The Straits Budget, 4 December 1930

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    29 1 The Straits Budget No. 3.759 BEI.N(, THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1930. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    306 1 leaders- P An Enormous Task 3 Out of the Mouths..... 3 The Press and the Public 8 Swan Song 3 *J Unrest in Japan Preferences Occasional Notes *>-€ TOegrams, Reuter and SpecialCovering Past Week’s News 23-28 Burma’s Request for Separation 9 I ictures Singapore Wedding Group IT Officers of
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1788 1 following have been appointed to Pusent Kedah on the F.M.S. European OstoiP v» ment Committee:—Mr. H. T. W. Mr N. Grice, Mr. F. E. O’Malley nd Ca Pt- T. C. Hume. vi^ r Ma cT shaI Sir Geoffrey Salniond, who m a ..L Singapore with three R.A.F.
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    NEW BUILDING IN RAFFLES PLACE.
    36 2 The building at the corner of Raffles Place and Malacca Street, Singapore, known as Meyer Chambers, was opened on Monday. The ground floor is occupied b> the Ho Hong Hank. Ltd.
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    MEYER CHAMBERS COMPLETED.
    446 2 New Building in Raffles Place. A further addition to the commercial amenities cf Singapore was made on Monday when the Meyer Chambers, at the Malacca Street comer of Raffles Place, were opened. The ground floor is occupied by the Ho Hong Bank, Ltd. The. building is a
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    LINKING GERMANY AND CHINA.
    162 2 Sin Kuo Min. Aerodrome to be Provided At Harbin. Shanghai, Dec. 2. It is announced that Mukden has assigned $3,000,000 in connection with the proposed Sino-German Air Service and work is to begin on the construction of an aerodrome at Harbin in February 1 next.—Sin Kuo
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    YEN TRAVELS ‘ THIRD ’ TO TIENTSIN.
    326 2 YEN TRAVELS THIRD TO TIENTSIN. —Sir. Kuo Min. Wang Ching-wei Said To Be in Hong Kong. Shanghai, Dec. 2. A report from Nanking states that Marshal Yen Shi-shan has arrived at Tientsin, via Tatung and the PekingSuiyuan railway, travelling third class by train. It was purposely announced that the Model
    —Sir. Kuo Min.  -  326 words
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    A ROBBER’S SECRET AGENT CAUGHT.
    296 2 Prison Follows Fight With Police. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 28. Mr. Livett, of the Perak police detective branch made an important capture the other day when after a fierce struggle he and a party of detective* overpowered a powerfully built Chinese who was
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    SLUMP IN SILK.
    139 2 —Reuter. A Wave of Feminine Economy. London, Dec. 3. A wave of feminine economy in the matter of silk lingerie, dresses and stockings is reported to be responsible for the crisis in the real and artificial silk industries. The leading silk and rayon producers in Europe and
    —Reuter.  -  139 words
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    LARGEST LINER.
    102 2 —British Wirele Contract Signed by Cunard Company. Rugby, Dec. 2. The Southern Railway having agree.: to build a new graving dock at Scut!, ampton of sufficient dimensions to accommodate the proposed new express Atlant Pner, the contract with John Brown at. I Co., Ltd., for the construction of
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    THE MOTOR TRADE.
    84 2 Priiish Wireleus. British Efforts in Overseas Markets. Rugby, Doc. 2. i’lx* President of the Board of Trad 1 Mr. Graham, replying to a question mi the House of Commons, stated that tl 1 British motor industry was pressing for be development of business in oversea' •larkels with
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    118 2 would start work almost at once.—13riish Wireless. [loyal Commission’s Terms Of Reference. Rugby, Dec. 2. The terms of reference to the Roya 1 Commission on unemployment insurance will he to inquire into the provisions and working of the unemployment insurance scheme and make recommendations with regard to its future
    would start work almost at once.—13riish Wireless.  -  118 words
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      AN ENORMOUS TASK.
      1032 3 would he acceptable in India.—Straits 1 imcs, Nov. 27. \\iih ht> cessation of the flood of ora* v which marked the opening of the k i r.ihie Conference the real difficultu|m.[, face the delegates are beeomIcaicr. A cable received yesterday ir 1 l( the “enormous task involved
      would he acceptable in India.—Straits 1 imcs, Nov. 27.  -  1,032 words
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      “OUT OF THE MOUTHS....”
      1017 3 will attract the largest crowds.”— Straits Times, Nov. 28. Part of the academic youth of England at any rate would appear to share the (/pinions recently expressed in this column in an article entitled 44 The Tenth Muse.” At a meeting of the Cambridge Union on
      will attract the largest crowds.”—Straits Times, Nov. 28.  -  1,017 words
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      THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC.
      1080 3 Straits Times, Nov. 2!>. A strikingly significant sidelight on the political alignment of the London evening newspapers is furnished by a correspondent who tells us that in mail week he found the Underground Railway stations in the metropolis plastered with advertisements issued by the Radical
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      SWAN SONG.
      1125 3 iatid at night with advantage.—Straits limes, Dit. 1. More for the benefit of the public than the Commissioners themselves, as he was careful to point out, the Municipal President. Mr. K. J. Farrer, delivered a vigorous lecture on the value of Home Agents at the recent meeting. We
      iatid at night with advantage.—Straits limes, Dit. 1.  -  1,125 words
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      UNREST IN JAPAN.
      1069 4 alone but to the whole world.—Straits Times, I>ec. 2. To students of Far Eastern affairs the •.tiange silence which the Tokio police have maintained concerning the reasons which inspired the attempted assassination of Mr. Hamaguchi, the Prime Minister of Japan, between two and three weeks ago is
      alone but to the whole world.—Straits Times, I>ec. 2.  -  1,069 words
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      PREFERENCES.
      1121 4 indicates the trend of opinion.—Strait> Times, Dec 3. To the pathetic protests of the Labour Minority Government that the Imperial Conference was not a failure has come a reply which is as trenchant as any member of the Conservative party could desire. Mr. J. H. Thomas, who has found
      indicates the trend of opinion.—Strait> Times, Dec 3.  -  1,121 words
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    ROBOT TRAFFIC CONTROL.
    113 4 Demonstration at Stamford Road. Dio new automatic traffic control had its first practical demonstration at the junctions of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road on Tuesday. The first try-out during the rush hour of the attracted a large crowd, who watched with interest the efforts of syce*
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      AIR MAILS.
      140 5 St!:t't- Titnt*!*, Sow 27. V long last, a little enthusiasm is > moused in the House of Commons t he cause of Empire air services. It that some disagreement between Imperial Airways, Limited, and the Governnient of India is responsible for the (k-iay in extending the London-Karachi rvL-e
      — St!:t't- Titnt*!*, Sow 27.  -  140 words
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      THANKSGIVING DAY.
      190 5 Strut' Ti res. N’ov. 27. Today Singapore’s American community is ce '.carat ing Thanksgiving Day. This is one o:' the principal holidays of the year jr the I'nited States. It is not. however, a legal holiday in the sense of our own Bank holidays. A legal holiday in
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      SIR P. RAMANATHAN.
      357 5 his memory.—Straits Times, t-re-e in Singapore and Malaya urn with deep regret of the death ft' S r I'onnambalam Ramanathan. the lather the Ceylon Legislative Council devoid educationist and one of the best ved 'cures in the island. No one who ’ai privilege of knowing him will
      \ his memory.—Straits Times,  -  357 words
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      NEW USES.
      66 5 rourni corners. —Straits Times, seldom that reports of riots and contain any cause for satis- ‘Uti. Gnt we could scarce suppress a 1 content when we read the cable j' Amsterdam referring to a det 1 -nation of unemployed at Haarlem. 1 f police dispersed the crowd with
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      GOLDFISH AND CALM.
      124 5 Nov 2* t0 advant *K e —Straits Times, In these days of stress it a e i I?™ M h ffV meditation the movements of goldfish in a bowl is rain.i.Ti promote spiritual calm. That, ‘it am" iate, is reported to be the belief of th* J-pan
      Nov 2* t0 advant*Ke—Straits Times,  -  124 words
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      PAY IN THE POLICE FORCE.
      134 5 v HIV VWOV iUI U1C sympathetic consideration.—Straits Times Nov. 28. following various rumours of possible cuts in the allowances paid to Government servants, the Chief Inspectors and Inspectors of Police in the Straits Settlements have met and forwarded a joint petition to the Inspector-General. Similar
      v HIV VWOV iUI U1C sympathetic consideration.—Straits Times Nov. 28.  -  134 words
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      TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.
      151 5 Straits Times, Nov. -S. Competition for the American tourist traffic is reported to be very keen between Mexico and Cuba. Both have advertised facilities for quick divorce as a special attraction, and now Cuba has gone one better by passing a law which offers a quicker route to
      — Straits Times, Nov. -S.  -  151 words
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      A GOLFING PROBLEM.
