The Straits Times, 28 December 1932

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ISTABLISHTO MIARLT X CMNTTJtT.T wm ulrvest <tNn most influential newsfiper in wirm. P0 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times *0 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932. PEICK II CENTS.
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      403 1 Singapore: 7s. ckcil st. cphonc iihv, I 6.15 Tonight 9.16. FIRES OF FATE 1 with I LESTER MATTHEWS. J Phone 5261-2. I J JiyLMER, the /m^ products i/fijnß Outstanding among AYLMER Canadian ja^aSfcs'^^^^f 'Ell?] Products are Aylmer Tomato Soup, Aylmer *^t^|jß^—^> [L.^^l '1 oinato Ketchup and Aylmer Tomato Juice. rVw^
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      138 1 UAL A LUMPUR i.42^ JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3883). r*fif li M rFmE^MFATEI with LESTER MATTHKWS. J Phone 5261-2. I— .J SHOOT TO KILL Sportsmen! with if you want to prove what your gun ELEY CARTRIDGES j r> .j^ can do, use the best Cartridges ELEY OR KYNOCH. ELEY (l^\ L
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      492 2 P. "0., BRITISB H®U AND APCAR LINES. (Inctwi rated la EngUnd.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND OaVENTAL SH. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SEBVICB, OOTWAItU FBOM LONDOH VOM CaWfA AND JAPAN. ToeaM*- O** S'pere. SS NALDKRA l«.»0« Jaa. X SOMALI «,600
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      669 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. 4 a A. i 'zf... (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Waa*>«. HataslHea> l^ndoa. Ai>twM» Rotterdam and Midiesborough. Vessels. Tonnan. Due. B*ll. KATO-RI MARC lO.oo* Dee-. 8R 20 RABBIHA MARC IO.OM Jaa. II 1» t YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Jan. 24 26 HAKONE MARU 10,400 Feb. 8 9 5 SUWA
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      450 2 hDkns imp urn ~.<l«corporated -J» Ae»»ralm.)KFOR BRISBANE, SYDNIT AHD ILIOUBNE via JAVA, DAEWM AMD THURSDAY ISLAND. Isgulsr monthly tsilings by tk* well kn »n steamtr HASBLLA (7,86* tone) and the s.s. MANGOLIA (1.881 ton*) (Garge only). The s.s. KARBUtA li one of the largest and finest stesmers trading to Australia,
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      626 2 U T* EAST ASIATIC CO, LIMITED. (Ineorporsted in Dsmwl) Telephone till PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. I*> 6SN4A. LONDON. KOTTEBD.4J*. HAHBUR(J AND COPENHAGEN. IMave a^pera. Fenans. M.s. LALANDIA Jan. 8 Jan. m.s. MEONIA Jan. 24 Jan. 27 m.s. BORINGIA Feb. 14 Feb. 17 m.s. FIONIA Mar. 7 Mar. 10 m.s. ERRIA
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      1087 2 ,1. j -V- -f THE BLUE FUNNEL LINK (Oeeaa THE HTJA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Staaaa Ship Co. Ltd., and China (ItSZ), LTD. Wotnat Stem Navl—tl— Can LU.) THS SARA W A* STKAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTtt THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. THE
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      THE RIGHT SORT OF VESSEL TO BUILD.
      731 3 Development of the Tramp Steamer. The question of the right type of ship to build to meet trade requirements is raised DI Sir Charles J. O. Sanders 111 a letter" to The Times. He suggests that the smaller tramp of al>out 6,500 to
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      LINER DESIGNS.
      165 3 Revolutionary Change Forthcoming. 1 ilionaiy change in the design of KeamsMpi involving a T> per cent, inlancUl and a consequent 100 ptr cent, increase in efficiency, la soon to take place, declare! Dr. Frit* Zwicky, physicist ill California Institute of Technology. Hi. Zuu-ky inajata that if most of
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      SCRAP—THEN BUILD NEW SHIPS.
      594 3 SCRAP— THEN BUILD NEW SHIPS. j How Government May Help at Small Outlay. 5 Shipowners and shipbuilders in England 1 have studied with care the scrapping 1 schemes which have been embarked upon J by the Italian, German ond Japanese Gov- ernmeats, and calculations have been made to show how
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      HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
      258 3 Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. The Health Bulletin of the League of Nations taste, n Bureau, for the week tnded Dec. 17, 1932: Alexandria: 1 plague case and 1 death79 smallpox cases ami 14 deaths as ngainst 12 cases and deaths during the
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    258 3 ALIPORE, Brit., 3.241 tons, from Karachi 28.12 for Japr.n 29.12. ANGBY, Sar., 417 tons, from Sibu 27.12, for Sibu 31.12. CITY OP SINGAPORE, Brit., 4,161 ton», from Dairen 27.12 for Penang, Europe 2.1.33. CHENONCEAUX, French, 8.378 tons, from Shanghai 28.12 for Marseilles 28,12. CONTE VERDE, Kalian, 11,625 tons
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    129 3 Wodaasdajr, Dor. 1!h. ShipH alongsidr the W'harveH or'e\pected to arrive. KEPPBL HARBOUR. Mam Wharf Centaur, J. J. Ferry 11 W Oi. Wharf bS-*"*"^ oal Wharf Nil TOBELS IN DBT DOCKS. Tautens: Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. KroMl Harbnar. King's Dock Marit. No. 1 Dock Nil.
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    AIR PASSENGERS.
