The Straits Budget, 15 August 1935

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] So. 4044. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    THE WEEK IN MALAYA.
    412 1 UANG Pradit, the Siamese Interior Minister, left Singapore on Tuesday for Europe. He arrived in the city the previous night on the International Express from Bangkok. In an interview with the Straits Times. Luang Pradit denied most of the stories that have been circulating concerning him
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    WORK OF KELANTAN PEASANTS.
    25 1 “Borak,” a noble mount, the work of Kelantan peasants which featured in the recent celebration of H 11. the Sultans birthday.
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    MR. LOWINGER TO REPRESENT MALAYAN CANNERS.
    608 1 Says Quality Of Local Pineapples Is Satisfactory. A meeting took place on Tuesday in Singapore at the Colonial Secretary’s house between Mr. Lee Kong Chian, (the “Pineapple King**), the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck, and Mr. V. A. Lowinger, the Malayan Agent in London.
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      The White Rajah.
      727 2 -Straits Times, Aug. 8. If all has gone according to schedule, the yacht Seabelle arrived at Kuching early this morning and Sir Shenton Thomas now finds himself upon Borneo soil for the first time. His Excellency, in his capacity of British agent to Sarawak, is visiting one
      -Straits Times, Aug. 8.  -  727 words
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      Too Much Copra.
      584 2 Consols of the East.”—Straits Times, Aug. 9. Two Malayan industries, coconuts and pineapples, have been much under discussion lately. The exports of pineapples total some seven million dollars annually in value at the present time, and expansion seems very probable, while the coconut industry —specially mentioned by
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      Fifty-Five Per Cent.
      239 2 -Straits Times. Aug. 9. Malayan rubber growers, especially those owning their own estates, who are dissatisfied with their assessments must consider their fate a very fortunate one compared with what it woula have been had they been planting m British North Borneo. The domestic cut in production
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      Straits Smelters.
      785 2 Straits Times, Aug. 10. An article which has attracted a good deal of attention in Malaya, particularly among holders of Straits Traders shares, was contributed by a special correspondent to the Financial News recently. This writer calls attention to the change for the worse that has occurred in
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      Siam In Travail.
      835 3 European Powers. —Straits Times Aug. 12. For the second time in six months the word conspiracy has figured in the telegrams from Siam. The first occasion was the inquiry that followed the audacious attempt *to shoot Luang Bipul, Minister for Defence and the evidence that was given
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      CIVIC AFFAIRS IN KUALA LUMPUR.
      795 3 —Straits Times, Aug. 13. If skill in debate is any criterion, Kuala Lumpur certainly possesses men willing to devote their time to the conduct of her civic affairs and able to do so in a manner which cannot form any obstacle to transition from Sanitary
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      The Guilder.
      685 4 be wide anomalies. —Straits Times, Aug. 14. According to the London correspondent of the Singapore Free Press "the threatened devaluation of the guilder” has been one of the compelling factors in the recent decline in the price of rubber. Now there are two schools of thought regarding the
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    SIR GEORGE PENNY’S SON WEDS.
    208 4 The Bishop Of Sheffielc Officiates. Mr. Peter Penny, who was born at Mt. Alma,' Singapore, the only child of Sir George Penny, Bart., M.P., the Treasurer of H. M. Household, and Lady Penny, of 12, Buckingham Gate. London, was married on the July 30 to
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    120 4 The Sheriff Of Singapore. The following appointments are announced in the S.S. Government Gazette: Lieut.-Com. J. C. Derrick, R.N.R., to officiate as harbour master and magistrate, Malacca. Mr. Lim Koon Teck to be Sheriff for Singapore, in succession to Mr. C. F. J. Ess. Mr. H. G. Hammett,
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
    61 4 Mrs. De Gorta. a European woman, was charged in the Third Police Court on Tuesday with disorderly behaviour at the Central Police Station on the night of Aug. 12 and with attempting to commit suicide at the General Hospital by cutting her arm. The case was postponed
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EXPANSION.
    143 4 Twice-A-Week Service Singapore-London. DUPLICATION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH. (From Our Aviation Correspondent.) I understand that Imperial Airways next month begin a twice-weekly air mail service between Singapore and London. This decision follows receipt of new* that Liam has sanctioned the applica tion o. the company to operate
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    HAKUSAN MARU.
    196 4 Passengers Westward By Japanese Mail. The following passengers left by the Hakusan Maru which sailed on Aug. 8 for Europe: For Gibraltar: Dr. J. P. Bantus and Mrs Bantug. Miss M. Bantug. Mrs. K. C. Saunders. Miss H. C Saunders. For London: Miss E. Harley Clarke. Master C.
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    BIRTHS
    51 4 ASHWORTH.—At the Maternity Hospital Aug. 4 to Rita wife of George Christian Ashworth, a daughter. GRANT WATSON—At the Maternity Hospital Singapore on Aug. 7, 1935. to Aileen, wife of H. C. Grant Watson—a daughter NAIRN. —At Maternity Hospital Singapore. on 11th inst. to Barbara, wife of James Nairn, a
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    MARRIAGE
    19 4 SCOTT-BEVAN.—At St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 12. Thomas Goldie Scott to Miss Lilian Mary Bevan.
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    21 4 DEATH CHUA—CHUA LIP TAY, aged 72, passed peacefully away at his residence No. 162. Heeren Street, Malacca, on Aug. 2, 1935.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    165 5 T a preliminary view of the A exhibition of handwork by Singapore teachers at Raffles Girls’ School < t sterday afternoon I found one visitor pondering over a provocative and .stimulating subject for debate. .“This work is exceedingly good.” he said, “but it is almost entirely
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    STRAITS OFFSHOOT.
    155 5 AGAIN, the Straits Chinese have become such a distinct and definite variation of the parent race, and their outlook has oeen so changed by contact with the English-speaking world, that westernised art forms do not seem inappropriate to them. The same applies to all other communities in Singapore.
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    PARENTS AND OTHERS.
    175 5 THE exhibition is certainly worth going to see, especially by those who are parents and therefore have a personal interest in the training of local teachers and in the work of the English schools. The fifty men and women teachers whose work is shown have been attending
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    CURATES’ BRIDES.
    136 5 IJY way of backing up the Malayan rubber planter who replied to the Bishop of London on this page on Monday, I should like to point to a shocking inconsistency in his Lordship’s recent speech. “It is a great mistake.” he said, “to leave them (young planters) in
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    PER MILLE.
    95 5 CROM the gossip column of an upcountry newspaper which shall be nameless: “The death-rate for the whole population of the Federated Malay States Increased from 20.2 per mile for 1933 to 21.4 per mile for 1934.” A Straits Times correspondent is unkind enough to ask whether this refers
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    FLOOD RELIEF FUNDS.
    134 5 OEOPLE in Singapore who know how 1 urgent is the need for funds for unemployment relief may be invited to read the letter from Mr. John Hands which appears in the Straits Times today. A balance of $51,000. in round figures, is available from the fund which
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    SINGAPORE’S NEED.
    147 5 T*HE contributions to the fund on a territorial basis (which incidentally show how easy it was to raise money in those days) were as follows: Singapore $82,700 Selangor $95,700 Negri Sembilan $20,000 Pahang $18,500 Penang $15,500 Perak 3,000 Malacca $13,000 Johore 2,500 Johore Govt. $lOO,OOO Rubber Growers’ Assoc.
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    A TIN MENACE.
    149 5 A TIN MENACE U|F the conditions of ownership could be changed, as well as the mode of exploitation, the Kochiu district fof Yunnan) could be made to produce about 30,000 tons of tin annually for the next 30 years.” That statement, which must be extremely cheering to the high-price school
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    ANTI-FOREIGN.
    127 5 LJOWEVER, Mr. de Villa paints a very 1 pessimistic picture, on the whole. The tin deposits are there, undoubtedly, but there are great difficulties in the way of up-to-date mining. The Yunnan government is hostile to foreign capital and averse to co-opera-tion with foreign interests; provincial and local taxation
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    BIG “DISTRICTS.”
