The Straits Budget, 9 August 1934

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. :W»1 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1934. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    256 1 LEADERSThe Council Meeting 3 Paul Von Hindenburg 3 Employment At Home 3-4 Brokers and Cables 4 The Half Year 4-5 •Vested Interests” 5 Occasional Notes 5-7 Pictures— Sir Shenton Thomas 15 Lady Thomas 15 Miss Bridget Thomas 15 Mrs. E. K. Allin 16 Chin Kee Onn 16 Women’s Doubles
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    OFFICIALS’ APPEAL.
    67 1 Magistrate's Decision Unaltered. r, m Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 5. fwo out of door officers of the Department, Cheong Seng Seow Chee Yen, appealed to Mr. t lce Mudie in the Supreme Court c, 0ay alter the decision of the Magistrate, who fined them a for causing
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    406 1 Mr. F. L. Williams has been granted leave. Mr. E. D. Fleming has been seconded for service in Johore. Mr. J. A. Clarke, of Evatt and Co., has returned from leave. Mr. H. H. Cobon is to act as Superintendent of Surveys, Johore. Capt. Geoffrey Freyburg, R.N.,
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    DISASTROUS FIRE IN SINGAPORE Native Village Ablaze
    234 1 All available engines of the local fire brigade were called to deal with a fire at the top of the hill not far behind the General Hospital. The locality is known as Tiong Bahru and hundreds of homes occupied by Chinese and Malays
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    MR. P. HOALIM ON ASSAULT CHARGE.
    154 1 P. C. In Hospital With Eye Injury. Mr. Philip Hoalim aged 33, a local solicitor who has frequently appeared as counsel in criminal cases, was arrested on a charge of assaulting a policeman and appeared in the police court on Friday before Mr. J.
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    BRONZE WREATH MISSING.
    102 1 A bronze wreath has been removed from the grave of L. A. C. R. C Kmking, one of the victims of the RA.F. flying boat disaster at Seletar two years ago, at Bidadari Cemetery. The wreath was sent out some time age by the boys of an
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    JUNGLE BLAZE IN SINGAPORE.
    145 1 Large Area Involved. RUBBER AND PINEAPPLE GROWTHS IN DANGER. After many weeks of inactivity the Fire Brigade spent three hous on Tuesday fighting a big jungle blase at the extreme end of Jurong Road. The area involved was about one and a half square miles and
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    115 1 Mr. G. J. Wight And Miss Joan Albrecht. At St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday the marriage took place of Mr. George Jellry Wight, of the S.S. Police, and Miss Joan Albrecht, eldest daughter of Mrs. I. Albrecht of Singapore. The Rev. Adams took the service. The bride who
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    FRENCH CONSUL’S WIFE & PISTOL INCIDENT.
    1658 2 FRENCH CONSUL’S WIFE PISTOL INCIDENT. “Sworn Evidence Gun Was Loaded” Says Counsel. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Auk. I. ItemaLkahle statements were made before the Chief Justice today in the course of an application by M. Hubert .Marie Lniile I*c aux. a director and general manger of Socfin, Ltd.,
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    CHINESE SMUGGLER CAUGHT.
    69 2 Fined $2,000 For Hiding Opium. A day’s imprisonment and a fine cf $2,000. or eight months In default, was imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge on Tuesday on a Chinese woman who was caught bringing opium into the Colony The drug, the approximate
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    “INSOLENT ATTITUDE” OF POLICEMAN.
    498 2 Engineer’s Complaint. SINGAPORE OBSTRUCTION CASE DISMISSED. “I consider that his attitude t 0 wards me was absol itely insolent declared Mr. A. M. Drysdale. an en gineer of Telok Blangah Road, in evi dence at Singapore police court ia St Thursday when his Malay syce was
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    HAWKER’S APPEAL DISMISSED.
    126 2 Found 10,000 Francs But Sent To Prison. Because he found 10.000 francs < n the Singapore Harbour Board whari and made no effort to find the »wncr V. Sivasamy Ram, a postcard vendor is to serve six months rigorous imprisonment. This sentence was imposed on non in
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  • The Straits Budget
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      THE COUNCIL MEETING.
      930 3 —Straits Times. August 2. Monday’s meeting ol the Legislative council produced a number of speeches n subjects of more than passing interest but they were somewhat )Ver sbadowed by Sir Basil Blackett’s rt on the Currency Commission nd the first volume of the Report M he Trade
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      PAUL VON HINDENBURG.
      891 3 —Straits Times. August 3. Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. second President of the German Republic. was one of the few great fisjuivs of the World War who rose to further greatness in the days of peace, a' though perhaps it is straining the word peace to extreme limits
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      EMPLOYMENT AT HOME.
      874 3 Straits Times. August 4 According to economic analysis, the imposition of tariffs is followed by a period of increasing employment, corresponding with the short term effects of protection, and that gives place to a movement in the opposite direction when the longer term effects are being felt
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      BROKERS AND CABLES.
      1049 4 Straits Times. August 6. Hitherto, comment on the conclusions and recommendations of the Trade Commission has been conlined largely to such subjects as Japanese competition the activities of shipping conferences and the customs union proposals. It was under these three headings that the major part oi he
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      THE HALF YEAR.
      865 4 aits Times. August 7. Although there was a heavy deciin in the value of exports from m.i.u t in June as compared to the total r May. the latest returns issued bv iMj Registrar General of Statistics tn,. tinue the pleasant story ot irac? revival and the
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      “ VESTED INTERESTS.”
      1106 5 VESTED INTERESTS.” heavily weighted against him. Straits Times. August 8. J. Shepherdson, the chairman Singapore Urban Co-operative -speaking at the fifth Mlv,,n Urban Co-operative Con- in Singapore on Saturday 10 following remaks “The u,,f l uplift in the economic i (iarci 01 the clerical and labouring s must lead to
      heavily weighted against him. Straits Times. August 8.  -  1,106 words
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      OUR FREEDOM.
      137 5 —Straits Times. August 2. The Association oi British Malaya seldom makes an incursion into politics. But the prese it trend of events is regarded with such alarm that at the annual meeting in London on July 25 the president felt constrained to remark Our anxiety is that this
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      LIFE’S LITTLE WORRIES.
      129 5 —Straits Times. August 2 In the past 48 hours ttie writer of this Note has given serious thought to the possibility of arranging mass murders in Singapore. This drastic idea is the result of a number of telephone conversations. In the time specified, the writer talked with
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      WHERE IS SINGAPORE?
      164 5 knows all about it. Straits Times. August 2. Where is Singapore Judging from what one sees in a recently exhibited cinema serial. Singapore is in some part of China. Shabby looking buildings. narrow and badly constructed streets, cumbersome rickshas of a kind we have never seen here—
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      UNEMPLOYMENT.
