The Straits Times, 2 September 1933

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEAJU,f A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, r AND MOST, INFLVEIfrrAI NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933. PPICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 385 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6161). GRIEnSON* N?IVAT f HJ^ ka^V In giving BEAR BRAND MILK to your children you may rest assured that they are receiving 1^ y 1 1 U*^T the purest and most hygienlcally I I P B l^m packed Milk procurable. W I Sole Agents for
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    • 156 1 LOMP^S&NAVAISTf i'II.ONE 3683) f SALE ODDMENTS IN MEN'S UNDERWEAR AT CLEARING PRICES "TWO STEEPLES" f*jk "TWO STEEPLES" CREAM. vJ NATURAL. Wool and cotton vests f^^v J^^*< Wool and cotton vests Light Weight hg i U Medium Weight for tropical and travel wear. $$WlfrrT2t r^ml Ideal for the voyage. Sfces:-30", 34",
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 469 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORDTNTAL 8-N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTYS GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage B'pore. CORFU ***** ta P°ri MANTUA 11.000 Sept. IS XBURDWAN 8.070
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    • 604 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YLSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp Rotterdam aad Middlesbroagb. Vessels. Tonnage Due SaJ. HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Sept. 6 1 HARUNA MARU 10,400 Sept 20 21 S KATORI MARU 10.000 Oct. 5 6 9 KASHIMA MftRU 10.000 Oct. 19 20 J YESUKUNI MARU 12,000 Oct. 31
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    • 578 2 BURNS PHUP 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 register)
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    • 524 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penane Swett MEONIA 12/9 H/» 13/9 159 ALSIA 3/10 3/10 4/10 6/10 BORINGIA 24/10 24/10 21/10 87/10 FIONIA 14/11 14/11 15/11 17/11 ERRIA 5/12
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    • 1248 2 rm. BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO.. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. and China Mutual (1931) LTD. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE CCNARD STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO LTD THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE It* THE SIAM
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  • 838 3 Guildford Castle 80 Per Cent To Blame. Mr. Justice B?.teson, sitting with Captain H. C. Blrnie and Captain C. E. Homan, Elder Brethren of Trinity House, gave Judgment In the case in which the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Ltd., claimed In respect of the loss of
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  • 506 3 Twenty-four Firemen Sent To Prison. In the East Ham Police Court. William Evaiio. a ship's fireman, and 24 other firemen of the White Star liner lonic, were summoned for combining together wilfully to disobey lawful commands in the vessel at Wellington, New Zealand, on June 6. Mr. Francis
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  • 295 3 Court Of Inquiry And Cape Spartel Light. A Tangier correspondent of "Le Semaphore de Marseille" writes that the Court of Inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the French steamer Nicolas Paquet, which was wrecked to the east of Cape Spartel on July 6, has been going
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  • 128 3 DAJAK, Dut., 89 tons, from Bengkalls 3-9, for Aaahan 4-9. HUA TONG. Brit.. 109 tons, from Malacca 2-9, for Malacca 4-9. REAEL. Dut., 1,4 M tons, from Ball 3-9, for Cherlbon 7-9. DUKAT, Norw., 781 tons, from Pt. Swettenham 3-9, for Sourabaya 2-9. PASIR, Dut., 630 tons, from
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  • 99 3 Saturday, September 1. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Edith." Van der Ltjn, Lch. "Lucifer," Barge Chang. Lch. "Moonstone," s.s. "Singapore," Volsella. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Nil.
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  • 33 3 It is notified by the Master Attendant that the aeroplane machine-gun practice notified on Aug. 21 to be carried out on Pulau Suber from Sept. 4 to 30 (Inclusive) Is cancelled.
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  • 14 3 The P. and O. Somali arrived In London at 4 a.m. on Aug. 31.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 573 3 te NORDDEUTSCHER J fSm LLOYD I (Incorporated la jCB* Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's Intended fixtures OUTWARD TRIER for Manila. Hong Kong, Shanghai, N. China «c Japan Sept IS I DONAU for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, N. China Japan Sept. 25 HOMEWARD COBLENZ for Oenoa, Barcelona. Lisbon, R'dam. H'bursr
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    • 430 3 Reduced Fares £67.3.11. MANILA /HONG KONG TO EUROPE. VIA AMERICA Tourist elaai across the Pactlto Ist class Rail in America. Tourist class Atlantic on the famous and new sj. Manhattan ir sj. Washington. (It passage through the Panama Canal is desired approximately 17 0.0 extra). SPEED WITH COMFORT FROM HONG
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    • 343 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. 4 (Incorporated in England.) J "ELLERMAN" LINE. I Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Sues Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONO KONG. SHANUHAI JAP AH. Steamers M CITY OF OORINTH Sept.'ilP' HOMEWARDS. Due 8-pore Sails S'pont S3 CITY OP PITTSBURQ for H're I/dan,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 95 3 v TIDE TABLES. Saturday. September 2. H. W 10. W a.m 8 ft. 4 in., 9.16 p.m.. I 9 ft 2 ft L W. 3 26 a.m.. 1 ft. 4 in., 3.45 p.m.. 5 ft. 3 in. Sunday. September 3. H W 10 .51 am. 8 ft. 7 in., 10.10
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    • 64 3 SINGAPORE WEATHEP. REPORT. Stations. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mln. temp. Ins Sunshine temp •F hrs. *F Mor Star 87 0.02 9.1 7£ Sitiawan 90 1.82 3.1 73 EC. Trengganu 89 0.03 2.9 72 Buklt Jeram 89 2.48 2.8 72 Malacca 84 053 2.9 74 Singapore 87" 0.02 3.0
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 510 4 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVEBTISEMENTS are as under 25 cents per line per insertion with a minimum charge of (1 per Insertion. There are approximately six words to a line. Birtlis. Marriages, Deaths, Acknowledgements. Announcements and P.P.C. cards will be charged at the rate of $3
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    • 644 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET Bungalows, Angullla Park, Angullia Co. HOUSE on Institution Bill. Bent $40 United Engineers. TO LET. 22, Oaimhlll Road, modern sanitation. Apply 20, Caimhin Road. TO L*T Botanic "Garden View" 2, Cluny Rd.. Tanglin. Apply 41, Nasstm Rd. TO LET No. t. Mt Elizabeth, tennis court and
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    • 588 4 FOR SALE FOR SALC a dog and 2 ***** Alsatian puppies, age 5 months. Apply tot. B. Times. FOR SALE, rattan chicks, lined blue painted green and white, in good condition, painted teak screen door and A.C. Ceiling fans. 7i». Straits Times. FOR SALE, end September. Complete household teak furniture.
