The Straits Times, 7 July 1936

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGFS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 1 PA(JES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      242 1 SINGAPORE! 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). CAR REPAIRS PROMPT EFFICIENT m 9 m BRINKMANN&CO GRANGE RD. I :v.v.v.;.;..;. j f Like an affectionate hatvlclajp and a chceqr smite, /^V "BLACK S«. WHITE" conveyi in loyal friendship" in i manner Ijm unsurpasitJ. For this grind old whiilcy gen its fine 'charxter
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      154 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 35*53). "VAN HARDING" SHIRTS ?^^W2§^ TROPICAL WEIGHT WOVEN POPLINS V^'^B»iH^Bßyl^ll^ IN AN EXCLUSIVE RANGE OF SMART /$S I^H X STRIPES AND PLAIN COLOURS. COAT I yJHII Utm wll^^^ STYLE WITH DOUBLE CUFFS I OmM lli||/fi|HH PRICE $5.25 EACH. VW^ WJiI^JUWj THE "COUNTRY" SHIRT COLLAR
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      19 1 1 Daisy I 15. ORCHARD ROAD j for I ■OUQUETI BASKETS WREATHS I Phone 4007 I I (Amber Mansions)
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      1115 2 SITUATIONS WANTED EUROPEAN Doctor recommends first class syce, excellent testimonials. Apply Box No. 19, Straits Times. HARDWARE, METALS. TOOLS, ETC. 6cotaman 27, wants inside or outside position of responsibility, sound knowledge of departmental management, catalogues, advertising, and representation. 3 >4 years experience m the East. Box No. 814, Straits Times.
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      816 2 for sale: FOE SALE, freehold land and house No. 1091, Scrangoon Boad. Offers la writing. V AM ABLE PEKINGESE DOG. Very almlable. 100 for quick sale. Write Box 833. Straits Times, or pnont 8894. THE "METE* MI8EB" In all new Trigldaire" models gr»es constant assurance that foot: Is protected In
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      671 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES at 1. 1. 4 and 4-A. Prtac* it^. •nd S3. BaSea Place. Apply. *oh cbe^ Kce 129. Kffllney Road. GODOWNS at Trafalgar Street. conTenJeatty N iltnated for Wharf and Railway. Moderate Rot. Apply Brlntanann ft Oo TO LET— Immediate Entry. No. S, Raffles h Place—Ground
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      692 2 PUBLIC NOTICE HONG FATT (SUNGEI BESR LIMITED. NOTICE OF 9BCOHD INTERIM DIVIDEND FOB 1938 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a second interim dividend at the rate of 3% on account of the year ending December 31, 1M«. bag been declared and Is payable on July 15, The dividend will be
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      332 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Miss HAN A 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. THE WAVERLEY ENCYCLOM UMA Copiously Illustrated with colonred plates, maps and photographs, handy mod compart, containing 3.500 article* in Its 4,800 pages. In 10 handsome volumes. P»Mr*rtl a. Vsaal pritr 32*.
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      150 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ——i Within Outride Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly S 3.00 4.M 12M Quarterly 1 »50 •'•>• H»n Year!, Sir* JIJ.M Yearly 534.M M4N SSt.M N.te.—OiUUUoa eheqae* should tnchidf lh» oval but dtoeowt ADVERTISEMENT RATES. ITi, cfeariM IH mmttaenu* Ist CLASSIMED ADVERTISEMENTS are aa tt eentt oet line pet
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      776 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England VIAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES PENTA'SGLAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N CO. DNPFr CONTRACr WITH HlB MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage 8 pore. IM CCMALI 6.810 July 7 KAISAR-I-HIND
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      381 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA; GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SUMMER IN JAPAN. NEXT SAILINGS: S.S. HAKOZAKI MARU July 11. M.S. TERUKUNI MARU July 24. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Aug. 9. S.S. HARUNA MARU Aug. 24. S.S. KATORI MARU Sept. 7. SPECIAL HOLIDAY ROUND TRIP FARES. Singapore to
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      562 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Most Cablnr nave adjoining ,-irivate bath. Excellen Cuisine. FOB MARSEILLES. LONDON, BOTTEBDAM. HAMBUBG AND COPENHAGEN From From From Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang U.S. Sham MEONIA 7/7 7/7 8/7 10/7 ALSIA 28/7 28/7 29/7 31/7 BORINGIA 18/8 18/8 19/8 21/8
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      237 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE. FOB DONG KONG, AMOT, SHANGHAI, MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. TALMA 10.000 July 16 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation lot first and second class passengers. Special holl day return tickets Interchangeable with P. St O. 8. N. CO.. Issued
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      1094 3 SII I "r'N (i Steam N.Wp.Uo D Co., Ltd The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd Th! V? *I C L J? The Irrawadd, Klotllla Co ltd. The Slam Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd. Canada Steamship Line, I td Aberdeen Commonwealth Line. Shaw Ssvill 4 \lh.on c« Tut INSURANCE. !-^£S I c?..'Lid. Ull-0B
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      111 4 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. KEPPEL HARBOUK Tjin wniarf Un rjoipin, Lch. Ladj Guillemard, Lch. Audrey. Shen Kwang. W. Bt. Kitty I. Japanese Prince. Oli Wharl Nil Coal Whar' Nil VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS raajß~f Pa«ar Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Angby. Kropel Harboui King's Dock Turbo. No.
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      PASSENGERS HOMEWARD.
      168 4 The following passengers for Europe are leaving Singapore in the Patrocius tomorrow: Mr. and Mrs. P. J. R. Waugh, Mr. K. F. Evans, Sir George A. Weir, X.C.8., Dr. Landor and child, Mrs. Landor and child, Mrs. E. Hitcliam, Mr. J. D. Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. M. G.
