The Straits Times, 22 September 1932

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST r AND MOST lISFLVENTIAL NEWSPAPER IJS MALAYA. 2% PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGER SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      246 1 Singapore: 78. Cecil st. phone eisi>»' i i 6.15 Tonifht 9.15 J HUGH WAKEFIELD I LIFE GOES ON. Phone 5261-2. DRINK MORE (mJBk GOOD MILK! A, "BEAR BRAND" Milk l>ecause of its sf. f"ll creamy richness, and entire lack (>^L of preservatives is highly appreciated for home use. It constitutes
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      185 1 ■gni ij3 1 as. Java st. phone 3ed3>. i fSUTTON'S THE WORLD'S BEST SEEDS. SUTTON'S FLOWER SEEDS Dwarf Single Dahlia (iaillardia Double mined Double Cactus Dahlia «;,il|,r,|i u large Flowering Ciant Single Dahlia flingle Tillionia Specio«ia Marifold Double Afr ran. Mammoth Aster t MariKold Double French Grow your own delicious
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      21 1 i w_ r I i 6.15 Tonight 9.15 j HUGH WAKKI IKI.Ii I in LIFE GOES ON. Phone 5261-2. I I
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      504 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO IBVK ks. PENINSULAS AM) ORIENTAL S V CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVKKVMKNT. LONDON' AND FAR EAST MAM. SKRVICK. OUTWABD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1932. yPANrALOm «,000 Sept.
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      610 2 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Midllesborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. SUWA MART 10,700 Oct. 6 7 i FUSHIMI MARU 11.000 Oct. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,600 Nov. 2 3 TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Nov. IB 16 HAKUSAN MARU 10.500 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 HARUNA MARU
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      507 2 BURNS PBILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 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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      463 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Pen mark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. MEONIA Sept. 2H m.s. BORINGIA Ost. 12 Oct. 14 m.s. FIONIA Nov. 2 Nov. 4 m.s. ERRIA Nov. 2?, Nov. 2S m.s. ALSIA Dec.
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      1142 2 SH IPPING. TUB BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW BTEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co., Ltd.. and China (1*32), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE. Ltd,
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      PLIGHT OF WORKLESS OFFICERS.
      688 3 Many Glad to Ship Before The Mast. fully-qualified ship*' captains and oflicers, all of them absolutely down and out, and seme on the verge of starvation, are sailing before the mast on ships leaving Kalmouth. Although they arc highly skilled men they are only too glad
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      OFFICER'S HEROISM.
      191 3 Swim to Shore from Wreck In Heavy Seas. London, Sept. I.'!. Another liiilliant epic of the sea, the hero of wlich was n young London merchant marine ollicer. accompanied the toi of the British coliier. Watford, v hich was wrecked off the Nova Scotia yesterday. Mr. H. Mant,
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      NOTICE TO MARINERS.
      47 3 Advice to Li^hthuoy Laid In Strait Rhiouw. According to a cftMeffran r« tod U*m Ihc Chief Inspector of NavintiM ai Batavia, the wmta !i«hi buoy, Mowing iinht, which wa> mentioMd in Notice id Mariner* No. l\ par. lo\ has bam laid iti Strait Khiouw:
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      NEW U.S.-FAR EAST SERVICE.
      347 3 Trade in Oregon Fruits And Vegetables. Inaugurating a new fast refrigerated freight service between the United States :.nil the Far East, the steamer Maunawili, which has been chartered from the Matson Line by the States Steamship Company, was in Hong Kong recently. The tentatively arranged ports
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      SHIP WRECKED.
      161 3 Mishap to Vessel on Philippines Coast. Manila, Sept. 9. The in'.ei -island steamer Mjsamift, of L Kvereit and Company, was wrecked M a rock off Calavite PoinV, north Mindero, last night, according to a radio ■amgg intercepted by the Bureau of Post* radio station a\ Iloilo at 11.15
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      HON. LIFE-GOVERNOR.
      93 3 Sir G. Mellor Appointed By R.N.L.I. The Royal National Life-boat Institution has appointed Sir George Mellor an honorary life-governor. This is the Mcfcwb honour which the Institution can bestow on an honorary worker and if Kiven only for very distinguished services. Sir George Mellor was for a numbsr
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      SWEPT INTO SEA.
      78 3 Customs Officer Triumphs Over Handicaps. Jaffna, Aug. 18. Speeding at midnight in a mou>rboat to intercept a schooner which was conveying cantraband from India to the N'orVhern coast of Ceylon, a Customs officer was swept into the sea by a huge lireaker, and had to swim, torch
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      DOCK STRIKE.
      59 3 Bordeaux, Aug. 17. In consequence of the dismissal of a hundred sailors an<J 250 workmen by thj Port Authorities, .ho whole of the workmen employed about the port have Ron? on :>tiikt>. Only the work necessary for ihe vafety of the port is being perforrafil. T!ie dismissals were
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    178 3 BELAWAN, Dut., 715 tons, from Bandjermasin 22-9, for Bandjerniasin 25-9. BAN HONG LIONG, Brit., 789 tont, from Batavia 21-9. for Batavia -3-D. CELEBES MARU, Jap., 4,268 tons, from Bombay 22-9, for Moji 23-9. CITY OF GUILDFORD, Brit., 3.237 tons, from Manila 21-9. for P. Swettcnham 3-10. CAPE ST.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    111 3 Thursday, September 22. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPrEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Spartan." Trivia. Tug Prince," The Cable. Oil Wharf Nil Coal Wharf Nil. VLSSULS IN DRY DOCKS. lanjong Tatar. Albert Duck Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. krppel Harbour. King's Dock Josefina. No. 1
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    38 3 Mails from Europe, (Lendon mails dispatched Ist September), ex 8.1. Rajula which Anchored at Per.ang at 4.30 a-m.. today will arrive by train tomorrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxhold«.rs at 8.45 a.n\
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    20 3 From China and Japan, by Bengal Maru due Singapore this afternoon. Frcm China, by Takada due Singapore tomorrow.
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    GIFTS TO LLOYD'S.
    79 3 Two interesting relics have recently been presented to Lloyd's by the Duke of Montrose. The first is an early type of quadrant, such as was used in sailing 5-hips. The second is a "depth regulator." which the Duke of Montrose himself removed from the bottom of a
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      458 3 «NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated la Germany.) The undermentioned art the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARDS. SAALE for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Nagoya Kobe, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Sept. 30 HOMEWARDS. SAARBRUCKEN for Ctnoa, Barcelona, Amsterdam, R'dam, Hamburg and Bremen Oct. 7 Passenger steamers with cabin and Intermediate class accommodation. 5 Cargo
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      387 3 cJW AMERICAN MAIL LI NB 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
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      430 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 MM, SHANGHAI A JAPAN. ■Steamer: .Due Spore. s.s. riTY OF BINGAPOBK <>, t. 14 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF MELBOURNE for Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and
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      48 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Yesterday's m3jc. temp. 86° F. Lest night's mm. temp. 71° F. Yesterday's rainfall 2.38 in. sunshine 8.6 hours 1 p.m. relative hum. 75 per cent. 1 p.m. wind S.W. 10 m.p.h. 1 p.m. WMHhat fine C. D. STEWART. Superintendent. Meteorological Office, Singapore, Sept. 22, 1932.
