The Straits Budget, 2 October 1930
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section30 1930-10-02 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES 1 ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] No. .‘5.790 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7(1.30 words
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Article353 1930-10-02 1 1 Tti Mu man Factor H i Die-Hards Municiral Report IK* Right Line J Mi'S. Salaries Ka' i Mean Foramae” 1 Occasional Notes '*>-6 1 tit-prams, Reuter awd Special—- mtf »*a*t Week's Nw \V;’ Marshal Feng Retire 8 1 ut arcs— Pf--s.>na!itic*s t’rom Johowr State IT IVnang Ex-St-rvioe Men353 words
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Article1773 1930-10-02 1 °ung Women’s Christian Assoctaf holding their next jumble sale on 'lay, ()ct. 9 and would appreciate any and household articles which may T at Fort Canning or the office, B. aI,1( s Quay. n Mr. Chester Walsh, the British 7 u at Chiengmai, Siam, goes on leave1,773 words
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Article718 1930-10-02 2 Prompt Action Needed. “DEVELOP RICE AND FOODSTUFFS.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 30. A representative meeting of the general i ublic of l’erak was held in the town hall here today to discuss the present economic difficulties in Malaya and the foliowt\r resolutions were pa-sed718 words
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Article393 1930-10-02 2 Offer of Guarantee liubbei Brokers Accepted. The following report of a meeting of the cre*ditors of Rose, Macphail and Penman, Ltd., have been officially supplied Mr. G. B. Anderson, in the chair, informed the meeting that considerable efforts had been made to formulate a workable scheme393 words
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Article143 1930-10-02 2 Attempted Murder Assize (’use Ends. The Singapore \ssize ca.-.e of attempted murder in which the complainant was ■toted to have received two bullet wounds and 11 stab wounds ended in a sentemv of i enal servitude for life on the first ui used, Vi Si Wai. The other143 words
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Article125 1930-10-02 2 New Machines For Empire Routes. Rugby, Sept. 30. A iligkc of the largest and most powerful air liners in the world, totalling 50,000 horse power, will be possessed by Groat Britain when Imperial Airways take delivery shortly of eleven great new aero planes and flying-boats intended for125 words
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Article1008 1930-10-02 2 Damages for Wrongful Seizure. Giving judgment on Tuesday in favour of P. Fernandez, who claimed from Peter Chong damages for wrongful seizure of plaintiff’s business premises, at 9, D’Almeida Street, hired from defendant, the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) said: The plaintiff in this case sues1,008 words
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Article228 1930-10-02 2 Mr. Gerald Bird, M.C.S And Miss Jean Baird. (From Oor Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2' The marriage* took place at St. Mary'* Church, on Saturday, of Gerald Leonard Forsteen Bird, M.C.S., and Miss j ean Ebpeth Baird. The Rev. F. \v, J. nofds officiated. That bride228 words
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Article119 1930-10-02 2 Accelerating Mails to Siam And China. (From Our Own Correspondent.) S-ngkok, Sept. 30. A company which plans to run, in cooperation with othen companies, an am hue from Rangoon to Hanoi and or. t< Hong Kong has issued a prospectus. The company is calfod the Aerial119 words
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Article104 1930-10-02 2 —Aneta. Facing Its Most Difficult Time. Batavia. So’t o. It is expected chat the coming rvont.> will he the most difficult ever exp tor.*. d bv the Java industry. I he 'i'.i' up to now has boon unfavourable, .at w better than chat in other pro-l'Jcn countries.—Aneta. - 104 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1032 1930-10-02 3 are responsible for its dilemma.—Straits Times, Sept. 25. One of the most striking features of the post War period is the enthusiasm with which the cry of co-operation was taken up by the politicians and the industrialists who planned, with sublime confidence, that world “fit for heroesare responsible for its dilemma.—Straits Times, Sept. 25. - 1,032 words
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Article1074 1930-10-02 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 2G. Protagonists of restriction die hard. Mr. A. A, Baumann provides the latest example of the futile policy of attempting to overthrow the decisions of Governmefits by writing vitriolic letters to the Press. Mr. Baumann, who is a director of sixteen companies, including several owning—Straits Times, Sept. 2G. - 1,074 words
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Article1076 1930-10-02 3 Straits Times, Sept. 27. Enthusiasts for statistics, for complete lecords in tabular form of all sorts of activities, for diagrams, illustrations and charts, plain and coloured, will find them in full measure in a weighty tome which lias just been issued. Its title is Administration Report ofStraits Times, Sept. 27. - 1,076 words
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Article1007 1930-10-02 3 V° liil1 anneal- tr> indicate.—Straits Times Sept. SJ. One* thing may be said with certainty of the Review of thu Affairs of the Colony of the Straits Settlements which was tabled at today’s meeting of the Legislative Council. It does not err on the side of undueV°liil1 anneal- tr> indicate.—Straits Times Sept. SJ. - 1,007 words
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Article1255 1930-10-02 4 ouarter of the present cost—Straits Times, Sept. HO. inevitable that all the talk ef salary cuts an.l other measures of retrenchment in unofficial circles in Malaya hould locus attention on the temporary allowances grunted to Government serw.iit Indeed, Hi. Excellency's announceMH nt a* yesterday’s meeting of the louarter of the present cost—Straits Times, Sept. HO. - 1,255 words
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Article1196 1930-10-02 4 Times, Oct. 1. In many respeats, the career of Frederick Edwin Smith, first Earl of Birkenhead, whose untimely death is recorded today, was as phenomenal as that of Disraeli. He was the eldest son of a barrister who died when “F.E.” was quite young and left aTimes, Oct. 1. - 1,196 words
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Article232 1930-10-02 4 Murder of 57-Year-Old Man. Sentence of death was passed by MiJustice Mundell at the Singapore on Friday afternoon on the youthiu Chinese who was charged with murderi g a 57-year-old Chinese by inflicting n wounds with a chopper. t The case for the prosecution wa> the two men232 words
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OCCASIONAL NOTES
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Article326 1930-10-02 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 25. The unofficial jester to the unamalgarrmtcd society of Cecil Street ricksha lu’Jcrs has allowed his irrepressible huinour to break out in a new place. A distinctly unpleasant smell, which was on v partially nullified by the happy Mll ile of the ricksha puller,—Straits Times, Sept. 25. - 326 words
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Article412 1930-10-02 5 “THEY ALSO SERVE and unsung !—Straits Times, According to the standard work of reference on honours, the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George was originally established in to commemorate the placing of the Ionian Islands under the protectorate of Great Britain. It was limited at first toand unsung !—Straits Times, - 412 words
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Article109 1930-10-02 5 1 Straits Times, Sept 2d v ,C{ two-way radio-telephone serT in.,. a(ross Atlantic was opened in mail ai y ,*927, such strides have been le n the development of long-distance f -a V nc communication that the occupant rcoiMv office or flat can lift up the soriVif/ 11 Straits Times, Sept 2d - 109 words
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Article152 1930-10-02 5 Straits Times, Sept. 26. It is comforting to be able to reflect from the result of this week’s rash drW. vviVnutY 1 Uie S,ngap re th «t it ill nut U* an easy matter for a driver to dismantle his steering gear alter an »cei dent and then■ Straits Times, Sept. 26. - 152 words
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Article233 1930-10-02 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 26. Theie has never been any satisfactory explanation given of the fact that among certain classes in Malaya a strange reluctance exists to accept the Singapore silver dollar or the 50-cent piece as legal tender. It may be that because the coins are rare—Straits Times, Sept. 26. - 233 words
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Article263 1930-10-02 5 Straits Times, Sept. 26. Singapore has had a healthy year. There was a definitely small number of cases of infectious disease, which, says the report of the Health Department, was mainly providential. But though providence may have been a potent factor, the cleanliness of the city, compared withStraits Times, Sept. 26. - 263 words
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Article95 1930-10-02 5 ’—Straits Times, Sept. 27. In the latest issue of The Sphere to hand there is a photograph showing three sturdy Sikh policemen, complete with turbans and holstered revolvers, standing in front of a gaming house in Macao. Underneath the photograph we read Protectors of the poor the’—Straits Times, Sept. 27. - 95 words
