The Straits Times, 14 September 1937

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    39 1 The Straits Times fESTABLISHKD NEARLY A SKNTURf.) THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 2(1 I" M.I S. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times I'.\(;es SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937 I'KKE 10 CENTS
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      101 1 SINGAPORE! 140 CCCIL ST PHONE 5-4TII MEJKEDEi-BENZ BRINKmRNNtCO C B 0 m C I lOBU i I FAIRBANKS SCALES We stock this famous scale 5 HjjP-~~« in a very wide range J -I capable of weighing loads 111 1 from 250 lbs. up to 2,000 1b5. Prices are exceedingly low.
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      260 1 KUALA LUMPUR: *5. JAVA ST. CPHONE ?«8r»l SM AKBAK C G A^ E TKAOf MARK CM A I y OKICTiONI OHA \S I. E.-f»< ihe <o-d io fULL IXTINT i,rmM» IM tail .> to ke •>.*» t~t BAA r\ Ixtert tin COUP ITAPI.I Mi Ike ,•<«,-. \l I h»i »O—
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      7 1 Scots OJhLsky Th* E.it.rn «|.itci. l Ltd
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      950 2 FOR SALE A FEW Orst-clan stcond-nami Weatlngi.ouae Rerrtferaton with un-Mptrrr iitranirtt from |IM and upward!. On view at Magnet House 13 Battenr Road. FOR HIRE EEFKIGEKATOB— New or Dsed Phone 3333 BOARD RESIDENCE Vacancies at *U*yd Riue 1 t Uryd Bd. EAST ANGLIA 6 Oilej Rise Tel*. 4390. tm ORCHARD
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      792 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET FULLY FUBN: Oat Amber Mansions Tel. 2MO. LAJtGE KOOM fur. or unfur. AU mod. cony. Meyer Mansions, Plat It. SMALL BUNGALOW Pactr Panjaog Hlil Rent *W. Apply 712. Strata Times. HOUSE, furnished 2 Bed. Modern San. from October 1. Box No. 803. Straits Times. TO LET.
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      714 2 LOST LOST" A bundle of certinca rs enclosed In aa envelope was lost on Sept. 12. in the neighbourhood of Yong Peng. If anybody gets pleat* hand over to Pereira. wo P Master. Yong Peng, and a reward of 410 »i!l be paid whoever brings it. AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE
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      676 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply of! Steel Fabric Reinforcement for the year 1038. Tender fivm and "-pecificiitlcn ma» be obtained from the Sewerage Dept. Tenders ciose »t 4 p.m., Oct. 26. 1937. J. C S. WHITE, Aff. Municipal Secretary. FOR SALE TENDERS are invitee for uw
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      266 2 hUBH f of Fare. You Ladies Han Drrsters. »ith experts In attenflatici 9S. Bnu BuMth HA. Rttlftn H«*#f rtaanc: ZMS. BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Wlm HANA 60. WATERLOO sTRECT. Telephone 7467. > TO LET: "Nice and "San Rime Niw j villas, excellent location,
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      705 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICEB PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due. Tonnage S'pnrc I 1937 I CARTHAGE 13.C03 Sept. 24
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      375 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGR AGENTS FOR GUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAPAN VIA HONGKONG m.s. TERUKUNI MARU S pt. 17 U. HAKUSAN MAPU Oct 3 ss. HARUNA MARU Oct. 18 ss. KATORI MARU Nov. I s.s KASHIMA MARU Kov 15 Round trip
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      561 3 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES to BANGKOK SAIGON ANGKOR-PNOM PENH Displacement Leaving Returning M.S. Tons Singapore Singapore LALANDIA 11.000 Sept. 18 Oct. 8 JUTLANDU 13.103 Oct. 9 Oct. 2i MEONIA 11.000 Oct. 30 Nov IS BORINGIA 12.500 Dec. 11 Dec 31 LUXURIOUS ONE-CUSS MOTORSHIPS ALL CABINS HAVE ADJOINING PRIVATE BATH ROUNDTRIP FARE:
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      219 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD, (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG. MOJI. KOBI AND OSAKA TALMA MM 23rd Sept. 3 p.m. Excellent modem accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets Interchangeable with P. Sc O. S. N. CO., issued at cheap rates. HARPER,
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      1120 3 rCt Pi C. JL Pi Ifldi SHIPPING. THE BLUE FTNNTL LINE 'Orean The Hoa Khlow Steamship Co. (MMI Lid Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.) Aberdeen Commonwealth Line The Strait. Steamship Co. LU. Shaw Savill Albion Co.. Ltd The China
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      EXCHANGES.
      102 4 London, Sept. 13. The following were mean rates rulir.c at t>oon today: ParU 138 19/33 Athent S47S New York 4.95)4 Bucharest 670 Montreal 4 9S>4 sellers Brussels 29. 40 Rio 4% Geneva 21.55\ sellers official Amsterdam 8 99\Brl,rade 216 Milan 94 1, 16 Bitenos Aires unquoted Berlin 12 34
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      S.S. BURDWAN
      33 4 The s.s. Burdwan has left Hong Kong and Is expected to arrive at Singapore at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the 15th Instant. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. wharf on arrival.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      160 4 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. Today. Bagan ana Selat Panujana (Bone I'htmgi lorn Port de Kock Hadang. Pakas Buoe Si Sia* i Hong Kwong) ..1 o.m BengkalU L. Blllk Rokan) 4 p.m. Penang, Siam. Burma. India. Iraq, Palestine Egypt. E 8 Africa, Nlge.j Oola Coast M. B O. Britain Ireland Europe. America
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      AIR MAILS.
      93 4 INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Qantas. From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Wednesday eveninr. Wearnes: From Penan g and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWARD. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close It p.m. today. Wearnes: To Kuala
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      FROM MALACCA.
      98 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By KIM." Malls will close at Malacca as follows Today. Me<lan by air Netherlands 6 D.ra Iran. 'Amsterdam and 'London by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Penang t lnternal Service) 6 pm. Thursday, Sept. 16. Australasia,
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      126 4 Mails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, Sept. 14, by air (Qantas) wlil be delivered to boxholders at 2.30 p.m. General delivery of letters and parcels at 4.05 p.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today, Sept. 14, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 1.30
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      S.S. SPHINX
      42 4 The mail and passengers s.s. Sphinx from Japan, China, and Saigon is expected to arrive on Wednesday, at S a.m. and sail on the same day at 1 p.m. for Colombo. Djibouti, Suez, Port Said, and Marseilles. Berth: S.H.B. wharves.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    152 4 ■ML Slam Wdt CoMt Ha 1 SIM Slam We*t Cotit No 3 $155 Slam West Coast No. 3 $150 SUm Broken No 1 $147 Slam Broken No 2 $143 Siam Singbway No. 1 $223 Siam Slnghway No. 2 S2OB Siam Singhway No. 3 $190 Slam parboiled No.
