The Straits Times, 21 July 1933

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    33 1 The Straits Times \~~*s m mm* *m «$O *m m um\t mi- i—"» r ""t ai. lflii HIIHE 15 i The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      543 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND~ORIENT*L CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MA^TYS GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnsge Due 3'pore. RANCHI 17C0O July 81 >BHUTAN 6.P00 Aug. 8 CARTHAGE IM*
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      667 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, Lsndoa. Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnsga. Due Ssil. 5 FUSHIMI MARU 10.900 July 27 28 HAKOZAKI MARU ***** Aug. 10 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Aug. 23 IS HAKUSAN MARU 10.E0C Sept 6 7 HARUNA MARU 10.400 Sept. 20 tl 5
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      521 2 BURNS PHILP LINE. (IncorporaUd in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7365 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3.353 tons) (Csrgo only). Ths s-s. MAKELLA ia one of the largest and finest iteamers trading to Austrslis, cabins
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      534 2 TOE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated >n Denmark.) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. ERRIA 1/8 1/8 z/8 4/8 LALANDIA £2/8 22 8 13/8 IS/8 MEONIA 12/9 12/3 13/9 15/9 ALSIA 8/10 8/10 4/10 6/10 BORINGIA
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      1226 2 THK BLUB FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THK HUA KHIOW STEAMSniP CO. Steam Ship Co, Lti, and CWn. (1»S2) LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSniP CO, LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO- LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE L*A THE SIAM
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    APRIL MARITIME CASUALTIES.
    218 3 British Suffer 20 Total Losses. The Bureau Veritas has just published I the list of maritime casualties recorded during the month of April, concerning mil flags. This publication reports the following Total losses: Steamers 10 United States, 20 British, 1 Belgian, 1 Danzig, 1 Finnish, 2 French,
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    FOREIGN COMPETITION.
    203 3 What Shipowners Have To rp"'?nd Against. An ix;.iu,,.c of what British shipovm'rs sire really up against in the matter of cheap foreign competition has been brought to the notice of the Secretly of the Mercantile Marine Servic? Association. A member of the organisation has recently heen relieved of
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    "NO. 534," Early Resumption Of Work Probable.
    200 3 In tluir resauka in the annual report of John Drown and Co., Ltd., reently on slate that at Clydebank work was suspended on the cxpros Atlantic liner No. 534 for the Cunard ..i Ship Company throughout the whole period covtnd by these accounts,
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    IMPORTANT QUESTION.
    1163 3 What Is Average Life Of Marine Boilers. The an ui., i,. i cm nt made that the contract fo. reboilcring the Brazilian battleship Minas Genes has been placed with Messrs. John I. Thornycroft and Co., raises the question of tho average life of marine boilers, says the Journal
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    CRAZE SPREADS.
    86 3 Sailing Ships To Be Used For Pleasure Cruises. Those in search of a quiet and leisurely holiday will be interested to know that cruises can be arranged in Captain Gustaf Erikson's well-known sailing vessels. Passages can be booVec from England to Copenhagen >r Mariehamn (Bail '<•), also from
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    98 3 PLANCITJS, BrlU 8,529 tons, from Belawan 21-7, for BateTia 21-7. G. G. MERLIN, Ft, R53 tons, from Saigon 20-7, for Saigon 24-7. GIANG ANN, Brit., 546 tons, from Bandjermasin 21-7, for Sourabaya unc TOMOHON, Dut., 684 ton*, from Samba* 21-7, for Sambas 26-7. TUNG SONG. Brit., 1M tons,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    100 3 Friday, July 21. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrire. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Lady Guillemard," The Cable, Dajalc, Van Heutsz. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRT DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Soli. Victoria Dock Rigmor. Ceppel Harbonr. King's Dock Nil. No.
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    PASSENGERS.
    185 3 Passengers embarked at Singapore by the Lloyd Triestino Conte Verde (Italian mail) yesterday were: Mr. W. H. MacMahon, Mr. P. J. Seelig. Mr. D. Goodman, Mr. N. Cavalieri, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Fricker, Mr. Tap Poo Hia*. Mr. and Mrs. G. Nelwani, Mr. Roopchand, Mr. and Mrs. G.
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      422 3 Jg NORDDEUTSCHER fSk I*OYDfjiyWl'J (Incorporated la |V|jiHj Germany.) The undermentioned an the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARD. S SAALE for Manila. Hong Koag, Shanghai, N. China Japan An*. 1 S LAHK for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, N. China Japan Aug. 14 S TRAVE for Manila. Hoag Kong, Shanghai, N. China A
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      425 3 Fares Again Reduced. £67.3.11. For a beaotlf.l trip fro« MANILA /HONG KONG TO EUROPE. VIA AMERICA Toarlst class across the Padn> lat e!ara Kail in America. Toarist clsss Atlsntic o« the famous aad aew v. Manhattan or M. Washington. (If pasaaga throagh the Panama Canal Is dealrcd approximately 15.0.5. extra).
