The Straits Times, 3 September 1930

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    36 1 The Straits Times IESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1930. Ip'CENTS^/ The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1930. PRICK 10 CENTS.
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      567 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CABGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJT CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS E8 f, GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB. CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'pore. MALWA 11.100 Sept. 6 NAGPORH B^ 80
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      684 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Nsples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnsg* Due Sail KATORI MARU 10,000 Sept. 11 12 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Sept. 26 26 YASUKUNI MARU 11,800 Oct. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Oct. 22 28 gSUWA MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 7 FUSHIMI MARU
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      453 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and. the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4^12 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of ths largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      689 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connection* 0 Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Repts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Travellers Official Infornation Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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      626 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAV. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      565 2 THE SIAM STCAM NAV. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Slam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICH for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langauan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure VALAYA In port Sept. 3 HALJNI Sept. 8 Sept. 10 SUDDHADIB Sept. 15 Sept. 17 The (teamen are fitted throughout
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      454 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Ncdcrland and N.V. Kolterdamsche Lloyd V. EEKLY M ML and PASSENGER SIORVICE TO Genoa Aamaterdaaa Southampton Miilitlaa. Rotterdam Tonnage I I'riiii tier Nederlamlen ■.i.JDU S.M.N. Sept. 5 i.-.v. Hnloernn 17,000 R.L. Sept. 12 m.v. CaW. liuygens i:..'ilO S.MJJ. Sept. 19 Tjeriauil \OOO R.L.
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      490 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore S'por* Penang IKES. POLK In port Sept. 4 Sept. 6 PRES. ADAMS Sept. 16 Sept 18 Sept. 20 PRES. HARRISON Sept. 29
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      520 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ••ELLERMAN ".LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai aad Japaa Dae Spore s.s. CITY OF HEREFORD Sept. i i.s. CITY OF JOHANNESBURG Oct. 6 s.s. CITY OF WINNIPEG Nov. ti HOMEWARDS
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      465 3 THE EAST ASIATIC CU, LIMITED (Incorporated In, Denmark) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, RAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang m.s. .MEONIA Sept. 17 Sept. I<J m.s. SELAKDIA Oct. 7 Oct. t m.s. BORINGA Oct. 22 Oct. 24 m.s. JUTLANDIA Nov. 19 Nov. 21 m.s. ALSIA
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      370 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE. Safitags for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Los Anfeles S.S. GOLDEN MOUNTAIN sails from Montr Konc Sept. 10 S.S. GOLDEN WALL sails from
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      291 3 j Cross Canada the Scenic Way Take the route of scenic beauty providing through fast daily train service, without change, from Vancouver to Montreal, connecting with trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic steamers. DetcripthebooUetumd full informtlio* tram L. L. Uuhr. General Anenl, Hotis Kong B*nh Chambers, Singapore, CANADIAN NATIONAL The Largest Railway System
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH.
      21 4 MACK On Aur. 30, 1930, Anne Catiirrinc n-lict of the lite 11. W. Mack of the (i-ylon i araeirt Rmthmya,
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      761 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager, Straits Times. Cecil Street. Pleas* Insert the following small advertisement for days There are approximately seven words to a line and there Is a flat rate ehirge of 26 cents per line ptr insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion The
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      673 4 MISCELLANEOUS GKK.MAN TUITION, Phone 4883. Madame Barge, manicurist, 68, Princep St. EUROPEAN MASSEUSE, No. 7, Princep Street. QUALIFIED CIVIL ENGINEER. The position has been filled. Applicant.; vie thanked. t. x No. 273. WANTED, immediately, French teacher. Siatc particulars. Apply to Box No. 3C5, Strata Time«. WANTED, TO BUY. in Tanfclin
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      707 4 BOARD AND LODGING TO LET, Nos. 111-113 and 117, North Bridge Road. Entry June 1. Also, two newly-erected bungalows at Meyer Road. Apply Meyer Bros. I COMFORTABLE HOME, GOOD TABLE. Ni«r tnbe and buses. 20, mm. City. Apply Mrs. Nixon, 1, Kdwin Road, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex. ROGERVILI.E, 308, Orchard
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      634 4 lIOUSEB, FLATS. ETC. TO LET, RIVIERA WOODLANDS, oprrsite jonore Bahru, and compound house, S4Hs River Valley Road, garage, electric light and water. Complete. Apply Compradore, National City Bank of New York. TO LFT, 12, Trafalgar Street, spacious three-storied building, übunfant sunshine nnd sea-breeze, electricity, Municipal water, quirt locality, suitable as
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      903 4 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 1 THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Summon* No. 5325 of 1930. Retween SIME DARBY CO. LTD.. plain'iiTs, and <k LOWHKIM, Defendant. To O. LOWHEIM, c o N. V. St rails Java Trading to., Singapore. TAKE NOTICE that an action has been I commenced against
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      620 4 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE f valuable freehold and lea»cholr? Singapore Town and country properties. It Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co.'s saleroom. No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, Sept. 10. 1930, .-t MM F-m-Lot 1. Valuable freehold !:ird «i'.uahr at injeni X Telok Kar.u, Singapore, area -„720 sq. ft. MORTGAGEES' SALE Lot
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    239 5 Can be obtained at the following places in Singapore Money Chnnger, Adelphi Hotel. Money Changer. Europe Hotel. Money Changer, Raffles Hotel. Urosvenor Hotel. Kelly Walsh, Ltd., Raffles Place. Federal Rubber Stamp Co. Raffles Place an<) Tank Road Station. C. H. Kiat A Co., Ltd., Collyer Quay. Asiatic
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    OUTSTATION AGENTS.
