORNAMENTS of EVERY CLASS and QUALITY ACCORDING TO DAILY EXCHANGE RATES. Hear These Numbers ON COLUMBIA (THE SCRATCHLESS RECORD) The Cat ami tho Fiddle." with It's Star, PEGGY WOOD, in Her Original Sunp-10-inch l)R79fi T!IF \T \M> THE PIDDLE—
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  • 2365 11 GENERAL HONJO'S DILEMMA. Unable to Cope with The Trouble in Fengtien. FIGHTING SPREADS. Mukden Chinchow Both In Danger. General Honjo (the Japanese omniandrr-in-Chief in Manchuria) has withdrawn nearly 10,000 troops from North Manchuria to assist him in suppressing the widespread revolt by the
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  • 216 11 Two Firemen Killed Some Passengers Injured. PLOT SUSPECTED. Engine and Four Coaches Derailed. As a result of the derailing of the mail train running from I'rai to Kuala Lumpur last night two firemen were killed and several passengers received injuries. It is strongly rumoured in the
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  • 140 11 Rumours That Rail Was Removed. Telephoning just before we went to press, our Kuala Lumpur correspondent stated that it is strongly rumoured in the Tatijong Malim district that a rail was deliberately removed and that a police reward is likely to be offered for information throwing light
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  • 92 11 Two Men Killed And Many Injured. Berlin, Aup. 8 Two workmen were torn to pieces and several were injured and an entire factory demolished when ill oilworki in the town of Emmerich, lM.in<>land, was blown up by an explosion on T':.sday. That the number of victims was not
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  • 108 11 "Post Office Tied to Rijfid ('on vent ions." London, Aug. !>. 'dice is k«-<-n intenst here in i. wireless telephone conversation from the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rcsso, lying at Shanghai, to Rome, after which The Tinus correspondent called and heard London clearly on the same instrument, but
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  • 48 11 Rejected by U.S. and Other Neutral Powers. Washington, Aug. G. The United States and other neutral poweis h:ivc rejected Bolivia's proposal for an armistice on the basis of the maintenance of the present position. The neutral countries interested have again requested Bolivia to cease hostilities. Reuter.
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  • 56 11 Renewal of Truce for Four Years. Geneva, Aug. 5. Mr. Arthur Henderson, chairman of the DiMUmuwat Conference, has asked the gOWWnUMBta represented at the Con-feren-e t<> state whether they arc prepared to agree to a renewal of the armaments truer provided in th" League resolution of September, 1931, for
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  • 126 11 Mrs. Victor Bruce Begins Second Attempt. Rugby, Aug. 5. The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, the wellknown airwoman, today began her duration flight over the south coast and hopes to remain for one month in the air. She is accompanied by Flight Sergeant McCleaiy
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  • 149 11 Bengali Attacker Takes Poison and Dies. Rugby, Aug. 5. A young Bengali terrorist today unsuccessfully attempted to shoot Sir Alfred Watscn, editor of the Statesman, the wellknown Calcutta newspaper, as he drove to his office in his motor-car. The youth was seized by an Indian employee of
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  • 22 11 Tomorrow's Sunday Times will contain an exclusive interview with General Ma Chan-shan, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese forces in North Manchuria.
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  • 201 11 Strong Communal Feeling In The Punjab. Simla, July 22. Preliminary to leaving for Lahore It attend a mass crathering of Sikhs round the Maharaja Ranjitsingh's grave on July 24, for pledging to fight for Sikh rights in case the Muslims are given a majority in the Punjab
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  • 93 11 Relations to be Sued for Their Return. i Stockholm, Aug. 3. The Kreuger inquiry has established that Kreuger presented his relations with considerable sums of money or stocks and .'hare?. The special bankruptcy administrator has been ordered to sue for the restitution of these presents and has started
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  • 38 11 Alleged Possession of Bad Coin Outfit. (From. Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. H. Ivtcctivc Roche yesterday arrested two men in Province Wellesley alleged to be in possession of lithographic plates and other material for counterfeiting.
