The Straits Times, 24 May 1935

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABUSHED NEARLY A CBWTUBY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA, 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times .'lt SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 503 1 SINGAPORE: 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471)«T Exclusive CRETONNES GLASSWARE AT PASKOE'S J 1^ I^. sf>i T^T i 3 OISEASES /*flj£PL :Etr* Cured in a Night I suffered from BURNS £ozema all over my Zee-Kol takes all lace and body I pain away and no applied Zee-Kol and Many may promise
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    • 56 1 TOD CAN NOW ENJOY MOV- INC PICTLRJS .TAKLNG^^T J VERY COW COST WITH CINE KODAK 8 CAMERA CORONET CINE CAMERA DEKKO CINE CAMERA Call and inspect them at our store Films from $1.20 per roll SINGAPORE PHOTO CO., 37-39, High Street, Singapore. Phone: 6389. t SilviVriix fOCi G> tAt »wf
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    • 428 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683 DISTINCTIVE S^PJ FOOTWEAR L^P^ THERE IS A TONE OF QUIET SUPERIORITY ABOUT THESE SHOES THAT AT ONCE APPEALS. NOT BY A STRIKING FEATURE, BUT BY A GENERAL HARMONY OF GOOD POINTS. I THE STRAND s— x*£\ A UNIVERSAL MODEL WITH FINE Jo*/***^^^ STITCHED
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    • 13 1 FOR j FLOWERS J PHONE 4097 j IS. Orchjrd .load. J (Amber Mansion*
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  • 740 2 The Straits Times, The Sunday Times and the Straits Budget are available for the following agencies: SINGAPORE. Perlnayagasamy, 283-F, Changl Road. R E. Mohamed Kasslm Sc Co.. 14. milestone Seletar. 11.A.F. Canteen, SeletarFederal Rubber Stamp Co.. 32. Raffles Place Keppel Road Railway Station. K. P. Pakir Mohd
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 581 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ANNOUNCEMENT. The marriage has been arranged between Frank Stanley Sole and Alice Alexandra. <l»U(rh«eT of Dr. G. C. McGregor and the late Mrs. McGregor and will take place at the Prefbvterian Church, Orchard Road. Singapore at 5.00 p.m on Friday, May 24. 1935 loUowed by a reception £t
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    • 810 2 MOTOR VEHICLES WOLSELEY Nine-Saloon 1934 model In excellent condition, run 14,000 miles. Owner going home. Box No- 236, Straits Times. ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY, 1937, 4/5 Seater Very good condition. $150 or nearest. Owner going on leave. Donoghue, Municipality. STANDARD 12 SALOON for sale or exchange for smaller car. As new and
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    • 833 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, Nos. 54-55 Anson Road, excellent godowns, 12,000 aq. ft. Apply J. 8. Nathan, 8C De Souza Street. TO LET, Nos. 104-106 Robinson Road, sultable offices, cheap rent. Apply J. 8. Nathan 8C De Souia Street. TO LET, excellent offices, godown. shop houses, flats and
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    • 885 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE TAIPING TIN DREDGING CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In the Straits SettteneiU) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared a Dividend of 2tt% of profits earned, payable on Saturday, Juns 8, 1935. The Transfer Registers of the Company will be closed from June 1,
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    • 377 2 BUSINESS CARDS, Etc Fresh Stock. TOOTAL ANTI-CREASE TIES Made In England. All Qualities. Latest and attractive patterns. Also Tootal Ties for boys. Tootal Ties are popular with all users. They are attractive, anti-crease, washable, lasting and Inexpensive. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD. THE RUBBER FACTORY MALANG, JAVA, D.E.L OFFER Calopog.
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    • 201 2 We make a practical study of your head and will suggest a coiffure especially becoming to you FIGARO Phono 2868. RAFFLES HOTEL (Room 120) and at 93, BRAS BASAH ROAD Permanent Wave Specialists $8 $1O Sl5 nl MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 168 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within OuWlde Without Malaya Malaya Postage Munthlr S.M *.»0 II M> UuuUr\7 H*lf Yearly Yiarly $3«— N^r OuUt»U«n cheques she«kl inehUe thr Moal bank dtacoant. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The chare«-» and Imtruetlons tmr CLASSIFIKU AUVKKTISEMESTS are a» 25 cent* per line per Insertion with a minimum charge of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 656 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL. PASBENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. "UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON POR CHINA AND JAPAN. DueTonnage Spore 1935 MANTUA ***** May 25 BANGALORE 6.000 June
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    • 622 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Mtddleibroagh. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKONE MARU 10,500 May 29 30 S SUWA MARU 10,700 June 12 13 g FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 June 26 27 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July
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    • 661 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penanz M.S. Sham •JUTLANDIA 4/6 4/6 5/6 7/6 MEONIA 25 6 25/6 26/6 28/6 ALSIA 16/7 16/7 17/7 19/7 BORINGIA 6/8 6/8 7/8 B'B ERRIA 27/8 27/8 28/8 30/8 LALANDIA 17/9 17/9
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    • 219 3 Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £71.12.SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms; Swimming pool Talking Motion Pictures. Delicious meals— j Hot and cold running water In each state room. Cabins for two or more passengers with real beds Modern ventilation throughout. Weekly service from
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    • 1151 3 SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINK (Ocean The Hsa Khiow Steamship Co. fIS.Ui ct± Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd T^a?S£A l S?. Ltd. ™< j-— -—s <"<>• The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The Siam Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd. The
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  • 33 4 InSlngap re during the week U totalled 235. as com-. I 1!54 in the previous week Urn corresponding period I The principal ca-.ise of! O deaths). Upox occurr>4. one I 404.
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  • 60 4 May 22: Donau. Wiegand (Ger.); t Valaya. Asdang (Slam.); Danmark r iDan.); Compiegne (Fch.r, Atlas Maru (Jap): Larut, Cape Race (Brit.); Thedcns. Paula. Tousso* m (Dut.). May 23: G. Verspyck, Boelongan, iTsdorc, Van der Lyn, Kulit, Van c Heutsz <Dut.»; Minderoo. Rohna, t Talma. Klstna, Kedah, Elephanta. t Jerantot,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 127 4 PETROL MISTAKEN FOR WATER. SLIGHT DAMAGE ONLY. Paris, May 21. Sensational reports have been current regarding an outbreak of fire on the giant new liner Normandie. They are now revealed to be based on a minor incident. It appears that a painter, one of 3,000 workmen
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    • 524 4 PASSENGERS ON THE NALDERA. The following passengers are proceeding by the s.s. Naldera sailing today for Penang, Colombo, Bombay and Europe Mr. Bunch, Mrs. D. MacLeish, Mr. Drichton, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Turner. Mrs. P. W. May, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Docker. Mrs. E. F. Gale's
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    • 89 4 MAPIA, Dut.. 362 tons, from P. Radja 23, for Indraglrl 26. TOBOALJ, Dut., 662 tons, from Bagan 23, for Bagan via ports 25. BORIBAT. Slam. 352 tons, from Kemaman 23, for East Coast ports 25. SENANO. Dutt 729 tons, from Palembang 23, for Palembang 25. G. O. MERLIN,
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    • 23 4 The s.s. Athos II for Indo-China. Mails previously announced as closing at 1 p.m. tomorrow will now close at noon tomorrow.