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    • 818 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. LOCAL EMPLOY EKS HAVING VACANCIES FOB EUBOPEANS ABE URGED TO CONSULT THE CHAIBMAN OF THE EUBOPKAN UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE AT THE T.M.C.A, SINGAPORE. LIST OF BAND MUNICIPAL ENGAGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1933. Date. Day. Tune. Place. 1.9.33 Friday 9.00 pm. Telok Ayer. 3.9.33 Sunday 9.00 p.m. Katong Park 5.9.33 Tuesday
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    • 679 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS are Invited for demolition work and reconstruction of 20 house* in the area bounded by Cross Street China Street Amov Street and Pekin Street. Plans, Specification and form of tender may be obtained at the Municipal Architect's Office. A deposit of $50 is required and
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    • 636 4 BUSINESS CARDS For MARCEL WAVING go to' FIGARO European Ladies Hairdressers RAFFLES HOTEL Room 120. 93, Bras Basah Road. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND NASSAU ti. Mrs. HARU and Mat BANA. M. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. THE STRAITS TIMES The Straits Times, The Sunday Times and The Straits Budget may be
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 36 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES i Singapore Within Outside without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.50 4.M 1.50 Quarterly BJH SIZ.OO 7.5* Half Yearly $17.M 124.M $15.00 Yearly $34.M $4S.M U«.M Note. Oatstatlon cheques should Include the asoal bank discount.
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  • 568 5 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.— 12th Sunday after Trinity. Sept. 3, 6.50 ajn.. Holy Comn.; 7.30 am.. Matins; 8 a.m. Holy Cornn, (Choral); 10 a.m.. Children's Eucharist; 5.30 P-m.. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon; 10.30 ajn., Holy Comn. at H.M. Naval Base; Holy Comn. on Mon., Wed. and Friday at 8
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  • 42 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talplng, Aug. 31. Following the example of other towns, the Talplng police are prosecuting cyclists who leave their machines unattended In public. Two Tamils were charged today with this offence and were each fined 50 cents.
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  • 296 5 Dog Forced To Run 82 Miles In 17 Hours. Three scientists have discovered Just how much torture a dog can stand They do not describe their experiment In that way. They call it "muscular endurance," and the information gathered is set forth with if 'olting
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  • 157 5 Deauville A "Theatre Of Indecency." Beaches at Deauville, Trouville and Biarritz recently are theatres of indecency," declares the Roman Catholic Bishop Curlen In a letter to his diocese In the department of Charente-Inferi-eure. Hypocritically, the public excuses this nudism -on the seashore as bsing necessary for health," adds
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  • 158 5 Owned Property But Died Of Starvation. A verdict of death from starvation was returned at a Haverfordwest inquest on Lilian Victoria Lloyd, 46, a spinster, who was said to own a great deal of property. It was stated that Miss Lloyd had lived alone In a large house
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  • 62 5 Nun Who Was Condemned To Death In 1915. The death is reported from Met'- of Mme. Mathilde Tabourin, formerly Superior of the Convent of St. Chretlenne. Mme. Tabourin, whose name In religion was Sister Apolllnt, was condemned to death by the Germans In 1915 for having been
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  • 449 5 Oxford Movement 'FLAGRANT ILLEGALITIES* AND SUPERSTITIONS.' Critics of the manner In which the Oxford Movement Centenary has been celebrated, particularly with reference to the High Mass at the White City Stadium, have found a staunch supporter In Sir Thomas Inskip, the Attorney-General. To use
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  • 103 5 Maltese Sedition Sentences. Malta. Monday. The longest case In Maltese legal history concluded recently, when a number of Maltese were sentenced for being In possession of "seditious matter," Including works by Karl Marx. Tolstoi, Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr Sidney Webb (Lord Passfleld). The charge was brought
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 245 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL, LTD. MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. 1 1 I TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER CLASSICAL MUSIC From 8 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. SPECIAL RACE DANCE 9.45 p.m. to 2 a.m. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. ADELPHI HOTEL RACE DAY For the convenience of our Patrons attending the Races TIFFIN WILL BE
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    • 94 5 THE MOST POPULAR S.W. RADIO RECEIVER GUARANTEED T« ML I," GUARANTEED DESIGNED BUILT FOR USE IN THE TROPICS. 7 Valve SnperheL All Mains (AX.) Jost pluf-ia. One dial tuning. No reaction knob. No squeaks and howls. No coll changing. IS to 550 meter*. SUPER SELECTIVE— SUPER SENSITIVE. RADIO SERVICE CO.
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    • 71 5 Ointment Talcum Powder HeauhanWeauw TO YOUR SKIN/ Daily use of this pore, medicated S*ap, containing emollient and cleansing properties, protects, as well as cleanses, the skin. The Olatareat quickly relieves and heals any rash or pimple that may appear. The TsUram overcomes excessive perspiration and adds a finishing touch to
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 471 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 48.92Sun Tues. and 7 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG— Metres 58 M Daily 6.30—10 p.m. PARlS— Metres 19.66— Daily 7.20—10 20
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    • 70 5 Margaret Bissett (contralto), (Time Signal from Greenwich). 10.50 The Start of the R.A.C. International Tourist Trophy Motor Race, over the Ards Circuit, near Belfast. 11.5 The R.A.C. International Tourist Trophy Motor Race: a running commentary on the last phase of the Race, from two points on the Ards Circuit, near
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  • 274 6 "Leaders Are Ruled By Them." New York. Aug. 16. The domination of municipal politics In New York by gangsters was denounced this afternoon by the UnitPd States Attorney, Mr. Medallle, at a meeting of tiie Senate sub-committee appointed to investigate "racketeering here. From direct personal knowledge
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  • Correspondence.
    • 394 6 Barking Of Dogs In The Residential Areas. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Shortly before he left the Colony, Sir William Murlson publicly expressed the opinion that one of the chief causes of nervous breakdown of Europeans in Singapore is the broken sleep caused by
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    • 564 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt was with regret that I read your leaderette published on Wednesday, August 30, 1933, on the subject of caning a 16-year old schoolboy for breach of traffic regulations. May I suggest that the caning this boy received will probably
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    • 435 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Having had a varied experience of tea in the different districts and elevations of Ceylon, I should like to make a few remarks in connection with your "Note of the Day" of Aug. 25. The words "well-marked winter season" in
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    • 263 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Recent correspondence in connection with the f.o.b. cost obtained by the Dunlop Plantations Ltd., has been of an Immense value to many shareholders. It Is clear that the Dunlop Co. have maintained their estates In a husbandlike manner, retained an
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    • 100 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It Is gratifying that you have criticised In proper terms the action of the magistrate in awarding corporal punishment to a grown up lad fcr an extremely petty offence. It had been punishment more than enough to drag up the
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  • 313 6 The Famous Builders Are Disappearing. Although the exaggerated reports about the gondola dying out In Venice are indignantly denied by old gondoliers, they are nevertheless alarmed for the future, though Venice without gondolas seems unthinkable. The danger of extinction certainly looms large when one looks for
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  • 29 6 Nanking. July 26. The Central Political Council this morning sanctioned the continued collection of 5 per cent. Customs surtax for another Jl months, up to uly. 1934.