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  • 422 11 Drastic Penalties. WOMAN PRESIDENT OF REICHSTAG. Berlin, Aug. 5. More drastic penalties against the use of firearms and explosives are expected to be decreed very shortly* The official figures show that since the von Papen Government assumed power on May 31 130 people have been killed
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  • 178 11 New Chinese Minister On Manchuria. London, Aug. 5. "Japan must fail in the Mandhurinn adventure," said Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the new Chinese nvnister to Great Britain, when interviewed by th<» Manchester Guardian. "They cannot thrive as settlers on the cold plains of Manchuria and compete with thirty
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  • 45 11 Simla, July 13. It is understood that the Joint BritishAfghan Commission which recently assembled at Dokalam to demarcate a small gap left in the Durand line of the Indo-Afghan border in 1895, has succeeded in making a satisfactory settlement of all questions outstanding.
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  • 231 11 Conclusions Expected. $130,000,000 CANAL OPENING. Ottawa, Aug. 5. Representatives of the whole Empire will stand beside the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Bessborough, tomorrow at the opening of the $130,000,000 waterway, the deepened and widened Welland Canal, a part of the gi eat St Lawrence waterway scheme. The
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  • 121 11 Blowing Itself Out, Says Lord Irwin. Rugby, Aug. 5. Lord Irwin, President of the Board of Education, speaking in London today, expressed the view that the economic storm, of which Great Britain felt the full force last year, was beginning to blow itself out. He described as openings
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  • 248 11 Announcement Likely At End of The Month. Rugby, Aug. 5. The Prime Minister Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, accompanied by the Minister for Air, l/)rd Londonderry, left London by air today en route for Lossiemouth, whe-e he will resume his holiday which he interrupted this week to visit London anu
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  • 134 11 Why Interviews Were Stopped. Allahabad, July 19. The reasons which impelled the Government to stop Pandit Jawaharlal's interviews with his mother and wife are now disclosed. It is understood that the InspectorGeneral of Prisons informed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, in reply to the latter's inquiry, that during the interview
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  • 167 11 Mr. de Valera's Answer To Sir T. Inskip. Dublin, Aug. 5. Replying in the debate on the Bill to provide a £2,000,000 emergency fund to fight an economic war against Givut Britain, Mr. de Valera said that it was at present impossible to indicate how the
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  • 99 11 Satisfactory Work pf The Commission. London, Aug. 5. The satisfactory progress of the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission which is disposing of £5,000,000 from the Boxer Indemnity Fund, was recorded LiMr. Chung Chun-wang, director of the Commission, when interviewed by Reuter on his return to London. Mr. Chung Chun-wang
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  • 78 11 Complete Overhaul Urged By Correspondents. London, Aug. 5. The complete overhaul of the rubber industry, including directors' fees, is urged by correspondents in The Times. One letter alleges that fees in many cases are much higher than pre-war and another draws attention to the hardships of young
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  • 89 11 Continued Rise of Stock Market. New York, Auk. r >- Despite midday profit taking tending io check the rise of the stock market there was a continued advance today and many of the leading stocks closed up to seven points higher. The daily turnover was 2,500,000 shares.
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  • 87 11 No Trace of Him Despite Police Efforts. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 5. The police are still unable to trace the whereabouts of Yeoh Swee Sim, a mine clerk who was kidnapped on Wednesday afternoon. It has since been discovered that the kidnappers transferred Yeoh Swee Sim
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  • 46 11 Ricksha Pullers Return To The Streets. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 5. The ricksha pullers returned to the streets last night and most of them were plying for hire today. They had been on strike as a protest against the owners' hire charges.