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
    21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The Air Mall dispatched from Singapore on Sept 5, was delivered in London on Sept H.
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    CLEARANCES
    50 4 Sept. IS: Rom, RanUu, Jarak, Tmndjon< Baiei. Ankinc. Kum Sang, Bax (Bttt): Na«ara (Bwcd); Sheng Hw*t (ChL); James Stove (Nor.); Van Rces, Kepah. Kulit, Aletta (Dot). Sept IS: A»ah«n, PtendHs, Re««l (Dut): Gnelsenau (Oer.); O. G. Pmquier (Fth): Klanc, Malayan Prince, Tandjoni Pfnanc. Sin Kbeng Seng (Brit). In B«)fe*<
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    S.T.C. SKYE MEETING.
    398 4 The Weights For Thursday. The folkowlng are the weights for] Thursday, the first day of the ST C s Skye Meeting at Buklt Timah: Hones, Class 4, Dlv. 2, 6 furs. Udicon 10.10 Old Cow 108 Rebel King 10 3 Stone Ginger 10.2 Metro 10.1 Jonathan 10.0
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    BE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    148 4 KTPU. HAKBOUK UhiE Whirr P.W.D. Hoppers No*. 1. 2 3. 4, 5, 7 k TU| Belanaku, Drrdger Tembokui, Dr«1»er PorrmoH, U h KltUwmke. Khoen Hot*. U. L. Crane, Vah-ntljn, Tjng Smr Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wi-.arr Nil VESSELS f> Mil DOCKS Tu)M| ra«a» Albert Dock N'l.
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      586 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. i lncorporate" a P.M. 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGENTS P.M.S. BLTS AND SIAM STATM BAIIWAVB in.rPHONBr »rt»n MM— Pasaace MBl JjOTjJir Oo via Jai.aa« > NorUi Amenc K^| Jlin Europe P*«t inrougb trains direct HOttcJHßetW j0 from sr.in not at Vancuuvet t jJLlEgafliadgf Canada; Evergreen Playground *~fc^m^£mStf
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      419 4 Mr I InTH K f IKUjltryMm l rflvnliliß#^Cfl&^%|li*« m rtneorporated m suatta Bettiementai a**!;^-^ l^^^ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. <Inron>orw!«o U 8 A > (to«rporateO n Bn«i<uMlj BOKTON MH TORB RII.IIM'M't -BIXSBMAN' UN* VIA >l >./ CANAI POB HAVE* LONDON !}w -UtV aATTHUAH A UAMBLBO STEEL
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      380 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICEDaily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last rngiu max rain- onght .mn temp fail s'shine temp me hr». 'W West Coast. Alor Star M 0 16 4 9 73 B.iyan Lepas (Penang) 86 0.67 20 73 Sitiawan M Nil 7.1 73 Buklt Jeram 89 0.08 9 9 73 Malacca
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    FRIDAY'S FIGHTS AT HAPPY WORLD.
    158 5 Boxing. Marquez To Meet Joe Paraiso. As Young Frisco Is still unfit, his rubber contest with Mohamed Fahmy. which was to hare topped the bill at the Happy World arena on Friday night, has had to be further postponed. It will probably take place on
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENTS.
    96 5 Lawn Bowls. Entries are invit:d for a profession tnples American bowls tournament which will start shortly at the S.C.C. Entries are to be made in teams under the various professions on the list provided on the bar. Entries are also invited for a team match, "Over 50" vs.
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      315 5 J M BARRIES HsP^^^^^^^n«^?^WWsl UKLIGHTFUL STORY I£ JT jt^ V i OF DANGKKOUS I^^—^H^4W EXCITINGLY PLAYEU I™ HE^M BY EXPERTS BAR OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT j KATHARINE FRANCHOT HEPBURN TONE to love experts in a daring game of hearts 'QUALITY STREET' RKO-Radto Picture with ERIC ALORE Week -end Ma tinees 2
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      387 5 JT 1 This could Strengthen your body against Feverish Diseases The chance of catching malaria and other feverish diseases is far greater, if the power of resistance is lowered. Lack of minerals in the body usually causes this lowering. Tiredness, heart troubles, irritability and dizziness are signs that your power
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      16 5 Stenotyping Shorthand I Machine /A Pali particulars from SOLE AGENTS^ DUNCAN ROBERTS LTD. SINGAPORE -KUALA LUMPUR
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      117 5 MARLBOROUGH CIS ToniJtbt t.U TOPKA GOLA HittdustHiu Talkie. Help Kidneys Don't Take Drastic Drugs Tour kidney* have nine million tlojr tubes or fUters which are endangered by neglect or drastic, irritating drugs. Beware If Kidney trouble or Bladder weakness makes you suffer from (Jetting Up Nights, Leg Pains. Nervousness. Dixzineaa.
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      166 5 IviCTORIA THEATRE TONIGHT AT 9.30 LAST NIGHT NO! NO! NANNETTE TOMORROW (WED.) THURSDAY. FRIDAY SATURDAY at 9.30 p.m. R. B. SALISBURY (THE "QUAINTS") rYwmfc Mb LONDON MUSICAL COMEDY CO., in THE GIRL FRIEND. I Booking Plans at LITTLES Prices $4.00. $3.00 $2.00 HOMEWARD BOtfID! FRANKEL'S offer THE WORLD'S BEST CABIN
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      266 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. HOTELS. RAFFLES MOTEL: Cocktail Dance. 6 30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and dance 9.30 p.m. to midnight Cabaret by Marie and Austin. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: Off to the Races. Fox With S'im Summerwille. 6.15 and 0.15 p.m. Straits Times criticism on page
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    1247 6 Reaction To Wall Street's Attack Of Nerves. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Sept. 14. There is an air of depression over the markets this morning and it seems to emanate from America where the stock market collapse has continued. Practically all American stocks have had a sharp
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    AUGUST RUBBER CROPS.
    39 6 The following rubber crops wire harvested by the respective estates in August: lb. Brunei 44.784 Bukit Timah 7.209 Changkat 30.182 Haytor 15.191 Indragiri 108 087 Lunas 43.980 Nyalas 43 700 Tapah 78 893 Ulu Pandan 4.274
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      MINING.