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Article99 1930-10-02 5 rllempt to “clean-up” Chicago.—Straits Times, Sept. 27. The accepted requisites of the satisfactory charwoman have, heretofore, been a strong arm and back, two armourplated knees and an insatiable enthusiasm for work. The city of Chicago has decided, however, that scrubbing a floor involves something more than mechanical labour.rllempt to “clean-up” Chicago.—Straits Times, Sept. 27. - 99 words
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Article207 1930-10-02 5 .vw ru uv<llvv vunn IV nao vai«r>r\i ttllliuoi suggestive of another war.—Straits Times, Sept. 27. Whitehall officialdom always offers a certain amount of amusement to lighten -he columns of London daily papers. Within those gaunt and gloomy buildings, guarded by portly commissionaires whose broad chests are laden.vwru,.uv<llvv vunn IV nao vai«r>r\i ttllliuoi suggestive of another war.—Straits Times, Sept. 27. - 207 words
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Article348 1930-10-02 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 27. On another page of this issue there appears £b2 report of an inquiry by the special suo-coiiimltUo of ibe Singapore Amateur Football Association intp the circumstances of the postponement of the Singapore Cup final on the day for which it was originally—Straits Times, Sept. 27. - 348 words
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Article86 1930-10-02 5 Straits Times, Sept. 29. The tale is told of a would-be investor —of the charming sex—who called on her broker saying that she had two or three thousand dollars lying idle and that she would like to put it into something that had a fair chance of priceStraits Times, Sept. 29. - 86 words
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Article293 1930-10-02 5 THE PENALTY OF FAME thing to do with it.—Straits Times, Sept. •MJ Publicity is rather dangerous for the obscure. Once it sheds its dazzling beam on an individual, it tends to alter his whole character, aspirations and outlook. This is perhaps a secret better known to iournalists than most otherthing to do with it.—Straits Times, Sept. •MJ - 293 words
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Article374 1930-10-02 5 Gaze to do Franc creditors !—Straitu i imes, Sept. 2f». Madame Hanau, whose eloquence has triumphed over her creditors in Paris, must oe a woman of remarkable fascination and amazing vitality. It may be recalled that, in March last, —by way of protest against her prolonged detentionGaze to do Franc creditors !—Straitu i imes, Sept. 2f». - 374 words
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Article105 1930-10-02 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 30. Two former officers of the R.A.F., Captain Max May and Mr. W. E. Wolveridge. have started on an attempt to travel round the world in an eight horse-pow«*r sports car. We hope to accomplish the journey in five months,” said Mr. Wolveridpe, and—Straits Times, Sept. 30. - 105 words
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Article121 1930-10-02 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 30. Still another championship has been won by an American. Recently all records for payment of customs duty by an individual were broken when Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Junr., arrived at New York on the North German Lloyd liner Bremen with dutiable merchandise purchased—Straits Times, Sept. 30. - 121 words
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Article204 1930-10-02 5 ,—Straits Times, Sept. .‘JO. A fierce controversy is being waged in academic circles in connection with the bi-millenary anniversary of the birth of Virgil, which i 3 being celebrated throughout Italy this year. Accepting the year 70 B.C. as the date of the poet's birth, it is being,—Straits Times, Sept. .‘JO. - 204 words
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Article392 1930-10-02 6 PETT RIDGE *will never grow old.—Straits Times. $?ept. 2. So Pett Ridge is dead and all who love the real London and the rtyl Londoner will mourn. What visions of crowded streets, of barrel organs, of the every-day struggle for existence, of fortitude and kindness, of petty meannesses and ingratitude*will never grow old.—Straits Times. $?ept. 2. - 392 words
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Article101 1930-10-02 6 —Straits Times, Oct. I. 'As briefly recorded in a cable, the Washington State Department, preparalory to deciding on the probable expenses of its diplomatic representatives abroad, has been making a world survey and decided that living expenses are highest in Buenos Aires, Monte Video, Montreal. Singapore—Straits Times, Oct. I. - 101 words
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Article137 1930-10-02 6 THE RIGHT SPIRIT —Straits Times, Oct. 1. Three pertinent sayings are recorded in the latest Home papers to hand. They migfct be read with profit throughout Malaya It is one of the great fallacies of modern business life to think, s|>eak and act, in good or bad times, as though—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 137 words
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Article130 1930-10-02 6 one can always tear e. page out Straits Times, Oct. 1. The two boxes for visiting cards at the Residency have been abolished beschool children acquire the cards the y Pass on their quest for erudition declares our Jesselton contemporary, the British North Borneo Herald. A book hasone can always tear e. page out ’. — Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 130 words
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Article199 1930-10-02 6 “WISDOM” TEETH found by a maid in the bathroom!—Straits Times, Oct. 1. From London comes one of those stories that make us realise that rapid judgment is not always the best, in spite of the upostles of quick decision. It concerns one of those tireless tennis players who rush aboutfound by a maid in the bathroom!—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 199 words
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Article238 1930-10-02 6 R.G.A. can take a plain hint.—Straits Times, Oct. 1. The forlorn hopes of rubber restrictionists that the recent pronouncement of he Straits Settlements Government is not final and that there is still a possibility of official intervention “to save the ndustry receive no support from the (lubber Growers’R.G.A. can take a plain hint.—Straits Times, Oct. 1. - 238 words
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Article220 1930-10-02 6 Another Railway Deviation Award Appeal. Another appeal from an award by the Collector for land taken up by Government in connection with the railway deviation scheme came before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) yesterday. Mr. C. H. Smith, appearing for the owner, Tan Han Heng, said220 words
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Article123 1930-10-02 6 A $1,500 Horse for a $20 Ticket. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 25. A number of English griffins foi the Selangor Turf Club are due to arrive by f-brokeshire at Port Sv/etLnham about Oct. 1, and as there are four vacancies on the subscription list123 words
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Article370 1930-10-02 6 2nd Welch Regiment’s “At Home.” There was an infinite variety and a good deal of humour in the events competed for in the 2nd Welch gymkhana a; Tang!in Barracks on Saturday. Nearly three hundred guests were invited and all entered into the spirit of the entertainment370 words
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Article176 1930-10-02 6 Now Believed to be In Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Set. 30. There is no definite information here concerning the whereabouts of W. B. Penman, of Rose, Macphail and Penman, the Singapore brokers, for whose arrest a warrant was issued recently on a charge of criminal176 words
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Article74 1930-10-02 6 Supply Bill to Provide For $92,447,317. Thj' Supply Bill, to make provision for ine b.M.S. public service for 1931, will be introduced at the meeting of the Federal Monday b<? h<?ld KuaIa Lum P u on The total sum to be provided for amounts to $92,447,317. This includes74 words
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Article402 1930-10-02 6 Action Against N. C. IW Dismissed. The protracted trial of Norman rw. chael Begg, a European, wh, summoned at the instance of Mr pi Was Tongue, Head of the Singapore Branch was concluded on Mond r Mr. G. T. Pea 11, the pore Criminal District Judge402 words
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Article209 1930-10-02 6 Proposal for E.C. Of Sumatra. (From Our Own Correspondent Medan Sept. 23. It understood that at the next extraordinary meeting of the A.V.R.O.S., to Inheld shortly, a proposal will be discussed to cut down coolies’ wages, owing to the present condition of the rubber industry. The abolition209 words
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Article105 1930-10-02 6 New Rates of Pay Prescribed From Dec. 1. it is notified in the Government Ga7.et f f that the rates of w-ages payable to India' 1 children throughout Province Wellesley will he as follows from Dec. 1: Payable to a male child above the age of 10105 words
