The Straits Times, 31 August 1932

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, AISD MOST; INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN, MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932. PRICE .10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGER SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      680 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. .('PHONE 6151 6.15 Tonißht 9.15 .'AREN'T WE ALL? with rCERTRI'DE LAWRENCE i .nd OWEN NARES. I'hune 5261-2. j A ROBINSON'S Genuine "Henry Heath" Hats. AklUI I Jl I o^4. A Snap brim, double stitched ed«e, A W 1^ UA I nLj I colours: Li K ht
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      26 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. (PHONE 3Q83). 1E331H1 fi.ir. Voni|(ht 9.15 AREN'T WE ALL?; with Jgertride lawkbncb| i and I OWEN NARKS. j Thono r,2«l 2.
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      523 2 P. 0., 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. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnag*. Due S'pors. 1932. NOVARA MM Aug. II CARTHAGI 15,000 Sept.
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      1837 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. I BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7366 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLIA (3,352 tons) (Car*., only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading
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      984 2 a^^*^» < <^*- i^4/av^^ M^^^^^^*^g3SlSsßß^^^^^^^^^^^V*i^ t^ THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. MuTa! "si'.m^.^tion'co. uB THe'sARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. TlTp STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. ThK CHINA "NAVIGATION CO?. LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE. Ltd. ffIEsSi FsTCAM NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd THE S
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  • Shipping News.
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      FRENCH MAIL DISASTER EFFECTS.
      481 3 Heavy Claims on Insurance Market. One result of the heavy financial loss causi il by the destmetioa by fire of the large French liner Georges I'hilippar at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden in May is that some of the largest liners in the fleet
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      THE LURLINE.
      281 3 Sister-Ship to Mariposa Launched. The l&SOfl gross ton passenger and I liner Lor Tine, buik for the MatW Navigation <0., has been launched frop' the yard <.f the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.. at Qoincy, Mass. The 1 •hip was christened by Mis. Lurline B. Roth, wife of the
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      NAVAL PROGRAMME.
      132 3 Now Orders Placed By Admiralty. Ordert for several of the smaller in the 1931 new construction pro- frramme nave recently been placed by the Admiralty, and the remaining ships arc I to be ordered ihortly. Tendon are now lc;n;r considered, says the Journal of i Commerce. Tin- r.'.'ii
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      SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHIPS' GRAVEYARD.
      358 3 Mute Objects In Marine Museum. San Francisco, July 28. Some with their masts awry, some wit*i their scuppers externally briir^ming, and some with their bows steve in but all with green seas in their holds, a motley company of wrecked vessels sway in th«i tides
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      RIVER COLLISION.
      173 3 Steamer Sunk Near Patna. Patna, Aug. 8. Two persons were drowned in the Ganges near Patna on Friday evening when the river steamer Ceres san 1 as a result of a collision with the bow jf an- i other stearrpr Prome. It appears that Prome, a large vessel
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      SIDE SHIPPING CO.
      172 3 Reduction of Capital Sanctioned. In the Chancery Division recently, Mr. Justice Eve sanctioned a reduction of the •apital of the Side Shipping Co., Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, from £100,000 to L 82.937 10s. Mr. J. B. Lindon (instructed by Messrs. Robinson and Bradley, agents for Messrs. Lundi, Shortt,
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      P. AND O. CATHAY.
      100 3 Loses Propeller Blade And Enters Dry Dock. Colombo, Aug. 22. The P. and O. mail steamer Cathay, sound from London to Australia, which iirived in Colombo early this morning i day behind scheduled time had to be 'docked" at Bombay to have a new propeller blade
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      D'ARTAGNAN.
      39 3 The Messageries Maritimes d'Artagnan is dut* in Singapore from Penang on SunJay, Sept. 4 at ii a.m. and will probably sail on the same day at noon for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. Berth S.H.B. wharves.
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      64 3 AUGUSTINA, Dut., 1,626 tons, from Calcutta 31-8, for P. Dickson 31-8. LIPIS, Brit., 460 tons, from Kuontan 30-8, for Kuantan unc. MAROSA, Norw., 839 tons, from Bangkok 31 -S, for Malacca 31-8. MALINI, Siam, 788 tons, from Bangkok 30-8, for Bangkok 31-8. SAXICAVA, Brit., 3,388 tons, from Hong
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      120 3 Wednesday, August 31. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf I.eh. "Shark," Lch. 'Spartan,' W. Bt. "Knterprisi-," Lighter "Palepah." 0.1 Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Dukat. Victoria Dock Nil. iw;ipfl Harbour. King's Dock Nil.
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      SHIPS BY WIRELESS.
      75 3 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Singapore Antung, Bellatrix, Can St. Jacques, Choyo Mam, Clyde Maru, Dairy, D'Artagnan, Fushimi Maru, G. G. Paul Doumer, Hong Hwa, Malta Maru, Mu:e\, Ouderkerk, Phobos, President Pierce, Querimba, Ranpura, Santos Maru, Shirala, Somali, Solen, Suisang, Yuensang.
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      ORIENTAL STEWARDS.
      117 3 Displaced by White Men On Dollar Liners. White men are taking the place of Chinese dining-room stewards on board the vessels of the American Dollar Line, s When the chanpes have been completed employment will have l>een provided fo.' about 1,000 men in the 19 passenger ami mail
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      627 3 4NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated In Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARDS. COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Xonpr, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsintftau Sept. 16 SAALK for Manila. Honß Kong, Shunghai, Taku, Dalny, Tsingtau and Japan Sept. 26 HOMEWARDS. HAVEL for Marsei'les, Casablanca, London, Rotterdam, i Hamburg and Bremen Sept.