      312 5 ‘d up. fcucn an 1,11 ti Straits happen to anyone at an> Times, Nov. 28. Has it ever occurred to you, when you have lost a ball in the rough at one of the water holes at Bukit Timah and have searched for it in vain, that
      ‘d up. fcucn an 1,11 ' \ ti »_ Straits happen to anyone at an> Times, Nov. 28.  -  312 words
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      THE PIPES IN THE MORN.
      106 5 u n« velty.— Straits Times, Nov. 2U. \Hnv neon Ip in Singapore rushed V. their office windows thin in* to see Scotsmen, ami Ct, S The Tee “o“the* town!' I. irtrt ihe Pin;;' -d an assomatmn A had no,;;;;, do »dth u f ,hff R
      u n« velty.—Straits Times, Nov. 2U.  -  106 words
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      THE CHAPLAINCY.
      197 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 20. On another page will be found a statenient which has been published by the Bishop ot Singapore regarding the unhappy difference of opinion on the mutter of the chaplaincy of St. Andrew’s Cathedral. The Bishop’s comment that it is “a distressing state of affairs”
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      MAYORS AND MATRIMONY.
      198 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 21*. It surely cannot bo part and parcel of the duties of a Mayor in England to find husbands for all the young ladies wh< need them Yet at least tw’o English Mayors have, recently, taken it upon themselves to act as matrimonial agents
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      CHICAGO AGAIN.
      240 5 me com mm r Vnu Ascribed as smut.— Straits Tunes. Nov. 29. Lady Drummond Hay contributes to World’s Press News a protest against the action of four American professors who have “edited” the Bible, including in their version “scare” headlines, jazzed verses and operette. According to an advance
      me com mm ■■ ,r. Vnu Ascribed as smut.—Straits Tunes. Nov. 29.  -  240 words
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      MR. MONTAGU NORMAN.
      232 5 —Straits Times, Dee. 1. Apparently the “mystery” over the movements of Mr. Montagu, the Governor of the Bank of England, oxistt onlv in the mind of an excitable c-orroH-nondent. The first message sent by Reuter was highly promising-the bankei leaving Southampton on board the Bremen; the urgent
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      THE BOXING M.P.
      254 5 —Straits Times, I)*•**. 1. The Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, who at the age of 27 finds himself a Member of Parliament as a result of the Kast Renfrewshire by-election, has been well in the public eye for several years on account of his ability as a
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      EAST RENFREWSHIRE.
      401 5 Straits Times, Dec. 1. While it would, perhaps, he unwise to place too much reliance upon the result of the Kast Renfrewshire by-election as an indication of the trend of political opinion on the Clyde, there can he no douht that it has done much to shatter the
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      CEYLON’S NEW GOVERNOR.
      461 5 —Straits Times, Dec. 2. “The greatest transport officer since Noah was a description once applied t« Ceylon’s new Governor, Sir Graeme Thomson, who, during the two and n half years ho was in the Premier Crown Colony as Colonial Secretary, was never for ;i moment allowed to
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      WHAT ! NO CHRISTMAS TIFFIN !
      275 6 WHAT NO CHRISTMAS TIFFIN Straits Times, Dec. 2. Times change and landmarks pass away. For more years than the oldest inhabitant can remember it has been the custom for the members of the Singapore Swimming Club to assemble at the club for their Christmas Day tiffin. It was the occasion
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      INDIA AND BURMA.
      169 6 INDIA AND BURMA Burma as distinct from India.— Straits Times, Dec. 3. At least one matter on which there seems to be general agreement at the Indian Hound-Table Conference is that of the separation of Burma from India. The Burmese delegate made it quite obvious that public opinion in the
      Burma as distinct from India.— Straits Times, Dec. 3.  -  169 words
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      ARE YOU NERVOUS ?
      293 6 ARE YOU NERVOUS it below the averape level.—Straits Times Dec. ‘1 It is not often that Singapore has the opportunity of listening to lectures on practical psychology such as those being delivered this week by I)r. P. Fennelly, LL.I). at the Victoria Memorial Hall Monday’s subject, Nerve Control,” had its
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      GERMANY AND CHINA.
      296 6 GERMANY AND CHINA Straits Times, Dec. 3. The announcement contained in a Sin Kuo Min cable published today that Mukden has allocated $8,000,000 in connection with the scheme for the inauguration of u regular air mail and passenger service between Berlin and C hina, and intends to start work on
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    93 6 Returned Banishees Get Life Sentence. The Singapore assizes, the last for this year, opened on Tuesday before Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley. The list includes one murder case in which the accused are two Tamils, a chargz of causing death by a rash act and a counterfeiting
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    LENGTHY LITIGATION.
    94 6 Singapore and Penang Counsel In Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 1. Judgment was reserved in the Supreme Court here today in a case concerning the will of Kapitan Chung Ah Quee, a millionaire miner of Perak who died in 1901, about whose will there has been
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    DISPUTED VALUE OF STAMPS.
    1078 6 Misrepresentation Alleged EFFORTS TO DISSOLVE A PARTNERSHIP. case of interest to philatelists was started before Mr. Justice Mudie in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, when Sayenna Soona Mohamed Ibrahim and Sayenna Soona Mohamed Abdullah applied for the dissolution of their partnership with Savenna Savna Abdul Rahiman
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    $250,000 BUILDING.
    249 6 Imposing Structure Added To Penang Convent. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 1. Mr. F. W. F. Gilman, the Resident Councillor, this evening opened the new Convent building which has been put up at a cost of $250,000. The new building, which stands on the right of the
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    CAR HITS SIX WOMEN.
    101 6 One Killed and Two Get Broken Bones. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 1. An employee of the Perak River Hydro Electric Co., Ltd., E. Blackshaw, was charged in the police court here today with rash and negligent driving at 5 a.m. on Sunday on the
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    AMALGAMATION.
    39 6 (From Our Owm Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. At an extraordinary meeting of the Padang Plandok company proposals were passed for amalgamation with the Ay r Weng company. A meeting to confirm this decision "'ill be held on Dec. 17.
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    THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    823 7 Orders of the Day. INoriKY INTO CATTLE TRADE WANTED. ,.u is given the Orders of the Day f, r. Legislative Council meeting to be I (t Singapore on Dec. 8. jl, [.mi Cheng Kan will ask Government bo pleased to give comparative showing (l tie numlt*r of
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    LEAGUE AND INDIA.
    137 7 Study of Economic Questions. Rugby. Pec. 2. A League of Nations communique announces that the Government of India has invited Sir Arthur Salter, the director of the economic and financial section ot the lieague of Nations Secretariat to visit The Government's letter to the Secie-tary-General states that
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    THEFT OF LATEX.
    76 7 Husband and Wife Go To Prison. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Malacca, Nov. 2”>. Two Tamil estate coolies, a man and wife, were each sentenced to four months rigorous imprisonment here, the woman for stealing latex and the husband for abetting. It was asked that the two accused
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    PASSENGERS.
    1452 7 /lh„ following passengers sailed from Singapore on Saturday. Mr. I. II. C. Godfrey, Mr. II. M. Cook, Mr. J. R. oote, apt. F. Maddox, Mr. J. Birtley, Mr. K. A H. Kills, Mr. and Mis. A. M. Hunter, Mr. R. M. Williams, Major and Mrs. T. W. Heaton, Dr.
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    BODY FOUND ON BEACH.
    5053 8 European’s Death At Changi. Mr. D. V. GIBSON. Evidence at Inquest In Singapore. Unusual interest is being evinced in the inquiry which began before Mr. VLisamer, the acting Singapore Coroner, on Monday into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Douglas incent Gibscn, a well-known European
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    EUROPEAN ARRESTED.
    97 9 Sequel to Bankruptcy Proceedings. Aiisung out of a recent petition before 'he Singapore Bankruptcy ouit, a European named B. Zerncr, has been .vested on a warrant by the Singapore Detective Branch. Zerncr was produced before Mr. G. L. Clayton, the Singapore Second I once Magistrate, on Tuesday and
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    BURMA’S REQUEST FOR SEPARATION.
    1080 9 ,—Reuter. man bus not yet been chosen. British Wireless. Conference Discussion. NO NEED FOR FURTHER DELAY. Rugby, Dec. 1. The Round-Table Conference today decided that a special committee should be set up to consider the nature of the conditions which w’ould enable Burma to be separated
    ,—Reuter.; man bus not yet been chosen. British Wireless.  -  1,080 words
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    TANGLIN’S BATHING BEAUTIES.
    332 9 Scenes at the Opening Of Club Pool. Singapore’s fashionable residential quarter had another amenity added on Sunday by the opening of the swimming pool at the Tanglin Club. A large crowd witnessed the opening ceremony, the success of which was enhanced by the brilliant morning sunshine. The
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    JELAI CONCESSION CASE BEGINS.
    5641 10 Mr. Stevens Admitted to Ihe F.M.S. Bar. LEASE DISPUTE. REASONS FOR ALLEGED CANCELLATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dee-1. j The prolonged litigation over the Jehu Concession, which kus occupied the courts m the F.M.S. for some time, more particularly during the past 18 months,
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    16 EXTRA CHARGES.
