The Straits Times, 5 August 1935

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PA(JES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 211 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. 'PHONE 5471). CAR REPAIRS PROMPT EFFICIENT BRINKMANN&CO GRANGE RD. Refrigerator Warranties are written on paper THE MONITOR-TOP GUARANTEE, IS "SEALED IN STEEL," year out, and lower oper- y^^jßßi|gez__ 1 These are the qualities tatf^lß I vj inherent in the famous HU w I-^I They outweigh in
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    • 176 1 ROBINSON'S lf£ !^^kl I' ROBINSON'S GOLF SHOES. l^B sS COLOURED DAY SHIRTS. grained chrome leather fflP REDFERNS "TUF-HIDE" SB PLAIN COLOURS AND SOLES AND HEELS NEAT STRIPES ,N, N SIZES AND SIZES THE "HANQIMAC" sale price 5 to 11 $8.50 $2.50 EACH $6.85 PER PAIR TO CONTRACTORS and ENGINEERS For
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    • 355 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. CPHCNE 3633). Daisy X-- rur KASHTS uKfcariis I'li.mi M!I7 15. ORCUARU ROAD. I (Amber Mansions.) I USE COLEMAN;(oieman We r( .(oinmend this NEW j, mM Jumbo Rrnerator for use i> K 77 U A N T I F S I" !>>>"■'• °t the Q 99.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 506 2 AEKWORTH.— At th? Maternity Hospital Aug. 4 to Rita wife of George Christian A&hworth. a daughter. WOOD. On August 3rd, 1933 at Singapore to- Alison (Nee Dewey) life of O. H. Wood of Silian Negrl Sinr.'Jlla:;, a son. JSmjAT]OJ^S_VACAJNX When SDplylnt for any position advertlsrd In these columns send copies
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    • 728 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET HOUSE, Cluny Road. Box 416, S. Timer. BUNGALOW TO LET. No. 60 Qllstead Road. Apply B. P. De Sllva, Ltd., High St. FULLY FURNISHED FLAT TO LET, Amber Mans, Immediate entry, rent $95. Box 489 S. Times. BUNGALOW TO LET 3 Margate Rd. 3 Bedrooms, entry
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    • 805 2 PUBLIC NOTICES KUALA KAMPAR TIN FIELDS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the F.M.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a Dividend, the Tenth, of three pence (3d.) per share has been declared due and payable to Shareholders on the Register at the Aug. 12. 1935 and such Dividend will be paid at the
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    • 412 2 PUBLIC NOTICE THE HAMILTON (F.M.S.) RUBBER COY., LTD. NOTICE is hereby given that the share transfer books of this Company win be closed from Aug. 9 to 13, both days inclusive, for the preparation of dividend warrants. By Order of the Board, CUMBERBATCH CO., LTD., Agents k Secretaries. Kuala Lumpur,
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    • 1184 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. FIGARO'S— I MASSAGE HALL PERMANENT stay PERMANENT. MANJCURE ANO MASSAGE for $8 $lO— at SI 5 Only. M ra. HARU and Miss HANA Highly Trained Earopran Experts wttta qq WATERLOO STREET. many years experience in attendance RAFFLES HOTEL (Room 12*) and at Telephone 7467. 93 Bras Basah
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 176 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Ouurfde Without Malaya Mala>a postaße Mtinlhl. ::-M 50 Qaartarty S8 50 $1200 fUO i: If Vrarl. Sl7 $24.00 $15.00 iearlv $310« KtM $3«l« Note.— Outstat'nn cheques should Include tbr mmt bnnk ilLvonnt. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The ensrees and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISHMENTS are as ander: 1b cents
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 605 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND PAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore. RANPURA 17,000 Aug. 16 P BURDWAN 6,070
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    • 569 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated in Japan) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille*. Ixmdon, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKUSAN MARO 10,500 Aug. 7 8 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Aug. 21 22 I KATORI MARU 10.000 Sept. 4 5 5 KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Sept.