      287 5 UNEMPLOYMENT '•—Straits Times. August 2. i As for the last three quarters of 1933 and the first quarter of the present year, the tables of unemployment and employment statistics published by the International Labour OfTlce for the second quarter of 1931 show, on the whole, an improvement In the situation.
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      A CAPITAL DEFENCE.
      138 6 -Straits Times. August 3. Last night s Singapore theatregoers should take special note of a police court .story which we published yesterday. Charged with using criminal force on a woman" at Taiplng. Teow Wah Seng pleaded guilty, but. denying that he touched the woman, confessed only to
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      SOVIET WOMEN.
      206 6 Straits Times. August 3. According to the Soviet Government in 193 J women in industry comprised 35.5 per cent, of the total workers m the factories and mills. 178 per c«nr of the miners and 13.3 per cent, ot the workers employed in transport In tlie United States,
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      “IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.”
      210 6 Straits Times. August 3. Among tile police court reports printed in the Straits Times on Wednesday last was the following: Rescued lrom drowning by the police, a Chinese was charged in the third magistrates court before Mr J. M Brander yesterday with attempting to commit suicide.
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      STRANGE CARGOES.
      186 6 Straits Times, August 3. An American newspaper man having a few idle moments, glanced through the shipping pages of *-ia Journal ot Commerce and was struck by the strange cargoes unloaded :i one day on the wharves of New York Here is his list A tortoise and three
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      VIOLENT ATTACKS.
      102 6 —Straits Times. Aug. 4. We received yesterday several copies of a publication called The Provincial Pioneer," which is Issued weekly a; Koforldua. Gold Coast. The principal contents are the violent attacks on Sir Shenton Thomas, of which mu ii has been heard in this country. We do not
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      THE LEAGUE’S FINANCES.
      364 6 —Straits Times, Aug. 4. A few’ days ago we commented on a statement issued by the League of Nations in which reference was made to arrears in the contributions 0: certain States. The statement did not go into details, but dismissed the whole question very airily and
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      GOOD NEWS OR BAD?
      261 6 —Straits Times. Aug. 4. Pi recent issue of The Time«> contained reference to a development :n the manufacture of motor-car tvr»s which will be welcome to us as motor ists. but not quite so attractive when we contemplate its possible eit'e d on the consumption of
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      THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT.
      161 6 Straits Times. Aug. Singapore has had a firs* 1 end opportunity of seeing the enthusi >sm with which the co-operative movenv". has spread throughout Malaya. A: Fifth All-Malayan Urban Co-operative Conference held on Saturday and >t*s terday. reference was made o attitude of the Press particularly \u
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      LESS CRIME.
      185 6 straits Times. Aug. 6. A further welcome reduction in tin’ extent ot serious crime in the Str;d:> Settlements is recorded in the ann.ia! report of the Inspector-General ol Police for 1933. The situation as regards criminal activity by societies eul gangs is also satisfactory, but the i,,ais expressed
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      OH, MISTER SAVAGE!
      572 7 O H, MISTER SAVAGE! —Straits Times, Aug. 6. You will remember that a few days I Wl published in this column I extracts from an article appearing in the Manchester Evening Chronicle, and purporting to relate the experiences of one Mr. G. W. K. Savage. wh0 is described as “the
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      CONSOLATION.
      166 7 —Straits Times. August 7. IjUI al offices are opened this mornatter the holiday break, and there 1 general air of regret in the s phere. Even such a short respite thn daily round as is presented bv a long week-end throws people out of their stride to an extraordinary
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      SPORTSMANSHIP.
      176 7 Straits Times, August 7. There was a very pleasant incident at the close of the football match at the Anson Road Stadium lasc nignt. when the Austrian side, playing magnificent football, showed us that Singapore football falls well short of the standard that has become common m Europe. Several
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      OH, MISTER SAVAGE.
      179 7 —Straits Times. August 7. Sheila.” of Singapore, moved by the reference in yesterday’s Straits Times to the further experiences of Mr. G. W. K. Savage. the young Manchester adventurer.” contributes the following Since you have never listened to the music in the breeze. Where bends the palm
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      “ DECENTRALISATION.”
      57 7 DECENTRALISATION.” —Straits Times. August 7. The decentralisation comedy continues. It is announced that a series of Bills is about to be introduced in the State Councils of the four Federated States. The object and reasons of the Agricultural Pests Enactment state This Bill will re-enact as a State enactment the
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      THE NEW DEAL.
      83 7 —Straits Times. August 8. President Roosevelt’s policy has been approved by 61.15 per cent, of people voting in the poll carried out by The Literary Digest. The total poll was over 1,700.000 and those who expressed approval on the whole, of the acts and policies of Roosevelt’s
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      ANNALS OF RUBBER.
      382 7 during the same year —Straits Times. August 8. In the current issue of the India Rubber World (New York) there Is a chronological record of the importantevents in the history of rubber. Beginning as far back as 1519. we fine’ that Herrera-Tordesillas (Antonio de). one of the
      during the same year —Straits Times. August 8.  -  382 words
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      A NEW POSTER.
      231 7 •rnd instructive one.—Straits Times. August 8. Something out of the ordinary in the way of railway posters is shortly to be issued by the F.M.S. Railways to advertise the East Coast line. It is a map containing text describing the journey and the points of interest from
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    BUS DRIVER CHARGED.
    83 7 Five Persons Injured In Street. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 7. As a sequel to the accident in which five people were injured by a swerving motor-bus outside the Jelutong market Harun, the driver of the bus, appeared in the police court here today. He was
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    BIRTHS
    79 7 FLETT—JuIy 8. 1934, at the Westminster Nursing Home. Chester, to Edith wife of Captain T. A. Flett late E. Ex. Telegraph Co.. Singapore, a son. McGOWAN.—At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on the 3rd Instant, to Grizel, wife of L. A. McGowan, a son. KING.—On August 5, 1934, at the
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    MARRIAGE
    31 7 WIGHT—ALBRECHT—At St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday. August 4. 1934. at 3.30 pm. George Jeffry of the SS Police, to Joan, eldest dan.; iter of Mrs. I. Albrecht of Singapore.
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    27 7 DEATH ANQ.—Mr. Aug Kong Tleng passed away peacefully at his residence No. 180 Telok Ayer Street. Singapore at 10.30 on Augual 5 at the age of 92.
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    TWO BRITONS ARRESTED AT KATONG.
    414 8 Caarged vVith Breach Of Trust Of $3,000. Two Britons, arrested on Tuesday in a house in East Coast Koad, were produced in the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander on Wednesday to face a number of charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating,
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    SEREMBAN MOTOR UNION
    72 8 First Anniversary Celebrations (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug. 6. Great enthusiasm marked the first anniversary celebrations here of the founding of the Seremban Hire Motor Union. The large attendance at dinner and tea included the Tungku B»sar of 8rl Menantl. who is acting for the Yam-Tuan,
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    DECENTRALISATION MOVES.
