The Straits Times, 23 October 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. PRICE 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931 20 PAGES. The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931. 20 PAGES.
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      469 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. CPHONE 8181)', 1 6.15 Tonight 9.15 I ROBERT WOOLSEY I i ln j "EVERHHING'S ROSIE" Phone 5261-2. j PHOSFERINE ASSISTS ATHLETE'S j "OEING the winner of 72 weight-lifting 1 BB^%, J* -stats, I |*J Matches and Tournaments during the I ft^. J$l. I past 10 years,
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      188 1 KUALA LUMPUR 2T, JAVA ST. CPHONC 3683). t r- r SIGNAL YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH A GIFT OF "4711" /A^P COULD YOU EXPRESS YOUR FRIENDSHIP IN A BETTER ii?Jffe k WAY THAN BY A GIFT OF "4711" EAU DE COLOGNE? il^^SlfT "4711" EAU DE COLOGNE IlnSk^S^Sll H is included in our
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      14 1 i I 6.15 Ton «ht 9.15 ROBERT WOOLSEY I "EVERYTHING'S ROSIE" I Phone 5261-2.
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      500 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNPKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due S'poro. RA.TPUTANA 17,000 Oct. -81 KHIVA 9,000 Nov. 1
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      572 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) tTO LONDON, iples, Marseilles London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and M>(ld!ri>:>orough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. TORI MARU 10,000 Nov. 6 0 SKI7.IA MARU 10,fi00 Nov 19 20 YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Dec. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Dec. 1G 17 .5 SUWA MAV.U 10,700 Dec. 31 Jan. 1
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      481 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOUHNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknowi steamer MAEEI LA (7,865 tons) end the U 'jIANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Car K o only). Th Js.s. MARELLA is on* of the largest am finest steamers trading
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      637 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5325. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. To GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAM BURG and COPENHAGEN. 1 1 Leav* S'pcre. Penan* m.i. FIONIA Not. 4 Not. i m.i. A LSI A Not. 26 Not. 2 m.s. JUTLAVDIA Dec. 23 Dee. 2i m.s. LALANDIA Jan.
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      558 2 I THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLE; LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON,. ROTTERDAM, and.
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      447 2 SIAM STEM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam.) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For KeUntan, Tabai, Bangnara, Tolupin, Patani, Singora, Lucon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuaii, T'ku, Chu;npon and Bangkok. rival. Departure. SUDDHADIB Oct. 23 Oct. 28 VALAYA Nov. I Nov. 4 PRACHATIPOK Nov. 8 Nov. 11 These vessels nre fitted throughout with
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      433 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Lob Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN RIVER sails from Hong Krag Oct. 30 S.S. GOLDEN MOUNTAIN sails from
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      574 3 ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave S'pore. S'pore. Penang. TRES. VAN BUREN Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Oct. SI PRES. GARFIELD Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 PRES. POLK Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Nov. 28 Ample time to visit
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      550 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM and CONTINENT. Tla Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF NORWICH Nov. 25 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS for Havre, L'don, R'dam and
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      381 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Capital Authorised £3,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1300,000 Keserve Kund and Rest 1.666,845 Capital paid up 1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq, J. O. Kobinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq.,
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      565 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824). PAID UP CAPITAL fl 80.030,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40,015,000 (about £3,335,000). HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES: Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjermasin Kota-Radja Semarang Bombay (Acheen) Shanghai
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      493 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000.000 (about £8,500,000) Paid up Capital GUIs. 55.0U0.000 (about £4,600,000). Reserves GUIs. 29,1t)0.0D7 (about £2,432,000). HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES: BATAVIA: Head Office for Dutch East Indies. KOBE: Head Office for China and Japan.
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      757 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Tb«re are approximately seren word* to a line and there i* a flat rate charge of 26 ncntf per Ho* p«r insertion with A minimum of one dollar per Insertion. Advertisements will be accepted op to 10 a.m. M tin? day of Inne. A f*e of 20 c«nts
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      875 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE WORKING GIRLS get special rates at 2. Lloyd Rd. Own bathms.. Mod. san. Call at 5 GROSVENOR Hotel, service room* far. from $50 mthly. Full board from $186 mthly. BEAUTIFUL HOME, every possible romfort, suit one or two bachelors. Tanglin district. Phone ::319. HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET,
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      488 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, (hop* at Grosvenor Hotel Bide. OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Boad 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie A Co., Ltd. TO SUBLET, part of a large godown close to river. Rent very moderate. Apply Box 70, c/o Straits Times. TO LET, OFFICES at 4, Prince Street,
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      472 4 FOR SALE DIARIES Letts, Walker's and other makes. For the pocket, for the desk and for every conceivable purpose. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD. FOR SALE Budwood from stumps imported direct from Java Tjirandji I—/50cts1 /50cts Tjirandji 16. $1.00, Bodjong Dater 5— 51.20 per yard. All inclusive of packing and
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      852 4 PUBLIC NOTICES MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE ASSESSMENT LIST 1932. NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of Section 60 of Ordinance No. 136 (Municipal) that the Assessment List containing the annual valuation of and amount of assessment to In levied on all houses, buildings end lands, situated within the
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      938 4 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will ho received up to noon on November 12, IMI, at tin- Colonial Secretary* Office, Singapore, from persons desirous of contracting for supplies for the Singapore Prison, for a period of one year, commencing from January 1, 1932. 1. Making up of white satin jean uniforms
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      391 5 H_OTELS 1 Raffles Hotel ~Z. I MAI. WAS PREMIER HOTEL. yS <f^" <? v Excellent Accommodalion with yS *\> e v c^ S Modern Sanitation. yr V> o V^-* S TERMS MODERATE. yS v/>* C^ 1 5 1 S yr sr lt *~Js''y ORCHESTRAL >^ yT CONCERT S SUNDAY, j^
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      651 5 M FOR RAFFLES CAFE your and EYES x t \m. The best is just good PniirrPTiniirßY enough. Wear Zciss UUIirCU I lUnLnl Spectacle Lenses. C^te L A\ E M^DERA L 4 ACOOTA C0OT JOHN DUXE OPTICIAN CARTE AT MODERATE CU3I. 21 B ttery Road SINGA PORE. Aii#pq For Ladies Only.
