The Straits Budget, 4 October 1928

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED EIGHTY YEARS.] No. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928 Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7«L
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  • 432 1 headers— rage I Po.icy for Cameron’s Highlands 3 Rumour and Some Reflections 3 Why Employ Hylams 3-4 Muck and Music 4 Battledore end Shuttlecock 4 a Tribute and an Appeal 5 Occasional Notes 5-G ■Telegrams. Reuter and Special—- Covering Past eek s News 19-24 dietures 9 Singapore Municipal Commissioners
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  • 3394 1 1 he Phui Jiok night school, Singapore, has been declared an unlawful school. Mr. G. T. Holford has been appointed a magistrate of the first class in Johore. The acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule will leave for England on vacation on Nov. 1. The decree nisi
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  • 948 2 CHAMBER’S MEETING. 'i j DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION PROTEST. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 2. The half-yearly general meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. the H*>n. Mr. J. M. Milne presiding over a large attendance. The chairman, in the course of an interesting address,
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  • 307 2 Short Wave Programmes Promise* I For Malaya. I Showing the tremendous strides that I short-wave radio broadcasting is rr.akinj a plan for the ultimate linking up of every important centre in the British Empire is in course of preparation by the B. B. C. in collaboration with radio*concerns
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  • 121 2 I’sed For First Time At Ipoh Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent' Penang, Oct. At the Ipoh rifle meeting 1 last we** end the targets with reduced dimension? authorised by the National Rifle Association were used for the first time m competition in Malaya. The bulls-eye now allowed
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  • 41 2 A Malay quartermaster from tin’ Gascoigne was arrested in Arab s i f on Tuesday while selling a revnlv.*: Chinese. The arrest was made I 11 |>ector Half*. -Yesterday the r> produced in the District Court a‘ $500.
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 981 3 value to Malaya.—Straits Times, Sept. 27. Sir William Peel’s notes on his recent visit to Cameron’s Highlands, which we published on Monday, contain some frank expressions „t‘ personal opinion which will certainly not be allowed to pass entirely without comment or challenge. An aggrieved correspondent
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    • 1116 3 Straits Times, Sept. 28. Rumour is often a lying jade and we trust she is even more mendacious than usual in her present persistent whispers of forthcoming labour troubles in Malaya. One ot her latest efforts hints at a strike brewing among the men at
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    • 820 3 WHY EMPLOY HYLAMS SI rails Times, Sept. 20. 44 Why do they come to Malaya at all asked a mystified judge at Penang the other day, when confronted with some of the propaganda which is being swallowed by the younger generation of the Hylam community in Malaya. Most readers of
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    • 782 4 .—Straits Times, Oet. 1. Until, within the last two weeks, the dockside strikers provided more serious matter for discussion, all the cities of Australia reverberated with a first-class newspaper sensation. Was it true, asked the papers I in columns of leading and specia articles, that Australians preferred
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    • 976 4 .iiiniLiii ciiivi Straits Times, Oi*’- One of the main arguments advanced by opponents of any extension of the measure of selfgovernment granted to India under the Act of 1910 is that each concession made to the Nationalists brings nearer the day when the country will be laid
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    • 690 5 VV* OVV1UO €X rather poor one.—Straits Times, Oct. 3. For the credit of the Colony it is 10 be hoped that the Straits Government will deal generously with the dependents of the Malay constable, Abdul Malik, who was murdered in the execution of his duty
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  • 341 5 Cathirvalo Asks For Discharge From Bail. An echo of the Cathirvalo bankruptcy uas heard in the Bankruptcy Court on T riday before the Acting Chief Justice, when Mr. E. A. Stevens applied for the discharge of bankrupt’s bail of $5,000. iiis Lordship said he would rather not enter
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  • 223 5 William Jacks Co. And It. T. Reid Co. Combine. The announcement was made on Oct. 1 of the fusion of two well known Malayan firms. These are William Jacks and Co., who have branches in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and R. T. Reid and Co., with branches in
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  • 39 5 $12,000 For Penang And Foreign Charities. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 27. The Penang Turf Club has just distributed nearly $12,000 among various local and foreign charitable institutions, including $1,000 for the Penang War memorial.
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  • 3572 5 All ranks of the Singapore Police are highly appreciative of the thoughtfulness snown by the leading Government officials in the matter of the funeral of a Malay constable who was killed on duty by a Chinese ruffian. H. E. the Officer Administering the Government sent his representative and
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  • 327 6 Stories And Films Of Life In The East. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 5. With August over, people are coming hack to Town again, ami persons of interest to Malayan readers are once again to be seen in such resorts as the Sports Club and the
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  • 171 6 NEVER SEEN A MOTOR-CAR Remarkable Statement At Singapore Inquest. This man arrived from China only three days before the accident, and had not seen a motor-car until the day of his arrival,” Inspector Smith told the Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) on Friday. The Coroner was inquiring into the
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  • 59 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 1. Criticism of the Rubber Research Instiute of Malaya were discussed by the Batang Padang Planters’ Association, which resolved to request the Board of the Institute, to hold an inquiry into matters criticised in the press and to issue a statement.
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  • 609 6 Shareholder Objects to Staff Bonus. The ninth ordinary eeneral the Bating Padang Dredging r„ et l n of held on Sept. 29, it 33, B«"h S ti: Mf' M Tk A being in the chafr en,n|! The chairman said r Full details of the working of
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  • 197 6 The directors’ report and accounts ol# presented at the annual general meeting Mam bnu Tin, Ltd., at 13, Old Market Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, Oct. h, that the yardage treated amounted 520.403 cubic yards, as against 618.4.5 previous year, a decrease or voAVyards. The recovery per yard
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  • 87 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sep l At an inquest held <> n c?ngh, a regarding the death of Patab Bengal watchman who was f° bell in a Chandu smoking-shop in vert lict Street, the Coroner brought in a an ,l that death was due to haemori shock
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  • 1649 7  -  (By A. W. Still.) London, Sept. 5. Turning over the pages of a monthly review dated about twelve months ago, I came upon an article which endeavoured to explain every British trade difficulty by the fact that we had gone back <o quickly
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  • 517 7 Inmate’s Death From Dislocated Neck. The manner in which a Chinese inmate of the Singapore Prison suffered the dislocated neck, from which he died after admission to the General Hospital, remained just as much of a mystery at the conclusion of inquest held on Tuesday as it was
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  • 69 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 2. In connection with the recent gasoline blaze on the Province Wellesley coast, the death is reported of one of the three men who were injured. The other two are stated to he still in the Eutterv/orth Hospital. The full
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  • 65 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 2. Tin* preliminary inquiry was resumed yesterday in the case in which Lim Chuan Hock, a well-known local Chinese, is charged with having committed a serious offence against three Chinese girls who were under 15 years of age. Mr. J. L. McFall
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  • 691 7 Judgment in Malay Libel Action. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. I. Judgment was delivered by the Chief Justice yesterday in the case in which Haji Jelaluddin, a former guru in the village of Jandram, Ulu I.angat, sued Buyong (alias Kicham), Haji Sien (alias Haji Abdullah), Sura,
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  • 113 7 At tho annual meeting of the Government Servants’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Soeiety, Ltd., which was held in the Treasury Office fit; Friday last, with Mr. K. P. Motion in the chair, a nett profit of 51.740 w :s reported. It was resolved to ask tho
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  • 526 8 AN EXPENSIVE IDEAL. WHAT A MUNICIPALITY WOULD COST. I The fact that Kuala Lumpur, if it is to be administered by a Municipality instead of the existing Sanitary Board, will have to rai?e a further $590,000 annually is emphasised by Mr. G. W. Bryant, Acting Chairman of
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  • 98 8 Rumour Of Acquisition For Station Denied. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 27. Perak interest in the development of Lumut harbour has been further spurred i>y a reference to the matter and the railway in the course of a meeting of the new Sitiawan Sanitary Board.
