The Straits Times, 29 August 1933

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    37 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEAHL* CENTUBV.) THE LARGESTj AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PACES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 19SS. PRICE 10 TFMTS.
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      403 1 Singapore: 78, st. cphonl 5151 >. m 1 DRESSING TABLE WiSDOri. JL Every woman of refinement takes pride in the appear- p^jB^^&fl ance and equipment of her dressing table. And there j^HHj are few who do not know that Eau de Cologne, especially jf!ffisEK»! KEY BRAND "The Fashion- [jJS WT
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      207 1 ttlAfl IiyiuR- aft HL.J5T.&THONE 3G83>. kk lirAM 1/Aj A Kl iT*llf*ADQ |9l*SI i ARK THE PRODUCT OF THE ORIGINAL XL B i ORIENTE FACTORY AND WE CONFIWt 'i?m i DENTLV ASSURE OUR CUSTOMKRS THAT PJH|N\/Sy E THESE ARE THE BEST MANILA CIGARS s Pil^mlO I WE IMPORT "JEAN VALJEAN CIGARS
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      460 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJLCO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY o GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EABI MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FHOM LONDON FOR CHINA Due Tonnage Spore X SOUDAN 6^oo AUS. 31 CORFU 15.000 Sept. 1 MANTUA
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      615 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISIIA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage Due SaJ. HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Sept. 6 7 HARUNA MARU 10.400 Sept 20 21 KATORI MARU 10,000 Oct. S 6 t KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Oct. 19 20 t YESUKUNI MARU 12,000 Oct. 31 Nov.
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      566 2 I BURNS PfflLP LINE, (Incorporated in Australia.) A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. Visit Australia in the Spring SPECIAL FIRST CLASS RETURN FARE £74 ($634.29) Special arrangements have been made to enable passengers to make the round cruise to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne via Java by the well-known s.s. "MARELLA" (7,475 tons gross
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      465 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated In Denmark.) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From Prom From Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. MEONIA 12/9 12/9 13/9 15/9 ALSIA 3/10 3/10 4/10 8/W BORINGIA 2410 24/10 25/10 27/10 FIONIA 14/11 14/11 15/11 17/11 ERRIA 6/12
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      1248 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KIIIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. and China Mutual (1931) LTD. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE CI'NARD STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE Ltd. THE SIAM
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    FERNDALE RUNS INTO TYPHOON.
    697 3 F ERNDALE RUNS INTO TYPHOON. I Ten Hours' Battle. VENTILATOR SNAPPED BY WAVES. Although a number of ships sought •ate anchorage when the latest typhoon commenced its rampage across the China Sea, a numbei of larger boats decided to brave the elements and to continue on their way. Several j
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    SHIPPING BILL.
    113 3 Introduction In Irish Free State. In the Irish Free State Parliament, leave has been given to introduce the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Convention) Bill, 1933, the purpose of which is to give effect to draft conventions adopted by the General Conference of International Labour Organisation of the League
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    MR. E. W. BEATTY VERY HOPEFUL.
    607 3 Turning Of The Tide For Shipping Industry. Something Is happening in the 'shipping business when its magnates, so long silent and depressed, speak confidently again of reviving trade and openly boast abou* the passenger 'figures, says Margaret Lane In the ■Dally Mall. Mr. E.
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    INCHCAPE MEMORIAL.
    149 3 Dedication Ceremony At Glenapp. In the little church at Olenarp (Ayrshire) alongside which he Is bur' cd. a memorial to the first Earl o< Inchcape has been dedicated. The ceremony was performed by tn Very Rev. Charles L. Warr, Dean < the Thistle. St. Giles's, Edlr. urgh. T..
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    16 3 The s.s Auby is leaving Singajx on Friday at 11 a.m. for Sarawak and Brunei ports.
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    132 3 KURANDA. Brit., 553 tons, from Sibu 29-8, for Sibu 2-9. MABKLLA, Norw., 840 tons, from Bangkok 29-8. for Bangkok 30-8. SIRDHANA. Brit.. 4,835 tons, from Calcutta 36-8. for Japan via China 31-8. CREMER, Dut 2.784 tons, from Amoy 28-8, for Belawan Dell 30-8. KOALA, Brit.. 396 tons, from
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    103 3 Tuesday, August 39. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. Godown Gate. Entrance KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Edith," Hopper J.J. 13. Van der LJJn, General Van der Heyden. Lch. "Lucifer." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Sheers Wharf Nil.
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    NEW C.P.R. VESSEL.
    125 3 Sister Liner To Empress Of Britain. The possibility of a new liner being ordered by the Canadian Pacific Railway was mentioned by Mr. E. W. Beatty, president of the company, when he arrived at Southampton, In the Empress of Britain on his usual summer visit to England.
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      262 3 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG, AMOY, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA S.S. SIRDHANA 8,000 Tons Gross Register Due 29th August Sails Thursday, 31st August Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holMay return tickets interchangeable with P. Sc O. S.N. Co.
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      267 3 jfae NORDDEUTSCHER rßh LLOYD. (Incorporated in %Qjfj£ TJm Germany.) 7*5 "n^nnentioned are the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARD TRAVE for Manila. Hong Kong. Shanghai. N. China Japan Aug. 31 TRIER for Manila, Hong Kong. Shan Bh»l. N. China Japan Sept. 13 9 DONAU for Manila. Hong Kong. Shanghai, N. China "1
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      437 3 PRRSfi^rT LINERS Reduced Fares £67.3.11. MANILA /HONG KONG TO EUROPE. VIA AMERICA Tourist clasa arrow the Pacific Ist class Rail IB America. Tourist clasa Atlantic, on the famoas and new sj. Manhattan at sji. Washington. (If passage through the Panama Canal Is desired approximately J7 extra). SPEED WITH COMFORT FROM
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      336 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALI STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD, (Incorporated In England.) "ELLERMAN* LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Port* and Sues Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI JAPAN. Steamers Due S'por*. sj. CITY Or CORINTH Sept 21 HOMEWARDS. CITY OF PriTS I B J UR 33 O Po S£ Havre,
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      118 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mln. temp, ins Sunshine temp. *F hrs. *F Alor Star 87 0.07 7.9 75 Sitlawan 87 0.06 4.7 72 K. Trengganu 90 0.12 4.9 70 Btikit Jeram 87 0.08 S.I 72 Malacca 84 0.38 4.1 73 Singapore 84 Nil 2.5
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      439 4 SITUATIONS VACANT When applylnr for any position advertised in these columns tend copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. WANTED an Indian cook. Can any European proceedlnß on leave recommend one to Box No. 793. Straits Times. WANTED, experienced EuropiMii Mar.aeeress for a residential Hotel R-ferences required. Apply Box No.
