The Straits Budget, 7 November 1935

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      “ Morally Bankrupt.”
      850 2 Morally Bankrupt.” made out by Mr. Baxter.—Straits Times, Oct. 31. In a leading article published in the Straits Times on Sept. 20, we criticised official Siamese propaganda and made reference to charges which were being levied against the Government of Siam in connection with the import of a large consignment
      made out by Mr. Baxter.—Straits Times, Oct. 31.  -  850 words
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      AN INOPPORTUNE MOMENT.
      907 2 —Straits Times, Nov. 1. A less favourable time to discuss javal limitation would have been hard to find. When the Naval Conference opens in London on December 2, British policy will be to repair the deficiencies in the defence services, including the building of a “modern navy”
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      Profits From Pines.
      722 2 and should be borne by it.—Straits Times, Nov. 2. Malaya’s exports of pineapples this year may be worth about eight iand a half million dollars. During ithe hrst six months they totalled a little more than 39.000 tons and ,sold for over $4% millions. In j future
      and should be borne by it.—Straits Times, Nov. 2.  -  722 words
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      Tin In The News.
      772 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 4. According to a batch of cuttings received from London by air mail, i tin is very much in the news 1 at Home. Indeed, it has suddenly become a definite factor in Weltpolitik. The advent of the; biggest international crisis since j
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      Forgotten Derelicts.
      783 3 i.—Straits Times, Nov. 5. I take the view,” said Mr. John Laycock in a letter to the Straits Times the other day, that some form of permanent machinery should be set up for the relief of distress, and that the matter should not be left entirely to private
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      Prospecting.
      225 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 5. Another suggestion for a change in the domestic policy in regard to tin restriction that was first put forward publicly In a leading article in the Straits Times has been adopted by the F.MJ9. Government. On Sept. 3, we wrote that if Malaya persisted in
      —Straits Times, Nov. 5.  -  225 words
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      Municipal Relief.
      822 4 —Straits Times, Nov. 6. A timely reminder that the Singapore municipality is still a very long way below its pre-slump income was given by Mr. W. Bartley at the budget meeting of the Commissioners last week. There is a difference of nearly three million 'dollars between the revenue
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    SIR SHENTON THOMAS.
    81 4 His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas, and attended by the personal staff, will leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 10.00 p.m. on Monday and will return at 6.40 ajn. on Monday, Nov. 18. His Excellency will be in residence at King’s House
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    N.I. DEFENCES AND MALAYA.
    195 4 A CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE Did a conference on Netherlands Indies defence form one of the courses at a luncheon party at Gov. ernment House, Singapore, l a t Thursday? Or did the luncheon follow a conference? The guests were: Heer J. J van Dijk. former Ministir
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    182 4 Registrar Of Designs, Singapore. The following appointments are announced in the S S. Government Gazette Mr. E. N. Taylor, M.C.S., to be Registrar of Companies. Singapore Official Receiver, Singapore, Official Assignee, Singapore, Malacca and Labuan, and Registrar of Designs. Singapore. Mr. M. B. Hember to be a Police
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    BIRTHS
    35 4 HENS.—At Cairnholm Private Hospital on November 4, to Richmonde, the wife of W. M. Hens, a daughter. OSWELL.—At Penang on October 30. to Freda, the wife of H. T. W. Oswell, M.C.S., a son.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    43 4 TAN—NEO.—The engagement is announced between Mr. Tan Slew Kuah. son of the late Mr. Tan Kim See and Mrs. Tan Kim See and Miss Neo Guat Cheng (Sarah Liang), daughter of the late Mr. Neo Hong Tew and Mrs. Neo Hong Tew.
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    85 4 DEATHS MORRELL.—At “Clearways” Wadhurst. Suasex, on October 25, 1935, Frederick Alexander Morrell. LEE.—Mr. Lee Boon Beck, aged 50, passed away peacefully on October 27, 1935, at 5.45 a.m. at 53, Tras Street. TAN.—Madam Ong Mui Gek (wife of the late Tan Hee Thye), age 73 years, passed away peacefully on
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    205 5 THE story of the Dutch girl who fell overboard off Singapore Is re-told from a personal angle by Mr. Robert Foran in his new book, Malayan Symphony.” This girl, wearing only silk underclothing. fell out of the porthole of a Dutch liner one evening in 1925.
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    DUTCH CURRY.
    147 5 pROM Mr. Foran’s bouk I take a recipe for that famous Netherlands Indian dish, the Rijs Taeflel, given to him by the chef of the Hotel des Indes in Batavia Meat and Fish:—Spiced beef and devilled soup meat (both fried with coconut shreds), baked minced pork, fried fish,
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    M.C.S. OR C.L.S.
    175 5 CURIOUS position has arisen in Malaya, and presumably in other parts of the British colonial empire, as a result of the creation of the Colonial Legal Service. As a writer in the Sunday Times has pointed out, nearly all the legal plums in this country have been
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    U.E. MILLIONS.
    186 5 *J*HAT was an interesting discussion at the United Engineers meeting last week on the question of investment in securities other than giltedged. The Ordinary shareholders in this company would undoubtedly be receiving more than two and a hall per cent, at the present time if part of their
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    ROTARY RELIEF FUND.
    183 5 1JOW real is the distress among unemployed members of the clerical class in Singapore is shown by figures given by Brigadier Lord, of the Salvation Army, in the address reported in our columns today. The persons now dependent on the Rotary relief fund comprise 421 Eurasians, 673
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    SOUVENIR HUNTERS.
    155 5 SOUVENIR HUNTERS Sultan’s hair-brush has been returned! A photograph of it, together with a letter from the person responsible for its disappearance, appears in another page. Some people profess to see an amusing side to ttns incident, but for the life of me I am unable to share their point
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    PAHANG ARABS.
    162 5 •T'HE learned treatise contributed by the Arabic Literary and Social Club, of Singapore, to the Sunday Times reminds me of a remarkable passage in the 1921 census report. There is an isolated and oldestablished Arab settlement at Kampong Bruas, in the Pekan district of Pahang, the members of
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    FINE FEATURES.
    149 5 most of the purely Arab characteristics have long been absorbed by intermarriage, this article continues, there are still three which mark these people as a community of their own. Firstly, the Arab titles (Sheik, Saiyld, Saripah, etc.) are preserved from father to son and daughter, although often wrongly
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    A DISASTER ECHO.
    169 5 P*EW people now living in Singapore remember the loss of the P. and O liner Bokhara in the China Sea, a disaster which was recalled by the death on October 21 of Dr. James A. Lowson, father of Dr. J M. A. Lo,/son, of Johore. The Bokhara
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    I.S.P. PIN-PRICKS.
    156 5 IT is difficult to understand the nag- ging attitude of the Straits Times correspondent who is endeavouring to force upon the Incorporated Society of Planters a choice between “professional” and “trade union” status. The whole discussion Is academic and Irrelevant, and the I S P. executive will be
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    FIVE AMERICANS.
    191 5 who have read the recent letters attacking the employment of alien teachers in mission schools, and particularly in the schools con* ducted by the American Methodist Mission, may care to have some figures relating to Singapore schools which will enable them to see this agitation in its proper
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    ON THE STREETS.
    156 5 jyjALACCA, which is now tackling the problem of destitute boys living on the streets—potential criminals, every one of them, unless rescued by society—would be overjoyed II an offer such as that made to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners were tj come their way. In that Settlement the money
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    WHERE TO?
    153 5 PROCLAMATION has been issuei by the Sultan of Perak that ar.y Malay, irrespective of rank or birth, found guilty oi taking part in a secret society will be banished. That is all very well, but where will the offender be banished to? A Malay cannot be dumped on
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    NO BOOTLEGGERS.
    139 6 JUDGING by the Perak proclamation. and also by a warning issued to samsu bootleggers, the weapon of banishment is likely to be used more sternly in the future. It is stated that Government, being determined to stamp out this nuisance. has decided to banish offenders after the third
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    DINDINGS NOTES.
