The Straits Times, 20 June 1932

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST r AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 417 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6151),' 6.15 Tonight 9.15 J Sbanob^i J6ypreBB. Thone 5261-2. j DRINK MORE GOOD MILK [^L Rich verdant pastures pedigree cattle 6^w~~ few countries indeed, can rival SWIT6j^3lr^ ZERLAND for milk production "BEAR" Brand Natural Swiss Milk has the freshness and full natural quality of such
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    • 131 1 f KUALA LUMPUR 27. JAVA ST. .('PHONE qida3)« t "LIBERTY" EXCLUSIVE CORSETRY CREATIONS. FOR FIGURE MOULDING, RESTRAINT AND COMFORT. /^^W TO MOULD YOUR LINES 0^ INTO PERFECT Sp^ jrjj SYMMETRY AM) GRACE. No. *****. No. *****. No. »10. LIBERTY CORSET. rnitivnß^fn^ p^P-r^^Tj r n»ip A WELL DESIGNED LIBERTY SIDE FASTENING.
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    • 9 1 l 6.15 Tonight 9.15 I Shanghai 7 Phone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 465 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1932. XSOUDAN 6,500 June 20 MANTUA 11.000 June
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    • 724 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPIN YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middleaborough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 June 28 29 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 13 14 HARUNA MARU 10,500 July 27 28 KATORI MARU 10,000 Aug. 11 12 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 26 26 t
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    • 464 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN ANE THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by thu well mown steamer MARELLA (7,886 tons) and he s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargt inly). The s.s. MARELLA is one of th< argest and finest steamers trading to Aus
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    • 589 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO, LIMITED (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 m.s. ERRIA July 13 July 15 m.s. ALSIA Aug. 10 Aug. 12 m.s. LALANDIA Aug. 31 Sept. 2 m.s. MEONIA
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    • 1129 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship >'::.. i.td., and China (19.12). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co. Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHl'i- Co^ Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co. Ltd, THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, Ld. THE
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 476 3 S^RODEUm^ (Incorporated in Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures OUTWARDS. IT. TRIER for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobe, Taku Bar TalagtM June 22 5 s.s. ALLER for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Y'hama, NuKoya, Kobe, Osaka, Moji, Dairen, Taku Bar and Tsingtaa July E f s.s. ALSTER for
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    • 452 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LTNB A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LINES ARE POPULAR 1 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 petty shipboard regulations. 3
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    • 530 3 ELLERMAN BUCKN ALL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suei Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE In port HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF DERBY for, Havre, L'don, R'dam
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    • 397 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised CT.000,000 Capital Subscribed M 1,800,000 Reserve Fund snd Rest 1,217,926 Capital paid up 1,060,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman, P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq., Sir Thomas Catto,
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    • 605 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,00 (about £8,500,000). Paid up Capital Glds. 65,000.000 (about £4,600,000). Reserves Glds. 29,190,007 (about £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, Bandoeng,
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    • 407 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Ainsterdsm 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030.000 STATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 20.015,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTHRDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND TMK HAGUE HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES •Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe 'Sunturan* Bombay 'UVIu-vrcden Shanghai Calcutta Mrdan Solo Cheribon
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 770 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised, In these columns send copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. UKOTTPI OPERATORS WANTED. Only men capable of producing 6,000 ens corrected matter per hour need write. Apply in first instance to 978, Straits Times. ELECTRICAL ENGINJSSB required with prevn/u dJiMriirue in
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    • 689 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO j-ET BUNGALOW No. 99, Sophia Rd. Rent *60. N. Tyebally, 188, Cecil Street. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road, to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply N. Reuben, 7, De Souia Street. TO LET, from July 1, 1932, bungalow No. 16, Dalvey Road. Apply personally, Estate and Trust Agencies
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    • 523 4 MISCELLANEOUS Too can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delivered to you every week for three months for $1.60. Manager, Sunday Times. No prongs, no metal teeth, alignment to I,oooth part of nn inch, bakelite heat-proof guard, ir-i-fcct balance, the British WAP.DONIA $1.60, $3 and $4.50 complete. CAMERON HIGHLANDS. For those wanting
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    • 640 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. PATHE (MALAYA) LIMITED. (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 210 of the Companies Ordinance No. 156, that a Meeting of the Creditors of Pathe (Malaya) Limited will be held at No. 72, Orchard Road. Singapore, on Friday, July 1, 1932, at 12 o'clock noon
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    • 459 4 PUBLIC NOTICE STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD. (IncorpoiLttil In the Straits Settlenientsi NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinary Generul Meeting of The Straits Trading Company, Limited, will he held at the Company's Registered Office, Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Monday, June 27, 1932, at Noon, for the purposes following
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    • 536 4 TENDERS WAR DEPARTMENT. SALE OF SURPLUS PLANT AND MATERIALS The War Department has i i disposal the undermentioned Plant ami Materials: AT BLAKANG MATI: Tangye litt H.P. Oil Bngin* with Tanks and all necessary pipingAerial ropeway froir. Sernpong Pier, including loading and unloading terminals. Trestles and Ancle iron fencing. About