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  • 59 8 (lrom Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Sept. 28. A sweeper drawing Rs. 14 a month at the Karachi Aerodrome, hks drawn the In T prize, amounting to Us. 150,000, in :i lottery organised in one of the Indian mates. Asked what he would do with his fortune, he
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  • 146 8 1‘ATROl.S PREVENT DEMONSTRATION. The Singapore police forestalled another attempt by the Hylam Communists to organise an anti-Japanese demonstration in Singapore yesterday morning. Special patrols under European officers were on the streets by four a.m., and evidently the demonstration was called off when its organisers found that poiire precautions
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  • 255 8 The following F.M.S. appointments art gazetted :—Mr. R. A. Alston to be an Assistant Mvcoiogist, Agricultural Department. S.S. and F.M.S. Dr. W. E. Holme* to be a Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service Mr. L. D. Darby to be a Customs Probationer. Customs Department, F.M.S.; Mr. J. E. Wilson
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  • 295 8 The death of Mrs. Gearing, wife of Mr. Stanley Gearing, of the Royal Exchange Assurance, Singapore, occurred at the General Hospital last Thursday Mrs. Gearing was only 29 years of age and her illness was tragically sudden, being due to blood poisoning arising, it is believed,
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  • 77 8 The F.M.S. Government has approved that the maximum length of service in Class II under the Railway Clerical Scheme be increased from five to seven years, and the maximum salary of Class II from $l4O to $lOO per month. The minimum of Class I will correspondingly be
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  • 347 8 •WHISPERING CAMPAIGN” DENOUNCED. Oklahoma City, Sept. 20. Twenty thousand people cheered approval here to-night as Governor Alfred E. Smith denounced what he termed the whispering campaign directed against his efforts to win the Presidency. From the moment Smith entered the hall, to be met with a reception
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  • 100 8 Before the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule), O. L. M. A. Careem ipplied for his discharge from bankruptcy. He was adjudged bankrupt in connection with the insolvency of M. S. M. Aboo!bakar and Co., in which firm he was r, pp.rfr.er. The Assistant Official Assignee
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  • 62 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 30. The local District Hospital yesterday held a farewell At Home in honour of Dr. R. M. Macgregor, who is leaving for Malacca to assume the duties of Chief Medical Officer there. P r Chambers, of the King Edward VII College of
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  • 54 8 A correspondent writes to ask when the by the words Site foi Market appearing on a signboard in yrove Road will be made good. We understand from the Municipal authorities ..at the need for a market in that disuct is appreciated, and that provision c a market
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  • 56 8 One of the Singapore Flying Club’s seaplanes sank at its buoy in the yacht basin on Tuesday night, owing to a leak c.ccurrmg in a float during a squall. Ihe engine was submerged, and the machme will have to be dismantled. It will therefore be out of
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  • 125 8 Allegation of Extortion Made. Inspector Judge, attached to v dang kerbau Police Division a »Ii Kan Police Constable 124 <Ha»» a „Y„ were charged before the Second Magistrate (Mr. \V. v r *o!ict Tuesday by Mr. G. n Superintendent of Police, with c*tnt? tart 1 he accused were
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  • 93 8 Water Supply Still Rationed Strictly. (From Our Owm Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 2. There have been no further deveion mer.ts from the case of plagu whitoccurred in Ipoh last week, and all con trets have been released, inludin- European who was quarantined inch’s house in Lahat Road. Despite
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  • 89 8 Gruesome Discovery In Locked Room. The discovery was made yesterday in a building orf Coleman Street of tie body of a Chinese who had been dut.i eight days. The man was locked up in a room which was one of several in a court tenanted bv
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  • 119 8 Tamil Fatally Injured By Chines? Gang. A Tamil who was found at the l mile, Mandai Road, on Friday nwras; with his right leg broken in three plac**? and other injuries told a story of a.i sault by several Chinese the previewevening. He died yesterday in hospital.
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  • 97 8 When a Chinese pleaded guilty in t.e Third Police Court on Tuesday to negli£° nt driving at the Newton railway crossing, it was stated that he had been summoned on the complaint of Mr. W. H. Daly. Mr. Daly, Court Inspector stated, was about to drive from
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  • 71 8 (From Our Own Correspondent' Penang, Oct. At the eighth annual meeting n J Nawngpet Tin, Ltd., Mr. A. J-. K n d presiding, said the mine was now in order. Since the disastrous flood of i*which wrecked everything, the mine 1 been reopened, the entire plant 1,1: f
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  • 879 9 y good rice crop B ASSURED. (i-iom Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. 20. ■Copious rains in practically all parts H the country have now ensured a generMy good rice crop, and, by way of a Htural sequel, a prosperous year. The ■ins are likewise satisfactory for the
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  • 475 9 Assize Judge on “A Mean Trick.” It is an offence which shows considerable calculation to take two women like this into an empty house and rob them. It was a mean trick to trade on their profession. Any ordinary woman would have been suspicious, but these women,
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  • 138 9 Judge To Recommend Reduction Of Sentence. A Chinese was senienced to seven years rigorous imprisonment and twelve strok if the cat at the Singapore Assizes on Sent. 26, Mr. Justice Pi ichard said that his was the minimum sentence he could i.ipose, but he would recommend Govrnment
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  • 515 9 An Impressive Funeral Procession. Malik, the Malay policeman who wra.murdered by a Chinese criminal in Beach Read on Sept. 26, was buried with impressive Service honours on Sept. 26. The funeral procession started from the Rumah Miskin Police Station. The corpse covered by the Union Jack, was borne
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  • 106 9 In pleasant Accident On Coasting Steamer. The manager of the Sincere Dispensary, Hill Street, was summoned in the District Court on Sept. 27 for making a false export declaration. It was alleged that he declared a shipment of goods on tlie steamer Jarak, from Singapore to
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  • 118 9 Reception of English Program me Said lo be (iood. A wireless enthusiast who has been staying at Fraser’s Hill, and who has ‘.wen using a six valve McMichael heterolyne set, iaforms the Malay Mail that, ■onlrary to xpoetations, reception at e raser’s Hili has been good.
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  • 550 9 Questions for Monday’s Meeting. A meeting of the Legislative Council will be held next Monday, when the orders of the day include the following:— Question by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock Could Government put up a table showing the comparative salary and pension rates of Civil Servants and public
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  • 110 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. Following tho announcement of the impending retirement of the Chief Justice of the F.M.S., Sir Henry Gompertz. comes tiie news that Mr. Justice R. D Acton is also retiring shortly. There was a full attendance of members of the
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  • 42 9 ’liit* A steamer Havre, which rar. aground near the middle i-land, I'ulau S ibar-'k, t n Sunday night, Routed oil" with '.e high tide «>a Tuesday. Sonic of hoi had i roviauvly boon discharged •'> ’iyb.tvrs. Tho ship was undamaged
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  • 1706 10 IIC. INQUIRY VOTED. CRITICISMS AT P.A.M. MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 1. The quarterly general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held to-day in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Downing Street, the Hon. Mr. J. S. Alter presiding over a large attendance.