    245 5 The Straits Times and the Straits Budget can also be had from the following Lai, Guan Leone, Johore Bahru. K. Abdul Rahman, Penang. F. R. S. Co., Alor Star, Tapah Road, Kuala Lumpur, .-eremban, Ipoh, Penang, Klar.g, Taiping. Overseas Tradg. Syndicate, 2-C, Burmah Rd.. Penang. Federal Dispensary Ltd.,
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    SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
    65 5 (Payable in Advance.) STKAITS TIMES (Daily) Including Postage. Within Outside Singapore Malaya. Malaya. Without Postage. Monthly too 4.00 I 2.50 Quarterly K5O 12.00 7.60 *i yearly 17.00 24.00 15.00 Yearly 34.00 48.00 30.U0 STKAITS BUDGET (Weekly) Including Poktage. Within Outside Singapore Malaya. Malaya. Without Portage Monthly 1.10 1.17
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      211 5 "SPEEDEX" CAMERA |1H black or brown. BoU Aliati I DIETHELM CO., LTD., Incorporated in Switserland) ■INGAPOBB PKNANC IPOH ><NI.KOs The British Malaya Trustee and Executor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements Mkl Reeiitrred under The Trust Ciimpsnias Ordinance 1924) ix prepared to act aa EXECUTOR ADMINISTRATOR TRUSTEE CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE
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      55 5 Archimedes^^ Archimedes bout' secured Pjl Ist snd 2nd, places in I B~^ the Class "B race for 1 '■C^ outboard motor* at the I 'Lfc. Swedish Motorboat Club's recent meeting. BOON SENG CO., LTD., Aeents for S.S. and F.M.S. DR CASSELL'S TABLETS Kepair Wear and Tear af Nerve and Bod>
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      681 5 After I py^M^ Diseases BJ^j Dengue Fever ktHfl. VI Malaria or k WC\\ yju Dysentery, etc. Q ANAT OGEN must do you J jEf^ ~^y* O good, because it provides the I >. 1 debiliated cells ol body and nerves Ml mfl with exactly those elements I Wrmi I phosphorus
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      134 5 \f+ ENTRA t"\ I IENGINE V L» I STRUCTURAL MECHANICAL AND MARINE ENGINEERS Offices at SINGAPORE irOII KUALA LUMPUR. i^^pgl T-JETAILS make ffipfcjL_*^^|f|S perfection perfect K#^^pT|Vl housekeeping is revealr«itf?fsxl cc y tne P resence on KirMjTjlJr' the table of— (er;elsos) 1 "BROWNIES" FOR THE CHILDREN. A colour to match every
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    A TALKIE EPOCH,
    1819 6 CINEMA NOTES Singapore's Film Treat Vaudeville, Tragic Realism, Romance ami Melody Britain's First Screen Revue Where Remmrque Film Scored The New Zealand Ban Removed The Passing of Lon Chancy Government Aid (By Our Film Correspondent.) TOHIS has been a week of real film entertainment in Singapore. Never
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    AN AMPHIBIAN "TANK."
    79 6 Can Swim at Rate of Ten Miles An Hour. An amphibian tank which can swim at 10 miles an hour, travel at 50 miles an hour on rough ground, and at 70 miles an hour on a good road, is being built for the United States Government.
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    PROMISSORY NOTE THEFT CHARGE.
    2078 6 Evidence Disbelieved By Judge. TWO SIKHS ACQUITTED YOUNG MAN WHO RAN THROUGH FORTUNE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2. There was a considerable attendance of Sikhs at the Selangor Assizes today before Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, when the ease in which Issar Singh and Herman
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      273 6 ODEON Electric Records I NEW RELEASES FROM NEW YORK DANCE MUSIC with Refrains ONY ***** MY KIND OF A MAN (Mi clase de hombre) (From Motion Picture "The Floradora Girl") Fox Trot; Refrain Hotel Pennsylvania Music. YOU FOR ME (Tv para mi) (From Motion Picture "Sunny Skies")— Fox Trot Refrain
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      100 6 Coming! ALHAMBRA Metro— Goldwyn Mayer's All Talking Pictures MARIE DRESSLER and POLLY MORAN in "CAUGHT SHORT" RAMON NOVARRO in "GAY MADRID" JOAN CRAWFORD, BENNY RUBIN and CLIFF EDWARDS in "MONTANA MOON" WATCH FOR SCREENINC DATES. RENE ULLMANN S special 3 PROPOSALS only for the month of September, 1930. JEWELLERY: Old
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      522 7 6-15 Last Performance 9-15 TONIGHT JOHN McCORMACK "SONG OJfIY HEART" TOMORROW NIGHT. The film you've ail been waiting for HIGH SOCIETY BLUES" WITH JANET GAYNOR, CHARLES FARRELL AND LOUIS FAZENDA. HEAR THE STARS OF "SUNNY SIDE UP! in an even gr-eatcr production SONG HITS LAUGHS SUPERB CAST BOOKING NOW OPEN
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    PASSENGER RISKS.
    746 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Maritime Committee's Resolution. The Seventeenth Conference of the International Maritime Committee concluded its labours after a brief discussion with l-tpnrd to the agenda for the next session. The meet in? first adopted unanimously the following resolution on the subject of the obligatory insurance of nossengers Under
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    20 8 A iwaknw lr-adod wi'h rubbor oT Maheo cithor sank or is water-lofrjjed ;.i <i in:iy he ririftinj,' in the straits.
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    31 8 The O.S.K. motoi-sliip La Plata Mam is due' here from Saigon tomorrow morniiij', and will le::\<- the whaiTe.s on the following afternoon fcr South America '..i Coloaabo and South African ports.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    55 8 The following fumfMl arrived from C-.tavia by the Royal Dutch Indian Airway* <l.:iv iI.K. the Covernor, Sir Cecil Clementi, Mr. i.yd.-. Mr. 11. Ni.u-.enhuis and Mr. J. IV Hoothaan. Mr. H. Nieuwenhai* and Mr. L. W. Elliott in lor Batatrla to.i»-.y. an.l Mr. C. M. J. UrBBM
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    39 8 Left Axrd. 07 9'pnr* London Karmala July n Aug. 4 Porthos July 9 Aug. 4 Johan de Witt July 11 Aug. 4 Knnpura July 17 Aug. 11 July 18 Aub. II iitl"opia July si Aug. M
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      RESERVE DROPS BY £6,000,000.
