The Straits Times, 8 August 1935

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      328 1 SINGAPORE 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 547t)< j i V WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Jj^V} K. NIGHT-TIME S^ A SCREAM v^^^^""»»/\ the place is on fire!! f Do you shout "where i» my Insurance Policy?" or "bring the MINIMAX ••MI^IMAX" is BRITISH F I p F EXTINGUISHER" (TV. B. There is
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      86 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. CPHCNE 3632). two more articles of unquestionable* value obtainable at ROBINSON'S during their annual HSALE FOR QUICK EXTRACTION ■HHHH^HHHIfeIfiL^dRB OF JUICE WITHOUT PULP »^«-r- r> «r ■.ninAMB from limes lemons. PORTABLE BEVERATOR ORANGES ETC., ETC. IDEAL FOR PICNICS ETC. WILL KEEP DRINKS ICE COLD FOR
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      15 1 J)aisy II for I I BOUQUETS BASKETS WREATHS. pM Phone 4097 A.jb*U\Kl> ROAD f'&m Mansions.)
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      489 2 GRANT WATSON— A: the Maternity Hospital Singapore on Aug. 7. 1935. to Aileen. wifj of H. C. Grant Watson a daughter. Mr. Mrs. L. C. Margoliouth Misses Margoliouth p.p.c. "Aeneas." SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised in these eolunm send copies of testimonials Do not send originals. WANTED
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      835 2 FOR SALE BUILDING SITES FOR SALE. AttractM. residential Jots in Anderson Rd. (adjoining Ardmorc flats V Holland Rd., Bufctt Timah Rd. Apply M. J. Nasflm. 44, d' Sbuaa Street. BOARD RESIDENCE SERVICE FLATS at "LLOYD HOUSE" Board optional. Phone 3460. Cool air>- rooms. $20-$5 O. Excel, full board. $45. plain
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      771 2 SHIPPINC NOTICES M.S. "ERRIA" ARRD. VMZi. Consignees of cargo per the above motorship from Europe are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed In a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. S at 9 a.m., Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and Matches Store at 3
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      681 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Valuable Freehold Leasehold Singapore Properties. To be held at the saleroom of Mesars. Cneonr Koon Seng Co, Ltd.. No. 30, Chulia Street. on Wednesday. Aa*. 14, US* at 2.M p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and how*.No. 525, B« testier Road, Singapore, area 29.689 sq.
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      1236 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc visit FIGARO FOR BETTER VTATE that I* better for your hair 58, $10 J. $15 only Earopean Expert* always in attendanea. RAFFLES HOTEL (Room 130: and al 93. Bras Basah Road. Phone 2868. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET, Telephone
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      177 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Witrr.n Ouwtde Without Malaya Malaya Postaze MunUil* 3-00 4.00 »..5« «Hi:-rterl» S 8 50 512.00 8 7.50 Half Yearly «7.t4) $M-» 0 SIS-W \nr\y »M.W 9HM S3o*« Note. Oatstalion cheques tnaotd tnetede thr usual bank tttaMimt. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The .hire— and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as
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      626 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 FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore. RANPURA 17,000 Aug. 1A BURDWAN 6.070 Aug.
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      343 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. NEW REDUCED FARES TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. S.S. HARUNA MARU Aug. 22. S.S. KATORI MARU Sept. 5. To lit Class 2nd Class Naples $497 Sc $540 $317 Sc $343 Marseille, $514 Sc $557 $326
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      632 3 £2^ia^i^M>^inUMlnß«nUnnTa**«««^i*^lnn«nHßnVßßn»nnV PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious, One Clcss Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. rOR GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom From From From SVore Malacca Port Penang MS. Sham ERRIA 20/8 20/8 21/8 23/8 LALANDIA 17 9 17-9 18 9 20/9 JUTLANDIA B
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      191 3 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 and Hong
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      1186 3 SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khtow 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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    CLEARANCES
    47 4 Auk 6: Sphinx <Feh.); Rokan, iDut >; Tinhow. Silverwlllow. Chye Him Tuy Yit, Lurut (Brit >. Aim 7: Gorgon. I ipis. Tung Song. Hua Tontj. Malayan Prince, Bit) Aik Lee, Menu (Brit 1 Kullt. kfajang, Tobelo, Tohiti. Thedens, Both. (Dut.); Dukiit (Nor>; Suddhaulb, Bwibat iSia«n.); Atlantic Maru (Jap.t.
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    VITAL STATISTICS
    52 4 Two hundred and thirty-four ft .Uhs were recorded In Singapore during the week ended August 3. The chief cnusrs of mortality were pncumoiiiT -12. phthisis 23 and malaria 21. Two CMM of. smallpox were reported but there were no deaths from the cause. There were lour deaths from
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      CRUISER ON FIRE.
      77 4 Recently Launched American Vessel. Qulncy. Mass. Aug. 7. A big fire broke out In the engine room of the recently launched cruiser Qulncy which is still in the shipyard. Firemen wearing gasmasks stagger through acrid smoke and direct hoses via portholes. Fire Brigade chiefs believe the damage
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      INDIAN LABOUR.
      92 4 A Penang message states that 471 State-aided labourers will arrive there today by the s.s. Rohna. It Is expected that 242 will be sent to Pulau Jerejak and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there. Following a;e the numbers of arrivals and departures to Madras
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      "CONTE VERDE."
      49 4 The Conte Verde is due here on Tuesday, 13th instant, at daylight from Shanghai and Hong Kong. She will berth alonfcsi c the SMB. wharves and is expected to call again the same day «t 3 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay. Suez. Port Said, Brindlsi, Venice and Trieste.
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      DEFERRED DEPARTURE.