      601 6 All shares quoted arx>ve are fully paid. .ssue yJ&i Frasers It Co. Lyal) I Buyers Sellers Buyers 1: Fvatr Sellers 4'- vu:pat Tin 6/- 6/6 6/11 Asa.tr, KumDang 36/- 37/- 36 £1 Austral Maiay 56/6 58/6 57 5/- \jei Hitant 35 36 6cd 35/6 1 Ayer Weng 1.15 i25xd
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      GENERAL.
      439 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 I*z 2 2 do IVi% Prefs. 245 2.60 2.45 2.55 10 10 Atlas Ice Koo in von 00 10 von l l B. M Broadcasting 0 47v t 0 90nom 050 0 75nom 1 IBM Trustee i 25 ioo iat 1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      239 6 SiNGAPOH* MUNICIPAL M 11*01 red. 1940 «400.000 Hit Mai. 31 Sept. iC 103 105V 2 norn 4' 2 7* li*C7 rtd. 1947 11.800.000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 109 111 norn H«1I lft't red. 1955 si 000.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 114 115 norn i 1913
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      383 6 'Shares arr SI unlej* ctiierwise stated) fcruser fc C> Lyall Evatt AJlenby 1.90 2.00cd 1.90 2O0cd Aior oajah Amal. Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Ayer Pan.is Bassett Baiu Untang Bedford Benta Borelll Brogas Brunei Un BuRii Katll Bukit K. B Bukit Kepong Bukit Tlmah ($10) ChanttK.it Serdang Connerr.ara
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES.
      361 6 London, Sept. 13. t The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Tester- Riae itay. or Fall Conversion Loon 5 p.c. 1»44-«4 HJtt Puodin* Loan 4 p.e. inTh lion War Loan. 3S p.c 100* Ccm.
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      119 6 ixmdon, Sept. 13. The following are today's bid' quotations for Fixed Trusts: sritlsh Empire "A" 22 1' 2 xd, 3ntlsh Empire "3" 10 l', 2 id 3rltlsh Empire Cumulative 17 7' 2 xd 3ritish Empire Comprehensive 18 3ritlsh General "A" 21 7' 2 British General "B" 19
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      82 6 Tuesday, Sept. 14, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 30 316 31 Good F. A. Q. in bale*. (F. 0.8.) Sept. 30 1,16 30 I 16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 303* 3O'<« September
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      77 6 IXTERMITT I IHJL WHITE I ANT KILLER I I I WJsi J I kXJs^tmL 1 JB ft UIL I fffUlS I An EXTERMITE oulflt will enable jou to reduce somt repair bills and protect joar trees against the attacks of white mate. I The outfits complete with full instructions for
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      SUNGEI BAGAN CHAIRMAN ON NEW PLANTING.
      753 7 Committee Dare Not R' k A Rubber Famine. TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF 17J PER CENT. DROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Sungei Bagan Rubber Go. Ltd., in Singapore yesterday. Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake, the chairman, said: After
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      LARGER TIN PROFITS.
      130 7 Tekka Earns £8,412 More At £35,400 Net. NET profits of Tekka. for the year to Mar. 31 last amounted to £35,393, an increase of £8,412. The balance Is struck after writing £4.935 (against £4,500) off properties and plant, and is equivalent to 9.9 per cent, net on
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      SELANGOR RIVER RUBBER.
      112 7 First Interim Of 3 Per Cent. The directors of Selangor River Rubber Estates have declared an Interim dividend of 3 per cent, on account of 1937, payable on Sept. 21. The company was registered in 1932. The first dividend It paid was a final for 1936 of
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      BOMBAY GOLD SHIPMENTS.
      47 7 Bombay, Sept. 4. The P. and O. liner Rajputana has left here for London with gold on board to the value of R5.35.39,142, of which R.s 32.96.666 is on option tor New York, Paris or Amsterdam and Rs 8.672 is destined for Port Sudan.
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      LONDON RUBBER DEALERS WEEKLY REPORTS.
      1011 7 Malayan Estates Resort To Harder Tapping Systems. PRICES MAY ADVANCE IF FACTORIES START BUYING. EWIS AND PEAT, London, in their weekly rubber market report dated Aug. 31. write: Inactivity has continued throughout the week and price fluctuations have been fractional. There have been spasmodic inquiries
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    354 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend I tingapore Sept. 14. 10 a.m. rotai (at Books Close Onancia. Date Bz. Dir ?eai Payable Date to date TIN Ayer Hitam SO Int. Sept 7 Aver Weng 5% Int. Sept 13 Burma Malay 2V.i Sept 23 Idrls 5% Int. Sept 8
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      501 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) Ihe liability oi aiembers is limited to tne extent and in manner nrescrlbed ov Ordinance No. 6 oi 1929 of the Colony. Authorised '.apltai *5J CbC.OUC Is&uea and Flillv Paid Up »20.M)C OCC Rt.«erve Funds:— Sterllne 8.400.000
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      206 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA. LTD. met rporaled in England). Capital Authorised £3,CO0,0OO Capital Subscribed £1.800.000 Ricerve Fund and Rest £1.247,829 Capital Paid no £1.050.000 BOARD Of DIRECTORS me RiRnt Hon uord Cattr oi Cairuratto Sir Charles Alexander Innes K. C.S.I. C.I.E S'j- Thomas smith Ki.. J. M. Ryrle. Esq..
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      557 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (l.icorporateo tn England oy Royal Charter 1853 1 Paid Dp Capital tij 600.000 sham Of 15 each (3.000.0M Res*rre Pund C3.OOO.OO0 Reserve Liability at Proprietors C3.0C0.0O* m \i> >• in r 38. Bnhopsfate .ondon K i Ai:j:tsai lioi.g K->ng Rangoon Alor Star
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    DOCTOR'S RULES FOR DRINKING.
