The Straits Budget, 8 August 1935

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 1043. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    437 1 l|IS Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner (Sir Shenton Thomas) declared open on Saturday the twelfth Malayan Exhibition, at the grounds of the Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association in Kuala Lumpur. The ceremony was largely attended, .md was presided over by Mr. F. W. Douglas. President of the
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    HUGE CROWD AT DAYANG ELIZABETH’S WEDDING.
    294 1 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 6. Amazing scenes were witnessed outCaxton Hall Register Office today '•hen Miss Elizabeth Brooke. Dayang Elizabeth of Sarawak, was married to Harry Roy. the leader of the May fa 'r Hotel dance band. A huge crowd mobbed the
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    3 AERODROMES FOR SARAWAK.
    454 1 The Rajah Flies To Kuching. ANOTHER WEDDING THIS YEAR The Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, completed the final stage of his journey back to Kuching—by air from Singapore in an R.A.F. Singapore III flying boat—on Sunday. Before he left. Sir Charles admitted that three
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    RAJAH BROOKE RETURNS.
    185 1 MISSES WEDDING OF DAUGHTER. OWING TO H.E.’s TOUR. H.E. the Governor’s Impending tour of Sarawak and British North Borneo prevented Rajah Brooke of Sarawak from remaining in London for the marriage of his second daughter, Dayang Elizabeth, to Harry Roy. the donee band leader, today The Rajah
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      Facing Facts.
      875 2 the last four years.—Straits Times, j Aur. 1. It Is significant that Mr. V. A lowinger, in his address on Moniday, did not even attempt to Jfliscuss the question of whether Malaya should refuse to sign another tin agreement on antirestrictionist grounds. He was consulting the miners as
      the last four years.—Straits Times, j Aur. 1.  -  875 words
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      Save Or Spend?
      612 2 representations. Straits Times. Aug. 2. Government servants are sometimes accused of a lack of commercial acumen. Nevertheless they run the most prosperous business concern in Malaya, judged by the figures. They have, it is true, a tremendous advantage over the merchant prince, in that they enjoy a
      representations. — Straits Times. Aug. 2.  -  612 words
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      Trade Revival.
      643 2 °nd confidence. —Straits Times. Aug. 3. 1 Days of comparative prosperity have returned to Malaya. Trading I results for the first six months oi the year have shown an expansion as remarkable for its consistency as for its degree. Gross trade during the half year shows satisfactory improvement
      °nd confidence.—Straits Times. Aug. 3.  -  643 words
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      A Quota Quibble.
      390 3 to open and frank about it. -Straits Times. Aug. 3. Although there are many people in Malaya, not excluding the traditionally free-trade colony of the Straits Settlements, who support the piece goods quota policy, even they do not attempt to disguise the fact that the Purpose of
      to open and frank about it. -Straits Times. Aug. 3.  -  390 words
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      A Malayan Review.
      739 3 they really are—Straits Times. Aug;. 5. It is significant of the steadily I growing reputation and influence of the Malayan Exhibition that mete and more people are going; to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore lor this event every year. People in the commercial metropolis ot this country are
      they really are—Straits Times. Aug;. 5.  -  739 words
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      Worthless Houses.
      862 3 detail tomorrow. —Straits Times, Aug. C. i As a result of the decision of the i Court of Appeal announced last week, about seventy-live shophouses in Singapore are temporarily worth- less. They are doomed to be pulled down and their owners will receive nothing more than the value
      detail tomorrow.—Straits Times, Aug. C.  -  862 words
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      “Vested Interests.”
      1055 4 needs to be done.—Straits Times, 'Aug. 7. Public health versus vested interests was a striking phrase used by Mr. Roland Braddell when he appeared in the Court of Appeal recently on behalf of the Singapore Improvement Trust. The world is full of vested interests and most of us
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    SIR ARNOLD ROBINSON.
    277 4 LEAVING MALAY THIS MONTH. Sir Arnold Percy Robinson S( lror partner in the iirm of Messrs Drew and Napier, advocates and solicit T goes on leave on Aug. 31 prior to retire ment at the end of the year after •>» years spent in this country. Born
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    MRS. H. E. LANKTREE.
    205 4 Former Malacca Resident’* Return Visit. Mrs. H. E. Lanktree. a former resident of Malacca, is making a return visit to Malaya. Mrs. Lanktree expects to reach Singapore towards the end oi August and will go straight on to Malacca. It is about 13 years since Mr.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    47 4 HANCOCK—CHAMBERS—The engagement is announced, and the wedding will ta place in September, between John Nrn Coulter Hancock, Department of Statistics, Singapore, younger son of Mr. Mrs Coulter Hancock. Truro, Cornwall, ann Dorothy Howitt Chambers, eldest daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Chambers. Bur.e>. New Forest.
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    BIRTHS
    54 4 STRANG.—At the Maternity Hospital Singapore on July 31, to Jess, wife of Dr l Strang, Kelantan. a son. WOOD.—On August 3rd, 1933 at Singap to Alison (Nee Dewev) vife of G. Wood of Silian—Negri Similar,, a son. EDMONDS—At Aberdeen. on 1st instant to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Edmonds
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    30 4 DEATH. TAN—MRS TAN KIAN TEC>NG (nee Mad’.m Lim Im Neo) aged 73, passed away peacefully at her residence, No. 31, Neil R° l on Sunday 28th Inst., at 5 p.m.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    157 5 ,—HOSE Who can manage to take one T 0I the iive-dollar flips that will be t)thr ed at the Seletar air base on usl 24 should not miss the opportunity. for even the briefest of flights ,vcr Singapore island is a fascinating experience. I was lucky
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    SWAMP VIEWS.
    153 5 UNTIL one sees Singapore from the air one does not realise how much swamp there is in the Geylang and Kallang districts. No wonder the health officers cannot banish malaria entirely. The Singapore river, with twakows packed like brown maggots along one curve of it. was another wonderful
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    BAND AND TEA.
    193 5 IN pursuit of my campaign against the British sweat fetich, I firmly declined an invitation to play tennis yesterday. Instead, I went to the Botanic Gardens and drank tea. This, you may think, was an effeminate thing to do: and certainly I would not do it often.
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    COLONY ARTISANS.
    161 5 Parents will be interesteri to hear that a printed prospecus of the Government trade school in Hoad is now available. h r are m any hundreds of meanics, fitters, electricians and plumfr,r 111 ,Sin gapore who have come here 1 hina. Surely, with the present mr °l of
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    MR. MACDONALD.
    125 5 •THE following comment by the Contemporary Review is interesting: “Taken purely on its merits and without regard to claims of various kinds, the appointment of Mr. Malcolm Macdonald to the Colonial Office is excellent. He is thoroughly competent for the position. “The fact that he it only 33
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    “PECULIAR EXPOSURE.”
    155 5 rvo you know that it is possible to snuggle under blankets and blissfully venture the tip of the nose into a temperature only ten degrees above freezing point at a Malayan hill station? TJhat is a fact. The lowest temperature yet recorded at Tanah Rata, the residential centre
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    COLD NIGHTS.
    194 5 IT is in the Tanah Rata area that the Highlands hotels and schools are situated, and the difference in temperature, as compared with Fraser’s Hill, should give the newer hill station a distinct advantage. Mr. Stewart’s report for 1934. on which these notes are based, shows that the
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    IPOH JUICE.
    173 5 IPOH JUICE V FIND that I was wrong when I lamented the other day that canned pineapple juice from Malayan factories is not on sale in this country, although juice from American factories from Hawaii is. Mr. A. B. Milne writes from Renglet, Cameron Highlands, as follows: You tell us
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    “STAMPEDE.”