    128 6 gOME amusing extracts irom an old station book are published in the October number of the Malayan Police Magazine. This book was kept in the policestation at Lumut from 1896 to 1932 It is a great pity that the earlier book, which went back to 1875, has not
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    BOARDING PIKES.
    131 6 BOARDING PIKES |T is strange to read that as late as 1903 the Lumut station had nine boarding pikes in its armoury. Why these archaic weapons were required nobody knows, but perhaps they were supplied in the seventies for dealing with pirates. There were also seven tridents on the inventory,
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    HOW MANY ARABS?
    158 6 Referring again to the subject of Arab settlement in Malaya, discussed in this column last Tuesday. I would point out that the Arabic Literary and Social Club is on very doubtful ground in one particular. This club challenges Mr. A. W. Aljelany’s figure of 15.000 as the
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    ENGLISH ROSES.
    142 6 MR. Howard T. Stiven s article in the Straits Times last Saturday was a revelation of the results which can n*’ obtained with certain classes of English roses on the Malayan lowdands. but there are other classes which are quite unsuitable. The suggestion put forward by Mr. Stiven
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    HOSPITAL HOTEL.
    179 6 r J*HERE has been a great deal of criti- j eism of the new Malacca hospital as being extravagantly large, and figures given in the 1934 report of the Medical Department appear to bear out that criticism. The hospital contains 573 beds, and the average daily number of
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    WHERE ARE WE?
    183 6 JN his interesting Rotary talk on Dutch life in Sumatra the Rev Hamilton Aikin spoke of Brastagi as being “perhaps the finest hill station in the Middle East.” In extent and fertility I suppose the Brastagi plateau bar no equal, although I do not know how it
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    “SOUVENIRS.”
    189 6 *pHE peculiar ethical ideas exhibited by the people who used to steal pieces of the Ellenborough gold plate at Johore banquets apparently extend to the best society. In the American magazine Time there appears the following note “The wisdom of King George V in deciding not to use his
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    GENERAL ELECTION TALK.
    184 6 GENERAL ELECTION TALK gIR George Penny, who is standing again as Conservative candidate for Kingston-on-Thames at the general election this month, spent 20 years in Singapore. During his residence here he presented the extraordinary combination ot a broker who was also a master mariner and an accountant. He left the
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    KING’S TREASURER.
    187 6 JT would be difficult to And a more romantic career in Malayan history than that of Sir George Penny, who from broking in this city has risen tr be Treasurer of the King’s Household. Mr. Penny the had not b. (Jl knighted then) first got his foot to
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    SOCIALIST AND TORY.
    173 6 F the two other Malayan names in the candidates’ list. Mr. David Freeman and Mr. F. H. Collier. the former is an old hand In politics while the other is a newcomer. Mr. Freeman is the only man who has ever stood lor a Labour constitu ency
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    BATHOS.
    71 6 /"\N Monday a special issue of the Gazette arrived in this office Hastily we opened it. hoping to find an announcement about sanctions or something equally vital, but we wer** disappointed. Below, you see why. Straits Settlements GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY Published by Authority. No. 921 Monday. Nov. 4, 1935.
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    9 6 Whereas disease exists amongst goa in India Anak Singapura.
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    DR. NOEL CLARKE JOINS EDUCATION BOARD.
    51 6 The Hon. Dr. Noel L. Clarke has been appointed a member of the Education Board and also a member of the Raffles College Council (on the nomination of the unofficial members of the Legislative Council), in place <>i Mr. Claude da Silva, who has
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    1098 7 H H. Tunku Yahaya, A.C.P., Kedah, uIS returned from leave spent in andVi- shelly, who returned from leave recently. has resumed duties as second Medical Office. Ipoh. ir Commodore and Mrs. IL. J i Bobble left Singapore by the s s.. An tenor last Thursday for Port
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    316 7 New Members Of Education Board. The following appointments are announced in the S.S. Government Gazette: On the nomination of the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council the Hon. Dr. Noel L. Clarke to be a member of the Education Board for the year 1935 vice Mr. Claude da
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    Contents
    116 7 Leaders—•‘Morally Bankrupt” 2 An Inopportune Moment 2 Profits From Pines 2 Tin In The News 3 Forgotten Derelicts 3 Municipal Relief 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 24—28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial SupplementFinancial and Commercial news to date, following page 32 Malayan General News Week in Malaya 1 Social
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    Government House.
    423 7 Sunday, Oct. 27. Air Commodore and Mrs. 8. VV Smith. Hon. Sir Andrew Caldecott. Hon. Mr. A. M. Goodman. Commander R B. Wilmot-Sitwell and Mrs. McKenzie dined at Government House Monday. Oct. 28 At 10.30 u.m. His Excellency presided at th Budget Meeting of the Legislative Council held
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    159 7 Malay Officer As Kcgistrar Of Supreme Court. The following appointments are no tiller! in the F.M.S. Government Gazette: Mr. J M. Laing to be Chief Inspee tor ol Waterworks, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. N. H. Sands to be an Agricultural Officer. Agricultural Department 8.8. and F.M.S, Colour Sergeant G.
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    THE G.O.C.’s FAREWELL APPEAL. SERVICES-CIVILIAN FRIENDSHIP.
    734 8 Plans To Improve Lot Of Troops In Singapore. In his farewell message to Malaya, given to the Straits Times, Major-General E. 0. Lewm. General Officer Commanding, discussed the relations between the Services and civil population in Singapore and plans for making life more comfortable
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    26 YEARS WITH F.M.S. VOLUNTEERS.
    99 8 Retirement Of Lt. Colonel F. J. Ayris. Lt.-Colonel F. J. Ayris O.B.E., V.D., retires form the command of the Pahang Battalion of the F.M.S Volunteer Forces on Nov. 12 after serving 26 years with the F.M.S.V.F. He joined the Territorials in 1888 and after serving
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    DEATH OF PENSIONER AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    110 8 Over two hundred relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mr. Gregory Isaiah Zechariah, whose death occurred at his residence, 2, Sin Chew Kee Street, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday night. The funeral took place on Friday evening, at the Birch Road cemetery, following a
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    POPPY DAY CARNIVAL.
    237 8 Large Crowd At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 3. IJUNDREDS attended a most successful carnival in aid of the Poppy Day Fund held at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, last night. Among the patrons present at the carnival were HL Highness the
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    RICH TIN LODE FOUND.
    168 8 Kinta Miner’s Luck. lyilNERS in Kinta are excited over the discovery of a Sam Yik Chon# a vein of tin or a fissure lode—at Rimba Panjang. Fissure lodes or veins are the source of many valuable ore deposits. The property on which this lode was discovered
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    Malayan Motorist’s Successes.
    413 8 Malayan Motorist’ s Successes. Crowded Leave In Britain. A MALAYAN planter on leave in England for six months took part in several well-known motor trials, won two awards, and travelled 13,500 miles in his car in five months. He is Mr. .D. S. Ainger. manager of Segambut Estate, Selangor, who
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    A.P.C. MANAGER ENTERTAINED.
    70 8 MR. W. L. CUSCADEN LEAVES MALACCA. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Malacca, Nov. 3. Petrol dealers of Malacca, Muar and Segamat and the members of the Malacca branch of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. last night entertained Mr. W. L. Cuscaden, the local manager, on the eve of his
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      FORESTRY METHODS.
      1259 9 Mr. F. O. Rasmussen s Further Criticism Of R. R. L To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Referring to your Planting Correspondent’s article of Oct. 11, and to the objection repeatedly expressed by the Director of the Rubber Research Institute against the term “forestry methods”, I
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      TUBA ROOT.
      286 9 Still Impossible To Get A Good Price. To the Editor ol the Straits Times Sir—In advocating the planting of tuba root as a paying crop for estates with unplanted areas, has your Planting Correspondent taken into account the premium on the land and the cost of felling and
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      VOLUNTEER AIR FORCE.