    99 3 The following passengers arrived from B«u»i» by the Dutch air mail this morning:— Mr. and Mrs. Turrell, Mr. Dirabarno. Mr. Cowcn, Mr. Binnendijk, Mr. Synge and Mr. Lee Kong Chian. Pautnger* leaving for Batavia by air this morning were:- Mr. and Mrs. de Vos NederTeen Cappel. Mr. and
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      556 3 *NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. nneorporaUd la •ermanT., The andermeatloaad an ths eomptay't latended fixture*: OUTWARDS. SAARBRUCKEN for lloilo, Manila, Hongkong, S'ghai, Japan and North China Jan. 6 5 s.s. FRANKEN for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and North China Jan. 16 HOMEWARDS. I BJ. TRAVE for Genoa, M'seill**, Amsterdam, B'dam, H'bnrg and
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      398 3 BOUAR amAMSDF UNB tAss* AMERICAN MAIL LJNF LOWEST THROUGH FARES To England via America are now being quoted. Take advantage of them NOW Include the CHICAGO INTERNA TIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER IJSS And the INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTION AT BOSTON In your Itinerary. A trip via the Panama Canal with stops
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      509 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (lasarsniatad In BoclaDd.) •TLLERMAN" LINK. fr*lf ht S*rvie* to 1 UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Tie Ports and Sses CaaaX OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAJ*. St»am*r t Da* S'por* HOMEWARDS. CTTT OF SINGAPORE for Havr*, L'don, R'dam H'bart Due In perl SaiU Jan. 2 "AMERICAN
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      131 3 TIDE TABLES. Wednesday, December 28. H. W. lor. a.m., 10 ft. Thursday, December 2». H. W. 12.5 a.m» 9 ft. 1 in., 10.64 a.m., 10 ft. 3 in. Friday, December 30. B. W. 12.45 a.m., i) ft. 1 in., 11.40 a.m., 10 ft. 3 in. Saturday, December 31. H, W,
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      567 4 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The chargch and instruction* for CLASSIFIEI, ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom of this page. Contract rates may be had m, application to the Manager at Cecil Street, Singapore, or the advertising representatives in London and New York. SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised,
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      691 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET] TO LET, two new well fitted European bungalows on plots Nos. 6 and 17, Bukit Tanggnl Estate. Complete with tennis courts. Inspection infited. Apply: Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., 18, Ocean Building, Singapore. TO LET, Nos. 86 and 37, Newton Road, Garage, electric lights. Suitable for boarding house.
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      932 4 MISCELLANEOUS TUITIONS, HAWAIIAN GUITAR, UKE, etc. M. A. da Sa, 72, Bras Basah Koad. You can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delivered to you every week for three months for* $1.60. Manager, Sunday Times. MODERN ballroom dances taught at Sena's Dance Studio, Meyer Mansions Ist floor, flat No. 6, Coleman St.
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      545 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given thrit tenders are pow invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in th» Tender Room, Municipal Offices. Supply of Sluice Valves for period May 1, 1933 to April 30, 1934. Date of
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      443 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARD and Mlae HAN V M, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. MASSAGE Mr. Mrs. AKAJI, graduate of the Tokyo Manange School Ist floor. No. 117. Middle Koad. SINGAI'OKK. Get our prices of Goodyear Tyr and Tubes and make a laving. Distributors K&g (lI
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      27 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. "Jonthly 3.00 4.00 2.60 Quarterly 9 w.-'.O $12.00 7.60 Bui: Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $16.00 Yearly.. (34.00 $48.90 $80.00
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    NEW CYCLE RECORD.
    212 5 100 Miles Every Day For A Year.* (By Air Mail.) Mr A A. Humbles, of IstingtOeV bw xet up a new world's Cycling reliability and endurance record by registering s 34,367 th mile in Stt days. w This represents an average of K»l< mild a day throughout
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    29 5 The ambulant had a very busy time yesterday, and were called out no less than 16 times. The majority of cases were those of assault and traffic ac- cidents.
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    GRASS GROWN ON BARREN HILL.
    516 5 A ll- Year Grazing For Sheep. I A forty-acre patch of bright green grass ]is now showing on a Welsh mountain where nothing useful has ever grown before. Indirectly, it may mean a revolution |in agriculture. Directly, it shows a way j by wnich about
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    ILLEGAL RADIO.
    161 5 Communist Mystery Station. Berlin, Xov. 9. Die Rote Sturmfahne, the illegal sob- titute for the Communist organ. Die Rota Fahnc. has once more apaearwd, although the secret printing works in etch it was produced whenever the lepral organ had been prohibited were discovered I and broken up by
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    TRAVELS AND SONS.
    108 5 At the International Grocers' Exhibition, in London recently, one of the most attractive displays was that of Joseph Travels and Sons, Ltd. This firm is the oldest in the trade having been establish- ed in 166G nearly ISOO years ago. Their stand tcok the form of an
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    "DAILY WORKER" SENTENCES.
    364 5 Prison For Libel (>n Police. Clarence Krnest Mason, aged .Ifi, doscribed as the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Daily Worker, pleaded guilty at Yorkshire Assizes, oil Dec. If! to publishing criminal and defamatory libels concerning the West Riding County Constabulary. A pl'.-a of gtttlty respectis* the
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    BIRCH FOR BANDIT.
    426 5 huston Mail Bag Robbery. The trial of two men who look part 'n the M,0M mail t>ag robbery at Euston Station in October concluded at the Old Bailey on Dec. 14. One of the accused, Henry Peter Jacob Havtmun, 22, traveller, was IWlWMd to eighteen -months' hard
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    TERRORISTS HANGED.
    75 5 "Striving For Liberty Of Ukrania." Warsaw, Dec 21. Two of th" three youthful Uki-aniart terrorists sentenced to death by special court at Lwou for a re.eiit peel oeVc robbery were hanged, while a thirl m reprieved his sentence being commuted to fourteen yens' imprisonment. The two condemned men
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    SUNDAY FILMS FOR CROYDON.
    630 5 Big Majority. YOUTH NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE. The municipal electors of I'roydim on Nov. voted by a large niu.ion'y hi favour of Sunday cinemas. The futures were declared as follows For Sunday opening 14,611 Against 84,388 Majority for IO.SJIU A crowd numbering several thousand jjieeted the
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    FRENCH EXPLORERS.
    166 5 Search for Remains Of Prehistoric Animals. An important scientific mission haju.st left France for Kenya. Its object to explore the rijcht bank of the Omo, which flows into Lake Rudolph at the meeting place of the Sudan, Abyssinia. an. I Kenya. The remains of large vertebrates of 'he
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    32 5 Mi. H. I.cutliold has ticcn »rovisionally leSuigalSßll as Argentine Vice Consul in SinifaiKm*. The Kind's Kxo- -iiipowerinir Mr. W. A. Yenning ta Ml as honorary Norwegian Consul has received His Majesty's signature.
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      306 5 HOTELS RAFFLES rtM^L MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Tf/IS EVENING TEA DANCE 6 p.m.— B p.m. TONIGHT 930 p.m. AL FRESCO LNTER v rAJNMENT by the SINGAPORE REPERTORY PLAYERS for the First Time in Malaya VAUDEVILLE, CABARET ■ad GENERAL DANCING "A MGHT I\ SWITZERLAND ADMISSION si.OQ PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONSGHT
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      334 5 Raffles Cafe AND Confectionery NEW YEAR CAKES. Fancy Assortments of CHOCOLATES, SWEETS, ETC, ETC. PHONE 5381. AUCTION NOTICE. AUCTION SALE of frcchuM and leasehold BlagapoM properties. At Mcsr«, Caeeat Koon Benf Co'i saleroom. No. :>n. Chulin Street, oa Wedawedhft fawaij t. IWt, at 2.i0 p.m. ESTATE OF ANG JIN siKW.
