The Straits Times, 29 May 1934

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    38 1 The Straits Times [BBTABUSHBD NKAKLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1954. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      408 1 Singapore: re. Cecil st. (-phone 6isi)« v i s i tH OUR NEW SHOWROOMS. J PASKOE CO. CORNWALL I HOUSE I 84. Orafcar* U*. I *w«y dont you co out J i I m AND PLAY WJTHTME J- OM.MUMS. V 4B« OTMEP BOYS. ANDPEw/jj .CANTDOALI) j>^ ttjhM J these sums.'
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      134 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. rPHONE Ml*>, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED!^ A CHARMING NEW SELECTION OF M CRISP-VOILE EVENING FROCKS. CUT jß^^ ON ULTRA FASHIONABLE LINES. THESE FROCKS ARE A PRACTICAL INVESTMENT AS THEY POSSESS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF BEING EASILY LAUNDERED. All at $12.50 Each Nett
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      620 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporsted in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. M. 3O_ UNDER CONTRACT WITH HB9 MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAO. SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore SOUDAN 6.500 June 6 RAJPUTANA ".000 June
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      620 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. CENERAL PASSENGER ACENTS FOR CUNARD LINE. (Incorporatea in Japan) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sal) t TERUKUNI MARU 12,100 May 29 30 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 June 13 14 HARUNA MARU 11,400 June 27 28 5 KATORI MARU 10,000 July 12 13
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      656 2 TEE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated In Denmark) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From Prom From From Spore Malacca Port Penang B*bam ttALSIA 13/8 11/ A 13/0 15/6 BORINOIA 3/7 8/7 4/7 8/7 PIONIA 24/7 24/7 28/7 37/7 tt Calling Marseilles and Havre. The
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      254 2 £71.12.FROM SINGAPORE TO EUROPE. VIA AMERICA. This rate Includes: (a) tad class passage Singapore to H«og (b) Tottrtat class across the Paelfle. (c) Ist class rafl across Isssilis (d) Tourist class Atlanta? in the new and fusions s-s. Manhattan or s* Washington. NOTE: If passage throcgh the Panama Canal l«
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      1221 2 SHIPPING. THK BLUE FUNNEL LOTS (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO Steani Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual (1931) LTD. Steani Navigation Ca, Ltd. THE CCNARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THB SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO LTD* THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINK The SIAM
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    150 MILES SURVEY IN TWO HOURS.
    406 3 Wonder Air Camera. RESULTS IN THREE DIMENSIONS. Important developments in aerUl survey work are likely to follow the introduction Into Pritaln of a new system of aerial surveying and mapping which gives results n three dimensions, writes the air correspondent ot the Dally Vail.
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    HIS GOOD DEED.
    183 3 Scout Finds And i Returns $68. HIM Our Own Conespondent > <^, Malacca, May 26. JJ^.e honesty of a Boy Scout patrol IHkr Mohammad bin Tambl All ol '■pl^lth High School Troop, who picked up a bundle containing $68. in Treasury notes in the Post Office several
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    COMPETING WITH JAPAN.
    96 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Medan, May 24. The Java papers state that it Is under consideration to found a cycle factory in Djocja, Java. It has been proved that an all-steel cycle, made of first class Bri'ish accessories, can be supplied for 12 guilders 50 cents. By
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    CLUB ANNIVERSARY.
    77 3 At a special general meeting of the Amicable Athletic Association on Friday. It was unanimously agTeed to celebrate the Association's sixth anniversary at Mr Aw Boon Haw's bungalow. Paslr Panjang. for two consecutive days 'date to be notified later), and to levy a compulsory minimum subscription of $2
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    REMARKABLE CRUISE BY SUBMARINE.
    458 3 Circumnavigation Of Africa. The trans-Atlantic flight of General Balbo and his aerial squadron Is not forgotten, and has set up a unique record, but credit must also be given to the unusual performance of two Italian submarines, which followed and supported the flight. The two submarines
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    HARBOUR PROJECT.
    229 3 Canton River Trade Accommodation. Canton, May 11. Owner ot river steamboats are required to give up their wharfs at the West Bund in front of the Post Office and Custom House and to dock their vessels inside the inner harbour after Oct. 1. Under construction for the past
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    WORLD MARITIME CONFERENCE.