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      CLEARANCES
      48 4 July 5: Rusa. Harbledown (Brit.); Sauerland, Oldenburg (Ger.); India (Ital); Liverpool Maru (Jap); Kepah, TJlpal, Soerabaya. Gen. v. der Heyden (Dut.). July 6: Kilat. Plancius (Dut.); Turbo, Kinta, Hong Kheng. Sin Kheng Seng (Brit.); Hong Ho (Chin.): G.G. Merlin I (Fch); Toyama Maru (Jap.); Claus ißickmers <Ger.).
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      385 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.LM." Today. Bagan Selat Pandjann <Hong Thong) 3 p.m. Bengalis Laboean Bilik (M. S. Kampari 3 p.m. Fort de Koclc. Padang. Fakan Baroe tc Siak (Hong Kwong) ..3 p.m. Java, South West Sumatra.
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      83 4 Mails from Ausrralia. Netherlands Indies etc. oxpected today by air iQantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 pm. General delivery of letters at 405 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 1 p.m. General delivery of letters and
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      FROM MALACCA
      104 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.LM." Mails will close at Malacca as lows Thursday. July 9. AutOmiMla, Java and Timor by air iQantas) 9.45 a.m. Friday, July 10. i Upper Burma. NorUi and East India. j Aden, Egypt, Europe.
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      PASSENGERS.
      165 4 The following passengers for Malaya are In the Hector which Is due in Singapore on Saturday: Sir Andrew Me Fadyean. Eng. LtCommdr. T. E. Davies, R.N., Mrs. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Hilliard, Mr. and Mrs. D. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hall, Mr. K. N. Black,
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      SCIENTIST WENT TO LUNCH.
      501 4 RETURNED TO FIND NEW INVENTION. "MASONITE" ROMANCE PVERY year in the saw-mills of the world hundreds of million tons cf wood was wasted. As squared timber and boards were rut there were always pieces of oddshape, odd-length pieces of wood that were deemed to be useless.
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      HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE OUTWARD.
      100 4 HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE OUTWARD. K«-irul*r Freljtbl Scr.iv> 10 MANILA. IIONG KONG. SHANGHAI \\l) IAPWCSE PORTS Due S dot« s^. GROOTEKERK Auj. 1 s.s. GAASTERKERK Alls 29 HOMEWARD. TO »JMOL JAKFA MVKSLILLti ROfTERIIAM AMSimiiA.U lIA ir.l ItO AND r. .1 Ml n Leave lonnage B'Dore ?s. SEROOSKERK .July 20 s.s. ZUIUEKKERK
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      RED FUNNEL LINE NEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO., LTD.
      152 4 RED FUNNEL LINE NEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO., LTD. »li:corix>iatea in Slralu Settl.'m urn BEGt'LAK PASSENCtK and CM .Service* from Singapore to Jmra Rnrneo Bnnka d MMM Kor BATAVIA. CIIKCIBO.N and MM\KA.NQ iK\cr> I ii i- da i and Pridiyi s.s. DIANO SENCI Tues. July 7 i s*. NAM YO.N'G
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      CABLE TRANSIT TIMES.
      58 4 The transit time on lull rate telegrams from Singapore to L>ndo:i yesterday were as follows: Telegrams handed in up to 5 00 p.m. 2 mm. Telegrams handed i n v.p to 5.30 p.m. 3 nun. Telegrams handed In up to 6 00 p.m. 2 n in. Telegrams
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      S.S. SPHINX.
      30 4 The mail and passenger vessel tx Sphinx from Saigon arrived this morning and will sail at 2 p.m. for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles. Berth S.H.B. Wharves.
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      592 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P.M.S.I LLOYDS AGENTS:— OOOKING AGENTS, r M S Mil. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS.— TELEPHONE: Freight 5433—Passage 5431. CANADIAN Q2SZ3siHCj^EEI!Z3II Jh A AJC M (tncorporatei! In Krgund) CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VIII MAY 1937. Early Booking is strongly advised. Travel CANADIAN PACIFIC. ./Ufc t.MPKtSS* KOL'TE aJtn
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      275 4 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED (Incorporated Id Btralta Settlcinenuu ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. Oncorporatofl in Burland) (Inromoraiee USA.) -ELLERMAN" LINE BOSTON. NEW TOKR A BALTIMORB FOR HAVRE. LONDON. v( f ApK Qv r on i> HOt'K ROTTERDAM tIAMBUftO. VU Port* and Sna c m||fm STEEL SCIFNTIST
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      472 4 Malayan Meteorolopical Service Dally Weather Report. .Stations Yesterday Last nietit Max. Rainfall Bright Mln.~ temp. ln.« Sunshine temp •F hrs. *F West Coast Alor Star 88 0.09 6.0 76 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 8.5 72 :Sitiawan 90 Nil 3.9 73 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 8.0 74 I Malacca 85
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      414 5 OntNDfG TONIGHT AN LXI EITIONAL SCREEN £*9PfcpV^JE[ DRAMA THAT TAKES ITS PLACE B^fl V A WITH THE GREAT FILMS OF ALL Jf > TIM!! AS AN OUTSTANDING IJO|P^L^^/AJ MOTION PICTURE ACHIEVEMENT! sisHHMiMHIiHBBHBIHg The VOICE of BUGLE ANN' The year's best-selling novel Starring LIONEL BARRYMORE MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN ERIC LINDEN Week end
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      75 5 T. M. A's ANNIVERSARY SALE Buy your Musical Instruments now from T.M.A. 25°0 discount on all kinds of Instruments, Acres.orles, Muiic, Books, etc. VioKn Outfits D.50 Mandolins 6.50 Guitars 7.75 Mandolin Banjos *13.«« Ukuleles 3.75 All subject to 25% discount. (F.M.S. price* slizhtlj Hither). T. M. A. MUSIC HOUSE Singapore
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      111 5 U J{}|!y{«j^sP rMffii 1= '^pr T L^-W}''i =il^ffi ullllri J-'!.i'-!i. ll ij. yy yiiL There Bre Watches of Inner excellent and Watches of Outward beauty "ASSORA" REVERSO WRIST WATCHES WITH THE "MAP OF MALAYA" an* both exceilwit bsautrful GET ONE FBOM K. M. OLI MOHAMED, S8 A *9, HIGH STREET
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      314 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing Foster. Universal. Opening night. this daily feature to fire 615 91S readers a /omprehensive sum- TIVOLI: Here Comes The Band, mary of entertainments, meet- 6.45. 9.15. Ings, sports events, social functions globe THEATRE: The Case of and other outstanding happening*, the
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      164 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle fit y~p" j "T7 17 S r E fs w? g i r'TTTT^ nipni "■J'll i-'riiv i_lit j 1 iHI m_ Wfflm Mill \<m 1 11 1 fe Note: Figures In parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required. (CLUES.) ACROSS. g; SSS»££#, 1. Wax
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      240 6 Tin Shares In Good Demand. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, July 7. All sectiona of the share market continue very strong. Rubber sham arc almost all in good demand at higher prices, and the demand for tin shares is considerably more than can be supplied. Prices again
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      PRODUCE.
