The Straits Times, 13 August 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, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PACES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 337 1 Singapore: 76. Cecil st. cphone 6i6i)7' 6.15 Tonight 9.15 j DANCERS IN I THE DARK" with j MIRIAM HOPKINS 1 Phone 5261-2. "BEAR BRAND" MILK is not only the most economical, but the most dependable milk you can buy. Originating from pedigree cattle grazing on the f^^rrr^Sfc rich verdant Pastures
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    • 189 1 ItUALA LUMPUR: 27. JAVA BT. ('PHONE 3663). The Well -Groomed Man djtffa^m)^ For men. too, exqaislte "4711" it a modfm \W^^^m!' {^C^ toilet neoPMity. "4711" tKis excellent and Kenaine Eau de Cologne is ideal as an after- 4 A 4l£^t ithavinic lotion on account of its antiseptic. Jo vA I
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    • 19 1 i j 6.15 Tonight 9.15 '"DANCERS IN i i THE DARK with I MIRIAM HOPKINS I I Phone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 553 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. FIMNSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. I Mil K CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1932. I: ANT HI 1C.740 Aug.
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    • 647 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPIN YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London. Antwerp, Rotterdam and Mlddlesborongh. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. 8 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 25 86 t YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Sept. 6 7 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept. 21 22 8 SUWA MARU 10,700 Oct. 6 7 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Oct. 20
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    • 486 2 BURNS PHUP UNE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND ■ELBOURNB via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly aailings by the wallknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA' (8,852 tons) (Cargo only). The M, MARELLA Is one of the largeat and finest steamers trading to Amtralia, cabins
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    • 600 2 THE EAST ASIATIC GO, LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 532*. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave S'pors. Penanf. M.s. LALANDIA Sppt. 14 Beot m.s. MEONIA Sept. 21 Sept. 23 m.s. BORINGIA Oct. 12 Oct. 14 m.s. FIONIA Not. 2 Not. 4 iv.*. EPRIA Not.
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    • 1099 2 •^**a»*^^ BDIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co, Ltd, and China (1981), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHU 5 Co, Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL
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  • Shipping News.
    • 501 3 Opium Gang Believed Responsible. The mystery of the disappearance on July 13 of Capt. Miclo, master of the Yangtse Rapids S.S. Co.'s Iehang, is tb.3 cause of much tulk in local shipping circles, especially in view of the tat that i'> the past few years two
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    • 202 3 Sir A. Sutherland And The Depression. In t h«- course of his a'l'lrcss to tin shareholders of the Sutherland Stoanifhip Co., Ltd., at the annual meeting Sii Arthur M. Sutherland was critical of the suggested scheiei for shortening the shipping depression. "In my opinion," said Sir Arthur, "all
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    • 183 3 Sequel to a Collision With The Kiutoan. Shanghai, Aujr. 2. Tin- Kiir.oan. light ve-sel, 'S2 mile^ ou*M'ic WooMBg OB Um way to thL- -ea, ilun into .-hortly before midnight on Wednesday by the str. Ho An, which subleuuently took ofT ;he crew of the lightship, and drought then
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    • 184 3 Comment In Japanese Newspaper. A Rengo message states that the United States Shipping Board has started proceedings in an effort to determine whether "certain foreign carriers" have combined to exclude the Dollar Steamship Lines from membership in the Japan, Chirm, Straits and Bombay steamship conference, tays the Japan
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    • 246 3 Plan for Obtaining Aid From Government. The Kaiji Shingikai (Shipping Commission), at a general meeting will final y decide on the projected relief of shipping and shipbuilding. The Comjrission is con naent mat its recommendations will be met with favourable consideration from the Government. The only anxiety is
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    • 198 3 True Replica of 17th Century Spanish Galleon. There has been completed by a member >f the Rotterdam Lloyd personnel a very iine model of a Spanish ga'leon such as auk used in the 17th century for the car•inge of treasure from the Spanish Main, ;ays the Journal of
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    • 127 3 Buys "Power" Boat as Tender To Shamrock. Mr. T. O. M. Sonwith, who purchased the late Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht Shamrock, has now bought, fiom the British Power Boat Company, a 16-f. "Sea Joker" motor launch which is act as a marine tender to
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    • 42 3 The Messageries Maritime*, I'hantilly is dv« in Singapore from Saigon on Sunday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. and will probably sail on Monday, Aug. 15, at 9 a.m. for Madras, Pondicherry, Colombo, Djibouti, Suez, Port Said and Marseilles. Berth Roads.
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  • 111 3 ANTENOR, Brit., 6,809 tons, from Liverpool 13 8. for Hong Kong 14-8. ARIZONA MARU, Jap., 5,991 tons, from Yokohama 12-8, for Buenos Aires 14-8. IURMA MARU, Jap., 2318 tons, from Calcutta 13-8. for Hong Kong 13-8. KUALA, Brit., 396 tons, from Malacca U-8, for Malacca and P. Dickson
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  • 127 3 Singapore, August IS. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Shark," The Cable, Lch. "Spartan," Singapore, Hopper J. J. 12, Dredger "Foremost." Oil Wharf H.M.S. "Herald." Joal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagsr. Albert Dock Dukat. Victoria Dock Gun
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  • 71 3 The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Singapore Atlas Maru, Celebes Maru, ChanJlly, Cremer, Elveric, Kajang. Kraus Lima Maru, Madras Maru, Naringa, Ophir, Paula, Saparoea, Silver Hazel, Soli, Tinhow, Torborg. Penang Alsia, Batce. Btngal Maru, Bt wyvis. Benrinnes, Cederic. Com? Rosso* Danmark, Ekma,
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  • 149 3 The fallowing passengers left Singapore today by the N.Y.K. Katori Maru: Mr. D. J. De Boer (Pvnangl. Miss I>. Claiki. Miss J. Quinn, Mr. R. W. Royston. Colombo i, Mr. E. Nakano (Port Said), Colonel F. Von Merkat'., Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Crei.vd-.oii, Mr. and Mrs. K. C.
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  • 73 3 Reorganisation Scheme For China. Nanking, My l >. The various Navigation Bureaux undci the Ministry of Communications are to be reorganised in accordance with the retrenchment policy of the Government. It is learnt that the bureaux at Shanghai Hankow, Tientsin, Canton, and Harbin will take over all branch
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 473 3 fi^ORI)DEITS( T HER (Incorporated in Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures OUTWARDS. ■AAKBKUCKKM for Iloilo. Ceba Manila, Hong Kong, S'ghai, Taku, Dalny and Japan Aug. 19 ISAR for Manila, Hong Kong, .S'ghai, Kobe, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Aug. 28 HOMEWARDS. ALLER for Port Said, Tripolis, Marseilles, Oran, Havre,
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    • 424 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINB i±ml AMERICAN MAIL LINB A FEW MORE REASONS WHY DOLLAR LII» ERS 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 Btem to siern
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    • 457 3 ELLERMAN RUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "^LLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN. Steamer Due S'poru. s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Sijit. 11 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE for Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Due
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 48 3 SINGAPORE WEATHEI REPORT. Y< teriiay's max. temp. 86 F. Li.st night's mm. temp. "3°F. Yesterday's rainfall 0.21 in. sunshine 6.9 hours 1 p.m. relative num. 75 pc cent. 1 p.m. wind S.r. 5 m.p.h. 1 p.m. weuiiiei overcast C. D. STEWART, Superintendent. Meteorological Office, Singapore, Aug. It, 1:1,12.