    140 5 STAMPEDE.” P*ROM the manner in which the 1 municipal president spoke at last Friday’s meeting, it would almost appear that he does not welcome the manner in which the Singapore public is presenting itself to be vaccinated. In the four days following July 18, thanks to newspaper publicity, the number
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    NO PANIC.
    71 5 *pHERE has been no suggestion ol a panic, so far as I can discover. People simply decided, as a result of what they read in the newspapers, that they ought to take precautions, and this sensible and co-operate attitude is surely to be welcomed. But it must be
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    ANONYMOUS GIFTS.
    169 5 /GENERALLY speaking, a newspaper man’s view of mankind is peculiar and inclined to cynicism, but every now and again a ray of human kindness lights up the drabness of his days. 0 I have written before about tne pleasant little gifts, almost always anonymous, that we receive in
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    FUTURE REVENUE.
    150 5 /"VNE wishes that there were some legitimate method whereby a por- tion of the Jubilee Fund could be made available for immediate relief. All the subscriptions received hitherto have been given on the clear understanding that the money would be Invested as part of a trust fund, but
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    CIRCUS MONEY.
    147 5 CULL marks are due to Mr. Isako for 1 the manner In which he Is backing up the Jubilee Fund Non British and non-Singaporean though Mr. Isako is. one ol the first things he did on arriving in Singapore a few days ago was to send a cheque
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    THREE FACTORIES.
    173 5 /''VNE would not expect tile rubber scheme to have had much elTect on the municipal electricity department in Singapore, but it has actually reduced the sales oi current by an amount equivalent to ono-flfth of the 1933 total. The explanation is that three rubber j factories in the
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    $100,000 WANTED.
    114 5 AIIR. Gareth Jones, the young Welsh journalist whose capture by Chinese bandits was reported in the Straits Times on Wednesday, was in Singapore only a few weeks ago. He Is being held to ransom for, it is said, $lOO,OOO, and his position would appear to be a serious
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    HONG KONG GOVERNORSHIP.
    151 5 A DEMAND is now being heard that the Governorship of Hong Kong should be accorded a semi-diplomatic as well as an administrative status. If this view Is accepted by the Imperial Government. the persistent rumours that 8ir Andrew Caldecott is likely to succeed Sir William Peel at
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    MOTHER HELEN.
    144 6 riFTY years In Borneo—that is the record of Mother Helen, who left England as a young woman of twentyfive and celebrated her golden Jubilee as a Franciscan nun on July 5 this year. Mother Helen was appointed a provincial of the Franciscan Missionary SLsters by the well-known Cardinal
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    OVER OUR HEADS.
    149 6 we get the “Java winds” in Singapore in May we are accustomed to attribute them to the change of the monsoon, but do we really experience the south-west monsoon in Singapore at all? This is what Mr. C. D. Stewart says: “While it cannot as yet be
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    “CALANGH.”
    145 6 J7URTHER information about eariy mining in Selangor is supplied by Mr. F. W. Douglas, who calls my attention to a passage in Bort’s report on Malacca <1676) in which it is said that the output of tin from Calangh and Songhoejong was 400 bahars a year. Loke Yew re-opened
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    MUTINY RUMOURS.
    156 6 IT is curious that in the many recent references to the Singapore Mutiny, evoked by the twentieth anniversary of tliis tragedy, a most Important official statement has been overlooked. The Straits Times is indebted to Mr. A. V. Brown, now living in retirement in England, for recalling a
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    163 6 QUT at the Swimming Club last Saturday. after an intolerably stuffy morning and afternoon in the office. I fell to thinking of the gratitude which I and my fellow-members (two thousand odd) owe to the club committee. It must have taken up a great deal of time in
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    MALAYAN ROSES.
    145 6 people who read the article 1 entitled “Rose Gardens in Malaya” which appeared on this page a few days ago were probably surprised to learn that English roses could be grown in this country at all. I do not know what the position is now. but prior to
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    EMPIRE NAMES.
    127 6 new dictionary of Empire biography is to be compiled from placenames by the Institute of Historical Research in London, working in conjunction with similar bodies overseas. Behind the names provinces, townships, mountains, capes and rivers lie innumerable* half-forgotten incidents in the long story of Britain’s expansion, and the
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    LESSER STARS.
    153 6 117 HEN one looks round one finds re* markabl.v few place-names In Malaya which are of more than local significance. We have roads bearing the names of Hugh Low and Maxwell and Swettenham. We even have Clifford Pier, most inappropriate of memorials. We have the names of governors
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    TWO MILLIONS.
    151 6 AT least two million Filipinos suffer from malaria every year, said Dr. P. I. de Jesus, of the University of the Philippines, in a broadcast address this month. This must be a very broad guess, as no health officer can possibly say how many persons go down with
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    SINGAPORE CLIMATE.
    155 6 of the main differences between the climate of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has been only too obvious lately. So muggy and uncomfortable have been the nights in this island city that I have been prompted to look up the tables of the Malayan Meteorological Service to find out
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    UNDER BLANKETS.
    185 6 JN Kuala Lumpur the nights are almost always cool, and if you go to sleep without a blanket you wake up at about three a m. and hastily obtain one. The early mornings are especially delightful. The air remains cool und fresh up to nine o’clock, and it
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    EXPRESS BUSES.
    176 6 QNE suggestion to ameliorate the v bus situation which I have heard in the last few days is that the express service from the terminal points in the suburbs should be improved. There already are services of this kind, but passengers complain that they are not fast or
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    P.M. “CULTURE.”
    218 6 P.M. “CULTURE I am Indebted to a reader who signs himself “R.S for the following note: “While I disagree with you most strongly on the subjects listed as follows:—to wit—(a> The belching lion (b) the camera man in the Eyes and Ears of the World <c) Hair-cutting in Singapore, etc.,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    1499 7 The rcv Brother James, O.B.E., arrived in Penang last Sunday from Rangoon. Mr H G G. Riches, of Messrs. Sime, j mrbv and Co., Ltd., has returned to, Singapore after leave In England. passengers from the Dutch Indies by f v7 k N I L M plane
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    Johore Appointments.
    79 7 The following appointments are announced in the Johore Government Gazette: Mr. G. H. Caldicott, seconded for service in Johore. Mr. F. H. Terrell to be an Executive Electrical Engineer. Mr. J. Hardman to be an Executive Electrical Engineer. Mr. H. A. L. Luckham to officiate as Secretary. Rubber
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    General Lewin’s Tour.
    42 7 HE the General Officer Command ing. Major-General E. O. Lewin. left Singapore for nothem Malaya on Aug 2. returning on Aug. 8 During his absence, the command of the regular troops in Singapore devolved upon Brigadier A. T. Shakespear.
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    Government House.
    386 7 Monday, July 22. In the morning His Excellency visited the Poh Leung Kuk Home. His Excellency and Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas attended by' the Personal Start' left Singapore 'or Kuala Lumpur by the night mail train. KING’S HOUSE Wednesday. July 24. In the morning His Excellency visited
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    Contents
    145 7 Leaders— Facing Facts 2 Save Or Spend? 2 Trade Revival 2 A Quota Quibble 3 A Malayan Review 3 Worthless Houses 3 “Vested Interests’* 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news ...24 —28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial news to date, following page 32 Malayan General News—
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    SEA RESCUE OF AIRMEN.
    173 8 STEAMER BRINGS THEM EO SINGAPORE. ATTENTION CALLED BY ANOTHER PLANE. W\o French airmen who were rescued from the sea off Saigon after drifting about foi two nights and three days in a wrecked plane were landed in Singapore from the N.Y.K. cargo steamer Tokushima Maru on
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    SINGAPORE INVENTION.