      169 6 Singapore, July 7, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller GambhT 4.75 Java Cube 7.75 Hamburg 10.00 White Muntok Pepper 15. JO Black Peppor 7.75 White Peppei 14.50 "Sundried Copra 5.13 Mixed Copra 4.80 Sarawak Jelotong 6.25 Mixea Black Pepper Saigon A 1 $147 Rice Saigon No. 1 $140 Rice, Sii>>n No.
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      TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
      61 6 IiITHAI TlN— During June the dredge ol Kuchal Tin worked for 599 hours, treated 146.132 cubic yards and produced 1.100 piculs of tin ore. The average digging depth was 55.83 feet. KI'ALA Ll'.MPl'K TlN— During June No. 2 dredge of Kuala Lumpur Tin N.L. worked for 633
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      DUTY ON TIN & TIN ORE.
      60 6 DUTY ON TIN TIN ORE. During May the amount of duty on tin and tin ore collected by the Malayan Government was $1,035,658 making a total of $5,471,591 for the five months ended May 31. For the corresponding month of 1935 the amount collected was $593,937 and for the five
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      21 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, July 7, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      569 6 All Shares quoted above are fully paid Uaue Val. Fraser fc Co. Lyall L Evati Buyers Sellers Buyers SeUers 4/- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang £1 Austral Malay 5/- Ayer Hit am 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrln Tin 1 Batu Selangor fl Chenderlang .50 Hitam Tin 1 Hong Fatt
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      GENERAL.
      417 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1 20 1.30 2 2 do l\' 2 c ,'a Prefs. 1.45 1.55 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 £1 £1 B A T 5 15.0 6.0.0 l 1 B. M. Broadcasting 0.90 1.00 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6.25 7.25 fl £1 Con.
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      DEBENTURES .AND LOANS.
      168 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nom 4' <; 1907 red. 1947 $1,300,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 113 115 nom V/ 2 7c 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 nom 4% 1913 red.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      343 6 'Shares are SI unless otherwise stated) Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby LfTft 165 1.60 1.70 Alor riajah 0.95 1.05 0.95 1.05 Amal Malay ($2) 3.20 3.35 3.30 .140 Ayei Hitam 1.40 1.47'i 1.40 150 A-'er Molek 0.97 1.10 1.00 1.10 Ayer Panas 1.57',2 1.65 1.60 1.70 Bassett 060
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      EXCHANGES.
      217 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London 4 months sight 2/4 1 8 London 3 months sight 2/4'/ 8 London 60 lays sight 2/4 6/32 London 30 days sight 2/4 3/32 London,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      85 6 Noon, July 7. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. (F.O.B.) July 2714 27 5/16 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F.O.B.) July 27 3/16 27 <4 Tone of Market: Quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 7%d. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 16
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      384 6 Ixindon, July G. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares or £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: day ocPUl Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64 llBVi Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 117 War Lean 3 4 p c 10*'i Straits 6 p.c. 1936-51 102'
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      SHARES REPORT.
      180 6 Lyall <fc Evatt's daily report or today states: The acquiescent-.- pf noli. in in surrendering her unproduced tin quoia and its al.oration to the other t.irr.- .signatories and participating countries is a pointer in lieustrong desire lor the renewal of the tin restriction scheme This abo augurs well
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      BOLIVIA'S TIN ARREARS.
      317 6 SURRENDERED AND REATXOTTKD. SHARP RISE IN TIN PRICE. London, .July C. The Intermit ional Tin Committee met today when it was announced that Bolivi.i had agreed to surrender her right to produce 10.25S tons of tin being: the part of her quota which was under-exnorted and outstanding
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      EXCHANGES.
      97 6 London, July 6. The To!lowing arc r'csin;; mean rates: Pars 73 47 C 4 Atbi New York 5.02 3 10 BuchJ Montreal 5.02*a Rio 4V4 Brussels 29.68 sellers official Oentra 13.32 Belgrade 220 Amsterdam 7 > rtiienos Aires unaunted Milnn 63 1 Mor.'.eviCeo 39 Berlin 12.43 ,<-l!prs omri«l Madrid
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      JUNE RUBBER CROPS.
      69 6 The following are the estimated rubber crops for the month of June fiom the respective estates: lb. Malaka Plnda 42.400 j Aycr Knning Rubber 88.500 E:idek Rubber (Staffield Estate' 22.500 B tdwall Rubber Estruc 47.000 Chersonese E-states 80.875 Dennistown Rubber (Dennis- town Estate) 4.0.30!) Highlands nnd Lowlands
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
      1533 7 Higher Profit Increased Distribution. The annual general meeting of the General Electric Company, Ltd. was held in London on June 25. The Rt. Hon. Lord Hirst of Wltton (chairman and managing director) presided. Proposing the adoption of the report and accounts for the year ending Mar. 31,
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      SPECULATIVE INTEREST IN RUBBER.