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      427 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINB dnJ AMERICAN MAUL LINB A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LINERS ARE POPULAR. 1 The staterooms are th*e largest and mos* comfortable you can buy. I The cosmopolitan atmonphere of these World Liners insures you an interesting: cruise. The ship is yours from stem to Siern No
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      474 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) v ELLERMAN LINE. Freijcht Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via I'ortn and Sue* CanaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI ft JAPAN. ■taamot Due S'pnr«. s.s. can or Cambridge Best v HOMEWARDS. CITY OF FLOUNCE for Marseilles, Havre, London, Kotti'rcluin nnd Hamburg
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      186 3 TIDE TABLES. Today. August 31. H. \V. 10.42 a.m., 8 ft. 5 in., 10.00 p.m., 9 ft. 7 in. Thursday. September 1. H. W. 11.5 a.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 10.40 p.m., 10 ft. 3 in. Friday. September 2. H. W. 11.30 a.m., 9 ft. 1 in., 11.20 p.m., 10
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      726 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position adrertiseiL ia these column* send copies of testimonial*. Do not send originals. UEQUIRSD lady canvassers for Life Assurance on commission basis. Reply XYZ, S. T. WANT! D apable Salesman able to invest $u.OOU niu-l be well and favourably known, good salary to ri^ht
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      737 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET 81, Wilkie Road. Apply 6, Malacca Street. NEW bungalow, 3, Balmoral Crescent, cool healthy locality. Apply 32, Balmoral Road. TO LET, semi-bungalow, 88, Sophia Road. Modern sanitation, electric, etc. Apply M. E. Nathan, 96, North Bridge Road. TO LET, No. 64, Kings Rd., off Bukit Timah
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      500 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Boad, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie A Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Road, 8,700 sq. feet, flrst class property. United Engineers. TO LET, Riverside Godowns and Shoos at Grosvenor Hotel, Apply Stephen* Paul A Co. OFFICES TO LET, on 2nd and 4th floors,
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      387 4 MISCELLANEOUS GOING ON LEAVE LET US TAKE YOUR LUGGAGE TO THE STEAMER. 'PHONE 2428. SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Union Building. You can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delivered to you every week for three months for $1.60. Manager, Sunday Timas. IP YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS Overseas, have the Straits Budget
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      701 4 AUCTION NOTICES. MORTGAGEE'S SALE of Singapore town and country properties. At Messrs. Cheoaig Koon Seng and Co.'s saleroom. No. 30, Chulia Street on Wednesday, Sept. 7. 1932, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable 99 years' leasehold land and houses known as No. 35, Omar Road and No. 29, Keng Cheow
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      406 4 BUSINESS CARDS. SAPPER'S SERVICE A STEP AHEAD IN WORKMANSHIP. A STEP BEHIND OTHER COMPETITORS CHARGES IS SAPPER'S MOTTO. We undertake motor repairs to all makes of cars and guarantee perfect satisfaction. All repairs will be carried out by skilled motor mechanics under European supervision on car owners premises. We also
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      319 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL SATURDAY SEPT. 3rd. SPECIAL MCE DIWWER ADD BALL EXTENSION TILL 2 A. M. BP P B OH H O O MONDAY SEPT. sth. O 0N N iV In the Palm Court iV KE E K P.M. TILL MIDNIGHT N 5 AL FRESCO VIENNESE DINNER 5 N 3
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      771 5 Harry. S. Elias, m.io QUALIFIED OPTICIAN. BUILDING (\^j 2751. Consulting Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. I RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water. THIS EVENING TEA DANCE— 6.3O p.*. t08.15p.«. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE li.riCI Mirlm^ht. GRILL-SPECIAL DISH rh.-.T-Hnt in ('aftMomlc Carmen.
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      103 5 fqqqqqqqqqqqqqqriq: g MII€AWBK#£fHESL° J g CHOPf^j}/ JRIMAUj n ■T.;~7~".-:. VLJUUUUUUULIUUIJbbbLIV NOTICE in hereby given that the above Trade-Mart ire tho tXelosive property of MALAYAN BREWERIES UMTTED n I ire m In connection with Beer and other drinks manufactured or produced hv the said Company. AND NOTICE is hereby further given
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      154 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle p ~11 PI" IP' r 5 SI P**~~ |p gP&I < «|p (CLUES.) ACROSS. J7. Nat i" >. Finely sorrnto 2 g. Scatter hay !t. Deliver a -speech o Novel 11. Visionary starting point in irnlf 13. Anoints ;{;j. Male children 11. Patterns 34. 9table-boy 15. Prongs
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    Hollywood's Great "Decency Drive."