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      145 3 TIDE TABLES. Today. September 22. H. W. 2.25 a.m., 7 ft. 4 in., 1.50 p.m., 8 ft. 5 in. Friday, September 23. H. W. 3.24 a.m., 6 ft. 7 in., 2.29 p.m., 8 ft. 1 in. Saturday, September 24. H. W. 5.10 a.m., 6 ft. 3 in., 3.27 p.m., 7
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      380 4 SITUATIONS_VACANT. Whin applying f»r any position aahrefttaed, in those columns send copies nf testimonials. lit. not send originals. MEDIATELY, Ist or 2nd trade r.:tut.- Dresser. Apply Manager, Johore Rivet E ate, -i"h(ire Bahru. I). Lady Assistant for Ladies' Underclothing Section in Departmental Store. experience essential. BIS, Btmita WANTED, a Chinese
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      882 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE TO LET, fur. Rooms 9, Wilkie Terrace. GROSVENOR Hotel. Service rooms foraished, modern sanitation, from $60 monthly. 2, St. Thomas' Walk, furnished rooms, every comfort modern sanitation moderate terms. ■AST ANGLIA, 6, OXLEY RISE. Phone 1890. Central, Convenient, Homely, Tennis, iaragsi, mod. san. Daily or monthly rates. VACANT at
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      695 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LKT. furnished top floor of European bungalow at No. 8, Mount Sophia. Tenni.s court, garage 4 electric lights. Apply No. 10, Mount Sophia or Phone 8644. TO BE LET, No. 2. Dalvey Road, a modern European dwelling house with tennis court, garage and servants' quarters.
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      471 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, offices No. 18, Collyer Quay. Apply Sime, Darby Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Road, 8.700 sq. f»«t, Irst class property. Unltad) Engisaara. TO LET, two storied godown. Road and River frontage. Area 10,000 sq. ft. Apply 424, Straits Times. GODOWN, River Valley Road, suitable Motor
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      324 4 FOR SALE ELECTRIC amplified gramophone, best British components in modem cabinet, SlBO. jnarantter' for one year, also amplifiers for lire, Day (I W. Ginsberg, 2. Oxley Road, Singapore. BRITISH THROUGHOUT Mandolin-Banjos, Uknlele Banjos, Tenor Banjoa (complete with caae). FINEST MAKE. T. M. A. MUSIC HOUSE, 167, Selegie Road. GENUINE TELESCOPE
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      348 4 BUSINESS CARDS. fFI "AM 61 TUNING— REPAIRS. REMOVALS— HIRE. I E. CHARLES, Phone 2902. 284. Orchard Road. J MASSAGE HALL MANICURE MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. M, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. Only $8.00 for PERMANENT WAVING on FIGARO'S NEW MACHINE 93, Bras Basah Road. LEGAL NOTICE. SPUNCRETE NOTICE is
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      70 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Ontside without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.00 i 4.00 2.50 Quarterly 8.50 $12.00 I 7.50 Half Yearly J17.00 J24.M $15.00 Yearly $34.00 $48.00 $30.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES Tin- charges and instruction,, for CLASSIPIBO ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom of this page. Contract rates may
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    SALE OF THE PEKING PALACE TREASURES.
    287 5 Statement by the Custody Committee. Peking, Sept. 4. Details of the sale of gold and other valuables from the Peking Palace Museum were disclosed by the Custody Committee of the Museum yesterday. According to this announcement, altogether $388,140.54 was realised from these sales which
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    LINE OF COLLISIONS.
    174 5 27 Cars Involved In Traffic Stream. Biidlington, Sept. 4. Twenty-seven cars were involved in a line of collisions between, Bridlington and Bessingby today, and a number of people were treated for minor injuries. A stream of- holiday traffic was travelling to Bridlington, with a inotor-omnibuß leading, the
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    HORSE'S MEMORY.
    167 5 Twice Bolted at Scene Of Miner's Death. An accident of a most unusual kind and an incident showing that horses remember were described at an inquest on Sept. 10 at Abersychan, on William James Watts, aged 28. Watts was in the workings of a colliery when a horse
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    DIED AT HIS POST.
    150 5 A British engineer, M. \V. N. Cartland, who died at his post striving to save the lives and homes of thousands of imperilled Indians, is being mourned by a large circle of friends and by countless men and women who never met him. Mr. Cartland, who
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    FIFTY-FOUR YEARS IN THE EAST.
    1187 5 John M. Dunlop. LEAVES FOR HOME ON RETIREMENT. A week asco yesterday the Straits Times recorded that Mr. John M. Dunlop, who has spent 54 years in the East, left Singapore by the Lalandia for home on retirement. The following story of Mr. Dunlop's activities
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    TORTURED BY U.S. POLICE.
    656 5 Scandal of the Third Degree." Mineola, Long Island. Astounding revelations have been made concerning: American police "third degree" methods at the trial here of police officers wh( arc rhaxgwd with thu manslaughter of an 18-year-old prisoner, Hyman Stark. Originally Deputy-Police-Chief Frank Tappen, Lieut. Jeasi? Mayforth, and
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      277 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running water. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. GRILL-SPECIAL SPECIAL DAILY TOMORROW PISH DOLLAR LUNCH TEA DANCE Grilled I'iu.-on a A CIMP^ON B 3 I-Amcrican. Cireen IV-. A L,A SiMI bUIM INFORMAI Ly.,nn.,s, ,■„,,>„
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      182 5 HARRY. S. ELIAS, m. i. o. QUALIFIED OPTICIAN CAPITOL BUILDING. PHONE 2751. Consulting Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. RAFFLES HOTEL Excellent Rooms AT Special Rates FOR Monthly Residents INSURA N C E. COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE- ACCIDENT- MOTORASSURANCE CO., LTD. FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE. (Incorporated in Encland) Fire. Life. Marine. Accident. Guaranty
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      8 5 YOU MAY BE A LUCKY GIRL NEXT WEEK.
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    ACTRESS SHOT DEAD IN HER FLAT.
    494 6 Miss Helen Saintsbury. MONTH AFTER DEATH OF HUSBAND. London, Sept. 5. As already cabled briefly by the Straits Times London correspondent Miss Helen Saintsbury, the actress, was found shot dead in her flat in St. Martin's Lane, London, last night. Her husband, Mr. F.
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    "MY LIFE IS EMPTY NOW."
    900 6 Last Talks of Miss Saintsbury. London, Sept. 7. The story of a la«t remarkable conversation with Miss Helen Saintsbury, the actress, who was found shot in her flat in St. Martin's Lane, W.C., on Monday, was told last evening by Mr. Maurice Norman, an actor
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    BENIGN MAYOR OF CHICAGO.
    438 6 How He "Cleans Up" His City. London, Sept. 2. Mr. Anton Cermak docs not look like a Mayor of Chicago. There was some confusion at Victoria last night among the people who had come to meet that distinguished official when, out from his carriage, there stepped
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    EX-CONVICT & TITLED WOMAN.
    635 6 EX-CONVICT TITLED WOMAN. "Going Straight for Her Sake." The association between an exconvict and a titled woman was revealed in sensational fashion at Liverpool, when the man was accused of leaving his wife chargeable to the authorities. During a dramatic outburst the accused man declared that the woman met him
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    THE "EGYPT."