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      342 5 AUCTION NOTICES. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Salt No. 1306 of 1928. Between BALKIS NACHIAL. Plaintiff and 1. AHNA MOONA MOIIAMED SYED ALsMPITCHAY. 2. AHXA MOONA KADER OLY. 3. NAINA MOIIAMED NACHIAL BINTE MOHAHED HL'SSAIN, Defendants. AUCTION SALE of valuable 99 years' leasehold land
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      191 5 AUCTION NOTICES. By Order of the BagtMiar of Vehicles. AUCTION SALE of 1 Auburn Motor C:ir S MM, I I Motor Car 8.P.-675, l Overland Car 8.L.-4332, 1 Dennis Lorry S.-86S, 1 Ford Lorrj 8.-094, 1 Ford Lorry S-Mt, t Ford Lorry S-1325, 1 Daimler Loriy, 1 lot Handcarts and
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      198 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle > «i> i ii \w nn tt 1 1 r S^ _1! 11 p' 5, il Si 3 !I. g7 M 1 b|' 8 l ii 1 brl Tl (CLUES.) ACROSS. &S^d H«t.n,d 26. U~.v u i!c( (Bot) 11. Uuck n_i nv 12. Make amends "«M J
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  • INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON WEEK BY WEEK.
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      Gandhi Fails To Solve The Communal Problem.
      1738 6 FULL REPORT OF HIS APOLOGIA. Composition Of The Conference Blamed. How the efforts made by Mr. Gandhi to solve the vexed communal problem in a week, by informal conferences with his Round-Table Conference colleagues, failed is told in cables from London which appear
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      455 MURDERS IN SIX MONTHS.
      127 6 Bengal's Tragic Record. HUGE INCREASE IN DACOITIES. Four hundred and fifty-five murders were reported to the Bengal police during the six months ended June 30, 19:51. In 31 cases gain was said to be the motive and the others were flue to jealousy, intrigue, revenge,
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      SOCIETY TO REFORM ANARCHISTS.
      333 6 Conference at Simla. PLAN TO RESCUE THE YOUNG MEN. Simla, Oct. 2. A conference will be held at Simla next week, under the presidency of Raja Sir Daljit Singh, to discuss a proposal for the formation of a Central Society at Delhi, with branchas at the
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      Notes From Bengal.
      1780 6 /ln</ Down Came The Axe Comments On Drustir Cuts Reduced Civil Service Salar i c s Tho Sanctity Of Contracts Higher Taxes A Heavy Burden W hat Nadir Shah Has Done For Afghanistan Fifty Killed By Feast On Crocodile Meat The Welch Regiment And Their Victory. (From
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      172 7 JiMfc!:S^ TELEPHONE 6909 TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 MATINEES UU j TOMORROW 9W ILL AND SUNDAY. ROGERS SETTING THE PACE AT HIS WISEST AND WITTIEST IN THE YEAR'S RACIEST COMEDY WITH FIFI DORSAY THAT "HAD TO SEE PARIS" GIRL LEADING HIM ON IN YOUNG you FEEL FOX PICTURE. Be Advised: BOOK NOW
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      275 7 I CAPITOL I 6.IS— TONIGHT— 9.IS MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3.15. Never have such shrieks of Laughter been heard you simply MUST see ROBERT WOOLSEY Famous Star of "RIO RITA," "CUCKOOS," "HALF-SHOT," etc. in his first solo starring role RADIO'S uproarious Comedy. "EVERYTHING'S ROSIE" With the new star who is captivating
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      142 7 WOW! A trunk tUI of letters of advice guided his every thought and action even to taking a young bride. Then someone threw away the trunk and the blushing groom was left to shift for himself! Oh! Oh! You'll crack your sides l-.uighing! THE GREATEST LAUGHTER-MAKER EVER SHOWN IN SINGAPORE
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      ALTERATIONS TO CITY OF NAGPUR.
      418 8 i:ilerman City Liner Vastly Improved. Extensive alterations have been made in the passenger accommodation of the Bllerman City liner City of Nagpur. with the object of providing greater comfort for paaaengen travelling to and from India The alterations, which have been varncd out on the
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      NEW SURVEY VESSEL.
      37 8 A new steam survey vessel. Pathfinder, intended for the Rangoon Port Convmisi. arrived in Singapore yesterday from lions: Kong, under ('apt. l.aing. The vassel'fl registered tonnage is 78. It will leave for Rangoon today.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    116 8 PWdar, October 23. Ship* alongside the Wharres or expected to arrive. Godowa Gate. Entriicf KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Lady Clementi, Lch. Makota, I.eh. Tamby, Tui: Prince. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRT DOCKS. Tauiong Pagar. Albert Dock MahMal. Selangor. Victoria Dock Tug Mitra,
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    55 8 Kiuni China and Japan, by Havana Uaru, due at Singapore noon today. From China and Japan, by Borneo Maru, doe at Singapore on Sun lay. I- ii'iu China an- 1 Manila, by President Van Huron, du-.> at Singapore daylight on Mom lay. Holland and Germany, by P.C. Hooft,
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    TELEGRAPHS.
    15 8 (i>n>.munioation with Bangkok and TungHong is interrupted. Bangkok Lraflii via wrireleaa, subject to lelay.