    119 11 Former Treasurer’s Bail Increased to $10,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 27. A further postponement ha*, been granted in the ease in which Wong Wai Lam. the former treasurer of the Malayan Teachers’ Co-operative Society, standi charged with criminal breach of trust of $4,600, the property
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    CASE AGAINST W. B. PENMAN.
    704 11 Bail Increased in Police Court. NEW DEVELOPMENT. $400,000 Said to Be Involved. Allegations that recent inquiries into the case against William Brown Penman of Hose, Macphail and Penman, Ltd., share-brokers, have shown defalcations amounting to nearly $400,000, were mad.* before Mr. G. E. Clayton, the
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    MUNICIPAL AGENTS.
    3650 12 Allegations Repudiated By President. LYING SUGGESTION.” Inquiries Into Cost Of Electricity. At a ntceting of fl.e Municipal Com-mit-rioners on Friday President (Mr. R. J. Farrer), who was presiding, made a long statement repudiating allegations against the executive officers’ dealings with the Home Agents. He also replied to Mr.
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    AMBULANCE WORK.
    380 13 St.John Association Centre For Singapore. A: -.ust of Sir Cecil dementi, ai it great interest in the work, a f e.iv ur i- heir.: tra e t> form, a the St. John Ambulance Associa- Singapore. > Cation has its centres and the 1 ..lie as its units in
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    65 13 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Lon* epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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    FLIES.
    232 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sh, At lanjong Katong there are numerous flies. I think this is the result of open drains. There are no anti-mala-ria drains as at Serangoon. At Serangoon there are tine anti-malaria drains and no flies.—Yours, etc., c XT KEY. Singapore, Nov. 26.
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    THE AERODROME.
    132 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —l have read Sir G. Salmond’s views regarding the proposed aerodrome in the Kallang district, and I quite agree with them—in a few years the district will be thickly populated and an aerodrome would cause a lot of nuisance to
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    SORRY!
    129 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your issue dated Nov. 2ii, I was amazed to'read, in the aiticle on the road to Cameron’s Highlands, that road surface metalled and rolled equal- -00.000 square miles.” Surely you mean square •ards A quarter of a million square miles
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    FILM CENSORSHIP.
    298 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Many films have been .totally spoiled for Singapore by excessi s'.ship, such putuves '".‘.'“JSadwJyV Broadway Melod > n B in other which were record-bi.j-.cis in ,daces. As regards the him i L-'nrr M if j < indeed fortunate to all
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    THE KENNEL CLUB.
    184 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Referring to the correspondence which has appeared in your valuabb paper recently, the Kennel Club annua! general meeting will be held during th* month of January. It may interest your readers and members of the Kennel Club to know that
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    NOT IN FAVOUR OF REPEAL.
    340 13 F.M.S. Government And Health Boards. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20. Throughout the campaign which has been and is still being conducted in the F.M.S. for the repeal of the Health Boards Enactment. Government has maintained silence as to how far it has
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. ’H. SUTCLIFFE.
    525 13 Loss to Rubber Research Institute. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kffala 1 .umpur, Nov. 27. Much regret was felt in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening when it became known that Mr. Herbert Sutcliffe, pathologist of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, had died a short illness,
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    AIR TRAVEL.
    152 13 Quick Trip to Batu I > ahat And Back. An example of the threat advantage to he obtained by air travel is provided by Mr. K. Rhodes, a member of the legal firm of Drew and Napier and an assistant instructor of the Singapore Flying Club. Mr. Rhodes
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    44 13 Donation of $5,000 from S.S. Government. The European Unemployment Commit- ♦(•<• acknowledges a donation ot $5,00i* i'nun the Straits Settlements Government, and also $250 from the Hon. Mr. T. V*. Clayton and $25 from tin* Hantau < lub. he total now received is $12,100.
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    THE LITERARY PAGE —NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    5502 14 A Doctor’s Autobiography—A Book whose Title Is a Misnomer —Strength and Beauty and Grimness and Tenderness Something to Entertain Everybody —No False Modesty. An Eventful Life. The Story of San Michele. IJy Axel Munthe. John Murray. His. TT is hopeless to try art] keep
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    “GRAND OLD MAN” OF CEYLON.
    685 15 Death Ends Fifty Years Of Politics. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 2(5. The Pinang Gazette's Colombo correspondent cables the news of the death of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan. By the death of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan C.M.G., K.C., Ceylon has lost one of its most distinguished
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    CURTAILING TIN PRODUCTION.
    224 16 Restriction of Output Suggestion. OFFICIAL VIEW. Necessity for Worldwide Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 27. It is understood here that a private meeting was he d in Kuala Lumpur to consider the present position of the tin mining industry. Tho3e who attended included ILK. the
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    OCTOBER FIGURES.
    664 16 Lowest Level for Twenty-eight Years. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 27. During October the price of tin receded to the lowest level it has touched during the last 28 years, states the October issue of the monthly bulletin of statistics relating to the mining industry, compiled
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    MAN’S 40 FEET FALL.
    57 16 Now in Hospital with Broken Back. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 28. V. hi!e working on a building being put up at Misjid Tanah, a Chinese slipped and fell 40 feet to the ground, landing on a heap of timber and stone. The man is
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    RIGHTS OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS.
    1662 21 Vdelphi Hotel Case. MK WILLIES’ APPEAL COURT CLAIM. sported on Nov. 2G. Mr. H. H. appeal against Mr. Justice V decision awarding him only lil'noo' of the $22,000 which he claimed he Adel phi Hotel failed except or. .Vqiiestiun of in’ercst on the $11,000. He tllowel
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    “ DISTRESSING STATE OF AFFAIRS.”
    444 21 DISTRESSING STATE OF AFFAIRS.” St. Andrew’s Cathedral. BISHOP OF SINGAPORE’S ANNOUNCEMENT. Writing in the current issue of the Singapore Diocesan Magazine, the Bishop of Singapore refers to the controversy which has arisen regarding the appointment of the Chaplain of St. Andrew's cathedral. It will Ik* recalled that there has been
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    SUIT AGAINST FILM CO.
    133 21 Mr. L. Faulkner Willis’s Appeal Dismissed. The appeal of Mr. I.. Faulkner Willis against the judgment of Mr. Justice Sprotik* dismissing Mr. Willis’s claim for damages from the Famous Lanky Film Service, Ltd., for alleged wrongful imprisonment was argued on Nov. 27 before I.e Chief Justice,
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    PLANTER STABBED.
    43 21 European Attacked )ly oolies. (From < »tii Own Corn*.-poii'leut.) Malacca. Nov. 2 7. A i uMmt planter rano-d Hamilton. Sagil tatc, was attacked yesterdav IMalayulam < He was stubbed -everal time- in t neck and hack. IK- is now in Duma Paun hospital.
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    ST. ANDREW’S NIGHT CELEBRATIONS.
    1526 22 Successful Gathering. HOBBY BURNS’ REMEDY FOR SLUMP. The St. Andrew’s Society annual dinner and dance i < always looked forward to as one of the jolliest events of the year, and Friday’s function at the* Europe Hotel was no exception to the general jule. Although, as
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    SINGAPORE’S HEALTH.
    153 22 The Singapore municipal health statement for the week ended Nov. 22. gives the total number of deaths as male 146, ind female 83. This represents a death rate of 24.01 per mille, per annum, compared with 29.47 in the preceding week and 28.51 in the corresponding week of
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    JUDGE’S SCATHING REMARKS.
    1366 22 “Criminal Roguery.” FINDINGS IN MORTGAGE DISPUTE. Tlu* case in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson, of Pana Abdul Kader Marican vs. the Malayan Planters’ Provident Fund Board, yvas coneluded on Nov. 27 yvhen his Lordship delivered a long written judgment, and found in favour of
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    SINGAPORE S.P.C.A.
    238 22 Recent Action Taken By Committee. The following minutes of a meeting of the committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Singapore have been issued: The sub-committee reported that they had inspected the lethal chamber at work and they expressed themselves as satisfied that the
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      252 KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE.
      579 23 —Reuter. Latest Figures of Japanese Disaster. GREAT DAMAGE. Difficulties of Rescue Work. Tokio, Nov. 27. Th. latest figures of casualties as a re0| the earthquake in the Izu Penin--u!a a) e 252 dead and 143 injured. There vert 1.55o buildings destroyed and 4,637 pa r *.iallv
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      PRESIDENT CHIANG AS MATCHMAKER.
      96 23 hiang Kai-shek tomorrow.—Sin Kuo Min. T. V. Soong’s Brother And Young Marshal’s Sister. Shanghai, Dec. 1. Pie-blent hiang Kai-shek is proceeding to Nanking tonight, and it is re-f-oi ted that he has been endeavouring, rule at Shanghai, to arrange a marriage betvceeri Mr. Soong Tse-liang, a
      ' hiang Kai-shek tomorrow.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  96 words
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      NOT A MYSTERY.