    387 8 F.M.S. Implementing Legislation. The Agriculture Pests Enactment 1934 is about to be introduced into the state councils of the four Federated States. The objects and reasons arc: This Bill will re-enact, as a S|ate Enactment, the provisions of th2 Federal Agricultural Pests Enactment. 1926 Clause 19 is new
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    JAPANESE IN TROUBLE.
    135 8 Two Cases In Local Courts Instances of Japanese figuring in local police court proceedings are comparatively rare but two cases were mentioned before Mr. Norman Grice the second magistrate, on Wednesday in which the parties were Japanese. In the first case an elderly but sturdily built Japanese.
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    JUDGE REBUKES COUNSEL.
    540 8 Appeal Dismissed. INSUFFICIENT DETAILS SUPPLIED. “Tell the appellant that his appeal is dismissed as his counsel has not chosen to comply with the law as laid down when he moved the court in appeal.” This statement was made by Mr. Justice Prichard in the Court of Appeal
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    TAKE UP THY CYCLE.
    48 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 7. A Chinese, Kow Kwai, who walked away with the locked bicycle of a Customs outdoor officer, on his shoulders. had the misfortune to meet a police constable whose suspicions were amused. Resu t, one months’ rigorous imprisonment.
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    DIVORCE SUITS IN PRIVATE.
    132 8 Taken In Chambers, I ACTION AGAINST LOCU FRENCH CONSUL. (From Our Own Correspondent > I Kuala Lumpur, Aug 7 I Two divorce suits which were* to I dave been heard in open court h morning were transferred to -h! Judge’s chamber. I The first was that
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    TAMIL KING GEORGE PROTESTS.
    157 8 Prison Life Is So Inconvenient! (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug 7 “King George the fifth,” after having been under observation for a week, again appeared in the police court today when the case in which he is charged with disorderly ''onduct by breaking bottles
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    BRAVE CHINESE.
    132 8 Coroner Commends Young Men. (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Aug. 7. The Seremban magistrate, Mr. V W. W. S. Purcell, acting as coroner, today complimented two Chinese witnesses. Wong Tong Fai, a clerk in the Forest Office at Seremban, and Loke Pen? Cnan, a school-boy attending St. John
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    THE CAP PADARAN.
    51 8 The Straits Budget is informed thi the Cap Padaran to which the pol'<* e wirelessed last week after a hawser’s complaint is not a boat belong to the Messageries Maritimes. In 1 week’s issue it was incorrectly so d( c cribed. The Cap Padaran is owned Chargeurs
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    MR. W. R. M. PERROTT MARRIED.
    203 9 SINGAPORE CATHEDRAL WEDDINGS. Tht wedding took place last Thursday Andrew’s Cathedral of Mr. W. ti. J; Perron of the Asiatic Petroleum r nrn .my. Singapore, and Mrs. Valerie Flint Brown (Miss Valerie Giles) of Aberdeen. The Ven. Archdeacon Grat un-White officiated. rue bride, who
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    Mr. E. A. Fairlie Married
    123 9 At St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday. Mr. Edwin Alexander Fairlie oi Messrs. Sandllands. Buttery and Co.. ningest son of Mr. and Mrs W E. F.uiie. of Northwood. Middlesex, was married to Miss Nancy Hume Clark, nd daughter of Mr. E. G Urling and the late
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    BAN HIN GOLD MINES SUIT.
    217 9 Resumed Hearing. STORY OF PAYMENTS TO LANCASTER. rioin Our Own Correspondent*. Ipoh. Aug. 7. i'. hearing was resumed before -I Justice Howes in the Supreme ’y rt today of *he action in which a :n Gold Mines are suing two in S<? towkays tor recession
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    SULTAN’S SON TAKES UP FLYING.
    338 9 At K. L. Club. MR. LOKE WAN YAT’S NEW PLANE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug, 4. Tengku Ahmad Shan, a son oi His Highne*v the Sultan of Selangor, has begun flying instruction with the Kuala Lumpui Flying Club, and is making good progress,
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    FALSE SWEEP TICKETS.
    189 9 Young Chinese Sent To Prison. < From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 7. Suspicious of the high serial numbers on alleged Penang Turf Club sweep tickets given to him for sale a young Chinese coffee-shop cler’’ went to the police. The result was that, a Chinese
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    BLIND GIRL’S FATAL FALL.
    750 9 Inquest Resumed. D.P.P. ASKS ABOUT HOSPITAL STAFK (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang Aug. 7. At the resumption of the inquest today on Rajammal, an eighteen- 1 year-old blind girl, who fell 65 feet from the fourth floor of the general hospital on the night of July
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    ALLOWANCE CUTS TO BE RESTORED.
    304 9 At Early Date. JUBILATION IN MALAYA COMMAND. Information has been received in Singapore that the drastic cuts made in the allowances paid to all ranks of the British Army serving in the Colonies, are to be restored at an early date so far as Malaya
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    FIRE-WALKING IN THE NEGRI.
    72 9 Thirty Persons Take Part At Serein ban (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug 5. mi lmeiodving ceremony, common ua iome parts of the country, but not often seen in this State took place at he See Soo Yaah Temple. The spectators, including some Europeans, watched a
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    REVOLVER TESTS IN COURT.
    980 10 French Bank Shooting. Revolver tests were carried out in the third magistrate’s court on Wednesday vnen Nand C-ingh. a former night watchman ol th* j Banque de 1’IndoChine was charred with causing hurt to Rangit Ral. the day watchman, with an axe. nd of attempt.! .g
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    FINE REDUCED.
    152 10 Chinese And Sale Of Motor Oil. The appeal of Lee Boon Tok against 1 conviction and sentence for a violaion ol the Trade Marks Ordinance was heard in the Appeal Court on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Gerahty Lee Boon Tok sold a tin of lubricating oil called Star
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    BUSINESS IS SKILL AND CHANCE.
    985 10 Counsel’s View. EGYPTIAN BONDS APPEAL. Are Credit Foncier Egyptian Bonds a lottery and can their sale be brought under the gaming act? The acting Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. N. A. Worley, argued that they are in the Supreme Court on Friday when Mr. Justice Gerahty
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    HOOLIGANISM IN PENANG.
    199 10 Police View. CHINESE WITH AN \u WRAPPED IN PAPER. All axe 12 inches long with a s j larn glittering blade, was the princip a J? hibit in a case in which Chew r n Joo. a Chinese rubber factory coolv was charged before the Penang magistrate
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    Towards The Co-operative Ideal.
    3341 11 All-Malayan Conference In Singapore. SALARY ADVANCES OPPOSED. 4 OTHER milestone in the history of the Co-operative Movement A in Malaya was readied during the week-end when the fifth anI all-Malayan conference was held in Singapore. several far-reaching resolutions were carried. It was decided to: Establish an
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    PORTER’S LIKING FOR RAMBUTANS.