    326 8 DON'T GIVE FRIENDS ONE FOR THE ROAD." LEAVE CAR AT HOME IF NECESSARY. ITSEFUL rules about drinking for j motorists have been compiled j by Dr. Alenader Baldie, Divisional Surgeo" Metropolitan Police, and honorai psychotherapist, West End H< .^iltal for Nervous Diseases. Among refreshment rulss of
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      175 8 KREML HAIR LOTION Prevents baldness scurf formation falling hair Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores. Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES Quality components and testing Instruments for anything Radio. A A O O Meters BS *Ai Meters KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 122/4 Orchard Road. SINGAPORE. COMPLETE RADIO ENJOYMENT WITH OUR STEWART- WANNER W
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      70 8 r£| AN ACTIVE STIMULANT. jQjJ lam very pleased tc certify that I tried StjjM "Serravallo's Tonic" in t > many cases of anaemia Jflf and convalescence and /jSnvWs lw *ys with good resuit This preparation npfnHpjSß Is an excellent tonic E?S=Ss£=^| and an active stimu|Kjjj2)&r[gSi lant of the ematoyg^ja^jggg poietic
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      280 8 BACKACHE ALMOST MADS HER SCREAM. Kruschen Ended Her Atjony. If you are troubled with an a&UMfI back, you will bo Interested in this letter from a woman who sound out how to overcome this paintul complaint "I suffered with pains at the bottom cf my back until at times I
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      394 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY /111. 1 33 Me/« iltJ m 6.00 Indian music. Gramophone record! 6.30 Chinese (Trcchew) murlc. Gramophone record!. C.45 Children's programme, i English). 7.00 Orchestral concert. Gramophone records. "Academic Festival Overture"— Brahms. Played by the Berlin State Opera Orchestra. "Symphony No. 8 In B. Minor (Unfinished)". Schubert. Played
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      636 8 TOMORROW TRANSMISSION 4. GSD 11 75 M»/» Hi 5 n > GSB f5l Mc/t (31.5 ail aja. 12.40 "Round and Aboui." 12.45 8.8.C. Empire ."orchestra: leader, Daniel Melsa; conductor, Eric Fogg. Overture, My Home (Dvorak). Four Pieces: (1) Preiude (S) Siriluina (3) Pastorale (4) Scherzo iSt-arUUtL arr. Esposito). Selection from
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      113 8 PHOHI-HOLLAND. TODAY PHI 17 me s (16 88 m.) UH .45 Oprniog unnoiinctment. 8.50 Actualities. 9 10 Cabaret programme (record!) 5.40 Radio play: "You Shall not Smuggle i: 00 New* bulletin. ID 10 Stork report. 10 20 Close dor-n. TOKIO. TODAY JZJ 11 I Me s (!J4 at) 8.20 News
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    ANTI-PIRACY PLAN WELCOMED BY LONDON PRESS.
    328 9 ANTI-PIRACY PLAN WELCOMED BY LONDON PRESS. Hope Voiced For Italian Co-operation. m.ro j- London, Sept. 13. THE Mediterranean anti-piracy plan is welcomed in the newspapers as a practical measure to deal with the submarine menace and tributes are paid to the expeditious manner in which the agreement was reached at
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    CONFLICTING CLAIMS FROM THE NORTH.
    164 9 CONFLICTING CLAIMS FROM THE NORTH. Japanese Capture Large Shansi Town. CHINESE ADVANCE ON MANCHUKUO. CONTINUING their westward drive from Chahar, Japanese troops claim to have captured Tatunjr,, the chief city of northern Shansi this morning. Renter The combined forces from Shansi. Suiyuan and Nanking launched a counter-attack on the Japanese
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    CHINESE & JAPANESE NOTIFIED.
    85 9 CHINESE JAPANESE NOTIFIED. Envoy's Representative Goes To Nanking. Shanghai, S:pt. 13. |»J|R Rl.R 1 G. HOWE, British Charge d'Affaires at Shanghai pending the complete recovery of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British Ambassador, is travelling to Nanking this afternoon by car. He will follow the same route as that taken by
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    CHINA MISSIONS TO AID WOUNDED.
    98 9 Decision Reached At London Meeting. London, Sept. 13. THE China secretaries of th: leading British missionary societies held joint consultations in London today regarding tbe present emergency in China. It is understood the meeting was greatly impressed by the unprecedented opportunity of rendering medical and
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    TRIBUTE TO CHINESE WAR DEAD.
    94 9 Shanghai, Sept. 12. A MESSAGE expressing sorrow jrd admirntion for Chinese soldiers kilted in action has been issued by the Central Executive Committee at Nanjking saying "their heroism and sacriI flee are sufficient to move the universe in a cause for which Cod's angeU weep.
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    POPE'S HEALTH MUCH IMPROVED.
    116 9 Walks A Mile Without Sign Of Fatigue. ■THE Popes health, it Is staled in Rome, has much improved of late (reports Trans Ocean). His Holiness has himself taken over the exacting duties of prefect of a congregation of seminaries, a post which was rendered vacant by
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    ITALO-JAPANESE ANTIRED PACT TALKS DENIED.
    42 9 ITALO- JAPANESE ANTIRED PACT TALKS DENIED. Rome, Sept. 13. It is Categorically denied In official circles here that negotiations are taking place between Japan and Italy for the signature of an anti-Communistic pact, similar to the Japano-Cerman pact signed !aafc November.— TransOcean.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    142 10 SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dane*?. GARBICK THEATRE. GEYLAXG The Rumba and Movie Crazy at T. 45 p.m. GLOBE TIlfcATR* Undersea Kingdom (Ctiapter 1 to C). GREAT WORLD— THR SKY TALKU Love from a Stranger. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies Cinemas Theatre* and Side Snow*. NEW WORLD Side Shows.
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    The Strait Times. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1937. War Relief Funds.
    935 10 The Strait Times. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1937. War Relief Funds. We have no desire to take any action likely to obstruct the flow of voluntary contributions for relief work amons the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other war sufferers in China and elsewhere. The need for medical supplies,
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    Social and personal.
    145 10 Mr. T. H. Newey has been appointed to act as Controller of Posts and Telegraphs. Singapore. Mr. F. G. Ridout, of the Singapore Harbour Board, is leaving the Colony shortly on retirement. Commander A. C. Bucknell, harbour master, Port Swettenham, who has been on long leave to
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    CHINESE SMUGGLERS.
    1483 10  -  "Dah Foo" Ingenious Lawbreakers Still Infest Coast. (By in the Nautical Magazine.) IN no part of the world does smuggling flourish to a greater extent than on the coast and rivers of China, and many and devious are the methods employed by those who are unremittingly pitting their
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    Night Falls Over Asia.
    50 10 'A Ching Dynasty poem by Ch'en Hsiao Wu.) rpHE night creeps in, And every sound of human life Is hushed. Even the tinkle of the camel bells Comes muted through the dusk. In the faint dying light Of the waning moon The first hibiscus flower Falls.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    636 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Sea-Going Beer. A PLEASANT alternative to ccfe or club for the after-dinner drink s a visiting overseas liner. Admin;-: if German bt-rrs can spend an cm of bliss in the lounge of th: North German Llcyd ships, while there is also a fine range of
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      CHINESE FACING SEVERE TEST.
