The Straits Times, 6 February 1933

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    42 1 The Straits Times N -i""*^ >f [ESTABLISHED KEARLT A CENTUBT.] THE LARGEST. 'AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYI. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEHRI ARY 6. 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      358 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6181) i 6.13 Tonißht 9.13. "ALIAS I THE DOCTOR" with ltl( HAIU) IJAUTHKI.MKSS. NEW SEASON'S FRUITS THE PICK OF THE ENGLISH ORCHARDS HJlilfflWl'rili "^H^Sj^s^j New Season's Fruits, freshly plucked in English Orchards, have just arrived. Hygienically \£^322£ki^ packed under the famous "SIGNAL BRAND" label -*><
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      181 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25, JAVA ST. -('PHONE 3683 V. i HELB33 I 6.15 Tonight MS, i "ALIAS 1 THE DOCTOR" I with RICH AIM) DAKTIIEI.MKSS. I'honc :>2<>\-2. REDUCED PRICES SPECIAL OFFER FOR FEBRUARY MARCH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WINES, PROVISIONS, H.M.V. GOODS, CIGARETTES, CAFE, ETC. AND A FEW PROPRIETARY ARTICLES ALL
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      478 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) ■AIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. ODTWARD FROM L©NT»ON FOR CHINA AND JAI'A.V. Tonnage. Doe Spore. 1933. XBANGALORI 6.000 Feb. 16 COMORIN 16,000 Feb.
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      652 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YTJSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseille*, London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. HAKONE MARU 10,400 Feb. 8 9 5 SUWA MARU 10,700 Feb. 23 24 FUSHIMI MARt 10,900 Mar. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Mar. 22 23 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4 6
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      459 2 BURNS PHUP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MABELLA (7,805 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The sj. MARELLA is one of the largest and Anest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      510 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. BORINGIA 14/2 14/2 15/2 17/2 FIONIA 7/3 7/3 8/3 10/3 ERRIA 28/3 28/3 29 '3 81/3 LALANDIA IK 4 IK
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      1109 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE Hl'A KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, LTI THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CI'NARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTI THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LLNE. Lti The SIAM
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  • Shipping News.
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      NEW LOAD LINE RESULTS.
      1157 3 An Explanation. NOTICE TO OWNERS AND MASTERS. The Hoard of Trade have issued a Notice to Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Shipmasters in regard to the Load Line and Loading of Ships. This notice explains the rules and regulations under Part II of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and
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      TROUBLE ABOUT A COOK.
      233 3 Chinese Crew Strike On Dutch Steamer. About 18 members of the Chinese crew on board the K. V. M. steamship Van Neck, which is anchored in the roads, on Friday intimated that they intended to discontinue work. Yesterday irornimr, 18 Javanese were signed on in their
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      HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
      256 3 Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. The Health Blletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau for the week ended Jan. 28, 1933. Beirut: 2 smallpox cases. Alexandria: 192 smallpox dases fincluding 1 imported) and 59 deaths as against 251 cases and 52 deaths
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      260 3 I'ALIMA. Dutch, r,2'.< tons, from Sourabaya 6.2, for Penang 0.2. DAJAK, Dutch, 89 to:ix. from Paneh 6.2, for Panch and Asah:in '.2. OMBILIN, Dutch. I,IW tOM, from Bangkok fi.2. for Sourabaya C.^ GIL\( r|»nK< H. Brit., 2.600 tons from Newport .1.2, for Krcmantle for orHer 6.Z. MBKON, Brit
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      117 3 Monday, February 6. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to Arrlre. Entrance Minderoo Jardines I KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Hycein," Tug "Hercules," The Cable, Van Hcutstz, Cremcr, Manipi, Nam Yong. Oil Wharf Nil. Coul Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria
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      " TWO GREAT FAULTS."
      167 3 TWO GREAT FAULTS." Claptrap and Intellectual Insincerity. Dean Injrc, preachinjr in St. PaulV on Christmas Day, said: "No nation can afford to throw stones at another." Napoleon, with his astonishing career of crime and violence, declared, "I have come to see that hardly anything can be achieved in this world
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      561 3 £g NORDDEUTSCHER J&L LLOYD. LAnwJj.V sT (Incorporated la PjyjW?' 0 Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. COBLENZ for Manila, Hone Kong, Shanghai and Japan Feb. 7 8 NECKAR for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and North China Feb. II g LAHN for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan
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      389 3 ■MtLAft STEAMMOF UNI .I*l |ijfe^~^ frV^i TO EUROPE f Panama Canal .yu j America I Canada Suez BY PRESIDENT LINERS 24 to 53 days of real comfort Enjoyable Economy Rwlmmlng Bath Excellent Cuisine. Large cabins with beds. Hot and cold running water In eTery stateroom. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. LTD.
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      509 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) ELLERMAN n LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. TU Ports and Suei Carnal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN, Steamer Do* S'por* s.s. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 25 Feb. 26 HOMEWARDS. a.B. CITY OF LYONS for Havre, London, R'dam A
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      130 3 TIDE TABLES. Monday, February fi. H. W. 6.30 a.ru., 8 ft., D.46 p.m., 7 ft. TursdM.t. February 7. H. W. 8.19 a.m., 8 ft. in., 10.30 p.m., 7 ft. 6 in. M rdnenday, February 8. 11. W. 8.55 a.m., 8 ft. v in., 11.02 p.m., 8 ft. Thursday, February 9.