    78 12 Seeing a basket of tempting “rambutans” lying in the railway office, a porter, Ramiah, gave vay to temptation and took the basket away, thinking no one was looking. He felt sorry for himself when a rai way constable tapped him on the shoulder and guided him
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    200 AMBULANCE CALLS.
    48 12 The Singapore ambulance service attended 199 calls during July The cases are classified as follows Motor Car Accidents 39, Motor Lorry 10, Motor Bus 7, Trolley Car 4, Col lapse Cases 7, Attempted Suicide 6, Shooting or Stabbing 14, Other Causes •1 1 4B i
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    PHOHI ANNOUNCER IN SINGAPORE.
    523 12 Meeting His Listeners. I SHORT WAVE RADIO FOR ALL. Mr. Edward btartz, internationally I famous as the announcer at the? i Dutch “Phohi” short-wave station, did not speak in the familiar silver tones when he arrived in Singapore last week. Indeed his voice was scarcely recognisable.
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    MORE LABOURERS ARRIVE
    37 12 understood that 2191 state*dd 'abourers arrived In Malaya th-t pura 11 ls “pected th t 548 will he sent to Pula r .'erejak and the balance will pioceed to Port hwettenham for quarantine there.
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    BOY SCOUTS FOR AUSTRALIA.
    610 12 Malay Kampong Life Tn Be Illustrated. Forty-one scouts from Malavu attend the Pan-Pacific ScouS Jamboree to be held at Melbourne the close of the year as part of the (Centenary Celebrations of that tainous city. There will be 22 from Singapore seven from Penang, four from
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    LESS CRIME IN COLONY LAST YEAR: POLICE REPORT
    2363 13 Secret Societies “Kept Well In Leash” luoad survey of Straits Settlements crime during last year is included in the annual report of Mr. II. Fairburn, Inspector General of m'ikc. oii the work of the police department. It is revealed that: I here
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2325 14 More About Early Tapping Methods And Records —The (wardens’ Bulletin —The Chisel In Use. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) IT is now my intention to transcribe some more information that I have coli -u*d from the same Gardens’ Bull, n number, which I have previously made use oi,
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    COSTLY FUNERALS.
    136 14 Reasons For Chinese Clerk's Bankruptcy. On his father’s death in 1927, a young Chinese, Lee Chwee San. spent $300 on the funeral. Ever since, he has been in debt, and on Friday in his public examination, he stated that his mother died three years later and $350 was
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      TIN QUOTA MAY BE REDUCED.
      252 19 .—Reuter. I.T.U. Meeting On August 13. SUPPLIES INCREASE. Malaya 3,000 Tons In Arrear. r(im Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 2. I am informed on excellent authority that the International Tin Committee is announcing; after a London meeting on Aug. 13 a decrease in the quota
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      SHIPPING SUBSIDY.
      209 19 —Reuter. “‘A Faltering Step In The Right Direction.” London, Aug. 2. Describing the proposed subsidy for 'ramp shipping as a hesitant and altering step but in the right direc ,]on the British Merchant Navy OflicFederation report provides the 1IV comments on the Government’s s clu*me irom actual seafarers.
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      STORM HAVOC IN MICHIGAN.
      77 19 .—Reuter. Vessel Driven Ashore: Three Killed. Detroit, Aug. 2. At least three persons were killed when a steamer was driven ashore here tonight. Damage estimated at $1,000,000 has been caused by violent wind and rainstorm in Eastern Michigan which is spreading destruction from Flint to Detroit,
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      PROBLEMS FOR N.R.A.
      236 19 Reuter. How To Increase Flow Of Capital. London. Aug 2. The designers of United States recovery ari f tced by many complex problems, one of the most intractable of which concerns the contribution by the capital market to economic recovery. sayc the monthly review of the Midland
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      BETTER TIMES.
      55 19 ponding period of 19.33.—5 in Chew Jit Fob. Shanghai, Aug. 3. An indication of the gradual return of better times is indicated by the Chinese Customs figures for imports of toys for the first six months of this year, which totalled $577,962. This represents a big increase over
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      FILM STAR’S ESTATE.
      88 19 —Reuter. $50,000 Bequest To Two Servants. Los Angeles, (Calif.) Aug. 2. An estate estimated at $300,000 has been left by Marie Dressier, the famous film star whose death occurred here on July 29. The bequests include $50,000 and all her clothes and a motor-car to a Negro
      —Reuter.  -  88 words
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      DRASTIC PURGE IN AUSTRIA.
      216 19 —Reuter. Wholesale Dismissals In Public Services. Vienna. Aug. l The situation is now dominated by the questions of clean-up of the services and relations wuh Germany. A drastic purge ’■•as been begun with reorganisation ol the police, wholesale dismissals of public servants, and schoolmasters. In Styria
      —Reuter.  -  216 words
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      HONG KONG TRAGEDY.
      235 19 .—Reuter. Verdict On The Gasworks Explosion. Hong Kong. After a hearing which had lasted 17 days, the jury has delivered its verdict in the inquiry into the explo- sion at West Point on May 14 of a gasometer belonging to the South China Gas Co., with a
      .—Reuter.  -  235 words
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      ANGLO-POLISH TRADE.
      57 19 British Wireless. Big Progress Reported In London Talks. London, Aug. 3. Discussion has been proceeding during the last five weeks with a deputation from Poland, which has come to London for negotiations on trade matters. Considerable progress has been made in clearing the ground and the discussions will
      – British Wireless.  -  57 words
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      CEYLON BOWS TO AUTHORITY.
      298 19 .—Reuter. Ministers Not To Resign. QUOTAS ACCEPTED. 4 Extra-Constitutional Exercise Of Power.” Colombo, Aug. 1. 1 he threatened conflict between the Hoard of Ministers of Ceylon and the British Government regarding the textile quotas has been averted. At an unofficial meeting today the Board decided it
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      JAPANESE GOODS.
      175 19 Heavy Shipments To Ceylon. It is revealed that local businessmen and those of the general public who had written to the Board of Ministers, supporting the introduction of the quota system, also sent a letter to the Governor, protesting against the decision of the Board of Ministers and
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      RUSSIAN PLANES OVER MANCHU TERRITORY.
      421 20 STERN WARNING TO SOVIET. Belligerent Demonstrations By Rival Armies. Russo-Japanese relations have again become strained as •i result of recent border incidents, which have culminated in a stern Japanese warning to the Soviet, threatening to take “defensive measures” if Soviet planes again cross the Manchukuo
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      REDS REPULSED ?