    338 3 Greece Willing To Co-Operate. The Greek Government has instructed the Greek Minister In London to approach the British Government to express their willingness to co-operate with them and other Governments through a maritime conference to study the present situation of world shipping. The Greeic Minister, has addressed
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    99 3 ATHOS H. Fr.. 8.947 tons, from Kobe 29-5, for Marseilles 29-5. SOMERVILLE. Nor.. 2.523 tons, from Portland Ore. 29-5, far Batavia 2-6. SANTOS MARU, Jap., 4.354 tons, from Kobe 29-5. for Colombo 30-5. BENLEDI. Brit., 3.755 tons, from Lelth 28-5, for Hong Kong 29-5. S. 8. PYRRHUS, Brit.,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    117 3 Tuesday, May 29. Ship* alongside the Wtaarres or expected to Qsdswa GaU Mmm KHIH HARBOIR Main Wharf The Cable, Lch. "Spartan." W. Bt. Bertha," Sri Tunda. OH Wharf NU. Coal Wharf Nil VESSELS IN UK V "Ol.K» Tanjonc Pairar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Mil. Krpprl Harbour.
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      845 3 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporatea in P.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:«OOKING AGENIS. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS. F.M.S RLYS. AND BUM STATES rAILWAYS. TELEPHONE t Freight 6433 Passage 6131 CANADIAN PACIFIC. (Incurporated Is ""g'»"'1) HOMR VIA CANADA. Hong Kong to England 26 days. Hong Kong to Vancouver 1$ daya. Via SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI KOBE. YOKOHAMA. VICTORIA AND
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      454 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In England.) •ELLERMAN" LINE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM HAMBURG Via Perls and Sacs Canal Due sail* Steamer B'pore Spore. CITY OP HANKOW In port June 1 CITY OF EASTBOURNE June !4 June If Far HONG KONG. SHANGHAI A JAPAN Steamer Due B'rjot* CITY OP
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      92 3 TIDE TABLES. Tuesday, May 29. H W. H. 15 a.m., 8 ft. 2 In.. 10.26 p.m., 9 ft 2 In. L W. 4.33 a m.. 4 in 430 p.m.. 4 ft 4 In. Wednesday. May H W. 12.1 noon. 8 ft 2 in. 11.9 :>m 9 ft. 5 in. L.
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      70 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesteri ly Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins. Sucsliine temp. •F hr*. *F Alor Star 87 0.02 4.7 75 3itiawan 91 0.01 4.9 71 K. f renggami No Report. Buklt Jeram 89 Nil 7.7 72 Malacca 87 0.31 10.8 76 Singapore (Mt. Faben 89
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      430 4 SITUATIONS VACANT When apphint for any position advertised in these columns tend copies of testimonials. Do not tend orighMkv WANTED, experienced Cold Storage salesman. Write Box 732, Straits Times. QUALIFIED DRESSER (Chinese preferred) send testimonials etc.. to Manager, Chan Wing Rubber Estate. Jagoh. Johore. WANTED. European lady assistant to serve
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      738 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE. TANOLIN HOUBE." 7, Orup Grovt Rd. (off Orchard Road.) One service flat. Abo one single room. Mod. aan garage. Mrs. T. H. Payne. Phone 3959. BEAUTIFULLY furnished Sat every privacy and omfort. Private entry and Wed bath. Board If required. Very moderate cost. Apply 38 Newton Road. MOTOR VEHICLES
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      619 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET around es Pint Hoar. Robinaon Road. Separately or together. United Engineers. TO IXT. No. 5. Raffles Place. Ground floor, spacious office accommodation. Bultabl for show room eta Apply MEYER BROTHERS. OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET Winchester House, Offices en Ist and 2nd Floors Raffia Quay Not.
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      691 4 S LEGAL NOTICES. .wxICK Is hereby given that the Trade Mark depicted above is the exclusive property of the ASIATIC MEDICAL COMPANY of 117. South Bridge Road. Slngmpore. and to used by them In respect of patent medicines and toilet requisites manufactured. Imported and/or sold by them In the Straits
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      1109 4 tPUBUC NOTICES I COUPONS, ftabfccr Regulation, Sln»apore. HiWagi of lew than 1M mm. TICE Is hereby given that th? first Usue of coupons will be made In the Land Office, Singapore, In June 1934, as detailed below. Priority of delivery will be awarded to those small-holders who have obeyed the
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      636 4 BUSINESS CARDS FIGARO BEAUTY CREATIONS I THE $8 PERMANENT WAVE BY ETJatOFEAN LADY EXPECTS I RAFFLES HOTEL (Kami 1201 and at M Brm» Bm ah Eoa4 MASSAGE HALL I MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Vfl HAKt IM Mtu SANA M. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. PENSION ROSITA One single and one double room
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      180 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage. Monthly 3.00 4.M S 2.50 quarterly 8.50 SUM t 7.50 Half Yearly 117*0 $24.00 $15.00 Yearly 134.00 $48.00 $30.00 Note. Outstitlon cheques should include the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions lor CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ate as under:— 25
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    AMERICA IS GOING BACK TO THE OLD SALOON.