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    • 639 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class Motorshlpc. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. r-OR GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S Sham EOKINGIA 6/8 6/8 7'B 9/8 ERRIA 20/8 20/8 21/8 23/8 LALANDIA 17/9 17 9 18
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    • 218 3 PRESIDENT LINERS Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £71.12.SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms: Swimming pooiTalking Motion Pictures. Delicious mealsHot and cold running water in each state room. Cabins for two or more passengers with real beds Modern ventilation throughout. Weekly service from Manila
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    • 1203 3 SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hoa Khiow Steamship Co- (1922) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co-. Ltd. The Australian Oriental line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The
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  • 49 4 Aug. 3:— Toglan, Valentyn, Toba. Toboall. Juno, Senang (Dut.): Singapore Maru. Alaska Maru (Jap.); Prachatipok. Asdang (Slam.); Vyner| I Brooke (Sar); Chenonceaux (Fch); Marclla, Hua Tong Larut, Kajang, Malacca, Sin Alk Lee. Rusa (Brit.). Auk 4:— Klang, British Science. Phemius (Brit.): Mapla, Belawan I 'Dut >; Hoyeisan Maru (Jap.).
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 236 4 Tomorrow. Eastern, Southern Western (Australia) (Gorgon) 7 p.m. Brunei Labuan (Tung Song) 4 p.m. Fort de Kock, Padang Pakan Baroe Siak (Honj Kwong) 3 p.m. K annum (Hang Yon) 9 a.m. Rengat Tembilahan (Hong Lam) 1 p.m. Tandjong Pinang (Ntamblng) 9 a.m. Tarempa (G. Verspyck) 8 a.m
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    • 191 4 MAKIAN. Dut. S7O, from S. Pandjang 3. for S. Pandjang 5. MARLY, Norw... 65C, from Bangkok 4 for Bangkok 4. GORGON. Brit. 2.120, from Psnang 4. for Fremantle via Java and W. Australian ports 7. MAJANO. Dut.. 363, from Rengat 4 for Ren gat 7. SUPDHADIB. Siam., 803,
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    • 120 4 Monday, Aug. S. Ship* aloaisU; Jt Wharves or expected to arrt»«. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Sir H. Anderson. Makassar. Cremer, Lch. Lady Clifford. Raub. OU Wharf NU. Coal Wharf NU. VESSELS IN DBY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Sheers Wharf NIL Albert Dock Angby Victoria Dock NU. Keppel
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    • 419 4 More Cholera At Madras. The health bulletin of th 3 Lcmguc of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended July 27 states: Rangoon and Colombo have again this week notified the presence of human plague, the former port reporting 4 cases and the latter 2. Both places have
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    • 68 4 Malls from Europe expected tomorrow by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 10 a.m. and general delivery at 8.25 a.m. tomorrow. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. and general delivery at 9 a.m. on Monday.
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    • 35 4 Emden, the North Sea fishing port, is planning a museum of fishing and marine transport. A special section of this will be devoted to the development of the herring fishing Industry.
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    • 32 4 The Sphinx is due here from Saigon on Tuesday at 7 a.m. and will sail on the same day at 1 p.m for Colombo, Djibouti. Port Said and Marseilles. Berth S.H.B. Wharves.
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  • 316 4 BRITISH OFFICER AND 2 CHINESE INJURED. Shanghai, July 17. A dull but quite distinct boom from off the Pootung shore, shortly after 11 a.m., yesterday, when the tern perature was mounting steadily, c; used many people to think the typhoon gun had been fired as a
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  • 119 4 1,120,000 More Air Letters. Evidence of the increasing popularity of Empire air mail services from this country Is provided by the fact that in the quarter ended June 30 last letter mails alone were higher by 82 per cent. (In weight) on the corresponding period of last
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  • 92 4 Arrived from N.E.I, by X.L.M.-plane "KoeUlang" July 31, Mr. Atot, Mr. Harthoorn, Mr. Lemey. Left by X.L.M.-plane "Kxtilang" July 31, Mr. Atot. Arrived from N.E.I, by XX.M.-plane "Rietvlnk" Aug. 3, Mr. Lugt. Left for Europe by X.L.M. -plane "Rietvink" Aug. 3, Mr. Lugt. Arrived from Europe and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 594 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS: ROOKING AGENTS, r M.S. XI.VS. ANT) SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight S433— Passage .111. CANADIAN (Incorporated u« England) niE "EMPRESS* ROUTE offer* TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES Tla HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA b? TRANSCONTINENTAL til UN without change— thence by
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    • 48 4 GIDS voor INDIE PLACE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT IN THE GIDS VOOR INDIE You reacn every Dutchman who touches the Straits Settlements ports. This guide may be obtained from the K.PM-. Nederland Stoomvaart Maatschapplj and the Rotterdam Lloyd. For advertisements rates and other particulars communicate with VEREENIGDE UITGEVEBR-BEDRIJVEK BATAVIA— C.