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  • 354 5 An Ex-Officer Finds Wartime Rescuer. An Army ex-officer, after searching for fourteen years, has found one of the men who rescued him from death while he was lying seriously wounded in a deserted shell-hole in Prance. The ex-officer i> Mr. E. Cecil Jones, now
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  • 325 5 Man Who Filed Off Handcuff Charged. Maidstone, May 29. The dramatic escape of a prisoner from his warder escort at Charing Cross Station while being conveyed from Sevenoaks to Wormwood Scrubs was recalled at the Quarter Sessions here today when Edwar.l Vaughan Barraclough, 20, otherwise Reginald Albert
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  • 160 5 Policeman Attacked And A Revolver Stolen. Dacca, May 27. An up-country constable was seriously assaulted last ru;rht with an iron rod near Government House, Ramna, and his sixchambered loaded revolver was snatched from him by unknown assailants. The injured constable was removed to Mitford Hospital, where he is
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 266 5 HOJTE LS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Rooms with Modern Sanitation und Hot and Cold Running Water. SHOW OF SHOWS TOMORROW with Beauty Chorus of 16 TUESDAY, 21st, 23rd, 25th and 27th (Please make ycfur risen. il inns early) 1 SPECIAL DAILY I tonight DOLLAR LUNCH KFSSE GRILL SPECIAL DISH
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    • 237 5 V Introducing Mr. F. J. STRASSER. The director of the orchestra which makes its premier bow to Singapore at the Europe Hotel ON JUNE 25th at 9.30 p.m. hIM. *kf >.;r ■Jf^t*'■£jJ^^_/ *'a«*>**"^aß "V^Rh^mJ^^'^T'^*^'"' "i^t*gp~fr*- j Jßs^iß^siilsr'i Op* H \i r Teli-graphle Address: PoMal Address: BRABTAGI HOTEL, BRASTAGL GRAND HOTEL
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    • 798 5 RAFFLES HOTEL SHOW of SHOWS i 1 JUNE 21, 23, 25 27. "presented by MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA j with the following cast: F. J. Kemlo Yola Combi Ami* Frankel Rita Hay c Diana Murison Hilde Reese Marion Knowles Phyllis Scott Bebe Gordon Marjorie Ray Etlin Dodsworth Mary Speelman Dolly Toby
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  • 1051 6 CHANDU, COSMETICS, LIQUOR A BOMB PENANG LETTER, Work Of The Government Analyst Strange Things To Be Dealt With— When Is A Game Of Skill A Game Of Chance Cheap Produce Never-Ending War On Mosquitoes Case For The Privy Council. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 13. IF the man in
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  • 121 6 M. Herriot's Attitude Towards Austria. Paris, June 14. La Republique, which, under the present Cabinet may be considered as semiofficial, declares that it is untrue that M. Herriot, the French Premier, will maintain M. Tardieu's attitude towards the Austrian problem. The radical Premier recognises frankly that Austria is
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  • 254 6 Lifting Ban On National Socialists. Berlin, June 14. A financial emergency decree with a view of balancing the Budget and providing ways and means for unemployment relief was signed on Tuesday by President von Hindenburg and will be published on Wednesday. The promulgation of the political emergency decree
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  • 177 6 Begins a Week's Tour Of Perak. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 18. The High Commissioner, Sir Cecil Clementi, left Alor Star on Thursday a* 6.30 a.m. to begin a week's tour of Perak. Sir Cecil had breakfast with the District Officer, Bukit Mertajam, and continued the
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  • 150 6 Doles and Pensions Reduction Cause Strong Protest. Berlin, June 14. The text of 'the supplementary budget "■as published this afternoon. A salt tax is imposed which it is hoped will bring in 70 million marks a year. The limit under which the tax on sales was not payable
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  • 55 6 German Professor Drowned In Peru. Lima, June 14. The well-known professor, Gregory, who headed the expedition to the sources of the Urubanda river in Northern Peru, and intended exploring scientifically the Andes volcanic district, was drowned while crossing the river. He was swept off his feet by the
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  • 52 6 Steamer Strikes Rock East Of Wei-hai-wei. Shanghai, June 14. It is learned this morning that there are no casualties among the 350 passengers of the Shengktng, a new ship on the British line between Shanghai and Tientsin, which struck a rock 15 miles east of Wei-hai-wei on Sunday
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  • 387 6 Letter from the Rev. J. V. Westlake. The following extract from a letter from the Rev. J. V. Westlake, a former Chaplain in Singapore, to a friend in Singapore, appears in the June number of the Cathedral Courier I returned last Friday from a long
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  • 218 6 Manila Office Files Court Complaint. In view of the conflicting claims of the officials of the Educational Institute of the Philippine Islands regarding the true secretary-treasurer of the institution, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, in which the college has a deposit of P7.806.61, has filed a
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  • 87 6 Broadcasting of Political Speeches in Germany. Berlin, June 14. After the Reich Government decided to remove the ban on the use of Statecontrolled radio for purpose of party political speeches, the National-Socialist leader, Herr Gregor Strasser, on Tuesday night delivered a broadcast speech in which he expounded
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  • 62 6 Woman's Claim Succeeds Against Hospital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 18. Claiming for her loss of the right to motherhood, Mrs. Ellen Cull was awarded £120 damages against the Royal Surrey County Hospital. She was also awarded a farthing's damages against the surgeon who sterilised her
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  • 55 6 Teneriffe, June 14. In the course of rioting between the members of the National Workers' Federation and the Syndicalists, the latter attacked and wounded the Works Convevolver. A regular battle ensued, and the troops had to be called to the aid of the Civil Guard. All shops, theatres,
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  • 38 6 Attempts to Derail Orient Express. Rome, June 14. A special court has condemned five anti-Fascists, accused of various attempts to derail the Orient Express, to terms of imprisonment varying from 15 to 30 years.— Aneta-Havas.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 99 6 SI Convalescence fSj&B Waterbury's Compound hastens recovery i^ from fevers and other ravaging diseases. 1 y- It is both a food and a tonic for rebuild- ■.<• ?j ing nerves and body. M-JS? far superior to ordinary cod liver oiL >'*-. Watcrbury's Compound combines with K the latter other highly
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    • 248 6 WHITEAWAYS OFFER TODAY NEW BASIC VALUES Unobtainable Elsewhere HS!! JSnKllfc S^ LADIES' TENNIS SOCKS. Tgi<sß| HP^RSKwBI Made °f art silk and cotton, cream ffsftg mdHKR^B^^L grounds with bordered tops in broad Bci9 str 'Pcs of Saxe, Emerald or Lemon. TRAVELLING RUGS. English made tropical weight Rug in new square designs