    148 5 HTHE film Sanders Of The River which is now showing at the Capitol has caused me to look up statistics of areas administered by British officers in this part of the world. The biggest districts are in Borneo, where Sarawak covers 50.000 square miles (more or less) and
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    CLEANEST CITY.
    124 5 CLEANEST CITY lIERE is a good instance of economy 1 and efficiency in municipal administration. Four years ago it cost (in round figures) $904,000 to run the town cleansing and hawkers’ department of the Singapore Municipality. Last year it cost $775,000. Yet more work was being done for the lower
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    TELOK MATA IKAN.
    118 5 A WRITER in the Malayan Standard does not agree with my remarks about the changes that have occurred at Telok Mata Ikan since the Johore causeway was built. He says: Speaking as a resident in that district, the beach has not reverted to its former condition and
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    CHANGING SANDS.
    132 5 IJOWEVER, this observer admits that the beach is better at certain times of the year than others. He has noticed, he says, that during a period lasting roughly from May to November the volume of sand diminishes considerably, while from December to April the same strip of foreshore
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    SHANGHAI HORNS.
    131 5 •■PHE horn nuisance is not nearly as bad in Singapore streets as it used to be, and the type of driver who careered through the streets to the accompaniment of continuous tooting has almost disappeared, although he is still common up-country. A curious problem has arisen in Shanghai,
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    HOW LOUD?
    125 5 •"PHIS looks very well on paper, but in practice the police have found that they cannot decide when a horn is too loud or not. At a recent meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council the acting commissioner of police stated that full use could not be made of
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    TIN AND TENNIS.
    135 5 TIN AND TENNIS r T HERE is a run of above-the-average addresses in the Singapore Rotary Club at present. Mr. Bottrall. professor of English language and literature at Raffles College, spoke last Wednesday, and next week there will be two meetings and speeches—'* most unusual arrangement in this club. It
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    H.M.S. MALAYA.
    114 5 OECOLLECTIONS of the visit to this country of H. M. S. Malaya la January. 1921, ar<* revived by today's Cup final, the fifteenth of the series. This all-Malayan soccer tournament was inaugurated at the express wish o! the officers and men of the battleship, when they sent out
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    FOOTBALL ECHOES.
    132 6 {SINGAPORE beat the visitors 2 0. the S C.C won 4—l and the S. R. C 5 0. The ship’s team drew with the South Staffords. 'Singapore Cup cham plons in 1920 h the Chinese and tlv Malays, no score being registered in any of the drawn games.
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    SECOND-CLASS.
    131 6 IT is to be hoped that the F.M.S. Railway authorities will pay due attention to a letter which appears on page 16 ol the Straits Times today. This correspondent declares that although there have been marked improvements on the Malayan railways in recent years, those improvements have been directed
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    F.M.S. “CHAPLAINS.”
    179 6 IN connection with the acute financial troubles of the Church ot England in Selangor, one wonders whether it might not be better to drop the term “chaplain” in up-country parishes. Says the Selangor Church Council: “May we take this opportunity of destroying once and lor all the strange
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    PURE PURA.
    160 6 I blush to confess that in the August bulletin oi the Singapore Y.W.C.A. I am referred to as Anak Pura. Now. what does this mean? I darkly suspect that the Young Women’s Christian Association, misunderstand ing the linguistic roots of my nom-de-plume. is setting the seal of approved
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    AIR PHOTOGRAPHS.
    153 6 'T'HERE are some very fine air photo- graphs i n the souvenir programme which has been prepared for the Jubilee display of the Royal Air Force at Seletar on August 24. One in particular, of Rallies Light, is perfect. One sees the entire island, with a fringe of
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    VICTORIANA.
    146 6 /\NE picture which I shall carefully cut out and paste in my Singapore scrapbook is a view of Empress Place as it now is. an unashamed relic, of the Victorian era. Some people disagree with the unkind remarks made about the Memorial Hall and Theatre in The Sunday Times
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    ORCHID STORIES.
    164 6 today I had always looked upon people who grew orchids with the reverence due to devotees of a skilled and mysterious cult. But now I almost think I could grow them myself, for I have read an address by Mr. Mungo Park in the M. A. H. A.
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    TOUGH CATTLEYAS.
    154 6 lIERE is another orcnid story told by Mr. Mungo Park. In 1923 he received some very young Cattleya plants from England. He was then living in Pontian. a remote village on the Pahang coast. He stuck the plants in pots but eventually had to go away and leave
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    HOBBY POINTS.
    135 6 *jpHE advantages of orchid-growing as a hobby are summed up by Mr. Mungo Park as follows: Orchids can be planted in pots without unpleasant composts; there need be no digging, weeding or handling manure; incessant attention is not demanded: and the plants are hard to kill. On the
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    A FINE FILM.
    166 6 “QANDERS OF The RIVER.'* which has been causing so much discussion in Singapore, is a line him. brilliantly produced, but I imagine that any M. C. S. officer who saw it felt a little uncomfortable during certain passages. British administrative officers do not talk about my King.”
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    CANOES DOWN-STREAM.
    165 6 from its treatment of the administrative and imperialist theme. “Sanders Of The River” gives a remarkably comprehensive impfession of the kind of country that British officers in tropical Africa have to work in. We have had our fill of African biggame pictures in Singapore, but this is something
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    GONGS IN PEKAN.
    195 6 the picture I was 1 thinking of young Clifford m Pahang in the eighties. He surely 'came nearer to the type ol Sanders than any other civil servant in the Peninsula. To be alone night after night m Pekan. at the age of twenty-two. the only white
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    BORNEO FIGHTS.
    181 6 OUT Sarawak, much more than Malaya, has a history of British administration corresponding to the conditions described in Sanders O; The River.” Consider this typical glimpse of early Sarawak: “On the first shot being fired, and the diabolical yell heard. Keppel pushed off in his gig. and soon
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    PLANTER’S FAREWELL.
    74 6 “DUNG Ho! you blokes! ejaculates the Klang correspondent of The Planter, on the eve of leave, and follows it up with a lyrical shout of pure happiness: To think for six months I’ll not see The semblance of a rubber tree: O tree where Femes likes to grow.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    1234 7 Mrs. A. S. Brown, of Ipoh. has sailed lor Home. Mr N. G. Ferguson, oi th» P.W.D. Taiping.' has left for Home on furlough. Mi F. G. Finch, Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation, Malay States, is on a visit to Perak. Mr. J. L. Gray has been
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    Government House.
    66 7 Monday, Aug. 5. Hon. Mr. C. G. Howell and Mrs. Howell arrived to stay at Government House. Hon. Sir Andrew Caldecott, Mr. W. F. N. Churchill and Mr. C. F. Ilutt dined at Government House. Tuesday, Aug. 6. At noon His Excellency and Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas
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    Contents
    168 7 Leaders— The White Rajah 2 Too Much Copra. 2 Straits Smelters 2 Siam In Travail 3 Civic Affairs In Kuala Lumpur 3 The Guilder 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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    King’s House.
    660 7 Monday. July 29. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the tin miners at Ipoh. Tuesday. July :>O. In the morning Ills Excellency visited the Institute lor Medical Research His Excellency presented the badge of an Honorary 0.8. E. to Professor P. V. van Stein Callenfels at King’s
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    THE LUANG PRADIT’S DENIAL.
    1014 8 NO REVOLUTION THREAT IN SIAM TODAY. <From A Special Correspondent.) LUANG PRADIT left Singapore for Europe on Tuesday. He told me on Monday night that he will first travel to Switzerland to pay homage to the boy King of Siam. Ananda Mahidol, and when he is
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    THE SPECIAL COURT IN SIAM.
    268 8 King’s Rights In Case By Death Sentence. The Special Court Law Amendment Act in Siam, passed in connection with allegations of insurrection, io. says the Bangkok Times, a law to extend the powers of the special court established after the insurrection in 1933 giving it
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    HEAVY GUARD FOR PRADIT.
