The Straits Times, 18 October 1932

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  • 26 1 The Straits Times tO PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 10 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1932 PRI£E 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 458 1 SINGAPORE: rB. CECIL ST. ('PHONC 6161), C3mM_____l i US Traight 9.15 MERRILY WE I GO TO HELL with FRKDRir MARCH and SYLVIA SIDNEY. PhoM 5261-2. NEW SEASON'S FRUITS THE PICK OF THE ENGLISH ORCHARDS New Season's Fruits, freshly plucked in The first shipment comprises Strawberries English Orchards, have just arrived.
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    • 135 1 KUALA LUMKWK: 20. JAVA ST. (PHONC o(i33jj Every toilet need is included in the "T 1 World Famous £_C_ ____3_l 9_fe^_«4_K_i ffl Genuine HH Eau de "4711" PORTUGAL HAIR WASH I)E An Ide.l H.ir Tonic. _fVk I*\ SV+% A -"v-ncnt cologne n— sn g£P~-—^?^S£^ "ITU" NENITA RKILLANTING scented with Ncnita
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    • 17 1 6.15 Tonight 9.15 MERRILY WE GO TO HELL with WMIC MARCH «ml SYLVIA SIDNKI I Phone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 494 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in Englsnd.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. rTW^STTLAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. 00. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Doe Spore. 1982. X BHUTAN «,000 Oct. 2J COMORIN 16.280
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    • 599 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1 1 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Midllenborongh. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. 5 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Oct. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU IC.SM Not. 2 S t TERUKUNI MARU 12.000 Nor. U s 8 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Nov. 80 Dee. 1 HARUNA MARU
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    • 578 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONIMHf. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. ms. FIONIA Nov. 2 Nov. 4 m.s. ERRIA Nov. 28 Not. 2B m.s. ALSIA Dee. 14 Dee. 18 m.s. LALANDIA Jan. 4 Jan. m.s. MEONIA Jan.
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    • 1108 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Shin Co., Ltd., anH CM. s. (1952). LTD. Mutusl Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO LIT}. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. LT* THE Al STRAIN ORIENTAL LINE, Ltd.
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  • Shipping News.
    • 518 3 Many Laid-Up Vessels Must Be Scrapped. The heavy fall in shipping values is illustrated clearly in a chart, published by Kair,ilay, which indicates the market prices ruling during the last 33 years foi ;i new single-deck cargo steamer of very plain type, with a carrying
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    • 436 3 Another P. and O. Steamer Goes to Japan. The shipping graveyard in Japan has claimed yet another victim from the old I. and 6. nV,'t. Troop transport during the Great War, chased by submarines, and shelled on one occasion, a lietu-r fate seemed reserved for the steamer Naifoya,
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    • 638 3 Chantiers de Bretagne's Success. The Ateliers et Chantitrs de Bretagne, Nantes, who have acquired a worldwide reputation for building warships .md the construction of high efficiency ■repelling machinery, have added a urther success to the already long list nf their remarkable achievements. The new flotilla leader Cassard,
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    • 49 3 Yesterday's max. temp. 87" F. Last nignt's mm. temp. 77° F. Yesterday's rainfall 0.02 in. sunshine 2.5 hours 1 p.m. relative hum. 85 per cent. 1 p.m. wind S. E. 5 m.p.h. 1 p.m. weather overcast C. D. STEWART. Superintendent Meteorological Office, Singapore, Oct. 18, 1!)32.
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    • 187 3 ANGBY, Sur., 417 tons, from Slhu 17-10. for Sihu and Ports 22-10. RKNRKOCH. Brit., 3,702 tons; from London IK id. for Manila. Hons; Konfr 19-10. BORIBAT, Siam, 353 tons, from Bangkok 17-10, for Bacho via Coast 19-10. IREMER, Out., 2,784 tons, from B. Deli 17-10. for Hong Kong.
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    • 111 3 Tuesday. October 18. Ship* al<>»f>idr the Wharves or expected to arrive. Rntraave Godown Gate. Mi^t Whiirf Kola 22 or 20 1 Mum Wharf Eapcn 18 I Kedah U I Tilawa 10 I Lycaon 7 Empire Dock Ajax 112 Tango Maru 37 3 Benreoch 40 4 K'<«t Wharf
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    • 124 3 U.S. Lines' Traffic Increase. "Shipping is a barometer for business sonditions," Mr. R. S. Dollar, president of the Dollar Stefemship Lines and >f the United States Lines, to a Press representative in London. ''The increase n freight and passengers shown by our lines is a %ure
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 56 3 STATE SHIPPING SERVICE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. T.S.M.V. "KANGAROO" having accommodation for saloon passengers, is expected to sail from SINGAPORE OCT. 25. PORT SWETTENHAM OCT. 26. PENANG OCT. 27. for FREMANTLE.W.A. Single Fare Aust. £19.0.0. Return Fare Aust. £30.0.0. For further particulars apply:— McALISTER CO., LTD., Singapore and Pening. PLANTERS STORES
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    • 443 3 DOUR CTEAMSin? LINI AMERICAN MAIL LINB The CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER 1933 Should be included in your itinerary when you go home next year via America. FROM HONG KONG TO EUROPE ▼ia America and/or Canada £102 Ist Class Pacific Ist Class Rail Cabin Class Atlantic. Lower fares on application.
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    • 490 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (iMtcporated In BniUnd.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight S«rrlc« to I UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. TU Ports and Sun CaaaL OUTWARDS. TO BONG KONG. SHVNGHAI JAPAN. Steamer Due S'por*. B.«. CITY OK SINCAPORE Ort. II s.s. CITY OF KANCiOON Due. HOMEWARDS. ».s. CITY OF KOBE for Havre,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 469 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised. In thtp.i- column* Rend copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. WANTED, European irovernes*, f or boy ol fix. Apply 819, Straits Times. WANTED, experienced eaanraaaer imr and women). Bit, Btraiti Turns. EUROPEAN to undertake duties v' nurse to little (fill, aired
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    • 692 4 MOTOR VEHICLES BARGAIN. New Whippet Six Sedan $950.00. CYCLE CARRIAGE Co. (1926), LIMITED. BOARD-RESIDENCE Vacancy. P.G. Mod. »»n. 99, Pa»ir Panjang. Lloyd Hoik," 2, Lloyd Rd. Pre-War rates. GROSVENOR Hotel. Service rooms furnished, modern sanitation, from $50 monthly*.' EAST ANGLIA. 6, OXLEY RISE. Phone 4390. Central, Convenient, Homely, Tennis, Garages,
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    • 557 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, offices No. 13, Collyer Quay. Apply Sime, Darby 4 Co., Ltd. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery R^J, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Road, 3,700 s<j. feet, first class property. United Engineers. OFFICES to let on 2nd 4 4th Floors, Ocean Building.