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      392 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LID. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Serrlce to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Tia Ports and Saei Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI ft JAPAN. ■MMM Due Spore. sj. CITY OF NEWCASTLE Aug. s.s. CITY OF CORINTH Sept. 11 HOMEWARDS. sj. CITY OF BEDFORD fo/H'Tre*' P
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      64 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Station Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins Sunshine temp. •F hra. *F Alor Star 90 Nil 8.0 74 Sitiawan 92 Nil 6.7 75 K. Trengganu 88 Nil 10.7 78 Bukit Jeram 90 Nil 8.1 78 Malacca 87 Nil 7.7 74 Singapore 90 Nil 10.5
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      111 3 TIDE TABLES. Friday, July 21. H. W. 11 a.m., 8 ft., 9.46 p.m., 9 ft. 1 ia. Saturday, July 22. H. W. 11.35 a.m., 8 ft. 3 in., 10.25 p.m., 9 ft. 5 in. Sanday, July 28. H. W. 12.04 p.m., 8 ft 5 In., 11.02 p.m., 9 ft. 6
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      376 4 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position id"iUsed In these columns send copies of testlsaonials. Do not send originals. WANTED, hardworking efficient :tenoffrapher. Kuropean firm. Apply 661, 3. T. RUBBER RESEARCH SCHEME (CEYLON.) (Established under Ceylon Ordinance No. 10 of 1930). The Board of Management requires the services of an
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      768 4 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, MASH special six saloon, $7M. Good appearance. Stand expert inspection. Apply (47, Straits Times. USED CARS: Fiats, Morris Cowley, Austin "12," Ford*, Chevrolet, Hupmobile etc. EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD., 69/79 Orchard Road. TERRAPLANING. The new thrill in motoring coining soon. THE CYCLE CARRIAGE Co. (1926) Ltd.,
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      534 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICB, Robinson Road, 8,700 sq. feet first class property. United Engineers. TO LET, No. 110, Robinson Road, sniubU for offce A store. *pply 8. Manasseh Co, s-1, Malacca Street. TO LET. OFFICES at 4 and 4-A, Prince St., top floor and No. *2, Raffles Plaea. Apply
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      864 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. LOCAL EMPLOYERS HAVING VACAN. OSS FOB EUROPEANS ARE URGED TO CONSULT TU CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE AT THE T MCA, SINGAPORE, TONBRIDGE SCHOOL An Old Tonbridgian Dinner will be held at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Saturday, July 29, 1933. O.Ts wishing: to attend should write to
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      684 4 TENDER SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE ii hereby given that tenders mrt now invited for the following material! 01 services, and that particular! of such tenders may be obtained 1b the Tender Room Municipal Offices. Installation of Sanitary Fittings at: Mot. 46, 61 A 62 Craig Rd.. Nos. 495, 497,
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      926 4 BUSINESS CARDS' MASSAGE HALL 1 MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU sad Miss HANA. ft, WATERLOC STREET. Telephone 7467. PALAIS DES MODES No. 20, High Street PHONE 4616. The LATEST CREATIONS in EXCLUSIVE GOWNS. HATS. HAND BAGS. NOVELTIES etc.. etc. All at Reasonable Prices. ORDERS accepted with LADIES' OWN MATERIALS. Our
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      176 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within (JuUide without Malsya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly I.M 4.*0 I 2.50 quarterly 5...U il ..0 7.51 Half Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $1500 Yearly $34.N $48.M $35.00 NOTE.— Outatstios cheques should include the usaal bank discoaat. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as under:— 25
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    BIG ARMS SHIPMENT TO IRELAND.
    792 5 Gun-Running Exposed. MYSTERY WOMAN NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT. Thre* thousand rifle and 250,000 rounds of ammunition have recently been landed on the South Coast of Ireland by a ship carrying two captains and a crew of foreigners. The ship was met off the coast of Cork
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    COMMONS POLICE.
    118 5 No Longer to Accept Tips From M.P.S. London, July 12. An old London custom formerly in honourable vogue, but today considered to have become humiliating, is about to disappear. The policemen in the House of Commons for centuries have been accustomed to receive tips from the members after
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      353 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Itooms with Modem Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water. THIS EVENING TEA DANCE— 6.3O to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE 9.30 to Mid-night GRILL SERVED ON THE LAWN. Special Daily j l~ Tea Informal Special [tollar Lunch j Dances Dinner Dances Dinner Dances
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      7 5 They save you Money. ON PAGE 4
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      214 5 ■■■■■■■■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■R PLATE LESS ACCUMULATORS i a Already the plate-less, double- 9 capacity accumulator ha* mostly S superseded present-day ''plate" type* —by next season, bat- am uovp B tery-user* everywhere fill AUD will go over completely AMr g to the "accumulator (C P of a new day." 9«#a '9 v GENERAL
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      23 5 RAFFLES CAFE TRY OUR SPECIAL $1.00 TIFFINS TONIGHT'S CONTINENTAL SPECIAL $1 FRANKFURTER SAUSAGES AND SAUERKRAUT (Mashed Potatoes) UNDER EUROPEAN CHEFS SUPERVISION. PHONE 5381.
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      262 5 PROTECT BEAUTY AND HEALTH— by using Squibb Dental Cream regularly. It counteract* Germ Acid, cause of decay, because it contains Squibb Milk of Magnesia, an antacidl Squibb's cleans beautiful!}, contain* neither grit, nor astringents, and is very economical. Germ Acid form* in every mouth. Don't (rive it a chance. Fight
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      366 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE. By Our Expert. SINGAPORE (Radio Service Co.)— j Metres 49.9 Mon., Wed, and Thursday I 6.15 to 8.30 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR— Metres 48.92— Sun. Tues. and Fri. 7 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG— Metres 58 M.— Daily 6.30 10 p.m. PARlS—
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      330 5 MALAYAN AJLS. KUALA LUMPUR. Today's Programme. Z.G.E. 44.92 Metres, 7 p.m. Columbia Records. DX 287 Overture*- The WreckersBritish Symphony Orchestra. 9439 Violin— Oavatina— Violin— Hungarian Dance— Arthi Catterall. DX Bft Overture— The Meistersingtrs— Symphony Orchestra. 9555 Selection Vocal gems from Faust.— Mercam Lecelk and chorus. 7.30 p.m. Ap.irox. British Official
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    LEEMBRUGGEN CASE CONCLUDES.