      1337 7 ATTITUDE OF THE CONTROL COMMITTEE HECHT. LEVIS AND KHAN LTD. Rubber Dealers. London, In their weekly report of June 24, write: Stocks are down over 3.000 tons this week and with the New York freight cut to a figure well below the homeward cost of shipment
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      Death Of Oldest Member Of New York Stock Exchange.
      38 7 New York, July 6. The death has occ irred of William Fanestock at the age of 73. He was the oldest member of the New York Stock Exchange— Reuter.
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      620 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated ln the Colony of Hong Kong.) The liability ol member* is !>jn:ted to the extent mid tn manner prescribed by Ordinance No 6 of 1929 of the Colony Authorised CaplUl *50.000.000 Issued and Fully tatd-Up 1J0.000.000 RMtrv Funds Sterling 8.500.^00 Hopj Kong Currency
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      154 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Special Charter) IS, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. HEAD OFFICE: 50. Hankow Road. Shanghai. Total Resources Chinese $1,312,342.1(6.35 Paid L'p Capital S 40.000.000.00 Reserve Funds 3.433.591.4J BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Dr. Tse-Vuna Soong. Chairman, Mr. Cuur-Tong Yin. Mr. Yung-Mln Chlen, Mr. Pao-Lung Won?. Mr. Kenß-K-.ran Pong,
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      374 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated tn England or %ortl Charter 1851) Fald Op Capital ln SuO.ooo "hares of £5 each (3.C00.000 Reserve Fund C3.00n.0Q0 Reserve UabUlt* of Prorjrleton f3.00f1.u00 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Blsbopaga'A Locdon. E.C. t. Aior Star Hong Kong Satfoo AmrlUar rjollo Semarar* Bangkok ipoh
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    15 8 Holiday visitors, suspicious of the weather's intentions, take up quarters under the pier at Bournemouth.
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    WHY ABYSSINIA LOST.
    588 8 'BRIBERY, CIVIL WAR, FOOD SHORTAGE." RED CROSS MAN TELLS STORY. A COUNTRY torn by civil war, filled with bribery and corruption, led by selfish and incompetent leaders, and utterly unfit to be an independent nation. That Is the description applied to Abyssinia by Mr. Henry Doblnson. Secretary
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    56 8 Bomb outrages and revolver battles between Fascists and Socialists have distill bed Madrid. A new building on the main street was blown up by four bombs at mid-day and four j bombs exploded in a working-class suburb. Two Fascists were murdered; and a third fatally wounded in a cafe; in
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    PLANTERS BESIEGER
    141 8 Italians Fly To Rescue In Abyssinia. Addis Ababa. In response to an urgent appeal brought by runners, an Italian aeroplane has just flown over the plantations at Assala, near Lake Zwai, and has established contact with a British tea planter. Mr. Henry William Harris, who, with two Dutch
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    LIBERALS AND MR. BALDWIN.
    271 8 "DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT' OF HIS PARTY. A convention of the Liberal National Party, called to discuss the formation of a National Council for England and Wales, was opened at Central Hall, Westminster. Lord Hutchlnson presided over a gathering of Liberals from all parts of the country, including
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      311 8 Broadcasting. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will b? used:— GSH 21 47 Me s (13.97 m.>. GSG 17.79 Me s. (16.88 m.). C 20 p.m Big Ben The New Victoria I inrau Orchestra. directed by Sydney Pharey From the New Victoria Cinema. Hradfcrd Selection. The Mikado (Sulli\an>
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      671 8 lyrics by Alec McGUl; music by Jack Clarke. Production by William MaeLurg. 12.10 p.m. Dance music. i12.10 p.m. Close down. TOMORROW TRANSMISSION 4. Three of the following frequencies will be used: GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSI 15.26 Me s (19.66 m.) GSF 15.14 Me s (19.82 m) GSD 11.75
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      738 8 HONG KONG Station Z.B.W.. 34.23 m. (8.750 ke'l) TODAY 3.20 p.m_-C.2O p.m. Chinese prorunme. 6.20 p.m. -10.20 p.m. European programme. 6.20 p.m. The Lener String Quartet Quartet In Minor Brahms i. S.&3 p.m. German music. 7.20 p.m. Local time signal, weather report, stock quotations and anncuncements. 7.25 p.m. STUDIO A
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    "HINDENBURG" OVER BRITISH DEFENCE WORKS
    155 9 FLIGHT NEAR A DOCKYARD. QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, July 6. The Hindenburr's flight over England, which has already been the subject of Questions in the House, is featured in several papers today. Yesterday ev-ning, flying to Germany from the United States, the Hindenburg
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    LESS SMUGGLING IN NORTH CHINA.
    117 9 M.P.'s Question About British Naval Aid. London, July 6. In the House of Commons today, Mr. Chorlton inquired regarding the position of smuggling in China and Mr. Eden, the Foreign Secretary, said that he understood that in recent weeks there had been a certain fall
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    GERMANY IS GOING CAREFULLY.
    112 9 No Foreign Adventure Until After Olympiad! London. July 6. Fears of a Nazi coup in Danzig in the near future are discounted y» London. Diplomatic circles express the opinion that Berlin is likely to restrain the Nazi elements there owing to the united front in regard
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    WAR TALK IN NORTH CHINA.
    209 9 To Cover Acceptance Of Japanese Demands Tientsin. July G. A brigade of Chinese troops i-ntered Fengtai station, south of Peiping, I yesterday and took over control from the Japanese troops who hauled down the Japanese flags. Surprise was caused as on Friday all Chinese troops
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    39 9 "When I feel incapable of sustaining the burden of the Premiership, I shall paw it or., but it li for me to decide, j with nobody to dictate to me."— Mr. S. j Baldwin in London, quoted by Reuter.