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    40 8 Mail* from Europe (Limlon mails disi atrheii on Oct. 1) ex 8.1. Rajula, which anchored at PcnanK at 3.10 a.m. today will arrive by train IttMMTVW moraine. CarrwpondcßGC will be ready tor delivery to boxkoldera at 8.45 a.m.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      214 8 Singapore, (>i-t. SELLING. ,ondon, 4 months' sight 2/4 7/32 .cuklmm, 3 months' sight 2/4 5/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 3^32 London, 30 days' sight 2/4 1 l« London, demand 2/4 London, T.T. 2/3 81/32 1 Lyons and Paris, demand 1120 nom. i llamburjr, demand Ml nom. j
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      PRODUCE.
      164 8 Singapore, Oct. ITJ. uambier 12.0(1 iCulje No. 1 unpicked).. 16.00 Copra 5-UO mixed 4.45 :ia^o flour, Sarawak 2.50 White Pepper 32.75 Mack Pepper 20.00 Pearl Sago 6.00 small K.OU medium pearl 6.00 Kice, Siam $205 to 2.".7 Saigon $164 to IST Rangoon $103 to IX2 N"o. 1 of 125
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      194 8 Today. pper Burma. North and East India Havana Maru I 3 p. tit Vorth, N.-Easi and N.-West Sumatra. (Tinombo) S p.m Selat Pundjang, Bongkalii, Siak, P. Baroe, Pajakombo and Padang (Hong Thong) 3 p.m lava and Snuihff. -t Sumatra ißMnjoci :t p.m. lava and South-West Sumatra I
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      AIR PASSENGERS.
      52 8 J'asi'engptf trpw EUtavia te Singapore m Oel J0: Mr. an<l Mis. C. C. Knpfer, Mr. Kaiviall. Mi. Bekupt and Mr. None* Bm. Paaaeagen from Singapore to Ifedan today Mr. S. W. Oray, Mr. an.l Mr*. Kupfcr. nwaangMJ from Mcdun to Singapore tomorrow Mr. S. E. Thorburr. an.l Mrs.
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      Vessels Arrived.
      136 8 BAM HONG LJONG, Brit.. 739 tons, from Cbcribon 13-16, for Hutnviu 2:1-10. BORIBAT. Siam :!.">3 tons, from Kemasin 2:J-10. for Bucho via Coast 25-10. CIRCE, Brit.. 314 tons, from Kelantan 22-10, ;W iUlaataa 2-i-jo. MKKVAK. Nor., 761 tons, from Bangkok 22-10, fat Port Swettenham 22-10. ISLANDER. Brit., 744
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        MINING.
        436 8 Issue ,'al. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. 1 £1 Asam Kumbans; 22/- 23/1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/-i/-6/-Ayer Hitara Tin 10/6 11/8 1 £1 Bangrin Tin 10/3 11/3 I 1 Batang Padanf 0.10 0.16 1 1 Batu Caves 0-25 0.30 t 1 Bukit Aranc 0-30 0.40n0m. ■I £1 Burmah Malar 10/-
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        GENERAL.
        256 8 ai. I'd. Buyers. Sellcri. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord«. 1.75 2.25n0m. 1 2 Alex. Brick I'refs. 1.95 2.05 .1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.0.0 4.3.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.25 0.30n0m. 00 r>o Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 1 £1 Con. T. S. 7'/, I'refa. 15.- 16/•1 £1 Con.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        136 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. dcl>. of 192G red. 1931-36 103 104 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 57c prem. .'ingapore Municipal 4'i p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 86 par <ingapore Municipal 414 1 p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 96
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        395 8 Fraser and Co. and I. vail and Evalt's quotations. At the present time the majority of above rubber ihare quotation! are nominal only. Today's Price Fraser Lyall A k Co. Evatt AUenby ($1) 0.G5 0.T5 0.65 0.80 Alur Gajah ($1) 0.40 0.45 0.40 0.50 Hitam ($1) 0.75 0.80
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      827 8 I Concerts from Saigon And Kuala Lumpur. (By Oar Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore. Friday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore f .ime only is given) ALWAYS ON THE AIR. BANDOENG, PLM., 32 metres, 6.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    38 8 Left Arrd. P. der NcJerlandcn Cathay Patria Tains Sphinx C. Muygens Sept. 18 Sept. 1« Sept. 25 Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 1G Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 21
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      54 8 OVtn M M r C«mTU«Y KB^UTATION Dr. LE CLERC'S Rjg C «W, H A b^LJE CLERC S V^" ANJeMM THB NEW FRENCH REMEDY. TKERAPION t« >«UI Kid. ]ib u nn»:«i "ollbfauM* n<liihprir*« Od. Mr.* I hicim or rvtara Ball. Sole Distrihators in Malaya MSB L. E. TELS COS TRADING SOCIETY,
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      100 8 FOR ALL THINGS RADIO WHITE, PHONE OR CALL YSadio -&AAric£, Co2, ORCHARD BOAD-SINGAPORE Corner Opposite Amber Mansion. Sole Agents and Representative! of the Leading Radio Manufacturers. SHORT WAVE RECEIVERS WIRELESS COMPONENTS Up-Country Order* Executed by Return Post. PHONE 7399. SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MALAYAN GARDENS GARDEN FERTILIZER FOR LAWNS SHRUBS FLOWER
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      301 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report; YESTERDAY. 1 T.M. YESTERDAY. Bright Wind. Stations. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Rirec- Force. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. r y'o m.p.h. Kedah I Alor Star ..88 75 Nil 9.3 M WNW in Fine Kelantan Kota Bharu No report.