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    • 124 3 TIDE TABLES. Saturday, August ML H. W. 9.U a.m., 7 ft. 7 in., 7.29 p.m., ft. in. Sunday, August 11. 11. W. 10.5 a.m., 8 ft. 3 in., 8.43 p.m., U ft. Monday, August 15. H. \V. 10.4". a.m., 3 ft. 6 in., 9.41 p.m., i> ft. 5 in. Tuesday,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 692 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised, la these columns send copies of testimonial*. Do not send originals. WANTED, a c.mpourder. 371, S. Times. WANTED, Lady Aaaiataat for. Perfumery Section in Department Store. Pix-vious oxpejiencc taaaatiaL Write Stiaits Times. WANTED Kuropean Hair-dresser. K.xpert PermaiK.it Wuvinif, petting, etc., for up
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    • 638 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET, SHOP. FLAT. Amber Mansions. Apply Spore Building Corp., 64, Market St. TO LET, 1 Cairnhill Circle and 22, Cairnhill Road, modern sanitation. Apply personally. 64. Market Street. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road, to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply N. Reuben, 7, De Souza Street.
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    • 632 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, Riverside Godowns and Shoos at Grosvenor Hotel, Apply Stephens Paul A Co. 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
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    • 641 4 FOR SALE VENETIAN LACES, luncheon sets, tablerunners. Motifs, 15 cts. up. Dresses. 319. River Valley Road. FOR SALE, 2 unused Crude Oil Engines. D b.h.p., $425. 12 b.h.p.. $575. Complete ready to run with exception of water tank. Apply 351, Straits Times. SATINWOOD baby grand by Beulhof. excellent condition, $3iio.
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    • 540 4 LEGAL NOTICE. CH(* HOE KIAT. NOTICF. is hereby given that the business heretofore cr.rried on by YEO AH OH at So. 18, North Canal Road, Singapore, under th? style of CHOP CHOO SENG has been wound up. A new and similar business has been commenced under the style of CHOP
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    • 462 4 BUSINESS CARDS. NANG HENG FURNITURE Co. Designers and Makers of ''Modern" furniture for home and office. Show-Room:— 103, SELEGIE ROAD. Factory:— 79. SOPHIA ROAD. GUAN HENG MOTOR REPAIRERS We are entirely a new concern, carrying on business it 52, ORCHARD KOAI). We specialise in Repair Works. Bntl. ry service, and
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  • 470 5 Secrets Of Success By "G.B.S." Mr. Bernard Shaw, in a broadcast talk from London on "Rungs of the Laddor," gave a few recip?s for success and several of the ingredients. "You think I am a great man and so dr.t s the 8.8.C." he said. "Yet
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  • 666 5 Use of Drikold." AMAZING POSSIBILITIES FORESHADOWED. An entirely new era in food preservation is heralded by the results of important research experiments carried out by the British Government Low Temperature Research Station at Cambridge and the Fish Research Station at Aberdeen, into the uses of solid carbon
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  • 251 5 Ballet Master's Leap Into Niagara. The strange, dramatic suicide of the famous dancer Nikolai Semenoff, as a protest against the disfavour with which the art of the ballet is now regarded, has aroused the deepest interest in America. For 23 years Semenoff was well known as a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 428 5 HOTELS Baffles hotel TONIGHT at 9-30 p.m. A NIGHT WITH YOUR OLD FAVOURITES In response to repeated requests it has been arranged for the Dance Tunes to be selected from those which were popular in the 'Good Old Days.' The Time will suit modern dancing, and the tunes played will
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    • 169 5 "Better than a Whole Meal!" Have You Tried a -*-mgnm CAPITOL CLUB SANDWICH "^^fe^«^ Served with a Tankard of m OBTAINABLE AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT THE ORIENTAL HOTEL REOPENED UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT TARIFF TO MEET SLUMP CONDITIONS TEL. 7986 H. E. TRENERRY MANAGING DIRECTOR. INSURANCE. COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR. ASSURANCE CO.,
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    • 985 5 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. Monday, Aug. 15th, at 5.30 p.m. Singapore Musical Society's THIRD CONCERT PROGRAMME INCLUDES:— OVERTURE WEBER DANCE MACABRE SAINT SAENS AND THE REVENGE STANFORD FOR CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA BOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S PRICE $2, $1 and Cts. 50. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT
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  • 1985 6 Need to Encourage Recruiting. OTHER ATTRACTIONS. A TERRITORIAL ARMY COMPARISON. Reporting on the work of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force in 1931. the General Officer Commanding Major-General L OldfieU, states that the European personnel is of much the same quality as the best of the Territorial
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  • Correspondence.
    • 741 6 Destroy Lower Grades Of Rubber. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With refers nee to your article "RUBBER— TWO NEW PLANa" 1 commenting on the two new plans of Mr. C. A. Hare and Progress and inviting further views nom readeis, the following is submitted for
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    • 398 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I was in Malaya for many years and saw the beginning of the rubber growing industry, also the booms and slumps which followed. During the past few years which I have spent in this country, I have been amazed at
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    • 452 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In connection with the forthcoming race meeting, it would seem from the published new classification list of i lass II ponies thac an injustice has been rnflicted on some of the best cash customers of the Singapore Turf Club.
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    • 323 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. The naming of Singapore's new pier is causing considerable controversy. The Governor insists that it shall be named Clifford Pier while the S.S.A. maintains that it should still be called Johnston's Pier. One would not like to be pleonastic, but
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  • 51 6 The Police Band will play the following programme at the Botanic Gardens tomorrow at 9 p.m. March, With Sword and Lance (Starke) Sele:tion, "Classica" (Ewing); Reverie, "In the Cloisters" (Torrance) Minuet (Boccharini) Selection, "The Gondoliers" (Sullivan) Overture, "Lustpiel (Bela) Ballet Music from Coppel ia (Delibes) "Grand Military Tattoo
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  • 20 6 Driver D. S. Boar, of the F.M.S. Railways, has retired after 2|Vi years service and is settling down in India.