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Article68 1930-10-02 7 Strsiti Times is not responsible for -inion* of its correspondents. Corres- i should bear in mind that letters n f n he short and to the point. Lon* i are liable to be rejected or cut ist e Correspondents must enclose their and addresses, not necessarily for nl r68 words
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Article396 1930-10-02 7 the Editor of the Straits Times. j t i 3 astonishing to find so few „i‘’h 0 iders in Singapore take the tn sro into their home matters, ease* they let the servants run K "how resulting in unnecessary expendiwhich should be avoided the more so time- like the396 words
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Article237 1930-10-02 7 T" the Editor of the Straits Times. > .-With reference to the telegrar :i i’ru scls published under the above v in the issue of your paper of last, the 27th inst. :—“That Turati (formerly Mussolini’s ch’et ant but who resigned the Genevai u237 words
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Article67 1930-10-02 7 inquiry into Tampenis Rjad Tragedy. di "I'diet of murder and suicide was 1 by Mr. J. G. Barrett, the Singa"nm*r, in the inquiry touching the "l ng Kok, who took his own life ding his wife and five children at d'-nis Road. Ho* whole family there are67 words
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Article532 1930-10-02 7 Bobby Jones Wins Fourth Title, Ardmore. Pennsylvania, Sept. 27. Bobby Jones has created an unparalleled record in golf through his victory by 8 and 7 over Eugene lb n.ans in the bnel of the American national amaccr* championship. He now holds the British open and amateur532 words
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Article180 1930-10-02 7 How Captain Matthews’s Plane Was Damaged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 2P. When Captain Matthews made his forced landing 100 miles from Bangkok he was two days ahead of Bert Hinkler’s time. He was held up at different points for three* days. In180 words
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Article846 1930-10-02 7 Allegations as to a Forged Receipt. The Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, heard a somewhat unusual case in the Supreme Court cn Sept. 2} when Boey Kam Meng, a married woman, of Middle Road sued her brother, Boey Peng Kwai, a merchant, of Bencoolen Street,846 words
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Article115 1930-10-02 7 25 Cts. on Petrol 90 Cts. On Cigarettes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) {Cuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. A supplement to the F.M.S. Government Gazette issued this morning announces the following duties Sugar One cent per pound. Liquid full and lubricating oil five cents per gallon. Cartridges,115 words
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Article279 1930-10-02 7 Instructive Film Shown At Flagstaff House. An interesting film in connection with the work of the Child Welfare Society was uhown privately on Tuesday at Flagstaff House. The film was made locally and tells a story which leads up to the work of the Society. It is279 words
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Article93 1930-10-02 7 Fighting in Front of President's Palace. Havana, Sept. A pitched battle took place todav between armed students and the police round the Presidential Palace, to which students had marched shooting in the air and shouting “Down with President Machado.” Police reinforcements were rushed up, and the students attempted93 words
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Article80 1930-10-02 7 A National Assembly lo 1U 1 Established. Teheran, Sept. 21*. It is reported that the Afghan National o unci I has passed a resolution to con stitute a National Assembly and also municipalities in the towns and provinces; to re-institute ranks, decorations an I honorary titles and the tricolour80 words
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Article1121 1930-10-02 8 Winners Well Fancied. EXCELLENT CONDITIONS ON FIRST DAY. (From Our Own Corespondent.) Kul i» Lumpur, Sept- 27. Except possibly .Tor the fact that the ground was on tke ihard side and would have been improved by a shower of rain overnight almost ideal conditions pr<*\ailed for the1,121 words
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Article111 1930-10-02 8 Detective’s Journey To Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 30. A) licaticn was made before the District Judge here this morning: for an extradition warrant against S. Govind.iamy, who is alleged to have embezzled more than $5,000 while employed by Metis)!?. Hyttenbach Lazarus as a collector of111 words
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Article136 1930-10-02 8 Suit of Penang Municipal Commissioners. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 24. The Penang Municipal Commissioners’ suit against a former financial clerk, a former shroff and two others (as guarantors of a certain bond) for the recovery of $10,067 and a further sum of $880 began in136 words
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Article765 1930-10-02 8 Jury Find Insufficient Evidence. W’hcn Yi Si Wai claimed trial before Mr. Justice Mundell and a special jury j on a charge of murder, the Deputy Public I Prosecutor (Mr. J. H. Pedlow) said that a man named W-ong Yin, who would be the principal witness in765 words
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Article469 1930-10-02 8 -Sin Kuo Min. Kuominchun Evacu»t;* Their _Po.,iti„„" al]n < Nankin K, Sept. President Chiang Kai-shek ha* graphed to the Government that Feng Yu-hsiang has decided to retire The Kuominchun are evacuating positions on the Lunghai Railway aB local commander has sent d.-UW th confer with President-Sin Kuo Min. - 469 words
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Article58 1930-10-02 8 Attack on a Chinese Gardener. According to a report made to the Kandan? Kerbau police, a Chinese vegetable gardener in a plantation tlu Cantonese cemetery off Thomson Koad. was attacked on Monday night and shot, but the wounds are not considered to fatal. Three Chinese have been detained58 words
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Article147 1930-10-02 8 The following passengers arrived in Siapa* pore on Monday per the President Harris 01 Dollar Lines Miss Josephine Boura, Mr. David S. Bellows. Mr. Kenneth Collings, Mr. Henry J. FiMo. Mr. Harry Evans, Mr. Willima S. Fish, Esther Mary Fish, Mr. Clarence Griswold. Mrs. Rita Griswold, Mr. Geo E.147 words
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8785 1930-10-02 9 Straits Settlements Affairs Reviewed. CIVIL AERODROMES FOR SINGAPORE AND PENANG. A REVIEW of the affairs of the Colony of the Straits Settlements, 1 prepared in the Colonial Secretary’s office, was laid before the* Legislative Council on Monday and is given in full below. It is8,785 words
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Article67 1930-10-02 11 Blaze Threatens to Gut Whole Village. (From Our Own Correspondent.) l'enang, Sept. J£K. A serious fire which threatened to gut I he whole of Sungei Pinang village, near Balik 1 *11 Inu broke out enrly yesterday morning. The Kura! Board market and four shophous were destroyed. After five67 words
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Article6732 1930-10-02 12 <Go vendor's Address To Council. LARGE UNDERTAKINGS IN TIME OF TRADE DEPRESSION. •piE Budget «->f the Colony fee 1933 wr;is considered at a meeting of the Legi&fc’tive Council held Monday. In an adfiess which is prirted in full below HJE. the Governor fbfor Cecil6,732 words
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Article134 1930-10-02 14 Towkay’s Ordeal at Hands Of Robbers. Robbers armed with knives visited the house of an elderly rich towkay in Stewart on Sunday morning. The towkay is the proprietor of a number of pawnshops and had brought home a large sum of money on Friday. This was apparently known134 words
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Article1748 1930-10-02 14 S.A.F.A. Inquiry. MALAYS FORFEIT SHARE OF GATE-MONEY. A meeting of the general eouncil of the Singapore Amateur Football Association was held on Friday evening in connection with the last-minute postponement of the Singapore C up final between the Mulajs and the 2nd Bait, the Welch Regiment,1,748 words
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Article494 1930-10-02 14 Evidence at Coroner’s Inquiry. Smiling complacently, and not i n f, e> quently laughing, two Indians with murder stood in the dock before Mr J. G. Barrett, the Singapore coroner on Monday when the inquiry int> slaughter of an Indian family conipri s j B the father,494 words
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Article191 1930-10-02 14 Alleged Infringement Hy Chinese. Allegations that he sold n brand of oil in Wakefield ta> H tins were made against a t hinese n p >i Choo Bock Soon before Mr. G. 1. acting Singapore Criminal Distiu w who was not reoresenUd by counsel, claimed to be191 words
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3833 1930-10-02 15 A Picture of Life in the Bengal Lancers Delightful Reminiscences of a Happy Soldier With a Good Deal of the Scholar in Him —An Insight into English Literature Through the Eyes of Two Frenchmen. An Unusual Soldier. Bengal Lancer. By Francis YeatsBrown. Gollancz. 9s. ONE3,833 words
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Article99 1930-10-02 16 A Portfolio of Drawings By Miss Hope-Falkner. Miss Dorothy Hope-Falkner's drawing.<.f Malayan scene; are too well known to need any special introduction here, bui a word of praise is due to the effective r.umr.cv in which the latest examples of her art have been reproduced and mounted. A99 words