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  • 346 10 MRS. BATEMAN'S WORK IN SINGAPORE. A correspondent, writing with reference to the exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings by Mss. O.R.S. Bateman, vhicli opened at the Y..M.C.A. on Sept. 27, said Hen is an exhibition of paintings that is reallv worth a visit—in stylo, modern and French, .n
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  • 131 10 Straits Legislation To Be Followed With One Change. A draft of a Divorce Enactment to be introduced in the Federal Council is published in the F.M.S. Government Gazette. The Legal Adviser (the Hon. Mr. W. S. Gibson) states that the object of the Bill is to
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  • 82 10 Not Welcomed By The Burma Government. «I com Oi:r Ov n Correspondent) i alcutta, Sept. 2(5. Surprise i* telt ;.t the decision of the Burma Coven inent not to patronise the Hutch air mail service to or front Batavii Diplomatic intervention may follow, as it is felt
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  • 373 10 FRIZES AT SINGAPORE SHOW. I<E The champion baby 0 f Sin. dames Youngberg, a delight filial s months-old infant who won fivt •SI00 for his proud parents at’ t r,2 of Show held in the Victoria M 1 tht lia I>y on Sept 20 by the
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  • 275 10 Association's Next Congress May He Held In Honolulu. Members of the Far Eastern Association ot Tropical Medicine have received the following circular from Dr. 0. Deggel !er, the hun. general secretary During the business meeting of the seventh congress in Calcutta it was discussed where to hold the
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  • 98 10 Precautions Against Excitement In Kuala Lumpur. Air. Yap Pow Ching has been electt? I chairman of the committee of man'iir*inent which has been appointed in K Lumpur to organise the lantern procession on Oct. 10. Mr. K. P. Chan, Inspector o_ Chinese Schools, assisted by four other*, has
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  • 1083 11 LICENCE REFUSED. BRIGHTER SINGAPORE argument fails. The argument that open-air places cf iMtainmcnt make for a brighter Singa- (ve was urged in vain before the censing justices on Sept. 27 in supof an application by the Spanish IT a Gardens, Tanjong Katong, for a firstj a ss
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  • 315 11 Minor Amendments To Labour Code. A Bill is shortly to be introduced in the Johore Council of State which will effect i nurni>er of minor amendments in the Labour Code. The objects and reasons :re stated as follows It is proposed to have a short abstract prepared of
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  • 112 11 Recurrence In Area Of Last Year s Epidemic. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 28. After a lapse of several months a nlague case has occurred in the Luha* Road area. A Chinese lady was removed ‘o hospital and died of bubonic plague The authorities are
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  • 555 11 Work As Colonial Chaplain In Singapore. (From a Correspondent) The death of Archdeacon Perham, formerly Colonial Chaplain of Singapore, recalls some incidents in the past history of the colony which will prove of interest to many still here, especially the permanent residents, who in their younger days knew
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  • 103 11 Bloodstains On Decks Of Deserted Vessel. A hint of a piracy in the Malacca Straits is given by a report in the Malayan Daily Express of a tongkang found drifting under suspicious circumstances. Recently a Chinese fisherman saw i a tongkang adrift off Kuala Selangor. He made a
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  • 47 11 No News Yet Received Of Miss Tobin. (From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong, Sept. 27. Soldiers are still searching for Miss Tobin, the missionary who was captured by bandits. Bishop Holden, head of the Church Missionary Society mission at Kwangsi, has arrived at Chuiping.
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  • 342 11 More Members Wanted In Singapore. The third annual general meeting of the Royal Society of St. George took place at the Cricket Club on Sept. JW, Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, the president of the Society, presiding. Commenting on the accounts, the president said that owing
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  • 177 11 Report For 1927 Not Yet Available. The report for 1027 of Eastern Siam Tin Dredging appears to be overdue, says Mammon in Truth. Last year the annual meeting was held early in July. Perhaps the directors are wondering how they will explain the poor tin outputs
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  • 153 11 Echo Of Effigy Case At Kuala Lumpur. In the Kuala Lumpur police court on Sept. 26, Mr. K. K. Wilson gave judgment in the case in which Choy Kee, the proprietor of Chop Choong Nam Chong Tin, merchants, of Sultan Street, Kuala Lumpur, was charged with being in
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  • 1162 12 QUESTION OF INSURANCE. MALAYA’S “BAD HABITS’ TRADITION. An interesting article on 44 Life Assurance in the Tropics,” by Dr. G. H. Tdncalister, appears in the current issue of the Malayan Medical Journal. Dr. Macalister comments on the fact that doitain companies demand higher premia from
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  • 223 12 Saving Of Time From India And Siam. From Oct. 1 the postal administration of Siam will participate with the postal administrations of India and France in •he air mail service between Marseilles and London. According to the arrange-' ments made with the French Postal Ad-, ministration,
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  • 142 12 Reported Confession In Kuala Lumpur Case. (From Our Ovrn Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 26. It now appears that the defalcations discovered at the local branch of Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co. amount to $13,025. An employee named Tudor Weerakkody, who is well-known in cricketing circles, was arrested at
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  • 1155 12  -  (By Pen Churi). Tuan Blaster has lost his clubs. I stole them. It seemed, indeed, to be the only thing to do at the time and now that the Caddies’ Conference has endorsed my action, I have no hestitation in
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  • 259 12 District Judge On Beach Road Tragedy. Reference was made by the District .Judge .Mr. C. H. Cl. Clarke) on Sept 27 to the murder of a policeman in Beach Road on Sept. 25. His Honour was dealing with a case, in which a timely arrest by DetectiveInspector
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  • 97 12 Compensation Recommended For His Dependents. Recommendations have gone forvai/j for the payment of a gratuity to the v :tl and three children of the Malay Abdul Malik, who was murdered in IF' 1 Lane on Sept. 25 by Chinese v: society men. The deceased had put in only
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  • 566 13 I a LONDON VIEW. I I i iRT FOR SINGAPORE I PROTEST. I > being heavily mulcted I 1* !>' be ause the strategic •>■*>• a pore determined the Base.” I f c mention in an article in I >• i vigorously supporting I v.’ i
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  • 108 13 Provision Of Clinics In Penang And Province Wellesley. '.hr -i) Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 2'J. V, UD ’.k Health Department has -ami-bed child welfare clinics in the d.stricts of Penang and Province jyvsiey at Tanjon* Tokong, Baliic '•u, and Butterwortn. They will be, I" r ntoiivlcd by
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  • 867 13 MR. IRVING DESCRIBES HIS CLAIM. i he a.lest in Pahang of an engineer! employee by one of the companies ime-» rested.in the Jelai Concession is described! t'v a correspondent of the Mala van lMWv! Exprt.-s as follow;. •‘it. i*. King, who is described a- ar i engineer,
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  • 67 13 The Straits Times is not responsible for 'ke opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters W Uft be short and to the point. Long epistles are liable to be rejected or cut iewn. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but
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  • 247 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Your article of Aug. 2, l‘J28, on Humane Slaughtering is in the right ci’rection but I would take exception to the statement that In a sense this subject is of no more than academic interest to Singapore. Animals are slaughtered
