The Straits Times, 18 September 1936

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PA(;ES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936, PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      344 1 SINGAPORE: 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). 19 3 6 OPEL CARS /Y"U^. Economy 1 1^/^^^ f or Brilliance I/^IAMPS Durability So-called 'cheap 9 lamps I||F W^ are expensive. They .^■K§Lgr .a^flH b^bKb^T^3^ consume considerably Mm^SSmSk more current, which has ■mSSnSA 6e parW /or// HuS^B sci;e unnecessary* expense y^^Sf^^mr next time
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      117 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. rPHON" -»-.3>. LOOK FORWARD I^^ TREATMENT JHH H Every woman has potential I Mfes^_____ loveliness, and the simple, B sensible Cyolax method of skin care can introduce new loveliness to the most wayward skin. Why not phone Mrs. McFarlane, the Cyclax Consultant, and make an
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    DEATH
    32 2 PILLAY Ammanl Ammal. wife of K. Ramasamy Pillay alias Raja passed away peacefully at her residence 117. K°°n Sens Road on 17th Instant at 8.25 p.m. Funeral at 4.30 p.m. today.
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      598 2 WARD. -A son **s born to Mrs. El'lnor "Ward wife of Mr. W. G. R. Ward of the Rubber Controller's Office. Kuala Lumpur, at the Bunesar Hospital, Kia.a Lumpur. yesterday. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for an, position advertise* 1 in these columns serd copies 01 test! monlals. Do r.ot send
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      623 2 WANTED OLD ESTABLISHED AND IMPORTANT LONDON INVESTMENT BANKERS are willing to appoint Local Correspondents to secure clients who wish to make sound Investments In good class British securities or others who seek Loans upon Mortgages of properties. New Constructions, Apartment Houses, Plantations, Farms, Mines, Industrial, Manufacturing and Commercial Enterprises, etc.
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      907 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET Modern Bungalow. 814 Orchard L Road, entry Oct. 1. Apply Sayers. 11 Malacca Street. TO BE LET from Oct. 1 unf urniohed bun- I galow 55. Gilstead Road. Apply Box 103. c o Straits Times. FURNISHED HOUSE TO LET No. 9. One Tree Hill.
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      996 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of very latest design, specially-made-to-order handsomely-polished hlgh-,jrade teak Sitting. Dining Bedroom*, suit** also one complete set, made-to-deslgn, chlldicn's bedroom furniture. 1 "Erres" best Holland-mad Radio Receiver in good working oi'.er. Westminster chime Bday wall clocks, electric oscillating table fan. English Indian centre carpeta string mats,
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      777 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated t-\ F.M.S.) DIVIDEND NO. 27 A dividend of 5% has been declared payable on October 7. 1936. to al shareholders on the Register on September 30, 1956. NOLL BELL. Secretaries McALISTFR CO., LTD. Notice is hereby Riven that a special Interim Dividend of
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      689 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc; MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. BUXTON KEY TAINERS. In nickel or chromium plated, with new safety loops and automatic catch. Taincrs to hold 4, 6 or 8 keys. Prices from 75 cents to $1.60. Inspection cordially Invited.
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      26 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Mv:.-.a Malaya Postajre tea, 5 a \B llilt Ve»rlj *n.O3 $24.00 *>*••• Note.— OnUtailon ch»qne« should Include thr usual bank discount
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      710 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES, (Incorpcrftteo In England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CAitGO SERVICES TENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore. 1936 SOUDAN 6.500 S*pt. 2 CORFU 15.000
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      610 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. 3 (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles. London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKUSAN MARO 1U.500 Sept. SO Oct. 1 HARUNA MARU 10.500 Oc: 14 15 KATORI MARU 10,000 Oct 28 29 t KASHIMA
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      597 3 An excellent opportunity to visit SAIGON BANGKOK PNOM PENH ANGKOR SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISE by the new and modern M/S "JUTLANDIA" 13,100 Tons Displacement CRUISE ITINERARY About Leave Singapore Sept. 28 Arrive Saigon Oct. 1 I*ave Saigcn Oct. 2 Arrive Kohcichang Oct. 4 Arrive Bangkok Oct. 6 Leave Bangkok Oct. 11
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      169 3 Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £72.0.8 SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms: Swlmmlrj pool— Talking Motion Pictures. Delicious cieals— Hot and cold running water In each Stateroom. Cabins for two or more passer wit* real beds— Modern ventilation throughout Weekly service from Manila
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      1147 3 SHIPPING. IP Pi o INEt J V^ E i°" an The nu Khl0 ?.le»m«hip C 9 (1932) LtA Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and China Mutual The (unard Whit* "Ur ltd Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak SlennwMp Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Orlen Line Ltd. The China
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      373 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.S. RLYS. ANr SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight M3B— Pasaaje S4JI CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (incorporated In England) CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VIII MAY 1937. Early Bookl»R U «*OBgly Wlvl.Wl. tnvil CANADIAN PACIFIC. FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from
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      132 4 sjyf^G-#toif ISiD ft^E w^f ll vf^^H^ 1 (ItICOI pOTittu ul 9tf ßits BCCuCincuvßV ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In England). "ll 1 h:m \s- LINK. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBI'RO. Via Ports and San CanaL Taking ears* for Moatreal HalUas via Colombo. Due Rails X'CITY OP FLORENCE Sept. 30
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      234 4 ISTBMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (Incorporated la D.S A.) BOSTON. NEW YORK BALT:MOKB Via CAPE OF GOOD nOPE Du<> Sail! TOSCALOOSA CITY Sept. 23 Sept. 2T STFEL NAk'IOATOH Oct 2:i Oct 28 BTEEL SEAFARER Not 23 Nn» 19 STEEL SCIENTIST Dec 23 Dec 28 KLAVENESS LINE (Incorporated In Norway) LOS ANGELES. S
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      334 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE. room?. H. W. 11.55 a.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 5.55 a.m. 24 ft.; 6.05 p.m. 1.7 ft. Saturday, September 19. H. W. 00.24 a.m. 9.3 ft.; 12.17 p.m. 9 3 ft L. W. 6.14 a.m. 2.8 ft.; 6.34 p.m. 1.6 ft. Sunday. September 20 H. W. 00.55
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      132 4 Mala van Meteorological Service n*l?v Weather ReDOrt. Station* Titesterday Last night max. rain- bright mln temp, fall s'shine temp °V ins. hrs. *F West Coast. Mor Star 87 0.01 9.1 74 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 87 Nil 8.5 74 31tiawan 90 Nil 7.1 74 Buklt Jeram 90 0.07 7.5 72 Malacca
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    NEW MOTOR SHIP LAUNCHED.