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 194 7 Watch for "LOVERS COURAGEOUS" LAST NIGHT TONIGHT Fox Movietone's Vividly Dramtic Thriller— THE SILENT WITNESS TOMORROW The Rollicking, Rioting Adventures of a girl with Husbands TOO MANY "MEET WIFE!" WITH LAURA LA PLANTE LEW CODY and CLAUD ALISTER TONIGHT WARNER BAXTER in "SURRE NDER" TOMORROW ANN HARDING in "DEVOTION" Watch
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    • 151 7 Singapore Endorses London's Tremendous Success SHANGHAI EXPRESS BREAKS ALL RECORDS AT THE CAPITOL Hundreds Turned Away at each performance Yesterday YOU MUST SEE This great PARAMOUNT Triumph with MARLENE DIETRICH CLIVE BROOK WARNER OLAND ANNA MAY WONG etc. Also THE DERBY, 1932. BOOK EARLY and* Avoid Inconvenience Phone 5261-5262. BAND
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    • 134 7 TONIGHT "Women Are Fools!" THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED HER FOR LOVING A WEAKLING— A "NE'R DO-WELL" But wu the *uch a fool See the amazing and dramatic answer in this ttartlinK Pictarization of life "just outside the law." MAE CLARKE RICARDO CORTEZ it Jm^^wmE!!*" fe rff RKKLESS A UNIVERSAL PICTURt
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  • 158 8 Rubber Prices Generally Unchanged. LITTLE BUSINESS PASSING. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Today's Prices:— Rubber, 5 1/16 cents per lb. Tin, 75 tons at $59.62 Vi per picul. Saturday's Prices Rubber, London, 1%d., onchanged. New York, 2 11/16 cts., unchanged. Market Tone Quiet, dull. Tin, London,
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  • 63 8 Noon, June 2%. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyer*. Sellen. Spot 5 1/16 5i/ 8 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Bayers. Sellen. July 5«/ 8 5i/ 4 Aug. 514 5% July-Sept. 5»4 5% Oct.-Dec. 5% 51/2 Tone of Market: Quiet Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet
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  • 184 8 Singapore, June 20. Gambier 7.Q0 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) l«. 00 Copra 5.20 mixed 4.80 Sago flour, Sarawak 2.00 White Pepper 24.50 Black Pepper 20.50 Ptearl Sago 4.25 small 5.00 medium r."l 6.00 Rice, Siam $160 to 188 Saigon $149 to 165 Rango'- $150 to 168 No. 1 of
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  • 29 8 From China and Japan by Suisang due tSinpaporo 6 a.m. tomorrow. From Holland by Dempo doe Singapore 10 a.m. tomorrow. From China by Talma due Singapore tomorrow.
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  • LOCAL' STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 15 8 Issued by Fraser Co., Exchange Stock Brokers. Singapore, June 20, 10 a.m.
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    • 431 8 Issue VaL Pd. 1 1 Penawat Buyers. Sellers. 0.30 0.33 5/- 5/- Pengkalen Ord. 1 1 Petaling Tin 9/3 10/3 3.15 3.25 £1 £1 Puchong £1 £1 Pungah 1 1 Puteh 5/9 6/9 8/- 9/0.30 0.40 nom. 1 1 Rahman Hyd. 1 1 Rajah Perak 0.35 0.40 nom. £1
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    • 290 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 3.8.9 3.12.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 5.00 1 1 Central Engine nom. 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 61.00 63.00 £1 £1 Con.
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    • 144 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 104 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. v of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4VL> p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/> p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000
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    • 377 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. rhe fcbov* rubber quotations are mostly only oomiaaJ. To-day's Price Fraser Lyall Co. Co. Allenby ($1) Alor Gajah ($1) A. Hitam ($1) 0.15 0.30 0.10 0.25 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.25 0.40 0.60 0.40 0.50 A. Kuning ($1) A. Malay ($2)
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    • 193 8 Singapore, June 20. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/8 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 1,050 Hamburg, demand 171 New York, demand 41% Batavia
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    • 87 8 Rugby, June 18. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8 31/32 Athens 555 Belgrade 215 Berlin 15 9/32 Bombay Is. 5 15/16 d. Brussels 26 1/32 Bucharest 620 Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18.30 Geneva 18 19/32 Helsingfors 215 Hong Kong Is. 3 13/32 d. Yokohama Is. BV4d. Lisbon 110 Madrid 44
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    • 137 8 Monday, June 20. Ships alangtide th* Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Alert," Th. Cable, Leh. "Echo," Retch, W. Bt. "Kitty I," X.P.M. Lighter 13, Marudu. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagmr. Albeit Dock Andrea. Victoria Dock
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  • 207 8 Today. Selat Pandjang, BenjjkalU, Siak, Pakan Baroe, Pajakombo Padang (Ban Siong Bee) 8 p.m. North, N.-East and N. West Sumatra, Ceylon and U.S.A. (Silverteak) 3 p.m. Tomorrow. Pontianak (Ranb) 4 p.nu Anamba and Natuna lilandi (Scott Harley) 9 Sourabaya, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor Hilly and South-East Borneo (Reynsti
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  • 50 8 H. Van St. Aldegende Ranpara Conte Rosso Porthos Karapara Kota Tjandi Baloeran Chitral LiCIK Ana. Spore Londoi May 13 June May 13 June I May 19 June May 18 June II May 19 Jane l; May 19 June li May 27 June II May 27 June 21
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  • 18 8 A mail from Batavia and PalembariK by aeroplane is expected at Singapore a* 1.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 255 8 BAN HONG LIONG, Brit., 739 tons, from] Samarang 20-6, for Batavia 21-6. CITY OF FLORENCE, Brit., 4,3»1 tons, from Dunkirk 19-6, for Hong Kong 20-6. CELEBES MARU, Jap., 4,258 tons, from Bombay 19-6. for Shanghai 20-6. CALCUTTA MARU, Jap., 3,218 tons, frotn. Karachi 20-6, for Shanghai 20-6. FLEVO,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 254 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Monday", Jane 10. H W. IZ.2"> p.m., 8 ft. 5 in., 11.10 p.m., 9 ft. 7 in. Tuesday, Jane ll* H. W. 1.10 p.m, 8 ft. 4 in., 11.66 p.m., 9 ft. 6 in. "Shows of Shows," Raffles Hotel. Wednesday, Jane 22. H. W. 1.48 p.m.,
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  • 382 9 General Lack Of Interest. US. CONSUMPTION LOWER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 25. The market is still awaiting definite news as to the future, although a fresh cut in production is anticipated with •very contidenie, ewn though it may be too late to enforce it as
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 318 9 Dividend of 75 Cts. A Share Proposed. The report of the directors to the members of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd., for the half year ended Mar. 31, 1932, states After writing off depreciation and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profit* amount to