      28 4 Mails /or Singkep originally advertised for dispatch by s.s. Van der Does de Bye tomorrow will now be dispatched by s.s. Pontianak closing 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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      TELEGRAPHS.
      29 4 Kuching radio is observing Sunday hours today viz: 8.30 to 8.50 a.m., 9.40-9.50 am.. 10 35 to 10.50 a.m.. 2.35 to 2.50 p.m. and 4.20 to 4.50 p.m.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      291 4 Tatty. Aden (Karapara) 3 p.m. America (North) except Western Canada and Western States of 3 BA. (Karapara > 3 p.m. Burma (Karapara) 3 p.m. Egypt (Kaiapara) 3 p.m. Europ-: (Karapara) 3 p.m. East North West India (Karapara) 3 p.m. BcnfkaHs, P. de Kock, Padaag, Pakan Baroe, Siak
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      38 4 BUN JOE. Dut 716. from Bandjermasin 8. for Bandjermasin 11. PARIGI. Dut.. 683. from Bandjerm2sin 8. depart, uncerta.n TGGIAN. Dut., 673, from Pontianak 8. for Pontiar.ak 10. P.iTRAS. Dut.. 1,181, from Padangboai 8. for Padangboai 11.
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    PATROCLUS.
    152 4 Passengers Due On Saturday. The following passengers are aboard the s.s. Patroclus due from Europe on Saturday Dr. and Mrs. A. Scott, Mrs. A. W. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. K. V. Cuthbe, Mr, A. O. Hargreave, Miss E. J. Cuthbe, Prof, and Mrs. a B. Blacklock, Mr. and »frs.
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    JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT.
    28 4 The Johan van Oldenbarncvelt will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves tomorrow at 7 am., and will sail the same day at 10 a.m. for Europe.
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    69 4 Mails from Europe (Amsterdam) expacted tomorrow by air (Netherlands) delivery uncertain. Mails from China and Japan by Himalaya Maru today. Mails from China and Japan by Iwatesan Maru on Aug. 10. Malls from China and Japan by Arabia Maru on Aug. 10. Mails from Europe (London mails) by
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    MONEY ORDERS.
    76 4 The rate of exchange for the issue and payment of Money Orders is as follows: On India and Ceylon issue Rs. 153 -$100. On India and Ceylon payment Rs. 155 =5100. On China:— Amoy $100 Chinese currency =$69 Straits, Canton $100 Chinese currency 569 Straits (as for Shanghai),
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    106 4 Thursday, Aug. 8. Shi* alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUB, Main Wharf Lch. Lady Clifford, Lch. Alert, Pcvu n Oil Wharf H.M.S. Herald. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN UKV DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Sheers Wharf NiL Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Bulan. Keppel Harboar. King's
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      677 4 BOUSTEAD C 0. v LTD. (Incorporated to F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS. MJ. BLTS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: Freight M33— T— sage *nL CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First class from £106-4-6 Second class from 70-6-1 REDUCED AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange with
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      562 4 EIXERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Entlaad) ELLEKM AN LINE. FOR HAVRE. I<ONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBUttG. Vis P«rta aa* Soer Caaal Abo arcepttnc Cargt fat Canadian and American pori^vla Colombo C«e. dalK CTTT OF ORAN- AUf. 14 Aug 16 CITY OP SALISBURY Aug 30 Sept 2 CTT OP HEREFORD S
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      241 4 Today 9 s Crossword Puzzle I 2 3 m 4~~ S 17 I IS 18 HH Jjli gSSKS; ~i"izlziii~i_l_ ■IP s >o H 3| Sa NOIE; *i({u.t» in parentheses denote the number of letters m vne woiOi required. CLUES.) ACROSS. 33. War in (8> 23. Deprived <•) 1. Travelled on
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      198 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sunshine temp. °F hrs. °F West Coast. Alor Star 89 Nil 8.8 75 Butterworth (P.W.) 89 Nil 8.7 75 Sitiawan 92 Nil 9.1 73 Bukit Jeram 84 0.02 2.1 71 Malacca 86 Nil 6.2 74 Inland. Kuala
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    TO THE NORTH POLE BY AIR.
    150 5 Soviet Observation Post Plan. An attempt to establish the world's first scientific observation post at the North Pole will be made by Soviet 'planes, assisted by a flotilla of icebreakers, next summer, or at the latest in the summer of 1937. Sailing from Archangel,
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    VERSATILE FLIGHT CADET.
    105 5 Swept TV Board At Cranwell College. Flight Cadet Actlng-Sergt. Arthur John Mason almost swept the board of the prizes at the passing-out examination of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. His awards were: King's Medal for highest aggregate ot marks in all subjects in final order o'
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    Synthetic Rubber Development.
    46 5 Recent discoveries in the laboratory of the rubber and asbestos critcrpises in Yaroslav in the field of synthciic rubber, assure its use on a still larger scale so that, says Tass, the country will soon be able to do without importing natural rubber.
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    CHINESE IMMIGRATION ! RESTRICTED. !
    94 5 CHINESE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTED. New Law Being Enforced In Philippines. Shanghai, Aug. 5. A new ordinance for the restriction ot Chinese immigration to the Philip- pine Islands is being risidly enforced by the Government, according to a message from Manila. Steps are being taken against those Chinese residents who have not
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    CHINA FLOODS
    158 5 Plan To save The Huangho Valley. Nanking, Aug. 6. Members of the National Economic Council, under the chairmanship of j Dr. H. H. Kung, Finance Minister. held an all-day meeting yesterday to I discuss flood prevention measures. It was resolved: First, to instruct the Shantung Government and the
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    AIR MAIL ACROSS TASMAN SEA.