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    • 453 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In England) ELLEKMAN LINE. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMHLKG. Via Ports and Sues CanaL Also aicrpting Cargo for Canadian and American ports via Colombo. C ue. dalla CITY OF JRAN AU|. 14 Aug 14 CITY OF SALISBURY Aug 30 Sept 2 CIT- OF HEREFORD
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 51 4 TIDE TABLE. HUt.cLj). Aug. 5. 'J It 2 in 2.24 p.m. 1. i. j l*f. 'I C in, 2 12 p m. 8 I in. L.W i a.ai I tt. lin 903 p.m.. i .n. <aj Auk. i- 25 p m 8 ft. i. 3 l; 8 Ui 9 00
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    • 119 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night N Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sunshine temp. °F hrs. °F West Coast. Alor Star 89 Nil 7.3 75 Butterworth (P.W.) 8.9 NU 8.7 75 Sitiawan 93 Nil 10.8 73 Bukit Jeram 91 Nil 10.2 74 Malacca 86 Nil 8.7 72 Inland.
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  • 356 5 IS IMMUNISATION POSSIBLE? The Minister of Health referred in the House of Commons the other day to tha common cold as "that malignant Public Enemy No. 1." But he may prove to have been unduly pessimistic when he expressed the hope that "within the next decade" doctors
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  • 394 5 SUREST GUARANTEE OF PEACE. "We have been living too long on the assumption that war would not come for 10 years; we now have to face facts, and wo know that v;ar is less likely to come if we are prepared." Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, at
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  • 73 5 Vesuvius burst into renewed and violent activity recently, throwing great clouds of flame and smoke into the air in a series of tremendous explosions and ejections. A new crater, which is gradually merging into the existing central crater, was formed and many people were
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  • 119 5 Scientists Prepare For Voyage To Pacific. The International Astronomical Union has approved plans to use an uninhabited Island in the Pacific to view the total eclipse of the sun on June 8, 1937. Plans were laid tentatively to establish equipment on Canton or Mary Island The last
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  • 161 5 Blamed For Increase In Aviation Accidents. Toklo. July 16. Aviation experts here attribute the recent increase in aviation accidents and fatalities to the more severe training which army and navy fliers are undergoing at the present time. The death yesterday of Col. K. Tanaka. Commander
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  • 90 5 GREAT PILGRIMAGE TO CANTERBURY Ten thousand Roman Catholics made the pilgrimage to Canterbury, led by the Bishop of South wark, in honour of the Blessed Thomas More, canonised in Rome recently, whose head is buried in the Roper Chapel of St. Dunstan's Church in the City, A great procession of
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  • 316 5 Unfavourable Balance In "Asahi" Figures. The United States sold more goods to Japan in the first semester of 1935 than any other na'.ion and more than all Asia combined, according to semiofficial compilations made by satisticlans of the Toklo Ashai, which were based on official annencements made
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  • 205 5 Primate As Head Of New Council. The Cinema Christian Council, of which the Archbishop of Canterbury is President, has been formed to explore the possibilities of utilising the film for purposes of religion. The objects of the society, it Is announced in a statement, arc:
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  • 47 5 The "purity" campaign recently initiated by the mayor of Peiping is being followed in Canton where there is also a move to abolish co-cdunation in the schools. Sepr.rate schools for boys and girls will be established In the autumn, it is learned.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 320 5 HOTELS r* MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL f TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE wo to sis p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight and an OUTSTANDING CABARET ENTERTAIN WENT by ERIC GERDA THE DARING ACROBATIC ECCENTRIC DANCERS Late of PALLADIUM, LONDON, PLAZA, BERLIN, EMPIRE, PARIS, ETC., ETC. APPEARING NIGHTLY N ON DINERS $1.00 RAFFLES
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    • 404 5 HOME SCHOOLS. WINGLETYE BOARDING SCHOOL for boys and girls. llHllUflllll silralrd 12 miles from Lordnn Pro,Ti^:i\e modern education. All subjects. Open air surroundings Moderate fe?s Soaside holiday hcu^e. Children from abroad met by the Principal. Mrs li.y Stone and are mad? to feel at liorrc immediately. Write for Prospeaus to:—
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  • 150 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. In conjunction with the M.A.H.A. Gold Cup Competition presented by the four Sultans of the F. M.S. some years back which was revived this I year, two soccer matches were played today on the Stadium. In the first match
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  • 33 7 Melbourne. Aug. 3. The result of the Australian Hurdle Race, run today, was: ANNAS (10) 1 FULHAM (10.5) 2 LANIROI (9.11) 3 Eight lengths; six lengths Time, 6 mm. BVi sec.
