The Straits Times, 14 June 1932

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST, 'AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      304 1 INGAPORK T0. CECIL ST. (PHONE BH1 JV j 6.15 Tonight 9.13 THE I CARELESS AGE with DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. Jnr., i LORETTA YOUNG ft I CARME-L MYERS. Phone 5261-2. Worthington makes a man-sized thirst worthwhile It is cool and refreshing to P^^^S the driest of throats. Brewed and bottled in England
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      265 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27. JAVA ST. 'PHONE 3683). BROMFORD GOLF BALLS. T\^ f*s{ IMPROVE YOUR PLAY WV*vr\X and win THAT MEDAL jr \f\ BROMFORD. 1 THi: FINEST GOLF Jj^Bk L^\^ BALL MADK. "BROMFORD" means BETTER GOLF. OBTAINABLE FROM ROBINSON eCuUD. Singapore. Kuala lumpur. FINEST QUALITY— STREAKY BACON AT REDUCED PRICES. SINGAPORE
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      20 1 j 6.15 Tonixht 9.15 j THE CARELESS AGE with DOUGLAS I FAIRBANKS. Jnr.. I LORETTA YOUNG CARMEL MYERS. Phone 5261-2.
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      467 2 P. 0, BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENCKIt \M» CARGO SKR VICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. otmrAJtD from london for china \M> JAPAN. Tonnajre. Due Spore. 1932. X SOUDAN 0,500 June 20 MANTUA
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      650 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. HPHOTaWRaffNH (MPPIN YUSEN KAISHA. 1 TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesborouch. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. IIAKO/.AKI MARU 10,500 June 16 IS t TERUK'JNI MAKU 12,000 June 28 29 I HAKUSAN MARU 10.500 July 13 14 HARUNA MARU 10,500 July 27 28 1 5 KATORI MARU
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      476 2 BURNS PHILP LINE t> (Incorporate!' in Australia,.,) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by thj wellknown steamer MARELLA (7.866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOUA (3.352 tons) (Cargo I only i. The s.s. MARELLA is one of the 1.-u-ircst and finest steamers trading
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      410 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. m s FIONIA June 29 July 1 ms. ERRIA July 13 July 15 m.s. ALSIA Aug. 10 Au«. 12 ms. LALANDJA Aug. 31 Sept. 2 m s.
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      1020 2 THE BLUE FINNEL LINE (Ocean THE HITA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship OK, i.ld, and China (1*33). I.TU Motu- 1 Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) Till. SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHI. Co. Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE. Ld.
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      211 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. STATES STEAMSHIP CO, PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. Jan Francisco and Los Angeles. S.B. GOLDEN RIVER sails from Hong Kong June 27 Agent. lANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE. Telephone 5817. S^rodeim™
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      454 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINB Ond AMERICAN MAIL. LINB A FEW MORE REASONS WHY COLLAR LINERS ARE POPULAR 2 The staterooms are the largest and most comfortable you can buy. 2 The cosmopolitan atmosphere of these World Liners insures you an interesting cruise. The ship is yours from stem to stern No
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      501 3 ELUE&MAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN LINK. Passenger and Freight Services t» UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN. SUamir: Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE June 22 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF DERBY for, Havre, L'don, R'dam and Hamburg
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      448 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised 000^ Capital Subscribed 1300,000 1 Reserve Fund and Rest 1 217 '^6, Capital paid up 1.060,000 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS I J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman, P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., W. H. Shelford,
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      613 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about £8,500,000). Paid up Capital Glds. 65,000,000 (about £4,600,000). Reserves Glds. 29.190,007 (about S £2,432,000). HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES Batavia: Head office for Dutch East Indies. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan,
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      417 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) J •AID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,00* ITATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 20,01B,00<» HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM j WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. j BRANCHES J Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe *3emarHnff Bombay Weltevreden Shanghai
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      641 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven wordi to a le .111' than Ii a Bat rate charge of 25 nts [ier i r\r per iniertion with A minimum at one dollar per insertion. A<l. cnts will be accepted up to 10 m. day of issue. > f... H rents is
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      763 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET BUNGALOW No. M, Sophia Rd. Rent 150. N. Tycbally. lIS, Codl Street. SMALL BUNCALOW, 16, Balmoral Crescent. Tennis couit. Apply 32, Balmoral Road, 5—6 p.m. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road, to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply N. Reuben, 7, De Souza Street. MANOR HOUSE, Chancery Lane.
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      581 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, two storied godown. Road and River frontage. Area 10,000 sq. ft. Apply 424, Straits Times. GODOWN. River Valley Road, suitable Motor Garage or Store, area 4,358 square feet. Apply United Engineers^ ~TO~LET, OFFICES at 4 and 4-A, Prince St top floor and No. 22.
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      369 4 MISCELLANEOUS FRENCH conversation lessons given by a lady. Apply Box 131. Straits Times. SWEDISH MASSAGE. Cert. Messeuse Mrs. King, 366, River Valley, Rd. or Phone 4609. BEWARE, The monster is loose, when you meet him face to face. Phone FRANKENSTEIN, Pavilion. You can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delivered to you
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      700 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE TO SINGAPORE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS. TRUNK COMMUNICATION WITH THE F.M.S. AND S. S. PERSONAL CALL SERVICE. DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF BERVICE. On June 15, 1932, the S.S. and F.M.S. Government Telephone Administration is inaugurating a PERSONAL CALL SERVICE which will be available between subscribers connected to Singapore, Kuala
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      653 4 LEGAL NOTICES TRADEMARK CAUTION IN STRAITS SETTLEMETNS NOTICE is hereby .;ivon that DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED Rubber Gocds Manufacturers, of Fort Dunlop. Holly Lane, Erdington. I)irmin<;>iiini. England, is the Owner and Sole Proprietor of the following two Trade-Marks in Straits Settlements DUNLOP No. 1 used in resnect of Tyres miiclr
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      THE REAL GRIEVANCE.
      463 5 Champion of Planter's Cause. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your "Malayan Planting Topics" of June 10 will have been read with considerable interest by all planters. From the funeral pyre of the remnants of a once fine body of men, has risen a Phoenix
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      RUBBER CONTROL.