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  • 432 13 SINGAPORE HONOLULU. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Methinks you miss the point. The climate of Singapore is very similar to that of Honolulu and though the bathing beaches are not so good here I verily believe that Singapore has many of the advantages that have made Honolulu famous
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  • 691 13 LARGER AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD. The fifteenth annual general meeting of the Hasten) United Assurance Corporation, I.td., was on Saturday at Malacca Street, Singapore. Mr. See Teong Wah presided, and others present were Messrs. Giw Khek Kliium, the lion. S. (j. Wong, R. 11. Wild, Lee Chim Tuan,
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  • 203 13 Over .“.O'd r.nro]. ru.'i wer** tint gue.»t.s of Mi*. Av- ll'ui.i Haw :*ml M.. Aw Noon Par lat dinner on Saturday evenirg, *)ii.s being I the culminating ceremony of three days of housewarming at Mr. Aw lioon Ilaw’s tew residence in Na.* ini Road. After ad--1
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  • 3168 14 KEPPEL STATION. COMMISSIONERS' SHARE IN SCHEME REASONS FOR MOVE FROM TANK ROAD. The most important discus-ion at the monthly meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners held on Friday afternoon, the President (Mr. R. J. Farrer) presiding, was regarding the scheme for railway deviation in Singapore, including
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  • 79 14 Penang Turf Club Set> Kn Example. (From Our Own Cor .•espoii.ietu Penang. Sept The* Penang Turf Club Iras so* a’ ex cel lent example by injuring *h ‘X'-it* imported batch o’ Au-trnliuu «,riilins f three months against death from nn.’.u causes, a step which hrs great.',*’ subscribers, a-
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
    • 1118 19 [REITER TELEGRAM] many casualties. ADELAIDE STRIKERS GIVE IN. VOLUNTEERS WORKING STEAMERS. [REITER TELEGRAM] Melbourne, Sept. 26. A fresh crisis is threatened in the waterside workers’ dispute. A big inter-State conference of the Maritime and Transport Unions decided U* endorse the order of the men’s union that
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    • 89 19 Three lLilian Officers Killed. Valence on Rhone. Sept. 29. An Italian naval seaplane, returning from Spitsbergen, where it had been participating in the search for the missing members of th? Ital'.a expedition, wu caught in a store, iu the Rhone val.oy and struck a high-tension ilectric cable. A
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    • 144 19 M. Venizelos’s Visit To London. London, Oct. 1. M. Yenizelos, after visiting Rome to sign the new pact of friendship between Greece and Italy, conferred with French statesmen in Paris and has now arrived in London, where he has already met Mr. Baldwin, Lord Cushendun and Sir
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    • 173 19 Acceptance of Tender Announced. London, Sept. 27. The Admiralty has accepted the tender of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., for the construction of the new dockyard in Singapore. The contract is timed for completion in seven years. Rugby, Sept. 27. The works will be situated on the old Johore
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    • 118 19 Charge Against Millionaire Shipowner. London, Sept. 27. The Hull stipendiary magistrate refused an application by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for permission to withdraw a preset ution against Sir Walter Uoekerline. the millionaire shipowner, who was summoned for making false income-tax returns over a period of Id years
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    • 98 19 Keen Struggle Developing In l\S.A. Xuiw York, Sept. 28. By filing an application l’or th'* allocation of 67 wave-lengths /or the transmission <•;' i!>*me-tic and wireless messages, ti-ic Radio Corporation is credited with tin firs: s' •*> in u keen struggle between the s in n and
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    • 39 19 Vr.goru, Sept. 2C M. tie Chum’ in. the new French Am bar 1 wUr d irke*. Lu horded his erode Title.’ < to Mnstapha Ivcmni. Both paid a t .but** to the fiicmiship existin'; Let* i Fra:
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    • 377 19 BISHOPS’ DECISION. LOYAL CO-OPERATION SOUGHT. London, Sept. 28. As a result of the conference of Bishops at Lambeth Palace with regard to the situation created by the rejection of the proposed revised version of tho Prayer Book in the House of Commons, the Archbishops of Canterbury
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    • 79 19 Dangers Of The Cinema Industry. Flmonte, California, Sept. 27. The perils of raising lions for cinema and other show purposes were illustrated yesterday, when three lions en route to an exhibition park broke from their travelling cage and attacked the manager of Lion Farm.” He was so badly
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    • 75 19 Montreal, Oct. 1. A bear cub was one of the passengers by the now air mail express service from Montreal to New York, which was inaugurated yesterday. Attached to the cub was a message of greeting from the Mayor of Montreal to the Mayor of New York.
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    • 74 19 Tokio, Oct, 1. *-t r f’** yen’ s of preparation i irirt Lh promiilgat'on of the law, *he iu ,v 'Y't.’m ha* been instituted throughout •fa 'an. M irking this important i h inge in the <•(, utr.\- jud'c a! svsiom, the F.mperor, panied h> rich
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    • 659 20 BUDGET ADOPTED. STRONG CRITICISMS FROM INDIA. Geneva, Sept. 26. The ninth Assembly of the League ol Nations adopted the Budget, and the session closed. An analysis of the voting on the Budget shows that IS nations were in favour, including Great Britain and Canada, and six against,
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    • 417 20 Resentment of Indian Politicians. Simla, Sept. 26. In the Assembly to-day the President, Mr. V. J. Patel, announced that the Press passes of the correspondents of the Times of India and the Daily Telegraph had been cancelled owing to aspersions cast by them upon the impartiality of the
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    • 153 20 Hassell And Cramer Reach Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Sept. 26. The American airmen Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, who after flying the Atlantic were wrecked over South Greenland, have arrived here by a Danish steamer and were warmly welcomed by the American Minister, representatives of the Aeronautical Society and other
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    • 96 20 Recognition Of Nationalist Government. Washington, Sept. 27. The view that the conclusion of a tariff treaty between China and the United States amounted to de facto recognition of the Chinese Nationalist Government by the United States is confirmed by the legal advisers of the State Department, who
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    • 60 20 Mexico City, Sept. 26. Senor Emilio Gil, the Minister of the Interior, was elected unopposed as provisional President of Mexico until Feb 5 1930, at a joint sitting of the Senate and the Chamber. Senor Gil recently announced that he would support the policy of the late icsident
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    • 248 20 Plan for Six Month’s Tour. Simla. Sept. 26. The Viceroy has notified Sir John Simon that, in accordance with the latter s request for the completion of the proposed control committee to co-operate with the Simon Commission, he has invited Indian members ot the Legislative Assembly wh<
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    • 185 20 German Airman Arrives At Calcutta. Allahabad, Sept. 27. Baron von Huenefeld left here this morning. He proposes to fly to Tokio by a hitherto unflown route, namely via Mandalay, Canton and Nanking. He is hoping to make a non-stop flight to Mandalay (about 900 miles) to-day, but
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    • 91 20 Great Dam ape In Native City. Hankow, Sept. 26. A most disastrous fire raged heie yesterday. It broke out in a gambling den in the native city and, owing to the high wind, spread with tremendous rapidity. Two thousand houses and shops were gutted, and one of the
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    • 130 20 Havana, Sept. 27. A shipment of 300,000 tons of sugar which was held up under the Reclamation Act of the Cuban Exporting Commission as a result of differences with the pun hasei s, has now been released to the account of the firm of Tale and Lyle.