    205 5 Kingsford Smith Plans A Service. The establishment of an experimental weekly two-way air mall service between Australia and New Zealand Is contemplated by Sir Charles Kings-ford-Smith, who has several times crossed the notorious Tasman Sea In his veteran, monoplane, the Southern Cross. The proposals, made
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    32 5 The Turkish General Wehbl Pasha, now In Addis Ababa, has been instructed by the Department for National Defence to offer his services as an official instructor to the Abyssinian Army.— Reuter Wireless.
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    LOOKING OVER THE STRAND.
    53 5 London steeplejacks, 200 feet above the city, are completing the pgaatM task of erecting the platforms and pie cinq together 4,000 steel scaffolding tubes measuring more than ten miles for the great "clean-un" of the Law Courts which will take an army of masons over three
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    "TO ENLIST NORTH CHINA CO-OPERATION."
    41 5 Mukden, Aug. 6. Speaking at a reception given in tils honour, Mr. Matsuoka, the new president of the South Manchuria Railway, declared: "My immediate object" Is to enlist the co-operation of North China." Sin Kuo Mln.
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    TOUR OF CHINA'S NORTH-WEST COMPLETED.
    48 5 After an Inspection trip to tht northwestern provinces lasting four months, Mr. Shao Yung-chung returned to Nanking yesterday. He will shortly hand in his report to the Government with suggestions for the development, both agricultural and Industrial, of the region.— Sin Kuo Mm.
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      251 5 HOTELS rZ^Z MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL J TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT us to 9.15 p.m. DANCE formal 9.45 to midnight AND THE CABARET OF THE SEASON ERIC AND GERDA Th« Famous and Daring Continental Acrobatic and Eccentric Danocrs in ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ONE OF THE FINEST DANCE TEAMS OF
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      241 5 IQQC OCTOBER Bt.\ 1 QQC SINGAPORE TO COMMEMORATE A CENTURY OF PROGRESS THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL 100-PAGE ISSUE WITH AN 8 PAGE SPECIAL NUMBER: "DEVELOPMENT and PRINTING OF NEWSPAPERS;" IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL 16 PAGES. 124 PAGES. This will give a comprehensive survey of the history and development
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    YACHT LEAVES ON PACIFIC TRIP.
    135 6 Full Complement Of Three People. Yokohama, July 20. With a full complement of two, Captain Ernest B. Green's 27-ton yacht Romance left Yokohama this afternoon for a leisurely 4.500-mlle trip across the Pacific Ocean, to Vancouver. Captain Green planned to start on his journey two
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    28 6 Mr. Lloyd George, O.K.. M.P., who will give the presidential address at the Welsh National Eisteddfod tonight The Ceremony wil> be broadcast from the B.B.C. at 8.20 p.m.
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    EXPERTS FOR MANILA.
    40 6 Trade Relations Between America And P.I. The Chairman of the Inter-Depart-mental Committee on the Philippines announced that the Committee is sending experts to Manila this month to study trade relations between the United States and the Philippines.
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    JAPANESE MISSION TO S. AMERICA.
    192 6 Trade Body To Clear Up Misunderstandings. Toklo, July 21. Representatives of Japanese silk, rayon and cotton textile industries and of manufacturers of sundry goods will leave here early in September on a six-month tour of Latin America. Decision to send this mission was reached at
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    BIG SURPRISES OF RADIO SHOW.
    612 6 15 Per Cent. Reductions In British Prices. OADIOLYMPIA, the yearly show organised by the Radio Manufacfacturers' Association, London, is 10 years old this year. Its exhibition, starting at Olympia, London, on Aug. 14, will be the biegest demonstration of British supremacy in the designing of
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    FILIPINO-U.S. TRADE RELATIONS.
    310 6 i {Special Commission To Be Sent To Investigate. Washington, July 20. Mr. Francis B. Sayre. son-in-law of i Former President Woodrow V Uson and 1 chairman of the Inter-Departmental Committee oi: the Philippines today announced that his committee was I sending experts to Manila early in August
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    TWO PROGRAMMES ON SAME SET
    51 6 The most startling of the novelty sets is an all-wave receiver utith two different outputs. This set makes it possible for one person to be listening to London on the short wave in the drawingroom, and someone else Ix> be enjof/t-ng. say, Singapore in another
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    TIGER SKIN FOR PRIME MINISTER.
    138 6 A Gift From An Indian Province. As a gesture of friendship lrom India to Canada, the government of ths United Provinces of Agra and Oudh b is presented the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. K. B. Bennett) with a magnificent tiger skin. The tiger was
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    SINGLE TRACK FOR KWAMMON TUNNEL.
    114 6 Japan Undersea Passage To Be Ready In 3 years. Toklo. July 22. At a three- hour conference this morning, committee of expsrts of the Railways Ministry decided to abandon the plan to double-track the projected undersea tunnel between Kyushu and Honshu In favour of a
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      17 6 GUARANTEED WORLD-WIDE RECEPTION WITH A WESTINGHOUSE ALL WAVE RADIO WORLDWIDE RADIO CO 11». North Brldfe Kami. Singapore
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      548 6 FULL BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. TODAY. Tranuniariaii Z 620 p.m— 9.»6 pjj. G.S.F. 15.1« He's (19.82 m.) and G.S.U. n.79« lu.hg m.i 6.Z0 mm. Bis Ben. The Rutland Square tuJ New Victoiia Orchestra. Relayed lrom iiu New Victoria Cinema, Edinbursh. 6.3% Ancthcr session ol -"he Coo-Coo-Noodl? Club."* the
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      480 6 SINGAPORE. station Z. H. 1., Singapore.— WaTeten^'Ji n h metres.— Owned and operated by Radio Service Co.. Malaya 1»34, Ltd., Broadcast House. No. 2. Orchard Rd.. Sincapore. TODAY. C p.m. Recorded music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times GC3 p.m. Close down. BERLIN. Cniui Shart-wave SUMan, Berlin, 8.J.8. (19.74
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      102 6 PENANG. Station Z.H.J., Penang— Wavelength 49 3 metres. Penang Wireless Society. TODAY. 7.0 p-m. Gramophone records. 7-55 MOMfO. Anthony and Co.'s share report. 8.0 As!nttc music. 8.30 What's On In Penang. 8.33 Pinang- Gasette news bulletin. 8.48 Asiatic music. 9.0 pja. Close down. TOMORROW. 7.0 pjn. Gramophone records. 7 JO
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      270 6 PHOHI-HOLLAND. 7.50 p.m. Station P. II .1. 17,755 kc/s (16.88 m.) TODAY. 7.50 pjn. Opening Announcement. 8.00 Cello recital. 8.15 Talk by Old Colonial. 8.35 Cello recital (contd.) 8.50 New.s from Holland. >.O5 Station orchestra. 9.25 Records. 9.30 Station orchestra. 930 pjn. Close down. TOMORROW. 7.50 pjn. Opening Announcement. 8.00
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    SCHISM IN JAPAN'S "BRAIN TRUST."