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    • 35 4 Mails from Europe (London mails dispatched May 2) expected tomorrow by P. O. (Mantua) will be delivered to boxholders at 8.45 a.m. and general delivery of letters will also be at 8.45 a.m.
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    • 228 4 Today. Belawan Medan (Tinombo) 3 pm. BengkaUs, Port de Kock, Padang. Pakai. Baroe, Slak and Selat PandJang (Ampang) 3 pm Sibu and Saiikel (Kuranda) 3 p.m. Soengei Llat (Scott Harley) 4 p.m. Aden (By Train) 7 p.m. America (North) Except Western 'Canada and Western States of U.S.A.
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  • 628 4 seen. To create some change in a, I humdrum life; change of scenery and of society especially to give them the society of womenfolk is to enable them to enjoy what belongs to their natural environment, and therefore means so much to those who spend
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  • 90 4 Following are K.N.I.L.M. and XL.M. passengers Arrived from N.I. in Singapore May 14: Dr. V. Oostrom Soede. Mr. Burns. Mr. Zappa, Mr. Wilson. Mr. G. Barnwell. Left for N.I. May 15 Mr. Tjla Klk Tsing. Mr. Shinohara. Capt. Haden Thebb. Arrived from N.I. (for Cairo) May 15 Mr.
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  • 36 4 The Athos II is due at Singapore i from Colombo on May 25 at 6 a.m. I and will said on the same day at 1 p.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kobe.
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  • 93 4 Friday, May 24. Ships alonfiMe the Wharves or expected to arrive En trailer Godoun Gate East Wharf Ophlr 22 1 Main Wharf H.MS. Brisbane 10 3 Empire Dock Silveny 33 3 Steel Traveler 35 3 Katsuragi Mam 37 3 Tosari 48 4 KFPPEI. RARROl R Maic Wharf
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 672 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. RLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP LIMITED. (Incorporated In England.) STEAMSHIPS— RAILWAYS HOTELS EXPRLSS. Prom Hong Kong Due Vancouver EMPRESS OF ASIA May 31 June 21 FMPRES6 OF CANADA June 14
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    • 171 4 KLAVENESS LINE. (Incorporated in Norway) SINGAPORE. PENANG A BELAWAN DELI l« LOS ANGELES. S FRANCISCO. PORTLAND I Thro' Bs L issued to Gulf Sc Atlantic Coast Ports. Mexico, Central it South American Ports W. Indies Limited but excellent passenger Accommodation Availabl Fare-to Los Angeles or San Fran-isi-o U.S. $200. Due
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    • 449 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. (Incorporated n England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. Vt» Ports and Soot Canal Dur SailsSteamer. Spore Soore. CITY OP CARDIFF May 30 June 2 CITY OF WELLINGTON June 14 June 18 CITY OF BAGDAD June 29 July 2 CITY OF YOKOHAMA July 14
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 134 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp. ins. Sunshine temp. •F hrs. *F Alor Star 91 0.04 7.8 77 Sitiawan 91 Nil 2.7 72 Kota Bharu 90 Nil 7.5 7d Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 0.5 73 Malacca 83 Nil 1.7 75 Singapore (Kallang Aerodrome) 80
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  • 424 5 When twirling the condenser dial of a short-wave receiver you are bound to hear morse transmissions. They emanate from various sources, but in many instances it will be found that they are sent out by ship's or coastal stations. You can hear plenty of morse
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  • 858 5 TODAY. Transmission 2 6.20 p.m.— 9.05 p.m. G.S.F. 15,140 kc s (19.82 m.) and G.S.G. 17.790 kc.s (16.86 m.) 6.20 pjn. Big Ben. "More Trunk Calls."* Musical Telephun on Light Lines, presented by Nancy Logan, with original music by Norman Hackforth. Produced by Cecil Madden. -7.05 p.m. Th
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  • 116 5 that for the actual transmission ofi messages a change would be made liter to a traffic wave, and this would be indicated after sending out the call sign. It must be borne in mind that the distress, or SOS, call has absolute priority over all other
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  • 193 5 7.50 pjn. Station P.H.I. 17,775 kc/s (16.88 m.) TODAY. 7. 50 p.m. Opening announcement. 800 p.m. Station orchestra. 8.20 p.m. Talk. 8.40 p.m. Records. 8.50 r.m. La'est news from Holland. 9.05 p.m. Records. 9.10 p.m. Financial and economic r*lk. 9.30 p.m. Station orchestra. 9.50 p.m. Close down. TOMORROW. Relayed
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  • 173 5 TODAY. 5.50 p.m. Time signal; Malay language talk. 6.20 Geraldo and his Accordion Band. 6.50 The news. 7.10 Interlude. 7.20 Tino Rossi gramophone concert arranged by Mr. H. M. Merkelbach. 7.50 Songs by C. van Osenbruggen-Weyrich accompanied by Richard Schmidberger. 8.50 Talk. 9.10 Jazz syncopations by C. Overbjek
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  • 138 5 I Station Z. H. L, Singapore— WavrlrngOi I 49.9 metres. Owned and operated by lladia j Service Co., of Malaya 1934, Ltd., Broadcast House, No. 2. Orchard Rd.. Singapore. SUNDAY, May 26. 11 a.m. -1.30 p.m. Recorded musio. 5.30 p.m.-7 p.m. Relay of Presbyterian Church service, preceded by an
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  • 56 5 Station Z.H.J., Penang— Wavelength 49.3 moires— Penan* Wireless Society. TODAY. 7 p.m. Gramcphcn? records: 7.30 Straits Echo news bulletin: 7.35 Gwmophone records: 8.00 Talk: 8.15 Gramoph-n 0.00 Close down. TOMORROW. 7 p.m. Gramophone records; 7.30 PinanT Gazette news bulletin: 7.35 Gramophone records; 7.55 Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'a share reocrt;
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  • 226 5 Ififmun Short-wave Station. 8.-rl'n D.J.B. (19.74 ml and O.J.Q. ***** m.) TODAY. 8.20 p.m. Opening announcement (Germ, Ergl). 8.35 p.m. Woman's Hour 0.05 djo. News in Englin and In Dutch. 9.20 p.m. Ccnaert by the Natloml-So;lalist ifcM.-ii-.-Symphony Orch:stra. Munich. 10.20 p.m. From Public Life: How the State wa'.cner over
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 470 5 HOTELS MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. SPECIAL EMPIRE DAY DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight and the CELEBRATED CONTINENTAL DANCERS VALENTA ZARAH Late of the WINTER GARDEN, BERLIN APPEARING NIGHTLY NON DINERS $1.00 TOMORROW SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL WITH CABARET EXTENSION TO 1 A.M.
