The Straits Times, 5 October 1936

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    34 1 The Straits Times THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1936 20 PAGES. 20 i\\(.i:s. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times
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      326 1 SINGAPORE*. 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). /€VtRYSIZE FAMILY BtINKMAHII t CO 1 FAIRBANKS SCALES Mr ij— JJ We stock this famous scale $L =S JH in a very wide range capable of weighing loads I, I f rom 2SO lbs U P to 2 lb8 J^ Prices are exceedingly low.
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      112 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683j I (IrXiUmrf* |Sttto(lJ.^7 W J)inUtti out? 1 /i^fe\ R DANCING I ..means smart m A 1 Evening Wear! li ll II :Only good tailoring can give you B llj THIS. FOR YEARS WE HAVE SPECIALISED ll II IN THE CAREFUL TAILORING OF EVENING
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      204 2 "BARNUM WAS RIGHT" THE one and only P. T. Barnum is alleged to have said many things that never found their way into our copy-books things to which few of us would wish to subscribe. But he uttered a profound truth when he said: "If you don't advertise your business,
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      722 2 DICK.— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on Oct. 4. to Sally Clare, wile or A. M. Dick, Tat Tak Estate, Johore, a daughter. LEICESTER.— On October 5, 19S6, at General Hospital, Singapore, to Ptayllfc, wife of Mr. N. N. Leicester, the gift of a son. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for
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      788 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET Bungalow 6, Angullia Park, Angr.ll'.a Co. FULLY FURN. FLAT, Capitol. Moderate rent. Telephone 2530. TO LIT, 6. Swettenham Road fully furnished. Apply D. Israel c/o Frankels. TO LET, from Nov. 1, No. 5, Lermlt Road, fully furnished, all mod. conveniences. Tennis etc. Apply TeL 2412. FURNISHED
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      779 2 AUCTION NOTICES BT ORDER OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS FKIMTSS MAYlKtIIATRA OF SI AM. LEGALLY APPOINTED RECEIVER OF THS ESTATE OF THB LATE H.R.H. PRINCE FUBACHATBA. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALF. Of very fine design, polished teak household furniture of every description, antiqu curios, elephants' tusks, a large collection of valuable books by
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      537 2 BUSINESS CARDS Eto MASSAGE HALL MANICURF AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. KAN -U -GO The Crossword C.ird Game 1 Entertain* Ing. fetrmndns and Amusing. This Card Game Is for any number, tram 2 to 7. As Cios.su ord P.>tirn?e, it is the mo.
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      29 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outelde Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly I 3.M I 4.M 2.50 Quarterly 8.50 112.00 7.50 Hall Yearly S17.M $24 to $15.90 Yearly $34.M $48.00 S30.00
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      161 2 Note. OutsUUion cheques should Include the usual bank discount ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and tastructtaos for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS arc as under:— SS cents xr line per insertion with a minimum charge of $1 per insertion. There are approximately six woros tc a Use. Blrtrs, Marriages, Deaths, Acknowledgements, Announcements and P.P.C.
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      702 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorpcrateo In England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES rENINSL'LAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N^ CO. CNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS M AJESI V S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnase Spore 1936 HANCHI ".000 OCI BURDWAN
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      594 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 Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10.&00 Oci 14 15 KATORI MARU 10.000 Oct. 28 29 I KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Nov 11 12 J YASUKUNI MARO
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      596 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motcrships Most Cabins have adjoining crlvate bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From From From Spore Malacca Port Pcnaug M.S. Sham JUTLANDIA 20/10 20/10 21/10 23/10 MEONIA 3/11 3/11 4/11 6/11 ALSIA 1/12 1/12 2/12 4/12
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      170 3 [PRESIDENT I,[NTRS| Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £72.0.8 SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms: Swimming poolTalking Motion Pictures. Delicious dealsHot and cold running water in each Stateroom. Cabins for two or lore passenger? with real beds— Modem ventilation throughout. Weekly service from Manila
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      1122 3 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Mua Khlow Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and Chin* Mutual The t'unard White -tar Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak S4eam*Mp Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Orirn.tl Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.. Hi The Irrawaddv
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      129 4 Monday, October 5. Ships alongside the 'Vharves or expected to arrive KEPPEL IIARBOUK Main Wharf Lch. Lady Clifford, Lch. Princess Mary. R.A.F. Aquarius, P.W.D. Grab Dredger No. 2, Buijskes. Oil Wharf NU. Coal Wharf NU. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tmjont Par-r Sheers Wharf Golo. Albert Dock
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      EXPORT OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      101 4 During the week ending Sept. 26, 1936, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 17 263 cases, of which: 10.903 (63 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.188 (seven per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 1,709 (ten per cert) cases
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      312 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Today. China (generally (Patroclus) 3 pm. Hongkong (Patroclus) ..3 p.m. Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly by au (Qantas) 7 pm. Tuesday, October 6. Pengerang (Aik Soon) t a.m. U.S.A. (Parcels
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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.
      154 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, Oct. 5, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 8.30 p.m. Gene.-al deivery of letters tomorrow. Oct. 6, at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Europe (Amsterdam) expected today, Oct. 5. by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 5
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      DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
      26 4 Mall dispatched from Singapore on Sept. 11 by Raj pu tan a was delivered In London on Oct. 3 (22 days).
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      AIR MAIL TO AUSTRALIA.
      40 4 Owing to the late arrival of the Eastbound Imperial aeroplane, the air malls for Australia, Java etc. previously announced as closing on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. will now close on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
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      DAMAGE AT R.A.F. CAMP.
      484 4 WELSH LEADERS CHARGED. A REMARKABLE LETTER. There was a remarkable sequel to a case which came before the Pw'lheli magistrates earlier in the day whcr. three prominent members of the Welsh Nationalist Party were charged with causing malicious damage to contractors' huts and stacks of timber
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      NEW MOTORSHIP FOR NEW ZEALAND OWNERS
      154 4 Departure From The Clyde The Kauri, a mote:.; 1 p ol ing design, built by Messrs. A. (Stephen and Sons. Ltd., Linth r the Union Steam Ship Co. of N land. Ltd., has left the Clyde for Now Zealand after sued( ng trials. This
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      PASSENGERS.
      41 4 The following passengers for Malaya arrived in the President Garfield on Saturday, Mr. and Mr;;. David Byth, cf Warne: Bros., Miss Virginia U Kelley, Ms. John F. McKierman, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Ellas, who are golnc to Per.ang.
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    CLEARANCES
    50 4 Oct. 3: Malacca, Meran, Tandjong Balei, Kola, Marella, Tung Song, Perak. Ipoh. Neleus, Clam, Katong, City of Florence, Darvel, Tllawa, Yuen Sang. Pinna (Brit.); Hal Hing 'Nor); Kepah, Asahan. Tomohon, Valentyn Poelau Tello, Tohitl, Togian, Toboali, Merula, Senang "Dut.i. Oct. 4: Maros. Belawan (Dut.); Mata Hari, Tweedbank (Brit). i
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    ACTION AGAINST EX-QUEEN OF SPAIN.