      208 23 Reuter. Mr. M. Norman Returns To London. London, Nov. 30. According to Sir Josiah Stamp, the “mystery of Mr. Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, who was reported to be missing, is merely a mare’s nest. He says Mr. Norman went to Cherbourg because
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      TURNERS TO RETURN.
      94 23 English Buyers in The New York Market. New York. Nov. 29. Unnamed English collectors retrieved two Turner landscapes here yesterday. They paid $85,000 for “Venice, the Guidecea” and $23,000 for “St. Michael’s Mount.” Rembrandt’s Rabbi in a wi le cap sold for $75,000 Reynolds’ Portrait of Lady
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      OVERSEAS CHINESE.
      96 23 unemployed tninese si Kuo in British Colonies is meant).-bin ku Min. Canton and the Returning Unemployed. Hong Kong, Nov. 27. The Canton Provincial Kuomintang Party headquarters have discussed the question of helping returned o%ersea Chinese unemployed. It was urged that, as far as possi they should be employed
      unemployed tninese . * si Kuo in British Colonies is meant).-bin ku Min.  -  96 words
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      MORE DISORDERS IN BOMBAY.
      61 23 Sixty-five Injured in Police Charges. Bombay, Nov. 30. Sixty-five people were injured and 35 lad to be detained in hospital as a result of disorders here. Demonstrations followed the ceremony of saluting the “national flag,” and a section of the crowd stoned the Esplanade police station.
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      CALCUTTA OUTRAGES.
      133 23 —Reuter. Heavy Sentences on Bomb Makers. Calcutta, Nov. 27. Heavy sentences have been passed on nine accused convicted under the Conspiracy, Explosive Substances and Arms Acts. Three doctors, Narayan Chandra Roy, Bhupal and Bose, were each sentenced to 20 years’ transportation, 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment and three years’
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      FLYING BOAT ABLAZE.
      92 23 Iieuter. Left Wing Completely Destroyed. Lisbon, Nov. 29. Fire broke out in the giant German flying boat Do.X and was only extinguished after the left wing had been completely destroyed. The fire was due to a spark flying from the auxiliary engine for re-charging the batteries. The
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      KELLOGG PACT.
      128 23 —Heuter. Appeal for Provisions to He Strengthened. Washington, Nov. 20. petition signed by hundreds of prominent Americans— including leaders of industry and finance, famous soldiers university presidents and bishops from all States in* the Union—has been forwarded to President Hoover urging the United States Government to take steps
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      GERMAN SHIP ON FIRE.
      83 23 —Reuter. British Aid in Response To S.O.S. New York, Nov. 30. The captain and the wireless operator t! 1 ing to their posts on a blazing ship whilclTho n';t of the crew ha,I taken to he boats was the position <m the Norddcutscher Lloyd cargo jteamu
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      EAST RENFREWSHIRE BY-ELECTION.
      260 23 Marquis Wins. INCREASED MAJORITY FOR CONSERVATIVES. London, Nov. 29. The by-election in the Eastern Division of Renfrewshire, caused by the death of the Right Hon. A. M. McRobert, K.C., resulted as follows The Marquis of Douglas and t'lydesdale (Cons.) 111,753. T. Irwin (l.ab.) 12,2D.3. Brown (Scottish Nat.
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      CHINA’S LOANS.
      121 23 Reuter. Reorganisation Committee Appointed. Nanking, Nov. 28. The National Executive Council ha?» officially appointed the following to form a Commission for the reorganisation of China’s domestic and foreign loans The noted jurist. Dr. Wang Chung-hui, the chairman of the Judicial Yuan (chairman) Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang; the Foreign Minister,
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      NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
      100 23 Keuter. British Wireless, Admiral Waistell to Succeed Sir Roger Keyes. London, Dec. I. The King has approved the appointment of Admiral A. K. Waistell as com-mander-in-chief sit Portsmouth in succeshoji to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes on Aug. :>, *****.- Reuter. Rugby, Dec. 1. Rear-Admiral W. Tomkinson has been
      Keuter.; British Wireless,  -  100 words
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      CHARGES AGAINST BRITAIN.
      420 24 —Reuter. Allegations in Moscow Trial. COMMONS QUESTIONS. Suggestion of Official Protest. London. Nov. 20. Anti-British allegations in the Moscow conspiracy trial were called attention to in the House of (’omnums at question time. Sir Renr.ell Rodd (C, St. Marylebone) and Major-General Sir Alfred Knox (t Wycombe) asked
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      HISTORICAL RELICS.
      59 24 .—Reuter. Discoveries Near Ancient Shantung City. Tsinan, Nov. 29. Sixty cases of historical relics, consi dered to be of high archaeological interest, have been unearthed, as a result of excavations near the ancient Shantung city of Pingning, 25 miles from here. The discovery was made by an expedi
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      BREMEN ELECTION.
      65 24 Router. Bin: Bains for National Socialists. Berlin, Dec. 1. The National Socialists (or Nazis) obtained 32 seats in the election of the Diet for the Free State of Bremen, compared with two formerly. The Communists gained two seats, and are now 12. All the other parties lost seats.
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      U.S. UNEMPLOYED TO BE HELPED.
      77 24 Reuter. Big Programme of Work Planned. New York, Dec. 1. A 44 prosperity loan” of G.$ 1,000,000.009 to ameliorate the existing economic troubles has been planned by an emergency committee, including numerous bankers and business men. The committee will ask Congress, which reassembles today, to
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      POSITION IN INDIA.
      208 24 ’—British Wireless. Reuter. Continued Improvement Recorded. Rugby, Dec. 1. I In the weekly appreciation of the situation the Government of India records a continuance of the improvement th’.oughout the country. The Round-Table Conference proceedings are continuing to attract great attention, and the developments so far are generally
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      TEAR GAS BOMBS.
      197 24 Router. Serious Communist Riot In Washington. Washington, Dec. 1. On the occasion of the opening of the final session of Congress, in order to pass the 1931 Appropriation Bills for the support of the Government and to provide j relief for the economic ills of the Unix!
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      BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
      112 24 .—Reuter. Mr. Henderson on Unfounded Reflections. London, Dec. 1. Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, questioned in the House of Commons about the anti-British allegations contained in the indictment in the conspiracy trial at Moscow, agreed that certain passages appeared to reflect adversely and unreasonably upon the
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      THE OUSTRIC BANK INQUIRY.
      391 24 —Reuter. Charges of Embezzlement Of £10,000,000. Paris. Nov. 29. The arrest of Albert Oustric. a direct,).’ ,f the Oustric Bank, on charges of fraud i and embezzlement totalling £10,000,000, i is a sequel to a judicial inquiry, opened I in 1927, into the activities of a
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      COLOGNE OUTRAGE.
      73 24 —Renter. Communists Fire On National Socialists. Cologne, Nov. 28. A number of National Socialists who were marching across the Hohenzollern Bridge were fired upon by Communists, who were ambushed behind the pillars and railings of the bridge. Four National Socialists were badly wounded. A hand to hand fight
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      BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
      93 24 —British Wireless. Substantial Progress Made By Debts Committee. Rugby, Nov. 28. A communique regarding the AngloSoviet debts and claims committee, which held its seventh meeting yesterday, states that regarding the allocation of claims and counter-claims among various subcommittees, substantial progress has been made, and there are now
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      DISORDER IN TOKIO.
      47 24 .—Reuter. Nineteen Injured in Fight With Strikers. Tokio, Nov. 29. Nineteen people were seriously injured in a clash between strikers and guards employed by the Takasaki Millboard Co. Both sides used swords, revolvers and sticks. The police intervened and are now guarding the premises.—Reuter.
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      AIR MAILS TO FAR EAST.
      193 24 .—Reuter. Holding l T p Development ATTITUDE OF INDI\\ GOVERNMENT. London. Nov. 27 In the House of Commons Mr. c Mander (Lab., Wolverhampton. asked for information regarding tie establishment of an air mail service fniEngland to the Far East and whethethe Government of India was
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      SIR HERBERT STANLEY
      129 24 British Wireless. Reason for Appointment In S. Africa. Rugby. Nov. 27 Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Secretary for Dominions Affairs, stated in the House of Commons that Sir Herbert Stanle> would take up his new appointment a j High Commissioner in South Africa next April. The object
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      DISORDERS IN HOLLAND
      97 24 Ileuter. Police Seriously Injured By Demonstrators. Amsterdam. Nov. 27. A number of unemployed, armed with stones, gathered outside the town hall at Haarlem, where the Council was considering a Communist proposal to grant unemployment relief. The police dispersed the crowd wit! rubber truncheons. More dangerous disorders occurred
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      CHINA’S DEBTS.