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      67 3 SINGAPORE WEATHEI REPORT. Stations. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp, ins) Sunshine temp. •F his. *P A lor Star 93 ;.'il 11.3 65 Kota Bharu 84 Nil 10.7 69 K. Trengganu 83 Nil 11.0 68 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 11.5 71 Mersinp 81 Nil 10.7 76 Singapore 89
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      558 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised. la tbene columns send copies o. testimonials Da not send originals. WANTED Immediately, eapabla Chinese sin i than, l typist, experienced in Shipping A| ply (1, Straits Tin;e<. I \I>Y, traToUiag to Bagland, Dutch Mail, March 17. reqalres .\y»h or other help
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      695 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET 81, Wilkie Road. Apply. C. Malacca S**i t HUUBE on Institution Bill. Moderate rant Ontted Engineers. 6 16, Angullia Park, Oil Extraction Factory, 92, Robinson Rd. Angullia ft Co. TO LET, furnished flat corner Amber Mau- fl suns. Apply Swastika, Orchard Road. TO LET, "Sentosa" 61,
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      1132 4 BUSINESS PREMISES SHIPPING NOTICES. m.v. "GLENOGLI." ARRIVKO JAN. SI, 193.1. aiwiapii IVf Consignees of cargo per the above steamci OFFICE 2) TO Ltf. from London are hereby notified that v General Survey of all cargo landed in a No 8 Raffles Place (ground and Brd floors) <!;.n,agcd condition will be
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      495 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE. The Public is hereby informed that Mr. Loh Khie Teck of the I'nvilion Retreshment Stall neither previously i:->r at present h.i un> connection with the California Sandwich Shoppe. NOTICE. The Exchange Banks wil! !.<• elaatd on: THURSDAY. FEliiU ARY y. Thaipuaam (Bank Uolidsy). SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 4Vi«T DEBENTURE
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      383 4 BUSINESS CARDS. Overseas Residential Club (Proprietns^. MRS. M H. LAW) Mount HoiJc. ChiiHen l.anr. Tel. :iw. A Residential Club will shortl: ba opened ut above addraea. The Clab »ill be availably t.i ull British rabjects. Members friemh of the Ora ratal l aagim will i.f cordially \MU-i.:ned. l<lral aoalttaa ataadiag
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      69 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Withla Oatslde without Malaya. Malaya. Pontage. Monthly 3.00 f 4.00 2.60 Quarterly 8.50 $12.00 7.F0 Hau* Tearly tn.OO 124.n0 116.00 Yearly.. 134.C3 $48.00 $80.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and Instractiona for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom nf this page. Coatra-t rates may be
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    COTTON EXPORTS.
    137 5 "1931 Marked Low Water Mark." London, Feb. 3. Lpr.cishire's experts of cotton cloth in 1982 increased by over 280,000,000 yards ami of yarn by over 8,000,000 lbs., says the annual report of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Association, which sees in the fijrures, hones that 1931 marked
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    BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
    51 5 Two bodies were washed ashore on I Singapore yesterday. Lying: on the beach at Katont; was the body of a Chinese woman in a good »-tate of preservation. Later in the day the decomposed body of a Chinese man was found hv Codow'n I One, Singapore Harbour
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    UNEMPLOYED.
    62 5 Mr. George Lansbury Heads Procession. S London, Feb. A quarter of a million unemployed, headed l>y Mr. Ceorge Lansbury (th« leader of the Opposition marched in procession to Hyde Park v, demonstrate against the Government's economic policy. Fifteen thousand police were detail "I for duty, and volunteer special constable
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    BENNO MOISEIWITSCH.
    91 5 Final Recital On f Wednesday. Musk- lovers in Singapore will be glu-l U> learn that Benno Moist-iwitsch, tlie famous piani.nt, is paying another vW;t and that ho will give a recital in ihii Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday night at i).-M. This will be positively his last appearance
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      317 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. THIS EVENING TEA DANCE— 6.3O to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE CABARET HUGO JOSEPHINE 9.30 p.m. to Mid-night. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA. PHONE 5381. ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTEL HOTEL FAVOIIRITF TOWN RFNDF7VOIIS IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT FAVOURITE TOWN RENDEZVOUS T£NNIS GQLF SWIMMING QUIET LOCATION SUN BATHING
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      832 5 |_AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE f>f unredeemed pledites of .uwelli'ry of over iloM-ripti'iM. To he held at Messrs. he >ri(f Koofl Senn i <Vs saleroom, No. an, (hulia Str. .t. On Saturday, February I at 10 a.m. On Monday. Kehruar> fi at HI a.m. On Tueiiday. Krbruary 7 .it 10 a.m.
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      983 5 THE STRAITS TIMES, THE SINGAPORE DAILY NEWS, THE SUNDAY TIMES THE STRAITS BUDGET. Head otW, CBCIL AND STANLEY STREETS, SINGAPORE eTy Branch Office, 27, JAVA STREET. KUALA LUMPUR. Cable* TIMES. SINGAPORE. Telephone!.: SINGAPORE SKI. KUALA LUMPUR S6Bt 5152. Sole Advertising Representatives In Great Britain, REUTERS, LTD., ior Advt Dept. 24,
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  • Correspondence.
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      TAPPING HOLIDAYS.
      1278 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times: Sir,— l beg space for the following detailed explanation of my suggestion for a thr°e months' rest tapping: Forestry is undoubu-diy about to revolutionize the rubber plantation industry. The majority of estates are now doing some kind of forestry rightly or
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      WHENCE ? WHY ? WHITHER ?
      415 6 WHENCE WHY WHITHER To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Some time ago a correspondent in your columns asked "Where we are heading?" His letter dealt with the economics of commerce. 1 should like to ask the same question with regard to the economics of education. My grandson attends
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      GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS
      596 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, You know what happens when a weight is plomped into the very centre of a pool it causes the surface to ripple in ever-widening circles which exhaust themselves in dashes against the far distant shores. Some thirty years ago a
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      CUI BONO?
      317 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times- S r, —It is a Roman lawyer's maxim that when you are at a loss to tell where the responsibility for a crime lies, your best chance is to inquire who reaps the uenefit of it. In the present circumstances in
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    MALAYAN WEDDINGS.
    233 6 Mr. Lan Ross and Miss B. Buckley. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 5. The wedding of Mr. Lan Ross, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., Bangkok, and Miss Beatrice Buckley, who was headmistress .of the Tranquerah English School, took place at Christ Church, Malacca, yesterday. Mrs. Clarke,
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    178 6 ProgTanune of drills up to and for week ending Feb. 12: Monday, Feb. 6, 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. "B" Coy., Oienonial Drill Weapon Tinning; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters; "E" Coy.— Junior N.C.Os., N.C.Os. Course. Tuesday, Feb. 7, ">.l.> p.m., HeadquartMl, "A" (M.G.) Coy., Demonstration, 30 yards Range; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters,
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    SALESMAN ASSAULTS WOMAN.
    1022 6 Furniture Dispute. MRS. B. O. MITCHELL WINS HER CASE. Commenting that there appeal el in some doubt as to what had actually occurred in the house, but that then (ill not seem to be any doubt the complainant had been assaulted, Mr. A. C. Boyd, the Fourth
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    SCULPTOR'S DEATH.
