The Straits Budget, 11 December 1930

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  • 29 1 The Straits Budget BEIN(i the weekly issue of the straits times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. No. ‘*>oo •SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. DECEMRER 11. 1930. I’rice 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 70
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  • 342 1 LEADERS— I’afire Direct Buying 8 (oal Strike Throat 8 Statistic* I* Pott Improvements 8-4 The American Outlook 4 Wanted—A Rubber Exchange 4 Occasional Notes 5-6 Itinerants, Reuter and Special—(•(.veritm Past Week’s News 28-20 Hinuu and Moslem Problems 10 pictures— Swimming Bath tor Tanglin Club 17 Panto Clara Butt Entertained
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  • 1877 1 Tk lotion appointments and pro- C. S.S.V.F., are gazetted. Mr fen lm- 1 Mr. J* R. Bennett have ieuts. jj n commissions as Second comm; Grant has been granted as Licit., Second Ueut. ieiitonant h< stor as een promoted to n ra l Graham arrived in akliwn
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  • 1887 2 Defamation Case. SIKH WATCHMAN-POET CONVICTED. Described as a watenman-poet, Jagat Singh, the author of A Sensation of Singapore,” a book printed in Gurmuki, the language of the Sikhs, and purporting to he a record of events before and during the trial of Sunder Singh, the murderer,
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  • 324 2 Meeting of Doctors From Sixteen Countries. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bangkok. Dec. 7. One hundred and sixty eight delegates representing sixteen countries, assembled here for the Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, met in council today to open the proceedings. H S.
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  • 95 2 Notice of Appeal and Bail Of $25,000. Sentence of two years’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on Chua Ann Chin, former manager of the jewellery auction sales department of Messrs. Thing Keng Dee and Co.. Dtd.. by Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Tuesday
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  • 483 2 Initiation Ceremony Broken Up. A varied collection of paraphernalia including the white rooster so necessary for an initiation ceremony of a triad society, was produced before Mr. G Y Clayton, the Singapore Second Poli ce Magistrate, on Dec. 8, when 14 Chinese were charged with attending
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  • 111 2 F lan to House Lepers in Durian Daun Hospital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Dec. 8. A committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Malacca) Association was held on Friday. Much indignation was expressed concerning the proposed plan to house leper** in the Durian Daun hospital when the new
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  • 109 2 harter Presented by Resident Councillor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Doc. 8. A gala night was held by the Malacca Rotary Club on Saturday when the m sident Councillor, Mr. C. H. G. Clark*' presented its charter. Mr. A. H. Dickinson gave an interesting address on the
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 930 3 —Straits Times, Dee. 4. ~;a r m has been caused >*i certain tots in Singapore by the growing 4 i;3 1 y (1 f ,-übber consumers to purchase r'" from the producer. At present, d ‘*“...-ties stand between the producer *’VO Pm I Ilv t ie consumer, the
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    • 1235 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 5. Exactly a year ago the president of the Board of Trade introduced into the House of Commons a measure known as the Coal Mines Act. It was described as providing for regulating and facilitating the production, supply and sale of coal by owners
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    • 1221 3 work of local re.Vroncc. Straits Time Dec. <». Yv’c have received from the Department .f Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., a copy of •he Straits Settlements Short Statistical Nummary for 1930. This work is publishd locally at $1 and, quite apart from its undoubted usefulness to anyone engaged n business
      work of local re.Vroncc.— Straits Time Dec. <».  -  1,221 words
    • 1070 3 Straits Times, Dee. 8. At first sij't the figures in the Singapore Harbour Hoard'* repm t lor ‘'e year en ied June 80 last appear to in It ate a •i; iderable falling off in revenue, as the income and expenditure account showed a surplus of $.‘502,057 as
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    • 1108 4 Straits Times. Dec. 9. It is now over a year since the American j wave of prosperity broke so sensationally, and we in Malaya are watching with anxious eyes for signs of recovery in our best '•ustomer. It is axiomatic that when the depression in the United
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    • 1212 4 dealers and brokers. —Straits Times. Pi 10. 1 We have received ample evidence in the past few days that our remarks in a recent leading article on the subject of direct buying as between the manufacturer and the producer of rubber have given rise to considerable controversy.
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  • 122 4 FLIGHT TO BATAVI A Business Man’s Journe From Amsterdam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. A solo flight for business purposes r been completed by Mr. van Tijen of 4 Van Houten Chocolate Manufacture Company from Holland to Batavia. Mr. van Tijen used, like Miss Johnson, a Gypsy Moth machine,
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
    • 191 5 --Straits Times, Dec. 4. There are hopes at last that the oft- n i of noise nuisance in Singapore may j^ a Ipensed with. The honking of motor 1 &lt; a nd screeching of klaxons which a nerve-wracking effect on office ha ma y be displaced by a
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    • 184 5 UV &lt;:rian« to pr*ftr brunette*.—rail? T.nu' iVe. 4. lt i s revealed by motor insurance 1 in New York that dark-haired txper s make the best drivers. Women ”,h rod hair rank next, but blondes, t he carefulness of brunettes, figure*in 1 the majority of accidents for
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    • 351 5 —Straits Times, Dec. 4. The result of the by-elertkm ir. the Whitechapel and St. George's Division of Stepney must have proved a keen riisarpoir.tment to Mr. Ramsay McDonald, but its chief interest lies in the very clcai uarr.ing which it gives to the Conservatives to close
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    • 183 5 ...»v,vuuun, lilt* —Strait s TimtM, Dec. 5 ,v r railways came into existence (la of the man—and in these ai 10 orna n—who wants to smoke r have caused directors grave n&gt; a great concession a few "&gt;'rr i ;r&lt; s l, t °f many were labelled
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    • 282 5 —Strait? Times. Dec. 5. A list of New York Stock Exchange quotations appearing in the North-China 1 ally News of Nov. 24, received in Singapore this morning, gives some idea of the extent to which the American investor has been hit by the recent collapse in
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    • 301 5 !—Straits Times. Pec. 5. Far be it from us to arouse false hopes lut in days when the opportunities for nt ‘rprise in the East are less than formerly. it seems fitting to give publicity t« story of buried ti’ensurc. It occurs ir. Mr. Owen Rutter’s latest book.