      702 8 The Appreciation In Sterling. A* only to be expected, holiday currency ro<|uii«menU ar.d the drain of (told made de*-p inroads into the Reserve of the Bank •I Kuidi-.nd during the week which ended on Wednesday, says the l'inancial Times of I. I he expansion in the
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      260 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Srpt. 3. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/3T» Demand 2 ~i 23/32 i'n.uto 3 m. credit 2/4 3/32 On New York, demand nC's PrivaU 90 d/i 67* On France, Bank T.T. 1428 On India, Bank T.T. ISO 1 On Hong Kong Bank T.T. 40% On Shanghai, Bank T.T.
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      SLUMP IN RUBBER MARKET.
      664 8 What the Home Papers Say. (From Our Own Correspondent.) By Air Mail. London, Aug. 8. Th« following extracts from London newspapers of this morning and last ni|;ht may be interesting, if not instructive. From the Daily Express I— Rubbi-r fell yesterday to sd. a pound, the
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        MINING.
        483 8 MM Val. Pd. Buyeri Seller* B it As:<m Kumbang 24/- 28 3-D Ay«r UiUm Tin 1» C IU. 6 £1 £1 Hangi-in Tin 13/- li 1 1 Balang Padajig 0.10 0.1 b 1 1 Balu Caws 0.65 0.00 1 1 Bukit Arang v.35 0.4U il 11 Burmah Malay 13/-
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        GENERAL.
        216 8 Vai. i.l. Buyers Seller* 2 'i Alex. Brick Ords. 2.40 2.60 2 2 Alex. Brick Praft. 2.06 2.1 a (1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco ;..5.0 5.10.0 I 1 entral Engine 0.40 O.Jjiium. 1 1 Cjcle and Carriaf** OJ7Vi 0.-12'.tnoui. .I'-. 10k. Duff Development -(i 4>ti S Dar.lcp Rubber 11/8
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        113 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of i'Ji£6 red. 1331-L6 1M 1M ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of Itful red. IU3U *1^78,U00 par. I'c pr«m. Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. ol 1907 red. 1U47 »1,600,000 M par Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.c •f lfc'M red. 1»M t1.U00.000 86 par
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      386 8 1 raser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today* Price* lra-.tr LyiUl II Co. Uvatl \:;.i.!.y (si) 0.90 1.00 n.L».< ].oo Alur UajiL ($1) 0.80 I.UO O.'.'u 1.00 A. HiUin ($1; 1.10 1.40 1.2U 1.40 L Kumng (s]) 0.26 \>.Ab H.Zb D.H& Malay i $LM 1.16 1.50
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    158 8 Today. ■Tsms*—. Dungun anil Tr.'ii^t;-nu tUedun- i p.m. Sviiiurinda iSipoiai J |..i,i. buiika Island, I'iadjnc and Palemhanj; Cl'hidens I i p.m. DJ«atbl i'l i.i;u!ju) I p.m. li htiuuak il'iiMil.ni-i 4 p. m. North, .V-h;i>; and N.-West Sumalrit Vun Haatu i 4 p.i:t. S.iuth-hast Loinco (Blinjoe) I p.m.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    209 8 S INGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. KEPPEL HARBOI K. .Vain Whaif The Cal>le, Toussoum, i'n.l;i. Oii Wharf Nil. Ctal Wharf Patrol. VESSELS IN DET DOCIS. Tanjong Pagar. Aljert Dotk Wray Castle. Victoria Dock s.s. Vyner Brooke, Stcaui Lighter "J." Keppel Harboar. King's Dock N'assa No. 1 Dock Lch. Napa, W. Bt. Supply.
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    256 8 Procrntnnie of drills up to and for week ■>n<lin|{ S«pt. 7 Wednesday, Sept. MS p.m., Drill Hull, Eurorcan Tnil*. S.V.C.. Arms Drill 6.1.1 p.m., Drill llal!, Ude. Signal Section, Signul Traininir. Friday. Sopt. t, .1.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. S.K.A. (V), Tromotion and Laying Tests Classes .1.15 p.m., Drill
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      95 8 No need to Don't suffer any longer from lame back or the agony of lumbago. An application of CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM will case the pain at once and bring prompt relief and comfort.. This wonderful liniment has no equal for banishing muscular inflammation and the M-vere pains tliat come from
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      229 8 BOXING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 193n. LION CITY RING I'rrs?nts the biggest collection of Main Eventera in One Troxrammr. for Flyweight Championship of M.il LITTLE LEWIS CHUA LAI 1* Rounds. YOUNG AM AN vs. KID C.ABO 1* KoundH. haatam Weight Championship of Malay i YOUNG HASSAN vs. Y. MUTSU 1* Rounds.
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      270 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. S.ation. Tfir.pcrature Iliin- Sun- Relative Dirte- Speed Weather. Max. M.n. fall, shine. Humidity tion. i 1*. ins. hour.-!. in.n.h. Alor Sl.-ir »7 72 2.68 5.5 !'S Cr.lm Druzle Kota Bhani .89 72 0.16 0.9 TJ MW 15 Kine K-Trengganu No report. Kroh
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      152 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wednesday. September 3. H. W. 8.0 a.m.. 7 ft. 2 in. C.15 p.m., 7 ft •J in. Singapore Races. Thursday, September 4. H. W. 9.10 a.m., 7 ft. in. 7.44 p.m., 8 ft. 2 in. Friday, September 5. H. W. 9.f»0 a.m., 8 ft., 8.40 p.m.,
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    288 9 Both Tin and Rubber Down. MORfi MOVEMENT IN INDUSTRIALS. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. ll', cents per lb. Tin. 225 tons at $68 V* per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London 4 11/16 d. per lb., down 1, 16d. New York, 9''
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    FRENCH GOLD.
    365 9 Plans to Stem The Flood. Paris, Aug. 4. In the coarse of a speech made at, Epinal M. Paul Renaue, the French Financ* Minister, said there was not the slightest truth in the report which was spread about in foreign countries to the effect that the huge influx
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT.
