The Straits Times, 24 August 1937

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    51 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE *****. SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURf.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. _'o PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1937. I'KKK 10 CENTS The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. >J) PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21,
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      241 1 Cwr™Awß^ Air M MEKEDEtBENZ BRIHKHIQHUtIO (IQNCi ROOD FAIRBANKS SCALES We stock this famous scale Jin a very wide range r capable of weighing loads from 250 lbs. up to 2,000 1b5. Prices are exceedingly low. An added advantage is that J sjm re pa rta area I ways available, in
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      126 1 ROBINSON'S FURNITURE| DURING THE PAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS THE NAME HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS THE HALL MARK OF HIGHEST QUALITY FURNITURE. WHEN FURNITURE IS MADE BY ROBINSON^S IT IS ACTUALLY MADE IN OUR OWN WORKSHOPS BY MEN EMPLOYED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS WORK UNDER DIRECT EUROPEAN SUPERVISION. THESE ARE FACTS TO
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      6 1 Scots OJhisky Th« Eotarn »n»nci»i Ltd
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      678 2 ®rcj&ruite Climes DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES RUSSELL. August 23. a' the General Hosp.tal. Singapore, to Bt lie. wife of J. W. U a daughter. On August 23, at the General Hospital. Singapore, to Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fell, a daughter. ENGAGEMENT COWIE— TREMLETT. The engagement Is announred and the marriage u
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      622 2 FOR SALE ~MLL\.U>OK IJCU.-t/ator. Phcnr 3; 33. IBUSHKD GRANITE BHKfei o\ lorry u» •ail riindhfdt Co. Ltd BABY'S PRAM (foldins) in gc^d condition. $10. cost, $40. Appl. Box No. 717. Sit aits Times. REHm.II lOK (SHELVADOD in BKrcilent condition and working order. $240. B. Neyland. Pu&ts and Telegraphs. FRIGIPAIRF for
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      684 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LE2 TO LET. unfurnihed. 20. Bukit Tin R> a 'oft Chancery La.ie>. 2 Bediocms with bathrooms. t?nnlj> court and garage. Appl/ :nises or phone 2ti!»3. UgantOSS PAHK. To let from Sept. 1. 1937. DM tv j-«toried detached house, two bedrooms with bathr onis attached, long baths, etc.
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      907 2 PUBLIC NOTICES ROAD NOTICE. N..!: nraa that r .he tlivo't ondge over the Langgi River on the mai: Singapore-Penanf; Read situated i South ot Scremban is closed to all iorr\ omnib l .i« trade ol a pross weight exceeding 2 tons ..mil turner notice An alternative route is indicated by
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      879 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of Valuable freehold and leayehold Bl pore properties to be held at o.ir salr-: N( 9-A. Ist Floor i D Almeida Str. et. Next to The Mvrcanllc Bank ol India I.tci on .Monday. Auk. 30. 193; at 1 3t p m ISTATI Of KAZIt. xr.ni i
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      420 2 1 <I< Sult Evir y Shap« «|J^3B oi Pace- You always l^a V get the right stylo at >T FIGARO tmdtm Hair Dressers. with experts in altenclaiue. 93 Bra» ■■Mk Rd. A RalH(« liolrl. Phone 2868. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60
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      723 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL FASSENUKR AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR ANL. 8. N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S OOVEUNMEN7 I ONDON AND FAR EAST MAn SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON POR CHINA JAPAN Due age Sr.ore 1931 CORFU 15.000 Aug 21 6OMAI 1
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      394 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA> (Inco.-jorated in JaDan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOX CUNARI) WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Peuang, Colomb). Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. tMA YASUKUNI MARU Sept. 4. S.S. HAKONE MARU Sept. 16. S.S. "SUWA MARU" Sept. 30.
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      575 3 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES BANGKOK-SAIGON ANGKOR PNOM PENH Displacement Leaving Returning M.S. Tons Singapore Singapore LALANDIA 11.000 Sept 18 Ocl 8 JUTLANDIA 13.100 Oct 9 Oct. 39 MEONIA 11.000 Oct 30 Nov 19 BORINGIA 12.500 Dec. 11 Dee. 31 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS ALL CABINS HAVE ADJOINING PRIVATE BATH ROUNDTRIP FARE: (ixclidiig
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      261 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD.! (Incorporatea in England' APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG. MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA S.ll. TILAWA Mum 26th Auk. 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation (or first and second clast nassenpers. Special noilday return tickets interchangeable wltb P ft O 8 N CO. issued at cheap rates
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      1063 3 SHIPPIM 1-Hfc BLUE FUNNEI LINt (Ocean Th< Ha> Khlow Steamsblo Co *****) ltd. Steam Ship Co, Ltd and China Motaal Ibf Cumua Whit* sUi Lta Steam Navigation Co Ltd.! Aberdeen A Commonamlth Une Th* StralU Steamship Co Ltd. Shan Savili A Albion Ila Thr China Navigation Co Ltd Th# Australian
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    169 4 Singapore. August 24, 12 noon. i Buyei Seller Gambler $8.00 HamDurg Cube $15.00 Java Cute $11.00 Fepper. White Muz.iok $17.50 White $17.00 Black $10.00 Copra. Mixed $5 20 Sun Dried $5.50 Tapioca Small Flake $4 .00 Fair Flak> $3.60 Medium Pearl $5.10 Small Pearl $4.80 Sago Flout.
