The Straits Times, 4 September 1936

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. M PAGES. SIINUAFUKK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 193 C PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTE.MUER 4, 1536 PRICK 10 CENTS. 20 PAGES
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      324 1 SINGAPORE: 14O. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) j*^*" Q "^s^^^^ I lltSE^i/fl splendid brew combining I Home flavour with tropical I /^^T^a lightness. We claim it to I I fl T| 6e //re 6eB# freer on sa/e I V I I#l c Tropics today. SOLE AGENTS: THE BORNEO CO.. LTD. KEILLER'S
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      149 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 2S. JAVA ST. fPHOTZ 3G33». >^^/x KkAA ft Ll1 r-».i-..r -».i-..- f|f f ll V «nj rrAvf. /xrno/.«/.» r sj/..», m «f./on)r((,/,/e, £B^fek clinging fierfitmn A mlly DullntfiKj" perfume in JH i*^, every irnw o/ (Ac ••,>(•,/ afl t£a^P fAIIAyY-' ~~~j^^ H FoiuutofJimn RiJing, Qolf, motnrint and tennii
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  • DOMESTIC oCCURRENCES.
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      AUCKNOWLEDGMENT
      38 2 Messrs Ooh Cheng San, Goh Cheng l«ng and family desire to express their thanks and gratitude to their many Mends and relatives for all the expressions °f sympathy and the floral tributes received in their recent bereavement.
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      377 2 WOLFE. -To Mabel, wile of E. D. B. WoJM. a dauRhter at Singapore General Hospital on Bcpt. 3. 1936. COI.EMAN— BAILEY.— The engagement is announced between Cecil MalUvood Co.enian, Rengam Estate. Johcre. elder son of It CoL »nd Mrs. A. Colemaii. of Menton. France, and Beatrice (Betty), only claushter of
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      869 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, 1935 Dodge. Perfect condition Cluny Hill. After 5 p.m. FOB SALE, new Graham Sedan Car a, lasonable price. For particulars apply 50, •■aits Time*. USED CARS: Austin. Hillman Minx, Stan:ard, Morris, Citroen, etc. Eastern Auto Co Singapore. MORRIS COWLEY. 2 stater, overhauled uod order and appearance.
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      844 2 3USINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, Office accommodation 1st floor crsumi) Building. 41, Roblmon Road. Eecrlc lift and all modern convenience*. Apily: Hooglandt Co., 139/149A. Market street. Telephone No. 5326. TO LET Offices from $25 each In WINCHESTER HOUSE EHO RUBBER FACTORY. ofi Balestier Road, as a factory, drying shed
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      782 2 _AUCT1ON NOTICE (By Order of Supt.. Stores and Furniture, P.W.D.) AUCTION SALE rf Government unserviceable and unwanted stores. ro be held at the P.W.D. Stores. Buklt Tlmah Road, (adjacent to Kandaui? Kerbau PoUce Station and Post Office) on Thursday, September 1C, 1936 at 2.15 p.m. Comprising, Almeirahs, iron bedsteads, Shanghai
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      943 2 PUBLIC NOTICES E NOTICE Mr. Low Tangchang left this Company's ervlcc on 31st August 1936. and is no longer I uthorised to transact an; business on our I lehalf. MANUFACTURERS MARKETING I CORPORATION. LIMITED. 78, Robinson Road. I THE BUKTT UNTONG RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated In the F.M.S.) NOTICE Is
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      550 2 3UFINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. RAINCOATS Light in Weight, Light in Price, but long in Wear, and punrantced to defeat the rain. All the popular sizes. A bit old. but coin™ cheap at $5.00 and $3.00 Post-.Ee
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      149 2 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and Instructions for CLASSI- FIKU ADVERTISEMENTS are as under:— 2S cents jct line per Insertion with mlnliunTetoS of II per Insertion, "mere are approximately six words to a line. Births. Marriases. Deaths. Acknowledge- I mcnts. Announcements and "■<;•«•£* will be charged at the rate of »3
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      704 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES rENINSL'LAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CC UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. iXDNDON AND PAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore 1936 BEHAR 6.000 Sept 6 RAWALPINDI J7.000
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      607 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles, London. Antwerp and Rotterdam HAHimA NMl£N M 1£* U 10 Sao Sept^O Oct. HARUNA MARU 10.500 Oc: 14 15 \i KATORI MARU 10 000 Oc" 28 29 i KASHIMA MARU
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      789 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cablni nave adjoining orivate bath ExceLent FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN Prom Prom Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penaug Fi'kix Sham LALANDIA JUTLANDIA 20/10 20/10 21/1 C 23/10 .VEONIA 3/11 3/11 4/11 6/11 ALSIA 1/12 1/12 2/12
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      645 3 The Str.lt. Steamship Co.. l.ta il m SleanuSlp Co. Ltd. The Thin. Natation Co. Ud "c Sadd" Vm," U<L The Slam Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. fMadV"l«S.hln V, PfX*"* Aberdeen C0m™,,,,,,, Une .^^^.^V^T^bl.^o SU£TS. a. LOndoD al G Obe '25— Mar... MIUM The EaUway^ £hj Roya| suu R u ays siam
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    186 4 The following were pasaen^ers by Dutch planes: Arrived from N E.I. by KNILMplan? PK-AFJ on Tuesday: Mi\ F. P Lachlaii. N^rs. R. Ames Mi L. A. J. Eaks Mr. LMB Dj WU ToOf, Mr F. Kit a v.i "-"a. Left tor NEI by KNILM-p'.ane FK-AFJ on Wednesday:
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    P. & O DARDANELLES CRUISE.
    62 4 P. O DARDANELLES CRUISE. The Viceroy of India left London on Aug. 29 for a cruise to Istambul, Athens and past Galllpoli, Cape Hellc.s and Euvla Bay. Brig. General CHlton Brown, Sir Sydney Cockerall, Col. W. Cooper, Sir Sydney Humphries. Lady Humphries, Sir Charles Robertson, Colonel B. Shelmcrdinc. Sir Dymolie
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    CLEARANCES.
    57 4 Sept. 2: E*n Ho i..ong (CM); Rose-.-ille. Hero (Nor): Kullt (Dut.); Rusa. Rasa. Jeypcre. Islanl (Brit.) Sept. 3: Pyrrhus Merkur. Teiresias Karapara, Meran, Tandjong Balei, Gemas. Sin Kheng Seng (Brit Gen der Heyden. Tldi'e, V der Does de Bye, Gewang, KUat Van Heutsz (Dut); ■Scharnhorst (Ger». Touraine (Nor); Malini
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    REBBER FREIGHT REDUCED.