      138 20 REDS REPULSED Japanese Report Foochow Suburbs Attacked. Shanghai, Aug. 4. A Japanese report from Foochow states that 5 000 Red truops yesterday morning launched an attack on the outlying districts of Foochow, capital of Fukien. The Reds, says the report, took Suikow, about 30 miles from Foochow, on Thursday afternoon,
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      ACTIVITIES CURBED.
      203 20 (lose Watch On Japanese Subjects. In accordance with their promise to keep a dose watch on the activities of Japanese and Korean civilians in the demilitarised Luantung region, the Japanese authorities yesterday carried out a census of their subjects resident in the region, of whom there ar more
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      COUP FEARED.
      57 20 —Sin Kuo Min. Precautions Taken In N. China Cities. Shanghai, Aug. 4. Strict military and police precautions are being taken in Peiping and Tientsin against a possible coup d’etat, following information received in official circles that a large number of armed civilians, allegedly hacked by Manchukuo agents, are
      —Sin Kuo Min.  -  57 words
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      DEATH OF BARON WOLZOGEN.
      133 20 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Popular Composer Of Pre-War Germany. Berlin, July 31. Baron Ernst Freiherr von Wolzogen, one of the most popular and versatile figures in the German literary life of the pre-war era. died on Monday, at the age of 80. on his country seat at Wolfratshausen. North
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      DIET DISSOLVED.
      170 20 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Undermining Of Memel Autonomy. Kovno, Aug. 2. The dissolution of the Memel Diet has been officially confirmed here. The reason given for the dissolution was that the "refractory behaviour’’ of the deputies during last Friday's sitting had shown the Memel Diet to be unable to accomplish any
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      SHOCK FOR THIS MAN.
      103 20 .—Reuter. Tried To Light Cigarette His Breath Caught Fire London, Aug. 3. The story of a man w'hose breath caught fire is reported in the Lancet. While seated in the cinema with his wife a man struck a match to light a cigarette. There was a
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      TWO TOWNS LOOTED.
      81 20 Bandit Depredations In The Luantung. More bandits are appearing in the Great Wall area, according to reports reaching Tientsin. A bandit force estimated at more than 500 attacked the small towns of Ghinkanling and Taitowying on Thursday and, after carrying out looting for several hours, carried off
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      UNKNOWN SHIP’S S.O.S. CALL.
      109 20 —British Wireless. 60-Mile-An-Hour Gale In English Channel. LIFEBOAT’S SEARCH. Small Vessels Driven Ashore. Rugby, Auk:. 2. The Plymouth lifeboat spent the night in an unsuccessful search for an unknown vessel which sent up distress signals off Rigburge Bay. A sixty miles an hour gale was blowing
      —British Wireless.  -  109 words
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      CHINESE MISSIONS.
      155 20 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Studying Military And Traffic Systems. Berlin, July 29. A commission consisting of 22 high Chinese officials and army officers arrived in Berlin on Saturday from Munich by the air liner “Field-Marshal von Hindenburg." Among representatives of the Nanking civil service is the Vice-Traffic Minister. Mr. Yue Fei-peng.
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      RUBBER EXPERIMENT.
      81 20 Tass. Success Claimed By Russia. Moscow. The creation of new rubber plantations in the U.S.S.R. is progressing successfully. This year, the rubber planting collective farms will deliver the first consignment of industrial rubber to Soviet rubber factories. Successful preparations for the autumn planting of rubber plants are under
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      DRASTIC ACTION.
      53 20 .—Reuter. Strikers’ Headquarters Raided. Minneapolis, Aug. 1. Governor Olsen took drastic action against the striking lorry drivers today. Acting on his instructions a large force of the National Guard, supported with machine-guns and carrying fixed bayonets, raided the lorry men’s headquai ,ers shortly before the pickets assembled to
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      PRESIDENT HINDENBURG DEAD
      640 21 A GREAT SOLDIER AND A GREAT PATRIOT. STRICT CONSTITUTIONALIST. Man Who Routed Russian Armies. Berlin. Aug. President Hindenburg died at 9 a.m t(K -j *y without regaining consciousness Ir om the coma into which he fell last night. A bulletin issued early this morning stand that Hindenburg
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      HITLER’S NEW TITLE.
      550 21 —Reuter. —Anet -Trans-Ocean. —Reuter Wireless. Flagrant Violation Of The Constitution. Berlin Aug. 2. The German C abinet has adopced a law combining ihe offices of PresM' 3 and Chancellor, which Hitler assumes. The law copies into force immediately. and Hitler is probably taking the title of R»-*eLsfuehrer.
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      HINDENBURG’S FUNERAL.
      460 21 —Reuter. Gigantic Demonstration At Tannenburg. Berlin, Aug. 4. The state funeral for Hindenburg was resolved upon in a special law issued by the Cabinet on Thursday. The ceremonies will be held on Tuesday amid the towering stone archways of the huge Tannenburg Monument in East Prussia which marks
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      HAPSBURGS AGAIN ?
      79 21 HAPSBURGS AGAIN r.— Reuter. II Duce And Archduke Otto To Meet. Rome, Aug. 5. It is understood that Archduke Otto of Austria will meet Mussolini here after II Duce returns on Aug. 10 from the naval manoeuvres. It is rumoured that Dr. 8chuschnigg. the new Austrian Chancellor, will also be
      r.—Reuter.  -  79 words
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      GERMAN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS.
      94 21 ed but a solution is anticipated.—British Wireless. British Mission. AGREEMENT STILL TO BE REACHED. It is expected that the results of the negotiations now taking place in Germany with the Board of Trade mission which left London some day* ago will be announced shortly. The two main
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      MYSTERY DEEPENS.
      102 21 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Did Kwangtung Order 200 Planes Hong Kong. Aug. 3. Interviewed on his return at Hong Kong, Gen. Huang Kwong-yui. chief of the Canton Air Force and leader of the Chinese mission to the United States and Europe, flatly denied that the Kwangtung Government had
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      JAPANESE LEGATIONS.
      21 21 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Tokio, July 30. Japanese legations will be established in Afghanistan and Colombia, according to decisions of the Cabinet.—
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      FOREIGN FORCES IGNORE JAPANESE DEMAND.
      1249 22 imminent.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin CM Jit Poh. BOXER TREATY PROVISIONS. British Garrison In War Exercises. Shanghai. Aug. 2. Despite the “advice” of the Japanese military authorities. British Legation troops have begun their manoeuvres In the demilitarised zone outside the Great Wall. The area around
      imminent.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin CM Jit Poh.  -  1,249 words
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      C.E.R. TRAIN WRECKED.
      58 22 ties is unknown.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Bandit Outrage In Manchukuo. Harbin, July 29. Manchurian bandits tore up the rails of the Chinese Eastern Railway 13 miles from Imienpo, ihus causing a passenger train to run off the rails. The locomotive and five passenger coaches crashed over a ravine and were
      ties is unknown.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  58 words
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      ROOSEVELT FACES CRITICAL TIME.