    690 6 Judgment Reserved. CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE. The trial was concluded yesterday before Mr. M. H. Blacker, the Singapore Th:rd Magistrate, of a Dutch Burgher from Ceylon, Charles Nell Leembruggen. on a charge of criminal breach of trust a* a servant of the Woodsville dairy farm in
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    POWERS OF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
    560 6 Further Argument. JUDGMENT RESEARCH IN ASSIZE COURT. Following turther argument yesterday in the Assize < ourt concerning the powers of the Deputy PublL Prosecutor in sanctioning pro. ci tions Mr. Justice Cobbett —served judgment. The matter arose last week when Mr. K. K. O'Connor, appearing for
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    GEORGES PHILJPPAR CASE REOPENED.
    931 6 Criminal Proceedings. ACTION TAKEN BY FRENCH SENATE. Paris, July 2. Rumours of an interesting develop* ment in the affair of the Georges Philippar, the Messageries Maritimes' liner whioh was destroyed by fire in the Red Sea last year, are circulating in Paris. It will be recalled
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    TELOK ANSON FEARS.
    61 6 Will Infant Welfare Centre Be Closed? At a recent meeting of the Telok Anson Sanitary Board Mr. H. de H. Smith asked whether a Vision had definitely been arrived at to close down the infant welfare centt at Telok Anson. The chairman replied that he had not
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    ROYAL WEDDINGS.
    57 6 Medan, July 15. A News has been received here that a near relative of the Sultan of Selangor is to marry one of the relatives of the Sultan of Langkat (Sumatra). It is also stated that the son of the Yang di Pcrtuan of Kualu is to marry
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    58 6 In despair because he could find no work, a photographer at Prague stacked his money, about 17s. 6d., in neat order, and carefully photographed it. To the finished picture he attached a note which read: "This is my last masterpiece. Lest nobody else appreciate it I wish it to be
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    QUININE CONTROL.
    142 6 Japanese Said To Be He'ning Native Production (From Our Own C* -espondent.) Medan, July 15. In connection with the scheme for quinine restriction the Javanese Bode states that serious danger threatens from the increasing native production, which is backed by Japanese interests. In some districts advance cost payments
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    MOTOR BUS CRASH.
    48 6 Five People Killed And Ten Injured. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, July 15. A serious accident took place recently i nthe neighbourhood of Pisau Hang, on ihe West Coast of Sumatra, when a bur crashed down a ravine. Five people were killed and 10 injured.
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    SUMATRAN BANANAS.
    58 6 Successful Shipment To Holland. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, July 15. The Economic Weekblad states that the experimental shipments of Sumatran bananas to Holland have been successful and that it is now possible to ship atleast 1,600 bunches by nearly every boat leaving here at a cost of
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    32 6 When you want a black coffee in Vienna you ask for "a Dollfuss." The Viennese call their Chancellor "the Mttu black one" because of bis lack of inches and his dark hair.
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      444 6 ARCADIA Jfcpj^^^ WORKS !f |''P I' II P tfcfcSSS "Ml^SSfe^ 100% VIRGINIA 1 ter?^^RS^Ste CIGARETTES are CARRERASVonder Factory in LONDON- the HOME o£. CRAVENS CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES The most modernly-designed and equipped Tobacco Factory in the World is Arcadia Works, on the Hampstead Road, London, N.W., where Carreras make CRAVEN
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    AMUSEMENT PARK GAMBLING.
    300 7 Difficult Problem For F.M.S. Police. Organised gaming was kept well m fcand during the year and does not give »s murh trouble as it has in past days, •ayb the Commissioner of Police, F.M.S., fit his annual report. In Selangor thp district cf Sungei Besi gave considerable
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    TO HELP HOSPITAL.
    57 7 In aid of St. David's Hospital a variety show is to be giver, on Saturday evening in the High Schoo Hall, Malacca The show is being organised by Mrs. G. V. Alford who has with her among others Anita Frankel, Mrs. Skylum, Joe Goddard, the Malacca Girls'
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    MR. LIM CHENG EAN'S QUESTIONS.
    812 7 Schools in the Slump. PROBLEM OF CHINESE MARRIAGE RITES. Higher school fees, the absence of legislation providing for registration of Chinese marriages, and the need for -:i experimental farm on Penang T '-nd let topics which will be '•Jsed by the He u Mr. Lim
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    MALAYAN NIPAH.
    116 7 The nipah palm (Ni, a fruticans) k of some importance in M?iaya not only as a source of supply of attap for roofing material, but also .s a potential source of pover alcohol and of sugar. References to this palm have appeared from time to time in the
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      167 7 I 1 A VITAL MESSAGE TO YOU! {PAVILION j limited' 1 Accustomed to showing I the greatest British pro- I Iductions we seldom get excited about an extraordinary motion picture ?J J I Bat here is one so fine I 'and so exquisite, thai we cannot withhold oar enthusiasm. That
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      337 7 M^- "y-YTfHi 6*156 15 NIGHTLY 9.15 if mi sm^im^ "I fox s scnsaiionai Se<iuei to CHANDU k "TRICK FOR If TRICK" r^y-^ <\ w> th RALPH MORGAN and SALLY BLANE Dfis. Bee how a master magician bares the mystic ■yW 1A aecrets of his craft fights his cleve* rivaU with
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      354 7 CAPITOL! Tomorrow Morning at 11. The Kiddies' most joyous event! "MICKEY MOUSE" Matinee SPECIAL SELECTED PROGRAMME Members Mickey Moose Club, FREE; (July Subscription Receipts must be shown) Non-Members Adults 50 cts., Children 25 cts. /|^^^Mn»^gjl POSITIVELY LAST MIGHT The tcreea'i mod popular itar f re*h from hit triumphs in The
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    207 8 Local Rubber Is Steadier. BUT LONDON AND NEW YORK FALL. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. Today's Prices: Kuhher, IM% cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $108.25 per Dicul. Gold, i' 6 Is. 6d., up 2d. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, London, 4 5/16 d., down 1 32 d.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    64 8 Noon, July 21. E.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 13^ a 14 (F. 0.8.) 14"!. 14% Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Aug.-Sept. 14 14V 8 Oct.-Dec. 14 14i/ 8 Jan.-Mar. 141,4 143/j, Tone of market: °uict steady. Latest Cable: London «r>nt
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    PRODUCE.