    24 4 The- freight on rubber from Colombo to New York was reduced from 50s. to 355. per ton. effective from Aug. 21.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      101 4 Friday. September 4. Ships alongside the Wh»ne» n expected to arrive Entrance Godown Gate East Wharf Plancius U Main Wharf Tokiwa Maru 18 Slrdhana 1* Kola Empire Dock Clytoneus 37- 8 Myrmidon 34 Laganbank 3S West Wharf Slantar Kota Radja 2 4 Section 10 Sir H.
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      SALVAGED AIR MAILS
      249 4 In connection with the air mails which were despatched by Imperial fiom Singapore on Aug. 16 and which were on board the Scipio and subsequently salvaged, the Superintendent of Mails, Singapore, states that he has been advised from London that a few items in this mall were
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      172 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netnerlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.LJtf."' Today. Benskalis. P. de Kock, Padanj. Pakau Baroe. Slak S. Pandjan™ (Ampang) ?SS Medan (Tinombo) 2 P SUm (Parcels only) (Kola) 7 pm. Ats'ralla, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly by air
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      AIR MAILS.
      19 4 THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE AIR MAILS WILL BE FOUND IN PAGE 12.
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      182 4 Malls from Europe etc. (London) expected today, Sept. 4, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxho'.ders at 8 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Sept. 5. at 8.30 a.m. Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, Sept. 4, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL
      23 4 SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Aug. 29 v/as delivered in London on Sept 4 (6 days)
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      AIR MAIL TO AUSTRALIA.
      41 4 Owing to the late arrival of the I Eastbound Imperial aeroplane the air malls for Australia, Java etc. previously announced as closing on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. will now close on [Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      102 4 Correspondence foi transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.LM." Mails will close at Malacca as lollowsToday. Iran. fAmsterdam and {London by air (Netherlands) PJ»- 1 Tomorrow. Mcdan by air (Netherlands) 1.15 p.m. Java and Southern Sumatra (Singa-pore-Batavia) by air (Netherlandsi 6 P-m-Kenya,
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      525 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.S. RLTS. AN^ SI AM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 543»— Passage M3l. CAN ADI A N PAC 1 F IC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. < Incorporated In England). CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VIII MAY 1937. Early Booking U strongly advUed. Travel CAKADIAH
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      652 4 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated to England). "EIXERMAN" LINE. FOB HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBCRG. Vis Ports and Son CanaL Taking earfo far Montr^U Halifax via Colombo. Due Sails CITY OP BATAVIA Sept. 14 Sept. 16 (•CITY OF FLORENCE Sept. 29 Oct. 2 CITY OF CARDIFF Oct. 14 Oct. IB
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      433 4 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (Incorporated in D.8.A.) BOSTON, NEW YORK A BALTIMORE Via CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails TUSCALOOSA CrfY Sopl 23 S-pI i 8 STFEL NAVIGATOR Oct 23 0rt.28 STEEL SEAFARER Nov 23 No» ?8 STEEL SCIENTIST Dec. 23 Dec. 23 KLAVENESS LINE < Inrorporateo in Norway). LOS ANGELES,
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      452 4 Malayan Meteorolojrical Servle* Dally Weather Rcoort. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mln. temp, ins Sunshine temp •F lirs. 'V West Coast Alor Star 86 0.17 3.1 76 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 0.01 6.3 75 Bukit Jeram 88 0.07 4.8 73 Sitiawan 88 Nil 4.5 73 Malacca 85 0.11
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      731 5 A SWELL MUSICAL COMEDY fPtfTf -^^^B^faj^-^^ ffHJWt ROMANCE A (iK.\M) TREAT [gjf^^^^^^^f^^jffi FOR YOL'R KIDDIES AND 1 V MEf^ family n^OHßaa^tfjaßtiJl ■^R5 THRILLED AT THE SENSATIONAL SONG AND DANCE HIT 'THE "PICCOLINO" SUNG AND DANCED BY THE SCREEN'S GREATEST DANCING STARS FRED ASTAIRE, GINGER ROGERS IN THE GAYEST MUSICAL SHOW
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      269 5 A TIP TO CATARRH SUFFERERS/ BRINGS PROMPT RELIEF LIQUIDATION SALE OUR ENTIRE STOCK MUST bF CONVERTED INTO CASH REGARDLESS OF COST. SPECIAL OFFER fi 7 CHEAPER THAN ALCTION PRICES. WE OFFER THE WHOLE UK Ol'R STOCK IN TRADE OF SOLID TEAK FURNITURE AT CHEAPER THAN AUCTION PRICES. CALL AND BE
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      93 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. I^HE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6.30 8.15 p.m. Informal dinner and
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      240 5 bs vastly amused with Zasu Pitts and either bored or cynical at the exploits of reporter Talmadge. CAPITOL: The Country Doctor. With Jean Hersholt and the Dionne Quintuplets. Fox. 6.15. 9.15. Straits Times criticism stated: The story Is a mosi appropriate one and the adventures of the country doctor In
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      242 6 Little Activity In Shares Or Rubber. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Sept. 4. Tin shares open slightly easier this morning. London are taking very little interest and their prices also are rather lower. The price of the metal is unchanged in London and New York. Conditions are
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      PRODUCE.
      194 6 Singapore, September 4, 12 noon Buyer. Seller Java Cube 8 75 White Muntok Pepper 13.50 White Pepper 13.00 Black Pepper 7.12-' 2 Mixed Blaelt PeDper •Sundried Copra 5.55 Mixed Copra 5.00 Small Flake Tapioca 4.< JO Fair Flake Tapioca 4.1U Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5 25 Small Pearl Toploca 5
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        MINING.
        535 6 All shares quoted above are fully paia ssue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt tuyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/3 4/7>i 4/3 4/9 £1 Asam Kumbang 27/- 29/- 28/- 30/£1 Austrai Malay 53/- 55/- 54/- 56/5/- Aye* flltam 15/3 16/- 15/- 16/1 Ayer Weng 1.55 160 1.50 1.60
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        GENERAL.