    244 8 Mr. Alexander Lindsey Scully, ot N 47 Hertford Road. Singapore, his heirs, executors, administrator and assigns, have, under the Public Seal of the Colony, been granted the sole and exclusive privilege ot making, selling and using, and authorising others so to do, an invention for “An improved type
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    REVOLUTION IN PLANTING.
    758 8 SURPRISES FOR MR. E. MACFADYEN. “BOOM” SALARIES UNLIKELY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. It is five and a half years since Mr. Eric Macfadyen was last in Malaya. His present visit, for business purposes, is therefore full of interest for him. especially of course
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    NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN N.I.
    57 8 AN imposing parade of infantry cavalry and aeroplanes was held at Andir, the great aerodrome in bV' doeng. on July 23. when General Koster officially gave over the com mand of the N.I. forces to General Boerstra. The retiring Commander-in-chief left Java on the Aug r,
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    PLANTERS’ SALARIES.
    912 9 Restoration Of Cuts: Effect On Dividends. (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) Sll it has become increasingly evi < o! late that a fundamental misunderstanding of lhc situation existsrespect to the question of the reaction «f salary cuts, combined with in obvious ignorance of the ellect such
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    A HIGHLANDS M. O.
    220 9 Settlers' Position Under Labour Code. Editor of the Straits Times. From time to time there is -i*■ ti<•* from the Cameron Highuais Sot iety in the Press for the l intment of a registered medical 'titinner at the Highlands. But o not the Highlanders approach :l1
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    “ NOT FOR A EUROPEAN.”
    282 9 NOT FOR A EUROPEAN. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.- With all the new works being carried out, would it not be possible to absorb the few remaining Europeans who are unemployed and are willing to work hard as overseers, etc. The writer would only be too willing
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    FLYING OFFICER TROWER’S DEATH.
    240 9 Husband Of Mr. E. W. F. Oilman's Daughter. The daughter of a retired officer of the M.C.S. was widowed as the result of an accident to the new crack British fighter aeroplane, the Fairey Fantome, which after an exhibition of aerobatics, at Brussels recently, went into
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    MUTINY RUMOURS.
    436 9 What Sir Arthur Young Said In 1915. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—As a member oi the Veterans’ Company, S.V.C., which was on guard at the prisoners’ camp at Tanglln irom the 16th to the 22nd February, 1915, I have read with interest Herr Jessen's account
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    “ NO COMPLAINT.”
    182 9 NO COMPLAINT.” To the Editor ot the Straits Times. Sir. In your leader of the 25th you write, inter alia: ‘As lor rubbet. there is no special complaint about the restriction scheme.” I protest strongly against such an assertion, which I can only think that y< u made because yo.i
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    SARAWAK PRINCESS IN QUANDARY.
    243 10 quutc publicity Straits Times copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July JO. The Dayang Elizabeth ol Sarawak and Harry Roy. the dance band leader •whom she is to marry in London on 8 are in a quandary Mr. Roy naturally has no objection to publicity for
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    PASSENGERS WESTWARD.
    709 10 Sailing By The P. O. Rawalpindi. The following passengers sailed by the Rawalpindi on Friday for Penang., Colombo. Bombay and Europe Mr. E. C. G. Barrett. Dr. Reich. Lt. Beaumont, Miss L. Moore. Mr. J. Cosgrave, Mr. W. Lowry, Lt. J. H. Parsons, Lt. B J Murphy, Mr.
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    PERAK RIVER HYDRO ELECTRIC.
    119 10 Estimates Prepared For A New Dam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Aug. 2. It is understood that the Perak River Hydro Electric Co., have prepared estimates for the erection oi another dam at Bidor. Mr. Lowinger. Ipoh. Aug. 2. Mr. V. A. Lowinger. senior 'alayan representative
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    PROSPECTING AND HIGHER QUOTA.
    411 10 REQUESTS BY PERAK TIN MINERS. From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Aug. 1. A further appeal for an increase in the tin quota was made to Mr V A Lowlnger when he attended a meeting ol the Perak Planting and Mining Association Mr Leong Sin Nam. the
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    HOW MISS WONG WAS KILLED.
    384 10 DRIVER TELLS OF FAT BEND. CORONER’S VERDICT Telling the Coroner’s Court Singapore, last Thursday, how Miss Nancy Wong met her death, Mr Lim Peng Han, driver of the car which over-turned in a swamp, attributed the fatality to the fact* that, on the dark Buona
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    PONGGOL ZOO ADDITIONS.
    156 10 CARGO OF BEASTS AND BIRDS. The Norddeutscher Lloyd cargo steamer Neckar arrived in Singapore, her top and main decks crammed with boxes and crates containing remarkably varied collection of inimals and birds for the Singapore Zoo at Ponggol. The animals Were shipped in the Neckar by a
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    SIR S. THOMAS OPENS K.L. EXHIBITION. MALAYAN AGRICULTURE
    2305 11 Wide Range Of Products. .From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. H E the Governor and High Commissioner (Sir Shenton Thomas) declared open this morning the twelfth Malayan Exhibition, at the of the Malayan AgriHorticultural Association in Kuala Lumpur. The ceremony
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    SUCCESS OF KUALA LUMPUR EXHIBITION.
    1258 12 Eager Rivalry. HOTELS CROWDED WlI'll VISITORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. Kuala Lumpur is lull of visitors. The hotels are crowded, and many guests are being entertained in private houses. Many are here, ol course, lor the lawn tennis championships, but a
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    FRANK BUCK’S PLANS.
    196 12 WANTS TO MAKE EPIC FILM. Mr. Frank Buck, the well-known American wild life film producer, who left lor the United States on the Naldera with Mrs. Buck, hopes to return to Malaya at an early date. Before he left Mr. Buck, in an interview. said he was
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    LOCAL FLEET SOLD.
    195 12 TEO HOO LYE’S STEAMERS. (From Our Shipping Correspondent) Rumours that the Teo lloo Lve Steamship Company, of Singapore, were selling their whole fleet of inter-island traders were confirmed on Friday morning. An official of the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co.. Ltd., informed mP that they have just
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    A PLANTER REPLIES TO A BISHOP.
    702 12 English Brides Financial Facts. ■"HHE speech of the Bishop of London at tlie Incorporated Society ot Planters' Luncheon in London last month makes pretty disheartening reading, doesn’t it? On what the Bishop bases his knowledge we cannot tell, but it is to be feared
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    SLUM PROHIBITION WRIT SET ASIDE.
    1876 13 Improvement Trust Wins Appeal. MAJORITY JUDGMENT. announced in the Straits Times on Thursday, the writ of prohibiA tion restraining the Singapore Improvement Trust from proceeding lurther in regard to a declaration that certain houses in the area bounded by Victoria Street, Bugis Street, North Bridge
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    RUBBER TREES STOLEN.
    131 13 AIR MINISTRY’S LOSSES. About $4,000 worth of rubber trees has been >ost by the Air Ministry in Singapore. Between 1.400 to 1,500 trees in the estate ofT Air Base road, were cut down on Tuesday and removed in lorry-loads, allegedly by squatters. The police carried out a
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    BRITISH EXPORTS TO THE EAST.
    158 13 A noticeable improvement in the demand for British groceries and drugs in the East is reported by Mr. J. W. Brown, of Messrs. J. L. Morison, Son and Jones, Ltd., the London distributors for such well-known concerns as MacLeans. Andrews. Morny’s and Ephazone. Mr Brown
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    RENTS AT ROCK BOTTOM.
    696 14 Municipality Review For 1934. SINGAPORE’S TIME LAG IN POTTING UP NEW BUILDINGS. Last year rents reached what was apparently their lowest level, says the annual administrative report for 1934 by Mr. W. Hartley, president of the Municipal Commissioners. Following are extracts from the report VALUE OF
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    Commander Lander’s bungalow in the Telom Valley.