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    • 65 11 On Other Pages. Page Letters to the Editor 5 Around the Markets By Our Financial Correspondent 8 The Present Age Has Retrograded— By Feodor Chaliapin 10 Sudden Death of Mr. A. C. Brown 12 Dutch Air Mail Mystery 12 Bankruptcy Court 12 County Cricket 13 Women's Page 15 A Journal
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  • 1298 12 Discharge Application. RASH' SPECULATION IN PROPERTY. The usual stories of hard times owing to ihe depression were told at yesterday's fitting of the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell. After minor applications, and a number of petitions for receiving orders, etc., had been dispens ii
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  • 348 12 Licences Of Drivers Cancelled. As a result of driving in a rash manner a Chinese and a Ma'ay have had their driving licences (the former having held his for 18 years) cancelled for good, and find $30 or one month's rigorous imprisonment by Mr. C. Wilson, the
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  • 145 12 Man Mistaken For Elephant And Shot. Bandarawcla (Ceylon), July 19. Yesterday before Mr. A. G. Ranasinghe, Police Magistrate, at the Bandarawela sessions of the Badulla-Haldummulla Police Court circuit, A. L. M. Zackariya, Town Aratchi of Wellawaya, charged i man named Banda with having on Sunday last caused
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  • 82 12 The following is the programme for the light classical concert at the Adelphi Hotel on Sunday night at I».30 by Paul Strauss and his orchestra Overture, Poet end Peasant (Suppe) (a) Serenade (b) Valse Espa^nole, from Frasquita (Lehar); selection from Gypsy Love (Lehar) selection from the Mikado (Sullivan)
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  • 53 12 In view of the appointment of a fulltime cleik by the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., the duties of l>oth the hon. secretary and hon. treasurer will henceforth be carried on by Mr. G. G. Netto. All correspondence should be addressed to him r/o the Co-operative Societies
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  • 295 12 Held Up in India By Sandstorms. Where is the Dutch air mail This question was being asked anxiously in Singapore yesterday and today when no announcement of its expected arrival was made by the Post Office. The machine left Amsterdam on July 28 with London mails
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  • 157 12 Reservation of Seats Not Favoured. Nagpur, July 16. We do not want any reservation of seats for women in future legislatures. We are confident that if we are capable we will be returned through the general electorate," declared Mrs. Muthulakshmi Reddi, of Madras, addressing a largely attended
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  • 61 12 Monia Litter and his concert Orchestra will play the following programme at I Raffles Hotel tomorrow night Overture, Midsummer-night'? Dream (Mendelssohn-Barthol'lv) Symphony no 2, in A Minor. Adagio, Pre. tissimo, (SaintSaens); .Symphony no. 5 Andante, (TofhaihoWsay From Scenes De Ballet, Mazurka (Glazounow). Suite no. 4, Mozart iana, (a)
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  • 326 12 Settlement Announced This Morning. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 6. The suit for a judicial separation between Mr. Loke Yung Cheong :.nd his wife, Chiu Woh Pik, which has aroused intense interest among the Chinese community in Kuala Lumpur has been Retjtled. Yesterday was given
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  • 215 12 An Extraordinary Story From Ceylon. Badulla (Ceylon), July 22. Investigations regarding the skeleton of an unknown person found at Tuppitiya have revealed that it is the skeleton of a woman who is believed to have been l mad. Yesterday Sub-Inspector Marjan of tho Badulla District Police charged
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  • 122 12 Money Refused and Dart Gallery Damaged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. ">. Nine out of the eleven Chinese arrested when creating a disturbance in a dart throwing gallery have been convicted on a charge of unlawful assembly with intent to commit mischief. The proprietor of the saloon
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  • 290 12 Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery. The funeral of Mr. Snmuel r':«ncis D'Conceicao, who died at the General Hospital, Singapore on Thursday, 'nek place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Mr. D'Conceicao was for 27 years with the firm of Derrick nnd Co. He leaves a widow and
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  • 182 12 James Dunn and Sally Eilers In "Dance Team." James Dunn and Sally Eilers, popular Fox artists, are now appearing in "Dance Team," at the Alhambra. Those who like pictures rich in sentiment will like "Dance Team," but it is perhaps not one to appeal to all classes. Jimmy
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  • 156 12 MADRAS REFORMS PLAN Proposed Protest In Council. Madras, July 16. Dr. Subbarayan. the Opposition leader in the Madras Legislative Council, has given notice of his intention to move the following motion at the forthcoming session of the Council The Council is of the opinion that the statement on the Indian
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  • 91 12 Bogus Telegram and Its Sequel. Dehra Dun, July 16. A Sikh officer in the Army, who was holding the rank of lieutenant, has been recently murdered at Jallunda. He received a telegram sent in the name of a friend asking him to attend at the railway station to
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  • 258 12 Tragic Coincidence. HEAD OF NAVAL BASE CONTRACTORS. The death took place in the Johore General Hospital at six o'clock this morning of Mr. Arthur Charles Brown, Agent, Sir John Jackson and Co. (Singapore), contractors for the Naval Base. Mr. Brown had Keen suffering
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  • 213 12 Novice's Fatal Effort To Land Dead Pilot. Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmon'l addressing the annual me. ting of the Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society, at Westminster told the following story "to illustrate the character of the men the Society was helping: During the leccnt trouble on the
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  • 147 12 Important Point of Law Decided. Allahabad, July 15. The question whether a Hindu widow. who contracts a marriage with another person of the same caste, forfeits the property of her first husband, was decided today at the Allahabad High Court by a full Bench, consisting of the
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  • 94 12 Emphatic Protest By Association. London, July 25. An emphatic protest by the committee of the Indian Tea Association (London) against the recommendations of th, Indian Franchise Committee with regard to the representation of the Assam tea industry in the Legislative Council is supported in a leader in the
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  • 55 12 Alleged Find in Temple Dispensary. Madura, July 19. A police party searched an ayurvedic dispensary, inside t ho Madura Meenkashi temple and arc reputed to have number of revolver and rartridn ingredients alleged to be ttsed i:i the manufacture of bombs. Chinnaswami Naidu, said to be the proprietor
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  • County Cricket Results.—Today's Cup Final At Kuala Lumpur.