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  • 19 6 Excellent moving in iures illustrating traffic control methods in Singapore are being shown at the Capitol and the Pavilion.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 274 6 "PRIDE IN HIS WORK IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF A GOOD CRAFTSMAN." OUR WORK^^ MACHINE WORK |C FORGINGS OF ALL KINDS fiH fT" 1 JBC! V fIH VMnO THE MANUFACTURE OF PALM OIL AND CANNING PLANTS- J|| f mum«L.^y^ f w|tT AND MOST PRICED IN THE EAST. OR INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIONS UP
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 115 7 JUST AS WE SAID! Another Grand Show from M.G.M. for the House with THE Stars and THE Pictures afil B fil T 1 '1 WtIBBiMIBMBMI "Where Entertainment is all that it should be!" MATINEES TODAY AND TOMORROW. That popular fellow ROBERT MONTGOMERY WITH HEATHER THATCHER and all English cast IN
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    • 206 7 t ♦♦♦♦»»♦♦»♦««♦»♦♦«»««»♦♦♦•««»««»>«♦«»»»»»»♦»»»»»»♦♦»»»». CAPITOL Last Night of Paramount's Bright Musical Romance "DANGERS IN THE DARK" *ith MIRIAM HOPKINS, The famous star of "DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE" «-»-»-»♦■»♦-»♦♦♦♦♦♦■»■>-•-»♦■»♦♦ TOMORROW Commencing at the MATINEE, 3.15 L U P E ?i| VFL F7 Am jo&k^M The Vivacious Spanish stnr "y^jgpißp Romantic Comedj j/^
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    • 247 7 MATINEES TODAY and SUNDAY S.IS. THE "ALL-QUIET" OF 1932! ■I h&Vt J :V*^ k* I itzk lisa r^^awQßaW^Bjt iMawar aW^^i aC^^^B ■■BBrV^ Bar(nfcM^«S mt* Mm M L :#Bk be' "j« ■w^^^T'c DOOMED THE PICTURE TERRIFIC! With TALA BIREII, LUIS TRENKER.VICTOR VARCONI^Ibert Conti, Henry Armett*. GusUv von Scyffcrtitz. A M«rccl Vandal
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  • 244 8 Rubber Down y2y 2 Ct. In Singapore. TIN PRICES GO STILL HIGHER. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday. Today's Prices Rubber, 7 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $73.7") per picjl. Yesterday's Prices Rubber. London, 2 7/ Kid., nnchanged. New York, 3 '/2 cts., down 3 '(>
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  • 78 8 Neon, Aug. 13. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Buyers. Sellers. Spot ..7 7 1 16 i Standard R.S.S. on Tender Buyers. Sellers. Aug. .7 1 16 7>k Sept ..71;- 7 3 16 1 Oct. 7';- 7 3 16 Oet-Dec. 7 3 16 7> t Jan.
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  • 145 8 Singapore, Aug. 18. Gambier 6.25 unpicked) 12.00 k>pra 5.65 mixed 5.05 Sago fl<-:n\ Sarawak 1.95 White Pepper 25.00 Black Pepper 19.00 Pearl 4.25 small 5.00 medium 6.00 -.am $155 to 194 I Saigon $145 to 150 Rangoon $140 to 154 No. i L 25 cattii groai 170 5 catties
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 456 8 Issue VaJ. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitani Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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      • 283 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nora. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.90 1.00 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.5.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 4.00 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 63.00 4.9.0 5.00 66.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 18,
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      • 143 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 104 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4\<* p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 100 103 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V& p.c.« of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 100
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      • 379 8 vi' rubber quotations are mostly only nominal To-day's Price Fraser Lyall Evatt k Co. Allenby ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.40 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.25 0.35 A. Hitam ($1) 0.40 0.60 0.40 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) A. Malay ($2) A. Molek ($1) A. Panas ($1) Baaaett ($1)
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    • 194 8 Singapore, Aug. 13. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 29/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 13/16 London, demand 2/3 25/32 London, T.T. 2/3 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,015 Hamburg 1 demand 164 New York, demand 39% Batavia
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    • 98 8 Rugby, Aug. 12. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 8.621 o Athens 540 Belgrade 215 Berlin 14 9 32 Bombay Is. 7 1 32 Brussels 25 1 32 Bucharest 587' ■> Buenos Aires nominal Copenhagen 18.75 Ceneva 17.83 *■> Helsingfors 232 Hong Kong Is. 4 5 32d. nominal Lisbon 110 Madrid
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    • 52 8 Mails (loft London Aug. 3) by the outward Dutch aeroplane from Amsterdam are expected to arrive at Singapore by the evening express tomorrow. Correspondence addressed to boxholders only will be ready for delivery at 7.30 p.m. Applications from non boxholders for delivery at the General Post Office cannot
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    • 42 8 From China and Manila by President Hayes due Singapore daylight on Monday, the 15th instant. From Chian by Hosang due Singapore C a.m. on Tuesday, the 16th instant. From China and Japan, by Iyo Maui, due at Singapore on Wednesday.
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  • 252 8 Today. 'emaman, Kemasek, Kretay, Dungun, Trf tfttunu and Hesut 'Najumi 3 p.m. Rhio, Biiliton, Ja"a, South-West Sumatra, South-East Borneo, Cele bes, Moluccas and Tinn.r hilly Hieneral van fu-en) 4 p.m. Tunjong Bul.-i and 1. ..1. „<•,, Bilih < Ampungi 4 p.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India. East
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  • 51 8 By Ufl Spore ArrJ. London Karoa D'Artaenan Kaiser-I-Hind Dempo Kfc'ra Andre Lebon Tftlteaa I. C. Hooft June 30 June 29 July 8 July U July 14 July II July 14 July L' 2 July 21 July 26 Auk- 1 Aug. 2 Aut;- 8 Auk. 8 Au K
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  • 155 8 Sir M. Hailey's Plea For Right Thinking. Naini Tal, July 19. ReplyitiR to the address of w.Icohio presented by the Municipal Boar I of .Jaunjur on July 17, His Exc 'Honey Sir Malcolm Hailey rejoiced to hear that their town had (scaped the contagion of agitation which had
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  • 138 8 Hindu Girl Who Embraced Moslem Religion. Allahabad, July 2<. A Hindu girl'l fascination for the Moslem religion was related before Jus»u-<> Kendall in Allahabad High Court yesterday during the hearing of an application by the brother of the giil praying that she should not be forced to marry
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 138 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday. Aufftint 13. Sineanore V.R.A. Risley meeting, Bukit Timah. Starts 2 p.m. Prunella" by the Mummer*. Y.M.C.A. Hall. 9.30 p.m. iundny. Augu-t 14. Police Band at Botanical Garden*, 9 p.m. Singapore V.R.A. Bisley nfeetinir. BnVit Timah, Starts 8 a.m., at homo and prizo distribution. Monday, August
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1116 9 "Sterilised" Stocks And Scheme For Research. The second annual report of the Tin Producers' Association has just been received by the Straits Times. The following are extracts from it. In the last report the council outlined the progress of voluntary regulation ofj output during 1930,
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    • 317 9 Employed in Powdered Form. Writing in the Financial Times or. 'uly 2<5, Mr. F. H. Jamieson says: The possibility of rubber in powdered fona has long been contemplated. Ruboer in powdered form made by the aid ■f chemicals has been possible for some .ime and has been produced,
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    • 136 9 Lewis Peat (Singapore) Ltd.. re.>ort has follows on Aug. 12: i Against all expectations prices have continued to advance and the long look.'d for reaction has not as yet set in Reports from New York still indicate :hat th« buying is of a speculative naure dependent to a
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    • 474 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are th" prices, rent.* per catty where not stbarwioe stated, prevailing ut the Singapore markets nr Aug. I.', a.< furnished by the Food and Market Inspector: Meat.— Beef Rtcak (round) 3"> per catty, beef »tew cr curry 28, pork, lean l;>.