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    AMALGAMATION OF CLUBS.
    90 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. July 27. An extraordinary general meeting of the Swimming Club Malacca was held at the Swimming Club premises to consider the suggested amalgamation scheme between the three leading European clubs in Malacca. Mr. C. T M. Husband was in the chair. The
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    QUEEN’S SCHOLAR.
    120 14 (From Our Own Correspondent./ Segamat, July 28. Mr. H. R. Jesudason. the F.M.fc. Queen’s Scholar for 1934, is at present staying with his brother, who is on the tutorial stall of the school here, prior to his departure for England by the Rawalpindi on Aug. 3 from Penang.
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    WELL-KNOWN PLANTER-SPORTSMAN OFF TO SOUTH AMERICA.
    460 14 PUT ASIATIC RUGBY ON SOUND BASIS. A well-known figure in planting and Rugby football circles who left Singapore last Tuesday by the s.s. Buenos Ayres Maru. in Paymaster Lieut. -Commander D E. Lander. Mrs. Lander sailed earlier in the week by the s.s. Christian
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    CARGO THROWN INTO SEA.
    177 14 BUT SHIP HAS TO BE ABANDONED. From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. July 30 The owners of the Batavia Maru. following the advice of the captain, have abandoned the vessel and the officers and crew have sailed tor Japan by the Sumatra Maru Every elfort failed to
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    Iceland—But Not Yet Malaya.
    47 14 Iceland —But Not Yet Malaya. The British Post Office announced yesterday the inauguration on Aug. 1 of a radio-telephone service between Great Britain and Iceland (says British Wireless.) Malaya is still without radio telephone communication with England, although there are radio phone links with some neighbouring countries.
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    KICKED AT SNAKE WITH BARE FEET
    83 14 After he had been bitten by a venomous black snake in Bungsar Road, a Tamil dhobie tried to kill the snake with his bare feet. He kicked at it, and tried to jump or. it, but the snake escaped into the grass. The man
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      IS RESTRICTION JUSTIFYING ITSELF?
      2459 15 Talk With An “Anti”—Dangers Of “Artificial Inflation —Control Of Price Level —Directors And Their Fees (By Our Planting Correspondent.) II' is not often, these days, that one I meets an anti-restrictionist. In fact i visited Singapore recently I Ruined that as far as rubber was nncerned
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    K.L. POLICE OFFICER’S LEAVE.
    224 16 Magistrate’s Tribute to Mr. A. E. Jakeman. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 30. Before the commencement ol busi-1 ness in the Kuala Lumpur Court today Mr. F. K. Wilson. First Magistrate, on behalf of the stall and himself, wished Mr. A. E. Jakeman, Chief
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    SINGAPORE-CEYLON FLIGHT POSTPONED.
    50 16 Flying Boats Cruise Next Year. Owing to other commitments, such as the arrival ol the second flying boat squadron for Singapore later this year, the Slngapore-Ceylon cruise via the Nicobar Islands, of No 205 (F B.) Squadron. RAF, has been postponed from September to February next year
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    H.E. AT K.L. SCHOOLS.
    60 16 His Excellency the High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomsa. paid an informal visit to the Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur, last week, when he Inspected a parade of Cadets and Boy Scouts, whom he complimented on their smartness He later made a tour of the Institution buildings. His
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    FLOOD FUND PROBLEM
    1117 16 Decision Of Kuala Lumpur Public Meeting. From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, July 30. There was a representative {fathering present at the meeting of the subscribers to the Malayan Flood Relief Fund held this evening at the Town Hall, with Mr. J. H. M. Robson,! C.B.E., presiding.
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    MALAYAN BANK MANAGER’S NEW POST.
    180 16 CHANGES IN THE CHARTERED." OFFICIALS WEI.!.KNOWN IN EAST. (From Our Own Correspondent. London. Aug l Mr. J. L. Crockatt, chief manage:* of the Chartered Bank of India is retiring on Sept. 31 after 40 years’ service in the bank. His successor, appointed today. will be
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    EXPLOSION NEAR BASE.
    163 16 POLICE TAKE GRAVE VIEW. The Police take a grave view <»t the explosion which occurred in an attap hut near the Naval Base on July 25. This was stated in the Third Polu Court on Friday when Tan Ting Aun, a Hylam, charged with manufacturing explosives at
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      HOW MERCHANTS CAN HELP THE TRADE SCHOOL.
      2497 21 Training Skilled Artisans Practical Experience—Mutual Benefits—Fiscal Crimes—More About Bazaar Failures. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. Have y>u ever “toyed” with un idea I have been doing so for jmc months past. It may crop up the middle of a discussion, or while you are
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    HARBOUR LOG.
    1183 22 Competition On Lines To Far EastFaster Journeys To Europe. (By Our Shipping Correspondent.) rrHE most important news—- and the most welcome —for travellers this week was the announcement by the Messajreries Maritimes Co. of plans for the speeding up of their passenger and mail services to the Far
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    RUBBER COUPONS CHARGE.
    292 22 AGAINST WELL-KNOWN FOOTBALLER. CUSTOMS CARRY OUT RAID. 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 2. The hearing began yesterday at Teluk Anson of the charge against Lee Ee Eow, manager of Chop Teck Cheng Chan, for having in his possession 50.000 lb. of rubber not covered by
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    MR. LOWINGER BACK IN IPOH. PLANS FOR REST OF HIS STAY.
    474 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 31 MR. Lowlnger Is finding air trans "•port a boon during his brief and bmv visit to Malaya. This afternoon S returned to Ipoh. again using the route. ir His meeting with
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    NEW IPOH LANDING FIELD.
    98 22 'Fro*i Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Aug. 1. Tenders for the construction ot a landing ground for aeroplanes and an access road from Ipoh were closed yesterday. It is understood that more than 30 tenders were received, mostly from Chinese The area to be converted into a
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    FEDERAL TOPICS.
    1139 23 That Surplus Mr. Lowinger’s Exposition —A Simple Sum For Miners —The Flood Fund $50,000 A Volunteer Change Queen’s Scholars. •(Ki-om Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Autf. 1. IT is still growing, that F.M.S. surplus. Or is it? The June figures, it is whispered, will be rather sensational, but
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    A KINTA CAUSERIE.
    1081 23 The Tin Meeting Mr. Lowinger Makes Strong Impression—lnsistence On Bigger Quota. Ipoh, July 31. THE large audience of tin miners that greeted Mr. V. A. Lowinger in Ipoh on Monday denoted a burning desire to know as fully as posible, and at first hand, the views of
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    FRESH ABYSSINIAN INCIDENT.
    280 24 60 Reported Killed. ETHIOPIAN TROOPS ON THE MOVE. Geneva, July 31. U/HEN the League Council meets today to consider the ltalo- Abyssinian dispute, it will be laced with reports of another frontier clash in which it is stated 40 Italians and Abvssinians were killed. According to the
    and British Somaliland.— Aneta -Trans-Ocean.  -  280 words
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    Pope Comments On Dispute.
    84 24 Rcuter Wireless. The Pope re/erred to the HaloAbyssinian dispute for the first time on the occasion of the beatifieation 0/ Justin de Jaeobis on the 75th anniversary of Jacobis’ death in Abyssinia, where he was Apostolic Delegate. The Pope expressed the keen hope that peace will
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    BOYCOTT ON JAPANESE COTTON LIFTED.
    44 24 t>i«* Mukden Incident in 1931 Sin Kuo Min, Shanghai. July 30. The Chinese Cotton Exchange will resume dealings in Japanese cotton as iiom tomorrow. Japanese cotton has been refused by the Exchange since the Mukden Incident in 1931 Sin
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    WHY MR. J. HOWESON RESIGNED.