    • 95 13 Tournament Match On The Padang. The S.C.C. tournament match between th-j Public Services und the Merchants began yesterday on th Fadang, and at the close of play, the Public Services had put up a total of 31 for four wickets, which were shared by Ashworth and Cranford. The
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  • 573 13 Surrey's Success. LANCASHIRE BEATEN BY SOMERSETSHIRE. Fine weather favoured the county cricket matches and, in the majority of instances, decisive conclusions were reached. In the two instances where the frames wen- decided on the first innings huge totals were scored. Several good performances were put up
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  • 152 13 Crowd Boos Winner Of 5,000 Metres. Los Angeles, Aug. 6. The final of the 5,000 metres resulted as follows 1, Lehtinen (Finland); 2, Hill (U.S.A.); 3, Virtanen (Finland). Time, 14 mm. 30 sec., an Olympic record. Lehtinen won by inches in a sensational finish, with the crowd
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  • 48 13 Professional Meeting Cancelled. Owing to insufficient support the Taining Turf Club has been compelled to cancel the professional meeting which was to have started next Saturday. Application has been to the Straits Racing Association for permission to hold, an amateur meeting on Aug. 19 and 20.
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  • 152 13 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, Aug. 5. Today's baseball results were: National League. Blades and Wilson hit home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals. Philadelphia ..9 15 1 Chicago ..2 9 0 Chuck Klein and Harold Lee notched homers for the Phillies. American League.
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  • 37 13 Military Jumping: Competition At Dublin. Dublin, Aug. L The international military jumping competition at the Dublin Horse Show wa^ won by Lieutenant Cavaille (France). Ciptain Misonne (Belgium) was seconl and Captain Corry (Ireland) third. Aneta-Hava.s.
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  • 37 13 At the Johore Police Sports held yesterday at Johore, the Singapore Sikh contingent defeated the Johoie Sikhs in the tu-'-o'-war event for which a shield was given. The winneis hold the trophy for one year.
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  • 584 13 Fine Shooting By Burma Rifles. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 5. The Kinta branch of the F.M.S. Volunteer Forces Rifle Association held its annual meeting on the Ipoh range with satisfactory results. An interesting innovation was that of C.S.M. and Instructor Meanng and the hon.
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  • 277 13 Saturday, August 6. Singapore V.R.A. Bi>ley meeting, Buk't Timah, Starts 2.30 p.m. Football: Malaya Cup final, Selangor vs. Singapore. Kualn Lumpur. Cricket: S.C.C. tournament: Merchant* vs. P.S. and I-.. Padanc: Raffles Institution v«. S.C.C. XI, R.I. Krd. S.R.C. vg. United Services. S.R.C. jrrd. S.C.R.C. vs. Ceylon Sports Club,
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  • 625 13 Lord Rosebery Second To The Aga Khan. The following are the statistics of home racing corrected to include the results of July 16 OWNERS. No. of Races Amount Horses. Won. H.H. Aga Khan ..8 11 21,519 I /i Lord Rosebery 6 9 14,816 M. E. de St.