    48 4 London. Sept. 17. A refrigerated motor ship, the Brisbane Star, of 12.000 tons, which was built for the Blue Star Line, was launched from the yard cf Cammel Laird and Co. Ltd. at Birkenhead. yesterday. The vessel is 522 feet in length. British Wireless.
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    PASSENGERS.
    96 4 The following passengers for Malaya are in the Meonia which left Southampton on Tuesday and is due to reach Penang on Oct. 13 and Singapore Oct. 16 Mrs. K. J. Archer, Mr. A. G. Donald, Miss A. H. Mason. Mr. and Mrs. E. Strandberg and two children, Mr. B.
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    RECENT WILL
    36 4 Mr. William Pickersgill. shipbuilder, chairman of Messrs. William Pickersgill and Sans. Ltd.. Southwick. Suncerland. wbt died on May 29 last, aged 83 jrears. left gross estate of the value j: £4.070 '^et personalty £3,984).
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    124 4 Friday, September 18. Ship, aloncside the Wh«nr«« expecled to arrlTC KEPPEL HABBOUB Main Whart Lch. Dolpln. Lch. Lady Clifford. R.A.F. Aquarius. Sllverbeech. P.W.D. Grab Dredger No. 2, Lch. Sir H. Anderson. Oil Wharf Nil. CoaJ Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DKY DOCKS rrniont Pacvr Sheers Wharf NIL
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    CAP VARELLA.
    22 4 The Cap Varella is due here on] Tuesday from Colombo, and will sail the same day for Saigon, Touraneand Haiphong.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA
      122 4 rorresponden"* for transmission bj "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.LJfI." Malls will close at Malacca a* follows: Today. lian, fAmsterdaxr. and tlondon by air Netherlands) 8 P-™-Tomorrow. Medan by air (Netherlands) MS P-«-Java and Southern Sumatra (Slnga-Dore-Batavla) by air (Netherlands) 8 P-™-Kenya. Ceanda. Tanganyika,
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      AIR MAILS.
      121 4 THE LATEST INFORMAfION REGARDING ARRIVAL NU DEPARTURE OF THE IR MAILS WILL BE FOUND PAGE 12. Hongkong, Canton. Shanghai. Kobe ai Manila via Penang by all (Imperial) 7 P-m Pcnang, Slam, Burma. India. Iraq. wiestine. fcgrpt. K. 8. Amca, Ureat Britain. Ireland. Europe and ti. Sc 8 America
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      87 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today. Sept. 18, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 6 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow. Sept 19, at 825 a.m. Ma4ls from China tomorrow. Sept. 19 Mails from Australia, Netherlands Tndies etc. expected tomorrow. Sept. 19. by air
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      MEASURING MANKIND.
      366 4 MEASURING MANKIND. FVERSAL STANDARDS] ARE WANTED. OMAN SCIENTIST IN SINGAPORE. Miss M.L. Tildesley, chairman of the Committee for the Standardisation of Anthropological TechniQue, and noted student of anthropology, la at present on a visit to Singapore In the course of a world tour devcted to anthropometry. There Is an Interesting
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      CLEARANCES
      55 4 Sept. 16: Iwatesan Maru (Jap.)- Torungen. Ha'thor, Ngo* Hock >Nor.); Ban Ho Liong (Chin): Sllverguava, Larut, Kut Sang Malacca Both. Thedens, Gen. v 'ler Heyden, Tidore, Reynst (Dut.). Sept. 17: V. der Does de Bye, Kullt, Cremer (Dut.) Kepong, Anhui. Kedah, Elephanta, fin Kheng Seng, Gemas, Tandjong Salel (Brit.);
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      158 4 Correspondence for tranimlssion by air "via Netnerlands" must De specially and clearly superscribed "By K-L.M." Tadaj. Burma (Shlrala) pjn East North. South »nd West India (Shlrala) 3 p.m. Oen"kalu, P. de Kock Padang. Pakaii Baroe. Siafc 8. Pandjang (Ampang) P-«-Medan (Tlnorabo) Pjn Prlembang (Tohltl) P-™-Australia. New Zealand
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    MANUFACTURER'S AGENT DISCUSSES BRAKING.
    404 4 MANUFACTURER'S AGENT DISCUSSES BRAKING. Why do brakes act harshly in tropical countries? When do they squeal? These were two questions which were answered by Mr. L. Clements, export manager of Ferodo Limited, manufacturers of brake-lining when he was interviewed by the Straits Times motoring correspondent in Singapore yesterday. Mr Clements
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    AIR PASSENGERS.
    99 4 •rived from N.E.I, by KNILM-planc AFJ tiept. 15. Mr. O. O. BUI. Mrs. de Graaf. Left for N.E.I, by KNILM-plane PKAFJ Sept. 16. Mrs. de Graaf. Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM-plane Klevit Sept. 16. Mr. Jan Schoorl. Mr. Schuylenburg. Left for Medan, India and Europe by KLM-plane Klevit
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    DECLINE IN U.S.A. RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
    132 4 BUT STILL HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 17. The consumption of rubber in America for the month of August is given as 46,656 tons compared with 48,127 tons in July and 39,242 tons in August last year. Arrivals were 42.563
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      320 5 ..Hit FAVOURITE I^U^^q^ ■■fem^^J^^ SCREEN STAR IN HKR BRIGHTEST Igfl "T*\ PERFORMANCE OF HKR CAREER! [RHJL^^^LAj Shirley TEMPLE SINGING, DANCING, LAUGHING IN THE 20TH CENTURY-FOX PICTURE 'THE LITTLEST REBEL' with JOHN BOLES, BILL ROBINSON MATINEES TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. NAUGHTY MARIETTA' also PURSUIT* NEW WORLD CABARET CHAMPIONSHIP of MALAYA SATURDAY 19th
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      142 5 GREAT WORLD TO-MORROW NIGHT 19TH SEPT. 1936 A GRAND DISPLAY OF SHANGHAI "LANTERN FIREWORKS" FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY CABARET TO-MORROW SAT. 19TH SUN. 20TH SEPT. NON STOP TEA DANCE 5 8 p.m. -THE COMMANDERS" D'SOUZAS BAND ADMISSION FREE TO-MORROW NIGHT SAT. 19TH SEPT. NON STOP EXTENSION 2 A.M. "MENDE NIGHT"
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      187 5 CHARLIE >£3£k KUNZ *6? PIANO A MEDLEY REX RECORD NO. M-.1 CHARLIE KUNZ PIANO MEDLEY No. R. 19 Part 1 Xosf 'The Glory of Love 1 'Is it True what they say about Dixie?' Part 2 'Sweetheart lets trow old together' •Lorely Lady' 'At the Close of a Long, Long
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      147 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. 1*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. SEA VIEW HOTEL: Dinner and dance. Cabaret. Mona de Spranger.
