The Straits Times, 20 September 1932

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUKY.] THE LARGEST, r AND MOST, INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER Ity MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 10 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 427 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE HliV n i 6.15 ToniKht 9.15 i "SKY BRIDE"! with j RICHARD ARLEN I and I I ROBKKT 0006 AM. Phone 5261-2. FINE WINE H TRAVERS' CHOICE I n OLD SHERRY. M TRAVERS' VERY &S> RARE OLD SHERRY. L™J NH HI l~- r rr. „1
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    • 91 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 20. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). Wear (^mP^ IFOOHSMSL BOOTS SOLE AGENTS: ROBIMSOM Gl CCI,LTD. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR. r BREAKFAST DISHES SCOTTISH FRESH HERRINGS. CELLOPHANE WRAPPED KIPPERS. SMOKED FISH FILLETS. SMOKED HADDOCKS. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ORCHARD ROAD SUB-DEPOTS. Bf FOR BETTER WEIGHING -°1S B U^ E A
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    • 20 1 HHiEa 8.13 Toiflrnt »1S j J SKY BRIDE I whh I RICHARD ARI.KN J and ROBERT 0006 AM. Phone 5261-2. '<
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 510 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. I'KXIXSI I.AU. AXI) ORIENTAL S.X. 00. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMBNT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OI'TWAKD FROM LONDON FOR (CHINA AND JAPAN. T<>nri:i(fe. Due S'porc IMS. XBANGALORI 6,000 S.pt. 27 RAJPUTANA 17,000
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    • 622 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseille*, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Mirdlesborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept. 21 22 5 SUWA MARU 10,700 Oct. 6 7 I FUSHTMI MARU 11.000 Oct. 20 11 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.500 Nov. 2 8 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Nov. 16
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    • 510 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7365 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLIA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 464 2 TOE EAST ASIATIC CO, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Pcnmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave S'por*. Penang. M.s. MEONIA Sept. 21 Sept. 23 m.s. BORINGIA OU. 12 Oct. 14 m.s. FIONIA Niv. 2 Nov. 4 m.s. ERRIA N-.v. 23 Nov. 25 m.s. ALSIA
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    • 1069 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. akin Co. Ltd and China (1*32), LTD. uT.| g," N.vig.t on Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO^ LTD. THE STRaVtS^STEAsKhIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. THK CHINA NAVIGATION CO?. LTtt THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE. Ltd. •HE SISl TSTEAM
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  • Shipping News.
    • 1153 3 The Star Of England. INTENTIONS OF LOS ANGELES PURCHASER. Whatever the tadividod opinion about sail training may be, a:i<! there is > bvioiisly plenty of room for Infinite argument, there is a (reneral loci ing of regret that the kod Ensign does not tly over
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    • 267 3 Increase Of Nearly A Million Tons a Month. The latest returns of laid-up shipping throughout the world show a further gereral increase, notwithstanding the extra absorption of tonnage into certain seasonal trades, such as the Baltic. Montreal, etc., says the Journal of Commerce. Compared with
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    • 149 3 Seven Men Killed And Nine Injured. Seven men were belir>ved killed and nine v.ere injured late on July 19 at Alexandria Bay, N.Y., when a dynamite ?xplosion on the drill brat America blew :K- vessel to pieces, and shook th* St. Lawrence Valley for miles around. A
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    • 140 3 Hopes of Recovering Rest Of Egypt's Bullion. The Italian salvage steamer Artiglio 11, which landed at Plymouth bullion worth £200,000, recovered from the wreck of this liner Ecypt, left again to resume her salvage work. About one-third of the gold and silver, worth over a 7r4lliop pounds, has
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    • 41 3 The Messagcrics Maritimcs Chenonccax is due in Singapore from Saigon on Wednesday. Sept. 21 at G a.m. and will i'l-obably sail on the same day at 2 p.m. for Penang, Colombo, Djibouti, Suez, Port Said and MarJcilles. Berth S.H.B. Wharves.
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  • 66 3 ALSTER, Cor., r>,328 tons, from Tsingtao 20-3, for Belawan 21-9. BATOE, Dut., 4,083 tons, from Calcutta l'J-9. for Ijilatjap 20-9. BHANURANGSI, Siam. 408 tons, from Kcmassin 19-9. for Kemassin 22-9. GRACIOSA, Norw., 1,029 tons, from Honjt Ron* 20-9, for Panarekan 20-9. HUA TONG, Brit., 109 tons, from Muar
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  • 109 3 Tuesday. September 20. ihipi alonfiide the Wharrei or expected to arrive. Entrance KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Spartan." Trivia, Tug Prince," The Cable. Oil Whiirf Nil Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dick Nil. Victoria Dock S.H.B. Hopper C. Keppil Harbour. King's Dock
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  • 103 3 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Singapore Ampullaria. Batoe, Capo -St. Columbia. Cepolis, Chenonceaux, City if Gui dford, Foonan, G. G. Paul Dounie-, Hakonc Maru. Hakuroku Mam, Karoa, Kinryo Maru, Kumsang, Muroran Maru, Nanko Maru, Pegasus, Perseus, Rheinland, Risaldar, Staggen, War Afri
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  • 110 3 New Italian Liner's Trials. The motor liner Neplujiia, built at the Csntiere? Monfctcom. 1 i* the Cantieii P.iuniti dell 'Adriatico, to the order of the Societa Triestina di Navigazione Cosulich, for their South American service, has started preliminary "rials in the Gulf of Trieste. The Neptunia is of
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  • 116 3 Hides to Avoid Eye of The Teller. Mr. W. Mcaker. the Chairman of Committees in the Provincial Council, says v Cape Town message was .sat on (in thi' exact and literal meaning of the word) in the Council recently. He found himself present at a division for
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 475 3 SNORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated la Germany.) The undermentioned art the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARDS. SAALE for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghni, Yokohama, Nsgoya Kobe, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Sept. 30 HOMEWARDS. i ALSTER for Genoa, M'selMes, Havre, Rotterdam, H burg and Bremen Sept. 22 SAARBRUCKEN for Genoa, Barcelona, Amsterdam, R'dam, Hamburg and