      675 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Any scheme for tlt<- raiM of the rubber industry thai ;isks gorSTBUMnts to forego revenue or require. lar^e capital resouices to carry through is foredoomed to failure. Thi- only way t > improve prices is to make mmmptim) eaceasd available
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      HAMADRYADS
      418 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The writer would advise your correspondent to make inquiries of the rengas tree at the office of Forestry Dept. F.M.S. as it is a well-known tree, beftig found in every part of the PeninsulaThere are many vaiieties, all of which, are
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      DAYLIGHT SAVING
      252 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Mr. Williamson must be a stranger i to the tropic", as he docs not appear to know that there is not more than half- j an-hour's difference in the lengrth of tho day from one end of the year to
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      473 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA Presents THE SHOW OF SHOWS With 16 Beauty Chorus on JUNE 16th from 9.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. and TI'ESDAY 21»t SATURDAY 25th THIRSDAY 21rd MONDAY 27th BOOK NOW Phone 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL The COOLEST PLACE TO STAY AT Tennis
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      182 5 Notice Will the Public kindly take note that I have from date acquired the business of H. LAZARUS Co., Consulting Opticians. HARRY. S. ELIAS, m.i.o. QUALIFIED OPTICIAN. (Late of BANDOENG, JAVA.) Tel. 2751. CAPITOL BUILDING. GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL. Phone 6490, Telegrams GOODWOOD." Situated in the coolest part of the residential
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEKS NEWS FROM CHINA.
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      NOTES FROM SHANGHAI.
      1955 6 Another Anniversary Without Bloodshed May~~-30th Passes Off Quietly After War Will It Be Cholera A Garbage Disposal Scandal Politics And The Post Office Tou'jour La Politesse As Strike Motto Round-Table Rumours The "Shanghai Incident n And The Manchurian Affair Waging War On Civil War. I (From Our
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      "LEGAL" MURDERS IN CHINA.
      483 6 Amazing Revelations. HOW PANG CHO-LAP WAS DONE TO DEATH. Canton, May 31. As those who put him out of the way would have it appear, Pang Cho-lap, executive official of the Anti-Japanese Boycott Society, was executed because he was found to be in league with bandits.
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      HARDOON WILL CASE IN COURT.
      463 6 Sum of $200,000,000 Involved. Shanghai, June. 7. The famous Hardoon will case has finally come before the Court at Shanghai. The first hearing in the contest over the will of Mi. Silas Hardoon, late financial magnate and the richest man in the Far East, which
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      TIENTSIN MURDER.
      446 6 Russian Woman's Servant Under Arrest. Li Hsin, servant of Mrs. Sokolinsky, has been arrested hy a detective of the ruiusn -»lunicipal police, Tientsin, with the assistance of the police of the First Special Area and is in custody on the charge of murdering his late employer. me servant
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      KWANGSPS YOUNG AMAZONS.
      207 6 A Parade of Grey-Clad Maidens at Wuehow. Wuehow, June 1. This morning, the Student Army Volunteers held a massed parade. Four hundred strong, they presented quite a striking appearance, from the i newly joined recruits in white uniforms ;to the students from the Girls' High School clad
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      WAR ON GRAND SCALE.
      213 6 Allegations of Japan's Ultimate Aims. London, May 8. I Reynolds's News publishes the sensa- I tional statement that within the next few weeks 20 or 30 ships will leave British shores carrying munitions of war for Japan. Having crushed China, and establish- ed a puppet State
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      THE PUPPET POLICY.
      195 6 1 Chinese to be Regarded As Foreigners. Harbin, June 7. j Another important step in the pn ;of establishing the independence of 'Manchuria was taken today when Mi. Henry Pu Vi, the Dictator," issued a decree concerning the national status of [persons living in the Three North
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      KWANGSI AVIATION.
      112 6 Government Appeals To Students to Join. Wuehow, June 4. In keeping with the modernisation of all military units, the Fourth Army, belonging to General Li Chung-yen, is issuing an appeal for students to join itprojected Aviation Branch. Young men between the ages of 18 and 22 are asked
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      CANTON'S PLANS TO BUY WARSHIPS.
      473 6 For Attack on Hainan. SECOND-HAND SHIPS ON OFFER. Canton, May 31. Among the numerous suggestions for the argaaiaatkm <>f an expedition to Hainan under the excuse of driving out the Communist bandits from Southern :\wangtung is one from (ieneral Tang Lunjf-kwanjr, the newly-appointed head of
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      CHINA CURRENCY.
      149 6 Campaign for Abolition Of The Taei. Chinkiarg, May 2;!. A petition appealing for the early abolition of the "tael" so as to unify thu national currency system will be submitted to the National Government, according to resolution passed at the doping M*sion of the Conference of Chambers of
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      HAWAIIAN JAPANESE.
      92 6 U.S. Congressman Doubts Their Loyalty. Washington, May 24. Explaining to the Outer Territories Con mittec nil I'ill to place the Hawaiian blank under a military government Mr. Britten of Illinois said: "If you searched t!:c homes of Japanese in Hawaii you WOdld lind numerous plans for the destruction
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      101 7 ■7 ay TODAY! Lav ScTURE MATIHEE TOMORROW ■I W bVLx>' < i!dkw4 s^L^l Charlet Farrell, appearing in Fox Piciurrs. BCF." CHARLES FARRELL at last in a role displaying all the brilliant dramatic ability the world has always known him capable of sparkling, vivid, sincere in an unforgettable portrayal in AFTER
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      186 7 J.H ANGH AJ^EXPRESS^ is COMING 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Last Night of FIRST NATIONAL'S striking adaptation of JOHN VAN DRUTEN'S Celebrated play The CARELESS AGE With DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JUNIOR, CARMEL MYERS and LORETTA YOUNG. Special Supporting Attractions MARK HAMBOURG Rendering the famous PRELUDE by Rachmaninoff. LATEST BRITISH GAZETTE, Pathetone Weekly, etc.
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      731 7 \mr r last night 6.15 9.15 SLIM SUMMERVILLE: LOUISE FAZENDA. _!!i?^s!N® youth Commencing Tomorrow— Special Matinee 3.15 EDNA BEST, HERBERT MARSHALL "MICHAEL *hd MARY" By A. A. MILNE A Gainsborough Picture. BRITAIN'S NEWEST SCREEN TRIUMPH A STORY THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BOOKING PLANS ARE NOW OPEN AND PATRONS ARE
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    209 8 London Rubber Stocks Down 1,467 Tons. TIN SLIGHTLY FIRMER. X tf Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. Todi "s Prices Rabber, 5 cents per Ib. Tin 7"> tons at $59.50 Der picul. Yesten!;;>'s I'ru-es flub";. London I' d.. up 1 16 d. N< York, 2 11 Ift cts..