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    • 120 5 !—Straits Times, Dec. 6. Even the cats in New York have caught the craze for creating new records. One morning, not so very long ago, a large tabby wandered into the New York General Electric Company’s station and achieved the proud triumph of being the first
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    • 181 5 flow no they do it, one wonders.—Straits Times, Dec. 6. 8 Can a woman choose a hat or a dress in twenty minutes The point is raised by a recent decision of the Hereford ltv Council that a car may not be left outside a shop in
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    • 228 5 Straits Times, Dec. 6. A plan on loot to perpetuate the memory of the “Empire’s Premier Police r orce, as it has been called—the Northest Mounted Police—should find support in many lands. It is proposed to raise a minimum fund of $100,000 for the purpose of erecting
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    • 307 5 ♦'row all parts of the world. —Straits Times Dee. fi. In the early days of motoring it was usually thought that only the young and vigorous could expect to learn to drive. Nowadays people of all ages and both sexes handle their cars in heavy
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    • 280 5 t Straits Times. Pee. H. The other day, in lamenting the passing of the Swimming Club Christmas Tiffin, we inferred that the group photograph of the members which used to be a feature of these occasions was also to be added to the list of things which are
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    • 283 5 INEXPRESSIBLES.” r.ot come any too soon !—Straits Times, Dec. 8. Apparently the Japanese police 'voulj not agree with the broad tolerance which characterises the attitude of their Straits coilfreres towards public entertainment, for we read in the Japan Times, a newspaper published in English in Tokio, that ‘‘the three moral
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    • 307 5 THE SAIGON-PARIS AIR ROUTE —Straits Times, Dec. Malaya's most cordial congratulations will be extended to the French “aces,” Captain Goulette and M. Lalouette, who nave just succeeded in Hying from Saigon to Marseilles in five days and about 10 nours with M. Pierre Pasquier, the Governor-General of French lndo-China, as
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    • 285 5 tho mcotiru? hold on hire. K, 11M0. Straits Ti nu*s, Di*t\ Among the papers laid on the table at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday were several reports for the year 1929, which, in three weeks’ time, we shall no longer be able to refer to as
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    • 288 6 to say the hast of it, disturbing.—Straits Times, Dec. To those not very familial with C hinese affairr (he strike at the Sun Yat Sen University at (’union, u lengthy account of which appear., today, may seem to L a storm in a teacup. But to
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    • 356 6 —Straits Times, Dec. 1*. In the Good Old Days of the rubber industry it used to be the practice of the prophets to assume a ten per cent, increase in the United States’ annual consumption of rubber for as far into the future as their predictions carried them. And
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    • 125 6 Straits Times, Dec. 10. The lot of the workers under a Soviet regime is strikingly illustrated by the report of the latest trial. “Subversive activities were not alleged on this occasion, the lf» accused being tramwaymen and railwaymen concerned in a collision at a level crossing in Leningrad
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    • 194 6 Strait* T;nu* Hw. From England to Australia by air in over two months is a long time, but in all the circumstances Flight-Lieut. Hill, who arrived at Port Darwin today, deserves congratulations on a very gallant effort, lie flew to Bima in 12 days and had every
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    • 385 6 —Straits Times, Dec. 10 The suggestion put forward, in a special telegram from our Calcutta corrc'P miont published yesterday, that the deaths of 41 boys and the illness of many others at the London Mission Boarding House at Erode, in South India, were due to a poisonous
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  • 165 6 Mr. R. G. \V. Seholes and Miss Janet Visser. The marriage of Mr. R. G. W. Seholes. partner in the legal firm of Davies and Seholes, and Miss Janet Christine Visser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Visser, of Didsbury. Manchester, took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on
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  • 120 6 Allegations Against Young Chinese. Two young Chinese, Au Cheng Hoe and Ang Cheng Chuan, described as members of well-to-do Straits-born families, were &gt;n Tuesday charged with extortion before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge Three charges were preferred against \u Cheng lie e and four against Ang
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  • 278 6 Attempted Robbery Charge at Assizes. The wounding of Mr. B. F. Oakeshott. a?) assistant superintendent in the Singapore p liwV. was echoed in a ease at the Singapore a.-si/os, which was begun on Doc. 3 before Mr. Justice Whitley. The case was one in
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  • 116 6 Victims Trapped While Sleeping. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Dec. 8. A woman and five children perished in a fire which broke out in a two storeyed building in the residential area near the palace here yesterday. The blaze began in the early morning after
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  • 158 6 Estate Coolies’ Designs On Assistants. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 30. On Tandjong Koeba Estate (East Coast of Sumatra) a plot among Chinese coolies has been unearthed. It was agreed that, upon the slightest provocation, any obtainable weapon would be used to murder assistants. The members of
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  • 64 6 Important Contract Received From Denmark. Rugby, Dec. 9. In the face of keen international competition as important contract for eight huge boilers has been given by the Copenhagen Municipality to tho Stirling Boiler Co., Ltd., of Glasgow. The boilers arc required in connection with Copenhagen’s row 30,000 kilowatt
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  • 414 6 Tipped Into the Sea Hut Swim Ashore. Somewhere in Singapore there is a very unhappy snake charmer, for his familv of eighty cobras were left behind on board the s.s. Talma on Saturday and have since found their resting place in the sea. The
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  • 190 6 4,000 Europeans Without Work. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 30. Some alarm has been caused by the outcome of an investigation which has revealed that the number of workless Europeans in Java amounts to at least 4,000. Th? Press lays stress on the fact that the
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  • 42 6 Kills His Captain And Shoots Sergeant. Lahore, Dec*. Captain F. J. McClennghnn. of tVe Punjabis, was shot dead on the ground here by a sepoy who ran am The sepoy also shot an Indian serge-” and finally committed suicide. Rente
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  • 3618 7 “Signature Not Obtained By Fraud.” JELAI CONCESSION. more evidence by DIRECTORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 8. The second week of the hearing of the je’ai Concession case began in the Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice when, for the
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  • 232 8 Depreciation Leads To Ex-M.P.’s Bankruptcy. London, Dec. 9. The depression in the Welsh coalfields was blamed for the violent financial reverse suffered by the former Member cf the House of Commons, Sir Btddoe Rees, whose examination has been concluded in the Bankruptcy Court. A statement of affairs
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  • 107 8 New York Negotiations Break Down. New York, Dec. 9. The negotiations for the merger of the four banks, with resources of G.$l ,000,000,000, have broken down.— Reuter. A previous message (dated New York, Nov. 24). stated:— Four concerns—the Bank of the United States, the Public National
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  • 474 8 Unemployment Committee’s Work. Thg activities of the European Unemployment Committee are no longer confined to the Federated Malaya States as in addition to the local committees in Ipoh and Seremban, three are operating in the Colony and in Kedah. The Colony committees have their headquarters in Singapore,
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  • 172 8 —Reuter. Extraordinary Demands. PRESIDENT’S SCATHlXc DENUNCIATION. Washington. Dec. 10. The anxiety over the present economic depression is signified bv the fact that proposals totalling $5,500,000 Out) p relief work have been put forward in Congress during the past week. althoueK Fresideut Hoover asked for on lv $150.*****0.
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  • 258 8 B. Zerner Remanded on Rail Of $1,00Q. When B. Zerner, who recently surrendered to the Singapore detective branch on a warrant issued as an outcome of a bankruptcy petition, was produced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal I)ist rict Judge, on Tuesday an application for a long
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  • 111 8 Frustrated by Smart Policeman. A Chinese prisoner against whom charges of rape were pending, managed to escape from the ward at the Tan Took Seng Hospital, where he was being dcT n»ned for medical observation on Tuesday afternoon, but he was arrested later in Thomson Hoad. It appears
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  • 46 8 Severe Shock Rocks Houses And Wakes Sleepers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Dec. 4. A severe earthquake shock was felt &gt; :1 Bangkok this morning at 1.55 a.m. Sleepers were awakened and h&lt;&gt;u-c~ rocked ominously. So far no report of serious damage been received.