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    • 385 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP UNB The CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER 1933 Should be included in your itinerary when you go home next year via America. FROM SINGAPORE TO EUROPE via America and/or Canada £107/10 Ist Class Pacific Ist Class Rail Cabin Class Atlantic. Lower fares on application. Book now for a
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    • 439 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL' STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OK SINGAPORE Oct.. U HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OP MELBOUrvNE for Marseilles Havre, London, Rotterdam and HamburgDue
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 50 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Yesterday's max. temp. 88 I". Lii.st nijrht's mm. temp 7.'? F. Yesterday's rainfall nil sunshine G. 9 hours 1 p.m. relative hum. 75 per cent. 1 p.m. wind E.S.E. 10 m.p.h. 1 p.m. wea'li r <>v» rca.=t C. D. STEWART, Superintendent. Meteorological Office, Singapore, Sept. 20. 189S,
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    • 145 3 TIDE TABLES. Today. September 20. H. W. 1.9 a.m., 8 ft. 7 in., 12.52 pjn., 9 ft. 1 in. Wednesday, September 21. H. \V 1.44 a.m., 8 ft.. 1.20 p.m., 8 ft. 9 in. Thursday. September 22. H. W. 2.25 a.m., 7 ft. 4 in., 1.60 p.m., 8 ft. 5
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 505 4 SITUATIONS WANTED MOTOR-MECHANIC (Eurtpean) open for afjaaannnt. end of September, also experienced in all kinds of Crude Oil Engines, imywherc. Please apply Box 499, S. Times. BOOKKEEPER, Commercial, estates anil mines experience, secretarial practice, wall recommended, available wholctime or pait time. IH7, Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. PLANTER 14 years' experience,
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    • 770 4 HOUSES. FLATSTO LET 81, Wilkie Road. Apply 6, Malacca Street. HOUSE on Institution Hill. Moderate rant Jnited Engineers. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road, to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply N. Beu ben, 7, De Souza Street. TO LET. from Oct. I, 77, Cairnhill RoaO. Tennis court. Moderate rent. Apply Netheilands
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    • 455 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, offices No. 13, Collyer Quay. Apply Sime, Darby Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Road, 8.700 iq. t—t. 4rst class property. United Engineers. TO LET, Riverside Godowns and Show at Grosvenor Hotel, Apply Stephen* Paul Co OFFICES t<» let on 2nd and 4th: Floors Ocean Building.
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    • 1482 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. GOVERNMENT OF PERAK. The Bridge Tolls Enactment, 1932 The following: notice is being published in a Supplement to the Federated Malay States Government Gazette: GOVERNMENT OF PERAK The Bridge Tolls Enactment, 1932 In exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 2 of "The Bridge Tolls Enactment.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 69 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside without Malaya. Malaya. I'oxtagf. Monthly t 3.00 4.00 $IM Buartcrly B.SO $12.00 7.50 alf Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $15.00 Yearly $34.00 $48.00 $30.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom of thi> page. Contract rate* may be
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  • 491 5 Town Boards and Water Supply Control. A bill is to be introduced into the Johore State Council to amend and reenact the law relating to Town Boards. The bill occupies 74 pages of the Johore Government Gazette and in the objMts and reasons it is stated
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  • 324 5 How Pole Escaped To Europe. The Hague, Sept. 7. I have just learned first-hand how a prisoner escaped from the French penal settlement at Guiana and made his way to Amsterdam, says the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. He is a young Pole, who was refused permission to
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  • 99 5 Doctor Claims That It Can Be Done. Mothers will be able to choose the se\ of their babies before birth if the claims made by Prof. F. Unterberger, of East Prussia, are justified. Prof. Unterberger's treatment was described to the International Congress on Genetics at Ithaca, New
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  • 558 5 Man Alleges Beating By Police. Sentence of seven years' rigorous imprisonment was passed on a Chinese named Sor Phua by Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell at the Assizes yesterday when the man was found guilty by a special jury of culpable homicide not amounting t>>
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  • 163 5 Reorganisation Schemes Rejected. Consequent on the proposal to reorganise the Ceylon Public Works D<- partment on a more economic and more efficient scale, two schemes were submitted to the Ministry of Communication and Works, one by Mr. H. B. Lees, late Director of Public Works, and the other
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  • 54 5 Tribute Paid in Penang Supreme Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penangr, Sept. 20. In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Paljrrave Simp- .n referred in eulogistic terms to Mr. John Frederick Wreford, the founder nf the I'ettnng firm of advocates and solicitor.-, Messrs. Wreford and Thornton, who
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  • 75 5 Nankins to Ignore Manchukuo Warnings." Nanking. Sept. !>. With refereiuu to Herat Japanese reports alleging lhat the puppet Manchukuo (;<jv> rnment has addressed "warnings" to Marshal ChanK HsuehlianK and thr .\;ii!"T);il Government reKarwut the a the Chinese Voluntr. uiiiu, it is learned from authoritative quarters here that Wither
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 561 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation knd Hot and Cold Running water. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER and DANCE 9.30 to Midnight GRILL-SPECIAL SPECIAL DAILY TOMORROW DISH DOLLAR LUNCH TEA DANCE k,,,.. tKfcbw n» ALA SIMPSON 8 :t0 (o *•'•> Apple Siimv. Itr ii f I I |.°f
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEKS NEWS FROM CHINA.
    • 1873 6 Lord Lytton Leaves For Geneva While Major~General Itagaki Sets Out For Mukden The Independent State Which Has ISo "Independence" Tactlessness Of Japanese Sailors And Marines In Shanghai An Incident Which Opened The Eyes Of The City Will There Be Further Trouble A Question Which None Can Answer.