      80 9 Opportunity Wanted For All Con'munities. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—As we are going to have a Volunteer Air Force before the end of the year, may I suggest that there should be separate units i.e. Europeans, Eurasian. Chinese, or any other unit There are
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    CHEAPER ELECTRICITY.
    210 9 Maximum Rate To Be Reduced' To 15 Cents r pHE draft estimates of Municipal revenue and expenditure for next year were considered and adopted on Friday at a special meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The form of the Budget differed in two respects from that presented in
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    F.M.S. AND SANCTIONS.
    22 9 An F.M.S. Government Gazette announcement notifies a ban on the exportation of arms from the F.M.S. to Italian territory.
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    BIG JEWELLERY THEFT.
    107 9 PRISONS OFFICIAL’S LOSS. JEWELLERY worth over S600 was stolen last week from the house of Mr. It. A. Page, acting superintendent of Prisons, Singapore, at Pearls Hill. The thief entered the house when Mr. and Mrs. Page had gone for a walk b' r ore dinner with
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    SEAPLANE SLIPWAY TENDERS.
    77 9 Civil Aerodrome Work Advances. An important advance in the construction of the Singapore civil aerodrome is revealed in the latest Straits Settlement Government Gazette, which invites tenders for the supply and erection of a reinforced concrete seaplane slipway. This contract includes sheet piling and a reinforced concrete
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    SISTER MARY LOUISE CORNELIUS.
    119 9 Obituary. The death took place In Mercy Hospital. Elwood. Indiana. USA last month of Sister Mary Louise Cornelius, aged 88 years. The Sister belonged to the Cornelius family of Malacca and Singapore, her lather being one of those who had taken part in the Nanning War
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    A BOOK WHICH ENDS IN BALI.
    1075 10 TWO COUNTRIES AND THREE ISLANDS IN ASIA. Malayan Symphony. By W. Robert Koran. (Hutchinson, 18s.) Mr. Foran has one outstanding merit as a tourist: he is thorough. He sees everything there is to be seen, and often he ferrets out odd bits oi information
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    54 10 By the death of Dato Dewa Bakti (Mr. Siau Chuan), the State of Trengganu has lost one of its most popular and respected residents. The deceased, who died at his residence at Kedai Payang at the age of 44 after a short illness, was the first Chinese to be made
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    DIMINUTIVE TIN SHIPMENTS.
    121 10 Only 330 Tons For Britain. The full Malayan trade returns for September reveal that the chief contributor to the decline in imports during the month compared with August was in the oils, fats and resins group (which includes motor spirit.) The respective totals were S4.848.050 and S7.285.39:*.
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    NOTABLE CHINESE WEDDING.
    246 10 Tan Ah Tah-Choo Yu Keun. < From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 300 Two well-known families in Malaya were united today by the marriage of Miss Choo Yu Keun. the youngest daughter of Mr Choo Kia Peng. C.B.E., and Mrs. Kia Peng, of Kuala Lumpur,
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    F.M.S. CHINESE DINNER FOR HIS EXCELLENCY.
    83 10 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 31. Invitations have new been issued to the dinner which is to be given by the F.M.S. Chinese in honour of His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas at the Selangor Chinese Assembly
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    VOLUNTEERS 22 PER CENT. UNDER ESTABLISHMENT.
    223 10 486 Europeans Needed. The strength of the Strait?' Settlements Volunteer Force has (increased this year in spite of tht fact that the abnormal wastage oi 1934 continued well into 1935. the numbers discharged in the Singapore Volunteer Crops alone amounting to 92 Europeans and
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    DOUBLE WEDDING AT IPOH.
    107 10 Sultan Sprinkles Water On Couples. (From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Oet. A picturesque and impressive ceremonial was witnessed by a largt gathering at Parit Buntar when a double wedding took place at the Raja Kechil Bongsu’s quarters. Raja Kutam. daughter of the Raja Kechil Bongsu.
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    47 YEARS IN MALAYAN WATERS.
    98 10 Retirement Of Mr. “Bill" Orr. Penang on Thursday bade good-bye to Mr. William Orr, chief engineer of the Straits Steamship Co., when, with Mrs. Orr, he sailed in the Kinta for Singapore, en route for Sydney. Australia, where he goes on retirement. “Bill” Orr, as
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    MALAYAN FOREST OFFICER MARRIED.
    681 11 Country Church Wedding In England (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 25 (by air). MANY Malayans were among the guests when Mr. Richard Cuthl)t»rt Barnard, of the Malayan Forest Service, son of the late Mr. Henry <\ Barnard, Chief Engineer of the F. M. S. Railways,
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    FORMER MALAYAN DIVORCED.
    189 11 Mrs. Willies’ Allegations Against Husband. From Our Own Correspondent London, Oct. 28. Sir Boyd Merriman. President of the Divorce Court, today granted a decree nisi to Mrs. Gladys Madge Willies, against her husband. Henry Herbert Willies, formerly of Singapore, on the grounds of his alleged adultery with,
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    CUSTOMS POLICY CRITICISED.
    231 11 CUSTOMS POLICY CRITICISED STRONG SPEECH BY HON. COL. RAE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Nov. 1. Speaking at the Perak State Council meeting, the Hon. ol. Rae severely criticised the Veterinary Department and the Customs Department. In connection with the former. Col Rae said that the department cer* tainly did
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    5,000 TROUT AT HIGHLANDS.
    198 11 Soon To Leave Rearing Ponds. According to the latest check made at the hatchery at Cameron Highlands, j there are now about 5.000 trout “The time will not be very long, when v/e shall have seriously to consider the question of liberating :he trout.” said Mr.
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    R.A.F. HEADQUARTERS.
    68 11 New Officers For The Seletar Establish men!. New RAF. officers arriving in Seletar for Headquarters posts are Wing-Commander H. S. Kcrby. who will take the place of Wing-Command-er P. B. Hunter as Senior Equipment Staff Officer, and Wing-Contmander H. F. Fuller, who will take the place of Squadron-Leader
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    DREDGE NEEDED ON PERAK RIVER.
    403 11 SULTAN ON KAMPONG PROBLEMS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipintf, Oct. 31. 'yHK Budget meeting of the Perak State Council was held this morning, H.H. the Sultan presiding. There was a full attendance of members, except the Legal Adviser. Alter Messrs. S. .1. \V. Gooch and
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    MEONIA.
    79 11 The following .sailed by the Meonla for Colombo, Aden and Europe: Mrs. E. Underdahl, Mr. Poul Muller. Mrs. H. R. Hemsted, Miss W. R. Hemsted, Mr. R. Mayer, Mr. J. H. Naafs. Mrs. J. H. Naafs, Miss Jessie S. Smith. Mrs. G. P. Vredevelt, Mr. R. B. O. Forbes,
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    HOW TO BRING CULTURE TO SINGAPORE.
    478 12 Essay Club From Raffles College Union. gPEAKING at tin* first reunion dinner of the Radies College Union at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, on Saturday night, Sir Andrew Caldecott, Colonial Secretary, said that though Singapore was preeminently an emporium and mart, there was no reason
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    LIGHTNING STARTS FIRE IN GIRLS’ PLAYROOM.
    364 12 Flames Put Out: Children Taken To Hospital. COWS KILLED IN STORM. and lightning caused damage in Singapore on Sunday morning. Three Chinese girls were taken to the General Hospital when lightning struck the Seah Street house in which they were playing. Three cows and
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    IS SINGAPORE A CITY OF PHILISTINES?
    517 12 No Permanence, No Civic Pride, No Culture, No Art. JAPANESE POET LAUREATE ON EMPTY PARADISE. pROFESSOR Yone Noguchi, Japanese Poet Laureate, lecturer in English literature and cultural ambassador between East and West, who passed through last week on his way to India, thinks that
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    HONG KONG SERVICE TO BE STARTED.