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    • 466 4 FOR SALE FOR SALE "Trfumphator" Calculator, condition as new. Accept $160 for quick sale. Apply 624, Straitß Times. FOR SALE, 16 foot sailing boat, new mainsail and outboard motor engine, all in good condition. Can be seen at Changi any time, 'rice $250. 614. Straits Times. WONDER-MIST. Cleanser and Polisher.
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    • 520 4 PUBUC NOTICES GOVERNMENT Of JOHORE. "The Bxctoe Enactment, MM." IESSION OF LICENSING BOAR*). The next Session of the Licensing Board or the District of Klhang will be held at he Assistant Adviser's Office, Kluang, on )ecember 11, 1932. All applications for the issue, renewal or ransfer of Licences mast be
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    • 406 4 BUSINESS CARD&i_ YICK WAH HING Ml, North Bridge R«i. nr. Theatre Royal. Consnlt us and enjoy economical charges for Repair* of Clocks, Watchea and Gramophones, etc. Satisfaction and workmanship guaranteed. Alto in stock lateat H.M.V. Malay Records and Powerfal Electro Loudspeaker Sonndhoz. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mra. HARU and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 70 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Ootilde without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly "3.00 4.00 2.60 Quarterly f 8.50 f 12.00 7.5, Half Yearly $17.00 (24.00 $16.00 Yearly $34.00 $48.00 $30.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The chancre and instructions for CLASSInEH ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom of this page. Contract rates may
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 300 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL ROOMS WITH MODERN SANITATION Sgy ft HOT COLD RUNNING WATER.' S^S(P -O^-,* <> LUNCH aTrAFFLES y\ LIGHT POPULAR j/*$> < \&"*oyr MUSIC S^V\Cy S WILL BE PLAYED V^^Sk* FROM 12.3« TO 2 PJH. v^A^O.^^^ SATURDAY X < &\y > '■$> XJP SPECIAi. &X& X DINWR DANCE 9.30
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    • 155 5 RAFFLES HOTEL Excellent Rooms AT Special Rates FOR Monthly Residents GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL SCOTTS ROAD. SINGAPORE'S TREMIER RESIDENTIAL HOTEL. HEIJSEPSPShI f&n^kW^4iH^Bni La^LHH Delightfully Situated. Modern Sanitation. Prices to Suit all. Phone 6490. Special Slump Tariff. THE ORIENTAL HOTEL REOPENED UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT TARIFF TO MEET SLUMP CONDITIONS TEL. 7986. H.
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    • 685 5 AUCTION NOTICES. Ordinance No. 44 (Bankruptcy) tN THE SUPfiJSMK (X)i:KT OR THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. RB CflOP TBCK WHYE Bankruptcy No. 385 of 1932. XX TAY Hl'l FHOIrQ B»i*ruj>< (C y No. 5*6 m>. AUCTION SALE of all the furniture and shop-fittings of a Guldomith Shop. To be
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    • 351 5 PASKOE BROWN AND CO. Furniturr Manufacturer* and General Woodworker*. Phone 5660 NOTICE OF REMOVAL As from October 25, 1932, our Joinery Workshops and Offices will be removed to our new Factory, at BROADRICK ROAD off GROVE ROAD, TANJONG KATONG. Being fully equipped with most up-to-date machinery, we are in a
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
    • 1859 6 Lytton Report And Chinese Opinion What Will Happen Next Annoyance Displayed By Tokio And Osaka Newspapers The Puzzling Political Situation In China M Young Marshal Said To Be Seriously III Dr. Sun Fo In The Role Of Critic Of The Nanking Government The Chapei Fire Insurance Claims
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    • 752 6 Troops Deserting. GENERALS OUT OF HAND. Peking, Sept. 28. The little war in Shantung, now more or less over, would appear to be another sign of the general disintegration that is taking place all over China at the present time (says the Peking representative of
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    • 74 6 ALL QUIET." Film May Be Banned In Nanking. Nanking, Oct. 2. Local Kuomintang bodies have submitted a petition that the film of Remarque's story of the War "All Quiet on the Western Front" be banned, on the ground that it is unwise to show an anti-war film when the nation
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    • 409 6 Attempt to Make China The Turkey of East. Tokio, Oct. 5. A futile but mischievous desire to turn Manchuria into a second Balkans and to make China the Turkey of the Far East dominates the Lytton Report," declared General Araki, the Japanese Minister of War,
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    • 228 6 "Striving For Hegemony Of the Pacific." Berlin, Oct. 5. Advance reports received here regard•ng Japan's counter-proposals to the Lytton Report have evoked in the Ge--raan Press a good deal of pungent criticism of Japanese policy. Under the heading Japan against the whole world the Catholic trade-unions journal, Der
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    • 137 6 Employees Embark Upon A "Go-Slow" Strike. Canton, Oct. 8Absolutely refusing any modification of their agreement with their employers, the drivers and conductors of the public service buses this morning started a "go siow" strike. Twenty per cent- of the surplus over $75, when the daily takings exceeded that
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    • 407 6 JAPAN'S SUBMARINE FLOTILLA. Claim That It Is Finest In The World. Mr. H. C. Bywater, the naval critic, writing in the Daily Telegraph says: That the Japanese submarine notilla is now the most powerful and most efficient in the world is the claim of Mr. Seitoku Ita, who is Japan's
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    • 193 6 How South China Is Preparing For the Struggle. Canton, Sept. 1. Speeding up its project for ciastal defence, the South-West National DefenceConstruction Committee held a conference this morning to discuss a plan for erecting new fortresses at strategic points. It is understood the meeting made <> thorough study
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    • 1206 6 FORGED ORDER FOR $58,275. Foreigner Acquitted. EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN CANTON. Canton, Oct. "The prosecution did not piove guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant With this closing sentence, Consul R. A. Hall, sitting as, Magistrate, brought to a close the preliminary examination of defendant R. A. Noronha. which has
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 88 7 A LHAMBRA TONIGHT W^^JL INTO BONDAGE Rut Hnlu f\cgis i oomcy Dtrttttd by Jt Is-^VjnßPjK^^ Nicholas Grind* |P |^IkRW A Columbia Picture 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 JAMES DUNN and SALLY EILERS in DANCE TEAM FOX PICTURE. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 PLUNDER A HILARIOUS PIECE OF FARCE MAKING BY THE POPULAR PAIR OF
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    • 97 7 Knv #CS| L J f as^BBMtfBW BBk v^ MERRILY WE GO TO HELL!" Paramount 's Outstanding Triumph with FREDRIC MARCH, SYLVIA SYDNEY and the Beautiful English Star ADRIANNE ALLEN OPENS TONIGHT AT THE CAPITOL, •TJ 7 r Mere is perfection in story, in acting, in j^ (direction, In stars and
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    • 246 7 i 9 \T.J\W A \AfSk I ba s^» 1 tj^^P t^^ j RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903.J The Snappy French picture that took Paris by storm-now in English dialogue fftr YO,W delight! /^SV.ir jJl\ TWO GREAT > v w^Ll stars w a PICTURE > ERNEST BRU ihS '3gffi2SSr THAT WILL 4tOlPUt M[NJOU
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  • 235 8 AROUND THE MARKETS. London Rubber Stocks Down 1,152 Tons. LOCAL TIN PRICE WEAKER. (By Oar Financial Correapondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. Today's Prices Rubber, 6 15 16 cents per Ib. Tin, Singapore price $77.75 per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber. London. 1%4. down 1 16 d. New York, 3 5 16 cts., unchanged.