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    65 8 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Noon, June 14. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot 5 1/16 Standard iI.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers. June 6 6| July 6 1/16 6 3 16 Aug. .->' B'4 July-Sept. 5 1.. r,i, Oct.-DeC. 6«/jj Tone of Market: Steady Latest Cable: London Spot
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    PRODUCE.
    168 8 apore, June i. Garnbier 7.00 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 16.00 Copra 6.10 miv 5.6 5 Sajjo (lour, Sarawak 1.85 White Pepper 24.50 Black Pepper 20.50 Pearl Sajro 4.2"- small 5.00 medium peal 6.00 Rke, Siam $169 to 18s' Saigon 5149 to 165 Rangoon $154 to 167 No. 1 of
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    SHIPS HY WIRELESS.
    80 8 The follow i ntc (chips are in cnmnuinica- j tion with the Wirelew Station* at Mila, Amur Mara, Arabia, t*u. IT, eu Baron Pentlind, <;. I bul !>■ i. tin Hing, Hakozaki Marti, .1.1^" ...ii Oldenbanuvelt, Koyo] •'>-. Malay Main. Na.ga.to I Haru, Petront-lla, Satiguiseppe. i i
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      15 8 Issued by Fraser Co., Exchange Stock Brokers. Singapore, June 14, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      439 8 Issue Val. Pd. 1 1 Penawat Buyers. Sellers. 0.30 0.33 6/- 5/- P.engkalen Ord. 1 1 Petaling Tin £1 £1 Puchong 9/3 10/3 3.15 3.25 5/9 6/9 £1 £1 Pungah 1 1 Puteh 8/- 9/0.30 0.40 nora. 1 1 Rahman Hyd. 0.35 0.40 1 1 Rajah Perak nom. £1
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      GENERAL.
      291 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.80 1.00 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.15 1.35 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.6.3 3.10.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 1 1 Central Engine nom. 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 60.00 65.00 £1 £1 Con. T.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      139 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 104 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. Of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 41/2 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 41/2 p.c. of 1909 rod. 1955 $1,000,000 100
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      376 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. •The above rubber quotations are mostly only nominal. To-day's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Co. K. Sidim ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.40 0.60 Kundong ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.30 Lunas ($1) 0.27 V 2 0.40 0.30 0.40 M. Pindas ($1) 0.25 0.35
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    191 8 Singapore, June 14. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, demand 2/3% London, T.T. 2/3 23/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,060 Hamburg, demand 173 New York, demand 42% Batavia
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    EXCHANGES.
    87 8 Rugby, June 13. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 9.07 Va Athens 570 Bombay Is. 5 15/16 Berlin 15 9/16 Brussels 26.38 Bucharest 3171/2 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18 5/16 Geneva 18 13/16 Helsingfors 215 Hong Kong Is. 11/32 Lisbon 110 Madrid 44% Milan 71 11/16 Monte Video 30 nominal Montreal
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    PASSENGERS
    266 8 The following are passengers by tha Hector, which leaves Singapore today Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Noble, Mr. E. A. Smirke, Mr. A. L. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Craig, Mr. R. W. C. Welch, Mr. E. A. R. •Newton, Mr. P. O'Keefe, Mrs. F. C. Barraclough, Mrs.
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    AIR MAIL.
    18 8 A mail from Batavia and Palcmbang by aeroplane is expected at Singapore at 1.30 p.m. today.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE,
    196 8 Today. North N.-last N.-West Sumatra, Ceylon, Egypt and I.S.A. Raliy Castle I p.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Kgypt and U.S.A. (CMmm Prince) 3 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak, Pakan Baroe, Pajakombo Padang (Hong Kwong) 3 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api Api (Esmeralda) ..3
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    51 8 By 3ibajak Karoa M. Van St. AMegcnde Ranpura "orthos \arapara Kota Tjandi Licit Arra. Spore London May 6 May ZS May 5 May 30 May i:t June 1 May 13 June 4 May 19 June 7 May 18 June 13 May 19 June 13 May 19 June
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    SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT.
    54 8 Yesteitlay's max. teir.p. 89 P. Last night's mm. temp. 78 V. Yesterdays rainfr.ll O.JO in. sunshine B.G hours 1 p.m. relative hum. 75 per cent. 1 p.m. v.iml S..S.W. 10 m.p.h. 1 p.m. weather Fine C. D. STEWART, S v peri n ten d ent, Meteorological Office,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    165 8 Tuesday, June 14. Ships aliinitsidv Ih.- WharvrH or expected to arrive. Entrance Godown Gate. Kast Wharf Hal Hinf 20 1 Main Wharf ChioM* Prinea II I K.ilah 11 A Hentlau 7 :i Empire Dock Silvertaak SS :i Kahy Castle 37 3 Kairlield City 48 4 ■Teat Wharf
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    TELEGRAPHS.
    24 8 Communication with Bangkok is interrupted. Talagruta are MetfAad subject to delay. Communiiation with Pntani and Kota Rahru (Keiantan) via Kua!a Lumpur Ifl restored.
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      213 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOI THE WEEK. Tuesday. June 14. i H. W. 5.50 a.m., 7 ft. 5 in., 6.25 p.m., 7 ft. 7 in. Wednedday, Jun.? l.">. H. W. 7.20 a.m.. 7 ft. 6 in., 7.15 p.m., X ft. 1 in. Rotary Tiffin: Speaker-;. Mr A. C. Potts oni "Insurance. Mr. Lm
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    LONDON MONEY MARKET.
    1026 9 Treasury Bills Show No Response. J SHARP RISE IN SILVER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 19. The most interesting feature of the reduction in the Bank of England's rate to 2Hi per cent, was the corresponding M per cent, reduction in the clearing banks' deposit rates
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
      330 9 The figures la brackets (five the outputs for the corresponding period of last year Ayer Molck. 4MM lb. Anglo-Malay. 51, 770 lb. Allenby. CH.OOO lb. Brusch. :17,f>00 lb., (40,100 Ik). Brunei. 28.700 lb.. (32.700 lb). Buloh Kasup. -58,500 lb., (57,000 II.;. Balinir- -53,000 lb. Biitu Llntanf T6JW
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      LANADRON RUBBER.
      288 9 The report by the directors of Lanadron Rubber Estates Ltd., for the year ended Uec. 31, 1931, states:— Tin crop of rubber harvested during year amounted to 742,000 lb. The average net sale price of the crop, including the estimated value of the unsold "ortion of it. was
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      MAY TIN RETURNS.