    200 12 Another One-Day Test Flight From Penang. pOR the second time Imperial Airways have carried out the experimental flight between Penang and Hong Kong in one day. The D.H. 86 Dorado, on the third flight, covered the 1790 miles at an average of 158 miles
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    MALACCA LICENCE RENEWAL REFUSED.
    190 12 Commissioners’ Action Upheld. A ruling of considerable Interest was made by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice W. Burton, in the Singapore Supreme Court on Monday when he dismissed an action instituted by Mr. Lim Yew Hock against the Malacca Municipal Commissioners. The plaintiff, who had
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    FIRE IN SINGAPORE CHURCH.
    30 12 A short circuit In the electric wiring In St. Peter’s Church, Singapore, last week, started a small fire which was extinguished before any damage was done.
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    “UNFAVOURABLE MODIFICATIONS” IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SURPLUS.
    1145 13 Mr. J. Bagnall Says Need For Economy Is Great. SrKAKING on the Budget at the Legislative Council meeting last week the Hon. Mr. John Kagnall said: The general impression oi the financial position of the Colony is. I think, that large surplus assets exist
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    PARTED IN BATTLE 34 YEARS AGO.
    103 13 Brothers Reunite In Malaya. Tiro brothers parted from each other under the stnokc of battle on a South African kopjie in 1901. Since they faced Boer bullets side by side they have never met. But after 34 years they trill be reunited and the
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    GOVERNOR AND ADMIRAL.
    492 13 American Tiffin. r j*HE luncheon given last Tuesday by the American Association of Malaya in celebration of the visit of the U.S.S. Augusta attracted one of the largest gatherings in the history off he Association, almost the entire floor space of the Adelphi Hotel roof- i garden
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    CHEQUES OBTAINED BY FORGERY: WARNING.
    90 13 Banks and firms in Singapore are warned against accepting cheques from a book obtained il'egally in Kuala Lumpur. The Singapore Detective Branch have received a telegram from the Kuala Lumpur police stating that a cheque-book of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Oversea Chinese Banking
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    AIR-COMMODORES ON EXCHANGE.
    276 13 CLOSER LIAISON IN EMPIRE FORCES. STRENGTHENED. R.A.A.F. AIR-COMMODORE S. J. Goble, of the Royal Australian Air Force, who left Singapore for England in the An tenor 1 ast week, has been exchanged with Air-Commodore H. R. Nicholl, R.A.F. under a new policy for closer liaison between the
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    MAJOR GENERAL LEWIN’S FAREWELL SPEECH AT COUNCIL MEETING.
    1770 14 Larger Camp For Volunteers Needed. RENEWED APPEAL TO “WAVERERS” Major General E O, Lewln was a speaker at the Legislative Council meeting last week. He said: I with to take this opportunity which coincides wi.h my last appearance in this Council. I
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    C. W. FREDERICKS.
    120 14 False Representations To Penang Chaplain. The man is a pest to society and has an extremely long criminal record. I ask that the severest sentence be passed on him," said Inspector J. E. Jeans at the conclusion of the case in which C. W. Fredericks was charged
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    Sir A. Robinson Praised.
    386 14 Ideal Counsellor And Councillor. At the Legislative Council meet in* at Singapore last week, the Colonial Secretary. Sir Andrew Caldecott who said: I rise with Your Excellency’s n» r mission to express on behalf of official members of this council our keen sense of loss which
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    SIR SHENTON’S TRIBUTE
    93 14 “A Man Of Such Courtesy, Integrity And Charm” A further tribute to Sir A. Robinson was then paid by H.E. The Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas. Sir Shenton said: I desire to associate myself deeply with the tribute paid to Sir Arnold Robinson by my official and unofficial
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    52 OFFENCES ADMITTED.
    94 14 Charged with having committed, on Sept. 27, a criminal breach of trust with a cheque for $5.25, the property of the Straits Times, Petei William Penson pleaded guilty before the Third Magistrate, Singapore and was sentenced to five months rigorous imprisonment. Court Inspector Cowie said that Penson
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    REPLANTING: A PRESENT-DAY PROBLEM.
    2352 15 Mr. Moore’s Lecture —Yields Up To 1,500 Pounds —Progressive Policy Pays —“Slaughter Tapping ’—The Cost Factor. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) ✓xF the lectures given at the I.S.P. Conference last month at Malacca. K,r the subject selected that by Mr. Moore, of the R.R.I., on replanting, perhaps
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    A SMOKE-HOUSE FOR EIGHT DOLLARS.
    61 15 A miniature smoke-house recommended for rubber small-holders by the RR.I. The principal materials are attaps, gunny sacking, bamboo, a small niiantity of meranti or other cheap wood, a kerosine tin, a short length of metal piping and a small piece of corrugated iron. The cost
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    MUDDY WATER DRUNK IN KAMPONGS.
    756 16 Villagers Happy, But Unhealthy. Water. Works Overworked. Needed. CONDITIONS FOUND BY PERAK STATE COUNCILLORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. SO. Villagers who daily drank muddy water because there was no other supply, and a kampong where 20 per cent, of the inhabitants were being
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    EUROPEAN FINED FOR RASH DRIVING.
    59 16 A fine of $75, in default three weeks' rigorous imprisonment, was imposed last week by Mr. E.E. Colman, the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, on a European, H. R. Dyas, on a charge of drivi2. t a motor-lorry so rashly as to endanger human l«fe. The offence
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    PLANS FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS.
    106 16 CO-OPERATION WITH EMPLOYERS. FOLLOWING the appeal r stronger volunteer forces made by the G.O.C., Maj.-Gen. E. O. Lewin in his farewell speech in the Legislative Council, definite steps will be taken to adopt as many of his proposals as possible. Plans fur the increase of volunteer
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    727 NEW RADIO LICENCES.
    188 16 COLONY REPORT ON WIRELESS. I In the first six months of this year 727 new wireless listeners’ licences were issued in the Colony and 285 licences renewed. This is announced in the report on the Colony’s aHairs placed before the Legislative Council in Singapore. To assist
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    BAN HO GUAN.
    177 16 Sold To Japanese Shipbreakers. The Ban Ho Guan left Singapore lor the last time last Thursday— manned entirely by a Japanese crew und< r Captain Hotoishi. She will be taken to Osaka, there to be broken up. The Ban Ho Guan has been engaged in the trade
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      MILK IMPORTERS’ AGREEMENT.
      1518 21 Uniform Marketing Policy—Full Details Awaited Trade Representatives Abroad —How To Increase Exports. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. ON one or two former occasions I referred in these columns to the efforts made by local importers of sweet ened condensed milk to arrive at m understanding concerning the regulation
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      HAPPY AND HEALTHY CHILDREN.
      424 21 Governor On Work Of Aid Society. In presiding at the annual meeting of the Children’s Aid Society at Government House last week, H.E. the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, said that for more than thirty years the Society had been working, and he wished that there was
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    SIAMESE OPIUM SCANDAL.
    1523 23 WHY BRITISH OFFICIAL RESIGNED. government and plot. Mr. James Baxter’s Letter To The Straits Times. r[E Straits Times’ allegations a month ago that Siamese Government officials are suspected of being implicated in an opium smuggling plot and also in the seizure of the opium and in receiving
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    Six Weeks Holiday : Four Spent In Europe.
    53 23 Six Weeks Holiday Four Spent In Europe. Dr. J C. Tull, Government pathologist. and Mrs. Tull, on six weeks holiday from Singapore, will spend four and a half weeks of that time in Europe. They are doing this by travelling by air both ways, having left Singapore in the K.L.M.
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    EMPIRE AIRWAYS SPEED UP.
    206 23 Reuter. FOUR DAYS TO SINGAPORE. The speeding up of Empire air services in the near future was announced by Sir Eric Gedies at the annual meeting of Imperial Airways in London last Thursday. New machines wil’ be ordered which will enable the England-Australla flight to be
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    IT WAS ONLY FOWL’S BLOOD.