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  • 209 6 £10 Fine For Seaside Hotel Masquerade Robert Westover Christian, 27. described as a London office manager, of Maida Vale, was fined £10 at Ryde. Isle of Wight, for impersonating a Metropolitan police officer. Mrs. Grace Maynard. owner of the Manteagle Hotel, Shanklln. said after a £200 burglary
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  • 132 6 Magistrate And Their "Harvest Season." i "August, I suppose, is the happy 1 month in London for confidence trick- j sters, and I must try to save unsus- I pectlng people from the wiles of these I men during the harvest season." I I So said Mr.
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  • 316 6 Grievances Settled By Commonwealth. Sir Stanley Argyle. Premier of Victoria, announced In the Assembly in Melbourne recently the terms of ;he settlement which has been reached in the matter of the grievances of British settlers to Australia The terms 3f the agreement are: 1. Settlers no
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 56 6 FOR ATTENTION OF| Up -Country Visitors SINGAPORE'S I MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOPPING EMPORIUM EXTENDS j YOU AN INVITATION. j WE WELCOME YOU. NO OBLIGATION TO BUY. A WALK ROUND WILL REVEAL THE FINEST DISPLAY J OF UP TO THE MINUTE THINGS BEAUTIFUL j EVERYTHING SO DIFFERENT. EVEN SERVICE. EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY
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    • 210 6 ><£dksi* s JliOW MJr* jr *P THE STARS PROTECT THEIR BEAUTY Every day your favourite film star must give special care X, and attention to her skin. For Jif^S only perfection satisfies the I^*^ camera. So, like scores of Ew other famous stars, she uses "Vfi Lux Toilet Soap chooses
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  • 237 7 Dog Track Bets In Exercise Book. Two small boys made history at St. Helens by being the first to plead guilty in the Children's Court to a charge of bookmaking. Police Constable Hurst said he saw a number of boys outside the greyhound track. He heard
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  • 232 7 Hundreds Performed With Evipan. Experiments with a new anaesthetic, which is injected into the veins and puts the patient to sleep within two minutes, have been carried out by the Anaesthetics Committee of the Medical Research Council. Several hundred operations have been performed in London hospitals
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  • 295 7 Russian Woman And British Captain. Further details are now available concerning the tragic death of Captain Walter Clifford Youngs, 54, formerly a master mariner, who was found unconscious in the Yangtszepoo district of Shanghai last week with knife wounds in his neck. He died while being taken to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 165 7 THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE EXECUTOR COMPANY, LIMITED. (Registered nnder the Trust Companies Ordinance 1*21) DIRECTORS: Sir David Galloway, Kt.B. (Chairman). W. E. Rayner, A.C.A. O.R.S. Bateman. CA E. H. Meyer L C. Margoliouth Gaw Khek Khiam. SECRETARIES: (iattey and Bateman, Fullerton Building, Singapore. Since the Company was formed it has
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    • 395 7 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT! Paramount's magnificent spectacle n> SIGN CROSS with FREDRIC MARCH. ELISSA LANDI T*i^BP(K™^fc^^Bß^^Z~^BJt~^^^BKr"^^^^Bii^^^t^« TOMORROW NIGHT First National Vitaphone Pictures Present RICHARD BARTHELMESS In "Alias Doctor" Week-End Half-Price Matinees MADAM SATAN PRINCESS and the PLUMBER. COME EARLY! COME EARLY!! FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! ONE NIGHT ONLY!! TONIGHT! TONIGHT!! BE
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    • 233 7 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB! notice!! The next MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE will take place at the CAPITOL SATURDAY NEXT SEPT. 9th, at 11 o'clock. Members can pay September subscriptions to-day from 10 a.m. 16.15 NIGHTLY 9.15 FOX'S PICTURE OF THE GENERATION t with CLIVE BROOK, DIANA WYNYARD and great all-British Cast. TO-NIGHT
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  • 171 8 Commodities Very Quiet. TIN QUOTATIONS AGAIN DECLINE. (Trom Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. Today's Prices: Rubber 12 3/16 cts., down 1/16 ct. per lb. Tin, Singapore price remains $112,121/2 per picul. Gold, £6 10s. 8>/ 2d., up Is. l'/jd. iYesterday's Prices: Rubber, London, 3 23/32 d.. no
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  • 73 8 Noon. Sept. 2. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) ..12 3/16 12 5/16 (F. 0.8.) 12i/ 2 12 9/I6 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Tone of market: Very dull: Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 3%d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cts.
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  • 201 8 Singapore, Sept. 2. Buyers. Seller*. •Copra (sun dried) 3.55 (mixed) 3.00 3.00 Gambier 41^ (Cube) No. 1 unpicked 8.00 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.82y 2 White Pepper 23.00 Black Pepper 131,4 Pearl Sago 3.70 smail 4.60 medium 6.00 iMo. 1 125 catties gross 3.85 No. 2 125 catties gross 3.80
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 407 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £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 Tin
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      • 271 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.90 2 2 Alex. Brick Pref. 1.45 1.55 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.11.3 5.16.3 10 5 Britsh Malaya Trustee 5.30 5.40 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 23/6 24/6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 19/9 20/9
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      • 148 8 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. if M..ui«.i ai± Singapore Municipal 4% p.c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c of l<»07 rprf 1P47 xifioonnn i<va ins™™ Of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 108 nom. Singapore
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      • 373 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today s Prices Fraaer Lyall Evatt 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) 1.00 120 0.90 1.10 A. Kuning ($1) 0.15 020 0.15 0.20 A. Malay ($2) 1.20 1.30 1.00
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    • 211 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 1/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 63/64 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 31/32 London, demand
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    • 159 8 Good Weather And Luck Wanted. Rugby, Aug. 28. Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, leader of the Mt. Everest Expedition, accompanied by Mr. F. S. Smythe, a member of his party, reached England during the week-end. Although the weather had defeated the expedition after its six weeks struggle, Mr. Ruttledge said
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    • 147 8 French Press Urge Sultan Of Morrocco's Candidature.! Paris, Aug. 25. That the Sultan of Morocco, Sldl Mohamed, who Is now visiting Paris, should be proclaimed the Caliph and supreme Mohammeden religious chief, Is advocated by Le Matin, which stresses that the Sultan Is a direct descendant of the
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    • 36 8 Two Disastrous Fires In Germany. Berlin, Aug. 30. A warehouse fire at Bremen has caused the destruction of 2,500 bales of raw cotton and another fire at Viersen, In the Rhlneland, 1,000 bales.- -Reuter.