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      730 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET Botanic "Garden View" 2. Cluny Rd., Tanglln. Apply 41, Nurim Rd. TO LET No. Mt. Elisabeth, tennis court rad modern sanitation. Apply N. Reuben, 7. De Soui> St. TO LET, Flat No. 323, Orchard Road, Ground floor. Please apply J. 8. Nathan. 5-A. De
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      322 4 FOR SALE CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LTD. (In voluntary liquidation.) OFFER VERITY'S ELECTRIC FANS, Ceiling and Table A.C. and D.C. at attractive price*. Telephone No. 5471. /stock-taking SALE ONE WEEK ONLY DRESSES, HATS, Etc. Phone 3335. 61, Stamford Rd. ROSELLA PROVISIONS Manufactured in Australia. Over IM Varieties unrivalled Food Obtainable from
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      681 4 BUSINESS CARDS For FACE MASSAGE go to FIGARO European Ladles Hairdressers RAFFLES HOTEL Room 120. 93, Bras Basah Road. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mra. HARU and Miss HANA. M, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. LEGAL NOTICES~ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Originating Petition No.
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      1062 4 THE STRAITS TIMES Bead office, CECIL AND STANLEY STREETS, SINGAPORE Branch office. 25, JAVA STREET, KUALA i.UMPUR. Cables TIMES. SINGAPORE. Telephones SINGAPORE Rl ALIA LUMPUR 368X Editorial 5151-5152 AdverUsint 77*1 Circulation and General Office 77*3 Printing and Publishing 7703 Sole Advertising Representatives in Great Britain. REUTERS, LTD. Advt. Dept. 24,
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      174 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within OuUide without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.— Quarterly 85» $UM .sfl Half Yearly $17.00 $24.00 JIS.M Yearly $34.0t $48.0« $3«.»« Note. OutsUtion cheques should include the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Thr charges and instructions for CLASSIIIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as under 25 cents per line per
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    LIBEL SUIT AGAINST LADY SACKVILLE.
    390 5 Sequel to Her £2,000 Gifts to Butler. Victoria Josephine, Lady Sackville, of Roedean. near Brighton, was the de- fendant at Sussex Assizes, Lewes, in an j action for damages for alleged libel by WiUiam Joseph Hanlon, steward of St. George's Roman Catholic College, Dumfries. i
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    "NATURAL" LIGHT.
    244 5 When Babies Begin To See. That the eye was not intended to see and to work under what Is ordinarily called coloured light Is the conclusion reached by two investigators into pro- blems of colour vision, quoted In a survey of recent experimental work in i different countries,
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    MR. CHESTER BEATTY.
    149 5 I .S. Millionaire Becomes English. Mr. Alfred Chester Beatty. the American millionaire collector of, famous manuscripts, is to renounce his nationality and to apply for na-J turallsatlon In England. I love England," he said recently In London. and all my friends are here, where I have lived
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    ROUND-THE-WORLD TOURIST TRIPS.
    447 5 Picture of Air Travel Ten Years Hence. With the starting, early next year, of the regular air service between England and Australia, the world will bo completely encircled by air routes, except for the North Atlantic and the Pacific. Within the next ten years, there can hardly
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    MR. JOSEPH RANK.
    222 5 The Richest Man In England? Who Is now— after the death of Sir John Ellerman. the shipping magnate who is said to have left £40,000,000— the richest man In England? He Is believed to be Mr. Joseph Rank, the millionaire miller, philanthropist and Wesleyan, who is 79.
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    SEVEN AIRMEN KILLED.
    129 5 Plane's Wing Flies Off In i Mid Air. An officer and six enlisted men were killed as a big army bombing plane lost a wing and crashed within the city limits of Oceanslde from a height of 1,000 feet. Army officers at March Field, Riverside, Calif., identified
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      200 5 HOTE LS RAFFLES HOTEL, LTD. MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. l-i i 1 1 TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS SPECIAL OWNER CLASSICAL MUSIC From 8 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. DANCE (FORMAL) From 9.45 p.m. to Mid-Night RACE BALL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd EXTENSION TILL 2 A.M. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. SBS&SimhhSSiiimbSm THE ROTARY CLUB OF
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      139 5 GUARANTEED I I*l I GUARANTEED RADIO RECEIVERS DESIGNED BUILT FOR USE IN THE TROPICS 7 VALVE SUPERHETERODYNE ALL MAINS (A. C.) <NO BATTERIES—JUST PLUG-IN ON LIGHTING SOCKET) ONE DIAL TUNING (NO REACTION KNOB— NO SQUEAKS HOWLS) NO COIL CHANGING (WAVE BAND CHANGED BY SWITCH) 15 TO 550 METERS SUPER SELECTIVE
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      305 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE. By Our Expert. SINGAPORE (Radio Service Co.)— Metres 49.9— M0n.. Wed., and Thursday 6.15 to 8.30 p.m Sun. 11 a.m. to 1.30 p,.m. KUALA LUMPUR— Metres 48.92— Sun Tues. and 1. 7 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG— Metres 58 M.— Dally 6.30—10 p.m. rAßlS— Metres 19.66-Dally 7.20—10
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      328 5 MALAYAN AJLS. KUALA LUMPUR. Today's Programme. Z.G.E. 48.92 Metres 7 pan. Columbia Records Nos. DX 237 Selection— Stealing through the Classics No. 1. Debroy Somers Band. DX 310 Selection— Stealing through the Classics No. 4.— Debroy Somers Band. DB 938 Songs— l certainly dont need you. Songs She was only
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  • Correspondence.
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      GET OUT!
      973 6 "Select Competent Leaders For The Rubber Industry." To the Editor of the Straits Times. j Sir, Your Planting Correspondent In < his weekly letter ln your issue of Aug. 25 bewails the fact that the R.O.A. and the P.A.M. did not invite the M.E.O.A. to co-operate ln the
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      DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.
      297 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— I cannot call to mind a single Instance of a leading article such as that which appeared In your issue of Tuesday last, in which the cause of the planter in Malaya was so admirably and so
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      RUBBER FORESTRY.
      271 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— When "Lupus" writes: "If the acvocates of forestry could point to an area which was yielding 2,000 lb. per acre of rubber per annum, nobody would care two straws what the trees looked like," does he really believe that poor
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      DIRECTORS' COMMISSIONS
      101 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It Is not an usual custom for directors to draw a commission on dividends paid by rubber companies. During the slump, companies have reconstructed, stipulating that shareholders shall find further capital or sacrifice their shares, with the same condition embodied
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      THE PASSION PLAY.
      132 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Adverting to the question by Mr. H. F. Shackleton. relative to the Oberammergau Passion Play, printed in your issue of Aug. 24 I enclose herewith a cutting from "Universe" dated July 21, 1933 from which It will be gleaned
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      THE PIER.
      86 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The other day I booked a passage by a local coastal steamer and was informed that the launch left Johnston's Pier at 1.30 p.m. Arriving at the spot ln good time, I was horrified to discover that Johnston's Pier had
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      "THE KLANG SCANDAL."
      57 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I note that quite a lot of your valuable space Is taken up by 'otters regarding "the Klang Scandal." Will you please find room for one more? If the Chinese do not like British law, why do they stay
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    OPERATION LASTING 4 1/2 HOURS.
    262 6 Wonderful Progress In Brain Surgery. An operation on the brain, lasting 4 1 2 hours, was described at an Inquest held by Mr. Ingleby Oddle, the Westminster coroner. The case was that of Esther Ellzabetta Elllston, 62, wife of a compositor, of Norcott Road, Stoke
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    £16,000 BEQUEST.