    145 23 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 29. How a report from the Institute of Medical Research prevented the police from charging four Chinese with robbery was related at the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, whe<n Mat Dom bln Hamzah, a telephone fitter, was produced
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION CHARGE FAILS.
    120 23 Estate Replanting. <From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Oct. 31. M. Subramanlam Chettiar. who was charged before the Rembau magistrate with planting Rubber in contravention of the provisions of rubber restriction, was found not guilty and discharged. In his defence the chettiar said that, he purchased the
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    LORD SNOWDEN DENOUNCES THE NATIONAL PARTY.
    1093 24 “Cruel Complacency About The Unemployed.” CAPT. FITZROY OPPOSED. London, Oct. 30. LORD Snowden has provided the lirst surprise of the general election campaign in Great Britain. He has come out oi retirement and angered both his Labour triends and his former National Government colleagues
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    SIR JOHN SIMON.
    121 24 BRITAIN PROSPEROUS TODAY. Sir John Simon, the Home Secretary, j speaking last night, assailed the i Labour Party’s proposals to take over the banks and businesses. Such proposals, he said, struck at the foundation ot the whole economic structure and threatened to undermine it. as it was
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    City’s Gifts To Lady Alice.
    142 24 City’ s Gifts To Lady Alice. f British Wireless Messages .> London. Oct. 29. The Lord Mayor oi London (Sir Stephen Killflo today drove in stat. to Buckingham Palace and presented to the Duke of Gloucester and Lad\ Alice Scott the wedding gifts irom the city of London. He was
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    ONE WAR ENDED.
    105 24 Aneta Trans-Ocean Bolivia And Paraguay Sign Statement. Buenos Aires, Oct. 29. The state ol war between Bolivia ana Paraguay is tormally and solemnly declared ended in a statement issued by the peace conference of Buenos Aires late on Monday evening and signed by all delegates of the
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    CHINESE MISSION TO SIAM.
    48 24 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking, Oct. 31. A Nanking Government mission wili be sent to Siam at the end of November with a view to strengthening SinoSiamese relations as well as to conduct an investigation of the condition of overseas Chinese in that country.-
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    ROYALTY IN LONDON.
    62 24 Prime Minister this morning.— British Wireless. London, Oct. 29. The Crown Prince of Sweden arrivec in London by air from Paris yesterday and was joined by the Crown Princess who had travelled by boat. They are spending a holiday in London. Prince Paul, of Yugoslavia, who is
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    MR. MACDONALD.
    57 24 (Reuter and British Wireless Messages' NATIONAL LABOUR AND MINERS. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in an election speech said, that if mine owners would not put their house in order, the Government would have to taku the apropriate action. National Labour would give every possible assistance to the claims oi
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    JAPANESE DEMARCHE IN N. CHINA.
    481 25 —Reuter. Li lulw» W llivW 41 drawal of the British fleet. -Sin Chew Jit Poh ‘Warning’ To Hopei Governor. MILITARY ACTION THREAT. CESSATION of all anti-Japanese in North China is demanded in t u0 Japanese “warning notes” to the Governor of Hopei. The Japanese are
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    HONG KONG DENIAL.
    41 25 —Sin Chung Jit Poh. Hong Kong, Oct. 30 The Hong Kong Government today officially denied reports that permission had been granted to Pan-Pacific Airways to establish a terminus for the Pacific service in the Colony.—Sin Chung Jit Poh.
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    HOPEI GOVERNOR ACCUSES JAPAN.
    291 25 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. AMAZING FOREIGN REPORT. Shanghai, Oct. 29 Sensational allegations were made by Gen. Shang Chen, Governor of Hopei, in an interview with foreign journalists yesterday, in the course of which the Governor is reported to have asserted that: Major-Gen. Tada. commander of the
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    JAPANESE MINE DISASTER.
    50 25 .—Reuter. Tokio, Oct. 26. According to a message from Fukuoka, the Meijl Coalmining Company announces that of 167 coalminers 17 were killed and 15 injured when a gas explosion occurred in the Akaike coal mine on Saturday at midnight. The position of the remainder is believed hopeless.—Reuter.
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    DOMINIONS AND NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    36 25 .—Reuter. London, Oct. 30 Australia. New Zealand and South Africa today notified their intention, through their respective High Commissioners in London, that they will be represented at the forthcoming Naval Conference. —Reuter.
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    RUSSO-CHINESE PACT ?
    72 25 RUSSO-CHINESE PACT "Japanese Forces In North Should Be Increased.” Shanghai, Oct. 29. Referring to the situation in North China, the leading Japanese journal in Tientsin has published an article stating that China and Soviet Russia have concluded a pact, under which the two countries will act jointly in till nil
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    GOVERNMENT MANIFESTO.
    348 25 General Election Appeal. EMPIRE DEFENCE TRADE. London, Oct. 28. Fifty-nine women are included among the 1,095 candidates who have so far, been adopted by the political parties to contest seats in next month's general election. Of this total, 557 represent the National Government, and the prospective opposition candidates
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    Pope Displeased At Italy's Sunday.
    71 25 Vatican City, Oct. 29. Castigation for last Sunday’s official celebrations in Home is implicit in the Pope’s address denouncing the profanation of Sunday. For the first time in Italian history, Sunday was treated as a week-day and shops and banks remained open and were closed
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    ABYSSINIANS RETREAT IN SOUTH.
    215 25 Italian Tanks And Bombers Active. ADVANCE DESPITE BAD WEATHER. Rome, Oct. 30. Tanks, supported by bombing planes, yesterday went into action on the Southern front, according to a communique from the Italian southern headquarters. It is stated that tanks attacked the Abyssinian positions in front of
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    TRAMP SHIPPING SAVED.
    92 25 —Reuter. AFTER SIX MONTHS’ WORKING. The British Subsidy Act undoubtedly saved the British tramp shipping industry from collapse. This is the gratifying report of the chairman of the administrative committee, reviewing the first six months’ operation of the subsidy. It has enabled the industry to reorganise itself,
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    PEASANTS’ WEDDING GIFT TO DUKE.
    110 25 Two Rolls Of Harris Tweed Presented. London, Oct. 31. The Officiating Clergy at the marriage of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Scott in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace next Wednes day will be the Archbishop of Cante bury, the Bishop of London,
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    NO SECRET DEAL.
    412 26 Sir S. Hoare And Peace Talks. ELECTION RUMOURS AND ITALY. A vigorous denial of the allegation that Great Britain is trying to sidetrack the league and do a disreputable deal with Italy, behind Geneva's back, was given by Sir Samuel Hoare in an election speech at Chelsea.
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    FIRST NON-MEMBER TO ACCEPT SANCTIONS
    69 26 .—Reuter. Geneva, Nov. 1. Egypt has informed the League she will adhere to the principle of the application of economic and financial sanctions in the Italo-Abyssinian conflict, and will execute, within the limits of possibility, the measures decided on by the League. This message is
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    CARNERA WINS.
    26 26 —Reuter. New York. Nov. 1. Primo Camera technically knocked out Walter Neusel of Germany in the fourth round of a ten rounds contest today.—Reuter.
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    CHINA NATIONALISES SILVER.
    641 26 —Reuter. Notes To Be Only Legal Tender In Future. Shanghai, Nov. 3. An announcement by the ChinI ese Government states that in order to conserve the currency reserves of the country, and effect lasting measures of currency and 1 banking reform, it is decreed effective tomorrow: Firstly,
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    FRENCH SUPPORT IN MEDITERRANEAN.
    152 26 —Reuter and British Wireless. Plan For Air Force And Naval Help. London. Oct. 31 Reuter learns that an important j document Jrom M. Laval was handed I to Sir George Clerk, British Ambassador in Paris, on Oct. 24. This outlines practical arrangements whereby French support would
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    BISHOP OF LONDON’S CROSS STOLEN.
    123 26 .—Reuter Wireless Thieves Return It—It Was Of Brass. London, Oct. 29. On Friday night thieves raided Fulham Palace and stole a cross, a gold locket and a watch chain belonging to the Bishop of London. Yesterday the Evening News received a packet containing a bronze
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    ADMIRALTY AWARD NEW WARSHIP CONTRACTS.