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  • 279 8 Today. Bank* Island, Pladjoe 4c Palembang (Scnang) a pm Kemaman, Kemasek. Kretay, Dungun, Trengganu Besut (Bhanurangsi) 2 p.m. Belawan. Ceylon. 2gypt. ""urope and Great Britain (Stentor) 2 p.m. Ceylon, Egypt and Great Britain (Parcel*) (Stentor) ..1. 30 p.m. DJambl (Toradja) 3 p.m. Sarawak Sc Slbu (Vyner Brooke)
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  • 92 8 Foreign exchange today were: Amsterdam 7.91 Athens 565 Belgrade 235. Berlin 13.33 Brussels 22.81 \'.> Bombay 1/6 1/16. Bucharest 537 Y2Y 2 Buenos Aires 43% official. Copenhagen 22.40 Geneva 16.48 Hong Kong 1/4 13/16 Helsingfors 226^2 Madrid 38 5/32 Milan 63 14 Montreal 4.76 >/2/ 2 Montevideo 35'% nom.
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  • 53 8 From France by Porthos due Singapore 3 p.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan by Genoa Mara due Singapore noon en Monday, the 4th Instant. From Holland by Sibajak due Singapore on Tuesday morning, the sth instant. From China and Japan by Calcutta Mara due Singapore daylight on Wednesday,
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  • 75 8 Negotiations For Treaty Of i Non-Aggression. Moscow, Aug. 18. 1 The Impending conclusion of th« Italo-Russian non-aggression pact la Indicated by an announcement that thai Russian Ambassador to Rome. M. V. P. Potemkln, has been empowered to conduct the negotiations concerning the proposed pact and to Initial the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 31 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday. September 2. Singapore Races, Autumn meeting opens. Sporting events will be found under a separate heading on the sports page. For Tide Tables see page 3.
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  • 100 10 Singapore. ALHAMBSA King Of Jan. With Paul While man John Boles. 15— 9.15. CAPITAL Cavalcade. With dive Brook Diana Wynyard. 6.15—9.15. GREAT WORLD Oabaret— A Night Like This Clearing The Range. MARLBOBOUGH Beau Bandit, Roe La Rogue. 6.16—8.15. NEW WORLD Side Shows, Cabaret, Dancing Talkies, Theatres Cinemas. PAVILION Closed
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  • 966 10 The case for Indian land settlement in Malaya was ably argued by a correspondent of the Straits Times several weeks ago, and although a multiplicity of other topics has prevented an earlier reply, this letter should not be
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  • 47 10 His Highness the Sultan of Selangor la proposing to pay a private three weeks' visit to Java, for the purpose of a change and to see the country. His Highness has not yet visited Java and proposes to go from Batavla by way of Bandoeng to Djokjakarta.
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  • 700 10 A CUSTOMS FALLACY. A misunderstanding revealed by our Penang correspondent In his weekly letter published last Friday calls for correction. Our correspondent wrote: "A soft-goods merchant here emphasises the fact that carriage by sea from Singapore saves 50 per cent, r>t transit dues, owing to customs
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  • 1000 10 LEADING AN ORCHESTRA. In the following interview Otto Klemperer, the wellknown conductor, expounds the secret of successful conducting and the qualities which go to make the truly great conductor. The present age has produced a number of composers of the first rank. I need only mention Richard
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 122 10 CHtfL— Chul Mul Kwal, mother of the lat« Yee Foe* Lol, died todar at 5 r.m., leaving one grandson (Yee Check Wah) and one great-grandson. The funeral will take place tomorrow |Bunday) at Bldadari at 3 p.m. CHASE— CURRIER— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on September 2, 1933, Mrs
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    • 47 10 FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT. BEAH— The funeral of Mrs. Seah Peck Seah nee madam Tan Soo Heok, wife of Mr. Seah Peck Seah, will take place on Sept. 7. 1933 at 10 a.m. from 40. Orchard Road to the family burial ground at Ah Hood Road aff Balestiar Road.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 155 10 "RANGEFINDER RAPItR" STEEL SHAFTED GOLF CLUBS THE WORLD'S DE LUXE IN EFFICIENCY AND BEAUTY xl^JJfc^--p Made in the Following Models: I 'I /^\^^V RUSTLESS IRONS I 5? VXf X No. 1 Iron 38" _^u»__ Mashle 35" Cleek Putter $1" No 2 lron s8 Mashle (Deep faced) 35" IV "Bonny* Putter
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  • 1047 11 F.M.S. Producers Asked To Commit Suicide" "EXTRAVAGANT PREMIA" NOT JUSTIFIED. Increased Quotas Predicted In The New Year. A violent attack on the Straits Trading Co. by Mr. J. Howeson was the feature of the annual general meeting of the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation on Thursday.
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  • 102 11 Miami, Sept. 1. A cyclone Is sweeping the Caribbean Sea and approaching Havana at 70 miles an hour. It has already struck North Cuba, driving the Inhabitants inland and wrecking all communications.—Reuter. ?5«,M0 Banana Stems Destroyed. London, Aug. 29. The Governor of Jamaica, reporting to the Colonial
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  • 132 11 Aug. 30. Considerable progress has been made l In reducing the noise in rail and air I transport. A new type of sleeping car < for third-class passengers introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Company's night expresses Is fitted < with "anti-noise blankets" of special Insulating material,
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  • 275 11 Renewed Strength Of Franc And Guilder. London, Sept. 1. Following the appreciation of the franc, gold rose sharply by 13'/ 2 d. to £6 10s. B%d. an ounce, the highest ever recorded.— Reuter. When Great Britain left the gold standard no restrictions were placed on
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  • 91 11 How Deficit Will Be Covered. Amsterdam, Sept. 1. The safety of the gold standard Is further emphasised, according to bankIng circles, by the increasing gold stock of the Nederlands Bank and the renewed strength of the guilder compared with sterling. Recent years' accumulated deficits amounted to 550,000,000 on
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  • 138 11 Drop In Temperature At Last! London, Aug. 29. Brilliant weather continues throughout Britain and for 12 days the temperature has remained between 80 and 90 degrees, reaching the latter figure yesterday. The rainfall recorded at Kew so far this month Is only 13.2 mm. compared with
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  • 164 11 "Depends Upon Britain And Japan." Hong Kong, Sept. 1. Mr. Sawada, leader of the Governnent group of the Japanese cotton lelegatlon on the way to Simla, interviewed aboard the Hakusan Maru, said le was confident that their objects :ould be achieved and trade relations rat on a better
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  • 115 11 Grave Indictment. BLAMED FOR FIRING THE REICHSTAG. London, Sept 1. A grave Indictment of the Nazi regime is contained in "The Brown Book of the German Terror," published today with the name of Einstein as chairman of an international committee to give the book authority. The
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  • 195 11 Little Enlightenment On Future Plans. Nuremberg, Sept. 1. The claim that the whole German nation supported the Nazi movement, which had now become the German Reich, was made in a long proclamation read on behalf of Hitler at the opening of the Nazi Congress here today. In the
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  • 223 11 No Evidence In Favour Of Accused Men Leipzig, Aug. 27. A request to supply material tending to exonerate the accused In the forthcoming Reichstag fire trial has been addressed to the Swedish lawyer, Dr. Branting, by the counsel defending the three Bulgarians implicated in the affair, Dr. Telchert,
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  • 49 11 To Be Revived On Oct. 1 By France. Paris, Sept. 1. i The quota system Is being revived i on Oct. 1, this year. New quotas will be negotiated In exchange for concessions to French exports. The present quotas will stand up to 25 per cent. Reuter.