    187 8 Singapore, July 21. Gambier 4.50 (Cube) No. 1 unpicKed 7.5< v Copra 4.05 mixed 3.45 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.92 M. White Pepper 26.75 Black Pepper 15.00 Pearl Sago 4.55 ■•mail I (If medium 6.00 No. 1 125 catties gross 8.85 No. 2 125 catties gross 3.80 Rice Siam $161
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        430 8 Issue T Val. Pd; Buyers Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 27/6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 27/6 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 13/9 1 1 Ayer Weng 0.90 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 18/3 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 1 1 Batu Caves 0.42 V& £1 £1 Chenderiang 1/4 M>d. 1 1
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        GENERAL.
        276 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 1.1 5 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.8.0 5.13.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 5.45 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 23/- 24/- cd. £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        128 8 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V 2 p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfe p.c of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4 p.c. of 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 luO
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        384 8 Fraeer and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today's Prices Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby (*1) 0.75 0.85 0.70 0.80 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.55 0.65 A. Hitam ($1) 1.00 1.20 1.00 1.20 A. Kuning ($1) 0.15 0.20 0.16 0.20 A. Malay ($2) 1.15 1.30 1.10 130
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      205 8 The following are the exchange rates this morning, according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/8 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 3/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/4 1/32 London,
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      EXCHANGES.
      91 8 Rugby, July 19 Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.24 Athens 585 Brussels 23.83 >/2/ 2 Belgrade 245 Berlin 13.95 Bombay 1/6 1/16 Bucharest 565 Buenos Aires 42 official. Copenhagen 22% Geneva 17.21-. Helsingfors 226»& Hong Kong 1/5 7/16 Lisbon 110 Madrid 39 13/16 Milan 63 1/32 Montreal 5 Montevideo 34
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      252 8 The underno -d non-fiction vorks will -c ready for issue on Saturday .it 9 a.m. Strange Crimes, illus., H. Ashton-Wolfe; Turner: a specclaive portrait, Walter Bayes; Fifty Famous Fights in Fact and Fiction, The First Earl ot Birkenhead; Sarah, Duchess of Marlhorough, illus., Kathk n Campbell; The Tomb
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      S.V.C. ORDERS.
      111 8 Programme of Drilb up to Mid for week ending July 23, are: Friday, July 21, 6.15 p.m., Headquarters, let Bn. Signal Section, Signal Training; 6.15 p.m., Headquarters, 2nd Bn. Int. PI., Map Reading; 6.16 p.m., Headquarters, Bde. Signal Section; Signal Training, 5.15 p.m. Malay Headquarters, "F" (Malay) Coy.,
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      221 8 Today. Banks Island, Java, South-Weft Sumatra, South East lorneo, Celebes, Molucras T<mnr Dilly (Plancius) ..2.30 p.m. Selat Pandjang, liengkulis, Suit Pakan Baroe, Fort de Ko-k l'cnung (Ampang) 3 p.n. North, N.-Enst and N.-Weat Sumatra (Tinombo) S p.m. Java, South- West Sumatra, SouihEast Borneo. Olebes, Moluccas and Timor
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      33 8 By Karngola Taliise Slamat Kaisar-I-Hind Johan de Witt t|.oie London June 15 July 10 June 15 'uly 10 June 19 July 10 June 23 July 17 June 23 July 16
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      459 8 DARING BANK RAID BY "U.S." GANGSTERS. Judge Orders 15 Strokes Of the Cat. Two American gangsters," who in 1927 were sentenced to 20 years in Sing Sing, were at Newcastle sentenced to ten years' penal servitude and 15 strokes of the cat for carrying out an armed bank robbery at
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      84 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Today. July SI. Police Band. Waterloo St., 8.15 p.m. Cathedral Music Fes'ivul. St. Andrew^ Cathedral, 9.15 p.m. Saturday, July 22. "Flying Day" at R.S.F.C. Singapore Repertory Players at Tanglia Clnb.— "Little Devil," 9.45 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. Police Band, Telok Ayer, 5.15 p.m. Wednesday, July 26.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      DOLLAR RUBBER COMPANIES
      1719 9 Details Of Organisation TWENTY FOUR PROMINENT ESTATES Charles Bradburne Co., (1930) Ltd., have compiled the following deUils of 24 of the more popular dollar rubber companies. Allenby Rubber Co.; Ltd: Nominal capiUl $500,000; Paid Up $454,175; Par value $1.00; Financial year ends Feb. 28, 1933, Area: Rubber
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      FLUCTUATING RUBBER MARKET.
      911 9 During Month of May. GEO. WHITE, YUILLE Co's REPORT Geo White Yuille A Co., Ltd., in their monthly rubber report, dated London, June 21, state Rubber during the past month has been an active and fluctuating market. Price* at first continued to rise until 3%d. per lb.
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      300 9 Closing Quotations In London. London, July 20. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below: The rue or fall is in relation to the price of July 19. GOVERNMENT STOCKS BRITISH. BlM Conversion Loan 5% 116% Fundinc Loan 4% 1916-90 109% GOVERNMENT STOCKS.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    120 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA Trick For Trick. With Ralph Morgan, Sally Blanc A Victor Jory. 6.15—9.16. CAPITOL No Man Of Her Own. With Clark Gable. 6.16—9.15. EMPIRE, TANJONG PAGAR King; of Jaxz. With John Boles. 7—9.15. GREAT 'VORLD Cabaret Tarzan, The AJ>e Man Seed. MARLBOROUGH Robert Woolsey It Bert Wheeler in
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1933. RICE vs. RUBBER.