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    • 132 5 PHILCO LEADS AGAIN Modernize YOUR RADIO WITH THE NEW PHI L O O High Efficiency Tube* MORE JIM! COMPACT. \&fl IESS MORE TO CURRE T EFFICIENT. fig LA LOIIGER DUT your radio In the finest condition to get all the big programmes on the air. Replace your old, worn-out tubes
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    • 104 5 Jfe*^ DELCO IBSj^H BATTERIES HMZJUfI Throughout the world In all climates and under all conditions DELCO wB BATTERIES arc delivering satisfactory service to millions of Motorist*. Built to the standards of all Delco-Remy products. DELCO BATTERIES are accepted everywhere as quality— by car manufacturers. the automotive trade and car owners
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  • 491 6 "Prospect Of War Has Now Definitely Receded." London, May 23. FIRST comments on Britain's new air programme generally follow the normal party lines. The morning newspapers welcome Mr. Baldwin's response to Herr Hitler's speech as improving the situation. The Times says Mr Baldwin has
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  • 104 6 "SPARK OF HOPE AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR" "A spark of hope at the eleventh hour," Is how "Silex" in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung greets Mr. Baldwins speech. He adds: "England will treble the air weapon. In order to have parity with France, because air
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  • 137 6 Chancellor Of The Exchequer's Optimistic Speech. London, May 22. Speaking on the second reading of the Finance Bill in the House of Commons last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said trade in many cases was so grod that in some
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  • 28 6 Mr. Quo Tai-chl has been appointed Ambassador to Britain and Sir Alexander Cadogan has been appointed British Ambassador to China. The appointments are widely approved. —Reuter.
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  • 38 6 Changchun May 23. A Japanese-Manchukuo pact was signed at Changchun yesterday providing for the establishment of Manchu customs houses on the Korean frontier, and Joint railway traffic between Korea and Manchukuo— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 39 6 Geneva, May 22. The League Council decided today to place on the agenda of this session the question of Japanese membership of the opium advisory committee. It Ifl practically certain that Japan will be Invited. Reuter.
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  • 40 6 In view of the fact it takes two years to train a pilot, the question of personnel for the expanded R-Af. will be immediately considered. Recruiting ftQm all parts of the Empire will be encouraged. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 48 6 Naval Estimates Increase Approved Without Vote. Washington, May 22. Without recording a vote the Senate today increased by 11,690 ,000 dollars the 460 million dollar Naval Appropriation Bill in order t:> finance the start of the construction of 24 new war- ships. Reuter.
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  • 62 6 Nanking, May 22. At yesterday's meeting of the Central Executive Yuan, Mr. Wang Chingwel reported on the elevation ct the United States and German Legations to embassies. There are now six embassies in China, including the British, Soviet, Italian and Japanese Additional councillors and military attaches
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  • 38 6 A photograph of the vast crowd outside Buckingham Palace this remarkable picture was taken from the roof of the Palace as Their Majesties passed the Queen Victoria Memorial on their way to St. Paul's
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  • 155 6 REDS IN CHINA. HOUSE OF COMMONS QUESTIONS. MaJ. -General Knox asked in the House of Commons today whether in view of the Communist activities in Kweichow, Yunnan and Szechuan, steps will be taken in co-operation with the Chinese Government to secure the safety of British residents. Sir John Simon replied
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  • 105 6 CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH SI AM AND AN NAM. Shanghai. May 23. Mr. Swasti. commissioner of the Siamese Customs, Is now in Shanghai. Disappointment was caused by his statement that his present tour was in no way connected with politics. His tour, Mr. Swasti said, was solely to carry out an
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  • 30 6 London, May 23 It .is announced today that Rear Admiral Lewis Crabbc succeeds Rear Admiral Chilton as Senior Naval Officer on the Yangtse as from Aug. 23. Reuter.
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  • 112 6 Brilliant Jade Order To Be Conferred. Nanking, May 10. In recognition of his munificent donations for the cause of education, says a Nanking message, the Chinese Government, in an order to the Executive Yuan, authorises the conferment of the Order of the Brilliant Jade
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  • 105 6 BRILLIANT FUNCTION IN THE CITY. London, May 22. The King and Queen went to the City of London tonight to attend a Jubilee Ball, which the Lord Mayor and Corporation gave in their honour. Ten other members of the Royal Family were present. The Guildhall was
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  • 50 6 There has been a considerable falling off in the trade returns for the first four months of the year compared with the corresponding period of 1834. Imports at approximately £99,000,000 show a decrease of £22,000,000, while exports at £75,000,000 show a decrease of £B,ooo,ooo.— Heuter Wireless.
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  • 45 6 Dr. Mci Lan-fang. noted Chinese actor, arrived at Geneva on Tuesday, says a message received in Shanghai. After a short stay there, the actor will proceed to London. He will return to China in July. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 34 6 London, May 23. From June 1 the charge for radio telephone calls between Britain jand the United States and Canada will at night be reduced by 30 per cent. British Wireless.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 388 6 HER JOINTS SQUEAKED LIKE NEW SHOES Swollen With Rheumatism At Thirty She had begun to feel like an old womanyet she was only thirty. Her Joints sounded like squeaking shoes her hands and ankles were badly swollen. Then she started taking Kruschen Salt* Read what she says after six months
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    • 11 6 (Uter 00ce Hours.. Where to g0... What to d 0... a
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    • 47 6 "RENOLD* CHAIN DRIVES Transmit full power without slip or friction. Maintain 981% efficiency throughout life. Are smooth and quiet in operation. Have a negligible maintenance cost. Are unaffected by atmospheric conditions. Combine economy with efficiency. I SOLE AGENTS UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES Ml *> Warm iiudio. I
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  • 91 7 COLD STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS. iUlMllldillK I'iW t (M On haul Ko.nl DfPti k a. Ik Will I .11. 111. h la cililg rtllli nla .il I 1.1 I*.J 1.. .11. Him 1.1 1111. 11 iin |i 11,11., 11. I ill J i v 1.1 I I. 1 n, 11, ,1 ii.