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    • 1581 9 Improving Conditions: AilRound Economies. The annual meeting of the British North Borneo (Chartered) Coirpany was held on July 2G at River Plate House. Finsbury Circus, London, K.C. MajorGeneral Sir Neill Malcolm, K.C.B., D.S.O. (the president), occupied the chair. The president moved the adoption of the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 606 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 18SS at AmstenUa*. Aathorised Capital G<ds. 100,000,000 Paid up Capital Glds. 65,000,000 Reserves Glds. 24,190,324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAGUE. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES Batavia I Head office for Dutch But ladles. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeng, Cheribon, Gorontalo. Makassar, Medan,
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    • 459 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY N.V. Netherlands Tradfng Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80.030,000 STATUTORY RESERVI Fl. 20,016,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HACiUB. HKAD VtiENCY 'N BATAVIA Mmmh btwidoeiig hong Kong Har-guuu iiandjermasu. Kobe 'Semarang Bombay *Weltevreuei> Shanghai Calcutta Medan Solo
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  • 922 10 One of the most encouraging: features of rcc< nt international conferences in Europe has been tho evidence of a renewal of friendship between Great Britain and France. At Lausanne i.rd at Geneva the former allies found thciiso'ves in agreement
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  • 120 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. Leslie Forbes, chairman of the Seremban Sanitary Board, us going home on leave shortly. Padre "Bobs" Ford wiil tell "The Story of Toe H" to members of the Singapore Kotary Club at the luncher n at the Adelphi Hotel on Wednesday. Mr. L. B. Gibson, Deputy Public
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  • 936 10 The improvement 8 that will take place in aviation within i the next few years will be ef1 fected vot so much in speed as in safety devices. And these safety devices, strange as it may seem, will not all be found im the
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  • 658 10 FEARS ON THE TRAIN. y The Hon. Mr. H. U. Abdul fader, who was a passenger on the; train which was partially wrecked at Tar.jong Malim, has confessed that before the train left Prai Jk> had a presentiment that something wasting to happen, and that he
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  • 129 10 Singapore. ALII AM BK A. Hut Tha Flosh is Weak with Robert Montnoi»er> and Heather Thatcher. G.K. U.l.'.. Phone 6'JO'J. CAPITOL. Miriam Hopkins and Lydia Robcrti in Dancers in the Dark. 6.15 U.l"). Phone 5201-^. GREAT WORLD. Talkies, Charlie Chaplin in City Lights. Pasar Malam Gate 10 cts. Ladies
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    • 233 10 England's most Popular Novelist commends Singapore's most Popular Cafe At this, the innocent creature, bea ming through his thick glasses would instantly turn to the sked book, and begin reading the entry under that date. June 11th Singapore 11.15 a.m. go to John Littles for a gin-sJing Wait a minute
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    • 189 10 A. FLINTER C, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE BUYS GOLD COINS and GOLD ORNAMENTS of EVERY CLASS and QUALITY ACCORDING TO DAILY EXCHANGE RATES. Hear These Numbers ON COLUMBIA (THE SCRATCHLESS RECORD) "The Cat and the Fiddle." with It'a Star, PEGGY WOOD, in Her Original Songs 10-inch D 8796 THE CAT AND
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  • 264 11 SLEEPERS ACROSS TRACK. Only Mile Away from Scene Of Previous Disaster. SUSPECT COOLIES. Intense Police Search For Culprits. Only b) tiM vigilance of a police patrol lias another disaster to a night mail train from Prai to Kuala Lumpur been averted. In the
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  • 136 11 Many British Engines In Air Race. Rugby, Aug. 12. The Times today announces the preliminary for the round Europe air race and the international touring competition. The preliminaries began in Berlin yesterday. One British light aeroplane and 115 British aero engines in foreign aircraft will take part. Of
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  • 50 11 Sitfnor Mussolini's Way With Ambassadors. Rome, Aug. 12. SiL-nor Muuolini has dismissed five Ambassadors, thoM at Washington 1'jui.-. Berlin, Brussels and Madrid, and lias appointed to Washington Signor Rosso, to Paris Sijrnor Pignatti Morano, to Berlin Siicnor Cerrnti, to Brussels Signor X'annUtelli !{<•> and to Madrid Signor Guariglia
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  • 78 11 Torrent of Selling In New York. New York, Aug. 12. Tin- Stock Market had its long expected "shake-out 1 today. A tot rent of selling (luiinir the last hour hroupht down many issues by from one to five points and a fCW si\ to twelve There was a
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  • 132 11 600 Men Dismissed At Crewe. London, Aug. 12. The rationalisation of the railways has resulted in a decision by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to cease manufacturing its own steel and to close the Crewe works on Sept. 30 on the ground that it is not
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  • 209 11 To Join the Fleet At Corfu. Rugby, Aug. 12. The Prince of Wales and Prince George, on arrival by air yesterday afternoon, at Le Bourget, France, were met by Group Captain R. J. Bone, the British Attache at Paris. Later in the evening the Princes left by train
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  • 99 11 Preventing Fugitives From Escaping. Warsaw, Aug. 10. The official Polish telegraph agencv states that the Soviet Russian government has decided to depopulate and lay waste a zone of 12'*: miles wide along* the frontier between Russia and Poland in order to prevent fugitives from Russia crossing into Polish
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  • 71 11 Making Disarmament Difficult. New York, Aug. 9. Senator Swanson, one of the Americar delegates to the Disarmament Conference returned from Geneva today. In the course of an interview he said that Japan's attitude would make real disarmament very difficult, and added that the utilisation of silver by smaller
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  • 69 11 Drastic Decrees In Prussia. Berlin, Aug. 13. Drastic decrees against the cult of the nude, which has been so popular in Germany for some years, were issued tonight by the Deputy Commissioner of Prussia. Not only stage spectacles with naked women and gymnastic displays by naked
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  • 55 11 Extension to Singapore Offered. Melbourne, Aug. 12. Imp. rial Airways has offered to extend the India air mail service to Singapore provided Australia will undertake to complete the service to Australia. A report on the subject is being forwarded to the Cabinet by the British and Australian
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  • 1141 11 Young Marshal's Plans. TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE IN A FORTNIGHT. The situation in China yesterday remained unaltered. Mr. Wang Ching-wei refuses to reconsider his decision to resign but no successor has been yet appointed. Marshal Chan,; Hsueh-liang is closing down his headquarters in Peking and is
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  • 305 11 Ottawa and Hoover. END OF AMERICAN ALOOFNESS. London, Aug. 13. The events of the past few days have given economic revivalists much material to bite on." The monetary report of the Ottawa Conference is in some ways more notable for its omissions than its achievements and means