    2029 6 —By Our Film Correspondent. SEX PLOTS ON THE WANE —CHARMING FILM REBEL GOES TO LONDON —MISS ANN DVORAK TO PLAY FOR GAINSBOROUGH —BLOW TO FILM TRADE FRANCE TO TAKE FEWER FOREIGN PICTURES— I CASTING "The Pint Mrs. Fraser," I which will l>e shown at the Pavilion
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      89 6 tk sa Iml i JpW 1 Newcomers become Staunch Customers Newcomers i any of them guid- <•<! by the personal recommendation of satisfied clients invaria''K become staunch customers of. ...11. li. WINTER Our service, .distinctive tutting.. perfed fitting, and use of finest quality material* only.. has built <nn business, .and
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      27 6 k TOOH EYS p/lswMffbEEß I'SJUmH' and tm" 1 Wale TOOHEYS JUk you* IVcvisic* ere ff B f fat pint tottk-—] SClf AGENTS THE EASTERN AGENCIES LTD. MNGAPCfE
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      195 7 RECORDS GO BY THE BOARD! The only House that can bring you such Sensations 4 SHOWS TODAY 4 SHOWS TODAY 2.15 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 6.45 p.m. ALSO ON ALSO ON SATURDAY. 9.15 p.m. SUNDAY. TARZAN THE APE MAN Metro's Mighty Jungle Thriller BOOK AT ROBINSOVS ALL CIRCLE SEATS $1.50 BE
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      212 7 TONIGHT J An°ther BRILLIANT \I I JJ PARAMOUNT BRITISH Comedy FREDERICK LONSDALE' IMMENSELY POPULAR WEST-END SUCCES "AREN'T WE ALL?' With the Biggest Cast of English Favourites yet assembl I GERTRUDE LAWRENCI V UflK OWEN NARES I HUGH WAKEFIELD MAR IK LOHR. and All-English < a-l He was a fool to
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      83 7 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. The Terrible and Uilbelievable things thdt only EDGAR ALLAN POE Dared Conceive Now the Screen's Biggest Thrill of All! "MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE" A UNIVERSAL SUPER-THRILLER. j Sidney Fox Bela Lugosi /As the bride /The insane Vof the Gorilla/ V scientist 1 it. .»..^A.t^..., i CYMA
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    466 8 Rubber Position Slightly Easier. MODERATE DEMAND AT THE AUCTION. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. Today's Prices Rubber 9 9/16 cents per Ih. Tin, Singapore price $77.50 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Kubber. London, 3d., unchanged. New York, 4 7/16 cts., down 1 li ct. Market Tone: Quiet.
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    PRODUCE.
    68 8 Singapore, Autf- 51. Gambia 6.25 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 12.00 j Copra r ).Go| mixed 5.10 < Sago flour, Sarawak 1.05 j While Pepper 25.00 1 Black Pepper 19.00 j Peaj-I Satfo 4.215 small 5.001 medium 6.00 Rice Siam |168 to 196 Saigon $147 to 156 Rangoon $116 to
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      180 8 Singapore, Aug. 31. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 15/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 29/32 London, demand 2/3 London, T.T. 2/3 27/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,015 Hamburg, demand 164 New York, demand 4O'/h Batavia and
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      EXCHANGES.
      89 8 Rugby, Aug. 30. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.64 Athens 560 Belgrade 220 Berlin UM Bombay Is. 6'/a Brussels 25.06^ Bucharest 587 1/2 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 19.35 Geneva 17.94 V-j Helsingfors 240 Hong Kong Is. 4% Lisbon 110 Madrid 43 Vs Milan 67% Monte Video 30 nominal Montreal 3.89
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      67 8 Noon, Aug. 81. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Buyer*. Sell'". Spot .9 9 16 9"i; Standard R.S.S. on Tender Puycrt. S»ll#M. Sept. ..9 9 16 9% Oct. .9 9 16 9% Oct.-Dec. 9-V« 911 16 Jan.-Mar. H4 913 16 Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable
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        MINING.
        454 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asani Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5, Ayor Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukil Arang £1 £1 Burniah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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        GENERAL.
        284 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.95 1.05 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.7.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 68.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 1% Prefs. 18 3 £1 £1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        141 8 Singapore Cold Stormf c 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103 a. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfc p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V& P-c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        379 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations The above rubber quotation? are mostly only nominal. To-day's Price Fraaer Lyall Evatt Co. ABeaby ($1) 0.35 0.45 0.40 0.50 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.27«. i 0.35 0.30 0,10 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.60 0.50 0.70 A. Kuning ($1) 0.05 0.15
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    AIR MAIL.
    69 8 Mails by the outward Dutcii aeroplane from Amsterdam are expected to arrive at Singapore by the evening express on Friday. Correspondence addressed to boxholders only will be ready for delivery at 7.30 p.m. Applications from non-box-holders for delivery at the General Post Office cannot be entertained. The air
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    47 8 From China and Japan by Ranpura duo Singapore 2 p.m. today. From China and Japan by Suisang due Singapore 4 p.m. today. From Holland by Kota Pinang duo Singapore tomorrow afternoon. from Europe (London mails dispatched Aug. 11) by Carthage duo Ponang 6 a.n;. tomorrow.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    233 8 Today. Djamlii (Sm^kel) ;i !>»'• Banka Island, Pladjoe Palembang (Tbedens) P-""-Sarawak Vyner Brooke I o I-". Ceylon, Egypt, Genoa and Europe (Sauerland) 4 p.m. North, N.-East and N.-West Sumatra (Van Heutsz) l'"'« Samarang, Sourabaya, Cclclios, Moluccas, Timor Dilly and South-East Horneo (Vultntyni Ip.m. Ceylon and Bombay Ki«!«lt
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    53 8 By Left Arrd. Spore London P. C. Hooft Kajputuna Sibajak Karou Felix Eousscl i'ocluu Laut Mantua Contc Bomb July Tl Aug. 11 July II Aug. 15 July 2ii Auk. 18 July 2« Auk. 20 July 227 Auk. 22 Km*. I Aui;. -JH Auk- I Auj;. U.» Auj:.
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    REVENUE DOWN.
    51 8 Fall of 1,000,000,000 Francs In France. Parts, Aujr. J.i It is statnl i hat the revenue from taxation was aSout 1,000,000,000 tnaeU below tlic estimate during int four months of the current financial yoai b«|rinning April I. Of this (k-fi-ii 100,000,000 franca was aceoußteUe foi July. Aneta-TraM Oc—
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      36 8 e/r\af&rfk AUTOMATIC KUSITKIC. REFRIGERATOR H. hiil if ill, BhM •■■<<■ <(uirl. CoiiHtantly (old. l.ifeliinr Kumoniy. SafcKuard >our Ih-allli and have your fond-lull-. lXt-Hcriptivc leaflet post free. LEE AND FLETCHER. 102. North Bridgr Road. Adrlphi llotrl Kuildin^'. Siii)T»)M>re.