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  • 29 7 M R V. OLSEN. Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery. 1 „1.11 .11 Mnllli *.Uf 1 :»l Illiiy 1.1 Ml Vli I I I ..I lilt' I. If I No I
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    • 90 7 A IMABHING niwi.UNt. n kiokmani i in nil man ,,i "I im a Fugitive" »"§TAitTS TONIGHT CAPITOL mul M U N I itie fighting fury of the »cr«.an in«cib his match at last In BETTLE DAVIS IicIKmC *»iihinuiil«M on hei cun stlanca and man on har mind In i. "BORDERgoo.
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    • 246 7 Miiiini i tsiiriniN in* mi in I iiiiiii. .i a*, .mn iNr kVkN't Una MAI iiiMl i TWUiJ BJP ATU4UDDA TONIGHT AT ALHAMBRA c 1 s j. 9 1 s f ARAMOIJNT BRITISH NEWS Sftt lAI Jl ROYAL JUBILEE J LA CELEBRATIONS in LONDON! UFJI FIR6T PICTURES RECEIVED By AIR
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    • 216 7 Linda* tad Ne# Yaib Aidtiacd il al Mi|ailicent Now Siagaaart AaUi »i» PraiMi! I O», af lh» »U»Uf* ji^lurt. ul II Tiiuutfk al "th. f*ltU* VaU I iMrul Ituir. awl mm if Ifci ttnaal (lailNt'i a^at ll. al kaa baau a iccurd lirn i. ...-u. >B<K PMBg II S»S Mai
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 31 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle <CLUES.) I mm "> SiUutiun 01 ),<$$0r4*y'$ jr[TToT>Jl U H H fl H H lull* \j L J i_!_J I \^i* t I M MA— MTBl 11 n 9
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  • TODAY'S LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 231 8 Near Rubber Offered More Freely. Trom Our Financial Correspcndent. Singapore, May 24. 1 Vie local rubber market was this morning, with little interc -i t>tiiiK r shewn in the forward >n;. Rubber for nearby ahipment was being offered more freely. The Ml m York rubber price drop-1,-i
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    • 83 8 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Noon, May 24. Huyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8.) June 20<i 20^, Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) June 19 11 16 19 13 16 No. 1 X. U.S.S. (Spot loose, awardable Sinjranore) 19" a 2v .Turn- 20
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    • 105 8 IMPORTANT AUCTION ?ALE rf well-kept 1; n r,a ttPrn and b" urooms' furn!HMV dnub'.p spring motor electric cabinet gramoplion? in perfect condition. colour and oil paintings In :-amrs. one M >rris-Cowlev saloon <d running jidor also onr- Reo in li ton 6-rylindcr Van in perfect mechanical condition full
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 572 8 Issue Val. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 1 Fraser ft Co. Lyall Evatt 4/- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang £1 Austral Malay 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Wen* £1 Bangrin Tin £1 Chenderiang 50 Hltam Tin 1 Hong Patt 5/- Hong Kong Tin 5/- Idris Hydraulic 1 Jelebu Tin 20
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      • 395 8 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 130 1.35 1.30 135 2 2 do 7'i Prefs. 1.65 10 10 Atlas Ice 12.00 £1 £1 B. A. T. 6.3.6 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6 25 £1 £1 CDn. T S. 7% Pref 25/6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 22/3 11
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      • 157 8 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL ft* 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 110 112 nom 4' 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 114»/ 2 116V4 nom 4V47. 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 130 nom 47c 1913 red 1963 $2,000,000
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      • 341 8 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Fraser Co. Lyall tt Evatt Allenby Alcr Cajah Amal. Malay ($2) Ayer Hi tarn Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lintang Borclli Brogas Brunei ($5) Bukit Katil Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah ($10) Bukit K. B. Changkat Scrdang Connemara Glenealy Plantations Haytor Indragirl
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  • 220 8 The following are the exchange rates thla morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/16 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 1/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 31/32 London, demand
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  • 123 8 "Sufficient Assets To Pay Depositors." Shanghai. May 24. The board of directors of the American Oriental Banking Corporation, an American concern operating in Shanghai and Tientsin, this morning decided, owing to the continued acute financial situation, to suspend payments and apply to the American court here for
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  • 54 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 23. Today's closing prices on the London pepper market were as follows: White Muntok, unchanged at 9' 4 d. in bond. Black Lampong, spot and Aug.-Oct., 3' B d. buyers; afloat and Mar-May, 3%d. buyers. There was a steady demand for
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  • 189 8 UNITED SUA BETONG RUBBER. DIVIDEND UP FROM 6y 4 to i2y 2 (From Our Own Correspondent* London, May 23. United Sua Betong Rubber Estates, Ltd., report a profit for 1934 of £79,392. This compares with a profit of £27,855 last year. A final dividend of C'.
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  • 202 8 Singapore, May 24, 12 noon. Bayer. >eller. Gamtier 6.00 Java Cube 10.50 Hamburg Cube 10.00 White Pepper 23.00 Whlt£ Muntok Pepper 25.00 Black Pepper 12.00 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundrled 4.75 Copra mixed 4.40 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.50 Small Flake 4.00 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.30 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.40
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    • 25 8 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in r ntfland A. D. 1720) fllE. MAIIK, LIFE, HtTN CAft, ■OMMEI'S CtMPCHATIN. Branch Office for Itolay*:— Chartered Bank Chamber*. Singapore.
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    • 69 8 TO LET BATTERY ROAD SHOP BUILDING A four story building with a 21 ft. frontage ou Battery Road Is available on lease. The building will be completely modernised, a lift Installed and arranged and fitted to meet the tenant's requirements. This U an exceptional opportunity (or a responsible firm requiring
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    • 115 8 Help Kidneys Don't Take Drastic Drugs Your kidneys hsvs nine million tiny tutws or »l!ter» which are endangered bf neglect or drastic. Irritating drugs. Be- ware If Kidney trouble or Bladder weajr1 ness makes you suffer from Getting Up Nights. I+g Pains. Nervousness. Diisl- > ness. Stiffness. Kheumatltm, Lumbago. Neuralgia.