    144 6 Works of Mr. George Wade. London, Pel 5. The death bai occurred after long Mr. George Edward w.-uic, i ht» sculptor. Reuter. Mr. tt'ali', who was 7(' year* of :'•:>', \va- responsible for a large nn world "t" art all over the worM as in the British [ate*,
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    INFLUENZA SPREADS.
    41 6 London. Fob. 5. The influenza epidemic If still spreading in Brit:. in and the dcuthro!! ii im-rr:i-inif. Since .lan. 1. 6,845 deaths have occurred through the itimtanc Thi< compares with 1,629 ile;ith< in the corresponding period of iast roar,
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      146 6 WE SPECIALIZE IN DEPENDABLE f,l 'ARANTEED HAND-MADE FURNITURE FOR OFFICE AND HOME. WITH PRIDE WE < W REFER YOl TO GOVERNMENT ALSO PRIVATE WORK WE carried out 20 years ago— and over. ALL OF WHICH STILL giving pnncr service. Within 1li«- past 12 months toe have carried out and delivered
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      149 6 THE SENSATION OF EUROPE! I "For shwr natural loveliness I Th< f n<%% fllms I 1 much of this picture has never i nNa lahle '•<">»«"< lonny I* I been bettered. Am an astoniKh- TtM lonmhl," a surnili- I inp mixture of romance, comedy SS »ell as triumphant I and
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      212 7 AIMMBRA Tne Independent Theatre witfc tfce Pick of the WorM» Pictare*. SOLD OUT SATURDAY! PACKED OUT SUNDAY! ALHAMBRA CONTINUES ITS RECORD BUSINESS WITH RECORD PICTURES! Here's Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer's Newest Pride! with Fredric March, Leslie Howard G. P. Heggie all English Cut. "A Brilliant Picture with the unmistakable hall -.nark of
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      189 7 1 m< rcTprnrii >n Last MGHT of The Famous Star of "Dawn Patrol" RICHARD BARTHELMESS in A Splendid FIRST << A I IA Q THF national rlLilrltJ mL Production with a Brilliant Star at his HAPTAD J Best UULII/K TOMORROW NIGHT Gala Opening of the Greatest Combination of English Comedy
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      154 7 THRILLS!!! o£tgߣr r> rfti ffii ')f m 'hi b Gainsborough Picture with >S'»HEATHER ANGEL, JOHN STUART From the story by CON AN DOYLE. Dialogue by EDGAR WALLACE. /S~\ NICHTLY 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. ONE O PHOENIX JjjJJIjlL SODA 111 I I]]] Your Hand Worth a Dozen |gjjj||gj| Any Other Brands
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    193 8 Rubber Steady With Sellers Reserved. NO LIFE IN THE SHARE MARKET. (By Our FinmncUl Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Today's Prices:— Rubber. «J«« J cents per Hi. Tin, Singapore price $76 per picul. Saturday's Prices Rubber. London. 2>/*d., up l/32d. New York, 2 29/32 cts., unchanged. Market Tone -.—Steady.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    75 8 Noon, Feb. 6. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) 66 3 k 6. (F. 0.8.) 64i Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Feb. ..67 16 69 16 Mar. .6 9 16 6 11/16 Apr.-June ..6 11/16 t% July-Sept. 6vi, 615 1G Tone
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    PRODUCE.
    188 8 Singapore, Feb. 6. Gambier 5.00 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked) 10.00 Copra 4.78 mixed 4.30 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.95 White Pepper 20 1 Black Peppur 16«: Pearl Sago 4.0(1 small 3.90 medium 6.00 Rice Siam $160 to 220 Saigon $142 to 148 Rangoon $138 to 160 No. 1 125 catties
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        437 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5
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        GENERAL.
        283 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ord. 0.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.17.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7'< Prefs. 21 6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 6 1 1 Cycle
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        147 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c. I of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfe p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        378 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today's Pric£ Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam (SI) 0.50 065 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.10 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.75 U.l>o A.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      221 8 SELLING. Singapore, Feb. 6. London, 4 months' sight 2 3 29 32 London, 3 months' sight 2/8 7 P London, 60 days' sight 2/3 27 32 London, 30 days' sight 23 13 lf> London, demand 2 3 25 32 London, T.T. 2 3 3 4 Lyons and Paris,
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      EXCHANGES.
      108 8 Rugby, Feb. 3. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.45 Athens 600 Berlin 14.29 K. Belgrade 250 Bombay 16 5/32 Brussels 24.44 Bucharest 575 Buenos Aires 41% official rate Copenhagen 22.40 Geneva 17.611 2 Helsingfors 227 Hong Kong 13 12 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41 7 lfi Milan 66 7 16 Montevideo
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      TELEGRAPH.
      25 8 Communication with Bangkok has ben restored. The P. anil O. Burdwan has left limit' Kong and is due here at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
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      OLYMPIA SCENE.
      193 8 Man Who Distributed Pamphlets. A scene outside the circus at Olympia had a Sequel at West London Police Court when Capt. Edmund Tillotson MacMichael, aged 43, of Norton, Letchworth, Herts, hon. secretary of the Performing and Captive Animals' Defence League, was charged with obstruction. Inspector Newell said that
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    191 8 Today. Se'at P.indjanir. Bi-ntrkalis and Bnfran Api A,.i (Hone Thon*. p. m Btnrtalli, UbMU Rilik Tanionij •iHl.'i (K.trl, 3 pm li.iuwuii. Ceylon, KorjM ami r.s.A. ii iretdbank t :i m North, N.-Kast N.-W»s1 Sumatra, 1 M:"'i|M Tomorrow. Kium (except I.ow.-r Siam) rKuain) 1] a.m. SinirkawaBir, Ptau^u ami
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    HAOJ FOB II KOl'*
    38 8 Christiaan Huyfent Corfu Indrapoera Conta Rosao Poplau Brasi Xai.sar-I-Hind fl'por* Lead*! Not. 26 Dae. II Not. 26 Dae. 1' Dec. 2 Dae. B Dee. IS Jan. Dec. 29 Jan. 2! Jan ti Jan. 21
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    20 8 From China by Alipore due at Singapore 5 p.m. tomorrow. From Holland by Indrapoera due at Singapore tomorrow.
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    5th AVENUE CHURCH.