        413 6 2 2 Alex Bnck Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 2 2 do 7V'2<7o Prefs. 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.55 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 £1 £1 B.A.T 5 15.0 6.0.0 6.2.6 6.7.6 cd 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.90 1.00 090 1.00 10 5 B. M. Trustee
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        185 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. I 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 norn 4V 2 1901 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Iru. Mar. 3. Sept 30 115 120 norn 4Vfe% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        364 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) luala Sidirn Lundong ,un;is lalaka Pinda iandal-Tekong lentakab (.20) lew Serendah ($2) lew Scudai ($2) lyalas 'ajam 'arit Perak •erak River 'unggor ladella ($5) landycrott (S2) iungei Bagan ($2) lungei Ramal iungei Tukang fambalak "apah >lok Anson Trafalgar ($3) remerloh Jlu Benut
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      EXCHANGES.
      198 6 The following are the exchange ra«« this morning according to the dallj circular issue J by the Bong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 1/1 C London iemand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4'/« Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg demand 140 New ''""irk demand 58 13/16 Montreal
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      80 6 Noon, Sept. 4. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 26% 27 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 26 13/16 26% No. IX.R.S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 26% 26% September 26% 26% Oct.-December 26% 27l/ 8 January-March
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    373 6 London, Sept. 3. The following are today's closing niddle prices on the London Stock Sxchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless »therwis3 stated: Yester- Rise day. or P-U Conversion Loan 5 p.c. 1944-64 118% funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 118' i JVar Loan 3143 l 4 p.e 107' i
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    EXCHANGES.
    178 6 with North America b. -nelitini; most, the United States imports being 24 per cent, and xports 6.2 per cent, higher. Exports from gold bloc countries suffered declines as lo'lows: Franco 13 5 per cent., Netherlands 5 per cent., Netherlands Indii» -1.5 per cent., but those of Germany 4.2 per
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    KLANG RIVER TIN.
    60 6 The secretaries of Klang River Tin Dredging Ltd. give notice that a dividend of five cents per share wtll tie paid to shareholders by the transfer to each shareholder of one fully paid share In the capital of Batu Selangor Tin Dredging Company Limited, rcr each 20
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    WORLD TRADE IN 1935.
    108 6 FIRST RISE IN GOLD VALUE SINCE ltt». SMALL INCREASE IX MALAYAN EXPORTS. Lo.idor.. Ze.A Comparatively (table exchange-; during 1035 caused the no.d value of 'rid trade to register UK Brat small roy > ov 1.9 per cent., since 1929 states tha L?ague of Nat ons arnual
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    111 6 The order of running and scratching for torn .rrow. the first day of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn, Go"d Cup, Meeting were issued at noon today follow v: Race I: Horses i-las-.; 2, div 4—4 nil. Race 2: Griffins H— .Nil. Race 3: Griffins A nil. Race 4:
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    BANK OF CHINA MAY HAVE SIAM BRANCH.
    51 6 Nanking, Sept. 4. The Central Government is cor.. ing a recommendation by the Cnim'se mission to Siam for th? opening ot a branch cf the Bank of China at Bangkok. The mission visited Malaya jii its way to Bangkok.- -Sin Cfc w Jit
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    AUGUST TIN ORE OUTPUT.
    86 6 The following a-o i;ar;i \:lars or ti B operations lor ihc month of Auyust: Ycrdn":' Kuan Tin 4'il 115.0 0 liatu Tin fclD 153.0jJ Malayan T-.n K. Lumpur Tin COD 153.3b.; Pattanl Tin MS 2o8.0nj Paltani (Hydvaulicingj Rahman Hydi aulic Ratrut Basin 45] Cl,0fc5 Satupulo N.L.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION
      408 7 Fifteen Per Cent. For Year Ended June. Messrs. Symington and Wilson, rubber dealers, London, in their weekly 1 1 rubber market report dated Aug. 26 write For most of the time since our last report the market remained dull with no change in price. Each
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      AUGUST IMPORTS OF TIN ORE
      497 7 Imports of tin ore from foreign sources and the Union of South Africa and Tanganyika, into the Straits Settlements during Augur.t totalled 2,354 tons. Of this amount, 391 tons were received from Burma; 4 tons from Netherlands India; 182 tons from French Indo-China; 74 tons
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      MINERAL WEALTH OF YUNNAN.
      253 7 MINERAL WEALTH OF YUNNAN. Riches On The Burmese Border. Nanking. China has re-discovered her richest mineral province— distant Yunnan, on the Burmese border. An expedition sent to Yunnan by the Academic Sinica in 1934 for geological, anthropological and ethnological research has just returned with glowing stories of enormous deposits of
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      NEW TRADE PACT. Between Great Britain And Turkey.
      72 7 NEW TRADE PACT. Between Great Britain And Turkey. London. Sept. 3. Following negotiations, which have been taking place for the last four I weeks in London, a new trade and clearing agrrement between the United Kingdom an_ Turkey was signed at I the Foreign Office yescc <ay to replace the
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
      607 7 A COMPARATIVELY INACTIVE PERIOD. Messrs. Geo. White, Yuille it Co Ltd. of Mincing Lane, in their monthly rubber market report, dated Aus. 26. write:— Following the activity in July when spot rubber reached 7 13-16 d. and much forward business was done around Bd., the market during
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      WOLFRAM TRADE IN CHINA
      220 7 MONOPLY MAY BE ABOLISHED. Abolition or the government monopoly on wolfram Is believed possible in Canton, as General Chiang Kai-shek announced recently that monopolies Injurious to private business shall be removed. Considerable quantities of wolfram are stored in the mine sheds in the North River valley
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      FRENCH FRANC AGAIN WEAKENS.
      106 7 Support From British Control. London, Sept. 3. The booming of guns near the Franco-Spanish frontier had a seismic effect on the i>eign exchange market where the nervousness caused by the French political and financial situation resulted in lncreas»J selling pressure of francs from Pans and Amsterdam.