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    BRITISH "DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH."
    219 9 Japanese Protest At Peiping Consular Court's Verdict. Peiping, July G. The Japanese Residents Association has approved a maniiesto requesting "a just solution" to the Sasaki case in which two British privates, Hunt and Cooke were acquitted, and also has passed a resolution that it "cannot
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    SOVIET SHIP WRECKED.
    100 9 900 FISHERMEN OFF JAPANESE COAST. Tokio, July 6. Reports from Sapporo state that the Soviet steamer, Cima. 4,000 tons, sailing from Vladivostock with 900 Russians aboard, mostly fishermen, en route to the fishing grounds, was wrecked on Saturday oft* the desolat? island of Onnekotan, in the North
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    SINGAPORE DIVORCE IN LONDON.
    159 9 £50 Damages Against Co-Respondent. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 6. Mr. Justice Merriman today granted George Cecil Miller a divorce decree nisi and agreed damages of £50 against Eric Herbert Spriggs. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married in London in 1923 and lived happily in
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    DARDANELLES AND TREATY DRAFT.
    139 9 CONFERENCE BEGINS WORK AGAIN. London, July 6. The Dardanelles Conference resumes tta sitting in Montreux this afternoon, j During the interval the British dej legation has prepared a new draft of ja Straits Conversion to take the place of the Convention signed at Lausanne In 1923.
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    RICH COALFIELDS IN SZECHUAN.
    136 9 Discovery Reported By Mining Department Shanghai, July 6. According to the latest report of the Mining Department for the western regions of China, Mr. Li Hslen-cheng, of the department, has discovered rich coalfields in the district of Yungchuen in the Szechuan Province. The coal -hearing area
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    IT WAS AGONY TO STOOP
    208 9 i Backache Made Him Feel An Old Man at 31 This man of 31 was prema'.irWy aged by kidney trouble, when he rhouid have been enjoying the best years of his l;fp. Here lio tells hew Kruschen gave him ba-.-k his health, after months of
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    AMUSEMENTS
    101 10 SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dance Cabaret. GLOBE THEATRE The Case of the Curious Bride. 7.15—9.30. OREAT WORLD—THE SET TALEIE "The Murder Man." NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret, Dancing. Talkies Theatres Si Cinema*. RAFFLES HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Special Dinner Dance (Formal) 9.45 to Midnight. RITZ.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936. Whose Choice?
    1030 10 The proclamation by the Sultan of Seiangor of his third son, the l Tungku Laxamana, to be his successor is unfortunately not the end cf the matter. The sooner it is ended the better, and when it is ended there
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    Social and personal
    98 10 Mrs. E. Hope-Falkner is sailing foi i Europe via Japan, Honolulu and Canada in the Kaisar-1-Hind which leaves Singapore on July 18. Mr. A. M. Alsagoff is giving an A 1 Home at his house, 163-B, Palm Road Siglap. on Saturday, in honour of Mr Syed Ibrahim
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    Old Age In England: Youth In Borneo.
    826 10 "BORED TO DISTRACTION IN MIRI." Young men who surrender to "the call of the East," only to find themselves thoroughly disillusioned half-way through their first agreement, will be interested in the letter which is reproduced below. It originally appeared in THE MIRAGE, a
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    ABSOLUTE RULERS IN MALAYA.
    510 10 ABSOLUTE RULERS IN MALA YA. The Legal Status Of The Sultam. Having regard to recent comment on the position of the Malay Rulers, 'it may be useful to state the findings of the Privy Council in the Pahang (Consolidated case (reported in the FM.S. Law Reports. 1931—32). These findings define,
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    IS PLANTING WORTH WHILE ?
    281 10 IS PLANTING WORTH WHILE No Guarantee Of Security. (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) I Sir. In your last Monday's issue the i article on the prospects of the working I planter is interesting, but does it go far t nough with regard to planting in the Federated Malay
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    730 10 NOTES Of The DAY. BORED IN BORNEO. DLEASE forgive this crude buL resistible alliteration. It ij Intend* ed to call attention to the letter re- produced from The Mirage on this page today— a letter which, I think, will start several ha rs in the lush land neglected pastu:e.; of
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    TOKIO ARMY REBELS PUNISHED : 17 TO DIE.
    421 11 TOKIO ARMY REBELS PUNISHED 17 TO DIE. SECRET COURT MARTIAL VERDICTS. 13 Officers And 4 Civilians Condemned To Death. SIXTY MEN IMPRISONED. Tokio Revolt Clean Up Lengthy Judgment. CEVENTEEN Japanese— l 3 of them Army officers were sentenced to death in Tokio today for complicity in the Tokio rebellion last
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    51 11 Los Angeles. July 7. Tnjmas Thomson, th? ex-petty officer I In :he American navy who was charged; wuh communicating information relat- j Ing to national del. -nee to Japan, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. I He escaped the maximum sentence of I 22 years cwing to his youth.— Reuter.
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    8 11 Sports girls in a Peace procession through London.
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    DR. GOEBBELS IN A NEW MOOD.
    128 11 German People's Welcome For Olympic Guests. Berlin, July G. The following proclamation was issued in Berlin by the Propaganda Minister Dr. Goebbels, and is published in all German papers: "In accordance with the Fuehrer's wish Germany has made preparations for the Olympic Games such
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    16 11 Workmen painting the hull of the giant liner "Queen Mary" at Southampton after her first trips.
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    POPES NEW RADIO STATION.
    53 11 WORLD WIDE RANGE. Vatican City, July 6. To keep in touch with Roman Catholics all over the world, the Holy See has ordered a new 50 kilowatt short-wave transmitter with directional aerials and circular antennae to work together with the weaker transmitter already existing in the
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    DECISIVE ACTION IN PALESTINE.