    126 8 IIJANG PRADIT left for Europe by .the Conte Verde accompanied by the new Siamese Minister to France, Phra Riem Virajabakya, and four Siamese students. Strong police precautions for his safety were taken during the rail journey. The Minister and his party, which included the Siamese Consul-General
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    WOMAN ESTATE OWNER FINED.
    420 8 RUBBER PLANTED AFTER RESTRICTION. BLAME LAID ON WILD PIG. A case of unusual interest was heard in the District Court, Kota Tinggi, on Aug. 7 when Lee Ah Chai, a woman owner of an estates of 50 acres at Sungei Seluyut, Johore, appeared before the magistrate
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    PRINCE ANUVATR DEAD.
    48 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 12. The death occurred today of Prince Anuvatr, chairman of the Council of Regency, following a period of poor health. He was taken ill at his office on Saturday. Prince Anuvatr was the full brother of Princess Kambaeng Bejra.
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      HERR JESSEN.
      727 9 Former Straits German Replies. T(> Editor of the Straits Times. S i r i am much obliged to you for publishing my letter (on the escape of r) 1( > German prisom'rs-of-war in 1915 > m extenso. Today I wish to merely assure you more that every word
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      “ROTTEN” CONTROL.
      803 9 Result Of Eleven Months’ Restriction. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— In reply to your correspondents on the subject of assessments, quit rents and a 6-day week for labour. I would remind everyone again that the ultimate solution of all these problems is free production, with
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      WHY PENSIONS ?
      110 9 WHY PENSIONS To the Editor oi the Straits Times. Sir,—When Malayan Pensioner in your paper of July 27 raises the complaint of insufficient pensions, he raises the urgent question of why any pensions at all Why spoon-feed any particular section of wage-earners at the expense of the public, and. in
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      COPRA OUTLOOK.
      91 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —Your article of yesterday might well have included some reference to the strangle hold on the industry maintained bv the Straits Homeward Conference The Conference has seen lit to choose this present time of depression to impose an increased ireight
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      “PINEAPPLE KING.”
      163 9 MAKING TRIP ROUND THE WORLD. Never out of Malaya for more than a month during the last 25 years. Mr. Lee Kong Chian, the the founder of the well-known Lee firms and known as the Pineapple King.” sailed by the Conte Verde on Tuesday for a trip lound
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      “ROTTEN CONTROL.”
      446 9 A Proprietary Planter’s Grievance. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —“Truth’s”’ letter in your issue of Aug. 3, under the above heading in regard to rubber restriction, hits the nail on the head with the following words: “It was brought into force by the influence and
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    KEEPING CHECK ON ALIENS.
    407 10 “RECORDS MUST BE COMPLETE.” FILM CONTROLLER FINED $43. It is only by the punishment set out in this Ordinance that we can get aliens to provide us with correct particulars of their movements.” This statement was made in the third court on Friday by Inspector A
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    PASSENGERS HOMEWARD.
    146 10 Sailing By The T.S.S. Aeneas. The following sailed by the “Aeneas’ lor Colombo and Europe: Captain F. Strachan, Mrs. M. J Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morphett and child. Capt. and Mrs. M H Hawkes. Lieut. Towl. Mrs. M. L. Wynne and infant, Mr. M. L. Wynne
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    MR. LOWINGER AND MINERS.
    697 10 Kinta’s Reactions To His Visit. .To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Now that the first excitement attendant upon Mr. Lowinger’s visit has, more or less, died away, and the mining community has recovered from the surprise ol being consulted in any way regarding the future
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    PLANTERS’ BRIDES
    501 10 Support For The Bishop Of London. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As a planter who has lived in this country first as a bachelor for some years and later as a married man lor a further number of years, might I reply to R.H.P.’s article in
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    ESTATE MANAGER LOSES APPEAL.
    547 10 CONVICTION FOR “MISCHIEF.” Mr. Justice Burton, Acting Chief Justice, delivered judgment on Friday dismissing the appeal of Mr. A. L Swaine. manager of the United Rubber Plantations, who was convicted mischief and fined $50. The facts are recapitulated in the Judgment of his lordship which is
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    Village Wells Run Dry.
    77 10 The three wells at Tanjong Kling, a fishing village on the extreme western coast of Singapore island, have dried up in the drought, and the 50 inhabitants of this village, which includes a small police station, are dependent on Singapore for their daily water. This has
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    NEW NAVAL CHIEF IN FAR EAST.
    140 11 N EW NAVAL CHIEF IN FAR EAST. V ice- Admiral Little To Succeed Admiral Dreyer. C-IN-C. OF THE CHINA STATION. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. Little will be the new Com-mander-in-Chief of the China Station, which for naval administrative purposes includes Singapore and the naval base. H<* will (says Reuter) succeed
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    DAUGHTER OF FIRST MFNTRI BESAR.
    264 11 Many Mourners At Muar Funeral. From Our Special Correspondent.) Muar, Aug. 10. Inche Dara binti Jafar. daughter of the late first Mentri Besar of Johore, and mother of His Highness Tunku Ahmad. State Commissioner. Muar. died at the Istana. Muar. today. The cortege left the
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    RAJA MUDA OF PERAK.
    60 11 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 10. The Raja Muda of Perak entertain- a Party to tea at Telok Anson on n( occasion of his son’s bersunat. The ultan of Perak and a large gathering rajas and chiefs were present. Later he guests were entertained to
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    BLOW TO STRAITS TRADE.
    931 11 Serious Effect Of N. I. Quotas In Singapore. (To The Editor of the Straits Times.) Sir,—l read with great interest the article by your Commercial Correspondent In you yesterday’s issue on the subject of the N.I. quota. It is gratifying to see that your paper is
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    K.L. WEDDING.
    191 11 Well-Known Chinese Families United. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug’ 10. The marriage between Mr. Tong Sam Poy, eldest son of Mr. Tong Takin. well-known Kuala Lumpur Chinese, and Mrs. Takin. and Miss Lee King Fan, second daughter of the late Mr. K. C. Lee and Mrs.
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    CHINA TAKES TO COFFEE.
    265 11 AND IS BUYING MORE RUBBER. (By Our Chinese Correspondent) Mr. Chen Chi. of the Imports and Exports Department of Nanking, has arrived in Singapore after an extensive tour in Java and Sumatra, studying the sugar, rubber and coffee trade in that country He said in an
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    THE LATE MISS SAMMY.
    147 11 Untimely Death Of Singapore Artist. The funeral of Miss Sammy, which took place on Saturday afternoon, was largely attended and numerous beautiful wreaths were placed on her grave. The service was conducted by Archdeacon Graham White. Miss Sammy had originally intended to take up a medical
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    GIRL MEDICAL STUDENT TO MARRY.
    166 11 The engagement of Mr. Lam Yat Chong, the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Tee Chew of the Kwong Lee Banking Co., Ltd.. Singapore and Sarawak, to Miss Too Tung Ying, fifth year medical student and the eighth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Too
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    BENGALI SAILORS WIN APPEAL.
    633 12 Convictions For Disobeying Captain Set Aside. The appeal of 33 members of the crew of the Baron Belhaven, who were convicted by the Master Attendant, and sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of disobeying the lawful command of the master of the ship,
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    Shipments For The Malayan Markets.
    62 12 Arrangements have been made for large quantities of Scottish grouse to be sent to Singapore in raid storage. /Is soon as young birds- hatched in the spring of this year—reach the market the London agents of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., have instructions to buy
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    ADVISER IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
    60 12 Siam Government’s New Appointment. The Siamese Council has approved ol the engagement by the Siamese Legation in Washington of the services ol Mr. Frederic R. Dolbeare as Adviser in Foreign Affairs in succession to Mr. Raymond B. Stevens. Mr. Dolbeare is expected to sail from San
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    EUROPEAN’S PLIGHT.