    291 4 ACTION AGAINST EX-QUEEN OF SPAIN. BROUGHT BY CUBAN DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. New York, Sept. 20. Senorita Edelmira San Pedro, the Cuban wife of the Count of Covadonga. is bringing an action to prevent Queen Victoria Eugenie. ex-Queen oi Spain, from taking the Count back to Europe. Queen Victoria Eugenie arrived this morning
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    "LA PASIONARIA" AT PEACE CONGRESS.
    84 4 About 10.000 people altended the congress of the Universal Assembly for Peace in Brussels. In the official enclosure were M. Vandervelde. Belgian Minister for Public Health, Seiiora Ibarra, the Spanish Communist Deputy, who Is known as "La Pasionaria"— the Pas-sion-Fiowcr—and Seiior Domingo, former Spanish Cabinet
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      510 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in p.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.3. RLYS. ANT SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: FKlfbl M33— Passage 5431. CAN ADTAN PAC IF IC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VIII MAY 1957. Early Booking la Strongly advised. Travel CANADIAN PACIFIC. FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and
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      395 4 fMcnlflST fin corpora te<3 ir. Straits Settlement* 1 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (incorporated to England). ancorporated a, o.SA.) -ELLERMAN- LINE. BOSTON. NEW YORK A RILT-MOUK FOR HAVRE.' LONDON. CAn GOOn OPR ROTTEBDAM HAMBURG. MONTGOMERY CITY Oc^'lO O^IT Via Porti and San Canal STEEL NAVIGATOR Oct 23
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      441 4 Mala van Meteorological S«rv1c« Dally Weather Resort. Stations \Tsterday Last nle>it max. rain- bright min temp, fah s'shine temp *F ins. oia *F West Coast. Alor Star 91 Nil 5.6 73 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 83 Nil 8.3 75 Sitiawan 91 Nil 6.7 73 Bukit Jeram 92 Nil 2.1 73 Malacca
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    MIDGET COLONY FOR THE DWARFS?
    79 5 Budapest, Sept. 16. Julius Gont, 40 inches high, 45-year-old, proprietor of the prosperous department store In Budapest that supplies nearly all the world's midget troups- with their clothes, tiny furniture and stage equipment, plans to found a new Lilllput. He estimates that there are 56,000
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    SLANDERS BY BROADCAST.
    601 5 SOLICITOR URGES CHANGE IN LAW. PRESS LIBEL BILL CRITICISED. The law of defamation as it broadcasting, the Press, and literary work was discussed at the meeting of the Law Society at Nottingham. Tl.e subject was introduced by Mr. Is'.dcre Kerman, of London, who suggested an amendment of
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    FINANCIAL GENIUS IN A VILLAGE.
    174 5 Threepenny Piece; Sold For 4d. Dublin. Sept. 14. A small shopkeeper in a County Dublin village made a profitable deal by selling thrcep.-nny-plcces for fourponce last week-end. Vac previous Sunday the clergyman reproved the congregation for the smallness of the collection for th-j chapel woman
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      278 5 FOR TONIGHT ONI V jtonl 18 -^B^M^^^ B JTWJHI A SPARKLING GAUMONT K^jy^^^^^^^^^P^^alC^li BRITISH PICTURE— 1H —T a\ A ▼^E| RIPPLES OF MERRIMENT! W^M feX^S HI < KLES Ol GLEE! lVT^^^k^fe^^l^^^^^P!v"^l HOWLS OF HILARITY! (S«£^^^^^^^^^^^^»UCg CICELY COURTNEIDGE AS A BLUE-STOCKING SCHOOLMISTRESS IN 'THINGS ARE LOOKING UP' TOMORROW— THE ONE MYSTERY
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      308 5 LIQUIDATION SALE NOW IN FULL SWING HUNDREDS OF BARGAINS AT LESS THAN AUCTION PRICES Call and be Convinced NO OBLIGATION (Open up to 6 p.m. including Saturdays) FRANKEL BROS. In Voluntary Liquidation 101, VICTORIA STREET. Help Kidneys Don't Take Drastic Orugs tour Kidneys nave nine million tiny tubes or filters
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      133 5 260, MIDDLE ROAD (close to Selegie Road.) THE OYSTER CLUB CAFE RESTAURANT OPEN UNTIL 2 A.M. It's OK with the FRESH OYSTERS, and also from to-day BAKED and FRIED OYSTERS OYSTER COCKTAIL and other FRENCH DISHES Carolus D. Weinberg. THE NEW WORLD CABARET TEA DANCE (Adnission Free) THURSDAY SATURDAY. SUNDAY.
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      218 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. T<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. arc invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6.30—8.15 p.m. Informal dinner and dance
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      77 5 TIVOLI: Beautiful Women. 7.30 9.30. THEATRE ROYAL: Maya Bazaa; 6. 9. FAIR. Fourth day of Chinese Trade Fair at Great World, 4 p.m. AMUSEMENT PARKS, DANCE HALLS. ETC. Singapore:— GREAT WORLD CABARET: Night dance, 9.30— midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET: Night dance, 9 p.m. to miduight. Sere m ban N.8. UANCE
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      241 6 Rubbers Active Industrials Firm. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Oct. 5. With no price of tin from London, the market opened very quietly this morninjr with prices for tin .haivs unchanged from Saturday's dosing. Buying inquiry is on the small Bide and there is no selling pressure
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      PRODUCE.
      191 6 Singapore, October 5, 12 noon. October 5, Singapore tin price (per picuD $100' Java Cube White Muntok Pepper White Pepper Black Pepper Mixed Black P*>oprr •Sundried Copra 5 65 Mixed Copra 5.15 Small F:aKe lapioca Fair Flake Tapioca Med Pearl Tapioca Small Pe?rl Topioca No 1 Sago F.cur Lingga
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        574 6 issue Val. Fraser C>. Lyall Evalt Buyers Sellers Buyers t*eller3 <J/- Ampat Tin 4/4'/ 2 4/7>/ 2 4/6 4/9 il Asam Kumbang 26/6 28/6 26 6 28/6 £1 Austral Malay 52/6 54/6 53/- 54/5- Ayer Hitam 15/4'^ 16/- 15/- 16/1 Ayer Weng 1.7214 l.77«/i 1.70 1.80 £1 Bangrin Tin
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        GENERAL.
        409 6 2 2 Alex Brick Or6. 1.05 1.20 1.10 1.20 2 2 do 7'/ 2 Co Preis. 1.50 1.57'/ 2 1.45 155 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 10 00 1100 £1 £1 B.A.T 6.1.6 6.5.0 6.7.6 6.12.6 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting 0.90 1.00 090 1 00 10 5
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        184 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. r .r 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nom VY/o 19C7 rec. 1947 #1.600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 113 116 nom Vn% K09 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 12C 122 nom 4'/o 1913 red. 1363 $2,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        364 6 Today's Prices Fraser C;>. Lyall Evatt AHenby 1.50 1.60 50 160 Alor Gajah 1.00 1./0 1.00 1.15 Amal. Malay 1.70 1.85 1.70 1.85 Ayer Kitam 1.30 1.40 1.35 1.45 Ayer Molek 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.12V 2 Ayer Panas 1.47'- 1.55cd 1.55 1.60ct'. Bassett 0 60 0 oi 0.60
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      EXCHANGES.