    125 6 Housekeeper To Keep On Living Quietly. A housekeeper Inherits nearly £16,000 by the will of Mr. Friedrich Carl Grcin, of Priory Road, Hampton-on-Thames, Surrey, who died at Nice on Apr. 9. Mr. Greln left £18,972, with net personalty of £18,933. To his housekeeper, Maria Seraphine Louise Tourneur, he
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      314 6 BACKACHE NOT DUE TO AGE. Many people think that backache is a trouble that comes naturally with advancing years, but this woman of 71 proves that it is not. "I suffered for a long time from backache," she writes. but put it down to my age (71). Reading your announcement,
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      294 6 for I K^^^^Lf %f Gtx 1 wire aiir FOR ALL DEFECTS OF V.SI0N cons, lt PRODUCED FROM THE coNsiLT BEgT q UAIITY STEEL. M. EZEKIEL SONS, All Standard Sizes Stocked And Special Sizes Made OPTOMETRISTS and OPTICIANS. T n ft-J^-Only Address: Raffles Chambers, Baffles LO Place. Singapore. Branch: 35. Noordwijk,
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    MOUNTAINS HIGHER THAN EVEREST.
    244 7 Vast Continent On Bed Of Pacific. Capt. C. B. Mayo, who as captain of I the naval tanker Ramapo plying be- 1 tween San Pedro and Manila made a study of the ocean bottom, has reveal- 1 ed he had mapped a submerged con-, tlnent In
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    NO NATIONALITY.
    221 7 A Living Statue To Stupidity. A "living monument" to the stupidities of bureaucracy and post-war nationality laws has been sitting for 24 hours In the middle of a bridge Joining Poland to Czechoslovakia. He is J. W. Rosenfeld. Although he had been domiciled for 43 years in Teschen
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    BOY CAUSES FIRES.
    191 7 Thousands Of Acres Devastated. Helsingfors. i A 15-year-old boy Is one of two people arrested In connection with the gigantic forest fires which have been I raging In the Inland districts of Finland. The boy Is alleged to have confessed that he was responsible for the fires.
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    RECTOR'S SECRET.
    62 7 A rector who was secretly engaged for eight years was married recently! at Llandudno, Wales. He Is the Rev. Chancellor C. P. Roberts, who was ordained In 1886 and has been Rector of LJanddulas since 1897 His bride was Miss Maud Cadman. sister of Sir John Cadman, chairman
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    WAR ON LANDLORDS.
    227 7 Three-Rocket Signal— And The Fight Began. A general strike in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerlffe (Canary Islands) has collapsed after savage street fighting I between strikers and the Civil Guard. Many casualties are reported. I The workers In Santa Cruz had formed a League of
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    SLUMP SUICIDES.
    188 7 Increase of 3,000 in A Year in U.S. Owing to the Industrial depression suicides increased sharply throughout the world in 1932, according to the Spectator, an insurance publication which gives detailed figures for the United States, showing that 23,000 persons took their own lives in that year, as
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    NEW HOPE FOR OPERA
    175 7 Covent Garden May Be Saved. There Is every likelihood of the Royal {Opera House, Covent Garden, being i saved and of the opera seasons continuing there. For many months there have been unhappy rumours concerning the future of opera in London, but f present negotiations end
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    DECREE GRANTED.
    171 7 Wife's Admission In Pencil Inked In by Husband. In an undefended petition by a husband for a decree nisi for divorce at the Birmingham Assizes the husband told the Commissioner, Sir W. Ellis Hume Williams that while in the Army in India he received a letter from his
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    GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
    169 7 Denies She Is Marrying Five Famous People. Miss Gertrude Lawrence, the actress, i who is holidaying near Warsash, 1 Hants, a yachting resort on the Hamble River, denied to me that she' was engaged to: Douglas Fairbanks, Jun. Douglas Fairbanks, Sen. Noel Coward. The Earl of Dudley. Ronald
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    ARRESTED FOR 4s. 6d.
    213 7 £250 Damages For False Imprisonment An action by Mr. Reginald Smith, Duke Road, Barklngslde, Essex, against Mr. M. Rutter, trading as M. Rutter and Co., drapers and outfitters. Barbican, E.C., was concluded in the King's Bench Division. Mr. Smith claimed damages, alleging that he had been
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    CHINESE OUIJA.
    180 7 Ban on Superstition In Canton. On the instructions of the city Kuomintang headquarters, the bureau of public safety will ban the sale of superstitious vocabulary sheets offered In street sale. During the past 10 days hawkers have been selling these sheets to gullible people who use them as
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    NEW LOAN APPROVED.
    37 7 Nanking, July 12. The Central Political Council today approved in principle the proposal of the National Construction Commission for the Issuance of an additional loan of $«.000,000 for the development of electrical enterprises.— Reuter.
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      78 7 6.15. TONIGHT 9.15. UNIVERSAL'S DOUBLE FEATURE ATTRACTION Musical Comedy Romance FIFI D'ORSAY In "THE GIRL FROM CALGARY" and fast moving drama of the Turf "FAST COMPANIONS" with MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, TOM BROWN, JAMES GLEASON. TEA DANCE MC ft v <lVif #A J Every Wednesday and Sunday Admtaton: Either by 25 cU.
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      183 7 I CAPITOL] 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 GRAND MALAYAN PREMIERE! FOX'S MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE MUSICAL SELECTIONS By the Band of the Ist Batt. The WILTSHIRE REGT. From 5.30 to 6-15 and 8.30 to 9.15 p.m. By Kind Permission of Lieut Col. J.H.M. Mcc and Officers pmces or .OM.ss.QN MATINEES: Tomorrow, SATURDAY SUNDAY —CHILDREN
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    183 8 London Tin Up: New York Down. LOCAL EASES WITH UJ3, DROP. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. Today's Prices: Rubber. 12' 4 cts., down ct. per lb. Tin, Singapore price $111.87'/,. up $1.50 per picul. Gold. £6 Bs. S' 2d., down 7':d. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber. London, 3%d.,
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    69 8 Noon, Aug. 29. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Tone of market: Dull-easier. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 3 25/32 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 7 1/16 per lb. Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) 121,4 12% (F.O.B.) ..12 9/16 12 11/16 Standard R.S.S.
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    PRODUCE.
    200 8 Tin, Singapore price $111.87^ per picul. *(As supplied by the Chinese Produce Exchange). Kerosene oil Shell and Fish two Dragon, two 4-gallon tins $3.00; 4-gallon tins $3.40; Crown and Cross two 4-gallon tins $2.85; Prices for Crown and Cross kerosene in drums are 15 cents per 4-gallon drum less
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS
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        MINING.
        408 8 Issue Val. Pd Buyers Sellers. £1 £1 Asatn Kumbang 27/28/6 £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 1 1 Ayer Weng £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves £1 £1 Chenderiang 50 50 Hitam Tin 1 1 HongFatt 5/- 5/- Hong Kong
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        GENERAL.