      267 11 BUT CONFIDENT OF HOLDING NEW LINE. FORCES MASSING NEAR KIANGWAN. EVENTS in the Shanghai area moved dramatically yesterday (reports Reutert. The Japanese flag Hies over the Chinese municipal buildings in the civic centre, less than two miles to the east of Klangwan racecourse, where the Chinese
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      JAPANESE LAND AT BIAS BAY.
      165 11 BID TO CUT CANTONKOWLOON RAILWAY. LIONG KONG was agog yesterday afternoon with the news that the Japanese had effected a landing at Bias Bay after bombarding several fortified positions in the vicinity. Unconfirmed Chinese reports state a considerable concentration of Japanese vessels, including three cruisers,
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      BIG PUSH INTO MANCHUKUO.
      133 11 Red Forces Claim Capture Of Jehol Capital. FALL OF KALGAN REPORTED. TTHE Chinese claim to have 1 taken Chengteh, capital of Jehol Province in Manchukuo, as well as a number of towns in Chahar, including Kalgan. the provincial capital. Railway traffic between Kalgan and Suiyuan has
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      CHINESE PLANES SINK WARSHIP.
      203 11 Attacks At Shanghai And In South. THE Chinese air force dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Navy yesterday, according to Chinese reports, which claim that one warship was sunk and several badly damaged. A squadron of Chinese bombsrs attacked a Japanese naval squadron off the
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    QUEEN OF DENMARK UNDER OPERATION.
    51 11 Kkacni (Denmark). Sept. 14. QUEEN ALEXANDRINE has undci'gonc an internal operation after sudden removal to hospital In an ambulance. King Christian was present in the hospital at the time of the operation. A bulletin issued today does not mention the Queen's condition after the operation
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    SINO-JAPANESE WAR WILL NOT FND THIS YEAR.
    122 11 VIEW OF TOKIO PRIME MINISTER. •yilK Sino-Japanese conflict will not be concluded this year in the opinion of Prince Konoye, Japanese Prime Minister. "Furthermore" the Fremler said in an interview with Toklo pressmen, "next year's Budget will be compiled by considering the worst
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    CHOLERA SPREADS AMONG JAPANESE TROOPS.
    71 11 CHOLERA SPREADS AMONG JAPANESE TROOPS. CHOLERA among the Japanese troops in the Paoshan sector Is spreading and there are now more than 200 cases. The heavy increase in cholera at Shanghai is causing ssrious concern to the authorities. So far there have been 450 cases the French Concession and 79
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    MR. HORE-BELISHA ON WAY TO FRANCE.
    64 11 To Attend Manoeuvres In Normandy. London. Sept. 14. THS; War Minister, Mr. Leslie HoreBeiisha, accompanied by BrigadierGeneral Macready. of the War Office General Staff, flew from Eastbourne to Deauville yesterday on his way to attend the French Army manoeuvres in Normandy Field Marshal Sir
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    WALLACE BEERY SHOOTS HIMSELF ACCIDENTALLY.
    41 11 In Hospital For Three Weeks. Hollywood. Sept. 14. Wallace Beery accidentally shot himself In the thigh while filming a wild-west picture. The wound is not dangerous but hei will remain in hospital for three weeks.! —Reuter
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    AMERICAN REFUGEES SAIL FOR HONG KONG.
    34 11 AMERICAN REFUGEES SAIL FOR HONG KONG. Twenty-three American men. women and children, forming the first contingent of Americans to evacuate Shanghai by warship, left for Hong X ng yesterday aboard the U.SS. Sacj— Reuter.
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    36 11 In the course of yesterday's Chinese firing against Japanese planes (Reuter bftpnel sprayed the building of the British Consulate and the compound, occupied by Mr. A. G. N. Ogden. 0.3.E.. superintending consul. There •vere no casualties.
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    Financial Aid For China.
    116 11 League Societies Resolution. Genewa, Sept. 14. IT is not yet known when the Chinese appeal to the League of Nations will come before the council but the fact that article seventeen has been invoked practically places upon the league the obligation to invite Japan to present
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    TEXT OF NANKING APPEAL.
    444 11 "INVADER BENT ON SLAUGHTER" Geneva, Sept. 13. HTIIE Chinese Government's appeal to the League, lodged by Dr. Wellington Koo, says, Under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to invite you to take cognisance of the fact that Japan has invaded China and is continuing
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    JAPANESE CONSULS NOT RECOGNISED.
    91 11 Moscow, Sept. 14. Further to its note to Japan on F,ept. 11 respecting the eight Japanese consulates in the U.S.S.R. against the I Russian consulates in Japan, the oviet's request lor the closure of two ipanese consulates as redundant, and 'apan's subsequent disputation, the iviet Government,
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    17 11 Prague. Sept. 14. "T*HE death has occurred of ex1 President Masaryk, father of the Czechoslovak Republic Reuter.
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    20,000 RUSSIANS AT SHANGHAI MAY EVACUATE.
    52 11 Geneva, Sept. 14. rE position of Russian refugees in China is giving the Nansen Office much concern as the number in Shanghai alone is estimated at between 15,000 and 20.000. The office is watching the situation closely and will evacuate the refugees if circumstances
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    POPE SENDS MONEY TO CHINA MISSIONS.
    60 11 Relief Work In Shanghai. Rome, Sept. 14. The Pope has given a sum of money, the amount of which is unknown but is stated to be considerable, for the assistance of Catholic missionaries in Shanghai. The Vatican has also sent money to assist the
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    MORE BOMBING OUTRAGES.
    131 11 Japanese Planes Kill 400 Refugees. U.S. MISSION HOSPITAL ALSO ATTACKED. Shanghai, Sept. 1 1. IT is announced that more thnn 400 Chinese refugees \\e;e killed and injured when Japanese planes bombed a fleet of junks Romp up Soochow Creek. Mr. P. V. Thomas, head of the Am
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    GERMAN PEACE MOVE IN CHINA
    82 11 MEDIATION OFFER REPORTED. Paris, Sept. 13 /"•ERMANY recently offered to mediate between China and Japan, according to an extremely good source" states the Geneva correspondent of Le Jour. Reuter. Crown Prince Chichibu has UTtved in Berlin, accompanied by his physician, Dr. Kobayashi. and A.D.C.. CountMayedf
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    INDIA AND AUSTRALIA PREPARE FOR EMPIRE FLYING-BOATS.