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  • 194 8 Singapore, Oct. 18. Gambler 6.26 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 11.00 Copra 5.75 mixed 5.20 Sago flour, Sarawak 2.20 White Pepper 25.00 Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl Sago 4.26 small 5.00 medium 6.00 Ri< c Siam $146 to 18") Saigon $140 to 151 Rangoon $136 to 140 No. 1 125 catties
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 405 8 m. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang a £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 5/- 5/- Hong
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      • 276 8 ITal- Pd. Bujen. IHM Seller*. I Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.00 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.17.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.75 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 61.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefa. 20/6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15
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      • 139 8 HBfSfOft CoM Btong* T deb. of 1926 red. 1981-86 101 108 d. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c of 1901 red. 1940 f 400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c of 1909 red. 1955 If 1,000,000 103 104 nom. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000
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      • 199 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-daj Priec rrtmm Lyall ft E vafl AOp. K. Sidim ($1) Kundong ($1) Lunas ($1) M. Pindas ($1) M. Tekong ($1) Mentakab (.20) New Scudai ($2) New Serendoh ($2) Nyalas ($1) Pajam ($1) Parit P. ($2) Perak River (fl) Punggor
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    • 196 8 Singapore, Oct. 18. SELLING. 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 1,010 Hamburg, demand 165 New York, demand 39% Batavia
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    • 73 8 Noon, Oct. 18. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot .6 15/16 7 1/16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Buyers. Sellers. Oct. ..7 1/16 7 3/16 Nov. 7V6 7Vi Dec. ..7 3/16 7 5/16 Jan.-Mar. V/a. 7% Apr.-June 7«/ 2 7% Tone of Market: Dull
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    • 353 8 Suggested Solution to The Problem. (By Air Mail) London, Oct. 4. Writin* in the Financial Times, today, Mr. E. B. Killen says: Many readers have used the columns of the Financial Times to express their views in connection with how the rubter problem can be solved, but I
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  • 210 8 felat Pandjang. Bengkalis. Siak, Pakan Baroe. Fort de Kock Padang (Hong Kwong) 8 P 01 Jclat Panjanr, Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api Api (Esmeralda) r P-as. lam and South West Sumatra (Giang Seng) T*. Sourabaya, Celebes, Moluccai and Timor Dilly (Sibolga) 4 P m Siam (except Lower
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  • 47 8 Bt Christiaan Huygem Ranpura Indrapoera Porthos Karagola Gange Poelau Ruebiah Malwa B'por* Londoa Sept. 2 Sept. 21 Sept. 2 Sept. 24 Sept. 0 Sept. 39 Sept. 7 Oct. 8 Sept. 8 Oct. 1 Sept. 12 Oct. 1 Sept. 15 O«t. 10 Sept. 16 Oct.
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  • 16 8 Communcation with Kola Bahru (Kelantan) via Haadyai is interrupted. Telegrams arc accepted subject to delay.
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  • 19 8 Europe (Lonil<|i mails despatched Sept. 2!t, by Ita.iula d*M Penang 6 a.m. on Thursday, the 20th instant.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 61 8 Sore Throat? I find FORMAMINT ia a very nice friend to have in your pocket, when you arc in trouble with your throat." Mr. T.8.-T. FORMAMINT aerms In mouth and throat, thus curing Sore Throat, and prot-ctinK you aeainsl Infectio H diseases, such as INFLUENZA, DIPHTHERIA, t!, SCARLET FEVER, «tc
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 179 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOH JHE WEEK. Today. October 18. Women's Work Exhibition at Y.W.C.A.. 10> a.m. to noonV and 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Wednesday. October It. Women's Work Exhibition at Y.W.C.A.. 10 a.m. to noon, and -Ut' p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Legislative Council M<*eting. 10.30 «.m. Rotary Tiffin, Mr. Lee Kong
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1132 9 A Further Easing In Discounts. PLENTY OF GOLD AVAILABLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.-) London, Sept. 22. There was even further easing is mor.ey and discounts in London last week. The usual rate for money, both renewals and new loans, was still per cent. But funds were in
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    • 271 9 Capital Reconstruction Foreshadowed. The tweniyJSeeoßd annual general meeting of United Motors, Ltd., was held on S^it. 20, at United Howie, North Read, JsUMrton, N., Mr. H. K. Neweombe <t*ie chairman) presiding. The chairman satd: "Hie -accounts %efrtre -you, and I therefore formal ly tnoVo view, are not encouxagmtc.