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    • 93 8 LONDON EXCHANGES. London, May 23. Today'! exchanges, mean dosing rates, were: Paris 74 47 64 Rio 4* sellers official New York 4W4 Lisbon no Montreal 4 M Atheru 517 sellers Brussels 29.11 Bucharest 487 1 Geneva 15.23 BeifnMU 218 Amsterdam 7 2i't Buenos Atres v Milan 5tT4 sellers official Berlin
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    • 22 8 AS SUPPLIED TO P.W.D. throughout Malaya, Rubber Plantations etc. Larg* Stock Spares Carried McALISTER CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA l.UMPUR and IPOH.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 359 9 HOW IT COULD OPERATE. ATTEMPT TO KEEP UP PRICE. Amsterdam, May 6. The idea of a rubber pool, suggested by the Amsterdamsche EfTectenblad, has been further worked out by the newspaper. The following draft scheme Is proposed The syndicate that would have to finance the pool should
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    • 275 9 Closing Prices In London Last Night (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 23. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall Is In relation to the price of May 22. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5%
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    • 45 9 General Motors 31% Standard Oil ex. pd. 113 U.S. Steel ex. pd. 34% Nauonal City Bank 20H +tt General Electric 2S'« '4 Union Pacific 95 —'i American Tobacco B 87 American Can 127 I U.S. Rubber 13>- Woolworth 59% 'i (Straits Times Copyright.)
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    • 398 9 PARIT PERAK RUBBER. DIVIDEND OF 10 PER CENT. The nineteenth ordinary general meeting of Parit Perak Rubber Co., Ltd., will be held lr Penang on May 25. The directors' report states: The accounts show a profit on rubber revenue account if $46,915.98. This sum has been transferred v rrofk and
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    • 1196 9 value of £10 each, upon which £4 per share !s credited as paid up. World-Wide Field. During 1919 a fusion of interest between the Society and the North China Insurance Co. Ltd.. took place, the "North China" maintaining its head office at Shanghai as heretofore In 1924
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    • 605 9 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner of prescribed by Ordinance No. 6. ot 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: DONG KONG. Authorial d Capital liO.000.000 issu.d and fully paid up »2L.000.00O
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    • 303 9 My NERVES yjjgab> Were Terrible />opgjali Life Was a Burden/ l\ NOTHING would give f— *-^l me back my VITALITY L- TZtfgflkk V except YC J^-^ Tt jf^^sPV W Dear Sirm,—J found your tmatt-Vite" Tablet* excellent indeed and would not be without them. I tried everything, and nothing would give
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    • 516 9 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF! INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England oy Royal Charter 1B53) Paid Dp Capital in 6C0.0C0 share* of £5 each tl.0O0.lM Reserve Fund £3,9(>;),0')0 R'-ierve Liability o* Proprietors.. t3.000.OM I HEAD OFFICE i 83. Bhbofngate. London E.C. Afmti and Auxlm. 1 Amrltsar lloUo Saigon Aior Star
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  • 854 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, MAY 24. 1935, AIR ARMAGEDDON. Air fleets blackening the skies above the capitals of Europe, raining down explosives and gas upon civilians, blowing to smithereens ancient and beautiful shrines of national history, wreaking the blind ferocity of the jungle! upon the complex and marvellous civilisation
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  • 148 10 Nearly Twty-Eifkt Years In Penang. The Hon. Mr. Palgrave Simpson, of Penang, has attained the age of 54. He was admitted to the Strait* Settlements bar In 1907 and two ye its later to the F.M.S. bar. He was at first with Messrs. Drew and Napier In
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  • 22 10 Mr. D. H. Trumble has been appointed to be secretary to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, vice Mr. P. H. Elklns.
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  • 18 10 Mr. M. Jamleson has been appointed to act as Government Analyst, 53., and Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Singapore.
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  • 1875 10 Cameron's Initials On A Highlands Peak. (By "Jungle Wallah") Mount Penelope, whose name perpetuates an ascent made by Lad/ dementi, wife of the late High Commissioner, Is 6,019 feet high and rises out of the Telom valley In the Cameron Highlands. It is supposed that it
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  • 687 10 LJOPING to find rn antidote to ovcrmuch city life I went to se? the Bali picture Legong at the Alhambra yesterday. The colour photography Is extremely satisfying where groups of natives or clearly defined backgrounds are d3plcted, but scenes made up largely of foliage, padl fields
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    • 369 10 FINEST QUALITY ENGLISH TABLE GLASS "EMPIRE SUITE" Tumblers $11 50 Doz Finger Bowls $12.00 Doz. 650 Ice Cream plates 12.00 6.00 pint Decanters 400 each Cilaists 6.50 1 pint 500 6.50 2 pint Claret 9.00 Liqueur 6.00 1 pint Jugs 2J5 800 2 pint Jugs 8.00 Champagne 10.50 si™ [MODERN
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    • 96 10 ON VIEW AT AUK CHATS NOIRS A SPLENDID CONSIGNMENT OF LINEN SPORT SUITSCOPIES OF ORIGINAL CINEMA MODELS. Tel. 4085, 18A, Battery Road. Ist Floor. FOR GOWNS and SPORTSWEAR FROM LONDON, PARIS. NEW YORK and VIENNA. NIKKO HOUSE. Phone 4974. 10, Battery Road. SALON DE MODES For Only A Few Days
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  • 409 11 MR. RAMSAY MacDONALDJ TO REMAIN IN CABINET. OCULIST AND HIS EYE STRAIN. Favourable Reaction To New Air Policy. WHAT MR. CHURCHILL THINKS. IT IS NOW VIRTUALLY CERTAIN (CABLES *REUTER) THAT MR. STANLEY BALDWIN WILL BECOME PRIME MINISTER WITHIN A FEW WEEKS. MR. RAMSAY
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  • 366 11 LondO-i. May 24. Mr Stanley Baldwin's speech in th" Boon of Commons madp a profound impression on the House which was more crowded than on any other post- j war occasion. The opposition who marshalled 52 votes against the Government's 340 votes, was confined to the Labour
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  • 160 11 TODAY'S LIST OF DONATIONS. en donation! to the Singapore Jubilee Fund are pcknowledged today. The list is as follows: Previously acknowledged $51,383.44 Yap Geok Twee Esq. 500 00 Diethelm and Co and Hooglandt and Co. 250.0(1 Dr Llm Han Hoe 100.00 Medaco C. 10.00 Dr. A. C. Jap
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  • 9 11 1 il of of office as Governor- I -liter.