    412 7 Cltctt— May Influence Decisions. Toklo. July 22. While Japan* "brain tn.st." the National Policy Council, was girdling Itwll tor a striißKle with the problem ol local finance, political circles and tb« pi' I betas i" express fears today that the rorthoomlni elections win untiuiy influence
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    NEW HOUSE EVERY YEAR.
    109 7 TtuTr is a man who for over 25 years DM built himself n new house every year. Ho Is Mr. Frederick Pottage. clerk of works for the Yorkshire Show, held In July on the Coulaston Aerodrome in Shctlleld. Mr. Pottage's <iiiiii neceN.sit.ite his presence on the
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    WIT AND WISDOM OF HORACE.
    671 7 Poet's Place In Knglish! Life. A dinner In celebration of the bemillenury of 'he birth of Horace was held by tlu> Horatlan Society In London. Lord Hereiord. president, was In th i hair. Blr John Simon, M P.. Home Secretary. ;md Mr. L. S. Amery.
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    CONGRESS SECRETARY GAOLED.
    143 7 Convicted On Sedition Charge. Calcutta, July 11. Dr. India Narayan Sen Oupta. General Secretary of the Bengal Congress Nationalist Party, was sentenced by Mr. J. P. Roy. Additional District Daglstrate of Allpore, to two years' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of I sedition. The prosecution was a
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    THINGS SCOTTISH IN MEXICO.
    107 7 Things Scottish, music, dances, and food, have become so popular In Mexico that they amount to a erase. Scones with butter and Jam and short bread have become standard delicacies. English speaking Mexicans sing Scots songs. Those who do not know English hum and whistle Scottish
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    NEW YORK TRAVEL SCHEME.
    99 7 The system of a uniform fare, long: In force as the nickel trip on the New York Underground, may be extended to all American railroads. A committee has been set up at Washington to consider as an experiment a charge of one dollar as a single
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    JAPANESE NAVAL TOUR.
    101 7 With three princes of the Imperial blood on board them, the H.I.J.M.S. Yakumo and the H.I.J.M.S. a ..him comprising the Japanese Navy's trainIng squadron, returned to Yokosuka Irom a cruise to the. South :;>■.!.. Lt.Comdr. Prince Asosaklra Kunl and cadets. Prince Hlrohlde Fushlml imd Masahlko Asaka, returned
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      114 7 ALL SHOWS PACKED OUT AT YESTERDAY'S OPENING! TRULY One of the FINEST PICTURES MADE IN BRITAIN! rADITfII SPECIAL MATINEES DAILY 3. 15 IwL 6.15 NIGHTLY 9.1S 101*1 Fita'i MagiHfeMt Prt*NtiN if EDUR WALLACE'S Fantui Story 'SANDERS RIVER' with PAUL ROBESON, LESLIE BANKS, Nina Mac McKinney and 20,000 others. A Brilliant
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      180 7 HI UAUDDAI openin g tonight GRAND TWO FEATURE SHOW J^^JlA Rb 30 BIG STARS IMyfflffi In a marvellous musical mirth. \J, (W( W 1/ quake of romance and lanchi fl (V EDMUND LOWE r4lffi\T!(l GLORIA STUART iT\V M '10^ and many others in Universal'! iMßflSEfli "GjFTofGAB" WjffljW A new form
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    NEW SCUDAI.
    27 9 Output of New Scudia, Ltd., Estate for July 41,500 lbs. making a tolul of 130,500 lbs. for the four months of the current financial year.
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      KRAMAT PULAI'S RECORD PROFIT.
      1377 9 Satisfactory Outcome Of Present Year Anticipated. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of Kramat Pulal, Ltd., was iield ii. London on July 24, Mr. C. V. Stephens (the chairman cf 'he company) prsslding. The Chairman said: The company's tin production was limited under the International Tin Restriction
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      JULY CROPS.
      34 9 Rubber Returns for July, 1935: Lb. Alor Gajah 18.000 Ayer Panas 69.000 Glenealy 35.000 Jalan Kebun 11.000 Kluan? 30.000 Pajam 129,000 Port Swettcnham 10,200 Tambalak 12.000 Teluk Anson 51.321 Ulu Benut 30,000
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      EAGLEHURST RUBBER.
      54 9 Report of Eaglehurst Rubber Estates for year to March 31 last shows profit. £1.616 (against £633): and £1.195 brought In; dividend 2 per cent., less tax (against nil), absorbs £2.000. leav ing £811 forward. Crop 397,119 lh (against 442.480 lb): average net salprice. Including stocks, 5.54 d. per
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      THE FIRMNESS OF INDUSTRIALS.