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      110 5 GLOBE THEATRE: Kentucky Kernels. 7.15. 9.30. RITZ, GEYLANG: Strange Wives. And, First a Girl. 7.45 11 p.m. ROXY, KATONG: Littlest Rebel. With Shirley Temple. 6.15. 9.15. REGAL: Josh-e-Watan. MARLBOROUGH: Draupadi. 6.15. 9.15. SUN THEATRE (New World): Now or Never. And. The Phantom Broadcast. 6.15. 9.30. TIVOLI: San Meng Sin. 7.30.
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      299 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle m w i i 3 1 i i r i p wt Wi i£a* iai: iiis 7 p :_2L_ SI_Ii!L in _E~ I 7~r;i» vj'y-y. y"? s^'fe v£^ -31 5T —,,23 24 *3? 5?" y^n irri n y i^ NOTE:— Figures In parentheses denote the numbDr of
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    H.I.E.S. INTER-SCHOOL LEAGUE.
    208 5 Association Football. The inter-house football league at the Holy Innocents' English School. Singapore, for Bishop Devals' Cup for 1936, was completed on Tuesday, when the champion house Salailles, met the Rest and were beaten 2—o.2—0. At the conclusion of the game before calling upon Mrs. P. A.
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    HOME LEAGUES.
    46 5 Charlton Defeated At Brentford. London, Sept. 17. The following are the results at English League matches played today. Division I Brentford 4 Charlton A. 2 Sheffield Wed. 2 Huddersfleld 2 Division 111 (South) Clapton 0 2 Brighton 0 Queen's Park R. 0 Millwall —Reuter.
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    IRISH LEAGUE XI.
    49 5 London. Sept. 17. The following is the Irish League team to meet the English League at Belfast on Wednesday next: Lab fPortadown); Miller <Glentoran) and Fulton (Belfast Celtic): Edwards (Linfleld). Carlyle and Martin (Derry City); Kernoghan (Belfast Celtic). Baird (Linflald). Shearer. Dufty and Kelly (Derry City).—Reuter.
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    PERAK RACES.
    95 5 The Turf. Programme For Autr.mn Meeting. The Perak Turf Club's autuTin meeting will b 3 held at Ipoh on Oct 31 and Nov. 4 and 7—two Saturday* and the intervening Wednesday The ever/, with distances, and the stakes for hrst and other divisions respectively, will be: Horses I:
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    INTER-CLUB SPORT IN JOHORE.
    153 5 Chinese Matches At Batu Pahat. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johcre Bahru. Sept. 15. The Johors C >°se FA. are to send tsams to Batu Pahat this week-end, to meet the Batu Pahat Chinese Recreation Club in football, basket ball and madminton matches. They will also meet
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    99 5 The following ties are drawn for piay in the S.C.C. bowls tournamentFriday: W. Y. Vemple and T. B. Rogers (—3) vs. H. R. Wilson ami E. H Coleman '—4). W. T. Houghton tnd J D. P Nesbit <+2) vs. Winners U W C H!l, and C. E. Winter
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        558 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid Issue Val. Frascr Co. Lyall Evait •suyers Sellers Buyers Seller* 4/- Ampat Tin 4/4& 4/9 4/3 4/9 £1 Asam Kumbang 27/- 29/- :d 28/- 30/-cd £1 Austrai Malay 52/6 54, 6xd 53/- 55 -xd 5/- Ayer Hltam 15/6 16/6cd 15/- 16/-cd 1
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        GENERAL.
        403 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 2 2 do lV2 c /o 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 61.3 6.5.0 6.2.6 6.7.6 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 10 5 B. M. Trustee
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        184 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. i 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nom 4%Ci 1901 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 113 116 nom 4ViCi 1909 red. 1955 $l.C00.000 Int. Mar. 31. Sept. 30 120 122 nom 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        358 6 (Share* are $1 unless otherwise stated) Allenby Aior Oaj ih Amal Ma.ay '.$2) Ayer Hitam Ayer Mole* Ayer Pantos Bassett Batu Lintang Borelli nrogas Prunel Un ($5) Bukit Kati) Bukit Kepong Baklt Timah l$10) Bukit 11. B Changkat Serdang Onnemara Glenealv Plantations Hamilton Haytor Indraglrl Jeram Kuantan (.50)
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      267 6 Interest In Tin Shares Revives. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Sept. 18. The local share market opens with a cheerful tone. Tin is up 35s. in London and cent in New York. Interest in tin shares is reviving in London and there is a bigger inquiry. The
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      PRODUCE.
      194 6 Sinsapi-re, September 18, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller Java Cube 8 75 White Muntok t>epp;r 13.75 White Pepper 13.25 Black Pepper 7.50 Mixed Black Pepper •Sundried Copn 5.60 Mixed Copra 5.00 5.00 Small Flake Tapioca 4.tJ0 Fair Flake Tapioca 4 11) Med Pearl Tapioca 5 25 Small Pear! Toploca 5
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      EXCHANGES.
      202 6 The following ars the exchange rates this morning according to the daltt circular issued by tht Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— MUM London T.T 2/4 1/18 London Jemand 2/4 1/18 London 4 months' sight 2/4V 8 Lyons, demand J97 Hamburg demand 145 New York demand 59 1/16 Montreal
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      86 6 Noon, Sept. 18. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F.O.B.) Sept. 26 13/16 26 15/16 Good F.A.Q. In cases (F.O.B.) Sept. 26% 26 13/16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 26-14 26 13/16 September 26% 26 13/16
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      355 6 London, Sept. 17. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Yester- Rise day. or Pall Conversion Loan 5 p.c. 1944-64 119% Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 118% War Loan 3!i P-c 107'.i Straits 6 DC. 1936-51
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      EXCHANGES.
      101 6 London, Sept. 17. The following are closing mean rates: Paris 76 59 C 4 Athens 533 sellers New York 5.06 4 Bucharest 678 MRm Montreal 5.05 7*7 Rio 1* Brussels 29.99 tellers official Geneva 15.55 Belgrade 220 Amsterdam 7.4G l i Buenos Aires unquoted Milan 6i\ Montevideo 38 9/16
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      EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE.