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    BRITAIN'S SHARE IN RAND EMPIRE EXHIBITION
    138 7 BRITAIN'S SHARE IN RAND EMPIRE EXHIBITION BID FOR BUSINESS 01 HEAVY INDUSTRIES. £10,000 AIR RACE TO SOUTH AFRICA. I Britain has spent £50.000 on a pa vilion at the Rand Emi i c Exhibition which opens in Johannesbu'R on Sept 15. Johannesburg Itself is spending sev eral hundred thousand pounds
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    AUGUST RUBBER IMPORTS
    92 7 Imports of rubber into Malaya during August totalled 13J61 tons compared with 19,038 tons in July. The total imports for the eight months ended August are 118,119 tons, a reduction of 8,757 tons on the total of 126,876 tons for the corresponding period of last year. Of
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      622 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, (li rurporaleo Id the Colony ol Hong Kong.) The liability 01 member' l lin.ttcd to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No 6 of 1929 oj the Colony. Ai ■ilion.scd Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Full* Pald-'Jp $20,000,000 Keseire Funds: Sterling 6.500,000 Hong
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      116 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated m China by Spectat Charter.) Paid-Dp Capital: S40.0C0.0II0.0O Reserve Funds: S3.453.591.43 Total Resources: Sl.342.242.16b.33 HEAD OFFICE SHANGHAI Tse-Vung Soong, Chairman of Board Sung Han-Chang. General Manager OVERSEAS BRANCHES London, New York and Osaka LONDON BANKERS: Midland Bank Overseas Branch NEW YORK BANKERS Irvine Trust Company SOME
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      525 7 BANK I N G j CHARTERED BANh OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated li. Kntiano ov Royal Charier 1853. Paid Do Capital ir 300.000 «hares of E5 each t 3 p 0 Reserve Fund £3 000 0GO Reserve Liability u. Fropnetoir £3.000^00 HEAD OWKSi 38. Bisnopscafe London, EC t. Alor
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    LEAGUE ARMY
    148 8 COVENANT CHANGES PROPOSED. Geneva, Sept. 2. Proposals for the creation of an International force for the purpose ol supporting the League C venant or the allocation to th i League of a definite proportion of the armed jrces of Its members are c -ntained in New Zealand's suggestions
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    VICTORY APPROACHES GEN. MOLA INTERVIEWS
    154 8 Lisbon, Sept. 2. The hour of victory is approaching but the war will continue until the end of the winter, declared General Mola. when interviewed by Reuter. "He added that he did not believe in the neutrality of npMons and accused the French Popular Front
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      341 8 OF RUBBER SIXTY years ago on June 14, 1876 Sir Joseph Hooker, Director of Kew Gardens, received from Mr. W. H. Wickham a shipment of 70,000 Hevea seeds, gathered in the rubber forests of Brazil. Barely 3 per cent, germinated, but by August 2,000 seedlings were on their way from
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      297 8 ■819 I^lw'v*ll 91 Model E6OBX 8-Tube ATWATER KENT RADIO Also available 6. 7. 9 and 10 tube Modrls using Metal Tubes Sole Agentt Malaya: UNITED RADIO SERVICE 137 Orchard Road. Phone IMB. Sinfapore Srllint AfenU: II L. CARTER CO., Capitol Bmldlnf. LEE CO., Batu Pah at IV T. KIAT CO.,
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      842 8 Broadcasting. EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will be used:— GSH 21.47 Me s 113 97 m GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.88 m.) e.20 p.m.— Big Ben. Mono and FelUms Works Band* conductor, S. H. Boddin*ton. From the Harbour Bandstand. Morerambe. Gee whin (Solo xylophone, R. lloor) (Brocke). Selection,
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    SINO-SOVIET PACT RUMOURS.
    421 9 GEN. FENG AS LEADER OF MOVEMENT. NANKING-N. CHINA BREACH Shanghai, Sept. 3. A secret movement to form a military alliance between China and the Soviet has been initiated by Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, vice-chaiman of the Nanking War Council, according to a report of the representatives of the
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    CHIN'S DEFENCES.
    82 9 Gen. Feng In Charge Of Co-ordination. Shanghai. Sept 3 Gen. Peng Yu-hslang, vice-chairman of the Nanking Military Affairs Commission, has been entrusted with the task of co-ordinating national defences. Gen. Feng, who has just completed an inspection of defences In Chekiang is expected to leave for Nanking today
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    GANDHI ILL WITH MALARIA.
    41 9 Warsha (Cen. Prov), Sept. 3 Mr. Gandhi is suffering from malaria and has had a temperature for two days of 105 degrees. He is now somewhat improved and was able to move to the Wardha Hospital.— Reuter.
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    London Comment On Japan's Naval Decision.
    239 9 London, Sept. 3. The Japanese decision to retain 11.059 tons of surplus destroyers and 15,598 tons of surplus submarines In reply to Britain's retention of 4C.000 of overage destroyers under the "Escalator Clause" is causing a controversy In naval circles. The 1930 London Naval
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    30 9 Mustapha el Nahas Pasha, Nationalist Prime Minister of Egypt ->n plauded by delegates as he left the Foreign Office after the signing" of the new treaty between Britain and* Egypt.
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    More Tin Talks Rumours.
    52 9 MR. VAN DEN BROEK BANGKOK. Bangkok. Sept. 3. It Is rumoured that Mr. J. Van den Brock, the Dutch member of the International Tin Committee will make a return visit to Bangkok from Sept. 11 to Sept. 14 in connection with the tin negotiations, states a
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    WHALE WAR TO END?
    217 9 NORWAY TO RAISE OCEAN BOYCOTT. London, Sept. 3. Reports from Oslo state that the Norwegian boycott of British whalers was raised last night. So far the British Government has received no confirmation of these reports, but it Is understood that an official communication is on its
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    'INSOLENT OUTRAGES' BY JAPANESE.
    84 9 Soviet Consulates Protest Moscow, Sept. 3. A protest against the "insolent outrages." alleged to have been committed by the Japanese against the Soviet consulates in Manchukuo has been lodged by the Soviet Consul -General in Harbin. The protest rites the treatment of the consulate at Tsith'har
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    NEW MEASURES IN PALESTINE
    98 9 MARTIAL LAW MAY BE ENFORCED. London, Sept. 3. The Palestinian situation was the chief subject of yesterday's fourhour Cabinet meeting, according to th* Daily Telegraph and Morning Post political correspondents. The latter writer avers that a positive assurance was given at the meeting that there would
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    FORMER ATHLETE ALMOST A CRIPPLE
    198 9 Now "Rigrht as Rain" After Taking Kruschen In his youth, this nan was a grrot runner and foolballer, but In middle aT? ths I ing pains of rheumatism jound him hard and foot. After such an active life as his had been, this loss of
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1936. WHO WILL CLIMB DOWN?
    1075 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1936. WHO WILL CLIMB DOWN? Mr. Victor Lowinger is due in London tomorrow after his fruitless visit to Bangkok as one of the delegates of the International Tin Committee charged with the task of seeking the agreement of the Siamese Government to proposals
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    THE PEACE OF ASIA.