      249 9 SHARES WITHSTAND HOLIDAY SEASON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 27. The £32,000,000 Transport Lean suggested that it is the Government's belief that industrial recovery in this country is going to continue with perhaps that same doggedness of which Mr. Chamberlain recently spoke. All indications support
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      263 9 Ocean Shipments of Rubber, including Latex. Revertex and Concentrated Latex during the month of July, 1935. Total Tons Notes: (i) Transhipment means rubber consigned through the port from a place of origin In Malaya, by sea. road or rail. (11) Exports proper from Port Swettenham Include transhipment
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      YAM SENG RUBBER.
      110 9 Net profit of Yam Seng Rubber Co. to March 31 £5.940 (against £896). after £333 (£1,321) to depreciation. Adding £2,075 brought In makes £8.015; to reserve towards cost of replanting £1,000 (nil), dlv. of T/t PC., less tax (same), £4,877; forward £2,138 (against £2,075. after crediting £3,146
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      GORDON (MALAYA) MEETING.
      596 9 SIR FRANCIS VOULES ON THE OUTLOOK. QUIT RENTS ON LAND NOT PLANTED. The twelfth annual general meeting of Gordon (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held yesterday in London, on July 15. Sir Francis Voules, C.B.E. (the chairman), presided, supported by Mr. A. K. E. Hampshire and BrigGen.
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      BIDOR RUBBER ESTATE
      52 9 Report for year to March 31 last shows profit £4.931 (against £4,258); add £8,788 brought In; dividend 10 per cent, (against 8 per cent.) absorbs £5,000; forward £8,720, subject to directors' additional remuneration. Crop 570.000 lb. (against 659,000 lb); gross average price 6.23 d., per lb. (against
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    M.P.S. TALK WITH MR. RUNCIMAN.
    90 9 Plan To Transfer Tinplate Mills. Members of the Welsh Parliamentary Party discussed witli Mr. Runeiman, President of the Board of Trade, at the House of Commons, the questions raised by the proposed transfer of tinplate mills from South Wales to Redbourne, Lines. Mr. Runeiman said
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    143 10 M>l I I'lll HOTEL Special Dinner Dance. ILJIAMBKA Gift of Oab also Now or Never with Hie-hard Talmadr.i 1 6.1& 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Sanders of The River with Paul Robcson tc Leslie Banks. 6.15 0.15 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE. GKEAT WORLD Son of Kong. GKEAT WORLD Carbaret— Sleeping Car. HOLLYWOOD
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. AUG. 8. 1935. The White Rajah.
    741 10 If all has gone according to schedule, the yacht Seabelle ar- J rived at Kuching early this morning and Sir Shenton Thomas now finds himself upon Borneo soil for the first time. His Excellency, in his capacity of British
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    Government house.
    70 10 Monday, Aug. 5. Hon. Mr. C. O. Howell and Mrs. Howel! arrived to s'.iy at Government 1 House. I Hon. Sir Andrew Caldecoti, Mr. W. F. IN. Churchill and Mr. C. W, Hutt dined j at Government House. Tuesday, Au?. 6. I At noon His Excellency and Lady
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    Social and personal
    228 10 Mr. N. G. Ferguson, of tin P.W.D. Talplng. has left for Home on furlough. Mr. F. O. Finch, Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation, Malay States, is on a visit to Perak. Dr. Teo Kan Toh who was under treatment following a motor-car j accident, has left the
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    Malaya Rediscovered
    945 10 IMPRESSIONS THROUGH A SECONDCLASS WINDOW. (From A Correspondent.) '"pHE time Is six p.m. and the suns rays are seen striking through a rubber plantation. The whole grove wears a curiously uncanny glow, as if on fire and yet not burning. The trees, as we see them from the
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    WAR CLOUDS IN AFRICA.
    606 10 What A Singapore Traveller Overheard. The following comments on the\ Abyssinian situation, and i's reactions in neighbouring territories, are con-'. tributed by a Singapore correspondent; who recently visited a mnwbf of ports on the East African coast. AS a result of Italy's extensive I*" preparations In
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    NOTES Of The DA Y.
    713 10 DEOPLE In Singapore who know DOW urgent Is the need for funds for unemployment relief may be lnv.tort to read the letter from Mr. John Hands which appears in the Straits Times today. A balance of $51,000, In round figures, is available from the fund
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    8 11 A Giant Buddlia in Bangkok SM feet high.
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    "CONSPIRACY TO CAUSE INSURRECTION" IN SI AM.
    576 11 PLOT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE ARMY. SPECIAL LAW PROMULGATED. Luang Pradit's Eight Months' World Tour. "TO STRENGTHEN FRIENDSHIP." ALLEGATIONS of conspiracy "to cause insurrection and national destruction are contained in an official coinmuni(iue issued by the Siamese Government yesterday in explanation of
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    THE OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.
    125 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 8. following communique was issued yesterday on the enactment of the Special Court Law Amendment Act, B.E. 2478 (the present year): The new Act is due to a certain conspiracy to cause insurrection and national destruction, by having as accomplices a
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    LUANG PRADIT'S TOUR.
    168 11 HOME MINISTER TO GO ABROAD. From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 8. It waj announced in the People's Assembly yesterday that Luang Pradit Manudharm, the Minister for the Interior, will leave Siam shortly on a seven or eight months tour. Luang Pradit will visit several countries in
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE CONFERENCE?