      38 9 The figures in bracket* give the output! for the corresponding period of last year. I'nhuni: Cuds. 2.JI2 pels., (3.024 pels I. Ipoh Tin. -tM pi-Is., I r>00 jicls I. Sur.trci Kinta. -f>OX pels. (530 pels).
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      BRITISH TRADE RECOVERY.
      463 9 Reduction in Adverse Balance. As was intimated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the bankers' dinner on May 10 the overseas trade returns for April make a cheerful showing, the adverse balance being the smallest for any month since the War. According to the preliminary figures
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      ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER
      234 9 Tho report by the directors of the Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Lul., for the year ended Dec. SI, 1931, states. The crop of rubber harvested during the year amounted to 843,012 lb. The average net sale price of the crop, including the estimated value of the unsold portion of
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      S.V.C. ORDERS.
      163 9 Tuesday, June 14, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "A" i.M. (i.) Company; Gun Drill— Lowest position; "<.l"i p.m.. Headquarters, Armoured :ir Section, Section Parade; 5.15 p.m.. Head quarters, "K" (Chinese Company; Weapon Training; 5.15 p.m. Headquarters, M. G. Platuon (Eur), Stripping and Mechanism; 5.15 p.m., Malay Headquarters, "F" (Malay Company,
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      GADEK RUBBER ESTATE.
      1426 9 Chairman on Industry's Outlook. The twenty-first ordinary general meeting of the members of the Gadek Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held at the office of the company, 138, Leadenhall Street, London E.C. 3, on May 10. Mr. Frederick Arthur Roberts (chairman of the company) presided. The chairman said
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      HUGE SHIP THAT CANNOT PAY.
      541 9 Mystery of French Luxury Liner. < Known as the ship that is costing? £6,000 a foot," the French super-liner T 8 making fairly rapid progress at the St. Nazaire shipyard. New information vhuws this vessel to be practically identical in size with the 72,000-ton Cunarder
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      49 9 From Indo-Chino by Athos II due Singapore tomorrow morning. From China and Japan by Manjraloie due Singapore 3 p.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan by Hakozaki Mara due Singapore tonioriwv. Europe (London mails despatched MUI May) by Rohna due Penang 6 a.m. on Friday, the 17th instant.
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      246 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS. MONTHLY RETURN OF COLONY STOCKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, MAY tl, MM, IN TONS. (As Declared) Xl A. DEA-LERS' STOCKS. DRY. WET. TOTAL. Crepe. Total Remill, dry RS.S. blanket. Scrap, rubber as and Estate bark and Wet lump end Wet ana estimated Area. U.S.S. crepe. scrap. sheet.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932. THE COST OF CLUBS.
    1003 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932. THE COST OF CLUBS. At a time when the majority of us find it necessary to review every single item of personal expenditure, first thoughts are usually directed to the question of club subscriptions. For many Europeans in Singapore this is a
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    191 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. W. D. Peterkin, of Mansfield and Co., leaves Singapore today by the Hector. Mr. E. S. Willbourn, of the Survey Department, F.M.S., leaves Singapore today by the Hector. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Craig, of Carey Island, Port Swettenham, sail for home today by the Hector. Mrs.
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    TASKS TO BE FACED AT LAUSANNE.
    1596 10  - TASKS TO BE FACED AT LAUSANNE. Sir George M. Gillett (H> Two Great Inter-Related Problems. M.P., Britain's Socialist banker.) The Lausanne Conference it to open on Thursday next and already important preliminary I conversations have taken place in Paris. Upon the outco»4< i of that conference inevitably j depends, to
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    687 10 DECISION. s An up-country reader forwards v letter fcdc'ressetl to him by a Chinese trader with whom he has had considerable dealings. It provides an example of courageand decision that deserves emphasis. There is a slump on. The trader knows that as well as anybody. He
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    AMUSEMENTS,
    98 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA. Charles Farrell and Marion Nixon in Afte.r Tomorrow. 6.15-9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Loretta Youni; and Carmel Myers in The Careless Age. 6.15- -9.15. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.- Wayanga, Cinema, Donkey Rides, Zoo, Skating ground Commercial Museum and Talkies. MAKI.BOKOI GH. East of Borneo. 6.15
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    SUSPENSION OF R. R. I. OFFICERS REMOVED. BOARD'S 8-HOUR MEETING.
    312 11 SUSPENSION OF R. R. I. OFFICERS REMOVED. BOARD'S 8-HOUR MEETING. Sequel to Incidents At Inquiry. REINSTATEMENT. A Misunderstanding Cleared Up. According to information received in response to inquiries made this morning, the Strata Times understands that the three suspended officers of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya have been reinstated.
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    BURN MORE COAL.
    150 11 Further Details of The Cunard Experiment. Ru;;i>y, June 13. The Cunard lin r Seythia. now proceeding from Liverpool to Mew York, has been adapted t i DM a new fuel consisting of a liquid mixture if oil and coal, the success of which would be an important
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    LORD MKRRIVALE.
    282 11 Famous Judge to Retire Next Month. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jum I '>- The Lord Chief Joatfee <>f Appeal the Kl. linn. Lord Meri-ivalc of Walkhampton, Devon, ii retiring on July M, l,»i<l Merrivale has been Lord Chief Justice of Appeal sine May, 11)28, and Prenideni of
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    BELGIAN ROYALTY
    20 11 Rugby, June 11. The King and Queen of the Belgians left Victoria this morning for Brussels. British Wireless,
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    EX-EMPEROR RAISES FIERY CROSS.
    125 11 Prison Escape Disguised As Woman. Addis Ababa, June 10. The former Emperor of Abyssinia, Lei Jassu, now M years of age, who was dethroned in 11)16 under pressure by the Allies for alleged undue friendliness towards Germany, and has been since held a close prisoner of
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    GOLD STANDARD.
    116 11 Recommended by League Commission. Geneva, June 10. The final reports of the so-called Gold Commission of the League of Nations has been drafted and will shortly be published. It is already possible to indicate the main conclusion which, at the present time, is of extraordinary interest, especially to
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    HELPING AUSTRIA.
    112 11 Will Other Nations Give Assistance Paris, June 12. The crucial financial position of Austria was one of the main topics at today's Anglo-French conversations, according to French semi-official quarters. The Bank of England has already granted Austria a credit of 100,000,000 schillings and Great Britain considers it is
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    " EGYPT'S " TREASURE.