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      253 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Friday. October 23. II \V. 8.58 a.m., 8 ft. 1 in., 8.62 p.m., I ft. 4 in. Y.W.C.A. Women's Work Exhibition. Police Band, Katong Park, tl p.m. Saturday. October 24. H. W. 92:> a.m., 8 ft. 5 in., 9.35 p.m., 8 ft. 8 in. Mails from
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    272 9 Rubber and Tin Prices Steady. LITTLE BUSINESS PASSING. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. Today's Prices Rubber, 9% cents per lb. Tin, 100 tons at $64.50 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 3d., unchanged. New York, 3 cts., down V% ct. Market Tone Slightly Easi»r. Tin, London
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
    53 9 Programme of drills up to and for weekending Oct. 25 Friday, Oct. 23, I p.m., Bukit Timah Range, "A" (M.G.) Co., Demonstration Practice. Saturday, Oct. 24, Drill Hal., S.R.A. (V), Laying Tests. Sunday, Oct. 28, Bukit Ti»*h Range, S.R.A. (V), Rifle Meeting; 4.45 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, "A"
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    COPRA MARKET.
    30 9 Barlow and Co., report on Oct. 22, as follows The market has been fairly steady during the past week. Closing quotations are us follows Sundried $5, mixed $4.50.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      DANGER OF A WORLD PAPER SHORTAGE.
      1022 9 Excessive Consumption Of Wood Pulp. (By W. Raitt, F.C.S., iM.I. Chem. E., late cellulose expert to the 'Government of India.) The average man would laugh if he were told that within his life-time there will come a period when he may not be able
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      RUBBER OUTPUT RESTRICTION.
      279 9 National Government On The Situation. Mr. Wardlaw-Milne (Co., Kidderminister) in. the House of Commons on Sept. 23 asked whether the Government had now had any communications or conversations with the Dutch authorities as to measures which might be taken to assist the rubber industry; and whether he
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      RUBBER REPORTS.
      263 9 Cuthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly rubber report dated Singapore, Oct. 22 state The market has continued to be steady and prices have risen on account of buying by dealers to take advantage of the temporary low freight rate to New York at piesent ruling. U. K.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      52 9 Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 3d. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. cts. 5 per lb. Buyers. Seller: JUL equal to London Standard Undard R.S.S. on Tender Spot November December Jan.-Mar. April-June 9% 9V4 9% 9% 10 12 o'clock noon,
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      EXCHANGES.
      78 9 Rugby, Oct. 22. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 'JK. Athens :;2U, Bombay Is. 5 29-32 d., Berlin U%, Brussels 28>4, Bucharest 660, Rio 1%, Buenos Aires 32/£, Copenhagen 17%, Geneva 20*, HeUingfors 192, Hong Kong Is. 2 '«<!., Lisbon 109%, Madrid 44, Milan T.Vi, Muntrc-,-1 4.40. Monte Video. 21, New
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      LEYLAND RUBBER.
      440 9 Profit Eliminated By Stock Losses. The ordinary general meeting of the Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on Sept. 23 at Leyland, Preston. Mr. Robert T. Byrne (chairman and managing director), who presided, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that the loss
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    124 10 Singapore. ADELPHI HOTEL.— Scotland Yard. 6.15— 9.13. ALHAMBRA. Will Rogers and Fift Dorsay in Young As You Feel. 6.15 9.15. Phone G909. CAPITOL. Robert Woolsey in Everything's Rosie. 6.15- 9.15. Phone 5261-2. El ROPE HOTEL. Music on the Verandah. 7. 4.") to S.:jO p.m. GREAT WORLD.— Wayanpi, Clnamai, Zoo,
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931. STRANGE HAPPENINGS.
    1007 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931. STRANGE HAPPENINGS. This is largely a story of. coincidence and it has to do with the rubber ship." In the l-ast. whenever local shipping conferences lave i>ven under discussion, the usual attitude of the conferences as such, and of the heads of
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    WRITING NOVELS IS HARD WORK.
    1305 10  -  l A novelist's life is hardly c.s attractive as it appears to be, for though ne work- ich> it I we like and where we like imr I minds are never at rest", declares Henry Bordeaux in this interview. He also warns young men. avd
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    234 10 Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell was unable to attend Court today owing to indisposition, j Mr. E. C. Rossell, who has been visiting India, will return to Bukit Panjang Estate, Selangor, at the end of this month. Mr. K. F. Harris managing engineer of I.ukut Tin Dredging,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    711 10 THE ANSWER. It was only after passing about twenty boards carrying th^ fcald words Flats fixed that the writer stumbled across the secret of the offer or threat. .An enterprising fixer of flats had placed outside this premises a sample of his work— a flat [before
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    JAPAN TO WITHDRAW HER TROOPS BY NOVEMBER 16. Text Of The Council's Resolution.
    4185 11 JAPAN TO WITHDRAW HER TROOPS BY NOVEMBER 16. Text Of The Council's Resolution. NEGOTIATIONS AFTER WITHDRAWAL. Representatives Of Powers To Watch Evacuation. Geneva, Oct. 22 (11.20 p.m.) Compared with the resolution adopted by the Council on Sept. 30, today's draft resolution is most interesting, both by reason of what it
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    RESTRICTION AND THE D.E.I.
    150 11 Action Unlikely. BUT SHARES STILL RISE IN LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 22. The improvement in rubber shares which took place here yesterday in the expectation of an announcement likely to be beneficial to the industry has been maintained and rubber shares are again
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    BRITISH FINANCE.
    169 11 Prompt Repayment of The 90-Day Credit. Rugby, Oct. 22. Kten satisfaction is expressed in London at the news that tho Bank of England has repaiJ £20,000,000 of the 90-day credit for £25,000,000 obtained from the Federal Reserve Banks on Aug. 1 last. The peiicd of the credit does
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    QUICK TURN ROUND.
    120 11 Aquitania's Latest Fine Performance. Rugby, Oct. 22. The Cunard liner Aquitania yesterday created a record for a quick turn round on the Atlantic service by sailing for New York only 18, hours after arriving at Southampton. During that time the Aquitania landed passengers, discharged cargo and mails,
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    THE TIN POOL.