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    • 110 9 Losses Reported on Past Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 18. The following results are shown in the reports sterling companies Gordon Malaya, loss of £4,378, against a profit of £7,651 last year carrying forward £14,187. Kepong Malay, profit of £2,956 gross, net £1.500, against £20,359 carrying
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    • 822 9 War Loan Conversion Scheme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 26. The financial pundits unite in urging the Treasury not to delay in producing out of its hat the War Loan Conversion scheme rabbit, in reminding the authorities that half a loaf is better than no
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    • 66 9 Rio De Janeiro, June 4. The President of Brazil is about to sign a decree granting coemptions from customs duties to companies investing $3,000,000 (approximately £600,000 at par) for three years in the development of rubber in the States of Para Amaxonas and Acre Territory. It is reported
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    • 1402 9 Future Outlook: Chairman's Optimism. Th« twelfth ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.-, Ltd., was held in the council room of the Rubber Growers' Association Incorporated I, 2, 3 and 4, Idole Lane, London, E.C., on May 12, Sir F. A Swettenham, G.C.M.G., C.tf., chairman,
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    • 136 9 Receiver and Manager Appointed. In the Chancery Division before Mr. Justice Clauson on the application of the Financial and Industrial Trust, debenture holder, a receiver and manager was appointed of the Tonghurst Rubber Estates on June 6. Mr. Heckscher, for the applicant company, slated that the principal money
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  • 305 9 SHIPPING NOTES. HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS. Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. Health Bulletin cf the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau for week ended June 11. IMS. Alexandria 2 plague cases and 1 death. Baghdad it smallpox cases and 1 deaths as against 14 eMM and 6 deaths
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  • 61 9 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. June 18. The closing prices today were X I CftKR. Buyers. Sellers. Spot l' 4 d. 1 1.V16d. Oct-Dec. l',d. I 15/16 d. Jan.-Mar 1 iri/!6d. 2d. Apr.-June 2d. 2 l/16d. Market tone. Steady. TIN. Spot £115'/,. Three months £117%. SILVER. Spot
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  • 71 9 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Singapore:— Agatha, Aletta Alipore Cederic, Cowden Law, (rc-mer, Dakar Maru, Hong Peng, Hokkoh Maru, I.amrcerlaw, Pctronella, Sarpedon, Seikaf Maru, Soudan, Suisang, Talisse, Tapti, longking. Penang Alipore, Amboi.-«?, Andes Maru, Aymeric, Bangalore, Chineso Prince, Dakar Maru, Dempr>,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 3 9 MATHESON LANG CARNIVAL
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    • 47 9 of the M\\\ HUNDREDS of rubber machinesWE HAVE MADE AND SOLD NONE jß^Vt^' Jig^^glSrT^- £lm»^Zm~- >x*Vx *^^Ati HAVE CREATED SO MUCH INTEREST AS THE "32" COLUMN FORMATION BATTERY IT IS UNIQUE. IT IS CHEAP. IT IS ECONOMICAL OBTAIN FULL Dl /MLS NOW. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE. BRANCHES.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 25 10 The Mi>«rs (hater and Mi** Mas*abni «h to thank all those kind fiiends who sent wrtatki and lvtttrs of condolence in their f«<i K'reavemtnt.
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  • 1031 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JINK 20. 1932. DAYLIGHT SAVING. If newspaper correspondence formed an infallible guide to public opinion, we should say that -interest in the attempt to resuscitate the question of daylight saving in the Colony was so small as to be negligible. We originally published a letter
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  • 152 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Captain C. C. Best, Assistant Superintendent of Surveys, Sungei Patani, will be leaving for Australia on eight months' leave next week. Dr. 0. Paneth, who is one of the leading physicians of Sumatra, will address the Singapore Rotary Club on Wednesday on The Dangers of Medical Progress." Mr.
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  • 1213 10 Why I Believe It To Be A Dangerous Delusion. (By G. A. Vallance. the British writer on world economics.) a number of srde-ifisut* currency policy, organisation of marketing, fuller exchange of commercial information, perhaps even, arrangements between, industrialists for complementary Britixh-cuni-Dnminion allocation* of certa.v. linen of production,
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  • 591 10 "SHANGHAI EXPRESS." We hope the OMVTMI -di-neral of Shanghai recovered fi-o'n his illness. MR. BAGNALL GOES NORTH. When the acting: Chief Secretary to the F.M.S. Government and the chairman of the Straits Trading Company appear at a social function together, a< they did in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 135 10 Singapore. All! AMIIItA. Lionel Atwi'.l md C.nin Nissun in The Silent Witness. 6.10— 'J.I ft. I'hone 6aOO. CAPlTOL.— Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Woßg and Warner Uland in Shiinirhai Express. C.l5 9.15. I'hone <;itKAT WORLD.- WuyanßS, Cinema. Donkey Rides, Zn.i, Skating ground CwwnU Museum and Talkies. UAUI.HOKOI <.ll
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  • 139 11 Two Hours' Pandemonium In Munich Streets. HUNDREDS ARRESTED Cologne Police Fire On Demonstrators. Munich, June 19. Pandemnnium reigned in the main Btrii'ts of Munich for two hours this morning. Five thousand uniformed Nar.is, defying the State Government's ban, made b demonstiation in front of the Premier's
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  • 118 11 Berlin, June 20. The final figures of the Hesse elections show that tii- Hitlerites obtained 32 seats out of a total of 70. The Centre retained 111. tad tin- Soc al Democrats gained two, giving them a total ->f 1". The election! gave frtsh proof of
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  • 118 11 OBEY OMITTED. Chinese Wedding 1 In London Church. London, June 18. There were scenes of Oriental splendour at the Church of St. Martin's-in-the-I'iclds today when the marriage took place of Mr, Shiu Hong-ma and Miss Relx't-ia To, who have been betrothed since infancy. Hundred; of Chinese attended, and the police
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  • 47 11 Minister's Resignation Denied. Tokio, June 19. The gnrnptn here Kive prominence to Mr. K. Takahashi's decision to resign but Mr. Takahashi has denied the report. Reuter. Mr. Korekiyo Takahashi is the Finance Minister in the sew Cabinet formed by Viscount Saito on May 26 last.
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  • 47 11 Mexican Town Partially Destroyed. Mexico City, Jun-; l!i. An earthquake half destroyed the city of Coliauu .Manzanillo, Guadalajara and other Pacific coast towns wire damaged. The casualties have not yet been ■■Til tain ed, but it is known that three peoplj were killed at Colima.— Reuter.