    110 11 EGYPT'S TREASURE. Salvage Ship Returns To Brest. Brest, June 12. The salvage ship, Artiglio 11, returned here from the wreck of the P. and O. Egypt owing to rough sea. Reuter. An earlier message (dated June 11) stated --After years of disappointment and danger the Italian divers on the salvage
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    IN THE WILDERNESS.
    85 11 Power Station to Supply Whole of Palestine. Jerusalem, June 11. A big power works on the Jordan, in the wilderness south of Tiberias, which is capable of engendering 32,000 hor.-e power, and supplying electric current to the whole of Palestine, was opened on Friday by the High
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    CONFISCATION IN CHILE.
    433 11 Bank Taken Over. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S STRONG PROTEST. Rugby, June 13. The grave view which is taken here of the confiscatory measures outlined in the decrees of the new Junta in ChiL> was expressed by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Captain R. A. Eden) in reply to questions
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    OTTAWA CONFERENCE
    147 11 Full Information to Be Given on Friday. Rugby, June 13. The consultations beMveen the Canadian Government and the other Governments to be represented at the Ottawa Conference have not yet been completed but the Dominions Secretary (Mr. J. H. Thamas), in the House of Commons, stated that, during
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    LEAGUE LOANS.
    90 11 Still Best Instrument For Recovery. London, June 13. Consideable significance attaches to tha appointment of a Bank of England Committee (sanctioned by the British Government in connection with League Loans. The authorities still believe that the League is the best instrument for working out the recovery of Europe.
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    PRESIDENT HOOVER.
    42 11 Opposed to Repeal Of Prohibition. Chioago, June 13. It is understcod that President Hoover is exerting the utmost pressure to dissuade the Republican Convention from attempting to pledge the party to ai outright demand for the repeal of orohibition. Reuter.
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    REPARATIONS & WAR DEBTS TO BLAME.
    534 11 REPARATIONS WAR DEBTS TO BLAME. En Route For Lausanne. DETERMINED TO PUT HOUSE IN ORDER. New York, June 13. Reparations and War debts are contributing more than anything to the present unsettled state of affairs declared Mr. Stewart Baker, the President of the New York State Bankers' Association, in advocating
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    OVERSEAS TRADE.
    121 11 Figures For Imports And Exports. Rugby, June 13. The returns of overseas trade in May show that the value of the imports was £55,735,344, as compared with £53,487,187 in the previous month and £69,628,484 In May of last year. The exports during the month were valued at £34,595,524
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    DISARMAMENT.
    92 11 "Must Be Solved By Politicians." Rugby, June 13. Tomorrow the heads of the delegations to the Geneva Disarmament Conference will b? the guests of Sir John Simon at luncheon. British Wireless. Still Optimistic. Geneva, June 13. Disarmament must be solved by politicians and not by experts" "declared Mr. Arthur
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    TRIPLE MURDER IN ENGLAND.
    104 11 Bodies Discovered In Wood. London, June 14. A bus conductor's discovery of a woman's body protruding from the undergrowth as King's Wood, a popular weekend picnic spot near Ashford, Kent, started a chain of gruesome finds within a few hundred yards the bodies of an older
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    EINSTEIN'S NEW ROLE.
    122 11 Unfortunate Experience As Court Witness. Berlin, June 11. The famous scientist, Professor Einstein, made a somewhat unfortunate debut in a new role as witness in a trial before the Berlin Criminal Court where eight members of the International Workers' Association appeared to answer charges of taking part
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    EVENTS IN INDIA.
    59 11 Congress Fails to Hold Conferences. Rugby, June 13. The Secretary of State for India (Sir Samuel Hoare) reported to the House of Commons today that the past week in India had been uneventful, the main feature being further unsuccessful attempts to hold Congress Conferences. In Bombay the
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    SIR .MILES LAMPSON.
    130 11 Likely to Become British Ambassador. London, June 13. Sir Miles Lampson's future is being discussed in diplomatic circles on the assumption that it is unlikely he will return to China as British Minister there on the expiration of his leave excepting, perhaps, for a few months. His
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    MUSSOLINI'S SON-IN-LAW
    35 11 Promoted to the Rank Of Minister. Milan, June 11. Signor Mussolini's son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, who has been holding the post of Italian Charge d'Affairs in Shanghai, has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    STOCK MARKETS
    42 11 General Upward Movement In Britain. Rugby, June 13. The stock maikets have begun the w«ek cheerfully on the/ week-end developments in connection with the conferences at Geneva and Lausanne. An almost general upward movement in values is recorded. British Wireless.
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    FRESH ATTACK ON HARBIN.
    3151 11 From North, South' And East. PANIC IN CITY. Martial Law Declared: No Trams Running. Shanghai, June 14. Sensational reports to hand from Manchuria suggest that the combined attack upon Harbin, to which telegrams received during the past fortnight have repeatedly referred, has begun. Geneial Feng Chan-hai's
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    COMPANIES SEEKING MORATORIA.
    625 12 Unable to Pay Interest On Debentures. (Iron Our Own Correspondent.) on, June 1" >:' Rubber Estates of Java, LM >.n I Hevea Rubber Trust, Ltd., are both seeking v m ratqrium in reaped of interest dv.- oi July l and Jut i W respectively to the debentui
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    ELEPHANT AMOK.
    60 12 Three Men Killed in Upper Perak. (From Oui Own Correspondent. I Kuala Lumpur, June 13. is cun :it iii Kuala I.umpm that somi ij aj .i Government elephant wi dik, the administrative centre of Uppei Perak, and killed polling: ddwn a resthouse and doing other damage. The animal
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    TRIPLETS BORN.
    64 12 All Doiny Well in Johore Welfare Centre. In the <arly hours of Saturday morning the wife of the "boy" employed at the 1 itana Better lohore Bahni, gave birth to triplet-, two girl* and one boy. Or ZUstrs and tin. V. M. King, of the 1 Infant Welfare
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    GROWING POVERTY IN JAPAN.
    254 12 Serious Reactions Feared In the Far East. London, June 18. The possibility of most serious political reactions, with a consequent reaction in the whole of the Far East, unless the growing poverty in Japan is arrested, is i development cognisance of which is Wik.n in England
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    199 12 Mr. Eric Story and Miss K. M. Simpson. The wedding took place last Saturday at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. C. J. Brown officiating-, of Mr. Erie Edward Story, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Pcnang. and Miss Kathleen Mary Simpson. ">nly daughter of Mrs. C. Simpson, of
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    EMPHATIC DENIAL.