      205 6 The following ars the exchange rate, this mornirv according to the dally circular issued by tla Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London I.T 2/4 1/18 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 montli* sight 2/4>/a Lyons, demand 1227 Hamburg demand 142 nom. New York demand yi% Mortr.il demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      84 6 Buyers. Sellers. N. 1 X. R. S. S. in casss (F. 0.8.) Oct. 27 7/16 22 U Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Oct. 273 a 27 7/1G No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Tone of Market: Quiet Steady. Latest Cable: London
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    JAPANESE BONDS TO BE TAKEN OVER.
    164 6 Sequel To Nationalisation Of Power Companies Tokio, Sept. 22. A decision to take over bonds floated abroad by Japan's five largest electric power companies, when these ■■•re nationalised, has been reached by the Ministers of Finance, Communications, Commerce and Industry, Domei learned today. The
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    EXCHANGES.
    81 6 London, Oct. 3. The following were closing msan rates Purls 103 21/32 Athens 550 sellers Nev York 4.93 3/16 Bucharest 675 sellers Montreal 4.92'i Rlr 414 Brussels 29.32 oSclal. C?ncra 21.44V* Belgrade unquoted Amsterdam 9.32 Bueans Aires unquoted Milan unquoted Montevideo 28 '4 Berlin 12.23 sellers Madrid nominal Bon.bay
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    ELECTRIC POWER MERGER IN JAPAN.
    69 6 Tokio, Sept. 28. In connection with the projected State management of Japan's five biggest electric-power companies, th: Ministers of Finance, Commerc-; and Communications recently discussed the status of the companies' foreign bond issues. They decided that the Government rhall take over these loans, and the
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    CHINA INCOME-TAX HITCH.
    47 6 The Nankins Finance Minister, complying with a petition by Chinese bankers, has postponed the enforcement of Income-tax on bank deposits until Jan. 1 next year. Thus only salaries of government clliclals and Interest en government bonds arc affected at present. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    35 6 Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., dredge statistics lor the month of September are: ho;irs run 540, cubic yards treated 75,000, tin ore won 416 pikuls. estimated cost $13,600, cost per cubic yard 18 cents.
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    28 6 Katu Tin dredge statistics for September are: hours run 631, cubic yards treated 126,000, tin ore won 2,42 ulkuls. estimated cost $12,700, cost per cubic yard 10.08 cents.
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    FRENCH CURRENCY DEVELOPMENTS.
    316 6 No Devaluation Of Lin Expected Now. Paris. Oct. 4 The Government is publishing O proclamation which Is to be pasted up all over the country wliich d that the new monetary law maxkl the beginning of a new era of prosperity but only en irr.diUon t!ia» prices
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL GROUP SEPTEMBER PRODUCTION
    131 6 The following particulars of operations of the unde;-ni companies for the month oi September are notified: ya c Ampat Tin 1.722 K rn.i 3,048 Ton^kah Harbour 2,427 1.217 Jtlaparj Tin 608 413.000 814.000 355,000 160,000 122,000 ,096 ..<;i7 307 730 Kra Tm C3U Kanspong Lanjut 1.041
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    COMPANIES STRUCK-OFF.
    28 6 A Government Gazctti no; states that with esl;ct from S.p lg, Aik Ho Bee and Company Lini: Arthur Paterson Lirr.it" i were Struck* ;.1 the rec.ister.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      STERLING RUBBER COMPANY RESULTS.
      1022 7 No Dividend From Durian Sebatang Seaport Pays Four Per Cent Seletar Plantations Increases Debit Carry Forward. The report of the directors of Durlan Sebatang Rubber Estates Ltd. for the year ended Mar. 31, last, states that the net profit was £957 to which has been added
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      DELFT'S NEW RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
      578 7 Importance To The Industry. On the occasion of the opening of the new Rubber Research Laboratories at Delft on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1936, an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the International Association was held. In the meeting, which was attended by the full
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      WORLD USES MORE TIN.
      518 7 INCREASE OF 18 PER CENT. IN YEAR. MAINLY CAUSED BY TINPLATES. Statistics given in the September issue of the Hague Statistical Bulletin of. the International Tin Research and Development Council, show that the world's apparent consumption of tin in the year ended July 1936 totalled 152,168
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      JAPAN EXCEEDS COTTON QUOTA IN PHILIPPINES.
      54 7 Washington, S;pt. 21. Importation of Japanese cotton piece goods into the Philippine islands during the year ending last July 31 have exceeded the voluntary limitation maximum by 3.175.000 square metres, apparently because of reshipment from Hongkong, according to a report made public today by
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      FRENCH DECREES TO CONTROL PRICES.
      271 7 Wholesale Reduction Of Import Duties. Paris, Oct. 3. Cobder. must have turned in his grave, but Ihls time with delight, on publication of today's "Journal Ofticiel" decreeing the establishment of a French Customs Commission for tho control of prices "in order to avoid any unjustified
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      N.I. RUBBER DUTY
      40 7 Batavla, Oct. 3. The Netherlands Indian export duty on native rubber has been raised to 50 guilders for each 100 kilograms dry. After devaluation of the guilder the rate was raised from 37 to 47 guilders. Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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      630 7 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony ot Hons Kong.) The liability ot members is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Cap-ia: $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Pald-Up $20,000,000 Koserve Funds Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency
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      154 7 BANK OF CHINA I Incorporated in China by Special Charter. Paid-t'p Capital S 10,000.000.00 Reserve Funds S3.453.591.43 Total Resources S1.342.r:l?,166.35 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI Tse-Vung Soong, Chairman ot Board Sung Han-Chang, General Manager OVERSEAS BRANCHES: London, New York and Osaka LONDON BANKERS: Midland Bank Overseas Branch NEW YORK BANKERS: Irvine Trust
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      512 7 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital to 600.000 shares of 5 each £.i OfiU.000 Reserve Fund i3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 13,000,009 UK AD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E C. 4. Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amritsar l!oil
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    People In The News.
    903 8 People In The News. He Paddled His Own Canoe 8,000 Miles. QNE of the visitors to Singapore this week is Mr. Oscar Speck, the young German electrician, who has sailed all the way from Hamburg in a frail, collapsible canoe known in Germany as the "faltboot." It is nearly five
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      881 8 ORIENTAL GOVT. SECURITY Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Established 1874. Head Office- BOMBAY. Summary of 1935 Report. New Policies Issued 56.953,055. Annual Income 22,346,504. Policies in Force $.379,220,504. Total Claims Paid 1 1 1.565.987. Funds Increased to $.1 08.903.994. THESE FIGURES SPEAK VOLUMES FOR THE SOUNDNESS AND POPULARITY OF THE ORIENTAL
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      135 8 RWik'a''Vi "K^3 Model ESOBX 8-Tube ATWATER KENT RADIO Also available 6, 7, 9 and 10 tube Models living Metal Tubes Sole Agenti Malaya: UNITED RADIO SERVICE 137 Orchard Road. Phone 7112. Slntapore Sri line Agenls: H L. CARTER 4> CO Capitol Bd<ldins. LEE A CO., Bato Pahat. W T. KIAT
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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    "Inspiring And Vitalising Message."
    845 9 "Inspiring And Vitalising Message. Press View Of Chancellor's Speech. MUNITIONS PEACE. THE London newspapers comment on the speech which Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered on Friday at a mass meeting in connection with the Conservative Party Conference at Margate. The Morning Post describes It as an "inspiring
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    Music Hall To Be Demolished.