    616 5 "Drys" Complain Of Broken Pledge. Americans generally are today tremendously interested, and temperance societies throughout the country are shocked and panicstricken, because there is evidence everywhere that the wicked old public-house," or saloon, as It is called there, with its wide-open bar,
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    BRIGADE CALLS.
    89 5 At five o'clock on Saturday aftetvnoon the Fire Brigade received a call from Queen Street where the chimney of a Chinese eating house was found to be well alight. A line of hose wa.i laid over the roof and water was played down the chimney. \he flre being
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      200 5 HOTELS TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT 8.15 to 9 15 pmDANCE (formal) 9.45 p.m. to Midnight WEDNESDAY, MAY 30th THE POPULAR ARTISTS SANDS DAWN. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW V^7 HOTEL TO-NIGHT J3* MOONLIGHT NIGHT <^X SPECIAL DINNER SERVED ON THE LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL ROOM DINNER AND
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      249 5 IS SIMPLICITY ITSELF ON THE PHILCO SIMPLICITY EFFICIENCY POWER AND LOW PRICE RADIO SERVICE CO. OF MALAYA LTD. BROADCAST HOUSE, U JAM STRECT, 2 ORCHARD ROAD zulc. SIWAPORE 1 AGENTS KUAU LUMPUR. SOLE PROPRIETORS STATION Z.H.I. SINGAPORE. DOUBLE ACTION ni^gVi, DOUBLE ACTION 5J3 CLEANSER Sg^gS" CLEANSER >j£^ Direction* (ot dnak^
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      207 5 8.8.C. PROGRAMME. For Straits Settlerr en ts, and Federated Malay States from the Empire trans, .ter Daventry, England. TODAY. 6.35 a.m. A Recital of English Gramophone xiecords by Christopher Stone. 7.5 MedvedefT's Balalaika Orchestra. 7.35 Sports Talk: "The New Amateur Oolf Champion" 7.50 Song Recital by Paul Robeson 8.5 Th.
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      222 5 SINGAPORE. Following Is the wireless pro gramme of Station "Z.H.L" Singapore (wavelength 49.9 m) (owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya Ltd., 2, Orchard Road). WEDNESDAY, MAY 3fc 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.30. Relay of dance music by Raffles Hotel Dance Orchestra (Dan Hopkins). 1 0.45 News Bulletin
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      185 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle (CLUESJ ACROSS 19. Coal product 22. Circular sheet L RebTJOd RfJoleing 5. Snares 2 Vie as 8. Bundle *PW 9 Inferred 30 Staggers 11 Coin 32 Archltp;fjral sty!j£ 34. Stimulus 14. Hurrlcam, 35. DonUcy 16. Burnishing instrument 17. Cunning 18. Liable 20. Conceited fellow as.' Transgress Solution
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    EAST TO WEST ATLANTIC AIR ADVENTURE.
    295 6 Flyer Tells His London, May 17. Thousands of people yesterday climbed the hillside of the mountainous district of Lahinch, County Clare, where lies the crippled monoplane of the latest conquerors of the Atlantic, the two Americans, Capt. George Pond, aged 46, and Lieut. C.
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    ONE SEX IN NEXT SOVIET WAR.
    176 6 16,000,000 Boys And Girls Train Together. Only one sex in the neat war is the slogan of the committee for the training and education of young people for military defence, writes the Daily Express Moscow correspondent. The committee's plan, which has Just been approved
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    "CODE OF CONDUCT."
    156 6 Document Signed By A Husband. London, May 17. A code of conduct which an Old Hill (Staffs) husband was said to have written out and signed, was mentioned in court yesterday, when his wife. Mrs. William Slater, of Hercourt Road, Old Hill, applied for a separation order.
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    BREAKS AT A TOUCH.
    177 6 The Most Brittle Boy In England." London. May 18. The "most brittle boy In England" is the description applied to Ernest Gardner, a 16-year-old lad living with his parents in Meadow Row, Buckingham. Withdrawn from school when he was 12. and unable to walk a step
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    "ARTISTIC BLOKE."