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  • 45 11 A committee meeting of the Nattukottai Chettiars' Association was held at the .Association premises here on Saturday, says oar Klang correspondent. Mr. M. R. M. I'eriya Karuppan Chettiar was elected president in place of Mr. M. R. M. Raman Chettiar, who is going home shortly.
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  • 449 11 Big Sacrifice Demanded From Britain. Rugby, Jun» 19. The general impression here is that the Lausanne Conference has made a far start, and, in spite of the sacrific? which Great Britain would thereby incur, there is no disposition in the Press to look askance at
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  • 135 11 Militarists Occupy Whole Of Chile. Buenos Aires, June 19. A inessag; from Valparaiso states that the militarists have now occupied the whole of Chile and are tapidly replacing all the civil officials appointed during the recent revolution. There is no doubt that a long and strict military dictatorship
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  • 97 11 Riddled with Bullets In New York Street. New York, June 19. Vannie Higgins. one of the "big six" of New York's racketeers, who was ten times arrested on serious charges but always released on lack of evidence, was ambushed and killed in a busy street by a hail
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  • 70 11 Big Consignments for London And New York. Bombay, June 18. The flow of gold from India continues. The P. and O. Ranc-hi sailed today with Rs. 10,0. r >6,000 worth of (told for London. The Dollar liner President van Buren left for New York yesterday with gold
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  • 109 11 COALITION'S BIG MAJORITY. "LANGISM" SMASHED IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Debacle Complete. ONLY 24 SEATS FOR LABOUR. Sydney, Jun» l'J. The final results of the New South Wales election give the following distribution of seats in the new Parliament: United Australia Party 41. Country Party 23. Labour 24. Unity Party 2.
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  • 145 11 Belgian King Appeals For Co-operation. Geneva, June 19. A general reduction of tariffs as ?oon as possible in order to combat the economic depression was urged at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The Only Remedy. Brussels. June 19.
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  • 82 11 Railway Disaster Near Stafford. Ruerby, June 18. Four deaths have occurred as the result of the derailing of a passenger train on the main line of the London Midland ami Scottish Railway t>etween Stafford and Crewe. Twelve other people were injured. It is believed that the accident was
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  • 214 11 Hope Not Completely Abandoned. Sydney, twm It. A note written by the German airma i apt. Hans Bertram, has been found indicating that after abandoning the seaplane he and his companion Herr Klausmann, who acted as pilot, proceeded westward using a float from the plane as a boat.
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  • 58 11 On Way to Join Vessel In Penang Harbour. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. Mr. S. EL Reaks, a pilot in the Bengal pilot service and a passenger from Hong Kong by the s.s. Sirdhana, which arrived here yesterday, came ashore and when in the launch
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  • 28 11 Statesmen Meet in Private At Geneva. Geneva, June 19. The loading- British, American and French statesmen discussed the disarmament question at a private meeting this evening. Router.
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  • 814 11 Their First Gymkhana. AEROBATICS OVER THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 19. 7 nose vhj watcheo thiee skyblue Moth acrcplanis l e»iH>lnaj a'* lll the air above Kuala Lumpur this afternoon saw an evLPt that was not only interesting but r-igniftar.t,
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  • 103 11 BOMB DISCOVERED. Sensation in English Boys' School. London, June l'J. A sensational discovery was made lust night under the platform from which Lord Lloyd and the Bishop of C'arlisl" were addressing the boys of St. Bee's School, Cumberland. The discovery was a bomb timed to explode during the ceremony. A
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  • 281 11 Optimistic Declaration By General Dawes. New York, June 19. "We have reached the turning point of the depression," declaied General DaWMS, on leaving Washington after his resignation of the presidency of the Reconstruction Finance Corporaticfli. Reuter. Why General Dawes Resigned. General Dawes resigned the
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  • 91 11 Royal Relatives Against An Operation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 20. It is understood that no operation has yet been performed on the Sultan of Pahang owing to prejudice against Western medicine among His Highness's near relatives. There is a possibility of the royal patient
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  • 115 11 Malacca Horticultural Society Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 19. At the last meeting of the Malacca Horticultural Society, with Mrs. C. H. G. Clarke, wife of the Resident Councillor, in the chair, Dr. Tan Seng Tee spoke of his experiences with English roses. He exhibited the
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  • 64 11 Boy Has to Have a Leg Amputated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 19. A man and a boy were seriously injured yesterday when a lorry belonging to Pegoh Estates Ltd. hit a coconut palm at the 6*4 mile Alor Gajah Road an i overturned. The boy had
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  • 70 11 Leaves Bangkok on Way To Hong Kong. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 20. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock a Siamese airman took off from here on a flight to Hong Kong. Tffere was a big crowd present to wish him success. Late in the afternoon a telegram
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  • 30 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klan.?, June 20. The smoke-house of Stafield Estate, Batu Tiga, caught fire yestetday morning and was destroyed before the arrival of the fire brigade.
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  • 2560 11 Further Fighting in City; Suburbs. i HAINAN ISLAND. Invasion by Canton May Soon Begin. s Shanghai, June 20. Reports from Manchuria declare that a grave situation is rapidly developing in and around Mukden. Large numbers of Chinese volunteers in disguise are stated secretly to have entered
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    • 49 11 On Other Pages, Pag« I'onanir letter 6 Around the Markets By the I in.inrial Correspondent 8 baaaea Money Market 9 Kinv-l-'encrd Knipire Dream —By A. Vallance 10 Week End Sport in Malay I 13 Letters lo the Kditor ]6 Political Diary of the Week 19 Nev»> in I'iitures 20
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    • 6 11 "SHANGHAI EXPRESS" BREAKS RECORDS AT CAPITOL!