    73 9 London, Oct. 4. NOTHER London landmark Ji and link with the last century, the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, is to be pulled down and a modern cinema will be built on the site. The Alhambra was opened in 1851 as "The Royal Panopticon of Science
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    Another Crash In Air Race.
    335 9 PLANE WRECKED PILOT'S ESCAPE. Johannesburg. Oct. 4. Flying-Officer Clouston clashed near Gwelo. He and his passenger, Mr. Tasker. are uninjured, but the machine U wrecked. A previous message stated that Clouston was leaving Entebbe at dawn on Saturday in the hope that he would reach
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    MISSING STEAMER AT ALGERCIRAS.
    48 9 Gibraltar. Sept. 30. The missing Spanish steamer, Genoveva, has turned up at Algeciras with Moorish troops aboard, thus substantiating the belief that she was captured by the insurgents and used as a transport ship. The fate of the original passengers Ls not known. Reuter.
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    GAMBLING DENS OPENED BY JAPANESE.
    56 9 Canton, Oct. 1. The newly-formed anti-Gambling Society of Kwangtung, in a petition to the Provincial Government, alleges that Japanese nationals, taking advantago of the closing of Chinese gambling dens, have opened several such resorts at Swatow. The Society requests official action for the suppression of
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    Colonial Powers Meet Today.
    82 9 THE Duke of Kent will today open in the House of Lords the first session of the 23rd. reunion of the International Colonial Institute which is meeting all this week in London. Delegates from Great Britain. France, Belgium. Holland and Portugal will be presided over by
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    Peace Hopes In Palestine.
    199 9 MARTIAL LAW DELAYED. Jerusalem, Oct. 4. As the result of the increased hopes of a settlement of the Arab strike, it is understood the Government intends to hold in abeyance at present the pro:!amaUo.. of martial law in Palestine. A more optimistic spirit prevailed in Arab
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    HEIMWEHR SPLIT SENSATION.
    117 9 Prince Starhemberg And Vienna Group. Vienna. Oct. 3. Following the action of Prince Starhemberg in expelling Major Fey and Major Lahr, Vice-Mayer of Vienna, from the Heimwehr on the ground that they were aiming at destroying the unity of the Heimwehr. Dr. Schuschnigg, the Prime Minister, after
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    ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADE PACT.
    48 9 Rome, Oct. 3. Agreement on general lines Is stated to have been practically reached between Britain and Italy for re-esta-blLshing trade relations but a number of details are outstanding and hence accord Is unlikely to be concluded until the end of next week.— Reuter Wireless.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    96 10 SINGAPORE. GLOBE THEATRE So Red The Rose. 7.15—9.30. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALJUX Shadow of Doubt. NEW IVOKLiI Side Shows. Cabaret, Dancing. Talkies. Theatres Cinema*. BITZ, GLVLANG Lightning Strikes Twice. Also The Irish In Us. V'ith James Cagney. 7.45—11 p.m. RAFFLES HOTEL Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. Dinner
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1936. That Next War.
    1058 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1936. That Next War. Opinion appears common in Great Britain and other countries in Europe that the whole aim of Nazi policy is toward a continuation of the 1914-1918 struggle. We do not incline to that view, although there are still a few
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    Social and Personal
    105 10 Dr. L. E. Vine. Medical Officer. Seremban, who was an inmate of the Seremban General Hospital, has recovered from his Illness. Dr. Tara Singh, of Seremban. who went to Europe on leave, has returned to his station and assumed duties at the Seremban General Hospital, says our
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    A SERMON ON TRANSMUTABILITY.
    917 10  -  RONALD BOTTRALL. By BRETHREN, we are here gathered together, Some in confidence, some under the weather. To affirm that our good of today may tomorrow Be shortcoming not less than theirs of Gomorrah; But we claim to know, by law of dalliness, That where the sun
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    The Siput Kemudi
    332 10 jQATHERING shellfish in the manner I saw done at Tanjong Bungan jPenang's holiday resort, is som:what unique ana deserves description (writes a contributor to the Eurasian Review i Here I discovered how, conditions being propitious, a game may be made i out of collecting siput. i A
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    674 10 ItIAN HOST. 'EN parties in Singapore are aally pleasant social affairs and B more, but Syed Ibraliir.i Omar tl struck a distinctive note when tortained 350 neople on th« of Darussalam, his house in :ry Lane, on Saturday afternoon. As one looked around at that gathering
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    "CHINA WILL REJECT HARSH JAPANESE DEMANDS."
    917 11 STATEMENT BY NANKING FOREIGN OFFICE. People's Clamour For War Growing. FOREIGNERS EVACUATING THE INTERIOR CITIES. "IF the Japanese present harsh demands, the Central Government, with the guidance of the people's will for national salvation, will reject them. Japan must realise that any settlement of
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    Let Mr. Eden Stay At Home.
    71 11 •"FHE Conservative Conference passed a resolution urging the Government, in the interests of world psac?. to reverse the policy under which foreign secretaries usurp the duties of trained Ambassadors. The mover of the resolution deprecated a foreign secretary going abroad to deal with international
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    Reinforcements For British Navy? CHINESE REPORT.
    119 11 Reinforcements For British Navy? CHINESE REPORT. Shanghai, Oct. 5. I TNCONFIRMED foreign reports state that In view of the threatening Sino-Japanese situation, the British Admiralty has approved a suggestion by the British authorities in Shanghai for the dispatch of a portion of the Mediterranean fleet to Shanghai. The Naval authorities
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    Shanghai's Military Commander.
    104 11 Following a protest last week by the Mayor of Greater Shanghai asainst the occupation of Chapei by Japanese marines, in which the Mayor is reported to have threatened the dispatch of Chinese forces for the defence of Chapei Sin Chew Jit Poh reports this morning that the
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    Synthetic Rubber And Its Uses.
    152 11 SPECIAL TYRES MADE IN RUSSIA. THE Rubber Combine In Yaroslavl (U.S.S.R.) Is soon to turn out the first batch of special synthetic rubber tyres for racing bicycles, production of which has recently been mastered by the plant. These new tyres differ from the ordinary ones:
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    STOP PRESS
    179 11 Jean Batten took off from I.ympne aerodrome toda> at 4.10 a.m. on her way to New Zealand. She is expected in Singapore this week. Reuter. Shanghai, Oct. 5. A rapid end to the present deadlock in the Sino-Japanese negotiations is expected to follow the arrival here of Mr.
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    A Lake Palace For The League.
    91 11 THE new C 2,000,000 Council Chamber for the League was formally inaugurated on the shores of Lake Geneva by a special sitting of the Council. The hall is a handsome room considerably wider than it is long, and with dull brass panellings relieving the
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    Freer Trade In Future ?
    56 11 Freer Trade In Future PARIS MINISTER'S APPEAL. Paris, Oct. 5. Appealing to all countries to follow the example of France and lower customs barriers, M. Spinasse, Minister of National Economy,' broadcasting to the nation, said international conversations had already begun. They would be concluded in a few weeks and prosperity
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    Fascism Again In France.