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    TIDE TABLE
    253 4 SINGAPORE Htm H. W. 12 06 noon 9 3 ft. L. W. 5.47 a.m. 1.4 ft.: 5.52 p.m. 3.5 ft. Wednesday, August 25. H. W. 00.07 a.m. 10.2 ft.; 12.32 p.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 6.19 a.m. 1.6 ft.; 6.28 p.m. 2.1 ft. Thursday. August 26. H w
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    90 4 Malls from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, Aug. 24, jy air (Qantas) will be delivered to Uoxholders at 2.30 p.m. General 1 delivery of letters at 4.05 ~).m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today, Aug. 24, by air (NetherI nds) will be delivered to boxholders at 130
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    262 4 Mr*. Bagan and Selat Pandjang (Hong Ihong> 3 pm Beugkalii, it, L. BilUt (Rcl:on> 3 pjn. Port de Kock. Padang. Pakan Bare A Siak .Hong Kwong) J P™ Java South-West Sumatra 8 -East Borneo. Ce.ebes. Moluccas Timor DUly (Dempo) P m Indo-China iCap Padaran) 4 p.m. Penang,
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      611 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporate' in P M 8 LLOYDS AGENTS: 0OO«"NG AOrNTSrMS tU-Vb KNXi MM* STATES RAH.WAYB i n UMIONII t-retrht M3J— Passac* M3I Milr i /fl** u&UA' **^7 VUk -^•'»a«' ttoiu. .tmencM JB^^^U but ere Pmi tnr .ligfi train* Jirect V^jQr\ rom sn'n uU ft t Vancouver in alP^^aaW
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      138 4 THE BEST BRIGHTEST STAGE ATTRACTION SEEN IN THE EAST SINCE THE MARCUS SHOW." -«r% and Manila Critics. J§& fCAPITOIT 4lM^\> FRIDAY NEXT REX STORY'S LATEST \fii LAUGH SENSATION 'THE HOLLYWOOD I NON-STOP VAUDEVILLE i m *magiimai New Girls I New Costumes l3a^MaWWß«BßßWaa»lßßWßiaWa^r^^lWl^|B*Bßßa^^^^^W'^«a»kaT^^^^^^BaßßWa^W EMILY »VINSETTE (Famous Acrobatic Dancer) FAY SKEETER, of
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      472 4 Inifir^ATTS hW jp POT TDJeI^ (Incorporated in Straits Settletnencai F.LLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (lnconoorateo id USA.) tlnoortwrateo r England) BOSTON NhH VOKR A BALTIMORE ~ELLEHMAN- LINE VIA SUE* CANAI ~rHr sr^= R £i Si Out S«U* ♦CITY OF KIMBERLJEY Aug. 30 Sept. 1 |/J AVFNF^ INF
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      136 4 HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE Rcgakai rreig-ii Semee m MANILA HONG «iON<, SHANGHAI 4ND JAPANESE PORTS OUTWAKii Due S'DOTf! s.s SEROOSKERK Aug 28 as ZUIDERKERK Ot: 3 HOMEWARD. TO ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, ROTTERDAM. AMSTERDAM. HAMBURG AND BREMEN Leave Soon s.s. MEERKERK Sent 20 s.s. SEROOSKERK Oct. 20 Via Penang Steamers nave
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    WHAT IS ON TODAY.
    236 5 THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail Dance. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and
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      324 5 LIFE TOOK ALL UK LOVED! HBB^V^HnP^^3B^H A STORY SO POWERFIT I^^* •lk 4 A THAT EVERY EMOTION k W fc I IN VIHR HEART WaHHHH RESPONDS BAR OPEN TILL MIDWIGHT. JEAN HERSHOLT •n 'SINS OF MAN' 80 Century -Fok Picture with DON AMECHE. ALLEN JKNKINS OPENING. AUG. 29— IN RESPONSE
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      792 5 -THE BRITISH FILM MASTERPIECE WHICH WILL BE CHEERED IN EVERY BRITISH CINEMA IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN" says the Daily Mail GRAND PREMIERE TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 PAVILION THEATRE "Fmrcwell Again" fl v^jtf was made with the Ib^Bte co-operation of the 9F Army, Navy and Air Jtm wm w Force and
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      181 5 SWITZERLAND^ Delightful Beautiful Salubrious Comes to the rescue of Suffering Humanity with the "BABY HERMES" WF Tbt Smallett art Ligktttt PORTABLE TYPEWRITER {STANDARD 4 ROW KEYBO\RD> in the World Like all good things made in Switzerland The 'BABY HERMES' is built to PRECISION. PERFECT IN GttACE. CHARM ALSO IN WORK.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      492 6 RUBBER RISES ON FIRM MARKET. TIN SHARES QUIET BUT HEALTHY. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Aug. 24. Tin is down :>s. for both positions in London but is unchanged in New York. For some time now the price has remained very steady and there has been an
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      EXCHANGES.
      94 6 London, Aug. 23. The ijilowing were mean rates ruling at noon today: Parus 132 55 64 Athens 547' i New York 4 96 Bucharest 670 Montreal 4.98\ tellers Brussels 29 62 Rio 4>i Geneva 21.72-\i* sellers official Amsterdam 9.03*4 Belgrade 217 Berlin 12.39-. Buenos Aires unquoted 94 13/16 Montevideo
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        MINING.
        583 6 AH shares quoted above are fully paid. Issue Val. Frasers Co. Lyall 1 Buyers Sellers Buyers 1 Nuwng Pet 0.67 0.72 0.67 5/- Parian g Con 28/6 30/- 28/--5- Pangnga R. 11/6 12/6 11/--5- Pattani 7/3 8/- 7/6 1 Paroi 0.70 0.75 0.70 5/- Pengkalen 18/6 20/-cd 18/6 1
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        GENERAL.
        403 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.65 2 2 do 7»2C« Prefs. 2.45 2.60 2.47»/ 2 2.55 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 IO.OOn 8.00 IO.OOn. 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting 0.40 o.Bonom 050 0.75n0m 1 1 B. M. Trustee 625 7.00 n.25 J. 25 £1 fl Con.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        231 6 1001 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 103 J 2 1907 red. 1947 51,600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 iy 2 r /c 19CS rsd. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 114 14 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 Mnr. 31 Sept. 30 108 B
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        368 6 x inoti w x_ j. ujuu at avail Lllenby 1.90 2.00 1.90 2.00 Dor Oajah imal. Malay Iyer ilitam Iyer Mulck Iyer Panas Jassett 3atu Llntang Jedford Jenta Jorelll Jrogas Jrunei Un Jukit Katil Jukit K. B Jukit Kepong Jukit Timah ($10) :hangkat Scrdang ronnemara 51en»!aJy Plantations lamilton
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      EXCHANGES.