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    • 274 20 HEAVY DEATH-ROLL. ANOTHER DISASTFR pop SPAIN. UR Mellila, Sopt i v At least 31 people were killed and L injured as the result of an ex P W„ a munition depot at Fort CalriV;! n ;j> The latest official information k that the 31 people kille.1
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    • 59 20 Twelve Killed In Collision In £>pain. Madrid. Sept. 29. Twelve people were killed and 23 •njured in a collision between an express ind a slow train near Madrigueras Province Jaen. Two first-class coaches •vere smashed to matchwood. The express was travelling at 40 miles per hour it the
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    • 155 20 Sudden Sharp Break In Prices. New York, Sej t. 17. In the last few minutes of trading the New York stock market experienced «-r* of the sharpest breaks in prices for many months. Twenty issues tumbled down •>5 to $20 a share. The decline came spite of
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    • 68 20 Big Majority For Conservative Candidate. London, Sept. 26. The result of the by-election C heltenham necessary owing to the dca. of Sir J. T. Agg-Gardner, was follows Sir Walter Preston, Conservative, I0,-*o Sir John Brunner, Liberal, C.ti78. Miss Florence Widdowson, Labour, At the last General Election, the only
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    • 29 20 Bombay, Sept. 20^ Negotiations between the mill-o'*’:'' and the strikers, which were regard* J very hopeful, have broken down < ll question of the cut in weavers’
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    • 2170 21 I U. S. DISAPPROVAL. I. viT \L CONDITIONS NOT I fulfilled. I London, Sept. 26. I Following the report in a London news- stating that France and Great lorViin have reached agreement on air r rs t hc Foreign Office states that IjT' jg n0 agreement or
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    • 78 21 Risks That Pedestrians Run. New York, Oct. 2. The National Safety Congress states that out of every four accidental deaths in the United States one is caused by a motor-car accident. In 65 per cent, of these fatalities the victims are pedestrians who are run down by cars,
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    • 497 21 MR. BALDWIN’S SPEECH. QUESTION OF GENERAL TARIFF. London, Sept. 27. The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, delivered an eagerly awaited speech at a mass meeting held in connection with the Conservative Party Conference at Yarmouth. He declared that the issue at the next election would be the challenge
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    • 89 21 President Coolidge Regards Question As Closed. Washington, Oct. 2. President Coolidge was questioned by Press representatives at Washington with regard to the recent suggestion of M. Poincare that evacuation of the Rhineland and final settlement of the Reparations question should be considered in connection with war debts
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    • 50 21 London, Oct. 2. For the first time since the War, a Zeppelin flew over England this evening, when the new German airship, Graf Zeppelin flew over Lowestoft and proceeded in a northy-westerly direction. The airship was making a 36-hour flight from Friedrichshafen with 70 persons on board.
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    • 1162 22 THE ANKING OUTRAGE. GALLANT RESISTANCE TO RUFFIANS. Hong Kong, Sept. 29. The China Navigation Company’s steamer Anking, which left Singapore on Sept. 23 for Hong Kong via Hoihow, Swatow, and Amoy with 1,400 passengers on board, was pirated in the Gulf of Tongking, on Wednesday. Cnpt.
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    • 271 22 Under-Secretary’s Tour By Flying-Boat. Rugby, Sept. 30. Sir Philip Sassoon, the Under Secretary of State for Air, left Plymouth at dawn to-day in a flying-boat for a cruise through the Mediterranean to Egypt, then across the Syrian desert to Irak and down the Persian Gulf to India.
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    • 254 22 Pitched Battle in German Town. Cologne, Sept. 30. It is feared that 40,000 textile workers will be locked out to-morrow at Muen-chen-Gladbach, Rheydt and ViersenKempen. The men are demanding 16V4 per cent, increase in wages, which the owners refuse. A bitter struggle is anticipated. Berlin, Sept. 30. A
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    • 103 22 Mussolini and the King Of Italy. Paris, Sept. 29. The Quotidien's Rome correspondent reports that the King of Italy intends to abdicate after signing a Decree dissolving the Chamber. Signor Mussolini, the correspondent deintends to instal the Duke of Apulia as King. Los Angeles, Sept. 30. The Duke
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    • 119 22 RUSH FOR SHARES IN COMBINE. Rugby, Oct. 1. Subscription lists were opened thi« morning for 1,249,000 shares of £1 at par in the London Malayan Tin Trust, which has been formed by the AngloOriental Mining Corporation in association with the London Tin Syndicate to acquire large shareholdings in
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    • 71 22 Stockholm, Sept. 26. The Government has resigned. The elections last week resulted as follows Conservatives 73 Social Democrats 90 Liberals 4 Liberal Prohibitiomsts (including the Prime Minister M. Ekman) 28 Agrarians* 27 and Communists 8. Stockholm, Oct. 1. The newly formed Conservative Cabinet is composed as follows
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    • 218 22 SERIOUS OUTBREAK. POLICE FIRE ON CROWD. Bombay, Sept. 30 A serious communal riot is to have occurred at Surat on th* of the observance of the Hindu rT 3 108 festival. In spite of elaborate precautions a number of scuffles Hindus and Mohamedans occurred police were
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    • 182 22 Weird Tribal Dances Seen. Mombasa, Sept. 28. Europeans, natives and Indians combined in the welcome to the Prince cf Wales and the Duke of Gloucester, who arrived by steamer from Egvpt. The streets were decorated and lined with enthusiastic crowds. Rugby, Sept. SO. During the stay of
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    • 171 22 Offer from Rockefeller Foundation. Rugby, Oct. 1. Cambridge University is to receive a gift of £700,000 from the International Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation. The offer includes a contribution of £250,000 towards the new University library designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, the building of which will now
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    • 233 23 foreign policy, naval agreement CONDEMNED. •OBSTACLES IN WAY OF PEACE.” London, Oct. 2. Speaking a: the Labour Conference in Birmingham, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald •wived a resolution which he described as f u ll-biooded and unqualified condemnation of the Government’s foreign poliov The resolution demanded, firstly, •hat Government
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    • 250 23 No Sign of Disaster Recurring. Rugby, Oct. 2. The River Thames to-day was due to ’.a\e its highest spring tide level for the ear. r.r.d officials of the Port of Ixmdon .nd of Westminster City Council have been keeping close watch in case of a repetition of the
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    • 91 23 Co-operative Export Scheme. Rugby, Oct. 2. A number of the leading British steel makers are organising a co-operative export scheme from which big results are “Npocted. The Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Journal says the scheme is based mainly on national or British Empire *nes and is clear of
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    • 203 23 FAMOUS ARCHIVES. WHY SIR RONALD ROSS IS SELLING. London, Oct. 2. St Rowld osg( director-in-chief ol v Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases and famous for his discoveries in connection with malaria, is advertising the sale of his archives regarding the malaria mosquito. He explains that
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    • 116 23 Divergent Views on The Rhineland. Paris, Sept. 30. The ex-President, M. Millerand, speaking at Clermont-Ferrand, strongly opposed the evacuation of the Rhineland, asking what guarantee would remain to France or the Allies if the Nationalists became masters of Germany to-morrow. On the other hand M. Poincare, speaking
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    • 117 23 (Aneta’s Service) Airman’s Night Journey From Bushire. (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Sept. 26. The German airman Baron von Huenefeld, who flew across the Atlantic in the Bremen and is now flying from Berlin to Tokio, arrived at Karachi on Tuesday and is expected in Calcutta to-day.