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Article171 1930-10-02 16 Visit to Crowned Heads Of Europe. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 26. Prince Damrong of Siam reached Penang yesterday from Europe. He leaves for Bangkok today. In an interview he said that his trip to Norway was not intended as a return visit for the visit171 words
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Article1037 1930-10-02 17 Total Deficit Estimated At $15,133,520. Ti lt estimates of revenue and expendiof the Straits Settlements Govern- f or the year 1931, which were premnV m! at the meeting of the Legislative C-mncil today, are summarised as follows a. v p *v<»nue 31,944,302 Expenditure Recurrent 32,601,412 Deficit1,037 words
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Article65 1930-10-02 17 Serious Outbreaks in Many Parts of Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. 24. Induenzu has broken out in several parts of the country and in some districts it is serious. There have been many cases in Bar.gok and in one district in the north 35 deaths have65 words
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Article155 1930-10-02 17 Mr. Justice Stevens Reserves Judgment. After a hearing lasting several days the Wong identity case concluded on Sept. M when Mr. Justice Stevens reserved judgment. The case is one in which Vong Man Nun, also known as Vong Choon Woh, is seeking to prove his identity as155 words
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Article76 1930-10-02 17 Court Story of Chinese Detective. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 24. A middle-aged Chinese was charged in the police court here yesterday with being in possession of counterfeit coins. A Chinese detective, of Kuala Lumpur, said he had been told to purchase false coins. The accused76 words
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Article69 1930-10-02 17 Attempt to Blow Up Soviet Legation at Warsaw. Another attempt to blow up the Soviet Legation at Warsaw was discovered recently when a bomb, composed of a shell filled with high explosives was found so laid against the main door of the Lagation building that it69 words
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Article709 1930-10-02 17 Photographs More Reliable Than Witnesses. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Luiapor, Sept. 26. Judgment fpr the plaintiff with costs was given by Mr. Justice F»rrer-Manby in the Supreme Court yesterday in the case in which Ho Man, a miner of Kuala Lumpur, claimed $922 damages against709 words
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Article71 1930-10-02 17 Obsolete Ordinance to Be Repealed. A Dill about to be introduced into the lyOprislative Council will repeal Ordinance No. 105 (AKt'icultural Loans.) It is pointed out in the Government Gazette that agriculturalists have not made very extensive use of the privileges conferral by this Ordinance. It is therefore71 words
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Advertisement30 1930-10-02 17 Manufacturing Jewellers and Diamond Merchants ATTRACTIVE NEW LINES IN HALL-MARKED SILVER GOODS sX? Sporting Cups Medals Shields Wedding Presents Wrist Watches, etc. Special Attention is given to outstation orders. “S30 words
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Article911 1930-10-02 18 First of Its Kind. SUCCESSFUL START TO S.P.C.A. EFFORT. r The animal tfhow which was held on the Race Course on Sunday afternoon by the Society for the Prevent wm of Cruelty to Animals was a great success. The attendance was almost as large as on911 words
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Article209 1930-10-02 18 Sikh Acquitted of Being In Possession. Lab Singh, an elderly Sikh watchman employed at the Hong Kong, and Shanghai Bank, who was arrested by Detective Inspector McIntosh on Aug. 2 for being in possession of an automatic pistol and ammunition, was acquitted by Mr. G. T.Peall, the acting209 words
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Article135 1930-10-02 18 Mr. Laurence G. Hunt Of Kepong. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 25. The death took place at the European Hospital oarly this morning of Mr. Laurence G. Hunt, manager of Effingham Estate, Kepong, after an illness extending over three weeks of which the last week135 words
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Article231 1930-10-02 18 Indian Mohammedan Sentenced. S. M. Marican, an Indian Mohammedan trader, who was arrested by Inspector Cowie of the Teluk Ayer Division and charged with cheating a Chinese by tendering two cheques which were dishonoured. was convicted on Sept. 25 by the Third Police Magistrate, and fined $100,231 words
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Article312 1930-10-02 18 26,000 Since January. RESULT OF INCREASED TASKS FOR TAPPERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 26. According to a prominent authoritv here on Indian labour nearly every estate in Malaya is reducing its labour force a a result of the increased work now being given312 words
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Article192 1930-10-02 18 Suggested Limitation of l sc Of Bullock Carts. At a recent meeting of the committee the Society for the Prevention oi Cruelty to Animals, Singapore, the hon secretary reported that he had received information from the Municipality that the shelter for gharry ponies wa> expected to be192 words
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Article97 1930-10-02 18 Twenty Nations Represented l At Dresden. i T W p nty nations are represented in the C o®t of the Nations/’ no w opened a Dresd P k n i n connection with the In national Hygiene Exhibition. h Amp Vica's exhibit dv,als mainiy farming and the pasturismg97 words
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Advertisement52 1930-10-02 18 Adelphi Hditel SINGAPORE. The Home—Away-From—Home of Discriminating Travellers. The ONLY HOTEL in Singapore fitted throughout with modern Sanitation and Shower Baths. TEA DANCES Every Tuesday. AFTER DINNER DANCES Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. ROOF GARDEN CINEMA- Every Sunday and Monday Evening. LADIES’ LOUNGE PALM COURT ADELPHI HOTEL, LTD. Under New52 words
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Article300 1930-10-02 19 Reuter. Consideration at Empire Conference. MR. THOMAS’S VIEWS. “Dominions Are Not Subordinate.” London, Sept. 29. journalists regarding the imperial Conference, Mr. J. H. Thomas, In* Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, referred to the recommendations If the Legislation Conference of 1929,— which will be discussed with a— Reuter. - 300 words
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Article121 1930-10-02 19 —Reuter. Remedy for “Abnormally Low Price.” Chittagong, Sept. 24. A meeting of the Indian Merchants’ Association has passed a resolution 'argin; that, in view of the present economic condition of the country and of the abnormally low price of jute, the Bengal Government should enact legislation immediately to—Reuter. - 121 words
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Article96 1930-10-02 19 ,—Reuter. Verdict of Murder And Suicide. Baltimore, Sept. 24. Mr. Maxwell Byers, President of the •'•stern Maryland Railway, was found p °t dead and Mr. Dudley Gray, the viceKs f lent, was found seriously wounded in the company’s board room. |be latter died later. 1 he two,—Reuter. - 96 words
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Article816 1930-10-02 19 .—Reuter. Britain’s Thirty-Two Years Association. Weihaiwei, Sept. 29. Bridiar.t sunshine and a cloudless blue sky marked the penultimate stage of the rendition of Weihaiwei when the headmen of the territory villages assembled th s morning at the Government offices to bid farewell to the Commissioner, Sir.—Reuter. - 816 words
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Article183 1930-10-02 19 Reuter. Repeal Urged But Saloons Opposed. Albany, Sept. 26. The repeal of the Prohibition Amendment is urged in a resolution prepared for the Republican Party State Convention. The resolution also proposes the alteration of the law empowering State option, but strongly opposes the return of the illfamed saloon ofReuter. - 183 words
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Article81 1930-10-02 19 —Reuter. Improving Collection Of Statistics. London, Sept. 24. The Council of the League of Nations has approved the Financial Committee’s proposal to communicate the interim report on the gold situation to all members of the League, and to non-member States, and to draw their attention to the importance—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article127 1930-10-02 19 EXTRALITY.” —Reuter. Trilateral Conference Report Untrue. Nanking, Sept. 24. Interviewed by Reuter concerning the report from Washington regarding a trilateral extraterritorial Conference between China, Great Britain and the United States, the Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, declared that the report was groundless. He added that be was still engaged—Reuter. - 127 words
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Article553 1930-10-02 19 ,—Reuter. —Reuter. Gilbertian Situation. COUNCIL AND ASSEMBLY MUDDLE. Geneva, Sept. 24. Lord Cecil, at a meeting of the Third Committee, uttered a warning against rushing the General Disarmament Conference without proper preparation. The warning followed a speech made by Count Bernstorlf, Germany, w’ho, with other,—Reuter.; .—Reuter. - 553 words