    177 12 "Unfriendly Treatment" of Dr. Bruening by President. Berlin, June 10. Authoritative quarters emphatically deny the assertion? given prominence by n newspapers that the former Chancellor, Dr. Bruening, was received in an unfriendly fashion by President von Hindenburg at two audiences which Dr. Bruening nad with the Reich President
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    JAPAN'S FINANCES.
    36 12 Virtual (Government Control Of Exchange. Tokio. June 14. Bolh Boom* of the Diet have passed the Bill for the prevention of the flight of capital. The Bill virtually entails Government control of exchange. Beater.
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    PORTUGUESE NAVY.
    51 12 Tenders for Five New Warships. Lisbon. June The Portuguese Government decided to order five new warships some time ago. The tenders include l. r > British, seven French, eijrht Italian, five Dutch, three Spanish, one Belgian and one Portuguese, which all now are being considered by the military
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    38 12 Abort 'MW quests, including Kuropeans were present at dinner at Riviera. Pasir I'anjang Road, yesterday evening in celebration of the birthday of Mr. Cheang Jim Chiuin. The Police Band, a rang. (fi'ng and other entertainments were in attendance.
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    EX-KING ALFONSO SAYS "NO."
    176 12 Refuses to Support A Revolution. Madrid,- June 10. It is repftrtei on good^authority that ccitain partisans of the old regime fctwarded a request to ex-King Alfonso asking his permission O organise a monarchist conspiracy, with a view to reestablishing the throne. Alfonso replied by telegram, followed
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    A GERMAN MINISTER.
    169 12 Servant of Republic But Still A Monarchist. Berlin, June 10. That although he is now a minister of the German Republic he would nevertheless consider himself contemptible if he were to deny his personal monarchical convictions was stressed by the Minister of the Interior (Herr Van Gayl)
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    SLAVE TRAFFIC
    91 12 Raiders from Abyssinia In Sudan. London, June 9. The Daily Herald publishes a report from Lord Buxton, who has just returned from Abyssinia, in which he declared that the slave traffic is rapidly increasing in that country, slave raiders from Ai yssinia naakaeg inroads on British Pudan. Recently,
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    INVESTIGATIONS OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
    509 12 Scheme Which May Effect A Saving. A scheme for the disposal of sewage in Singapore which may effect a considerable saving is being considered by the Municipal Commissioners. Committee No. 2 recommend the adoption of recommendations by the Estimates Committee (i) that full investigation be made
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    32 12 Chan Konir Ann. a w.ijl-known rubber dealer, of Kampong Hulu, Malacca, was taken to hospital on Sunday suffering from the effects of caustic soda. He died on Monday, says our Ma'acca correspondent.
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    PRIEST IN ROLE OF CONJURER.
    291 12 Seances Based On Tricks." A conjuring display of considerable skill and ingenuity was given by a Roman Catholic priest in London .recently to illustrate his contention that seances conducted by spiritualistic mediums Ml based upon trickery. Father Knapp, of St. Dominic's Priory, the only priest
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    "DRY" BOYCOTT.
    93 12 Leaders Getting Nervous About Hoover. Chicago, June 12. Trouble over prohibition is expected when the Republican National Convention opens here on Monday to renominatc President Hoover as the party candidate for the Presidency. Many prohibitionists are distarbed by reports that President Hoover is disposed to favour reaabnisaion of
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    SINGERS ATTACKED.
    152 12 Polish Objections to Festival Of German Song. Berlin, June 11. A dastardly attack by a Polish crowd on German siiiirers, whiie the latter were rehearsing in view of the forthcoming festival of German sontr at the Polish frontier town of Kolmar. near PosMB, resulted in several singers of
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    FRENCH AIR MAIL.
    105 12 Returns Twice to Don Muang Owing to Defect. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 14. The French air mail bound from Don Muang to Rangoon on Saturday morning soon after leaving returned as it was found the generator for the wireteas Ml was defective. In keeping with
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    ELECTRIC CURRENT.
    86 12 Remarkable Anglo-Dutch Experiment. London, JVM A remarkable demonstration of "bottling" an electric current at 26 degrees Fahrenheit below zero was given for the first time in England at the Royul Institution. A quantity of helium was liquefied at Leyden and collected in a small flask. A. small leaden
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    WHY THE "REDS" LEFT CHANGCHOW.
    451 12 Outlook in Fukien. WARM WELCOME AWAITS 19th ARMY. Canton. June '■'>. The eeasaag deaartnta of the 10th Route Army from Shanghai for Fukien to replace the divisions under General Chan Chai-tong in the anti-Communist expedition is still engaging the keen attention of tho military authorities
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    PENANG GARDEN PARTY.
    70 12 Dr. J. E. Lesslar Receives M.B.E. Insignia. (Flem Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnanc, June 1 I. A large number of gnesti were present at the Mrideacy yesterday aftaraaeai tut the Governor's garden party. During the afternoon Sir foil '.resented the insignia of the M.B.E. to Dr. J. E.
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    HOSPITALS' SHARE.
    91 12 Proceeds of Dublin Sweepstakes. London, May ,'IJ. The levy ot 'S> per cent, bf the Irish Free State Government on the hospitals' share of the proceeds of the Hulilin sweepstakes will bring in £25K.00() on the present occasion and UIO.dOO has already been collected from the Grand National.
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    POLICE BAND.
    47 12 The I'olice Hand will play the foilowiiiK prograaune at Telok Ayer tomorrow ai '.< p.m. March, A (enturv of Pl'Ugreei (Weber) Fantasia, The Thistle (Myddleton) Waltz, Knsuem. BeduetOT (Rosas) Overture, "Romantique" (Beta) Selection. "Show Moat" (Kern); "The Angel's Serenade" iliragu) Suite, "In Days of Old" (Bain.
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    TWO WOMEN STABBED
    38 12 (From Our Own Oorrespoadeat.) .Malacca. June 18. A Chinese wa= charged litre today with voluntarily causing hurt and the case waIMistponed for ;i week. I ua aLcjed the man had Itabbed hU wife and mother-in-law.
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    Singapore Tennis Surprise—Japanese Champions Beaten. GOOD WIN BY SMITH AND HOPKINS.
    859 13 Singapore Tennis Surprise Japanese Champions Beaten. GOOD WIN BY SMITH AND HOPKINS. Changing Fortune. REMARKABLE PLAY IN SEMI-FINAL. Dr. H. O. Hopkins and Roy Smith created a mild sensation in the Singapore tennis championships on the Padang yesterday by defeating the Japanese champions. Kawajiri and Matsukawa, who have reigned supreme
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    DAVIS CUP.