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      129 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. i Today. Auuuxl SI. Annual gra. ii.tK- of IMii Coylciii Club. 6 p.m. Police BHtul. Tclolt Aver. 5. IP p.m. Chamber Music at Y.W.C.A., Kaflk-s Quay. G.I 5 p.m. Saturday, September 3. Biagapcn Races, First, Day. y.M.C.A. Swimminir Carnival. 3 p.m. S'pore I'osts i Ic-l.-maphs Co-operative
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON MONEY MARKET.
      1022 9 Stock Exchange Tone Firm. INDUSTRIAL PRICES MOVE UPWARDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 4. There was very little change in the position of the .ondon Money Market 1 last week. Bhort-loan rates in the market seemed to have settled firmly at l£ per cent, while discounts
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      285 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 30. Closing quotations today of the principal British and American stocks are given below: The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 25. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5%
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      SHARE MARKET.
      732 9 Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.'s report, dated Aug. 31, states There has been a considerable amount of activity in all sections of the local market during the past week and both commodity and share quotations show an appreciable advance. The price of tin has been
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      S.V.C. ORDERS.
      162 9 Wednesday, Aug. 31, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, S.R.A. (V), Battery Parade; 5.16 p.m.. Headquarters, M.G. Platoon (Eur)., Complete T. O. E. D.; Headquarters, "E" (Chinese) Coy. Platoon 3, Table "A" 30 Yards Range. Thursday, Sept. 1, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, 2nd Bn. Signnl Section, Signal Training; Bukit Timah, "F" (Malay)
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      ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
      834 9 F-ike Against \2 l 2 Per Cent. Wage Cut. PRESENT OUTLOOK GLOOMY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, Aug. 3. All events in the English cotton industry during the past week have been overshadowed by the developments regarding the wages situation. The strike of over 16,000 operatives at
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      597 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Paid up Capital Olds. fiii.OOO.OOO Reserves (.1.1 24,190,324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH Ol KICKS THE HAGUE, KOTTKKDAM. OVERSEAS HKANC HKS Bntnvin Head olliee for Dutch East ladies. BRANCH OKI ICES DUTCH BAST rMDIEI Ampenan, Bandf.i'tijr. Cherihoßi
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      44 9 BANKING. THE NATIONAL CITY BANKOf NEW YORK Capital Surplus Undivided Profits U.S. $205,445,000.00 HEAD OFFICE: 53, WALL STREET, NEW YORK. LONDON OFFICE: 36, BI3HOPSUATE. /AVING/ P^ >^~~^?K D. S. S. DOUGLAS, V N^*^ ~J/J Manager. OCEAN BUILDING, COLLYER QUAY. Phone 5826. P.O. Box 444.
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      465 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, IIKAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong. Kong Rangoon Randjermasin Kobe 'Scmarang Bombay •Weltcvredon Shanghai eMedan Solo
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    132 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA. -Tarzan, the Ape Man. 4.15 !>.1!.. Phone 6909. CAPITOL. Aren't We All? with Gertrude Lawrence and Owen Nare«. 6.15 9.ir>. I'hore 52C1-2. CRKAT WORLD. -Chinese Talkies—Romance of Opera. I'nsnr Malam. Gate 10 it-. I.iulii-s Kree. M\J{LHOHOUr.H.— Tarzan, the Ape Man. 1.15 9.11, XRW WORLD. Side Shows, Cabaret
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1932. FREE PORTS—A NEW PHASE.
    920 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1932. FREE PORTS— A NEW PHASE. It is hiphly probable, in view of the cab!i y Sit Philip Cunliffe- Lister. Secretary of State for the Colonie to Sir Cecil lentl and published locally on Friday last, that the fight for the freedoir of
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    256 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The Rev. Kerpel Gamier has returner o Penang from Sumatra. Mme. M. Tolain, wife of the Belciar Minister in Bangkok, has returned froir home leave. Mr. H. J. H. Snut. and Mr. and Mr?. P Robert left Penang lor Marseilles la?' vcek by the Angkor. The death occurred
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    A EUROPE WITHOUT SERVANTS.
    1133 10 What A Novelist Sees Ten Years Hence. (By Paul iteboux, the well-known French author, in an interview. Ten years hence M. Pant Rebous picture* a Europe irhieh irill be almost without servants and HmmKiM wkat life will then be like. Domestic service will be organised industrially.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    852 10 LEAVENING THE LUMP. The IM National Foreign Trade Convention and IHh Pact tic Foreign Trade Convention sounds an imposing body and we have no doul>t it is for at its last session in Honolulu it discussed fully most of the trade proldems in the Pacific the
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    GENERAL MUTO DETERMINED TO CRUSH VOLUNTEERS.
    3438 11 EXTRA DIVISION FROM JAPAN. Port Arthur to Become A Naval Base. TOKIO'S PLANS. More Effective Control Over Manchuria. The earlier rumours that, now General Muto has arrived at Mukden. Japan intends to embark upon a much more vigorous policy in Manchuria, received sensational confirm
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    MISS BRENDA DEAN PAUL.
    158 11 £1,000 Bail on Another Drug Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 20. Miss Brenda Dean Paul has been remanded on £1,000 bail after being charged at Tower Bridge with illegal possession of morphine. Miss Paul is 24 years of age and a well-known society girl,
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    "FARMERS' HOLIDAY."