        268 8 Issue fal. Pd. Buyers Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ofc. 0.85 2 2 Alex. Brick Pref. 1.45 1.55 !1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.16.3 6.1.3 0 5 Brit sh Malaya Trustee 5.30 5.40 "I £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 23/6 24/6 !1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 19/9
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        153 8 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 norn cm -i 1.../ "v"vui. Singapore Municipal 4ft p.c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4»£ p.c nf I<MV7 r«1 1Q47 si Rfto nnn loi mßrnm OI 1307 red. 1347 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        373 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today a Prices Fraser Lyall Evati Co. Allenby ($1) 0.75 0.85 0.60 0.75 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.50 0.60 A. Hitam ($1) 1.00 1.20 0.90 1.10 A. Kuning ($1) 0.15 0.20 0.15 0.20 A. Malay ($2) 1.20 1.30 1.00
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      217 8 The following are the exchange rates this morning, according tc the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 61/64 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 15/16 London, demand
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    FIRE RINGS ALARM.
    159 8 Peer's Home Saved By A Fluke. A strange fluke saved Hoddington Hall, Baslngstoke, the seat of Lord Basing, from destruction by fire recently. The fire caused a short circuit of the door bell, which rang automatically and woke one of the maids. Miss Nellie Foster. Lord Basing
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    GEN. HO'S ILLNESS.
    52 8 War Minister Suffering From Pneumonia. Peiping. July 18. Gen. Ho Ylng-chin, Minister for War, is suffering from pneumonia and is being treated at the German Hospital. Dr. Stlckforth, attending him, says he will have recovered in about two weeks, but at present he is allowed to do
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    CANTON AIR TRAGEDY.
    59 8 Aviator's Body Being Sent To America. Pelping, July 12. It Is learned that the Canton authorities are sending home to America the body of the late Capt. Deeds, an American aviator who was killed at Canton a few days ago In an air accident. Deceased, who was
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    RAILWOY TIE-UP.
    32 8 Passenger Trains Hours Behind Schedule. Pelplng. July 21. The Peiping-Sulyuan Railway announced the suspension of operations today. Passenger trains are still running, but they are arriving hours behind their schedule.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    234 8 Today. North and East India (Sulsang) 3 p.m. Ceylon. Egypt. Europe and Great Britain (Glenbeg) 3 pm. Bengalis, Laboean Billk <fe Tandjong Bale! (Rcteh) 3 p.m. Selat Pandjang Bcr.gkalls and Bagan Si Apt Apl (Horn; Thong) 3 pm. Selat Pandjang. Bengkalis, Sink Pakan Baroe, Fore de Kock
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    36 8 By tawalpindi :aroa lota, Baroe .ram is Uinpura 14-11 \l Ml. Spore London July 21 Aug. 14 July 27 Aug. 21 July 27 Aug. 21 July 29 Aug. 23 Aug. 4 Aug. 29
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    EXCHANGES.
    88 8 Rugby, Aug. 28. Foreign exchanges today were: Amsterdam 7.95»4 Athens 575 Berlin 13.47^ Bombay 1/6 1/16 Brussels 22.97 1/2 Bucharest 540 Buenos Aires 43 V 2 official. Copenhagen 22.40 Geneva 16.57 i/ 2 Hong Kong 1/4 11/16 Helsingfors 226 V& Lisbon 106 Madrid 38« -j Milan 60 11/16 Montreal
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    TOFFEE FACTORY.
    71 8 To Be Established At Canton To Meet Huge Demand. Canton, July 19. The Provincial Department of reconstruction has drafted a plan to establish a toffee factory. It is said that each China Imports yearly 3.200.000 plculs of toffee of which 1,700,000 plculs some to Kwangtung. Facts and figures
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    41 8 From China and Japan, by Ranch! due at Singapore 10 a.m. tomorrow. From Holland, by Poelau Roebiah due at Singapore noon tomorrow. From Europe (London malls dispatched on August 10) by Corfu, due at Penang 6 a.m. on Thursday.
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    AIR MAIL.
    25 8 Air Mail from Java— Malls from Batavla and Palembang by aeroplane are expected at the General Post Offlc*, Singapore at 2.30 p.m. today.
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      76 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wednesday, August Rotary Tiffin. Mr. V. r. Knowles on "Swords." Adelphi Hotel. 1 p.m Police Band, Botanical Gardens, 5 15 p.m. Thursday, August 31. Reception at Dutch Consulate (Queen Wilhclmina's birthday), noon. Friday, September 1. Ladles Union Cliarity iale St. Andrews' School Hall 4 p.m. Saturday,
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      RUBBER PRICES FALL.
      813 9 Symington And Wilson's i Report Symington and Wilson's rubber market report, dated London Aug. 2, states: Since our last report disappointment with the result of the meeting in Amsterdam last Thursday and further falls on Wall Street and in the American commodity markets, have combined to bring
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      HOME FINANCIAL NEWS.
      196 9 Satisfactory Week On The Stock Market (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 15. Extended holiday-making induced by the very fine weather was reflected in the volume of activity on the stock markets in the earlier part of the week. The total turnover was, however, by no means
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      BERTAM'S PROFITS IN THE SLUMP.
      473 9 Success Of Low-Cost Producer. Although compelled to depart In 1931 from a practically unbroken dividend record, the Bertam Consolidated management can still claim an unbroken series of profits during the depression, says a writer in the Investor's Chronicle. For the past year the profit Is
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      SINGAPORE TRACTION CO. LTD.
      61 9 Move To Release From Shanghai Control (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 28. An extraordinary meeting of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd., will be held on September 14 to approve amendments to the management agreement and to adopt new articles prepared mainly for the release of
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      RUBBER MARKET QUIET
      80 9 Lewis and Peat (S) Ltd.'s rubber report, dated Aug. 25, states: There has been little change in price throughout the week and the market has been extremely quiet. In view of the July shipments from the DEI, at 33.000 tons, and Malayan output for July nearly 43,000
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      NATIVE GIRL KILLED.
      121 9 Three Others Injured in Car Accident. Rangoon, July 14. A Burmese girl was killed and three other persons were Injured when a private car returning to Mandalay from Rangoon with members of a family skidded and fell down a khud into a pool of water, pinning the
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      BOMB EXPLOSION.
      60 9 Attempt To Destroy Police Station. Peshawar, July 15. What is believed- to have been a bomb exploded loudly outside the walls of Klssa Khani police station this morning. No one was injured and no damage done. The Assistant Superintendent of Police and other officers made a vigorous search
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    RUBBER REPORT.