      399 6 DIVIDEND AND BONUS. OF 12y 2 PER CENT. In the report of the directors ot th« Eastern United Assurance Corporation Limited for the year ended June 30. it Is stated that the net premium revenue was S269.552 and that the net interest, dividends and property revenue received
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      SINGAPORE RACES.
      138 6 The scratchings and order of running Tor tomorrow, the fifth day of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting, were issued at noon today as follows: Race 1: Horses, Class 4, Div. 3— Fancan, Kissing Time, Indult, Angelus. Race 2: Horses, Class 4. Div .2— Wa-'au. Parchesi.
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE. MARINE. LIFE. MOTOR CAR. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered Bank Chamter*. Singapore APB 1.
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      141 6 THE IMPROVED FOAMITE DUAL-SEAL EXTINGUISHER ***s^fcsas»' A^ n c f° rmer moa>e^ the valve seals both v t*"j the inner chamber and the nozzle port, with the result that each compartment is i^om? lated from the other, and also from the atffij^Jng^j mosphere. The mechanism for raisin? the valve has,
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      McALISTER AND COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING.
      73 7 Capital Reorganisation Effected. THE PROBLEMS that are facing general merchants in Malaya which seemed to become more varied and serious, were referred to by Mr. J. W. de Piro, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting of McAlister and Company Limited yesterday. Mr. de Piro
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      STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION.
      970 7 In proposing the adoption of the report and accounts for the year ended June 30 last, Mr. J. W. de Plro said: With regard to the balance sheet, on the liabilities side nominal and Issued capital remain unchanged. As explained in the directors report and as you
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      AUGUST RUBBER CROPS.
      68 7 The outputs c* the- unde-menttoned es'.alc: for the menth cf Almost were: Total to dato cf current financial year August (or Ib. mtlu lb. Brunei United 30.930 2 60.4.J5 3uklt Tlmah 7.922 8 78.349 :hanal:at Serdaiv 2i,922 7 169.303 3aytor 11.819 8 98.045 Indraslri 76.640 11 839.
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      INCREASED RUBBER QUOTA NOT ANTICIPATED.
      1378 7 Shortage Of Motor Tyres In Germany. In their weekly rubber market report. Messrs. Symington and Wilson, London, f under date of Sept. 9, write: Since our last report the market has been inactive and the trend has been towards a slightly' lower level. The disturbed
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      TEKKA'S GOOD YEAR.
      164 7 Profits £8,600 Up At £26,900. The report for the year ended March last of Tekka, Ltd., shows that the profit for the year, after again writing off £4,500 from property, and plant, amounts to £26,982. This compares with £18,346 in the previous year, when a tax credit
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    653 8 People In The News. T^'HE voice of the Earl of Clarendon was heard in Malaya and throughout the Empire this week. As Governor General of South Africa, he opened the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg and he spoke as would a man who is accustomed
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    ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN CHINA.
    163 8 Inauguration Of National Society In Nanking. Nanking. Animal husbandry, the least-deve-loped industry In China, is destined to play a greater role in the advancement of the nation's economy with the recent Inauguration of the China Animal Husbandry Society in Nanking. Pointing out that animal husbandry Is
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    THE KING AND "No. 552."
    141 8 MAY LAY KEEL OF NEW CUNARDER. A CLYDEBANK SPEED-UP. I There is a possibility thai the Kins may lay th« first keei-p'at? cf the Queen Mary's sister-ship, the new Cunard- White Star liner "No. 552 Officials at Messrs. Jahn Brawn's shipyard on Clydebank. where the
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    22 8 Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, has announced that friendly trade relations had been resumed between Canada and the Soviet Union.
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      404 8 OJQ and In Dutch on DJB. 9. 35 Tcday In Germany. Sound pictures. 9.50 "Kaleidoscope." A variety hour by Helmut Goctzclt. 11.00 Technical tips for the radlofan. 11.05 New German Legislation. Dr. Pri;z Schwiegk. 11.20 Close down. PHOHI-HOLLAND Station P.H.I. Wavelengths 19.71 in 16 88 m. or 31.28 m. TODAY
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    AUSTRALIAN IRON ORE FOR JAPAN.
    140 9 London Firm To Sign Agreement. Toklo, Sept. 4. A formal agreement will, it Is reported, shortly be signed between the Japan Mining Company and Mr. T. V. Salt, engineer and representative of Messrs. H. A. Brassert and Co., Limited, London, for th« exploiting of iron
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    LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING.
    110 9 British Delegates At Geneva. London, Sept. 16. Lord Cranborne. the Under-Sscretary for Foreign Affairs, left London yesterday by road for Geneva, where iie expects to arrive tomorrow In readiness for the opening of the League Council Meeting and In the absence of the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony
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    MR LLOYD GEORGE TO MEET M. BLUM.
    55 9 Paris. Sept. 18. It is announced that Mr. Lloyd George, who at present is staying in Germany, intends shortly to visit France where he will meet the Prime Minister, M. Leon Blum. Mr. Lloyd George met Herr Hitler last week and discussed the
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    BRITAIN'S BIG ORDER FOR GASMASKS.
    44 9 London. Sept. 18. The aerial defence department of the Home Office placed orders for 30 million gas masks, according to Press reports. The production of 250.000 gas masks weekly Is planned and manufacture will begin at once.— Aneta TransOcean.
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER—LONDON INQUIRY.
    410 9 SYNTHETIC RUBBER— LONDON INQUIRY. Costs 3s. 7d. Per Pound In Germany. "NOT A SERIOUS COMPETITOR." London, Sept. 17. The bogey of the imminent competition of synthetic ith natural rubber appears at least temporarily laid by the result of investigations by Messrs. Symington and Wilson, leading rubber brokers, into the German
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    PARIS OPERA HOUSE ON FIRE.
    91 9 MUCH DAMAGE DONE. An Aneta Havas message states that a disastrous fire broke out in the Paris Opera House from causes not yet ascertained The fire began apparently on the stage and found ready material in the scenery loft above, so that within a short
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    LIBERAL PARTY CRITICS.
    103 9 "Failure Of Government To Support League." London, Sept. 17. A meeting of the Council of the Liberal Party In London yesterday pass- j ed a resolution calling attention to the gravity of the International situation and to the need for a vigorous Liberal movement. The resolution f.ttributed
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    LORD HARTINGTON FOR SINGAPORE.
    62 9 London, Sept. 17. Lord Har-ington. Parliamentary Under-Sccr«ta:7 of State for Drminion >ffalrs, and Lady Hartington left London today lor Australia whic*i they are vLslting at the invitation of the Commonwealth Goverrment on the occasion of ;.he centenary of South Australia. Lord ant! L'.dy Hartlr.gton vlll go
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    SIR SAMUEL HOARE.