    151 12 Mr. C. R. Savage, a European, was examined on a judgment debtor summons in tin* Supreme Court before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. In reply to Mr F. A. Briggs, who appeared for the judgment creditor. Mr. Savage said that lie had been doing constructional engineering tor the past
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    MARKETING MISHAP.
    86 12 From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur. Aug 9. Mrs. O’Farrell, wife of Mr. G. C O’Farrell of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, is a patient in Bungsar Hospital as a result of a fall at the market this morning. She was walking to her car. when in
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    A KINTA CAUSERIE
    1062 12 Perak Deserted During Holidays Travel Impressions —At The M.A.H.A. Show: From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Aug. 8. THERE was such an ex< s from Perak during the August holiday week-end that little is left to be recorded in this weekly resume of hoy <. hates and happenings.
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    50 YEARS IN BORNEO.
    283 13 Jubilee Of Mother Helen. taught gospel IN WILD LAND. .From A Correspondent.* On July 5 Mother Helen. Provincial nt the Franciscan Missionary Sisters )t St Joseph, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her first arrival in Borneo. Concerts were given by the Convent children on July 4,
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    DAUGHTER OF MR. C. C. DUNMAN WEDS.
    268 13 Three Hundred Guests At Reception. •From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 28. The marriage took place at the Brompton Oratory, London, on July 27 of Miss Patience Mary Dunman. daughter of Mr. Charles Clement Dunman. J.P.. and Mrs. Dunman, of Singapore, and Mr.
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    RESHUFFLES IN SIAM CABINET.
    243 13 Luang Pradit Still At The Ministry For Interior. A SLIGHT re-shuffle in the Siamese cabinet, involving certain minor changes and transfers, was announced in a special Government Gazette. The State Council is now composed as follows: Phya Bahol Bolabayuha Sena: President of the State Council (Premier)
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE IN ENGLAND.
    149 13 House Surgeon At The Leeds Infirmary. The Rev. J. Romanis Lee, formerly of 3t. Andrew’s School, Singapore, writ?s in the Singapore Cathedral Courier from Leeds: I am taking over the chaplaincy oi the Leeds Infirmary for the summer, where an old St. Andrew’s pupil of mine,
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    GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR ON TRANSFER.
    130 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 5. Mr. P B. Horner. Government Surveyor. Segamat has gone on transfer to Johore Bahru, before his departure on Home leave early in September Mr. Horner will be greatly missed by the sporting public of the district as “Jackie” was
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    THIRD EUROPEAN SCHOOL IN MALAYA.
    228 13 OPENING AT CAMERON HIGHLANDS. A large gathering of over a hundred visitors was welcomed by the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus at Cameron Highlands School at the opening of the Pensionnat Notre Dame, which took place on July 27. The visitors were received by
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    DUTCH FLYING OFFICIALS
    82 13 Inspection Of Malayan Aerodromes. Two visitors to Kuala Lumpur during the week-end were Mr. Harthorn. Director of Civil Aviation, and Mr. Le May. engineer in charge of aerodrome construction, of the Dutch Indies. They arrived on Sunday and were the guests of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club.
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    BOY KING TO VISIT BANGKOK.
    66 13 Siamese Assembly Opened. Ananda Mahidol. the boy King of Siam, will visit Bangkok shortly He is at present school in Switzerland The announcement of the King’s return was made in the speech from the throne at the opening of the new session of the Siamese
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    FROM SHIP TO CHURCH.
    266 13 TWO SINGAPORE WEDDINGS. Straight from the ship to the church. Such was the experience of two brides who arrived in Singapore from Europe last week on the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Potsdam. They were married in the Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road. The Rev. William Murray officiated at
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    Big Jump In Attendance.
    71 14 Exhibi tion Draws 30,000. Increase On Last Year. From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Aug. b. ONLY a few short of 30,000 people visited the Malayan Exhibition (luring the weekend. There were 11,971 on Saturday. 13.396 on Sunday and 4.900 yesterday—a total of 29.867. The total
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    Bukit Timah Road Fire.
    83 14 Fanned, by a stiff breeze a serious jungle fire broke out at the Eighth Mile—post on the Bukit Timah Road last Wednesday. The Fire Brigade 1 ought for five hours to subdue the blaze which involved an area of a little over four square miles. Their
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    NO SALUTE.
    75 14 Change In Seremban Court Procedure. From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 8. The Seremban magistrate, Mr. J. Calder, yesterday instructed the officer In charge of constables giving evidence in the police court to alter a long-standing custom. He preferred the constables to stand at attention when they came
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    SCULLY—CORNELIUS.
    162 14 A Province Wellesley Wedding. At the Church of St. Anne, Cerok Tokoon, near Bukit Mertajam, Province Wellesley last Monday, Mr. Joscelyn Hannibal Scully, youngest son of the late Mr. Alfred Clarke 8cully and Mrs. Anne Scully, was married to Emily Patricia, eldest daughter of Mr. Patrick J. Cornelius. The
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    COPRA PRICES LIKELY TO FALL FURTHER.
    576 14 Causes Of Present Upward Tendency. A further fall in the price of copra was envisaged by Mr. W. A. Stanton, a member of the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Department of Agriculture, speaking at the Malayan Agri-Horti-i cultural Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday.
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    GERMAN PRINCE ON THE POTSDAM.
    352 14 The passengers in the N.D.L. liner Potsdam which arrived at Singapore on her maiden voyage last week, include Mgr. Prinz Georg von Bayern, a nephew of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria, and Countess Ingeborg von Bernstorf, a niece of Count von Bernstorf, who was
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    Tin Consumption In Russia.
    51 14 Aneta learns that Mr. Houwert, director of Billiton Co. has found out during his journey through Russia that the consumption of tin is on the increase there owing to the great development in the canning industry. Russia takes already the fifth place among the tin consuming
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    ANOTHER PRIZE FOR MR. OEHLERS.
    206 14 $20,156 IN PENANG SWEEP. SEVERAL PREVIOUS SUCCESSES. pORTUNE has again smiled on on Mr. G. R. Oehlers, fathefof the family of Singapore sportsmen and sportswomen, and brother-in-law of the Hon. Dr. Noel Clarke. Mr. Oehlers has? just won another big sweep prize at Penang, on
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    RUBBER RESEARCH
    128 14 COL. B. J. EATON’S NINE YEARS WORK. (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. It is understood that Lieut. Col. B J. Eaton, will retire next year, so that a new Director of the Rubber Research Institute will have to be appointed Col. Eaton—who recently relinquished command
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  • Malayan Planting Topics.
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      URGENCY OF REPLANTING PROGRAMMES.
      2515 15 An “Autolycus” Note—A Not So Groundless Apprehension—Delay In Replan ting B racken Menace —Problem Of Many Estates Mr. Macfadyen On Obsolescent Areas. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) IIKHE is an extract from the always' M inter esting notes of “Autolycus” in the Financial Times of June 19:
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    FRANCE TO SINGAPORE BY MOTOR CAR.
    599 16 “WONDERFUL’’ MALAYAN REST HOUSES. FRANCE to Singapore in two months, is the unique achieve- ment of an American motoring party which arrived in Singapore last week. The party consists of Lt. J P. Cleland, of the U.S. Army, Mrs. Cleland and Mr. Duncan Hewlett,
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    MISSION IN A YACHT.
    763 16 FIVE YOUNG AUSTRALIANS’ VISIT TO SINGAPORE. Spreading The Gospel By Radio. A party of five young Australian missionaries in a 52-foot auxiliary ketch, the Lightbearer, arrived in Singapore last week in the course of a tour of the East Indies. They are members of the Watch
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    POSSESSION OF UNCOUPONED RUBBER.
    341 16 FOOTBALLER FINED ON ABETMENT CHARGE. 51,000 lb. ORDERED CONFISCATED. (From Our Own Correspondent.), Ipoh, Aug. 8. I EE Ee Eow. manager of Chop 1-1 Teik Cheng Chan, rubber dealers, and the manager of Chop Jin Bee. both of Teluk Anson, were yesterday convicted on an amended
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    LONDON—SINGAPORE BY CANOE.