    155 11 Meetings Banned. Paris. Oct. 4. The French Fascists, led by Colonel de la Rogue, whose semi-military party organisation, the Croix dc Feu. was one of those dissolved some time ago by a special decree, but since reconstituted in political guise under! the name of the French
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    Madrid Evacuation Begins: Children Go To Valencia.
    162 11 Madrid Evacuation Begins Children Go To Valencia. Paris, Oct. 4. The evacuation of Madrid has begun, according to an unconfirmed report. Children and wounded are the first persons dispat-hed to Valencia from neighbouring villages. The insurgent radio at Cadiz claims that 100 people were killed and the Government bomb factory
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    London Fascist March: 84 Arrests.
    271 11 Baton Charges By Police. DEMONSTRATION BANNED. FIGHTY-FOUR arrests were made yesterday in connection with a Fascist demonstration in the East End of London which was banned at the last minute by the police. The police twice charged tlio crowd with batons and a number of
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    TWO SULTANS IN LONDON.
    186 11 Selangor Ruler Succession. London. Oct. 3. •■pHE Sultan of Selangor and the Su!- tan of Johore— two Malay sultans who have bcth ruled for 40 years— met i in London today at a Mayfair Hotel. The Sultan of Johore, a much-tra veiled man spent several hours
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    MORE CHAMPAGNE IN THE SOVIET.
    65 11 The Council of Peoples Commissars and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have approved a programme for the extension of the production of Soviet champagne from 300 thousand bottles in 1936 to 12 million bottles in 1942. and Crimean dessert
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    8 11 Summertime ended in Great Britain yesterday. British Wireless.
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    VON STERNBERG REVEALS HIMSELF TO SINGAPORE
    1015 12 "UNVARNISHED BUNK"^AND THE TRUTH. Famed Film Producer Speaks Of His Art. (By Special Correspondent.) IOSKF von Sternberg. probably the greatest of Hollywood film producers, and in many ways one of the most remarkable iijiures of the 20th century, arrived in Singapore over the Week-end,
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    RUBBER SUPPLEMENT TOMORROW.
    152 12 Issued With Straits Times. issue of the Straits limes will contain a twelvepage supplement "Jubilee Of Rubber." in which special articles will appear Contributors include, Mr. F. G. Smith, Secretary of the Rubber Growers' Association; Mr. Caspel Kraay of Lane, Mitchell Hymanns and Kraay, Sir J. George
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    TONIGHTS BROADCAST.
    58 12 Station Z.H.J.. Penang. will broadcast the following programme today: 7 p.m. Time signal and announcements for the week. 7 08 Very light music. 7 35 News bulletin. 7 40 Noel Coward Wj.-.i'iXts. from "Private Lives.'' "Bitter Sweet" and "Words and Music." 8. 00 Chinese rr.usic. 8.30 What's On
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    DANE SHOT DEAD WITH REVOLVER.
    220 12 Fatality At Raub Gold Mine. A4R. A. Josephsen, 39, service superintendent of the Raub Australian Goldmining Coy, Ltd., was found shot dead in a bungalow at Raub, Pahang, on Saturday nigh', Josephsen, who was a Dane, was due to leave on hctiday by the Jutlandia
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    COUNTER CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
    94 12 European and Chinese. I (From Our Own Correspondent t Malacca, Oct. 5. An assault case and a counter case were called this morning in the police court in which Neo Cheng Liang, Public Works Department overseer, Selan- j dar. and Armando Gonzales, Public Works Department overseer
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    32 12 The title of the appointment of Mr. H. R. Sparrow, Electrical Engineer, Kuala Lumpur, has been altered to that of Senior Electrical Engineer, Selangor. with effect from Ist September, 1935. inclusive. I
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    CHINESE READING CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
    224 12 In acknowledgement of the valuable work done by Sir Ong Sianf? Song and the Rev. W. Murray for the Chinese Christian Association and its branch, the Straits Chinese Reading Club, the committee of the club have decided to raise $2,000 or more among the past
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    RUBBER CONVICTION QUASHED.
    366 12 Magistrate's Record Wanting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Oct. 4. Geman bin Haji Latiff and Abu Baker bin Abdullah, who were fined j $30 each by the Kukup magistrate for storing rubber without a licence, successfully appealed against their conviction before Mr. Justice J. V. G
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    CAME OUT OF JUNGLE CARRYING SAMSU.
    106 12 (Frorr. Cur Own Cctmpcrd fctJ Johore Bahru, Oct. 3. Lee Choo was this morning sentenced to a flne of $75 with the alternative of j three months' rigorous imprisonment' by Sheikh Abu Baker bm Yahya. Second Magistrate when he pleaded guilty to being in
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    JOHORE ARMED ROBBERY.
    94 12 THREE MEN FACE CHARGE ON OCT. 10. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Oct. 3. Oct. 10 has been fixed for the preliminary inquiry into the case in which Teng Ah Lim, Wong Yoon Seng and Cheong Sang are charged with armed robbery. On Sept. 16 Mr.
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    Air Mails.
    82 12 INWARD X.L.M.: From Europe: Due last night; Delayed at Bangkok; Arrival uncertain. Imperial: From Europe: Due last night: Delay sd at Bangkok. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Due tomorrow afternoon. OUTWARD Qantas: To Australia: MaiV; close 7 p.m. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails
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    91 12 the three men charged were arrested at Senai. A sum of $20 was found on them. Untiring work by the Johore Police then led to the' discovery of $8,500 burled under a tree. The following is the charge against the three accused That you on or about Sept. 16 at
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    MALAY SOLDIER AND MONEYLENDER.
    61 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Jqhore Bahru, Oct. 4. Mohamad bin Ahmad, formerly a Police Constable and now a private In the Johore Military Forces was charged before Sheikh Abu Baker bin Yahya with causing grievous hurt to Balal Singh, a moneylender In Johore Bahru. The case
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    DEATH OF SYED A. T. ALSAGOFF'S SON.
    55 12 Blood-poisoning as a result of an injury he received when he fell from a tree a week ago caused the death this morning of a 12-year-old boy. i Syed All bin S. ADdulrahman Alsn»otf. at the General Hospital, Singapore. He was a son
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    U.S. SEAMEN RESTIVE.
    291 12 Dissatisfied Crew In Singapore. ATLANTIC LINER STRIKE. A Reuter Wireless message from New York says that the sailing of the American liner President Roosevelt has been cancelled owing to the strike of 2§o members of the crew. The President Roosevelt, which one of the United States Line's
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    AUSTRALIAN STAMP COLLECTORS.
    86 12 Information From Trade Commissioner. Arrangements have been made 'oy the Australian Government to furnish to the Australian Trade Commissioner at Batavla <Mr. C. E. Critchley) lisU of postage stamps Issued by the Commonwealth and available for purchase by collectors. Applications for the purchase of stamps must be
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    57 12 The promotion of the following Malay Officers of Class I of the Malay Administrative Service to Class V of the Malayan Civil Service, with ei'Teet from Jan. 1, 1936. inclusive is announced in the 7. M.5. Government Gazette:— Raja Aman Shah bin Raja Harun; Dato' Muda Orang Kaya Kaya Laksamana.
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    TECHNICAL SCHEME THAT GIVES YOUNG PLANTERS WORKING KNOWLEDGE.