    132 11 TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN EAST ASIA. Tokio, Aug. 8. The possibility of an Ann; dJapanese conference, to be held in Tokio in two or three months time, is discussed by a Tokio newspaper this morning. The Jiji Shimpo (says Reuter) understands the proposal was made by Great Britain
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    RUBBER RESEARCH
    130 11 COL. B. J. EATQN'S NINE YEARS WORK. i From Our Own Correspondent) Kua.a Lumpur, Aug. 7. It is understood that Lieut. Col. B. J. Eaton, will retire next year, so that a new Director of the Rubber Research Institute will have to be appointed. Col. Eaton who recently
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    76 11 The Duke of York yesterday joined 400 boys under canvas at the Duke's holiday camp where boys drawn, equally from industry and public schools, meet each year. The camp, which this year is near Southwold, in Suffolk, started on Saturday and is divided into twenty sections for better management and
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    HEAVY OIL TAX IN ENGLAND.
    66 11 A duty of eight pence per gallon on heavy hydro -carbon oil used as fuel for road vehicles comes into forco in England today. The tax was imposed to safeguard revenue from petrol duty, in view of increasing number of vehir'~<: fitted with heavy oil
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    MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES.
    292 11 POLICE COURT PLAN MAKES PEACE. London, Aug. 7. A report, issued today by one of the Metropolitan Magistrates, Mr. Claud Mullins. upon the procedure in hearing matrimonial disputes which he introduced at the beginning of the year at the South-Wes' .m police court, has aroused considerable interest. Circles
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    DEATH FOR THEFT OF RUBBER.
    64 11 Sharp Way Of Soviet Military Tribunal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 7. Three Soviet workmen were executed at Tomsk, in Siberia, yesterday for stealing rubber from railway couplings. Ten minutes after making a brief appearance before a military tribunal they were in their graves.
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    STOP PRESS
    107 11 SIAM ARRESTS. The new law in Siam refers to arrests made last week, it is understood. JAVA AND SUGAR RESTRICTION Brussels, Aug. 8. The Vingtieme Siecle says that representatives of the sugar industry from seven countries Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Pern and Germany which adhere to the
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EXPANSION.
    144 11 Twice- A- Week Service Singapore-London. DUPLICATION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH. (From Our Aviation Correspondent.) I understand that Imperial Airways will next month begin a twice-weekly air mail service between Singapore and London. This decision follows receipt of news that Clam has sanctioned the application o- the company
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA IN SCOTLAND.
    82 11 On Holiday With Princess Juliana. Edinburgh, Aug. 7. The Queen of the Netherlands and her daughter, Princess Juliana, received a warm welcome to the Scottish highlands when they reached Cri?ff, Perthshire, this morning. The station was decorated and bore a large inscription in Gaelic meanin;; "a
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    26 11 The Marchioness of Linlithgow. whose husband the Marquess of Lin lithgow was yesterday appointed the next Viceroy cf India, is the daughter of Sir F. Milner.
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    BIG RIOTS IN FRANCE.
    142 11 Effect On The Markets. NAVAL DOCKYARD TROUBLE. Paris, Aug. 7. DIOTING in Paris, Brest and Toulon has followed opposition to the French economy decrees. Serious riots in Brest and street fighting in Paris and Toulon is causing nervousness in the foreign exchange market which h?s recovered
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    Giant Liner Held up.
    63 11 At Brest ici'd scenes culminated in rioters attacking troops and marines. Thousands of demonstrators swarmed over the main railway line and forced the Paris express to come to a standstill. They uncoupled the engine end sent it bad: to the sheds. The trans-Atlantic liner. Champlain, teas
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    FEDERAL CAPITAL'S PROBLEMS.
    1255 13 Finding Money For New Market. UNSATISFACTORY BUSES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. The site for and the financing of tin new market, the need for a modern system of public transport and the merits and demerits of the system on which assessment is levied
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    ATTACK ON SYSTEM OF RATING.
    719 13 Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board Debate. DIRECTLY OPPOSED VIEWS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. That this Board is of opinion that, in place of Ihe present system of rating on unimproved value of holdings, there should be introduced the system of luting
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    11 13 Miss Diana Violet Deighton and Mr. Otto Richard. Straits Times Pho.ugruph
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    FROM SHIP TO CHURCH.
    294 13 TWO SINGAPORE WEDDINGS. DEAN OF BATAVIAN CONSULAR CORPS. Straight from the ship to the church. Such was lha experience I of two brides who arrived in Singapore from Europe yesterday on the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Potsdam. They were married in the Pres- byterlan Church. Orchard Itoad.
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    PENANG'S "RACING PROFESSOR."
    205 13 Accused Of Running Betting Hou?e. Fenang. Aug. 7. The case in which a Japanese named Hironaka. a dealer in electric goods, and better known as "the racing professor." was charged with using his premises as a betting house was heard today before Mr. J P Biddulph who
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    CHINESE MOVE UP TWO PLACES IN SECOND DIVISION.
    584 14 EASY VICTORY OVER TEN MALAYS. Winners Were Too Excited In Front Of Goal. Chinese II 3; Malays II 0. AFTER a delayed start, the second struts of the Malays took the field with only ten men for their Second Division match isninst
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    MOTORING RECORDS.
    127 14 American Betters Times j Set Up By Cobb. Salt Lake City, Aug. 7. The American racing motorist. Jenkins, broke the world's record for one hour's driving with a speed of 152.***** miles an hour. Over 200 miles. Jenkins averaged 151.7216 miles an hour, and over 500 Kilometres. 151.316
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    21 14 R. Whitaker of Perak whose slow left-arm bowline played a large part in the Colony's defeat last week-end. Strait? Times Photographs.
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    30 14 Fol/o*/ this plan when you hear Me runrnoo commentary on the H.M 5 /Uatayo Cup Ftnal, broadcast hy the Atatoyas> Amateur Ract/o 3oc/ety, Aft/a/a Lumpur On Saturday fOM At/must, /S3S.
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    Lawn Tennis. TEACHERS' TOURNEY ON SATURDAY.