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    GREAT TRIUMPH REPORTED FOR "ROME EXPRESS."
    2509 6 The Universal picture. "Once In A Lifetime," ends its run at the Pavilion tonight, and will be followed tomorrow by "Leap Year," a British and Dominions' 5 picture, which has received excellent, Scrsticisms wherever it has been shown. Tonight in the last night of
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    MR. TOM WALLS.
    291 6 Joining British Gaumont Corporation. Mr. Tom Walls, Mr. Ralph Lynn, and the Aldwych Theatre players, with whon these two stars have been associated on the stage and in films, are to work for the Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation. Mr. Walls and Mr. Lynn have each two more pictures
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    SOCIETY SHOCKED.
    145 6 German Prince to Marry Servant. Berlin, Dec. 23. Society has been shocked by the announcement of the engagement of Prir.c" Heinrich of Stolberg to a 2-'!-year-old commoner, Irme Fiebig, at one time a domes- tic servant in the household i>f tho maj of the little town of Stolbc-t;:
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      98 6 The Book that was Borrowed from KELLY WALSH'S BOOK-LOVERS LIBRARY Wu>, shorn ttmt ...11.-.tion c.f wlaojes by a leader »li". haTiag joim-ii ...u library, rnjuycil the p r.vilei.-f of chunnring kooki as often m eesiiod. At thr imt si a rear Books t<> the valm of si.i ik.oo en- road.
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      60 6 DRESSING GOWNS I ARE APPRECIATED i|o|j£| You could not offer to I '"<■» an y man more acceptable ipllPi New Year Gift than :i Fi&viN^l dressing gown. Our new I p.|i^[ky range which has just been unpacked comprises W styles to suit every taste. Prices from $14.50. #S$ iI.BW!NIE[R I
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      274 7 "SPEAKEASILY" is on the way! I The production Kcniun of M.-(i.-.\J. combined with the talt-n'i i.f th- nrr-n"-. greatest dramatic actor and a brilliant cast to for i yet another ureat entertainment coiifMlfM with H'" 1 H'^nd.int peruli»r to "tfce indrpendent the. tre With the pick of the LIONEL BARRYMORE
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      208 7 Icapitol| LAST NIGHT of SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S World Famous Story^ "FIRES OF FATE" Actually produced in Egypt with the co-operation of the Egyptian and Sudan Governments and the CAMEL CORPS. With Entire BRITISH Cast headed by LESTER MATTHEWS. TOMORROW NIGHT! The Screen's newest favourite JAMES CAGNEY IN Warner Bios'
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      194 7 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. YOUR LAST CHANCE TONIGHT DON'T MISS THIS GRAND COMEDY TREAT! Once in a Lifetime a Laughtime Like This What's wrong with the movies? What's rijfht with the movies What's left of th« movie* Try and find the answers if you can stop laughing long enough in the
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    148 8 Rubber Position Very Dull. LONDON STOCKS DOWN AGAIN. (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. Today's Prices:— Rubber. 7 5/16 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $75.75 per picul. Friday's Prices: Rubber. London. 2 7/16 d., unchanged. New York, 3 3/16 cts.. unchanged. Market Tone: Very dull. Tin.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    81 8 Noon, Dec. 28. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) ..75 16 77 16 (F. 0.8.) 7% 711 16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender: BuyerK. Sellers. Jan. ..7 716 79 16 Feb. ..7 9 16 7 11 16 Jan.-Mar. ..7 9 16 7 11
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    PRODUCE.
    170 8 Singapore, Dec. 28. Gsmbier 5% (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 11. no Copw 5.G0 mixed r>.10 Sago flour, Sarawak 2.115 White Pepper 22 1 Black I'pppcr 18.00 Pearl B«fO 4.00 small 5.00 medium 6.00 Bin Siam $136 to 20} Saigon $128 to 1S6 Rangoon $130 to ]o0 No. 1 125
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        448 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5, 6/- Ayer Hitam 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 6/- 5/-
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        GENERAL.
        285 8 MM Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 0.80 nom. I 2 Alex. Brick Prefa. 1.00 1.05 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 5.0.0 5.4.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.00 5.50 100 50 Chinese Cem. Bank 55.50 57.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 19 Prefs. 21
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        140 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 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/fe p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal A\'->, p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        372 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-day s Price Fraser LyaLl Evatt Co. Allenby (|1) 0.45 0.56 0.45 060 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.40 V Hitam ($1) 050 0.65 0.50 0.60 V. Kuning ($1) 0.05 0.15 0.05 015 A. Malay ($2) 0.76 1.00 0.75
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      EXCHANGE RATES. SELLING.
      208 8 EXCHANGE RATES. SELLING. Singapore, Dec. 28. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 31/32 London, 3 months' sight 2 3 15 16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 29 32 London, 30 days sight 2/3 7/8 London, demand 2 3 27/ 32 London, T.T.i 2 3 13/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 975 Hamburg,
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      FOGGY CHRISTMAS.
      235 8 London Traffic Almost At A Standstill. London, Dec. 24. The Royal Party at Sandringham have a vacant chair owing to the fact that Prince George is suffering from a cold and is unable to leave London. Otherwise, the family was practically completed by the Prince of Wales arriving
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      THE BIARRITZ SALE.
      87 8 Town Which King Edward Made Popular. Paris, Dec. 2-1. Biarritz, which King Edward made popular, has been bougnt by the French Deputy, M. Henri Dilla/., who, in an interview with Reuter. declined to state the purchase figure but said that the sum ol £300,000 which had been
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      INDIA'S FUTURE.
      121 8 "Historic Bill" to Be Prepared. London, Dec. 21. After five weeks' arduous work in building a new constitution, the India Round-Table Conference has ended with agreement on many points, notably in the realm of franchise. On others, especially on aspects of finance and army matters, deep divisions of
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    202 8 Today. Djambi (Tobelo) ..3 p.m. Banka Island, fladjoe Palembang (Thedenj) ..3 p.m. Pontianak (SinffkawaiDTl 3 p.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Djibouti, Kicypt. Kuropt and Great Britain (Chcnonccaux) (Krench Mai!) 3.30 p.m. France (Parcels) (Chenoncefcux) 3 p.m. North, N.-Kasl and N.-Wost Sumatra. Egypt. Genoa, Europe and Great
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    32 8 By Talaoiba TVArtagnan Christiaan Huygena Corfu Indrapuera 8'pora Londoi Oct. 20 Not. 11 Oct. 19 Nov. U Nov. 25 Dec. IE Nov. 25 Dec. 11 Dec. i Dec. Ti
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    32 8 From China and Japan by Katori Maiu due Singapore 3 p.m. today. From Europe (London mails despatched Bth December) by Rohna due Penang 6 a.m. on Friday, the 30th instant.