      383 22 New Deal Opposition. CONGRESS ELECTIONS APPROACHING. Washington. Aug. 4. With many important problems awaiting solution and Congressional elections drawing near, the country awaits with keen interest several speeches that President Roosevelt will make on his journey from Portland Oregon, to Washington. President Roosevelt, who was welcomed
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      N.R.A. ORDER DEFIED.
      91 22 —Reuter. Senator Borah And Bread Price Increase. Glenn’s Ferry (Idaho). Aug. 4. Senator Borah took a strong nne against the N.R.A. order raising the price of bread. A local baker complained to Borah that he had been ordered to increase the price by one cent a loaf.
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      PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY OF HITLER.
      1060 23 Reuter. at HINDENBURG’S funeral. Renewed Nazi Activities In Austria. Hindenburg is not dead. He remains with us/’ was ihe keynote of Hitler’s funeral oration to the President in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin o n Monday. Contrary to expeetatien. Hitler did not refer to
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      JAPANESE APOLOGY TO THE BRITISH.
      247 23 Great Wall.— Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Sequel To Shanhaikwan Incident. Shanghai, Aug. 7. The commander-in-chief of the Japanese garrison forces in North China has formally tendered an apology to the British Legation at Peiping in connection with the Shannaikwan incident, in
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      HEER WELLENSTEIN DIES AT THE HAGUE.
      94 23 Reuter. N. I. Director Of Economics. Rugby, Aug. 3. The death has occurred of Heer Wellenstein. Director of the Department of Economic Affairs in Netherlands India and vice-president of the Dutch delegation to the trade conference with Japan. He arrived in the Netherlands a
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      LONDON DIVORCE.
      38 23 —Reuter Wireless. London, July 31. Ronald Colman, the film star, has been divorced bv his wife following a petition In the London Divorce Court. j he parties were marrro in me Vest End in 1920.—Reuter Wireless.
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      AUSTRIAN PURGE CONTINUES.
      256 23 Prominent Men Compromised. Vienna, Aug 4. Chancellor Schuschnigg’s purge cf the insurrectionary Nazi elements is proceeding apace and Government agents are busy investigating all circumstances connected with the revolt on lines indicating that the inquiry Is not simply a Judicial matter but ore of high politics. Those
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      DR. WAECHTER.
      127 23 1 V. 1*V4 j mu. AS A TfatUIlU IB autfttu U have reached Germany.—Reuter Wireless. Said To Be The Master Mind Behind Nazi Putsch. Vienna, Aug. 6. Ever since the attempted putsch which led to the death of Dr. Dollfuss. the police have been seeking “Herr Kunze” who
      1 V. 1*V4 j mu. AS A . TfatUIlU IB autfttu U have reached Germany.—Reuter Wireless.  -  127 words
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      VON PAPEN ACCEPTED.
      106 23 Reuter. To Be Ordinary Minister To Austria. Vienna, Aug. 7. The Austrian Cabinet, after a long session, tonight decided to agree to Herr von Pappen’s appointment as German Minister in Vienna.— Reuter. Herr Von Papen will assume the duties of an ordinary German Mini ster abroad and
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      MR. LU YIAO-KANG.
      28 23 Hong Kong, Aug. 3 Mr Lu Yiao-kang has been appointed to be secretary-general of the Canton Government at a meeting of the South-West Political Council.
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      ANGLO-JAPANESE INCIDENT.
      352 24 Britain’s Conciliatory Attitude. SETTLEMENT HOPES. Weihaiwei Squadron To The Scene. The British Government is adopting a conciliatory attitude in connection with the Anglo-Japanese incident at Shanhaikwan and has instructed the British Minister to effect a settlement. The situation in North China, however, remains tense, and the British squadron
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      SHANGHAI—TSINGTAO.
      48 24 Sin Kuo Min. New Air Service To Be Inaugurated. Shanghai, Aug. 7. Air services between Shanghai and Tsingtao (Shantung) will shortly he inaugurated by the Chinese National Aviation Corporation. In order to improve its services, new planes are being placed on the Shanghai-Feip-ing. Shanghai-iiankow and Shanghai-Szechuan routes.—
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      SIR JOHN SIMON.
      94 24 .—Reuter Wireless. Jewish Extraction Denied. London. Aug. 3. Sir John Simon has written to a correspondent denying statements industriously spread at home and abroad that he is a Jew and such ancestry had powerfully influenced the National Government’s policy since Sir John became Foreign Secretary. He says
      .—Reuter Wireless.  -  94 words
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      TO VISIT MALAYA.
      46 24 home enterprises.— Sin Kuo Min. Overseas Committee To Send Delegation. Shanghai. Aug. 2. The Central Overseas Committee has resolved shortly to send a delegation to the South Seas countries. including Malaya, to induce overseas Chinese to invest capital in home enterprises.— Sin Kuo
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      ORIENTAL PROBLEMS.
      60 24 .—Reuter Soviet To Form Special Pacific Institute. Moscow, Aug. 5 A special Pacific Institute, composed of Soviet experts on Far Eastern affairs, is to be formed under the chairmanship of Professor Motylev with the object of studying oriental problems. This institute will accept an invitation to join the
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      SHUIKOW RETAKEN.
      243 24 dreds ol Rod troops. Sin Kuo Mm and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Fukien Reds Fleeing To Border. Hong Kong. Aug. 1. A Foochow communique claims that a Central regiment assisted uy the safety corps, co-operating with bombing planes, have retaken Shuikow, the Reds fleeing along two routes, one
      dreds ol Rod troops. Sin Kuo Mm and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  243 words
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      FRESH CALAMITIES FOR CHINA.
      121 24 Drought And Flood. CHEKIANG FAMILIES IN SUICIDE PACTS. Shanghai, Aug. 7. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has wired to the Provincial Governments of Kiangsu. Chekiang. Kiangsi. Hupeh. Honan and Anhwei urging the taking of special emergency measures for the relief of drought and flood sufferers in those provinces.
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      AIR DISPLAY TRAGEDY
      39 24 .—Reuter. Woman Endurance Flyer Killed In Crash Dayton (Ohio), Aug. 5. Mrs. Frances Marsalis, co-holder of the women's endurance flight record, was killed here today when the plane she was piloting crashed in a flying display.—Reuter.
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      FACING STARVATION.
      86 24 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poll. Desperate Plight Of People Of Hupeh. Shanghai, Aug. 5. An official report by the Provincial Government of Hupeh states that 43 districts in the territory have been badly affected by the recent drought and that millions are on the verge
      – Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poll.  -  86 words
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      N.I. AND RESTRICTION.
      97 24 Reuter. Native Producers Satisfied. The Hague. Aug. u It is learned authoritatively that the Netherlands Indian Government is keeping native rubber exports well in check and within the limits of the restriction scheme quota. Those w r ith inside information are convinced the Government will continue to
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      MR. QUO TAI-CHI.