    159 9 Guthrie and Co.. Ltd 's report, dated August 24, states: A fair amount of business has been transacted since our last report and manufacturers have shown considerable Interest. Due to speculative Interests prices have fluctuated more in New York than in London and the local market. The following
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      631 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Established 1863 it Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Olds. 100.000.3C3 Paid up Capital Olds. 55.000 .C0." 1 Reserves Olds. 25,681, Hi HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. Batavla Head Office for Dutch East In riles. BRANCH OFIICES DUTCH EAST INDIES I Ampenan,
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      267 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS Monthly return of dealers and port stocks. Straits Settlements, at close of business, July 31st, 1933, In tons, as declared. A. DEALERS* STOCKS I. 2. 6 (1933). DRY WET TOTAL Total Dry Crepe Kn R.SJS. U.S.S. Wet Scrap Dry Wet Dry Rubber Estate Remill Lump (estimated Blanket
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      260 9 I BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPLJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGL'E. HEAD OTICE FOR THE EAS.": BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and In the Straits Settlements. India. China, Japan and Araula. LONDON BANKERS The National Provincial
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    AMUSEMENTS
    88 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA The Ipmortel Vagabond with Llane »ald. 6.15—6.15. CAPITOL Cavalcade. 8.15—9.15. GREAT WORLD Cabaret Don't Bet On Women tc Doomed Battalion. MARYBOROUGH Ben Hut. With Ramon Novarro. 8.15— 9.16. NEW WORLD Bide Shows, Cabaret, Dancing, Talkies, Theatres Sc Cinemas. PAVILION Closed Tor Alterations. RAFFLES HOTEL Special Dinner and
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933. INEXCUSABLE DELAY.
    793 10 I According to Mr. L. D. Gammaas, Assistant Director of Co-operation, it Is possible that very soon Government will be taking action" to deal with the evils of moneylending among the clerical and artisan classes in the Colony. It Is
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    MRS. O. E. B. CROWE.
    129 10 The death has taken place in the Bangkok Nursing Home of Mrs. Katharine Mary Crowe (nee Lowe), wife of Mr. O. E. B. Crowe, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Crowe on Aug. 4 and complications necessitated
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    SULTAN OF PAHANG.
    94 10 His Highness Sultan Abu Bakar, of Pahang, and suite left Pekan on the night of Aug. 21, for Trengganu on a visit to H.H. the Sultan of Trengganu. Her Highness the Sultana of Pahang and suite travelled overland to Kuala Lipls on Aug. 24, and left the
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    64 10 Monday, Aug. 21. Captain E. P. B. Law, R.N. and Miss Law had luncheon at Government House. Wednesday, Aug. 23. Captain H. A. Anderson, Mr. H. 3. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee had luncheon at Government House. Saturday, Aug. 26. Mr. and Mrs. H. Harley Clarke,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY
    854 10 HORROR FILMS. Reuter told us yesterday that London clnemagoers have been thrilled by seeing a news-reel of the Havana rioting which showed stabbing, loot- Ing, burning and shooting by a howlIng mob and a 'close-up' of the bullet-riddled body of a chief of police surrounded by
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    TODAY'S SPECIAL ARTICLE.
    1131 10 THE VIOLIN. ra this article Vasa Prihoaa, the well-known violinist, makes a plea for the violin, which, he says, is as rapidly coming into popularity as the piano is going out, but deplores the tendency for good music tn the home, as a pastime and relaxation, to
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    PACIFIC WAR DANGER: "JAPAN TO BE THE SOLE JUDGE." WARNING TO CHINA.
    773 11 Hint Of "Certain Defence Measures.*' MR. SOONG'S RETURN. Signal For Beginning Of Bitter Economic War. Shanghai, Aug. 39. Alleging that Mr. T. V. Soong. the Finance Minister, had concluded secret pacts between China and the United States, as
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    SPEEDING UP RECOVERY.
    303 11 New York Suspends The Anti-Trust Laws. MONTAGU NORMAN. Discussing Money Policy With U.S. President New York, Aug. 28. No interest is shown in Wall Street in the meeting between President Roosevelt, Mr. Montagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. George Leslie Harrison, governor
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    GOLD REGIONS.
    151 11 Arranging Air Survey Of Australia. London, Aug. 24. An air survey has been arranged of large gold-yielding regions In Western Australia involving the photographing of about 88,000 square miles. Recent developments in air surveyIng have proved that geological formations are frequently observed from above which are overlooked from
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    WEEPING THRONGS.
    128 11 Overjoyed By Pope's Blessing. Vatican City, Aug. 24. Cheering crowds greeted the arrival of His Holiness the Pope on a visit this morning to Castel Gandolfo. his summer residence on Lake Albano. near Rome. The Pope appeared on the balcony and blessed the waiting throngs, some of whom
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    33 11 Shanghai, Aug. 27. The Russian employees on the Chinese Eastern Railway have struck work. Telegraph and telephone wires have been cut and large numbers of Russian officials are leaving for Siberia Union Times
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    15 PER CENT. CUT IN WHEAT ACREAGE.
    544 11 Giving Effect To London Agreement Washington, Aug. 23. Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, has formally announced a 15 per cent, reduction in United States wheat acreage In consequence of the London agreement. Mr. Wallace estimated that the wheat reduction would reduce
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    1934 MODELS.
    101 11 Secret Trials Of New British Cars. London, Aug. 24. Some of the leading British motor manufacturers have now produced their models for 1934, these Including both Austins and Wolseleys. Many Improvements, particularly In relation to recent developments in gear changing, are Incorporated. Wolseley's programme, announced today. Includes models
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    SWISS FRONTIER VIOLATED.
    636 11 Official Protest NAZIS WANT STAVE WITHOUT JEWS. Basle, Aug. 28. The Swiss Government has formally protested to Berlin against the repeated violation of the Swiss frontier, which has caused a storm of indignation throughout Switzerland. The latest incident concerns a Czechoslovak, who was known to be smuggling
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    PLANNING FRESH INVASION.
    1039 11 Japanese Pretext BANDITS IN NEUTRAL ZONE. Shanghai, Aug. 29. The Japanese forces are planning another Invasion inside the Great Wall, It Is learned. This time It will be under the pretext of suppressing the bandits in the neutral zone. The Inhabitants in the region are daily sending
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    ITALY'S GREAT LOVE OF PEACE.
    274 11 Mussolini At Army Manoeuvres. Rome, Aug 28. In a speech at Cuneo, In Upper Italy, where the Italian army manoeuvres are now taking place. Signor Mussolini, who was enthusiastically received, declared: "On this spot and door of the Alpine belt, which we must not suffer
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    MR. R. C. MICHELL.
    52 11 New British Ambassador At Santiago. London, Aug. It is announced that the King has (approved the appointment of Mr. Robert Carminowe Mlchell, British Minister to Monte Video, to be Ambassador at Santiago In succession to Sir Henry Chllton, who was recently appointed Ambassador at Buenos Aires
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    SAMUEL INSULL, JNR.
    51 11 Charged With Same Offence As His Father. Chicago, Aug. 29. Mr. Samuel Insull, Junior, has forwarded security of $10,000 In answer to an Indictment charging him and two others with violation of the bankruptcy laws the same as his father, who was arrested In Greece on Aug.
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    QUOTA FOR IMMIGRATION REDISTRIBUTED.
    194 12 BUT NO INCREASE TO SATISFY REPORTED LABOUR SHORTAGE. Certain steamers that have been bringing immigrants to Malaya are not now running, the Straits Times understands, and as a result a redistribution of the quota has been neccessary among those continuing to do so. The effect of
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    ARCHITECTS' SUIT.
    318 12 Given Judgment In Claim For Charges. Judgment in favour of the plainthl was given in the Supreme Court today by Mr. Justice Mills in a case In which Messrs. Chuny and Wong, architects, claimed against C. M. Lee scale charges for professional services n connection with the building
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    C. N. LEEMBRUGGEN.