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  • 57 11 Transferred As Minister To Athens. t Rugby, Aug. 31. i a The King has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Mr. t Sydney Philip Perlgal Waterlow, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and t Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary t and Minister
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  • 133 11 Three Executive Members Resign. Washington, Sept. 1. An open split within the National Recovery Administration over labour is revealed by the resignation of three members of the executive, including Mr. Cates, General Johnson's deputy, who is opposed to a horizontal labour policy as provocative and
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  • 195 11 Soviet Writer's Home Raided By Nazis. Moscow, Aug. 31. For the second time, Nazi police have staged a raid on the quarters of the Berlin correspondent of Pravda, organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and carried out a search. The
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  • 80 11 May Join Forces With Cosg^ave Party. Dublin, Sept. 1. A move toward consolidating the Opposition against President de Vr.lera Into a new party led by Gen. O'Duffy was made today when the executive of the Centre Party decided to recommend that the party agree to merge with the
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  • 101 11 To Be King's Guest After His Holiday. London, Aug. 29. i The Prime Minister will tomorrow fly from Losslemouth, where he has been spending a holiday, to Northern Ireland where he will stay for a few t days with Lord Londonderry, the Air 1 Minister. He will afterwards
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  • 76 11 Decrease By £34,000,000 Over First Half Of 1932. London. Aug. 29. The latest Treasury returns show ;hat the ordinary revenue of the current financial year up to Aug. 26 unounted to £232,205.529. At the corresponding date of last year ;he amount stood at £225,630,821. The ordinary expenditure to
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  • 810 11 Unable To Hold Back Red Hordes. URGENT APPEAL. Nanking Cruisers Leave For Foochow; Shanghai, Sept. t. The 19th Route Army, which gained world fame as a result of its resolute stand in Shanghai during 1932 against the betterequipped Japanese forces, is being so severely pressed, by
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    • 73 11 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MILK? THAT Is a most Important questionbut one not easily answered. Most people try to Judge milk by the cream line on the bottle or by taste. But the whole story of milk Is not revealed by those two tests. KLIM POWDERED MILK SOLVES ALL
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  • 1055 12 CO-OPERATION BY ESTATE MANAGERS. A great deal has been written with regard to the restric- 1 tion of rubber exports, but little has been heard of the views of the individual planter. The writer of an article in the Investor's Chronicle is a planter, a
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  • 84 12 Amazing Revelations In Bandoeng Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 26. The whole of Netherlands India Is interested in an extraordinary case now before the Bandoeng courts in which a European woman doctor Is charged with performing an illegal operation. The case has already lasted some days
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  • 46 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. It Is officially stated that there is no truth in the rumour that has been current throughout the F.M.B. during the last two or three days that Government contemplates removing the duty on Empire sugar.
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  • 47 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 23. According to Java newspapers, Mr van Gogh, a former captain of the Ned. Koloniale Petroleum Mlj.. ha: been appointed wharf manager of th< China Merchants Co. in Shanghai am has already left Java for his nev station.
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  • 167 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. Mr. John Hands, M.C.H., the honorary secretary and treasurer of the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee, reports as follows for the month of August The total amount of money received (excluding Klang) was $1,174.65. Two new
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  • 59 12 Office To Be Opened In Kuala Lumpur. Nanking. Sept 1. An official announcement states that the Chinese Foreign Office has decided to open a Chinese Consulate In Kuala 1 Lumpur, and It will be placed under > the direct control of the Chinese Con1 sul-General of Singapore, who
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  • 170 12 Taiping Chinese Charged With Cheating. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng, Aug. 31. An alleged ruse to cheat a firm of provision dealers was told to the Taiplng magistrate today, when Tang Kai Seah, a new arrival In Talping, was charged with attempting to defraud Kirn Seng
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  • 119 12 Light Vessel Stationed In North Channel. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 1. Penang Harbour authorities have resumed the practice in the Interests of shipping entering Penang harbour, of stationing a light vessel five miles beyond Muka Head (North Channel) at nights with a powerful light visible approximately
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  • 39 12 Calcutta To Amsterdam In Fouor Days. The X.L.M. aeroplane PHAIR (Ricebird), which left Singapore on Thursday Aug. 17, with commanding pilot Mr. P. Both, flew from Calcutta to Amsterdam in the record time of four days.
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  • 49 12 Belinda, the play which was recently successfully produced In Ipoh, Is shortly to be seen in Kuala Lumpur. The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club has secured the services of the Ipoh company to present the show on Saturday, Sept. 16, In aid of the community chest of the Club.