    111 9 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Singapore, Sept. 3. Tin. -Steely. Kucha. s fiS-72 1 cents, KinUs Kl-sr, cents, I'cnawats 42-45 cents, Malay Consols. H'-j-lfi cents. Souths 17-20 i .■nts, SuMßei Ways 2.08-2.15. Hong- Fatts 46- i r ''i cmts, Klunif Rivers I.7fi',j-I.H2V», Sungei I.i as !io-;ir, c ,.nts.
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    RILEY CARS.
    28 9 A cable n-ci-ivcd l>y Borneo Motors states that at the recent K. A. C. Tourist Trophy Riley car trained first in the internati< rial cla** ftitttttttntiiMmin
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      NOTES ON BRITISH INVESTMENTS.
      921 9 Results of Rigorous Advertising. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 7. A heavy slump last week in Imperial Chemical Industries shares caused a sensation on the Stock Exchange. This was apparently precipitated by selling of the shares from the provinces and from America. The cause for
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. 12 o'clock noon, Sept. 3.
      63 9 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. 12 o'clock noon, Sept. 3. Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable:— London Spot Sheet 4 11-lGd. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 9V4 per lb. Buyers Sellers ttandard R.S.S. on Tender t.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot September October .November Oct.-Dec. Jan.- Mar.
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      DEAR LABOUR IN NORTH BORNEO.
      1824 9 Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. The twentieth annual general meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce wu held in the offices of Messrs. Harrisons and Crosstteld (Borneo), Limited on Saturday, Aug. 9. The following were present The Hon. Mr. F. W. Pinnock, Mr. Jas.
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      236 9 The following novels were added to Raffles Library, during the past fortnight Robert Pekcham, (Maurice Baring), two copies The Inheritor, (E. F. Benson), three copies-; The Vanished Guest, (Ottwell Binnsi The Arches of the Years, (Ethel Boileau) Murde*- at High Tide, (Charles B. Booth) Q. E. D., (Lynn
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      EXCHANGES.
      81 9 Rugby, Sept. 2.' Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.08 h t Athens 375, Bombay Is. svid.,5 v id., Berlin 20.39, Brussels 34.84, Bucharest 816, Rio 4 11-16, Buenos Aires 39' i, Copenhagen 18.165, Geneva 25.04, Helsingfors 198 5-16, Hong Kong Is. 3 13-lSd., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 45.95, Milan 92.965, New
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      SENNAH RUBBER AND COMPANY.
      811 9 Increase in Crops And Decrease in Costs. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sennah Rubber Company, Ltd., was held at 13 Rut Notre-Dame desVictoires, Paris, on July 22, Mr. Andre Bcrthclot (the chairman of the company) presiding. The secretary (Mr. W. Hector Thomson,
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    ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
    1159 9 General Outlook More Cheerful. INQUIRIES ON LARGER SCALE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, Aug. <>. There have been rather more interesting features in the market during tho past week. Inquiry has continued on a larger scale and here and thorn more contracts have been arranged. The general
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1930. BRITISH NORTH BORNEO IN 1929.
    1074 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1930. BRITISH NORTH BORNEO IN 1929. British Malaya has clo3e ties r.Jministrative, commercial, and senti■Mßtal with British Xorth Borneo. True. it is a thousand miles from Singapore to j fWifaY« and 700 to Mempakul, the most westerly station in the State; but, as
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    FACING FACTS IN AN AGE OF DOUBT.
    1038 10 Personality, Pessimism And Religion. (By Hugh Walpole, the British novelist.) Life certainly becomes curiouser and curiouser." Take months of care and trouble over something, shout your loudest, and there is no kind of an echo. Make a casual remark to a casual friend
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    233 10 Mr. D. C. Watherston has been appointed a second class magistrate, Perak. Mr. D. H. Lampe, of the Straits Java Trading Co., N.V. Singapore, is paying a business visit to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. R. K. Hardwick has been elected a member of the North Borneo Legislative Council,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    698 10 ALL QUIET ON GOVERNMENT HILL His Excellency is not yet in a position to indicate when any statement may bo expected with regard to his visit to Java. When it became known thafc a discussion between Sir Cecil Clementi ami His Kxcellency the Governor-General of the
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    NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK. FRENCH AIRMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT.
    449 11 NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK. FRENCH AIRMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT. Flight Completed Under 38 Hours. HAZARDOUS CROSSING Perfect Landing After Great Effort. The French airman Capt. Costes and M. Dellonto arrived at New York yesterday evening, completing a nonstop flight from Paris in 37 hours and IS minutes. Thi* was
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    PEACE MOVE IN INDIA.
    116 11 Negotiations Not Yet Broken Down. Bombay, Sept. 2. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, interviewed by Reuter, saiil the peace negotiations had r.ot yet broken down. Sir Tcj and Mr. Jayakar are goin«r to Pnona with a letter from Pandit Motilal Nehru and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Mr.
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    FINLAND'S COMMUNISTS.
    73 11 Shots Fired in Council Chamber. Ilelsinfrfors, Sept. 2. A deputation of citizens waited on tho Municipal Council at Heinavosi, and demanded the immediate resignation of all Communist members of the Council. The Socialist chairman, l»v way of reply, firod a pistol at the deputation and a number of
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    JAPAN & SOUTH AFRICA.
    54 11 JAPAN SOUTH AFRICA. Free Competition in Wool Markets. Cape Town, Sept. 2. The Minister of Agriculture has decided to permit Japanese wool-buyers to enter < the Union for free competition on the i South African wool markets. I'hc decision may lead to a most import- < ant extension of the
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    FINANCIAL CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA !
    338 11 FINANCIAL CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA Disagreement Over New Measures. Canberra, Sept. 2. Disagreement has arisen in the Federal Cabinet over the proposed loan balance in the Budget involving, inter alia, reduction in the numbers and salaries in the civil service. The crisis may even involve the lecall of Mr. Scullin, the
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    NO INDIGNITY.