    75 16 < From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. Dirk Vandemerwe, a young author, and Jack Poison, a garage proprietor of Wimbledon, left from London Bridge yesterday afternoon in a 17feet outrigger canoe for France. They hope to traverse the French canals until they reach the Mediterranean. They
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  • A SINGAPORE MERCHANTS NOTE-BOOK.
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      N. I. QUOTAS BLOW AT COLONY ENTREPOT TRADE.
      1028 21 An “Unintentional Result”—Cheerful Newspaper Headlines —Are They Always Justified Elusive 4 Telephone Numbers. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. CANNOT make out head or tail of the explanation given by the Dutch Consul General on the subject oi the hardware quota introduced in the
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    TAXI-CAB DRIVERS STRIKE.
    73 21 Protest Against Breach Charge. •From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 3. Following upon a charge of breach of trust preferred against one of the drivers ot the “yellow-top” taxi-cabs belonging to Messrs. Wearne Brothers, fellow -drivers of the accused went on strike yesterday. There were no taxis
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    PANIC IN HOTEL.
    86 21 Bull Runs Wild In Penang. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 6. A bull broke loose from a shed in transfer Road yesterday afternoon, n( l rushed along the road, attempting 0 butt pedestrians. oOred one Indian who was taken to hospital unconscious. T he bull then
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    THE BISHOP’S TOUR.
    304 21 Unveiling Of SavageBailey Memorial Tablet. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 6. The Bishop of Singapore is at present in Kuala Lumpur. On Sunday evening he unveiled the memorial tablet to the late Mr. Arnold Savage-Bailey, in St. Mary’s, afterwards attending a meeting of the Church
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    Coolies Catch Crocodile.
    50 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 6. A crocodile measuring seven feet from tip of nose to tail was brought to the Central Police Station at Seremban today by some coolies who claimed the usual reward. The amphibian was caught at Rantau, evidently in a mining pool.
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    TRIED TO SAVE GIRL WITH STICK.
    135 21 Drowning: Described At Inquest. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 6. Giving evidence at the coroner’s inquest on the death of Miss Josephine Jeremiah, who was drowned in a mining pool at Taiping, one of her companions. Miss Doris Danasamy stated that they went
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  • HARBOUR LOG.
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      PILOT DUES RAISED FIVE PER CENT.
      1067 22 One Of Depression Reductions Restored. (By Our Shipping Correspondent) A STRAITS Settlements Gazette notification last week stated that As from Aug. 1, 1935, a temporary reduction of 5 per cent, has been approved on all Pilotage Dues tor the Pilotage District of Singapore until
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      MALAYAN EMBARGO ON SIAM CATTLE.
      216 22 Statement By Consul In Singapore. Tlie embargo placed by the Malayan I Governments on all imports of cattle from Siam—an important source of meat supply for this country—following widespread rinderpest, still holds good. The Siamese Consul-General in Singapore, who has returned from Bangkok following a
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    FORMER QUEEN’S SCHOLAR.
    141 22 Now Advocate In The Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell. Mr. Tan Thoon Lip was admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court Mr. Tan Thoon Lip won the Queen's Scholarship some years ago and was.
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    FOREIGN ADVISERS IN SIAM.
    423 22 WHY THEY ARE DISAPPEARING. Fresh light on the enigma ot modern Siam is thrown by Phya Supan Sompat, late Siamese Minister in London, Berlin and the Scandinavian States, in an interview with the Straits Times on Thursday. Phya Sompat was a passenger by the Yasukuni Maru.
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    RASH DRIVING CHARGE.
    100 22 Motor-cycle In Collision With Bicycle. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Aug. 7. J. Andrews, in the employ of the Royal Air Force, was charged before the second magistrate here yesterday with driving a motor-cycle without a licence and also with driving in a rash and negligent manner,
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    “AGITATORS ARE AT WORK” IN GERMANY.
    101 24 Campaign Against Nazi Opponents. HITLER’S CRITICS GAINING? Do Not Let The Crisis Overwhelm You.” Berlin, Autf. 6. Flaming pink posters ten teet high have been plastered all j over Berlin in the past day or; two. This is the latest move In the general
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    BIG BATTLES AHEAD.
    106 24 Reuter Wireless WK SHALL CONQUER ALL. There are great battles ahead oi us and therefore do not get worried or let the crisis overwhelm you. declared Dr. Ley, leader of the labour front at a Nazi rally at the week-end at Essen, in a speech indicating that
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    ARMY AND R.A.F. MIX.
    49 24 Troops parading in front of the new Vickers Valencia troop-carrying machine at Farnborough Aerodrome, Hampshire. British, soldiers are now being given practice in en-planing a nd to accustom themselves to flying. It is understood that these exercises are to become part of the regular training.
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    Japanese Denial About Abyssinia.
    47 24 —Rewier. Tokio, Aug 6. The Foreign Office today declared that a report that Abyssinia had signed a contract with Japan for the supply of arms and ammunition is without foundation. The spokesman also denies that Japan is sending a military mission to Abyssinia.—Rewier.
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    POPE’S APPEAL.
    103 24 and confident in God."—Reuter Wireless. STRUGGLE AGAINST PAGANISM Vatican City. Aug. 6. The Pope spoke ot “modern paganism” and the persecution ol Roman Catholics In Germany when he received a group ot young German Catholics at the Vatican today. It was a sad thing for him to think
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    LARGER TUNG OIL EXPORTS FROM CHINA.
    48 24 Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai, Aug. 6. Chinese tung oil exports for the first six months of this year amounted to 380,000 piculs valued at $18.000 000 J epresents an increase of $8,000,000 over the same period last vear. 8i n Kuo Min.
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    JAPAN PROTESTS AT CARTOON.
    210 24 •EMPEROR PULLING GUN CARRIAGE. A diplomatic protest has followed a cartoon in an American magazine The cartoon, which appeared in in Varity Fair, bears the caption "Unlikely Historical Situations." It represents the Emperor dragging a gun-carriage on which is mounted a rolled certificate of a Nobel
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    FLOOD RELIEF PLANS ADOPTED.
    113 24 -Sin Kuo Min. Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking. Aug. 6. The Executive Yua has adopted Mr. Hsu Shih-ying’s flood relief plans. Instructions have been sent to the affected provincial government.; and the National Economic Council to employ flood victims in the construction of dykes and other
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    VETERAN GENERAL DIES.
    75 24 Reuter He Entered The Army In 1870. London. Aug. 5. The death is announced today of Major-General G.F. Browne, who retired from active service in 1913.— Reuter. Maj.-General Browne, who was 84 years ol age. entered the Army in 1870. He served on the West Coast of
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    DEATH FOR THEFT OF RUBBER.
    68 24 ment.—Copyright by the Straits Times. Sharp Way Of Soviet Military Tribunal. From Our Own Correspondent. > London, Aug. 7. Three Soviet workmen were executed at Tomsk, in Siberia, yesterday for stealing rubber from railway couplings. Ten minutes after making a brief appearance before a military
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    BRITON REMOVED TO NEW HIDING PLACE.
    130 24 -Sin Kuo Min. Bln Chew Jit Poh. Charhar Government’s Offer To Bandits. Peiping, Aug. 7. Mr. Gareth Jones, British journalist who is in the hands of Charhar bandits. has been removed to another place of captivity near the Manchukuo frontier, according to Mr. Herbert
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    “I SHALL WAGE WAR INEXORABLY.”
    364 24 AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. (From Reuters Special Correspondent) Addis Ababa. Aug. 6 Seated at a desk littered with papers and tekgrams in the ground-floor study of his ultra-modern palace, the Emperor of Abyssinia received me today in an exclusive audience. No one else was present. The
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    MORE DEMANDS?