      188 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London I.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 l/\6 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1545 Switzerland 251 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand 58
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      77 6 Tuesday, Aug. 24, Noon. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Aug. 301/2 301,. Good F. A. Q. in bale* (F. 0.8.) Aug. 29% 277/ 8 No. IX.R.S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 30}$ 30% September 30% 31 October-December 31»/ 8 31»i
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY QUOTATIONS.
      435 6 THE following quotations are published by courtesy jf Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co.. Singapore Messrs. White, Weld and Company, New York, report by cable this morning:— STOCKS. Probabilities would seem to favour the following factors as main current market influences: Asiatic conditions have not
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      119 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 23. The following are today's 'bid' quotations for Fixed Trusts:— s. d. British Empire "A" 22 7»/ 2 British Empire "B" 10 k\' z British Empire Cumulative 18 0 British Empire Comprehensive 18 lO l^ British General "A" 21 10V 2
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      WORLD TRADE INCREASE.
      57 6 London, Aug. 23. The August number of League of Nations monthly statistical bulletin shows that the gold value of world trade during the second quarter of 1937 was 10 per cent, higher than in the first quarter. In the same period the volume of world trade increased
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      378 6 London, Aug. 23. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares ol £1 aenomination unless otherwise .--.tated:Yester- Rise day. or PaU Conversion Loan 5 p.c. 1944-64 H3 Purdine Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 110,2 War Loan. 3 l p.c 100 V* Com. Union Assce
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      96 6 HTERMITE* THE WHITE Hi w a ANT KILLER Ifl I REFILLS J Ift /">O This Extermlte outfit has been designed to enable the most unskilled person to extreminate completely whole colonies of Termites or White Ants as they are more commonly called. The Extermlte method is sure antf simple, it
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      US. USING MORE TIN.
      689 7 40,000 TONS IN FIRST HALF-YEAR. LONDON METAL DULL BUT STEADY. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 13. CINCE the last report was written, standard tin prices in London have .suffered a moderate setback, although today (Friday, Aug. 13) they have rallied mainly on stronger advices from
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      Continued Rubber Control Thought Essential.
      956 7 NECESSARY EVEN THOUGH DEMAND OVERTAKING OUTPUT. Its Utility As An Auxiliary To The Industry. THE Five Year Plan of rubber control under the aegis of the International Rubber Regulation Committee hao now entered the second half of its penultimate year. Aided by a return of
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      GERMAN IMPORTS. Big Rise Over Half Year.
      144 7 GERMAN IMPORTS. Big Rise Over Half Year. Berlin, Aug. 15. Total rubber Imports into the Gfrm in Reich during the first six month* oi the current year show a further substantial rise. This is partly due to the rush buying during the first quarter of the year before the import
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      IPOH TIN EARNS £43,200 NET.
      213 7 INCOME £21,400 LESS AT £92,900. INCREASED FINAL DISTRIBUTION. (From Our Own Correspondent) London Augt. 17. AS I cabled you today the total receipts of the Ipoh Tin Dredging for the year to Mar. 31 last were £21.414 smaller at £92.910. The net profit, after depreciation,
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      BOLIVIAN EXCHANGE CONTROL ENDS.
      162 7 Stimulus To Tin Exports. Amsterdam. Aug. 15. I*HE Bolivian Minister for Finance. in view of the increasing improvement of the economic situation mainly caused by the higher tin price, has. the Dutch Press learns, ordered the Central Foreign Exchange Committee to stop its operations as from
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      NETHERLANDS INDIES EXPORT SURPLUS.
      129 7 £26,180,000 For Half-Year. Amsterdam. August 13. Netherlands Indies imports for the first half of the year amounted to 975.800 tons, with a value of £25.260.000 (at current rates*, as compared with 788.800 tons with a value of £14.320.000 In the corresponding period of 1936. Exports totalled
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      514 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kaagi The liability o( members U limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 oi 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital %SiMCfiM Issued and Fully Paid-Up $2».00C OOC R«?erve Funds: Sterling B^*o^oo Hong Kong
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      235 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Aug. 24, 10 a.m. Company Dividend Total to» Books Close financial Dale Ex. Uv. year Parable Date to date TW To Austral Malay 3%% Int. Sept. 3 n Sept. 10 Sept 10% 3%% Bonus IpoH Tin \5% "0 Final Aug. 3 Aug. 28
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      204 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England Capital Authorised £3.000.000 Capital Subscribed £1.800.000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1.247.829 1 Capital Paid up £1.050.000 BOARD OF DIBECTOKS Tne Right Hon Lord Catto oi Cairncatto. Sir Charles Alexander Innes. X. C.5.1.. CI.E. Sir Thomas Smith Xt J. M. Ryrie. Esq..