    237 11 Disorder Breaks Out On Wide Scale. New York, Aug. 30. The situation in lowa due to the farmers' holiday is described as intolerable. Disorder has broken out on a wide seal.* lmt thanks to the appeals by Mr. Dan Turner, the Governor of lowa, the authorities are taking
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    CLOSER RELATION.
    182 11 West Indies Commission Names Announced. The Commission arr io nte(l b >' tno Colonial Secretary, which is to visit the West Indies to examine possibilities of c'oser relation between Trinidad and the Windward Isknds and the Leeward Islands, will comprise General Sir Charles Fcgusson, chairman. Sir Charles Orr
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    "FLYING FAMILY."
    73 11 Reach Labrador on Way To Edinburgh. Hopcdale, Lai rador, Aug. 31. The Hutchinson "Flying Family" landed here at 2.40 p.m. Reuter. The "Flying Family," consisting of Mr. and Mrs. George Hut<hinson with their two young daughters a^ed eight and fix, and four of a crew took off from
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    SHIPPING STRIKE.
    43 11 Dutch Seamen Replaced By Foreigners. Rotterdam, Aug. 30. The Dutch Seamen's Union and the Transport Workers' Union have decided to strike today owing to the shipowners engaging foreign crews as the result of the Dutch seamen resisting a wage cut. -Reuter.
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    TREASURY BONDS AND WAR LOAN.
    369 11 Repayment on Dec. 1. £2,000,000 SAVING ON BUDGET. Rugby, Aug. HO. Tonight's London Gazette contains an announcement giving notice to holders of 4V4 per cent. War Loan, 1925/46, that the loan will be repaid at par on Dec. 1 next, together with six months' interest
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    APPEAL DISMISSED.
    151 11 Harbour Master Loses To Straits S.S. Co. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 31. The appeal cf Lieut.-Comdr. J. H. Owen. Harbour Master. Penan?, against the judgment of Mr. Justice Whitley in the Straits Steamship Co. ca. cccc has been dismissed, with one variation to an order, by
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    BUS STRIKE NEAR.
    83 11 Threat to London's Transport. London, Aug. 30. The threat of a serious dislocation in Ixindon's transport is contained in the decision by the delegate conference of tmsmen to demanl that the executive of the Transport Workers' Union authorises a strike on Sept. 23, the date on which
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    MOLLISON'S 10/ – NOTE.
    109 11 MOLLISON'S 10/ NOTE. "New York Great Place For Scotsmen." New York, Aug. 28. Mr. J. A. Mollison started on his journey home at 11.50 this morning and is spending the night at St. Johns, New Brunswick, and from whence he goes to Harbour Grace where he will refuel for Croydon.
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    APPRECIATION IN RUBBER SHARES.
    275 11 More Marking Up. HOW LEADING ISSUES HAVE RISEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 30. The leading rubber shares were again marked up today, middle prices being as follows Anglo Dutch 12s. 9d. Malayalam 10s. l.-d. United Sua Betong 335. 9d. Highlands 16s. 3d. Jugra Land
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    HOME MARKETS.
    213 11 Rubber Makes Further Headway. London, Aug. 27. With the payments of Treasury bills in excess of maturities, money has been more usuable and this has resulted in a further hardening of discount rates, Government having to pay over 16s. 6d. per cent, for weekly borrowings, compared ygirh 1
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    SPAIN'S DARTMOOR.
    119 11 Where General San Jurjo Is Imprisoned. Madrid, Aug. 27. Three hundred of Spain's worst criminals are serving time for crimes ranging from that of murder downward.? in Spain's Dartmoor, the huge penal settlement of Duesco, near Santander, where General San Jurjo is now imprisoned. General San Jurjo will
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    ECONOMIC RESEARCH.
    83 11 Preparing for Lausanne Commission. Warsaw, Aug. 25. Eight countries Poland, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria) Estonia and Latvia are represented at the second conference of the permanent committee for economic research founded by the East European Agrarian states, which opened here on Wednesday with the object of preparing
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA'S BIRTHDAY.
    840 11 Governor at Today's Reception. A reception was held by the ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands, Mr. W. Daniels, this morning in honour of the 52nd birthday of Queen Wilhelmina, and was largely attended. Those present included H. E. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi), the Colonial Secretary (Sir John
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    ADVANCING SCIENCE.
    74 11 Association Ready for Its 101 st Meeting. Rugby, Aug. 30. The annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science will be formally opened tomorrow in York where 101 years ago the first meeting of the Association was held. This year's president is Sir Alfred Ewing,
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    "HAIL HITLER!" SHOUTS.
    718 11 Nazi Elected Speaker In Reichstag. VON PAPEN'S POWERS. New Emergency Decrees To be Issued. Shouts of Wake up Germany. Hail Hitler greeted the election in the Reichstag at its first tneetinu of a Nazi as Speaker. The Communists replied with shouts of Red Front. Hail Moscow An
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    PRESS COMMENT.
    484 11 Generally Favourable To Chancellor's Plans. Berlin, Aft*. 30. The Chancellors speech at Ifuenster forms the main topic of public and presx discussion and meets with a favourable reception and a moderate press. Thus the Deutsche Allgomeiiio ZeitOßff, which is generally regarded M the mouthI ecr of heavy industry,
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    GUILTY VERDICT IN FUNG CASE.
    3010 12 I Closing Addresses By Counsel. CROWN PARDONS. VEHEMENTLY ATTACKED BY DEFENCE. Hong Kong, Aug. 24. Thi> case for the Crown against Cheng Kwok-yuu on a charge of procuring the murder of George bung was concluded yesterday, when me. H. G. Sheldon for the prosecution addressed
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    COTTON TRADE WITH INDIA.