    276 8 Pew Rent Cut to Make Worship Easier. While scores of churches have reduced the salaries of their pastors ami stiffs l>y 10 pet cent, or more- baOMM of tho depression, the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, at Fifty-fifth Street, in .New York has made no reduction in salaries,
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      131 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Monday, Pphmary fi. Annual crnrrnl mtir. of R.S.Y.C., Clubhiiu<r. MI p.m. Turnday. February 7. Dot'l Revue. Raffles Hotel. 0.30 p.m. Wrdnrsday. February N BmM Moiaa witsek Rocitnl, Memorial Hall. .:«> p.m. Rotary Tiffin. V MC A. <irnm:itic society "Scene Shifters" 9.11 p.m. Polic* Hand. TVlok Ay.-r,
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      HOME FINANCIAL NEWS.
      457 9 Call On Three Per Cent. Conversion Loan. KAFFIRS ERRATIC ON PROFIT-TAKING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. VI. The financial markets opened 1988 a^ cheerfully as they ended 1932. The further reduction in the number of unemployed in December, the maintained bank and discount dividends and the
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      BIARRITZ BOUGHT.
      195 9 Famous Resort to Be Reorganised." A large part of Biarritz., the French seaside resort on the Bay of Biscay which King Edward made popular, has been bought for about 25 000,000 francs .ppi-uximatcly £300.000 at the current exchange rale) by M. ivllaz, a wealthy Flench HP. Mr. I'K-ment
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      ALLEGED ABSCONDER
      120 9 U.S. University Sensation. A f'»ur years' search for an absconding I Berlin banker ended when Dr. Joac Kredico Normano, associated director Oi the Harvard University Bureau of Educ:>- tion »nd Re.-earch in Latin- America, was identified by a witness from Germany as Dr. Isaac I.ewin, a Berlin banker
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      LATEX AS BONDING AGENT.
      1086 9 Mixing: with Fibrous Materials. Ey the use of ruaber latex as a bonding agent is meant its application as s matrix material; that is, as a bas< mute-rial fov constructional or binding purposes. Thus rubber from latex may be used to bind together for some practical
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      GLENEALY PLANTATIONS.
      196 9 Credit Balance of $81,073 Carried Forward. The report and statement of accounts foi the year ended Ou. -U states: The accounts show a loss of *;So:;.17 for th_year, which falls to be deducted from Imbalance of $81,426,21 thought forward from last year. There remains a credit balanc? of
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      LONDON RUBBER & TIN.
      77 9 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From. Our O*>'n Correspondent.) l.uiidi ii, Feb. 4. KIBKER. (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 2 3/32 (Sellers) 2 3/32 Apr.-June 2 7/32 July-Sept. 2 9/32 Oct.-Uec. 2 11/32 Market tone Quiet. TIN. Spot iiiyss. M. Three monllis KISO 2s. «<!. .Market tone Easier.
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      FINANCIAL WISDOM.
      290 9 Sir John Cilmour (Minister of Agriculture). "Our aim as farmers must be to evolve the basis of organisation which will afford us the strongest economic front Sir Robert Hume. "The great thing is to put purchasing power into activity. The purchasing power is there and we have got
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      STERLING AND WORLD PRICES.
      843 9 Why U.S. Want Britain Back on Gold. (From Our Own Correspondent. > London, Jan. 12. Kven those who had faith in Britain as the leading 1 financial power were psjs> i imistic about the effect on her status of the KWIEM of the link which bound
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      220 POUNDS OF TOBACCO
      69 9 - Chinese Caught With Sackful Of Contraband. A Chinese who wu detected carrying a xitckfp! flf contraband tobacco eetinatieri at. 220 Ib. and on which tho potenti:>' duty »v» &IHQ utrv** a -pineapple plantation at the 11th mile Jurong Road, pluadcd guilty befoi-e Mr. H. A. Forrer,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    132 10 Singapore. AI.HAMBKA. Norma Sh.-an-r anil FrclruKaich Is Smiling Through. BUI -li.i:,. Phoni* GlfOy. CAPITOL. Richard Barthelmoss in Ali:is The Doctor. 6.15—9.15. Phone 62R1-C2. GBSAT WORLD. Lawrence Tibbott in •The rroiliual." Cute lit cts. Ladies Kr.'oSTAK TALKIK CHEAT WOULD).— Dasali Kiaj aaa* leaaett HacDoaaM ia Vagabond King. 7.30— tfJO. MARLBOROIiCH.—
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 6, 1933. DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE.
    879 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEB. 6, 1933 DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE. Perhaps the most significant fact arising out of the controversy over the new aliens legislation in Malaya is that this legislation should have been opposed by Chinese members of the Legislative and Federal Councils who are usually regarded as spokesmen
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    167 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Lieut. J. Lee has been promoted to the rank of acting Captain while in command of the Singapore Royal Artillery, S.V.C. Mr. I. D. Robertson has been appointed to act as Senior Executive Enginee.-, rural and marine, Public Works Department, Singapore. Capt. F. Caithness has been appointed an
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    SHAH OF PERSIA INTERVIEWED.
    1294 10  -  Rosita Forbes. "My Country Mistress In Her Own, House." (By Roailc. Forbes, the trrvrlier and trrittr, given vn uecOft'J of an interview with l{'.<n Khan, !lw Shah Pmia, IN the }o'!< uing urliclr. <!■> ,mt uatit to turn the P.-,;."'i, into a bad co/iy of a
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    NOTES OF THE DAY
    852 10 A GOVERNORS STATUS. Ceylon is a hundred years ahead ,>f Malaya politically, but even in that drl.rtable, land of unofficial majorities and .-pices, they liavcn't made up their mindfl yet on that important constitutional i .sue. a governor's status. This question perhaps, provides a little political
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    NAVAL MUTINY: NATIVE RATINGS SEIZE BATTLESHIP. SIXTEEN OFFICERS OVERPOWERFD.
    521 11 NAVAL MUTINY: NATIVE RATINGS SEIZE BATTLESHIP. SIXTEEN OFFICERS OVERPOWERFD. Mutineers Put Out To Sea. THE PURSUIT. Amazing Story From Sumatra. There ha-- In-en an ama/.inc de\elopnwnt j in the trouble on ships of the Hutch Navy statioiu-d in East Indies waters. On Saturday the native ralintf* on the battleship. Zevcn
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    BOOM IN " KAFFIRS."