      76 24 —Reuter. Question of Position of British Creditors. London, Nov. 2fi. In the House of Commons Mr. Arthut Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, assure a questioner that all British creditors won* being fully considered in the discussionin Nanking with the Chinese Government His Majesty’s Minister made it cleat that any
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      COMMERCE CONVENTION.
      47 24 ,—Reuter. Date for Ratification Extended. Geneva, Nov. ‘Jo. A plenary sitting of the Econon.i Conference today resolved to extend th•• date for ratifications of the Com men a Convention, concluded in March ia until Jan. 2.", 1931. Fight notions, all European, have so fa ratified.—Reuter.
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      COMMUNIST MENACE IN CHINA.
      948 25 —Reuter. Reuter. Changteh Captured. THREAT to foreign missionaries. Peking, Nov. 26. ...\postolic Delegation and the Italian in j u ,ve both received confirmation murder of Bishop Soggiu, Father and Father Luciano at Hingan in ..,j. Slu-nsi. The Italian Legation state? hat atrocious crime was perpetrat- lV
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      THE PRESS IN CHINA.
      136 25 —Reuter. New Laws Adopted By The Legislative Yuan. Nanking. Nov. 29. The Legislative Yuan has adopted th new* Pres.; lr.*vs. comprising 44 articles in which it is laid down inter alia that newspapers and other periodicals will no f be allowed to publish articles, etc., attacking
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      CHINA’S CLAIMS.
      106 25 .—Reuter. Criticism of British Draft Proposals. Replying to questions relating to extraterritoriality in China Mr. Henderson said tfce Chinese Foreign Minister, conversing with the British Minister on Nov. 20. frolic s* me criticisms of the British dratt proposals. Mr. Henderson understood that counter proposals were likely to be
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      WOMEN AS PILOTS.
      56 25 —Reuter. Another Record for Flight Across America. Bur! an’-:, Calif irnia, Dec. 2. Mi--; Ruth Nicholas, of Rye, New* u bv 8 hours 41 minutes the worm n s trans-continental fly?j*t recor’ hitherto he’d by Mr;. Keith Miller. Miss Nicholas landed here ftom Nc York after a
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      CHINA’S TARIFFS.
      154 25 ,—Keutor. New Rate; Higher Than At First Proposed. Nanking, Nov. 27. I he new tariff schedule r as passed it; third reading at a meeting of the finance i ,minitt(*e ot the Legislative Yuan and will be brought up at the general session <>t that yuan on Saturday
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      MOSCOW CONFERENCE.
      280 25 ’—Router. Mr. Moh Teh-hui’s Reply To M. Karakhan. Nanking. Nov. 29. Replying to M. Karakhan's note Mr Moh Teh-hui, the leader of the Chinese delegation to the Moscow Conference states Careful perusal reveals that what you have said therein is due to a misunderstanding and, in most cases,
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      MANCHURIA.
      90 25 Router. Understanding With Regard To Revenues. Shanghai, Nov. 27. A North China Daily News message from Nanking states that the Minister of Finance, Mr. T. V. Soong, has arrived at a complete understanding with Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang regarding the control of the Manchurian revenues. In addition arrangements regarding thi
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      $2,250,000. Drugs Go Up in Flames Near Shanghai.
      100 25 Kcuter. Shanghai, Nov. 20. Accompanied by a heavily armed guard for fear of thieves, customs officials early this morning transported across the river 603 pounds of heroin and 62.» pounds ol morphine recently seized on the steamer Col di Lana, and Cracovia
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      “ BETTER ORGANISED THAN WE IMAGINED.”
      166 25 BETTER ORGANISED THAN WE IMAGINED.” Communist Activity In U.S.A. Washington, Nov. 30. Mr. Hamilton fcish, the chairman of the Special Committee of the House of Representatives which is investigating Communist activities in the United States, rays The Communists are far more extensive, more pernicious and better organised than 1 had
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      MORE BABIES.
      161 25 —IU* liter. Rise of 70,000 in Population Of England in 3 Months. London, Dec. 1. More babies, fewer deaths and tho lowest infantile mortality ever recorded are the factors responsible for a 70,000 Increase in the population of England anil Wales. These facts form the chief feature of
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      GERMANY & ROLAND.
      236 25 GERMANY ROLAND. Reuter. Complaints of Terrorism Repeated. Berlin, Nov. 27. (J: vc nti'.er.t ha; decided to bring up ihe <|U stion of t h alleged terrorism .*'gain*-t the German minority in Poland ,t the meeting of the J eague of Nations Ciiurn :l m January next. Diplomatic* action is also
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      NOBEL PEACE PRIZES.
      57 25 Router. Archbishop of Upsala A Recipient. Oslo, Nov. 27. The f< rmor .Secretary of Slate to the United Staffs Government, Mr. I 1 'rank Hillings Kellogg, has been award'd the Si I>el IViii'i 1 Prize lor 19L9. The |'i i/. for 1930 has been v.tided t >
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      DISARMAMENT PROGRESS.
      1118 26 Reuter. —British Wireless. Mr. Henderson’s Views. TRIBUTE TO WORK OF LORI) CECIL. Geneva, Nov. 26 The Disarmament Committee has adopted the article of the Draft Convention providing for the establishment at Gtrc\a of a Permanent Disarmament Commission for the purpose of seeing the Convention carried out. The members
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      HAGUE COURT.
      126 26 Reuter. Stir in U.S. Political Circles. Washington, Nov. 29. A decided stir has been caused in political circles by the decision of President Hoover to submit to the next session of Congress the protocol for American adherence to the Hague Couit. The opinion is expressed that this will
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      LARGEST GRAVING DOCK.
      93 26 —British Wireless. To Accommodate New Cunard Liner. Rugby, Nov. 29. The largest graving dock in the world is to he constructed .at Southampton by the Southern Railway Co. to provide dry docking accommodation for the huge new vessel which the Cunard company is to construct. It will
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      N.E.I. TRADE FIGURES.
      56 26 Big Drop in Imports And Exports Batavia, Nov. 29. Imports into the whole of the Netherlands East Indies for the period JanuaryOctober of this year inclusive showed a decrease of 181,000,000 guilders compared with the fame period of 1929. Exports for the same months and compared jvith
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      ATLANTIC AIR MAIL.
      317 26 —Reuter. Definite Step Taken By United States. Washington, Nov. 29. A definite step towards the inauguration of a trans-Atlantic air mail service was taken today by the Post Office Department. Bids will be opened at noon on Dec. 29 in the office of Mr. W. I. Glover,
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      WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
      89 26 makes a declaration of alienage.—British Wireless. Retaining Nationality On Marrying Alien. Rugby, Nov. 28. In the House of Commons this morning Dr. Ethel Bentham (Lab., Islington, E.) moved the second reading of the Nationality of Women Bill, the object of which is to restore to British woman the
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      DRUGS SEIZED.
      104 26 Reuter. Intended for Shipment To United States. Geneva, Nov. 28. The Commissioner of Customs, Shanghai, has informed the Secretary-General of the League of Nations that the large quantities of dangerous drugs aboard the Italian steamer Cracovia—drugs the seizure of which was effected as a result of information supplied
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      THE P. AND O. REPORT.
      122 26 —Router. General Outlook Anything But Satisfactory. London, Dec. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Company report for the year ended Sept. 30, 1930, shows, including £120,000 brought f rward from last year, a credit balance of £860,000, as compared with £043,000 last year. A
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      COAL STOPPAGE IN SCOTLAND.
      130 26 80,000 Scottish miners.—British Wireless. Eighty Thousand Miner. Affected. London, Dec. 2 The Scottish miners’ conference i Glasgow- decided to continue the stoppage Ayrshire, where most of the pits are working, is an exception to the genera! stoppage. The council of the Northumberland Miners’ Association in Newcastle,
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      NEW DEVELOPMENT.
      90 26 Reuter. “Scotland Cannot be Left Alone.” London, Dec. 3. A serious development in the coal crisis occurred last night. Mr. A. J. Cook, the secretary of the Miners’ Federation, stated that the position in Scotland would compel the rest of the districts to face up to the whole
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      SAIGON-PARIS FLIGHT.
      123 26 —Reuter. Governor of Indo-China A Passenger in Plane. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Dec. 2. M. Pierre Pasquier, Governor-Genera of French Indo-China, arrived at Dor Muang aerodrome from Saigon yesterday in the aeroplane piloted by Captain Goulette and M. Lalouette which they recently flew from Paris to Saigon.
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      MRS. KEITH MILLER SAFE.
      136 26 —Reuter. Forced Landing on Lonely Island. Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 1. Mrs. Keith Miller is safe. It is learned that during a gale on Friday she had to make a forced landing on the small lonely island of Andros, in the Bahamas group.—Reuter. A previous message stated
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      TRADE RECOVERY.
      83 26 —Route Optimistic View of China’s Prospects. London, Nov. 28lhe Daily Express, in a article on “China’s Lead to Trade recovery," says the world of trade, parti* culaily British trade, has every right t rejoice that China is slowly emerge--from chaos to stability. It points out that order is
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      LABOUR’S “LACK OF VISION.”