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  • 121 13 View Of Selangor's Chances. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 6. The weather is fine and there is every prospect of the Malaya Cup final being played under ideal conditions. The Selangor hones were considerably deflated this morning by the definite announcement that Soon Teck, their
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  • 131 13 Conclusion of Cowes Regatta. Rugby, Aug. 5. In brilliant weather, and with all the ships in the roads gaily dressed for the last day of the Regatta Week, Cowes pre-. sented a particularly claiming appearance tcday. The crowds were further delighted when His Majesty gained his
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  • 76 13 Veterans' Doubles At The S.C.R.C. The Veterans Doubles Handicap Final in the S.C.R.C. tennis tournament resulted in Loh Poon Lip and Chua Cheng Hock beating Chua Cheng Liat and Cheong Chee Hai 7—5, 4—o, 6—3. The following ties will be played in the Ola RaJflesians' AssortatkM tennis tournament
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  • 417 13 Mr. H. B. Sym Appointed Captain. The fourth annual general meeting of the Public Services Rugby Football Club was held at the Municipal offices last evening with Mr. E. W. I*. Fulcher, vicepresident, in the chair. Mr. T. M. Stevens, the hon. secretary, in his annual report
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  • 476 14 Bill to Suppress It. WOMEN GIVING IT THEIR SUPPORT. Calcutta, July 20. The Bill for the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Bengul, which will shortly come before the Legislative Council, has aroused widespread interest. The measure is an amendment of a Bill of nine years ago,
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  • 276 14 Bath-Room Comedy Sets Spain Laughing. Madrid, July 1. It happened in Spain this morning. Senor (jassols, a Catalonian Deputy, wh-j is also a poet, an;' whose classical locks are the joy of Spanish caricaturists, was nn his way to the bath-room of a Madrid hotel at which
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  • 176 14 Schoolboy "Kxamti" And Then To Eton. Crown Prince M*i had of Rumania— King from lh« >'iaLh >>!' hi.> grandfather in July, V-i-ii, urr.il tilt.' return of his father from exile in June. !:»:;<) hai i-o 1 MNlan ed before 8 hirii Iward <il < xaniincis t> determine whetker
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  • 531 14 Alchemy in Hyderabad. STORY OF CONFIDENCE TRICK BY SADHU. Secunderabad, July 12. Belief in the exploded science of alchemy has numerous adherents in India and, like the necromancers of old, many Sadhus, or Holy Men, claim to be in possession of the secret of transmuting the
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  • 368 14 Need for the Tonic Of Optimism. Lord Wakelield, speaking at a luncheon at Grosvenor House, London, of the Incoiporated Society of British Advertisr-, said that advertising was essential in the modern world- The advertisement has added a sparkle to commercial life," he continued. Wit and humour are some of
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    • 400 14 Scarcely a man or woman can hope to go through life with* out the shadow of illness falling across their path at some time or other. But though the days of pain and sickness cannot be avoided, the long and tedious process of convalescence, the gradual winning back to health
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  • 1885 15 By OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT. Lordon, June 29. #PREAT Britain s \vH lighter in the women's tingtaj is the tii; -t gW at Wimbledon his year. She i.' Mary Heeley the only Xntriish entry ir. the r-i ti.i-finals o* ihis .'eason's Uvnil Two features
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  • 20 15 AKEVILLE afternoon millinery creation of white fancy straw with a becoming eye veil of fine net.
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  • 2995 16 Getting Down To Realities— Lessons Of The Exhibition— Foodstuffs Instead Of Politics The Twentieth Century Peasant— Not So Modern After All— A New Spirit Abroad— Malaya Tackles The Slump. I^OURTEEN columns have been devoted to Malayan agriculture and husbandry- in the Straits Times and
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  • 91 16 Man Who Once Terrorised Kampar District. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 4. A Chinese named Wong Kong, arrested for being found in possession of illicit samsu, has been identified as a returned banishee formerly a member of a gang which terrorised the Kampar distrk-t under the notorious
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  • 50 16 Meeting Dispersed by Police On N. W. Frontier. Peshawar, July 21. In the early hours of Saturday, Red Shirts tried to hold a meeting at the shrine of Nimoribada, about four miles from Uamanzar. They were prevented by the police who made 40 arrests. The remainder dispersed.