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    • 447 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The followmg are the prices, cents per catty whi-re not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on Oct. 14, as furnished by tbe Food and Market Inspector: Meat.— Beef steak (round) *9 per catty) beef stew or curry 2r>. pork, lean 44,
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    • 430 9 New Edition of a Standard Work. There has been w4detpnead giowth of interest in the functions and the activities of central 't)ar*s *ince the War on account of the. vitally Wnportant pare whtfh" monetary policy has prayed in both, ■national tfrid Interrtatmnal deVelopooentK. Even the subject is
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    • 405 9 New Fabrics For Far East. The requirements of buyers from the Far East are occupying the special attention of British textile manufacture's "who, »t the- textiles section of the Brit-it-h Industries Fair which takes place at the White City, London, from Feb. 20 to •Mar. 81, 1983, will
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    • 826 9 I Industry's Need Of Lower Charges. Credit condTtio"ns in Germany reflect the gradual shaking off of the worst effects of the u|>h*aval which OCcwrvtd in the second half of 19'tl. As they improved, the R«M<*h:ibafik, in accordance witli traditional usage, reduced its-'ffis- eotfljt vat*- step by
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    • 129 9 At an extra-ordinary general meeting of the Selangor River Rubber Estates, htld on Sept. 30 at S.»li-bury House, E.C. resolutions were unanimously passed providing for the voluntary winding-up and reconstruction of the company, each £1 share in the new company being credited with 18s. p;dd up. Mr.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 613 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANOEUSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Paid up Capital Glds. 55,000,000 Reserves Glds. 24,190,324 HRAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE; ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES: Batavia Head office for Dutch East Indl.s. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH BAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeng, Cheribon, Gorontulo, Makassar, Medan, Menado,
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    • 469 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (EatobHahed -at Amsterdam 1824.) I PAID t)P' CAPITAL fl 80.030,000 j STATUTORY RESKRVE Fl. 20,016,000 1 HrAD 'OmCK IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTTTRrrAM AND THE HAGUE, IIKAD AOENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjcrmasin Kobe 'Semarang Bombay 'WVltevreden Shanghai
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  • 115 10 Singapore. AI.HAM BRA.— Barbara Stanwyck and Zasu Pfttl in "Shopworn." 6.15—9.15. Phono 6909. CAI'ITOL.- Frederic March and -Jylvia Sidney in Merrily We Go To He4l. v.159.15. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.— Over the Hill with James Dunn nnd Sally Eilers. Pasar Malam. Gate 10 cts. Ladiei Free. MARYBOROUGH. -James Dunn
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  • 340 10 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. OCT. 18, 1932. THE FEDERAL POSITION. On all side? the report of the Federated Malay States Retrenchment Commission has been acclaimed as one of the ablest and most valuable public documents that has oeen proiuced in this country- The report is not to be digested in a hurrybut
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  • 316 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. H. M. Robson, of Kuala Lumpur v.-ho has been indisposed for the past few days, is now much better. A telegram from our Bangkok correspondent states that Mr. James Baxter ihe new Financial Adviser, has arrived. Mr. G. W. Lawes, of the F3I.S. Police, who went
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  • 1468 10 MY ADVENTURES WITH THE PEARL D# ERS. Port Moresby, the capital of Papua, is not a regular centre for the pearlers who work in th island-studded waters round ■'.bout the Torres Straits, but it was there I was giver, the opportunity of going on a pearling trip which proved to
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  • 734 10 THE BARE IDEA. Home newspapers are full nowadays of stories of how Town Councillors and ther worthy people are being shocked >y sun-bathing and nude bathing practised by the younger generation. A young lady taking a midnight dip in a Londor suburban lake has fled through
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 167 10 Biffed X'MAS PRESENTS For Friends at Home BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH OUR LONDON HOUSE WE UNDERTAKE THE DELIVERY OF ANY OF .^|Jfe THE SEASONABLE GIFTS LISTED IN OUR SPECIAL .ZM*kBOOKLET TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM jj^i^R" CIGARS, WHISKY, WIKES, £p r /^> -^®$f PIPES, TOBACCOS, CIGA- /Lffl^^.'^ *?&s&'
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    • 49 10 SALE LAST WEEK OF SALE COLUMBIA Zii RECORDS CTS. 3\l EACH DONT MISS THIS EXCEPTIONAL OEFER. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY LIMITED. (Ol.l.vri! QUAY. Opponite JOHNSTON'S PlER(lneorpoMted in Bong Kong) ■DYNE. -On October 17, 1932. at Cairnholra P:vaic- Hospital. Spore, to Mr. and Mrs. H. R. L. Dyne, a son.
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    • 12 10 Bargains appear daily in the Small Advertisement columns on Page 4. "T"*
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  • 12 11 EFFECT ON WORLD OPINION.
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  • 82 11 'restriction scheme FOR TEA? Control in India, Ceylon And D.E.I. London, Oct. 18. The Financial, Times Amsterdam correspondent says a definite declaration in favour of a tea restriction scheme at present being studied by Great Britain is expected very shortly. He quotes De Telegraaf as being reliably informed that the
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  • 107 11 U.S. ELECTION. Public Opinion Favours Mr. Roosevelt. London, Oct. 17. "Public opinion in the United Stales I seemed to favour the election of Mr. Roosevelt as President," declared Mr. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate, i when interviewed by Reuter's Agency on i his arrival in London. The public, however,
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  • 134 11 Conspiracy to Kidnap Denied. 1 Athens, Oct. 17. I A statement issued to the Press by Mr 1 Samuel Insull alleges that he has receiv- ed a cable stating that the Chicago authorities have hired four Greek detectives in America to come to Greece and remove 1 him
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  • 43 11 American Killed By Bandits. Mukden, Oct. 17. An unnamed American was killed near Mulantien, east of Mukden, when a party of 50 bandits attacked a detachment of 15 Japanese troops who were escorting the American, two Koreans and three Manchurians. Reuter.
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  • 81 11 "Creditors Were Clearly Swindled." Stockholm, Oct. 17. The bankruptcy administrator* have presented their report on the affairs of Hoegbrofers, of which Tersten Kreuger, brother of Ivar Kreuger, was managing director from 1921 to 1930. The report alleges an amazing similarity between the methods of the brothers, Hoegbrofers' balance
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  • 50 11 Mr. Mac Donald Advocates Disarmament. London, Oct. 17. Speaking at a luncheon which was attended by all members of the Cabinet except Mr. Runciman, Mr. Mac Donald said the keynote of British policy was not rearmament but disarmament. They had faced and were facing this problem.— Reuter.
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  • 61 11 Barcelona, Oct. 14. There are 20,000 textile workers on strike as a prot««t against the detention of militant syndicalists against whom there is no official proof. A delegation was received by the Minister of the Interior. Fighting has occurred between police and strikers, and much damage was
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  • 102 11 Army Officer Fined. "FINAL KICK OF CONTEMPT." From Our Own Correspondent. London, Oct. 17. Major Philip Hammond, D.5.0., a retired army officer and churchwarden, of Morston, Norfolk, has been fined £1 tor giving the Rector of St.ffkey a kick of finality and contempt when the
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  • 137 11 Opening of Olympia Motor Show. London, Oct. 13. The 26th Olympia Motor Show opened this morning when a large and enthusiastic crowd wub present promising excellent trading. An official confidently anticipated that all records^ woukibe broken. <^ r The King yesterday purchased a British car and the
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  • 129 11 Big Development in French Army. Paris, Oct. 14. A speech by the War Minister, M. Painleve, at a banquet of officers of the Automobile Corps reveals the enormous strides mad* by the mechanisation of the French army. He declared that the French automobile industry was now capable of producing
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  • 97 11 New Records Made At Brooklands. Brooklands, Oct. 12. A new motor-cycle record was put up today by Len Archer, riding a 250 c.c. New Imperial when he lspped the course at 100.4 miles an hour. This is the first time such a small cngired machine has reached 100
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  • 103 11 ANTICLERICAL." Provisions of New Bill In Spain. Madrid, O«t. 14. An anti-clergy bill has been, introduced in the Cortes by the Government. It provides that the entire property belonging to religious societies he transferred to the State, the societies, however, retaining the right to its usufruct. Religious societies in r
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  • 77 11 Lower Consumption In September. New York, Oct. 14. American consumption of rubber was reduced by 16 per cent, hi September compared with the preceding month, and was caused by the slowing up of motor con«ti uction. Aneta-Havas. Less Rubber f iom Brozil. Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 14.
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  • 176 11 Tammany Challenged. CRISIS OVER CITY BUDGET. New York, Oct. 17. The clash between Tammany and the bankers over the city budget threatens a financial crisis, according to the newspapers. The New York cleurin;r house syndicate, which saw the city though its difficulties in January, has refuse-!