    136 24 was held later in the day. —Straits Times copyright. “IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY” «From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 30. Reference to Mr. John Howeson’s resignation from the boards of the London Tin Corporation and AngloOriental Mining Corporation was made at the annual
    was held later in the day.—Straits Times copyright.  -  136 words
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    LEWIS GUN TO BE REPLACED.
    89 24 —Reuter. War Office Adopts The Bren Gun. It was announced in the House of Commons last week that as a result of trials extending over seven years the War Office has decided to adopt the Czechoslovakian light machine gun, to be known as the Bren
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    RUSSO-JAPANESE TENSION.
    98 24 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Soviet Fortify Disputed Territory. Shanghai, July 28. Strained relationship between the Soviet and the Japanese continues as the result of more fortifications and an aerodrome having been built by the Russians at Sankochew, a district in the vicinity of Ussuri River, near the Manchukuo-Siberia
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    SUCCESS OF OIL FROM COAL SCHEME.
    175 24 !.—British Wireless. Seven Million Gallons Of Petrol. A FIRST GRADE SPIRIT. London, July 30. The Secretary for Mines, i Captain Crookshank, in a Parliamentary answer today furnished a statement by Imperial Chemicals Industries showing the progress which has been made in the extraction of
    !.—British Wireless.  -  175 words
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    AMERICA APOLOGIES TO GERMANY.
    53 24 —Reuter. For Anti-Nazi Riot In New York. Washington, Aug. 1. The State Department in Washington today expressed regret for the incident last week-encj when the Geiman flag was hauled down from the liner Bremen by New York. anti-Nazi demonstrators. The German authorities had protested to Washington
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    PERSECUTION OF JEWS & CATHOLICS.
    215 24 PERSECUTION OF JEWS CATHOLICS. ’’—Reuter. Nazi Agitators Still Busy. MANY ARRESTS IN SOUTH GERMANY. The G e r m a n campaign against the Jews and Catholics suspected 01 political activities continues. The well-known Catholic, organisation. the Windhorst League in Baden and two other Catholic organisations have had their property
    ’’—Reuter.  -  215 words
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    $500,000,000 LOSS IN YANGTSE FLOOD.
    145 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Millions Of People Now Homeless. Nanking. July 29 Mr. Hsu Shi-ying, head of the Nanking group investigating into the flood situation in the afflicted Yangtse provinces, has returned to the national capital after a tour lasting over a fortnight. According to his
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    A NEW M. P.
    37 24 Lt-Col. C. Ponson Returned Unopposed. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P° n (I1 has been returned unopposed Member of Parliament for in succession to ex-Minister. Sir t Hilton Young, who has been elevate to the peerage.
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    TIN QUOTA MAY BE INCREASED.
    208 25 I/p. C. To Meet This Week In Paris. PXTRKME shortage of STOCKS. l Y,,,,! Our Own Correspondent. London, July 31. •|hc Amsterdam corresponof the Financial Times ports that Dutch opinion coiilidently anticipates a substantial raising- of the tin production quota at meeting of tin- International
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    Fortifications In Pacific.
    87 25 President Roosevelt last week admitted that the question of the fortification of islands in the Pacific after the expiry of the Washington Treaty is under consideration. "li we lose the Philippines he suid." ue might want to go elsewhere. The President emphasised, however, says Reuter) that the
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    ITALIANS IN MALTA.
    55 25 Aneta Trans Ocean. "tong Live England” Cries In Demonstration. Malta. July 30. clashed with a large crowd against Italian inter- nti,, n in Maltese alTairs and arrested of the Demonstrants but. ’htrwise showed great leniency, in v oi the fact that the crowd un- n uptodly shouted
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    CHINA ‘ CHILDREN’S YEAR.’
    52 25 CHINA CHILDREN’S YEAR.’ -Sin Chew Jit A Central Government mandate pro'llinis the period beginning Aug. 1 the end of July next a ”ChilfJr,,n’s Year 1 provincial governments are enfl to devote special attention to w *ltare of children in matters of education and protection M, M **xploitation.— Sin Chew Jit
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    Chieftains from the wildest parts of the ulterior of Abyssinia are here seen in Addis Ababa, the capital, to confer with the Emperor Haile Selassie on the defence of their country in the event of attack bv Italy. Efforts are also being made to distribute modern weapons among the tribesmen of the interior.
    57 25 Chieftains from the wildest parts of the ulterior of Abyssinia are here seen in Addis Ababa, the capital, to confer with the Emperor Haile Selassie on the defence of their country in the event of attack bv Italy. Efforts are also being made to distribute modern weapons among the tribesmen
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    HOLLAND’S NEW CABINET.
    231 25 -Reuter. Catholics Promise Support. The Hague, July 31 Dr L Colijn has succeeded in forming a new Cabinet on a broad oasis, as requested by the Queen, which includes now ministers belonging to the Catholic and Liberal- Democrat i<* parties Tin* Catholic parliamentary group has decided to
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    MORE FLOODING.
    73 25 Sin Chow Jit Poll. Big Manchukuo Port Submerged. The Yalu River on the ManchukuoKorean frontier has overflowed its banks, and Antung. an important Manchukuo port, is completely submerged. More than 100.000 people, of whom some 10.000 are Japanese, are affected. Further details are available the flood damage in
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    PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR TEA.
    53 25 Reuter Producers Combine To Launch Campaign. _ondon. July 3b. India, Ceylon and the Netherlands Indies today jointly launched a publicity plan to expand tea consumption throughout the world and to co-ordin-ate existing propaganda campaigns. The countries will allocate more than £250.000 annually, derived from a special
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    PLEDGED TO HELP.
    110 25 Reuter. Friends Of Abyssinia Meet. Men and women of African descent, at a gigantic meeting arranged in London by the International African Friends of Abyssinia, pledged themselves to do everything in their power t«> support, Abyssinia in her fight lor independence, and. ii necessary, go into the
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    BOYS LEARN TO FIGHT.
    255 25 .’’—Router. WAR FEVER RISES IN ABYSSINIA. Addis Ababa. July 31. The war fever Is rising and a million Abyssinlans are sharpening their spears and daggers, oiling their rifles and revolvers and refixing axe-heads in preparation for a conflict. Even boys are learning to use spears and
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    UNITED STATES AND NETHERLANDS INDIES.
    36 25 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 1. President Roosevelt announced that formal negotiations for the conclusion ol a trade agreement between the United States and the Netherlands, including the Dutch colonies, will begin immediately.—
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    BRITISH OFFICERS FOR ABYSSINIA ?
    57 25 BRITISH OFFICERS FOR ABYSSINIA estimated cost of £200. Reuter Wireless. Cape Town. July HO. The Emperor of Abyssinia has cabled asking for the urgent despatch of British white men being recruited here as oflicers for Abyssinian troops. Arrangements have been made to equip and rush enlisted oflicers by air at
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    DANISH FARMERS DEMONSTRATE.
    124 25 piles will be seriously alTected Reuter Wireless Likely Strike May Affect Kngland. Copenhagen, July 29. Farmers lrom all parts of Denmark demonstrated before the Royal Palace at Amalienborg and while waiting to see the King passed a resolution to cease production il their demands are not met.
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    OVER TOP OF THE WORLD.
    134 26 Reuter. Wiley Post’s New Flight. SHORT CUT FROM U. S. TO EUROPE. San Francisco, Aug. 1. The famous airman Wiley Post with his wife took off today on a flight across the top of the world to Moscow. Post is Hying non-stop to Seattle where
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    IRON AND STEEL AGREEMENT.