      46 24 —Reuter. Chinese Minister Enters Nursing Home. London, Aug. 2. Mr. Quo Tai-chi (Chinese Minister in London) entered a nurising home, today to undergo a light operation. The case is not serious, and the Minister expects to return to the Legation in ten days.—Reuter.
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      CHINA’S TEA TRADE.
      46 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai. Aug. 5. An improvement in Chinese tea exports is noted in figures just released. Tea exports for the first half year were valued at $13,548,335. an increase of over $1,000,000 compared with the same period last year.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      RED ADVANCE ON FOOCHOW.
      245 24 Martial Law Declared. JAPANESE WARSHIP o\ THE WAY. Shanghai, Aua. Martial law has been proclaimed Foochow, provincial capital of f’uk »n The authorities refuse to give \n- v planation for their action A Japanese gunboat is en route tor Foochow, the Japanese authorities n Amoy stating
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      GREAT WALL ‘FIGHTING.’
      191 24 Exercises Carried Out By Four Powers. Following their preliminary exuv.s > at Shanhaikwan last week, the fia’dau and French garrison forces at Peiping and Tientsin yesterday embarked earnest upon their manoeuvres Thus three powers, including Gre*: Britain, are now engagd in manoeuvre on both sides of the
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      “THE TERRIBLE THREE.”
      71 24 .—Reuter Wireless Innsbruck, Aug. 1 Sentence of imprisonment for 1 has been passed on the bandits knov. n as “The Terrible Three” who h:v' overawed the Tyrol for four years wit > their crimes. The charges related three murders and plans for five unexecuted murders and 33
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    MORAL VICTORY FOR F.M.S.
    1397 25 Perak Player’s Deadly Bowling. Kr< in Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. -v. States were dismissed this morn- "-or the addition of 51 runs to u overnight- total of 222, after 41 mlnuU' play. Had the Colony fielding oe up to the mark the States
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    LUCKY VICTORY FOR SINGAPORE.
    445 25 Penang Play The Better Football. (By Our Special Correspondent.) Singapore were lucky to b.*at Penang by two goals to one at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It took the Singapore side practically the whole of the first half to realise that conditions were all against the short
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    Trophy Match Drawn.
    241 25 .—Router. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug:. 6. Selangor Club 2; S.C.C. 2. The Singapore Cricket Club fielded a very weak team against Selangor Club in the annual match here today, which was drawn 2—2. The game was played on the Y.M.C.A. ground, the abandonment of
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    Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships.
    1732 26 SIAMESE WIN DOUBLES TITLE. The Malayan Lawn Tennis chamwere concluded at the Singapore Cricket Club on Monday afternoon in brilliant weather belori a large crowd of spectators. In every event, except the Veterans’ doubles, titles changed hands, the new holders being as follows. Men's singles: Chin
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    Austrian Tourists Win Again.
    629 26 Austrian Tourists Win Again SINGAPORE FAIL TO SCORE. Grazer Sports Club..3. A Singapore XI.. 0. A combined Singapore XI gave the Austrian amateur football tourists quite a hard time at Anson Road Stadium on Monday but in the end the visitors won quite comfortably by three goals to nil. and
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    TENNIS STARS.
    46 26 .—Sin Che Jit Poh Tilden And Vines To Tour China. Shangh. Aug. 2. The China Athletic Federation has invited Big Bill Tilden and Ellsworth Vines to give exhibitions in China. The two professional tennis stars will leave for China in September.—Sin Che Jit Poh
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    FAVOURITES FAIL AT PENANG.
    1808 27 Another Big Double Tote Dividend. (From Our Own Correspondent > Penang. Aug. 2. rnt third day oi the Penang jtumn meeting brought plenty c* Arises and none of the favourites the lowest dividend of the day, c s being paid by Catspaw. “"Vhe second race saw
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    AIRMAN’S SUCCESS AS YACHTSMAN.
    315 27 Result Of R.S.Y.C. Annual Race. The first race of two in the annual i Round Singapore Island series for “B” i class boats of the Royal Singapore i Yacht Club was sailed on Sunday I and ended in a victory for B5 s*ip- percd by Flight-Lieut.
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    AUSTRIAN TOURISTS IMPRESS.
    689 28 Malaya Command Beaten By Two Goals. Grazer Sports Club, Austria 2 Malaya Command 0. •By Our Football Correspondent.) It is a long time since Singapore football fans have had the opportunity of seeing such a delightful exhibition of clever and clean football as the Grazer Sports Club
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    Weber Beats L. S. Fond At New World.
    405 28 Weber Beats L. S. Fond At New World .—Reuter. APOSTO’S FINE DISPLAY. Frankie Weber deservedly gained a points decision over L. S. Fond at the New World arena on Fridav. Fond had originally been billed to j meet George Sulzdori. but the Burmese j boxer damaged his hand in training
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    Rivers Wins Middleweight Title.
    742 28 The light between A 1 Rivers and Arthur Suares at the Great World on Saturday for the Middle-weight championship of Malaya ended in a points decision for the American. To say that the verdict received a mixed reception is to put it mildly. Many good judges
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    Inter-State Badminton Contest.
    33 28 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. S.ngapore beat Selangor by a total of eight games to five at the conclusion of the Inter-State badminton tournament here this evening.
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    MALAY FOOTBALLERS.
    118 28 To Be Reinstated From Aug. 15. On tiie recommendation cf the S.A.F.A. the Football Association of Malaya have approved of the reinstatement as amateurs of the 17 Malay footballers, who have applied wO be reinstated, as from Aug. 15. These players will not be eligible to play in
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    MALAYA F.A.
    121 28 Officials Elected At Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting of thMalaya Football Association was IvM yesterday at its new pavilion on th. Balestier Plain. The following were elected ofl'abearers for 1334:— President: Mr. H. M. Sahib. J P vice-presidents: Mr. A. M Alsag"! J.P., Mr. H A. Sooloh,
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    PENANG BOXING.
    81 28 Penang Aug. 7The light between the rival prom' ters. M. de Souza and Tan Soo Bun. decide who should stage the Nara Johnson fight, ended in a dramatic fashion last night. Matthew de Souza, who was know, to Singapore boxing fans some t» years ago as Dudley Cambrooke.
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      STORMY SCENES AT COMPANY MEETING.