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  • 435 11 Empire's Most Industrious Salesman. London, Oct. 12. After a triumphal visit to Scandinavia, the Prince of Wades and Prince George, fly ray home in the Imperial Airway Liner Hercules,- arrived in Copenhagen from Malmoa at 2.50 p.m. when they exchanged greetings with the Crown Prince ar.d Princess M»d
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  • 114 11 Suicide of Chinese Woman. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, yesterday returned a verdict of suicide: by taking caustic soda, on a Chinese woman who was found lying in the road an the morning of Oct. 2. The husband stated he went to Seletar with a.
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  • 429 11 To Be Doubled Within Next Three Years. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Oct. 17. Mr. R. S. Spicer, director of the Rubber Growers' Association Department of Commercial Research, has issued a report on his recent visit to Russia to investigate the absorption potentialities of that country. In
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  • 64 11 Berlin Story Promptly Denied. BerV Oct. 14. j Nationalist ogents in Berlin published a cable from Washington announcing in that the French Ambassador at Washington had informed Mr. Hoover that France would disarm if the U.S.A. would sign a treaty guaranteeing France's security. This information is completely
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  • 147 11 German Comment on Russian Move. Berlin, Oct. 12. The expulsion of a, score of leading Russian Communists from the party is hailed by orthodox Communists as a milestone in Socialist development. By th' Berlin Press, however, it is regarded as proof of the mounting difficulties of Stalin ir
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  • 35 11 Grave Illness Of Prince Reported. Geneva, Oct. 14. Prince Louis Napoleon is lying gravely ill of double pneumonia in his castle of Prangis on Lake Geneva. He is not expected to recover. Aneta-Havas.
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  • 168 11 Sensational Case Tn Johannesburg. 4 WOMAN ACCUSED. Two Husbands And Son. 4 An extraordinary murder case is now before the Johannesburg courts. A woman who is the wife of a member of the 19C6 Springbok team is charced with poisoning her two former husbands and also her
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  • 283 11 Drawing Energy From Scottish Lochs. Rugby, Oct. 16. Another stage in the Loehaber Wate^j Power scheme has been reached with th« completion this week of the Lagganpressure tunnel three miles long and more than fifteen feet in diameter through which the waters of Loch Laggan and Spean River
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  • 148 11 Death of The Hon. Katherinc Plunkett. London, Oct. 14. The Hon. Catherine Plunket, daughter of the second Baron Plunket, at one time Lord Bishop of Tuan, died today at her hc.ii.--t; in County Louth within a few weeks of celebrating her 112 th birthday. She had been
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  • 77 11 Threaten To Go On Hunger Strike. Helsingfors, Oct. 14. Threats that they will go on hunjfer strik as from today if the Government does not relea.se them have been expressed by the Lappo ieaders, General Wallenius and others. The arrested men were involved in the insurrection of'Manteala and
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  • 1310 12 22-Year-Old Burgher Not insane. and I left Ceylon in April knowing I had no claim on my father hut expecting him to give me a chance. I had never done any wrong or hurt mv father in any way and he left us when I was
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  • 112 12 Alteration In Director's Qualifications. In the annual report of United Engineers, Ltd., to which reference was made yesterday, it is stated that an extraordinary general meeting of the company will be held on Dec. 28, when a resolution will be proposed thet the articles of association be altered
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  • 65 12 The Sailors' Institute la always j»hU to receive parcels of books, magazines and Unwanted mens' clothing, both tropical and European. There is a constant demand from sailors for these articles and the institute relies upon Singapore residents, eapettally those going on leave, to enable the supply to meet
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  • 237 12 DRUGGED, ROBBED AND STRIPPED. Remarkable Story By indkHi Goolie. A remartable storry of a robbery was related before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, yesterday, when two Indians were found guilty and sentenced to thtee imttrthV rigorous imprisonment each. The complainant, a plantation coolie employed at the 13th milestone,
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  • 429 12 The Malayan Kennel Gazette. The literary <m»«ty which the Malayan WJrmel Gasette has achieved .under the direction of Mr. C. Ward-Jackson js •admirably maintained, in the latest quarKfcrly ianM. Not only is the rta«2ine ,f*ll of information of value to dog lovers but it 4s well worth
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  • 192 12 Barbara Stanwyck In Shopworn." Once more the Ailumbfa has put on a programme which well repays seeing, for "Shopworn.;" 1 thicii is the main attraction, and whicft started its ftm la*t night, i ,-n entertainfflg production, we<.l produced and brilliantly acted. Barbara Stanwyck, who is featured, is certain
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  • 21 12 Owing to the arn+ual survey the sailings of the Kedkh announced for No. 10 and 17 have been cancelled.
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  • 362 12 SKIRMISH IN THE OWL PRISON. Chandu Smugglers And Warderi. 1 > Allegation* of a, skirmish between warders and priiioiwrs in' the Ciwil Prison, wefe made before Mr. C. Wilson, *he Criminal DKstrM JuWge, this morning, when a chana"u*atfe fame up for further hearing. Three'Chinrise w«we *haiged with posses gion of
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  • 203 12 Adolphe Menjou in "The Parisian.*' Lately we have been treated to cinema fa.re. differing vastly in their subjects, direction; technique, and general conception. Films from Great Britain, America, Germany and Australia, of the jungl.', the Arctic, air, sea and land we ha- seen-; and 'now at the Pavilion,
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  • 172 12 Wednesday. Oct. 12. His Excellency dined with Lieut.-Colo-r.el A. F. Chapman > and officers, Ist Bn. The -Gloncestersjiire' Regiment at the Offi-. ee>s' Mess, Tsnglin 'Barrack's, tTiis evening.-- o Thursday, Oct. 13. "Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lindsell, Captain H. Bloxham and Mr. E. Hulton had luncheon at
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  • 1213 12 CHILD'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL. Idiosyncrasy. VERDICT OF DEATH BY MISADVENTURE. The opinion was expressed yesterday at the Coroner's inquiry into the death of a six*year-oid toy at the Singapore General Hospital from carbon tetraehloride poisoning that H ease of idiosyncrasy. The Coroner returned a verdict of death from misadventure. The
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  • 83 13 British Heavyweight Hope 's Success.— England's Soccer Victory. ENGLAND DEFEAT IRELAND. Lennan, F. Sharp, D. R. Howgill, C. Fittock, H. G. Riches, C. G. Windle. For S.C.C. "A" vg Johore on Saturday, Oct. 29, at S.C.C. D. R. Harper H. F. A. Jackson, J. L. Bonnar, J. C. Cooks, J.