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  • 1040 12 Shooting Drama. DRAMATIC EVIDENCE IN POLICE COURT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 18. With unsteady steps and pale face Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney, the 26-yeir-e'd daughter of Sir John Mullens, tottei.d iato court this n.orning to artswer the c lartce of murdering Thomas William
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  • 371 12 Son of Titled Lady Found Gassed. Unsually painful tragedy is connected with the late of Mr. Joe A. Pickles, 31, the son of I^ady Sholto George Douglas, and brother of Mr. Sydney Pickles, the Australian airman. lie was found ck-ad in his room at Matheson Road, West
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  • 199 12 Cost of Prison Mutiny Trial. Exeter, June 7. Interesting particulars of the cost of the recent trial of Dartmoor convicts at Princetown Assize were given at today's meeting of Devon Joint Standing Committee. Mr. Brain Miller, clerk to the County Council, reported that the cost to the
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  • 209 12 Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery. The funeral of Mr<. Raphaella Chater, of Z'i, Amber Mansions, who died from heart failure on Friday, took place at the Bida.iari Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, who was only 39 years of age, was the widow of Mr. T. Chater. There wpjs
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  • 141 12 Detained on Finding Of Murdered Man. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 20. The poli:e at Kuala K»rau received a report late at night from a 15-year-old Malay boy that a house had been raided by irani: robbers. The boy stated that as a result of
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  • 286 12 Crowded Houses to See "Shanghai Express." Three crowded house saw the presentation of Piu-amount's latest picture Shanghai Express," at the Capitol yesterday, and all previous box office records for this theatre were broken. With a cast includ'ng sufh famous stars as Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong
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  • 51 12 Fight in Chinese Seamen's Lodging House. Twenty arrasts were made by the police in connection with the affray in a Chinese seamen's lodging house in Tras Street on Saturday morning. Knives were used in the fight and four men were admitted to hospital with stab wwpds. I
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  • 102 12 Second Man Charged. $G. 16,400 WORTH OF STAMPS STOLEN. A further startling development in the safe burglary at the American ConsulateGeneral in Singapore is the arrest of a second man. Yap Gum Hock, a young Straits-born Chinese employed as cashier. The, cashier, who was arrested by the
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  • 100 12 Union Jack Absent From Dublin Streets. Dublin. June 20. Religious fervour is rising with the approach of the Eucharistic Congress. Pilgrims from all over the wcrld are streaming in at the rate cf 5,000 ft. day, and the coloured streets are interspersed with altars and shi ines like
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  • 284 12 Fine Acting in The Silent Witness." First-rate acting and a good story dis- 1 tinguish the Fox production The Silent Witness," which is being shown at the I Alhambrs. This is the American-made picture which was generally thought to be a product of Elstree, and the mistake can
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  • 407 12 Accomplished Thief Since Age Of Six. Amazing details of the cjrpc/ of a 9-year-old boy, who was described as "an incurable thief and amenable to no sort of discipline," were given at the Juvenile Court, Guildhall, London E.C. It was stated that he had been an accomplished thief
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  • 293 12 Evolution of a New System. Several marine superintendents nave been interested in a new system of fog lighting for ships which has been evolved by Mr. E. F. Spanner, R.C.N.C. (Ret.), M.1.N.A., with the object of minimising the risk of collision when visibility is poor, and masters of
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  • 243 12 Leap For Life From Burning Craft. A large motor-boat, the Multum in Parvo, blew up in the Thames at Richmond recently. Fire had broken out on board and spired to the engine-room, where the petrol tanks ignited. Soon the whole boat was a mass of flames which could
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  • 713 12 Strenuous Time For The Brigade. There has been an epidemic of fires in Singapore this month, and the number of calls answered in eight days from the 7th to the 14th constitutes a record for the local Fire Brigade. Altogether ten calls were received, and of
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  • 143 12 A "Dead" German Soldier's Return. Berlin, May 27. An elderly married couple at Endingen, in Baden, have been overjoyed by the news that their son, whom they believed to have been killed in the War 16 years ago, is still alive. Oskar Dau;rmann, who is mentioned
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  • 129 12 Stroud Green Gang Robbing Children. Three youth*, stated to bo aged about 14, all of rough appearance, have been carrying out a number of daylight robberies on young schoolchildren in the Stroud Green district of London. About six boys, whose ages range from 8 to 12 have
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    • 116 12 -ifrNUIfeWT €#£uCEIE t*v VA 9E JUT HE who lives just for today faces an uncertain tomorrow. Make sure that comfortable retirement shall be yours, when you feel the need for it. Make sure that your dependents will not be left destitute The ENDOWMENT Policy will provide that safeguard. Cut out
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  • Malayan Golf Champion Beaten.—Accident At Selangor Races.
    • 994 13 Paterson Beaten By Hardie. The second round of the Singapore Island Golf Championship, which was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday, produced one of the finest matches seen for a long time. This resulted in the defeat of the Malayan and S.G.C. champion, M. M. Paterson, by
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    • 1368 13 Serious Accident JOCKEYS INJURED TWO HORSES DESTROYED. An accident marred the proceedings on the second day of the Selangor Turf Club on Saturday when two jockeys, Abdul Farad and Tankard, were seriously injured and two horses, Polly Jinks and Miss Taiping, had to be destroyed. The accident
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  • 35 13 Pole Sets Up New Time For 3,000 Metres. Antwerp, June 19. The Polish runner Kuaociuski beat Nurmi's world's record for the 3,000 metres with a time 8 mm. 18 4/5 sec. Reuter.
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  • 1310 13 S.C.C. Tournament. BRILLIANT BATTING BY WHITLEY. A feature of the S.C.C. Tournament game on the Padang on Saturday in which the Public Service and Law defeated the Bankers, Brokers and Insurance by 105 runs, was a brilliant batting display by Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley, who
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  • 96 13 Sunday Times Offer of $100 For Four Names. In the announcement of the racing competition which closes on Saturday next. The Sunday Times coupon provided spaces for the names of four horses. Owing to an error these spaces were indicated by the words "First Race, Second Race and
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  • 278 13 Lam Say Kee Retains Singles Title. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 20. The Perak Championship Tennis Tournament was brought to a successful conclusion yesterday afternoon when the finals of all the events, except the women's doubles, were played before a.large gathering, including H.H. the Sultan 1
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  • 30 13 Points Victory Over Bert Moore. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 18. Boy Walley, of Singapore, defeated Bert Moore on points in a fight at Camberwell last, night.
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    • 34 13 Other Sporting News Appears On Pages 14 and 15. L J^V"" mhf.% .f "P"j^ j w^sh( f AU/TRALIAN CRANCfcSfittMON'S \i t i/it fen we OIANCI CRUSH ■ANDy LEMON CRUSH MAt>C*.E v FRASER NEAVE LTD
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  • Sporting News.