    24 9 London. Sept. 17. Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, arrived at Gibraltar yesterday In the Admiralty yacht Enchantress.—British Wireless.
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    JIM MOLLISON'S AIR PLANS.
    140 9 ATLANTIC-AFRICA ROUND THE WORLD. London. Sept. 17. Mr. James Mollison, who sailed today for New York, detailed in an Interview an ambitious flying programme to begin a month hence. He plans to Hy across the Atlantic rom New York to Croydon in 7 hours and If
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    YOUNG MAGISTRATES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.
    45 9 London, Sept. 17. The need for younger .nagistiaves, to be in closer touch with the youth of the country, In the new Juvenile Courts is urged In a Home Office circular issued to Justices throughout the country yesterday.— British Wireless.
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    NEVER TAKE CHANCES WITH STOMACH TROUBLE!
    276 10 Pew complaints are serious In the beginning. The most common trouble today— stomach disorder— usually slzrls In a small way. It may attack you at HEARTBURN. BILIOUSNESS. FLATULENCE or INDIGESTION, but Its meaning is always the same and so is its remedy. It is
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    AMUSEMENTS
    80 10 SINGAPORE. GLOBE TIItATRE The Trail of ThD Lonesome Pine. 7.15—9.30. GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Mystery Mountain, Chap. I—6. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret, oancioc, Talkies. Theatres Cinemas. RITZ. GETLANQ Strange Wives. Also First A Girl. With Jessie Matthew. 7-45—11 p.m. ROXY KATONO The Littlest Rebel. With Shirley Temple. 6.15—9.15.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1936. JAPANESE MEW OF THE TRADE WAR.
    981 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1936. JAPANESE MEW OF THE TRADE WAR. Several Malayan newspapers have received complimentary copies of The Japan Times and Mai! dated Aug. 28, 29 and 30. The purpose of this generosity was not to show us what an admirable publication is made available
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    JAPAN'S MINISTER TO SIAM LEAVES.
    49 10 Mr. Itaro Ishli. the new Japanese minister to Bangkok, left Tokio this week for Siam. says an Aneta-Domel message. Mr. Ishli was formerly Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai and Is stated to have received instructions to do all in his power to promote JapanoSiamese friendship.
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    NEW STRAITS LOAN.
    39 10 In yesterday's leading article it was stated that the currency of the new Straits Settlements loan was from 35 to 45 years. This is incorrect. The currency of the loan is from 25 to 35 years.
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    THE EXPRESS TRAIN OF THE JUNGLE.
    1053 10  -  AFTER A ONE-HORNED RHINO. I *y 1 IT was just before the dawn, dark, chilly, damp and foggy, and the night's rest on the improvised bed in the depths of the Sumatran jungle had been far from comfortable. I felt most disinclined to get
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    KITE-FLYING IN JAPAN.
    487 10 THERE has been a noticeable change of tone towards this country (Great Britain) )n some of the organs of the Japanese Press. The rather pptulant bursts of anti-British feeling which punctuated Sir Frederick Leith Ross's mission in the Far East have been replaced by suggestions for a
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    754 10 SERGEANTS' BEER. A MERICANS. as everyone kr.cws. are unable to drink a glass of water unless It has been previously chilled to a temperature more suited to the gullet of a Polar bear than that of human being. And new this vice has spread to the
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    POLICE CHARGE ON SINGAPORE STRIKERS TODAY.
    174 11 26 ARRESTS 4 INJURED AFTER ALL-NIGHT DEMONS'! RATION, Hose Pipe Turned On Men At Chinese Protectorate. MORE WORKERS DOWN TOOLS: LABOUR TROUBLE SPREADS. CINdAPORE striker? >vho demonstrated outside the Chinese l^ Protectorate offices all day yesterday and throughout the night wttt forcibly dispersed at
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    All Over In 10 Minutes.
    1291 11 TyjORE than 500 Chinese strikers camped outside the Chinese Protectorate last night, and received a rude awakening shortly before G a.m. today when a force of 120 police after giving a final warning to disperse, set a 300-foot fire nose ct them. There v.-as a
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    Death Sentences And Ceylon's Good Government.
    104 11 Death Sentences And Ceylon's Good Government. /CAPITAL punishment in Ceylon must remain. This decision of 'be AttorneyGeneral was announced in Colombo following a resolution moved in the State Council that in the opinion of the house the death sentence should be abolished." In practice, states the AttorneyGeneral's report, a sentence
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    LABOUR SETTLEMENT IN FRANCE.
    100 11 Big Triumph For The Government. Paris, Sept. 17. A settlement has Deen reached in the Lille textile strike which is regarded as a big triumph for the Government. It is felt that if the spirit of conciliation displayed spreads to other parts of the country, France's
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    DUKE & DUCHESS OF KENT FLY HOME. THE KING IN LONDON.
    81 11 DUKE DUCHESS OF KENT FLY HOME. THE KING IN LONDON. London, Sept. 17. The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at Croydon from Paris In by air today. Mr. Winston Churchill travelled in the same plane. The King made his first public appearance since his Mediterranean holiday today, visited the
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    British Tributes To III-Fated French Polar Expedition.
    197 11 WARM tributes are paid in London: to the work of Dr. Jean Charcot, the famous French Polar explorer and scientist who, with 32 other members of the crew of his four-masted barque, the Pourquoi Pas, was drowned yesterday when the vessel was totally
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    KWANGSI GENERAL RECONCILED.
    403 11 "A GREAT DAY IN CHINA'S HISTORY. UNITED FRONT TO AGGRESSION. Today, the fifth anniversary of the Mukden incident on Sept. 18, 1931, sees Nanking and Kwangsi reconciled and the realisation of national unification. China hereafter will present a united front against external aggression declares a manifesto by
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    18 11 The Emperor and Empress of Japan returned to Tokio this week from their summer holiday at Hayama. AnetaDomei.
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    STOP PRESS.
    74 11 Two thousand out of me three thousand labourers at tie U..i air base at Seletar rtmri t*--, morning demanding shorter hours, higher wages, and the formation of a union. Paris, Sept. 18. Mutiny is reported in the Spanish Government fleet assembled at Malaga. Some of the crews decided
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    SIR A CALDECOTT SEES CHIANG.
    148 11 Some Sino-British Problems. CANTON MEETING. rTHE Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Andrew Caldecott, arrived in Canton at noon yesterday (reports Sin Chew Jit Poh) and called on Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of China. He was met in Canton by Dr. Philip K.