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  • 80 11 Ratepayers' Association Begins Work. A petition is being prepared by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association for presentation to the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore on the question of ruts in Municipal expenditure and a reduction of assessment and charges. A list of places where copies of the petition will be
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  • 167 11 A Model For Other Countries. Rugby, Aug. 12. A Treasury announcement as to the progtess which the War Loan Conversion operalion has achieved to the end of the bonus month is expected early next week. Much progress has now been made with the great volume of mail received
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  • 100 11 Hundred-Fold Increase From Croydon. Rugby, Aug. 12. The extremely rapid growth of air travel is shown by the fact that whereas, 13 years ago, only 20 passengers left Croydon in an average week now 2,000 leave that air port weekly. .This hundred -fold increase promises to be rapidly
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  • 120 11 Big Reductions in Java And Sumatra. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 12. The preliminary July crop returns of the R.G.A. show that 357 companies produced 10,955 tons, compared with 12,565 tons in July, 1931. The Malayan companies produced 7,557 tons, compared with 7,793 tons, a
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  • 152 11 Gruesome Exhibit In Lancaster Trial. Miami, Aug. 12. The jury and the spectators in the Lancaster murder trial were amazed and horrified when the skull of Mr. Haden Claik was produced in court and Capt. Lancaster was seen peering intently at this relic of his rival for
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  • 1342 11 Conference Reaching The Final Stage. WHOLESALE PRICES. "World-Wide Rise Most Desirable." A world-wide rise in the general levels of wholesale pricrs is most desirable," declares a statement on tinmonetary and financial question issued by the Ottawa <>nferenc< which adds that the evil of falling prices must be
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    • 74 11 On Other Pages. Page Letters to the Editor 6 Around the Markets By Our Financial Correspondent 8 What of Tomorrow in the Air? By Amelia Earhart 10 Singapore Musical Society 12 I'enang Appeal Court 12 Malays Lose Last Match 13 County Cricket Results 13 S.C.C. Rugby Meeting IS Bankruptcy Court
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  • 1190 12 Ratepayers' Appeal. LOWERING OF CHARGES URGENT. The newly formed Sinnapore Katepayers' \ssK-iatiun ha«: lost no time in getting to work. A petition has been prepared for presentation to the Mfcgaeere Municipal Commissioners on the question of retrenchment, and next week it will he available for signature
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  • 90 12 Great Damage by Fire In Rumania. Buchr.rest, Aug. 10. Thirteen persons, including several children, perished in thr flames when large part of the city ol Botosani, East Rumania, was destroyed by a fire which broke out simultaneously in several widely separated places in the working men's
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  • 358 12 Brilliant Austrian War Story. There is a realism about Carl Laemmle's I latest war picture, "The Doomed Batta- lion." which excels any previous pictorial I story of the 11U4-1S struggle. In the first place its scenes are lx d, and mostly enasted, among the win! and snow-swept •washes
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  • 175 12 Father and Son Arrested On Mischief Charge. There was i sequel to a fire which broke out and totally destroyed a dwell-ing-house in P:iya Leiiar Road in the early hears of Aug. t when two Indian Mohammedans, father and son. the former being the occupier, were
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  • 27 12 The annual inspection ot the Ferak Volunteer units will by?b v hjid by Ma jo-. -General L. C. L. Oldn>ld tomorro-.v. Tht ti"ops will operate at Lahat.
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  • 16 12 Mr. C. R. Howitt has been appointed to act as First Assistant Secretary (B), Straits Settlements.
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  • 828 12 Further Stage. STRAITS STEAMSHIP CASE. A further stage was reached in the matter between the Straits Steamship Co.. through Messrs. .Mansfield and Co., their agents, and the Harbour Master. Penang, when in the Penang Court of Appeal yesterday judgment was reser\ed in the appeal of the Deputy
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  • 199 12 Bangkok European With No Bail Money. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 11. An interesting case ha« just been decided in the Appeal Court. One of the men concerned had been in. custody for 1<; months and it is felt here that thi* is a glaring:
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  • 146 12 14-Roomed Wooden House Damaged. A telephone call from a resident in Yeo Chu Kang Road led to the Singapore fire brigade racing along deserted roads shortly after two o'clock this morning to an outbreak in a 14-roomed wooden and attap house occupied by Malays. The fire
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  • 79 12 The following is the programme of the special classical conceit to be given in the Addphi Hotel tomorrow at 9.30 p.m. by Paul Strauss and his orchestra: Overture to the rpera. "The Merry W.ves of Windsor" (Nicolai); Scotch P<v. m (MacDowell); P' elude Op. 3 No. 2 fRiuhmaninoff);
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  • 54 12 Monia Litter and his concert orchestra will play the following programme on Sunday evening Overture. Leonore No. s f Beethoven) Opera Fantasy, The Goldrn Cockerel (Rimsky-Korsakoff) Polonaise, Scenes de Ballet (Glazounovr) Fndian Plaint. (Dvorak) Fantasy on a Cossa- A Dance, (Dargoinijsky); Symphony No. 2. Allegretto Grazioso (Brahms) and
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  • 160 12 To Begin at Nine In The Morning. According to a Government Gazette sS> traoidinary published this morning the hours for 1 the conduct of public busiiif-<<s in Government smces will be from 9 a.m. 'to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This means
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  • 300 12 People Responsible For Reds' Capture. It was a toss up whether they were ?ent to wreck a church or smash up a reading room they were willing to smash anything so I think they had better keep each other company." remarked Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore District
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  • 388 12 Robert Montgomery in "But The Flesh Is Weak." The high standard set by Me'ro (1( clwyn Meyer productions is u'mirabl" maintained in 'But the Flesh ia Weak," now being shown at the Alhambra. I. is rasea .>n Ivor Novello's play "Th>> Truth Game." and the new title U
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  • 46 12 Note Circulation Decreases Cover Ratio Advances. Berlin, Aug. 10. According to the Reichbank's weekly statement gold and foreign currency reserves have increased slightly. As the notes circulation decreased from 5,916 to 5,869 millions, cover ratio advanced from 22.5 to 2.'!. 4 per cent. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 982 12 Still Improving. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CONCERT. It is Mfi interesting experience to watch the inception avd growth of any body of singers and musician "»nd note the p<" gress they make. Those who have attended the concerts of the Singapore Musical Society since its formation o\e:a year ago
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    • 82 12 THE DIP DELIGHTFUL Scrubb's in the bath. *W JSQ Oh, the glorious yjiv ;:^/iK glow Feel the iassi- V. 'Z^J/~~^ /L tudego! Really. You Yy Jj must try a bath Af- l V j softened and soothed I JpJ with Scrubb's Cloudy -A^ "^ZI J/ /LJ Ammonia. A tonic —^^s^
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  • Singapore League Football.—Chinese Success.—Home Cricket.