    180 26 soon be ready for launching.—British Wireless. Flotilla Leader And Destroyers. London. Nov. 1. The Admiralty has decided, subject to the settlement ol certain points of detail, to place the construction of a flotilla leader and destroyers ol the ir°s naval programme with the following Arms:
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    A UNITED CHINA ?
    110 26 A UNITED CHINA Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking-Canton Rapprochement. COMPROMISE LIKELY OVER KUOMINTANG. Shanghai, Oct. :;i. GOVERNMENT circles j„ u Nanking hold out the hope of a compromise between the C entral Government and Canton on the Kuomintang question before the opening of the sixth plenary session of the Party.
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    MORE JAPANESE DEMANDS.
    57 26 i.—Reuter. Reported Requirements In North China. Peiping, Oct 31. An unconfirmed report states that the Japanese military authorities today delivered a series of new demands on the North China authorities and they are said to be more far-reaching than those made in June which pn cipitated the
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    EUROPEANS SHOT IN SHANGHAI.
    92 26 —Reuter Heated Argument Over Girl’s Marriage. Shangha Oct. 30. Tw'o well-known Britons were involved in a sensational shootine tragedy in Shanghai .oday. Mr. E. Linde, a prominent busines? man, is alleged to ha’ fo shot three times his prospective son-in-law. Mr R H. Goodwin, during a
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    CASINO SCANDAL IN SPAIN.
    101 26 —Reuter. Causes Fall Of The Cabinet. Madrid. Oct, 2!> The Government has resigned foilowing the revelation of the Casino scandal in which it is alleged a Dutch oulette king named Strauss distributed bribes to high officials in return c or an illegal grant of concessions to
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    CHINESE PREMIER SHOT.
    561 27 MR. WANG CHING-WEI’S LIFE IN BALANCE. Nanking. Nov 2 Rumours that Mr. Wang Ching-wei. Chinese Premier—who was seriously wounded in a shooting outrage at the ,p, ning of the sixth plenary session of ’!>• Kuomintang yesterday—was dead ir emphatically denied An official who left Mr. Wang’s bedside
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    Premier Comforts His Family.
    77 27 —Sin Chen .lit Poll MADAME WANG A PENANG WOMAN. Nanking, Noe. 1. D ON T fea r my wounds are not serious. These words Mr. Wang Ching-wei. Chinese Premier who was wounded in today's shooting outrage, repeated again and again to his wije and chVdren who
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    IN LONDON.
    122 27 Reuter. Tributes To Mr. Wang’s Work For China. London. Nov 1 The dastardly attack on Mr. Wang Ching-wei is prominently featured in the London newspapers. All Chinese in London are deeply shocked and pay warm tributes to Mr. Wang’s high and disinterested character, his patriotic labours for his
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    ULTIMATUM TO PEERS.
    83 27 If Labour Wins Election. ACQUIESCENCE ON DESTRUCTION. London, Oct. fil. POSSIBLE clash between the two Houses ot' Parliament it' the Labour Party is victorious in the general election was foreshadowed by Mr. J. R. Clynes, broadcasting on Labour policy. We demand,” he said, equality with other parties
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    MINISTER ANSWERS LORD SNOWDEN.
    246 27 CONFIDENCE RESTORED. In a broadcast address last night, Sir John Simon i Liberal National* replied to the attack on the National Government delivered by Lord Snowden on the previous night. He claimed that it was the policy of the Government which had restored confidence, so that
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    MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
    175 27 (Reuter and Jrititk Wireless Messages./ DISLIKES ELECTION NOW. Seventy-two-year-old Lloyd George was in fine fighting fettle when wearing a sprig of white heather in his buttonhole addressed the Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction. On behalf of their programme as expressed in the tit) j he
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    ITALY FEARS COAL SHORTAGE.
    152 27 I Misery In Many Homes Likely. RAILWAYS RESTRICT CONSUMPTION. Italy declares she is ready to face sanctions, it is evident that the projected embargo on coal supplies is causing grave concern in Rome. A shortage of coal would not only upset many industrial undertakings, but would
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    564 QUAKE SHOCKS IN FORTNIGHT.
    72 27 Reuter. Biggest Tremor Reported Yesterday. Helena. Montana, Nov. 1. Having experienced 564 shocks in tiie past fortnight, scores ol inhabitants yesterday fled headlong from the city on the occurrence ol the severest earthquake in the whole series. Many abandoned their homes inadequately clad and their
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    AUSTRALIA LENDS A CRUISER.
    82 27 British Wireless London, Nov 1. The Commonwealth Government of Australia has offered to place the new cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney at the disposal of His Majesty’s Government it; the United Kingdom The offer has been accepted. H.M./i.S. Sydney is tmpoiarily relieving H M S Achilles in the
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    PREMIER IS BETTER.
    250 28 Nanking Shooting. •—Sin Chew Jit Poh. —Reuter. Mr. Wang Still Improving. Nanking, Nov. 3. A BULLETIN states that Mr. "Wang Ching-wei, the woundeo Chinese Premier, continues to improve. The bullet lodged In Mr. Wang’s left lung hes not yet been extracted. So far no inflammation has set
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    AMBASSADOR LODGES PROTEST.
    50 28 .—Reuter Wirciess. Herr Hitler Insulted By Mr. Winston Churchill. Berlin, Nov. 3. The Ambassador in London has been instructed to lodge a protest against an article by Mr. Winston Churchill on Germany in the Strand Magazine as being insulting to the head of the German State.—Reuter Wirciess.
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    A BIG CLASH LIKELY.
    114 28 ITALIAN G.H.Q. MOVE OVER BORDER. An earlier cable from Asmara stated that events seem shaping for an early big clash on the Eritrean front Road building and accumulation of munitions, stores and water has been completed behind the line while aerial reconnaissance in Abyssinia has revealed
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    A REVIEW.
    187 28 —Reuter. PROGRESS MUST BE SLOW. Rome, Nov. 3. As a result of the past week’s activities on the war fronts, the Italians in the north appear still a considerable distance from Makale. General de Bono appears to plan an advance shortly to a line extending from the Danakil
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    EGYPTIAN MYSTERY.
    92 28 Cairo, Oct. 29. The sensational news that the Egyptian Army’s secret code disappeared in mysterious manner almost two months ago has only now been revealed by court-martial proceedings against a private and a non-commis-sioned officer who, for lack of any other clues, are being held responsible for the
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    A TRIUMPH FOR THE LEAGUE.
    318 28 SANCTIONS DOUBTS DISSOLVED. London, Nov. 4. Today has been a very important day in the history of the League,” declared Sir Samuel Hoare, the Foreign Secretary, in a broadcast speech in London yesterday shortly after his arrival from Geneva. The meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee,
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    3,500 CASUALTIES.
    75 28 —Reuter. ABYSSINIAN ATTACK FAILS AT WALWAL. Paris, Nov. 1. 3.500 Abyssinians were killed and wounded in the recent violent fighting n the Ogaden, according to private nformation received by the Addis Ababa correspondent of Havas, who says that the fighting was particularly heavy around Walwal, which the Abyssinians
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    Mothers Join Anti-Sanctions Campaign.
    214 28 Rome, Nov. 3. Committees composed of mothers and widows of men who died in the Great War are to be formed to stiffen resistance of the nation against sanctions. The women will undertake a house-to-house canvass in Rome and the provinces urging housewives to restrict consumption
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    FRESH ITALIAN VICTORY
    51 28 Reuter. HEAVY LOSSES BY ABYSSINIANS Rome, Oct. 31. The Abyssinians are reported to have lost heavily, many being taken prisoner, in an encounter between native troops and irregulars commanded by the Italian General Cuturi and troops under Ras Ailuberru near Omager, on the Setit river in north-west
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    LABOUR AND COLONIES.