    944 10  -  O. M. GREEN. Why Not A Frank Understanding With The Japanese? By THE re turn of Sir Frederick LeithRoss from his nine months' searching inquiry into conditions in China, the departure to China of our new Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatch-bul!-Hugessen two months before the date originally
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    THE SELANGOR THRONE.
    686 10 Sir F. Swettenham Mr. T. S. Adams. (Reproduced from the correspor.dcnce columns of The Times of A.irj. 2SJ Sir,— ln The Times of Aug. 22 there is a communication from your Singapore Correspondent headed "A Chieftain Deposed" wnich describes correctly, I believe, how the eldest son and
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    682 10 ETONIAN TUNGKUS. UY criticism of Sultan Ibrahim's scheme to send high-born Johore Malay boys to English public schools has been answered by a Kcdah Malay in the Straits Echo In this matter my opponent is mere English limn the English. After stressing improvement in physique, strict
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      120,000 MINERS MAY STRIKE.
      138 11 Big Dispute In South Wales. TROUBLE OVER UNIONS. A STRIKE of 120,000 miners in the South Wales coalfield is threatened on Monday. The reason is a dispute between rival urions at Bedwas Colliery, where it is a condition of employment that the men belong to a
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      33 11 PICTURES BY AIR FROM SPAIN: Government militia about to disembark at Portor Christo. Majorca, for the attack on the Island, and (below) Government militiamen carrying arms and ammunition advancing inland from Porto Christo.
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      Kemal Ataturk To Greet King Edward.
      140 11 Kemal Ataturk To Greet King Edward. Istanbul. Sept. 4. King Edward, in the yatch Nahlin. arrived at the isle of Ibres. at the entrance to the Dardanelles, yesterday and the British Ambassador at Angora, together wUh a Turkish Government delegation proceeded there to receive his Majesty. The King made a
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      REDS IN CONTROL OF KANSU
      95 11 Province Now Closed To Foreigners. Shanghai. Sept. 4. The Chinese Communist armies are believed to be gaining mastery in the border province of Kansu. All news from Kansu is being censored following the Red invasion. The Nanking Foreign Office has also suspended the Issue of
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      STOP PRESS.
      143 11 GO\ KRNOR INTERVIEWED. In an exclusive interview this morning. Sir Shenton Thomas told the Straits Times that he will make a full statement on education policy at the next meeting of the LtgWathw Council. He would not reveai any proposed amendments until then. He said he had discussed
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      Atlantic Fliers Run Out Of Petrol.
      336 11 AMERICAN AVIATORS' FORCED LANDING IN WALES. J-JARRY RICHMAN and Dick Merrill nearly succeeded yesterday in their plan to fly from New York to London in 15 hours. After a fast night across the Atlantic they made a forced landing in a small field near
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      MR. VAN DEN BROEK FOR SINGAPORE. TO VISIT SIAM NEXT WEEK.
      184 11 MR. VAN DEN BROEK FOR SINGAPORE. TO VISIT SIAM NEXT WEEK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bat a via. Sept. 4. 1 I understand that Mr. an den Brock, one of the I.T.C. delegates at the unsuccessful tin discussions In Siam. wnl leave for Singapore by the Dutch air liner next
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      INTELLECTUALS SHOT
      63 11 Barcelona, Sept. 3. Gregoric Azsna. nephew of tho Spanish President was shot at Cordoba I by order of an insurgent commander, according to the Government Press bureau. Dr. Isla, the head of the AmiTuberculosis League, and Dr. Rulzymaya, the director of the lunatic asylum, are among the intellectuals
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      JAPANESE REPORT OF THE CHENGTU INCIDENT.
      29 11 Japanese officials investigating the Chengtu incident have drawn up their report which is being sent to the Japanese Government. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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      MADRID BATTLE. ONSLAUGHT FROM WEST.
      82 11 Madri--, Sept. 4. The battle for the capital, which has raged with unparalleled fierceness for days, was resumed with a rebel attack at 3 a.m., the rebels launching a very heavy onslaught from the west, where the Government has despatched reinforcement columns and aeroplanes in
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      New Attack On Capital. BATTLE ON FRONTIER
      437 11 New Attack On Capital. BATTLE ON FRONTIER WITHIN 400 YARDS OF BORDER. UEAVY night fighting in the two vital battles of the Spanish civil war the battles for Irun and Madrid is reported today. Rebels renewed their attack on Madrid at 3 a.m. today. The rebel advance on Irun is
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      PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT.
      84 11 70-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED. New York, Sept. 3. I ONG ISLAND police today arrested Joseph Kuehnel, aged 70. j on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Roosevelt with bomb. The report was first published In the New York Daily News, and is confirmed by the police. Kuehnel,
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      AMATEUR TRIED TO FLY TO SPAIN.
      67 11 London, Sept. 3. The twenty-seven year old woodworker employed by Airspeed Limited who, with another man. on August 20 attempted to fly one of the company's machines to Spain, and crashed on Portsmouth aerodrome was today sen- tenced to four months' Imprisonment. 1 for
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      1916 CRUISER FOR EAST.
      243 11 Important Changes On China Station. H.M.S. DANAE AND CUMBERLAND. IMPORTANT changes in (he British naval forces in the Far East will take place during the next two months. Admiral Sir Cha-les Little. Camman-der-in-Chief of the China Station. Hill transfer his lag from H.M.S. Kent to H
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    GOVERNOR WELCOMED SINGAPORE.
    471 12 Saluted By Guns And Air Squadrons. OFFICIAL RECEPTION AT THE PIER. PUS Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor and Com mander-In-Chief of the Straits Settlements, was welcomed I,k- k t Singapore this morning with full military ceremony SSSowed by an official reception by service chiefs, ecclesiastical and legal
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    MAN SURVIVES STABBING. Alleged Assailant Charged.
    254 12 MAN SURVIVES STABBING. Alleged Assailant Charged. Stabbed three times in the neck and back a Chinese dealer in coconuts. named Ong Thiam, has lived to tell I His' alleged assailant. Lim Moh Kee. < was charged yesterday before the Dis- trict Judge. Mr. L. B Gibson, with voluntarily causing hurt
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    TROOPSHIPS FOR SINGAPORE.
    96 12 P.lcn Who Will Get Hcme For Christmas. The troopships lor ti-.e Far East next winter will be th 3 Lancashire, one of the old transports, and the Dilwar*. the newest of them. The latter is to leave Southampton about the end of October with drafts, and will
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    MONEY AND BANGLES.