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  • 86 7 The August medal competition of tbe Singapore Golf Club will be played on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11. The qualifying round for the Clifford Cup will be played in conjunction with the medal. Irrespective of divisions the 16 best scores will qualify. The women's August
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 216 7 M.CM.'s comedy cocktail with a concentrated kick A Real Joyous Holiday Laughing Show! Breezy! Snappy! ma^^ m 1 HOLIDAY Matinee TODAY PAPITHB at 3.15 Wrii I V/ii I 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15~| Holiday I ALL ABOARD FOR A JOY CRU^Er^|j show i j P^^»>» In a side-splitting story of \W II
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    • 110 7 TODAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 WX3COi r(MeGHOr (MeGH0 thriller that has fI^PPENED 1 ■HBißMllH9tv^ Town! n j j .^b^jXa Vroduccd by j Im w(£ t< "."'Vii K B& m 9.. •■•s^^^^^^ THE NEW WORLD I TEA DANCE (ADMISSION FREE) TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY AFTER DINNER DANCES (ADMISSION 50 CTS.) EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 I'M-
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    • 399 7 V The screen's creates! comedy team at their funniest! ♦f IB^ wmm^ T mSf^^ MATINEE TODAY 3.15 W^^B X I mjpi I pavilion I |k I t LAkO RALPH LYNN 1/ 2 WITH ROBERTSON HARE. IN THE BEN TRAVKRS (OJIKDV I "FIQHTBNG STOCIC" A Gainsborough picture, with MARIE LOOK A
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 245 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle r~ vt I p fi|*~T§|p r F~l p~~ 23 S I 3 3i a 2 I!I" s|_i_l!ls |_i_l!I 39 1 I I I m ■rl [I ITT~ KOTE. Figures In paren:he»e= df-notc the number of letters in me words required. ACROSS. 19 Recompeii3e (3) 22. Composition for
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  • 1139 8 London Financial Lette r. Two Surprises In The Money Market. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 19. The money market's confidence in its ability to predict with considerable accuracy the Treasury bill tender rate was rudely shaken I by last Friday's tender. The gen- j
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  • 436 8 The following is tho Market price list in the Singapore markets, as furnished by the Market Inspector en Aug. 2. Meat.— Dccf steak 32 per catty, beef stew or curry 25. fillet steak 43 per lb.. muttcn Australian 30. pork, lenn U per catty poik lean and fat
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  • 271 8 PROPOSED ISSUE TO SHAREHOLDERS. In order to provide funds for the purchase of a new property, the directors of Bukit Mertalam Rubber propose to increase the company's capital and make an issue to shareholders The new property, which is in close proximity to the company's estates,
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  • 273 8 I Foreign exports of tin. being final ship- ments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan i ports during the month of July, 1935. I Destination Tons United Kingdom 390 United States of America 2,&45 Continent of Europe 1,006 IJritish Possessions 243 Japan 281 i Tiie Netherlands Indies 5
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  • 21 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 3. Profit for year £57,613 dividend 10 per cent, (already paid) forward £21.016.
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  • 20 8 July Outputs: Malayan Tin Dredging. 1,600 piculs, Southern Malayan Tin Dredging 1.650 piculs. Southern Perak Dredging 1,379 piculs.
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  • 16 8 Output from the Jelebu Tin Dredging Company's Mine for July amounted to 260 piculs.