      432 1 Shareholders Criticise Chairman And Walk Out. Shareholders walked out ot the room after a stormy discussion it the general meeting of the Malay-Siamese Prospecting Company, held at Taiping. Mr. T J. McGregor, who presided, was severely criticised by Mr. V II. Whitaker on behalf of
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      105 1 Foreign imports of tin oro during the T.unth of July. 1934. Country of Origin Tons 1 Alaska Burma 323 > Netherlands India: Banka and Billiton Singkep Other Places 2 French Indo-Chlna 134 *>■ Japan 78 5 Siam 1.571 7 Tanganyika 12 Union of South Africa 130 Uganda
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      MALAYAN PALM OIL
      84 1 Latest Buyers' Prices Messrs. Guthrie and Co. Ltd., notify latest buyers’ prices, received by cable for Malayan palm oil and palm kernels. Palm oil in buk c.i.f. landed weights Halifax 'Nova Scotia) 2.20 cents <U.S.) currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weights Liverpool! Holland Hamburg £9.12.6 per ton.
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      TINNED PINEAPPLES EXPORTS.
      81 1 During the week ending July 28. ex pens 01 tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 44,513 cases oi which 36.717 cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.300 cases to the Continent of Europe. 5.330 cases to Canada, and 866 cases Elsewhere. Total exports for the period
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      FRASER & CO’S SHARE REPORT.
      628 1 FRASER CO’S SHARE REPORT. Markets Quiet On The Reopening. As usual, the incidence of the August Bank holidays has -'.ad the. effect of unsettling a market, always! only ready to be unsettled, and with the majority of potent al operators either away or otherwise interested, the volume of business during
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      AMERICAN COTTON POOL
      54 1 —Reuter. Holdings Will Not Disturb Market Conditions. New York, Aug. 1 The manager of the Cotton pool, Mr. Johnston, reiterates that the pool’s holding will not be dumped on the market or In any way disposed of that is calculated to disturb undulv either the spot market
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      162 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association luld *ts 1185th auction on Aug. 1, when there was catalogued 1.497.337 lb. or 668 45 tons; offered 1.411,706 ib. or 630.22 torts; sold 1.141 092 lb. or 509.41 tons. Spot London 7 1 16d New’ York 14 r, ets.
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      51 1 Kim Sons —40.928 ib Sungkap Para. —49,813 lb. Tan Jong Rambutan. —37.500 lb. Rasa—37,500 lb Kedah Rubber. —60.000 ib Batu Llntans- —60.300 lb. Parit Perak—36.219 lb. Sungei Raya—26.911 lb. Jons Landor—75.000 lb. Malaka Plndn—37.800 lb. Penang Rubber.—384.000 lb Sabrang Rubber. —96.300 Ib Straits Rubber—258.000 lb Rubana Rubber- 116,253
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      364 2 FOREIGN IMPORTS OF RUBBER DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. 1934, IN DRY TON8. DRV WET estimated dry weight) Remill Crepes Blanket Crepes. Native Bark and Wet Sheet Scrap, Lump TOTAL Country oi Origin Smoked Sheet Dry Unsmoked Estate Scrap Crepes and Bark All Grades Sheet Crepe® Sumatra
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      COFFEE IN MALAYA.
      1194 2 ('.orresDondence. To the Editor of the Straits Times, i Sir,—In connection with Mr. A. B. Milne’s article which appeared In the Financial Times on the subject of coflee cultivation in the highlands of, Malaya and the editorial note at the, conclusion of that article, the “menace” of
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      43 3 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices d I A L>.; I S'pore Aug Aug. Sept. Aug 2 7 1 !h J3 24 1 16 2424 v 7 24 1 24‘s 25»s 7 -4 24 7 24 24-s 25
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      SELANGOR UNITED RUBBER.
      59 3 Report for year ended March 31, .ito> that output amounted to 826.110 ainst 809.898 lb in 1932-33). Balance brought forward was £7,377. which is added the profit on w0rk£3.282 i loss. £1.302), making 1110.639 As already announced, directors recommend dividend of 2 l 2 per cent which
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      TO BUY PENG ANN PROPERTY.
      706 3 Mentakab Rubber. 600,000 MORE SHARES CAPITAL TO BE $450,000. Resolutions increasing the capital ol the company to $450,000 were carried unanimously at the extraordinary general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Company, Limited, held at Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Wednesday. Mr. G. A. Potts (chairman),
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      COMPANY RESULT.
      25 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. *ug. 2. Ipoh Tin Dredging.—Net profl* at Mar. 31, £37.599 final dividend Is. 3d. per share forward. £6.943
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      189 3 The following information has been received from the Rubber Growers' Association, through the Malayan Information Agency. London. 1933. 1934. Jan.-Dec. May June Tons Tons Tons A. Net Exports. 1. Oeylon 63.808 7.528 4 8M 2. Other Countries m than Ceylon, Malaya and Netherlands East Indies (partly) estimated) 58.000
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      MANCHESTER NORTH BORNEO RUBBER.
      75 3 Profit to 31st March was £778, after £771 depreciation (Loss in previous year was £427, before depreciation £514). Add £719 brought in and deduct £763 expended on Melalap extensions, leaving £735 forward. Report states at 31st March last dividend on Pref. was unpaid for 3‘/ 2
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 3 Aug. 2 Tin, S pore Price $113.75 per picul 3 113.00 4 113.00 7 113.25 3 113 00
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      218 3 Ocean Shipments of Rubber including Latex, Revertex and Concentrated Latex, during the month of July, 1934. Sheet Crepe Latex. Concentrated Latex, TOTAL Tons. Revertex. Tons Tons. Transhipment Transhipment Transhipment GRAND Name of Port. Export Export Export TOTAL Proper Straits Malay Proper Straits Malay Proper Straits Malay Settlements
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      Trade And Finance.
      406 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, Aug. 8. SELLING. Loiu 1 1 months’ sight 2 4 11/64 Lonu 3 months’ sight 2 4 5/32 Lono 60 days’ sight 2/4 9/64 London, 30 days’ sight 2/4 4 London, demand 2/4 7/64 London. T.T. 24 3 32 Lyons an l Park;, demand
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      818 4 Eraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Aug. 8. Mining. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 37/6 40/fl £1 Austral Malay 50/- 52/0 6/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 14/6 15/3 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 24/6 25/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.38 0.31 1 1 Batu Caves
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      265 4 Last Night’s London Quotations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 7. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 2. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5% 1194-4-3/16 Funding
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JULY 28.
        665 4 Allagar <1? 1 11'»; Alor Pongsu (2 2 6; Anglo-Malav t i'l > 16 3; Ayer Kunlng (£1) 30/6; Bagan Serai <£l> 14/; Bahru (Sol.) (2 3 3'.*: Banteng <£l> 26 3; Batang (2 1 <2\ Batu Caves <i’l> 22 6; Batu Tiga (£l> 32
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES AUG. 8.
        725 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividend** Fraser Lyall 4 Ompany Co. Evatt 454.175 1 3 p.c. for year ended 28-2-34 Allenby (Sl> 1.75 1.85 1.75 1 80 216.779 1 Nil for year 30-9-33 ..AlorGajah ($1) 1.35 1 40 1 35 i 4c
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