    1115 13 AGRICULTURE CHIEF STATES OBJECTS. Daily Problems Clearly Appreciated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 3. IN an address to the Incorporated Society of Planters this morning on The Value of the Technical Education Scheme," Mr. P. W. South, acting; Adviser on
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    6 13 The Hon. Mr. P. A. McElwaine
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    VICTORIA ENGLISH SCHOOL SCOUTS.
    240 13 Commissioner Inspects. An impressive display \>y the Victoria English School Scouts and other groups of the Singapore Boy Scouts Local Association was given ai the school on Saturday. Mr. F. C. Sands, Commissioner for I Malaya, and by Mr. H. A. R. iCheeseman, District Commissioner for
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    TIGER'S VICTIM DIES.
    64 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 3. Chinniah. one of the Tamils attacked by the tiger on Wednesday morning in Pudu. died in the Kuala Lumpur hospital yesterday from his wounds. The other two victims, a Tamil and a Chinese, are still in hospital. Mr. and
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    NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
    510 13 Mr. McElwaine Appointed. Ills Majesty the Kin? has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Hon. Mr. P. A. McElwalne to be Chief Justice, Straits Settlements, in succession to Sir Walter Hurgard. j Mr. McElwaine is a comparative newcomer to Malaya, having arrived in November, 1930,
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    SEREMBAN MUSICAL RECITAL.
    104 13 Mrs. F. O. Rasmussen To! Play. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 4. A vocal and instrument recital is to 'j be given at St. Mark's Church, Seremi I ban. tomorrow (Monday) evening, be|g:r--'- ot- There will be a violin anc organ en- s,' >;cs-n playing I
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    DISPUTES END IN FRIENDSHIP.
    493 13 ARABS AND BRITISH ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY. There was a local commemoration on Saturday of the recently signed Anglo-Egyptian Treaty when Syed Ibrahim Omar Alsagoff gave a tea party to nearly 400 guests at his house in Chancery Lane, Singapore. The Hon. Mr. A. S. Small, the Colonial
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    HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT.
    246 13 HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT. Murder "Most Repulsive" WOMAN AND CHILDREN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. ABAS bin Haji Hassan and Mat Napiah bin Lah, two Banjerese who were charged at the Perak Assizes before Mr. Justice Ait ken with triple murder were both found guilty on all three
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    MOLESTED HIS WIFE. Had Provocation To Cause Hurt.
    160 13 MOLESTED HIS WIFE. Had Provocation To Cause Hurt. (From Our Own Correspondent t Kua.a Lumpur. Oct. 3. "In my opinion you had provocation and very considerable provocation out whatever the provocation is, one is not Justified in taking the law inlo one s own hands" said Mr. Justice Pedlow at
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    HIGHLANDS MUNICIPAL BUNGALOW.
    37 13 The Municipal Commissioners in general committee have decided to buy a site at Bintang, Cameron Highlands, for a municipal bungalow at a cost of $2,!>00, subject to a satisfactory report by the Municipal architect.
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    SELANGOR RIDDLE THE NEGRI-MALACCA DEFENCE AT SEREMBAN.
    351 14 COMBINED XV SURRENDER 32 POINTS. VISITING FORWARDS DOMINATE THE GAME. DELANGOR opened their season's programme of representa- tive rugger matches with a brilliant achievement at Sereni)>an, where they over-ran the Negri Sembilan Malacca defence and piled up 22 points without yielding any consolatory
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    IPOH vs. TAIPING.
    104 14 Old Boys In Games Tournament. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Oct. 3. The third annual encounter between the Old Boys of the two premier Brother Schools in Perak. St. Michaels. Ipoh. and St. George's. Talplng. began this evening on the former's ground. The Old Michaelians. who were
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    PERAK ASIATICS AT PENANG.
    198 14 Beaten By European "A" Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnang, Oct. 3. Playing a strong side Penang 'A' defeated Perak Asiatics by 18 points to 3 this afternoon on the Esplanade. The visitors fielded a good side but found the opposition too much. In addition they
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    PERAK TRIAL. Brilliant Form Displayed By Hartley.
    97 14 PERAK TRIAL. Brilliant Form Displayed By Hartley. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 3. The first State rugger trial, on the Ipoh Club padang. proved disappointing, play being of a scrappy nature through jut. New talent tailed to impress. Hartley was the outstanding player on the field and was in
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    18 14 \n exciting moment in Saturday's rugger match at the S.C.C. between Newcomers and the Rest. Straits Times Photograph
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    NEWCOMERS OUTPLAYED IN SINGAPORE.
    507 14 NEWCOMERS OUTPLA YED IN SINGAPORE. Rest XV Score A Goal And Three Tries. gOME real talent was revealed among the Newcomers in Saturday's trial match at the S.C.C., but the team as a whole compared unfavourably with the Rest XV, who were well worth their victory by 14 points to
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    Y.M.C.A. Tournament.
    58 14 Lawn Tennis. In the handicap singles Class 3 of 'in V.M.C.A. tennis tournament on Saturday. J. Manasseh (—l5) beat T. Na^ashima (scratch) 6—2, 6—l.6 1. The tic in the mixed doubles between I. A. AlsagolT and Miss Wemyss (—15.3) and Yap Ah Hian and Mrs. Pennefather, which was
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    N.S. ALL BLUES AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    141 14 Swamped By Selangor Club Side. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 3. The Negrl Sembilan All Blues were beaten by the Selangor Club "A" XV by 31 points (five goals, one penalty goal and one try) to nil. The Club monopolised play for
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    HOME MATCHES. Cardiff's Good Win At Newport.
    110 14 HOME MATCHES. Cardiff's Good Win At Newport. London, Oct. 3. Rugby matches played at Home today resulted, says Reuter, as follows: Rosslyn Park 11, Old Ulues 3. Bath 8, Torquay A. 3. Bradford 3, Headingley 10. Llanelly 3, Swansea 8. Mosoley 10, Bedford 6. Newport 6, Cardiff 9. Neath 3,
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    Y.W.C.A. SPORTS CLUB. Marathon Set In Tennis Final.
    98 14 Y.W.C.A. SPORTS CLUB. Marathon Set In Tennis Final. The Y.W.C.A. Sports Club held an "At Home" on Saturday at the hostel. Fort Canning. About 50 members and friends were present. A start was made in the final of the mixed doubles of the lawn tennis tournament, Miss E. Peechey and
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    TODAY'S CHARITY SOCCER.
    417 14 Army vs. Rest At Anson Road. A GOOD game of soccer in a good cause is promised in (he match between the Army and the Kest at the Anson Road Stadium today. Two strong teams will take the (ield. The elevens have been selected aa follows: Army:
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    SPIRITED BOXING IN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS.
    1048 15 S. A. B. A. TO URNAMENT A GREAT SUCCESS. Inniskillings Easily Win The Tolley Cup. WITH :i sokntfid term of boxers, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were pood winners of the Tolley Cup in the S.A.B.A. championships, the finrtls <.f which were contested at the
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    CIVILIANS BEAT SERVICES AT POLO.
    500 15 Fifteen Goals In Inniskillings Cup Match. Defeating the Services by 10 goals to 5 at polo on Saturday the Civilians won the Inniskillings Cup, presented to the Singapore Polo Club by Major R. G. S. Cox, M.C., and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The Civilians were
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    CHINESE AND INDIANS Fluctuating Game Ends In A Draw.