    168 11 BOOM IN KAFFIRS." Upward Movement Stronger Than Ever. London. Fel>. On the St,K-k Pir hangs Kaffirs maintain chief center of interest. I Klsewheie. apait from the advance of the SVs per cent. War Loan stock to H!< and the sharp setback in German issues owing to political developments in that
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    KREUGER ECHO.
    35 11 Brother-In-Law Arrested At Stockholm. Stockholm Pen, Nils Ahlstioeiw, ex-managing director Kreager Toll Company and i brother m law of Ivar Kreujfer. has been arrested on a charge of fraudulent i bankruptcy. Reuter W'reess.
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    INSURANCE FRAUDS ALLEGED.
    77 11 Prominent Business Men Arrested. London, Feb. 3. Bail totalling over £80,000 was granted to eight men and one woman remanded in London today on charges of conspiracy to cause fires and defraud insurance I companies over a period of eight years. lln three instances, bail was fixed
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    ARGENTINE & BRITAIN
    217 11 ARGENTINE BRITAIN Need for Revision Of 1825 Treaty. Rugby, Peb. 3. Mr. Walter Runciman President of the Board of a Trade, in :i speech last night referred to the approaching visit to London of representative", of the Argentine Republic and their advisers. Regarding tie prospects of making a new trade
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    DISARMAMENT.
    273 11 British Plan to Expedite Procedure. Rngbr, r*eb. :i. At the mcetiiiK of the General Comnti* sion of the Disarmament Conference ai (Jeneva today, the Hi itish programme oi work designed to expedite tha work el the Conference with view to achieving concrete results before Raster was re ferred to
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    THE EX-KAISER.
    176 11 Keenly Following Particular Events. Poorn, Feb. 1. Political events in C»« rmany are being fiOlouvd with the p.ealest interest at Doom House but all comment is refused. Well informed circles in Doom firmly lelieve that the ex-Kpiser will eertainjy not plungv into any adventurous enterprise involving his return
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    READY TO DISCUSS WAR DEBTS.
    735 11 The British Reply. AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO LONDON. New York, Feb. i. Silence on the debt question is as essentir.l in Downing Street a:; in America Mr. Roosevelt is believed to have told S'r Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to Washington, during talks last Sunday, pecording to
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    AIRMEN KILLED.
    96 11 Another Tragedy in The Alps. Bane, k' t] Thc> snowclad mountains in the Kngadine were the scene of another tragedy today, when Lkut. Walter Maiertl aeroplane struck a projecting piece of rock while tiying to surmount peak \V< issfluh, it,:; I- feet high. The marhinr frtranw nacontroUabl«a and
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    MORE FIGHTING IN GERMANY.
    371 11 Mayor Killed. > COMMUNISTS ATTACK NAZI PARADE. Munich, Feb. 5. Many people were injured during repeated Communist attacks on a "victory parade" of 10,000 uniformed Nazis. Fighting lasted all day. A hundred arrests were made. Special police guard the Nazi head1 quarters, where Herr Hitler has
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    SPEND PLEASE!
    79 11 British Appeal Finds Expression. London, Feb. 3. The Government's appeal for wise spending has found expression in the decision of many big building societies to offer members and other house owners loans on specially advantageous terms i for repairs and decorations and im- provements of houjso property. They
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    ULSTER STRIKE.
    86 11 Railway Officials Given Notice. Dublin, Feb. 5. The Ulster strike has taken a more serious turn. The Great Northern Railway is giving a month's notice of dismissal to all clerks and salaried officials and a week's notice to the lower paid servants of the company, all of whom
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    "THE WHARF."
    66 11 Lord Asquith's Home Sold For £7,000. London, Feb. 3. The Whfti'f, Sutton Courtenay, the beautiful Berkshire home of the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith, has been sold by his widow, who is unable to afford to keep it up. The ourchaser was an estate agent and it
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    VESUVIUS.
    28 11 INo Further Shocks: Eruptions Decrease. Naples, Feb. 4. The activity of Vesuvius continues on a slightly diminished scale. No further shocks of magnitude were experienced yesterday. Reuter.
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    ESPIONAGE TRIAL IN ITALY.
    222 11 Prison for French Military Professor. Rome, Feb. -4. Professor Eydoux, head of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, the famous military academy, has been sentenced by a special tribunal to five years' imprisonment on a charge of espionage. His secretary, Mile. Bonnefmd. was sentenced to three years
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    "KAFFIR" BOOM.
    215 11 Gambler's £280 Grows Into £10,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 4. A boom unprecedented in recent years has overtaken the "Kaffir" market on the London Stock Exchang; &r. a result of belated public appreciation of the changed conditions brought about in the South African mining industry as
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    OMINOUS WORDS.
    83 11 Mr. de Valera and Army I Training}. Dublin, Feb. 5. Mr. de Valera, after watching the mmch past of the Fianna Fail clubs in military formation at Knnis, Co. Clare expressed the opinion that the men did not march as well as they did in 1917. He wondered
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    CHANNEL GALE.
    100 11 Air Services Have to Be Suspended. London, Feb. 1. Cross-channel air services were interrupted this afternoon in consequence of a fierce gale over the English Channel, where the wind attained a velocity of 60 miles per hour. Cross-channel steamship services were maintained l.ut the vessels were severely buffeted.
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    RUMANIAN OIL.
    42 11 Martial Law To Combat Communist Influence. Bucharest, Feb. 4. The King has signed a decree proclaiming martial law in Bucharest and the oil regions of Rumania in con- sequence of industrial distarhaaeas < regarding which Communist influence is alleged. Reuter. J
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    CHIUMENKOW PASS RETAKEN?
    2153 11 Chinese Claim Successes In Jehol. MANY CASUALTIES. Japan Sending Thousands Of Troops. Shanghai. Feb. t. KiK'litiiiit has again broken out at '.he Chiumenknw F'ass, which If rts into Jehol, and an unconfinni'd report from Tientsin states that the Pass has been recaptured from the Japanese. Fighting took
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    WORTH $2,000,000 TWO YEARS AGO.
    937 12 Now A Bankrupt. PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF PENANG CHINESE. i i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, v\\<. i. Remarkal revelations ware made by j. l.m Chin Cuan, who was once regarded c hist men in Penang', during his public examination b] Mr R. Moor an I
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    25 12 Marjorie DtxUworth, formally of I SingajM.re, w;i married to Mr. JdauaaaW i *™l, >.( Jardine Engineering Corpor fction. Ltd., ut Hong Konf on Jan. 31. 1
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    CHARGE AGAINST INDIAN DOCTOR.