    398 12 Routes Have Been Selected. PROTRACTED DELAY IN BUILDING BASES. World's Finest Air Fleet Will Be Ready Soon. WITH work on flying-boat bases in India, the Far East and Australia being pushed ahead, the extension of the Empire flying-boat service from Egypt to Singapore
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    45 12 CAPTAIN J. F. WALRDUM, commander of the P. and O. freighter Mirzappre, tvho effected the rescue of five Chinese fishermen from a water-logged junk 70 miles from Hong Kong. The junk teas one of a fleet blown to sea by a typhoon. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Doctor Dies Of River Fever.
    179 12 Rushed To Singapore In Flying Boat. AFTER being rushed to Singapore by an RA.F. flying boat on Thursday when he was stricken with Japanese river fever. Dr. Robert Gordon Spin*. Government Health Officer at Kuantan. Pahang, died at the Singapore Orneral Hospital late last night.
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    MALAYAN SUPPORT FOR CHINA AIR SERVICE.
    53 12 Mr Low Fal Choon, manager of an air .service In Cantcn, China, Is reported to be leaving for Singapore to get Malayan support for his company. The service, now operating In the west and south of China, may be extended it Mr. Low's Malayan
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    PIECE OF KNIFE FOUND IN DEAD MAN'S NECK.
    399 12 Tamil Charged With Murder Of Taxi-Driver. COM .OWING the discovery of a piece of knife blade in the neck of a Tamil taxi-driver, Thechinamurthi, who died from a knife-wound on April 18, another Tamil, Kathamuthu, was charged with murder in the Singapore
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    Sydney Takes Singapore's Advice.
    87 12 Sydney Takes Singapore 's Advice. f\S the recommendation of w Mr. R. St. George Caulfeild, who was resident engineer on the Singapore airport undertaking throughout its construction, Rose Bay, a fashionable residential area in Sydney, has been selected at the terminal of the Singapore-Australia Empire flying- boat service. The buildings
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    MR. SHEPHERDSON'S DEATH.
    201 12 Received Medal From The Pope. RECIPIENT of a certificate and the Bene Merentl medal, conferred on him by His Holiness the Pope, Mr. Lawrene? JusUnian Shepherdson has died at h's residence In Queen Street at the age of 72 years. He was a prominent member of the
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    "NO, NO, NANETTE" AGAIN TONIGHT.
    143 12 Great enthusiasm is being shown by Singapore audiences for the musical comedy performances being given at the Victoria Theatre by the R. B. Salisbury ("Quaints") London Musical Comedy Company. A talented cast invests lilting tunes and merry comedy with new freshness and charm. "No, no,
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    20 12 SELANGOR CELEBRATES SULTAN'S JUBILEE. The arch erected at the gates of the Astana Mahkota.Klang, where the jubilee celebrations were held.
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    Malayan Chinese Aid Motherland.
    126 12 Big Totals In Penang and Selangor. /CONTRIBUTIONS to the Malayan China Relief Fund are pouring in to upcountry centres. The Penang total has reached $131,740, including $1,313, coll-ected from the sale of postcards by women, $250 from pork sellers, and $420 from the sale of flags
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    TWO MEN FACE MURDER CHARGE.
    47 12 COLLOWING an affray at the corner of Cecil and McCallum Streets last night, when a young Chinese was killed, two Chinese were charred with murder in the third court at Singapore this morning. The cue was postponed for a week for mention.
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    Died While Playing With Her Mother.
    114 12 Little Girl Hit By Falling Branch. WHILE playing with her mother, a six-year-old Malay girl was struck on the head by a falling branch and later died. This was revealed yesterday at an Inquest into the death of Ainon blnte Ahmat, when the mother
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    Portuguese Ship Leaves Today,
    183 12 Going Direct To Macao. 'THE Portuguese sloop Goncalo Velho, now at Singapore, increases to nine the number of nations whose naval craft have passed through Singapore in the past year. There have also been American. Dutch, French. Siamese, Japanese. Chinese, and Italian naval ships, in addition
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    ACCUSED MAN LEAPS FROM DOCK.
    113 12 ACCUSED MAN LEAPS FROM DOCK. (From Our Own Correspond Johcre Buhru. S( pt. 13. Recently discharged from prison after serving for five months. Abdul Kadlr. an Indian Mohammedan, caused a stir in the Second Magistrate's Court today when he rusl.ed out of the djck in an attempt to hit the
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    Hong Kong Repairs Typhoon Damage.
    583 13 Salvage Men Think They Can Save Conte Verde &Asama Maru. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, Sept. 9. HUNDREDS of coolies are busily engaged' in the streets of Hong Kong clearing debris left by the typhoon Little salvage work is being done on ships, but
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    Beauty and Rivalry Improve Hygiene of Teachers, But. . .
    82 13 Beauty and Rivalry Improve Hygiene of Teachers, But fHE popularity of "beauty" classes and rivalry in lingerie has caused an improvement in the personal hygiene of the students of the Malay Women Teachers' Training College, Malacca, states the Colonial Secretary's report. However, one or tux> girls needed strict hair supervision,
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    "SHOULD DO AS THE ROMANS DO."
    90 13 "If he M in Rome he should do as the Romans do," said Court Inspector Frew to Mr. L. C. Goh In the fourth court yesterday when a Frenchman named Lelio Dellancoe appeared on a summons, charged with reckless driving. Defendant pleaded guilty and
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    CLERK GAOLED ON CHARGE OF BREACH OF TRUST.
    554 13 Benzine Taken From Penang Motor Firm. AN a charge of criminal breach of trust involving 2,291 gallons of benzine valued at $1,718, a clerk formerly employed by Borneo Motors, Ltd., Penang, Lim Teik Keat, was sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment in
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    Towkay's Son Killed On Way Back To University.
    136 13 Towkay's Son Killed On Way Back To University. <From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Sept. 13. ON his way back to university after spending his holidays with his family, Mr. Chen Yew Choo. 19-year-old son of Mr. Ciien Kong Pu, a wellknown towkay. was killed In a collision between a car
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    GERMAN PILOTS RACE TO SEEK COMRADES.
    279 13 Desperate Dash From Singapore To Kabul. DACING to search for the missing Lufthansa aeroplane, which has disappeared somewhere in Central Asia, the three German airmen attached to the company who are now in Singapore have made elaborate plans for a fast trip to Kabul.