    125 26 British Wir«*h»ss. EMPLOYMENT FOR 50,000 MEN. London, Aug. 1. j An agreement between the British Iron and Steel Federation and the International Steel Cartel signed in London yesterday is expected to be ol considerable importance to the British steel industry. Its effect will be to limit
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    55 DEAD IN SOVIET SUBMARINE.
    44 26 Reuter Naval School Students As Total Crew. MOSCOW, Aug. 1. A Soviet submarine with a crew ol 55 naval school students was rammed and sunk during Baltic Fleet exercises in the Gulf of Finland All lives were lost Reuter.
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    “ BRITANNIA GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.”
    149 26 BRITANNIA GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.” British Wireless. KING’S 40-YEAR-OLD YACHT. London. Aug. 1. The King and Queen will remain afloat at Cowes for the next fortnight before going north to Balmoral. His Majesty yesterday received a Jubilee present, consisting of a beautllul silver model of his yacht Britannia, from members
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    GERMAN RELEASED BY BANDITS
    134 26 -Sin Kuo Min. Briton May Also Be Given Freedom. Peiping, Aug. 2. Mr. Gareth Jones, a young Welsh journalist who was in Singapore recently on behalf ol the Manchester Guardian, the Berliner Tageblatt and other newspapers, who was captured by brigands while motoring near Kelgan city,
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    PRINCE MDIVANI KILLED.
    45 26 —Reuter. Barcelona. Aug. 2. Prince Alexis Mdivani, former husband of Miss Barbara Hutton the wealthy heiress, was killed in a motor smash near the village of Alhona in Province Gerona. The woman accompanying him is seriously injured and critically ill in hospital.—Reuter.
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    PEIPING ARRESTS.
    65 26 Sin Kuo Min. Six Korean Smugglers Lose $20,000 In Silver. Peiping, Aug. 2. With the co-operation of the Japanese police, six Koreans who had boarded a train in Peiping intending to travel to Manchukuo were arrested when their luggage was »ound to contain $20,000 in silver In accordance
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    77 DEAD IN MINE DISASTER.
    42 26 .-Reuter Johannesburg. July 31. All hope has been abandoned of saving the manager of Marsfield Colliery, two white miners and 74 natives entombed near Breyton as a result ot an explosion. Rescue parties located several bodies.- Reuter
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    HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR FAR EAST.
    355 26 Work Of Hong Kong Governor. SUPPORT FOR CHINA SUGGESTION. A suggestion that would raise the status of the Governor of Hong Kong to that of High Commissioner for Far Eastern Affairs” is given the sunoort of the North China Daily News. The governorship of Hong
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    Roosevelt’s Hope For Peace.
    83 26 Renter. Washington. Aug. 1. Any weighty pronouncement on the Abyssinian dispute is not believed likely, but the moral support of the United States is behind league. President Roosevelt said today: “At the moment that th? Council of the League is assembled to consider ways of composing,
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    ENGLAND-HONG KONG FLIGHT.
    79 26 —British Radio. Campbell Black’s Plans For This Month. Campbell Black who. with C. W. A. Scott, won the Melbourne air race last October, will attempt this month to establish several fresh long distance records. These flights will be England to Canada and back, and England to Hong
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    DANGERS OF A RACIAL WAR
    386 26 “—Reuter. British Wireless and Reuter. ITAI.O-ABYSS1NHN DISPUTE. SIR SAMUEL HO A RE’S STATEMENT. London. Aug 2 The grave dangers of a war between Italy and Abyssinia that claimed to be a war between the white and black races were referred to by Sir Samuel Hoare.
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    JAPAN TAKES PART.
    94 26 Reuter. Black Dragons And Italy. The leaders of the ultra-national “Black Dragon” society which was largely responsible for Japan’s declaration of ,.ar against Russia in 1904 and for her withdrawal from the League of Nations has decided to cable Mussolini denounc’ng Italy’s attitude n Ethiopia and urging
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    ITALY ADHERES TO RESOLUTION.
    397 27 British Wireless. —Reuter. Resumption Of Conciliation Procedure. ABYSSINIAN CRISIS AVERTED. Geneva, Aug. 2. Complete agreement was reached upon the League resolution. Italy signifying adhesion. The draft resolution will he presented to the Council meeting after receipt of Abyssinia’s reply. The text provides for the resumption of
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    ORDER OF SOLOMON.
    48 27 Ethiopian Gifts To The King And Queen. new Ethiopian Minister <Dr. h ii” n> has presented as Jubilee trif, 1 lrom the Emperor of Abyssinia. Gold Chain of the Order of Solock t0 King Geor ee and the Gold Mar rc er Saba to Queen
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    TO DEMONETISE SILVER.
    44 27 —Reuter. New York, Aug. 2. J*ew York Times’ message from p r ot i states that the Colombian Conss has passed a law authorising the nr V‘^ ment demonetise silver and ilbit trading In and export of silver c <Mns -Reuter.
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    “ BOOM ” HOLIDAY IN GREAT BRITAIN.
    302 27 BOOM HOLIDAY IN GREAT BRITAIN. .—Reuter. U nemploy ment Below 2,000,000 Level. BIG EXPANSION IN EXPORTS. London, Aug. 2. Despite the international gloom Government supporters adjourn for the recess in good heart. Unemployment figures are unofficially stated to be 1.970.000 and this is doubly welcome since July usually shows an
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    INDIA BILL BECOMES AN ACT.
    148 27 British Wireless. Measure Accorded Royal Assent. WORK OF NEARLY EIGHT YEARS. The Government of India Bill became an Act on Saturday when it received the Royal Assent in the House of Lords. Many members of the House of Commons attended at the bar to witness
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    SECOND THREE-YEAR PROGRAMME.
    80 27 -Sin Chew Jit Poll How Kwangtung Will Raise $54,000,000. The Kwangtung Government is to embark upon a second three-year construction programme, involving a total expenditure of $54,000,000. after the expiry of the first programme on Jan 1. 1936. Gen. Chan Chai-tong. who was mainly responsible for the
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    BRITON STILL HELD CAPTIVE.
    56 27 .—Sin Kuo Min. Chinese Negotiating With The Bandits. Pciping. Aug. 3. A report that Mr. Gareth Jones, the Welsh journalist who was taken captive by bandits, had been released was officially denied this morning by the spokesman of the Charliar Government The authorities were still negotiating
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    BREMEN INCIDENT.
    83 27 .—Reuter. Steamship Officials Ignored Warning. Washington. Aug. 2. The State Department Note concerning the Bremen incident contains no apology but expresses regret that “the German flag did not receive the respect to which it was entitled.’’ The Note emphasises that the incident was not due to neglect on
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    FUKIEN FLOODS.
    36 27 —3in Kuo Min. Foochow. Aur. 3. Fukien Province is the latest scene of floods. Tsunkiang district according to the local magistrate, is under water, and Lunge hi city nas been totally submerged.—3in Kuo Min.
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    SOUTHERN RAILWAY TEN YEAR PLAN.
    99 27 British Wireless. Big Electrification Extension. The Southern Railway has placed contracts to the value of several million pounds for equipment in anticipation of future extension of electrification. The orders are spread over ten years and have been given to the English Electric Company and the
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    NORTH ATLANTIC AIR RIVALRY.
    67 27 .—Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Aug. 2. In order to be ahead of the United States, Britain and Holland who are all making efforts to start a North Atlantic air service, the German Lufthansa Company is arranging to tow the floating aerodromes Westfalen and Schwablen from the South
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    SOUGHT HAND OF HEIRESS.