    110 13 Italy Leading Against Switzerland. Montreux, June 13. In the third round of the European Zone Davis Cup competition, Switzerland met Italy here today. The results were as follows: Fisher (Switzerland) beat Palmieri. fi_n, G— l, I—6, 6—l, 6—3. Stefani (Italy) beat Aeshliman, 6—4 7_r,. B—6. Sertnrio and Palmieri
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    HOW GAINS HUMBLED CARNERA.
    755 13 But the Giant Does Not Worry. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, June 1. Seventy thousand people, more than had ever witnessed a boxing match in Europe before, saw Larry Gains, the Canadian Negro heavy-weight* champion of the British Empire, humble the pride
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    TAIPING SPORTS.
    114 13 Chan Ah Kow Wins School Championship. (i'lom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 13. The season for schools' athletic sports meetings has begun in Perak. The King Edward School, Taiping, held their DK-ctinc on Saturday before a largo altendunee of interested spectators. The inter-schools rolay race was won by
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    R.I. BEATEN.
    579 13 Raffles College Win By 31 Runs. Raffles College defeated Raffles Institution at Cricket on their own ground on Saturday by 31 runs. Raffles College: P. R. Lewis not out 67, C. Mosbergen b S. Ross 0, C. A. De Vries <• Scott b Loveday 7, Swce Kee b
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    KENT BEATEN.
    88 13 Yorkshire Bowlers In Fine Form. London, June 13. One county cricket match which began on Saturday ended today, and that was at Tonbridge, where Yorkshire beat Kent by four wickets. Kent batted first to total 196 and Yorkshire replied with 207. Freeman took eight wickets for 105. Rhodes
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    SINGAPORE GOLF.
    171 13 Men's Medal Competition At Garrison. The Garrison Golf Club's men's monthly medal was played for over the weekend. The following were the best returns i One ball sweep was won by Lieut. A. J. Muirhead with 2 up and the" other shared between Sqr.-Ldr. A. W. Mylne, Lieut.
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    PANAMA AL BROWN.
    50 13 Outpoints Belgian Featherweight. Paris, May 31. Panama Al Brown, generally recognised as the world's bantamweight champion, outpointed Rene Maches, Belgian featherweight, in a ten-round bout here tonight. Brown was outpointed this spring at Los Angeles by Young Tommy, Filipino fighter, but his title was not at stake.
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    S.C.C.'s HARD FIGHT FOR POINTS.
    862 13 Fyfe's Two Goals. NEED OF PRACTICE EVIDENT. S.C.C. 2 R.A. 1. Three seasons ago the S.C.C. were all conquering in the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League now they have to fight with the lowly-placed sides for points. Such was the case yesterday when they
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    PENANG FOOTBALL
    25 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 14. In a Junior League match yesterday Eastern Smelting beat the Municipality by two goals to one.
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    R.A. II BEATEN.
    400 13 Odd Goal Victory For Naval Base. Naval Mas». 3 R.A. II 2. In a scrappy Second Division match on the S.R.C. Padang, yesterday, the Nuval Base defeated the R.A. II by three goals to two. The standard of play was not high, but the Naval Base were
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      U.S. BASEBALL.
      536 14 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, June 18. Today's baseball results were American league. Cleveland 7 New York H RutlK a home run. Detroit 1 Philadelphia 8 Foxx a home run. Chicago 7 Boston 6 There were no games in the National League. Koxx Leading.
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      JOHN J. McGRAW.
      818 14 31 Years Manager Of New York Giants. New York, June 3. John J. McGraw, for 31 years manager of the New York Giants, announced his resignation today. 11l health is given as his reason. •He will be succeeded by Bill Terry, the first baseman. During his long
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      CILLY AUSSEM.
      79 14 Decision Not to Play At Wimbledon. London, June 10. The German woman tennis champion, j Cilly Aussem, will not participate in the j Wimbledon tournament, which she won j last year, as the doctors have prescribed a complete abstention from tennis playing for six months. Aneta-Trans-Ocean. France's Representatives.
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      A NEW CHAMPION.
      135 14 j Tommy Paul Now Recognise* As Featherweight Kinjtr. Detroit, Mich. May 2ii. Tommy Paul, of Buffalo, won official recognition from the National Boxing Association as featherweight champion here tonight by outpointing Johnny I'ena, of New York, in a 15-round bout. The fight was the. final of an
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      KEEN YACHT RACING.
      483 14 Result in Doubt Until Last Minute. The second of the three races for the Batavia Visitors' Challenge Cup was sailed on Sunday morning. Unfortunately, a hsavy wind and rain storm came on about 9.30 and the start had to be postponed until this abated somewhat. At 10.45
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      ATHLETIC SPORTS.
      107 14 Serangoon English School's Annual Meeting. Ideal weather and n large crowd favoured the third annual athletic sports of the Serangoon English School held on i the school ground on Saturday. The individual chan.plonships for division.-; A and B were won by Aahton Pennefather and Darus bin Thair respectively.
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      301 14 Tuesday, June 14. Tennis: Singapore championships, singles semi-finals. S.C.C. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 3: V.M.C.A. vs. Junior C.S.A., V.M.C.A. grd. Fraser and Neave vs. Med. Services, S.H.B. grd. A.P.C. vs. M.P.H., Jalan Besar; Friendly: S.C.C. "B" vs. Bramtoco, Padang. Wednesday, June 15. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: R.A.F. vs. 1.C.F.A.,
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    THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN BRITAIN.
    3332 15 Lighter London After Dar k—Thisk This Year's Debutantes A Surrey Amble Flowers, Swans, Tulips, Lawns And Larks Wagner Again At Covent Garden Leslie H enson's Latest A Strange Sea Change—Who'sn ge— Who's Who In Casanova "—Films To See. i (From Our Own Correspondent.)
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    DEBUTANTES' COURT GOWNS EAGERLY INSPECTED.