    177 11 Examination of Chinese In Australia. Canberra, Sept. 2. Mr. J. H. Scullin. the Prime Minister, has replied to the Note sent by the Chinese Consul-General on May 1 urging the •'.•^continuance of the taking of the fingerprints of unprohibited Chinese, appealing for the limitation of the right of
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    OFFICIAL SALARIES.
    137 11 No Cuts Contemplated At Present. A rumour current in the last few days that certain salary reductions were to take place in the lower grades of Government employees is without foundation. Inquiries made in official circles by a Straits Times representative this morning revealed this information. It was
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    WANTED MORE PAY.
    41 11 Official Held Prisoner By Peking Strikers. Peking, Sept. 2. The Postal Commissioner, Mr. Nixon, was held a prisoner in his office for BVi hours yesterday without a break by j demonstrators who were demanding higher pay. Reutcr. t
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    REICHSTAG ELECTIONS.
    44 11 Twenty-four Parties Running Candidates. Berlin, Sept. 2. Twenty-four parties are running candi- dates for the Reichstag elections on Sept. 1 11. The new parties include on? favouring i complete Prohibition and another selfstyled The Right May Become Might l Party. Reuter. i
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    TRADE WITHIN THE EMPIRE.
    348 11 Trade Union Views. SHOULD PRESS FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT. Rugby, Sept. 2. Keen interest was aroused at the Trade Union Congress today when the question of developing trade within the British Commonwealth was debated. Mr. Ernest Bevin suggested that it would be "in the interests of our
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    "ENEMY OF FRANCE."
    225 11 Mr. W. R. Hearst Asked To Leave. Paris, Sept 2. Mr. William Randolph Hearst, the American newspaper magnate, who arrived in Paris recently, has been served with an expulsion notice. He leaves France this evening. Later The order was served at Mr. Hearst's hotel. It is recalled
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    STILL IN CAPTIVITY.
    60 11 Attempt to Release English Women Fails. Peking, Sept. 2. The troops sent to release Miss Nettleton and Miss Harrison returned without hnving accomplished their object. They escorted back to safety the American, Father Grace and also 5,000 Chinese who feared to remain in the territory ravaged by
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    TO TAKE UP BRAILLE.
    125 11 Famous General Finds New Occupation. London, Aug. 23. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Bethune has irranged to take up Braille writing for :he blind. Sir Edward Bethune, aged 75, was >bliged to resign the chairmanship of i ;he metropolitan area of the British Legion, because he was unable
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    FACTORY MANAGER SHOT.
    652 11 Singapore Outrage. MR. TAN KENG CHENG BADLY WOUNDED. An attempt on the life of a well-known local Chinese business man was made early last evening, when two Chinese armed with revolvers awaited his return to his house and fired at him. Three of the shots took effect
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    KILLED TWO PEOPLE.
    199 11 18 Months' Rigorous For Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 3. An extraordinary story was told at the Assizes here yesterday when Loh Tak Yoon, a hire car driver, was sentenced to eighteen months' rigorous imprisonment for killing two people, a Tamil woman and a chetty,
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    61 11 Hung Wah-hung, head of the Tong Ong Society, which remained neutral during the recent Tong war in the United States, was shot dead recently while watching a Chinese play in the Bowery, New York. He had been co-operating with the police in their attempts to find the convict jiurdercr of
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    LENA GOLDFIELDS CLAIM.
    287 11 Decision Against Soviet Government. London, Sept. 2. An award of £13,000,000, carrying interest at 12 per cent, from the date of the award, has been made in London against the Soviet Government by the arbitration court (Dr. Stutzer, Germany, and Sir Leslie Scott, England) in favour of
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    CHINATOWN HEROES.
    162 11 Dramatic Scenes at Fire In Liverpool. London, Sept. 2. Three Chinese children and their pet dog perished in a fire which broke out in a three-storey building in Liverpool's Chinatown occupied by their father, a I lnundryman named Hun Yen. Two other j sons were badly burned. A
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    BROMLEY ELECTION.
    194 11 Split in Conservative Vote. London, Sept. 2. Extraordinary interest is being taken in today's by-election at Bromley, due to the death of the Conservative Lieut.-Coi. the Hon. CutHbert James. There are four candidates Mr. E. T. Campbell, Conservative Mr. A. E. Ashworth, Labour Mr. W. C. Fordham, Liberal
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    INDIAN TERRORIST MOVEMENT
    281 11 Bengal Police Raid In Chandernagore. LEADERS CAUGHT. Revolver Battle Precedes Capture. Calcutta, Sept. 2. With the permission of the French authorities the Bengal police raided a house in Chandernagore (a French possession 30 miles north of Calcutta) here the police believed the leaders of the Chittagong raiders
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    SUNKEN LINER.
    234 11 Hopes of Recovering Ix>st Bullion. Brest, Sept. 2. The Italian salvage ship Itaffio has joined her sister ship, the Artiftlio, to proceed with the salvage of the sunken P. and O. liner Egypt. The firs'- stage of the work will be the removal of the machinery and superstructures
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    CHICAGO AIR TRAGEDIES.
    89 11 Capt. Page Dies from His Injuries. Chicago, Sept. 2. Capt. Arthur Page, of the United States Marine Corps, who crashed in front of 60,000 spectators while flying at 205 miles an hour in the Thomson Trophy race yesterday, has died from his injuries. Mr. Wilfred Moore, of
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    SILVER FROM CHINA.
    54 11 Government of India Negotiates Sale. Shanghai, Sept. Two million silver piastres were recently shipped from Haiphong to London. It H understood that the Government of India have negotiated for the sale of a further 40,000,000 ounces of silver with a certain China banking corporation at slightly below
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    STRUCK BY TORNADO.
    43 11 Several People Killed in Rio de Janeiro. Rio <ie Janeiro, Sept. 2. Several people arc believed to have been killed and many injured, and great damage has been done to property, by a tornado which struck the city yesterday. Reutcr.
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    400,000 MEN FOR BIG OFFENSIVE.
    641 12 Reds Nearing Changsha. HO CHIEN'S PLANS FOR CITY'S DEFENCE. Shanghai, Sept. 2. No fewer than 400,000 Nationalist Government troops are expected to participate in the double-bairelled offensive against Chengchow, which is due to begin on Sept. 5. The attacks will be made simultaneously, westwards along
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    TIT FOR TAT!