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  • 397 8 ALL-IN FIGURE OF 13.55 CENTS. The report of the Kedah Rubber Company, Limited, for the year ended April 30, shows that the gross revenup from rubber was $151,524 less revenue expenditure $88,815 to which must be added. Interest $3,648 sundry receipts $904, profit on realisation of investments
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  • 152 8 Silver Prices Create New Interest. The Yukon, once scene of the world's most famous and most exciting gold rush, is in the news again. Interest in silver mining is reviving In this district. With the rising of silver prices, miners in large numbers arc coming to
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  • 124 8 Operations for July 1935. Ampat Tin— 6o3 Hours: 212.000 Cv Yards; 462 Piculs. Anglo-Siamese.— B2s Hours 140,600 Cu. Yards; 790 Piculs. Puteh Tin— 323 Hours: 27.500 Cv I Yards: 138 Piculs. Southern Klnt Cons.— lo46 Hours: 422.000 Cu. Yards; 1846 Piculs. Kramat Tin— 643 Hours; 354.000 Cv Yards;
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  • 348 8 MORE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS. STEPS TOWARDS RECOVERY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 20. There has recently been more interest in textile shares, and especially in the low-priced counters of the cotton textile group, than for some time past. The time is opportune when investors should consider the
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  • 65 8 Australia is rapidly finding new uses for the new air mail service to England. The latest, says Austral News, is to rush new season-'s wool samples to Yorkshire and the Continent, which is a great help to buyers. According to Australian post office returns. Just issued, the
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  • 16 8 Output from the Lukut Tin Dredging Company's mine for July amounted to 245 picals.
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  • 10 8 Output for July 1935 was 603 piculs. I
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  • 219 8 LANCEGAYE SAFETY GLASS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 20. The market was by no means enthusiastic about the recently announced 2'/ 2 per cent, final distribution on the 1/- ordinary shares of Lancegaye Safety Glass and the price receded. On the basis of the 5
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  • 219 8 A Profitable Electrical "Switch." Holders of London Power 5 per centDebenture stock might consider the advisability of converting into the similar stock of Yorkshire Electric Power. The former yields £4 10s. per cent, flat but although final redemption is not until after 1952 the comj pany has provided
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  • 37 8 'From Our Own Correspondent/* London. Aug. 3. New Columbia Rubber— Profit lor 1031 .£1.813 i against .£1.0%». dividend per cent, ifirst distribution for KIT years*. Forward .€20.078 (against £19.971 brought in.)— Straits Tiiiu-j Copyright.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 26 8 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (liK<.r[K.r:iud in Lngland A.I). 1720) FIRE. MARINE. LIFE. MOTOR CAR. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya:— Chartered Bank Chamber*, Singapore AP B I
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    • 39 8 love everything that* old old fritndt, tUI Units, old manner*, old books And need one s&y. the magnificent Whisky called "Old Rarity" GUARANTEED 15 YEARS OLD $3.75. per bottle < mdudmadutj M?ALISTERfcCO,L T So/c Agent for S.S t FMS. f
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  • Correspondence.
    • 436 9 What Sir Arthur Young Said In 1915. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As a member of the Veterans' Company. S.V.C., which was on guard at the prisoners' camp at Tanglln from the 16th to the 22nd February, 1915, I have read with interest Herr Jessen's
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    • 287 9 What Is The Good Of The Ordinance? To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I was interested to read Observer's letter and the interpretation he put on section 9 (1) a and 15 (1) of the Architects' Ordinance, more particularly as I. with many others, interpreted the
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    • 86 9 Facilities For Refreshments Needed. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I am sure that many of your readers, particularly those who visit Katong Park regularly, will fall In with my suggestion that licensed food hawkers be permitted within the Park. Visitors to the Park naturally would
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 9 Some of the cast in "Outwitted", a play produced in Malacca by the A.C.S. recently.
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  • 1180 9 Batavia Letter. N. I. Opinions On Guilder Crisis. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, July 30. •pHE most important event during the week under review was the resignation of Dr. Colijn's Cabinet. The Roman Catholic section and the Communist and Socialist parties, who together form a majority
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  • 465 9 Mr. H.W. Nightingale. Cadet, M C S. passed an examination In Tamil, Standard 11. The fJfomotion of Mr. H. W. Nightingale, Cadet. M.C.S., to be an officer of Class V.. has been approved. Mr. A. K. Isaac, co-operative officer. Singapore, has pssacd the prescnbe.l examination In general orders
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  • 240 9 Husband Of Mr. E. W. F. (Oilman's Daughter. The daughter of a retired officer or the M.C.S. was widowed as the result of an accident to the new crack British fighter aeroplane, the Fairey Fantome, which after an exhibition of aerobatics, at Brussels recently, went into
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 604 9 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. {Incorporated In tht Colony ot Hong Kong) Tho liability ot members is limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorisea Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid un $20,000,000 Rp.*erve Fund:
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    • 444 9 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In Enqmnd oy R"yal Cha/ter 1853) Pali! Up C.viitaJ In JOO.ooo s:iare« )f £5 each 13 COO 00t Reserve Fund £1.000 iiCO Rsserve Liability at Proprietors.. L3.C10 OTfl UK Ml OFFICE: 83. Bishopsgatc. Lor J >n E.C. Z. Agents trd Branches.