    273 12 Successful Appeal To Supreme Court I Chares Nell Leembrugen yesterday successfully appealed against a sentence of one month's rigorous imprisonment, in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Oerahty. Mr. M. Mitter, appearing for appellant, said Leembruggen was charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant of
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    ALLEGED MURDER.
    214 12 Father Weeps Recalling Daughter's Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 28. Abdullah bin Mohmood, a Bengali Islam appeared before Second Magistrate, Sheik Abu Bakar, yesterday for the preliminiary Inquiry on a charge of murder of his wife, Aminah binte Hitam on July 25. TheO.C.P.D..Wan Mohamed blnUda,
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    MISS MAY ASHBY.
    61 12 Death Last Night After Six Months' Illness. Ipoh. Aug. 29. The death took place last night at 10.30 at the residence of her father, Mr. W. J. B. Ashby, secretary of the Ipoh Club, of Miss May Ashby. late supervisor of Ipoh telephones, ho had been 111
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    SALE OF BEER.
    246 12 Cafe Proprietor's Appeal Dismissed. Mr. Justice Oerahty yesterday dismissed the appeal of Mohamed Abdul Azeen, proprietor of the Rangoon Cafe, who was fined $150 or three months' rigorous imprisonment for selling or permitting beer to be sold by retail for consumption on the premises without a licence.
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    SINGAPORE ENGINEERS.
    112 12 Visit To Factory Of Oil Palms Of Malaya. Members of the Singapore section of the Engineering Association of Malaya visited the factory of Oil Palms of Malaya, Ltd., at Ulu Remis Estate, Johore, on Sunday. They were shown over the factory by Mr. Thorbum, the manager of the
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    FOURTEEN LOST WHEN LAUNCH CAPSIZES.
    316 12 Disaster Caused By Pasic Among Passengers. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, Aug. 28. Fourteen lives have been lost In a drowning tragedy up the river from Bangkok. A launch capsized and flung all the occupants into the water. Up to the present eleven bodies have
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    SCHOOLBOY THIEF.
    132 12 Second Whipping At The Age Of 15. Convicted of theft of a bicycle from the V.M.C.A. a 15-year-old Cantonese schoolboy, Leong Kam Seng, was ordered ten strokes of the rotan by the Criminal District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, yesterday. This was the youth's second conviction. Replying to
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    FLOODS FOLLOW THE HEAVY RAIN.
    325 12 Houses Isolated. STORM WATER HELD UP BY HIGH TIDE. Singapore residents In the Tanglln district ploughed their way to office this morning through rain and flood. Orchard Road, for the second time In less than two months, was flooded in several places as a result
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    STRAITS CHINESE.
    68 12 At the annual general meeting of members of the Straits-born Chinese Association of Bangkok, the following were elected office-bearers: President, Mr. Boey Seng Tak; hon. secretary, Mr. L. P. Chua; hon. treasurer, Mr. K. K. Chui; hon. auditor. Mr. Tan Boon Teik; committee, Mr. Tay Boon Tang, Mr.
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    A SULTAN'S CAR.
    29 12 .A motor-car belonging to the Sultan of Perak was in collision with a mosquito bus this morning at the junction of Keppel and Kampong Bahru Roads.
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    NO BLAME ATTACHED TO DRIVER.
    461 12 Walker's Death Due To Carelessness. Remarking that on the evidence before him It seemed to have been the deceased's own fault, the Coroner, Mr. F. O. Bourne, yesterday returned a verdict of death by misadventure on a 26-year-old Chinese carpenter. Ton Yin, who was knocked
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    REV. CHIA TECK GUAN.
    123 12 Death Of Prominent Muar Chinese Priest. The death took place of the Rev. Chia Teck Ouan, of the Chinese Christian Church, Muar, on Aug. 12, at his house In Jalan Hashim at the age of 53. He leaves a wife, two sons and five daughters. The
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED.
    62 12 Alleged Assault On A Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 28. The case was mentioned before Mr. Nelson Jones, First Magistrate, in which a European named S. Bailey Is charged with assaulting a Chinese at Senai. Mr. M. Plllay appeared for the complainant and Bailey was
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    SELANGOR ASSIZES.
    77 12 The Selangor Assizes begin today at Kuala Lumpur before Mr. Justice McFalL There are five cases on the calendar at the moment, two of which are against alleged banishees who have returned to the country. The other cases deal with alleged murder one of which will be In
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    AIR TRAVELLERS
    67 12 Mr. Udharam Pohumal, the wellknown silk merchant, left Singapore by the X.L.M. aeroplane for Karachi, on Aug. 24. On the same plane were Mr. Mclnnes, of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, and Mr. Shlgcru Fizuka. for Calcutta and Bangkok respectively. The outward plane carried Baron Tetz from Amsterdam to Batavla. and Mr.
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    Town And Country In Malaya.
    788 12 COULD KtNTA SUPPLY THE WORLD? Colonel Cecil Rae's statement that present world consumption of tin could be met from the district of Kinta with tin at £150 a ton is challenged by the Mining Journal. It would be Interesting to know, says this journal, what
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    K.P.M. SALARIES.
    39 12 (From Our Own Correspondent). Medan, Aug. 23. According to the Locomotlef the director of the X.P.M., Mr. J. B. Everts, who leaves for Holland from Belawan by the Dempo on Saturday, will dlrcuss a revision of salaries.
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    HOW THE SEA BELLE WENT ON PIRATE PATROL.
    2050 13 THREE MEN CAUGHT AFTER SEARCH LASTING THREE DAYS. How the Government yacht Sea Belie II went out on pirate patrol and after three days three sea thieves were caught is told in the 1932 report of the Fisheries Department, signed by Mr.
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    Moneylenders May Be Licensed.
    54 13 I (From Our Own Correspondent.) i Me<L-.n, Auff. 25. The evil of usury he* been occupying the Government's attention for some time and it is now understood that the Government is to make it obligatory for all moneylenders to be licensed. Conditions regarding the granting of
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    Malaya At The Advertisers' Convention.
    57 13 Malaya At The Advertisers Convention. The stand of the Advertising and Publicity Bureau, Ltd., of South China and Malaya, at the Advertising and Marketing Convention at Olympia, London. Mrs. Beatrice Thompson, the director, was the only woman delegate. Miss Diana Murison. daughter of the former Chief Justice, was chief assistant
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    "WHAT CAN ONE DO," ASKS MAGISTRATE.
    193 13 Best Punishment Not Allowed By L?*w, (From Our Own Ccrreio t.) Kuala Lumpui, t.-^. i-3. A difficult problem conironieU lit F. K. Wilson, First ftbfMfftte, tli..-; morning, when a Malay who gave his age as 16 years appeared on charges of driving a motor-car
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    'VERY UNFORTUNATE.'
    250 13 Conviction For Contempt Set Aside. A fine of $20 Imposed by a police magistrate on Bhola Singh, for contempt of court, was yesterday refunded on the orders of Mr. Justice Gerahty. Complainant In a case which was fixed for hearing In the police courts J at nine o'clock
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    EX-SERVICEMEN.