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    MR. ROOSEVELT.
    73 8 Important Conference At Albany. Albany, Dec. J7. Dismmaineiil, 'hi- World Economic Conference, taii'f ivuil.iustnirnt, stabilisation of currency and revaluation of silver were among the subjects discussed at an important conference between Mr. Roosevcll md Mr. Norman Davis. The latter declared that we need disarmament to restore confidence because
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    DOCTOR ATTACKED.
    94 8 Altercation Which Led To Stabbing. It is reported that the victim of thy mysterious staldting attack at Pnlai. Perak, on Wednesday last wa» l>r. Lai, son of Mr. Lai Tek Loke, J.I 1 M.S.C., of Kuaia Lumpur. As pn-viously stated. Dr. Lai was driving his car home after
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    VANISHING TRADE.
    71 8 League Economic Bureau's Report. Gcnt.T Dec. 23. A gloomy picture of world trad" nonditiois is tracod by a report of the League's Economic Bureau which states that world trade has steadily decreas-ed in the cour«of the puH three years and may soon load t > a point where
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      114 8 APRANGEMENTS TOB THE WEEK. Today. Wrdnrnday M. Annual meeting of Wi-arne Bros., Ltd, OrchaH ltd noon. United Knvinecrs' meeting. 12. in pjn. Rotary Tiffin. Adelph lintel. 1 p.m. I'ulici- Band. Botanica' Cnrdrns. UM p.m. I'arinh I'riests Annual Christmas Entertainment for childi-Mi, Memorial Hall, 9 p.m. Singapore Repertory flayers, Al Fre»c«
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    TURNING POINT IN AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIFE.
    1316 9 Roosevelt Has Big Chance For Constricti ye Work. With the election over, the Am»ricKn community can now settle down to actual business. There is a commendable disposition at least so far as talk goes to forget the remarkable and absurd charges which were current
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    NOV. RUBBER RETURNS.
    190 9 Anglo-Ma1ay.— 46,605 lb. Allenby.— 49,ooo lb. Alor Ponirsu. H8.224 lb. Hika.-n Rubber Estate.— tf.i.OOO lb. Batu Tlfra (Selarirori.- -157.500 lb. Bukit Kaj->n(f. -103.K17 lb. Bedong (Malaya). 12,002 lb. rlnny Rubber Estates.— Bo,ooo lb. Golden H0pe.— 205,197 lb Glasgow Rubber Estates.— ll,333 lb. Hosoote Rubber Estates.— 7o,ooo lb.
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    THE GAINSBOROUGH
    1136 9 Payment of Dividends Resumed. The fourth ordinary general meeting of Gainsborough Pictures (1928), Limited, was held on Nov. 18 at Film House, *****0 Wardout-street, W., Mr. Charles M. Woolf (the chairman of the company) presiding. The chairman said: The issued capital is now £15C,2C'J. In accordance with the
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    BATAK RABIT RUBBER ESTATE.
    899 9 Chairman's Review Of The Year. The twenty-second annual general meet- ing of the Batak Rabit Rubber Estate Ltd., was held on Nov. 11, at Winchester House, London, E.C.2, Mr. E. L. Hamilton the chairman, presiding. I The chairman said: The report and aci counts, which have
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    DEC. TIN RETURNS.
    63 9 Takuap* Villoy>--Output first half Dec. 817 hrs., 138,000 cu. yds., 722 pels. Kvtir Tin Dredging. Output first half Dec. Hours run 266, cu. yds. treated 82,000, tin ore won pis. 211. Renong Consolidated. Output first hSlf Dec. Hours run HGG, cu. yds. treaded 47,000, tin ore won
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      72 10 WONG.- Madam Wonfj Sau Ngan. Wlovod wife of Mr. Lee Yin Funn of Yong Fong Photographers, peacefully passed away at 9.30 a.m. on Dec. 27. 1982 at 92, Neil Rd. at the age of 66, leaving to mourn her loss six sons. Tan Pieu. Tan Seong, Tan Whye, Tan
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      52 10 The wM sod family »f the late iohn H^Lliam iieonre Angus of No. 3SU. Paya Lehar Rd. late Dredgemaster of the P.W.D. Spore, btg to thank all those who sent wreaths letters of condolence in the:r ncent bereavement as well as those who k'nrily attended the funeral on Dec.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 28. 1932. THE PAHANG LESSON.
    1061 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 28. 1932. THE PAHANG LESSON. Making every allowance for the bitterness of a very angry man, one is still astounded at the vehemence of the language used by Mr. H. Frisby, the chairman of the Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd., in his speech at the
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    137 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. H. H. Forrer, M.C.S., is returninfc rom leave by the Naldera. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Raner have returned to Singapore from Home leave. Mr. Joe Fisher, of Capitol Theatre, Ltd.. has returned to Singapore after a visit to Colombo. Capt. C. R. More, of the Singapore
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    "COLONEL FAWCETT STILL ALIVE."
    1442 10 Wife Tells Why She Is Yet Hoping. Many theories have been advanced to account for the mysterious disappearance of Colonel P. H. Fawcett, the British explorer who vanished in the Brazilian Jungle with his 21-year-old son. and another young Englishman ueven years ago. Twice expeditions have
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    759 10 A WORLD OF SCOTS A modern Utopia, based on Bellamy's Looking Backward," is in the making in the rural municipality of Burnaby, set in a lake-strewn forest of tall In and cedars on the Pacific Highway, we read. The leader of the community, the Army of
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    136 10 Singapore. Al HAMBRA. Lionel Barrymore in Washington Masquerade. 6.15— 0 1!i. J'hone MM. CAPITOL.— Fires of Fate with I. t r Matthews. <;.]. r > y.15. Phone .1201 -2 GREAT WORLD. Tkmt Three French Girls. Pasar Malam. Gate 10 els. MAKLBOROUGH. Richard Talmadge in Dancing Dynamite. C.l5 9.16. NEW
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  • SOUTH AFRICA ABANDONING THE GOLD STANDARD.