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      579 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Ljcorporrtcd in England oy Royal Charar 1*53). Paid Up Capital in 600.000 share* of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 0.0C0.000 HEAD Or'FICE: I*. Rnb«««cate Lwidaa EC. 2. AjntUaai Hing Kong Rangoon Alor Star Hollo Saigon Bangkok Ipoh
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      421 8 KREM L HAIR LOTION Prevents baldness scurf formation falling hair Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores* DUtributort: GRAFTON LABORATORIES CONQUEST OF OLD AGE IS IT POSSIBLE? Old Age is the most difficult problem which scientists have ever had to tackle. It defies solution! No process is known by which mtn
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      148 8 "a good mixer" A Ml L AtRATtO W*TlS| Wfe* s 'ngapo"|: HH Here's a live dry "gingei" with a punch.—a sharp and palatable 1 Ginger Ale with just the zip and true ginger flavour you want— bvt don't always gel! By itself a treat...wilh Whisky or Brandy... Oh Well! Particular
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      637 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Me/t (229 at.) pm a. 00 Indaln music. Gramophone records. 620 Chinese music. Peiplng aramas. f. 45 Children's programme (English). 7.00 Tunes from my Scrap-book No. 8. By Rex Allen. 7.30 Time, weather and new*. 7.45 Violin recital by Bram Bleckrofle: "Romance" Op- 40
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      477 8 nacie (Lalo), Arioso (Pibich. arr. Reed). Perpetuum Mobile (Novacek) 7.50 Rawicz and Landauer (two pianofortes).* 8.10 Variety.* Australian artists. Including Jean Melville and Albert Allen, Prank Gorman and Janet Llnd. 8.30 News and announcements. 8.35 Greenwich time signal. 8.50 Close down. Electrical recortiac. t Gramophone records. BERLIN. DJB 15. 21
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      397 8 p.m. 12.20 Popular programme. 12.40 Richard Schmldber b ci Trio. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Variety programme. 2.10 News bulletin. 2 20 Close down. CALCUTTA. TODAY VUC < IS Me t (49.1 to) p.m. 5.56 Time signal. Children's Hour. 7.56 Bengali songfi and music. 9.41 Talk: "Mina «nd Matter" (No 2).
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    THREE STAGES OF JAPANESE POLICY CHINA.
    171 9 THREE STAGES OF JAPANESE POLICY CHINA. SEEKING STATE OF MORAL PHYSICAL COLLAPSE. CITY'S PIECEMEAL DESTRUCTION. London, Aug. 23. I"*HE Japanese will not be influenced by what the fighting may or may not do to the great city of Shanghai. or if they are it will be because its destruction serves
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    JAPANESE BONDS DOWN BY 4 PER CENT.
    84 9 Far East Situation Affects Stock Exchange. London, Aug. 23. A feature of today's very quiet dealings on the Stock Exchange was the marking down of Japanese bonds by three to lour per cent, the market being nervous about the latest Japanese financial developments.
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    TOTAL EVACUATION NOT PLANNED.
    58 9 Britain Hotly Denies Rumour. London, Aug. 23. IT is strongly denied in London that m plans are being prepared for submission to tbe Cabinet for the total evacuation of British nationals from Shanghai. It is stated there is no question of inducing Britons who desire to
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    JAPANESE EVACUATE SHANTUNG
    47 9 The Japanese have completed the evacuation of their nationals from Shantung. Ten more Japanese warships are reported to have arrived at Tsingtao. The Chinese militiamen stationed between Tsingtao and Tslnan, capital of Shantung, have been ordered to resist if attacked.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    DUCHESS OF BEDFORD LEAVES £355,779.
    60 9 Pilot To Get Planes And £3,000. London, Aug. 23. HTHE Duchess of Bedford the air- woman who died on Mar. 22 when she disappeared on a solo aeroplane flight over the Fenland, left £355,779. She bequeathed £3.000 and her aeroplanes to her private pilot and
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR TO TOITR FRANCE.
    54 9 May Visit American Mayoress Of Aix. 'THE Duke and Duchess of Windsor will shortly leave Austria for a motor tour of France, it Is asserted. They will probably visit the island of Aix, oft the west coast, the mayoress of which. Baroness Gourgaud, is
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    NATIONAL M.P. DIES.
    37 9 London, Aug. 23. Col. Arthur Goodman.* National Conservative MJ\ for North Islington .since 1931, died yesterday Two other by elections are also pending at Hastings And in the Springburn division of Glasgow.— British Wir?:ess.
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    JAPANESE CONSULATE AT FOOCHOW CLOSED.
    27 9 The Japanese Consulate at Foochow closed its doors yesterday when the Japanese Consul boarded a steamer for Japan.— Bln Chew Jit Poh.
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    SOVIET FLIERS STILL LOST.
    144 9 Hope Not Yet Abandoned. FAINT RADIO SIGNALS HEARD. Moscow, Aug. 23. THE search Tor the missing Soviet fliers who w:re lest while attempting a flight from Moscow to New York, via the North Pole, is being continued. Although the plane has been missing for more than
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    PARENTS 'KIDNAP' OWN CHILD.
    403 9 PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN JUSTICE. W7HETHER parents can "kidnap" their own child is exercising Americlan justice following the recovery in Chicago by the police, of 30 months old Donald Horst from the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Regan, who claimed they were, the boy's real parents,
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    "AMELIA ALIVE" STORY LEADS TO ARREST.
    286 9 "AMELIA ALIVE STORY LEADS TO ARREST. ATTEMPT TO EXTORT £400 FROM HUSBAND. PRODUCED SCARF LOST YEARS BEFORE. ACCUSED of trying to extort £400 from Amelia Earhart's husband by sending him false news that the woman flier had been rescued. Wilbur Rothar has been arrested in New York. Washington Justice Department
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      341 9 THE DAILY MAIL FRIDAYs JUNE 4th. 1937 SOON a film will come your way. It will be released from the universal bondage in which all good films are fated to be kept for a space. The name is Farewell Again." and I ask you to go and see it, with
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      365 9 REDUCING CAUSED UKR NO DISCOMFORT. She Lost 6 Stone And Ended Rheumatism Too. "For many years." write* a woman. "I *asa veritable martyr to rheumatism. My joints were slowly becoming deformed and ug.y. To walk a short distance gave me agony. But now. t after following a conscientious course of
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      THE KELANTAN "GRANARY."
      955 10 A question of great importance and one which has never been satisfactorily answered, is raised by Mr. G. A. de C. de Moubray in his 1938 report as acting British Adviser, Kolantan. In all schemes for the increase of Malaya's homegrown rice supply, a policy which has
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      POSTAL OFFICIALS TRANSFERRED.