    836 10 At the present time, when an unexpected and inexplicable improvement in the rubber market is sending up the production of native rubber by leaps and boun.ls. it is instructive to reflect upon the siferificance of this movement for those
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    MR. G. F. BLACKETT.
    168 10 Cutting his wrist on a piece of glass, Mr. G. E. Blackett, manager of Harper, (Jillillan and Co., Malacca, was admitted to Durian Daun Hospital last Saturday and died there at midnight but ritrh't from, it is believed, blood poisoning. Mr. Blackett was a comparat,ve!y young
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    191 10 The following uppoinlments are announced in the FJM.S. Government Gazette: Mr. J. O. Sanders to be Traffic Manager, F.M.S.R. Mr. J. O. Sanders to be Transportation Manager, F.M.S.R. Mr. E. G. Montford to be Chief Sanitary Inspector, Kinta Sanitary Board. Mr. S. Chelliah to act as Storekeeper, F.M.S.R.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY
    1043 10 CEYLON CLONES., That Ceylon is developing its own nighyielding planting material for rubber estates is shown by the June number of the Tropical Agriculturist. Until recently, says this journal, no clones raised from Ceylon mother-trees have been old enough for test-tapping, and estates have had to
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    TODAY'S SPECIAL ARTICLE.
    474 10 MECHANISATION. It is often said that the present unemployment and other economic ills of the world are due in no smqU measure to what is described as this viechaniscd age. Professor T. E. Gregory, of London University, however, in this article, holds that the gains effected by
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      49 10 YEO.— Madam Yeo Peck Neo, aged 64, mother of Tan Choon Kan* and Tan Chin K. on, passed away at No. 19, Lorong 29 off Caylang Road on Thursday, 20th instant at 12.30 a.m. ijneral at Bukit Brown leaving; residence at 10 a.m. on Sunday next, 23rd instant.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      49 10 DARGLK.— iin. Dar*ue wishes to thank .ill her dear kind friends who offered their deepest sympathy to her in her recent nJ bereavement and also to tender thanks to all the Doctors, Sisters and Nurses of the r.eneral Hospital, for their troodnans und kindness to her d"ar husband.
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    STOCKS PLUNGE HEADLONG ON NEW YORK 'CHANGE.
    567 11 PANIC IN THE "WHEAT PIT." Grain Prices Slump In All Markets. BELOW LINE. Sensational Rise In British Bonds. An a result of wheat prices plunging below the dollar line the grain markets have been thrown into confusion in the l.S. and Canada and
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    JAPANESE DUMPING.
    108 11 Preferences in Colonies Inadequate. London, July 21. The He use of Commons, on a motion for the adjournment, discussed Japanese compd' i'.ion in the silk and cotton markets, n the course of which Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Secretary of State tor the Colonies, admitted thai preferences in the Colonies
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    VISCOUNT BURNHAM FOUND DEAD.
    907 11 His Work for India And Education. London, July 20. Viscount Burnham was found dead in bed at his home here this morning. He had, apparently, died in his sleep. He attended a meeting of the _:lect committee on India on Tuesday. Reuter. Owned Daily Telegraph. Harry
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    MR. J. McGOVERN.
    38 11 Socialist M. P. Suspended In I Commons. London jO. By 151 votes to 24, Mr. J. McGovsrn, Socialist M. P. for Shcttlcston (Glasgow), wax suspended in the House of Commons »•*>• v ng the Chair. Renter.
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    EL OCCIDENTE ABLAZE.
    38 11 New York, July 17. The 6,000-ton steamer. El Occidents, owned by the Southern Pacific Steamship Lines, was seen to been on fire off Norfolk, Virginia, yesterday. The outbreak was mastered after several hours' effort. Aneta-Havas.
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    LABOUR SHORTAGE IN MALAYA.
    533 11 Agitation Unjustified. QUOTAS NOT EVEN FILLED. A most convincing reply to the planting and mining outcry for an increase in the Chinese immigration quota on the grounds that there is a labour shortage in Malaya today, is given by Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese
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    K.L. SANITARY BOARD
    53 11 To Borrow Money For Sewerage Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, V 21. There was a unanimous -—'-^<s morning at the meeting of the Kmla Lumpur Sanitary Board for a resolution that the Board should borr- w money for capital works fron Covernment, particularly fur a
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    ARMS DISCUSSIONS.
    172 11 Mr. Henderson Meets German Leaders. Berlin, July 18. Mr. Arthur Henderson, who is talking over the question of disarmament with Baron von Neura'h and others here, is to meet Herr Hitler in Munich this week to discuss the problem with him as he has already done with Signor
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    APPEAL TO JOIN TIN SCHEME.
    249 11 Early Action Needed. THE NEGOTIATION. OF QUOTAS. London, July 20. The Coffee, Tin and Sugar Sub-Com-mittees of the World Economic Conference were wound up today and issued their reports. The Coffee Sub-Committee shelves the negotiations temporarily. The Tin Sue-Committee exhorts the producing countries at present
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    RUBBER FIRM.
    120 11 Highest Price Since December, 1930. London, July 18. In the Stock Exchange today, Imperial Chemicals were strongly supported on Government's "oil from coal" announcement. This also revived activity in most other industrials and other good features were oils, rubbers and gilt-edged securities, with Indian stocks particularly strong on
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    CAFE HOLD-UP.
    107 11 Mysterious Masked Men With Revolvers. Madrid, July 19. Right on the main street of Madrid \M situated cafe known as Society of Friends of the Soviet Union," which, on Tuesday morning, was the object of a sudden attack. Four masked men forced their way into i the public
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    OIL FROM COAL.
    109 11 Britain To Encourage Experiments. London, July 18. The entire press warmly greets the announcement of *he Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons of hig intention to further the measures to obtain oil by means of the liquefaction of English coal. The Daily Telegraph refers
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    TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR MAIL IN AUTUMN.