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Article48 1930-10-02 19 —Reuter. Victory for United States In First Match. London, Sept. 24. Nearly 200 hands were played in tha A ntflo- American bridge tournament at Almack’s Club. The United States won by 4,845 points. Another match will start at Crock-* ford’s Club in a few days.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 48 words
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Article938 1930-10-02 20 Heater. —Reuter. Enthusiasm for Hitler In Leipzig. “WAKE UP GERMANY!” Remarkable Scenes At Trial of Officers. Leipzig, Sept. 25. A sensation was created at the trial of the three Reichswehr officers by the examination of Herr Hitler. The court was packed and a strong force of.— Heater.; —Reuter. - 938 words
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Article286 1930-10-02 20 .—British Wireless. Accident During Gale Off British Coast. Rugby, Sept. 26. During an exceptionally severe gale off the east coast of Britain the old cruiser, Conquest, which was in taw bound for Fife to Ik* scrapped, broke adrift. one tug boat which had her in.—British Wireless. - 286 words
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Article137 1930-10-02 20 Reuter. Republican Views Openly Expressed. Madrid, Sept. 28. Twenty thousand Republicans from all pJHrts of the country filled the bull ring hefe to throw down the gauntlet to the Monarchy. The meeting was entirely revolutionary, but moderate in language. The former Liberal Minister, Signor Alcala Zamora, declaredReuter. - 137 words
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Article93 1930-10-02 20 —Reuter. Start of Lone Flight To Japan. London, Sept. 25. The well-known motorist Mrs. Victor Rruce, who recently learned to fly, left Heston Aerodrome at 7.10 this morning in a single-seater Blackburn Blue Bird aeroplane on a mysterious flight. It is understood that she is flying—Reuter. - 93 words
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Article182 1930-10-02 20 Reuter. Evidence by Anti-Fascists In Italy. Brussels, Sept. 25. The trial of Fernando de who attempted to assassinate the Italian Crown Prince in Brussels last year, has opened at the Palais de Justice. De Rosa, in a statement, said he committed the crime to draw the attention ofReuter. - 182 words
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Article54 1930-10-02 20 —Reuter. Still No News of Captured Missionaries. Shanghai, Sept. 24. There is still no news of Fathers Lafifan and Linehan. Foochow. Sept. 24. There is nothing definite as to the release of Miss Nettleton and Miss Harrison. The British Consul at Foochow, Mr. J. A. Martin, is.—Reuter. - 54 words
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Article111 1930-10-02 20 .—Reuter. Government’s Unanimous Recommendations. Simla, Sept. 29. The Government of India’s dispatch on constitutional reform was forwarded to London by air mail on Sept. 28. The dispatch, which is unanimous, consists of 250 pages and covers all important matters, such as the future of the India Office ami.—Reuter. - 111 words
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Article106 1930-10-02 20 has been vividly constructed.—British VV ireless. Realistic Reproduction For British Film. Rugby, Sept. 27. Over a thousand men took part in a realistic reproduction of the Gallipoli landing of 1915 for a British film just completed- The principal scenes were shot at Malta, where several hundred Marines fromhas been vividly constructed.—British VV ireless. - 106 words
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Article332 1930-10-02 20 —Reuter. Another Serious Outbreak In India. FOREST MELEE. Several Officials Among The Dead. Midnapoye, Sept. 25. Twelve men were sentenced to life transportation, five to two years’ rigorous imprisonment and nine were acquitted at the trial, by a special tribunal, of 33 civil disobedience volunteers who—Reuter. - 332 words
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Article118 1930-10-02 20 .—Reuter. Remarkable Achievement Of Mme. Hanau. Paris. A remarkable victory for feminine elo quence was achieved at a meeting e the great hall of the Tribunal o merce today by a hundred represen of the 5,200 creditors of Madame of Gazette du Franc fame, t e of whose.—Reuter. - 118 words
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Article85 1930-10-02 20 Mr. Lenox Simpson and Tht Tientsin Customs. Mukden, Sept. 28In a personal interview with Chang Hsueh-liang Mr. Lenox Sind requested that he should be retainc Customs Commissicner at Tientsin. His request was flatly refused. A Sin Kuo Min message states v Marshal Chang/ Hsueh-liang ha* pointed Geneial Han85 words
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Article932 1930-10-02 21 .—Reuter. British Wireless. Important Memorandum To Prime Minister. JOINT INTERESTS. Conference of a Non-Party Nature. London, Sept. 24. On the eve of the Imperial Conference joint memorandum from the Trades l'liioii Congress and the Federation of British Industries has been addressed to the Prime Minister. It stresses the.—Reuter.; British Wireless. - 932 words
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Article281 1930-10-02 21 .—Reuter. Oil Magnate’s Gift To Britain. London, Sept. 29. The Pilgrim Trust,” as Mr. Harkness’s benefaction to Great Britain is styled, begins work on Oct. 1. The former Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, who is one of the trustees, outlining the objects of the donation in a letter.—Reuter. - 281 words
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Article123 1930-10-02 21 —Reuter. Government Awards to Loyal Tribes. Parachinar, Sept. 28. At a Durbar attended by the leading military and civil officials and tribal loaders, Mr. Steuart Edmund Pears, the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province, announced that a year’s land revenue would be remitted and a full month’s—Reuter. - 123 words
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Article283 1930-10-02 21 Four Killed in Siamese Rail Crash. (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, Sept. 27. Details are now to hand of the train crash in which the Northern express, bound for Chiengmai, was derailed through the subsidence of an embankment, four people being killed. The subsidence was caused283 words
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Article206 1930-10-02 21 —Reuter. U.S. Representation On Committee. Washington, Sept. 25. The State Department has recently been occupying itself with the subject of disarmament for the first time since the London Naval Treaty was ratified. Mr. Hugh Gibson conferred with President Hoover regarding the forthcoming meeting of the preparatory disarmament committee at—Reuter. - 206 words
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Article76 1930-10-02 21 ,—Reuter. “Most Important that has Ever Left Britain.” London, Sept. 26. In an address delivered at the autumn meeting of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, Birmingham, Sir Edward Crowe described the Economic Mission to the Far East as perhaps the most important that had ever left,—Reuter. - 76 words
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Article49 1930-10-02 21 —Reuter. Forty-eiffht Executions Without Trial. London, Sept. 26. Confirmation has been now received from Moscow of the report cabled from Riga yesterday evening concerning the execution of 48 alleged counter-revolutionaries, including Professor Riazanysev and M. Karatyguin, the former editor of the prerevolutionary Trade and Industrial Gazette. —Reuter..—Reuter. - 49 words
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Article507 1930-10-02 21 particularly encouraging.”- British Wireless. Mr. A. Henderson’s Geneva Impressions. TARIFF TRUCE. Fostering the Spirit Of Security. Rugby, Sept. 28. Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Secretary, who returned to London from Geneva yesterday, suid the meeting of the Assembly had been interesting and useful, if, perhaps, less spectacular thanparticularly encouraging.”- British Wireless. - 507 words
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Article64 1930-10-02 21 ,—Reuter. Public Resentment at German Films. Prague, Sept. 25. Public ill humour during the past few days over the display of German films, taking the form of demonstrations in front of the German Legation, culminated in an ugly situation tonight. Crowds smashed the windows of a German store and,—Reuter. - 64 words
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Article56 1930-10-02 21 Reuter. Death of Famous German Field-Marshal. Berlin, Sept. 29. The death is announced of Field-Mar* shal Prince Leopold of Bavaria, aged Si, who was the Chief Commander of the German Army in the East during the early part of the War. He played an important part in th“Reuter. - 56 words
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Article, Illustration1271 1930-10-02 22 A Lord Chancellor W ho Made History. LORD BIRKENHEAD. Incidents in “K.E.’s” Career. I/'. »n. F pt. ”0. The (tenth tin occurred of I ».H Birken- ad. London, Oct. 1. The ho ly of I <> •<) H i'.t-r head v.i token <1 night fee1,271 words