    111 11 Now Holds 12,250 Tons Of Metal. London, Oct. 22. An official communique from the Committee of Ccntrol of the International Tin 1 Pool state i that at the committee meeting held in London on Oct. 21 it was iiscertained that the Pool now held 12,250 tons of
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    S. INDIAN FLOODS.
    65 11 2,000 Families Homeless In Vizagapatam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Oct. 22. Two thousand families have been rendered homeless by the floods in the V izaga<patam district, Coromandel Coast, where the water has reached a height of 30 leet. It is conservatively estimated that 150 people have
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    FISHMONGERS FINED.
    45 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 23. Fines of $15 each were imposed in the police court here yesterday on two Chinj ese fishmongers for exposing for sale fish unfit for human consumption. One man had 28 catties and the other 76 catties.
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    HUGE U.S. SHIPPING COMBINE.
    239 11 Effort to Put Business On Paying Basis. San Francisco, Oct. 22. A powerful combine, with the object of putting American shipping 1 on a paying basis, by the Pacific and Atlantic C-ast Shipping companies, is announced by Mr. Stanley Dollar, vice-pre-ident of the Dollar Lines. It
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    IMPERIAL CURRENCY.
    255 11 Can Britain Master Her Economic Destiny London, Oct. 23. The imperial currency idea received support from Sir Basil Blackett in an address to the London Rotary Club in which he doubted the desirability of attempting to return to the gold standard unless and until the international conditions that
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    MINUTE OF DARKNESS.
    88 11 America's Tribute to Great Inventor. West Orange, New Jersey. Oct. 22. Thousands of silent mourners lining the streets saw the passage of the funeral cortege of Mr. Thomas EHison. including Mr«. Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Hehry Ford, to Rosedale cemetery where the remains, enclosed in a
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    FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
    77 11 C. A. Butler Leaving Lympne Tomorrow Morning. Rugby, Oct. 22. Mr. Charles Arthur Butler has arranged to leave Lympne aerodrome for Australia at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning ir. a light aeroplane in an attempt to beat Mr. J. A. Mollison's time for a flight between Australia
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    MR. C. W. H. COCHRANE.
    74 11 To be Head of Malayan Information Agency. (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 22. Mr. H. W. Thomson, C.M.G., head of the Malayan Information Agency in London, is to be succeeded is May of next year by Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane, C.M.GMr. Cochrane, before
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    STRIKE OF SEAMEN IN AUSTRALIA.
    63 11 A Fireman's Dismissal. OVERSEA SHIPPING MAY BECOME INVOLVED. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Oct. 23 (2.35 p.m.) A strike of seamen, which originated from the dismissal of one fireman, i* extending to all inter-State ships arriving at Sydney and Melbourne and may involve oversea shipping
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    RIOTS IN CYPRUS.
    392 11 Government House Burnt Down. .Malta, Oct. 22. The Governor of Cyprus, it is understood, has wired td the Governor of Malta asking for naval assistance, owing to disturbances which broke out in tho island today. Cairo, Oct. 22. Communications regarding military assistance have passed between Cyprusand the
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    FEDERAL FINANCE.
    207 11 Round-Table Accepts Lord Peel's Proposals. Rugby. Oct. 22. At a meeting of the Federal Structure Sub-Committee of the Hound-Table Conference, Lord Peel (chairman of financ «üb-committee), in rider to dispose of minor differences regarding the scope of the proposed Expert Committee on Finance, suggested a modification which, after
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    THE PLIGHT OF COTTON.
    28 11 Conference Proposal Rejected By U.S.A. Washington, Oct. 22. The Government has rejected the proposal of the Egyptian Grvernment for an international cotton conference. Reuter.
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    M. LAVAL ARRIVES IN NEW YORK.
    403 11 Britain's Keen Interest In Coming Talks. THEIR WIDE SCOPE. Armaments, War Debts And Gold. Rugby, Oct. 22. Despite preoccupation with the election campaign Great Britain is taking the keenest interest in the Laval-Hoover conversations, the extreme importance of which is fully realised. While recognising
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    TRADE REVIVES.
    450 11 "Confidence Growing" Says Sir H. Samuel. JBghj. Oct. 22. Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal Homo Secretary in the National Government, in a broadest address last night, said the Liberal Party had MM its duty quite clearly throughout the crisis. Al' ye all othsr considerations i»» first duty was
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    MR. BARBOUR vs. MR. HAWKESWOOD.
    1652 12 The Rubber Ship Again. WHO BENEFITS FROM REDUCED FREIGHTS A new turn has been given to the controversy raised in local rubber and shipping circles through the action of E. A. Barbonr and (.'o. chartering the Swedish steamer Siljstad to take 6,500 tons of rubber
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    ACCIDENT SEQUEL.
    174 12 15- Year-Old Boy Awarded $750 Damages. A motor-car accident in October 1930 in Geylang Road, resulting in a 15-year-old Chinese boy, King Lee Tee, sustaining a fractured thigh had its sequel in the Supreme Court before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule, yesterday, when the boy sued
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    SLAVERY.
    183 12 Men and Women Sold In Open Market. M. Antoine Sottili, the Liberian deleKate, speaking before the sixth committed of the League of Nations on the subject of slavery, violently protested against the world-wide impression emanating from League circles that Liberia enjoyed a monopoly of slavery. The impression was given
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    NEW BROADCASTING PROPOSALS.
    270 12 Singapore Society to Equip A Station. Important decisions, which may have far-reaching effects in the realm of wireless in Malaya, were made at a meeting rf the committee of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (Singapore), held last evening at the club-house. At the end cf the
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    229 12 Will Rogers in "Young As You Feel." It is good to laugh in these days of depression, and any cinema entertainment which will induce merriment seems to have a greater appeal at the moment than drama. The Fox film, Young as you Feel," starring Will Rogers and Fifi
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    ADELE ASTAIRE.