    235 14 S.C.R.C. Results Ties For Today Tomorrow. The Singapore Teachers' Association lawn tennis tournament starts on Saturday and will continue next week. The following ties have been arranged SATURDAY. Men's Singles Handicap. A. Mr. Sim Seng Watt vs. Mr. Lee Teck Hock. B. Mr. K.
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    Y.W.C.A. PRIZE GIVING.
    56 14 The Y.W.C.A. Sports Club will hold their annual prize distribution of the Spring tennis tournament on Saturday. Aug. 10, at 5 p.m. The distribution of prizes will be preceded by the finals of the mixed doubles between Dr. C. E. Smith and Miss E Smith and Lim
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS.
    182 14 The following are the latest results and forthcoming ties in the S.C.R.C. spring tennis tournament: "B" Doubles Hdp. Semi Final. V. I. Evan Wong and Tan Chlm Tuan (owe 15.3) beat Dr. C. J. Poh and Lim Chong Pang (owe 30) 6—l: 6—4.6 4. Chua Cheng Hock and
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    39 14 Thursday. Aug. 8. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Dlv. 11. S.C.C. vs. Monopolies, padang. Golf: Keppel Cl'Jb, Women's Committee Meeting. Rowing: Ilawara Cup heals. Athletics: Serangoon English School Sports at Simon Road. Athletics: Serangoon English School r.wrts. Upper Serangoon.
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    An English Cricket Causerie. ENGLAND'S D' ARTAGNAN.
    1759 14 R.W.V. Robins To The Rescue— Woolley f s Grand Knock Wellard The Six King —Not Out But He Went— Larwood For Folkestone 77ie Averages. (By Our London Stall) Fleet Street. July 30. PNGLAND found aiyArtagnan In her hour of travail sharp as a
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    Badminton. CHAMPIONSHIP TIES ARRANGED.
    145 14 Mixed Doubles Final To Be Played On Saturday. The following are the ties in the Singapore Badminton Championships for this week-end: Saturday 2.30 p.m. Mixed Doubles Final. E. J. Vass and Mrs L. M. Pennefather vs. Scan Eng Hee and Alleen Wong. Inter-School Championship Final. Anglo-Chinese
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    20 14 J. Andres of Penang, who also bowls left-arm .lows, did well against the F.M.S. batsmen last week-end. Straits Times Photographs.
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    NONDESCRIPTS CRICKET CLUB.
    96 14 The following will represent the H.C.C. at cricket this week-end: On Saturday vs. R.A. on N.C.C. ground at 2 p.m.: Carlo Pereira (capt F. Chopard, K T. 001, Ismail Jabbar. N. R. De Vaz. Sitham«param, J. Theseira. M S Dhass. I. Sallm. F Perera. S. R Fernando
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    52 14 At tne Swimming Club, at 11 a.m. on Sunday the Lowndes Cup 150 metres free style handicap race will be nelr By kind permission of Major R E. Smith and officers, the band of the Ist j Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment will 'play from 6 p.m. to
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      80 14 WRITING OF MILK: One of the best-accredited professors o! bacteriology In the University of London said That a large amount cf disease U carried by raw milk is no longer an opinion, it Is a fact a fact as well attested as any in the domain of medical science." Use
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    FLY-WEIGHT CHAMPION WINS TWO FIGHTS IN A NIGHT.
    290 15 ONLY 13 MINUTES ACTUAL SCRAPPING. Both Quinn And Rose Quite Outclassed By Brown. London, July 30. JACKIE BROWN Manchester) the world's fly-weight champion, defeated two opponents at Belle Vue, Manchester, last evening, in roughly thirteen minutes' actual fighting. First he so far
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    Athletics: SEGAMAT ENGLISH SCHOOL SPORTS.
    376 15 Several New Records Established. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. Aug. 2. Ideal weather favoured the seventh annual athletic sports of the Government English School, Segamat, held on the G.E.S. padang on Wednesday. Haroun bin Nel was the champion athlete in "A" division, winning the Ka
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    22 15 The Penan* and Herat* Hockey teams which met in the final at the Chinese Olympiad. Penang won by 3 goals to nil.
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    16 15 Chee llui Hoon of Perak who won the hop, step and Jump at the Chinese Olympiad.
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    BOXING AT K.L.
    105 15 Gunboat Jack vs. Aide On Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. For Cup Final night on Saturday an unusually attractive boxing programme will be staged in Kuala Lumpur, at the Bukit Bintang Amusement Park. There are two Important main events of ten three-minute rounds.
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    SELANGOR SOCCER.
    104 15 P.W.D. Champions Of Third Division. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. V. In the last match of the season In Division in of the S.A.F.L., played yesterday, the P.W.D.A_A., who were already assured of the championship, drew I—l1 1 with the Eurasians. The following Is the final
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    732 15  -  ••unarms. Conducted by Feats Of Endurance— L. T. A. M To Issue A Handbook National Handicaps S uggested The Colony-F.M.S. Cricket Match. A COMPETITOR at the Malayan lawn tennis championships tells me that one of the features of this year's meeting was the wonderful stamina shown by
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    Boxing. JACK PETERSEN UNFORTUNATE.
    285 15 Fight For Cruiser Title Indefinitely Postponed. London, July 25. JACK Petersen, British and Empire heavy-weight champion, seems unfortunate in his quest for honours. According to his father, he was hoping to clinch a match first with Max Baer and then with Jimmy Braddock for the world
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    16 15 Miss Tang Goon Kiau, the Penanr girl wonder, who established new records at the Chinese Olympiad.
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      160 15 POLICE DEFEATED. Municipal Team's Golf Success. The Municipality defeated the Police at golf at Sepoy Line., G.C. on Sunday by s'/2 points to 4 3 i points. The results. Police players mentioned first were as follows Sym and Frew 1 vs. Kelly and Gilmour 0. Sharp and W. R. M.
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    MALAYAN ITEMS.