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Article43 1930-10-02 22 with the lovthcoming census.—British Wireless. Rugby, Sept. :10. i In 1 Legiutrui (leneral announces that ulner! to emfit imition by usual statutory •roc..dure, it bus been decided that A or. l'.t-il, shall he census day in connection "’’la ll' forthcoming census.—Britishwith the lovthcoming census.—British Wireless. - 43 words
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Article479 1930-10-02 22 —Lriti.-h \Y, tl-css. Need for Producing New Capital. Rugby, Sept. 27. Mr. William Graham, President of thi Board of Trade, speaking in Carlisle last nj.rht, raid that within an aggregate national income of approximately £4 01*0,000.000 per Annum, there was con•derable room for direct saving and l'or the—Lriti.-h \Y, tl-css. - 479 words
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Article141 1930-10-02 22 .—Reuter. Biggest Since Last Year’s Market Crash. New York. Sept. 30. J. A. Sisto and Co., hip underwriter.*, have been hammered on the Stock Exchange for insolvency. This is regard’d as the most important Wall Street failure since the market (rash last autumn. No statement lias been.—Reuter. - 141 words
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Article42 1930-10-02 22 .—Reuter. Start of Regular Service To Batavia. Amsterdam, Sept. 25. A regular fortnightly air mail service between Amsterdam and Batavia has bren opened. The first machine, piloted by Mr. Van Dyk, recently Major Kingsford-Smith’s truns-Atlantic companion, carried 23,000 letters.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 42 words
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Article263 1930-10-02 22 British Wireless Britain and Germany I CORDIAL TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR. Rugby, Sept, The Secretary for Foreign Affairs, )f Arlfcor Hender.wn, and Mrs. Henderior gav* a farewell luncheon yesterday to tr> Gerrfan Ambassador and Madame Sthsmer, yfeo are learvin# London this wee* The fVimt* Ministar and other.— British Wireless - 263 words
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Article317 1930-10-02 22 —Reuter. TnlUete to “World’s .Wurt Cheerful Loser.”' New Yo.4r, Sept, y. The of Salt Lake. Gity 'nv decideci> T»* ir4fy»v fifty pounds c4 silver foi the manufacture of the lovins cup to be present 3d to Sir Thomas ljpBMi. It is jnnonneed that 1,500 co»tribut: n> not.—Reuter. - 317 words
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Article81 1930-10-02 22 —Reuter. Australian Ex-Service men’' Offer to China. Sydney, Sept. Three hundred Australian ex-Scr\i' men have offered to join the National:-' -orces in China, according to the Chino-Consul-General, to whom the offer v; made by representatives of the ex diei?. They explained that times were b:i 1 Vuiitraba,—Reuter. - 81 words
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Article97 1930-10-02 23 British Wireless. Distinguished Career. M4FEKING RELIEF RECALLED. Rugby,’Sept. 24. Gtoitri l Sir Bryan Mahon died in Dublin ♦oday after a long illness. His distinguished career in the army extended over U years. His most famous exploit was ihe relief of Mafeking in the South African WarBritish Wireless. - 97 words
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Article302 1930-10-02 23 Rtster. Funds Provided in Spite Of Civil War. Nanking, Sept. 30. Inteniiwed by Reuter with respect to the Salt Loan payments the Finance 8 ter, Mr. T. V. Soong, made the following statement: “A year has elaps«»i since my statement of Sept. 18, 1929, and. in spite ofRtster. - 302 words
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Article161 1930-10-02 23 Not Allowed To See Son’s Grave in France. e The War Criminals list is still in rce, at least so far as France is concern•«i. stated the Beilin Lokalanzeiger recentand it indignantly commented on the exl irience of ex-General Count Conrad Von •''"Itke. when he asked for161 words
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Article91 1930-10-02 23 —Reuter. Mr. Harry Sinclair’s Latest I Activities. I Berlin, Sept. 27. Imports from Nienhagcn, Hanover, win i^ a t drilling operations have tapped H: well which is at present producing V T ns °f oil every hour. H. ni h,s has strengthened belief in the 1 >°n.—Reuter. - 91 words
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Article852 1930-10-02 23 —Reuter. —British Wireless. London, Sept. 25. The death has occurred of the Rev. Peter Hampson Ditchfield.— Reuter. London, Sept. 29. The death of the novelist Mr. William Pett Ridge is announced.—Reuter. Brussels, Sept. 24. An agreement has been reached whereby the miners’ wages have been reduced—Reuter.; —British Wireless. - 852 words
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Article275 1930-10-02 23 Reuter. Tragedy of Sir John Norton-Griffiths. Cairo, Sept. 27. I.ieut.-Col. Sir John Norton-Griffiths, the eminent engineer, governing director of Norton Griffiths and Co., Ltd., was found dead in a surf boat which ho had paddled out alone from the beach at San Stefano, Alexandria. Later it wai noticedReuter. - 275 words
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Article68 1930-10-02 23 —Reuter. Another Big Scheme Of Amalgamation. London, Oct. 1. A scheme is nearing completion for the formation of another big amalgamation in the Lancashire cotton trade. The merger will affect about 50 spinning mills controlling 4,000,-000 spindles in the coarse spinning section of the industry in the Rochdale—Reuter. - 68 words
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Article71 1930-10-02 23 —Reuter. Importance in Connection With World Peace. Geneva, Sept. 30. The League Assembly adopted the report of the sixth committee dealing with the protection of minorities. The report laid stress on the capital importance of the problem in connection with the peace of the world and expressed the—Reuter. - 71 words
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Article186 1930-10-02 23 —Reuter. Taxes on Bachelors And Spinsters. Berlin', Sept. 30. The Government’s linnnciul proposals have been published, and generally follow the forecast* made. Departmental expenditure will be reduced by 4'15,000,000. A surtax of five per cent, will be impose 1 on the incomes of bachelors and spinsters. The increased.—Reuter. - 186 words
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Article129 1930-10-02 23 by the cheapness of food.—British Wireless. Lower Index Figure In Britain. Rugby, Sept. 30. The index figures of the cost of living in Great Britain have been lower during the past six months than those recorded previously at any time since the War. The figures show theby the cheapness of food.—British Wireless. - 129 words
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Article72 1930-10-02 23 British Wireless. Two Pilots Killed In Crash. v Rugby, Sept. .‘10. When flying close together in a fog today three Bulldog machines of the No. 17 Air Squadron struck trees on a hill side and crashed. Flight-Lieut. (Jerald Armstrong, the pilot of one machine, was killed, Serjrt. Birkinshnw,British Wireless. - 72 words
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Article108 1930-10-02 23 gation abstained from voting.—British Wireless. Lord Cecil’s Vigorous Speech At Geneva. Rugby, Sept. 30. At the League Assembly today, Lord Cecil made a vigorous attack on the dilatory methods of the League in dealing with the slavery problem. He declared that there were still about 5,000,000 slaves ingation abstained from voting.—British Wireless. - 108 words
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Article73 1930-10-02 23 Reuter. Elections to Be Held In November. Vienna, Sept. 30. A new Cabinet has been formed as follows Herr Vaugoin, Chancellor and Minister of Defence. Mgr. Seipel, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Prince Starhemberg, Minister of Interior. Herr Hueber, Minister of Justice. The Pan Germans and the Agrarians refusedReuter. - 73 words
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Article2256 1930-10-02 24 Malays Win S.A.F.A. Cup. WELCH BEATEN AFTER HARD STRUGGLE. Malays 3; Welch Regt. 1. New history was made in the local football world on Sept. 2."> when the Malays annexed the S.A.F.A. Cup for the first time in their career, lx*ating the Welch liegt. in the final2,256 words
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Article205 1930-10-02 24 Miri R.C. to Visit Singapore. On Thursday, Oct. 23, the Miri Rowing flub will compete against the Royal Singapore Yacht Club rowing section for the interport rowing trophy. Since the Singapore Rowing Club amalgamated with the Yacht Club there has been only one interport race, and that was205 words
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Article503 1930-10-02 24 Jenny Capsizes. PUNAI HOME FIRST f\ WILLIAMSON CUP. On Sunday last at the Royal Sing ai ,o r Yacht Club the “B” Class were rarin for the Williamson Challenge Cup. weather looked very depressing Ik?f,ire th! start, and the Commodore considered'r advisable to postpone the race503 words
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Article260 1930-10-02 24 Proposed European Visit Abandoned. The ambitious plan of a Chinese football team, which was to be selected from players in Shanghai, Hong Kong an i Singapore, to tour Europe, has apparently been abandoned, at any rate for the present. The tour was to be a development of the260 words
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Article2015 1930-10-02 25 Malays’ Narrow Win. GOOD FOOTBALL IN CHARITY MATCH. Malays 3; Europeans 2. If a team cannot score goals, they caniu t win matches. Thus it was with the European XI which met the Singapore f up winners, the Malays, in aid of the Malay Vernacular2,015 words