    249 12 Famous Dancer to Marry Duke's Son. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 22. The engagement is announced of Adelc Astaire, the famous American dancer, and Lord Charles Cavendish, the younger son of the Duke of DevonshireThe wedding will take place in England next year after which the couple
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    MOTOR-CAR OVERTURNS.
    85 12 Chinese Refuse to Help Injured Planter. Mr. Michael Hutch inson, .of Gombak Division, Batu Caves Estate, is now lying in Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, as a result of the car he was driving overturning on the Ulu Gombak Road. Mr. Hutchinson cut an artery in his wrist and,
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    "ONE LIFE SAVED."
    77 12 Better Than Seven-stepped Pagoda Built." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 23. The high priest of the Kek Loh Tze temple here, Poon Teong, has telegraphed to the head of the Buddhist Association in Tokio asking him to influence his Government to come to a peaceful settlement
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    20 12 Mr. J. W. W. Hughes, British Resident, Negri Sembilan, presided at a committee meeting of the Negri Sembilan Club yesterday.
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    WHAT HE SAW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
    821 12 Police Visit Alleged "Night Club." The activities in the Madras Cafe. Arab Street, after midnight, the gathering of prostitutes and the alleged i!'e<rn' sale of beer, were described to Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday afternoon, when Mohamed Ali, the licensee,
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    THE MAFIA.
    147 12 241 Members Tried in Former Church. Palermo, Oct. 12. Two hundred and forty-one men were led this morning into a vast iron cage, specially built to hold them, in a courtroom consisting of a farmer church, which is the only building large enough for the purpose. The prisoners
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    19 12 The Buddhist Fast End will be celebrated at the Sakya Muni Tiger Temple, Race Course Road, on Oct. 25.
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    COAL-SWEEPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    973 12 Cheating Charge Fails. ALLEGED DISCOURTESY OF THE POLICE. Remarking that the accused had been rather highly paid although there was no doubt that she did render some service and that tha charge of cheating had not been proved, Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District
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    TIGER'S SIX VICTIMS.
    67 12 Another tiger has been shot in Johore. This time the man-eater was shot near the 49th mile Batu Pahat Road, by a party of hunters under the Johore Game Warden. The animal had killed a Chinese coolie as he opened the door of this hut and stepped
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      FORM FOR IPOH MEETING.
      953 13 Likely Winners for The Third Day. The third and lust day of the Perak Tuif Club's autumn meeting takes place tomorrow. There ha\o been numerous promotions and relegations which may 1 ■•in c tome surprises as there is no very great difference between the various divisions.
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      LOCAL TENNIS.
      200 13 Results of Ties in L.L.T.CJ Tournament. The following were the results of ties played yesterday in the L.L.T.C. tournament Men's Open Doubles. ("apt. Graham and T. L. Palmer boat Cherrintrton and Grimbcrc, 7—5. C— 4. A. D. Anderson and Prooglcever bent L. A. Mottu and Buekhardt, o—B, 0-1,
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      SYD NASH BEATEN IN BANGKOK.
      133 13 Creditable Display By Guillermo. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Oet tZ. Battling Guillermo beat Syd Nash last night on points at the Suan S'nuk in a ten rounds contest. Nash was outclassed. Battling Guillermo is well known in Singapore, having had several fights at the
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    LOCAL HOCKEY.
    196 13 S.C.C.'s Selected to Meet S.R.C. The following have been invited to play hockey for S.C.C. against the S.R.C. on Wednesday next at the S.R.C. ground F. J. L. Mayger Capt. P.R. P. Miers and R. A. Ashworth Lt. N. C. Phillips, P. H. Stewart-Brown and R. N. Elliott
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    SEREMBAN SPORT.
    185 13 St. Paul's Old Boys Win Their First Hockey Match. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Oct. 22. The St. Paul's Old Boys Association opencl their hockey season today with the defeat of the Sungei Ujong Club by the odd goal in live in a fast game. The C!ub pressed
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    MALAY CRICKET.
    85 13 Perhimponan Stia Wins The 1931 Cup. The Pertiimronan Stia Club won- tht Malay Cricket League Cup for ttti, presented by Mr. K. Dean, by defeating the Minto Cricket Club by three wickets. Batting first, the Minto Club scored 71 runs for nine wickets, and declared their innings closed.
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    S.A. CRICKETERS.
    54 13 First Match of Their Australian Tour. Perth (W.A.), Oct. 22. The South African cricketers have started their Australian tour With a tljreeday match against Western Australia today. At the close of the day's play, South Africa had scored 273 runs for the loss of six wickets, Christy being
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    TILDEN WINS.
    45 13 Opens European Tour By Beating Kozeluh. Paris, Oct. 23. Big Bill Tilden opened his European tour here la.st night at the Palais des Sports before a huge crowd gathered under the arc-lights and defeated Rare! Kczeluh, 6— 3, 6— 2, 7—57 5. Reuter.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    108 13 Friday, October 33. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. R.1., S.R.C. ground; Raffles College vs. Police, Raffles College; R.A.F. vs. Medical College Union, Seletar; S.C.C. vs. Indian Assn., Padang. Rugby: Public Services "A" vs. B.AJ, Police ground, Thomson Road. Tennis: L.L.T.C, S.R.C, Yacht Club »n<i Tanglin Club tournaments. Saturday, October 24.
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    S. AFRICAN PLAYER INJURED.
    121 13 Surrey's Fine Win Over Sussex. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 22. In the match at Villa Park, Birmingham, yesterday, in which the Sout'i African tourists defeated the Midland Counties by 13 points to three points, the Springboks lost the services of J. A. van Niekerk,
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    INTER-STATE RUGBY.
    251 13 Singapore's Team to Meet Johore. The inter-State Rugby match between Singapore and Johore will be played tomorrow at Rengam. The following have been selected to represent Singapore O. W. Gilmour F. G. Minns, D. R. Harper, A. L. B. Perkins and R. Jl. Hoops J. J. Latimer and
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    SAIGON RUGBY TEAM.