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    ALL CHINA WILL SPEAK ENGISH.
    620 13 Dr. Purcell Looks Ahead. THAT English, or some form of Basic English was destined to become the lingua franca of China was the opinion expressed by Dr. Victor Purcell, of the Chinese Protectorate, Straits Settlements, in a Rotary Club address at Hong Kong last week.
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    SIAM PREMIER VISITS NORTH.
    45 13 From Our Own C ir esoondent) Bangkok, Sept. 13. The Premier, Phya Bahol, left today on a visit to the northern parts of Siam and will be absent from the capital during the twelfth anniversary of the King's birthday on Monday.
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    SKINS SCRAMBLE HOME IN CUP-TIE WITH POLICE.
    924 14  -  "Echo." SOCCER SEASON'S WORST DISPLA Y. TWO FLUKY GOALS AND A MISSED PENALTY. By FOR five minutes yesterday one sat up, surprised and delightid. Some of the best soccer seen in Singapore this year was iH'ing played by the Inniskillings. Then for fifty-five
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    PLAYER CHALLENGES REFEREE TO A FIGHT.
    62 14 iFrom Our Own Correspondent.' Segamat, Se^t. 12 The referee was challenged to a light by one of the kampong players in the league soccer match between the Police and Pogoh on the town padang today. The game had to be stopped a few minutes
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    20 14 Winners of the S.C.C. sU-a-side soccer tournament an officers' side captained by Lieut. Pearse (on extreme left). Straits Times Photograph.
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    CHARLTON WIN AT PRESTON.
    168 14 A Nap Hand For The Hammers. English League soccer matches played yesterday resulted as follows, cables Reuter: DIVISION I. Middlesbro Beaten By The Albion. Preston 0 Charlton l West Bromwlch 3 Middlesbro 1 1 division n. Swansea Lose At Home To Bradford. Burnley 2 Sheffield U.
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    TODAYS TRAINING RUNS FOR SKYE MEETING.
    322 14  -  "Captain Dash." By •THE second track was in use at Bukit Timah this morning and some fast work was done by horses, and ponies, that will participate in the Skye Meeting on Thursday and Saturday. Old Cow was the first to come out. i
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    18 14 itiners-up in the SCf. six-a-side tournament the team captained by I Nickels (second from right). Straits Times Photograph.
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    AIRMEN WIN COMMAND WATER POLO FINAL.
    454 14 Five-Nil Victory Against Weakened Midds. Team. FOLLOWING up their recent sucress at the Command Aquatic Sports, r the K.A.F. scored a 5 0 victory over the Middlesex Regiment in the final of the Command water polo competition at the Singapore Swimming Club's pool yesterday.
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    S. C. C. SIX-ASIDE FINAL.
    177 14 Nickels Team Lose To Officers. The S.C.C. six-a-side soccer tournament was brought to a conclusion yesterday, Lieut. Pearse's team beating Nickel's team by one goal and three comers to one t;oal in the final. To get to the final Lieut. Pearse's team beat Gillett's team
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    JUBILEE TROPHY.
    86 14 The third race for the Jubilee Trophy takes place tomorrow, the start being at 430 p.m. This race is a race for ships' lifeboats for a trophy presented by the Royal Singapore Yacht Club in commemoration of King George Vs Silver Jubilee. Entries can be acropted any timj
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    ENTRIES FOR SINGAPORE SKYE MEETING.
    463 15 Racing On Thursday And Saturday. THE Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Skye Meeting will be 1 held at Bukit Timah on Thursday and Saturday. The entries and the schedule of racing are given below. POLO PONIES. FIRST DAT. Div. B.— About 2 Furs. Catch Weights 11.7.
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    FIRST DAY WEIGHTS.
    19 15 The weights tor Thursday were issued at noon today. They will be found in Page 4.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    55 15 TODAT. Saecer: S.A.F.A. Cup— RA.F. vs. Moravia S.C.. Stadium. Biuby: St. Andrew s vs. R.A.M.C, Parrer Park. Boxinc: Innlskillinfu, vs. Gordons, Tanglln Barracks, 8.3C. TOMORROW. S^ter: SAP. A. Cup— I. A. \t. S.C.F.A. II. Stadium. limit: Women's chunpionihip, 1st round, G.O.C., 3 45. Varhtlnn: Jubilee Trophy rate
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    19 15 The RAF. team who won the final of the Command water-polo tournament at the S.C.C. yesterday. Straits Times Photograph.
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      Nathan Beats Webb At S.C.C.
      97 15 LOVE SETS FOR SMITH AND WARDEN. The following are the results of yesterday's ties in the B.C.C. tournament: A Single* Handicap J. S. Nathan (+3) beat A. P. Webb (+4) 5—7. 6—l, 6—3. B. Class Doubles Handicap H. Sardinian and Bodel Blenfait 3) beat A.
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      Johore Fixtures.
      305 15 MEN'S SINGLES MATCHES TOMORROW. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Sept. 13. Following are the fixtures for the week in the southern section of the Johore tournament matches to be played on the R.JJ.C. courts: Tuesday Men's Doubles K. H. Bancroft and S. P. Morton vs. Tallb bin
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      Women's Doubles At S.R.C.
      255 15 ONE MATCH GOES TO THREE SETS. Yesterday's ties in the S R.C. tournament resulted as under: Women's Doubles Handicap: Miss B. Conslgdere and Miss A. Hancock (scr beat Mrs. N. S. Hogan and Mrs C. A. Norrls (+3) 6—3. 6—2; Miss B. Oners and Miss N.
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      Nakata Wins Cup.
      140 15 GIVEN HARD FIGHT IN N.S. FINAL. -From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban .Sept. 13. S. Nakata. Malayan veteran champion and former N.S. State champion, carried off the Sakura Cup In the annual open invitation tournament held by the N.S. Japanese Association. The Sakura Cup was presented by Mr.
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      HOLE-IN ONE AT FRASER'S.
      47 15 Mr. R. R. Pirn did the 7th hole, a distance of 165 yards, of the Fraser's Hill golf course in one on Saturday. Mr. Plm was playing with Mr. A. E Ford, of Singapore, against Dr. E. W. Martindell and Mr. R. Gordon.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    636 15  -  "ECHO." Do You "Double Up?"— lt May Cost You Millions Soccer 's Hooligans Surrey vs. Middlesex— "Bad Light" In Brillian t Sunsh inel Conducted By DUNTERS here in Malaya who toy with the "doubling up" Ices might study the case of Comanche, a five-year-old who won at
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    FARR RATED AS NO. 2 CHALLENGER TO LOUIS.