    492 16 Inspector Hussaln bin Mohamed Idria, of the F.M.S. Police, has retirPd from the service on medical grounds. The half-yearly meeting of the Gardens Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, will! be held on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the club i hou.se. The Rev. D. S. David. Secretary of
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    284 16 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 7. The Rotary Club of Seremban were hosts to Rotarlana from Singapore last week-end. At Rhu Lodge, Port Dlckson, Singapore Rotarlans were welcomed by the President of the local Rotary Club, the Hon. Mr. J. W. W. Hughes. British
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      517 16 Balance Of All-Malayan Fund. JTo the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In your issue of Aug. 2. Anak Singapura quotes a dis1 tressing case of an attempted I suicide by mother and daughter through want, and expresses the wish that there were scmo funds I available for
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      BAD COINS.
      442 16 Need For Examining Change Careful l^ To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l beg to bring up a certain grievance, through the medium of your papers, which is of vital Importance j Ihe authorities. There is at present a deluge of badcoins in this city chioily
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    N. I. QUOTAS BLOW AT COLONY ENTREPOT TRADE.
    1051 17 j 1 \A SINGAPORE i MERCHANT'S NOTE-BOOK. An "Unintentional Result" Cheerful Newspaper Headlines Are They Always Justified Elusive Telephone Numbers. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. I CANNOT make out head or tall of the explanation given by the Dutch Consul General on the
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    King's house.
    620 17 Monday. July 29. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the tin miners at Ipoh. Tuesday. July 30. In the morning His Excellency visited the Institute for Medical Research. His Excellency presented the badge of an Honorary 0.8. E. to Professor P. V. van Stein CallenJels at King's
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      CLEANING GLASS. Useful Tip For Decanters And Vascs.
      142 18 WOMAN has asked what she should do about a difficulty which ■he his experienced with her cutglua decanter*, water bottles and vases, which get gummy and difficult to clean with the ordinary agents like ammonia, vinegar, tea leaves and potato poolings. Here
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      32 18 Last Saturday's bride, Miss Lily Elizabeth Betty (daughter of Lieut, and Mrs. T. Betty, of Blakang Mali) who ivas married to Mr. L. L. Tolley of Singapore at the Garrison Church, Tang-in.
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      79 18 Ginger in fruit cocktails, as a sauce over ice cream and even frozen into the ice cream Itself has become a fad of smart hostesses this year. The touch of heat adds a piquant note to what otherwise Is a monotony of sweetness. Slice peeled cucumbers and lay then 1
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      FILM NOTES FOR PARENTS.
      156 18 SOME SINGAPORE COMMENTS. /"\F the films which are being shown at Singapore cinemas during the coming week the following are recommended to parents: At The CAPITOL. Sanders of the River < Featuring Paul Robeson. Nma Mac McKlnney and Leslie Banks). This is an attempt to do
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      At The PAVILION.
      159 18 The Little Minuter (Featurins Kathrine Hepburn and John Beal I Here is another classic beautifully screened. Tho picture Is faithful to the essentials of the original, has reol charm in the settings, and the atmosphere and characterisations will delight the Intelligent. The photography, f*!rection and acting are
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      41 18 Mr. Anthony Richard Winsloe Patton and Miss Patience Mary Dunman whose marriage took place at the Brompton Oratory, London, on July 27. Miss Dunman is the daughter of Mr. Charles Clement Dunman, J.P., and Mrs. Dunman of Singapore. (Photo by Vandyk).
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    WOMEN OVER FORTY.
    534 19 A Change Which Is Not "Tragic." /"VUR Aunt Mathilda probably shuddered at facing the middle years, with their prospects of changes, mental and physical she dreaded them because she had heard women wail: "We're on the verge of the most difficult period of our lives!" Nonsense! If
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    7 19 A evening gown with an attractive scarf.
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    New Styles In Footwear.
    929 19 Fleet Street, July 27. POOTWEAR is always of particular interest to Englishwomen in the summer, when they are free to a certain extent from worrying about what the weather is likely to do and what shoes are, therefore, possible." For a few months every year, therefore,
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    A DATE TO REMEMBER!
    411 19 ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL BAZAAR. IT has been _rraLge* to hole a bazaar in aid of St. Andrew's School rebuilding fund on Friday and Saturday. September 6 and 7, in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Lady Thomas has offered to open the Fair on the first day at
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    Wimbledon Wear.
    300 19 with certainty and to look neat and pleasing in them. Many of the lEngifa* players look experimental and have an untidy appearance. Generally speaking, those players looked best whose hair was kept in control by cut or bandeau and not by the permanence of its wave; whose skirts,
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    Use Of The Voice.
    203 19 Miss Rosamund Priors Hints To Women's Club. In her talk on the Use of the Voice at the Fortnightly dub. Singapore. last week, Miss Rosamund Prior pointed out that anyone of us could speak any language properly if we only learned how to use the mechanism
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    Britain's Latest And Largest Tank.
    87 20 The Headquarter Tank of the Ist Tank Brigade, the latest and largest tank in the Corps, which was seen at the recent inspection by Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery, chief of the Imperial Staff. Two of the French officers in the four liaru.. Bloch high speed
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    15 20 Bunny" Austin and W. Allison <U S. >. whom he defeated in the Davis Cup singles.
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    17 20 A woman entrant in the clay pigeon shooting championship at the West London shooting grounds, Grc^niord, Middlesex.
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      68 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES HAVE YOU TRIED DAWSON'S FRICTION SURFACE RUBBER BELTING It is a first class product and very cheap in price. Why not have a trial length and see how it stands up to the job. We have stocks in most sizes and also of •WELTONA HAIR BELTIN6 and
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      16 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated L. Great Britain) fleftd OBce for Malaja: SINGAPORE.
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