    62 12 J. B. Axunualam was Purged before Mr. A. D. York m the third magistrates court yest.rday with the criminal breach of trust of $100 in 1M32 and of three gold bangles in 1934. He claimed trial and the case will be mentioned again en Sept. 10. bail
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    ICE "WAR" IN PROGRESS. Pool Fighting Dumper Up-Country.
    141 12 ICE "WAR" IN PROGRESS. Pool Fighting Dumper Up-Country. An ice "war" is raging upcountrv. Singapore, however, is not embroiled In it. It is the result, it Is «nderstood. of a disagreement which arose in the Singapore "pool" of ice retailers— the Singapore Ice-Selling Association, the principal members of which were
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    MRS. LIM SIEW TENG.
    93 12 The funeral of Mrs. Lim Siew Tene,, wife of Mr. Ltm Siew Tcng, 01 Messrs. Paskoe and Co Ltd.. Singapore, took place today and was well attended. Wreaths were sent by Mr. and Mrs. J Paskcove Mr J Lewis. Mr. S. M Tracey. Mr. Low Pow
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    WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THE "SECONDARY WIFE." Chinese Christian Woman Granted A Divorce.
    190 12 WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THE "SECONDARY WIFE." Chinese Christian Woman Granted A Divorce. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Sept. 4. In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Gordon Smith pronounced a decree nisi declaring the marriage between Yong Pat Fan and Tye Kirn Lean null and void, the order to be
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    THE PENANG ROBBERY. Detained Men Released After Parades.
    102 12 THE PENANG ROBBERY. Detained Men Released After Parades. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 3. While crossing the border at Parlt Buntar yesterday, three men carrying large sum of money were detained in connection with the robbery of $150,000 In Penang Street. Chief Detective Inspector Livingstone went to Parit Buntar
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    BIRTHS DOUBLE DEATHS Last Week's Returns For; Singapore.
    97 12 BIRTHS DOUBLE DEATHS Last Week's Returns For; Singapore. Two hundred and one deaths. 402 births (exactly twice the number)— that was last week's return for Singapore. Of the deaths 34 were due to pneumonia, 19 to enteritis, 18 to pthisis. 17 to convulsions. 11 to beri-bcri, five to dysentery, and
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    CONFLICTING EVIDENCE.
    71 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. At the Selangor Assizes today Mr. Justice Pedlow acquitted a Chinese, Leong Chan, who was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property—a gold wristlet watch— which was alleged to be the proceeds of a gang robbery. Mr. H. C. Willan, Deputy
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    GIRL KILLED.
    23 12 A 17-year-old Chinese girl was killed early this morning in Balestier Road. Singapore, when she was knocked down by a motor-lorry.
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    44 12 A charge of cheating the United Engineers Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society of $40 was preferred isiainst V. C. Chelllah yesterday in the third magistrate's court. He claimed trial and the caje was fixed for mention en Sept. 10. ball being allowed in $508.
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    WHOLESALE BURIALS IN CATCHMENT AREA.
    598 12 This Morning's Exhumations In Singapore. ALLEGED "RACKET" BY CONTRACTORS. THIRTY-SIX coffins of children were uncovered in the catchment 1 area of the Mcßitchie Reservoir at Thomson Road this morning, when the police followed up a discovery made by the Boyanese syce employed by Mr. D.
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    RESER VOIR
    309 12 Air Mails. INWARD Imperial: From Europe: Mails due last Sunday and those due on Thursday night arc now expected to arrive tonight. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday night. Dutch: Frcm NX: Due Saturday afternoon. OUTWARD Qa.itas: To Australia: Mails close 7 p.m.
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    DAIRY POLICY NEEDS DRASTIC REVISION.
    1123 13 FEDERAL DIARY. Evils Of Malayan Cow's Milk Supply Dirt And Shortage Dazzling Cycle Lamps. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. "IF Jocal milk production is to com- pete with imported preserved milk, a drastic revision of the whole dairy livestock policy is needed."
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    GIRL FLYER FETED.
    71 13 Ipoh, Sept. 3. Selangor's Chinese aviatrix, Miss Wong Chlew Wan. paid a flying visit to Ipoh this morning and was received by a large gathering of Chinese when she alighted at the Ipoh landing ground after a solo flight from Kuala Lumpur. She was the guest of
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    THE MALAYALEES OF SINGAPORE.
    198 13 Nineteenth Anniversary And Onam Day. The nineteenth anniversary of the Singapore Malayalee Association and Onam Day were celebrated at the Standard Institute on Sunday. The hall was lavishly decorated with garlands and festoons. Many people took part in the indoor games and variety entertainments arranged in
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    STRIKERS WIN
    96 13 Selangor Cigar Factories At Work Again. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. All the Indian employees of cigar manufacturers who went on strike because of reduced pay have returned to work. Yesterday the Klang manufacturers decided to follow the lead of the Kuala Lumpur manufacturers and
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    ILLICIT LIQUOR DISTILLING.
    352 13 BIG SCALE OPERATIONS AT MALACCA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 2. That he had fallen upon evil day.-, and from want of money had been forced to associate with men who disregarded the law and led a life o: crime, was the defence put forwarc by
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    WHY THE BUS SKIDDED.
    343 13 "Speeding" On Wet Road. Returning from Johore on the afternoon of July 12, Mr. D. G. Osborne-Jones, the Singapore barrister, was an eye-witness of an accident to a mosquito bus shortly after it passed his car on the Bukit Timah Road. He appeared in the fifth
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    Canvasser Who Claimed On
    355 13 Bogus Contract SENTENCE PASSED ON EURASIAN. "I did it. hut I did so in dire necessity, though other than this i have no excuse to offer. My career has been shattered and there is no future for me. That is sufficient punishments I had no salary
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    POLICE SHARE SIX GOALS WITH MALAYS IN SCRAPPY GAME.
    772 14 DR. OEHLERS GETS TWO REAL BEAUTIES. Gunners Make Sure Of The Division II Championship. ALTHOUGH yesterday's First Division match between the Police and Malays was rather a scrappy affair it was none the less exciting and the result in doubt almost
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    TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
    66 14 The Royal Engineers and Middlesex meet in a First Division match at Anson Road Stadium this afternoon. The Sapper:; sprang a surprise when the teams met early in May for they won by two goals to nil. Griffiths and Smith were the scorers. On the form they showed
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    SIX-ASIDE SOCCER.