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  • 122 10 »MMMRIi\ The Bride of Frankenstein. 6.15 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Vagabond Lady with Robert Young and Evelyn Venable. 6.15—9.15 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD Happiness Ahea-1. GREAT WORLD Carbarct— Little Woman. HOLLYWOOD I SERANGOON ROAD Obat Guna and Sailor's Luck with Jj.rr.es Dunn Sally Eilers. 8 p.m. MARLBOROUGR Illusion Hindu-Urdu
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  • 745 10 It is significant of the steadily growing reputation and influence I of the Malayan Exhibition that! I mere and more people are goir/; to 1 I Kuala Lumpur trom Singapore for I this event every year. People in the
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  • 194 10 Mr. F. G. Heath has left Singapore for England, via America, by the Naldera. Mr. Heath expects to be back in Ma'.aya in January. The Rev. Abe] Ekluni, of the Methodist Mission, left Singapore by the s.s. Naldera bound for the United States on furlough. The following
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  • 54 10 The following appointments are announced In the S.S. Government Gazette Mr. J. A. G. Wharton to be deputy controller of rubber in Province Wellesley, Malacca and Labuan In place of Mr. J. S. H. Cunyngham-Brown, M.C.S. The Agricultural Officer, Singapore, to be an Inspecting Officer under the Agricultural
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  • 76 10 The following changes n the S.S.V.F. are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette Captain D. W. Mortlock transferred to the S.S.V.F. Reserve of Officers. Second Lieut. A. W. Frlsby promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Capt. R. Macdonald promoted to the rank of major. Capt. W. Rose, promoted
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  • 970 10  - SUNDAY OV ER MALAYA Up And Down The Peninsula In Twelve Hours. HY RICHARD SIDNEY "Y^' I d 'd a very good day's work in Penang. You've no idea howmuch It Is possible to do between 11 and 3 if you set yourself to it. Even so I had quite
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  • 697 10 English Brides Financial Facts. •"PHE speech of the Bishop of London at the Incorporated Society of J Planters' Luncheon in London last month makes pretty disheartening! reading. doesn"t it? On what the Bishop bases his knowledge we cannot tell, but it is to be
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  • 748 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. QUT at the Swimming Club last Saturday, after an Intolerably study morning and afternoon In the office. I fell to thinking of the gratitude which I and my fellow-membsrs (two thousand odd) owe to the club committee. It must have taken up a great dial
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 239 10 ViCTOR!A_THEATBE TONIGHT at 6.15 p.m. Grand Dancing Display by ANGELA Dl MARTINIS pupils "Part proceeds in aid of St. Andrew's School Building Cooking at JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. $2 $1. Children half-price. SINGAPORE REAL KNOCK- DOWN PRICES SI LI STORES. &feMw0 36 40, WORTH APB BRIDGE ROAD. SI ME DARBY
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    • 13 10 SCIENTIFIC INSTItIIMEim fOO.ESTaTE.MINE (md mcToay. stocks ON HfIND, ENQWHIES INVITED. tIOHN OUKE OPTICIAN
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  • 663 11 ITALY DROPS TONE OF AGGRESSION. DUCE'S "INVINCIBLE" SPEECH DENIED. VERSION OF ADDRESS TO SOLDIERS. Everything went smoothly at Geneva on Saturday. The Ijeague Council adopted two resolutions regarding the Abyssinian dispute. One deal? with the terms under which conciliation will resume, and the other records the
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  • 68 11 Berlin. Aug. 2. In order to be ahead of the I'nited States, Britain and Holland who are all making efforts to start a North Atlantic air service, the German Lufthansa Company is arranging to tow the floating aerodromes Uestfalen and Schwablen from the South Atlantic to
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  • 215 11 May Be China's Next Premier. Shanghai, Auk. 5. Mr. Hu Han-min, veteran otatesman now living in virtual exils In Europe,! is returning to China shortly to take I over control of the Nanking administration, according to persistent rumours circulating in Nanking, Shanghai and Canton. According to
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  • 84 11 Despairing Turkish Prince Found Shot. New York. Aug. 4. The Turkish prince. Abdul Kerlm. the storm centre in Chinese Turkestan in 1933, has been found shot dead In a Broadway hotel. It is believed he was a nephew of the notorious Sultan. Abdul the Damned. He
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  • 34 11 Women and children survivors of the Quetta earthquake disaster on their arrival at Southampton in the S.S. Karanja. Many had lost husbands and fathers and practically c cry personal possession.