    • 1454 13 Beaten by Chinese. ONLY GOAL SCORED FROM PENALTY. Chinese 1 Malays 0. The Malays, who have already mad. 1 their position ay champions of the S.A.F.A. League Mcnre foi yet anothei- season, ended their progranimc yesterday at thi? Amm Road Stadium by losing to the Chinese
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    • 699 13 Bowes Does Well. LANCASHIRE BEATEN BY GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Bowes, the Yorkshire fast bowler, enhanced his claim to be selected to tour Australia in the close season by a splendid display against Essex when Yorkshire continued their run of successes by winning with more than an innings to spare.
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  • 142 13 Score Five Times In Second Half. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. Some skilful goalkeeping by Gomes and indifferent marksmanship by the Y.M.C.A. forwards were the features inn B division match of the Selangor League between tho Y.M.C.A. "A" and the Eurasians on tho former's padang
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  • 218 13 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, Aup. 12. Today's basct'-uli results wore The New York Giant who completed six double play,, jyot all tied up by Clark' pitching and ouid only managed four hits. The Phillies M some bijf hitting tnday an<) notched (our circuit
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  • 355 13 Saturday, August 13. 1 Cricket: S.C.C vs. Medical College, Padang; S.R.C. vs. S.C.C. Etceteras. S.R.C. grd. I Teylon Sports Club vs. Combined School.*. Balestier; Ceylon Tamils Assn. vs. Bom- bay Sports Club. C.T.A. grd Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: Gloucester vs. Indo-Ceylonese, Jalan Besar. Golf: Garrison G.C. Men's Monthly
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  • 19 13 [The co-operation of club secretaries is requested in keeping this diary of m^orting •vents accurmU and up to data.]
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  • 245 13 Garrison Tournament Ends. The Harrison lawn torn Ifl tournament concluded last eveninj* when tfcrss) finals were decided. Results: Married Couples Open: ('apt. and Mrs. More beat Major and Mrs. Winder. 6 3. 6—1. Inter-Regimental: R.A. beat R.A.M.C., 6_:}, 6—1. Men's Doubles Ha"'li<ap: Major Cuff and Capt. Grant Taylor
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  • 125 13 Rotary Club Match With Island G.C. The following will reprMMt the Rotary Hub in their return match against the Island (lull at the Island <lub eoVM on Sunday, Aup. 21. when the Rotary ftUtn will act as hos^s 41. D. Mundell an.l Lt.-Col. F. C. Hyland. I). W".
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  • 1152 13 Proposal for Regular Second Team. The annual Mating of the S.C.C. rujihy football section was held :U the Club yesterday with the President. Mr. 0. P. Griffith-Jones in the chair, lie was supportr 1 hy Mr. VaUghan Jones (hon. retary), Mr. B. E. Ahliu (convener), ami
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    • 51 13 QUALITY AND VALUE Quality of materials used, skilled workmanship and the knowledge of how a piano should be manufactured for this climate makes the MOUTRIE PIANO THE REST VALUE IN THE FAR EAST. PRICES FROM $425 Illustrated List Sent on Application. S. MOUTRIE Co Ltd. (Incorporated in Hongkong) RAFFLES PLACE
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  • 55 14 Corinthians Qualify for SemiFinal. (Fron Our Own Correspondent.) Ipeh. Aug. 12. In a replayed tie in the Perak F.A. Cup i li» ormthians beat the Customs XI by two clear goals. The Corinthians possess- ,i the superior forward line. ibe winnen mead the Chinese Il.C* m tli<
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  • 85 14 Man Who Snatched Ear-ring From a Child. -ul.l car-iing from a thiid hi her mwhera srott in Wayan.-c v ii three months' i i men! and recommended vi c. Wilson, tht r< District Criaainal .Judge, yesterK. nny, Chief Court lnspe<that it was more or leu and the
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  • 448 14 Houses Being Built On A Mortgage. A further adjournment of four weeks was granted in the hearing of the petition for receiving order against Hackett and Co. in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Whitley. Mr. C. H. Smith, who appeared for the petitioning creditors, pressed for
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  • 116 14 Man Trying to Get To China Cheated. A Chinese from Kota Tinggi came to Singapore to attempt to obtain a passage to China. At the Keppel Harbour 'locks he went to a compatriot who offered to get him a passage if he would hand over $8.50. The
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  • 89 14 Pleads That Young Girl Kidnapped Him. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 12. At the Perak A.ssi/es today Vedappan was found guilty of kidnapping a Tamil girl under 16 years of age from the lawful guardianship of her parents. Vedappan had the audacity to plead that the girl
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  • 224 14 The foUow'iip wer.? the donations received by th.' European Unemployment Committee in July Clubs !>\l,T>'.i.'u, Malnyan Tobacco Distributors, Ltd.. 400. I.S.P. 006.92, Mrs. 31. Berkeley 10, Mr. G. E. Teale 25, Dr. \V. J. Dixon 5. Mr. IL W. Nightingale 1T). 25, Mr. S. H. Morrison 8, Mr.
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  • 1028 14 European Bankrupt. SEPARATED FOUR YEARS AGQ. The story of how an Englishman's wife came to make him a bankrupt was un- i folded in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday i before Mr. Justice Whitley during the I public examination of Mr. H. W. Leyden. < a
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  • 306 14 Hand Grenades Thrown At Socialists. Berlin, Aug. 10. Acts of terrorism are continuing, especially in the Province of Silesia, which appears to be the hot-bed of terriorist activities. At Gleiwitz and Kornstadt hand grenades were hurled against the houses of Socialist and Communist leaders, while
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  • 626 14 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.— l*h Sunday after Trinity. Aag. 14, fi.50 a.m., Holy Comn. 7.30 a.m., Matins; S a.m., Holy Conn. (Choiali; *>..io n.'ii.. Evensong < Choral i and Strmon; Holy Comb, on Mon.. Wed. and Friday at I a.m.. Tue.-... Than, and Saturday at 7 a.m. TANGLIN GARRISON
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  • 58 14 My canary has broken its leg, please try to do something for it." This plea was made by a woman to the house surgeon of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. The fractured leg presented unusual difficulties, but the doctor set the leg after an hour's work. With tears
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  • 278 14 Members of Unlawful Society. Support Soviet Russia with Arms was one of the slogans found in a batch of documents after two Hylams were arrested while sticking up Communistic posters on some railings near the Paya Lcl/ar wireless station. The arrests took place on July 25 five days
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  • 126 14 Sequel to 4- Year-Old Accident. Krl.-hnagar. July 28. The Subordinate Judge of Nadia has delivered judgment in the case in which the plaintiff Jabeda Khatun and others. representing the widow and children of the deceased hi ought a suit against the. Secretary of State-in-Council undtr A
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  • 61 14 To Broadcast from European Capitals. Rugby, Auir. 12. Mr. Vernon Bartlett, wfcoee weekly talks on international al"airs in the British Broadcasting Corporation national programmes have been heard by millions of listeners in Britain and abroad, is shortly to make a tour of most of the European capitals
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  • 62 14 Explosions from Chinese Crackers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 12. A shophouse in Patrick Street, opposite the old market, was gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning and damage estimated at $5,000 was done. The fire was first noticed when a series of explosions
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  • 81 14 Man Who Evaded Arrest For Quarter Century. (From Our Own Con-espondent.) Penang, Aug. 12. After evading arrest for 24 years. Lam Hor Weng, who was convicted in 11)08 o( cheating in respect of $5,8fi0, jumped his bail and was recently arrested in Ipoh. was brought up before
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  • 44 14 Young Author Killed In Motor Accident. Rugby, Aup. 12. Mr. Ronald Mackenzie, the young author whose first play ".Musical Chairs" is rurinins: successfully at the Criterran Theatre in London, was killed today in a m<>i accident near Beauvais, France. Briti.li Wirekss.