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  • 125 11 City's View Of Hitler's Berlin Speech. London, May 23. Herr Hitler's speech is acclaimed by the City as a useful contribution to European security. Germany's full right to equality in arms is considered justified and not necessarily a danger to peace. The Chancello-'s recognition of the necessity
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  • 35 11 Geneva, May 23. I The League Counci 1 today approved j th? proposal to invite Japan to attend the Opium Committee. No comment was made.—Reuter. s s e k e
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  • 42 11 A decrease in road casualties is shown by the Transport Ministry statement issued today. For the week ending May 18 there were 112 killed and 3.062 injured, compared with 132 killed and 4,966 injured in the v ending May 11— British Wireless
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  • 306 11 Patman Bonus Bill Veto Sustained. BUT MAJORITY VOTE AGAINST. Representatives' Decision Reversed In Senate. President Roosevelt had a narrow escape from defeat in the United States Senate yesterday. When the Presidential veto of the Patman Bonus Bill came up for consideration, (says Reuter) 54 Senators
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  • 38 11 Senator Huey Long attempted to prevent President Roosevelt from delivering his Veto on the Bonus Bi'l declaring that the President's move was unconstitutional. Huey Long's action temporarily blocked the session on Tuesday. —Reuter.
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  • 48 11 l'ri> ess liichibu attended the Tokio thanksgiving service on King George's Jubilee Day. The service was at the St. Andrew's Church, and this picture shows Sir Robert Clive, British Ambassador to Japan, greeting the Imperial couple at the entrance to the church. Straits Times photograph.
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  • 35 11 Commander and Mrs. Montague and "Mickey," their cat, who are in Singapore after a cruise from New Zealand in a 16.5 ton yacht, The Vision of St. Anthony Straits Times photograph.
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  • 147 11 Marseilles Outrage. SHANGHAI ARREST OF FOREIGN SUSPECT. Shanghai. May 24. An echo of the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and M. Barthou, French Foreign Minister, in Marseilles last year was heard in Shang- hai yesterday. A foreigner, suspected of being involved in the outrage, wa&
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  • 90 11 More House Of Commons Questions About Exhibits. London. May 23. Replying to a request in the House of Commons today fcr reconsideration of the Government's decision not to exhibit at the British Empire Trade Fair at Hong Kong in December. Mr. Ernest Brown, replying
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  • 135 11 Extra Cost Of New Military Measures. Paris. May 23. In addition to international worries, the Government will be faced with serious financial difficulties when the Chamber reassembles next week. The Budget deficit is estfmated at over a hundred millions sterling. Furthermore, the' Treasury repayments at the
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  • 46 11 Shanghai, May 24. The Nanking Ministry of Industries; s negotiating with Chinese sugar nerchants with a view to establishing j i sugar refinery It is proposed to •iise $3,000,000, of which amount the 3overnment is willing to subscribe [750,000— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 200 11 Campbell-Black's Aim. WONDER COMET WITH BIG FUEL LOAD. London, May 24. Before the Northern Summer ends in September Mr. Campbell Black, co-pilot with Mr. C. W. A. Scott, of the Comet twin-engine monoplane which won the England-Aus-tralia spaed and handicap races last October, will undertake
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  • 48 11 New York. May 23. The United States warship, Pennsylvania, the flagsh'.p of the mid-Pacific Fleet* manoeuvres, reports that six fliers were kil'ed today when the giant United States Navy seaplane developed a spin, crashed at a terrific speed inio the ocean and disappeared. Reuter.
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  • 54 11 Better Figures For JVfonth Of April. Statistics issued today show that Malaya's trade in April was $88,433,000. :cmpared with $78,454,000 for the corresponding month last year. Imports totalled $43,013,000 (against 536.024.000) and exports $45,420,000), z gainst $42,430,000). The figures for March, 1935, were [mports, $40,248,000; exports.
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  • 65 11 Washington, May 23. A secret court martial today terminated a distinguished military :areer, ordering tho dismissal of Colonel Alexander Williams, formerly Assistant Quartermaster General, on i charge of soliciting for and obtalnng a loan in connection with Wai Department contracts, and giving alse testimony
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  • 279 11 NO CHANGES IN TIN COMMITTEES. Statement In The Commons. NO MEETING HELD SINCE APRIL I. Mr. Howeson And Nigeria. From Our Own Correspondent. London, May In the House of Commons last night Mr. J. C. Wiimot (Lab. Fulham, E. asked the Colonial Secretary, whether there had been since April 1935,
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  • 113 11 Precautions Effective, Says Report. Precautions in Paris against air raids and gas attacks ht:ve been shown to bo pffective. A report says observers in planes were unable to pick out any strategic points like railway termini in the darkened zones on the left bank of
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  • 50 11 The death is announced in Chicago (says Reuter) of Miss Jane Addams, the well-known social worker and writer. She was 75. Since 1915 she has been chairman of the Women'i International League for Peace and Freedom, and In 1931 was awarded half the Nobel Peace Prize.
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  • 78 11 GENERAL STRIKE THREAT. New York, May 23. A threat -o plunge the United States in a general strike unless Labour's demand for a tun prolongation of N.K..V and similar legislation was met, was voiced tonight by Mr. William Green at a meeting of workers in Madison Square Gardens.
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  • 219 12 CELEBRATIONS THIS MORNING. ADMBAL JBLUCOW MESSAGE. JubUtt l>".v was otto- brated <'«'ly very recently, I a, I Ih'cii made thai hools should mark Day today by informal rath rii it waa decided, howtvtr, to ii, iA the procedure of part ind all the Ian nen
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  • 35 12 our Own Ci.rrrupon.i. Hcrrmban. May 33 i.Kik place at Serem,tiB Yow 8oum, »on ot i rom oi MKxsi Tiy n»n>n Luan. 1 Mr »nd Mr« Tuv r w*« MM *t 19. Birch tnban
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  • 51 12 MMAMnUK XII I il Muni I.I cut! III. Ml:l. «.Hi »1 WOW l Mull til IK. i««rty Th» MMp m MAM iMiRot i. II l:> II. K»« MKII It 1 ..i li. t i. in.- Th^trw Cln»m»« I \i II ION Mkr«li»ll U W»iii<t Ju 10 lalMMpH .d 7
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  • 200 12 \NOFFKKT()('HARTKR SKA BELLE 11. Will the B*a Belle 11. the present R.N.V.R. drill ship, come out of tnent" as a yacht, and take rlda richest girl and her husband and personal stuff to Hutavta and Bali, the next stage X inclr round-the-world honey1U....U trip Mr.