    122 13 Fully Representative Side To Visit Singapore. Booking opens tomorrow at the S.C.C. for the two matches to be played at the Stadium by the French Army Rugby tourists from Saigon. The French Army XV were heavily beaten during their recent visit to Bangkok, but few of the
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    193 13 Garrison Q.C. Match Against A.P.C. A match between the Asiatic Petroleum Co. and the Garriso* Golf Club will be played over the Garrison Golf Links on Sunday. Teams and tifrttes. of teeing-off are as follows. (A.P.C. players mentioned first) 8.46 C. B. Mnxwell and C. B. Winter vs.
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    A. HAVERS.
    152 13 Best Form Since Eight Years Ago. Although the British players failed to distinguish themselves in the Ryder Cup matches, some of them showed remarkable form in the southern qualifying round of the News of the World on« thousand guineas tournament. This w abided over the West Hill course
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    SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
    85 13 On Sunday, Oct. 25, the "A" class will sail the second of a series of three races for the Pulo Jong Challenge Cup. The start will be at 10 a.m. and the course will be posted in the usual position on the morning of the race. Starting
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    BASEBALL.
    25 13 A baseball i.ame will be played on the S.R.I', end of the Padang tomorrow at 2.15 p.m. between the Singapore Cubs and the Japanese.
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    BOXER INDISPOSED.
    42 13 Battling Kwi Not to Fight Young Johnson Tonight. Owing to Battling Kwi being indisposed, his fight with Young Johnson, originally fixed for tonight at the Garden Arena (Lion City Ring), l.as been cancelled. All the other tights have been postponed.
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    CHARITY FOOTBALL.
    139 13 Matches in Aid of China Flood Victims. As th? result of a letter suggesting charity matches in Singapore in aid of the China Flood Relief Fund, inquiries have elicito 1 the information that tha P A.F.A. has appointed a committee to arrange a number of charity matches in
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      1137 14 Early Man. His Origin, Development and Culture. By G. Elliot Smith and Others. Benn. Bs. 6d. THIS is a collection of six open lectures delivered for the Royal Anthropological Institute in London. They arc not "popular" expositions of the aspects of anthropology with which they deal,
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      Annihilation.
      713 14 The Diabolical Principle and The Dithyrambic Spectator. By Wjrndham Lewis. Chatto and Windus. Mr. Wyndham Lewis's latest book appears at first to be an attack on the prin- ciples of Mr. James J6yce and Miss Gertrude Stein, whom most people have heard of and few people have read; and
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      A New Low Level.
      332 14 Go Marry. By Brendan Williams. Chatto and Windus. 7s. 6d. This is a very unpleasant story about very unpleasant people told rather well. It is about three young women who have their way to fight in a wicked world. Their experiences in a city office have
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      The Missing Rubies.
      393 14 Inspector Bedison Risks It. By Thomas Cobb. limn 7s. (id. The Reverend Ashley Drew, who once assisted Inspector Bedison in capturing a thief, is found one morning in a pond, shot through the heart. The previous night the famous Faringay rubies had disappeared from the house of
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      280 14 The Romance of Wine. By H. Warner Allen. Ernest Benn Ltd. 21b. This is a book primarily for experts. But if you are just one of those lucky men who loves his wine but cannot tell exactly how Chateauneuf dv Pape gets its peculiar flavour, you will find much
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      For the Credulous.
      157 14 The Cottage Murder. By E. R. Punshun. Ernest Benn Ltd. 7s. 6d. This is offered as a detective story and for that reason it will find readers. But as a piece of fiction it cannot be praised. The story is more than improbable, saved only from the
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    CO-OPERATION AND ROTARY.
    1198 15 Close Relation. SIMILARITY OF THE j MOVEMENTS. Co-operation is endeavouring in this country to remove the two great social and «conoinic evils of rural and urban indebtedness. It is trying to arouse in the j poorer classes the realisation of the fact that they will be able,
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    TODAY'S FISHING STORY—WITH PROOF.
    94 15 TODAY'S FISHING STORY— WITH PROOF. The shark seen above was caught during the week-end by Mr. J. Simmons, of the Department of Statistics, about II miles from Singapore. It does not take a shark long to swim 1") mie>; M perhaps it is just as well we have those swimming
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    DR. HOOPS HONOURED.
    341 15 Fine Work in Kedah Straits Recognised. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Malacca, Oct. 22. When His Excellency the Governor presented Dr. A. L. Hoops with the C.B.E. at a garden party at the Malacca Residency yesterday the following account of Dr. Hoops' service was read Dr. Albert Lancelot
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    BURMA CONFERENCE.
    105 15 Representation of Women Demanded. Rangoon, Sept. 30. The executive committee of the Burmese Women's League has decided to senJ cables again to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for India, urging them to in\ite representatives of the women of I Burma to the Uound-Table Conference. If
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    TOBACCO SUIT JUDGMENT.
    775 15 Plaintiffs Win. CIGARETTE TRADE MARKi INFRINGEMENT. "In my opinion therefore the plaintiffs lave made out their case and are entitled to the relief claimed," eoncludei Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell, delivering judgment yesterday in the Singapore Supreme Court in the suit in ■'•hich the United Kingdom Tobacco
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    SNAKE HUNT IN COURT.
    50 15 Stampede Follows Alarming Discovery. Colombo, Oct. 6. A Mampcdc occurred in Kurunegalla police court today when a suitor -Irew attention to a snake climbing up a chair at the back of the court. The snake, which was a Mapila, WM eventually killed after an exciting hunt.
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    127 17 Extravagant Expenditure In America Denied. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 21. As a number of rumours have been ruirent here regarding the expense of the King's visit to America. H. S. H. Prince Vipulya, the King's assistant principal private secretary, ha's denied that extravagant gums
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    SMALL HOLDINGS.