    131 24 —Reuter. FRESH INCIDENT IN NORTH CHINA. Peiping, Aug. 6. The presentation of fresh Japanese demands is feared as the sequel to an incident at Luanchow, in the demilitarized Luan zone on Sunday, when four Chinese gunmen, three of whom were subsequently arrested, killed Col. Liu Tsu-chow. commander of
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    PLOT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF SIAM ARMY.
    185 25 SPECIAL LAW PROMULGATED. Luang Pradit’s Eight Months’ World Tour. 4 L LEGATIONS of conspiracy “to cause insurrection and national destruction are contained in an official communijue issued by the Siamese Government last week in explanation of the promulgation of a Special Court Law
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    RECENT EVENTS.
    369 25 (From A Special Correspondent.) r hi* communique from the Siamese (i wrnment reveals that all is not vet v. in the Bangkok camp. Following the establishment of the r. ancil of Regency to rule during the King Ananda Mahidol’s n iiorlty. iuTe were constant rumours that the G
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    FOR SIMLA.
    15 25 The Marquis Linlithgow the new Viceroy. The .Marchioness of Linlithgow the new Vicereine.
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    THE OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.
    130 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok Aug. 8. r J' l HE following communique was issued yesterday on the enactment of the Special Court Law Amendment Act f B.E. 2478 (the present year): The new Act is due to a certain conspiracy to cause insurrection and national destruction,
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA IN SCOTLAND.
    84 25 —British Wireless. On Holiday With Princess Juliana. Edinburgh, Aug. 7. The Queen of the Netherlands and her daughter, Princess Juliana, received a warm welcome to the Scottish highlands when they reached Crieff. Perthshire, this morning. The station was decorated and bore a large inscription in Gaelic
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE CONFERENCE ?
    199 25 ANGLO-JAPANESE CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN EAST ASIA. Tokio, Aug. 8. The possibility of an AngloJapanese conference, to he ho'*i r Tokio in two or three months rime, is discussed hy a r I’okio newspaper this morning. The Jiji Shimpo (says Reuter) understands the proposal was made by Great Britain
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    VICEROY OF INDIA.
    109 25 Lord Linlithgow Appointed. NEW CONSTITUTION RESPONSIBILITIES. It is announced that the King-Emperor has appointed the Marquis of Linlithgow as iceroy of India in succession to Lord Willingdon whose period of office expires next year. He will be GoveniorGeneral under the new constitution. Lord Linlithgow succeeds Lord Willingdon
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    JAVA AND SUGAR RESTRICTION ?
    88 25 JAVA AND SUGAR RESTRICTION —Reuter. Brussels. Aug. 8. The Vingticmc Siecle says that representatives of the sugar industr> from seven countries— Cuba. Czechoslovakia. Poland. Hungary. Belgium, Peru and tiermany—which adhere to the Chadbourne Restriction Plan have agreed to form themselves into an international committee, the aim of which will be
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    RUSSIA RE-ENTERS WHEAT MARKET.
    118 25 Reuter. Need Of Funds To Purchase Rubber. London. Aug 8 The morale ol International wheat markets was recently somewhat disturbed by Russia re-entering the market as a seller lor the first time for two years brokers recalling the debacle caused by Russian dumping in 1980 and
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    GALLI CURCI ILL.
    46 25 —Reuter New York. Aug. 8. Galli Curci. the famous singer who was in Malava during her world tour a few months back, will enter hospital in New York tomorrow to be operated on for goitre which was discovered during her visit to Japan.—Reuter
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    RIOTS IN TOULON
    174 26 Naval Workers Demonstrate. 2 DEAD: 18 INJURED IN FIRING. Toulon, Aug. 9. It is reported *hat two men were killed and 18 wounded in rioting tonight by French naval and munition workers here. The rioting was a sequel to the protest against the pay cuts. The situation
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    TROUBLE IN BREST.
    29 26 —Reuter. Brest, Aug. 9. Further rioting occurred here last night when mobile guards charged to break up a procession of extremists. Several people were injured. Reuter.
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    JAPAN TO POLICE LUAN RAILWAY?
    58 26 —Reuter. REPORTED OFFER BY CHINESE. The Chinese authorities in North China are said to have offered to entrust Japan with the task of guarding the Peiping-Shanhaikwan Railway to prevent a recurrence of incidents, according to the Nichi Nichi. It is understood that the Japanese authorities
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    Luan Chairman Held At Japanese Embassy.
    129 26 Peiping, Aug. 8. A sensation has been caused by the detention of Mr. Tang Shao-mlng, chairman of Luantung administration, at the Japanese Embassy. No explanation has been forthcoming so far from the Japanese. Mr. Tang’s virtual arrest is believed to be connected with the
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    TIN QUOTA
    168 26 Copyright by the Straits Times. From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 8. It is generally expected in London that tomorrow’s meeting of the International Tin CommP*ee in Paris will authorise at least a ten per cent. —and possibly a 15 per cent.—Increase in the tin export quota, to
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    INCREASE?
    121 26 Reuter. 7 DEAD IN ITALIAN PLANE CRASH. Military Experts Suspect Sabotage. Cairo. Aug. 8. The Italian military plane with four air force men as crew ana three passengers, including the Italian Minister of Public Works, which has been missing since it left Cairo yesterday for Eritrea was found today
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    SIGNIFICANCE OF TOUR OF SIR F. LEITH-ROSS.
    297 26 Reuter. London, Aug. 8. pHE departure of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross for China is noted in all the newspapers and is generally regarded as the most important step that Great Britain has taken in the Far East for many years. The Press regards it
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    JAPANESE REPORT.
    183 26 Reuter. WILL NAVAL TALKS FAIL? Tokio. Aug. 8. The Jiji Shimpo learns that Britain, through the agency of Mr. Matsudaira, the Japanese Ambassador in London, has proposed to Japan an AngloJapanese conference in Tokio in the autumn for a solution of issues pending in eastern Asia. The paper
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    STRIKE THREAT IN NEW YORK.
    70 26 Reuter. 100,000 Workers May Be Affected. New York, Aug. 8 A general strike of all works in progress by Administration workers in the city, if possible affecting 100,000 workers, is scheduled for tomorrow as a protest against the Government’s wages-scale of $931/2 for a three-week
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    JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE.
    55 26 —Reuter. Will Take Part In Committee Work. Geneva, Aug. 10. The Japanese Consul General announces that Japan who is no longer a 'member of the League, will accept the Council’s invitation to continue to sit on the Opium and Child Welfare Committees, so long as this
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    CAMPBELL BLACK ON RECORD ATTEMPT.
    176 26 British Wireless. London To Cape Town And Back. A FAR EAST FLIGHT TO FOLLOW. London, Aug. 8. Campbell Black, winner wilh C. W. A. Scott, of the England to Melbourne air race left Hatfield aerodrome this evening in his Comet machine, “Beome- rang,” in an
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    FLIGHT ABANDONED.
    29 26 Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 9 Campbell Black, who arrived at 5.30 am. today, has abandoned his flight and is returning to Lon(|on. One of the engines is misbehaving.—Reuter.
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    MR. WANG TENDERS RESIGNATION.
    274 27 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. A DIPLOMATIC ILLNESS? Differences On Japanese Policy Suggested. SHANGHAI, AUG. 10. MR. WANG CHING-WEI, IT IS REPORTED, HAS 1,1 TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION FROM HIS POSTS OF PREMIER AND ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON GROUNDS OF ILL-HEALTH. IT is believed
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    138 KILLED IN ONE WEEK.
    77 27 -British Wireless. Road Deaths In England During Holidays. Hoad accidents figures for the week ended Aug. 3 and including the first part of the public holiday period when the volume of traffic exceeded all previous record, were: killed 138. injured 5.441, compared with 148 killed
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    SOCIAL SECURITY IN UNITED STATES.
    70 27 —Reuter. Senate Passes Important Bill. Washington, Aug. 9. After a conference in both Houses the United States Senate today passed as amended the Social Security Bill providing for compulsory Unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and federal mants-in-aid for the needy and sick mothers and children.