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Article198 1930-10-02 25 Public Services’ First Game. Much more keenness has been evident in the 44 turn-outs on the S.C.C. Pudang this season. Within the last two weeks an increasing number of players have been seen running about, and there is apparently no lack of fitness. t ertainly there198 words
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Article98 1930-10-02 25 —Reuter. To Return in 1934 44 If Still Good Enough.” London, Sept. 27. England bade farewell today to the wonder boy cricketer Don Bradman, who. with five other members of the team, left St. I'ancras station on the first stage of the journey home. Hundreds of well-wishers present—Reuter. - 98 words
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Article36 1930-10-02 25 —Reuter. Proposed Sharkey-Campolo Contest Abandoned. New York, Sept. 27. The proposed contest between .lack Sharkey and Vittorio Campolo has been definitely abandoned owing to convincing evident that it was doomed to financial failure.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 36 words
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Article392 1930-10-02 25 Reuter. Fight for Leadership. MANCHESTER UTD. STILL WITHOUT POINTS. London, Sept. 24. The following were the results of football matches played yesterday First Division. Sheffield Utd. 0 Leicester City 2 Third Division (Southern). Brentford 2 Notts. County 2 Torquay Utd. .‘1 Bristol Rovers 3. —Reuter. London, SeptReuter. - 392 words
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Article186 1930-10-02 25 Intimation of Mr. Webb’s Retirement. At the annual meeting of the Keppe] Golf Club on Sept.. 25 Mr. F. Nihlock presiding, the following were elected tflicn-boarers for the enduing year: Mr. G. VV. A. Trimmer (President) Mr. F. Niblock (vice president), Mr. G. R. If. Webb (captain),186 words
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Article937 1930-10-02 26 Three Events at Batavia Described. The following account of the recent intor-port yacht races at Batavia is con tributed by a correspondent The fourth annual inter port races took place at Batavia on Sept. 20 and 21, and resulted in a win for the Royal Batavia Yacht937 words
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Article963 1930-10-02 26 Arsenal Still Leads In First Division. Tin following arc the positions of clubs n the Lnglish and Scottish Leagues after Saturday's matches: First Division. T. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal 8*01 28 II 1® Aston Vila J g Jl 3 Leicester ity J J" Huddersfield T.963 words
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Article31 1930-10-02 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 24. Two I’inang griffins, Scotch Pink and Mr. J. Griffith’s Dorking, were raffled this morning and were drawn by Mr. Le:* 'Toon Poon.31 words
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Article175 1930-10-02 26 Second Case in Britain In One Month. London, Sept. 29. The trainer Chapman has be'*n named off Newmarket Heath for doping I a horse. C. Chaoman has a big stable with 30 horses. His patrons including the Duke #f Richmond and the Duke of Norfolk, the175 words
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Article437 1930-10-02 26 Autumn Tournament Concludes. The final of the A Class Doubles Handicap at the S.C.C. on Sept. 24 which concluded the Autumn Tournament, proved a triumph for tlu? handicapper, and resulted in a very closely contested same. The linalists were S. H. Moss and C. Salter (plus 15) and437 words
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Article96 1930-10-02 26 Veterans’ Race at the Singapore S.C. The annual race for veterans took place at the Singapore Swimming Club on Sunday. It was a handicap event over one length of the pagar, and the condition were that the competitors had to be 40 years of age and have had 1596 words
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Article65 1930-10-02 26 —Reuter. Beats Cotton in Oxhey Tournament. London, Sept, 20 At Oxhey Charles Whitcombe won whq is virtually the British professional golf championship, beating Henry Cotton in the final of the News of the World £1,01.1 tournament. Whitcombe won 4 and 2 over 36 holes Sixty-four professionals from—Reuter. - 65 words
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Article72 1930-10-02 26 .—Rftrter. Miss D. Fishwick Not Competing. London, Sepr. 29. Miss Diana Fishwick, the British open champion, came to a decision at the- fast minute n«C to play in the English women’s golf championship, which began at Aldeburgft today, owing to an injured ankle. In the first round, which.—Rftrter. - 72 words
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Article69 1930-10-02 26 speed was ***** miles an hour.—British Wirelbss. British Successes in BrooklaiKl:Event. 24. An avevatre speed of 97.26 miles an hour was achieved at Brooklunds today by A. Dftirlky. wlwx on an A. J. S. machine, won the 200 miles' motor-cycle race in the 500 c.a. alhstk Thespeed was 94132 miles an hour.—British Wirelbss. - 69 words
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Article66 1930-10-02 26 Garrison G.C. Mixed Foursomes. The Garrison Golf Club monthly mixatf foursomes competition was played on Tuesday, when 12 cards were taken out. T'te best returns were Major and Mrs. E. J. B. BUrfeanan 41— 7 :i 30*4 Mrs. McIntyre and M. B. P. Waring 4d—12 14 Lady Colina66 words
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Article34 1930-10-02 26 —Reuter. England Only Draw With Irish at Belfast. London. Sept. 24. In a game at Belfast today the hngh' 1 Football League drew with the Iris’ Football League, each side scoring twi.e—Reuter. - 34 words
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Article74 1930-10-02 26 To Build Swimming Bath Costing Tcs. 100,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. b At the annual general meeting of tiw Sports Club here a committee was empowered to have built a swimming bat the cost of which was not to exceed Tcs. 100,000. A motion that74 words
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Article21 1930-10-02 26 RODKIGIES. On Sept. 26. *****, at Waterloo Street, to Augusta, wife oi n: j 1.. Rodrigues, a eon. Both doing21 words
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Article119 1930-10-02 1 Gtneral Rubber Situation l Tho Singapore Auction 1 I/>mi»n Rubber Market By A. W. StiU I ~v ami ami Bumingham l Tin Smelter* l Rubi er Restriction j Ktfert of Price at 4d. 4-.) Anglo-lava ami Laras 5 Tata Steel Rubber Market 6 No Support 6 Trade and Finance119 words
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Article58 1930-10-02 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract Spot Seller Prices 1 1 d. t t f r*::t LMon S’pore Oct. Nov. Oct. Hoc. -L "4 0.12 0.124 0.1*4 0.124 l*: 0.12 0.124 0.124 0.12-4 IT 1 I**. 0.114 0.124 0.124 0.124 2- ::i l.r 0.114 0.124 0.124 0.124 0.1158 words
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Article132 1930-10-02 1 ih* Singapore Chamber of Commerce E. vter \'M»nation held its 987th auction on ,r L there was catalogued 2.185,805 or '•*"•*•’*1 ton> offered 1 ,980.532 lb. or '"IIT tuns sold 1,771,028 lb. cr 790.64 tons. Spot. '•.’Hun 3%d. •Vw \,.rk 7-Sj cts. PRICE REALISED. Smoked Sheet Cents132 words
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Article142 1930-10-02 1 LEYLAND BIRMINGHAM. Less Profit from Rubber Manufacture. v 'dend of 5 per cent, actual, less 4 w >th the interim paid in March, tor the year to June 30, 1930. of 7% l.ttwl i !f. ss tax, is announced by the Leye,,„Kl‘mingham Rubber Co., which is W'aten 1,1 manufacture of142 words
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1086 1930-10-02 1 A. W. Still - LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Industry Has Failed To Govern Itself. A SHAME INSTEAD OF A PRIDE.” (By A. W. Still.) [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Right Reserved.] London, Sept. 3. Interest for the time being is centered on the visit of Sir Cecil Clementi to Java, and meantime I get more and[Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Right Reserved.] - 1,086 words
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Article133 1930-10-02 1 Pref. Dividend to be Paid Half-Yearly. The directors of Consolidated Tin Smelters. I.til., have declared a dividend of 7 per cent, on the preference shares (less income tax), payable Sept. 30, in respect of the period from Julv 1, 1929, to June 30, 1930. In future the dividend133 words
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Article28 1930-10-02 1 Messrs. Barlow and Co., in their copra report, state Prices have declined further during the past week, (’losing quotation? are as follows Sundried $0.20. mixed $6.1028 words
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Article898 1930-10-02 1 Drop in Revenue Due To Motor Department. The annual general meeting of the Kastern United Assurance Corporation, Ltd., was held at the company’s registered offices. Market Street, yesterday, Mr. See Tiong Wah presiding. Others present included Messrs. Ong Soon Kee, L. C. Margoliouth, Lee Chim Tuan,898 words
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Article67 1930-10-02 2 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondent*. <orrespondcnts should bear in mind that tetters must be short and to the point. I.oni; epistles are liable to be rejci ted or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but67 words