      1180 27 ,—British Wireless. —Reuter. Imperial Opportunities. sNOVVDEN ON FOOD i!- taxes. London, Nov. 28. T Rouse of Commons rejected the ,tive vote of censure by 299 to fivrser'** 11 tion condemned the Government "failure to formulate any effective il K> >..‘for the extension of Empire f, r
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      APPEAL FOR PARDON.
      85 27 E outer. Sacco-Vanzctti Affair Suggested. San Francisco, Lteo. 1. What is regarded in labour circles in \he United States as another Sarco-Van-zetti affair is the case in which Waircn K. Billings, imprisoned in 1918 for sedition, along with a man named Mooney, will come up before the
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      SHIP SAVED.
      51 27 Reuter. Fir* at Sea Extinguished By Crew. San Francisco, Dec. 1. There has been a happy ending to the fire on the Norddeutscher Lloyd cargo steamer Ludwigshafen. The crew subsequently returned and controlled tht fire, and the ship was able to proceed to Cape Mala under her own
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      FRENCH WAR LOAN.
      56 27 British Wireless. Claims of British Investors Considered. Rugby, Doe. 2. Asked in the House of Commons whether l-e proposed to refer- to the World nr I'hAebim* of British rnvestors in the ijV nrh war- loan, the (hnnccllor of hr U oi- Mr. Snowden, stated that thr question
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      SUGAR RESTRICTION.
      251 27 Reuter. —Reuter. Negotiations with The Hutch Indies. A m -U rduin, N<*v. 2'.'. 1 he r.’i jnhers of the DuUh-Inuian Sugar Product rs’ Association welcomed Mr. Chadbourno, the author of the plan to stabilise the Cuban sugar industry, on hi i arrival to participate in the sugar negotiations
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      SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
      186 27 British Wireless Question of Altering The Conditions. Rugby, Nov. 27. In the House of Commons, Mr. F. Montague, the Under-Secretary for Air, %va asked regarding next year’s Schneidei Trophy race whether the conditions attaching to the Super-marine S«» anti Napier seaplanes could be removed t allow F.oya! Air
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      ARGENTINA.
      84 27 —Reuter. Government Faces Tremendous Deficit. New York, Nov. 27. The Associated Press correspondent at Buenos Aires says that Argentina will be faced with a tremendous deficit of Pesos 15,000,000 at the end of the financial vear. The Ministry of Finance has decoded hat it will be necessary to dismiss
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      GERMAN FINANCES.
      99 27 Reuter. Decree Signed Making New Bills Law. Berlin, Dec. 2. Following a report from the Chancellor lion* Brucning, that it was unlikely that i» a liamcnl would pass the* money hi IN ’■omectcd with the Government’s economic financial plan to deal with the present ‘ratio depression, President von
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      RELATIONS WITH THE DOMINIONS.
      359 27 Reuter. Important Change. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA. London, Dec. 2. Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs succeeds Lord Stonehaven as Governor-General of Australia. Sir Isaac Isaacs’ appointment marks an important constitutional change in the relations between Great Britain and the Dominions. It is the first practical result of the
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      GOLD SUPPLY.
      124 27 Reuter. High Price on London Market. Londiii, Dec. 3. a, .j, ,.r r a }'< r the *monctisati< n of ;;t a price fix* at about 2s. an ounce v. a ’iiiiidc* ly Lord Bradboumo, mi i.lii jr the annual meeting in London <f the (’or.: olidutcd Goldfields
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      SIR GRAEME THOMSON
      47 27 Router. Appointed Governor Of Ceylon. London, Dec. 1. Sir Graeme Thomson, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., has been appointed Governor of Ceylon in succession to Sir Herbert Stanley, whose nomination as the first High Commissioner of Great Britain in South Africa was announced a few days ago.
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      BRITISH AEROPLANES.
      99 27 British Wireless. Used by 21 Air Forces Abroad. Rugby, Den. 2. The Times’ aeronautical conesp ndent, commenting on the steady growth during the last five years of British trade in the manufacture of military aeroplane state that machines constructed in (Irca* Bri tain are now in use by
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      TRADE POSITION IN U.S.A.
      571 28 Reuter. President’s Optimistic Address. BUDGET DEFICIT. Measures to ’Increase Employment. Washington, Dec. 2. The trade depression is reflected in President Hoover’s annual message to Congress which announces a Budget deficit of $180,000,000, as contrasted with an estimated surplus of $123,000,000. Nevertheless the fundamental security of the
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      CUSTOMS DUTIES.
      34 28 Ilcuter. Brussels, Dec. 2. 1 h«* Minister of Agriculture has introduced a Hill increasing the Customs duty on sugar by 20 francs per hundred kilos and abolishing the excise duties on sugar.
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      CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
      1004 28 —Reuter. per ton for the next three years.—British Wireless. London, Nov. 27. The price of the Daily Tolcgroph is being reduced from twopence to one penny a- from Dec. 1. —Reuter. Rome, Nov. 29. The Chamber of Deputies lias decided on a 12 per cent, reduction
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      PEASANTS REVOLT.
      231 28 .—Reuter. “Red” Artillery Bombard Villages. Berlin. Dec. 1. Strong military activity on the part of Soviet troops is reported from the Latvian frontier. The whole district of Bigosovo is retorted to be swarming with Red troops. Rifie-fire continues uninterruptedly and many soldiers have been wounded. Risings of peasants
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      DEATH OF LABOUR M.P.
      39 28 i. V>. nuKev British Wireless. By-Election at East Bristol. Rugby, Dec. 2. A Parliamentary by-election in Bristol Mast is made necessary by the death today of Mr. W. J. Baker, the Labour Member. British Wireless.
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      PRATAS REEF WRECK.
      170 28 .—Reuter. German Motor Vessel Ashore. CREW IN DANGER. British Destroyer to The Rescue. Hong Kong, Dec. 3. The American gunboat Mindanao 0 n the West River last night, picked up an S.O.S. sent out by the German mot*" vessel Hedwig, stating that the vessel hai gone ashore
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      TROOPSHIP CINEMAS.
      125 28 .—Reuter. Interesting Experiment On The Nevasa. London, Dec. 2. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. Tom Shaw, the Secretary of State for War, stated that if the experiment of installing a cinema on the transport Nevasa, now proceeding to China was successful, both from the
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      R101 DISASTER.
      88 28 British Wireless. Sittings of Inquiry to Be Resumed. Rugby, Dec. 2. The inquiry into the loss of the R101 will resume its sittings tomorrow. The inquiry was adjourned for further calculations and experiments to be made with a view to ascertaining more cleary the cause of the disaster.
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      THE ROYAL DUTCH CO.
      65 28 .—Reuter. Disturbing Rumours Contradicted. Amsterdam, Dec. 1. A meeting of the Royal Dutch Company unanimously accepted the proposed modifications of the statutes. Sir Henri Deterding categorically contradicted the rumours with regard to the non-payment or reduction of the dividend He said the company’s position wamost favourable
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    UNEMPLOYED CLERKS.
    142 28 Fund Opened Under Auspices Of Clerical Union. An appeal is being made through ti -erierd l nion for subscriptions to a fun which is to he devoted to granting assist* ar.ee to unemployed clerical worke-s. I* is stated that several hundred clor’-’S an* < at of work, and
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      SERVICE BACKS TO THE FORE.
      1248 29 Malaya Command Win. ioH ORE BEATEN AFTER 1(1 hard STRUGGLE. |aia Command 19 pt« Johore 0. V.’, a hard light forward, which was (o| t hc determined thrusting and liihbling of 'he home pack, Johore were 1 -it t'ii bv the Malaya Command! tjfiftliV I
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      PERAK MALAYA CUP MATCH.
      847 29 Unconvincing Win Over Kedah. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 20. Perak 11 pts. Kedah 0. The conditions were wretched for Perak’s first Malaya Cup match on Saturday when the State’s opponent was Kedah, which had. in an inter-State match at Sungei Patani earlier in the
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      SHOOTING.
      78 29 Singapore M.R.R.C. Beat Police Team. a match between tin* Singapore Miniature Rifle and Revolver Club and the p U, ,f th( s V. C. Drill Hall on Nov. in win for .he Hub by f.2 P< The* individual scores were as follows (Tub. —C.-S.-M. J. Weston ,J, A. L.
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      KATHLEEN II’s FINAL RACE.
      779 29 Carries Off Jean Trophy. “BEST WEATHER FOR MONTHS.” d he best yachting weather for months’* was the verdict of local yachtsmen on Suivday’s racing conditions for the Royal Singapore acht Club’s events. It was a glorious sunny day with a piping: off-shore breeze from the westward.
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      HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
      1159 30 Router. Arsenal Supreme. EVERTON WELL BEATEN AT BRADFORD. London, X »v. 29. The following were the results of English and Scottish League matches played today Firxt Division. Aston Villa vs. Portsmouth* Holton Wand. 2 Hirmiugham 0 Chelsea 1 Arsenal Grimsby Town 2 Leeds United 0 Huddersfield T.