    193 13 Annual Dinner Of Klang Branch. (From Our Own Correspondents Klang, Aug. 27. The seventh annual dinner meetIng of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya, Klang branch, was held last night at the Klang Club. Mr. L. Forbes, District Officer, Klang, proposed the toast of the branch. In his presidential address
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    TAMPIN FESTIVAL.
    50 13 The annual Sathurthi fMjttval of the Tampln Hindu temple was performed on Thursday. The poor were j fed In the morning and In the evening the god was taken in procession to Pulau 3ebang and back, a vast crowd of devotees receiving j the blessings of Siti Vinayagar.
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    MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
    382 13 Retirement In Coonoor Mr. Gil man's English Home An Imperial Service Medal Unveiling Of A Tombstone Lawyer To Open Branch In Kuala LipU. Mr. H. E. Burgess, formerly manager of Labu Estate. Negri Scmbilan. who retired to Ootacamund a few years ago, has now settled In Coonoor.
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    $40,000 FINE FOR SMUGGLER.
    235 13 Chandu Hidden In Ship's Engine Room. A fine of $40,000, or two years' simple Imprisonment in default, ml addition to a sentence of seven months' rigorous imprisonment, was this morning passed on Teo Lye Koo. a fireman of the s.s. Lem Beng, who pleaded guilty before
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      TRAINING IN FULL SWING FOR S.T.C. MEETING.
      561 14 Attractive Displays By Gold Cup Candidates. (By Our Racing Correspondent.) With the exception of Lady Rona and Myanee, trained by Hobbs, all the Kuala Lumpur horses arrived yesterday, but, as was to be expected, a few only made their appearance on the course
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      COMMERCIAL CUP CONCLUDES.
      726 14 Eleven Goals In Last Match. Hong Kong Bank.. 6. A.P.C... 5. If they had not presented their opponents with two goals the A.P.C. would have won their Commercial Cup match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday against the Hong Kong Bank but they lost by the odd
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    WOMEN'S GOLF.
    59 14 Miss Enid Wilson Heads Qualifiers. Highland Park, 111., Aug. 28 Over the Exmoor Country Club'n course here today Miss Enid Wilson, the English champion, with 76 won the medal round of 18 holes and thus qualified for the American women's championship. Miss Maureen Orcutt, Miss Virginia Van Wie
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    VS. TENNIS.
    72 14 Rain Interferes With Play At Brookline. Brookllne, Aug. 28. In the semi-final of the U.S.A. men's doubles championship here today F X Shields and Parker beat Ellsworth Vines and K. GledhllL 3—6, 4—6. 6—3, 3. 6—2. The semi-final of the mixed doubles championship was postponed owing to Tain
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    BY 13 RUNS.
    224 14 St Joseph's Beaten By Wiltshires IL The absence of several of their play ers, who were playing for the Combined Schools, proved too great a handicap for St. Joseph's Institution who eventually went under to the second string of the Wiltshires by the narrow margin of 13
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    CHAMPIONS BAD LAPSE.
    170 14 Heavily Beaten By Sussex. London, Aug. 28. For the second time this season Sussex have defeated Yorkshire, the match at Hove ending on the second day hi a victory for the home side by an innings and 20 runs. Dismissing the champions hi their first Innings for
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    119 14 Aston Villa's Return To Form. London, Aug. 28. The following were the results of English League games played today: First Division. Leeds United S Middlesbrough 2| Leicester City 4 Sheffield Utd. 0 Sheffield Wed. 1 Aston Villa 2 Tottenham H 4 W'hampton W. 0 Second Division. Fulham 1
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    MALAYS IN JAVA.
    31 14 Draw With Batavia Champions. Batavia, Aug. 28. The Malays met the holders of the Batavia football championship, the U.M.S., here today and drew, each side scoring twice. Aneta.
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    GLIDING FEAT.
    57 14 New Altitude And Distance Records. London. Aug. 24. Mr. O. E. Collins, of the London Gliding Club, has set up a new English distance gliding record with a flight of 22 mile 3. The previous record was 13 miles. Collins had recently set up a new British gliding
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    27 14 Mr. Yee Fook Loy, the well-known Chinese merchant and father of Yee Cheok Wah, the S.C.F.A. footballer, is seriously ill at his residence in Upper Serangoon Road.
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    BETSY WINS WILLIAMSON CUP.
    646 14 Disqualifications As Results Of Last Week's Protests. The "A" Class boats of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club were resting over the week-end after their trip to Batavia, where a very enjoyable and keenly contested series of three races resulted hi a win for the Royal Batavia
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    KNIGHT IN FORM.
    79 14 Unbeaten For 95 In Game At Krian. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 28. A cricket match was played at Parit Buntar yesterday when the Penang Police defeated the Krian Club by 91 runs. The Police batting first made 184. L. F. Knight scoring a brilliant 95
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    193 14 Today, Auftut 29. Football: S.AJ.A. Dlv. I: R.A. v«. ICF-A, Anson Ro.; Dlv. IT. Polloe v*. Harlequins, Jalan Besar; Friendly: B.C.C. 2nd vs. Bendemeer 2nd, Padang. Tennis: S.C.C. tournament. WedneMUr. Aojust 31. Football: S.A.F.A. Dlv. I: S.C.C. v*. Wiltshire*, Padang: Div. Q: Marin* Dept. vi. Chinese. Anson Road.
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      WILL HYPERION WIN THE ST. LEGER?
      1616 15 ENGLISH TURF TOPICS. Review Of First Four Months Flat Racing. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Aug. 8. While many meetings have been held for holiday makers to different parts of the country this week, none of the racing has been
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      IMPORTANT CHANGE IN CRICKET POLICY.
      861 15 Representative Singapore XI To Oppose States. rT??? x ngC the Cricket P° Hc y of th < Singak Ub W ?f n 12 vn ced at the annual meeting je^terday by the president M r 0 P. Griffith-Jones, to the effect that in future in
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    LAST OF SEASON'S CLASSICS.
    118 15 Hyperion Hot Favourite For St. Leger. London, Aug. 28. Lord Derby's Hyperion, winner of the Derby, Is a strong favourite for the St. Leger, to be run at Doncaster on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Today's call-over was as follows 5 to 2 Hyperion, offered, 11 to 4
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    121 15 Duffers' Cup Competition At S.G.C. The following are the results of the fifth round of the Singapore Golf Club Duffers' Cup competition: Barry beat Cable 6 and 4. Rellly beat Farrington 4 and 3. C. A. Niven beat Oke 1 up Atkin-Berry beat Ford 2 and 1. Clifford
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    ISLAND CLUB.
    76 15 Result Of August Medal Competition. The following are the five besti cards returned for the August Bogey Medal played during the week-end Dr. H. L. H. Llm (6) 1 up Dr. T. E. Cheah (16) 1 down W. McMullan (8) 2 T. Rishworth (10) 2 S. Kotajima (18)
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    29 15 The French Rugby Federation are considering a scheme for the formation of an international federation to which all European Rugby-playing nations, with the exception of England, would be affiliated.