    101 28 MAJOR ATTLEE ON ELECTION POLICY. London, Nov 4 Labour’s colonial policy was further explained by Major Attlee in a speech last night. Major Attlee was replying to a speech by Mr. Winston Churchill, who taunted the Labour Party with wanting to hand over the Crown Colonies to
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    A SURVEY.
    164 28 STRAIGHT FIGHTS MORE GENERAL. A survey of the 1,300 candidates who probably will be nominated today for election shows there are upwards of 130 opposition Liberals and 70 variegated Independents. The real fight will be between the Ministerialists and Labour. Both Ministerial and Labour candidates number about 550.
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    MOSCOW BROADCASTS VERBOTEN.
    38 28 —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Nni 3. Two residents of Wtlhelmshaven have been sentenced to four years penal servitude for “listening together to Moscow broadcasts and participating in a political discussion” Five others received shorter terms.—Reuter Wireless.
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    OXFORD NOMINEES.
    106 28 —Reuter. MR. A. P. HERBERT AS AN INDEPENDENT. The National Government candidates have 347 straight fights with th** Labour opposition. 22 with Liberals and 5 with Independents, according t! present indications. There will be 139 three-cornered, eight four-cornered contests and 22 unopposed. Thirty-three seats are not being contested
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    SINGAPORE WIN MALAYA CUP MATCH BY A SINGLE TRY. FORWARDS BATTLE HARD IN THE MUD. Johore’s Best Effort—Lyle And Sidford In Form.
    1498 29  - SINGAPORE WIN MALAYA CUP MATCH BY A SINGLE TRY. FORWARDS BATTLE HARD IN THE MUD. Johore’s Best Effort —Lyle And Sidford In Form. By Leighton. SINGAPORE 3 pts.; JOHORE nil. ALLANT little Johore ran Singapore closer than she has ever done before in a Malaya Cup match on the S.C.C.
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    N.Z.’S SUCCESSFUL AT TWICKENHAM.
    169 29 N.Z.’ S SUCCESSFUL AT TWICKENHAM. .—Reuter. Light Blues Go Under To London Scottish. London, Nov. 2. The following are the results of today’s Rugby Union matches London Counties 0 New Zealand 11 (at Twickenham > Cheshire 3 Lancashire 36 (at Birkenhead Park> Northumberland 0 Durham 0 (at Oosforth) Notts. Lines,
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    136 29 Mr. W. P. Doujflas Elected A Life Member. At the annual general meeting of the Keppel Golf Club on Thursday it was decided to Increase the entrance fee from $25 to $50. The following officials were elected for the year:— President: Mr. G. W. Trimmer ‘reelected >.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    64 30 Twenty cards were taken out lor the November Ladies Spoon <Stroke) and the following were the scores returned: Mrs. P. Crawley 42-l0‘ 2 31 >2 Mrs. A. M. Low 42 a 34 Mrs. W. I. L Legg 46 12 34 Miss M. Evans 47 13 34 Miss
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    GARRISON G.C. MIXED.
    53 30 The Monthly Mixed Foursomes ol the Garrison Goll Club was played on Tuesday, Oct. 29. and tin* following were the best returns; Lieutenant and Mrs. Bond 50— 623-43 T 3 Major Nettlefold and Mrs. Pearce 59- li l 3 =47 2 3 Captain Cox and Mrs. McDowell
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    THE VADE CUP.
    50 30 The following art* the results ol the second round of the Vade Cup competition at the Singapore Goli Club: Paterson beat Kelly 4 and 2 Pearson beat Hamlyn 5 and 3 Munro brat R. P. Newell 8 and 7 McGuflln beat G. O Cruickshank 2 and 1
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    HOLE IN ONE.
    23 30 Playing at Bukit Timah on Monday Mr. J. B. Carr holed his tee shot at the 17th hole <13T) yards).
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    United Services Triumph On Up-Country Tour.
    1621 30 BEAT SELANGOR NEGRI-MALACGA. npj||i; United Services up-country tour over the week-end was a veritable triumph. They beat Selangor 12—9 and Negri-Malacca 15 —7 and can now claim to be the best Rugby side in the country. If the Services could only find a reliable
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    HORACE CAMERON DEAD.
    345 30 World’s Finest Keeper And A Great Bat. Johannesburg!!, Nov. JJOK.M K B. Cameron, generally acknowledged to be the world's firest wicket-keeper, died here toda\ from enteric fever.—Keuter. This announcement must have come as a tremendous shock to the large number of friends Cameron made during the recent
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    SINGAPORE G.C.
    31 30 The November bogey competition ot the Singapore Golf Club w r as cancelled owing to the course being unplayable This competition will not be played ar any future date.
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    MILTONDALE WINS MILE RACE AT IPOH BY THREE LENGTHS.
    2063 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 2. ORILLIANT weather favoured the early part of the last day of the Perak Turf Club Autumn race meeting, but there was a slight drizzle during the last two events. The going was on the
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    The Villa Receive Another Drubbing At Home.
    117 31 GOOD WIN FOR WEST BROMWICH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 3. ASTON Villa, the famous Midland Club who have never yet been out of the First Division, are heading for relegation in no uncertain manner. Amazing home defeats by big margins at
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    WOODS RIDES TWO WINNERS.
    65 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 30. r jpHE going was heavy for the second day of the Perak Turf Club autumn meeting today. Heavy rain fell just as the horses reached the starting post for the first race and continued until at ter the fifth
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    Illegal Bookmaking Still Rife In Penang.
    724 32 PROFIT OF $90,000 FOR YEAR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 31. PRESIDING at the annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Turf Club, Mr. J. D. Kemp, the President, in reply to a question said that the new racecourse and buildings
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    N.R.A. POSTAL MATCH.
    197 32 Consistent Scoring By The Straits Settlements. The N.R.A. Postal Match (open to British Colonies) was fired at Buklt Timah range on Sunday in conjunction with the S.R.A. Bisley meeting. The full S.S. scores were as follows. 300 500 600 yards yards yards Total Gnr. G. Child (S.V.C.)
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    SWIMMING RECORD SET UP AT BANDOENG.
    49 32 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Oct. 31. A new swimming record for the Netherlands Indies was set up at Bandoeng today by P. Staen who did 500 metres free style in G min. 38.8 sec This is 22 seconds below the Netherlands record.
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    GRIFF CUP FINAL.
    38 32 In the Griff Cup final of the Tanglin Club tennis tournament last week, F. P. ,T Pearse and M. W. F. Tweedie (scr.) beat D. R. Howgill and M. F. Cutler (plus 3), 6—3, 6—l.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH Inter-Port Shooting—An Elusive Trophy —21 Years Since We Won.
    600 32  -  Conducted fry "LEIGHTON. I AST year Singapore totalled 954 in the Inter-Port shoot against Hong Kong and Shanghai and had to do content with second place Shanghai putting up a total of 965. Hong Kong got 888. This
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF.
    197 32 Dr. C. J. Poh Wins The President’s Prize. The President’s prize at the Island Golf Club was won on Sunday by Dr C. J. Poh with a nett score of 66. Mr. Ng Seng Choy was runner up with a nett score of 68. The Fisher Trophy
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    WOMEN’S GOLF TIE AT ISLAND CLUB.
    76 32 The women’s monthly medal at the Island Club on Tuesday resulted in a tie, which will be played ofT tins afternoon. Eight cards were returned lli follows: Miss Abed all squar* Mrs. L. O. Johnson all squar«' Mrs. D. Duncan all square Mrs. J.
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      NORTH BORNEO RUBBER RESTRICTION DISSATISFACTION.
      1287 1 Planters’ Association Resolution. NEW COMMITTEE SUGGESTED. A RESOLUTION expressing dissatisfaction with the present method of working rubber restriction in British North Borneo was passed at the last meeting of the North Borneo Planters’ Association. It was suggested that more should be known concerning the working
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      PERAK RIVER HYDRO OUTLOOK.