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  • 3148 9 —British Wireless. 1'riendly Discussions. INDIANS’ POSITION IN BURMA. Rugby Dec. 3. Encouraging progress has already been /V. |,y sub-conimitteo no. 1 of the Pmnd-Table Conference, which is dealing •*V questions of the Federal structure, problem presents so many issues that ,v,tre or less correlated that a
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  • 221 10 Indian Watchman’s Plucky Capture. A murderous attack was made on Mr. Low Poh Chye, manager of the Tiger Balm factory at Neil Road, on Monday afternoon shortly after four o clock •.ml but for the bravery of an Indian watchman the men involved would have got It*appears
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  • 108 10 Father Falls Off End Of Pier. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 8. An extraordinary occurrence was seen by the crowd on Butterworth pier on Saturday when a Tamil man and three children purchased tickets and walked on the pier with the apparent intention of crossing by
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  • 94 10 Thirty-four in Six Months In Sumatra. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 30. According to The Planter, the periodical of the assistants in Deli which in the last issue gives a list of attacks in the first half year of 1930, 29 attacks have occurred on the
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  • 1057 10 Wealthy Man’s Home Afloat. The charm and detachment of life in a sailing vessel, equipped for all modern needs, which requires the skill in handling that demands physical fitness was explained to u Straits Times representative on Monday by Mr. Gibson Fahnestock, the A-ealthy owner
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  • 235 10 Heavy Fine for Tapping Municipal Mains. The case in which two well-known local Chinese traders were charged with theft of Municipal electric current, was concluded before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, when a conviction was recorded against one of them. The accused were Tan
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  • 226 10 Tuesday, Nov. 25. H.H. The Sultan of Selangor called on H.E. the High Commissioner at King’s House. Wednesday, Nov. 26. His Excellency and Mrs. Scott were guests at a dinner given by the Hon’ble The Chief Secretary to Government and Mrs. Cochrane at “Carcosa.” Thursday, Nov. 27. His
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  • 654 10 Remarkable Case In Johore. A remarkable claim was heard by j] r Justice Thorne in the Supreme Court at Johore Bahru on Monday. In ***** Ungku Ali bin Abdul Majid, a Malay Government official in Johore. sentenced to 10 years* rigorous imprison ment for
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  • 84 10 Stupid Prank Costs Chinese $50. Ong Ah Lck, a young Chinese wh" responsible for giving a false fire u 1 has to pay a fine of $50 or go to P r for two months rigorous, according sentence passed by Mr. G. K. v a the Singapore
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  • 67 11 ;t* Times is not responsible for IF' oi its correspondents. Corresr.hf 1 beer in mind that letters p riir .rt and to the point. Long ru-t l e liable to be rejected or cut ei- r ‘‘,.respondents must enclose their Zldiesses, not necessarily for 5 a: but as guarantee
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  • 162 11 To thc Editor of the Straits Times. __l sincerely hope that some good Nr r ialise out of the Hubback Comma 1 jf i t does nothing more than j is ation f or the prevention !0 p inning Wild animals in Malaya, it of n
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  • 499 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Your leader of Nov. 29 can, I V believe, he designated as pure tripe. What do people read a newspaper for j. -r, do you suppose, of great interest .i./ average European out here to peruse •he columns
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  • 183 11 the Editor of the Straits Times. I quite agree with Mr. E. A. V!(, w that traction overhead il 'd not be erected in front of ‘'Pul Building. It would bo a n ‘-ity. •y out of the difficulty to can’ serious congestion of traffic fwo u:IU
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  • 194 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—In your issue dated Nov. 27, I think you made a mistake by mentioning the venerable Tamil knight as the founder and first president of the Ceylon National Congress. Surely you mean his younger t rother, the late Sir Ponnambalam
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  • 982 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your leading article of Dec. 4 undoubtedly reflects a situation or phase which ha? been making itself evident during the past six months in particular and has been doubtless largely engendered by the necessity (in the absence of cooperative control
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  • 309 11 Chief Officer of The Kuching. The death of Mr. William Ewart Earle, Chief Officer of the Kuching, occurred at the Singapore General Hospital on Saturday after a short illness. Mr. harle, who was only 43 vears of age, was admitted to the hospital on
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  • 564 11 Mr. J. S. Hodson. 4 GUTHRIE'S MANAGER IN KUALA, LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 8. Mr. J. S. Hodson, the manager for (juthrie and Co. in Kuala Lumpur, was found shot through the head in the Empire Hotel this morning. Mr. Hodson arrived
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  • 188 11 Chinese Charged with Armed Gang Robbery. A talc of robbery in the People's Park in which a Chinese was rather seriously stabbed because he refused to give up his wristlet watch was unfolded when three Chinese claimed trial before Mr. .Justice Whitley on a charge of armed
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  • 6364 12 ABATTOIR PROTEST Problems for Parents Of Schoolboys. DIRECTOR’S REPLY TO CRITICISMS. Speeches of considerable interest to the Mohammedan population of Singapore and to parents of children attending English Schools in the Colony were made at Monday’s meeting of the Legislative Council. The Malay Unofficial Member, the
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  • 233 13 T OC H IN SINGAPORE. Celebrating the Fifteenth Birthday. Throughout the Empire, and in nanny places outside it. Toe H has been celebiutinjr it..; 15th birthday, and member*, probationers and quests of the Singap »re Wing of the Malayan Branch foregathmed for that purpose on Friday evening. A short service
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  • 45 13 Failed to Stop After Car Accident. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Dec. 8. A European named W. K. Harris lias keen fined Tcs. 850 for negligently driving a motor-ear, injuring two coolies aid fail in g to stop after the accident.
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  • 4373 14 More Fiction —Arnold Bennett Adds to His Laurels—Another Forsyte Story—Osbert Sitwell Amuses, Charms and Annoys Gollancz’s Experiment —A Survey Of English Life By Dr. Kircher. New Fiction. Imperial Palace. By Arnold Bennett. Cassell. 10s. fid. On Forsyte ’Change. By John Galsworthy Heinemann. 7s. (id. Dumb
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  • 145 15 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Nov. 29, give? the total number of deaths as male IS'.* •md female 88. This represents a death rate of 29.05 per mille, per annum, compared with 24.01 in the preceding week and 24.28 in the corresponding week of
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  • 1035 15 Fine Singing. ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR THE S.A.D.C. Sir Richard &lt; holmondcley H, Rat* Colonel Fairfax Harold Haines Seigeant Mery 11 Paul Verdayne Leonard Mery 11 p. w. Macleod .Jack Point F. J. Kemlo W ilfred Shadholt Kdwin A. Brown The Headsman R. S. Maetier First
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  • 328 15 Suit for Statement Of Accounts. A Chinese cook on a vessel of the Burns Philp line plying between Singapore and Australia, and a Chinese wealthy enough to travel in Germany, were revealed as being partners in a business, the affairs of which were bef ire the Chief
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  • 139 15 Sudden Death After Arrival In Sydney. A '•able received announces the death in Sydney of Comdr. W. (I. Oldcrshaw, K.N.K., the Deputy Master Attendant, Singapore. Ho left for Australia on furlough, accompanied by Mrs. Oblershaw and two daughters, on Nov. 17 hist, so his death must
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  • 848 16 In Heart of City. CAPTURE OF GUNMEN AND ARMS. Exciting scenes were witnessed in New Bridge Road early on *Dec. 4 when three Cantonese robbers armed with loaded firearms ar.d daggers were ambushed by members of the Singapore Detective Branch and captured after a stern struggle. New
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  • 129 16 Seven Years for Attempted Robbery. Two of the three Chinese who were tried at the Singapore assizes before Mr. Justice Whitley on a charge of attempted robbery in connection with the i police ambush in Crescent Road in the course of which Mr. B. F. Oakesholt, a
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    • 342 16 t v *2* sz 1 I *i &lt;-*4. D EAU DE COLOGNE: a V.-^f Sr Y'k&gt;:a«i Wt&lt; y*&lt;5 .wocKOKitta tevtr y .1^ i P? ?rrv\v;OTn 3P fitfc ■T i&gt;:&gt;; Refreshing After Exercise. 44 4711 Eau de Cologne is the companion of sport. Its refreshing coolness after exercise is particularly appreciated
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
    • 40 17 Mrs I *i itwliarJ d.elaring the hath np k n Oil the sheltered side Ihe spring-hoard and diving &gt;taC«. A general view of the hath. Showing the lawn adjoining I nn in (he water
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    • 35 17 Dame Clara Butt s Visit to Singapore. \ir* lu ChtMin Cuan. &gt;1 K l •’ie lures at a tea-party at the house w KTt |)allK air Hall ami M. Kennerley Uumlm.l were amonri the «ueU,
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    • 56 18 Kugby seuas to grow in popularity all over Malaya The pictures above show spectators at a match at Johore Bahru, where the Malaya Command are seen in the photograph on the right V g p,nnt&gt; to nil The General AJviser. the Hon. Mr.
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    • 62 18 I ollowing the Singapore Baby Show, a similar successful function was organised at the Naval Base. The picture on the I*.ft shows Joe I’eter. Singapore &gt; depict sturdy youngsters who won prizes at the Naval Base. i' mother. The others Scene inside the Memorial Hall,
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    • 24 19 Miss I'ansy Walker, an American, now in Malaya engaged in a “walking rmnul the world” tour. hit II. X. HucUendge,
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    • 23 19 Selangor anj Penang met in a Malaya Cup match at Kuala l umpur I’enang won by 12 C
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    • 19 19 I C,.„„1 Troop, which is the only I’mly ol stool* htl.oihm flic Mailidan bcout ir««|.
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    • 90 20 The 11th annual swimming carnival of the Singapore V M C.A was held on Saturday. The photographs show 1. Im Siew Sun. who won the Singapore open and the Y.M.CA championships. 2. Some of the spectators. .v The VM l A. team which won the
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    • 28 20 Pictures taken at the reception given by the Malaya l oothall Attociation to Mr. II lilzmauricc. the British Consular Service in java.