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    RADIO INCITEMENT TO WAR.
    229 11 RADIO INCITEMENT TO WAR. Big Conference In Geneva. CONVENTION TO PROMOTE PEACE. MALAYAN listeners who re- ceive programmes from stations in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Russia and Japan are closely cdhcerned in the World Radio Conference which opened at Geneva yesterday. All the League countries and torn* of the
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    JOHORE MANHUNT ENDS.
    145 12 Three Chinese Arrested At Senai. WILL ANSWER HOLD-UP CHARGE. Thice Cantonese Chinese alleged to have bc-en concerned in the hold-up on Wednesday in which Mr. R. J Brooktr. engineer In charge of tfea construction of tho now mental hospital at Johorc was robbed of $3,793.33 have been
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    SANG IN DOCK. Clerk Charged In Elias Case.
    182 12 SANG IN DOCK. Clerk Charged In Elias Case. (Trum Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18. Si.-.slnc in the dock. Murugasu H.ixhth. the rlerk in the Federated Malay States Railways who has been charged with the attempted murder of Mr. D. H. Elias. the general manager, on September apni':ired in
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    Malayan Trade Problems Are Complex.
    276 12 "MORE SERIOUS THAN EVER BEFORE." During the year under review trading conditions in Malaya were subjectsd to grave disturbances by internal and external issues, and the problems facing merchants in general trading in Malaya seemed ti have hecome more varied and serious than ever in
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    LYING-IN-STATE OF LATE PRINCE PURACHATRA.
    432 12 Host Of Wreaths Bear Witness To Community's Esteem. (Special to the Straits Times.) With the solemnity and dignity befitting a Royal personage, the body of the late Prince Purachatra of Kambaeng Bejra, brother of ex-King Prajadhipok, of Siam, and uncle of the boy King, lies
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    NEW ROTARY GOVERNOR.
    165 12 Temporary Appointment For Col. C. Rae. (Form Our Own Correspondent) Ipch, Sept. 18. Hon. Col. Cecil Rae, second vicepresident of Rotary International has been informed by cable that he has been appointed to act as governor of the Rotary district of Malaya, Slam and Indo-Chlna until a
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    24 12 HE. the Governor will be proceed ing to Kuala Lumpur by the nlghi mail train from Singapore on Septem ber 25.
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    TO MEET $22,000 EXCESS. Legislative Sanction Given In N.S.
    75 12 TO MEET $22,000 EXCESS. Legislative Sanction Given In N.S. (From Ou: Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 18. Legislative sanction to an excess of $22,015.71 incurred on certain items detailed in the Negri Sembilan Enactment No. 9/34 was given by the State Council meeting yesterday. It relates only to the nett excess
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    SEARCHLIGHT ON LEPER PROBLEM.
    324 12 Malaya May Have Heavy Burden To Meeil MAINTENANCE FOR THOUSANDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 16. "IT seems that Government may be faced with the financial burden of maintaining four or five thousand lepers in the F.M.S. in the next ten years." So reports
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    Air Mails.
    196 12 INWARD Imperial: From Europe: Due last night: Arrives tonight. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday night. Imperial: From Europe: Duo Sunday night. OUTWARD Qintas: To Australia: Mails close 7 p.m. today. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close
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    31 12 Pastor W. W. R. Lake will speak on the subject The Rich Man and Lazarus and other kindred topics at the Seventh-Day Adventlst Church, Penang Road, at 5 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday.
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    SELANGOR REGENCY FARCE.
    911 13 FEDERAL DIARY. Are State Councils Needed? Why Was Meeting First Arranged —H. E. Coming To See Planters. (Frcni Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. WHY have any State Council meetings at all in the F.M.S.? That is a fair Question to ask after the way in
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    STREET STALLS AT MALACCA.
    321 13 OPPOSED BY MUNICIPALITY. HAWKING PROBLEMS. (From Oar Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 18. An assurance given at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners that the by-law controlling hawkers would be interpreted fairly so that no injustice would be felt by these men has allayed certain anxiety that
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    GRIM BUT MOVING FILM.
    260 13 At The Cinema. After The Assassination Of Lincoln. "The Prisoner of Shark Island." (With Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart and Claude Gillingwater). Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by John Ford. At the Caaital. His name is kiudd and it takes seven or eight thousand feet of Hollywood j 'hangings,
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    22 13 An excellent view of the H.M.S. Grimsby at Kuantan on its first cruise to Malaya. The Grimsby came from Hong: Kong recently.
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    BUDDHIST FATHER MALAY MOTHER.
    284 13 CLAIM FOR CARE OF CHILDREN. "RELIGION DOES NOT ARISE." Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 16. JUDGMENT was delivered today by •*Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., in the case in which Kaitan, a Singhalese Buddhist shopkeeper, living at Port Swettenham, sought to recover his five
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    386 13 Guests At Reception For N.I. Governor-General. Monday, Sept. 14. In the afternoon H. E. The Govern-or-General (designate) of the Nethertherlands Indies and Mrs. TJarc2 van Starkenborgh Stachouwer called on His Excellency and remained for tea. Hon. Brigadier and Mrs. A. T. Shakespcar, Commodore W. P. MarkWardlaw. Ai- Commodore
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    COMPETITION FROM JAPAN,
    626 13 Malaya's Tardy Recognition Deplored. COMBATIVE MEASURES IN NETHERLAND COLONIES. Malaya's tardy recognition of the extent and seriousness of Japanese trade competition was referred to by His Excellency Jhr. B. C. de Jonge, the retiring Governor-General of Netherlands India, in an exclusive interview with the Straits Times last
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    GUNNERS'SURPRISE VICTORY OVER "SKINS" IN SOCCER CUP-TIE. REGIMENT LED AT THE INTERVAL.
    614 14 GUNNERS' SURPRISE VICTORY OVER "SKINS" IN SOCCER CUP-TIE. REGIMENT LED AT THE INTERVAL. Then Buckley Got A Couple Of Goals. rpiE S.A.F.A. Cup competition is furnishing a scries of surprises this season. There was another yesterday, when the Inniskiliings were beaten by the Royal Artillery. The infantry men had a
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    VISIT OF JAPANESE SPORTS CHAMPIONS.
    769 14 Week-End Of Attractive Events In Singapore. IT is unlikely that Singapore will see the Japanese Olympic track and field athletes in action, is the liner Conte Rosso, on which they are travelling home, is making a quick passage, with only a few hours' stay in
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    SINGAPORE TRIAL MATCH.