    565 12 CHARGE AGAINST INDIAN DOCTOR. Practising Surgery Without Being Registered. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 5. M. Kadaidin was recently cnarged •efore Che Albakri, Ipoh, with practisng surgery, not being a registered nedioal practitioner, or exempted under iction 'J of the enactment. The magis:ml the accused guilty and fined and
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    MORAL INNOCENCE.
    263 12 Manager and False Trade Marks. A conviction by way of a line of $50 jrd an order for the confiscation of the nap, was inflicted upon Loke Yeow Sum, ;he manager of Chop Choon Thye, of Korth Bridge Road, by Mr. H. A. Forrer, .re Criminal District Judge,
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    STEEL CARTEL.
    73 12 Brussels, Feb. 4. A decision to renew the International >teel Cartel for five years on the basis if production during the first six months it" 1982 has been reached as a result of negotiations lx>twcen manufacturers' a<•ociatioiis in Frnnce, Cermai.y, Belgium ir.il Luxemburg. Agreement has nl.-o foeti reached
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    BOY BURNED TO DEATH.
    214 12 Trapped in Blazing House. A ten year-old Chinese lioy was humed to death in Singapore early yesterday morning when the burning loof of a twostorey building crushed and buried him in the blase. The lire broke OOt In :> Chinese house at Duxt<n Hill, off Neil
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    "SMILIN' THROUGH.
    226 12 Fine Acting by Nor ma Shearer. That the cinema goir^ public of Singapore only appreciate the lighter forms of flm entertainment has proved to be quite wrong judging by the appeal the M.G.M. production '"smilin' Through" i:> making at the Alhamhva. It is a tragic sto>\v. A bi
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    GAOL FOR DUKE.
    54 12 Non-Payment of Margate Hotel Bill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, 7eb. 4. The Duke of Manchester has been ccnimitted for -1J days for non-payment of a hotel bill at Margate. The Duke is 57 years of age. His first wife, who was formerly Miss Helena Zimmerman, obtained
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    EUROPEAN DRESSER ACQUITTED.
    429 12 Using Criminal Force On Peon. A charge of using criminal force t-rought by a peon employed in the Audit Office atjainst a European d lesser in the MidilUu.n Hospital, before Mr. A. C. Boyd, the Fourth Police Magistrate, on Saturday, failed. "I acquit and dJaehareje the defendant,"
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    FLAT TRAGEDY.
    45 12 Parents Found Dead By Child's Picture. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 5. Lkut.-Col. and Mis. Reginald Holloway were found shot dead yesterday in their Bayswater flat beside a Mowerdecked photograph of their dead child. It was the anniversary of the child's death.
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    "HILARIOUS COMEDY" AT THE THEATRE.
    769 12 Repertory Players In "Much Married." The broad accents of Lancashire were heard in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night when the Singapore Repertory Players presented the "hilarious comedy," "Much Married," to an audience which might have been inueMi larger. If We :onally find fault with
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    ADMITTED TO BAR.
    181 12 Singapore Objection Over-Ruled. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ponang. Feb. 5. Mr. Tampoe Marshall Samuel Oyer Mahendram, Barristti-at-Law, formerly practising; in the F.M.S., was admitted to practise at the Straits Settle.r-ents Bar before Mr. Justice Prichard. Mr. B. E. Ross, rapviac th« application, said at a previous hearing
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    SEQUEL TO DEATH OF CONSTABLE.
    430 12 Javaesc Arrested. DRAMA ON OUTSKIRTS OF JUN(^ \ftrr Bead) m\ n:ot:.»is of careful im|iiir\ the have arrested a Jaaaaeae ill connection »llh the killing ol thi I -c poli.r constable »n :h.' I'asir l'atijan'r Koad on Jalj 30. hr n rest was Outfit 4 Ml
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    BIG HAUL.
    80 12 Revenue Officers And Midnight Sv.iin. A midnight swim Kallang Rivtr on I'd.. ■x supervisor in the Governnn I f,.li. s. und a party ol rev« to the seizure of twi ed to be the larj-'< <i 'L.ai.-oic six Kail I I at. I :'-g»llons:'g»llons of fermenting rice I
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    THE PAVILION.
    118 12 Another Sherlock Holmes atorv On The Screen. Coiian Doyle's >li>ii.- ml Sherlock Holmes in particular, form rich source of material tor t'llkinfc pictures, and "The Hound of the rfllai." now lieini; shov. nitn it 11.. is a pasd example. 1' esBBOI that tli Ifan wr.-ion grins in I
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    KLANG CHETTIAKS.
    123 12 (From Our Own Correspond Klanv At the second ant nal nice' in;; of ihiKianjr Chettiar Clll held yesterday the followini offi.e-l>e»iors for the manias President, Mr. If. 11. M. Xi tiai h n. secretary. Mr. A. L. I". S. T. A. R. Annnmalai Chettiar; committee. H s. m.
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      ANOTHER CRICKET "INCIDENT."
      386 13 Oxenham Refuses To Go Out. Brisbane, Feb. 4. At the close of play today, the opening day of the match between Queensland anil the M.c.c. tourist*, Queensland had been dismissed for l'di and the M.c.c. had obtained six rani without loss in reply. The M.C.C. played thi
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      PUBLIC SERVICES' RUGBY.
      895 13 "Splitting Up." SYMPATHY FOR S.C.C. RIVALS. The Public SorviOM, v ir.ners of the S.C.C. tournament once atain last season, may l>e split up next season in orctler to lead support to othe: t urnament sides which rave been more handicapped DJ the bad tilt. This MggWti< n
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      HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
      1227 13 Scottish Cup. ARSENAL DROP A POINT. Lordon, Feb. 4. Tht following were the results of today's matches in the second round of the Scottish F. A. Cup and in the English League Scottish Cup. Scond Hound. DvadM I'til. :i St. Johnstonc 4 St. Mirrcn 0 Kilmurnock 1
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    M.C.C. IN INDIA.
    193 13 Tour to Include 78 Days' Cricket. An intimation has been received the M.C.C. Conunittee, irritea th.- Ceylon Daily News, to the effect that they to accept the invitation from the Indian Cricket Board of Control to send I te:im to tour India during the next cold ther.
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    PERAK RACES.