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  • 343 12 New Development SUGGESTION THAT BAGS WERE FORGOTTEN. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 1. The so-called robbery of 100,000 tlcal notes from a mail bag on the Bangkok Penang express becomes more mysterious as both the F.M.S. Railways and Penang postal authorities have com- pletely cleared
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  • 69 12 The band of the S.S. Police will give the following programme, weather permitting at Katong Park tomorrow beginning at 9 p.m. 1 March Mealey, Martial Moments (Winter) Overture, Poet and Peasant (Suppe); Waltz, Nights of Gladness (Ancllffe); Selection, The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan) Suite, Ballet Russe (Lulglnl); Descriptive,
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  • 563 12 Reply To Letter From Municipality. At a meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association held at the offices of the Association, Hongkong Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Thursday, Aug. 24, with Mr. J. Laycock (president) In the chair, Messrs A. M. AlsagolT, O. R. S. Bateman
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  • 171 12 Head To Be Known As Director-General. The postal services in Malaya are being reorganised, states the Objects and Reasons of a Bill shortly to be introduced in Legislative Council, as it is desirable that the officer administering the services should have a title Indicative of his functions. Section
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  • 75 12 been the cause of a quarrel between two taxi-drivers playing on the Singa-pore-Johore Road, Sim Kwee Boon and Karma Nalr, who appeared as complainant and defendant respectively In a charge of voluntarily causing hurt In the Fourth Magistrate's court yesterday. The
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  • 836 12 LATEST STYLE IN SHORTS AT FRASER'S HILL. piASHIONS at Fraser's Hill are an amusing study. Take the men first. There Is an epidemic among them of woven sports vestlngs In colours, rather bright and cheerful but only to be attempted by the few. The other
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  • 61 12 Save Over $12,000 During The Past Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 1. Penang Mercantile Employees Cooperative. Thrift and Loan Society report show* that members' savings amounted to over $12,000 for the year. Gilt-edged securities now exceed $25,000. The society made a net profit of $1,203 for
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 77 12 -tfffk and adds a keener edge to AK^^^fVrV your appetite J8 RQ NOW SELLING AT B^B^f 1 ~V7^ (SINGAPORE PRICE.) ■HSr^^^ Per case of $28.00 f^^Et&£S^^m~ r t^Mi plnt Bottles HTj#v^H^f* > v m ni Pei case ot 48 524 oo ff^|^i'l"'MPij||ll I [if <tC AA IS^^JtQ^^BRBB m m~B 1
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  • 538 13 70- Year-Old Man Who Said He Would Starve To Death. During argument in the Indian community in Batavia over commemorative tablets in a renovated temple, a 70-year-old man sat on one of the tablets crying that unless they were removed he would stay until he
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  • 209 13 "To Country's Benefit," Says Rafflesian. "The startling announcement made by the Government rcgrdlng school fees has raised a storm of protest from many unofficial quarters. < "We do not wish to enter into any discussion concerning the Government's policy, but we can Justly say that J though we
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  • 176 13 Survey Ship To Fix Boundary. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 31. The Amboina correspondent of the Soerabajaasch Handelsblad states that the navy survey ship, Willebrord Snellius, has left for the frontier territory of north New Guinea for the purpose of fixing the exact boundary Between Dutch
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  • 449 13 Was She Knocked Down By A Motor-Car? An inquest on a 54-year-old Chinese woman Kay Kam Yok who met with her death at the 7th mile, Chang! Road on the night of Aug. 18, was held by the coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne yesterday. Inspector
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  • 223 13 Extra Profits To Be Reserved. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 31. In connection with the decision ol the K.N.I.L.M. to carry on even though the Government subsidy has been deI creased to Gs. 400,000, the Algemeen Indisch Dagblad states that this will be
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  • 560 13 Gagged In Car. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FOUR INDIANS. An allegation that she was seized oy three men, forced Into a car and driven to a hut near the Naval Base was made by a young Indian woman named Manlyamah when she figured as the principal witness
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  • 277 13 Leave And Transfer* Mrs. McFall Going Horne Straits A.S.P.'m Return Telok Anton Retirement. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Potter left by the Corfu for a two months holiday In China. Mr. J. D. O. Morice, Superintendent of Customs, Talplng, is leaving for home on leave in October.
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    • 15 13 $500 MUST BE WON SEE i Special Announcement in next issue of THE SUNDAY TIMES
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    • 235 13 TO HIS MAJESTY B, Appointmot By Awotatoent X/A^G GEORGE V. U H.R.H. ESTABLISHED 265 YEARS. ""*"*<«"->-■ VERY CHOICE WINES SPIRITS. CLUB POST. rj| ALBION SHERRY. An excellent LJ«ht JIB &2 AN OLOROSO liinflmi Port ol WINE OF moderate price. ffvl FINE IAUTY CLUB SHERRY EMPRESS PORT FINE A GENEROUS Hi
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  • 886 14 OPENING DAY OF GOLD CUP MEETING. What Our Experts Think. WILL REFILL REPEAT ITS PENANG SUCCESS? Selections By Selections By Our Racing M.F.J Correspondent. Race 1 Angelus Race 1 Gallant Maggie Lochaln Lady Tarquin Lady Targuln. Angelus. Race 2 Car-Pet
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  • 243 14 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship. Highland Park, 111., Sept. 1 Miss Virglna Van Wie (holder) surprisingly defeated the British champion. Miss Enid Wilson (Nottingham), 6 and 5. In the semi-final of the American women's open golf championship which was played over 18 holes at the Exmoor
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  • 26 14 Race No. 2.— Lady Wallada. Race No. 4. Nymph of Torridge. All Engagements. Earwig. Double Tote.— Races Nos. 5 7. Big Sweep. Race No. 8.
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  • 400 14 Scott-Paine's Challenge To America. The international motor-boat races for the Harmsworth Trophy begin at Detroit today and will be continued on Monday and Tuesday. The British challenger is Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine while Commander Gar Wood will defend the trophy for U.S.A. An engine which was developed
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  • 39 14 The following are forthcoming fixtures In the Malaya Football Association Colman League Saturday, Kallang Batln vs. Post Office; Sunday, Bldadari. S.C. vs. Kota Raja II; Wednesday, Fathul Zaman vs. Daxul Aphla. at Jalan Besar Stadium. Admission charge as usuaL
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  • 765 14 Opening Match Of S.A.F.A. Cup Competition. R.A. 1; Wiltshires' II 1. The S.A.F.A. Cup competition opened yesterday with a drawn match between the Royal Artillery and the second string of the Wiltshire Regiment, each side scoring one goal. The match was played at
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  • 29 14 Beat S.S.V.B. In Batavia By Only Goal. The Malays defeated the S.S.V.B. in Batavia yesterday by I—t.1 —t. They leave today for Singapore by the Ophir.
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  • 109 14 Explanation Of Brilliant Return To Form. Londoa, Aug. 33. H. W. Austin, England's famous Davis Cup lawn tennis player, has this week revealed that the secret of his brilliant return to form and strength actually lies In the fact that he can now breathe freely through his nose.