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    ARRESTS IN PARIS.
    40 27 J w ten per cent wage cuts.—Reuter tireless. Paris, Aug. 6. A number of arrests were made last I:i -?ht when 2.000 civil servants and gas demonstrated here against the il*' w en per cent wage cuts.—Reuter
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    FRESH JAPANESE DEMAND ?
    213 27 FRESH JAPANESE DEMAND tht Japanese.—4 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. CHINESE APOLOGY FOR LUAN INCIDENT. Peiping, Aug. 9. The Japanese military authorities have demanded the creation of a special zone comprising five provinces in North China, according to well-ln formed Chinese circles. This demand is a sequel
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    FLOOD HORROR IN CHINA.
    79 27 —Reuter. Nanking, Aug. 9. An official report by a Government investigator states that 100,000 people perished as a result of the Yangtse floods; 14,000,000 have been rendered homeless, and 100,000 square kilometres have been inundated. The material damage is estimated at S 500,000.00o. Reuter. The Huangho
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    SINO-JAPANESE CO-OPERATION?
    166 27 —Reuter. A TOKIO STORY. Toklo, Aug. 9. The Japanese press declares that when the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Chang Tso-pin, returns from leave on Aug. 20. Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minister. will open negotiations f< the recognition of Manchukuo and closer Sino-Japanese economic co-operation. Co-operation will be on a
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    A TOKIO DENIAL.
    60 27 -Reuter. Tokio, Aug. 9. The Foreign Office spokesman denies the reports in the Japanese Press that Mr. Matsudaira has received a proposal from Britain regarding the advisability of an Anglo-Japanese conference in Tokio. The spokesman adds that the Foreign Office has no information that Sir Frederick Leith-Ross
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    BIG RIOTS IN FRANCE.
    213 27 Effect On The Markets. NAVAL DOCKYARD TROUBLE. Paris, Aug. .7. DIOTING in Parr Brest and Toulon has followed opposition to the French economy decrees. Serious riots in Brest and street fighting in Paris and Toulon is causing nervousness in the foreign exchange market which has recovered
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    Giant Liner Held up.
    62 27 At Brest toi'.d scenes culminated in rioters attacking troops and marines. Thousands of demonstrators swarmed over the-main railway line and forced the Paris express to come to a standstill. They uncoupled the engine and sent it hack to the sheds. The trans-Atlantic liner, Champlain, was yesterday
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    NAVY WORKERS DOWN TOOLS.
    216 27 i— Reuter Wireless. Serious Situation In French Dockyard. A serious situation in the naval dockyard following the lightning strike of arsenal workers as a protest against the ten per wage cut under the decree laws has developed. The workers refused to resume work on the cruiser
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    BRITAIN & CHINA’S PROBLEMS.
    224 28 BRITAIN CHINA’S PROBLEMS. Reuter. Sir F. Leith Ross Leaves England. London, Aug. H>. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross and Lad\ Ross sailed by the Empress of Britain yesterday. In an interview. Sir Frederick said he was unwilling to talk because his first object was to explore the situation and report to the
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    DEATH OF LORD WOOLAVINGTON.
    176 28 His Horses Twice Won The Derby. Lord Woolavington, the racehorse owner who twice won the Deruy and the head of the famour Scotch distillery firm oi Buchanan, died on Saturday at the age of 85. He was the first baron and first Baronet, and was one
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    HOOVER’S BID FOR U. S. PRESIDENCY.
    198 28 Reuter Fiery Attack On Roosevelt. “IF LIBERTY COMMITS SUICIDE.. C hicago, Aug. 11. A speech which is regarded both by Republicans and Democrats as a prelude to a bid for a second term of office as President was made today by exPresident Hoover. He
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    EMPEROR IN A RICKSHA.
    38 28 -Reuter. Washington, Aug 11. The Japanese consul today reported on an incident during the club “rag” at Seattle when the Emperor of Japan was represented pulling a ricksha containing the Emperor of Ethiopia. Reuter.
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    AGRARIAN RIOT IN INDIA.
    51 28 Reuter Wireless. Simla, Aug. 9. Three people were killed and 47 wounded in Loharu State when the police fired on a mob agitating against agrarian reforms. A Mobile column of troops has been sent from Delhi to reinforce the State police at the Nawab’s request. -Reuter
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    QUOTA RELEASE WELCOMED.
    181 28 Straits Times copyright. DECISION RECEIVES GOOD PRESS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 10. The London morning papers unanimously praise the International Tin Committee’s quota decision. The Financial News declares that the committee is to be congratulated on removing grounds for any further criticism of its policy
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    EX-KING NO LONGER IN TOUCH.
    127 28 Will Luang Pradit Visit Exiled Monarch? London, Aug. 11. The secretary of ex-King Prajadhipok of Siam, interviewed by Reuter, stated that the ex-King had not been in touch with Siam directly or indirectly since he abdicated. He was not now concerned with affairs of state
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    126 MISSING IN P.I. FLOODS.
    61 28 —Reuter Some 126 persons are reported dead and missing and the damage is estimated at $1,500,000. as the result of floods in central and northern Luzon The Governor has proclaimed a state of emergency in several of the stricken townships with the object of preventing
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    ABYSSINIA BANS BRITONS FROM ITS ARMY.
    541 28 —Reuter. Ijondon Offers Refused By Legation. QUESTION OF COST NATIONALITY. Italian Soldiers Desert To Switzerland. The Ethiopian Legation in London (says Reuter) has declined applications from Britons for enlistment in the army las questions of nationality and expense are involved. Notwithstanding a Rome denial,
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    SPIRITLESS DISPLAY BY SINGAPORE IN MALAYA CUP FINAL.
    2070 29  -  (Special Report By Echo.”) SELANGOR AN HONEST TEAM OF TRIERS WIN 2-0. Dolfattah Again A Failure Taylor’s Captaincy Missed —Taib In Form. SELANGOR 2; SINGAPORE 0. CINGAPORE and Selangor met in the Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The Colony
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      COPRA THE VICTIM OF WORLD CONDITIONS.
      772 1 Some Answers To Recent Critic Of The Industry. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. A FEW days ago an article on the coconut industry was contributed to the Straits Times which has attracted considerable attention here, and it seems desirable to answer
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      ULU PANDAN RECOVERY.
      106 1 PROFIT FOR 1934-35 OF $36,391. The report of Ulu Pandan (Singapore) Rubber Estates, Ltd. for the year ended Apr. 30 shows a net profit for the year of $36,391 (as against a loss of $2,696 for the previous year) to which has been added a transfer from
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      150 1 'l23Bth Auction, Aug. 8, 1935. lb. tons. Catalogued 1.364.498 609.15 Offered 1.334,701 595.85 Sold 1,142,335 509.97 London—Spot 5% New York 11.13/16 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Cents per lb. Standard Quality 19 to 19>4 (a few special lots realised 19%) Good Average Quality 18%
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      TIN QUOTA INCREASED.
      166 1 —Reuter. 15 Per Cent. —And Retrospective. London, Aug. 9. fjpHE International Tin Committee today increased the output quota by 15 per cent, to 65 per cent, to be retrospective to July 1. The Committee’s decision has caused considerable surprise in the City, for the most optimistic forecast
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      UNIVERSAL RUBBER.
      38 1 With regard to Universal Rubber Paviors (in liquidation), it is now announced that the new company has been registered under the name Universal Rubber Paviors, with an authorised capital of .€150,000 in 150,000 shares of £> 1.
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL GROUP.
      187 1 Quarterly Operating results of Tin Producing Companies under the maned June 30°* lscfs" 8l nental Mining Corporation Ltd. for the quarter endoSS* Co5U Prom Cone.) Southern Kinta 497 65,370 18,950 46 420 Kuala Kampar 259 18,810 7 600 11 210 Kampong Lanjut 108 14,430 7 872 Kramat 138
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      NAWNG PET TIN MEETING.