    169 12 Strike Losing Britain Tax Advantage. London, Aug. 31. The danger that the result of the cotton strike in Lancashire may lose the advantage given by the raising of the Indian import duty on non-British cotton goods is emphasised by Mr; J. H. Rodier, chairman of the
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    LANCASHIRE STRIKE.
    302 12 Losing £1,000,000 Worth Of Business Weekly. London, Aug. 28. The magnitude of the Lancashire cotton strike will not be known till the factory whistles blow tomorrow morning. There is some doubt about ten manufacturing centres where operatives have made separate agreements with employers. If the stoppage is complete,
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    KILLED IN QUARRY QUARREL.
    340 12 Jungle Hunt For Alleged Murderer. The story of how a sarcastic ivmark led to a quarrel and culminated in a murder was told before the Coroner, Mr. F. G. "Bourne, yesterday, during the inquiry into the death of a Chi new, Koh Heng, who worked at
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    THE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION.
    490 12 Further Meeting To Approve Rules. A meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association was held yesterday at the Adelphi Hotel, with Mr. Tay Lian Teck in the chair, to consider and approve of the rules of the Association. There were about 14 present altogether, including the secretary. The
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    WATER SHORTAGE.
    62 12 No Supply For Boats At Lumut. A notice received by the local Shipping Office from the Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., Dindings, state? that owing tr scarcity of water in Lumut it will not be possible to supply boats with water from the town water supply system. Boats calling at
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    THE PAVILION.
    195 12 "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Universal* picturisatinn of Edijar Alien Poe's sensational murder mystery. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." which opened at the Pavilion last night, is, if anything, more gruesome than the recent horror film, "Frankenstein." Tlic.< is something ulteity repellant about the mad Dr.
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    NOTICE OF APPEAL.
    68 12 Indian Found Guilty Of Kidnapping Girls. Sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, this morning on Dawood Balm, who was found guilty of kidnapping two young Indian girls. Notice of appeal was given by Mr. M. V. Pillai,
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    FILM COMPANIES AT LAW.
    787 12 Breach of Contract. ON_ DOLLAR DAMAGES AWARDED. Damages of one dollar were awarded when an order made by the District Court Judge recently in the dispute between the Fox Film Corporation (East) Ltd. and the Nathason's Theatrical Enterprises Ltd. was revised by the Court of Appeal
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    TODDY SHOP RULES.
    133 12 Court Decision May f Mean Amendment. (From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Au^. U. The rules relating to toddy shops may \e amended as a result of the magistrate's decision in a case in which two Tamils were charged with exposing toddy fbr ale other than pure fresh
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    MARINES BEATEN BY PUBLISHERS.
    757 13 Interesting (iame. NEW THIRD DIVISION CHAMPIONS. "M I'll. .4 2: Marines 0. It appeared as nal wa« U-ing played at the Anson Road Stadium yeat«r •lay, with tin amount of cheering, rattling, und cracker-firing ilia' was going on. In (reality it \v. t the deddine; match
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    336 13 Malacca Volunteers' Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondents Malacca, Aug. 2i<. The Malacca Volunteer Corps <4th Battalion SS.V.F.) continued their annual Battalion Service meeting at Bukit Sebukor Range on Sunday. Sixty-eight com peCHers took part in the individual events. Sgt. Bong Eng Lim, B (Chinese) Coy., obtained possible at
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    172 13 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, Aug. M. Today's baseball results were Cuylcr, rapidly leaving the bottom M the home run parade l>ehind, hit a home run for the Cubs. Mcl Ott notched a homer for the Giants. Wei Sehnlmerieh hung up a homer for
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    SUTCLIFFE'S GREAT SEASON.
    922 13 More Records. M.C.C. TOURISTS SHOW FINE FORM. In a grand climax to their county championship programme Yorkshire heat Sussex, their rivals for honours, in tho match which finished yesterday. l>y I<>7, runs. This, incidentally, was Sussex's first defeat of the si ason. The match was interesting: for
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    SELANGOR FOOTBALL.
    382 13 Tamils Easily Beat Police. (From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Aug. :U). In v postponeil First Division match in the Selangor Football League the Police were swept off their feet by the "A" team of the Tamilinns Physical Culture Association today on the Railway padang. The game was
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    PENANG FOOTBALL.
    30 13 Malays Score Six Times Against Cricket Club. (From Our Own Correspondent). Peruing. Aug. 81. In the Penang Football Leant th'Malays beat the Cricket Club by six clear goals.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    43 13 Burnley Heavily Beaten At Preston. London, An jr. In the Second Division today Preston North Fnd entertained Burnley &nd won hy -=ix jroal* to one. 'in the Scottish league (Dhr. 1) the Celtic heat Ayr. United I 1 at Glasgow. Reuter.
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    MALAYAN CRICKET NOTES.
    1621 13 Great Win for Schools. K. S. MURRAY'S PINK BOWLING. (Bj Our Cricket Correspondent.) Tin In^t two years have brought Malayan schooh move and more in\>> prominence in cricket and, in eonwequcate, there has been it marked advance in the standard of play which culminated in the Combined
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      BADMINTON.
      403 14 Singapore Championship Tournament. Results of the ties in the Singapore Badminton Championships played last week-end were as follows Junior Doubles Championship. Tan Hood Hin and Gan Hock Kee beat Tan Chwee Kang and Tan Soo Aik, 21 1, 21—1. J. de Souza and M. da Silva beat G. V.
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      S.C.C. TENNIS.