    319 6 Division of the Gold Salvaged. Underwriters who paid a total loss on the gold and silver which went down with the P. and O. liner Egypt off Ushant in May, 1922, received cheques on Sept. 5 lepresenting 6 per cent, of the amount they paid ten years ago.
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    MAN UNFITTED TO RULE NATURE?
    1266 6 Pageant of Discovery. CORNUCOPIA OF THE ENGINEER. York, Sept. 7. Is man fitted for the command uf Nature won for him by men ot science and invention the physicists, the engineers, and the electricians This was the nuestion raised by Sir Alfred Ewing tonight in
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    LADY MILFORD HAVEN.
    191 6 Joining Lady l/ouis Mountbatten. London, Sept. 7. The Marchioness of Milford Haven, who has left London to join Lady Louis Mountbatten in Paris, prior to their intended trip across the Persian desert, has taken very few clothes with her. Both she and Lady Louis intend to travel
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    118 6 Friday. Sept. 23, 5 p.m., 7*4 mile Re- 1 formatory Road Ran B -etakers, Practical; 7.30 p.m.. Headquarters, Intelligence PI., Night Work until 10.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters, "B" Coy. Rerruits Course; Command Rifle Meeting- -Kuala Lumpur. Saturday Sept. 24, 2 p.m., Farrer Range, S.R.A. (v) S. H.
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    JAPAN & INDIA'S NEW IMPORT DUTIES.
    530 6 JAPAN INDIA'S NEW IMPORT DUTIES. Tokio Not Likely To Retaliate. Bombay, Aujr. Ml "In my opinion the proposed additional duty of 20 per cent, will grcatlv affect Japanese imports into India said the Japanese Consul, when interviewed by the Associated Press on the decision of the Government of India to
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      8 6 Singapore* FIRST ALL-FRENCH Talkie. Comlns ihortly to ALHAMBRA.
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      49 6 I TABLE JELLIES I f§ Oh so easy! m JUST POUR INTO MOULD WITHOUT ADDING ANYTHING jf AND CHILL UNTIL FIRM. FRAMROZ 8c Co., I SINGAPORE. J ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS ALL MODELS IN STOCK incutiim: thk raw licht. WEIGHT "TLKITA," g s 24. JOHN DUKE, 21, Battery Road, Singapore.
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      90 7 TONIGHT When the last sightseer goes home the real Montmartre awakes To vivid life Black hates stalk the streets! Intrigue is there! A thousand thrills! VICTOR MgIAGLEN grander than ever in a true red-blooded THRILLER WHILE tM PARIS 3 LE EPS COMfNG SOON. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 TOM WALLS RALPH LYNN
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      209 7 "IN T£C i HMiQ'(JE, ACTING, PHOTOGRAPHY and RECORDING THIS PICTURE TOUCHES PERFECTION" Thus reports the "Free Press" critic on Paramount's Latest BRITISH Achievement at the CAPITOL, The CclebraU'd Comedian "AREN'T WE ALL?" y& HUGH WAKEFIELD in Walter Hackett's famous Hotel Romance "LIFE GOES ON" BETTY STOCKFELD ELSIE RANDOLPH |^J (Famous
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      173 7 THE LUCKY GIRL is coming! RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903 SYDN EY HOWARD IN THE SIDE-SPLITTING BRITISH AND DOMINIONS COMEDY lit rittK li^jM MAYOR'S II P Q T 99 |g| wnn CLAUDE HULBERT %M TT -If YOU LAUGHED AT "UP FOR THE CUP" BUT YOU'LL ROAR AT THISJJMEj PRECEDED BY (A GAINSBOROUGH
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    315 8 Malayan Rubber Stocks Up 3,247 Tons. PRICES CONTINUE TO FIRM UP. (By Oar Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices ißubber, S J cents per Ib. Tin, Singapore price $79 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber. London, 2 9 Hid., up 3 16d. New York, 3'/< cts., up ct.
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    PRODUCE.
    168 8 Singapore, Sept. 22. Gambier 6.25 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 12.00 Copra 5.75 mixed 5.2f Sago flour, Sarawak 2.2E White Pepper 26.00 Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl Sago 4.25 small 5.0 C medium 6.00 Rice Siam $155 to 19? Saigon $148 to 157 Rangoon $146 to 160 No. 1 125 catties
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        426 8 IMIM VaL Pd. Buyer*. Sellen. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 6/- 6/- Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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        GENERAL.
        286 8 fal. Pd. Buyen. Issue Sellers. t 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 noi 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.00 l\ £1 Rrit. Am. Tobacco 4. 12.(1 1.0.-) 4.17.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.75 LOO 60 Chinese Com. Bank 63.00 El £1 Con. T. S. 7* Prefs. 10 6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        138 8 agapor* Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103 d. Bgapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 ngapore Municipal 4V£ pc. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 100 107 nom. 10S nom. ngapore Municipal 4'/j p.c. of 1909 rod. 1955 $1,000,000 ogapore
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        371 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-day s Price Fraser Lyall Eva k Co. Alk'iil.y ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 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
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      195 8 Singapore, Sept. 22. BELLING. 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 jyorus and Paris, demand 1,015 Hamburg, demand 165 New York, demand 39% Batavia and
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      EXCHANGES.
      102 8 Rugby, Sept. 21. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.61 1/ 2 Athens 562 i /a Belgrade 225 Berlin 14 17 32 Bombay Is. 6 5/32 Brussels 24 29/32 Bucharest 580 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 19 9/32 Geneva 17.941 Helsingfors 232V4 Hong Kong Is. 4d. Lisbon 110 Madrid 42 3 16
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCN.
      44 8 Noon, Sept. 22. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Buyers. Sellers. Standard R.S.S. <Jn Tender Buyers. Sellers Tone of Market Firmer. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2 9 16d per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 3% per Ib.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    272 8 Today. China, Hainam, Japan, Kor.>«, Formosa, East Siberia, Western Canada Western States of U.S.A. (Cremer) .2 p.m. Upper Burma, North and East India, Aden, ilifyp* Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Canac» and U.S.A. (Kama) 11. I. Mai:) 3 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, SoothEast Bnroeo, Celebes, Moluccas Timor I'illy
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      88 8 THE ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON Head Office of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE INCORPORATE U A 0 17 2O Tbe Corporation ni foanded or*r til ytmn »ro and the old«*t eompoilte imoranre Offlr« In th« World. The Hrad Office hat occupied the above lite la the h*art of the City of London
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      125 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. FHd«y. September Hi Annl. gen. nit*, of Kluanc Rubber Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Rank Chambers, in. on. Saturday. September 21. Annl. Ren. mtK. of Tambalak Rubber Estates Ltd., Hong Konjr Bunk Chambors, noon. Monday, September 26. Legislative Council meeting, 10.30 a.m. Wednesday. Si-pU inner 2S. Rotary
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      235 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 21. Closing quotations today of the principal British and A>merican stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Sept. 20. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5<7,
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      AMERICAN SHARES.