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  • 21 14 MY HAT The 8.8.C. Advisory Committee on Spoken English recommended that beret" should be pronounced "Berret; final 't to be sounded."
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  • 247 14 Governor to Withhold Decision. Albany, New York, Au»r. 12. The supporters of Mayor Walker have ned ;i Supreme Court order requiring Governor Roosevelt, to show cause why he should not be restrained from passing judgment in Mr. Waller's This i.v the first step towards 'iht-iinipg a legal injunction
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  • 54 14 Breaks British Air Record. London, Aug. Mi-. Victor Brace and her two companions, by remaining in the air 56 hours. broke the British ;'ii endurance record of M hi.urs :is minuU aj lished by Squadion Lead.r Jonea Williams ami Klight Lieutenant Jenkins in 1929. Bra. Victor Bruce
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  • 1702 15 By OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT. London, July <",. t>EFORE a woman makes up her mind to take a hat she tries on seven others first. Bui she isn't any more difficult than a man shopping for a hat for he tii« on seven, too.
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  • 297 15 Or;in^'t> pulp beaten up with twice the quantity of cream cheese makes :i %<••■ i "butter" for spreading on dry biscuits, for the bridge party. Decorate with a j lew gratings •>:' orange peel. Ammonia is liable to leave a yellow i stain on silk and woollen fabrics*
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  • 91 15 Printed Dr esses For Evening Wear. Illustrated are two printed dresses for dinner and evening wear, both vppiaving the combination of yellow and blink. The dress at the left is done in chiffon, the ground black and the <If signs in a summery yellow. The shoulders are definitely covered, the
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    • 291 15 DAlNTY.appealing jellies can be made with little M-*e«a«v trouble and expense by n*, using Cerebos Jelly taM^Sal Crystals. Everyone will relish their delicious fresh fruit flavours and enjoy their cooling and refreshing qualities. (erebos Jelly Crystals MmMMAbMBI MWSXttfCk, I. til 5,,,g,,'-irf. .\\\\\\\Ul'2 /fas a JewelYj U and no your automobile
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    • 287 15 KEEP YOUR YOUTH When natural youthful vtgMf ix prematurely lost whether it be through Iliaeast sin-Ms «if rlimatr. nr through overwork life is iiwrHy a ilxll talstaf Thanks lit an eminent I'rofesstir of Medicine, Or. K. HiitTtci. of «h<t'ni\ersitv uf T.-rne. Swit/.rlnnd. >ou c:in no» simply and easily, und at
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  • 1172 16 $10,000,000 Damage. OFFICIALS BLAMED FOR THE CAUSE. Canton, Aug. 1. Further disclosures roncerning the calamitous rainstorm, which swept Canton during the ■week-end, have been made through the police and various reports to hand, stating that the casualty list might have been much bigger but for the
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  • 216 16 Its Advantages By A Judge. Oxford, July M. '•Just as I should be sorry to see use of the cane in schools abolished, so am I particularly glad th:U the Mod of chc House of Lords pot I'tick the right to whip in the Children'- Bill which has
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  • 237 16 Rich Woman And V/ 2 d. Stamp. London, July 27. For fraudulently u^intr a l'^d. stamp wr'ch had been previously used, Mrs. Gwendoline Smith, of St. Croix. EngUshcombe Lane, Bath (Somerset), was finel £25 and £7 7s. eost^ ai Watford. In the course of her evidence Mrs.
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  • 87 16 lineman Scores Two Misses In Rangoon. Rangoon, Aug. 2. There was considerable excitement in the eoort room of the First Additional Magistrate, Rangoon, yesterday when a Mm i nil 1 1 prisoner on hearing the sentence ptifd on him and his two companions in •oiinection with a
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  • 58 16 Thousands Witness Blaze From Canal Banks. Bezwada, July 26. Ellore Canal was in a blaze of light whm a boat carrying 600 tins of petrol caught An this morning. Thousands of people gathered on the canal banks to witness the sight. In spite of rain it
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  • 1323 16 Shortage Of Money. CONSTANT WAR BY THE POLICE. Referring to secret societies, criminal gangs, etc., in his report on the S.S. Police for 1981, the Hon. Mr. H. Fairburn, Inspector-General, says: The continuous war of attrition waged by special sub-branches of the detective branch upon gangsters
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  • 292 16 Sequel to Struggle in The Chair. Damages of £21 w?re awarded at Croydor County Court ti Arthur Basil de Hoxar, aged 11, of Alleyne Road, West Dulwith, against Leslie Frank Fouraker, surgeon dentist, of Central Hall, Upper Norwood, for personal injuries. Mrs. de Hoxar said she took
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  • 62 16 REVOLVER NO LICENCE. Heavy Sentence Passed In Calcutta. Calcutta, July 27. Found guilty of the possession of a six chambered revolver and 38 live cartridges without licence, in Juna last, Swadeshranjan Chatterjee was sentenced today to undergo three years' rigorcus imprisonment and to pay a fine of f.«s. 40, or,
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  • 58 16 North Staffords Private Shoots Himself. Madras, July 2.X Private W. Hancock, of the Ist Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment, committed suicide by shooting himself while on duty outside the guard room of Fort St. (Jenr£e At the inquest a verdict of suicide was returned. The motive is unknown
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  • 50 16 Getting Into Hinds of Opium And Ganja Dealers. Galle (Ceylon), July 28. The whole country is getting into the hands of opium and ganja dealers, and Colombo is already in their grip," remarked Mr. Justin Akbar in the course of an address on crime at Wataraka this afternoon.