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    • 146 23 (Niehi-Nichi Service.) Negotiations Regarding Manchuria And Mongolia. (Nichi-Nichi Service.) Tokio, Sept. 25. The Chinese Minister at Tokio has protested to the Japanese Government with regard to the arrangement for the representation of Manchuria and Mongolia in the Nagoya Exposition. The Chinese contend that'the management of the Exposition
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    • 512 23 BUT NO BOLSHEVISM. SPEECHES AT LABOUR CONFERENCE. London, Oct. 1. Mr. George Lansbury, M.P., (Lab., Poplar, Bow and Bromley) in his address as chairman at the annual Labour Party Conference at Birmingham, deplored the disunity prevailing in a few sections of the Party and emphasized that in
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    • 61 23 (Nichi-Nichi Service) Marines Landed To Protect Residents. (Niehi-Nichi Service) Tokio, Sept. 27. A detachment of Japanese marines has been landed in Shanghai to protect Japanese residents. Chinese instigated by the anti-Japanese committee are repeatedly committing acts of violence against Japanese. The Government is stated to have sent
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    • 58 23 Cary, (Indiana), Oct. 2. The racing stables of Mr. John Hertz, the owner of Keigheount, winner of the last Kentucky Derby and the leading three-year-old in the United States, have >ecn gutted by fire. Keigheount was saved. He was hlir.d‘Vuled and led from the blazing building
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    • 344 23 (Aneta’s Service) MUNITIONS FOUND. STRANGE HAPPENINGS OFF JAVA COAST. Batavia, Sept. 27. The mysterious Norwegian steam«r Baum*, which anchored in WalvisBay during August and then disappeared, anchored here this morning. The harbour master was at first refused permission to go on board but subsequently was allowed to
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    • 212 23 Reduction Of Share Capital Not Allowed. Copenhagen, Sept. 28. It has been decided to close the PrivatHanh t rom to-day. The decision was made alter an abortive all-night conference between the Government and the representatives of the principal banks on the one hard nr.d the representatives of
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    • 81 23 New York, Oct. 2. Gold purchased in England to tbe vulue d $2,500,000 is being shipped to the I toted States on board the liner Olympic. This forms the second shipment of gold •om England this year, and it follows a .v low record in sterling exchange
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    • 1963 24 Berlin. Sept. 25. The Steel Helmet organisation entered the political arena with its own programme at a mass demonstration in Berlin. The chief speaker was the Conservative leader, Count V* estarp, who demanded an end of the Locarno policy, which, he said, had produced only disappointment.
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    • 44 24 Los Angeles, Oet. 2. Sir Austen Chamberlain and partv, escorted by Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, sncnt two hours in a Him studio to-dav. Thev Innchcd with Mr. Fairbanks and his wife lckford, ami then drove round the suburb of Roverly Hills.
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    • 28 24 Berlin, Sept. 29. The General Council of the Reichsbank re-elected Dr. Schacht as President foi four years. The election requires the approval of President von Hindenburg
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    • 139 24 Negotiations with Soviet Break Down. London. Get 2‘ Negotiations which have been prooL mg for some time between the Government and a combine of oil 'dc ests composed of the Shell groun d the Anglo-Persian and Anglo-Amerfi? companies have now broken down Til negotiations aimed at an agreement
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  • 267 24 AN EGG CLUB INCIDENT. British Seaman Gives Evidence For Mr. Begg. An incident at the “Egg Club” described to the Second Police Magi, si'-ate Mr. W. N. Gourlay) on Monda> when Mr. N. C. Begg was charged with using criminal force to a police constable who was executing his duty.
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  • 159 24 Indian Gunner Committed For Forgery. At th' Singapore Assizes on M ••••!«»> Mohnmed Yusof, a gunner in the Honu Kong and Singapore Artillery. Ih Mati, was charged with forgery am alternatively, with using as genuine a forged document. The prosecution alleged that the accused made alterations in a
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  • 88 24 Big Demand By Collectors In Java. Philatelists will be interested te of the issue of the Dutch Indies Air stamps, which were offered for side t > public on Sept. 20. The set consists of live denominr-.i stampa are the ordinary Dutc! postage stamps overprinted u
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  • 633 25 I EUROPEANS’ PLANS. ftvo FURTHER reduction I OF BRITISH ELEMENT” I Details °f the European Association’s B •morandum to the Simon Commission K. ve been published ii\ Calcutta. The Bomorandum opposes any undue aceeleraKon of responsible government as far as ■ho Central Government is concerned, but
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  • 344 25 Museums Not Keeping Pace With Modem Needs. I London, Sept. 20. The British national collections taken as a whole cannot be equalled, and certainly cannot be surpassed, by any coLections in the world either in range or in splendour,” is the conclusion of the interim report of the
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  • 303 25 j R.R.I. Publication For The Practica Planter. 44 A Guide to the Preparation of Plantation Rubber”, by Mr. B. J. Eaton, has just been issued by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, and it is the first publication of that Institute. Dr. G. Bryce, the Director, explains
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  • 228 25 The Virtuous Lives Of The Hong Kong Community. There were no cases to be tried at the recent Criminal Sessions held in Hong Kong, and the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, received the time honoured gift of a pair of white gloves. The Chief Justice made the comment
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  • 241 25 The Lake At Thomson Road Bought For $65,000. The well-known and beautifully situated residence known as The Lake,” at the first reservoir in Thomson Road, is to be bought by the Municipal Commissioners for $65,000, if a recommendation of Committee No. 7 of the Commissioners is accepted. This
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  • 142 25 The Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule) delivered judgment on Tuesday in favour of the defendant in connection with a dispute regarding the beneficial ownership of a house in a Geylang lorong. The plaintiff was Bay-Ah binte Hadji Abdullah and the defendant was Layha binte Abdulrahman.
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  • 100 25 In the Malacca police court on Sept. 27 Mr. G. C. Dodd committed Mr. Tan Lum Choon, a well-known resident of the ‘own. to the next Assizes on charges of f orgery, abetment of forgery, and using genuine a forged document. An applicaion for the case to be
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  • 387 25 AN APOLOGY FROM SOUTH AFRICA. Simla, Sept. 19. The following telegram has been received by the Viceroy from the Acting Governor-General of South Africa On Saturday evening last a dinner waa given to the Et. Hon. V. S. S. Sastri at Kiorkadorp by the Indian community, which
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  • 185 25 Government Agent Praises Conditions. The A front of the Government of Indirt in Ceylon, in his report on the working Indian Emigration rules durln 1U27, draws a bright picture of the life of Indian labourers in that island. The average labourer, he says, looks healthy and
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  • 103 25 Berlin, Sept. 20. The U.S. newspaper magnate, Hearts, has wired from Paris stating that England and France favour the candidature of Al. Smith because the election of Hoover might mean that Europe must pay her war debts. Veer Singh, the driver of Singapore car No. 7285 was
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 215 26 Duke’s Second Team Win By Three Goals. The Duke of Wellington’s second eleven had an easy task at the Stadium on Monday afternoon in disposing of the Warders in the second round of the S.F.A. Cup competition, winning by three clear goals. The score by no
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    • 595 26 Game More Vigorous Than Scientific. The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment and a side chosen from the Chinese and Malay teams met in a friendly game at the Stadium before a good crowd on Sept. 26, when the soldiers won by two goals to one. It cannot be
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    • 779 26 Local Chinese Too Good For Tourists. There was a large crowd at the Stadium on Tuesday afternoon for the opening game of the Cochin-China footballers’ tour, but they were disappointed at the standard of play. The Singapore Chinese ran ring? round the visitors from the French colony,
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    • 300 26 Proceedings at Annual General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 26. A special general meeting of the Malacca Golf Club was held at the Malacca Club on Wednesday evening, the President (Mr. A. E. Mullaly) presiding over a good attendance. In his opening remarks the Chairman
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    • 70 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 28. At the half yearly meeting of the Ipoh Golf Club yesterday a profit of vi’OO c*n this period’s working was shown, cftc-r paying for numerous accessories imported in connection with the extension of ilre course. The improved course will he
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    • 77 26 Welcome Innovation In Penang Sport. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 27. Penang ladies made their first public appearance in local hockey yesterday when ten ladies and twelve men played a mixed game, Mrs. Duckworth’s side beat ing Mrs. Douglas’s side by four goals tc three. The
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    • 93 26 The following was the result of the draw for the Colman Shield and S. M Alsagoff Cup competitions Colman Shield. Oct. 6. Sunlight F.C. v. Singapore Pranakan I. Oct. 13. Darul Taalam II v. Babul Aman. Oct. 20. Darul Taalam I v. Fathol Karib Club. Oct. 27.