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    SINGAPORE AUTUMN RACES.
    310 15 Shoot Up's Big Handicap For Second Day. Handicaps for the second day (Sept. 6) of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting have now been issued and are as follows Race I.— Ponies, Class 2, Div. 2, 5 furs., 2.30 p.m. Melbourne, 9.0, Ben Hall 8.13,
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    WALLEY IN PENANG.
    100 15 Board Sanctions Fight With Beebasco. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 27. Penang boxing fans are greatly surprised that the newly-formed Penang Board of Control has sanctioned the light tomorrow night between Bud Walley and Beebasco, Walley has gained some .success In America and England while Beebasco
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    17 15 The Colman Shield fixture K. Bahar vs. Kota Raja 11. originally fixed for Thursday has been postponed.
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    DID REDS BURN THE REICHSTAG?
    664 16 Independent Evidence Of Innocence. Berlin, Aug. 24. At the trial of the men charged In connection with the burning of the Re!chstag, which opens on Sept. 21, the prosecution will call 110 witnesses and the Indictment is a volume of 2oO i-ges. There are also
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    STILL A SECRET.
    74 16 Who Will Succeed Sir Miles Lampson? London, Aug. 28. An announcement regarding the appointment of the new British Minister to China will be made In a lew days. No confirmation is obtainable as regards the Spectator's forecast that Sir Miles Lampson's successor would be Mr. Alexander Cadogan,
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    'BATTLE OF CONSEILANS.'
    303 16 Barge Barricade Removed By Armed Force. Paris, Aug. 25. The second Battle of Consellans (the first was in September, 1918) where striking bargees barricaded the Olse with 200 barges, was won by the national forces without bloodshed. The banks of the river last night resembled an armed
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    £500,000 TOWN HALL.
    151 16 Opened By Their Majesties At Leeds. London, Aug. 23. The Life Guards, which are rarely seen outside London, provided a Sovereign's Escort today when His Majesty the King and the Queen drove through the streets of Leeds to open the new Town Hall, which has been built
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    LONG DISTANCE ATTEMPT
    61 16 Paris-South America Flight Postponed. Paris, Aug. 24. A French hydroplane which was to have hopped off on Wednesday in an attempt to break the world's long-distance record In a night across the South Atlantic in the direction of South America, was obliged to postpone its departure owing
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    SUEZ CANAL SHIPPING.
    48 16 Paris, Aug. 22. The movement of ships through the Suez Canal in the first six months of 1933 amounted to 14,941,000 tons net. 6.4 per cent higher than for the corresponding period last year. Goods traffic was 11.7 per cent, heavier than last year.— Aneix-Havas.
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    69 FORGERS ARRESTED.
    45 16 Philadelphia. Aug. 23. A sang of forgers Is said to have obtained over $60,000 from merchants in Philadelphia since the beginning of the year, but 69 of the men out of a total of 99 have been caught and await trial.— Aneta-Havas
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    MORE PERSECUTION OF JEWS.
    413 16 Famous Men Deprived Of Citizenship. Berlin, Aug. 26. Many Jews now living abroad have been deprived of their German citizenship under the provisions of the recent law concerning naturalisation on the ground of their disloyalty to the German Reich. The list Includes the Social Democratic leaders,
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    2451 17 AUGUST CALM AND NOVEMBER STORMS TITHES, DEPRESSED AREAS AND THE E.M.B. HOME RULE FOR BURMA —CLEANER CAMPS AND DEADLIER ROADS— THE IRISH IMBROGLIO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Tims Offic*, Fleet Street, Aug. 15. •F*HE customary August calm has now descended upon the political
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    RARE PHENOMENON.
    63 17 Swarms Of Gnats 65 Feet In Breadth. Vienna, Aug. 25. A rare natural phenomenon was observed on Friday near Graz, in Stelermark, Austria, when immense swarms of gnats, about 65 feet In breadth were seen flying in a northerly direction in a compact, never-end-ing procession. They created the
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    RUM-RUNNING.
    59 17 Large-Scale Smuggling In Danish Waters. Oslo, Aug. 25 The Danish Government has put eight fast small cruisers, armed with quick-firers and machine-guns, an well as two seaplanes, at the disposal of the Customs administration in order to enable the latter to combat effectively the smuggling of spirits, which lately
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    GERMAN DOCTORS.
    63 17 Not Prohibited From Treating Non-Aryan Patients. Berlin, Aug. 25. South American papers have been publishing announcements to the effect that German medical practitioners will shortly be prohibited by law from treating non-Ayran patients. This information is untrue. Not only are German doctors allowed to treat, whoever, applies to
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      FREAK BUILDING DESIGNS
      689 18 Combine Beauty And Utility Modern Russian architecture has Impressed a visiting English architect as being an outcome of the general upheaval, and the desire to cut completely with the past and to be without function or reason. Mr. F. R. Yerbury. an architectural historian, addressed members of
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      ROAD BUILDING
      274 18 One of the nost extensive roadconstruction schemes ever undertaken In Scotland, the new highway from Glasgow to Inverness, is expected to be finished in September. This work has been in progress for three years, and many engineering difficulties have j been encountered, especially on the 80j miles stretch
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      SEA-COACH EXPRESS
      376 18 Speed-Up Of IsleOfWight Express "Island Enterprise" Is Nki name of a new Power express sea-coach which shortens the time of the Isle of WightSouthampton run by more than half. It Is the first of a fleet of fast boats which the Isle of Wight Steam Packet Company is
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      ARTESIAN WELLS IN SHANGHAI
      91 18 The number of ar-'slan wells in Shanghai Is increasing rapidly, according to building reports issued by construction engineers. Many new buildings are making provision for their own water supply by drilling wells and according to reports, are obtaining good water, free of germs and with a
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      SMOKE ELIMINATION
      171 18 An innovation in smoke prevention recently perlected in Sheffield has been applied successfully to locomotives and to marine boilers on tug boats, complete elimination of black smoke being obtained in both cases. It has also been Installed in a number of works, where it has achieved equal success.
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    NEW TERNARY ALLOYS OF LEAD
    174 19 A special report. No. 19, Issued by the Building Research Board, discusses the applications to building purposes of f_^ umary alloys of lead recently in>'-^oa by the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. One of them contains 0.25 per cent, of cadmium and O.fO per cent,
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    A Remote Lighting Plant In China.
    1350 19 HYDRO -ELECTRIC PLANT TO BE CARRIED 30 MILES BY COOLIES Far away in the interior of China, In the province of Szechuen, 200 miles east from Tibet, a little hydro-electric plant is providing light to Tachienlu, thanks to the enterprise of the Mai Ming
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    16 20 DUBLIN POLICE charge unrnl crowds during day of homage t i Free State founders. (P. N*
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    21 20 KING AND QUEEN accompanied by Prince George on their way to the Church service. (Planet News.)
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    22 20 THE OFFICIAL BADGE issued by the National Kecovery Administration to American employers who enter into re-employment agreements with President Roosevelt. (Planet News.)
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    22 20 .IOKSES being loaded on to rafts for transport across the Thames in the war operations being carried out at Pangbourne. (Planet News.)
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