    171 15 CHINESE AND INDIANS Fluctuating Game Ends In A Draw. Hockey. The S.C.R.C. drew I—l with the Indian Association on the I.A.'s ground yesterday They were slow to get going and finished the first half by losing a goal to the Indians. In; the second |half they had most of the
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    N.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    78 15 Badminton Wong Yew Chong Retains Singles Title. (Fr;m Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 4. Wong Yew Chong, the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School student, retained the Negri Sembilan badminton singles title by boating Llm Ewe Law in the final today 15—3, 15—3. Miss Lee Chee. Neo became woman champion by
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    Johore Competitions.
    51 15 Rifle Shooting, The following were the winners of Johore Rifle Club competitions during September: Nett Cup: R.S.M. F. H. Carpenter. R.E. 34+33+31=98 Ist. Capt. H. E. Pike, R.E. 29+33 32=94 2nd. Handicap Cup: R.S.M. F.H. Carpenter, R.E 93 Ist. Mr. F. K. McNaiiara. < Adjutant, Johore Police Forces)
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    ARMY AND JOHORE.
    54 15 Rugby Football. Originally fixed for Saturday, the match arranged between the Army and Johore was first supposed to be played at Johore Bahru. Then the venue, we are told, was shifted to Rengam. In the end the match was cancelled A State trial match. North vs South,
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    74 15 PLANS for Jimmy Braddock. heavyweight champion of the world, t' fix up several warming-up bouts before defending his title against Max Schmeling, of Germany, next June, have been approved by the New York State Athletic Commission. The contests will be over four or six rounds. Definite arrangements have not yet
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    PAM BARTON WINS U.S. TITLE.
    307 15 Four Up In 36 Holes Final. Summit (New Jersey), Oct. 3. In the 36 holes final of the American Women's Golf Championship Pamela Barton (Britain) beat Mrs. OrcuttCrews 4 and 3. Miss Barton was five up at the 27th and was dormie five. At the
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    "MILE OF THE CENTURY."
    187 15 Lovelock Beaten By Romani. Princeton, Oct. 3. At Palmer Stadium, the r.iie of the century" race NsaKed follows Frank Romani 1, Lovelock 2, Cunningham 3. Won by two yards; four yards between second and third. Times: Romani 1 mins. !> ices.; Lovelock 1 mins. 10 sees.;
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    M.C.C. IN CEYLON.
    74 15 232 For Five After A Bad Start. Colombo, Oct. 3. In the one day cricket match played here today, the M.C.C. at one stage had lost five i.'ickets for 83 runs. Hard staff and Allen went on to compile 65 and 82 respectively, both not out, and
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    BRENTFORD WIN AT DERBY.
    1239 16 CATURDAY'S results in the Home Football Leagues, as cabled by Reuter, and the League tables up to date, are as under Charlton A. 4 West Brom. A. 2 Ctielsea 1 Portsmouth 1 Derby Co 2 Brentford 3 Grimsby T. 5 Mlddlesbro. 1 Huddersfield 3 Leeds U
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    HANDICAPS FOR SELANGOR RACES.
    729 16 (From Cur Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 3. THE following are the handicaps 1 for the first day (Saturday next) of the Selangor Turf Club's autumn meeting:, and for five of the races on *he second day (Wednesday, Oct. 14): RACE 1. Horses, Class 4, s\i
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    PRESTON'S GREAT RECOVERY.
    350 16 Arsenal Can Score Only At Home. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i London. Oct. 4. Against Arsenal, Manchester United scored twice in the first 15 minutes, through Rowley and Bryant. Arsenal have not scored a single goal this season away from home. The Derby halves were unable to
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    RICHARDS' SUCCESS.
    110 16 Monirose Wins Duke Of York Handicap. (From Our Own Correspondfii'.) London, Oct. The Duke of York Handicap run 'today at Kempton Park over 1 1 miles resulted: i MONTROSE 9.7 (G. Richard.) I HYPOTHESIS 7.8 (Sirett) 2 THE FONT 7.12 (Beary) Thirteen started. Won by three lengths; two
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    MALAYA REALISING FALLACY OF FREE TRADE.
    899 17 Customs Union Urged. LOSING BATTLE AGAINST JAPANESE COMPETITION. From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Oct. 1. rpRENCHANT criticism of the free trade policy pursued *a the Straits Settlements was voiced by Mr. L. E. Slowe, man■ging director of Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd., in the
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    21 17 The handsome casket containing the remains of the late Prince Purachatra being conveyed from his home in Singapore. Straits Times Photograph.
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      289 17 RECOLLECTION OF A MONSTER MASS MEETING. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your several leading articles relative to this controversy have been most inspiring and your many cor- respondents have rallied nobly to your support. I join issue, however, upon jone point recently advanced, viz:
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    16 17 The Johore Volunteer Forces of Kola Tinsel district. The instructor is Inche M. Saman B. Ismail.
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    TRENGGANU SCOUTS HOLD RALLY.
    180 17 First Combined Camp In State. I A joint camp of scouts from va.ious parts of Trengganu was held at Kuala Trengganu, and was attended by 132 scouts and rovers. The site selected was the compound of Dato Jaya Perkasa near the seashore at Batu Burok Mr.
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    STRAITS CHINESE BRITISH ASSN.
    406 17 Five New Members Approved. Malayan Items. Messrs. Goh Soon Whatt, Wee Cheng Chua, Ho Kwong Yew, Soh Kee Haw. and Soh Kee Thye were approved as members at the last meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association. The marriage of Mr. Q. C. Seong, manager of
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    THE POLICE BAND.
    334 17 By kind permission of the Hon. Mr. J N. A. M. Griffin, tl.e Acting Inspec-tor-General of Police, th? Band of the Straits Settlements Police will peiionn In public during the week as follows under t.e direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., R.M.S.M Today, at Katong
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    8-HOUR DAY AT SEA.
    214 18 8-HOUR DAY AT SEA. ENGINEERS, STOKERS AND STEWARDS. For the first time the hours of duty at sea of men engaged in the engineroom, stokehold and catering depart menis of foreign-going British M chant vessels are to be regulated. This is the effect of agree men: concluded between representatives .ship
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    CHINA'S NATIONAL DEBTS
    41 18 Shanghai, Oct. 1. The National Economic Planning Committee estimates the national indebtedness at the end of 1935 at 55.794.655.187 including accrued interest. It represents a debt of $12.88 tor each person in the country. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    23 18 Count de Bailie t-Latour, President of the International Olympic Committee in conversation with Mon. Victor Bom, president of the International Sports Press Federation.
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    PRINCE TEH'S GIFTS TO JAPANESE EMPEROR.
    74 18 Two Delegates On Their Way To Attend Manoeuvres. Two Mongol princes, representing Prince Teh, pro-Japanese leader of Inner Mongolia, will attend the military manoeuvres In Japan. They are conveying Prince Teh's presents of valuable furs and herbal medicines to i,he Japanese Imperial household. Another
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    22 18 Following a Chinese protest, Japanese officials have suspended work on the construction of an aerodrome at Paotao, Suiyuan. —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    100 MILES FROM OPIUM SHOP.