    84 27 Reuter Despairing Turkish Prince Found Shot New York. Aug. 4. The Turkish prince, Abdul Kerim, the storm centre in Chinese Turkestan in 1933, has been found shot dead in a Broadway hotel. It is believed he was a nephew of the notorious Sultan. Abdul the Damned.
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    U.S. HEAT WAVE.
    64 27 —Reuter. Deathroll Up To 125 In The Central States. New York, Aug. 2. Tiie heat-wave in the Central State* has claimed 125 lives. The largest death-roll was 20 in Nebraska and the second largest 19 In Oklahoma where the thermometer registered 104 degrees. The heat is growing
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    SHANTUNG FLOOD LOSSES OVER $100,000,000.
    38 27 -Sin Kuo Min Nanking. Air;. 5. Gen. Han Fu-chu, Governor of Shantung, has wired to Nankli reporting that the flood losses amount fee over $100,000,000, and appealing for relief funds —Sin Kuo Min.
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    SMOOTH PROGRESS AT GENEVA.
    341 28 Reuter. ITALY DROPS TONE OF AGGRESSION. DUCE’S “INVINCIBLE” SPEECH DENIED. Geneva. Aug. 3. A message lroin Addis Ababa states that the Emperor has Informed Reuter that he has instructed Heele Hawariat. the Abyssinian delegate at Geneva, to agree to tlie Kden-Laval resolution All parties having acceded,
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    THE FIERY SPEECH.
    236 28 i/’-r-Reuter.” Official Denial Of Duce’s Outburst. Rome, Auk. 4. An official communique was issued lute last night denying the truth of the new version of Mussolini’s speech to the Blackshirts on July G. which has been circulating in Fascist circles. The communique declares that ;ne supposed sensational
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    RIVER DIVERSION.
    194 28 How Abyssinia Would Stem An Italian Advance. Aden. Avg. 2. In the event of war Reuter is reliably informed \fcyssinia will dam the Webi and Shebeli and other rivers with their sources in Abyssinia but with an outlet through Italian Somaliland. The Abyssinian military advisers of Belgian nationality
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    SOVIET POLE FLIGHT FAILS.
    191 28 Reuter. Permission To Stop Ciiven By Radio. Moscow. Aug. 3 The Soviet airman, Levansky, who took oil on a flight to the North Pole and thence to San Francisco today has been forced to return. Levansky had reached the Barents Sea in the south-east-corner of the
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    FRESH CHINESE FLOOD HORROR.
    312 28 Reuter Wireless. Four-Day Cloudburst. HELP FROM CHINESE OVERSEA. Hong Kong. Aug. 4. The worst flood calamity for one hundred years in the Province of Fukien has befallen the Prefecture of Chuanchow where hundreds of houses within the city of Chuanchow’ have collapsed after a continuous onslaught
    Reuter Wireless.  -  312 words
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    Cartoon Offends Japanese.
    74 28 Reuter. London. Any. 5. It is reported jrom Sew York that the Japanese ambassador at Washington has been instructed by cable from Tokio to protest to the State Department against a cartoon appearing in Vanity Fair which caused indignation among the local Japanese. The cartoon bears the
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    BRITON STILL HELD BY BANDITS.
    64 28 —Sin Kuo Min. Peiping, Aug. 5. Mr. Herbert Mueller who was released by bandits last week has again left Peiping for Kalgan to assist in the negotiations for the release of Mr. Gareth Jones, the Welsh journalist who, together with Mr. Mueller, was taken prisoner
    —Sin Kuo Min.  -  64 words
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    PARLIAMENT MAY NOT RE-ASSEMBLE.
    163 28 Router Wireless. Election This Year? London. Aug. 2. •■THERE is a possibility that Parlia-* 1 ment will not re-assemblo on Oct. 29, the date to which ;t adjourned today. The Prime Minister, Mi. stanl-v Baldwin, could recommend His Majesty. in the meantime, to dissolve and to
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    BABY OVERBOARD.
    79 28 —Reuter. London. Aug. 4 June Cameron, aged 21 months, with her Chinese nurse, disappeared at lunch time from the liner Shropshire off the Pembroke coast. The child's parents. Mrs. and Dr. J. A. P. Cameron. Medical Officer. North Kedah, are returning to Penang after leave spent in Edinburgh.
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    APPEAL DISMISSED.
    67 28 serving his term of imprisonment Sin Kuo Min. “New Life" Editor Now Serving Gaol Term. Shanghai-. Aug. 5 The supreme court dismissed the appeal of Chin Sliu-yen. ediior the ‘'New Life” magazine. Chin was convicted recently in connection with the lese majeste article which resulted in the Japanese
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    IL DUCE’S GIFT PLANE ARRIVES.
    69 28 handed over to Gen. Chiang. Sin K'« Min. Shanghai. Aug •> The tri-motored military pi; 1 Signor Mussolini’s gift to Gen. Chiar. Kai-shek, was flown from Hong K m to Shanghai yesterday. Two Chin» planes were sent up from Hung.uu aerodrome to guide the machine
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    JAPANESE AIRMAN ON WAY TO SHANGHAI.
    41 28 Sin Kuo Min. Hong Kong. Aug. 4. Mr. Katsutaro Ano, Japanese aim who is attempting a fligh; England to Japan, hopped ofl' from Colony yesterday for Amoy. F ll there he will proceed to Shanghai.
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    KUOMINTANG CONGRESS.
    21 28 .—Sin Kuo Min. Nanking. Aug. The Sixth Kuomintang Congress open on Sept. 20. it is officially announced.—Sin Kuo Min.
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    SINGAPORE MALAYA CUP TEAM WELL TRULY TROUNCED. SERVICES SUPERIOR IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
    1087 31  -  4 S (By Leighton.) Combined Services 4; Singapore 1. PLACING far more skilful and thrustful football the Combined 1 Services beat the Singapore Malaya Cup final team by four 4oals to one at Anson Road Stadium last week
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    FOURTH TEST ENDS IN A DULL DRAW.
    470 31 Hammond, Leyland And Notirse In Good Form. Manchester, July 3d. I As was expected the fouth Test ended In a tame draw. Wyatt dectared, the England innings closed at lunch time leaving the South African four hours to get 271 rpns, a by
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    FINE INNINGS BY R.F. GOODMAN.
    491 31 I Singapore And Sfeltlhgor Non-Benders Draw. (From Our Own Correspondent) r J HE Singapore Non-Benders visited Klang on Sunday and met the Selangor Non-Benders. The game ended in a draw the home side having to flgl t hard to avoid defeat in the end. Singapore
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      A REVIVAL OF INTEREST.
      547 1 improved orders for RUBBER. SUPPLIES BECOMING SCARCER. Lewis and Peat Ltd. in their report dated Aug. 2, state i The formation of a new Cabinet under Dr. Colijn has relieved the situation considerably and anxiety with regard to the immediate movements of the guilder has been
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      HARDWARE AND SHIPPING.
      240 1 EXPLANATION BY DUTCH CONSUL. A reassuring note was struck in a statement last week by Mr. E. Schurman. the Acting Dutch Consul General on the subject of the hardware quota introduced in the Netherlands Indies. “This is a temporary measure, intended to encourage the development of certain
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      TIN FROM NEW YORK.
      61 1 Straits Times Copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. Messrs. A. Strauss and Co. estimate world visible supplies of tin at July 31 at 14,863 tons compared with 14,383 tons at June 30, though U.K. stocks declined from 1,609 tons to 1,306 tons, not Including
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      RAHMAN HYDRAULIC.
      9 1 Output for July 1935 was 603 piculs.
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      258 1 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of July, 1935. Destination Tons United Kingdom 390 United States of America 2,645 Continent of Europe 1,006 British Possessions 243 Japan 281 The Netherlands Indies 5 Other Foreign Countries 24 Total
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      AUSTRAL MALAY TIN.