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      FAMOUS CRICKETER’S DEATH.
      511 30 J. T. Tyldesley. FORMERLY ENGLAND’S STAR BATSMAN. London, Nov. 27. The death occurred today of J. T. Tyldesley, the famous England and Lancashire cricketer. —Reuter. The Tyldesley family have been connected with cricket and trie Lancashire almost ever since the County lub was for med, and now
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      SWIMMING CLUB.
      51 30 Christmas Day Fixture Abandoned. It is announced that the committee of the Singapore Swimming Club has decided not to have the usual tiffin at the club on Christmas Day. Tiffins will be available for members as on Sunday. The club will not be open to ladies on Christmas
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      SCOTLAND DRAW WITH THE REST.
      586 30 No Goals Scored In Padang Match. Scotland 0. The Rest 0. The old. old story of poor finishing must be told again in respect of the soccer match on Monday between Scotland and the Rest. The standard of football was none too high, but the
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      SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
      147 30 The following is the position to date in the Singapore Chess Club’s grand handicap tournament P. W. D. L. Pt? I E. E. Colman 4 4 0 0 400 111 R. Bird 3 2 0 1 205 II R. Jumabhoy 4 2 2 0 201 II Tan
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      PROPOSED NEW RULES FOR S.A.F.A.
      803 30 Change for the Hotter. REASONS FOR REVNmvl EXPLAINED. N B The proposed chancres to the n,L bylaws of the S.A.F.A speaking ally, are undoubtedly for the better it is to be hoped that the meeting is to be held this month, will a lM them.
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      HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE CRITICISED.
      115 31 •‘Barn Door” Cricket. vying according to ?LA ORDERS. Kr.on Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Dec. 3. v,..* been some caustic comment Tfi.ere fi‘* s ht “barn door” cricket being played and Sutcliffe. Following their d exhibitions in Calcutta, both adoptX“.lohnnic Won’t Hit Today” tactics at Kiingalvit. Hebbs
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      SINGAPORE GOLF.
      581 31 The Rest Beat Scotland At < Bukit Timah. 1 In a tour-ball match played over the j v l ah links on Sunday the Rest boat O’and *bv 14U points to lDj. The Vm:.;; were the individual scores, s' sh"Vlavers mentioned first i r.. s il Maxwell ‘i,
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      HUT RAID SEQUEL.
      413 31 Gaol for Chinese Found With False Coins. On charges of being in possession of 1 instruments for counterfeiting the Kimr’s com, and 78 false 10-cent pieces, a Chin esc named 1 an Beng Meng vas sentenc- i° o!° y« a rigorous imprisonment Whitley^ ,ngaP re AsS ZeS
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      CHINA’S NAVY.
      163 31 Head of British Mission Appointed. London, Dec. 2. In accordance with the naval agreement between China and Great Britain signed at Nanking in June, 1929, a British naval mission is to proceed to China to advise and assist the Navy Minister of the Nationalist Government in the projected
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      NEW SOUTH WALES.
      86 31 Reuter. Mandate to Abolish Legislative Council. Sydney, Dec. 2. A constitutional crisis has arisen over the New South Wales Labour Government’s “mandate" at the recent elections to abolish the Legislative Council. Tho Prime Minister. Mr. Lang, had been reported to have obtained an uiuleitaking from Sir Philip
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      ENGLISH CUP.
      375 31 Reuter. Few Surprises in First Round Proper. London, Nov. 29. The following were the results of matches in the first round proper of the English Cup Wellington 0 Wombwell 0 Rochdale 1 Doncaster R. 2 Halifax Town 2 Mansfield Town 2 Tranmere R. 4 Gateshead 4 Wrexham 2
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      SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
      805 31 Work Suspended on New Race Course. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. At the annual general meeting of the Selangor Turf Club to bo held in the Selangor Club et 0 30 p.m. on Friday, Dee. 12, the following annual report for the year ended
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    BIRTHS
    47 31 m ivPIRO At the Maternity Hospital on °Sundav NoVemler 30. .030. to I)r. anu Mrj. Christopher, J. Olive.ro, a boy. Uo.h a I. TIDMAN. At the Kuropean Hosp.ta Kon Bahru, Kelantan, on Novembti Mr and Mr,. S. T. Tidnian ot Kcn.la Kstate, Kelantan, a daughti r.
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    MARRIAGE.
    15 31 \v \V. Duncan only Alexajjj.er SSd, UuncanjHW'^ secorul BanttUMg on Saturday, o-* l 1
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      CONTENTS.
      139 1 General— Rubber Situation 1 Singapore* Tin Prices I The Singapore Auction 1 Rubber Stocks 1 Java Rubber Exports 1 London Rubber Market By A. W. Still 1 France Buys Rubber l Contributions to Rubber Roadways l Rubber Market l Rubber Restriction Problems 2 Rubber Tapping 2 Tin Returns 2
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      64 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotation* Forward Contract Spot Seller Price* X a. t 9 r A Date L'don S'port* Dec. Jan. Feb. Nov. 27 4 '2 0.11 0.14% 0.14% 0.15 28 4% 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.15 29 4 0.1 Da 0.14% 0.14% 0.15% Dec. 4%. 0.14% 0.15 0.15% 0.15%
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      29 1 Nov. 27 2(Hi tons at $58% per picul. 28 125 59 1 4 29 200 58% Dec. I 125 $59 2 150 59% 3 100 59
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      117 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 996th auction on Dec. 3. when there was catalogued 1,846,523 lb. or 824.34 tons offered 1,656,741 lb. or *739.62 tons; sold 741,867 lb. or 331.19 tons. Spot. London 4%d. New York y:t K t g s PRICE REALISED.
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      RUBBER STOCKS.
      33 1 A cable to Lewis and Peat, Ltd., dated Dec. 2, states that the stocks of rubber in London and Liverpool are 110,001 tons, a decrease on the week of 337 tons.
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      JAVA RUBBER EXPORTS.
      35 1 I hi* Juva Sumatra Ilandelmaatschappij has information from the Batavia office to the effect that the total export of rubber from I’ult-mltung last month was 873 tons and from Sambas 02* ton
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET U. K. Stocks Decrease By 4,142 Tons. RUMOURS OF FRENCH TAX.
      1043 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) fStraits Time* Copvrieht.—Reorodoctinn Righta Reaerred.l London, Nov. 5. The feature of the past week has been a decrease of United Kingdom stocks by M 12 tons. It ought not to be regarded
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      FRANCE BUYS RUBBER
      333 1 About 12,000 Tons Purchased. France has bought about 12,000 tons of rubber in the past three weeks, says Arthur S. Wade in the Evening Standard of Nov. 10. About 1,000 tons were taken in the week ended October 25. A big jump in the French purchases to
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      CONTRIBUTIONS TO RUBBER ROADWAYS.
      124 1 Dutch Object to 1929 Crop Basis. I-cr. 'on. Nov. ig. In regard to the rubber madwava scheme, it is understood that the direst cd basis of the 1929 crop may be modified so that contributions would be ha-ed on the crop of the year in which
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      BUKIT IJOK RUBBER.
      97 1 Crop to be Restricted Bv 20 Per Cent. In view of the present price of rubber-, tkdirectors of Bukit Ijok tSelangot Ru ir have put into operation a tapping i»ol estimated to reduce the crop over twel.* months by 20 per cent., says the Fit ut I
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      RUBBER MARKET.
      487 1 Guthrie and Co.. Ltd., report under d.*:» Singapore, Nov. 27, as follows The market has been quietly steady du:i'.' the past week, with no really outstar.d.: 4 feature. A certain amount of interest i>y manufacturers has been apparent during r last few days, but it has not proved
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION PROBLEMS.
      638 2 Views of An Early Ceylon Pioneer. 1 .vbourne Davidson, writing to the r i ll Time* on Oct. 25, suys I Financwi ntr j es (Britain and Holland) T* 1 A,, rubber production of the world. lV ntr>'‘ produced over 800,000 tons La- 1 i 700,000 tons
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      RUBBER TAPPING.
      163 2 Two Estates to Cease Production. v tu of the difficulties of the rubber -V r > m °re companies have decided r cease production or restrict Ti> v‘ iy financial Times of Oct. 29. 1 w Crocodile River (Selangor) r w hii h has an issued capital of
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      TIN RETURNS.
      65 2 Mutl kamunting Tin.—Nos. 1 and 2 A> a „i K..V 11 yard 647.45 piculs. Ku,nban K Tin. 127,000 yards, 682.75 17; k600 yards, 1,111.86 piculs. Hatrut n. 1H0.000 yards, 1,301 piculs. 7*9 T,n N -L LlOO hours, 79,000 Kitty T: ("nil. n hours, 116,000 ynrds, 670 •-•'..‘’"(("y 0ns
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      COMPANY REPORTS.