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Article901 1930-10-02 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir 44 Bull's Eye,” it appears, is one of those giants of the good old days, \w,c was intimate with the Malays at a time when the writer "as being h vircl > smacked at school for thinking Malaya produced901 words
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Article323 1930-10-02 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—There appears to be general unanimity that if the rubber industry is to be lifted out of its existing misery, a multilateral attempt should be made to try and harmonise production to consumption, o why not, by way of exception,323 words
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Article356 1930-10-02 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I quote the following from the chairman's speech at the general meeting of Kluang Rubber Company Rubber is at present being harvested at a loss, but it is considered, that such loss is smaller than the expenditure which would have356 words
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Article313 1930-10-02 2 CESSATION IS RESTRICTION To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Your leader of Sept. 2(> entitled “The Die-Hards” is of very great interest hut, it seem* to me, it lays you open to a charge of the very grossest inconsistency. The first half of ihis leader is a scathing denunciation313 words
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Article291 1930-10-02 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —A lot of suggestions have baen made for the rubber industry. I also beg to submit the following for the consideration of the estate owners in particular and the public in general. The Rubber Growers’ Associations in London and291 words
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Article1035 1930-10-02 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In view of the Dutch lefusal to participate in any form of Government control of rubber production or export, the question arises as to whether unilateral action is necessarily futile. While admitting that unilateral action along the lines of the Stevenson1,035 words
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Article72 1930-10-02 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. sir The following is the philosophic •suit of my discussing “Mara Piluh Itu VU's” arguments with an old and respected Haji: Mara PUu Itu Ada nnkoh gettah—yah—pun ada. ondon, banyak gettah ada, t'tapi. hargah itu t ada Paddv sawah pun ta72 words
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Article340 1930-10-02 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. <; 1 v __The two chief reasons for writing V y U on this subject are on behalf of—- i) The private individuals concerned. {•>) The country in general. It i~\vell known that many thousands of Indian labourers have already340 words
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Article223 1930-10-02 3 “Malaya Will Have To Obey Orders.” Ai<».riling to a London cable of Sept, b'. Mr. A. A. Baumann, in an article on ruK'ht r in the Evening Standard, stated '1 do not need to examine the contra'hitory and incoherent reasons given by fl '< Dutch for sacrificing European223 words
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Article67 1930-10-02 3 Me uthrie and C’o., Ltd., Kuala *in* Ur aave received u telegram from the K;*rmf.'. riep that the directors of iinnu.i Rubber, Ltd., have issued the 11 port and accounts for the financial j r h|i l ‘"«icd May 31, 19; 10. rt f °r the year67 words
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Article1781 1930-10-02 3 Hon. R. D. Denman’s Address on Rubber. SHOULD STAND ALONE Economic Laws and How They Work. The Hon. R. D. Denman, M.P., (Lab.) tot Central Leeds, who is on a business visit to Malaya, was the speaker at Friday’s meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club. He1,781 words
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Article383 1930-10-02 3 Need for Compulsory Restriction. The twentieth annual general meeting of Caledonian (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd., waa held on Aug. 25 at 20, Abthurch Lane, E.C., Mr. Clarence F. Leighton (the chairman) said that the past year’s crop of 050,000 lb. represented a yield of 408 lb. per acre383 words
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Article323 1930-10-02 3 Net Profit for Year Of $33,398. The twentieth report of the Sungt'i Hawaii Rubber Co., Ltd., is us follows: After making due provision for depreciation, directors’ fees, manager’s commission etc., the accounts show a net profit for the neiiod of $33,398.46. The balance brought forward from lust year323 words
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Article4570 1930-10-02 4 Position Reviewed At P.A.M. Meeting. SOME OPTIMISM. Lucrative Return In Six Months.” \l the half-yearly meeting «»f th«* \.M„ Mr. J. S. Arter, the chairman, reviewed the rubber situation. He said that in six months’ time a hole would he burnt in the surplus at4,570 words
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Article88 1930-10-02 5 Experiments with (rude Petroleum. Washington, Sept. -1. The director of the research laboratory 0 f America set forth to the members of the Intir-American conference on agriculture and forestry the results o 1 experiments made with a view to obtaining rubber by the treatment of crude pet .•oleum.88 words
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Article1231 1930-10-02 5 Chairman and Failure Of May Stoppage. The twentieth annual geneial meeting of the Bukit Jelotong Rubber Estates Ltd., was held at the office of the secretaries, Messrs. C. F. Comes and Co., 137, Heeren Street, Malacca, on Friday, the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock presiding. Others present1,231 words
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Article194 1930-10-02 5 Views of Rubber Growers’ Association. SUGGESTED METHODS. Stoppage of Tapping When Funds Permit. London, Sept. 30. The Rubber Growers’ Association ha 3 issued a circular to its members suggesting steps to rationalise production in order to expedite the equilibrium between supply and demand. The Association points out194 words
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Article227 1930-10-02 5 Share Issue to Meet Interest. i In view of the very unsatisfactory position of the rubber industry, the directors of both the Angle-Java Rubber and Produce Company and the Laras (Sumatra) Rubber Estates have decided, in order to husband tV.5 resources of the companies, to ask227 words
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Article54 1930-10-02 5 The Borneo (Jo., Ltd., have received a cable f:« in head office stating that at the genera! meeting of Temoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., to l> held on Oct. 7, a final dividend of Is. will be recommended, less tax, payable on Oct. 10 to shareholders on the54 words
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Article155 1930-10-02 6 EXCHANGE. f'migapore, Oct. 1. Od London Bank 4 m/s 2 4 Demand 3 Wj 1‘rivate 3 in. mod it 2/44 On New York, demand 56 5 16‘ Private 90 d s 13 16 On France, Bank T.T. 14X3 On India, Bank T.T. I-*** On Hong Kong, iJnnk155 words
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Article831 1930-10-02 6 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, Oct. 1. MINING. Issue Yal. Pd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam kumbang 20 25 5/-5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 0/- 10 £1 £1 Iiungrin Tin 13/6 14 6 1 1 Batang Pudang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Ratu Caves 0.40 0.45 1 1 Bukit831 words
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Article584 1930-10-02 6 Heavy Offerings Of Rubber. Kiuser and Co.’s weekly report of 30 Sept, states: After remaining practically unchanged for •iij,n\ weeks, the price of tin broke sharply today and shows a bss of about £5 per ton at th. official quotation of £129 10s. for the three months’ position.584 words
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Article91 1930-10-02 6 Year’s Profits Amount To Rs. 82V 4 Lakhs. Bombay, Sept. 12. The annual report of the directors of the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which was recast following the decision not to pay a dividend on the second preference shares, was issued today and shows net profits for91 words
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Article130 1930-10-02 6 Singapore, Sept. -5. Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., report The rubber market has been very un interesting during the past week, the tone having varied from quiet to dull. Prices h.»' e fallen away by 1 cenl, 3-16 d. and ct rt (gold) in Singapore, London, and New130 words
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RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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Article665 1930-10-02 6 Al.aco i £1 > 1 Allagar (2,) 1 3; Amherst (2 'I 1 3; Anjrlu-Maluy (i’l) 3(5; Ayir Kuning (41) 1; Ragan Serai (i’l) ;l Bahru (Sel.) .J>, 3 3; Hanteng (£1) 1; Matang Coi.soliili'ted 11* 11; Batu Caves (l’l) *as Batu Figa (il) 27665 words
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713 1930-10-02 6 Capital I.«Q« C ln Paid Up Value Dividend. Company Co Iv.t 389,293 1 6 p.c. for year 28-t-IO ..Allenby ($1) 0.80 0.90 0.95 1 05 210,779 1 174 p.c. year 30-9-29 Alor Gajah (fl) 0.70 0.80 0.70 0.80 435,425 1 15 p.c. year 81-3-10713 words
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