      90 1 The secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., reports the following outputs of its associated companies for July.— Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd. (Karangan.)—Hrs. run 678, cu. yds. treated 122.000. total pels 345. net value $25,600. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging. Ltd.—Hrs. run 237. cu. yds. treated 95.000. total
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      LUKUT TIN.
      16 1 Output from the Lukut Tin Dredging Company’s mine for July amounted to 245 picals.
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      BUKIT MERTAJAM RUBBER DEAL.
      267 1 PROPOSED ISSUE TO SHAREHOLDERS. In order to provide funds for the purchase oT a new property, the directors of Bukit Mertajam Rubber propose to increase the company’s capital and make an Issue to shareholders The new property, which Is Inclose proximity to the company’s estates, has
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA).
      111 1 Operations for July 1935. Ampat Tin.—6o3 Hours; 212,000 Cu Yards; 462 Piculs. Anglo-Slamese.—B2s Hours; 140,600 Cu. Yards; 790 Piculs. Puteh Tin.—323 Hours; 27.500 Cu Yards; 138 Piculs. Southern Kint Cons.-1046 Hours; 422,000 Cu. Yards; 1846 Piculs. Kramat Tin.—643 Hours; 354.000 Cu. Yards; 1185 Piculs. Kampong Lanjut.—662 Hours: 267.000
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      UNITED MALACCA RUBBER MEETING.
      857 2 Value Of Cautious Financial Policy Proved. The twenty-fifth annual ordinary general meeting ot the United Malacca Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at Malacca, on Wednesday. Mr. Chan Kang Swi J.P., C. H. presiding. Others present included Messrs. Tan Soo Ghi, Chee Guan Chiang. Chan Teck Chye.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      145 2 1237th Auction. July 31. 1935. lb. tons Catalogued 1.146.768 511.95 Offered 1.069.844 486.54 Sold 975.991 435.71 London —Spot 5 ,d New York—ll% cts. PRICES REALISED. Itihlted Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. Standard Quality 19% to 19% Good Average Quality 18% to 19 Fair Average Qualitv
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      MALAYAN TRADE.
      76 2 The final figures show that there was a slight falling oil in Malayan trade during June. Imports fell from $45,549,000 to $38,982,000. accounted for by smaller shipments ol rubber from Netherlands Indies, smaller imports of motor spirit and a decline in several less important categories. Exports were down
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      RUBBER RESULTS.
      33 2 cent (against nil). —Straits Times Copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 31. Semenyih Rubber—Dividend 5 making 10 per cent (Same). Bukit Selangor—Dividend 2\ 2 per cent (against nil). —Straits "Times
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      ANOTHER QUOTAS BLOW.
      385 2 NEW N.I. TARIFF ON HARDWARE. OlIR SECOND BEST CUSTOMER. (Straits Times Special.) As from Aug. 24. the Straits Times is informed all hardware, hitherto not subject to any restrictions, is being brought under thf Netherlands Indies quotas. Textiles, beer. rice, crockery, glassware and enamelware. beans and bean
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      96 2 During the week ending July 27, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 34,800 cases, of which: 26,169 <75 per cent.) cases were to the Uni'ed Kingdom. 1,360 (4 per cent.) cases 1o the Continent of Europe, 2,300 (7 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 4,971 -14
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      MALAYAN TIN.
      20 2 July Outputs: Malayan Tin Dredging, 1.600 piculs. Southern Malayan Tin Dredging 1,650 piculs. Southern Perak Dredging 1.379 piculs.
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      PERAK HYDRO PLAN APPROVED.
      102 2 —Straits Times CHAIRMAN’S HOPE OF DIVIDENDS. From Our Own Correspondent > London. Aug i The Perak Hydro Electric Co. Ltd reorganisation scheme, details of which has already appeared in the straits Times, was today considered by special general meetings of various shareholders. The scheme was approved
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      TAVOY TIN.
      21 2 From Our Own Correspondent London. Auk. 3. Profit for year £57.613 dividend 10 per cent, (already paid' forward £21.016.
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      KEDAH RUBBER’S COSTS.
      400 3 a|,L-IN FIGURE OF 13.55 CENTS. Th report of the Kedah Rubber mp my Limited, for the year ended ril )0 .shows that the gross revenue rom r „bber was $151,524 less revenue .voenditure $88,815 to which must be [dded interest $3,648 sundry receipts ofll profit on realisation
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      RUBBER ENACTMENT.
      53 3 On Account Of Re-planting. p :s notified by the Controller of D)ber. Malaya, that in accordance the recommendation of the Ini' -national Committee. Rubber ReguJ, dtlon deductions from Standard Pro- ions on account of areas of mature oD( r cut-out and replanted will be 1 rate of 110
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      TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN.
      48 3 1( following telegram has bem '(‘d from the Mine:—“For July S- f fiL f Takuapa No. 1. 611 hours, cubic yards. 823 piculs Takuapa No. 2, 610 hours, v J0 Ruble yards, 554 piculs. Esti"‘rJ v 'alue of output $92,600. Mine :Kil U costs $30,000.”
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      FRASER & CO.’s SHARE REPORT.
      794 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. Better Outlook In All Markets. Fraser and Co.’s share report states: In the somewhat abbreviated period during which markets have been open since our last issue, there has scarcely 1 been the opportunity for any appreciable change to have taken place In local market conditions. One
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      PRODUCE.
      262 3 Singapore. Aug. 7. 1? noon. Buyer. Seller. Gambler 6.00 Java Cube 10 50 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Pepper 18.00 White Muntok Pepper 18.50 Black Pepper 10.00 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundned 4.00 Copra. Mixed 3.55 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.80 Small Flake 4.30 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.60 Small Pearl Tapioca
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      I.T.C. MEETING ON FRIDAY.
      59 3 QUOTA INCREASE OF 5 OR 10 PER CENT? (F’rom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. According to the Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times, Dutch experts anticipate that an increase of five or ten per cent, in the tin quota will be authorised by the I.T.C.
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      HOME AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
      324 3 Closing Prices In Ismdon Last Night. From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 6. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 1. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      65 3 j> a(e Spot Auc-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. London Spot Auc 1 19 ‘4 19 7 20 '2 21 *m 5 13/16 2 1919-m 20'* 21 ■*> 13 16 Spot Aug. Sept. Oct.-Dec Jan.-Mar H 19 11/16 1 9"k 20 1 1«* 20 21 S» Spot Aug. Sept
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      665 4 London Exchange Prices On July 30. AUagar (2/) 1/6; Alor Pongsu <2£) 1/10%; Anglo* Malay (£1) 11/10 Vi; Ayer Kunlng (£1) 28/; Bagan Serai (£1) 10 6; Bahru (Sel. > (2/) 3/5; Banteng (£1) 19/; Batang (2 /fVi; Batu Caves (£1) 20/9; Batu Tlga (£1) 28/9; Bekoh (2
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      TIN SHARES.
      180 4 London Exchange Prices On July 30. Ampat (4/) 3 10Vi; (5/) 15 3; A>er Hitam (5 > 12 H; Bangrtm (£1) H/9; Ccnsd. of Burma 7/0; Gopeng Cons. (£1 > 34 9; Hong Koi:g„<5 113; Idri-; (5 5 6; Ipoh (1« > 10 Kampong Lanjut (£1> 15 4'.
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      17 4 August T.n. S’pore Price $115‘h per picul. 2 114 'j, G 113', 7 112%
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1587 4 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers, Singapore, August 7, 10 a.m. mining! Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt issue Val. Fraser Co Lyall Eva’t Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/- 4/6 4/0 4/6 5/-
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