      389 2 NET PROFITS NEARLY DOUBLED. RESTRICTION IN SIAM. The fifteenth annual general meeting of Nawng Pet Tin, Ltd., was held at Penang on Aug. 3. Mr. A. H. Whitaker, director, who was in the chair, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts for the year
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      NETHERLANDS INDIES RUBBER STATISTICS.
      107 2 The following information has been received from the Chief of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Batavia. Production on Estates converted to long tonf of 2,240 lb. dry weight. Total June Territory 1934 1935 Java 77,429 5,972 Outer Provinces 104,695 8,157 Netherlands Indies 182,124 14,129 Notes:—l. This
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      RENONG TIN.
      30 2 B*u°ng Tin output of ore for Julv 1935 421) 04 D 7*K1321.88 pels. No. 3 Dredge 42 M Pel*. Total 751.82 pels 8 JUly 1934 WaB: No 3
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      RUBBER MARKET SENSITIVE.
      654 2 FIRM UNDERTONE DISAPPEARS. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd. in their report dated Aug. 9 state: The market was slow to revive after the August bank holidays, and on the first working day of the week prices were practically nominal, with sellers reserved. An apparently steady understone has
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      268 2 Ocean Shipments of Rubber, including Latex, Revertex and Concentrated Latex 1 during the month of July, 1935. Total Tons Name of Export Transhipment Port Proper Straits Malay Settlements States Singapore 24,421 2,174 7,352 Penang 5,273 nil 3,651 Malacca 238 nil 99 Port Swettenhara 5,302 60 405 Sub-Total
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      EXPORTS OF PINEAPPLES.
      96 2 During the week ending Aug. 3, 1935, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 63,539 cases, of which: 47,328 (74 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 4,973 (8 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 6,676 (11 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 4.562 (7
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      KAMRA TIN DREDGING.
      17 2 Dredging—Output for July, 743 piculs, Yardage treated 182,000 cubic yards., Hours worked 682 hours.
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      NEW DEBENTURES FOR S.T.C.
      140 2 -Straits Times copyright. TERMINATION OF THE SHANGHAI AGREEMENT. MEETING IN LONDON NEXT MONTH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 9. Proposals for the creation of new debenture stock and the termination of the Company’s management agreements with the Shanghai Electric Construction Co., Ltd., will be submitted
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      182 2 Domestic Production, as represented by exports from Federated Malay States, Unfederated Malay States, and Straits Settlements (Settlement of Malacca), of Tin and Tin-in-Ore at 75.5' c. during the month of July, 1935. Tons Tons Federated Malay States 5,206 Unfederated Malay States: Johore 54 Kedah 32 Perlis 31
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      JAVA COMPANIES.
      36 2 Rubber, Tea And Coffee Crops For July. Rubber. Ankola.— Banjoe Kidoel.—18,798.8 kgs. DJasinga.—62,645 k^ps. Tjikasintoe.—10,777 kgs. Langen.—43,532 kgs. Donowarie.—15,398.2 kgs. Balombissie.—14.694 kgs. Tea. Ankola.—17,222 hks. Paslr Madang.—31,000 hks. Coffee. Baloe Kidoel.—***** pic. Balangrirl.—1,250 pic.
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      KUCHAI TIN.
      36 2 Results of the working of Kuchai Tin Bucket Dredge for July: Actual Running Time 622 hours, Time Lost 122 hours, Average Digging Depth 35 fleet, Ore Won 413.64 piculs, Yardage Treated 130,500 cubic yards.
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      CLAIMS OF LODE MINERS.
      444 3 menglembu annual MEETING. GOVERNMENT TO BE approached. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 9. With regard to Lode Mines, particularly in Malaya, I submit that the case of this class of mining, which is still in its infancy, requires more favourable consideration than it receives under
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      JULY TIN OUTPUTS.
      46 3 7.3oo i,>inS Tin Pcls 23 hrs 86 cu yds J al Ping.—Pels. 451, hrs. 642, ru. 'cs- 12 <,OOO. River —Pete. 984. hrs. 540,. cu. as 48,000. i2?SS au^h 486 hrs< 529, cu vds Vfk at^o.Selan^or pcls 424. hrs. 630, cu. > as 134,000.
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      NEW SCUDAI.
      29 3 fn? U T^ ut of New Scudia, Ltd., Estate 41,500 lbs. making a total of i h 5OO llss for the four months of current financial year.
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      PATTANI TIN.
      19 3 for July, 1.061 piculs, Mrk. rt H°eo!i eated 231,000 cubic yards, Hours 0 631 hours, Hydraulicing Nil.
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      FRASER & CO.’s SHARE REPORT.
      669 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. Tin Shares Close Under The Best. With London more or less in the throes of the holiday season and with nothing of special importance happening in the political arena to cause any uneasiness, markets generally nave been quiet since our last report, stare Messrs. Fraser Co.
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      PRODUCE.
      273 3 Singapore, Aug. 14, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller. Gambler 5.00 Java Cube 10.00 Hamburg Cube 10.00 White Pepper 18.00 White Muntok Pepper 18.50 Black Pepper 10.00 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 3.75 Copra, Mixed 3.35 3.35 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.80 Small Flake 4.30 Med. Pearl Tapioca 560 Small Pearl Tapioca
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      JULY RUBBER RETURNS.
      70 3 Output Total to date Output for July, Current fln- for July, 1935. anclal year for 1934 lb. Mths. lb. lb. Brunei 34,500 1 34,500 32,000 Bukit Timah 11,235 5 51,909 8,780 Changkat 28,578 6 137,207 29,100 Haytor 11,540 7 84,837 14,237 Indragiri 49,090 10 825,048 91,868 Lunas
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      HOME AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
      301 3 Closing Prices In London Last Night. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 8. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 8. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5%
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      JULY RUBBER RETURNS.
      138 3 The figures In brackets denote the corresponding period of last year. Jimah Rubber.—2B,ooo lb. Ayer Kuning.—69,ooo lb. Badek (Staffleld Estate; .—23.800 lb Bradwall.—6o.ooo lb. Chersonese.—72,ooo lb. Dennlstown (Dennistown Estate) 31.500 lb. Highlands 8c Lowlands. —143,500 lb. Klabang.—l3l,ooo lb. Krian.—s4,loo lb. Sungei Krian.->-108,500 lb. Sungel Way.—57,500 lb. Pelepah
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      60 3 Spot Aur. Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar Apr.-June London Aug. 8 19 •'St 19Tm 20 V 4 21 1 22 5** 9 19 7 20 20 21 *-4 22 12 19 r N 197* 20 S* 21>h 22 13 19V4 19 r 197* 20‘-4 21U 22 5% 14
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      630 4 London Exchange Prices On Aug. 1. Allagar (2D 1/5; Alor Pongsu (2) 1/10; Anglo-Malay (£1) 11 9; Ayer Kunlng (£1) 28 Bagan Serai fXl» 10/6; Bahru (Sel.) (2 3/5; Banteng (£1) 19/; Batang <2/' /9'/if; Batu Caves (£1) 20/9; Batu Tiga (£1) 27 6; Bekoh (2/) /9V..; Bertam
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      TIN SHARES.
      162 4 London Exchange Prices On Aug. 1. Ampat (4') 3/10%*; (5/) 15Ayer Hitam (5/> 12/9; Bangrin (£lt 19/; Consd. of Burma (£1) 7/6; Gopeng Cons. (£1) 35 3; Hong Kong (5/) 12/; Idris (5/) 5 fi; Ipoh (16/) 19'; Kampong Lanjut (£1) 15/4%; Kamunting (5 11/9; Kepong (£1) 7/3;
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      18 4 August 8 Tip. S’pore Price $111.75 per picul 9 110% 12 108.75 108.25 14 108.00
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1453 4 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, August 14, 10 a.m. MINING. Issue Val Fraser Co. Lyall Evact Issue Val. Fraser Co Lyall Eva*t Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller 4/- Ampat Tin 4/3 4/9 4/4>/ 2 4/9
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