      44 10 fJ[R- B. J. Freeman, Controller, Posts m and Telegraphs, Singapore has ieft for Kuala Lumpur where he will act as Director of Posts, Malaya. Captain T. H. Newey has arrived from Kuala Lumpur to act as Controller, Posts and Telegraphs, Singapore.
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      MISS M. M. COWIE ENGAGED.
      52 10 The engagement is announced aril the marriage will shortly take place in England between Muara Marion daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cowie, of Singapore, to John P. Tremlett second son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Tremlett, Fullmoor House, Alingdon on
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      NEW F.M.S. JUDGE APPOINTED.
      23 10 Mr. E. A. de Buriatte has been appointed to act temporarily as a judge of the F.M.S. Supreme Court.
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    SHANGHAI JAPANESE.
    2323 10  -  'SHANGHAI RESIDENT." By Their Position and Aspirations In the Settlement. ings for Japanese trade and industry, and today the local Japanese population is estimated to be in the neighbourhood of 30,000. The great majority of these 30,000 reside in the Internationa] Settlement to the north of Soochow Creek
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      FAKIR V: CAMERA.
      253 10 a\ EVITATION," as performed bf Indian fakirs in Malaya, has bern discussed sceptically in this column several times, but one must admin the alleged devotee of Yogi who levitated not once but twice on an F.M.S. rubb.T estate before a battery of seven cino« cameras and five
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      MAN A BOLEH?
      263 10 "IVI ANY Chinese brides," says er in the Daily Mirror < London l "are not allowed to live with their husbands till the birth of a child." I heroically refrain from xsking the obvious question but pass on to another surprising statement in the same article: '"You
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      BOTANICAL BROK.
      195 10 A MEMBER of the scientific staff of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, possesses the distinction of being probably the f rst botanist in the world to use a monkt- as an assistant. Pictures of Mr. E. J. H. Corners monkey appeared in The Sunday Times some weeks ago, after
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    JAPANESE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.
    387 11 Destroyer Sunk By Chinese. HEELED OVER DURING LAND AIR ATTACK. Great Fire Raging Today On Pootung Waterfront. Tjf/ARFARE in the past 20 hours has been centred mainly in Japanese naval bombardments in both Shanghai and Pootung sides of the river, which were also subjected to air
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    (HINESE TROOPS RUSHING TO AREA.
    216 11 CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK WARSHIP. TENS of thousands of Chinese troops are being rushed to the Shanffhai-Woosung and Pootung MM to resist the Japanese landing at Woosung. The Japanese succeeded in landing at Wan'hsopin and Shichilin. between Woosung and Shanghai, yesterday. The Chinese claim, however,
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    "JAPAN'S HAZARDOUS ENTERPRISE."
    191 11 "JAPAN'S HAZARDOUS ENTERPRISE." Moderating Influences Over-Ridden. "IT must be acknowledged that the rejection of the proffered guarantee of safety for Japanese nationals if the International Settlement is excluded from the area of conflict is likely to be the fate of all offers of conciliation," says the Daily Telegraph in a
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    CHINESE AVIATRIX OFFERS TO FIGHT.
    75 11 MISS UN PENG SHA, the lfl Chinese aviatrix who was in Singapore a few months ago, and who is now in Fukien Province, has offered her services to Nanking Government. This is the second time she has come forward to volunteer assistance to the Chinese
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    CHINA APPROVES NEUTRAL ZONE.
    123 11 Britain Disappointed At Japanese Attitude. EFFORTS BEING MADE TO CHANGE VIEW. London, Aug. 23. A I THOUGH no final replies have been received frcm China and Japan it is understood China has approved in principle the proposals for the neutralisation of Shanghai, provided her defensive position
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    "SAFETY ZONE IS IMPERATIVE."
    113 11 Japan Recognises Foreign Rights. "We deem it imperative that a safety zone be established in and around Shanghai and all causes of further trouble removed once and for all, said Rear-Admiral Hasegawa. interviewed aboard the flagship Idzumo, the target of many fruitless Chinese attacks from land
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    KING OF EGYPT ENGAGED.
    44 11 Alexandria, Aug. 23. IT ING FAROUK of Egypt, who recently ascended the Throne on his coming-of-age, today became engaged to the 16-year-old daughter of Yussouf Bey Zulficar, a high palace official, whose wife is lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.— Reuter.
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    CHINA'S FIGHT TO PRESERVE NATION.
    147 11 CHINA'S FIGHT TO PRESERVE NATION. Aggression Denounced As Treaty Breach. BOMBS STOP MADAME CHIANGS RADIO APPEAL. New York. Aug. 24. TPHE Chinese Ambassador broadcast a message to America in place of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, whose relayed broadcast from China was cancelled owing to the disorganisation of the radio network by
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    MIDDLESEX ARRIVE AT HONG KONG.
    129 11 MORE TROOPS SENT FROM INDO-CHINA. Hong Kong, Aug. 23. THE First Battalion, Middlesex Regi- ment. arrived from Singapore this evening in the steamer Menelaus and disembarked to await developments at Shanghai. If the position there justifies it, they will be taken by warship. A battalion
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    175 Killed When Shell Hits Shanghai Store.
    589 11 WHEN a shell exploded in the $5,000,000 deparment store of the Sincere Company, Ltd., in busy Nanking Road, 175 were killed and 475 were injured, according to an incomplete official casualty list. Two foreigners were killed, a 16--year-old German boy, Klaus Eckhart, who
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    DHOBIES IN AMERICA HELP THEIR COUNTRY.
    60 11 £\HINESE propaganda is reaching thousands of people in the United States through Chinese laundries, whose customers are receiving in their parcels of clean linen leaflets appealing to Americans to aid China in her struggle against Japanese aggression. Hundreds of pounds have been raised for
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    SHELLING OF US. FLAGSHIP.