      1037 14 kesults of Yesterday's Ties. Yesterday's resujts in the S.C.C. tennis tournament were as follows: A Class Singles Handicap. N. S. Wise owe 30 bent E. A. Taylor plus 3, 6—l, 2—6, 6—l. Dr. L. Demeny owe i beat F. T. K. Hobbs owe 3, B—6, I—6, 6—2. R.
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      ATHLETICS.
      365 14 Mercantile Institute's Annual Sports. The annual athleti? sprits cf the Mercantile Institute was hold ai the Ja an Bcsar Stadium on Frili; before a larpt gathering. Mr. P. Edgar Pere-a, the principal, at the conclusion, thanked the orticials and the committes for their efficient management of the sports, and
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    136 14 Wednesday, Augiißt 31. Football: S.A.F.A. Cup. semi-final: Chinese vs. R.A.F., Anson Road Stadium. Thursday, September 1. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 3: Bramtoco va. Post Office, S.H.B. grd. Friday, September 2. Hockey: Police vs. Mr. Staunton't XI, Police Depot. Football: S.A.F.A. Cup, semi-final: Malays vs. Gloucester*, Anson Rd. Stadium. Saturday,
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    TWO MEN INJURED.
    36 14 Van Skids Into Drain After Hitting Chinese. After knocking down two Chinese, who were slightly injured, B motor-van belonging to the Tiger Medical Hall skidded into the drain in Cross Street yesterday morning.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    4537 15 Highwaymen, "Stunt" Churches And Hotels On Wheels. LORD KYLSANT PLANS HIS FUTURE. Ely of Malaya, ami now living in Sir Edward Ixiughlin O'Mnlley. a iiht Chief Justice of the Strait-; tleic«nts, died yesterday, at his boase Cuddi'-don, Oxfordshire, in his 91st i. Sir Edward had a long
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    "MORE HOPE."
    152 16 Britain and Settlement With Free State. Dublin, Aug. 30. The Irish Free State will get the same tariff preferences from Canada as Great Kritain, declared Mr. Lemass, Minister for Industry and Commerce, on his arrival 1 ack here from Ottawa. The Free State will also get preferences fro«
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    NEGLIGENT DIRECTORS
    103 16 Suit For Recovery Of $35,000,000. New York, Aug. 29. A sequel to the Kreuger crash occurred in .*> court suit begun today against the eight American directors of the International Match Corporation asking lor an account in respect of $100,000,000, alleged to have been lost through negligence and
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    AIR MANOEUVRES.
    212 16 Ascertaining Position Of Enemy Machines. Paris, Aug. 2G. The night air manoeuvres which are now taking place near Metz are graphically described by Le Matin, which states that experiments are being carried out with a new method for ascertaining the position of Approaching enemy squadrons. The new method
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    HOOVER REGIME.
    86 16 Governor Roosevelt's Five Accusations. Chicago, Aug. 25. The Chicago Tribune sums up Mr. Roosevelt's accusations against the Hoover regime as follows 1. Hoover encouraged speculation and over-production by a policy devoid of sound economics. 2. Hoover deceived the people on the gravity of the situation by minimising the
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    CAR vs. STEAMER.
    47 16 Ship Wins Race To Calcutta. Calcutta, Aug. 26. Captain Benyon, who was endeavouring to beat a steamer to Calcutta, starting from London by car at the same moment that the ship left harbour, has arrived late having covered 13,837 kilometres in 44 days. Aneta-Havas.
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    PENANG ASSESSMENTS.
    44 17 Half Yearly Revision to Be Investigated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) II Penang, Auk. 31. H In view of the proceed*^ in Singapore I the question of revising MMsaments half I yearly will be investigaUd by the Munici- II piu Conimmionera here. 1A
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    POLICE CHIEFS FOR TRIAL.
    121 18 Sequel to Dismissal Of Government. Berlin, Aug. 26. Criminal proceedings have been instituted by the public prosecutor against the former vice-president of the Berlin police. Weiss, as well as the former commander of the police, Heimannsberg, for an alleged offence against the emergency decree of July
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    MINISTER ATTACKED.
    67 18 Face Slashed With Razor By Subordinate. Reval. Aug. 25. The Italian Minister, Count Mauro Tosti di Valminuta, was severely wounded as the result of a murderous attack made on him bj one of the Legation's officials named Ferrari whom the Minister had been obliged to reprimand for insulting
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    DR. SAUNIER.
    94 18 Death of Former Consul In Singapore. Berlin, Aug. 30. The death was announced on Monday of Dr. Saunier. who had been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam some lime ago, but was prevented by serious illness from taking over the post. Dr. Saunier, who was 5., was for many
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    LAST GENERAL ELECTION
    94 18 Cost of Each Vote: Cheapest On Record. Rugby, Aug. 30. Lut .war's gMstiml election in Great Bi i'.ain was the cheapest on record so far us the cost of each vote was concerned. The total expenses of candidates, according to a White Paper issued today, amountid to
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    26 18 The Sultan of Selar.sr^r will leave K'.ang o;i Saturday afternoon for Kuala Lumpur to open the Carnival Fiir Fete in aid of the Asiatic Unemployment Fund.
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    GEN. SAN JURJO.
    122 18 Communists Object To Reprieve. Madrid, Aug. 29. In a series of raids here today the police have arrested 20 Communist leaders suspected of preparing for a revolutionary strike throughout the nation as a protest against the Government's reprieve for General San Jurjo.— Reuter-Wireless. "Prisoner No. 52." Madrid,
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    TOTAL ECLIPSE.