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  • 4999 21 insufficient Evidence Of Circumstances. COUNSELS’ ADDRESS. usENCE OF COMPLETE A POST MORTEM. Thc inquiry into the death of Mr. n Vincent Gibson, wa3 concluded on v before the Coroner, when the jury 1 verdict of death from drovvnturret 1 V Gibson who was divisional manager p-ited
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  • 264 22 Meeting of Singapore Wireless Society. Another meeting of the Amateur Wireless Society was held on Dec. 3, Mr. C. Y. B. Sew'ell presiding. Additional members were enrolled, and the total is now about 130. The meeting was held for the purpose of receiving and considering the report of the
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  • 350 22 Major Eaton Confirmed In Post. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, p et 6 It n understood that at today’s ing of the board of the Rubber Institute of Malaya, Major II. j. y. O.BE., was appointed Director 0 f\T' Institute. Major Eaton has acted as
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  • 189 22 Jewels as Ordinary Letter Mail. On and from Jan 1, 1931, a new service of insured boxes will be introduced between the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States and various other countries. The insured box service is designed tc provide for the transmission in the letter
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  • 100 22 Parachutist Drifts Down On Police Station. An additional thrill was provided dui r Ihe parachute descent from a balloon Churchill and Tait’s fair ground at An* 1 Road. Many people at various points throut: out Singapore watched Cirill'jballoonist, sailing gracefully earth"* 1 from a height of 2,000 feet.
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
    • 710 23 .—Sin Kuo Min. —Reuter. Qver 100,000 Murders In Four Months. 1,400,000 REFUGEES. Damage Done to Property $320,000,000. Shanghai, Dec. 3. The magnitude of the Red menace in Kiang.'i is emphasised by the announcemade today by the Kuomintang p-rtv authorities in that province that. LVeen Mav 1
      .—Sin Kuo Min.; —Reuter.  -  710 words
    • 509 23 Reuter. Nanking Spokesman Explains Position. Nanking, Dec. 4. A Ministry of Communications’ spokesman today made a statement as to the piesent situation regarding the negotiations between the Chinese Government and the foreign cable companies—the Eastern Extension, the Great Northern and the Commercial-Pacific—whose contracts with China expire at the
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    • 564 23 —Reuter. Budget Provision for New Requirements. Washington, Dec. 3. President Hoover in his Budget message asked for $3,933,000,000 for the year ending June, 1932. He said Americans could not expect a continuance of the one per cent, tax cut on income in view of this year’s deficit of
      —Reuter.  -  564 words
    • 53 23 .—Sin Kuo Min. New Organisation Election Laws for China. Shanghai, Dec. 8. It is announced that new organisation and election laws have been drafted for submission to the forthcoming National People’s Conference. The central standing committee will discuss these draft laws at a meeting to he held next
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    • 267 23 ‘..lull It. III IlIvU lU V mr tlism issul from the university.—bin Kuo Min. Political Motive May Be Behind Affair. Hong Kong, Dec. 7. The students of the Chungshan (Sun Yat Sen) University at Canton, who are j till on strike, sent twelve representatives to interview
      ‘..lull It. * | III IlIvU lU V • mr tlismissul from the university.—bin Kuo Min.  -  267 words
    • 129 23 —Ki'iitcr. River Steamer Sinks on The Yangtse. Shanghai, Dec. 5. News has reached here that a river steamer hound from Hankow to Yangtse ports in Hunan province has been sunk. Five hundred persons are reported to have been drowned. —Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai, Dec. 7. According to Chinese
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    • 58 23 —Reuter. American Admirers of Sir Thomas Lipton. New York, Dec. 4. The Mayor, Mr. Walker, presented Sir Thomas Lipton with the gold loving cup subscribed for by his admirers in the United States. The cup is inscribed To the Camest Io«er in the World of Sport.” It bears
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    • 41 23 Sino-Sovict Commercial Relations. Moscow, Dec. 4. The Soviet-! hinose Conference has adopted a plan for further work. Three committees have been established to consider (It Chinese Eastern Railway questions. (lit Commercial relations and f'j) The resumption of diplomatic re!a-
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    • 978 24 ter and t«&gt; salve the wreckage.—British Wireless. Reuter. All Officers Competent For Work. WITNESS IN TEARS. Wing-Comdr. Colmore’s Doubts. Rugby, Dec. 4. Opening today’s session of the R101 inquiry, the President, Sir John Simon, referred to certain rumours in connection with the flight which the court had
      | ter and t«> salve the wreckage.—British ! Wireless.; — Reuter.  -  978 words
    • 386 24 —British Wireless. —Reuter. Demand for Emergency Measures. London, Dec. 4. Drastic changes in the machinery of Government, and of policy, to deal with the present economic situation are advocated in a Manifesto which, it is stated. 30 Labour Members of the House of Commons have signed and the
      .—British Wireless.; —Reuter.  -  386 words
    • 216 24 —Reuter. Communists and “Nazis” In Conflict. Berlin, Dec. 7. Numerous collisions between political opponents, in which numbers of policemen and civilians were wounded, otiuired in Berlin and other towns. Twelve civilians were injured by truncheons and 20 were arrested when the police dispersed several bundled demonstrators
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    • 213 24 —Reuter. Former Minister Killed In Paris. Paris, Dec. 7. M. Louis Romichivili, the former Minister of Georgia, was shot dead in the street this afternoon by a Russian workman Tchanovkvadze, who has been arrested. Later :—Tehanovkvadze is a Georgian. He is said to have shot Romichivili by way
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    • 68 24 .—Reuter. British Adjutant Succumbs To Injuries. Peshawar, Dec. 5. Capt. Will, the adjutant of a Sikh Regiment, has been killed by Afridis, who fired on a Jhansi Brigade while it was returning to camp after acting as a covering force for troops engaged in road making on
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    • 89 24 Reuter. Employees’ Alleged Plot To Wreck Line. Riga, Dec. 6. At a meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party M. Kazakstan ordered the formation of a special force of light cavalry.” composed of young Communists, to round up for trial the delinquent employees of the Turkestan-Siberian
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    • 59 24 —Kt* uter. Labour’s Close Call THE WHITECHAPFi BY-ELECTION. London. Dec. 4 The following was the result of the hr election in the Whitechapel a -i &lt;7 George’s Division of Stepney caus-vj *T'I the death of the Labour member M, u Goslirg:— ir —Half (Labour) g-^ B. Janner
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    • 171 24 Reuter. Must be Stabilised to Cure Depression. Washington. Dec. The well-known British banker Mr. J F. Darling, director of the Midland Burk, addressing the Congressional silver committee, urged that the nations of the world should seek an immediate remedy for the depressed price of silver or dire
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    • 162 24 tween London and Birmingham.—British Wireless. Scheme for Developing Annual Fair. Rugby, Dec. 3. The development of the British Industries Fair to fcv a truly national manifetation of the quality and range of Bnt:&gt;h products is the aim of the recommendations of the committee, presided over b&gt; Lord Chelmsford,
      tween London and Birmingham.—British Wireless.  -  162 words
    • 111 24 .—Reuter. Motion to Continue Defeated. London, Doc. 4. The H ouse of Commons has re.iectei. 255 votes to 225, on the committee sta 5,' of the Expiring Laws Continuance B: a Conservative motion to continue trie Dyestuffs Act for another five ye‘ r &gt;- The Act was passed
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    • 31 24 R Captain's Wife and Daughter Drowned. New York, Dec. Tho steamer Clara Ramos has f &gt; L;, J ed off Yucatan. Seven were drowned, including captain’s wife and two daughters.—R
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    • 645 25 -Router, rive Men Condemned To Death. sKNTENCES REDUCED. “Malignant Enemy of The Soviet.” Moscow, Dec. 7. Tht following prisoners in the Con- v Trial have been sentenced to ‘Vu‘_ Kamzin, Larichev, Tcharnowsky, iica-n Kalinnikov and Fedotov. The remainder have been sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude. am
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    • 558 25 Reuter. Matters Cannot Rest Where They Are.” Mo cow. Dec. 8. Executive Committee of .no l .b.S.K. has commuted the death sentences on Ramzin, Tchurnowsky, Kalinnikov, Larichev and Fedotov to ten years' imprisonment, and has reduced the sentences on Sitnin, Ochkin and Kupriunov to eight years’ imprisonment. Riga,
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    • 84 25 Big Haul on the Talamba At Calcutta. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Dec. 7. 1 1 of R&lt;« 300.000 was C '?'bv ™IcuUa customs officers on th 1? 1 steamer Talamba, which MSS Fur Eastern ports Vi The"?ruir"'vas parked in tin boxes conceJled in the fore part of
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    • 85 25 —Reuter. Loss of 36 Lives Reported. Rangoon, Dec. 4. So far it is known that 36 have been killed and many more injured in an earthquake which occurred last night. The district of Pyu was the one most seriously affected. The railway from Mandalay to Rangoon is
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    • 301 25 Reuter. Need to Eliminate Over-Production. Washington, Dec. 3. Salvation from ruin for thousands of Amer.can farmers depends on whether they band together to eliminate over-pro-duction, according to the annual report of Mr. Hyde, the Secretary for Agriculture Referring to wheat, Mr. Hyde expresses ihe opinion that the only
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    • 134 25 i.—Reuter. Result of Police Raid In Berlin. Berlin, Dec. 3. The police attach considerable importance to the raid made last night on the mansion of Herr Jeschkowitz near Breslau, where 150 uniformed and armed National Socialist (Nazi) “storm troops were arrested. It n rumoured that they had assemble
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    • 96 25 ’—British Wireless. Reply to Sydney Har’s Congratulations. Rugby, Dec. 3. The King, on the recommendation of the prime Minister of Australia, has appoints Sir Isaac Isaacs, Chief Justice of Austra lia, to the office of Governor-General &lt;&gt;* Australia in succession to Lord Stone |UI Reviving to the
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    • 290 25 .—Reuter. Mr. Lloyd George’s Speech To Liberals. “NO PACT.” The Electoral Reform Proposals. London, Dec. 6. Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech at the National Lilieral Club, denied the existence of a Liberal-Labour pact. He said the Liberals were determined to get electoral reform, and if they
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    • 116 25 Government and the Liberals. British Wireless. Labour’s Hid for Liberal Support. The Prime Minister’s announcement that he hopes trfu* Electoral Reform Bill will formally he introduced in the House of Commons before Christmas has created great political interest because of its hearing ufon the relations between the?