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      CREDIT BANKING ENDANGERED.
      538 11 Withdrawal of Gold Coin For Hoarding. POLITICAL STRIFE. Concession to Reserve Bank. Though the statement is not specifically made in the Government's announcement, it is generally accepted that South Africa has at last abandoned the gold standard. The <;overnment decided that in order to ;i\nid a crisis
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    POLISH SMUGGLERS.
    152 11 Hitfh Officials Said to Be Involved. Warsaw, Dec. 24. A smuggling affair involving a number of high officials as well as army officers lias been discovered by the Polish secret service. It appears that a secret trading organisation for years has been doing a thriving business by smuggling
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    17 11 Miss E. Ashley, 8.A., Principal of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School, Ipoh, has Jeft for the United States.
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    FRENCH CABINETS POLICY.
    587 11 Will Herriot Again Be Premier Paris, Dec. 2.1. The new Cabinet faced the Chamber on Thursday afternoon with a declaration of policy. The Premier (M. Paul Boncour), M. Herriot and the new Minister of Finance, M. Cheron, received widespread applause as they entered the house. M. Paul
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    LIMITING ORATORY.
    35 11 Three Speeches Per Banquet Suggested. Paris, Dec. 24. A League Against After Dinner Speeches has l>eeii founded here with the laudable aim of limiting orations to a maximum of three per banquet. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    SAMUEL INSULL FREE.
    284 11 Sensational Case. EXTRADITION REFUSED BY GREECE. Athens, Dec. 28. Samuel Instil, one-time U.S. multimillionaire, who has been hunted across Europe on charges of vast embezzlement, has eluded the arm of American Law at last. Today the Athens Court of Appeal decided that Greece cannot allow him to
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    GERMAN COMMUNISTS.
    533 11 Attempt to Stage March On Berlin. Berlin, Dec. 24. Communists are apparently trying to contribute alarums and excursions to the Yuletide programme. The authorities having learned of that tracts had been widely distributed m North Germany inviting tramps and unemployed youths hiking about tne countryside to march on
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    RETIREMENT OF S.S. JUDGE.
    631 11 Mr. Justice Sproule. NOT RETURNING TO MALAYA. The Straits Times is officially informed that Mr. Justice Percy Julian Sproule, Senior Puisne Judge, S.S., has indicated his intention of retiring and is not returning to Malaya, being home on leave at present. With the retirement of Mr.
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    ONE-PRICE SHOPS.
    74 11 Berlin,. Doc. 26. The Government had is: mil a decree «xtendjng to all German cities a prohibition to open any further "one-price shops." An American firm of worldwide fame ipitro duuxl "dime" shops, first in Berlin then in leading German cities some years ago, and latterly thay started
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    THREE YEARS FOR MARQUIS LI.
    214 11 China Merchants' S.N. Co. Scandal. Shanghai, Dec. 28. The Nantao District Court, Shanghai, yesterday sentenced Marquis Li Kuo-chi to three years' imprisonment and to be deprived of his public privileges for four years on being found guilty of a combination of injuring the interests of
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    EXCHANGING GOODS
    172 11 Canada and Russia Seek Agreement. Ottawa, Dec. 27. Proposals for a huge barter of cattle and oil between Canada and Russia are being formulated and will be presented by the Government on the return of Mr. R. B. Bennett, the Prime Minister, this week, according to reports which
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    STRAINED RELATIONS.
    138 11 Yugo-Slavia's Dispute With Italy. Romo, Doc. 23. The Yugo-Sluvian Foreign Minister, M. Jevititch, in a speech to the Belgrade Senate has added appreciably to th strain of Yugo-Slavia-i Italian relations which appear to have almost reached breaking 1 point. The semi-official Giomale d'ltalia speaks of the persistently provocative
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    EXPRESS IN DANGER.
    77 11 Attempted Sabotage In Spain. Madrid, Dec. 25. An attempt to wreck an express train was made near Avila in Old Castile While boulders had been placed on the track, ambushed men fired on the train severely wounding the driver. The motive for the strange crime' as well
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    THREAT TO KING.
    33 11 Bomb Discovered, In Cairo. Cairo, Dec. 26. A bomb was discovered today in the garden of the Government Engineering School here prior to a visit from King Fuad.— (Reuter Wireless.
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    WHERE IS GEN. MA CHAN-SHAN ?
    556 11 WHERE IS GEN. MA CHAN-SHAN Reported to be Interned In Russia. A DOUBTFUL STORY. Preparing to Resist Attack. Moscow, Dec. 27. Gen. Ma Chan-shan has reappeared dramatically at Tomsk, according to a report from there. Soviet officers were inspecting the premises where the interned members of the army of Gen.
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    AWAITING ATTACK.
    844 11 Tense Position on Jehol Border. Shanghai, Dec. 28. Japanese planes are continuing to bomb the towns of Peipiao and Chaoyanjr and yesterday morning ten planes which had previously been dispaUla-d to Heilungkiang were recalled to Chinehow for service on the Jehol border. Four refriments o f Manchukuo soldiers'
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      43 11 YACHTS MISSING. Naval Aeroplanes Sent In Search. Hong Kong, Dec. 28. Aeroplanes from H.M.S. Hermes are searching for two missing yachts which were engaged in a race from Hong Kong to Macao and back. Distress flares are reported to have been seen. Reuter.
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    UNITED ENGINEERS MEETINGS.
    923 12 Addition to Board. QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. An extraordinary general meeting of United Engineers, Ltd., to consider resolution.- regarding the board of directors, was held at the company's sAeea, River Valley Road, today, Mr. .1 A. I. Strachan presiding. Others present were Hooars. W. H. Macgregor, A Dobson,
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    SMALL-POX OUTBREAK IN CEYLON.
    585 12 Wholesale Vaccination Started. The outbreak of small-pox is spread*ing in the City and the latest outstation to record a case is Jaffna, states the Times of Ceylon of Dec. 15. Since yesterday there have been three cases in Colombo, and in each the source of infection
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    CEYLON'S FINANCES.
    314 12 Serious Depreciation In Revenue. A feature of the monthly statement for June issued by the Department of the Financial Secretary to Government is the fact that the revenue from Income Tax for the month amounted to Rs. 1,091,142 and the total for the two months of the current
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    EXTRADITED FROM SINGAPORE.