    254 18 SO BURMESE BUY CONTRABAND. I.G.P. COMMENTS ON PROFITABLE TRADE. TPHE cpsnlng of more opium shops and other means to bring Government opium within easy reach of consumers is strongly advocated as a means of stopping illicit trade by the Inspector-General of Police. Burma, in his
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    35 18 AN ECHO OF THE PAST:— This cartoon inspired by Straits Times criticism of the Singapore Municipal Commission appeared in Straits Produce a few years ago, and it has a peculiar suitability to the situation today.
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    HOW SOVIET PROFITS ARE USED.
    177 18 Improving Standard Of Workers' Living. The Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R. recently passed a dec!slun, that a fund consisting of 4 per cent, of the planned net profits gained by each enterprise and 50 per cent, of the profits above the plan are to
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    THE ARMY WAS "TOO CHILDISH" FOR HIM.
    144 18 Plea Of Alleged Deserter. "The Army is all right, but it was a bit on the childish side for me at the time. They tried to make a nursemaid of me." This statement was made by Anthony Robert Wilson, aged 34, when charged
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    CENTENARY OF BOMBAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    91 18 Official History To Be Published. The Bombay Chamber of Commerce this year completes the hundredth year of its existence. The Chamber was established on Sept. 22, 1836, under the auspices of the then Governor of Bombay, Sir Robert Grant. Its founder and first chairman
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    19th ARMY CHIEF BACK IN HONG KONG.
    89 18 Hong Kong, Sept. 28. Gen. Tsai Ting-kal, whose 19th Army has been reorganised into a division and incorporated in the Kwangsi army, arrived In Hong Kong yesterday. He has declined to receive callers. It is understood that Gen. Tsai has again gone Into
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    SINO-JAPANESE CRISIS.
    83 18 i MR. HIROTA TO STAY IN TOKIO. Tokio, Sept. 30. Mr. Hirota, the Prime Minister, who was to have left Tokio for Hokkaido to attend the grand military manoeuvres, postponed his departure until today owing to the gravity of the SinoJapanese situation. This morning Mr. Hirota again postponed
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE EMPIRE.
    136 18 Dominions' Office Official's Visit. With the Secretary of State's approval, Sir Edwin Harding, Permanent Under-Secretary for Dominion Affairs has accepted an invitation from the Government of South Australia to attend the centenary celebrations at Adelaide in December. Arrangements have also been made for Sir Edwin Harding
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    TERRORIST TRIALS' EFFECT ON U.S.S.R.
    125 18 "Evoked feeling Of Devotion To State." London. Sept .20. The Spectator publishes a statement by Dr. Guest, who attended the trial of the Trotzkylst-Zinovyevist terrorists in Moscow. "The results of the trial," writes Dr. Guest, "did not affect the situation of the Soviet Government. On
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    £250,000 FOR KING GEORGE FUND.
    138 18 London, Sept 29. A cheque from members of the staff of the Imperial War Graves Commission received today at the Mansion House brought the total of the King George V National Memorial Fund to the £250.000 mark. The Chairman of the Memorial Fund Executive declared
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    SOVIET VIEW OF FAR EAST.
    181 18 JAPAN'S AMBITIONS IN MALAYSIA. Commenting on the outlook in th« Far East. Pravda, the Moscow newspaper, statos: "In th.' East. Japanos^ imperialism for five years already has been conducting an aggressive war in M inchuria and North China, arrang ng milit- ary alliances with fascist
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    ANOTHER STOMACH OPERATION AVOIDED
    324 18 by Maclean Brand Stomach Powder Round about the first week of February writes Mr. M. B. "I became ill. The fir.t symptom, were that I was wry weak, could hardly walk, and could not r r.t becaiiv of terrible pain in the stomach, between tho shoulders,
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    NEW SHIPS FOR JAPAN.
    159 19 WHAT ARE THE FACTS? According to what a well-known London daily paper describes as 'au.vo ligures 118 vessels, of over 1.000 tons and agsregating 733.400 tons, including six vessels totalling 10.000 tons, ordered from abroad, "are in Japan's shipyards." It is explained that there are 87
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    DECORATING QUEEN MARY'S NEW HOME.
    170 19 Pastel Shades Chosen. Pastel shades to tone with the cream and royal scarlet upholstery 01 the furniture have been selected by Queen Mary for the redccoratlons at Marlborough House, where she will take up residence shortly. One room is treated in delicate hydrangea blue, a
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    37 19 Fourteen hundred rebels, including many women and children, were in the Alcazar fortress at Toledo while repeated attacks by loyalists reduced it to ruins. This picture shows a wall of the Alcaiar fat rains after an explosion.
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    LANCS-CORPORAL AS "DENTIST."
    484 19 EXTRACTED TEETH OF GUARDSMAN. OFFICER DENIES HE CONDONED ACTION. A court-martial at Chelsea Barracks dealt with charges against a lancecorporal of the Army Dental Corps, who was said to have extracted a Guardsman's teeth when not qualified to practise dentistry. The man alleged that his superior officer
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    EMPIRE'S BIG ORE SUPPLIES.
    283 19 MANGANESE VITAL IN TIME OF WAR. SIR R. HADFIELD'S WARNING. The importance to Britain of the Empire's supplies of manganese ore Is emphasised in a letter which Sir Robert Hadfleld Is sending to Gen. Smuts, the Hon. President of the Empire Exhibition at Johannesburg. It is
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    BIRCHED BOYS SHOW THEIR WEALS.
    187 19 Mr. Walter Parsons, chairman of Leeds Juvenile Court, contending that corporal punishment for boys who formed gangs for adventure was not a deterrent, told the local Head Teachers' Association that 76 per cent, of boys who had been birched came before the Court again. He
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    THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S "STEADINESS."
    148 19 Sane Fiscal Policy. Lord Swlnton, Minister for Air. speaking at a Conservative fOte fct Naworth Cas.tle, near Carlisle, said that they saw round them a world distracted and disturbed, in whicn, happily, this country and the British Empire stood out as a shining exarr.op of steadiness,
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    GUNNER POSES AS MAJOR'S SON.
    193 19 Then Goes To Sea. When Gunner Melvin Stubbs. 23. of the 33rd Field Brigade. Royal Artillery, Bulford Camp, was sentenced at Salisbury to two months' hard labour, en charges of theft and forging a cheque for £8, It was stated that he: Forced a cheque
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    LOCAL ARABS CELEBRATE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN PACT.
    82 20 In commemoration of the signing of a Treaty between Great Britain and Egypt a few weeks ago, Syed Ibrahim Omar Alsagoff entertained over 200 people of all nationalities at his residence m Chancery Lane on Saturday. The Hon'ble Mr. A. S. Small, Colonial Secretary, attended.
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    37 20 Mr. F. c. Sands, Scout Commissioner for Malaya, held an Inspection of scouts of the Local Association at tne Vlc'.oria School, Jalan Besar, Singapore, on Saturday. (Right:) Syed Ibrahim Omar Alsagoft receiving a guest at Saturday's party.
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    9 20 Mr. F. C Sands and Scout Officers a*>£aturday's inspection.
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    13 20 A general view of the party on the lawn at Mr. Alsagoff's house.
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    4 20 Scouts at Saturday's inspection.
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    5 20 Wolf Cubs at Saturday's Inspection.
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