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    • 101 25 Kcutcr. 229 People Treated In Hospital. Bombay, Bee. 5. Two-hundred and twenty-nine people have been treated in hospital, of whom 12.‘5 were detained, and 15 have been seriously injured as a result of a collision between the police and a crowd. The crowd was d( monstrating, m defiance
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    • 45 25 Kent* r. Pilsudski as Minister For War. Warsaw. Dec. 4. The new Cabinet is formed, mostly of experienced hands. The prime Minister M Minister f r 1 »i 1 ign v 1 M j[ ;,nd the Minister for War. Marshal Pil udski Reuter.
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    • 388 26 —Reuter. —Havas. Government Defeated In Senate. DRAMATIC DEBATE. Vigorous Attack On Policy. Paris, Dec. 4. The Government has been defeated ir the Senate, by 147 votes to 139, on an opposition interpellation on the Government’s policy. The Government's resignation is involved. I,ater M. Tardieu, the Prime Minister
      —Reuter.; —Havas.  -  388 words
    • 98 26 --British Wireless. Exploration Club’s Expedition To British Guiana. Rugby, Dec. 7. The report of the Oxford University’s Expl ration lub’.s expedition for investigation of the flora and fauna of the tropical forests of British Guiana, states that the party was in the hush four months, and secured move
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    • 92 26 Il'Ut'T. Tribute to An Even Closer Friend.” London, Dec. 4. Mr. J. II. Thomas was among the host of frienrls who said farewell to Mr. R. B. Bennett, the Prime Minister of Canada on his return to Canada. Mr. Thomas said, 44 Mr. Bennett came a a
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    • 137 26 —Reuter. Attack by Spanish Editor. Madrid. Dec. 3. Joaquin Llizo. the political editor of the independent Liberal newspaper, El Sol, fired a revolver at the Prime Minister, General Berenguer, who was receiving journalists to give them a communique regarding the Cabinet Council. General Berenguer, who was
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    • 187 26 Router. Minister of Justice Resigns. Berlin, Dec. 5. President von Hindenburg has accepted the resignation of Dr. Bredt, the Minister of Justice. The Economic Party, of which Dr. Bredt is leader, had insisted that he should resign owing to the Party’s opposition to the Bruening Cabinet.—Reuter. Berlin, Dec.
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    • 122 26 —British Wireless. Steady Reduction Expected In New’ Year. Rugby, Dec. 7. Tk.e President of the Boaid of Trade. Mr. W’illiam Graham, expressed the opinion last r.ight that the opening months of the new year would see a steady, if slow, reduction of unemployment. Replying to criticism regarding the Government’s
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    • 117 26 —Reuter. Shanghai Should Pay For Own Defence.” London, Dec. 3. In the House of Commons, Mr. H T Mugreridge (Lab., Romford) asked whe her British subjects in China bore part d the cost of the British Army in China. •Mr. Tom Shaw, the Secretary for War, teplied
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    • 35 26 .—Reuti*r. Slight Shock Felt In Japan. Osaka, Dec. 6. I:a i’*.y is moniin 2 a slight earthquake was felt in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. The seismic centre was near Osaka. No damage was done.—Reuter.
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    • 237 26 Reuter. Italian Salvage Ship Disaster. I.orient, France, Dec. 8. The famous Italian salvage ship. Artiglio, which had been salvaging the wreck of the P. and O. Egypt has blown up and 14 members of the crew are believed to have been killed. The disaster occurred at
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    • 150 26 .—British Wirebss. Lamp of Maintenance Relit At Poperinghe. Rugby, Dec. 6. The 15th anniversary of the foundation at Poperinghe of Toe II—Talbot House founded in memory of the heroic death of Lieut. Gilbert Talbot, was commemorated yesterday. The house was used during the last three years of
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    • 192 26 .—Reuter. —British Wireless. Britain, France and Italy In Agreement. London, Dec. 3. In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr. F. Montague, the Undersecretary for Air. confirmed the statement that the British. French and Italian Aer.) lubs have reached agreement regarding the regulations which are to
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    • 57 26 Ileuter. Present Regime to Continue For Six Months. Paris, Dec. 0. A meeting of the managing committee 01 the International Steel Cartel resolved to continue the present regime until June decided to reduce the output by f® 5° ,or cen f- the first quarter of 1-Ml, subject to
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    • 511 26 British Wireless. i Miss Spooner’s Narrow Escape. SWIMS ASHORE. Companion Rescued On Machine. London. Dec. The ambitious flight of Miss \Vinifr,i in last year’s Kiri* u P)i accompanied by the Oxford row! &gt;ng blue Flying-Offi ce^r. T .C, —the object of which was to reach f a
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    • 60 26 EmpText Reorganisation of Quarantine Services. Geneva, Dec. 1 Dr. Ludwik Rajchman, the director the Health Section of the League nations, has left for China. He has been invited to that conn:r, •.t'v h’tie'e Government in conn* WiLh the reorganisation of the ijuaran service at Chinese ports.
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    • 269 27 .—Reuter. another Shooting Outrage In Calcutta. \PlEGED CONFESSION. of Mr. F. J. Lowman 1 Recalled. Calcutta, Dec. 8. Xieut -Col. N. S. Simpson, Inspeetor- oi of Prisons, Bengal, was shot dead 'hi. Office. The assailants eseaped. Thrw Bengalis forced their way into Simpson’s office ard shot him.
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    • 263 27 Tauter. Three Killed and Five Injured. Shanghai. Dec. 9. Three were kilted and five were serioustv in ured when a mail and P a8se a\,r plane, flying from Shanghai to Nan King, crashed this morning. The plane was rising from the \\h va River at Shanghai
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    • 34 27 —Reuter. ’University Students Fire On Police. New York, Dec. 3. Demonstrating students of the National niversity of Havana fired on point* vv held up a procession. One policeman was fatally vvoun —Reuter.