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  • 470 13 S.R.C. Admit Defeat To Ceylonese. C.S.C. 1 S.R.C. XI An S.R.C. XI did not shine in their hockey match against the Ceylon Sports dob on their own ground yesterday, and after a scrappy game were defeated by the only goal scored. The home team had difficulty in
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  • 320 13 Kebaktian Raja's Narrow Win. Kebaktian Raja 3: Shahar Kamar 2. Ali's spectacular goal for Malaya Ketaktain Raja was the fetaure of the football match between that team and Shahar Kamar in the B division of the M.F.A. League at Jalan Besar yesterday afternoon. Play was keen enough but
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  • 422 13 R.A.F. Offer Stubborn Resistance. S.C.C. II 1 R.A.F. 0. The S.C.C. second eleven obtained a well-merited victory over the R. V.F. at j hockey yesterday on the Padang, but had I to fight hwrd throughout, for the R.A.F. gave a dogged display, and contested every
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  • 125 13 Two Goal Victory For Raffles College. A.P.C. 0 Raffles College 2. The A.P.C. lost to Raffles College at hockey yesterday at Paya Lebar by two goals to nil. The College were better in attack and had more opportunities than their opponents who, but for a hard working defence,
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  • 122 13 The following have been chosen to represent the Indian Association 2nd XI against the Municipal Secretary and Treasurer's Dept. today on the LA. ground M. S. Menon D. Chatterjee and Dr. P. N. Bardhan S. S. Varma, O. K. Samy and R. K. Pradhan L. Pereira, J. T.
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  • 145 13 Price for Dorigen Shortens. London, Oct. 17. The Vrtest call-over for the Cambridgeshire Stakes to be run on Oct. 26 is as follows: Dorigen: 21 4 taken and offered. Totaig: 10 1 taken and offered. Glannarg: 100 7 offered. Andrea: 17—1 offered, 18—1 taken. Double Arch: 18—1 offered, 22—1
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  • 301 13 Handicaps for First Day The following are the handicaps for the first day (Oct. 22) of the Perak Turf Club autumn meeting: Race 1. Ponies, 2, Div. S, (5% furs).— •Kylpa 9, The Imp 8.7, Perfect Lady 8.4, .Highland Lass 8, Peerless Lady 7.13, Bonny Mary 7.11, Babz
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  • 103 13 Borotra To Meet Lee In Final. London, Oct. 13 In the semi-finals of the Queen's Club covered courts lawn tennis champion ships, Borotra beat C. Malfroy, NewZealand, 7—5, 6—3. -7—6 and Lee (Great Britain) beat Yamagishi (Japan) 6—4,6 4, 6—3, 6—2. In the women's singles semi-finals, Miss Stammers
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  • 134 13 GOOD WIN FOR DOYLE. But Gains Loses On Points. London, Oct. 17. In a contest at the Crystal Palace, Jack Doyle, the British heavyweight hope, knocked out Jack Pettifer in the second round of a contest scheduled for ten rounds. Paris, Oct. 17. The German heavyweight Walter Neusel gained an
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  • 46 13 Enthusiastic Farewell Scenes. London, Oct. 13. The Sussex cricketer, Maurice Tate, was given an enthusiastic farewell 'when he left Victoria today enroute for Marseilles from where he sails to Australin. He will arrive on Nov. 14 in time for the first test Match. Reutcr-Wir<>!css.
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  • 23 13 Destroyed After Injury In Cesarewitch. London, Oct. 17. Air Pocket which -.va-i lamed during the Cesarewitch race has teen destroyed. Reuter.
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  • 59 13 BA DMINTON. The following have been selected to represent the Citylads' Amateur B.P. against the Merridale B.P. at their court, No. 45. Cuppage Road, on Saturday Gan Hock Kin. Quek Gim Tong, Gan Hock Hoe, Chin Tham Swee, Gan Soon Guan, Gan Soon Tee, Yeo Swee Thonj and Wee Kirn
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  • 1142 14 Test Transmissions At An Early Date. ADVICE SOUGHT. Saturday's Siqgappre Dance To Radio Music. AS has already been stated, it is hoped that the Kmpire Short-wave Station, which is at present being built at Daventry, will Ik completed and will radiate test transmissions before the end
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  • 215 14 New Ruse to Remove Finger Prints. Burglars, who rifled a safe in the offices of Etectrolux, Ltd., Warwick Street, Re- wit Street, London, took the precaution cf washing the safe to remove any traces of fingi-1 prints. About £60 was stolen. The roblx-ry followed hard on the
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  • 1068 14 Revised List BROADCASTS FOR T#E WEEK. The wireless programmes have been revised as follows MONDAY. KHABAROVSK, (70.2 metres), 6 to 9 p.m 1 BANDOENG, PM.Y., (50 metres), 6.40 -^J.loT 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
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  • 160 14 Lives Risked ky Mobile PpHce. Mobile police were commended by the Bromley magistrates at the conclusion of a case in which Percy Itfiddleton, aged 30, a lorry driver, of Ivydale Road, Nunhead, was fined £6 for driving' a sports car in a dangerous manner. In addition,
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  • 220 14 New Electric Line To Viterbo. Rome's first underground railway station will be inaugurated this month. This station' is the terminu* of the new Viterbo lailway whicd' crosses the Tiber just bey.otid the famous stream Of the Acetosa arid terminates on or rather under the old Flaminian road
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  • 183 14 Last Words Carried To Families. Tho Countess de Caen (granddaughter of art English Admiral h Who 'during War was known as "the little mother of the troops,"' ha 3 returned to London after completing her self-appoint-ed' task "of personally giving -last lyp.rjjs and "messages from dying soldiers
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  • 54 14 the Official Survey For 1&0-31. A "Statement Exhibiting the .Moral and Material Progress -and Condition of fnflia during the year 'JaSO-Bl" is j*qblighey at 7s; «d. The statement, which is the' sixty-sixth number, is much largci than the edition for 1929-30, and has over 750 pages, against
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    • 84 14 RADIO DANCE. A treat is in store for Singapore l.i-m-r- on Saturday. The I \.W.S.M.' (Singapore-) "has organised a fancy dress radio ball to be held at the .Vdtlpfil Hotel on Saturday, Oct. 22, at which prizes will he given for the best fancy dress< As moot of the dance
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    • 1062 14 THE STRAITS TIMES, THE SINGAPORE DAILY NEWS, THE SUNDAY TffiES THE STRAJTS BUDGET. Sole Advertising Representatives In Great Britain, RRUTfiRS, Up., Advt. Debt, il, Old Jewry, London, E£. 2. (through whim all jbuainejus With British advertisers is transacted). Sole Advertising Representatives In America. Head offlee, CBCTL AND STANLEY STREETS. SINGAPORE
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  • 1448 15 Siamese Living In Malaya— Not Affected By New Regime The New Chinese Consulate A Converted Mansion Programme For Social Advancemen t Site For A Toddy Shop. From Our Own Correspond -nt. Penang, Oct. 11. I have interviewed the Siamese Consul, Luang Bhasa Bhiraj. here in order to
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  • 501 15 Bengal Cotton Industry Prospects. Calcutta, Oct. 12. Reports as to the iH»snbility of textile interests in Japan opening cotton mil's in Bengal have caused i> curtain amount of uneasiness among cotron circles in the Province. In regard to cotton manufactures over which popular sWadeshi sen'.iment
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  • 148 15 Freight Train Held Up By Gunmen. A parcel, believed to have contained valuable goods, was stolen by a gang of *rmed Chinese who held up a ShanghaiNanking railway freight train. When the train was approaching a place about two-thirds oi° a mile beyond the Chenju Railway Station, seven
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  • 247 15 Resent Guards At Doors Of Dormitories. Peking, Oct. 3. On behalf of the women students, the Student Self-Government Association of .he National Normal University has .vritten to Mr. Li Cheng, the Chancellor, requesting the withdrawal of guards from the dormitories for women students. These guards were recently posted