      66 9 The. London-New York cross-rate at the time these figures were cabled was 3.46 1/(down 'a). General Motors Standard Oil Ex. pd. U.S. Steel National City Bank General Electric Union Pacific Rail Ord. American Tobacco B. American Can U.S. Rubber Woolworth Radio Corporation 97 40' i MM 18*. 73H
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      349 9 The following novels weTe added to Raffles Library during the past fortnight: They Journey by night. D. L. Ames; Secret Lives, 2 copies, E. F. Benson; Fond Fancy, Marjorie Bowen; Death on the U'ff, 2 copies. Thomas Cobb; Angles on -Horseback. F P. Croiier; Handful of Stars, Simon
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      SHARE MARKET.
      569 9 Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Fraser Co's report, dated Sept. 21, states: During the past week the local markets have experienced a further relapse in both share and commodity prices and quotations in all sections rule distinctly lower. The j price of tin has again declined under the
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      BRITISH TRADE FAIR.
      133 9 Record applications for space at next February's British Industries Fair are announced by the Department of Overseas Trade. Seven hundred and five exhibitor* have applied for 270,674 square feet at Olympia and the Court of Honour at the White City, were furniture is to be shown next
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      TEA CORPORATION.
      695 9 Reduction in The Expenditure. The annual general meeting of Tea Corporation, Ltd., was held on Aug. 5, at 31 and 32, Budge Row, E.C., Mr. F. P. Robjent, J.P. (the chairman) presiding. The chairman said The accounts show a reduction on the receipts side of £15,011 and, on
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      STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      598 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES AUG. 22. Abaco (£1) Allagar (2 /"'a; Amherst i 2/» '/I- Anirlu-Malav (£1) 10/; Aver K« n if 1 ,IS R.JL Serai (Ml G/llihuning ,£1) lfi. Bagan Serai (£1) MM; Bahru (Sel.) (2 1/6; Bonteng (£1) 10,; Bat'ng Cns. (2/) '4V4; Batu Caves
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      CANADA'S GOLD MINES.
      382 9 Production Records Established. Ontario's gold mines continue to establish new records in production. For th« first half of this year the value of (fold mined amounted to $23,205,663, compared with $20,402,090 in the corresponding period in 1931. In June the total production reached the record figure of
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      BACK TO COAL MOVE.
      154 9 Promoting New Uses In Industry. Following the conference of coal interests with the Minister of Mines, when Mr. Isaac Foot proclaimed the Government's realisation of the importance of making the people of the country coal conscious," a determined effort is to be made to focus attention
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      116 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held il» I,oBBth auction on Sept. 21, when there was catalogued 1,361,794 lb. or 607.94 tons offered 1,202.787 lb. or 536.95 tons sold 1,070,245 lb. or 477.78 torn. Spot. London 2%i. New York I cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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      AUGUST TIN RETURNS.
      66 9 Glimau.— Hours -un Pitch and Pine Line 691 hours (LKI.OI p.c. of possible I. Renong Consolidated. Hours run 177, cv. yds. treated 34,500, tin ore won piculs 523. Katu Tin Drodßing. Hours run 210, cv. yds. treated ")!),000, tin ere won piculs 293. Takuapa Valley.— olB hours,
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      AUG. RUBBER RETURNS.
      32 9 Changkat.— 29,4o9 Ib., (H4.380 lb.) Haytor.— l7,o77 Ib,, (18,123 Ib). Indragiri.— 7o,3l4 Ib., (81,661 Ib.) I.unas. -ifi.UUO Ib., (12.!)60 !>>.) Nyalas.— 34,loo Ib., (42,900 lbi. Tupah.— B4,olo Ib., (.50,074 Ib.;
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    The Strats Times SINGAPORE THURSDAY. SEPT. 22. 1932. WHY RENTS ARE HIGH.
    1060 10 The Strats Times SINGAPORE THURSDAY. SEPT. 22. 1932. WHY RENTS ARE HIGH. In the continued absence from Cecil Street of any manifestation of that mysterious influence which we are told is exercised by landlords over a large portion of the Press" we are emboldened to return to the vexed question
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    171 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. H. C. Stevens, manager of Emerald Estate, Klang, has left for Ceylon on a holiday. Mr. T. G. D. A. Cooper, of the Customs Department, Ipoh, is going home on leave next month. Mr. D. W. McLeod has been appointed a member of the visiting committee to
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    WHO WILL BE THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT?
    1330 10  -  What The Campaign Means To The World. (B, Leonard J. Reid, assistant editor of the "Economist," who has recently returned from a lour of the United States.) bring home with me the definite impreiision that it trill be a xtern and close battle"
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    652 10 THE EUROPE. W So there is no truth in that rumour which has been going the rounds of the clubs during the last few days that two important shipping companies are to take over the Europe site and build a new hotel there. We wish that
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    110 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA. Victor McLuglen in While Paris Sleeps. 6.16— 9.15. Phone 600!). CAPITOL. Hugh Wakefield and Betty Stockfeld in Life Goes On. 6.16—9.15. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD. The Drake Case. Pasar Malam. Gate 10 cts. Ladies Free. MARLBOROUGH.— Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn in Plunder. 6.15 9.15. NEW WORLD.—
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    "IF GANDHI FASTS 10 DAYS HE MAY NEVER RECOVER."
    612 11 NO FOOD FOR 30 HOURS. Race Against Time With Negotiations. FORMULA SEARCHING. Strong Hopes of A j Compromise. Nothing has passed Gandhi's lips for llupast 30 hours except water and friends who have seen him describe him as looking famished. Those
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    U.S. NAVAL BASE IN THE PACIFIC.
    974 11 $3,337,000 Earmarked As First Instalment? TROOPS FOR KIRIN. 40,000 Secretly Sent From Japan Via Korea. A Union Times message states that information has reached Shanghai from Washington that the U.S. Navy Department, despite recent denials, is contemplating the construction of a Naval Kaxe in
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    SENATOR REED IN EUROPE.
    378 11 Disarmament and The Far East. Geneva, Sept. 21. The Bureau of the Disarmament Conference, which has njet again after the recess, was immediately faced with the major problem of Germany's demand for equality, buc decided to postpone discussion thereon until Germany has replied to Mr. Henderson's
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    A GAP OF 8d.
    77 11 No Hope of Cotton Peace This Week. London, Sept. 22. The failure to find a solution to tho wages question has resulted in a set back to the Lancashire cotton peace negotiations and the position is now one of a deadlock with a gap of Bd.
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    ITALY AND JAPAN.
    105 11 Will Both Withdraw From League Rome, Sept. 18. Italy's attitude towards events in the Far East is interesting because Italy and Japan are in a similar position vis-i.-vis the League. The resignation of both these Powers has been discussed and it has been whispered that the risk
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    PUBLIC HEALTH.
    79 11 Bad Times Cause An Improvement Berlin, Sept. 19. The physical health of the German nation does not appear to have been affected by the economic crisis. Infant mortality is lower than in Holland or Switzerland, both countries which are little affected by lack of work. Tuberculosis, contagious fevers
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    RUSSSIA AND JAPAN.
    59 11 Berlin, Sept. 19. Great commercial and political importance is attached to the Russian and Japanese oil negotiations as a contract with Russia would free Japan from the necessity of purchasing petrol in the United States, and would strengthen the Soviet position in the discussion of the control
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    £10,000 RANSOM DENOUNCED.