    159 17 Unemployment Relief Scheme. London, Oct. 8. The Berlin correspondent of The Times says that the new mandate given by President Hindenburg to the Chancellor (Dr. Keinrich Bruening) will allow him to look outside Parliament and even politics for men of outstanding ability to help the country at this
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    147 17 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the w*ek ended Oct. 17 gives the total number of deaths as male 102 and female 79. This represents a deathrate of 21.11 per mille, per annum, compared with 20.18 in the preceding week and 26.22 in the corresponding week of last
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    14 17 A Guide to Singapore, containing all information needed by visitors, will be published today.
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      IS MIGHT STILL RIGHT ?
      103 17 IS MIGHT STILL RIGHT To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In asserting that Undoubtedly, might is not right" Rotax should have dropped the word not." To anybody with average intelligence, it must be clear that Rotax's subsequent sentence that "Japan is determined to prevent (by military force, no
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      126 17 I To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to Rotax's letter in your issue of Oct. 21, I do not wish to enter into a lengthy discussion of the merits or demerits of the boycott question. While all right-thinking persons deplore its incidence, they cannot help, unless
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      196 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Please allow me a little spaca t» reply to your correspondent Kotax." Id his reply to Mr. Jansen and your editorial, Rotax says that undoubtedly might is not right." To prove to him that Japan does not tliink so— or did not
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      KATONG PARK.
      213 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I should like to endorse the remarks in the letter on the subject of, Katong Park which you published yester- j day, particularly with regard to the damage done to one of the pathways. The path in question is little
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      LOCAL DIRECTORS.
      155 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In regard to the appointment of directors to fill vacancies between annual general meetings is it not about time the system of "put my pal ort" ceased in Singapore I see a good deal of criticism from shareholders took place
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      A STATE LOTTERY.
      82 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. I Sir,— May I add to the letter by Budget Service" which appeared in your issue of Oct. 19 Budget Service mentions only the Irish lottery. He omit 3 the Stock Exchange and Calcutta sweepstakes and the Tasmanian and Australian
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    DEBENTURE HOLDERS SATISFIED.
    1918 18 Collateral Security For Debts. M.A.H.A. MEETING. ASSOCIATION TO CARRY ON AS USUAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 21. The work of the Malayan Agri-Horti-cultural Association is to continue alon;? it< former lines without the intervention (if debenture holders, as the result of a decision arrived
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    18 18 A Chinese coolie, at the Lee Rubber Factor}', 10th mile, Seletar, attempted to commit suicide this morning:. J
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    EDITORS CHARGED.
    47 18 Incitement Accusation Later Withdrawn. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Meiian, Oct. 21. As a result of certain articles exception, ally antagonistic- to the D.E.I. Government, the editors of the D.E.I. Schoolteachers' Association periodical were charge.! with incitcnuT.t againtt public order, but later the charge was withdrawn.
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    168 18 The following action was taken at the meeting: of the Singapore Municipal Commission, held in Get 16. In connection with application for licmce to manufacturo gutta-percha at Xos. 16, 17, ami J« Martin Koa I, which 1 •.r.-mi.-i-s are not within an area prescribed for rubber factories, daeidaa
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    IN THE LION'S MOUTH.
    55 18 The lion-Laiucr of a travelling circus at Berck Plage has been in the habit of putting his head into the jaws of one of the lions. He was in this position one day lecntly when the lion thought fit to CMM its jaws. The tamer was
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    Weekly Letter From Scotland.
    995 19 Holiday-Makers Return Home II al j-Desertedj -Deserted Seaside Resorts Platform Partings A Good Year For Gardeners Air Service For The Orkneys Ministers lip In Arms More Thrift New Play About Burns Edinburgh Castle Floodlighted Back To The Standard Golf Ball. (From Onr Scotti THE best part
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    AMERICANISED BIBLE.
    370 19 Unfamiliar Modernity Of Phrase. New York, Oct. 3. Prophets and Apostles drop the sonorous phrases of the ancients and talk the language of today in the new Americanisation of the Bible, to the publi.*ed this month by the University of Chicago Press. I Considerable controversy i.« expected when
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    DEATH-BED PROMISE.
    276 19 £12,000 Left in Will To A Doctor. A doctor's 30 years' struggle to save the life of an invalid because of a promise made to the latter's mother on her oeath-bed was revealed by the will of Mr. Arthur Stovell, of Park Lane, W., who left estate, in
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    THE MODERN K.L.M. AERODROME AT AMSTERDAM.
    50 20 AN AERIAL GATEWAY TO THE EAST :-This photograph of the X.L.M. aerodrome at Amsterdam was taken when Her Majesty the Queen of Holland, accompanied by the Princess Juliana, and the Prince Consort Henry inaugurated the weekly air service between Amsterdam and Batavia. (Copyright, X.L.M.)
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    37 20 HUSSARS PARADE BEFORE LEAVING FOR EGYPT Men of the 14 20th Hussars on parade with their topees and kitbags for the last time at Hounslow Barracks, Middlesex, hofo c leading for foreign service in Egypt. (Planet News.)
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    32 20 A ar^ T if USE. of th Al ntic recalled from manoeuvres at Invergordon. Scotland, armed at Sheerness Harbour on Sept. 19. The men were at once granted shore leave. (Planet News.)
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    39 20 GANDHI AMONG THE CHILDREN Mahatm* Gandhi, Indian Wader who is in London to attend the Indian Kound-Table Conference, attended a Catherine of children, at Kfagsfe) Hall. How, before leaving for a private conference at the Dorchester Hotel. (Planet News.)
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    29 20 HIGH KICKING AT WEST HAM Watson of West Ham indulges in high kicking during the football match between West Ham United and Newcastle on the London ground. (Planet News.)
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