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  • 449 15 Serve As Hostages For Captive Foreigner. Shanghai, Sept. 29. Behind a Reuter telegram issued I; Hankow on Sept. 21, announcing the release of ten technicians connected with the National Flood Relief Commission, there lies an interesting story. The military drive in the 1 Honghu area against
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  • 275 15 Terrible Happenings In Chefoo District. Chefoo, Oct. 6. The terrible conditions prevailing in Eastern Shantung as a result of the civil war between the Provincial Chairman, General Han Fu-chu, and the commander of th? Chefio area. General Liv Chen-nien, have led the local authorities lo send a remarkable
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  • 90 15 China's Plans For A Standing Army. China is now considering a Conscription Law, which if put into effect will give her a "standing" army similar to that of France and Italy. Her youths will be compelled to spend a period of their lives in training to fight. The Regular
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  • 188 15 His Views on the Lytton j Report Frtp sals. ftkiag, Ott. 3. In a Reuter intervi ■v this evening Dr. Hu Shih, the em en! sc-h >lar and pub>licist, said: I coi;.-i cr the Lytton Report quite fair, par'Jisi -ly chapters t and 6 I also
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  • 197 15 "We Should Keep Ourselves Under Control." Shanghai, Oct. 5. Interviewed by members of the Press with reference to his views on the findings of the Lytton Commission, General Wu Tieh-chen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, who is also a member of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee, declined to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 33 15 Standard Jp x Sole Agenta for Malaya: Singapore Limited. Sub-Agents and Service- THORNYCROFT HOUSE, Sub-Agents and Service: THE PENANG AUTO SERVICE Tank Road, NATIONAL MOTORS. PITT STREET, PENANG. SINGAPORE. &ATU ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • 837 16 Johore and Kedah And Preferences. A number of resolutions are to be Introduced at tomorrow's meeting of the Legislative Council, giving preference to certain British goods in order to implement the Ottawa Conference agreements,. These provide for preference duties of $8 v jra lion on
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  • 19 16 a Belle I? left Sinßapore m Saturday r.u Malacca i>n li h.-ri. pro Uxtl.il> U |y.
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  • 879 16 Share Delayed. 21-YEAR-OLD CHINESE GIRL'S DEMAND. In a Supreme Court judgment, the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) has held that Chin Chicw Neo, the daughter of the late Chia Yew Siang, a wealthy landower and well-known Chinese merchant in Singapore, waa not entitled to the immediate
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  • 63 16 How They Have Supported The Army. Tukio, Oct. 6. The people of Japan, in their eagerness tii support soldiers on active service, have contributed arms and munitions to the value of Yen 6,283,630, the War office announced toay. These contributions have all been made since October 18. 1931.
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  • 712 16 Interesting Displays At The Y.W.C.A. An interesting exhibition of women's work is now on view at the Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay, comprising numerous ex^ hibits of crochets, knitting, handbags, cushions, tapestry, Chinese and other embroidery, dressmaking, children's clothing, slippers, woolwork, pen painting, lamp shades, plusette and flower
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  • 277 16 A remarkable feat of engineering was concluded when (he new railway bridge at Pontoue va» placed in position. The new bridge, which consists of a single steel span 350 feet long and weighing 1,800 tons, was constructed in just under a year alongside the old bridge,
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  • Sporting News.
    • 582 16 R.S.Y.C. Sweepstake Race. Eight boats of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club "B" Class turned out on Sunday and a thoroughly enjoyable sweepstake race ensued. Merlin had an excellent start in a fairly strong southerly breeze with Corrib to leeward and Betsy to windward in a nip
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    • 66 16 Tanglin Tournament. The following ties will be played in the Tanglin Club tennis tournament today Dyne Cup. Final. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Taylor 30 vs. Miss Oldficld and Droogleever 30. TOMORROW'S TIES. CulU-n (up. Final. Corry and Curtis 4 2 vs. Goodman and Taylor— ls.:j. THURSDAY'S TIES. Griff
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    • 23 16 WELSHERS BEWARE Tattersalls Seeking A Remedy. London, Oct. 17. Tattersall's propose to seek powers to licence all bookmakers in order to present "weUhing."
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    • 89 16 Three Players Ordered Off And Game Stopped. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 17. The worst exhibition of unsporting play seen during the present football season occurred at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, when the referee, in a semifinal in the junior division of the Selangor
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    • 57 16 Tomorrow's ties in the S.C.C. billiards championship are as follows: Championship. J. E. Wills vs. winner of H. Gray and C. H. W. Goult. A Class. E. Laidman— 7s vs. Dr. H. O. Hopkins Capt. D. V. Hill— 2s vs. A. W. Hay— 50. B Class. H. L.
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  • 208 16 Today. October 18. Tennis: Tanirlin Club tournament. Rujtby: S.C.C. tournament: y.C.O. t». Merchants, Padaug; Gloucester Hcgt. vs. Public Services "A," Tanglin. Hockey: Raffles Inst. vs. Bombay Sports Club, R.I. grd. Wednesday, October 19. Football: M.F.A. League (Div. B): Darul Bahar II v«. Fiibul Munir, Jalan Besar Stadium. Rugby:
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    • 119 16 Si: I FRAHROZ P^jpaH jjji v I ijljj CO. i^^l Here's a real man's bladedesigned to shave tough beards and tender skins withouc scrape or pull. Its super-keen edges have been specially tempered for those who like rough sports and hardy living. Try Probak at once and realise why thousands
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  • 268 17 Murdered* Wife On Johore Estate. The appeal of a Tamil estate labourer nanuil Sinnasamy against sentence of death passed on him for the murder of his wife was dismissed in the Johore Court of appeal yesterday, before the Chief Justice, B.S. (Sir William Murison) and Mr. Justice
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  • 177 17 The Latest Craze In Sydney. Sunday "mystery" hikes are Sydney's itest craze. The railway department, eized with the possibilities of profitable usiness, now runs every Sunday a special rain for the hikers to an unknown detination of which the hikers are not inbrmed until they are well on
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  • 457 17 Ceylon Tea Imfwrted •FMMI-Jat*--Described as the first ca»e of its kind that had come up before the court*, a Chinee, T. G. Kiot, of Messrs. T. G. Kiat •nd Co.. «ppeared before Mr C. Wffeon, the Criminal District Judge, this mornins; on two dhargos of, selßng
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  • 135 17 Four Hours' March Before Mussolini. Rome, Sept. 11. The march through the street of Rome of 50,000 Blackshirt boys under the vigilant eye of Mussolini made a profound impression last night on those who witnessed it. It is impossible to cavil over the fact that this represents a
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  • 71 17 Disappointment Expressed In Australia. Canberra, Oct. 13. The new I llrtlMH ti riffs jHecided at Ottawa carry an increase of duty in 440 categories of British merchandise. Mr. Earle Page, leader of the Labour party, declares! that the advantages accorded by Great Britain only effect articles without importance
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  • 238 17 How Problem Is Being: Tackled. Italy is making serious preparations for the coming winter in an effort, to keep down unemployment, now uncle i lion mark. Statistically speaking, Italy has been the most successful araon? the big nations in diminishing the number of its unemployedOrders have been
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  • 26 17 A Publicity Commtom >>n- I I pointed '<> rcli'ii-e B ii.vi mi tin' delilxTHi llln^ of thi AssoniMj win's our Bangkok c<.i ent.