    326 11 "A Dangerous Move." JAPAN GRANTS BRITISH REQUESTS. Mukden, Sept. 21. Following a conference this morning the Japanese military authorities agreed to accede to the British Consul-General's fivefold request, including a promise to safeguard the Chinese intermediary between the bandits and Dr. Phillips, the father of Mrs. Pawley,
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    GRAIN HOLD-UP.
    73 11 Farmers' "Holiday" To Increase Prices. Des Moines, lowa, Sept. 21. A vast grain and live stock hold-up is expected as a result of a request circulated by the Farmers' Holiday Association to all farmers in 11 mid-west States to withhold products until better prices are assured. This will
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    FALL IN SILVER.
    65 11 Mr. Roosevelt Advocates Conference. Seattle, Sept. 21. An international conference to devise measures to counteract the abnormal depreciation in the purchasing powers of Oriental counlries owing to the difficulties caused by the fall in the price of silver was advocated in a speech here by Mr. Franklin
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    REICHSBANK RATE.
    39 11 Reduced From Five To Four Per Cent. Berlin, Sept. 21. The Reichsbank discount rate has been reduced to 4 per cent, from 5 per cent, and the Lombard to 5 per cent, from G per cent. Reuter.
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    PRESS AND RUSSIA.
    205 11 Well-Known British Journalists Pay Visit. Moscow, Sept. 8. A large party of well-known British journalists has arrived for a tour of Russia. Among the party are Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, editor of Reynolds, Mr. Kingsley Martin, editor of the New Statesman and Nation, Mr. Robert Fraser, managing editor
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    LIBERALS TO LEAVE CABINET ?
    264 11 LIBERALS TO LEAVE CABINET Federation Meeting. OTTAWA CONFERENCE CONDEMNED. Rugby, Sept. 21. The National Liberal Federation is meeting today to discuss the Ottawa agreements. The only motion before the meeting is a reasoned condemnation of these agreements and the discussion, on a direct motion, as to the position of Liberal
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    SWEDISH ELECTIONS.
    195 11 National Socialists Fai; To Get A Seat. Stockholm, Sept. 19. On result of elections being officially confirmed, the Premier (Mr. F. T. Hamrin) called upon the King and nresented to him the resignations of the entire Cabinet, which were accepted. Since the Social Democrats and Peasants' party, with
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    RUBBER RESULTS.
    106 11 Banteng, Bernam And Padang Java. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 21. Padang Java Rubber Estate, Ltd., anr.i unces a loss of 1,096 for the year ended Mar. 31, against a loss of £2,451 in the previous year. A credit of ±"970 is carried forward. Bernam- Perak Rubber
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    METHODIST UNION.
    80 11 Messages From Viceroy And Mr. Bennett. London, Sept. 22. At the conference of the Methodist Churches held in the Albert Hall, where the legal union of the Wesleyan Methodist, the Primitive Methodist and the United Methodist Churches took place, a warm welcome was accorded to the overseas representatives.
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    FRANCO-U.S. TREATY.
    43 11 To be Submitted to United. States Government. Paris, Sept. 21. Mr. Walter Edge, tho United States Ambassador, is leaving lev Washington on Sept. 22 with the draft of n Fran;-)-American treaty of commerce for submission to the United States Government. Reuter.
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    ANOTHER BOOMLET ON WALL STREET.
    142 11 Strong Upward Move On' Stock Market. New York, Sept. 21. The stock market rallied vigorously with an upward movement at the opening and gathered momentum all day long. In tde last hour particularly the bulls charged en masse and the bears were caught short and
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    NATIONAL REVENUE.
    83 11 Big Increases in Customs And Excise. Rugby, Sept. 21. The national revenue returns for the past week show that customs receipts amount to £2,721,000, bringing the total for the year to date to £75,848,000, which is £15,532,000 more than for the same period last year. Excise receipts were
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    SOVIET AMBASSADOR.
    157 11 M. Sokolnikoff Going Back To Russia. London,' Sept. 21. M. Ivan Mikhailovitch Maiski, the Soviet Minister in Finland, has been appointed Ambassador in London in succession to M. SokolnikolT, who, at his own request, is returning to Russia to take up another appointment. Reuter. To Reform Currency. Paris,
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    PRINCE OF WALES.
    147 11 Flying to Danish Exhibition. Rugby, Sept. 21. The Prince of Wales, who has been staying with the King and Queen, at Balmoral, returned to London this morning and proceeded to Saint James's Palace to complete arrangements for his visit to Copenhagen. He will leave Croydon tomorrow in
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    NAVAL BUILDING.
    58 11 Orders Placed With North Country Firms. London, Sept. 21. The Admiralty has placed orders with various North Country firms for one flotilla leader, eight destroyers and two small mine-sweepers. These orders form the balance of the 1931 naval building programme with the exceptioji of two submarines, the orders
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    EGYPTIAN COTTON.
    50 11 Government to Rescind Decree London, Sept. 22. The Financial Times Cairo correspondnt Inarn* from a reliable source that the Egyptian Government is contemplating ri sonding the recant decree by whir I the cultivation of cotton is restricted to y one third the total average previously i allowed. Rcuter.
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    COUNT M. GRAVINA.
    50 11 Dantzig Commissioner In Grave Condition. Dantzig, Sept. 19. The condition of Count M. Manfredi Gravina, the League of Nations Hitfii Commissioner for Dantzig, who recently underwent an operation, gives cause for grave anxiety. He has been given the last Sacrament, and his family surrounds his bedside. Ancta-Trans-Ocean.
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    CLAIM IN SARKIES BANKRUPTCY.
    1388 12 Big Sums Involved. OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE AND MR. J. S. M. RENNIE. Judgment varying the order of the Official Assignee was delivered by Mr. Justice Whitliv in the Bankruptcy Court in the matter in which Mr. J. 9. M. Kennie contested the rejection of certain proofs filed
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    BANKRUPT THROUGH ACCIDENT.
    400 12 Bought Property In Wife's Name. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Whitley, A. Manjoor was publicly examined by Mr. D. H. Tudor, the Assistant Official Assignee. The bankrupt said he was an Indian born in Xatrore, Southern India, and was 53 years of age. He
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    SWITZERLAND.
    128 12 Production, Trade And Institutions. In 1928 the Swiss Office for the Development of Trade issued a booklet on Economic and Industrial Switzerland. Thi? booklet was quickly out of print and a new edition has just been issued and forwarded to us by the Swiss Consul in Singapore, which fully
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    PLANTERS' ASSOCN.
    24 12 The half-yearly meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Sept. 30 at 2.50 p.m.
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    19 12 The weekiyjjinchecii meeting of the Singapore Rotary .Qlub held yesterday pi the Adelphi Hotel >va» concerned with business matters.
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    FUTURE OF EUROPE HOTEL.
    114 12 No Truth in Latest Rumours. As already announced, the Europe Hotel, Singapore, is to be closed at the end of next month, the creditors of the company having decided to wind up the business. During the last few days there have been rumours that the site
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    THE CAPITOL.
    235 12 Hugh Wakefield in "Life Goes On." Life Goes On," now being shown at the Capitol, is another Paramount British production, and as usual the acting is of first-rate quality. Hugh Wakefield, who stood out definitely in previous pictures, is starred in a part which suits him well, that
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    JUMP FROM TRAIN.