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  • 327 11 I Four-Day Cloudburst. HELP FROM CHINESE OVERSEA. Hong Kong. Aug. 4. The worst flood calamity for one hundred years in the Province of Fukien has befallen the Prefecture !of Chuanchow where hundreds of I houses within the city of Chuanchow have collapsed after a con- 1
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  • 73 11 London, Aug. 5. It is reported from .Yeu: York that the Japanese ambassador at Washington has been instructed by cable from Tokio to protest to the State Department against a cartoon appearing in Vanity Fair which caused indignation among the local Japanese. The cartoon bears the caption
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  • 35 11 Nanking. Aug. 5. Gen. Han Fu-chu, Governor of Shantung, has wired to Nanking reporting that the flood losses amount to over $100,000,000, and appealing for relief funds Sin Kuo Mln.
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  • 248 11 Broadcast By Premier Of Holland. LARGE SCALE PUBLIC WORKS. HTHE Netherlands people hold the fate of the Guilder in their own hands for its future depends on the extent to which they remained tranquil and practised discipline, declared Dr. Colijn, the Premier, broadcasting to the
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  • 80 11 London, Aug. 4. i June Cameron, aged 21 months, with her Chinese nurse, disappeared at lunch time from the liner Shropshire off the Pembroke coast. The child's parents, Mrs. and Dr. J. A. P. Cameron, Medical Officer. North Kedah, are returning to Penang after leave spent in Edinburgh.
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  • 203 11 Permission To Stop Given By Radio. RUSSIA TO TRY AGAIN. Moscow. Aug. 3 The Soviet airman, Levansky, who took off on a flight to the North Pole and thence to San Francisco today has been forced to return. Levansky had reached the Barents Sea in the
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  • 224 11 Election This Year? MINISTERS GO ON HOLIDAY. London, Au;r. 2. THERE is a possibility thdt Parliament will not rc-assemtle on Oct. 29, the date to which it adjourned today. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, might recommend HI jesty, In the meantime, to dissolve, and to
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  • 574 13 ROAD ACCIDENTS RARE. DEMONSTRATION BY COMMUNISTS. These were the features of the holiday week-end in Singapore: Beautiful days; Innumerable picnics: Few accidents. Bright sunshine shone down on all hornet, fields and beaches in Sin^apcr; the week-end, making Aui:u;l Bank Holiday the most joyous this year. Flying over
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  • 1294 13 Eager Rivalry. HOTELS CROWDED WITH VISITORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. Kuala Lumpur is full of visitors. The hotels are crowded, and many guests are being entertained in private houses. Many are here, of course, for the lawn tennis championships, but a
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  • 18 13 H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas visiting i .-'.lay village industries section at the Kuala Lumpur exhibition.