    407 12 18 Months' Gaol For Clerk. Extradited from Singapore, Rex Wilson, a mercantile clerk, was put on his trial before the Hon. Mr. F. J. Soertsz, Commissioner of Assize, Colombo, on charges of having in December, 1928, abetted a woman, Ethel Dia«, to forge three cheques, etc. Mr.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    99 12 Father Christmas will make an appearance at a party to be given today at the Sea View Hotel. The. party will start at 4.30 in the afternoon, and will be continued until seven o'clock. Kiddies are urged to turn up in fancy dress because some lovely prizes are
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    LOCAL STUDENTS TO BE BANISHED?
    144 12 Action by Committee Of High School. It is understood that the case in which 28 students of the Chinese High School were charged with being members of an unlawful assembly did not end with their conviction and sentences of fines and whippings. The students were
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    BABY IN COURT.
    209 12 j Mr. Justice McCardie And Sympathetic Effect." A fourteen-month-old baby girl played the chief part in an incident in Mr. Justice McCardie's Court in the King's Bench Division on Dec. 17. ith its mother, Mrs. Dorothy Le Datt, Northumberland Street, E., the child was a plaintiff in
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    MIRACLE CURE.
    85 12 A visitor to Singapore at the present time is Miss Joan Armstrong, a woman journalist, who claims that she was cured of a spinal affliction after kissing the feet of the corpse of St. Francis Xavier during the exposition at Goa at the end of last year. Miss
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    30 12 At the junction of Cavenaeh Road and Orchard Road yesterday afternoon, a motor-car, believed to have been driven by a European, knocked down a Chinese cyclist whose leg was hurt.
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    "CRYSTALLISING HIS THOUGHTS."
    342 12 Sir Samuel Wilson Off To Ceylon. Brig.-General Sir Samuel H. Wilson, G.C.M.G., G.C.8., the Permanent Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, has returned to Malaya after a visit to Hong Kong and he leaves by the Sarpedon 11day for Colombo, accompanied by Lady Wilson and Mr. G.
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    POLKA AGAIN.
    166 12 New Tunes Revive Old Dances. Old dances are coming back. Paul Jones, Viennese waltz, valeta, naval three step, lancers, and the polka and other old-fashioned dances are being fitted in with modern dances. "The revival had to come," said a leading London dance teacher to a "Sunday Express"
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    MR. H. E. SOMERVILLE.
    163 12 Straits Steamship Chairman Retiring. Mr. H. K. Somerville, the chairman of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., is leaving for home by the Sarpedon today on retirement. Mr. Somerville, who came out to join the company in 1903, is one of the greatest authorities on shipping in
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    THE LOVE NEST !
    126 12 THE LOVE NEST Or What A Startled Orderly. Saw. From Alexandra Barracks comes this story: An orderly noticed a Chinese cook setting about his wife with a brush, and that she had a wound over the head. He thought it was serious and rushed off to report to his officer.
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    AMENDMENTS IN F.M.S. LAND CODE.
    589 12 Lower Cost of Revenue Collection. Several imnortant amendments of tinlaw are foreshadowed in an F.M.S. ISill to amend the I.a id Code. IMB. The present provisions relating to notices of demand and warrants of attachment are omitted from the. Bill. In future one notice only,
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    MR. C. WILSON.
    102 12 Vacates Bench For New Duties Today. At the conclusion of the revenue cases this morning Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, who has been appointed Official Assignee, vacated the Bench. He thanked Chief Court Inspector A. F Sheedy, Mr. Chia Yong Hoe, the court usher and
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    GREEK STUDENTS.
    95 12 Home Opened In Paris University Quarter. Paris, Doc. 25. A home for Greek students built on the initiative; of the Greek Minister. M. Politis, and situated in the university quarter was opened yesterday aftc-i BOM 'n the presence of President Lebrun, tfce Minister of Education, M. Demonzir |M
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    45 12 As a result of his bicycle running Into a drain in Chancery Lane yesterday morning, a Malay boy had a hip bone fractured. Two Malays and a Chinese were injured in a collision between a motor bus and a ricksha in Geylang Road yesterday afternoon.
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      133 12 him a. Fl BROWNIE W?m§/ You will hi- giving! him a fasci- nating hobby and endless fun \r jHffiP* whin you give him a Brownie for r ■PmBII Christmas. He'll love making his mJw own pictures of the things that y intcrt-st him and he can with a TtB 1
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  • Home Football.—Public Services Beat S. C. C. At Rugby.
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      PUBLIC SERVICES SUCCESSFUL.
      863 13 Last-Minute Win. S.C.C.'s POOR GOAL KICKING. Public Services X pts. S.C.C. 6 pts. By scoring a try in the last minute of the game, the Public Services were able to defeat a sun. K S.C.C. ti:teen at Rugby at Dunearn Road yesterday, the .-con- being eight points
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      HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
      243 13 Arsenal Well Held. WINS FOR ASTON VILLA AND WEDNESDAY. London, lv>. 21. The results of ma.elu 1 p'ayrd Uxlay in the rJ lfjlisli League were a folio v.-: I irsi nil tele Birmiaghan 1 Newcastle Utd. 2 Blackpool l Hi-'ly County 1 Chelsea n Lh-»rpool 2 Evcrton
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    87 13 Garrison G.C. Fixtures For January. i Tin' following arc the Garrison Golf Club fixtures for next month: Friday. Dec. M, to Jan. 3, Hose Cup (IK holes stroke on h'cap). I Saturday and Sunday, Mth and 15th, men's medal and gold medal (stroke). Wednesday aivi Thvsdav, 18th and
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    Boxing Day Competition At Keppel G.C.
    71 13 Twelve cards were taken out for the Ke' el Golf Club mix'.>'l Mat; competition, which w;is played on Monday afternoon, and which resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. MacLeod (in bunkers iroinn- to 10th hole). The January monthly medal (bovey)
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    TENNIS TEST.
    88 13 U.S.A. Tourists Take The Lead. Melbourne, l»ec. 27. Kurt her results today in the second tennis test h..! -vecn Australia and the U.S.A. wc-e -is follows: J. Van Ryn (U.S.A.) l)eal McGrath C— 4, 6—2. F.lNworth Vines (T.S.A.) beat .1. B. I Crawford rAuptr-lia) fi— r?. 3—6, fi—
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    REDUCED PROFIT FOR1 S.A.F.A.
    994 13 REDUCED PROFIT FOR 1 S.A.F.A. jLack of Foreign Touring Teams. i j I The report of the Btacapon Amateur Football Association, vhich will bf pro- scr'cil at. the annual inoeting on Jan. 4 at 6 II p.m. is as follows: 1 The Association Thi; net profit for th? year under
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    M.C.C. DRAW WITH N.S.W. DISTRICTS.