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  • 677 16 Controlling Malaria. WITHOUT OILING OR SUBSOIL DRAINAGE. (From Our Owen .Corfesvor^tejrt). Kufcla Lrmpur. Aug. 12. The control of maK.iia by natural 1 methods which i< being practised at j Cameron Highlands, and which was demonstrated p.t the Malayan Exhibition in a stall staffed bv the Pahang
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  • 19 16 Senator the Marquis Marconi has been promoted to tho rank of Captain in the Italian Navy.
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  • 220 16 Governor's Warning To Dacca Students. Dacca. .Inly 25. His Excellency the Governor of Bengal, as Chancellor, Braided over the Couvoeation of the Dacca University today and delivered an address which concluded with n warning to students "not to trample in the mud the good na_re pf
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    • 225 16 wHSI 1 f ,^<t*"*<^*V*flr TVlVi^Vilmmflmßsssssi Y-v^aV \tv\i There isn l a sav \\r*\il^s \i \y& our y d* 5 1 w h' c h USLsI^J) \lraM sn>t creatly im\Vr^??*i Vi£^> proved in flavour \w^ri uV by addin 8 H p VJyl Sauce. For the \\^>»\ \|9v P'S uant y e
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  • 2272 17 OH AJf A HOPES FOOD TAXES AND PRICE d ARANTEES MR. THOMAS AND MR. BENNETT FRIENDS AGAIN STORM BREAKS IN IRELAND l.L.P. SPLIT WITH LABOURNORTH CORNWALL HEARS SIR HERBVRT AND TWICKENHAM? (From Our Own Correspondent.) Fleet Street, July 26. British political interest, for the
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  • 253 17 Death of Inventor of The Safety Razor. Mr. King Camp Gillette, the inventor Icf the world-famous razor which bears I iii* name, has died at the age of 77 at 1.(.s Angeles. Mr. (jilk'tte, who was of French descent, was born at Fond dv Lac, Wisconsin,
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  • 179 17 Professor's Predictions For The Future. The astonishing prediction that the bridges and; engineering works of thf future may be constructed of material resembling the spider's vveb was made by Professor C. E. Inglis, Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University, at the opening of the
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    • 380 17 REAL BARGAINS. 50 <^ TESTED USED CARS TO CHOOSE FROM 1930 BUICK TOURER Recently Overhauled and Reducoed, d»/\/w\ />/\ This Car is in Excellent Condition. «|>yUU.UU 1931 OPEL SALOON New Tyres, upholstery, original Paint, This Car Runs and Looks like new. $1400.00 1930 DE SOTO TOURER A Very Sound Buy.
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  • 3775 18 What's Wrong With The Federation?— The Question Of The Day I—Looking1 Looking Back Ten Years— History And The "New Policy"— Picking Up A Loose Thread— A Reminder For Short Memories. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) IT seems desirable to set out the historical evidence
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  • 178 18 Woman Killed by Car Dickey Lid. London, July ?1. A suicide of an extraordinary character was revealed at an inquest held last night iy the Hemel Hempstead coroner at Little Gaddesden (Bucks). Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Sanders (57), of Ringshall, was found dead with her head in the well
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  • 2352 19 FLYING NOTES. Mr. Hitpc's Third Victory Scratch Machine Averages 1 76.5 M.P.H. World's largest Flying Warship Takes The Air Handiness And Speed Of New (.itmt Hi plane Thy Double Trans- Atlantic Flight Mr. Mollison's Plans. I>ondon, July 12. The eleventh annual handicap race for
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  • 105 19 What Professor's Analysis Revealed. White face powder manufactured about 400 B.C. in a jar which Professor T. Leslie Shear obtained in 1930 from a woman's grave in Corinth has been analysed by Professor William Foster, of Princeton University Chemistry Department. Professor Foster's report shows 'that
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  • 94 19 Important Problems Solved In Russia. Leningrad, July 24. The Leningrad research institutes have solved important problems connected with the production of aluminium in the Urals. Recent geological surveys resulted in the discovery in the Urals of extensive deposits of k&gh quality boxitea. The institute for aluminium research explored methods
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  • 86 19 Walks Into Police Station Dressed As A Woman. An American sailor gawe the Sannomiya (Japan) police a great kick recently when he walked in dresse I in. a woman's yukata. Originally there were three sailors on the spree, the other two rinding their way to the
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  • 1034 19 WHO BENEFITS IN THE SLUMP? PENANG LETTER. Not The Pawnbroker No Quick Returns Peaceful Gardens Curious Trees Blinding Bicycle Lamps Tea Blended To Customer's Taste— Dog-hook Damage To Sacks. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 8. WHO benefits during a prolonged period of trade depression Many people would be inclined
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  • 493 19 Second Five Year Plan In Tadjik Republic. Moscow, July 18. An expedition of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Science is out storming: the Pamir heights this summer. The expedition is unprecedented in the annals of scientific exploration. Some 350 scientific workers, with over 1,000 assistants, organised
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  • 37 19 Programme of drills up to and for week ending Aug. 14 Saturday, Aug. 13, 1 p.m., Bukit Timah, S.V.C.. Bisley Meeting— 2nd Week. Sunday, Aug. 14, 7.30 a.m., Bukit Timah, S.V.C., Bisley Meeting— 2nd Week.
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    • 229 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle n_^ &feg _g& icT^i m-T" lIP ioi V#£- t&i s£§ i 29 ~so son m £&i Mb isls,,— j IMZM—'l'li— it *Ti n i y IbH ri n (CLUES.) ACROSS. Hide 20. Gluts <....,.. Right-hand side of a sheet of paper wended Diniim»h««« n nf Ornamental staffs
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  • 67 20 A STATE OPENING H.M. the King drove in State to open the new Lambeth Mridtre. London, over the Thames. After pressing a button releasing a barrier at the entrance, the king drove over the bridge watched by thousands of people. (Planet News.) The crowd
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    30 20 NEW in TCH SUBMARINE LAUNCHED The latest Dutch submarine the X.XIV. has been launched at Rotterdam. It is one of five submarines under construction for the Dutch Government. (Planet News.)
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    66 20 AUTHORS V. ACTRESSES AT CRICKET.— A team of authors, captained by Mr. J. B. Priest le*. and a team of actresses, captained by Miss Gladys Cooper, met in a cricket match in aid of the North St. Pancras Group of the St. Pancras House Improvement Society in the beautiful grounds
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    34 20 V CITADEL I\ THE ISLE OF MAN.— General Higgins, head of tha Salvation Army made a special journey t o Douglas, Isle of Man, where he opened a new Salvation Army Citadel. (Planet News.)
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    39 20 ON THE TRAINING SHIP WARSPITE— Prince George, who has just become vicepresident of the Marine Society, prqsided at the annual inspee ion of the Training Ship Warspite at Grays, Essex. The photo shows him inspecting the boys. (Plane* News.)
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