    89 11 WARNING TO BOTH SIDES. Washington. Aug. 24. ADM. Harry Yarnell. commander of the United States Asiatic Fleet, reported to the Navy Department that a special board of investigation found no definite evidence in r?gard to which of the opposing forces fired the shell which fell on
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    BARRAGE GUARDS JAPANESE LANDING.
    252 11 BARRAGE GUARDS JAPANESE LANDING. Location Of Troops A Strict Secret. "WILL DEAL DECISIVE BLOW AT CHINESE." ELABORATE precautions were taken to protect the landing; of Japanese troops, yesterday. While bombers and pursuit planes droned overhead, scores of big naval puns dropped a fierce barrage along the semicircle outlined by concentrated
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    SINGAPORE MAY GET CHINA REFUGEES SOON.
    116 12 OFFICIALS PREPARE TO RECEIVE THOUSANDS. Victoria Memorial Hall As Hostel. HONG KONG ACCOMMODATION IS OVERTAXED. CINGAPOKE may soon Ik? called upon to quarter several thousands of British refugees from the China war zone. Hong Kong is full and the Government there is in communication
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    MALAY SOLDIERS HERE FOR MILITARY TATTOO.
    264 12 •To of the party of touring Batu Pahat Boy Scouts inspecting a process camera in the Straits Times office yesterday. The Scouts left for home yesterday afternoon. Straits Times Photograph. Will Drill In Colourful Walking-out Dress. *T*O take part in thi-. month's biij military
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    MEASURES TO OUTLAW STRIKES.
    40 12 RM OMMKSDATIONS of measures to prevent strikes in MiUvu will Ue submitted shortly to the High Commissioner for the* Mala* States. Sir Shenton Thomas, hjr a committee which investigated labour tr.iuh'rs in Malaya, the Times understands.
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    Estate Output Below Quota.
    164 12 July Kubht'r Figures. From Our Financial Correspondent |L|ALAYA failed to produce the monthly proportion of her, quarterly quota <«f rubber in July by r>i tons. Production on large estates was, 28.126 tons and on estates of less than 100 acres production was 13.595 tons, a total
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    Singapore Gas Masks For China.
    83 12 A SINGAPORE Chinese manufac- turing company, is supplying the Nanking Government with gas masks. A number of cases have been dispatched to China for tests and. if the results are satisfactory, large quantities will probably be shipped. On Inquiries made by a Straits Times reporter
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    KANDAGED CHINESE ON MIRDER CHARGE.
    68 12 W7ITH lus head in bandages, a Chinese, Koh Ah Kwang, appeared in the Singapore Polic? Court this morning before the Fifth Magistrate, Mr. Ivor Lewis, and charged with the murder of a compatriot, Sua Seng Toh. at Pulau Brani recently. The murder is alleged to
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    RAINSTORM HITS PLANE NEAR K.L.
    84 12 Governor Raffles Behind Schedule. A BLINDING rainstorm was en- countered by the De Haviiland Rapid? plane Governor Raffles, flying on the internal air s?rvice route between Penang and Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Landing late at the Kuala Lumpur aerodrome, the plan? failed to maintain its schedule
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    $2,000 JEWELLERY STOLEN FROM HOUSE.
    82 12 JEWELLERY to the value of more than $2,000. the property of a Cantonese woman named Yong Yu Heng, was sto'en from a house in Simms Avenue on Friday afternoon. It appears that the owner went to Kuala Lumpur, leaving the house in charge of an
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    Malaria's Toll Of Chinese Working Japanese Mine.
    221 12 JJNACCLIMATISED Chinese labour introduced by a Japanese mining company for the opening of a new iron mine in Kelantan last year suffered considerably from malaria. "On the Japanese iron mine at Temangan where 545 Chinese are employed health conditions were deplorable," states Mr.
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    Ships From China This Week.
    231 12 WITH the China situation growing steadily worse. Singapore may need to accommodate thousands of British refugees. Plans are already being made by the German Consulate-General to cope with a party of German refugees coming soon to Singapore from Shanghai. Ships which have left Shanghai since
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    RAILWAYS CHIEF ENGINEER DIES AT SEA.
    146 12 RAILWAYS CHIEF ENGINEER DIES AT SEA. Maj. J. C. G. Spooner. QN his way to England on retirement aboard the P. and O. liner Ranchi, Major John C. G. Spooner, Chief Engineer, Ways and Works, F.M.S. Railways, died at sea near CJibraltar at midnight on Sunday. He was buried at
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    LABOUR ASSESSMENT.
    66 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. A GAZETTE notification published this morning fixes the assessment in respect of Indian immigrant labour for the fourth quarter of this year at $2.16 compared with $2.88 payable In the third quarter, for every male labourer. The number of working
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    GOV. FULLERTON FOR AIR SERVICE.
    116 12 plane for Woarnc', Air Ser- vices, the De Haviiland Dragon Rapide Governor Fulierton is dtw to arrive at Singapore from I land tomorrow l>> the Gleuapp. Assembly Mill begin immediately at one uf the Singapore Airp«rt hantjars. When the new aircraft is placed in commission
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    QUARANTINE STATION FULL.
    119 12 Cholera Case Develops In Port, 2.000 PASSENGERS MUST WAIT. I*HERE is no room M >t. John's Island. Siagapere'a quarantine station, to accommodate 2,001 passengers from the Cremer, on which a case of cholera developed soon after arrival yesterdaj from KOBg Kong. The new arrivals will have to
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    $50,000 MORE FOR CHINA RED CROSS
    88 12 Three Communities Come Forward. TpHE Teochcw. Kei Halnanese commun day promised approximately 550.000 j Straits to the Sin:?upc«v (Red Cress Fund. This will the Fuiid'.s total to $335,000 Stra Of the $30,000 pronUs w.U come from the Kensohew and Hair, cm ese Association, Sio.ooo
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    Iron Shortage Hits Czech Munitions..