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    • 518 6 By Bogus Mongol General. SWINDLER'S AMAZING TRICK. Shanghai, Sept. 6. A Monglian general who mingled in Tokio with members of the House of Peers, and who once gave a banquet at which the chief guests were General Araki (Minister of War) Prince X, 1 and officers of
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    • 135 6 Kidnappers Shoot Three Persons at Harbin. Harbin, Sept. 4. A daring attempt at kidnapping here' this morning resulted in three deaths, and in a woman being seriously wounded. An influential contractor named Kulasheff was driving in his motor-car into the town from a neighbouring suburb, accompanied by his
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    • 715 6 A Number of Outstanding Questions. Harbin, Aug. 21. In diplomatic circles of the Manchukuo Government at Changchun much surprise is being expressed at the extraordinary action of the Soviet Government with regard to the negotiations between the two countries regarding many important questions which require prompt
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    • 141 6 Ordinance on Lines of That In The Straits. Hong KonK, Aug. 29. Following the precedent set by the Straits Settlements, an Ordinance is to be introduced in the Legislative Council shortly, conferring upon the Supreme Court of Hong Kong jurisdiction in divorce and matrimonial causes. Subject
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    • 426 6 Civil Strife Brewing. 19th ARMY OPPOSED BY RIVAL FACTIONS. Nanking, Sept. 13. With the suppression of bandit hordes barely accomplished, civil strife again threatens to thrdw Fukien Province into confusion. Rival factions are reported to be contending for power against the 19th Route Army, which
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    • 1374 6 A Customs "Coup." RUSSIAN CHEMIST'S AUDACITY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, Sept. Two alleged thefts of major importance have bein and still are t>eing "written up in Canton journals as front page news. Large airounts have been made away with, and not one of the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 175 7 Crowded at every performance! Of course It's a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Picture JOAN CRAWFORD ROBERT MONTGOMERY IN LETTY LYNTON TOMORROW OPENING AT THE MATINEE 3 P.M. Was This Nan A Diabolic Fiend i, Or II Devoted Father? jl. AH Paris trembled at his coldtlf blooded crimes. Only his child knew
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    • 470 7 "Perhaps the Best of its kind yet seen" (Strait* Time*). "No other air film so far can rival it for sheer breath-taking thrills" (Singapore Free Prets). j CAPITOL Jfatfto«(y last Nfctrn_ 1 SPECIAL SCHOOL HOLIDAY MATINEE I TOMORROW AT 3.15. Send The Children to see this clean thrilling Picture Para
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    • 181 7 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903 In pPMMrtiM •">-■ <:nr latest yelocte<l MMMM picturr, wo '.«tOT to assure you that here is a comedy <vh! is <• •tin convulse any audience. K The story ha: 1..: i s ;i written to e\p ,nl Sydney Howcrd'- narli:jiar lirand of nonsonsical humour, by R I.
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  • 253 8 Heavy Setback In Tin Price. RUBBER POSITION ALSO EASIER. (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday. Today's Prices Rubber. 7 5 16 cents per Ib. Tin, Singapore price $7">'i p«r picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber. London, 2 7 Kid., down 1 Kid. New York. 3 5 16 cts., down
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  • 164 8 Singapore, Sept. 20. Gambier 6.25 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 12.00 Copra 5.75 mixed 5.25 Sago flour, Sarawak 2.25 White Pepper 26.00 Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl Sago 4.25 small 5.00 medium 6.00 like Siam $155 to 193 Saigon $148 to 157 Rangoon $146 to 160 No. 1 125 catties gross
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  • 44 8 Ki.im In, in-China by Chcnom raux due •Singapore 6 a.m. tomorrow. Fruni Thina and Japan by Hakone Maru due Sii'.uaiui! i I pin. tomorrow. Krom Europe (I.widon mails dispatched on Sept. 1 by Kajulu. due at Penang at C a.m. on Thuixlay.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 429 8 M Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay I/- 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 5/- 5/-
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      • 282 8 7tA. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. MM 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.00 1.05 11 1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.10.0 4.14.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.75 5.50 00 50 Chinese Com. Bank 63.00 66.00 •1 £1 Con. T. S. 7' Prefs. 19
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      • 137 8 Siajapow Cold Btorag* 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 105 d. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 44 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V& p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 100
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      • 370 8 To-day s Price Fraser Lyall Evatt k Co. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.40 0.50 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.65 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.05 0.15 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.65 0.75 0.65 0.75 A. Molek ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.20
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    • 197 8 Singapore, Sept. 20. BELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 15/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 London, demand 2/3 27/32 London, T.T. 2/3 13/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,020 Hamburg, demand 165 New York, demand 40 1/16
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    • 100 8 Rugby, Sept. 19. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.65 Vi Athens 562 Va Belgrade 227 1/2 Berlin 14 19/32 Bombay Is. 6 11/64 Brussels 25.0(7 J/o Bucharest 587 1/ 2 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18 9 32 Geneva 18.01 Helsingfors 232 i/ 2 Hong Kong Is. 4d. Lisbon 110 Madrid
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    • 65 8 Noon, Sept. 20. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Tone of Market Dull and Steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2 7, 16d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 3 5/16 per lb. uuyurs. ociiri Spot .7 5/16 7 7/16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender
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  • 284 8 Laliocun Bilik and Tandjong llal.i I Mapia i .2 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkali*. Siak, Pakan Baroe, Fort de Koi-k Padang (Hohg~K"wong)' I p.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Egypt and U.S.A. (Siamese Prince) 3 p.m. Siam (except Lower Siani (Kamunintr) 3 p.m. H.\nKkok (Hero) :t p.m. Aden,
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  • 59 8 i.riL Am. By Spore London Conte Rosso M. van St. Aldfgonde General Metzinger Karapars Baloeran Rawalpindi Angkor bin Kutu Uaroc Aug. 11 Auk. SI Auk- 12 Sept. 1 Aug. 10 Sept. 6 Aug. 11 Sept. 8 Aug. 19 Sept. 9 Au K VJ Sept. 10 Autf. 24
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  • 28 8 The air mail Alor Star-Amsterdam dispatched from Singapore on Sept. arrived in Amsterdam on Sept. 18 and was delivered in London on Sept. 19 (11 days).