    241 11 Floating Fuel Station Proves Successful. Bremen, July 16. The former Norddeutscher LJoyd steamer Westfalen, which for the past two and a half months had been stationed in midAtlantic (half-way between the African and Brazilian coasts) serving as a floating fuel station for aeroplanes making trial
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    WILEY POST.
    146 11 Crashes in Alaska But Is Unhurt. New York, July 20. Wiley Post, the U.S. airman who is attempting a round-the-world trip in six days, left Khabarovsk at 3.45 a.m. and has parsed Nome, Alaska. Reuter. Fairbank Alaska, Later. Wiley Post has crashed here but is unhu rt. Reuter.
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    BOY SWIMS NIAGARA.
    80 11 I Arrested For "Unlawful" Achievement. Niagara Falls, July 18. Said to be the first person to swim rapids of Niagara and reach the shore alive, an 18-year-old youth has been arrested for vagrancy and unlawfully swimming the Niagara Falls." It is alleged that he plunged unclad into
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    COMPANY RESULTS.
    84 11 Rubber Losses on Year's Working. (From Our Own > London, July 20. Craigielea Rubber Plantations Ltd., have announced a loss of £394 for the year ended March 31 last, compared with a loss of £1,751 for the previous year. An amount of £8,905 has been carried forward to
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    KING'S COPYRIGHT.
    65 11 To Check Indiscretions Of Political Authors. London, July 20. H. M. the King: owns the copyright of Government documents prepared for h<m and also the King's correspondence. According to a statement from Buckingham Pal ice, declaring as unauthorised the publication of such documents which infringes the Copyright Act.
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    JAPAN'S POPULATION.
    43 11 Increase For 1932 Exceeds The Regular Million. Tokio, July 11. For the first time on record, Japan's increase in population over a 12-month period has exceeded 1,000,000. According to the official 1932 figures ju3t published, the increase in population was 1,007,000.
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    DEVASTATED BY 'QUAKES
    45 11 Shocks Felt For Two Months In Turkey. Constantinople, July 17. For 60 days earthquake shocks hare been felt in the Moughla district. Every house in the region has been razed to the ground and the entire population is living in camps. Aneta-Havas.
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    CANTON BACKS FENG.
    1439 11 Civil War Threat To Nanking. CHARHAR DISPUTE All Hope of Peace Now Abandoned. Shanghai, July 21. Voicing their sympathy of Gen. Fen* Yu-hsiang's anti-Japanese mmoment in Charhar Province and denouncing the Central Government attempt to force the disbandment of Gen. Feng's armies, the leaders of the South-Wot
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    CLOSING STAGES OF TRIAL OF POLICE INSPECTOR
    1408 12 WOOD GIVES HIS OWN STORY OF HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED The closing stages are being reached in the Assize trial of Inspector C. B. Wood on a charge of causing death by a negligent act Wood's car collided with a handcart pushed by
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    "ONLY COME BACK."
    215 12 Judge And Youth Let Out Of Reformatory. "I shall find out why they let him out of the it. formatory. These people only (ome back here a^ain," declared Mr. H. k. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, Yesterday when a Chinese who snatched »n anklet from a child
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    RUBBER CANKER.
    34 12 Some interesting observations on the association of "clare- coloured canker" at the colla. of rubber -eea slightly affected by lightning strike are recorded in the July number of the Malayan Agricultural Journal.
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    JALAN BESAR STADIUM.
    29 12 An estimated expenditure of $3,000 has been approved by committee 4 of the Singapore Municipality for improvement to fencing and access facilities at Jalan Besar stadium.
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    LEEMBRUGGEN CASE.
    44 12 This rr. rningr C. N. Leembruggen was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment on the charge of criminal breach of tract. There w. s no judgment on the alternative charge of cheating. Yesterday's hearing of the case is reported on page 6.
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    36 12 At the last meeting of committee 4 of the Singapore Municipality it was generally agreed that public sports facilities may be provided in the open space at the back of Phillip Street and Chulia I Streo*
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    A NEW CINEMA FOR SINGAPORE.
    289 12 Waiting for Approval Of Improvement Trust. Three old shop houses in Queen Street, which have long ago seen better days, are to be demolished to make way for a new cinema for Singapore. The new building is intended to be a cinema and theatre catering
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    WIFE DISAPPEARS.
    112 12 Husband Now On Charge Of Murder. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, July 20. An Indian named Rahman was sent for trial on a charge of murder at the conclusion yesterday of the preliminary inquiry before Sheikh Abu Bakar, Second Magistrate. It is alleged that Rahman stabbed another
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    RUBBER'S WORST YEAR.
    590 12 A Malayan Review. NO REPLACEMENT BY OTHER CROPS. The July number of the Malayan Agricultural Journal contains an article by Dr- H. A. Tempany, C.B.E., reviewing the condition of the rubber industry in Malaya in the year 1932 and recording progress achieved in certain important lines of
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    WANGKANG FESTIVAL TRAGEDY.
    77 12 Death of Man Who Fell Unconscious. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 21. Mr. Gob Chin Bee, a joint manager of the Wangkang festival, who fell unconscious in his bathroom three days ago, died early this morning. A great stir has been caused in the Chinese community
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    SCHOOL FEES.
    275 12 Five Resolutions For Protest Meeting. At a meeting of delegates of various organisations, to be held next Wednesday at 170, Bencoolen Street, at 5.15 p.m., to consider school fees, the following resolutions will be proposed: This meeting is of the opinion that any increase of school fees would
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    CAPT. E. P. B. CAMERON.
    121 12 Case Adjourned For A Week For Mention. On the application of his counsel, Mr. C. P. Burke, the case in which ('apt. E. P. B. Cameron is charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt by a rash act, and failing to stop after an accident, was
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    PRINCES ACCUSED.