    170 13 Iron Shortage Hits Czech Munitions. Why Portugal Must Go Without. •"THAT the iron shortage in Europe and not Soviet influence was the factor governing Czechoslovak inability to supply munitions to Portugal which has led to the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries was indicated by M. Jan Seba,
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    GIRL'S TEACHER FRIEND ON MURDER CHARGE.
    716 13 50 Witnesses Expected At Tampenis River Inquiry. FATHER'S STORY OF QUESTIONING ACCUSED ABOUT MARRIAGE. AS the sequel to the finding of the decomposed body of a sixteen-year old girl, Loh Sock Gim in a creek of the Tan-penis River on Mar. 19, a young
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    MAHJONG GAME ENDS IN STABBING.
    205 13 Chinese Charged With Murder. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 23. HOW a dispute over stake money In a game of mahjong between two Chinese resulted in the alleged stabbing of one of them \>y the other was told in the Perak Assizes today when
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    Johore Doctor's Scots Bride.
    187 13 Johore Doctor's Scots Bride. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 12. rVR. ROBERT HALL, of Rengam, Johore, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, of Old Kilpatrick, was married at Rutherglen. Lanarkshire, today, to Miss Betty Ann Sinclair Scott, daughter of the late Mr. John Scott, and Mrs.
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    TAIPING VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP.
    39 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Aug. 22. TAIPING Volunteers, Including 20 members of the newly- formed Chinese platoon, ?eft by special train on Saturday night for Port Dickson. They will be In camp a week.
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    Four New Justices Of Peace In Negri.
    223 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 24. POUR new Justices of the Peacf r have been created in Negri Sembilan on the occasion of the birthday, today of the Yang-di-Pertuan Besar. They are Messrs. Donald Farquharson. N. B. Fraser, Chui Kik Moon and
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    SUICIDE VERDICT ON COLONEL'S WIFE.
    312 13 Dr. Robert Hail, of Johore, and his bride. Miss Betty Ann Sinclair Scott, photographed after their wedding at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire on Aug. 12. Act Committed While Of Unsound Mind, Says Coroner. EVIDENCE as to how Mrs. Anne McLeod Stokes, wife of Lieut. -Colonel V. G.
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    Million Dollars For Better Johore Roads.
    130 13 Million Dollars For Better Johore Roads. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Auk. 24. "THE Johore (Government is at present spending about a million dollars on road improvemerits all over the State and a large portion of the sum is being spent in the Johore Bahru district. Work, in progress
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    Help China But Obey Colony Law.
    123 13 Help China But Obey Colony Law. Mr. W. H. Chen's Advice. AN appeal to Singapore Chinese to do all in their power to help China in her hour of need, but to take care to observe the laws of the Colony is made by Mr. Walter Chen, China Editor of
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    DUTCH REFUGEE COMING.
    48 13 A SHANGHAI war refugee who wih be living in Singapore until hostilities cease is Mrs. Smalt van Delden. Mrs. van Delden will arrive here by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Aramis and will stay with herneph w Mr. B. G. Van Os van Delden, of Singapore.
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    USEFUL SPRINTS THIS MORNING AT BUKIT TIM AH.
    407 14  -  "Captain Dash." By Meadowman, Calvados Lucky Life Impress. THERE was another good turn-out this morning for the training at Bukit Timah in preparation for the S.T.C.'s Gold Cup Meeting, which starts on Saturday. H.H. the Sultan of Perak was present. Only Billett's
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    N.S.POLICE WIN THE SIMPSON CUP.
    79 14 N.S. POLICE WIN THE SIMPSON CUP. i From Our Own Correspondent.' Seremban. Aug. 23. By four goals to nil Negri Sembilan Police defeated Malacca Police in the annual match for the Simpson trophy. They were superior in all departments ot the game, and scored two goals in each half. Mrs.
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    Water Polo.
    59 14 Y.s vs. SERVICES AT *X)RT CANNING TODAY. The following will represent the V.M.C.A. at waterpolo against the Combined Services today at 5.30 p.m. at the V.M.C.A. Pool at Fort Canning: Choo Seng Kay (captain). Lim Thye Hock. Goh Buan Cheok. Teo Slew Sun, Kwlk Sam York. E S.
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    HAMMER THROW RECORD
    51 14  -  IRISHMAN. BY London, Aug. 23 At a Cork athletic meeting Dr. Patrick O'Callaghan, the Irish Olympic champion, threw the 16 pounds hammer 196 feet, beating the world record of 189 ft. 6 l/ 2 In. established by P. Ryan, of the United States, on Aug. 17. 1913.—
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    PUBLISHERS WIN THEIR LAST MATCH.
    870 14 Can The Post Office Win Theirs On Thursday PUBLISHERS concluded their S.A.F.A. League second division programme by a splendid 6 l victory over the Inniskilling II at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. They have dropped only two points for drawn games. But so have the Post
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    THE LEAGUE TABLE.
    141 14 The one remaining match in l)iv 11. Post Office vs. Chinese 11, will be pl;i>ed at Anson Road Stadium on Ttanday. If the Post OfTi.e win without conceding more than two qo.il* they will be divisional champions. Publishers Post Office Middlesex II H.M.S. Terror RAF. H SRC.
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    SEVEN GOALS FOR R.N.V.R.
    203 14 S.C.C. II Outplayed On The Padang. Playing excellent soccer, the R.N.V.R. outclassed the S.C.C. II and beat them 7 o in a friendly match on the padang last evening Hat-tricks were achieved by Sinln and Harith. The latter played a glalant captain's game, and was well
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    GOOD HANDICAPPING IN S. C. C. TENNIS.
    525 15 Five Singles Matches All Go To Three Sets. YESTERDAY the S.C.C.'s autumn lawn tennis tournament opened with five matches in the singles handicaps. Four were decided only in the third set and the other was unfinished at set-all, which suggests some careful and
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    TANGLIN TIES.