      967 2 Duff Development i Company. Ihe accounts uf the Duff l.,vclu,.,„c„t a .TV™, lh *"<"* is (against Uao.417 U which e, n ;:„r,buL 7 ,r' > lr ,b tE pni.... the immature area wts W.26b, on new buildings, plant etc *3 Fxn ,U d ‘‘xploration and survey's l account?"but’wHMje
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      FURTHER INCREASE IN TYRE PRICES.
      347 2 Up Ten Per Cent. From Dec. 1. ertain makes of motor-car tyres will >e advanced another ten per cent, in pri-e fl m Monday next, Dec. 1, following advices received by manufacturers’ representatives from their head offices in Great Britain and the United States. It
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      FILANI (NIGERIA) TIN.
      436 2 Costs Reduced —Working Policy. The eighteenth ordinary general meeting of the Filani (Nigeria) Tin Mining Company, Ltd., was held on Oct. 29 at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C. Mr. S. R. Worley, who presided, said Gentlemen, I was in America when the general meeting was held
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      MANDAI-TEKONG ESTATES.
      403 2 Salaries Reduced Fifty Per Cent. I ho annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Mandai-Tekong (Singapore I Rubber Kstates. Ltd,, was hold at the offices of the secretaries, Chan Sze Onn and Co., Maiket Street, on Nov. 27, Mr. K. A. Elias providing. Others present were Messrs.
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      CRUDE RUBBER.
      177 2 The following are statistic* of importa- tions of crude rubber into the United States I during September, 1930 Plantations. Tons. Hatavin 2,400 lielawan-Deli 2,712 Colombo 4,013 Hamburg H •Japan and others 40 Liverpool 27 London r>0 Malacca 1,103 Penang 5,202 Port Dickson 1,392 Port Swettenham 2,209 Semarang 185
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      MORE DREDGES STOP.
      69 2 Kuchai and Lingui To Cease Operations. At the annual general meetings of the Kuchai Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., and the Lingui Tin, Ltd., held on Nov. 27, it was announced that dredging operations would cease indefinitely. The mines are to he pluced on a caretaker basis ami
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      LINGUI TIN COMPANY MEETING.
      644 3 Mine Closed Until Prices Rise. 'I ho annual general meeting of Lingui Tin, Ltd., was held at the offices of the company. Market Strict, Singapore, on Friday. Mr. T. F. Anderson role presided and others present wore Mr. Lee ('him I uan, Mr. S. iy Wong,
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      CEYLON RUBBER.
      221 3 Issue of Convertible Debentures. A In.,.* of £856 was incurred by Ceylon < ocoa and Rubber Company in the year to June :»o. Deducting last yoar’s carryforward, there remains a credit balance ot 5 In. 9d. The directors have decided to '•reate and issue £2,500 7 per cent,
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      EMPLOYERS TO PAY MORE FOR LABOUR.
      221 3 Result of Repatriation Expenses. Owing to the increased work and expenditure of the Indian Immigration Committee in repatriating coolies, the rates to be paid by employers to the Committee have been raised from 36 cents for man and nothing for a woman to 90
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      KUCHAI TIN.
      621 3 Dredging Ceased Salaries Reduced. The annual general meeting of the Kuchai I'm Dredging Company Ltd., was held on Friday at (he offices of the company, Market Street. Mr. T. F. Anderson Pole presided and the others present were Mr. Leo Chini Tuan, Mr. S. (J. Wong, Mr. J.
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      JELEBU TIN.
      874 3 Directors’ Review Of Company’s Position. The report of the board of directors of Jolcbu Tin Dredging. Ltd., to be presented at the first ordinary general meeting of the company to be held at the registered office on Wednesday, Dec. 10, is as follows The directors submit their report
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      LEVANT TIN.
      105 3 A receiver was appointed in the Chancery Division on Oct. 21, of the Levant Tin Mines, of Pendeen. Cornwall, on the application of the Treasury Solicitor. Counsel said the appointment of Sir Wm. Hy. Peat was agreed to. He understood the mine was closed down at the moment,
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      RUBBER PAVING AT ST. PAUL’S.
      787 3 Cost Said to Be Prohibitive. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. ;;i Sir William Thomas asked at yesterH meeting of the City Corporation 1 the experimental section of rubber r laid down in a City street had proverf* success, and, if so, whether it would
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      RUBBER ESTATES CLOSING
      80 3 Five Companies in Sumatra To Cease Tapping. Amsterdam, Nov. 26. The Handclsblad states that five French rubber estates in Tapanceli, West Sumatra, are dosing down for two yearsThis will mean a yearly reduction of 1,#00,000 kilos (about 1,750 tons) in the rubber exports from the Dutch East
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      K.M.S. (MALAY STATES) RUBBER.
      1157 4 Co.’s Strong Position: Selective Tapping. n tieth annual general meeting of Thf t#f n r o( K.M.S. (Malay States) the ine R l i r t lt ions, Ltd., was held on Oct. K. Ru bb r I M t cred office, 5. Whittington Jt the
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      COPRA MARKET.
      60 4 a v l0 There has 7>e improvement follows, l ncre nu doses steady. Quot:ition sjlre as follows Sundried $6.45 mixed $6.05. i v p of the uneconomic e 11i nP‘*J In Mew f Marucla lonsoli,f rubber the < iriH t< to discontinue l»t-' K lal ?,.,i ha m“t
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      417 4 OCEAN SHIPMENTS OE RUBBER. DUR.NCI THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. m0 Preliminary Return. Rubber Sheet and Concentrated Tons*' atex F:itox R«vertex. Total. Singapore ocoun Tons. Tons. Ton3. Tons. J’»r.ang Vo.,, 32 38 26,410 Malacca 4 J 7 8,956 Port Swettenham aaZ- 1,426 4,48 2 4,489 Total 41 i4«»
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      TAVOY RUBBER.
      92 4 Receiver and Manager Appointed. Mr Justice Luxmoore, in tht* banc-t ry Division on Oct. 24. on the application of the Amalgamated Finance Company, appointed a receiver and manager of the Tavoy Rubber °Counsei mentioned that it was the case of a single debenture. The respondent cbmt,anv consented to
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      RUBBER ESTATE LABOUR.
      95 4 Difficulty When Price Goes Up Again." London, Dec. 1. Drawing attention to the report that 2500ft" coolies left rubber estates m Malava for India in a single month owing to reduction of wages and increased hours,” Mr. Maurice Maude writing to it he Financial N r^\o4 ®es
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      EASTERN SUMATRA RUBBER.
      378 4 Company in a Strong Position. The twentieth annual meeting of the Eastern Sumatra Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Oct. 24 at 71, St. Mary Axe, E.C. Mr. F. B. Rudgett (the chairman) said that the slight increase in estate expenditure was more than accounted for by
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      211 4 Exports. Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of November, 1930 Destination. Tone. United Kingdom 375 United States of America 6,932 Continent of Kurope 1,540 British Possessions 515 l r> 9 Other foraign countries 30 Total 8,551 Note.
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      Trade and Finance.
      155 5 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Dec. 3. On London, Bank 4 m/a f/34 Demand 2 3 2, 3Private 3 m. credit 2/4 3/32 On New York, demand M 1^16 Private 90 d/s ®^4 On France, Bank T.T. 1427 On India, Bank T.T. 15&4 On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. 454 dis
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      Stocks and Shares.
      803 5 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, Dec. 3. MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 23/- 26 6/-6/- Ayer Hitam Tin 11/6 !2 '6 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/- 15/1 1 Batang Padanf 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40 0.45 1 1 Bukit Arang
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      SHARE MARKET.
      655 5 Quietly Steady During Week. Fraser and Co.'s report of Dec. 2 states The local market has been quietly steady throughout the week with sellers continuing somewhat reserved and rather more buyers in evidence, particularly for the better type of dollar rubber shares. The commodity t loses firm at
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      CAPITAL INCREASE.
      324 5 Kuala-Nal Kelantan Rubber. The board of Kuala-Nal Kelantan Rubber Company proposes to increase the capital to £70,000 by the creation of 100.000 shares of 2s. each. In a circular the directors state that the necessity for this increase arises from the fact that the persistent fall in the
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES NOV. 5.
        681 5 Abaco (£1) \l Allagar (2J 1 3, Amherst (2 1 3; Anglo-Malay (i‘l) 16; Ay‘* r Kunine (£1) 31.32; Bagan Serai (Alt 4; Bahru (Sel.) (2 3/; Banteng (£1) U l g j ****tanir Consolidated (2 9; Batu Caves (ill 21 32; Batu Tijra (£1)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES DEC. 3.
        716 5 Cloving Prices Capital Issue Eraser Ljrall 4 Paid Up Value Dividends Company A Co. Eratt 889,293 1 6 p.e. for yaar 28-2-80 ..Allenby (ID 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.10 216,779 1 174 p.c. year 30-9-29 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.90 1.00 435,425 1 15
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