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  • 4898 17 Full Description In R.R.I. Publication. "DISTINCT POSSIBILITIES" OF IMPROVED RESULTS. A full discussion of the problem of rubber cultivation by forestry methods, with special reference to the experiments conducted by Mr. Birkemose on Shanghai Pahang Estate, appears in the latest number of the Journal of
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  • 1111 18 President Praises Commissioners. REDUCED REVENUE. CUT IN EXPENDITURE ESSENTIAL In his report for Ittl, Mr. W. Hartley, the PreaUcsjri of the Singapore Municipality, records his apprecia- tion af the lar^e amount of time and consideration which members of commit lee Ravi- to matters which came before
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  • 255 18 Need for More Data In Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. At yesterday's meeting of the Conference on Agriculture ir Kuala Lumpur, resolutions passed at Wednesday's session were" approved by the conference which was enlarged by the inclusion of officers of other departments. They
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  • 233 18 Question Of Costs In Charity Action. In the Appeal Court ysterday, comprising the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison), Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell, judgment was delivered in the appeal of the AttorneyGeneral, S.S., on the relation of Lim Kirn Tian, against the judgment of
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  • 61 18 Plans for Treaty of Amity And Commerce. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. f. It w mdentuod hen that a special emissary is to visit i*i.im from China, the puipose of his visit bring to negotiate a t Kitty of amity and commerce. At present no treat-.-
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  • 51 18 People Assaulted on An Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent) Pena/iR, Aug. 5. The conductor, his wifo and five others were severely assaulted by a gang of robbers who broke into their house om Jarak Estate yesterday. The miscreants, who were said to be masked, made away with some
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  • 103 18 Trousers Instead Of The Panung. (From Our Own Corr^pondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 5. At present there is n great issue before the ministries the substitution of trousers for the panung. The change is being received with mixed feelings, it being fe't a mistake in some quarters to depart from
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    • 219 18 "PRIDE IN HIS WORK IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF A GOOD CRAFTSMAN." OUR WORK MACHINE WORK |C FORGINGS OF ALL KINDS 9 J^BB> *> *f w^l jflr J^ B^hBBH HL I if" *SI 1? *lH B^ni I THE MANUFACTURE OF PALM OIL AND CANNING PLANTS- J||f GALVAN IZI Na^^ F|NEST fIMD
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  • 3797 19 Non-Disclosure Not Fraudulent ECHO OF THE Ws. INTEGRITY OF MAN LONG DEAD. An appeal of considerable interest the Woods bankruptcy case was decided yesterday in the Appeal Court before the Chief Justice (Sir William Muri son) presiding, Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell.
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  • 270 19 Appeal for the Singapore Fund. In art appeal on behalf of the Destitute Strangers Fund, Singapore, the secretary and treasurer, Mr. D. Kenny, states The fund has l>een in existence for some years, and is administered by a committee consisting of the District Judge and First Magistrate (President),
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  • 450 19 What Indian Knight Saw On Far Eastern Tour. Bombay. July IA Conditions prevailing in tin- Japanese textile industry were described in an interview by Sir Hari Singh (iour, who arrived here yesterday from his lour in th. Far Kast." Sir Flari Singh was struck by
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  • 46 19 Civil Disobedience In Madras. Madras. July 2<K According to an ofJiHal communique the number of civil disobedience eowrii tions in Madras ['residency durinir tinfirst fortnight of July was 182, of whom 127 were under-the ordinary law and live under the new Ordinance for picketing.
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    • 254 19 STOP INDIGESTION WHERE IT BEGINS. Far better than rolieviruf indigestion troubles as thiy come alonß is to MKrv« their cause and keep free from thi» harrowing complaint altogether. Even th.-. worst sufferers can avoid indiuestion by taking a little H.-u rated Magnesia water after meals, because this neutrali excess acidity,
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  • 29 20 81.l E AM) (;OLl).— Palast|iage. winner of the 1932 (ie-rman Derby at Hamburg, with his owner. Mr. P. Muelhens, proprietor of the world-famous "4711."
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    41 20 "JOHN D" POSES WITH HIS BOATER.— Mr. John D. Rockefeller posed willingly for a picture for the first time for years as he left the First Presbyterian Church, Lakewood, New Jersey. He is *n ardent devotee of Uie boater."" (Planet News.)
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    27 20 SHORTS IN THE SUNSHI NE.— Leila Hyams. enjoying a cycle ride in the sunshine clad in shorts, while spending a holiday at Malibu Beach. California. (Planet News.)
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    33 20 MONUMENT TO MARSHAL KOCH UNVEILED A mon- ment to Marshal Foch, vi as unveiled at Spa. Belgium, in the present o f Madame Ko h and Prince Leopold of I ;<•!•_• inni. (Planet News.)
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    29 20 QUEEN AT NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY SHOW The Queen paying an informal visit to the National Rose Society's Show, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. (Planet News.)
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    25 20 GOLD MEDAL WINNER Malayan Collieries Ltd., won a *old medal at the Malayan Exhibition for the best diaplay of Malayan produce. (Photo— O. Y. Kok.)
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    15 20 The stand of the Rubber Research Institute at the Malayan Exhibition, with latex featured prominently.
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