      144 1 Possibility Of Three Per Cent. Dividend. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 1. The possibility of a 3 per cent, ordinary dividend if present improved business continues was suggested by the chairman, Mr. G. Balfour, at the annual general meeting of the Perak River HydroElectric. Mr.
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      PETALING TIN.
      80 1 Third Interim Of Seven And A Half Per Cent. Petallng Tin has declared an interim dividend of 7% per cent. In respect of the year to October 31. This is the same as the third Interim paid at this time last year, and makes a total of 22%
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      KEMPAS LIMITED MEETING.
      893 2 NEW PROPERTY ACQUIRED. The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of Kempas Ltd., was held at Malacca, last Saturday, Mr. J. M. Sime (chairman of the company) presiding. The representative ol the secretaries, Messrs. Sime. Darby and Co. Ltd., having read the notice calling the meeting, the chairman said:
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      OCTOBER TIN SUPPLIES.
      91 2 -Straits Times copyright cable. Higher, But Estimates Vary. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 2. Estimates of world visible tin supplies at Oct. 31 show considerable variation, and while A. Strauss and Co. estimate 14,295 tons compared with 11.635 tons at Sept. 30, W. H. Garsten estimates
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      TIN RESTRICTION.
      94 2 Provision For Dulang Producers. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2 of the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction) Enactment, 1931. the Chief Secretary to Government, F.M.S., has amended the Tin and Tinore (Restriction) Rules by r.dding at the end of rule 14 (vi) the following
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      TAKUAPA VALLEY.
      70 2 The following telegram lias been received from the mine of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredzink N.L. For October Dredge Takuapa No. 1 329 hrs., 85.000 cu. yds. 200 pels. Dredge Takuapa No. 2 326 hrs., 80.000 cu. yds., 263 pels. Estimated value of output $33,000. Mine working costs $24,000.
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      RUBBER QUOTAS NEXT YEAR.
      395 2 Market Considering The Possibilities. Stanton Nelson Co., Ltd., in their report dated Nov. 1 state: A holiday on Saturday, Oct. 26, put the local market out of step with London and New York, but we return ed after the week-end to higher prices and a firmer
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      145 2 1250th Auction, held on Oct. 30. 1935. lb tons. Catalogued 902,675 402.98 Offered 896,975 400.44 Sold 844.566 377.04 Spot London 6%d. New York 13% cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Cents per lb Standard Quality 21% to 22 Good Average Quality 21% to 21 Pair
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      PROSPECTING FOR TIN.
      229 2 F.M.S. MAY ISSUE LICENCES. An important change of policy in regard to prospecting for tin is made in the following communique issued on Tuesday by the Federal Secretariat: “In order that the position in regard to prospecting may be clearly under stood, it is notified, lo» the
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      PALM OIL.
      270 2 Expanding Exports From Netherlands Indies. From Our Own Correspondent.* Batavia, Oct 31 The palm oil industry in the Nether lands Indies has expanded considerably during the last ten years. In 1924 the N.I. exported only 5,118 tons of palm oil. In 1932 th' exports exceeded 80,000 tons, while
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      DUFF DEVELOPMENT.
      21 2 (From Our Own Correspondent London, Non The Dull Development Co. is oii't ing £45,000 six per cent. Debenture shareholders.
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      FRASER & CO.’s SHARE REPORT.
      933 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. .Markets Take Stock Of Position. in the absence oi any outstanding captions during the Dast week, markets have been allowed a breathing space in which to take stock of the general position (write Messrs. Fraser ico., in their report dated Nov. 5». A« far as the
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      560 3 Renewed Strength Of War Loan. London. NOV. 5. A good tone prevailed on the Stock Exchange with firmness in most departments. War Loan rose to 104 15 16 but reacted towards the close to 104 4 with buyers at that level. Industrials were firm on satisfactory trade reports
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      BAN HIN LEE BANK LIMITED.
      65 3 The newly formed Bun Hin Lee Bunk, Ltd., which has taken over the business of Messrs. Ban Hin Lee and Co., commenced business on Friday at its head office. 86. Beach Street. Penang. The authorised capital of the bank is $5,000,000. Mr. Yeap Chor Ee
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      SATUPULO NO LIABILITY.
      24 3 Operation* of Satupulo No I,lability for tie* month of October, 1935—-Output. 580 pels yardage 150.000 cu yds., Mrs run w>) Mi.-
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL GROUP.
      147 3 Results For July-Sept. Quarter. Quarterly operating result* of tin producing companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental Mining Con>oratlon Ltd., for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1935: Output Including carry-over Estimated Estimated stocks working Mine Toils Cone.) Costs Profit Am pat 127.30 10,915 5.534 Anglo-Siamese 154.32 H.813 1)432 Batu
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      THABAWLEIK TIN DREDGING
      93 3 Life Estimated At About Eight Years. The secretaries of Thabawleik Tin Dredging. Limited, report that the ore reserves of Thabawleik Tin Dredging. Ltd., have been the subject of careful Livestigation during the year. with the result that it is now estimated that there will be not less
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      COODS FOR ITALY.
      53 3 Exporters Must Run Risk Of Non-Payment. London, Nov. 1. The Board of Trade declares that it accepts no responsibility concerning the payment for British goods exported to Italy. It announces that Italy’s Indebtedness to England amounts to over €2,000,000 while her credit account stands at just over
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      97 3 During the week ending Oct. 26. 1935. exports from Malayan ports amounted to 27.878 cases, of which* 19,296 <69 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 4.228 (15 per cent.» cases to the Continent of Europe. 2.195 <8 per cent.! cases to Canada, and 2.159
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      MALAYSIA TIN.
      45 3 The output ol Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rumbutan for October. 1935 was 3G3 ix’ls. Dredge .statistics for the month or October 1935. Hrs. run 3l(i. cw. yds. treated 108.000 tin ore won pels 319, estimated cast $11,400 rust per cu. vd 10 55 cents.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      64 3 Date Spot Nov.-Der Jau.-Mar Apr.-Jun* July-Sept. London Oct. 31 22% 22% 23', 33 34ft 6 Spot Nov. Dee Jan.-Mar Apr.-June July-Sept London Nov 1 22% 22% 22% 22%. 23 Vj 24% ti 4 22 22 22 22% 23 23% H 5/16 5 21% 22 22% 22%
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      617 4 London Exchange Prices On Oct 28. Allagar (2/) 1/8; Alor Pongsu (2/) 2/3; Anglo-Malay (£1) 12 '9; Ayer Kuning (£1) 31/10H; Bagan Serai (£1) 15/; Bahru (Sel) (2/) 2/11; Banteng (£1) 20/6; Batang (2/) 1/0*4; Batu Caves (£1) 22/6; Batu Tiga (£1) 28/9; Bek oh (2/) 1/0*4; Bertam
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      TIN SHARES.
      161 4 London Exchange Prices On Oct. 28. Ampat. (4/) 6/7*4; Anglo-Burma (5') 15/*; Ayer Hitam (5/) 14/9; Bangrin (£1) 20/6; Gopeng Pons. (£1) 1 13/16; Hongkong (5/) 15/3; Idris (5/ 1 5/6; Ipoh (16/) 24/6; Kampong Lanjut (£1) 17/; Kamunting (5/) 13/J Kepong (£1) 10, 6; Kinta (5/) 10/6;
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      25 4 Oct. 31 Tin. S pore Price $lO8 l /i per picul Nov. I 109 i 108 V. 108 V, I 6 108>4
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1499 4 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, November 6, 10 a.m. MINING. Issue Val. Fraser Ca Lyall Evatt issue Val. Fraser Co Lyall Evatt Buyers SeHers Buyers Sell-ire Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 6/6 6/10 2 6/4& 6/10
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      22 3 2S00 COLLECTORS wish to exchange stamps, ILLUSTRATED POSTCARDS, .with correspondents. Ask for free booklet to: exchange-register, du Bureau, Paris, 142 Prance, Prance.
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