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  • 214 8 Proposed Offer of 7 Per Cent. Notes. (Ry Air Mail.) London, Sept. 6. Shareholders of the Biting Rubber Estates are invited to subscribe for £7,000, 7 per cent, notes. The issue is made in order to provide capital for preserving the property until conditions improve, cash resources having
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 116 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. 1 Today. September 2*. Annl. gen. mtjf. of Keppel Golf Club, 8.36 p.m. Annl. gen. mtg. of Sunfrei Bagan Rubber Co., Ltd., Chartered Bank Chambers, noon. Spore Musical Society Orchestral Concert, Memorial Hull, UN p.m. Wednesday, September 21. Rotary Tiffin, business meeting. Adelphl Hotel, 1 p.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1168 9 War Loan Conversion Great Success. INDUSTRIAL SECTION QUIETER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 25. Although there were no Treasury Bill maturities last week, Whitsun having fallen three months before, money was still plentiful, and rates remained very low. The final call on the 3 per cent.
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    • 307 9 Rearrangement Of Capital. (By Air Mail). London, Sept. 6. Resolutions cancelling the unissued preference shares and creating ordinary shares in their place were unanimously approved at a series of meetings of the I London Tin Corporation held yesterday at the Institute of Chartered Accounts, Moorgate- Place, E. C.
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    • 343 9 Native Output Shows Greater Fall. Amsterdam, Aug. 2i\ The announcement in the Financial Times of Aug. 27 that Dutch Indies native rubber output in the first half nf 1932 fell no less than 44 per cent, compared with the first half of 1931. whereas the plantation output
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    • 383 9 The Consolidation Of Rubber Estates. (By Air Mail.) London, Sept. 1. Writing to the Financial Times Mr. H. Livingstone says As soon as a demand springs up for shares in the rubber market the impossibility of dealing satisfactorily— whether ai a buyer or seller is conspicuous. The cause
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 606 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 18«3 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,090 Paid np Capital M Glds. *****.000 Swerve, Glds. 24,*****4 HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BataTia Head office for Dutch Baat laeMes. BRANCH OFFICES t DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Banejoenf. Cheribon, Gorontalo, Makassar,
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    • 590 9 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. ABSTRACT OF OBSERVATIONS, AUGUST. 1932. Station Air Temperature Humidity Rainfall Bright Sunshine t Means Extremes No. of Max. Mm. Means Total Most in Rainfall Daily Mran Total Highest Lowest 'J a.m. 3 p.m. 'J p.m. a day days Max. Mm. v °F "V 'F "i Inn. Ins.
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    • 317 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY; N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,080,008 STATUTORY RESERVB Fl. 20,016.000 OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUI, HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe 'Semarang Bombay 'Weltevreden Shanghai Calcutta Medan Solo Cheribon
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  • 978 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. SEPT. 20, 1932. IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. At last the Municipal Retrenchment battle is ended. The report of the Estimates Committee has been adopted with very few modification--, the chief among them being the fixir.j' ft rents on a flat rate of eight per cem.
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  • 180 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. O. E. Venables has been seconded for service under the Government of Perlis. Mr. D. G. Sansom, manager of Dusun Dm ian Estate, Banting, has left for home on leave. Mr. A. E. G. Blades, probationary A.S.P., has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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  • 931 10 Liberia in a country concerning which most of us know very little and the author of thin article deals with slavery, the secret societies, polygamy, harems, strange customs of the people and other such matters. How Life's Big Problem Is Solved in Liberia. (By Otto Schultz-hampfhenkel,
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  • 632 10 WY BRITISH! A correspondent has written in a stale >f great indignation complaining that .he Singapore Municipality is usinc over 20,000 bags of cement, not of British make," in the construction of the new road connecting Outram and Tangl n roads. The correspondent describes this us
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  • 129 10 Singapore. ADKLI'HI HOTEL. Dinn-r mid Dance. ALUAMBRA. Robert Montgomery an.i Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton. 6.15 BJi. Phone 61>09. CAPlTOL.— Richard Arlcn and Robert CooKan in Sky Bride. 0.15— 9.16. I'hom 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.— Broadway with Glenn Tryon. Pasar Halam. Gate 10 cts. Ladies Free. MARLBOROrML Michael and Mary
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 115 10 BRITAIN'S BEST GRANT'S MORELLA CHERRY BRANDY Welcome Always- a Keep it Handy yflL f*~X HOSTS AM) H(/STKSSES W, f^Sffll Jf-fft LISTEN TO THE WHIS. |£> J«n laY- VKUS 0F UTTl E LADY P^BHEIB k »i demand entertainment fc!~ I f.umi.is Grants' Morcllii Cherry U-^^^^^jl *^o llou> i\ SOLE AGENTS JOHN
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    • 63 10 COLUMBIA b RECORDS ELECTRICALLY RECORDED SALE TO CLEAR 3,000 RECORDS AT CZfi CTS Ar EACH. "DON'T MISS THIS EXCEPTIONAL OFFER." THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. LIMITED. COLLYER QUAY. Oppoaite JOHNSTON'S TIER. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) BRAND'S ESSENCE OF CHICKEN STILL SAME IN PRICE. OLD. At Southampton, on September 1:> 11»::l\ to
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  • 824 11 "NO PEACE FOR THE WORLD." If Manchuria Is Taken By Force. "MOST SERIOUS." China's Note to League Of Nations. Bombay, Sept. 20. "Intelligent anticipation" is how Lord Lytton summed up the forecasts ol his report on arrival here en route to Europe. Apart from
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  • 219 11 Possibility of Liberal Resignations. Rugby, Sept. 19. The meeting of the Cabinet to begin Anal consideration of the legislation arising out of the Ottawa agreements has been summoned for Sept. 28. The Ministers now on holiday will by that time have returned to London and Sir John
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  • 106 11 Many Casualties in The Bahamas. Rugby, Sept. 19. The Secretary for the Colonies has received a telegram from the Governor of the Bahamas reporting that a hurricane swept the colony on Sept. 5. High winds were experienced over a wide area, reaching unprecedented velocity in Abaci Island, where
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  • 129 11 Convention to Be Ratified. Rugby, Sept. 19. The International Convention for the safety of Life at Sea and the International Load Line Convention will ho ratified dy His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and by the majority of other signatory governments on Oct. 1, and will