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    • 22 17 "Sign on the Dotted Line" fry* Name Address and post this advertisement to: THE MANAGER, SINGAPORE DAILY NEWS, 78, Cecil Street, Singapore.
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  • 77 18 RENTS, PASSAGES, HILL STATIONS AND MALAYA HOUSE. The recommendations of the F.M.S. Retrenchment Commission as to general finance and departmental organisation were summarised in the Straits Times last week. Below are published other recommendations relating to a number of matters. If these are
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  • 65 18 Mr Line Yen Chun, Commissioner of the Department of the Civil Administration, Canton, wiUi others, arrived in Singapore yesterday and was met at the station by leading members of the Chinese commuiiilv. The visitors are seen abo ye. From the left Messrs. Ivanc Bo Sin. Sian
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  • 159 18 Duck's Bone Stuck In Throat The swallowing of a piece of duck's bone was responsible for the death of a two-year-old Chinese boy. At an inquiry yesterday the Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) returned a verdict of "Death from Misadventure." The child's mother gave evidence to the
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  • 203 18 And How It Was Rudely Interrupted. Three Chinese who were sitting smoking in a room at 28 Upper Hokien Street on the night of Sept. 26 had a rude shock when two other Chinese walked in, inquired about some person, and, after being given a reply to
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  • 131 18 I Monte Carlo Rejects British Assistance. London, Oct. 13. j There has been a hitch in the arrangements for the proposed Monte Carlo sweepstake to aid British hospitals. Today Sir Charles Higham announced that M. Leon, who is at present visitinp England to draw up the details of
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  • 118 18 Youth's Refusal of Military Service. BiurMls. Oct. IS. Fuel has been added to political and racial controversy by the fact that Ruediger Simoens, a young Fleming, who when called up for military service refused tc serve, has been on hunger strike Rinco Sept. 27 and is now in
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  • 101 18 May Not Open The New Reichstag. Berlin, Oct. IS. Kl.,ia Zetkin. popularly known as "R<rJ Klara," or "the grandmother of the revolution,'' who by virtue of her seniority opened the short-lived Reichstag: with a fierce addres: will be spared the c.r.!eal of repetition in iSe ntw ReichsUan if
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  • 46 18 Charges and Salaries To Be Reduced. The Hague, Oct. 14. The Netherlands Government is contemplating a 20 per cent, reduction in passenger and freight .tariffs on the railways from Jan. 1, together with a five per cent, in salary for all railway employees. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 34 18 Steamer and Sailing Ship Collide. Stockholm, Oct. 14. Five sailors were diowned when the Swilish s:eamer Vesuvius collided with and sank the Estonian sailing ship Emplie in the Gulf of Finland. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 121 18 Chinese Family Adrift Three Drowned. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 17. The report that thro- Malay boys were drowned in the flooding caused by a cloudburst some miles MUhh Kuala Lumpur on Saturday is denied, lut it appears that a Chinese family had i terrifying adventure
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  • 70 18 Chinese Leader Killed At Banquet. Mukden, Oct. II The Governor of Keilungkiang the Manchukuo oflkial OitwJ Shieh Yuan. daring a banquet attended by prominent Manchukuo personages, suddenly Neize I an axe which he had concealed under his coat and slew I,i Yi-chun, a member of the Manchukuo
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  • 69 18 Damages For Being Attacked By Criminal. Warsaw, Oct. 13. The Polish executioner, Jan Maciejiki, who was recently dismissed for being drunk while on duty, has brought a libel suit against the (iovernment claiming compensation of $50,000 gold. The plaintiff insists that the criminal upon whom he executed sentence
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  • 42 18 Action against Spanish Landowners. Madrid, Oct. 12. The Government has promulgated a decree providing for the expropriation vithout compensation of 150 landowners who were involved in the monarchist plot. Estates thus confiscated will be 1-arcelled out to the peasantry- Aneta-Trsns-Ocean.
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  • 3392 19 J, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street. Sept. 15. ON Sunday afternoon, baring nothing better to do, we decid~e:l v> '.it- the Zoo, with the particular inter Lioa t f calling upon Moina and Mo. young gorillas who have just
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  • 167 19 Programme of drills up to and f»r week-ending Oct. 2.1: Tuesday, Oct. 18, :>.15 p.m.. Headquarters. "C" (Scottish) Coy., Mallaig Cup Instruction. Wednesday. Oct. 19, p.m.. Headquarters, S. R. A. (V). Promotion Examination; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "C" (Scottish) Coy., Mallaig Cup Instruction Final night; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, S.R.A.
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  • 124 19 prompted "Minoru" to write in the tone he did. for who but a semi-mentally balanced person could have accused you of tryimr to play the Chinese against the Japanese so that British goods might get a bigger sale. Common sense reasoning would have dictated that the loss suffered by Japan
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    • 715 19 Suggestion for Raising Public Funds: To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, 1 would like to eiulovsi' ami support the suggestion made by your COTTC pondent "V\.Z." in ynut issue ol Od 12, relative to a liiilisb Malaya Sweepstake. The itlfi is iirlainly not nrw, as tin'
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    • 380 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I do not know what prompted "Minoru" to write you regarding v>> editorials on the Sino-Japanrse cont rover t<y. Surely he must have known that yours is not the only paper in the world that has condemned Japan anil
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 170 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle across. <CLUES.) IS. Harvest I. W.r.l Boy t Lesvt ..ut 22. Highlander*! poach h. Rhivcil platform fj. Loaned M. 5,.,,k..n n. Assert I- Salute- 27. Bereft 11. Interior Lv Festival IV Knnk haul :;n. Supernumerary 17. rieaaert :!:>. Make si»eeietel> warn I. Month :(4. Four und one
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  • 100 20 RECEIVING THE SII.TAV— H. H. The Sultan of Selangor being received prior to the ceremonial opening of the New Suleiman Bridge at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The commemorating plaque which wan placed on the bridge. The Sultan tutting the ta|>e. On his right is
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