    105 12 Berlin Trader Scores Off Moscow. Berlin, Aug. 5. A sensation was caused here today when the police arrested the general manager of the Soviet trading organisation, Russavstorg, Comrade Smoyloff, on a charge preferred against him by the Soviet Government, of having defrauded thr Soviet of $20,000. Smoyloff
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    UTWARD MAIL.
    19 12 From Europe i London mails dispatched on Aug. 14) by Malwa, due at Penang ■I p.m. tomorrow.
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    20 12 A general meeting of the Kurasian Association will be held at the Singapore Recreation Club on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    EUROPEAN SHOT DEAD
    107 12 Mental Patient Found With Rifle Beside Him. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 2. Mr. F. W. Smail^s, a former inspector of machinery, Perak, was found shot dead today in the Tanjong Rambutan mental asylum, where he was a convalescent patient. Mr. Smailes was admitted to the
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    DOMINION STATUS.
    251 12 Welsh Nationalist Party's Policy. London, Aug. 15. The uncertainty of the Welsh Nationalist Party as to the best tactics to adopt to attain their objective of complete Dominion Status for Wales, was reflected in the speech of Mr. Saunders Lewis, nresiding at the annual meeting of the party
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    RIOT IN VILLAGE.
    112 12 Prison for Eight Estate Coolies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 2. The further hearing of the charge of rioting in Sungei RanJbai on Aug. 19 against 29 Hylams was concluded in Malacca today when 21 of the men were discharged and the remaining eight sentenced to
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    ACTION THAT LASTED NINE YEARS.
    232 12 Result of a Family Dispute. An action whioh has been before the .Supreme Court for" nine years was finally settled this morning, when Mr. Justice Stevens gave judgment for Mr. Tan Soo Lock, of Malacca, an adopted son of Mr. Tan Jiak Yam, who died
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    CHINESE BOY KILLED.
    77 12 Tamil Lorry Driver Charged And Given Bail. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 2. A motor lorry, driven by a Tamil named Sundaram, knocked down and killed a Chinese boy, aged about 15, yesterday in Ayer Itam Road. A front and back wheelpassed over the body. Sundaram
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    ALPINE "TANKS."
    78 12 Seventy to be Tried Out By France. Paris Aug. 12. More details are leaking out regarding the Alpine manoeuvers which are to be held towards the- end of this month in die Franco-Italian border region. The most interesting of these detail:is that. 70 specially designed and constructed tanks
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    HARBOUR COLLISION.
    111 12 When the officers on the bridge of the French Steamer Cap Varella, which m in collision with a Chinese twakow off Pasir Panjang yesterday, saw that the four coolies in the sinking twakow were getting assistance from a launch in which was Mr. L. Hackmeyer, a ships' chandler,
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    1697 12 Can You Help These Men In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to place
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    ROME'S NEW CHURCHES.
    227 12 Pontifical Opera to Acquire Sites. Rome, Aug. 7. The Pi.pe's intention, announced in his consistorial allocution of last June, of providing for some of the more urgent spiritual necessities of the diocese of Rome, has now been put into effect. In virtue of a decree a motu
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    45 12 The Bayan Cossack Choir and Balalaika Orchestra will be hoard at Rattles Hotel during the tea. dances on Monday and Wednesday next week. The company was formed several years ago by exiled Russians and has toured Europe and the I);i*t with considerable success.
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      SINGAPORE RACE MEETING.
      203 13 Today's Programme. "M.F.J." AND "FORM" SELECTIONS. Today is the second day of the Singapore Turf Club autumn meeting «nd with fine weather and good entries there is every prospect of another excellent afternoon's sport. There are MVM ivint?, und the races will start at 2.4*. The s-alections
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      LOCAL CRICKET.
      174 13 Schoolboy's Century Against Ceylon Sports Club. The Ceylon Sports Club II eleven jus' escaped a severe defeat at the hands of St. Joseph's Institution on Sunday. !i-tt tiag first, the Institution scored 212 for three wickets. Chia Keng Hock bemj; unbeaten for 106, J. Then scoring 58 and
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      LOCAL FOOTBALL.
      259 13 S.C.C.-Welch Cup Replay At Anson Road Today. Today at the Anson Road Stadium th» S.C.C. and 2nd Welch Regt. will meet in the replayed first round tie of the S.A.F.A. Cup, and a really good game should ensue. It will be recalled that on the last occasion the
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      43 13 Away Wins for Hull City And Chesterfield. London, Sept. 2. The following were the results of matches played today third Division (Northern). Nelson 0 Hull City 2 Kuchdale 2 Chesterfield I Scottish League (Division I.). Hanncr* 1 Hamilton A. 0. Reuter.
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      HEAVY SCORING IN COUNTY CRICKET.
      404 13 Gregory's Fine Feat Against Middlesex. A remarkably fine all-round feat by Gregory, the Surrey professional, is the outstanding feature of the cricket cables. Playing for his county against Middlesex at headquarters, Gregory not only took five wickets in each innings but compiled 171 in Surrey's
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    GOLF.
    211 13 New Record Created By Dr. and Mrs. Allen. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 2. The September Mixed Foursomes of Selangor Golf Club were played off during the week-end, and resulted in a win for Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Allen, who returned M excellent card of 39
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    POLO.
    47 13 Teams for the Sussex Cup Match. The following teams will compete for the Sussex Cup at the Singapore Polo flub on Sunday Civilians Messrs. Onraet, Arthur, (iifford and Dr. Tull. Army Lt.-Col. Hore, Lt.-Col. Dickinson, Major Stevens and Mr. Drake-Brock-nian. Play will begin at 5 p.m.
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    BOXING.