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  • 109 11 Surprise at Lack Of Reaction. Paris, Sept. 19. Surprise is felt on the Bourse at the lack of reaction to the enormous Government majtrity in favour of the conversion vcheme. The opening was irregular and the tone at the close was heavy. Rentes rot included in the conversion
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  • 66 11 Probable Consequences Pointed Out. Lor.don, Sept. 17. Following the announcement of Gandhi's intention to fast, a new group ci-l'ed "the Conciliation of India" has published a letter si<iied by many ecclesiastics, emphasising the serious consequences which might result from the voluntary death of the Mahatma and tailing on
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  • 446 11 Newchwang Kidnapping. DEMAND FOR RANSOM OF $700,000. Newchwang, Sept. 19. Mrs. Pawley's father, Dr. Phillips, has received a letter signed by three bandit chiefs stating that she has been Well treated in expectation of a ransom which has been fixed at $700,000, 200 pistols, 200,000
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  • 139 11 Busmen's Wages Not To| Be Reduced. London, Se;>-. 2d. The London bus strike, fixed to begin on Thursday, has been averted by the decision of the busmen's confore.ice to refer the modified proposals of the company to the branches with a recommendation of acceptance. The company has abandoned
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  • 85 11 Growers Want Higher Duties. London, Sept. 20. The question of higher preference for Empire teas, which, in spite of the preferential duty are in a more depressed state than before the Budget was introduced, has been raised by several firms of growers. According to the Morning Post, they
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  • 73 11 No Interview With Cabinet. London, Sept. 19. The unostentatious arrival of Mr. de Valera in London and his departure for Geneva a few hours later belied the ex pection that he might profit by the opportunity to see members of the British Cabinet. Shortly after his arrival
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  • 814 11 Liv Willing to Withdraw. GENERAL HAN ASKS FOR PARDON. There is every indication that the civil war in Shantung between Generals Han Fu-chu and Liv Chen-nien will come to a speedy termination. General Liu's troops have suffered a number of setbacks and he has indicated his
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  • 120 11 British Soldiers' Daring Exploit. Oran, Sept. 16. Two British soldiers in the Foreign Legion named Cochrane and Stanley recently deserted from Sidi-ben-Abbas and succeeded in reaching the coast in a stolen motor-car. They managed to stow away on a British ship but came out of hiding
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  • 154 11 Results of Tavoy And Parit Bruas. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 17. The Tavoy Tin Co., Ltd., had a working profit for 1931 of £1,399, as compared with a loss of £1,925 for the previous year. After the payment of royalties and other expenses, however, there
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  • 131 11 RACING LOTTERIES. Jockey Club Senior Steward's Views. London, Sept. 15. From the standpoint of horse-racine interests, the Jockey Club opposes sweep-stakes. Lord Hare wood, the Senior Steward, giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting, acknowledged that small sweeps were innocuous but thought big ones resulted in the
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  • 155 11 To Prevent Closing Of Exchanges. Poona, Sept. ID. Legislation to prevent the closing of the Bombay cotton exchange by recurrent hartals has been introduced in the Bt.nbay legislative Council. The Bi'.l was introduced by the Finance Member, who said that out of 150 working days last year the
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  • 52 11 Immediate Reduction Expected. Berlin, Sept. l'J. An immediate reduction in the discount rate is expected, following the decision in principle by the Bank of International Settlements at Basle to rescind Article 2U of the Reichsbank law, thus giving the Reichsbank a free hand in regard to tnt discount
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  • 825 11 Cause of Disarmament Imperilled. t CLAIM FOR EQUALITY. Will She Attend The Conference Germany's derision to refrain from :it tni-l ing the forthcoming Disarmament Conference unless her claim for equality in arms is recognised still continues to cause grave concern, but hope is not yet abandoned
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  • 13319 12 LETTER FROM DEPARTMENTAL HEADS CRITICISED. After many hours' deliberations the report of the Estimates Committee, of the Municipal Commissioners, involving a salary cut of 10 per cent., increased rents, revised provident fund donations and general retrenchment schemes, has been confirmed. This was done at a meeting
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  • 248 12 Belonging to Family Of Singapore Man. A force of 200 men of the 1.R.A~ has seized Donamon Castle, near Roscommon, belonging to Mr. St. George Caulfield, a cousin of Mr. St. George Caulfield, who is in charge of the building of the civil aerodrome in
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  • 101 12 Government Denies It Is To Be Lowered. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 20. There have lately been rumours on the market that the Government intended to lower the value of the tical. To counter these the Ministry of Finance has issued a communique denying any
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  • 61 12 Consignment at Arts And Crafts Society. The Malayan Arts and Crafts Society has received a new supply of interesting silverware, including, buckle* and sets of buttons, from Brunei an 4 Kuala Kangsar. People who are on the look out for attractive Christmas or birthday gifts are recommended to
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  • 35 12 As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Sir John E. Barlow, Bart., whose death was announced in yesterday's Straits Times, the local office of Messrs. Barlow and Co. was closed today.
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  • 101 12 Coroner's Court Thronged With People. Crowds of people thronged the Coroner's Court this morning in expectation of the inquest opening on Mr;. Shuki Judge, the pretty and popular yotfng wife of Inspector J. J. Judge, of the S.S. Police, who is alleged to have shot herself
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  • 201 12 Policeman's Car Which Hit Something." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 18. When an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of a Chinese was held before the Seremban Coroner yesterday, Mr. G. C. Madoc, 0.C.P.D., Jelebu, stated that on Aug. II he was returning to Jelebu
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  • 115 12 Alleged Murderer Sent To Assizes. A Chinese named Lim Peng Hong was committed for trial at the Assizes on charges of murder and attempted murder by Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, yesterday. On the night of Aug. 3 the accused, with two other Chinese, Ling
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  • 42 12 The marriage took place in the Ipoh Town Hall in the reformed style on Sunday of Mr. Chin Kee Onn, the well-known tennis player, of the tutorial staff of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, and Miss Foo Tean Ying, says our Ipoh correspondent.