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    • 112 27 Amazing Case in South India. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Dec. 9. An amazing story has reached Calcutta from Coimbatore, South India, to the effect that 41 boys belonging to the London Mission Boarding House at Erode have died and many more are ill in
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    • 402 27 —Reuter. The Way to Economic Recovery. London, Dec. 7. The possibility of an Anglo-American agreement with regard to the use of gold reserves was mentioned by Mr. William Grahrm, the President of the Board of Trade, in a speech at Middlesbrough. He said he fervently hoped the American
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    • 90 27 ,—Reuter. Geneva Proposals For Abolition. Geneva, Dec. 5. T he Disarmament C m f ?An^inig 1 of adopted a Draft l omen 10 al)StPn tion r&gt;9 Articles, which pi warfa re. fl The 8 I) 8 r?f n t Convention a t pU”". r f the Permanent
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    • 493 27 —Reuter. Due to Asphyxiating Gas. Brussels, Dec. 5. Fifty deaths which have occurred during the past twenty-four hours in the Meuse Valley, between Liege and Namur, are attributed to a mysterious asphyxiating “fog.” Cattle are also dying. The authorities are investigating the possibility of fumes originating
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    • 34 27 —Reuter. Dynamite Explosion In Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 4. in tho State of Minas-Geraes. l ater (Doc. 4).—The dynamite waggon bad been shunted into a siding since the recent Revolution— Reuter.
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    • 38 27 Afrira.—British Wireless. Expedition to Mount Kamet Next Year. Rugby, Dec. 8. The Himalayan explorer M. j. t ilin'miles west of Mount Everest, !r. h it SOU unoompiorcd. Kamet 25 The party 'inHmles Mr. E. Shipton. one
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    • 485 27 Router. British Wireless. Miners’ Decision. LOSE VOTE ON STRIKE PROPOSAL. London, Dec. 4. The national conference of the Miners* Federation rejected the proposal for a national strike by 230,000 to 200,000. The quest) n of the spread-over of hours was referred to the districts. It is understood
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    • 57 27 Stemming Bootlegging In Australia. Sydney, Dec. 2. The big increase in the excise duties on alcoholic spirits has made the illicit distillation of rum highly profitable in Australia and police are finding difficulty in stemming the flood of bootleg liquor. What was believed to be the biggest
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    • 58 27 KeuUr. New Cabinet to Include Six Christian Socialists. Vienna, Dec. 4. Dr Knder anti Governor Vorarlberg have formed a Cabinet with Dr. Schober ys Vice-Chancellor anti Foreign Minister. Ex-Chancellor Stipe!, who w m 'll health, will not participate I he &lt; ab.net will include six Christian Socialists
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    • 621 28 —Reuter. Amsterdam Meeting. LIMITING EXPORT FROM JAVA. Dec. 8. Seven Chinese sugar factories are reported to havp withdrawn from the Dutch Indian selling combine. Reuter. Brussels, Dec. 4. The International Sugar Conference, which should have opened today, has been postponed on the ground that the conversations in
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    • 1027 28 —Aneta. —Reuter. —British Wireless. Sin Kuo Min. British Wireless. 1 London, Dee. 3. Mr. J. II. Scullin, the Australian Prime Minister, has left for Australia. —Reuter. London, Dec. 7. The death is announced of Sir Otto John Beit.—Reuter. London, Dee. 3. The late Lieut. Col. Sir
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    • 230 28 .—Reuter. Conclusion of Sittings At Geneva. Geneva, Dec. 9. The Preparatory Committee of the Disarmament Conference has closed its sittings after deliberations which have extended over five weeks. The next step is the calling of the Conference. The chairman, in closing the proceedings, appealed to the delegates to impress
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    • 700 28 WRECK ON PR ATAS REEF. Reut-r. HALS. Suffolk to HescoJ PERILOUS WORK l\ I HEAVY SEA. I Hong Korg. Dec. a. I The ship which was wrecked 0n J Pratas Reef was not the Hcdvi* viously reported, but the Hedwig. a Gel man motor vessel. H.M.S. Stormcloud reached tm&gt; p
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    • 433 29 HfUtor. Fun in Shanghai And Hong Kong. FALSE RUMOURS. Chinese Rush to Withdraw Funds. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 10. Tht state Bank Commissioner has the Citizens’ Bank and Trust S Jv to -suspend tfce payment of j ilTts’ owing to the shortage of bank ltT 'rvt*
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    • 138 29 .—Keuter. Continued Sharp Decline In Prices. Cairo, Dec. 9. P is reported that the Government inter,cl? temporarily to close the cotton .inures market owing to the continued -harp decline in prices. A cotton expert, interviewed, expressed ’ho opinion that the fall in cotton prices probably reached bottom. He
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    • 51 29 Reuter. l aunching of Latest Dollar Liner. New York, Dec. 10. Hoover smashed a bottle of brine 1 Rd from the seven seas when sh hod the big Dollar liner President 1 y t Newport News. V '.n&lt;M displaces 33,800 tons and cost r 1,1 '0,000,—
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    • 287 29 —Reuter. hast Time on Resumed Flight Port Darwin, Dec. 10. Hight-Lieut. Hif] arrived from Koepang this morning, thus completing his flight to Australia esterday he flew from Sourabaya to Birna and then on to Koepang. Spare parts and also the collapsible boat which Hill lent to
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    • 129 29 I. Death of the Exponent Of The Theory. San Jose. California, Dec. 9. The death has occurred here of the Rev Father Jerome S-v*’ If avd, the exp&gt; nent of iiie taeory i’i ience ot sunpits on the wrath* r.— Kiuu*r. Father hicaru. who was NO years
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    • 62 29 ,—Reuter. Trial of 32 Men In Riga. Riga, Dec. 10. The trial has ended of 32 Communists who were charged with subversive activities Seven who belonged to the central committee of the Communist party (which is illegal in Latvia) were sentenced to seven years’ hard labour and 14
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    • 74 29 Reuter. Lowest Rate of Interest Since The War. Washington, Dec. 8. The Government of the United States proposes to meet December financial &lt;- (iui ements with short term loans at the iowesT ?ate of interest for such loan., S "The th *s 5 ucs r will
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    • 36 29 .'I hs -Sin Kuo Mm. Canton Wires to Nanking For Instructions. Hong Kong, Doc. 9. Four representatives of the Sun Vat Sen "'Tu!: ll KwunKn'ui Rrmim-i*' an,I Canton allairs at the university.-~&gt;&gt;in
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    • 340 29 t\i» (lM rnnH*nt v in&lt;‘&lt;* M«iy, liJ—• s, n I Kuo Min. Better Leave China As Soon As Possible. Shanghai, Dec. 9. Marshal hang Hsueh-liang, the Manchurian ruler, sent General Liu Yi-fei to visit Marshal Yen Shi-shan, the former Model Governor of Shansi, at Tientsin
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    • 75 29 —Reuter. 200 Men Raid Customs At Chef oo. Chefoo, Dec. 9. A daring robbery occurred here at j,:lo a.in. today when 200 armed men in plain clothes forcibly entered the usenclosure and held up the watchmen and the tide-waiter. They removed 50 cases of rifles, which had arrived
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    • 72 29 Reuter. 300,000 Tons of Shipping Tied Up. Tokio, Dec. 5. The unemployed are officially estimated at 400.000, but unofficially much higher. It is noteworthy that .‘{00,000 tons of shipping are at present tied up, rendering 5,000 seamen idle. Despite the Government s no loan ooliev the Cabinet has
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  • 92 29 Four Members of Crew Sentenced. Cocaine valued at Rs. 40.000 wax taken by Customs officers at Karachi from memI ,TS of the crew of the B.l. steamer l.arada. which arrived from Japan, Smuapoii ‘‘"contraband was beinc sold on hoard at It tin per ounce, and
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  • 375 29 .—British Wireless. Winter’s Worst Fog. AIR LINERS LAND AT LYMl’NE. Rugby, Dec. 5. A leg in the Channel today seriously interfered with shipping. Boats from Ostend and Calais could not make port, and this evening were still at anchor. Shipping at Tilbury is at u standstill.
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  • 145 29 Eight l’enang Legal Firms Engaged in One Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 9. Nearly all the Penang legal firms arc engaged by one or other id the parties* in a matter on which there was further discussion in the Supreme Court this morning before Mr.