    123 12 Attempted Suicide Costs Chinese $50. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 21. For attempting to commit suicide by jumping out of the n'ght mail to Penang Foo Ah Long, a young Chinese, was convicted and fined $50 her e today. The accused SHllsiliml fat Ipoh with a
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    SIKH MURDERED.
    73 12 Hit on Head With Heavy Stick. A Sikh, Hekan Singh, was charged before Mr. A. C. Boyu, ihe Third Police Magistrate, with, the murder of a retired Sikh sergeant-major of the Singapore Harbour Uoa.d, nanuM Keban bmgn. It is alleged that Htkan Singh picked u» a heavy stick
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    CASE SETTLED.
    69 12 Bank's Claim Admitted By Chinese Firm. The case between tho National Commercial and Savings Bank (Singapore) (plaintiffs) and Chop Kwong Kook Seng (defendants), which was to have been heard in ihe Supreme Court before Mi 1 Justice Whitley this morning was settled at the outset when the defendants
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    SELANGOR COAST CLUB.
    92 12 The 25th annual meeting of the Selangor Coast Club, Klang, took place or. Tuesday with Dr. M. A. (iahriel in the chair. The following were e'ected officebearers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. S. M. Martin; hon. secretary, Mr. Cheong Boon Pin; hon. auditors, Mr. P. Philip
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    POPPY DAY.
    44 12 Mrs. Oldfield has again undertaken the organisation of Poppy Day in Singapore. Anyone who is willing to help, either by selling poppies, or in any other capacity, I* asked to communicate with Mrs. Holmee Smith, the hon. secretary, 2, Cluny Park, Singapore.
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    EMPLOYING LOCAL SEAMEN.
    987 12 EMPLOYING LOCAL SEAMEN. Colirt Revelations. CONTRACTOR'S $2.50 FOR EACH MAN. A remarkable state of affairs with regard to the method of employing seamen in Singapore was revealed this morning when a witness in the case in which seven Chinese are charged with voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement and affray, was
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    GANGSTERS TRAPPED IN CUBICLE.
    355 12 Four Armed Chinese Sent To Gaol. Four Chinese were each sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment and recommended for banishment by Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, yesterday, when he found them guilty of th" possession of arms ivltd ammunition. Early in the morning of
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    WOMAN KILLED.
    237 12 Quartermaster Charged With Murder. The trial concerning the death of a Malay woman in the compound of a house in Lorong C, off St. George's Road, began yesterday in the Assize Court before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell when a Malay seamen, a quartermaster named Mohamed Nasir bin
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    167 12 Victor McLaglen in Fox Thriller. "While Paris Sleeps," a Fox thriller featuring Victor McLaglen and Helen Mack, opend at the Alhambra last night. It is an exciting story of Paris night life in those districts where thieves and rogues abound. The story concerns an ex-soldier, Jacques Costaud, who
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    "A PARASITE."
    84 12 Chinese Given Cat For Extortion. Describing a Chinese as an "undesirable parasite," Mr. C Boyd, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday srnUnced the man to 12 strokes of the cat, three months' rigorous imprisonment and recommended him for barishment for extorting 50 cents from p. hawker. The accused, with
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    PUBLIC HOUSE AT THE NEW PIER.
    937 12 Application Refused. "OTHER THINGS TO BE DECIDED FIRST." "There are a lot of things which will have to be considered about that pier first," said Mr. C. Wilson, presiding at a meeting of the Hoard of Licensing Justices in the Kirst Magistrate's Court yesterda).
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    Malayan Rugby—Up-Country Prospects For The Season. OPTIMISTIC SPIRIT PREVAILS.
    1816 13 Malayan Rugby Up-Country Prospects For The Season. OPTIMISTIC SPIRIT PREVAILS. F.M.S. Teams. LACK OF CENTRES AND HALVES. (By Our Rugby Correspondent.) Akliough the majority of the up-coun-try teams will be hard put to it to replace the numU'r of good players who have left the country, there seems to be
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    247 13 Entries for Two-Day Meeting Next Month. The following are the entries for the Selangor Turf Club autumn meeting which will be held on Oct. 1 and 8 Horses, Class II (two runs) Erato, Marmon, Laneham. Merry Monarch, Sterling Hope, Le Souverain, Lady RoYherwood, The Warrior. Etalon, Go Easy
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    42 13 Dates of S.G.C. Autumn Cup Competition The Singapore Golf Club Autumn Cup competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, and members who return the sixteen best scores will qualify to play for the Vade Cup.
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    S.C.C. RUGBY.
    52 13 There will be short practice Rugby games at the S.C.C. on Saturday. Men bers who intend to play are asked to write their names on the list on the notice board, turn up at 4.45 p.m. sharp and bring coloured and white jerseys. Newcomers are especially asked to
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    CHINESE FOOTBALL.
    238 13 Inter-District League Concluding. The Chinese int-iv-district football league competition is coming to a close and below is the league table showing the position of the various districts. Of the 16 districts competing in the league, the following have withdrawn Stamford XI, Bukit Timah, Nelson Rd. XI, Market St.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    30 13 Chester Beat Walsall By Only Goal. London, Sept. 21. In a Third Division (Northern) match played today, Chester beat Walsall by the only goal of the match. Retfier.
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    LOCAL FOOTBALL.
    98 13 The following will represent Raffles Institution in a friendly soccer match against the King George V School, Seremban, on Saturday on the Raffles Institution ■-'round, at 4.45 p.m. Loh Jwee Yeow Choo Seng Quee and Musbah Kee Yew I«ng. S. M. Ally and Mohd. Said (capt.) Yap Beng
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    AMMON RA.
    237 13 Phar Lap's Successor To Race in U.S. San Francisco, Sept. 10. Ammon Ra, the greatest horse in Australia with the passing of Phar Lap, will race exclusively at Tanforan next spring, according to arrangements completed recently between John W. Marchbank and A. J. Richardson, representing the owner, Charles
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    BADMINTON.
    180 13 Singapore Championship Tournament. Results of the ties ployed last weekend in the Singapore Badminton championship were as follows Shanghai Badminton Party beat Sect Kirn Cheng Badminton Party, s—o.5 0. I'nited Chinese Amateurs beat Juvenile Badminton Party, 4—l.4 1. Saturday's Ties (2.30 p.m.) Inter-Club Championship. Roseray Badminton Party vs. Amateur
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    TOPICS OF ENGLISH TURF.
    3006 13 The Cesarewitch. GALLANT OLD BROWN JACK. (From Our Own Correspondent). Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Sept. While, for the moment, everyone's attention is concentrated on the St. Leger, which is to be run at Doncastor tomorrow afternoon, we shall soon be making an earnest study of
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    How Troubles May Be Traced.
    929 14 Hi nfs For Drivers. POPULAR IDEA EXPLAINED: ACTING ACCORDING TO ROUTINE. A MON'G the lay public it used to be thought that to rectify every motorcar trouble it was n<c<ssary to lie at full l.i!. 111 uihlui naath the vehicle; and experience in motoring was
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    TRAFFIC ROBOT ANOMALY.
    441 14 Are Street Signals Illegal IS a motorist who drives on when the red light of a traffic robot signals him to stop breaking the law of Urn land ns well as the law of "safety first According to the Huddernfield stipendiary, Mr. Waldo R. Briggs, it depends
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    MOTOR OFFENCES.