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  • 100 12 Lithuanian Consul's HouHe Windows Broken. ..mmuuu.iii u! iiu- death pasect on Germans In Miii,, i ins ii.. i p.i. m.-ii i.vlln» In Mirlin lh, iin.iiuititui.-i tMMtti \Utt <il H>«' MMMl m um their InflMMt to reistablUh law and order to that a rem il ot inaoemt
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  • 109 12 PRINCE OF WALES AT INDUSTRIES FAIR Flight To Hirmingrham For Inspection. ii. May 23. i Wale* travelled by ■l iwleta uiT.iUrome ,u the BrltUh Industries K;iir .t nirmlngham. As ihr Man win from ti»< i atrodi to Hi. K.ur III ft! w .irmly untied by mwjl.i whu-li Illicit UM i'
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  • 126 12 Temporary IteMpite For Chinese Schools. Shanghai, May 34. utmese Government has commuu1i.it. t| with ihi- IVutral Oovemiiiftil i X|)r«-.s.slllK IU wllllllglU'M tO i in- proposed educatlon.il rv BUlHtlon.s nlutiiiu to compulsory study >f tha Slamtm- lamuaie by ovcrauas] Chinese and the closing of Chinese Blam. BlormaUon was uu>n
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  • 39 12 NuiikuiK. Muy 24 11 l» oRtt'UllV .ililniUIH I'd l: uU'li tilalfH < U«ruvd lO rli'Vttti' Hull iHilnr to BmbMBlca. It U una.i tl ii,r H .11 Mr Nation T. MlliUUt Li Clilu.i Ml.t t] AnittM»t't'" llB Uli
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  • 160 12 MKKTINU OF DISTRICT CONFERENCE. A meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club will be held In the roof garden of the Adelphl Hotel at one o'clock on Wednesday. re will be a business meeting at which voting will be taken on the nominations made on Apr. 24. Votinj
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  • 105 12 PENANG JUBILEE FUND. Total Of $l">0,000 Within Siffht. <Fn>m Our Own Correspondent) lvn.ing. May 33. The Peni»ng Jubilee Fund which wu ofßflltlly l.iuiu-hfd 00 Mur. 20 hai now Mbtd H IoUI i»f $12«.07<J, ond an contrlbutlona are still coming In It U expected tn»t the total will eventually $150,000. There
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  • 223 12 Novel Publicity Scheme Hy Ovaltine. Over a ttmusund boys rciintly v* mbl.'il OB Hi'-. m-1> •>! grounds of St. and the Hafllea Institution ivii a result of a free distribution <>t iH.iluii. durum mo-* luts NONM The distribution covered two rut of twenty tin- c.iiunv
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  • 11 12 A StraiU limrit r»i of Mr. Arthur Rubensteln.
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  • 323 12 PROF. KAY-MOUAT TO LIVE IN MALAYA. The plana of three promim nt Singapore medical men, ahortly retiring, were made known today. Profeaaor C. J. Smith. Senior Professor of Surgery at King Edward VII College of Medicine since 1925, Senior Surgeon, Singapore, since 1917, and in Malaya
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  • 578 12 A RARE MASTER OF PIANOFORTE. Singapore, which a month or so ago wu not musical enough to support two sets of recitals within a week," and had therefore to ullow a famous violinist to pass through without giving a public perform ance, Is evidently Improving. Arthur Rubensteln,
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  • 189 12 BANK DIRECTOR'S EVIDENCE RECORDED. CABH Of ALLEGED CHEATING. Mr. Tun ..-ism ChU orporatlon, being too ill -.•mi oeart to flit i part of the proceedings m tin charge of cheating against OW I Chan 'i'ucic WaB conduct, d in tlw bO IM nf Mr. Tan.
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  • 130 12 MR. J. R. MACPHERSON. Entertained By Malayan Colleagees. Mr. J. H Macphei ...ill, (lepuf/ in inager, Oriental Oo»i i nni n( rlty I.He Aiwu: mi. rtulm .1 day. at the Adelplu Hotel, hv the i nti i the i impauy ut Mouth Malaya. Mr 8 Ci K.rith.iiKim the combb M.il.s.i.
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  • 68 12 (From Ou 1 Ku.ii.i Lumpui nil by Mr. 111 the Id ..Hi, m tht ifii criminal I rlttJ Intent to annoy inn- 11 mpound of Mr K. Oamtron, at M, leUami I His woriJ.ii 1. I' "iillty, Raid trmt he saw 1 he should
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  • 32 12 II .11, v. ...1. May 33 Eddie Cantor. the nlin slur, who went to hospital on Monday wll)| Htomurh trouble has ÜBdWfOni major operation Hla condition Mdaj Is satisfactory
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    • 154 12 Spirit Of Empire. (By C. K. H. Jacoha) 0 Sons of Fame and Freedom Who bear aloft the light Servi' yt' the lamp undying, Flame as the stars the night. Lciivi- ye the land that is Mother, Brtvt with your love the tidr, Honour the bond of the Far Beyond
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    • 102 12 STOP THAT COLD mr ttr Eton't let a cold get the best 1 WX of you. Fight it energetically V 4 >J£ with Listerine Antiseptic. ITv Gargle every two hours with ifr I |V^^s) !A& Listerine, full strength, and y/B/l/X^^jA Wf you will Ktvc ii.itu.tr powerful W^iT'vl T^M l^ aid
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  • 1948 13 Full List In Government Gazette Extraordinary. A STRAITS Settlements Government Gazette Extraordinary gives the following list of recipients of the King's Silver Jubilee Medal in the S-S. and Malay States: His Excellency Sir T. Shcnton W Thomas. K.C.MG., 0.8. E. Governor ol the Straits
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  • 261 13 Malacca. Che Hashlm bin A. Ghanl, Yeo Seng Whatt, E. V. Rodriguez and S Emmanuel. Labuan. Dr. H. M. Mehta. LOCALLY BECRUITED OFFICERS, F. M. S. Perak. Che Mior Ahmad bin Hajl Mohd Said. Qua Gong Kow. Muthucumaru Slvakolunthu. Che Pandak Abdul Karlm bin Pandak Duala, Arthur
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  • 180 13 SOCIAL PERSONAL Noel Coward Leave* —Madam Galli-Curci In Singapore Again. Mrs. Finch, of Kuala Lumpur. Is at present in Singapore. Madam Galli-Curci has returned from Java and sailed for Japan by the Arizona Maru this morning. The Very Rev. Bro. James, OBE., left Penang for Hong Kong by the Mantua.