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  • 86 29 Magistrate Disallows A Settlement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, lH'P, 9. K„ur months’ rigorous imprisonment I was passed on a Chinese coflce shop as.-istant who was chain'd today before the seeond police magistrate w ith volun l u ,ri|v causing hurt to another &lt; h.nese 'll,, ('hinese
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 1029 30 The Rest Outclassed. GOOD FORM SHOWN BY BACKS. The convincing defeat which the S.( .f. inflicted over the Rest on the Padang on Saturday by 28 points (two goals, a penalty goal and five tries) to nil auguis well for the Club form. The S.C.C.
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    • 1517 30 Fine Work of Wylie And Briggs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 6. Negri Semhilan 32 pts. Johore 5 pts. Negri Sembilan gave one of their best displays this season in their final Malaya Cup match (Southern Section) when they beat Johore by 32 points
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    • 1078 30 Selangor Forward's SpirM And Dash. I Perak just managed to scramble home® in the Malaya Cup match.against Selangor® in Ipoh on Saturday by six points (twjH tries) to nil. H The surprise of the match was the dis® play given by the visiting forwards wh.® were clearly
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    • 103 31 I Austin's Easy Win in First I Match. I (From Our Ow*n Correspondent.) I Calcutta, Dec. 7. I The British tennis tourists created nn I'viv Unt impression at their first appearlance.in Indian courts. I In an exhibition match at Patna H. W. Austin beat R.
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    • 194 31 I ‘!h* results to date in the Singapore I lull’s grand handicap tournament I as follows P. W. L. D. Pts. 1 O. Wilmot 7 4 0 3 414 m °hnan ..4 4 0 0 400 j;'A'lit 1 jokropronodirdjo 6 2 1 3 317 !:J Pavbury ..8
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    • 810 31 Fine All Round Form Shown. A Enough on'.y one record was broken at tne \.M,(.A Carnival on Saturday, a better all round standard of swimming VCb noticeable, and at no previous meeting wore there a larger number of good swimmers in the water. 1 he record that
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    • 1118 31 December Mixed Foursome Competition. 1 he Docem.ier Mixed Foursomes competition «-t' the Singapore Golf &lt;’!iU&gt; was i played on Friday and resulted in a win in a win for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas sturrock. ixt .y cai 'ds were taken out and the following were returned: Mr. and
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    • 188 31 Hobbs Makes 77 And Sutcliffe 40. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Dec. 6. Ten thousand peonle watched Hobbs und Sutcliffe batting *for the Maharajah of Vizianagram’s XI in the second innings against the Madras Presidency. Both played free cricket and dkl well, Hobbs making 77 and
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    • 76 31 Amendments to Classifications Announced. Thj Straits Racing Association announces the following amendments to the classification of horses and ponies Horses. Transfers.—Taiping II from Class 5 to I Class 4. New Classifications.—Class 2 Loch Buy. Class 3 Athol Brew, Calchas. I Deletions.—Class 1 Up Guards, i Ponies. Transfers.—Roaming from
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    • 1875 32 Dividend $121. POOR ATTENDANCE ON FIRST DAY. (Ftv&gt;m Our Own Correapondont.) Ki#ila Lumpur, Dec. 5. There *A*jis a pudr attendance at the first day *&gt;f the Selangor Turf Club’s Amateur Meeting this afternoon. The going was &lt;*n the soft side and sport was fair, the
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    • 142 32 Only Three Horses Finish In Big Race. Galatin, Texas, Dec. 6. The first Grasslands International Steeplechase was won by Alligator, owned by Mrs. M. K. Stevenson, of New York. Ballyyarn. owned by Mrs. W. P. Stev.art. of Unionviile, was second, and Maitland, owned by Mr. H. N.
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    • 104 32 Two-Year-Old Filly For Mr. Ho Kim Teik. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. 8. Cold Blast, a filly imported by Mr. Ho Kim Teik, of Penang, arrived here from home today in good condition. Cold Blast is a two-year-old boy English filly by Pommern out of Winter Queen.
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    • 407 32 Eurasian Co. Competitid CHANGE OF DATE p] INTER-PORT EVK\ t °B Good weather favoured the rifle meeting of the D S.V.C.. at the Bukit Timah Range week-end. There were about To The shooting was of a high standard each competition resulted in tussle for honours. On
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    • 65 32 Bromhead Matthews Shield. Thirteen teams competed for the Brorr.-luad-M&tthews Shield Competition, ar.J F (Malay) Co., S.V.C., No. 1 team won witb the excellent score of 458. The result wa as follows 1. S.V.C. “F” Malay) Coy. No. 1 Team 2. S.V.C. “E” (Chinese) Coy. No. 1 Team
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    • 176 32 It has been decided that the Interport Competition 1931 should be shot off in April or May, about the same time athe Hong Kong and Shanghai shoot. With this object in view, training will begin almost immediately, and a*, those interested are requested
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    • 72 32 Five of Eight Members Chosen. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. -3. Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Johnn:* Farrell, Gene Sarazen and Horton nl were chosen today as members ot tht Ryder Cup team of American g H I’ 1 fessionals to meet the British team year. Fourteen others will
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    • 1307 33 Huddersfield Beaten. vINENAL-GRIMSBY GAME ABANDONED. London, Dec. 3. ih, t,.Rowing were the result of Home lt a i| matches played today pjrst Division. A?!( n Villa 2 Portsmouth 2 English up—1st Rd. Replays. fiafi -head 3 Tranmere R. 2 \V mbledon 0 Fulham 6 Mansfield T. 1
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    • 236 33 Still Doing Well in Now York. Bud Walley. the Singapore flyweight, continues to do well in New York, and a letter from his manager describes him as being on the top of his form. He still makes eight stone, but the flyweights fight shy of him and he
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    • 445 33 Good Bouts in Preliminary Series. Judging by the form shown in the pieliminary series of the championships organised by the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, at the Memorial Hall on Monday, the semi-finals and finals should be interesting affairs. Flyweights. Th'*re were two flyweight contests, and j, se
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    • 432 33 Router. A Thrilling Game. FIERCE TACKLING BY OXFORD THREES. London, Dec. 9. I he Oxford and Cambridge Rugby match resulted in a draw, each side scoring one try. The weather was fine and 40,000 spectators watched the match which was the 55th of the series.
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  • 59 33 .—Reuter. Commission to Inquire Into Insurance. London, Dec. 9. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons, announced the appointment o i Ro’-al Commission, presided over by ■mW I Id man Gregory, to inquire into i ’r&lt; lrplovment Insurance. Th &gt; Commission will begin its labours it v ill
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  • 59 33 AXIS. At Johore Bahru on Wednesday, Dee. 3, 1930, to I’ngku and Mrs. Axis, a son. Both well. FISHKR At Kuropean Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on Dec. 5, 1930, to Klsie, wife of Janies Ham say Fisher, Bhuton hstate. Nilai, a daughter. WALKKK. At Peringgit, Malacca, on Dee. 1930, to
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  • 37 33 GILMOUK -CARR. On Saturday, Nov. 29, at Penang Andrew Oilmour, Malayan &lt;ml Lrvi&lt;£ »r Mr. ...I Mrs. J.J) 'Olmour of Burntisland, Fifcshire, to Nellie air daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tw.gg of Sheerness, Ken&gt;.
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  • 116 33 Reuter. Questions in the House Of Commons. i.ondon, Dec. 9. In the House of ('onnnons, at question time, Mr. W. J. Womersley (Cons., Grimsby) ruggested an investigation as to whether the retail price of tea reflects the reductions in the wholesale price. Mr. W. Graham, the
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  • 67 33 Senate Confirms Mr. VV. N. Doak’s Appointment. Washington, I&gt;t*c. 9. The Senate, without discussion, eon firmed President Hoover’s appointment of Mr. William Nicldes Doak the Trado llnion official, as Secretary of l.ahour in succession to Mr. James Davis. Reuter. It will lie recalled that Mr. Janies Davis
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    • 90 33 NOTICE All communications for both the atraitf Times and the Straits Budget should oe addressed to the Head Office. Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settle ments. The post free price of the Stiaits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is &lt;548 a year. The post free price
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  • 31 33 m:\ni KNI’TSFORl). On December I, 193th San Thome. Madras. South India, &gt;r. h.s M' h V UP Fredrick Percy Knutsfo-d &lt;&gt;r n,&lt; Eastern Extension Telegraph &lt; ompany (retired) after a long illness.