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    • 611 26 Garrison G.C. Compttiti on I .Mrs. E. A. S. Bwlow and £*‘2>«■ Franklin, with Mrs. G. Savaes G 'l A. C. Potts second. The nri,J u d *r.| dozen Rolf balls, were p««eX\ l Dunloy Rubber Co., and the wore forwarded to the Child Wei,'*! Singapore G.cTMUed Four S0m(
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    • 50 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 30. In a league cricket match the P ena ?g Recreation Club scored 96 against Chinese Recreation Club, and won > For the winners Rodrigo scored > out. His runs came chiefly off bou W'hich included four 6's, three (> were
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    • 693 27 ■everal Records Broken In Y.M.C.A. Pool. Tho Singapore Y.M.C.A. held their Brnual swimming carnival in the Fort Knning pool on Saturday afternoon. Kliehtful weather prevailed, and Mr. G Cranna, general secretary of the Kssociation in Malaya, welcomed a large Bui representative gathering. There were K number of ladies
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    • 153 27 Opening Of Indian Association Field. An interesting ceremony took place on the Balestier Plain on Sunday, when tha new sports ground of the Indian Association was opened by the president, Mr. A. K. Surattee. There was a large attendance. Mr. Surattee, in a short speech, said that
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    • 193 27 Surprises at Randwick Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, Sept. 30. There was an enormous crowd at the opening of the Randwick spring meeting. In the A. J. C. Derby Prince Humphrey, which was at 10 to 1, beat the hitherto undefeated Mollison by three quarters of a
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    • 133 27 Yamamoto and Clerc Set All. Yamamoto, champion of Java, and Paul Clerc, the Malayan champion, met at the S.C.C. on Saturday, and two sets ended with honours even. Clerc won the first 6—3 and the second went to the visitor with the same figures. The Java champion displayed the
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    • 42 27 [mutex telegram] Richards Turns Tables On Kozeluh. [REUTER TBJGRAM] New York, Sept. 30. In the final of the American National Professional Lawn Tennis championship, Vincent Richards beat Kozeluh (the Czecho-Slovakian who won the world’s professional championship), 8—6, 6—3, 0—6, 6—2.
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    • 171 27 [REUTER TELEGRAM] United States Beat Argentina. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Westbury,J5ept. 29. In the first of a series of matches between the United States and Argentina for the polo championship of the Americas United States won by 7 goals to 6. The day was cold and showery, but there were 20,000
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    • 351 27 Bulli Soil For Cricket Pitch. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 29. The annual meeting of the Selangor Club was held to-day, the Hon. Mr. J. Lornie presiding. The secretary (Mr. P. W. Gleeson) was unable to be present owing to illness. The chairman announced that the
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    • 406 27 A Day Of Rain Squalls. Both the A and B Class fleets competed in sweepstake raoes on Sunday. Irene had the best of the start in the B class event, with Jazz-Fiend next. The wind was shying all over the place, npt having recovered its true direction from the
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    • 197 27 Hard Tackling in Opening S.C.C. Game. The S.C.CL ground was in excellent condition for the first Rugby game of the season on Tuesday afternoon. Colours won by a goal and a penalty goal (8 points) to a goal (6 points). The play was of the usual start-of-the-sefeson character, and
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    • 138 27 Big Score Against Johore Fifteen. The Services scored 28 points atfainst South Johore at Johore Bahru on Saturday, without reply from the home side. In this, their first outside fixture, the Services showed good form, but* tho opposition did not provide very serious test, the Johore team
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    • 48 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 1. Perak’s first State rugger against the Duke’s at Ipoh on Saturday is keenly anticipated. The following is the Perak team King Barr, Robertson, Langworthy, Markham Cook, Nicholson Smith, Wakeham, Brown, Debenham, Lawrie, Lewis, Fargus, Norman and Hill.
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    • 63 27 [REUTER* TELEGRAM] Cyril Tolley’s Success In France. [REUTER* TELEGRAM] La Boulie, Sept. 27. The French open golf championship was won by Cyril Tolley. His aggregate for 72 holes was 283. H. Kinch, of Woodcote Park, was second with 284, and t Henry Cotton, of Langley Park, and Ernest
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    • 43 27 [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Sept. 30. The American Ladies' Golf Championship final at Hot Springs, Virginia, over 36 holes, was won by Miss Glenna Collett (Rhode Island) who beat Miss Virginia van Wie (Chicago) 13 up and 12 to* play.
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    • 105 27 [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Sept. 20. By defeating Detroit yesterday, tho New* York Yankees made certain of securing the pennant for winning tjie most games in the American League. St. Louis leads in the National League, with the New York Giants second, but the latter might possibly draw level
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    • 401 28 [REUTER TELEGRAM] ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LEAGUES. POSITION OF TEAMS TO DATE. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Sept. 26. In a First Division match to-day Derby County and the Arsenal drew, neither side •coring. London, Sept. 29. The following are the results of English and Scottish League matches played to-day Division
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    • 184 28 Results Of Volunteer Association Monthly Shoot. The following were the results of the I S.V.R.A. monthly spoon shoot held on the I Bukit Timah range recently Spoons were won as follows :—Nettl aggregate, Capt. D. H. Steers, R.E. handicap aggregate, Pte. V. A. de Silva 200 yards nett,
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  • 401 28 All Season’s Rugby Fixtures Cancelled. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 28. In view of the small support given to Malacca Rugby this season it was decided, at a meeting held at the Malacca Club on Thursday last, to cancel the whole of the engagements for the season.
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  • 226 28 Veterans* Race And Water Polo. A veterans’ race, a water-polo match and a team race made a full morning’s programme at the Swimming Club on SunJay. The veterans’ race of 40 yards attracted 11 entrants who fulfilled the conditions of being 40 years old or 35 with 15
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  • 80 28 Chinese Girl Drives In Streets Without Licence. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 27. In the Police Court yesterday a fifteen-year-old-Chinese girl pleaded guilty, through her brother, to driving a motor •ar without a licence, and was fined $20. Her brother stated that his sister, laving
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  • 334 28 (Front Our Own Correspondent) I poll, Oct. 2. Raniasamy, who is employed as a mining coolie at the Tekka Mine at sixty cents .t dav, figured in the Bankruptcy Court at Ipoh before Mr. Justice Thorne yesterday. The bankrupt, in his public examination, said his liabilities were
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  • 68 28 AROOZOO.—On Sunday. September 23. 1928 at 25, Makepeace Road, to Mr. and Mrs. Swithin P. Aroozoo, a daughter. PI'RN-CALLANDER. —On Sept. 30. 1928, at Kuala Pilah Estate. Negri Sembilan. to Nina (nee Birch), wife of Cuthbert BurnCallander, a daughter. LIM. —At 96, Cecil Street, on Friday, September 28, 1928,
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  • 54 28 SPENCE—DAVIES.—On Saturday. September 29, 1928, the marriage was solemnised at St. Mark's Church, Seremban, F.M.S., .»f William Hustwick Spence, son of Mr. and Airs. W. H. Spence, of London and Morayshire, with Alice France Davies (ne? Paterson) widow of the late Mr. N. W. Davies, of Ceylon. Ceylon and
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  • 139 28 Singapore, Oct. 3 exchange On London, Bank 4 m/s Demund 211 Private 3 m. credit 2 3 15 On New York, Demand S/41 Private 90 d/a 54? On France, Bank T.T. 58l On India, Bank T.T. I**] On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 15U, On Shanghai, Bank T.T
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  • 795 28 Fraser and Ce.’s Quotations. Singapore, Oct 3. MINING. Issue VaI Pd Buyer* Sellers i 1 s4m 45/6 461 *1 £1 Bangrin Tin 46/. 47 1 I Batang Padang 0.474 0.50 J C,nre 1.45 1.50 ij 5n k,t J A r an loo 1.05 p X II £1
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 87 28 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free pi ice of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $48 a year. The post free price
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  • 48 28 DEATHS GEARING. -At the General Hospital, Singapore, on September 27, 1928, Thyllis Georgina. beloved wife of Stanley Gearing, aged 29. Australian papers please copy. M ACLAREN.— On September 22, 1928, at Petuemboekan Ilospitat. Sumatra. Jennie Lawrie, beloved wife of Walter de B. Maclaren, of Kundong Estate, Muar. Johoie.