    362 14 A slx-a-slde soccer tournament will be run at the S.C.C. for members of the club commencing next week. Ties will be played off on Monday Sept. 7 and Wednesday Sept. 9 and Monday Sept. 14 and Wednesday Sept. 16. Any member of the Club who has not received
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    35 14 Competitors who will take part in the third annual Singapore Weijcht-liffin? Championships to be held at the New World Arena on Sept. 5 under the auspices of the S.A.W.L. Federation. (Photo by Queen's Photo Stdnio).
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    V.M.C.A. DEFEATED BY S.C.R.C.
    674 14 Lawn Tennis. Results Ties In Other Club Tournaments. THE S.C.R.C. beat the V.M.C.A. at lawn tennis at the Hong Lim Green yesterday by four matches to one. One Angles was abandoned owing to fallIng light. The games were keen, all but >ne going into three sets.
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    Negri-Malacca Rugby Side To Be Led By C. W. Wells.
    310 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 2. f W. WELLS the former Harlequin and Middlesex county forward, has been appointed captain of the Negri Sembi-lan-Malacca rugger side for the coming season. The first kick about will take place on Sept.
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    BRENTFORD BEAT ARSENAL.
    48 14 London Sept. 3. Brentford repeated their last year's home victory over the Arsenal today by a margin of two goals to nil. Reuter cables the results of matches played today as follows: DIVISION I Brentford 2 Arsenal 0 DIVISION HI (North) Carlisle 1 Southport 1
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    39 14 R;uter announces two changes in the list of English football fixtures for Saturday which were published yesterday. They are both in DIVISION 111 (South) as follows: Newport Co. vs. Clapton O. Southend U. vs. Exeter C.
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    CROWLEY KNOCKED OUT BY BELLOISE.
    214 14 Boxing.' Ciowd Thought Winning Punch A Foul One. New York. Sept. 3. MIKE Belliose (U.S.A.) knocked out Dave Crowley (Britain) today in the ninth of a IS rounds fight for the feather-weight championship of the world as recognised by the New York State Athletic Commission
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    AIR FORCE TRIUMPH IN INTER-PORT YACHTING CONTEST.
    880 15 DUTCH DINGHEY FIRST IN THREE RACES. L. A. C. Holmes Outstanding For R. A. F. Yacht Club. (By a Special Correspondent.) 'T'll'i li. A. F. Y. C. registered a splendid win in the second Int»i-Port Dinghy contest against the Royal Batavia Yacht Club
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    TOMORROW'S RACES.
    23 15 The order of running and scratchings fqr tomorrow's races at Bukit Timah will be found on page b (Column 6) today.
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    V.M.C.A. HOCKEY.
    119 15 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. Junior Department at hockey against the Senior Department on Wednesday. Sept. 9 at Anson Road:— J. Ferguson; G. Ncwn-an and E. C. M. Hcpe; V. C. Armstrong, B. M. Barker and Ong Swee Keng; S'iratta, X Leembruggen, M. W. Armstrong. B. S.
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    38 15 The Japanese Olympic swimming team, 40 strong, on their arrival at Croydon to take part in a two-day meeting at the Empire Pool, Wembley. They are expected to give exhibitions in Singapore towards the end of this month.
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    AMERICA RETAINS WALKER CUP.
    624 15 NINTH SUCCESSIVE VICTORY. British Players Fail To Win A Single Match. AMERICA won the Walker Cup today for the ninth time in succession by nine matches to nil with three halved. This is the first time In the history of the contest that Britain has failed
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    SURPRISE IN STATE TOURNAMENT.
    137 15 N. 5. Badminton. Veerapan Beaten After Leading In Final Set. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. l. JHE defeat of S. Veerapan by Lim Ewe Law in the second round of the Negri Sembilan badminton championships came as a tremendous surprise for Veerapan was strongly fancied
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    527 15 Pant Barton Going After American Golf Title Goddard's Success As A Slow Bowler— Jack Crawford Not Retiring From Big Tennis. Conducted by "LEIGHTON." MISS PAM BARTON is going on a lone quest to compete In the United States women's championship at Chase Brook, New Jersey, on Sept.
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    JOINING THE ARMY ON TRIAL.
    238 16 SCHEME BEGUN IN ENGLAND. MEN TO JOIN FOR SIX MONTHS. Recruiting has begun In England under the Army's Sitoplementary Reserve •'trial" scheme. A recruit may join the Supplementary Reserve for six months to see whether he likes Army life. If he he can re-enlist into
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    68 16 It is expected that Sir George Broadbridge (above) will be elected Lord Mayor of London for Coronation year by the Livery in Common Hall on Michaelmas Day. Sir George Broad bridge is C 7 years of age and spent 40 years in business in the City. Sir George was chairman
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    No Promotion After Morning Coffee.
    221 16 Tvlornins cup:; cl coffee must be cut i out by men who wart to be managing directors That is the opinion Cf Mr. E W Toztr. of Southsea. who, at the Drapers. Summer School In Oxford, said "I do not think the man wl.o cultivates
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    SECRET BRITISH PLANE FOR HEIGHT RECORD. R.A.F. PILOT MAY MAKE ATTEMPT.
    298 16 SECRET BRITISH PLANE FOR HEIGHT RECORD. R.A.F. PILOT MAY MAKE ATTEMPT. An aeroplane which is on the Air Ministry's secret list will probably make an attempt on the world height record In the third week of September. It has been built at Bristol for research in high altitude flying, and
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    BAND LEADER TO PAY.
    684 16 Infatuated Girls' Letters. Infatuated girls who wrote lots of letters to a band conductor were re- 1 ferred to at Watford police court when t Sandor Horvath, a Hungarian band c leader, was ordered to pay £1 a week t on an affiliation order. The order
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    Counsel On "Nets To Enmesh Men."
    269 16 lyn, went on, to weave a net of this character and enmesh any man, particularly if he is honest enough to say that he had relations with her. When trouble supervenes it Is perhaps a temptation to try to hoist the trouble upon the
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    Father Fined For Showing His Fat Son.
    73 16 Father Fined For Showing His Fat Son. A four-and-a-ha'.f-vear-o!d boy weighing 12 atones was exhibited in a six-feet-square pen on Yarmouth parade. His father. Reginald Bowles, of Whitchorse Street. Lowestoft, stated to be destitute, was fined 10s. at Yarmouth for employing the boy, and 10s. for causing him to take
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    CO-OPERATIVE STORE PROJECT.