    215 15 Yesterday's Results And Today's Programme. Results of yesterdays ties in the Tanglin Club tournament were DYNE LW Mrs. Stapledon and Adim <— 4> beat Lady Addison and Macpherson (—3O) C-4, I Men's Doubks Open Marsh and Wardle beat Morris and r«rdriau 6—o. 2—6, 6—2. DToogleever and A. D.
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    S.R.C. TOURNAMENT.
    154 15 Keen Struggles In The Singles Handicaps. Results of yesterday's ties in the S.R.C. tournament were Singles Handicap A. A. J. Vaz (—3) beat E. Le Mercier (_15.3) 6—2, 2—6, 7—5. C. A. Norris (—3) beat I. M. Eber (_3) 6—4, 6—2. Dr. S. L. Oehlers !5) beat N.
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    JOHORE ENTRIES.
    33 15 Entries for the Johore lawn tennis tournament are Men's singles 20 men's doubles 21 mixed doubles 9 novices' singles 38. The tournament Is fixed to start on Sept. 1. Association Football.
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    POLICE BEAT GEMEREH BY FOUR GOALS.
    130 15 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 22 The Police scored a 4 —o victory over Gemereh in their league fixture on the town padang yesterday. They were much the better side but Gemereh, who were playing some new men, played quite well. Poor goalkeeplng
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    FIRST RUNS IN MALAYA.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    700 15  -  "ECHO." Conducted By Yorks. vs. Middlesex —^4 Decimal Point May Decide Some Calculations Germany's Tennis Ambassador Golfers Who "Farm" The Cups. WHAT a thrilling battle between; Yorkshire and Middlesex for the i County Championship! I have been doing a little "figuring" and work things out this way:
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      52 15 THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY. Sorter :>-ifek.lllingi. Div. J, Stnriium. Water I'clo: V.M.C.A. Vf Combined Scr-. ices. Fon Canning, 5.30. TOMORROW Soccer: S.C.C. vs. R.A., Div. I psuiang; R.A.P. Town Office vs. H.K.B C U. ground THURSDAY. Soccer: Chinese II ft. Pom. Office. D:v. 11. Siadium: SRC. \s. V.M.C.A Hockey: S.C.C.
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    TOO TIRED TO THINK?
    278 17 An Easy Way To Double Your E— rgy. IHj a/ler d«y ot gruel.ing hard »orl: in a fulling hot climate us bound to sap youi ur power to think str;. and dull yimr k'i-u rnjoymrnt of life. You need to replace e*eiy day. tne vi.ality wh.el;
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    153 17 Goodwill Trip To China Abandoned. SMART in colourful uniforms representing different service*, Cay. A. Perego, Italian Consul, welcomed a party of 90 picked members of the Italian Youth Organisation when they arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Lloyd Triestino, Conte Verde. Picked cadets from one of
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    Columbia To Distribute Own Pictures Here.
    471 17 STRING OF FIRST CLASS FILMS SCHEDULED. PURSUING a polity of expansion warranted by its increased activities m one of the major producing companies in Hollywood, the Columbia Pictures Corporation of America enters the Malayan market by setting up its own distribution offices in Singapore
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    BREACH OF TRUST OF TONGKANGS.
    351 17 BREACH OF TRUST OF TONGKANGS. Appearance Of Vessels Altered. PRISON FOR AGED INDIAN. A FTER a hearing lasting five days, the trial was concluded yesterday at the Singapore Assizes, before Mr. Justice Home and a common jury, of Kavena Ismail Sahib on three charges of criminal breach of trust in
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    "I SNATCHED KNIFE FROM HIS HAND."
    147 17 Sikh's Story In Attempted Murder Case. "I PRESSED the accused to the ground and snatched the knife from his hand." waa the statement made by a Sikh watchman, Harai Singh, who was an eye-witnesss of a stabbing incident which occurred in Tanjong Pagar Road
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    MR. CHANG SENG LONG ENTERTAINED.
    95 17 (From Our Own Cori'cspuudtiit) Seremban. Aug 23. UTELL-DESERVED tributes were pail to Mr. Chang Seng Long. J.P.. at a congratulatory dinner given by Mg Asiatic friends at the Negri Sembilan Chinese Miners' Association on the recent award of the Malayan Certificate of Honour. The Hon.
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    ARTICLED CLERK TO TAKE LAW EXAM.
    86 17 MR. Denis DCotia, a'i articled clerk to Mr.J. C. Rash, of Messrs. Drew and Napier, obtained an order in the Singapore Hiffh Court, yesterday before Mr. Jus tic: a'Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, enabling him to take up his intermediate law examination, postponing to
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    Air-Raids Nightly At Eight: England Talks About Spies And Churkeys.
    1244 18 Air-Raids Nightly At Eight: England Talks About Spies And Churkeys. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. N the days when the Daily Mail wai a great newspaper, Lord Northcliffe never allowed his best young men to take their holidays in August or September. Any fool, he maintained, could serve up
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    903 19 Mow lets us talk of things less serious and more satisfying. Churkeys, for instance. They are growing thousands of them in Norfolk. K*» nt and* Sussex. Epicures who have tried them say that they are a little tough but pleasantlj flavoured. By Christmas, big supplies will oe
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    406 19 "FHE neat .m.-> ll n ii-rrilic. Sr>me days this w the 'empera;nre has .icared 90 degree ku rhade. Heath and forest tires have been numerous in Southern England. Between Weymouth and Portsmouth on Saturday the expansion of the railway lines i remember .*****2?) vaa -o
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    ARMY AND AIR ATTACK: BIG MANOEUVRES PROBLEM.
    164 20 ITALY PREPARKS. -THE problem of the air defence of a large body of troops was examined by senior army officers in this month's manoeuvres in East Anglta, the First and Second Divisions using their new mechanised transport. On the left General Sir Francis
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