    284 14 Hockey. Team Chosen To Meet The Japanese. After yesterday's trial match on the S.R.C. ground the following team was selected to represent Singapore against the Japanese Olympic side on Sunday: O. C. Aerla; R. Bartholomew. Capt. N. L. Hammor:ri; R. G. Ross. G. E. N. Oehlcrs, P.
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    PAHANG TEAM TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE.
    66 14 Cricket. The following have accepted Invitation to play for the &.C.C. against P&hang on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. at the S.C.C.:— P. O'Nell Dunne, E. N. Griffith Jones. A F. Hunter, L. A. Hygate, J. W. Jackson, J. E. C. Mitchell. F.
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    SINGAPORE MALAY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    586 14 Lawn TennU. All-Day Play On Sunday. The first All-Singapore Ma" ays Lawn Tennis Championships (1936). which began last week-end, will be continued en the Goodwood P*rk Hotel courts on Sunday, when the following ties 'will be played: 9 a.m. Open Sine'cs Championship I. A. Alsagoff vs. C.
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    COLONY WIN THE MACKRAY CUP.
    312 14 Polo. Malay States Beaten By Seven Goals. A very easy victory by seven goals to nil was scored by the Colony team in the annual match with the Malay States for the Mackray Cup, played before a large attendance at the Singapore Polo Club's ground
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    18 14 TOMORROW'S RACES. The order of running and scratchings fcr tomorrow's Singapore Races will be found on Page 6.
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    Tonight's Big Fights At The New World Arena.
    70 15 At the New World arena this evening there are two important bouts. Joe Diamond, conqueror of Som Pong, meets Clever Henry, who lost narrowly to the Siamese; and Tiger Flowers rlashes with Joe Eagle two men who have both secured verdicts over
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    DREW FOR THIRD TIME.
    182 15 Boxing. 1 Choon vs. Kid Arenas At Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 18. Ones again little Choon (8.0), of Ipjh, shared honours with Kid Arenas (8.0) the puny Filipino, In the main event at Jubilee Park in a ten round fight last night. These
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    S.R.C. TOURNAMENT.
    123 15 BilUardt. Th" following ties have been arranged in the S.R.C. tournament at 6 30 p.m. each day: Friday:—Doubles handicap: H. E. Woodford and R E. Perrcau (—7s* vs J. n Quays and N. S. Hor-rn (—125). I Monday:—Doubles, handicap: Dr. C. L Trtniniin and W. E. Meyer (—125)
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    LANGLEY LOSES TO GOODMAN IN U. S. AMATEUR.
    264 15 Garden City. Sept. 17. The following were the results of the quarterfinals in the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship: McLean beat Riddell 3 and 1. Goodman beat Billows 2 and 1. Fischer beat Martin 6 and 4. Voijt beat Campbell 4 and 3.
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    G.G.C. Women's Medal.
    39 15 The women's monthly medal was played at the Garrison Golf Club en Tuesda* and Wednesday. The following wers the best returns: Miss M. Shakespcar 41—12=29 Mrs. D. M. Brown 42 8=34 Mrs. K. S. Morgan 46—12=34
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    G. HOY WINS DUFFERS' CUP AT ISLAND CLUB.
    236 15 Golf. The following are results or play In the Duffers' Cup competition at the Island Club, following the first round. 2nd Round. M. C. V. Martia beat C. G. Fugler 3 and 1. S. Q. Wong beat W. A. Wilson 1 up.
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    SINGAPORE WOMEN'S. CHAMPIONSHIP.
    88 15 The following are the results, in the first round of the Singapore women's championship, played at Sepoy Lines: Mrs. E. Lltchfleld beat Mrs. W. P. Douglas 6 and 4. Mrs. J. Hill beat Mrs. J. Moncur 3 and 2. Mrs. S. N. Kelly beat Mrs.- C. V.
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    SELANGOR UNITED.
    144 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. At the annual general meeting of the Selangor United Rugby Football Club, held at the V.M.C.A. last night. presided over by Mr. F. F. Cooray, the following were elected office-bearers: President. Mr. F. F. Cooray; vicepresident, Mr. Loh Ah Lan;
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    R.S.Y.C. EVENTS.
    86 15 Yachting. Today the Royal Singapore Yacht Club will have the usual after- j noon races for "B" and "C" Classes, starting at 5.20 p.m. and 5.25 p.m. I respectively. On Sunday, the International 6metre Class will sail a sweepstake race, starting at 10 a.m. The "B" Class will
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    S.R.C. vs. H.M.S. TERROR.
    68 15 Hockey. On Monday, on the S.R.C. ground, the S.R.C. will mcc* H.M.S. Terror, and will be represented by: C. R Eber, A. M. Janscn, T. Albuquerque, R. B. Milne, R. S. de Souza, C. E. W. de Souza L. M. Pennefather, J. W. Zehnder, O. M.
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    N.S. ALL BLUES WANT NEW PLAYERS. Plan For Coaching At The Schools.
    249 15 N.S. ALL BLUES WANT NEW PLAYERS. Plan For Coaching At The Schools. Rugby Football. fFrom Our Own Correspondent! Seremban. Sept. 12, That new talent will have to be found to represent Negri Sembilan Asiatics at rugger in future owing to the decline of several of the older players, and a
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    590 15  -  Cakn's Cricketers Can Malaya Find A Team?— Lack Of "Brainy" Bowters Home Boxing Bouts. Conducted by "ECHO." SIR JULIEN CAHN'e XI. TWE news that Sir Julien Cahn Is definitely to bring a cricket team to Malaya next year is gratifying. It :nay include two or three "pros"
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    "A COLOSSAL CHANGE" IN GREECE.
    182 16 Athens, Sept 8. Oen. Metaxas. the Prime Minister, at a dinner at the opening of the Salonika Fair, spoke of the abandonment of democracy in Greece. On August 4 (he said) there was a colossal change, which marks a turning-point the importance of which those
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    LUANG PRADIT OUTLINES SIAM'S FOREIGN POLICY.
    1643 16 Great Britain As Trusted And Powerful Friend. REFERENCE TO RELATIONS WITH JAPAN AND CHINA. IN its international policy, the Government of Siam wishes to main1 tain the valued bond of scrupulously equal friendship with every foreign power having relations with our country. It was
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    NEW CONSTITUTION FOR MALTA.