    81 16 Sub-Committees Appointed At Seremban. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 2. The rural activities of the Co-opera-tive Department have now extended to Kuala Pilah district In Negrl Scmbiian. due to the efforts of Tengku Syed Ahmad, Malay Co-opera-tive Officer. There are Javanese settlements at Terachl and Tangek
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    DEAD IN BATH, BUT NOT DROWNED.
    138 16 Clerk's Suicide By Poisoning At Kuala Lumpur. (From Ojir Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 2. A verdict of "death by suicide" was returned by Che Maarof in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today at the end of an inquiry into the d?ath of S.
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    42 16 The mairlage of Mr. W. !I. Cartwright, of the Public Works Department, and Miss Eileen Gallagher, elder daughter of Mr. and Mr:. W. J. Gallagher, will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 28. Mr. Cartwrlght is at present stationed in Malacca.
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    Ex-King Becomes A Flying Prince.
    770 17 A LONDON correspondent sends me exclusive details of the exKing of Siam's training as an airman. At Heston Airport ex-King Prajadhipok, who prefers to be known as H.R.H. the Prince Sukhodayaa, is now taking final instruction in taking off and landing from his instructor, Flying-Officer
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    SANITARY BOARD IN AN "INVIDIOUS POSITION."
    386 17  - SANITARY BOARD IN AN "INVIDIOUS POSITION. Comment Without "Contempt 9 By Mr. Hands. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2. I DO not propose to say anything that would be contempt of court or would help a journalist to make a headline," said Mr. John Hands, M.C.H.. at today's
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    DEVICE TO PREVENT CAR FUMES. Young Inventor's Ordeal.
    162 17 DEVICE TO PREVENT CAR FUMES. Young Inventor's Ordeal. Plymouth. A young Plymouth man, Mr. William Hughes, risked his life to demonstrate the value of a device that he has invented to eliminate poisonous carbon monoxide from the exhaust fumes of motor-cars. He was locked In a garage in which all
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    SMUTS ON DANGER IN MEDITERRANEAN.
    144 17 Gen. Smuts, the famous South African statesman, said in a speech at Durban. "I look upon the revolt of the Spanish army In Morocco and the civil war in Spain not only as a most dangerous symptom in itself, but also as another product of
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    1282 18 OEING not fully convinced of the eco- r.omic advantages of budding over ordinary seedling planting, a planter from one of the Unfederated States has sent me the following letter giving his reasons for his doubts. He says: Being an appreciative reader of your weekly noes in the Straits Times, I
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    BUDDINGS ARE BETTER THAN SEEDLINGS.
    336 18  -  Planting Correspondent. Planter's Doubts Answered Yield Gains Clones Must Be Selected Response To Rest. By Our pin? for different clones and also expert tapping of all clones. (5) In certain cases budded rubber has not responded by giving extra yields, as with original seed have
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    MOULDY ROT AND TAPPING.
    515 18 Correspondence. FIRST A REWARD— THEN A FINE! To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln your issue of Aug. 28 your Planting Correspondent quotes a letter from a young planter who has not yet completed his first year of planting in Malaya. His views on
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    JOHORE EXPERIMENT.
    243 18 Third Daily Tapping For Treatment Of Disease. (By Our Planting Correspondent). pURTHER confirmation of the effectiveness of the third dally system of tapping as a cure for mouldy rot is to hand this week. The manager of a large estate in South Johore writes as follows: In response
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    USELESS RUBBER GARDENS.
    266 18 Suggested Inducement To Cut Down Trees. Before the present restriction plan was adopted, numerous schemes were offered, several of which suggested the destruction by one method or another of a proportion of native rubber. Recently a writer in the Alg. Landbouw-weekblad came forward with a similar suggestion.
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    PLANTING PROSPECTS IN 1936.
    820 19 "A Boy Might Do Worse— lf He Can Get A Job!" IN the days when the F.M.S. were still the "Native States," (writes Mr. Kric Macfadyen in the August number of British Malaya) there was a good deal of the family party atmosphere throughout the country.
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    What Chairmen Say.
    193 19 via Age Coming On. I trust that the latter (the rulers of the rubber Industry) In deciding on what Is a remunerative price and the Government whose ideas as to taxation seem grasping, will both have regard to the increasing urgency of rehabilitation of everwldening areas of
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    M. C. S. MEMORIES OF PLANTERS.
    501 19 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE 1920-21 SLUMP. QIR WILLIAM PEEL, who was twice in charge of the Labour Department during his career In the M.C.S.. spoke In reminiscent vein at the recent I.S.P. luncheon In London. "In my early days," he said, "the planters whom I
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    SECOND TEST TAPPING ON PERAK ESTATE.
    156 19 Budded Trees And Seedlings Both Yielding Well. Shareholders might be Interested to i.ear the results obtained from the second test tapping of the small block of 11 acres planted in 1928 Half the plants were budded, eight different j clones being used, and the
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    BACK TO HIGH SALARIES? Chairman And Shareholder: A Dialogue.
    635 19 BACK TO HIGH SALARIES? Chairman And Shareholder: A Dialogue. a general meeting of a rubbei company held recently (state; The Planter) the following information was given to a shareholdei who asked the chairman how many Europeans were employed on the Estate (the acreage of which was about 3,350). Chairman:— We
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    PRICE LISTS IN PAHANG.
    393 19 New Plan To Help The Ryot. pONTINUOUS efforts are being made to help the small holder to realise the value of preparing good-qualltv smoked sheet, says the August number of the Malayan Agricultural Journal. In this connection the experiment In progress In ?ahang is of particular
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    86 19 A new inquiry bureau has been established at King's Cross Station. It is rather more tastefully furnished than the usual type of bureau and among its many modern appointments is a rubber floor to reduce roise as far as possible. A recent introduction in America is a rubber
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      209 19 WANTED TO BUY Rubber Estates. Send particulars with prices and plan to Box 51, Straits Times. The sure way to keep ants out of your kitchen TF you are suffering from the ran- tinuous nuisance of ants if theae disgusting insects are ruining your food and even gnawing their way
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    SYNTHETIC: THE CITY VIEW.
    286 19 No Decline Yet In Shipments. QLAIMS made by Russian and German scientists that the manufae1 ture of synthetic rubber will shortly be an economic proposition are causing a good deal of discussion in the City, (says the Daily Express.) Mincing-lane rubber brokers have been circulating their
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