    289 13 Handicaps for Opening Day. The following ai'e the handicaps for <\-, its on the openmr d;>y of the Pcrak Turf Club Spring ire* iig on Saturday next I!. 1 -v. 1. 1.-, tun). Kulim Hulkia x.'J, Movalonjt 8.7, I!, ii>/. Ii 8, Hiirhland Lan MS, Ben Hal] T.I'
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    HOME RUGBY.
    95 13 Army's Victory Over Illackheath. London, Feb. 4. The following are the results of the leading Rugby matches played today Bedford 15 R.A.F. 3 Blackheatfa 13 The Army 25 Bristol 3 Cambridge U. S Donor) Sera 22 Old Blues 3 Gloucei 34 Tnited Servs. S London Scots. 19 Leicester
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    SONG OF SUSSEX.
    36 13 Best Steeplechaser In England. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 4. Bf li'-atiiir' Miss Paget's Insurance .»t Lingfield yesterday, Sir H. Nugent's Song of Sussex has proved the liest steeplo1 hneer m Kngland.
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    K. S. DULEEPSINHJI.
    83 13 Unlikely To Captain Sussex This Season. London, Ja 1. 2.~>. K s. Dulecpeinhji ii v< turning to Eng Iland f- 111 .Switzerland in June to be beet 1 inn al o>e wedding of A. H. H. Gilligan to MJM Mariorie White, captain of the Roehamptcn Ladies' Golf
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    SCOTLAND WIN.
    272 13 Magnificent Work By Forwards. London, Feb. 4. In the international Rugby Championship today at Swansea Scotland beat Wales >y 11 points (a goal, a penalty goal and a try) to 3 points (a try). At halftimo Scotland were leading by six points to ml. Scotland thoroughly deserved their
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    38 13 The Singapore Swimming Club pool will be closed for cleaning at H p.m. today and opened again on Wednesday at 4 p.m. High tide to-morrow is at 7.;. i a.m. and on Wednesday at H..'15 a.m.
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    SOUTH JOHORE END WITH A WIN.
    543 13 Wiltshires Beaten In Final Game. South Johore H pts. Wiltshire Rent. .1 pt«. South Mhn (-(included their Rugt>y season on Saturday with a victory ovor the Wiltshire Regiment by eight points (a goal and a try) to three points a penalty goal) on the
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      DRAW FOR DAVIS CUP.
      140 14 Strong Team Expected From Japan. fans. Fab. 2. The Davis Cap drau for the European ■DM, t««l> half. begiM with four byes. Rumania. Monaco and Czechoslovakia. In the first round. Finland meets India, Spain, Great Britain, Belgium. Austria, Italy i<iul Jugoslvia. In the bottom half the
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      MALACCA CLUB.
      198 14 Football and Cricket Meetings. (From Our Own Correspondent. l Malacca, Feb. 4. The anmia! cricket and football meeting* of the Maluna Club were held yesterday. Mr. K. <i. Wilson, who presided at the football meeting, reported that they played 18 games last season, of which they won It,
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      SEREMBAN CRICKET.
      251 14 I^ow Scoring in First Match. (From Our Own Correspondent.) s-i'inban. Feb. 5. The cricket sea.-i n opened here today when A. K. Retnam's XI met and lost to v .1 E. Kdmonds' VI in a low scoring match by 27 ran*. Scores:— 'A. K. Ketnam's XI: W. Se-uviratne
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      INDIAN ASSOCIATION.
      24 14 A meeting of the nX ir.bei-H interested I in cricket will be hold B i Wednesday at p.m. at the six>i-ts pavilion.
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      SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
      314 14 Scores in February Medal. The February Medal Competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday, and .■suited in a win for G. Finlay in "A" division with a Mt score of 73, and in a ■win for R. C. GiggiM
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      GOLF FOR ALL IN IPOH
      579 14 Facilities at Perak Turf Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 5. At an extraordinary general meeting ol the Perak Turf Club held at the Turf Clul premises yesterday a number of alterations and additions to the rules of th< club permitting the election of
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      LALL SINGH.
      114 14 Scores Second Century 01 Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Feb. 5. Lall Singh obtained another centurj un Saturday when he made 103 not ou in a match between his team and th< khnK team, played on the occasion of l function he!d here in his honour by
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      CHINESE LEAGUE MATCHES.
      940 14 A.A.A. 'Collect Two More Points. A. A. A. 3 Matthews Y. P. (J. 0. The Amicable Athletic Association were not unduly extended to beat St. Matthew's Younsr Peoples Guild yesterday afternoon at Jalan Besar in a ("ni.ieM Leap* football match by three clear goals. Play was sirappy
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      GOOD SPORT AT R.S.Y.C.
      1159 14 Yachting Regatta. HALF-YEARLY PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. With a fresh bfMM I. lowing from the north-east and a choppy sea, twelve yachts set out in the A and B da--events, for the London Cup and the Boden Kloss Cud respectively, at the regatta held by the Royal Singapore
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      80 14 Today. Krbruary S. S.< Mixed Tennis Tournament befcins. >ucht Cluli annual mttr.. 6.1S p in Hockey: Ksgrl Semhila.i r*. WiHahin Rvirt.. Scrcnban. Turhday, February 7. Football: Clnaaa* League: Siong 800 A A vs. KrndrmptT AC, Jalan He Hockey: Malacca v- Wiltshne I; Malacca. W<dnesd»y, Frbruary f>. Football: Malay,
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    Scheme For Regulation Of Tea Exports.
    1047 15 Scheme For Regulation Of Tea Exports. FIVE-YEAR RESTRICTION. Agreement Reached Among Producers. The proposals have been accepted by I the committees of the Indian Tea Association, London, the South Indian Tea i lution, London, and the Ceylon Association, London, provided sufficient support is obtained of all producers in India whose
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    MATHEMATICS AND WIRELESS.
    331 15 Research By Woman Scientist A woman hii« completed the first stage of the most difficult of all wireless DroMoms— that of putting on paper the whole i .rev of fading and other eccentricities I which long-distance wireless is capable. For eight years Dr. Mary Taylor, of the
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    "RED" MALTA.
    91 15 Priests to Assist Against Propaganda. Malta, Feb. 3. An appeal to the parish priests o* Malta to assist in "nipping in the bud the sinister communistic propaganda which strikes at the very roots, not only of tile Church, but all ordered society, and which is seeking to insinuate
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    HOME GUTTED.