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
    • 76 1 ■eral— Bobber Situation mh.n Rubber Stock* 1 Et? Position (By A. W. Still) 1 ■he Rubber Market Heath of Sir H. Wickham 2 ■unday Tapping ■ubber Restriction Statistics 2 Deliberate Affront 3 ■idwives on Estates 3 Iritis Malaya Rubber Statistics 4 ■respondence ■a mil Labour 3 ■tings and Reports—■kit
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    • 64 1 Igingapore Official Quotations. I Quotations 1 Forward Contract I Spot Seller Prices 1 < I N Oct. B L Mon S'pore Spot Oct. Dec. I d. 0.29% 0.30 6.30*4 0.29% oh'. 0.29‘s 0.29 4 0.29 4 0.29% o 8 7* 16 0.294 0.29 4 0294 0.29% 0 87
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    • 34 1 A cable received by Lewis and Peat fcirapore) Ltd., from their London ■respondents states that rubber stocks ■London are now 31,462 tons, showing ■ecrease of 643 tons during the past ■night.
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    • 308 1 <iiri‘ctors’ report of the Bukit Katil it K>tates. Ltd., submitted to the meeting at Malacca, on Oct. 3, states B the nett profit for the year, after dedirectors’ fees, depreciation on etc., amounts to $20,374. Adding this the balance brought fdrward from B account of $4,890, less
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    • 1107 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) London, Sept. 5. London will be getting back to real business now that the great holiday month has come to an end, but there are no indications that much change will be visible in the rubber market for at least another
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    • 176 1 The annual report of the directors of the Sungei Hagan Rubber <«>., Ltd., to be submitted at the annual meeting at the offices of the secretaries, Harrisons, Barker and Co., on Get. 8 shows that after mak'ng due provision for depreciation and directors’ fees the profit for
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    • 711 1 Buying Interest More Pronounced. Guthrie and Co.’s report of Sept. 27 states Buying interest in the rubber market has been slightly more pronounced and near delivery values have firmed a shade, helped by sympathetic rises in quotations from consuming centres. Arrivals show a falling off and it
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    • 1304 2 PIONEER OF PARA RUBBER. EARLY DAYS OF INDUSTRY RECALLED. A Reuter cable announces the death on Sept. 27 at the age of 82 of Sir Henry Wickham, who was generally known as the “father of the rubber industry.” It was Sir llenry who was responsible
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    • 308 2 Shareholders, Managers And Assistants. A correspondent who signs himself A Shareholder Without Dividends deals with the Sunday tapping question in the Malay Mail from an unusual point of view. After pointing out that the four local companies in which he is interested have adopted the A.B.C. or A.B.C.D.
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    • 700 2 Statistics for the Month of August. The Deputy C ontroller of Rubber Export, S.S. and F.M.S. forwards'us statistics up to and including Aug., 1928 U3 th foll 0 in| (6th Restriction Year). EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF RUBBER, BRITISH MALAYA (TRADE FIGURES Dry Rubber. Latox. Total Export*. ForilL 1
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    • 188 2 The directors’ report of the Bukit K. B. Rubber Co., Ltd., to be submitted to the annual general meeting of the 2 .X b r C t™ ‘d b l I e,d thc Exchange Room, r ullerton Building, Singapore, on Saturay, 6, at 12 o’clock noon, shows
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    • 1944 3 IBukit Jelotong. annual general meeting of Bukit Jelo- Rubber Estates Ltd., was held at 137, vn Street, Malacca, on Sept. 27, the Mr. Tan Cheng Lock presiding. e Chairman said (in part).—You will from the report that the profit for the ended May 31 was $25,847, as comd
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    • 547 3 Planters’ Comment on Wages Inqniry. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 29. At their annual meeting to-day the Kuala Lumpur District Planters’ Association unanimously supported the resolution recently passed by the Ulu Selangor D.P.A. protesting against the action of the Indian Immigration Committee in calling a meeting
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    • 66 3 [Th« Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should beer in Viind that letters mast be ehort end to the point. Lone epistles are liable to be rejected or cat down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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    • 210 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It is rather curious that, in your defence of the proposed new rates of pay for Tamil labourers, you should have overlooked one of the strongest arguments in their favour, namely, the passage in the interim report of the Special
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    • 645 3 “COLOSSAL IGNORANCE” OF TAMIL MOTHERS. Some interesting observations on what is described as the "colossal ignorance” of coolie mothers in the management of new-born children are made in the report of the Ceylon Director of Medical and Sanitary Services for 1927. The Director states It is hoped
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    • 386 4 Statement of Quantity and Value of Rubber Exported During September, 1928. The Registrar vf Imports and Exports has sent us the following comparative statement of the quantity and value of rubber exported from British Malaya, during September, 1928. The figures, which are in tons, represent total
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    • 287 4 Gross Profit of $108,811 For The Year. The report of the directors of the Batu Lintang Rubber Co., Ltd., to be submitted to the shareholders at the annual meeting of the company in Penang on Oct. 1.1, states that the gross profit for the year was $108,811.
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    • 529 4 Messrs. Macphail and Co.’s Weekly Report. Macphail and Co.'s weekly report dated Oct. 2, states At close the prices of rubber are as follows London 8 7-16d. per lb.—l-16d. rise on the week. New York 18 cents Gold per lb., unchanged. Local 29% cents per lb., a
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 460 4 Stock Par Exchange Value Company. Pricea. £1 Abaco 1/ 2 Allugar 1/® £1 Anglo-Malny 19/6 £1 Ayer Kuning 85/ !£1 Banteng 21/3 1 2/ Batang Consolidated 1 /1 Vh *£1 Batu Caves 18/9 £1 Batu Tiga 30/ 2 Btkoh 1/ 2' Bertam Consolidated 4/8
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      • 679 4 Capital Isaac M Paid Up Valoa Dirid«n4s Wrum** I** 1 l"*?4 SS i i'jt '?*o \n i™!» 15 P.c. for jaar ..A. Hitam ($1) 2 00 2*3 -> 00 2.54 S?SJ > f•;«««-«-« ..A. Kuninf ($1) 2WMO 20 "Am. Malay ($2 2.30 2.50,d.2.15 Vi
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