    41 15 New York, S pt. 14. Tommy Farr is rated as No. 2 challenger to Louis for th 3 heavyweight championship according toth? N.B.A 's latest official world boxing ratings. Schmeling ranks firs*. Reuter.
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      WHY NOT IMPOUND DOGS?
      183 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l have read wltj> interest about the unfortunate dogs which have been and are about to be shot. In so many cases the dog is only wounded and gets away before it gets the second shot to kill
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    VOLUNTEER AIR FORCE PROMOTIONS.
    37 16 Pilot Officers J. McK. Hart. G. E. M. Jones and T. J. L. Watkins, Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force, have successfully completed 'ab initio' flying training and have been awarded the flying badge.
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    CHINESE PROMOTED IN VOLUNTEERS.
    43 16 Lieut. Tan Cheng Chye, of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, has been promoted to the rank of Captain, according to a Government Gazette notification on Friday. Second Lieutenant Tan Peng Leong. has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
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    Malacca's New Municipal Commissioner.
    32 16 H.E. the Governor has appointed Mr. F. M. Edmonds, J.P., to be a Municipal Commissioner for the Town and Fort of Malacca vice Mr. C. F. Smith, resigned.
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    EX-HOUSE-BOY'S POSE AS COUNT.
    469 16 Sent To Prison For False Pretences. A MAN who claimed to be Count De La Feld was at Truro, Cornwall, sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of obtaining goods 'to the value of £7 17s. Bd. by false pretences. He was Barry Shafto Jackson,
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    GIRL'S PROMISE TO WIFE.
    297 16 MAN'S SUICIDE WHEN SHE KEPT HER WORD THE widow and a girl friend of the dead man collapsed at an Inquest at Battersea on Leslie Arthur Mills, 46, a tram driver, of Drewstead Road, Streatham, who died from poisoning. A verdict that he killed himself while
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    17 16 Mrs. Biduud Graham, of Kuala Lumpur, returner 1 by the Nieii"- Holland after spending a holiday Australia.
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    LAND WHERE ALL IS "LEFT."
    400 17 GERMAN'S VIEW OF ENGLAND. "THE MOST AIMLESS NATION." Berlin The special correspondent whom the Berlin newspaper •Angrlff" sent to report on conditions in England sums up his not too favourable conclusions of England as follows: "Three hours separate London and Hamburg," the correspondent comments, in
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    MORE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS IN PERAK.
    201 17 High Commissioner Welcomed. The total of Hying times of the Peralc Flying Club In August approached very closely to the record figure of June. A gratifying Increase *us shown in the number of cross country flights carried out The landing ground at Jenderata Estate. Tf
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    GERMANY "WILL TAKE REPRISALS."
    325 17 JUSTICE FOR NAZIS ABROAD. Why The Church h Being Persecuted. AN "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" policy of justice for Nazis living in foreign countries was proclaimed by the Reich Justice leader. Dr. Hans Franck. before the district leaders of Germany's foreign
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    WHO IS GOVERNING ABYSSINIA?
    133 17 Question In Law Suit. Florence. Slgnor Lessona, Minister for Co'onies, will be represented by his brother. Prof. Silvio Lessona, at the case which is to be brought against the Italian Government by the Emperor Halle Selassie In Paris on Oct. 12. The Emperor claims payment of
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    ROSE INN SOLD
    63 17 Many Malayans will bear with regret, writes our London Correspondent, that Mr. George Goldsack has sold the Rose Inn, at Wokingham in Berkshire, which for the past five years has been a favourite rendezvous of Malayans on leave. It Is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Goldsack, who
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    16 17 Mr. H. R. Joynt. M.C.S.. has been appointed a Director of the Public Officers' Guarantee Fund.
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    CHECK ON JAPANESE TRADE IN INDIA
    225 17 Sino-Japanese War The Cause. Simla. CIN'O -JAPANESE hostilities may act as an automatic check on Japanese trading activities in India and elsewhere. The Government of India, however, have no Intention of relaxing their efforts to protect India's defences against Japan's inroads. For instance, they
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    29 17 Reuben Fine, the United States champion chess player, who has been visiting Amsterdam to meet European players, was married there to Mile. Keesinr. whom he met during a tournuim'n-
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    35s. Spent On Sweets Each Second
    152 17 TT is estimateo. that 355. worth of' confectionery Is sold every second of the day throughout the year. This figure was given by Sir Francis Terry, president of the Manufacturing Confectioners' Alliance, when opening the Chocolate and Confectionery Exhibition at the new Earls Court
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    S.S. ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER COMMISSION.
    47 17 The Governor has granted a Commission as acting sub-lieutenant, Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to Mr. H. C. Butcher. The resignation of his Commission in the Straits SetUements Royal Naval Volunteer Reser'e by Mr. R. D. b Shrimpton has been accepted.
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    GUARDING DUCE IN GERMANY.
    326 17 HIS 'MUSKETEERS' TO BE WITH HIM. AFTER a series of reports and denials it now appears virtually certain that Signor Mussolini will shortly visit Herr Hitler <cab'es the Dally Telegraph Rome correspondent). But it is not yet known w aether the meeting will take place at
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    Chamberlain Was Author of the Note to Japan: Television's Rise.
    3400 18 Chamberlain Was Author of the Note to Japan: Television's Rise. OUR LONDON LETTER. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 3. "THE three are freed from foreign prison." These were the words of the telegram in which Mr. J. E. Jones, organising secretary of the Welsh Nationalist Party, announced to Walea
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    NEW ENERGY FOR TIRED MEN AND WOMEN
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    GERMANS GET GAS MASKS: ROBERT TAYLOR IN LONDON.
    21 20 \hove. —German children getting the first official issue of (as masks for civilians.
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    13 20 Below. —Mr. A. P. Herbert explains his new Divorce Act to British listeners.
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    22 20 Him actor Robert Taylor, wka is in fmhiad to bmUm his first British Him, chatting wMh Maween OSullivm mt th« Savor Hotel.
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    17 20 Left.—An KnglUh police football tew leaving (royd.m by air to play a Dutch poifee sMe at Amsterdam.
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    39 20 Below.—Boy King P*4er of Yugoslavia (riffat) in a sparring boat with Prince Alexandre, etdtst son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, at a boy scout camp. At the bottom the two boys are seen carrying a ptaitfc im bridge-htiiHMng operations.
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