    • 361 14 Perak Fortunate to Beat Kedah. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penant;, June IS>. Perak. srinacn of the Malaya Cup last year, tailed U) impress in their first Malay-i Cap engagement with Kedah at Taipinc on tl King Edward School ground, and were fortunate to win by 3 ft.
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    • 633 14 Weak Finishing by Negri Sembilan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 18. Malacca i Nesri Scmbilan 0. In a scorching sun and before 7,000 Malacca defeated Negri Scmbilan in thrir Malaya Cup encounter 1 y four ci>al~ to nil. Thfl winners played well as a whol?, right halt"
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    • 417 14 Gloucesters Beat Pulau Brani. Cl-i.nl 111I II I'ulau Brani 0. Poor form wik> displayed i" the First Division League match <.t the Alison Road Stadium between the Gloucestershire Rogiment and Pulau Brani on Saturday which the former won two clear goal*. Although they dominated practically the whole of
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    • 125 14 Eurasian Co. Team's Success in Johore. The Johore Military Forces' annual rifle meeting was held at Johore Bahru yesterday, and attracted 222 competitors For the second year in succession the Royal Johore Challenge Cup was won by the Eurasian Co., S.V.C., Rifle Club. The winners' score was 534,
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    • 135 14 Four-Ball Championship Results. The Malayan amateur billiards (4-ball) championship for the Frankel Shield at the New World started on Saturday Results of Saturday's and yesterday's ties were as follows: Saturday: Govinda (Fathul Karib Club) 300, Abu Bakar (Persenangan Stia Club) 196; J. I. EHas (Fathul Karib Club) 300. Loo
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    • 129 14 Guillemard Cup Event At S.S.C. The Gnillemard Cup race, over 100 metres, was held at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday. There were seven competitors whose handicaps were as fol- OWS _Dodds (go), Richard (6), Allan (10), Lawson (18), Bain (13), R. Coldman '16) and C. Goldman (22). The race
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    • 140 14 Results of Games in The Two Major Leagues. New York, June 18. Today's baseball results were National League. New York 4 Chicago New York 0 Chicago Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 1 Boston 0 Pittsburgh 2 Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 4 (12
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  • 106 15 Tea-Time Scores In County Matches. London, June 18. Tea-time scores in cricket matches which began today are as follows Manchester Test trial match South (vs. North) 247 for 3 Duleepsinhji 128, Woolley 50, and Hammond 64 unfinished. Lord's Middlesex 152 Yorkshire 15 for none. Leyton Essex 240 for
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  • 232 15 Easy Victory for Ceylon Sports Club. The Ceylon Spoils Club easily defeated the Medical College Un'on yesterday at Balestier by 133 runs. Scores: C. S. C: B. Dudley Ibw. b Tan Boon Beng 0, M. A. K. Ham id c Alphoi.so b Yzelman 41, R. S. V. Sundram
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  • 128 15 Europeans Meet the Rest At Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. The Challenge Cup presented by B. P. de Silva, Ltd., for an annual match be-!'-i'cn! '-i'cn the Europeans and the Rest, ended in a draw but the cup was given into the custody of the
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  • 179 15 Monday. Jane 20. Football: S-AJVA. Dir. 1: S.R.C. r«. S.C.C., Anson Rd. Stadium; Div. 2: Straits CattU T.C. vs. Chines* 11, S.R.C. grd. Cricket: Garrison League: H. Q. Win* Gloucester^ vs. 22nd H. Battery, Pulau Brani. Malayan Billiards championship at New World. Tuesday. June 21. Football: S.A.F.A. Div.
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  • 19 15 [The co-operation of club secretaries is requestfd in keeping this diary of sporting events accurate and up to date.]
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  • 249 15 S.C.R.C. Tournament Ties. Results of ties played on Friday in the S.C.R.C. tennis tournament were as follows "A" Singles Handicap. Cheong Chce Lim beat Tan Thian Sane, 6— 3, 6—4.6 4. "A" Doubles Handicap. Yap C'hyc Koon and Ong Siow Kee beat Seah Eng Kiang and Ching Kee
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  • 135 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 17. The Malacca Club tennis tournament concluded yesterday when the mixed doubles and handicap singles finals were played. In the mixed doubles, Mrs. V'owler and Bumham defeated Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, 9—7.9 7. 6—2,6 2, while in the handicap singles, G.
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  • 477 15 Sequel to Deportation From Canada. Resignation from his post as rector of St. Paul's Cray, Kent, was the sequel which followed swiftly on the news that The Rev. Edwin Gillman, rector of St. Paul's Cray, Kent, and Miss Hilda Creighton, the 22-year-old daughter of the village carpenter, had
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  • 402 15 Woman with a Past Admits Stealing by Finding. Described as a native of Wolverhampton, Dorothy May Marris, 34, was at Southampton sentenced to six months' imprisonment for robbing a fellow-pas-senger, whose cabin she shared on a voyage to England from the East. Marris pleaded guilty to stealing
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  • 67 15 The following appointments in the S.S.V.F. are announced in the Government Gazette Lieut. A. J. Minjoot to be acting Captain while second-in-command of D (Eurasian) Co., M.V.C. Capt. N. D. Dalton M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers Second-Lieutenant (acting captain) C. J. Hogbin is promoted to Lieutenant (acting
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  • 226 15 Problem of the Hands Overcome. London's largest clock, which is shortly to appear on the tower of the SheiU Mcx building which fronts the Strand and the Embankment, will be a model of boiolojrical simplicity. Ii is now al:nc°t completed in the undrv of Messrs. Gillett and
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  • 147 15 "Lies Plastered on Girls' Faces." York, May 29. j Powder and 1 pstick were described 07 the Bishop of Hull. Dr. Heywood, today as lies plastered over girls' faces. The Bishop was preaching to 5,000 Girl Guides in York Minster. Commending the aim of Girl Guides to
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1193 16 A Protection Scheme Suggested. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— l should be glad to have your help help of your readers in formulating a rubber protection scheme on the following crude and flaring lines. The Dutch East Indies, Malaya, and Ceylon arc now so
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    • 49 16 FILGRAMS." To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Did it occur to "Medicus" that a sreodier way of Motiving the urgent teleifi'am, would have be«n l'oi his assistant to read it over the telephone, in the same manner as his calls? Yours, etc.. 73 'Es. Singapore, June 10.