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  • 88 14 Opening Of Negri Sembilan Season. (From Our Cfvn C<» respondent.) Seremban. Sept. 2. The hockey season opened In Seremban on Friday with a mixed practice game on the King George V School ground. Several European women and the leading Asiatic and European mate players took part. The local hockey
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    • 77 14 FALLING FOR YOU" the new Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert film, like Its predecessors, is full of fun and has many good tunes so Cicely and Jack have made two "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS which give the high lights of the show. Sweep Jack Hulbert R 4474 i TTf^ You
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    • 51 14 LmSjpJvuL "WtttaWk Jsxs%/# 1 VKJSSW&IffIBS^S^ Extract from letter dated 11th July, 1933, original \\^#tfSg£MaMSaßfc«ry in our possession: X^Sf^^EgßlSPV*'^ "I reached the top of Gunong Baru, Brinchang, 6665 feet Bn^ Was sur P" se d to find the enclosed bottle cap (Tiger Crown) showing that TIGER BEER has reached Malaya's greatest
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  • 577 15 Concluding Matches In County Championship. With the exception of one match, Essex vs. Sussex at Leyton today, the county championship finished with the games which concluded yesterday. Surrey obtained a victory over Leicestershire at the Oval and proved to be the only county to
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  • 67 15 Popular Win For Aga Khan. York, Aur SI. The Glmcrack Stakes, value £1,000, for two-year-olds, was run here to-day and resulted as follows: The Aga Khan's MRS. RUSTOM 1 Mrs. D. Walter's JUNGLE QUEEN 2 Sir Alfred Butt's FLYING COOT 3 Ten ran. Won by one and a
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  • 262 15 New York, Sept. 1. Yesterday's results In the National and American baseball leagues were: NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. New York 3 11 2 Boston 7 S 0 Vergez (New York) and Berger (Boston) scored home runs. Pittsburg 13 19 4 Philadelphia 11 16 1 Klein and McCurdy homered
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  • 64 15 Big Importation From Australia. Fifty-eight Australian Griffins arrived at Bangkok last week by the X.P.M. steamer Roggeveen. Considering a voyage lasting Just over a month, their condition was not bad. Some of them showed the effect of the rigours of the Journey. Two died soon after landing, and
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  • 50 15 Rugby And Hockey Captains Elected. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Sept. 1. Mr. J. H. Scoular has been elected captain of the Penang Rugby team this year with Mr. J. E. A. Clarke, convener. Mr. R. W. Scarlett was elected hockey captain and Mr. S. V. Adams convener.
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  • 172 15 Taday, Hrptwhrr 2. Singapore Races, Autumn meeting, opens. Cricket: Khalsa Aon. vs. Asiatic Youth SKA. grd. Oolf: Island Club Championship 'M.-jer Cup), first round; Singapore O. C. September bogey competition. Sunday. September S. Cricket: Old Rafflesian Assn. vs. Ceylon Tamils Assn., OJt.A. grd.; Khalsa Assn. vs. YXR.C. SJC.A.
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  • 318 15 Annual Championship Meeting. The fourteenth annual Swimming Championship Carnival organised by the V.M.C.A. will be held in the V.M.C.A. Swimming Pool, Fort Canning, on Saturday, September 2nd, at 4 p.m. E At 8 p.m. the prises will be distributed to the successful competitors by Mrs. s A. S. Haynes.
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  • 133 15 Wins Professional Sculling Championship. Toronto, Sept. 2. Bobby Pearce (Australia) won the world's professional sculling championship by beating Ted Phelps (Great Britain) by 200 yards over a three mile course. 1 Their times were 19 mm. 26 sec. and 20 mm. 36 sec. Pearce led by three lengths
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  • 185 15 S.C.C. Tournament Ties. i i There was no play in the S.C.C. lawn i tennis tournament yesterday and the 1 day's ties were fixed for play on i Monday. MONDAY'S TIES A Class Doubles Handicap J. A Dean and N. a Wise owe 15 4 vs. F. T. K.
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  • 218 15 Disappointment At Jardinc's i Injury. Calcutta. Aug. 23. In view of currency having been given to the story of a "mysterious" cable, in an interview to the Associa- t ted Press at Calcutta Mr. R. E. Grant ii Govan, President, Board of Cricket 1: Control In India, said:
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  • 163 15 Match With Thajudeen Cancelled. The Graham— Thajudeen fight, lxed for next Saturday, will not take 'lace. Graham has injured himself In raining and will be unfit to fight for lome time. Medical evidence has been supplied ■o the Board and although Graham signified his willingness to
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  • 229 15 The following are revised and additional Ues in the S.C.C. lawn bowls tournament MONDAY, SEPT. 4. Doubles American Tournament E. A. Brown and J. N. Wainwright vs. P O. Nell Dunne and W. Williams. H. R. L. Dyne and V. D. Knowles vs. C D. Belton and H.
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  • 195 15 Kesang School Wins Johore Championship. The third annual State drill competition and games of the Malay Schools in Johore was held on Thursday on the English School Padang, Batu Pahat, before a large number of spectators. The winning team was from Kesang School, and Parit Bilah was second.
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  • 176 15 The D.M.H.S. Badminton Party met he Mental Hospital Recreation Club n a friendly game of badminton at the atter's court on Saturday. Mental hospital Recreation Club won 4 doubles >ut of 5, and 2 singles out of 6. The results were: Doubles Nal Boon Lua and A. Rod- igues
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    • 256 15 Diarrhoea I will be stopped by I taking KALZANA I Diarrhoea is caused by inflammation of the intestines, generally due to irritated nerves. By taking Kalzana, the Calcium food, you will provide your blood with the Calcium (lime) necessary to strengthen the inflamed areas. The swelling will be quickly reduced
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  • 1731 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Fleet Street, August 10. PUFFED shoulders, high necks and cameo brooches return are decreed by dress designers. Last week I gave you an idea of the general tendency of the new Paris fashions, but you will probably like to hear some of
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  • 821 16 EVERY woman wishes to be beautiful, but It Is surprising how unintelligently the great majority set about making their wishes come true. They concentrate Intently on their faces, forgetful or blissfully ignorant of the fact that every part of the body is so dependent on every
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  • 427 16 kS each new dress show opens the clothes become more and more rich and reckless. The most famous creators of fashion have thrown all economy slogans to the winds this season. Although they have been inspired by the smuggest of the Victorian eras, the clothes they
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  • 194 16 In Vogue At Hollywood OPRING and summer wardrobes are *J occupying a large portion of the time of the woman who Is clothes conscious, according to Travis Banton, Paramount's head stylist, and he gives the latest tips from the film colony jn what will be worn for the hot months.