    116 11 Provisions Munitions By Aeroplane. Jerusalem, July 6. British troops now concentrated around Nablus total about 4.000 men, well equipped with tanks and military aeroplanes. A motorised cavalry section from Egypt has also arrived in Palestine. The British authorities hope that the reinforcements now received will enable
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    FIGHT OR PAY. ARAB PERSUASION IN PALESTINE.
    134 11 FIGHT OR PAY. ARAB PERSUASION IN PALESTINE. The Arab insurgents have now begun a regular recruiting campaign among the population. They p!ace before Arab families the choice either to join the ranks of the fighters or to give money for buying ammunition. A serious incident occurred during the funeral of
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    12 11 Sanctions will end on July 15, says a Reuter message from Geneva.
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    NEWS IN BRIEF SPINSTERS DEMAND PENSIONS AT 55
    413 11 NEWS IN BRIEF SPINSTERS DEMAND PENSIONS AT 55 NEWS IN BRIEF To tlic tune of She's a jolly good j Fellow," 800 spinsters paraded Lon- i don street* demanding pensions at the ugt of 58. "Conditions in Hopci and Chahar are improving Hereafter the: people of North China will be
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    FIGHTING IN CHINA.
    532 11 SOUTH INSISTS UPON ANTI-JAPAN WAR. LEADERS EXPOSED BY "DESERTERS." Shanghai, July 7. LIGHTING broke out in South Kweichow yesterday between the provincial forces and the Kweichow invaders, states a communique from Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow. The extent of the conflict is not known. On the other hand
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    NEW EFFORT TO END WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.
    199 11 JAVA CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR. MALAYAN DELEGATES TO ATTEND. A NOTHER determined effort to stamp out the white slave I traffic in the East is to be made I next year. Malayan delegates will attend a League conference to be held in Java next
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    STOP PRESS.
    64 11 (From Our K. Lumpur Correspondent.) "This will make all the difference in the world" Mr. V. A. Lowinger, the Malayan representative on the International Tin Committee said today, commenting on the report that Bolivia has surrendered her unused export rights. See page SIX. "For some time the market
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    NO REPLY YET.
    167 11 Hitler Eden's Questions. GERMANY AND DANZIG. jllß. Anthony Eden, the l Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that he was not prepared again to ask Germany for an answer to the British questionnaire regarding Hitler's peace proposals. It is learnt that at yesterday evening's
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    CHINESE LEADER TO MEET HITLER.
    59 11 Berlin, July 7. A cordial welcome is being prepared for Mr. Tai Chi Tao, President of the Examination Yuan of Nanking, who is arriving tomorrow. He will be given a luncheon by Gen. von Blomberg and on Friday received by Hitler and be given a
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    14 11 Mr. Shigeri Kawagoe. new Japanese Ambassador, conferred In Nanking yesterday with Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.
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    MALAYS AND INNISKILLINGS MAKE DRAMATIC NIGHT RAID.
    758 12 She was not sighted from the shore, where all lights had been purposely extinguished. Ashore In Whalers. Shortly after nightfall the Innlskilllngs were rowed stealthily ashore In the Terror's whalers. They landed on the beach, crept Into the shadows, and denied through the
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    BEHAVIOUR OF SOLDIERS.
    165 12 Judge Lectures Fusiliers. /COMMENTS on the behaviour of British soldiers in Singapore were made by Mr. Justice Whitley, Acting Chief Justice, at the Assize Court yesterday, when he sentenced Leonard Gourlay and Stuart Wilson, two Royal Innlskilling Fusiliers, to three years' rigorous imprisonment for having robbed a
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    "Liberal, Sympathetic."
    287 12 "Liberal, Sympathetic. ASSURANCE TO CLUBS. FOLLOWING the widespread epposi- tlon among Singapore clubs to the revival of a 30-year-old Ordinance which will deprive them of 3 per cent, of their "profits," the Straits Times learns that Government officials have given an unofficial assurance to the clubs that a "liberal and
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    Conferring Of Titles In Selangor.
    67 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July <i. ¥T is officially announced that in a fortnight's time His Highness the Sultan of Selangor will ceremoniously confer the titles of Raja Muda of Selangor and of Raja Bendahara on Tensku I.av.imana and Raja Badar Shah respectively.
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    Son Of Singapore Cricketer Breaks Neck In Sea Dive.
    162 12 Son Of Singapore Cricketer Breaks Neck In Sea Dive. Tho 18-ye;ir-old schoolboy, you o! a well- known Singapore and Colony cricketer Is critically ill in the General Hospital, with his neck and a spine bone broken by a swimming accident a few days ago. The boy is Rrx Cartels, and
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    23 12 A full report of an address by Mr. R. E. Holttum on gardening in Singapore will be published in the Straits Times tomorrow.
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    LAUGHTER AND TEARS IN EUROPEAN WOMEN'S SLANDER CASE.
    2494 13 ANNA RAE, VIOLINISTE, SUES DOCTOR'S WIFE. Shah Of Persia And Kreisier Get A Mention. REBUKE TO CLAPPING WOMEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 6. PLAPPING, tears, laughter, a threat by the magistrate to clear you ladies out of court," mention
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    EUROPEAN WOMAN HURT IN CAR SMASH.
    71 13 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Seromban, July C. Mrs. Strutt. wife of S Sgt I. Strutt. ol th? Malay Regiment, who. with tier husi-ind. was involved in a car accident near Ssgamat on Friday, has b.-en admitted to Sti mban ll),pita Mr. Strutt. with
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    50 13 The marriage took place last weeK at the Registry before If. E. D. Flenv ii.g, Registrar of Marriages, Ipoh, of Mi. Tan Teik Leong. of the clerical staff of Messrs. Cowdy and Jones and Miss Teen Saw Eng. daughter of Mr. Teen Ah Yeow, Chief Clerk, 05.P.C 1:;. office, Kinta.