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
    • 85 1 General Rubber Situation 1 Singapore Tin Prices 1 The Singapore Auction 1 Rubber Stocks 1 London Rubber Market By A. W. Still 1 Stopped Tapping Problem of Indian Unemployed 1 Billiton Tin and Restriction 2 Tin Returns Rubber Returns 2 Canadian Tin 2 Malaya Tin Statistics 2 Cheap Rubber
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    • 62 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract Spot Seller Prices d. Date L’don S’pore Dec. .Ian. Keb. Dec. 1 111 DI 0.15 0.15 0.15‘j 0.15 S 5 0.14 t 0.1ft 0.1 ft i 0.16% fi 4 O.l 4-S 0.15 1 H 0.15% 0.15% si e.i o.ift 1 o.ift*} o.ift*
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    • 27 1 I 266 t&lt;&gt;:■ sat J»v r picul. 5 125 r.x’« 6 1 7.” f*s k ir.o 57 t* 225 r*7 10 100 57 l,
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    • 121 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubin-r Association held its 997th auction on Dec. 10, when there was catalogued 1,785,99*1 lb. or 797.32 tons offered 1.24.*, 137 lb. or 600.51 tons sold 777,780 lb. or 347.23 tons. Spot. London 4 11-16d. New York 9** cts. PRICE REALISED. Itibhed
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    • 34 1 A cable to Lewis and Peat, Ltd., dated I ice. 9. states that the stocks of rubber in London and Liverpool are 117,224 tons, an increase on the weak of 023 tons.
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    • 101 1 Reduction in Interim Payment. Tlu* Billiton Company of The Hague, the large Hutch Indian tin mining concern, has announced an interim dividend of 124.00 florins on shares of the first series as against 199.00 florins last year, says the Amsterdam correspondent of The Financial Times on Nov. 7.
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    • 1081 1  -  (Hy A. W. Still.) [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] London, Nov. 12. I estimate that the French rubber tax ;care has resulted in the transfer of roundly 8,70.) t ns of rubber from London an
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    • 228 1 Policy of Buloh River Estates. The directors of the Buloh River Rubber Estates, Ltd., in a circular, say that they have decided that the most economical policy for the company is to suspend tapping operations, and tapping ceased on October 1. This policy entails the stoppage of the
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    • 49 1 The Singapore office of the Java Sumatra Handelmaatschappij reports We are in receipt of telegraphic advice !ro:n our Batavia office giving the total export figures of rubber for November from the undermentioned places Tons. ioin IV ntianak t 1,011 IV.’.n }{,irdjerm:is«in lJfiS ron Hjambi l r,ss
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    • 426 1 Appeal for Help From Relief Committee. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penangr, Dec. 3. The following circular has been sent out by the secretary of the Penang India* unemployed relief fund I have been directed by the committee to bring: to your notice the extremely serious problem
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    • 282 1 The report of the directors of the Buk Lintang Rubber Estates Ltd., for the yea’ June 30, 1930, is as follow's The profit and loss account shows a cretin balance of £658 ss. 5d., to which is added the balance at credit of profit and 1"&gt;account brought forward
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    • 298 2 Further Curtailment Of Production. Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 30. stated that while the Banka tin f.dtill their pledge to curtail their in r to 20,000 tons, the Billiton r u U v has gone even further, so that from dune 1. 1030, is equal to
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    • 380 2 Compound No Liability. Setul 5:;o hours, 140.500 yards, 1.004 Mantin dredge: 512 hours, 119,600 •&gt;. 2&gt;2 piculs. Xu.ij .i Valley Tin N.L.—1.219 hours, yards. 1.377 piculs. i Malaya Tin.—4so piculs. The No. 2 L-. .tapped on the 26th ult. to new vt line and tumblers. V .ng Tin
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    • 520 2 Anglo-Johore Consolidatcd—45,000 lb. Alor Gajuh. 21,500 lb Australasia.— 34,000 lb. Ayer Punas. 80,000 lb. Ayer Kuning (K.M.S.). m.ooo lb. Ayer Kuning. 17,379 lb. Ayor Molek.- -Ui.ooo lb. Alor Pongsu. 45,478 lb. lhikit Palong Syndicate.— 23,500 lb. Hagan Serai. 45,000 lb. Hatak Habit. 47,000 lb. Hukit Katil. -14,042 lb.
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    • 31 2 Harlow und Co., report under date Dec. d. U ’uter".j «liKht improvement the market ..I,','" vl ch.l e».-ier on lodanre. C1,;.,,,* fitiona uri nr follow. SolMfridtl *MO. mixed $6.
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    • 401 2 Difficulties with Aerial Ropeway. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. K. At the annual meeting of Kahman Hyduuilic Tin Ltd., the chairman said When we met last year I told you of the difficulties we were experiencing with the construction of a vital link between the mining department
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    • 122 2 Duty Increased On Sheetings. Under a Governmental ruling, the uo torn* duty on tin sheets and plates has be., raided from free, under the British preference tariff, and 5 per cent. under the inter mediate and g- neral schedules, to jjl tr cent, under the British preference tar
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    • 116 2 Domestic production* of tin and tin-in-ore lt 72 per cent., during the month of November, 1930 Tons Tons. 1 W I Federated Malav State. Unfederated Malay States Johore Kedah Beilis “.7 Kelantan j|^ Trengganu M j| Straits Settlements 1,929 Malaya Figures for this year arc, in tons
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    • 353 2 Manufacturers on Other Costs. I he heavy drop in the price of rubber during the last 12 months and its con« tinuance during the lust throe months at record low levels are causing many motorists to discuss the possibility of a reduction in the price
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    • 552 2 Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in thuir report dated Dee. 4, state: The market has been quiet and steady during the past week, with quite a good indertone. The interest shown by munulueturers, to which we referred in &lt;&gt;ur last report, has been maintained. Reduced Malayan shipments for last
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    • 158 3 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Dec. 10. On London. Hunk i m/s 2/34 Demand 23/32 Private 3 n». credit 2/4 8/82 On New York, demand 66 1/16 Private 90 d/s 674 On France, Bunk T.T. 1427 On India, Bank T.T. 1564 (*:i Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 48 disc. Oil Shanghai,
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    • 820 3 Fraser and Co.'s Quotations. Singapore, Dec. 10. MINING. Iiaut Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers IT £1 Asam K uni bang 23/- 26'-5/-5/- Ayer liitani Tin 11/6 12 6 41 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/- 15/1 1 Hatang Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40 0.45 1 1 Bukit
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    • 597 3 Renewed Activity in All Sections. |*ia.,oi' and Co.’s report of Ike. 9 states Renewed activity has taken place in all sections oi the local market, and since ou* last report a substantial business has been put through with the majority of bargains at advanced quotations. Especial attention has
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      • 697 3 Abaco (i'll V. Allagar (2 1 3; Amherst (2 1 3; Anglo-Malay (ill 7 16; Ayer Kun- ptr (i ii 1; Hagan Serai &lt; £1) 4 Hahrti tSl.* (2 3 Banteng til* :i Hatang Consolidated (2 1 9; Hatu Uaves (il* 21 22; Hatu Tiga
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      • 718 3 Closing Price* Capital Issue Fraser Lyall 4 Paid Up Value Dividends Company A C% Evatt 389,293 1 6 p.c. for year 28-S-80 Allenby (Si) 1.00 1.10 1.03 1.20 216,779 1 Nil for year 30-9-30 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.90 1.10 0.90 1.00 435.425 1 15
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    • 269 3 Motorists to Insure As From Jan. 1. The Minister of Transport announces that the part of the Road Traffic* Act, 1930, relating to provision against third party risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles will come into fotce on Jan. 1 next. From that date
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    • 562 5 O u T Y A O w C A R H D T S M O T O N R When the wind or outboard fall* you. And jrnn’re mi lei away from shore. It la I that’ll gladly help you The 4 KONIG Sideboard Motor. ho stored in m
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