    133 13 Two Malayan Titles at Stake On Friday. There will be boxir.7 at ii, c Lion City Ring on Friday evening, when two Malayan titles will be at stake. In one of the three principal bouts, for the flyweight championship. Little Lewis (the title-holder) will meet Chua Lai. For (he
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    85 13 Wednesday, September 3. Singapore Races. Football: S.A.F.A. Cup (Ist rd. repla> I S.C.C. vs. 2nd Welch Regt., Anson Road. Saturday, September 6. Singapore Races. (ilcket: S.C.I 1 vs. Klang, S.C.C; Welcli Rent. Band vs. S.C.C, Raines College trruund. Football: S.A.F.A. Cup (Ist rd. replay) Indo-CVylonese vs. Pulau Biani
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    VISITING CHINESE BEATEN.
    1203 13 Single Goal Victory. WEAK SINGAPORE SIDE SUCCESSFUL. Singapore XI 1. Hong Kong C.A.A. 0, Although yesterday's match at the Anson Road Stadium, between a Singapore XI and the Hong Kong Chinese A. A., (the "Timers,") provided plenty of thrills, the :.ta:idard of football was far below expectations,
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    TEDDY BALDOCK BEATEN.
    123 13 New British Bantam's Good Showing. London, Sept. 2. Teddy Baldock, the British bantamweight champion, was convincingly beaten on points by Benny Sharkey, a young Newcastle bantamweight who was participating in his first big fight. Reuter. To any who saw Baldock in his contest with Emil Pladner early
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    TENNIS.
    498 13 S.C.C. Tournament. Yesterday's results B Single.. I.ieut. Brodie fa. It. H. Mcrkhain. set all i to finish today). H. H. Bullen beat K. A. Joy, o—l, 0 3. A SinKlr*. I.ieut. Waring beat 11. S. Haskiiu. G--2, 6—3. C Single*. A. S. Anderson brat A. Buchanan, C 6—4. D
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    BOOKMAKERS' BLOW.
    133 13 Tote's Double Event Bets On Autumn Races. London, Aug. 22. A fresh blow has been struck at tho )ookmakers by the decision of the .talizator to accept double-event bets n the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. Tickets of the value of half a sovereign ■ach, representing bets on a combination
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    ANOTHER TOURISTS' MATCH DRAWN.
    498 13 Fine Batting by Kippax. MACARTNEY'S FEAT AT BRIGHTON EQUALLED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 2. The match between the Australian tourists and Sussex at Brighton ended ia a draw. The outstanding feature of the day \vna second century by Kippax. who, goiix in second wicket
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    BASEBALL.
    184 13 American Major League Results. New York, Sept. 1. Today's baseball results were- as ■ollows National League. Philadelphia lost to New York 4— S. I hiladelphia beat New York 4—3.4 3. Huston I: eat Brooklyn 5—3. Boston lost to Brooklyn 2—4.2 4. Pittsburp lost to St. Louis C— ll and
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    LOSS TO CRICKET.
    26 13 Three Australian Test Players To Retire. London, Aug. 22. The Daily Mail states that Woodfull, Poneford and Oldfield are retiring from rest cricket.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    3461 15 THE INDIAN BOYCOTT. Lambeth Conference Secrecy: Press Objections. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 8. I'unctual to the very day, the fifth cold spoil of the year 1930, predicted a century ttgo by Div Alex Buchan, the Scottis metcoroloaßt, stalled early this week and, instep of high-summer,
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    CHARGE OF MURDER.
    117 15 Malay Woman Accused Of Killing a Man. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 1. Minom&h bintec Ahmat, a Malay woman ':as been charged here with the murde r of a ?iJa:ay named Yacob. Th? case was postponed for the ir.queU and th«- prdi r.iinary inquiry. At the
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    BLUE TRIANGLE PLAYERS
    64 15 Spanish Comedy to be Given Tomorrow. The Blue Triangle Players, who pre- isntt-d "Quality Street," will strike r.ew ground with the Spanish comedy The .'radle Song," which will be presented in English at the Singapote V.M.C.A. at 9 *.ni. tomorrow. The play ia a story of life
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    AERIAL BILLIARDS.
    73 15 Mr. Peterson's Performance During Flight. St. Louis, Aug. 18. While a giant Curtiss Wright Condor I aeroplane, piloted by a British aviator, Captain Courtney, was flying at a speed of 100 miles per hour, at a height of 4,000 feet, Mr. Charles Peterson, the famous billiardist, scored 100
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    INDIAN CONFERENCE.
    61 15 Special Entertainment Allowance. London, Aug. 19. The political correspondent of the Erening News hears that the social side of the Round Table Conference is receiving special attention. It says that besides an allowance of £100 a month, each delegate will get 255. a day as entertainment expenses. Several
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    ROYALTY ON RUBBER.
    63 15 North Borneo Planters Seek Relief. At a meeting of the committee of the British North Borneo Chamber of Com- I merce it was decided to approach the Government requesting that, "in view of the i depressed and chaotic state of the rubber industry," the royalty on rubber
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    AIRCRAFT TRAVEL OF THE FUTURE.
    858 15 Science Only in Ks Infancy; SPEEDING MORE QUICKLY; THAN SOUND. An interview with M. Louis Bleriot, the famous French airman and fir t man to fly the English Channel. Aviation is only in its infancy and it is interciting to dwell on some aspects of
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    ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
    122 15 Grove Road Widening To Stop. Motorists who Might have been enBOnfad by thy sight oi th<> widening of Cirovc Road, which is now in progress, t I hope that a similar improvement, which has bocn spoken ;iliout for some time, might be made in Kast Coast Road, aiv
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      245 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 21. Turning-point 22. Bobbin 1. Lie in warmth 23. Brittle 4. Protecting M. Guide 8. Part of telescope r Sleeps 11. Abounding with leaves 30 Tree 12. Impute M. Appoir. >s as substitute 13. Exclamation of grief :i2 Pertaining to the box tree 15. Criminal
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    GROWING AT THIRTY.
    217 16 Woman Who Added 2 In. I To Her Height. Dr. D. I. Connolly, of Sale, describes in a recent issue rf the British Medical Journal the case of a woman, thirty years of ape, who recently added two inches to her stature, after staying in bed. She
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    SOVIET CIVIL SERVICE.