    486 13 Full Scores in Match At Wagga Wagga. Wagga Vagga, Dec. 12. Th« two-day match between the M.C.C. »nd a New South Wales Southern Districts XI. ended in a draw today. The morning's play was not?b'e for some attractive batting by Ames and Biown. the latter
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    A CLOSE FIGHT.
    250 13 Kid Chocolate Only Just Beats La Barba. New York, Dec. Kid Chocolate, rccosni-od by the New York S*ate Athletic Commission as thworld featherweight champion, retafaa 1 his title here tonight l.y winning a decision over Fidel La Barba in a l. r>round bout that was hard and
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    HOME RUGBY.
    47 13 Heavy Scoring At Bristol. London. Dec. 27. The results of 'eading Rugby matches today were as follows Bath I! Penai-th 0 Bristol M O.M.T. 14 Coventij 20 Nivteaton 'iloucestet 21 Old Blues Leicester 10 barbarians 22 Neath 23 London Irish Northampton 27 Mcseley 5 ■omtar.
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    PENANG RACES.
    380 13 Entries for New Year Meeting. The Pcnanjr Turf Club New Year nieetinjc will bt'trin on Thursday week, Jan. 5. and will be continued on Jan. 7, 10, 12 and 14. The entries, which closed today are up to exnectations and have enabled the committee to adhere to 'the
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    706 13 I Arsenal's Lead Further Lessened. Positions of chilis in the English League tu-dato are as follow.--: aim nai Aston Villa Sheffield Wed. Leedi ltd. Mewc istl Utd. Derby County J2 Ifi 69 33 Sfi \1 l S 63 SO ■21 I i IS Si M L'J in :>
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      NEW YEAR SPORTS.
      174 14 Arrangements for Land And Sea Events. The usual New Year land and -«-a sports will W held on Jan. IMS, the scene of the former being the Anson Road Stadium. The sea sports which are scheduled .o begin at '■> a.m. will comprise sailing and row in-.'
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      146 14 lixla>. Wrdnrsdny 2K. Had n S.C.C. IX v S.R.C. Ixt. S.C.C. SKi. 2nd vs. S.C.C. 2nd, S U 1 IM,I. Rugby: S.< <\ XV vs. Island?, Padanc. Thur il.i>. Hi i.iiihi-r 29. Haekey: Imlian Assn. vs. R.A.F.. Baleslur; Police vs. Chinese. Depot. football: ChiMM Lcagtw: Chinese C.A.A. AaiicaUs
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      CHINESE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
      483 14 Siong 800 Win Under Difficult Conditions. Sicng 800 A. A. „lj Aston A.C. 0. A sodden pitch and a heavy greasy bull were far from being conducive to an; scientific football when the Siong 800 Athletic Association met the Aston Athletic Club in a Chinese league match
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      SQUASH RACKETS.
      45 14 Egyptian Wins Title For Second Successive Year. London, Dec. IS. At tli«' Bath Club, the Egyptian player. Amcr Bey. won the Amateur Squash Racquet Championship for t"ie second successive year. He took only :J2 minutes to beat Snell (Brighton).' V— 1, 9—o, i,
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      SIR SAMUEL HOARE.
      28 14 Elected President Of Tennis Association. London, Doe. 12. Sir Samuel Hotre, who is a tennis enthusiast, hu ban 'Irctid Prwident of the Lawn TViirii.- AsMciBtiOO.
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    £2,000 FOR MOTORIST.
    160 14 Sequel to Collision With A Lorry. Damages totalling TJ.OOO were awarded by a special jury in the King's Bench Division to Mr. William Henry Davis of Koast Keep, Freshwater Drive. Vange Pitsea, Essex, in respect of injuries received in a collision on the Birmingham-Stone-bridge road. Mr. Davis
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    SYRIAN CHRISTIANS.
    78 14 Holiday Rally Of Selangor Community. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Dec. 2<>. The Syrian Christians of S-'angor held thoir fifth annual social gathering at Klang on !>ec. li'<. The morning was spent in sports and game.- and a public meeting was held in the afternoon at which the
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    ROTARY MEETING IN BANGKOK.
    571 14 Company to Publish The Roda." The closing meeting of the Rotary Convention was held at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club on Dec. 21, (reports the' Bangkok Times). The first business of the meeting was to receive the report of the sub-committee named to deal with the
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    FUTURE OF MAN.
    291 14 Dean Inge and Dangers To Civilisation. lit hi Inge discussed ttv nosisiMc future of the human race at a "conversation tea" a 1 the Kusiaie Miles Ro.-taurant. Chandes itreet, Mr. R. P. Blumenfeld presided. Skulls of 111.000 years -jho, he said, 1 1 tned to have brain:;
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    NO RUSH TO ATTEND.
    242 14 £300 a Week Lost On Banned Plays. In an appeal mule :it tin- Kingaway Theatre to Ml lljllll II <>f the Independent Theatre Club. Mr. Ten nee ilr Murney confessed that the production of banned plays through the medium of a club subscription had 'not, up
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    TOWN PLANNING FOR MILLIONS.
    381 15 When Population Is Stationary. ProvialM has been lv.sde under town planning srtMfnea throughout Um C to accommodate an additional population lH:',,00fl.0T0 people, or mo-c than font times the present population uf tha Vtbolt country, and only one-fifth of the country t been planned. Such is the
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    NEW SPEED ATTEMPT.
    66 15 Sir Malcolm Campbell's Plans For Next Year. Daytona Beach, Nov. 21. 1 .1 i. (.ik-11. it i- anno in February to make an att nipt t:i (In il", miles an hour m 'v The Voiusia County ilacing ("omm's «ion i-. i: is understo mising th Mils. Sir
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    CRIME IN CEYLON.
    570 15 Gaining An Unenviable Reputation. ■■K\cc|>tintf America and Italy, the mos criminal country in the world today i Ceylon, but my bolii'f in that Ceylon wil ere lon»r in this respect boat America am Italy and take the first place in the crimi iial world," *aid Sir D.
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    THE TATE GALLERY.
    45 15 The National Gallery, Milibank. S.W. i- now known officia'ly as the Tat« .iallery. This return to the Gallery's origina' name has been agreed upon liy th 'TOttoM to obviate tho confusion betweor he National Gallp>v. Milll>ank. an<l th' National Gallery, Trafalgar Square.