    81 12 Secret Meetings Against Administration. Bangkok, July 20. A circular has been issued by two members of the People's Assembly warning six Princes, a former chief of police and a retired naval officer, who are suspected of holding secret meetings against the present administration, to desist. The authorities state
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    PETROL STATION FIRE.
    64 12 A Socony petrol filling station at Kepong, ten miles from Kuala Lnmpiir, was destroyed by fire between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. yesterday. The fire is suspected to have been caused by the fusing of a wire connected to the air pump which was damaged. Fortunately the
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    HIGHLANDS GOLF COURSE
    49 12 In his, annual report the British Resident of Pahang, ref .-ring to Cameron Highlands, states that in the recreation area work on the golf course was continued, seven greens having been constructed at the end of the year and preliminary clearing of the fairways carried out
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    Town And Country In Malaya.
    833 12 KILLJOYS' LAST REFUGE— TELOK ANSON. MR. G. D. A. Fletcher writes to th« Press to point out that the Penang Boxing Board of Control is not concerned in any way with amateur competitions held under the auspices of the Penang: Amateur Boxing Association (1932). Such
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    R.S.F.C. AT HOME.
    29 12 Members of the S.C.C. wishing to fly at the Royal Singapore Flying Club at hone tomorrow are advised that then are still a few bookings left.
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    24 12 The name Airy mentioned in the Straits Times of Tuesday last in relation to a variety entertainment in Singapore shnld ha** been spelt A!re>
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    WOMEN STABBED.
    63 12 Two women are b hospital and one of them is rot expected to live following stabbing affray in a house in Jalan Besar this morning. It is alleged that one of the women was stabbed by her 62-year-old- husband following a quarrel and that the jther woman was
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      98 12 "ANTINEA"READ LOCAL (Singapore) TESTIMONY.— Singapore, 17th July, 1933. To Messrs. Borneo Co. Ltd., Singapore. Dear Sirs, I have been suffering from Singapore Foot for the past 10 years. I think I have tried everything under the sun to cure this terrible disease without success until I was advised to try
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    CORONER'S SEARCHING QUESTIONS TO WOMAN.
    1042 13 WHAT LITTLE GIRL SAW WHEN SHE MADE SURPRISE VISIT. A searching questioning of a woman regarding her relations with the dead man and the reasons for her husband divorcing her took np a great pa -t cf the continued inquest yesterday before Mr. F. G.
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    MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
    636 13 Two Estate Acting Billet*—A Scottish Judge— Miss Haynes At Bel Retiro— Twenty Years In K.L. Ten M.C.S. Retirementa—The A. D. Harcus. Mr. R. b. nas lanei >ver the Management of Kombok Kalace from Mr. H. A. Smith, who has goiK- on leave. Mrs. R. W. Blair ai.d
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    F.M.S. CRIME IN A SLUMP YEAR.
    607 13 "Searching for Food." "RED" DOCTRINES AMONG MALAYS. Economic depression continued fa. U accentuated form tj.oughout the oa. and was inevitably reflected in the crime statistics, says Mr. C. II Sansom, Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.. in his report on the State of crime in the
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    SNATCHED EARRING.
    50 13 Chinese Gets Gaol, Rotan And Supervision. A Chinese, who had two previous convictions, was sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment, six strokes M the rotan and nine months' police super vision for snatching an earring from a Chinese girl Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, yesterday.
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    SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS.
    136 13 $2,000 Limit For Initial Opening Account. With immediate effect the following restrictions will apply to accounts in the Post Office Savings Bank in the Straits Settlements, and to the Governmeat Savings Bank in the Federated Malay States. An account may not be opened with an initial sum
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  • Trouble At Jalan Besar.—S.C.T. Player Sent Off.—F.M.S. Team At Bisley.
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      BARNETT CHALLENGE CUP AT BISLEY.
      94 14 F.M.S. Team Fourth In Empire Shoot. London, July 20. The Barnett Challenge Cup for teams from Empire countries waa competed at Bisley today and was won by Sierra Leone with a score of 347. Sudan also registered the same score but Sierra Leone had a
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      SECOND DIVISION LEADERSHIP.
      615 14 Malays on Top. PLAYER SENT OFF AT JALAN BESAR. M.F.A. II lj S. Cattle .Co. 0. Before their encounter at tho .lalak Besar Stadium yesterday the Malay* second eleven and the Straits Caul* Trading Company Sports Club were n\ the top of the Second Division table^ equal
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    FINAL PROSPECTS.
    2289 14 LOCAL FOOTBALL TOPICS Kedah's Chance Of Making New History. Important Match At Anson Road Stadium. (B/ Oar Football Correspondent.) Tomon m will see the end of the Malaya Cup competition as far as the preliminary rounds are concerned and we thall know who will meet in the final
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    AMATEURS COLLAPSE AT LORD'S.
    187 14 Players on Top. CONSTANTINE IN FORM AT STOKE. London, July 20. The Gents, vs. Players match at Lord's was continued today. When play closed yesterday the Players had made 278 for the loss of nine wickets (Ames 82 and James Langridge 71). Today they took theii
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    LOCAL BASEBALL.
    109 14 Return Match Between Cubs And Americans. A return match has been arranged between the Cubs and the American Baseball team to take place at the Raffles Institution field on Sunday at 3 p.m. This game should be one of the most interesting of the season, as the Cubs
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    FAVOURITE WINS.
    59 14 Success of Mellowness At Liverpool. London, July 20. The Lancashire Breeders' Produce Stakes at Liverpool, for two-year-olds, five furlongs, resulted as follows: MELLOWNESS 1 HESPERITUS 2 FLINDERS 3 There were eight starters. Won by half a length; three lengths between second and third. Betting: 2 to 1 Mellowness;
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    MALACCA TENNIS.