    121 16 Clean ing -up Move Leads To 51,000 Dismissals. Moscow, Aug. 8. Fifty-one thousand civil service employees have already been dismissed as undesirable elements in the cleansing cf the Soviet apparatus" which is going on throughout the country. Only 400,000 people have, as yet, been "cleansed," which means
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    RUSSIAN DISAPPEARS.
    108 16 Kidnapping in Paris Again Suspected. Paris, Aug. 5. Comrade Fainberg, a prominent member of the Soviet trade delegation, has suddenly disappeared without any clue to his movements. Fainberg some time ago incurred the displeasure of the Moscow authorities, who commanded him to return and defend himself against certain
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    DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.
    122 16 Held Up and Robbed by A Gunman. Santa Monica, California, Aug. 3. A combined burglar and hold-up man who raided the home of Mr. Douglas Fairbanks here today got away with 0.525 and overlooked several thousand dollars worth of jewellery. After starting to leave the house, the famous
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    BEER AND STOUT AT NEW "EGG CLUB."
    1230 17 What the Police Saw After Midnight. SU'.tf monts iluit the proprietor ol large Sinprapore hotel was also the owner ■<f premise* kr >\vn as the Egg Club when? inloxicatirtK liquor was sold after midI'ight ard wh"ic women of ill-r.^put^ (-ip.--Cathed, were ;»ade befen
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    CROSSING COLLISION.
    444 17 Claim for Repairs To Saloon Car. A collision between a motor-car and a lorry at the junction cf East Coast Road and Katong Road was the subject of a claim in the Civil District Court before Mr. H. R. Bull yesterday afternoon. Mr. G. H. Kraal, an accountant
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    RELIEF SCHEMES.
    178 17 New Hospital Wanted For Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. A public meetin? of the residents of the State of Selangor will be held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. to discuss and adopt the two following resolutions.
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    VOODOO CUSTOMS.
    101 17 Those who like to point with pride to the progress along medical lines in recent years may find it difficult to accept the comparison made by Clifton R. Wharton, of the United States Legation at Monrovia, Liberia, regarding some practices of the interior of that country which he
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    68 17 A new Government department, for education against the misuse of alcohol in Denmark, is likely to be created, according to thu Prime Minister, Mr. T. A. M. Stauninir, who is visiting the United States next year. The department would collect scientific facts for presentation in the schools and to the
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      241 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the annual report of the Inspector-General of Police for 1929, one finds the following statement The closing of recognised brothels has resulted in an appreciable reduction in the amount of protection money levied by society agents and it
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      188 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, A3 tho dfftcolty of supervising the small holdings appoar.s to be the principal objection to any scheme of restriction on the Stevenson lines, could the Governments concerned come to an sgreement to cv.t out (i.e. cut down) all ro'.dingj
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      BANNED FILMS.
      720 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Having regard to the publicity Kiven to the fact that the Raise the Roof a British -.alkie revue, was banned by the cfficial censor, we, as its importers, feel inclined to throw further light on the subject, which we believe
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      404 17 RESTRICTIONISTS, PLEASE NOTE To'the* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Mr. H. V. Jcnes suggests in his letter that the anti-rertrictionist is a man who would sit by while his house burned, rather than restrict the fire, because it is a natural law for fire to burn wood. He misses
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    BLINDED BY PEPPER.
    484 17 Sequel to Klang Roadside Robbery. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. At th? Selangor Assizes today, beiorc Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, two Cantonese, Chow Man and Chong Yong, claimed trial i on a charge of robbing Aw Yeong Hong i on Kupa Road, Klang, on June 18,
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    BURMAN AS GOVERNOR.
    72 17 i Congratulatory Address Presented. Rangoon, Aug. 22. His Excellency Sir Joseph Maung Gyi. the acting Governor of Burma, was presented with a congratulatory address by the Rangoon Corporation this morning at the Corporation office. His Excellency has been the recipient of congratulations from public bodies and communities
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    RIVAL'S RUSE.
    95 17 Sends in Resignation of A Prefect. Bucharest, Aug. 21. The Minister of the Interior received recently what purported to be a communication from the Piefcct of one of the Departments announcing his resignation in most disrespectful terms. A note was immediately sent to the Prefect accepting his resignation
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    72 17 The New York Daily News recently announced that private detectives are i guarding Mr. Charles Schwab, chairman of the board of directors of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Mr. Eugene Grace, president of the same concern, as a result < of the receipt by them of anonymous threatening letters. The letters
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    "THAT-FOOLISH BIG STICK."
    269 17 "THAT- FOOLISH BIG STICK." Mr. Churchill'* Speech On India. London, Aug. 21. That Fetish Big Big Stick is the title }he Manchester Guardian's editorial .voßimenting on M*- Churchill's »Vo«ch on Uidia. The authorities will do well to wait aril *hi>w all courtesy," it saya, for patience sjtd courtesy are the
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    SIR RONALD ROSS.
    131 17 Guest at Mosquito Day Luncheon. London, Aug. 20. A Mosquito Day" luncheon was heU in the malaria laboratory of the Ross Institute at Putney Heath in celebration cf the death of a mosquito, years ago, when Sir Ronald Ross, by dissecting its 'jody in his laboratory discovered
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    DOLORES DEL RIO.
    141 17 Marriage Announcement Proves Premature. An official announcement was made recently by the United Artists Corporation of the marriage of Dolores Del Rio, the film star, to Mr. Cedric Gibbons, a film director. Thb proved to have been premature. The old Spanish mission church of Santa Barbara, California,
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    183 17 Friday, Aug. .12. His Excellency and Lady dementi re turned to Singapore by the s.y. Sea Belle. Sunday, A up. M. The Hon. Mr. C. H. G. Clarke and Mrs. Clarke and the Hon. Mr. H. K. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon arrived and stayed at Government House. Monday,
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    28 17 The cruiser H.M.S. Suffolk, Captain G. S. Arbuthnot, D.5.0., is to refit at Portsmouth, where she was built, nnd will leuvc a;ai.i for the Far East on pet,
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