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    PENALTY GIVES MARINES VICTORY IN DIV. II KEY MATCH,
    481 14 GUNNERS SUFFER THEIR FIRST DEEEAT. Poor And Listless Football At Anson Road Stadium. Marine Dept. Ft. 1; R.A. II 0 YESTERDAY'S match at Anson Road Stadium in which the 1 Marine Dcpt. F.C. beat the R.A. II by a goal to
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    POST OFFICE SURPRISE THE M.P.H.
    213 14 Post Office 2; M.P.H 1. SPURTING at the beginning of the first half, the publishers gave the Impression that they would simply run through the Post Office defence lln their Commercial Cup fixture with the Post Office yesterday but they fell away badly and had
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    MUAR F.A. LEAGUE.
    194 14 The positions at the end of the first I round of the Muar F.A. 1936 league competition are as follows: Immediately after th elast match of the first round between the Pedara Tunggal and Tangkah Teams, which was one of the fastest, interesting and hardest fought match
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    17 14 A general view of the Combined Scr vices sports at Gillman Barracks on Saturday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    VICTORIA INSTITUTION SPORTS.
    768 14 SHOT PUTT RECORD BROKEN. Distinguished Visitors At Kuala Lumpur Function. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 4. A large and distinguished gathering, including Sir Wilfred Woods, of the Mvi Tsai Commission, Lady Woods and the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, British Resident, Selangor. attended the finals
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    THE KAJANG HIGH SCHOOL MEET.
    487 14 Athletics.' Tajuddin Champion For The Second Year. (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kajang, July 5. 'THE Kajang High School annual athletic sports meeting was hela yesterday and two thousand spectators were treated to some greet performances under favourable weather. Tajuddin, the great cricketer, was presented with
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    40 14 TUESDAY. JULY 7. Soccer: Div 1, R.A. P. VS. RE. at Anson Road Stadium; Commercial Cup, S.H.B. vs. Praser It Neave at S.H.B. Lawn Tennis: Singapore L.T.A. Championships at S.C.C. Rowinc: Illa»ara Cup heats Mew Pier 5.15 p.m.
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    Handicaps For Tomorrow.
    487 14 Handicaps For Tomorrow. Perak Races. HANDICAPS for tomorrow, the second day of the Perak Turf Club July meeting, are as follows: Horses, Class 3, Div. 1. (6 furs.)— Baldoyle 9.4, Tin Pool 9.1. The Warrior 87, Cllmats 8.5, King of Hearts 8.2, Glencar 8.2. Amy Welkin 8.1, Llttlehurst 8.0, Pride
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    23 14 Goh Wee's goalkeepin wai one of the few good features of Saturday's Malaya cup came between Singapore and the Nrsri. Straits Times Photograph.
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    FINE PERFORMANCE BY S. THEN.
    525 14 Singapore A. A. A. Middlesex Skins Win Mile Relay Heats. OKBASTIAN Then, who was cham- pion athlete at the recent Chinese meeting, beat all Malayan records in the hop, step and jump at the Singapore A.A.A. meeting on the S.R.C. ground yesterday when he cleared
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      142 14 _^^k SEE THE NEWLY CROWNED SIAMESE CHAMPION MEET THE CONQL'EKOR OF BABY JOHNSON THE MAN WHO n«S BEAT RAPHAEL ,rJm&> FRIDAY, JULY 10th HA lat the NEW WORLD ARENA SSJ Jt 12-J MIN. SENSATIONAL, THRILLING, ROUNDS ml Ey sompong diamond _H BR \MESE CHAMPION) (MALAYAN BLACK MBCSET) WHO WILL WIN?
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    WISE, YONG LOON CHONG AND KAMIS REACH SEMI-FINALS.
    1337 15 VETERAN TITLE HOLDER ELIMINATED. Chong Thutt Pitt Strikes Form And Beats Home. M S. WISE, Yong Loon (hong and H. Kamis reached the semi- finals of the men's singles in the Singapore L.T.A. championships yesterday. The first two mentioned are the probable
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    29 15 I). T. P. Crawford «!io skippers the Nfgri Srmhil.ui <up soccer team. II? is also our of the fines I rugger forv. :iris i:i the country. Straits Times Photograph.
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    RENGAM LOSE TO GENUANG AGAIN.
    409 15 Cricket In Johore. D. E. Forbes Has Another Merry Innings. (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, July 6. IN spite of some excellent bowling by I. F. Mackcn/io. the Johore Statr rugger player, uiio raptured right (irnuaiiK nickels at a cost of a little under runs
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET.
    66 15 Tin* following have beiMi si 1 el <i to t the V MCA. Junior De^part:.U:is 11th Heavy Battery. Changl today on t'.ie Ansjn Road I j Ong Swcp Keng (captain), shim Kali Foo. Oni; Swec Law. K. Leembruggen. B S Varma. Suratta, E. M. I H. Ncwm-.in. Goli
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER.
    65 15 The following have be?n selected to t the V.M.C.A. a: Football vs. JC.S.A. 2nd XI on the J.C.S.A. ground •at Bulestier Road> on Thursday, at in J. Ferguson: Chwang Shih En and Ihon:: Sing Ching: J. Duclos. Chan Sam Wing and S. Paklanathan: P. Swyny. A Noden. Lim
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    TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
    67 15 The X A.I and Royal Engineers meet in a First Division match at Anson Road Stadium this after- i noon. These two teams met on March 6 and the Airmen won 4—l4 1 scoring through Hollingworth (2). Havord and Lawrence. The Sappers got their only goal through Marshallsav.