    136 14 Careless Driving Aiul Excessive Noise. THK Automobile Association, has pui-li.-luci un BMlyab, on a perc-ema basis, of the figures contained in th» Home Office Return of Motoring Offences (England and Wales) for 1931. This analysis shows that of the 339.144 cases reported, 19.014 per cent, (or nearly one-fifth
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    ULSTER "T.T."—AND AFTER.
    369 14 ULSTER "T.T."— AND AFTER. Handicap Formula. FRENCH BID FOR RECORDS. FRAN'CK is to undertake an intensive programme of motor-car racing in 1!»33 with the object of wresting speed laurels from Great Britian and Italy. It is stated that two of the most famous French manufactures, supported by the French Government,
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    TRIUMPH CARS.
    332 14 Four Models Only For 1933. T»HKRE w, re cheers in the Drill Hall of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Coventry when Mr. S. Bettmann, chairman of the Triumph Motor Company, announced to GOO motor dealers assembled there for the annual luncheon The Triumph cars for 1933 are four
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    81 14 ULSTER T. T. CRASH -Major A. T. Si Gardner, one of the team of M. G. Mirlm-ts, crashed on the top of Glen Hill at a dangerous left hand bend while driving in the Ulster Tourist Trophy car race. The car wan damaged and Major Gardner thrown out with great
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    283 15 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, Sept. 21. Today's baseball results were Bill Terry hit a homer for the Giants. Ten innings were played. Dean pitched for the Cardinals and held the Reds to five hits. The Senators grabbed both games of the double header
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    SUSSEX "PRO."
    210 15 Engaged to Coach Bengal Cricketers. Calcutta's cricket .season is in the offing and that Bengal is determined to rtmove the reproach that Bengal cricket h of a lower standard than, for instance, that of Bombay or Lahore. Not that any inferiority is admitted, but Bengal intends to get
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
    79 15 The cijfhth round of tile Singapore Qmm Club championship was played on Friday last with the following: result* Chin Km? beat E. E. Colman M. Masrhioeff beat R. Jumabhoy Tan Luang Kia beat F. C. Peck. Positions now are as follows Colman Maschiocff Wilmot Yogel Tan Luang
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    SWIMMING.
    47 15 The results of the half-mile race for the Mayhew Cup at the Chinese Swimming Club were: 1. Chia Kirn Bee (Time 11 mm. 20 1-5 sec.), 2. Tan Hong Seng, 3. Tan Wee Chwee. Considering the adverse weather conditions, the winner's time is indeed very creditable.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    242 15 Today. September 22. Football: M.F.A. Leairue (Div. Hi: Darul Khair C. vs. Kampong Liong. Friday, September 23. Hockey: S.C.C. trial; S.R.C. 2nd vs. LA. 2nd.. S.R.C. grd. A.P.C. vs. Singapore Khalsu Assn.. Paya Lebar V.M.C.A. I'oisibles vs. V.M.C.A. Probables, V.M.C.A, ground. Football: Malay InterschooU final. Jalan Besar, 4.45
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    CANTON'S HIGHER CABLE RATES.
    393 15 Nanking's Instructions j Ignored. Hong Kong, Sept. 11. Friction between the National Government at Nanking and the Canton Government is indicated, as the result of the action of the latter administration in increasing by :i() per cent, the tel"graphic and radio charges on all out- ward
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    Chinese Topics In Malaya.
    2148 16 The Po Leung Kuk Not By Any Menus A Prison The (ntoil Work The Institution Performs Many Young Girls Saved From Cruel Treutment Or From An Immoral Life The Useful Training They Receive How The Inmates Are Later Found Employment Or Husbands. (By Our Own Correspondent)
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    UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
    370 16 Strong Demands For Recognition. New York. Sept. 1. The Scripps-Howard newspapers are continuing their campaign for diplomatic recognition of tho Soviet Union by the United States Government. Commenting editorially on the programme of Soviet purchases r.broad during the second Five Year Plan, the papers point out
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    ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
    138 16 Lone Colonists Brought Back to Civilisation. Leningrad, Sept. 1. A radio message received here from Professor Schmidt, kader of the Arctic expedition aboard the Soviet icebreaker Sihiriakov," reports that the vessel has reached Northern Land and taken aboard four colonists, including the well-known geographer M. Ushakov, who are
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    SILVER EXCHANGE.
    55 16 What Will Happen If Tacl Is Abolished London, Sept. 19. The Financial Times states that the Far batata Banks in London declare that the rumours of the abolition of th<' Chinese tael should be carefully sifted, as such a measure would be likely to have a disastrous effect
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER IN RUSSIA.
    432 16 Success Claimed. PRODUCTION FROM ALCOHOL. Moscow, Sept. 5. The synthetic rubber plant recently put into operation in' Yaroslavl is now producing about three tons of rubber per day. The workers are quickly learning to handle the machines and material. The plant is working at somewhat moi'e
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    NEW PARTY.
    173 16 "With Hindenburg For Germany." Berlin, Sept. 18. Hoardings are placarded with an &ppeal for the new party whose motto is the concluding sentence of Chancellor von Papen's recent broadcast speech With Hindenburg for Germany." The party calls itself the Praesidial partie," which is difficult to translate into English,
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    READY FOR PEACE.
    98 16 Bolivia's Message To Neutral States. Euenos Aires, Sept. 19. Fighting in the Grand Chaco district continues to centre mainly around the Torts of Arce and Bouqueron. The Bolivian garrison of the latter is said to be very hard pressed. Fort Arce, on the other hand, appears up
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    SHANTUNG WARLORDS
    180 17 Are They Playing Japan's Game London, Sept. 21. If Urn Shant'rv warlords are not definitely playn Japanesa game they could not ha I Tokio with a better oppovt inily, comments the Manchester <;.,., i ri which olisoives tluu rapine ainl i uar are the normal rule iir China
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    IN SHANTUNG.
    439 17 Reports Confusing And Contradictory. Shanghai. Sept. 22. The news to hand from Shantung ProUTclay is both confusing and contradictory. The last report received states there is every likelihood of a truce being arranged between General Han Fu-chu and General Liv Chen-nien, one of the conditions of which will
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    JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
    81 17 Will Moscow Recognise Manchukuo Shanghai, Sept. 22. Reports from Changchun state that the Japanese authorities there declare the Soviet Government intends to recognise Manchukuo on November 7. In Nanking diplomatic circles, however, this is regarded as pure propaganda on ihe part of the Japanese. According to the
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    CANTON & NANKING.
    220 17 CANTON NANKING. Southerners Anxious To Co-operate Shanghai, Sept. 22. Reports from South China suggest that the military leaders in Kwangtung are s-eiiously endeavouring to patch up their I quarrel with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. It is said that Lam Yik-c-hung <?i has Rone to Hankow from Cnnton to negotiate tentative terms
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    LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.
    68 17 Nanking Opposes Any Postponement. Shanghai, Sept. 22. The Nanking Government has formally announced that it is opposing Japan's demand that the League Assembly meetings should be postponed for about six weeks in order that the Tokio Government may prepare a statement on the Lytton Commission's report so that
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    CUSTOMS BLOCKADE.