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  • 925 12 Orchestral Concert. AMAZING PLAYING BY MONIA LITTER. It is seldom that the Victoria Memorial Hall has witnessed such a scene of enthusiastic appreciation as greeted Mr. Monia Litter at the conclusion of his playing of the piano part in Grieg's Concerto in A Minor for piano and
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  • 34 12 The Antares Sisters, Nina and Helleu, who are appearing at the Sea View and Adelphi Hotels, presented an entirely new programme at the Sea View last night, and it was much appreciated.
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  • 399 12 Midnight Garden Tryst. REVENUE OFFICER TRICKED. Two Japanese who were arrested while passing off pineapples as chandu to a revenue officer in an attempt to make $5,000 were each fined $100 i.y Mr C. Wilson, the Criminal Ilistrict Judge, yesterday when they were brought up on
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  • 312 12 Denial of Illicit Chandu Selling. The alleged selling of illicit chandu formed the basis of a case which came b<fore Mr. A. C. Boyd, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, when two Chinese, Leong Kok Whye and Ong Chah Boh, were charged with extortion of $99 and abetment respectively.
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  • 51 12 No Possibility of A Dictatorship. Vienna, Sept. 17. The Wellblatt, a usually well-informed paper, indignantly denies the persistent rumours that Chancellor Dollfus, Prince Stahremberg and the Minister of Commerce, Herr Jaconick, intend to institute a dictatorship on the lines of the German von Papen and von Schleichcr model.
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  • 36 12 Ten Thousand People Exiled. Madrid. Sept. 15. One thousand eight hundred families and about 2,000 Isolated persons, in all nearly 10,000, have been exiled from Spain is a result of the counter-revolu-tion. Aneta-Havas,
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    • 123 12 Toothache is Not A11... Health Itself ss Menaced! Toothache frequently comes too late to warn us. Decay can work painlessly 1 Acids, forming at The Danger Line, where teeth meet gums, stealthily bring on decay and pyorrhea. Health itself may be threatened, for poisons from a decayed tooth may spread
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  • 371 13 Tennis At The S. C. C. Today's Final And Prize Distribution. S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Wise Wins A Singles Handicap. N. S. Wisp (owe .10) won the final of he A Clans Singles in the S.C.C. tournanent yesterday by del tat ing R. F. Goodiar (sor.), 5—7. r, I.
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  • 42 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanp, Sept. 20. In a I-eairue match, the Police trounced thi- IVnantr Recreation Club, 6—o.6 0. The :b appeared to be the better team at the start but missed all opportunities and latt-r went to pieces.
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  • 204 13 Mountebank to be Called Brown Jack. Amendment No. 5 of the seven'ch list of the Straits Racing Association Classification of Horses and Ponies was issued yes\*rday as follows Hor-e-. Transfers. Eagle's Claw and Jock's Fancy from Class 2 to Class 1 Blackwood. Lady Rotherwood and Tetrawa from Class
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  • 92 13 Fight With Schmeling Postponed. New York. Sept. 19. The fi;rht !>etween Max Schmeling, exheavy weight champion of the world, and Micky Walter, which should have taken place today, has been postponed until the 26th. on account of a boil on Walker's arm. Reuter. The fight is an eliminating
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  • 91 13 Annual Sports of Klang Jubilee School. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Sept. 18. H.H. the Sultan of Selangor was an interested spectator at the annual sports < f the Jubilee School, Klang. held yesteriiay. and he distributed the prizes at the :onclu.sion. There was a large crowd of spectators
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  • 307 13 Thirteen Finish in Ten Miles Race. The following are the 13 competitors who finished in the 10 mile cross-country race for the Singapore open championship, held on Sunday, under the auspices of the Clerical Union: First, Raymond Rodrigues, 1 hr. 3 mm. 45 sec.; second, Abdul Rahim, 1
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  • 210 13 Knock-Out Blow Two Minutes From Time. Chicago, Aug. 31. The stock of Max Baer, of California, as a heavyweight hopeful soared here tonight when he defeated, on points, Ernie Schaaf, of Boston, the bell robbing him of a knockout over Jack Sharkey's stablemate. Two seconds before the ten-round
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  • 34 13 Successfully Defends His Flyweight Title. Manchester, Sept. 19. Jackie Brown successfully defended his British flyweight title against Jim Maharg (Glasgow) the latter being disqualified in the eighth round for hitting low. Reirter.
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  • 72 13 Suggestion for European Club In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 19. The formation of a European Badminton Club in Kuala Lumpur has been suggested, and it is desired to ascertain what support would be forthcoming. Courts would be laid out in the main M.A.H.A. Exhibition
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  • 62 13 The following will represent the Amicable Athletic Association at soccer against the Siong 800 Athletic Association on the Clerical Union Ground, Balestier Road, tomorrow A. K. Yong Ah Chew and Seng Hock Ing Djoe, Eng Kee and Yong N'ghee Chin Bock, Chong Hooi, Kwee Lang, Teck Kirn and
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  • 368 13 Visit of Ipoh Girls' Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 19. The Ipoh Y.W.C.A., who are playing a series .of hockey matches in Kuala Lumpur, opened their programme this afternoon when they beat the Swallows, a team from Batu Caves, by 2—l2 1 at Kampong Attap.