    33 15 DEBUTANTES in their brautiful [Mil were eagerly inspected by curiru.-s sightseers as they waited in the Mall for their turn to enter Buckingham Palace for this season's Courts.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    4366 16 i q Malayans At Home Welcome Wilson Inquiry. j "FEELINGS OF INFINITE RELIEF." From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Tousi Omen, Fleet Street, June 1. It was with feelings of infinite relict that Malayans at Home heard of the Secretary for the Colonieu'* intention send Sir Sp.niuel Wilson
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      606 16 op the WAIIY HUNDREDS op rubber machinesWE HAVE MADE AND SOLD i NONE t*A»a»TSSsfwa^aWsßS^ssssm_ ■Wipj|jia^!^sss^^ <^ssst>awa«^^^ aa^S^^^a^^^ns^P'^S^^E^l^Bwß^™^^^^ 1 "■sWsssssla^r^^BanssKsHs^^ '%H. HAVE CREATED SO MUCH INTEREST AS THE "32" COLUMN FORMATION BATTERY IT IS UNIQUE. IT IS CHEAP. IT IS ECONOMICAL. OBTAIN FULL DETAILS NOW. UNITED EN6INEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE. BRANCHES. A
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    CHINESE VILLAGE FIRE.
    547 17 Now Only Grim Forest Of Blackened Piles. As reported in yesterday's Straits Times a disastrous fire broke out in the early morning in a Chinese village built on piles ofT Tanjong Rhu. Hundreds of people are now homeless and all that remains of nearly half the village
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    HITLER IN TROUBLE.
    246 17 Allegations of Help From Fascists. Munich, June 10. The National Socialist leader, Adolf Hitler. •rhMB millions in Germany regard as their man of destiny, was fined 1,000 marks on Thursday by the Munich Court for refusing to give evidence and insulting the defendant's counsel in the trial
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    LATEST REVOLUTION.
    105 17 Rebels' Heavy Defeat In Honduras. Berlin, June 9. Honduiu.- is the latest I hero- American State from which comes news of an outbreak of revolution. The movement started in the Copan province, but the Government troops announce that they have raeeeeded in inflicting a severe defeat on the
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    ANITA GARIBALDI.
    93 18 Ashes Laid at Base Of Liberator's Statue. Rome, June 2. Surrounded by Cabinet Ministers and the Diplomatic Corps, Signor Mussolini walked in the rain behind the ashes of Anita Garibaldi, who died ne<ar Ravenna and w«8 buried in the sands without a coffin. While Garibaldi, with a price
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    CIVIL AVIATION.
    39 18 Indian Appointment For Captain A. Eadon. London, June 3. Captain Alan Eadon, principal founder of De Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, has accepted the Deputy Directorship of Civil Aviation. India. He will sail for Bombay early in July.
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    PRESIDENT HOOVER.
    37 18 Gettysburg, Pa., May 27. Although he was absent, President Hoover today was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Gettysburg College, the honour being conferred m a part of the college's centennial celebration.
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    AEROPLANES TO COMBAT RED SEA SMUGGLERS?
    2401 19 FLYING NOTES R.A.F. Roconnoitrp Sudan Cotist Secrets Of High-Speed Flying Turning At 300 m.p.h. London To 130 Cities By Air British War Planes In Siam Preventing Aeroplane Accidents Control Itryond The StaW When Lightning Strikes Safety Measures In British Aircraft Construction. London, May 17.
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    LONELY BOY EARL.
    207 19 May Return To Canada. The new Earl of Egmont will allow only one person to come near him. When he we'it back to Avon Castle, I Ringwood, Hampshire, after being called away to find his father, the "Rancher Earl." had died from his car crash injuries, he
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    CANNIBAL ACTORS.
    137 19 Going to London For A Film. Capt. Walter Summers, having travelled 11,000 miles in the interior of Africa, returned to London on May 23, with 100,000 feet of film for his forthcoming talking picture, "Timbuctoo." He has got miles of film of people and places never before seen
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    LITTLE BY LITTLE.
    424 19 Sir Eric Geddes On His Rise In Life. Sir Eric Geddes, in a broadcast talk on May 22, told listeners that in the ten years of his school days he was at seven schools and six of them now claimed the credit for any success that he
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    UNWANTED " PRO'S."
    217 19 UNWANTED PRO'S." Footballers Accept Lower Wages. Nearly a thousand professional footuallers 40 per cent, of the total number on the books of League clubs when the teason ended a fortnight ago are now out of work, says the Daily Herald on May 23. The-<- figures, compiled from the list of
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    THE LEFT HAND CUT
    147 19 Mistake Leads to Fortune From Turpentine. New York, May 20. A scientist who, by recognising a mistake made by a left-handed negro, increased the revenue of the American turpentine industry by £200,000 has received the medal of the American Institute of Chemists. Dr. Herty, the scientist
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    THE PIOUS BREWER
    100 19 Advised by Church to (Jo Brewing. Mr. Richard Holdon, of Blackburn, Lancashire, who died on May 21, aped ninetyone, was a wealthy brewer, whose conscience once troubled him. He asked a cardinal of h.l'3 church if it was right to brew beer, and the cardinal replied that
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR WATER.
    602 19 To Be Used At Albany Dedication. Albany, New York. Water of the port of Singapore will be used in an international celebration on June 6 and 7 dedicating the port of Albany, New York, to world-wide trade. A bottle of water from the port of Singapore was
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    FLIRTING WITH DEATH
    261 19 Dizzy Feats By Daring Students. Cambridge, May 23. A few years ago roof-climbing at Cambridge was looked upon as a legitimate pastime, a roof-climbing club was in existence, and books were written about it. In view of the damage done by these nocturnal prowlers, however, the authorities
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      142 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle 2? i^gn 55 £3£ is 59 Pi? si ST^S^SS ££1 831B 31 Wi* 3 g£= 2& |g| _g I—M1 M uJk hfd l??d hM I 1 I I md m (CLUES.) ACROSS. g |..r et fare 28. Slab of baked clay Condaet one's «elf Painful „r -I.
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    Association Of British Malaya—"At Home" In London.
    50 20 Association Of British Malaya— "At Home" In London. A.B.M. "AT HOME."— There was a large gathering at the annual "At Hcme "of the Association of British Malaya, held at the Hotel Metropole, London, on May 30. A report of the function appears in Our London Letter, elsewhere in this issue.
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    52 20 SIR JAMES KNOX INSPECTS BOYS' BRIGADE.— Sir James Knox, the Lord lieutenant of the County, inspected the whole of the Motherwell and District Boys' Brigade in the Duchess of Hamilton Park, Motherwell, Scotland. (Planet News.) A CAMPER'S LIFE An idea) Whitsun holiday, with a book, in camp near Weyferidge, Surrey.
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    52 20 WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.— Mm. Sterens (left) beat Mrs. Earle (right) in the Singapore women's golf championship on Sunday. I! !I E^f TIO NA L ATHLETE ON PARADE—lntero.tional athletes from ftre.t Britain, France Germany and Belgium in the parade before the opening of the British Game, at the White City, London.
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