    87 15 Alleged Incendiarism By Farmer. Cleveland Ohio, Feb. 3. Despite heroic efforts by nurses, 9 psychopathic patients lost their lives in a fire which completely gutted a nursing home in the suburbs yesterday. Terrible scenes wfere witnessed as the f.re spread rapidly through the building, cutting off some patients
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    COLLISION AT JUNCTION.
    33 15 A small car driven by a European and a" motor-cycle ridden by a Chinese collided at the junction of Stamford Road and Hill Street yesterday. The motor-cyclist was slightly hurt.
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    CARETAKER GAGGED WITH ONIONS.
    144 15 Armed Robbers Active In Singapore. Five men aimed with revolvers, and '.hre? othiis armed with knives, all Cantonese, carried out a daring robbery in the early hours of this morning in a private Chin— temple in Jalan Silat and *fter thoroughly ransacking the place, lecampi'd with
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED.
    5661 16 How Better Teams Knocked Arsenal And Chelsea. ANOTHER BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT HOPE. iHr Our Own Cm -respondent.) Straits Timks Omu:, Flei't Street, Jan. 17. Arsenal beaten at Walsall! Chelsea beaten at Brighton! All the other results of thi< wei-k's sport at Home seem to pale into in i^nit'icarne
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    CUSTOM BROKEN.
    140 18 Chettiar Brings His ,Wife To Singapore. New history will be made on Saturday wh-n the s.s. Rajula arrives in Singapore for on board will be Mr. A.R.A.R.M. Sockalingham Chettiar and his wife. Ever since Chettiars made their homes in Malaya it has been the custom to keep their
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    QUIT RENTS
    109 18 Johore Following Policy Of Colony and F.M.S. At the last meeting of the Executive Council it was resolved to follow the policy of the Colony and the Federated Malay States in remitting as a purely temporary measure for 1933 only all rents on agricultural land in excess of
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    38 18 Miss Margaret, daughter of the Ret', and Mrs. J. A. Howes, of Perth, Western Australia, arrived in Singapore by the Minderoo on Saturday. Her marriage to Mr. E. N. Tavlor, Assistant Official Assignee, will take pj*ce on Wednesday.
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    IMPORTANT STEP.
    90 18 US. Move To Restore Balance Of Population. Warmsprings, Feb. 2. Plan.s to ret* tore the balance of popuLation between the city and the country uro unfolded by Mr. Roosevelt. They provide for the employment of 70,000 unemployed at the outset, on building huge flood co urol basins in
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    THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN BRITAIN.
    3697 19 "Dinner At Eight" Takes London By Storm— While The Author Runs Away Strange Interval Has The Critics Puzzled— A New Era In Film Technique Norma Shearer At Her Brilliant Best —Queer Sights Under The Sea Ivor Novello Explores Fresh Fields"— Which All Good
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    DEAN'S DECISION.
    59 19 Resigns After Death Of Butler. "The death of my old butljr has made a great change in my life." said Bishop WelWon, announcing that he is resigning from the position of Dean of Durham at Easter. Dr. Welldon's butbr, Mr. Edward Perkins, who died a few month. ago,
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    A MILLION MILES AN HOUR.
    196 19 Balls of Fire Whirling In Space. The Socu ty fo the Ad\ anci Science heard detailx of scien wu of learning hoy and coal makes heat through measurin the em ivy of the single vibration of molecule. Research, the j shows that molecufc a trilli
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    ART TREASURES.
    170 19 Roman Sculptures in The Rhone. Jan. 1. Inspired perhaps by S in rccoverintr the Roman galleys from Ijike Nemi. the city of Ariel is to try rescue some of ita aacieni architectural trOßMsras from the River Rhone. Aries contains some of the D foot Roman remain* in France,
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    ADRIFT TWO WEEKS.
    110 19 Officer Swims Out Of Engine-Room. After having drifted ai the mercy ol heavy seas for a fortnight, without wireless." the Norwegian steamer Rein wa towed into Cork harbour by the Norwegian steamer Marstenen. Both vessel- were damaged. The Rein was helpless with smashed unlder in aa Atlantic
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    A BIG JOB.
    111 19 St. Paul's Has 70- Yearly Spring (lean. A small avmy of men, plying strongl] bristled icrubbing brushes, an giving tl interior of St. Paul's Bthedral iv ftn real spring cleaning for 70 year.-. They are transforming the itonewoi from the dull grey of London- grime I a
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    HOPES FOR 1933,
    158 19 Recovery Sine Although It May Be Slow. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Grand Maxtor, in a Now Year message in the Primrose League, stated: "Never has it boen more necessary than it it today to keep before the people the importance of pos■eooiag sound political principle! and clear
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      149 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle 55-40 9*' P* 5 MHmL. .1 JL._..L. .1 twiKgij L J. tJy%%p I (CLUES.) ACROSS JJ *»;<"<; 19. Allied by nature t Ha,,, ,m WJefced 1 ritic :i Ixpress opposition II Stately Hiivintr ban lea\es f-' Always llvsl fluill 18. Untwist GiWer's tool 11. Law «Jui'k Active
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    All In "The Row."
    53 20 AMERICA'S NEWEST GIANT DIRIGIBLE. THE LARGEST RIDINfi CLASS of children s.en in recent \ears is ap|ie:« inir daily in the Hotten Kow. (I'lanvt News.) THE SIAMT NEW AIRSHIP that i s brine built for the UA Navy, is expected to be ready for trial Rights in
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    19 20 Dr. Alinnlon. Hradmasl) r i>r Ktnn t011.e,, on the Wajos'ic-. <>n its ani\;i! ;l x w ir«r.i. d'hinit \«»s.)
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    18 20 PERAK COLTS HOCKEY TEAM »hirh was he« t^ n J > >_^ P l a !^2lii!l^ l s_^ n i^^Sl!^^J'i-
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    31 20 'i (it- I '••ni|<:'s|i:iiu« Kainh thai fe'l ii|ion I nndnn. on Sun<;i>. Jaiuiar* Sth. cau-*-H H?de I'a-k to he pr.-.r 'iral'j do •crlt-d but it na\e the photoicrapher a beautiful xtudv.
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    JACK OAKIE ENGAGED
    21 20 Mr. Jack Ostku-. »hr 61m comedian, is rr ortcd to 'he n k nerd Miss Mary la Valle.
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