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    • 116 16 I To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, -"Work" has not read my letter very carefully. The 12h. 10m. is the longest day in Singapoie and is actual sunlight. He has also mi-read your leader, Penang has nineteen minutes of daylight saving already; Singapore has five minutes.
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    • 579 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Government must be hard pressed for revenue to resort to so inconvenient a method of taxation, as tolls to be collected at important road bridges. It is true that expenditure on railway bridges and stations, electricity, water, gas, harbours and
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    • 65 16 The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Long epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as guarantee
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  • 104 16 £80,000 of False Cheques Taken. Nice, May 28. Tables have been turned at the casinos, and all France is laughing. Palm Beach Casino has lost more than £70,000 in dishonoured cheques, many signed with fictitious names. At the Saint Raphael Casino £10,000 of false cheques were discovered
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  • 134 16 Patient's Action Causes Partial Paralysis. A Ute by a patient which set up bloodpoisoning was the successful defence of Dr. Edwin Sandys Stephens, aged 28 of Queensberry Place, Kensington, who was, at Marlborough Street, on May 28, accused of being drunk in charge of a car. Dr. Stephens,
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  • 142 17 £500-A-Year Job for Dr. Searle. Nairobi (Kenya), May 13. Dr. Searle, who arrived here today with Mrs. Place, the Cambridge Helen of Troy," and her daughter, has obtained post up-country as medical officer at a salary of £500 a year. They win be going early next week
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  • 832 18 Ex-Constable's Appeal Fails. A sidelight on an alleicd pernicious practice in Singapore "f Marine police constables receiving money from twakow workmen was provided in the Criminal Appeal Court on Saturday, Mr. Ji. tiii- ft Beckett Terrell presiding, when an ex-marine constable appealed against a sentence of
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  • 313 18 H"\v often do we hear the phrass "growing beyond his strength" wtthont fully comprehending what is actually takfaag place in these cases. We- sen young people, both boys and girls, growing ra| idly from twelve or fourteen onwards, who are thin and lifele though they are
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  • 296 18 Retrial Ordered By Appeal Court. The Crown was the appellant in a case which came up before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell on Saturday, when he presided over the Criminal Appeal Court. The Crown were appealing against the acquittal of a man named Asad, who was found not
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  • 254 18 Trade Section Promises To Surpass Last Year. In spite of adverse conditions \ne iraje section at the forthcoming Malayan AgriHorticultural Exhibition to be held during the August Bank Holidays promises t<i i«- i\in Mtar than that of last year. Apart from the encouragement this gives to the organisers
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  • 95 18 London Examination in Law Passed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 19. Mr. Ec Yew Lin, the third son of Mr. Re Kong Guan, J.P., of Malacca, passed his examination in criminal law and procedure in the Bar examination on May 26. Last year Mr. Ec
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  • 79 18 "Reds" Driven Back Into 1 Hung Lake. Hankow, June f. Government troops claim a big victory at the expense of a large army of Communists in the Hung Lake district. The troops gradually pressed the Commnuists back into the lake where fierce fighting ensued. More than a
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  • 2653 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, June 1. THE Finance Bill, the Coal Mines Bill and the Sunday Cinemas Bill have kept the House of Commons so busily employed during the week that many memtx-rs are already referring to the Ckntral
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  • 271 19 Decisive Statement At Salt Conference. Simla, May '26. The salt conference which began in Simla yesterday concluded today. Its results will be placed' before the Salt Industry Committee of the Amenably before the Government of India arrives at any conclusions on the subjects discussed. The function (.f
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  • 320 19 Russian Woman Attacked With Knife. Tientsin, May 18. A Russian woman, named Mrs. Sokolinsky, who kept a shop on Council Road, near the Gaiety Theatre, was murdered yesterday morning, at about 7.45 a.m. It seems that Mrs. Sokolinsky, according to custom, opened the back door of her premises
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  • 124 19 Rs. 500 Worth of Goods Stolen In Madras. Madras, May 20. When a band of Maharatta gipsies from Jodhpur recently pitched their Cent-f on the Spur Tank maidan the residents of Madras thought them very interesting, £.nd the crowds every day visited the picturesque if somewhat squalid
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  • 120 19 Drastic Measures in South China. Canton, June 3. The execution took place in Canton this morning of a military official of the Second Army who was found guilty of forging the signature of the Commander-in-Chief (General Chan Chai-tong) in a letter purporting to introduce his friend to
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  • 173 19 Former Chief of Asiatic Fleet Dies at Age of 83. Washington, May 28. Rear Admiral John Hubbard, retired. former commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet, died here today at the age of k::. He was a veteran of 53 years of service in the Navy. Admiral HubbaH, born
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  • 93 19 Midnight Incident in Post Office. Sakkur, May IS. A terrific explosion was heard at about midnight on May 13 ami it was found thai a bomb had exploded in the compound of th« local Post and Telegraph building. Further damage was prevented by the immediate attempt made by
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  • 73 20 EXCITING FINISH.— The Aga Khan's horse, Udaipur, ridden by Michael Beary, won the race for the Oaks Stakes at Epsom, with Lord Woolavington's Will o' the \Vi*p, ridden by Cordon Richards, second and Lord Derby's Giudecca, ridden by T. Weston, t hird.
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    47 20 ENGLAND'S OLYMPIC HIGH JIMP HOPE.— Sergt-Roy W. A. Land, who has been chosen to represent England in the Olympic (ianu-s at Los Angeles, broke his own record when he jumped 6 ft. 2 inches in the ln-li jump in the Army Athletic Championships at Aldershot. (.Planet News.)
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    43 20 SOCIETY MURDER. Lady Mull.-ns being assisted into her home in Belgrave Square, London after an early morning visit to her daughter. Mrs. Barney, in prison. The latter is charged with the murder of Thomas W. S. Stephen in a London flat. (Planet News.)
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    37 20 TROOPING OF THE COLOUR The King, and all the members of the Royal Family, were present at the Trooping of the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade, London, in honour of the King's 67th Birthday. (Planet Newt.)
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    31 20 IN THE MALL. The King, with n jqj \q paMO[ioj 's.i|E tt jo asuuj aqjke of York, riding down the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade for the ceremony. (Planet News.)
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