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  • 2832 17 A Slump Reverie— Life In Bygone Perak Before Rubber Came The Kinta Valley Line Cameron's Promised Lan d—Cavalryd Cavalr y Patrols In Larut— The Solace Of History, (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) I HAVE lately been browsing In a faded, leather-bound volume lent to
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  • 140 18 Planned By Bandits In Neutral Zone. Shanghai, Sept. 1. Dissension in the Chinese allied forces in Charhar, which suffered heavily at the hands of the Government troops under Gen. Soong Cheyuan, Chairman of the Charhiir Government, has broken out in the NorthWest. A faction of the army
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  • 93 18 Critical Situation In Fukien. Shanghai, Sept. 1. Hundreds of Chinese marines belonging to the gunboats stationed at Amoy and Foochow have been ordered to reinforce the defending forces in North Fukien. The hurried arrival of Gen. Tsai Tlng-kal in Foochow from Chiangchiu, in West Fukien, indicates that the
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  • 89 18 Surveying Fish Shoals In Japan Sea. Vladivostok, Aug. 31. Aeroplanes of the Soviet civil air fleet have commenced surveying fish shoals and their movements along the fringes of the Sea of Japan. Already large shoals of herring have been observed. This is the first time that aeroplanes have
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  • 74 18 Forthcoming Official Visit To Moscow. Paris, Aug. 26. The Air Minister, M. Pierre Cot, will shortly proceed to Moscow on an offiicial mission, according to statements emanating from Informed quarters. M. Cot, who was invited by the Soviet Government to visit Moscow will probably take off for
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  • 171 18 World Revolution. NOTE OF WARNING TO POWERS. Paris, Aug. 31. A note of warning has been sounded by Le Temps in an article, which cautions against drawing premature conclusions from the new orientation of Russian foreign policy as evidenced by the policy of the non-aggression pacts
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  • 193 18 French Holders May Be Partly Indemnified. Paris. Aug. 31. The reports that the Franco-Russian trade negotiations have resulted in a preliminary agreement, subject to the approval of the Soviet Governmtnt are confirmed in Informed circles. It Is stated that the agreement constitutes a sort of protocol for
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  • 94 18 Now Being Operated By The Government. Canton, Aug. 19. As regards the Government operation of pawnshops, an official of the Provincial Department of Finance stated that valuables and Jewellery will not be accepted as pledges but only ordinary commodities. The theory is that the public pawnshops will accommodate
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  • 88 18 Aiming At Leadership Of Spanish Fascists Madrid, Aug. 30. Senor Antuan de Rivera, the son of late dictator, Prlmo de Rivera, announces his adherence to the Fascist movement in an article published by a Nationalist paper hi San Sebastian. He takes issue with the opponents of Fascism, who
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  • 79 18 Nazi Appointments For World War Commanders. Berlin, Aug. 29. Two of the most famous German Army leaders in the World War, Field Marshal von Mackensen and Gen. IJtzmann. have been appointed members of the Prussian State Council "in recognition of their great services for the Fatherland
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  • 159 18 Private Summons. "POLICE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT." A European, AUster Murdock McLennan, appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer In the Criminal District Court this morning to answer a private summons taken out by a Malay, Sarim bin Sariman, charging him with causing grievous
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  • 183 18 "If Allied Powers Do Not Keep Their Word." London. Aug. 27. Lo.-d Noel Buxton. British ex-Mini- ster of Agriculture, has published a letter in the well-known weekly Journal, The Spectator, warning his countrymen against a tendency to belittle the new Germany and fall into the error of
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  • 163 18 "France Will See They Are Observed." Paris, Aug. 28. The Premier, M. Daladler, who travelled to Metz to inspect the fortifications there, told representatives of the Petit Parislen that the defences at frontier are strong enough and that the country may rest assured. "We only desire peace and
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  • 74 18 Fireman Fatally Injured By Exploding Grenade. Paris, Aug. 23. The fire in the subterranean munitions depot of Aire-sur-la-Lys, near Lille, which has repeatedly been reported to have been extinguished, flared up again while the firemen were busy clearing up the field and excavating for the concealed muni-
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  • 80 18 "Splendid Trip To A Splendid Country." London, Aug. 29. Sir John and Lady Simon arrived at Southampton from South America this afternoon in the liner, Arlanza. The Foreign Secretary will remain in London for about a week and will probably proceed to Scotland after attending the cabinet
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  • 154 18 8- Year-Old Boys Impressed Into Service. Canton, Aug. IS. Communist oppression of people in Manfeng, Southern Kiangsi, has become ntolerable, according to a report from the former county magistrate. Youths :rom eight to 15 years old are forced to loin the vanguard; those from 15 to to years
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  • 113 18 To Prevent Pollution Of London Air. Rugby, Aug. 28. The first part of great new power station at Battersea, London, designed to have a capacity of 400,000 to 500,000 kilowatts, Is expected to be finished in time to be in operation before the end of the year.
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  • 39 18 Paris, Aug. 27. Negotiations which have been proceeding for months past have resulted, it is understood, in the adoption of a protocal fixing the main lines for an economic agreement between France and the Soviet.— Reuter Wireless.
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  • 2172 19 How Stabilisation Scheme Will Work. Today we publish the promised supplement to Mr. Charles Wllkins' project for the stabilisation of the rubber industry. The arti- i cle below consists of answers by Mr. Wilkins to a number of points I raised by experts to
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  • 190 19 Swimmer's Splendid Afternoon's Work. Seven bathers, who had got Into diflculties owing to the rough sea, were -escued within about half an hour at Bournemouth by Mr. O. C. Porter, a well-known Bournemouth hotel proprietor, aged 63. While he was in his bathing costume in the sea
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  • 101 19 12 yy 2 -Year-Old Girl To Marry In France. Special permission has been obtained from the President of the Republic. M Lebrun, for a girl who is only 12% to be married to a boy of 17. The ceremony will take place in October. The bride to be
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  • 631 19 Work Completed. "STORM SURGES" THAT COME UP RIVER. The Thames area will be more secure against floods this winter than It has ever been. Important works are being carried out between Weybrldge and Teddington by the Thames Conservancy, while the I London County Council has
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  • 171 19 Boy Who Breathes By Machinery. Aberdeen. Aug. 12. Dr. Robert G. Henderson, medicnl officer in charge of the City Hospital. Aberdeen. Is keeping alive by means of an "artificial respirator." a ten-year-old boy who was dying from infantile paralysis. The child Is now definitely on the road to
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  • 358 19 Amazing Facts About The Universe. "An express train travelling nonstop at 60 miles an hour would take 175 years to bridge the Intervening gap of 93,000,000 miles between the earth and the sun," said the Rev. Father O'Leary, of the Rlvervlew Observatory, In an address
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  • 161 19 Germany's Factories All Ready. Germany possesses complete piano for a devastating chemical warfare. should occasion arise, writes M. Geu. London in the Journal. These preparations and the rapidity with which she could put them into execution would greatly surprise the world, he says. I In further disclosures recently
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  • 146 19 Chats With Sydney's "Dossers" At Night "Sir Philip Game and Lady Game are real toffs," was the remark m-ide by Charlie Thomas, a self-styled "down and out," regarding the Governor of New South Wales and his wife. Adjoining Government House is the famous Sydney Domain (sorrathing like
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  • 76 19 A Blackpool news-vendor, James Gilllgan (22). was fined 10s. for obtaining a penny from George Buckle, a police sergeant, by false pretences by crying false news. It was stated that the man was shouting Shocking railway accident." "When asked to point out the accident" said a constable,
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  • 568 19 "A Perfect Sweat." WOMAN ACQUITTED ON DRINK CHARGE. Mrs. Bertha Verrell. 35, a widow, of independent means, living at Grosvenor House, Park Lane was acquitted when she appeared on remand at Marlborough Street yesterday. She was charged with being drunk in charge of a horse
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  • 130 19 Banned By Bristol Magistrates. Bristol licensing justices, after viewing the talkie film. ".The Sign of the Cross," in private, decided to ban its exhibition in the city. The magistrates, in an official communication, state that the film is banned on the ground that It Is likely
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