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  • 197 13 WANTS TO MAKE EPIC FILM. Mr. Frank Buck, the well-known American wild life film producer, who left for the United States on the Naldera with Mrs. Buck, hopes to returr. to Malaya at an early date. Before he left Mr. Buck, in an interview, said he was
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  • 3103 14  -  Leighton MISSED SLIP CATCH THE TURNING POINT OF THE MATCH. L. De Silva And R. Whitaker Play Large Part In F. M. S. Success. (By I TNACCOUNTABLE failure on the part of the Colony's batsmen in both innings resulted in Malaya's annual cricket
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  • 188 14 County Cricket. Todd Makes Another Century For Kent. London, Aug. 3. Reuter cables the close of play scores of first class matches started today as follows: At The Oval. NOTTS: 345 for 8 wkts. vs. SURREY. At Canterbury. KENT: 335 (Todd 123 not outi. GLOUCESTER: 29 for
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    • 142 14 Not Like Other Girls. The lot of the girl who is "not like other girls" in the fact that she cannot participate In outdoor games because she lacks the strength and energy to do so is indeed hard. When she does overcome her nervous disinclination, and attempts to play, she
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  • 1834 15  -  "Echo. LIM BONG SOO TO MEET VAN CHIM IN THE FINAL TODAY. Mrs. Laing H. S. Hewett Triumph Over Selangor Mixed Title Holders. (By Til! Malayan lawn tennis championships, which are being played at Kuala Lumpur have reached the final st;»ses. l.im Bong
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  • 236 15 The Spring Tennis Tournament of the S.R.C. was concluded on Friday with the final of the Championship Doubles between Dr. W. A. Balhetchet and N. E. Ess and S. Stewart and N S. Hogan. The former pair won in three sets G 3: I—6: 7—5 After being
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  • 116 15 Mutular A«j. i. Races: Penang meeting, fifth day Cricket: Colony vs. P.M. 8., third day, B.C.C. padang. Golf: Keppel Club. Auguat Bank Holiday Competitions, Garrison Club, Governor's Cup. Lawn Tennis: Malayan Championships at K.L. Tuesday, Aug 6. Football: B. A. P. A. League Dlv. I. R.E. vs. R.A.
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 15 The Medical College tug-of-war team which beat the Raffles College at the Inter-College sports on Saturday. —Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 475 15 I Association Football. Mat Noor In One Of His Brilliant Moods. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kualp. Lumpur, Aug. 3. Two annual F.M.S. Colony Postal Department soccer competition for the Clarke Cup played today at the Pudu Road ground resulted in a 5/3 victory for
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  • 112 15 The Governor's cup competition was played on Aug. 3 and 4 at the Singapore Garrison Golf Club, Tanglln. The following were the best returns: Lieut. C. F. G. Bond, 2 up; Major L. A. J. Graham. 1 up; R. C. R Land, 1 down; Sqr. Ldr. K.
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  • 115 15 The Malaya Cup? Reinstatement Of Malay Players To Stand. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. A special meeting of the Council of the Football Association of Malaya today derided that the reinstatement of all players suspended is to stand. The question of whether Singapore
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  • 26 15 Penang, Aug. 3. Frank Weber gained a points victory over Fighting Cornejo last night in a twelve three-minute round I contest at Wembley Park.
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  • 365 15 Athletics. Medicos Take The Kay Mcuat Trophy. The third annual inter-college sports meeting between Raffles College and Medical College was held en Saturday afternoon on the Raffles :e ground in Buklt Timah Ryad. The Kay Mount Chall n Cip which was held by Rail; two years in
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    40 16 11. Miller the I .M.S. Captain, bat ting; against H. O. Hopkins in the F.M. S. second innings. Reed, Jansen and Ponniah are in the slips and Andres at mid-off. The other batsman is F. de Silva. Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 1033 16 Mountain Belle's Third Win In Succession —Grand Catch's First Victory. (From Our Own Correspondent) ri: fourth day of the Penang Turf Club Jubilee Meeting provided a number of very close finishes, Martin Duggan being the only easy winner, while in all the other races it was
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  • 2198 16 Singapore To Meet Penang In Women's Event. (From Our Special Correspondent.) After highly exciting encounters spread over four days, the Chinese Inter-State Badminton tournament at Penang will come to an end today. Singapore having beaten Perak in the women's event yesterday, will meet Penang who triumphed over
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  • 39 16 The F.M.S. beat the Colony hy four wickets shortly after 12 nco i today. Lall Sinsli made 21, 11. Miller 20 and L. dc Silva not out 15. The winning hit was made by Dr. W. Moreira.
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  • 3420 17 CHINESE OLYMPIAD- MANY NEW RECORDS. SINGAPORE SWIMMERS SWEEP THE BOARD. Penang's Success In Field Events Fine Racing. (From a Special Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 4. TN almost every event at the All-Chinese Malayan Olympiad at Pr-nang, one of the most colourful events ever held in the Northern Settlement, records were broken.
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  • 4338 18 OUR CORRESPONDENT ON A DEVILISH SKY-DIN The London Letter. London, July 25. THE most obvious feature of j life in London this stifling week has been an infinitely irritattaf, never ending sound reminiscent of the sharp and menacing hum of a horde of infuriated
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