    262 16 Proclamation By Governor. Malta. Sept. 2. Malta's new Constitution was today proclaimed by Letters Patent In the Palace at Valleta by the Governor. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Bon-ham-Carter. Malta Is again for the time being a Crown Colony, and the Governor will legislate by virtue of the
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    GREW HEAVIER AS HE GREW OLDER
    194 16 His System Was Becoming Sluggish It is the fate of many pec.ple to put oa weight after reaching the nge of foriy Thu Is usually a sign that the Internal oigans are getting sluggish and lazy In their vork. The remedy Is simple— the
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    £56.000,000 MORE FOR FRENCH DEFENCE WORKS.
    393 17 MAGINOT LINE TO BE MADE STRONGER. Paris, Sept. 7. The Council of Ministers today authorised the expenditure of an extra £56.000.000 this year on strengthening French defences. Th? sum I 3 greater than was anticipated. It v/ 111 bs supplemented next year as occasion
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    32 17 Figures made available by the Indian authorities sjiow that 10,500,000 letters were sent by air from Great Britain to India during 1935. This compared with 6,000,000 in 1934, and 4,000,000 in 1933.
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    MASTER OF THE ROBES
    188 17 MASTER OF THE ROBES NEW APPOINTMENT BY THE KING. A new position in the King's Household was announced In the "London Gazette" with the appointment of Lord Colebrooke as Master of the Robes. The announcement stated that the King had been pleased to make the following appointments to his Majesty's
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    DICTATORSHIP FOR BULGARIA ?
    269 17 DICTATORSHIP FOR BULGARIA King Boris's Reported Plan. Belgrade, Sept. 5. King Boris of Bulgaria is the guest this week-end of Prince Paul, Senior Regent of Jugoslavia, at Brdo Castle. They are to hold an important conference, which will be attended by M. Stojadinovltch, the Jugoslav Premier. The conference is strictly
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    SPEEDIER NAVAL REARMAMENT.
    549 17 45 WARSHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FURTHER INCREASE NEXT YEAR. BRITISH naval rearmament is gathering speed. In sis months' time there will be nearly twice as many warships on the stocks in Great Britain as there were at the beginning of the current financial year. It is thought in
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    "G.O.M. OF TAIPING."
    67 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 12. The death took place on Thursday at Talping of Mr. Lim Teng Pee. aged 81, father of Mr. Lim Khoon Swee. Mr. Lim arrived in this country 65 years ago and had lived at Taiplng for 55 years. He was
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    Fell 120 Feet On Rocks And Lived.
    138 17 i /CRASHING 120 ft. down a boulder cliff on to rocks, a London man was rescued near Sea ton (Devon) by fishermen. He was Joseph McMahon (23), of Hlghgate, a member of a camping party. A girl companion ran for half an hour
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    22 17 Doy Scouts of the 36th St. Tftncras Troop are seen here pitching their tents during their summer camp at Hatfirld Park, Hertfordshire.
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    "Accident Tout" Lawyers Warned.
    258 17 "Accident Tout" Lawyers Warned. May Be Struck Off The Rolls. London. OOLJCITORS who tt>ke part in "accid- ent tout" business on and after October 1 will render themselves liable to heavy penalties, and may even be struck off the Rolls. New regulations to this effect, drafted by a committee of
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    67 17 About 30 boys from Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, under the charge of Capt. B. Preedy, Headmaster of the School, went cycling to Lasa to visit the now famous Phin Soon Caves near Sungei Siput wnere recently Mr. H. D. Noone has excavated a 5,000 year old skull. They were met
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    SOUTHERN AFRICA IN CONFERENCE.
    246 17 MR. PIROW ON TUB "SAFETY OF ALT,.' Jolian :c. Mr. Oswald PIroT?. the BOBtk AMMO Minister of Railways and Defence was unable to preside at the African Transport Conference, v/.iictt was CDened on Sept. 7 by Ltd C\.v: ndon, Governor-General of South Africa, ar.d \Cr. Duncan,
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    INDIAN HANGED.
    56 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Cept. 15. A young Indian. Ahmad bin Ghouse, who declined to appeal apainst sentence of death passsd on him at the recent Penang Assizes for his part ir the King Street murder, was harmed this mcrning at the Penang prison. It is reported
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    TEST OF YIELD VALUE OF CLONAL SEED.
    1929 18 AFTER a visit three years ago to Prang Besar Estate, Selangor, I described this estate as the most progressive in Malaya, and after a second visit, Just completed, I think that description still applies. Prang Besar is learning today what the rest of
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    SIX-DAY WEEK ON N.I. ESTATES.
    289 18 AGAIN THE DUTCH SHOW THE WAY. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— According to your 'Notes of the Day" of Sept. 10, Sunday rest, or its equivalent cf 52 holidays In a year, is enforced by law in Netherlands India. This is interesting
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    40,000,000 POUNDS OF RUBBER.
    270 19 WHAT GAS MASK SCHEME MEANS IN SALES. 'T'HE provision of rubber gas-masks for civilians in Great Britain means that the consumption of rubber from that source alone v/111 go up by t 40.000,000 lb. in the course of th next 12 months! That Is good news
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    53 19 It is reported that golf clubs have betn dispensed with by laay golfers at Tempre. Arizona, and a strong rubber band attached to crossed wooden uprights used In their place. The ball is placed in a sling and the length of the drive is regr.lated by the tension put on
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    NEW SERVICE MASKS OF RUBBER.
    130 19 Heavier Than Civilian Type. Demonstrations of the new service gas masks were given early this month at Hendon. when press reporters found that no respiratory Inconvenience was encountered; in fact, it was found possible with the masks fitted to converse without difficulty and to compare
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    ESTATES AT THE HIGHLANDS.
    544 19 THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AN ACRE. SOUND CONTROL OF MALARIA. A useful reminder of the terms on which land is available at Cameron Highlands, together with a survey of the agricultural position in that district up to date, is given by the British Resident of Pahang, the
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    16 19 WANTED TO BUT Rubber Estates. Send particulars w.th prices and plan to Box 51, Straits Times.
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    13 19 i corner of Cough's first thousand meres on Prang Besar. budded in 1923.
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    WHY CEYLON SHOULD REPLANT.
    768 19 "Can You Afford Not To Do It?" If Ceylon is to maintain her position as a rubber producing country and compete on an equal footing with other rubber producing -entres, she must replant the old, low-yielding areas with up-to-date material, Mr. R. K. S. Murray, of
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    I.S.P. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME.
    299 19 SIR SHENTON THOMAS TO ATTEND. I*HE programme for the annual con- ference of planters which will be opened in Kuala Lumpur on October 2 by H.E. the High Commissioner, Sir Shcnton Thomas, is as follows: Fr'.day, Oct. 2. 10.15 a.m.— The opening of the conference. 10.30-11.10 a.m.—
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