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    BETTER CONDITIONS IN CANADA.
    355 15 Rise in Trade With The Empire. Although it is still too soon to acVJialev gauge the interflow of F.mpire trad> r«*u'tiinr from the new tariff, it is sient•cant thai the October trade returns show i rise in Canadian Mtpwt trade with the I Empire. The total
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    24 15 A Reutcr Wireless me-sage from Berlin states that daughter has been >orn to (M. Oscar Von Hindenburg. th-Prr->M(»nt'.--' son, who row has four hildren.
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    5787 16 The Most Cheerful Rubber Views For Months. WOMEN AND THEIR DOCTORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Tuna Okkick, t« Fleet Street, Dec-. 14. You rentember "The Gaardaaaan \Vho Dropped It I Well. Cuardsmen have been dropping them in plenty this weekend and no 0M hat minded. That
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      545 17 RUSTON-HORNSBY CRUDE OIL •aJT— r'M LOCOMOTIVE. DETAILS OBTAINABLE FROM UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES. Give Your Dog SALCA lodised Mineral*) AN EFFICIENT FOOD BOPPi-MBNT FOR NtOMOTING HEALTH, GROWTH, DOEBCT. Keeps the system clear of Intestinal Pa-avites. Promotes vitality ami appetite. Gives tone to the system. Builds Bone and Hl—t Improves
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    TALLEST BUILDING IN KUALA' LUMPUR.
    629 18 Insurance Company's New Headquarters. Hie highest building in the Federal capital will be formally opened tomorrow by the British Resident of Selangor, the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, who will th us hay« had the pleasure of opening two large and up-to-date bu ildings in
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    162 18 r Dies in Hospital At New York. (By Air Mail.) Cao*. Nicolaus Johnson, commander of the German liner Europa and commodore nf the North German Lloyd Line, has •iied in a Brooklyn sanatorium, to which "he was conveyed on Monday, when his vtv <wl arrived here. He had
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    NEW LIFE FOR THE STEEL TRADE.
    801 18 Great New Works. £3,300,000 PROJECT ALREADY FINANCED. Messrs. Stewarts and Lloyds, tube makers, are going to manufacture basic Eessemer «teel and will' erect works, at Corby, in Northamptonshire. With these works plant for tube making on a large i.rale will be laid down. The
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    2012 19 THE GREAT WAR DEBT CONTROVERSY BRITAIN CARRIES THE BABY AGAIN LAUSANNE IN IMADLY PERIL A MEW WORLD POLICY? MOSCOW WARNED, PERSIA DRESSED DOWN, Ml NO KESI LTS—tHE LION (> HOWLS AND CONStiRVATWRS REJO9CE LABOUR WANTS A SIX HOURS' DAY TO (IRE IN EMPLOY MENT
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      1011 19 Letter from Dr. W. L. Braddon. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Allow me to inform you, as your self-appainted correspondent for the time being in these parts, that "as an obsolutely impartial observer I think that the best brains in the newspaper world ure opposed
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      199 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Others besides myself welcome Mr. Kijk's disposing; in your issue of the 2Srd BMb, of the misunderstanding which arose from his earlier letter, and are very glad to learn that my deduction of his hopes from his writing:
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      725 19 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir, With reference to your leaii.ng article of Dec. 21, it would appear that y.<u are still looking for any anti-res tn;n «r!r*raents On* you can Ilnd to put up again#t the praiseworthy attempt now being made in this country to
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      AIDED SCHOOLS.
      567 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I fully endorse the protest (by St. Joseph's Old Boys) that appeared recently in your paper, against the uncomplimentary tone adopted by the committee appointed to revise the Aided School:;' system and appointed solely because retrenchment in all Government departments
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      TEA CULTIVATION.
      358 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, A recent publication of interest to prospective investors in this country is "The Growing of Possible Economic Crops in British Malaya," by Mr. W. R. Macandrew. I do not desire in any way to detract from the usefulness of this
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      197 19 Kindly Souls Earning A Skilled Living." Major A. C. (hauncey, who retired from the post of chief of police of the L.N.K.R. in the southern area, knows intimately the 70 or SO gangs of train card sharpers who at present operate in this country, and ho
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      110 19 Home Secretary's Hope For Policemen. (B| Air Mail.) In a Christmas mnsage to the police f< ii I of Knirland and \V;.les and to their niitilishi in the Christmas of the "Police Chronicle," Sir „'ohn GiluMWy the Home Secretary, re» ferv to his "unpleasant duty" in having called
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      ANGLO-MALAYANS.
      256 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the annual meeting of the Penang Kuru.sian Association, may I he permitted a little space to express an opinion? I quite fail to understand how it could i so sue -j-pingly that Eurasians of Malaya are indis-putably directly
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      141 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The only persons entitled to the name of Aiifrlo-Malays are the offspring of British people and Malays. All others are Europe and Asia, or EurAsians, and it is impudence of the^iother -breeds to make any claim whatsoever to the rank of that
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      73 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I wi.-h to thank '-.1.N.8." for his 11 today's Straits Times. 1 ■ineerely and truly do not believe that British industry will be aided, nor any iadaaUy be aided, by appealing to patriotism. I cannot conceive or believe in "Buying
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    State-Opening Of The British Parliament.
    47 20 TIME-HONOI KKD PACJEAXTRY.— The Xin K and Queen driving in State from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords to open the new session of Parliament. Thousands of people lined the route of the royal procession to watch the pageantry. (Planet News.)
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    22 20 CANINE FASHIONS.— Dinah of Lligwy, an English setter at the Sutton and District Canine Society's show at the Crystal I'ulare. (P'inet News.)
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    33 20 OFF FOR HOME. Mr. C. te Water, the South African High Commissioner in London, accompanied by his wife leaving Waterloo Station, London, on the Winchester Castle boat train, for Cape Town. (Planet News.)
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    48 20 A FLYING WEDDENG. A guard of honour of pilots holding propeller blades was a feature of the wedding of Mr. G. E. Lowdell, chief instructor at the Brooklands School of Flying, to Miss Winifred Deer of Surbiton, which took place at St. Mary's Church, By fleet. (Planet Newß.)
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    22 20 HEEKING TUB I'KlXCE.— Lancashire women cheering the Prince of Wales as he drove through the streets during his recent tour. (Planet News.)
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    26 20 GIRLS BESIEGE A THEATRE. Mr. Julian Wylle. the theatrical producer, with some of the hundreds of who desired to take part in his pantomime. (Planet News.)
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