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    • 166 13 a message TO BUSINESS MANAGERS AIB-British Line and Half-Tone Blocks SAVE MONEY FOR YOU. The two essential factors that deckle block value, are •CLARITY OF DETAIL and PRINTING LIFE. BUY BRITISH GUARANTEED BLOCKS. THIS TRADE MARK Phone: C^7l <fTRAfTS TIMES> on 4. block carries a guarantee of replacement or refund
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    • 22 13 Jj y >^ •*TF J*ri^'^MsßsffißsWßsBßssWsWlßßfflsssWJ ri^'^MsBsffiBsWBs8BssWsWIBBff1sssWy y^ T^"''7 r Tr j 'J<l l>— jifV'J&f; ?.*s*' j_* i i i*i i*> A /IT/ 0
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  • 79 14 APPROVED KIDKKS MAY TAKE PART. Good Field* Hut The Going Likely To Be Slow. > I lull Summer Skyr meeting opens i earn nf eight events and on the slow side after the I be seen Mr)| are extremely good and fields
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 14 Hit Reds (rosvlbfesi who surprised (he Frohables jud beat them by the odd goal in three |n Wf(!nesda»« Malaya Cap trial match at 4nson Road -Stadium itralts Times Photorrsph
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  • 145 14 Local Soccer Topicn. Promising Display. Four Players Who Are Still (loud. Those Who Shone. Wingers Weak. RAF. Surprise R. E. (BY OUR FOOTBALI t n rr .i i i I r > hvlousiy i" d^ r not AS be Where Wax (Kilt i il not surprise me
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  • 71 14 Wins For .Middl* Surrey lofldon, May tS ,1 i Middlesex beat Somer lee S for irrey beat Warwtekshire by Ifn airkets in i I ishloek 1 13 not n i ,*kls hy runs XX lit and MS (Nichols 11. 6 for 26) and lU9 Reuter md I f»"
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  • 123 14 JUNIOR BADMINTON TOURN EY. 8PM l\l WOMKN'S I I Fir In H< Played I his Week I rid 81N< f.in Ct\fo Er.g i geng Chiang ruirl Chan Hr.ik innusamy vs K Mlfi I. in MPrlg I f inflUI R.itiffi.in bye* DOI i Sit nyps Song i nit Kwpc Ysn Hi
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  • 33 14 WgiMinaka. the Japanese welter Sflfht will he seen In action in nrip.in- for Ihr flr-.« time at «hr bw fV.irl.l Stadium I aifh« when meets Amle Raphael The Krfnfhnun Is r.inftdently
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  • 30 14 t rick$t. >n I (i He Sent I <» Miihiya. II me K'>fi( M If If iffSi^ end of 1 1 thfre ccmmn. t IV I
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  • 20 14 Hahram Now I veri Money (haiKc lor fieri e on Ihf i' i* at f il offfr.' I
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  • 11 14 Itiitj, May v f tnnii M I j i
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    • 108 14 Selections For Today. ii m "Him (fre< i id lot p.-n., ess Mini -ii-- mini <nsB x fr k frrri.k irinr I iril j I Ml. IV ■Mp (itlt nip fr pi,. I <,jf» mNiu.tßiir tr m** Slnraeiore Miss Sinnpore. Un a,, n utnt Sky Hud Army ..ntrartor Rathryn IMRVI
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    • 53 14 J THE FILM IHm J J CETI THE lETAII J m md it is d fn wH m, ikes you m r i >ref<»fe load witi m m Verlehron gr m make doi II jn sr I it.( ii |||h( b m JJ |i,»or or p^ff J |T At I
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  • 1019 15 R.A. DEFENCE CRUMPLES' IN SECOND HALF. Marine Dept. Score Eleven Goals Against S.C.C. 11. (By Our Football Correspondent.) The Wiltshire Regiment, who have been showing improved form in their recent league games, provided one of the biggest surprises of the season at Anson
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    21 15 MelhuUh, the K.A. inside-left, whose omission from the team in their last two matches seems to have upset the forward line.
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  • 354 15 DR. MRS. HOPKINS WIN AT PENANG. Lawn Tennis. Special Cup Presented To Goon Kok Ying. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnang, May 23. Goon Kok Ying. partnered by Mrs. was deprived of winning the triple crown this year by Dr. and lAis. Hopkins, who beat them In the final of the
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  • 34 15 Winnipeg, May 23. Phyllis Dewar, ths dual Empire games champion, created a new worlds record for a mile free style today by doing the distance In 23 mins 32 21 sees. Reuta/-
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  • 70 15 Perry And Tuckey Have A Hard Fight. Paris, May 23. In the quarter-finals of the French lawn tennis championships Fred Perry and C. R. D. Tuckey beat J. Borotra and J. Brurnon, the French Davis Cup pair 14 —12, I—6, 6—«, 6—l, 6—4. In the women's doubles Miss
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  • 520 15 Club Notices S. C. C. Tourney Match On Sunday. The following announcements are made by the secretary of the Singapore Swimming Club: 1. Owing to bad weather the race arranged for Sunday. May 19 (Two Breadths Sealed Handicap) was postponed and will be held next Sunday. May
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  • 566 15 A Clarke Cup Grouse— Are Some Clubs Excluded?— The Game Is The Thing. Interest Being Shown In An A. AA. At Last. Conducted by "LEIGHTON* 17ERY briefly in my cricket notes yesterday I referred to the surprising omission of Choor Singh of the Nondescripts C.C. from the
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  • 1006 16 Federal Topics (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 23. AT the annual meeting of the Solangor Golf Club on Friday next week it Is highly probable that something will be said of the project to bu Id a swimming po«l. suspended a w'.ille ago owl.:g to official opposition l.tther
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    • 591 16 ANGRY BROKERS AND BUFFER POOL. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— As there is likely to be something of an outcry from certain quarters at the refusal of the Buffer Pool committee to supply the London Metal Exchange brokers with spot tin, as announced in the
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  • 79 16 Mijor-Gen. O. C Borrett, General Officer Commanding the British forces in China, declared in a statement that the number of Britons in the Colony who were not members of the Hong Kong Volunteers Corps was very considerable, specially compared with, Shanghai and Singapore. Since the
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