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  • 121 13 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, Sept. 19. Today's baseball results were National League Runs Hits Bffon New York ..3 9 3 Boston 6 8 1 Frank Hopan for the Giant.s arul Richard Moon- for the Braves hit home iun«. Philadelphia 5 0 Brooklyn ..3
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  • 204 13 Tuesday, ««-pt«. mhrr 20. Tennis S.C.C. Tournament end*, prize distribution. Hockey: Indian Assn. XI vs. Singapore Colts, I.A. (rrrt. Keppel fiolf Cluh annual meetinjr. 6.30 p.m. Wednesday. September 21. Football: M.F.A. League fDiv. Bi: Bidadan Sport Club vs. Fnthul Munir; A.A.A. vs. Sionn 800 A A.. Clerical Union
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  • 327 13 S.G.C. Ladies' Autumn Cuj>. The qualifying: round of the Singapore Golf Club Ladies' Autumn Gup competition was played at Bukit Timah yesterday. Thirty cards wen taken out, ani 1 the following returned: quuhned Dor match play. Draw for First Round. Th« following t» the draw for the first
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  • 62 13 Leaving: Thursday to Join Tourists. London, Sept. 19. It is officially announced that Maurice Tate, the Sussex bowler, on being medically examined has been pronounced almost fit, and will report at Lord's on Wednesday for his passport. He is to catch the train on Thursday morning en
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  • 373 13 The Rear-Commodore's Trophy. Under very pleasant weather conditions. a sing!< race was sailed for the RenrCommodoie's trophy «n Sunday morning, and Merlin was the winner by a substantial margin. The boats kept well together on the rvm to the Man-O-War Buoy, Merlin rounding first closely followed by
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  • 27 13 Blackburn Rovers Draw With Derby Co. London. Sept. 19. In a First Division match played today, Blackburn Rovers drew with Darby Couny, 3— 3.— Re.ter.
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    • 125 14 JAVA COFFEE You pay less at our shop for the better kind of coffee. Many have tried and have now become our regular customers for the Ground Java Coffee of the best Java Coffee Seeds. We have them in two kinds of packets 45 and 50 cents per packet. I).
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    • 527 15 In India, Ceylon, China, throughout the East wherever men get together they drink this Whisky. They have done so for over a hundred years because they've a veneration for age. a taste for a fine flavour, an appreciative palate for the skill and careful attention to detail that this Whisky
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    • 8 16 Singapore* FIRST ALL-FRENCH Talkie. Coming ahortly to ALHAMBRA.
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  • 1171 17 Singapore Wireless Society "Gets A Move On. Important Proposals To Government. AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE. Application For Four Experimental Licences. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) THE new general committee of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (Singapore) has not been slow to make an Important move in the matter of appealing to
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  • 51 17 EMPIRE TESTS THIS MONTH 'IMIK lat«st news rouardintr the A Empire shortwave station in that the transmitter is "on the wa>." Parts of the Rear hare already arrived at Daventry. It is probable that the first unmodulated transmissions will be made at about the end of September, says the Wireless
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  • 579 17 Forty-five Years of Study And Advancement. THE researches of Sir Oliver I-od.re some years ago formed the i'oundotion upon which the modern ■jntfem of wireless communication was btii' He laid, well and truly, the foundation upon which Marconi took up the subject, and indeed, it was one
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  • 138 17 Easily-Applied Method For Overcoming Trouble. When wiring present-day houses or flats for electric light it is sometimes ,the practice to use ordinary rubbercovered wire. This may be quite in order as far as the actual lighting is concerned, but it can be very troublesome when a radio set
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  • 841 17 Influence of Waves. SOME SCIENTIFIC TRUTHS. By Dr. Willy Warner, director of the Hcinrich Hertz InstitUK-. lltrlin. OUPERSTITIONS die him! and tfcffp •3 seems to be no limit to v. hut people will believe when fact- 1 with gome phenoir^non that is new to them or unexplainable
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    • 43 17 H. L CARTER Co. (Radio Sound Engineers.) /W EXPERTS With EXPERIENCE in THREE CONTINENTS. I I < I SERVICE ENGINEERS 10 S. S. GOVERNMENT. FJII.S. clients Mending sett for repairs should obtain a Ciwtoms Sinl hefnre dinpatch. 17, Capitol Buildings, No. 117. TeL 6618.
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    • 45 17 ALL MAINS ELECTRIC GRAMOPHONES FULL CABINET MODELS FROM Sl4 6 COMPLETE RADIO SERVICE CO. OF MALAYA 2. OK< HARD KOAD. SINGAPORE. OPEN DAILY t «.m. to H p.m. SATURDAYS to I and 7 lo H p.m. (Phone 7JW). SUNDAYS 11«. m.1 «.m. lo 1 p.m.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 464 17 MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES. Revised List BROADCASTS FOR THE WEEK. The wireless programmes have been revised as follows MONDAY. KHABAROVSK, (70.2 metres), 6 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG, I'MY.. (50 metres), 6.40 8.10 p.m. Chinese music; 8.10 p.m. to 9.40 European music. CHICAGO, W9XE., (49.83 metres), 2.30 to 5 a.m. and from
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    • 606 17 BANDOENG, PMY., (68J metre*), 12.40 to 2.40 p.m. 6.25 to 9.40 pan. MOSCOW, RFN., (50 metres), 11 p.m. CHICAGO. W9XF., (4E.83 metres), 2.30 to 5 a.m. JOHANNESBURG. (49.4 metres), 10.30 p.m. to 3.30 a.m. BOUNDBROOK. WIXAL, (49.18 metres), 4 a.m. PITTSBURGH, WBXK., (48.86 metres), 4 am. MOSCOW. REN., (46.88 metres),
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  • 832 18 MALAYAN CHINESE TOPICS. Aliens Registration. PROPOSED NEW BILL OPPOSED. (By Our Correspondent.) Singapore, Sept. 18. The annual general conference of the Malayan Chinese Chambers of Commerce took place this year in Ipoh. There were ten members present, Messrs. long ("ban Boon and Li Kirn Sio, of
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  • 141 18 Famous Soldier Lying Critically 111. Vienna, Sept. 17. According to newspaper reports the famous Austrian officer in Egyptian service who played so drairatic a role in the Sudan campaigns and was so intimately associated with General Gordon, Slatin Pasha, is lying ill in a critical condition. A former