    295 14 Annual Championship Tournament. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 20. Good weather prevailed during I'ie week and excellent progress has been njade in the Malacca tennis championships: Men's Singles. Second Round. H. M. de Souza (jr.) beat S. M. Yusof, 6—o, 6—o. Men's Doubles. First Round. Chan Ah
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    DOYLE TO FORFEIT HIS PURSE.
    121 14 Sequel to Foul On Petersen. London, July 16. The administrative stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control have suspended Jack Doyle's licence for six months forthwith. The stewards further decided that Doyle should receive £5 weekly for months and his mother £5 for the
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    DAVIS CUP.
    47 14 Denmark Take The Lead At Copenhagen. Copenhagen, July 20. Denmark took the lead in their qualifying round match of the 1934 Davis Cup competition against Gr*ece here today by winning the doubles, Jacobson and tllrich beating Stalios and Xydis (Greece), 7—5, 6—3, 4—6, 7—5.— Reuter.
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED
    6712 15 Extracts From A Wimbledon Notebook YORKSHIRE BEATEN BY THE LANGRIDGES. (t-'rom Our Own Correspondent.) < Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, July 4. Day af'er day of perfect summer weather with never even an hour of rain, have helped to make this one cf the most sue-, setfful
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    MALAYS LEAD IN TWO DIVISIONS.
    456 15 League Positions. SCORERS IN SENIOR. FOOTBALL. The following are the positions of teams in the S.A.F.A. League: First Division. Goal Scorers. The following are the goal scorers in First Division games: Keng Hock (S.C.R.C.), nineteen. Mat Noor (Malays), sixteen. Madon (Malays), fourteen. Day (S.R.C.), ten.
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      206 15 I M ill sir"' I H HH mm JPECIAIIf ED SPECIALIZED MECHANIC* Consider the number of strokes the pistons of your tngin* make in every 1,0 00 miles wear must take plae* and lh«r« cornea a ti me in the life of every engin* whan new pistons must be fitted.
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      Peace Envoy To Sinkiang Arrested
      1875 16 SHANGHAI LETTER. SENTIMENT AGAINST NANKING MORE DEFIANT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Shanghai, July 10. At last summer has arrived, and for two days we have been sweltering with the thermometer around 96, and tempers rising as fast, or possibly faster, than the mercury. Last week
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      ASSASSINATION OF CANTON CHIEFS.
      509 16 Ordered By Chiang. INCRIMINATING BLUE SHIRT DOCUMENT. Canton, July 11. Secret orders to assassinate leading civil and military figures in the Southwest such as Messrs. Hu Han-min, Chan Chai-tong, Hsiao Fu-chen, Pat Tsung-hsi, Li Chung- jen; ranking commanders of the 19th Route Army; Gen. Chiang Kwangngai,
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      GEN. MA DECLINES.
      99 16 Refuses Post On Nanking Staff. Shanghai, July 9. Interviewed this morning. Gen. Ma Chan-shan stated that he had no intention of accepting the appointment as a member of the Military Commission, which was announced at Nanking yesterday. He declared that he would not accept any appointment before
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      BRAWL IN HOTEL.
      82 16 Foreigners Sent To Hospital At Canton. Canton, July 14. It is reported that ten foreigners became involved in a serious brawl at a Canton hotel on Wednesday evening, as the result of which three were sent to hospital for medical attention and others, were arrested. According to
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      133 16 White Russians Carried Off By Soviet. Harbin, July 7. Another outrage by Soviet officials was reported yesterday in a dispatched from s.s. Heian Maru, a research ship, on the Sungari river. Reports indicated that the Dozan Maru, a freighter, which left Harbin on June 9 for Hulin and
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      63 16 To Be Sold At Public Auction By Manchukuo. Changchun, July 5. All coal and gold mines in Fengtien Province and formerly owned by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and Gen. Tang Yu-lin are to be sold by public auction at some date to be fixed late., according to an
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      138 16 Manchurian Affair May Terminate In October. Tokio, July 8. The "Manci.uria Incident," which originated on Sept. 18, 1931, and in which Japan is said to have expended over 300,000,000 yen and sacrificed many lives, will officially terminate in the early part of October, according: to an official
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      85 16 6,000 Ordered To Leave Before July 24. The ninth batch of Chinese destitute^ consisting of 102 men, mostly without luggage, arrived in Hong Kong on the President Hoover recent'y. The destitutes were provided with a small sum of money by the Tung Wah Hospital to enable them
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      34 16 About 300 unemployed Chinese returned on July 13 to Canton from Indo-China, due to bu mc I depression in that French colony. They are now looking for work in Canton or in the country.
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    3744 17 Estates And Pawnshops A Story With A Moral Mr. Bosanquet 9 s Reply Rubber In Paper Sacks— The R.G.A. And Mr. Hay No Money For Doctors 9 Bills. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) OUMK astonishing figures showing the O indebtedness of Tamil estate labourers to pawnshops weiv given
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    199 18 Effect Of Quarantine Camp Closure. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, July 18. At the last meeting of the Klang Sanitary Board, with Mr. L. Forbes presiding, Dr Ansley Young asked the reason for the drop in the revenue under electric and water dues compared w th the estimated
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      214 18 Duclos's Century For St. Andrew's. A drawn cricket match wu played between St. Joseph's 2nd. XI and St. Andrew's 2nd. XI on the tatter's ground. St. Andrew's, batting first totalled 164, I of which 101 came from J. Duclos. St. 1 Joseph's had made 111 for the loss
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      141 18 Fifteen Players Chosen For Singapore. The following players have been invited to attend at Anson Road Stadium at 5 p.m. tomorrow for the H.M.S. "Malaya" Cup match against the Malaya Command: T. G. Lashmar, Said, Thuraisingham, John Then, Mat Noor, Dolfattah, Sarip, Abdul Rahman, N. Hay, Ah Hui,
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