    160 18 Thousands of Sightseers Flock to Canada. Montreal. Aug. 31. Millions of sightseers and forty British, Canadian and American scientific expeditions, including 200 astronomers, will today watch a total eclipse of the sun which will be visible over a 100-mile broad strip of territory in Canada and the United
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    HERMITS CAVE.
    114 18 Complete Coining Outfit Discovered. Cologne. Aug. 25. The well-known hermit Reineck, who dwelt in a cave near Dillenburg and to all appearances eked out a meagre living by selling picture postcards as well as playing a fiddle for the benefit of hikers, was arrested on Wednesday on a
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    CASTLES FOR SALE.
    82 18 Result of Agrarian Legislation. Prague, Aug. 26. Upward? of 150 castles, many of historic fame, are at present for sale in Czechoslovakia in consequence of the recent agrarian legislation which has do prived landlords of their agricultural estates while leaving them in possession of their residences which,
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    WOOL PRICE JUMP.
    95 18 Renewed Activity From Continent. Sydney, Aug. 29. A 20 ncr cent, jump in wool prices was recorded at the opening wool sale of the season in Sydney today, where offerings totalled 11,509 bales of which 10,628 bales were sold under very strong general competition in values of
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    IMPRESSION IN FRANCE.
    281 18 Intention to Remain In Office. Paris, Aug. 29. The general impression produced on French public opinion by the Chancellor's speech at Muenster is that the present German Government intends remaining in office, since the Chancellor developed a programme which will require a long time put into effect.
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    CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.
    151 18 The patronal feast of the Rev. Fr. Louis Burghoffer, Vicar of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore, for over 35 years, and the fourth anniversary of the Catholic Young Men's Association were colebratei with a vaiiety entertainment in the parochial hall at 50. Ophir Road. In
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    ANTI-WAR CONGRESS.
    167 18 2,000 Delegates Meet In Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Aug. 27. Delegates to the number of 2,000 from all over the world vociferously sang the Internationale at the opening of the International Anti-War Congress here today. The delegates include 80 Britons comprising representatives of the Labour Pariiy, Trades Unions and the
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    MR. AMERY'S SON.
    116 18 May Try America To Get Married. London, Aug. 29. Mr. John Amery, the son of Mr. L. S Amery, M.P., and Miss Wing, the actress who have been trying to get married ir Paris, returned to London this morning It was found that the former's flat ir
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    108 18 Meeting of Sir H. Samuel And French Premier. London, Aug. 29. Owing to the cersistert* rumours abou' the political significance of their meetinp in Jersey, notably one stating that a new Anglo-French trade treaty would be dis etiSMi, both Sir Herbert Samuel and th< •Vench Premier, M. Herriot.
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    1974 19 TLY/iNG NOTES. <>m,><natic< Statistics Speed And Climb hbad ".arryint: At Sp**+rl Another Triumph It International Air Mcct Air-liners Earn Praise Of Australian hx perls Wails Ami Passengers At 113 m.p.h. The Siamese Airways. 1-ondon. Aug. 2. Concl sivr tvMenae of the performance lead held by
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      1829 19 Luminifer Explains Liberalism. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Your correspondent Common Sense courteously reproves me for taking a party rather than a national i > v\ ol' tho Ottawa Conference and he i lainu that the blinkers of Radicalism have u-uieted my vision of the
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      743 19 To the Editor of the Strait- Times. Sir. .May 1 crave a space in your valu- able paper to uUer a irord of warning? Those of v who h:i hrough previous slumps In industry \vi!i remember that he' ally revive- there Itl almost invaiiaby a "false boom"
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      200 19 itor of the Straits T! I 1 have eeently import d Sis trees from Australia orangi in*, ■everal of whi h ha\ ed by M lilijrht M insect. Perh.i] this may eatcfa the eye of some experienc ad grower i tmth trees, who nay be abli !p me
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      73 19 "UNFIT TO ATTEND CO URT." To the Editor of the Straits Time Sir. In a report in your papei yesterday's imue headed Unfli to Court." I observe thai Mr. Knni: i ported M h;i\ ingf appeared upon my behalf. To a layman this mijrht quite ea as though I p.
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      91 19 To the Editor of the Strata Ti. Sir,- -I \:\<h to lind out through thi medium of your paper if player m metal racket (frame ami vrnt marii of metal) i- allowed to compete in tournament. I -hall be tflad if readers of your pape. or member?
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    117 19 A new ruler known as tin- Rati< Rule" has recent!) l.c«-n put on th< market. is claimed to provide th< quickest method of Male redact can also be used equally well foi calculating enlargements. 0 essential features of this instrument i the rUkbei measure. Supposing picture 14 in.
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    Founders' Day At The Nautical College.
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    45 20 NEW BISHOP OF SOITHWAKK ENTHRONED.— Dr. R (I. Parsons, the new Bishop of Southwark. was enthroned at Southwark Cathedral, London, with ancient ceremony. The photo shows the new Bishop knocking for admis ion. according to custom, on his arrival for the enthronement ceremony. (Planet News.)
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    41 20 PREPARING FOR C OWES.— The King's yacht Britannia (in foreground) with Sharmrock V. now owned by Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, and Mr. Hjgh Paul's Astra hi drvdork together at Southampton, being prepared for the an nual owes regatta. (Planet News.)
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    38 20 GENERAL HIGGINS FLIES TO DENMARK General Higgins. head of the Salvation Army, leaving Croydon Aerodrome, London, by plane for Denmark. He is the first Chief of the Salvation Army to travel by plane for an appointment. (Planet News.)
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    25 20 THIRTY YEARS AGO The family perambulator and child, as it used to be thirty years ago a scene at the Addlestone, Surrey, Carnival. (Planet News.)
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