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    27 15 M. K. Sundram or the Ceylon Sports Club is a likely winner of the quarter and half mile races at the Singapore A.A.A. meeting-. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Women's Golf. JULY BOGEY AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    488 15 Women 's Golf. JULY BOGEY AT BUKIT TIMAH. Mrs. Allen, Miss Hadley And Mrs. Park Win. 'THE Singapore G.C. Women's July Bogey Competition was played at Bukit Timah yesterday and resulted in a win in "A" division for Mrs. G. V. Allen with a score of 1 up, in a
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    539 15 Australia Wins First Rugby League Test —Rough Play And Fighting— Helping Hand For Cause Of Peace German Thoroughness Outdone. Conducted by "LEIGHTON." Ny four tries and six goals, (24 points.) to two tries and one uoal, (8 pts.,) Australia, before 63,920 people, who paid £6,115. convincingly defeated
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      638 16 FUNCTIONS OF MONEY "Can't See The Alley-Way For Skittles." To ihe Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The fertility of your "Jesting Pilate's imagination Is something to wonder at. He has framed yet a third explanation of J. S. Mill's Quantity Theory of Money. This time he defines it as
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      FORMER PENANG WOMAN LAWYER WEDS.
      112 16 Ceremony In Shanghai. Miss Lim Beng Teik. LL.B. Barrister-at-Law, the younger daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Lim Kirn Soa, of Penang, was married in Shanghai last month to Mr. Frederick Everard Baguley. B.Sc. only son of Rev. E. and Mrs. Baguley, Manchester, England.
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      SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
      217 16 Today, o.IS p m. Headquarters. S.V.A.C.S., Table "R" revolver; 5.00 p.m., Headquarters, Ist Bn. Int. Section, Reconnaissance at Labrador; 5.15 p.m. Headquarters, Ist Bn. Signal Section, Signal Training; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "A" (M.G.) Coy., N.F., Drill; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters "B" Coy., Lecture; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "C" (Scottish)
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    VANISHING RUBBER SCRIP.
    1223 16 UP-COUNi R Y GLEANINGS. "Taken Off Local Mart By Insatiable London Speculators." BROKERS complain that they could do some business in rubber shares but for lack of scrip. Rubber ccrip I has a habit of leaving Malaya. Even t that of dollar companies is often pur- chased
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    LIPSTICK MARKS ON DOLLAR NOTES.
    397 16 Taxi Dancer's Evidence In Ipoh Case. The case In which a Siamese boxer. Nai Tcng Jco, stards charged with retaining stolen property, namely $51. the property of l\l'.zs Mol Zin. a dance hostess at the Jubiles Cabaret, was brought up In the police court at
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    IPOH CHEFS CLAIM DISMISSED.
    437 16 Customer's Story Of Tainted Food. The case was Klllimxi In Ibe Ipo I.*1 first magistrate's court In wlilcli Mr. Louis Marie Jaspers?, at one employed as a chef In the Kit K.U. sued the Perak Enterprises, Ltd.. i r specific performance of an agreement of service,
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    SULTAN AND HIS SONS.
    1654 17 People in the News TTHK Sultan of Selangor has never en me-re figurehead in the political life of his state. He has reigned for 38 years and had many tussles with the British advisers, notably in the first yoars of his reign when the Federation was
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    A Chinese Film Not Made In China.
    1585 18 BRIGHTER SIDE OF LONDON LIFE. FroM Our Own Correspondent J London, June 26. BRITISH studios have produced many fine. films in the past. I am only wishful that they should produce finer films in the future. Konla is, of course, our urigrue.?t hope.
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    South-West To Rise Demands Rejected.
    814 19 FATEFUL CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY. Canton As Seat Of New Regime. Canton, June 25. THE South-West leaders have burned their boats. It «s officially learned that they have made four proposals to the Nanking conference, which opens on July 10, acceptance of which is tantamount to
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    Japanese Demands To Shantung.
    97 19 Breakaway From Nanking Sought. TsiJian, June 22. IT is reported that five Japanese officials called on Gen. Han Fu-chu, chairman of the Shantung Provincial Government, this morning and presented the following three demands: 1. Shantung should be separated from the Central Government and declared independent. 2.
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    NANKING DRIVE ON KWANGSI?
    188 19 Reported Demand To Canton. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, June 21. APPARENTLY Chiang Kai-shek intends to invade Kwangsi through the Hunan border county of Paohing, as the first of the Central columns has reached there, with a large force hchiad about to arrive. Thirty tanks and
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    WHY INNER MONGOLS ARE TURNING TO JAPAN.
    524 19 Gen. Fu's Oppressive Rule. Pailingntiao (Inner Mongolia), June 19. THE most important two-thirds of Inner Mongolia is now under the direct influence and control of the Japanese Kwantung Army, strategically, politically and to a large extent economically. This state of affairs has come
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    200 EXECUTED IN CANTON.
    164 19 Search Continues For 'Blue Shirts.* Canton, June 20. •TWENTY-SEVEN youths, some of them staff officers of the Sixth and the Training Division, were arrested here in the early morning of June 18 during a city-wide search for alleged members of the "Blue Shirts," a secret terrorist
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    46 20 Workmen with picks, dynamite and steam shovels are now completing the demolition of the famous old Trocadero In Paris In order to make room for a new building for the 1937 Exposition. Photo shows: Steam shovels at work on the site of the Trocadero In Paris.
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    36 20 The Metropolitan Police Athletic Club and the Amateur Athletic Association met In a contest of 12 events at the Paddlngton Recreation Ground. Photo shows:— The 120 yards hurdles won by J. P. Gabriel (A.A.A.)— No. 1.
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    36 20 (Left) The Pc n an g and Kedah teams who met In a Malaya Cup Match in Fenang on July 3 which resulted in a draw at a score of I—l. Penanc are In dar!: JerFeys.
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    23 20 (Right): The Devon County Agricultural Show was held at Exeter, Devon. Photo shows: A. Brake on "Brown Sugar" competing In the JumpIng class.
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    44 20 Anxious not to waste a moment of their Whitsun holiday, bathers were having a merry time at me serpentine In Hyde Park before most people had had breakfast. Photo shows: Early Whit Monday bathers about to take the plunge in the Hyde Park Serpentine.
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