    114 17 Nanking to Inaugurate It As From Sunday. Shanghai, Sept. 22. A spokesman of the Japanese Government states that since Japan has recognised Manchukuo, Tokio now regards the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1907 with reference to Kwantung as invalid. Dairen, and the territory on the Kwantung Peninsula leaved to Japan,
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    FUKIEN "REDS."
    184 17 Steps to be Taken To Crush Them. Shanghai, Sept. 22. General Chang: Kwan.i-ngai (who has accepted the responsibility for organising the arrangements for the suppression of the Communists and bandits in Fukien Province) and General Sun Hsi-wen have arrived in Foochow, the seaport of North Fukien, where all
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      RUBBER FORESTRY.
      302 17 Mr. Henderson and The I.S.P. Conference. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Owing to the wholesale price of fruit this season having fallen to just one third of what it was in 1931, I have not been able to afford a return ticket to Port Dickson,
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      GOLD IN PAHANG.
      156 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The letter signed "Disillusioned Prospector" in your issue of Sept. 12 gives people the impression that gold prospectors are being discouraged by Government. This is not the case as applications for prospecting permits and prospecting licenses are being granted
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      DOG SHOOTING.
      121 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Singapore had better look to its laurels. The dog shooters in Muar are fast workers. As soon as a dog is shot, a burial place is found for it on the spot." There is a grave, of at least one
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      "HOUNDING DOWN THE UNFORTUNATES."
      33 17 "HOUNDING DOWN THE UNFORTUNATES." To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Well done Mr. Editor! Please v/rite some more about this to make the bhort-sighted understand. Yours, etc., DISCIPLE. Singapore, Sept. 21.
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    "A DIABOLICAL TRAPS"
    202 17 Pins Hidden in Peas For Pigeons. Henry Willetts, aged 73, of Pearson Street, Oldhill, Birmingham, was at Birmingham recently fined £5 and ordered to pay six guineas costs for what the magistrate described as diabolical cruelty." Willetts stuck pins in peas and placed them on an allotment
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    FISHERMAN'S FIND.
    101 17 Hong Kong, Sept. 10. The mystery concerning a small teakwood box seven inches square, which was found by Chinese fishermen on Thursday floating off Tarn Kon Shan, some 20 miles from Aberdeen Village, and brought to Hong Kong, has been solved. When opened at the Aberdeen police station,
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    FALLEN ANGEL OR RISEN APE?
    536 18 Conflict on Man's Origin. York, Sept. 4. Scientists, educationists, and men of letters, who are here for the meetings of the British Association, attended with the Lard Mayor and Sheriff a special service in York Minster this morning. They listened with interest to a sermon
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    HEART RESTARTED.
    382 18 Girl's Life Prolonged By Surgery. London. Sept. 4. Hi.w nrgieaJ brought hack to lire a girl whose heart stopped beating for an hour and a half v. as revealed in evidence given at an InajuwM at Deptferd on Deris Margaret Head. im, of Walner Road, PI instead, S.E.
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    SPLIT AMONG SATAN WORSHIPPERS.
    326 18 Three Rivals Want Sacred Peacock Throne. A brisk battle for the leadership of the Devil-Worshippers of Northern Irak has begun. No fewer than three rivals are manoeuvring for the headship of the strange sect who think it wise to be on good terms with the being
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    LURE OF "PERFECT BLONDE."
    603 18 Corn Doctor's Fate In Desolate Bungalow. Scenes reminiscent of a blood:urdlinj; (liand (iuignol play are alleged to have been enacted in a murder drama, no» j heinj.' investigated by the New York and Long Island police, in which the chief figures are Mi-. Mitzi Novak Downs,
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    SEAS CLEARED OF MINES.
    586 18 No More Rewards To Finders. The Admiralty, in a circular letter issued to shipping associations and shipowners of the British Mercantile Marine, announce their decision to pay no mc-e rewards for the destruction of mines at sea. For the recovery of valuable dummy mines, however, the
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED
    244 18 List of Donations During August. The European Unemployment Committee acknowledges the following subscriptions received during August Government Contribution $20,161.38, (lulis 2,777.19, Ex-Service Association of Malaya 1.108.66, Mrs. C. M. Berkeley 10 Mr. B. O. Bush 5, Dr. W. J. Dixon 5, Kotary Club, Ipoh 31.79. Dr. E. M.
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    LEAGUE OF NATIONS ADMINISTRATION.
    183 18 M. Avenol As the New Secretary-General. Geneva, Sept. 17. According to informed quarters France and Great Britain have agreed upon the appointment of the acting SecretaryGeneral, M. Avenol, as successor to Sir Eric Drummond, whose resignation of his position as Secretary-General of the League of Nations
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    NEGRO FILM.
    116 18 Soviet Denies Suspension On Political Grounds. Moscow. Sept. 10. The Soviet film organisation, "Mezhiabpomh'lm" der.Ks that motives of a politi- 1 cal character played any part in the de-, cision to suspend work for ore year on the film "Black and White," depicting Negro' life in America, in
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    MOCK BATTLE.
    152 18 Stove Pipes As Heavy Artillery. Berlin, Sept. 20. With stove pipes as substitutes for heavy artillery and cardboard envelope 1 cars posing as tanks, the German army's autumn manoeuvres in the Frankfort-on-the Oder district are approaching the climax in the presence of President von HindenbJ-rg, the Minister of
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    MESSAGE IN BOTTLE.
    121 18 Three Years Taken in Sea Journey. Leningrad, Sept. 9. The operator in charge of the radio .-tation at Cape Desire recovered from the sea a weil-eealad l>ottle containing a letter addressed to the Arctic Institute in Leningrad. It was sent on its sea journey by the icebreaker
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    "L.G." & GERMANY'S PARITY CLAIM.
    231 18 "L.G." GERMANY'S PARITY CLAIM. "Powers Have ShamelesslyBroken Faith." Berlin, Sept. It. The Boursen Courier, which last Su:ifiay published an article from Signor Mussolini hacking Germany's claim to parity in armaments, this week publishes a remarkable article over the signature of Mr. Lloyd George. It reveals the fact that the late
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    A SULTAN'S DAGGER.
    41 18 Dame Ethel Bedford, widow of Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, Governor o* Western Australia from 1 to 19M, gives to a son in her will a •-old-mounted dagger p-iven to her husband by the Sultan of Zanzibar.
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    CHORISTER 72 YEARS.
    27 18 Mr. T. B. Field, of Ticeh' rst, Sussev, who is 84, has been a chorister for 7years and still sings in the local choir.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    4626 19 U. S. Consumers Scared By Tin Scheme's Success. STIFFKEY'S RECTOR STARVES IN A BARREL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Sept. C. On the surface of things, this has been a quiet week. The excitement caused by the outline report on the achievements of
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    HONOUR FOR JOURNALIST
    45 19 Postiimous Award to M. Albert Ijondrea. M. Albert Londres, the famous French journalist, who lost his life when the liner Georges Philippar was destroyed by fire, has been posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour, on the proposal of the Minister of War.
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    F.M.S. Volunteers' Field Manoeuvres.
    203 20 FIELD FIRING SCHEME Field firinß manoeuvres were successful carried out by the F.M.S. Light Battery and the Machine Gun Company of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force at Tronoh on Sunday morning. Great Imcmmm »as shown by all ranks and valuable lessons were learned. The scheme approached as
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