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  • 105 18 Japan Closely Following Developments. Tokio, Sept. 10. Telegrams regarding the Europer.n journey of the United States army's chief of general staff. General MacArthur, are being followed here with keen interest in military and especially political circles. The opinion is expressed that the General's real purpose is to
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  • 111 18 Depressed by Economic Conditions. Berlin, Sept. 14. Because he could not prevent his fellow men from committing suicide, the wellknown physician Heinrich Dehmel has killed himself by taking poison. Dr. Dehmel, the son of the famous poet Richard Dehmel, devoted himseii exclusively to social work and never accepted
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  • 88 18 Hopes to Export 4,000,000 Tons. London, Sept. 17. Thabit Abdunoor Bey, director of petrol affairs to the G >vernment of Irak, who intends to visit all the oil producing countries, has arrived in London from Bagdad. He declares that the Irak oil companies expect to export four
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  • 95 18 Hungarian Prince To Go To Germany. Vienna, Sept. 17. In view of the impossibility of whitewashing himself of charges in connecticn with the forgery of 1,000 franc notes some years ago before a Court of Honour of Hungarian officers, Prince Windisgraetz. according to press reports has decided to
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  • 65 18 Unrest Among Germany's Workers. Berlin, Sept. 16. Working circles arc protesting violently against the reduction of salaries by the Government and declare that the only result can be an increase in the number of unemployed end quote doctors' declarations that 25 per cent, of the German nation is
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  • 81 18 Daylight Saving Bill To Be Introduced. The following Bills will be read a first time at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday: Registration of Aliens Bill. Minor Offences Bill, Daylight Saving Bill, Billiards (Amendment) Bill, Imperial Light Dues (Amendment) Bill. Bills to be read a
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  • 343 18 Letter to Mr. Arthur Henderson. Berlin, Sept. 17. The text is published of a letter addressed by the Foreign Minister, Baron von Neurath, to Mr. Arthur Henderson, as chairman of the Disarmament Conference. The letter avers that it is already evident that the coming Disarmament Convention will "remain
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  • 62 18 Schneider Trophy Pilot Injured. Rugby, Sept. 19. Flight-Lieut. Stainforth the famous Schneider Trophy pilot, and holder of the world's speed record of 407.5 miles per hour, was injured in a flying mishap while alighting in a field at Lizard, Cornwall, where he is the guest of the well-known
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  • 102 18 American Objection to League Proposals. Geneva, Sept. 17. Tlic League of Nations Secretariat has received from the United States Government a memorandum netting forth the American objections to the scheme of financial reform elaborated for the Negro republic of Liberia by the League of Nntions Commission. Thi- United
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  • 50 18 For Criticising German Government. Berlin, Sept. 15. The Democrat paper Berliner Volkszeitung has been suspended for a week for publishing an article by Herr Nowiasky, Professor of Constitutional Law, in which he examines the events of th«: past few days and charges the Government with unconstitutional conduct. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 52 18 Athens, Sept. 16. The Greek Government has reached agreement with foreign bondholders by which Greece undertakes to make immediate payment of a 30 per cent, instalment of sums due for the present year Other payments will be determined after revision of the Greek finances in November this year.
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    • 9 18 Snfr.pore', HKST A1.1.-FKKM II Talkie. Coalnf .hortly to ALHAMBRA.
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  • 2861 19 CALM. BEFORE THE STORM FOOD TAX WAR INEVITABLE BUT CABINET SPLIT IMPROBABLE BY-ELECTIONS AND OTTAWA I.L.P. TRUCE PATCHED UP LABOUR'S NEW ORGANISATION TRADES UNION PROSPERITY PLAN LESS WORK: SAME WAGES FUTURE OF MR. J. H. THOMAS GOVERNORGENERAL OR CITY MAGNATE? A SCIENTISTS PLAN FOR
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  • 1335 19 Rotary Address.* MR. L. A. ALLEN ON HOW THEY WORK. Mt. L. A. Allen, 0.8.X., M.C.S.. delivered an interesting address on local govenfment in English towns at a tea meeting of the Klang and Const Rotary Clu:>, held in the Chinese Merchants' Club premises. He said
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  • 204 19 Bankers Rout liandits With Golf Clubs. Slianpai, Sept. 12. A vivid story of thr golf links drama near Harbin when two senior members of the staff of the Hong Kong arc! Shanirhtu Bank fought desperately and with cess against five armed bandits t.. shoring the fate of Mr.
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  • 72 19 Tuesday, 5. 1S p.m.. MacKetv/ie Bukit Timah Road "A" (M. O.) Coy.. Field Duties; 5.15 p.m., Tl«ai»|liMtii Armoured Car Sex-.. Section Parade; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. "D" (Eurusiiui) Coy., :;u\ Range -Revolver; 2.!') i> m.. Bukit Timuli Range, "F" (Wh»hiy» Coy.. Spoon Shoot. Wednesday. Svpt. 21, r> p.m., Headquarters,
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    • 247 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle T |z I T3T 3 I I* &s£ \*> V I* Y-'Z-?¥> i~ 25 UK 1 jfeg p _$g i_ Si i&j-' je^S-i;. iss3 m 1m I 1 1 mi I 1 1 I I 1 J (CLUES.) ACROSS. <*™°J? 19. Policemen 1. Alkjri" falsely Vessel* madp
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  • 69 20 STREET FK;HT IN HLACKBI'RN l'olice come to blows with strikers as they attempt to force a way through a hostile crowd for operatives who continued work at a Blackburn mill. (Planet News.) I HKKKI 1 I IN SPITE OF STRIKE Girl operatives on strike from
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    28 20 TRAINING FOR (HANNKI. A ITEM IT— Miss Eva (oleman. the well-known English swimmer, (railing for her attempt to swim the Channel from Cap (irisnez to Dover. (Planet News.)
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    40 20 ITALIAN UNDER(iRAI)( ATES ON THE THAMES.— A party of five imderxraduates from the Lniver*ty of Pavia arrived at Westminster Pier, in a small boat christened "Live DanKcrously," in wheh they ri>wed across Europe. They went on to Oxford. (Planet News.)
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    24 20 IKOMiS (HI MID RACI IN SINGAPORE.— Raymond Rodriguest winning the 10 miles croM country race organiiivd by the Clerical Union in Singapore on Sunday.
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    18 20 THE THREE FIRST TO ARRIVE.-Rodri«rueH (centre) with Abdul Kah.ni, who tecoiuL and Serirt. P. J. Bruty, R.A.F.. third.
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