    88 6 London, May 19. Private Donald Cameron, of the R.A.M.C., was known among nil comrades at the Military Hospital. Millbank, London, as an "artistic sort of bloke." He spent his leisure hours painting and drawing. Now he has won second prise in the Regular Army Recruiting Poster competition. Soon
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    G. B. S. On Test Match Peril To Empire.
    450 6 I Mr. George Bernard Shaw landed ai Plymouth on May 18 from the linei 1 Rangitanc, after a voyage of 23.00 C miles to New Zealand and back, anc discussed with me (writes a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph) amon;] other
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    MIDNIGHT POISONING DRAMA.
    868 6 Widow Who "Preferred Death To Dishonour." London, May 17. "My daughter preferred death to dishonour. I thought he might have followed her example." In a voice that shook with emotion, a father, whose daughter had collapsed, poisoned. In his arms, as a naval officer she loved looked
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    POISON IN SAWDUST.
    139 6 Man Who Caught Cold Prom Wood. Lendon. May 17. Infections which can be contracted from wood were described by Sir Thomas Oliver at the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health at Norwich yesterday. He said that some years ago a man lin Lancashire making shuttles
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    EDWINA BOOTH TRAGEDY.
    269 6 Stardom Brings Illness And Poverty. GOING TO LONDON. To Visit Hospital For Tropical Diseases. London, May 18. After seeking vainly for five years to And a cure for a mysterious disease, contracted, she believes, while she was playing the White Goddess in the film "Trader Horn," Edwina
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    FIRING LAST SHOT.
    211 6 Seven Injured When Gun Bursts. I The last shot was being flred by a j detachment of Scottish Territorial* having gunnery practice on the artillery range at Redesdale Camp. Northumberland, on May 18 when the shell exploded in the gun (a 3.7 howitzer), bursting the gun. and
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    Attack On The 21 American Debutantes.
    303 6 London, May 18. An attack on the twenty-one American debutantes at this year's Court is made in an astounding article by an American journalist. Miss Gretta Palmer, in the New York World Telegram She writes: George Washington was madder than hop when he got
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      168 6 CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) THE ABOVE COMPANY HAS FOR DISPOSAL A WIDE RANGE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS SUPPLIES INCLUDING prude Oil Engines v (from 3V4 h.p. to pkctrical Fans Machinery and Accessories. I>umps (Hand and Power) Canitary Fittings rv>llapsfble Gates pipe Fittings (Various) piobe Valves, etc., etc. FOR
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    CHETTIARS' PROTEST.
    230 7 Representation Wanted On Advisory Committee. I :rd extraordinary ex cuth meeting of the Chettlars' (Nattukottat) Chamber of Commerce. Malacca. waa lield at the Chamber's premise,, with the President. Mr. N. M. KR. Kasivisvanathan Chettiar. in the chuir. The s-cretary. Mr. K.S.A.A. Manicktm Cln-ttiar, moved a resolution expressing the
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      198 7 ENJOY A FINE DINNER AND THEN SEE DANTE WATCH 1 DAILY MENU PHONE 4906. TOO BIG FOR THE WORLD, SO I THEY STAOtfn t tv thp r* owt»m»j j Coming to CAPITOL. Watch! Watch!! RUBBER RESTRICTION DAY Ist June 1934. GALA CELEBRATIONS for the PROSPERITY of MALAYA GREAT WORLD St^^^^fc
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      229 7 rADITAI LAST TWO DAYS UAr II UL .Special Matinee 3 p.m. Tomorrow) 1§! New Programme— More Mystifying Than Ever! SPECIAL TO- NIGHT. ..SINGAPORE GIRL CHALLENGES DANTE! A SINGAPORE GIRL HAS CHALLENGED DANTE TO PERFORM HIS "SAWING A LADY IN HALF" MYSTERY, WITH HER AS HIS SUBJECT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
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      233 7 Why did Ik- open his I A,% house to the most nolori- I ous women in Paris? jfl I 1 A rule tliul will never be I 13^9 LmlJ plajed again because I only Iho genius of an Arliss g[ would ilarc ullempt it K SWA j' LAST NIGHT L^-S
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    169 8 Rubber Quiet And Steady. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, May 29. The rubber market is quiet and steady this morning owing to sellers holding off. The local price is well above the other markets. U.K. stocks are up 317 tons. Rubber shares are quiet and there are
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    PRODUCE.
    299 8 TIN PRICE. May 29. Singapore, tin price <per piculi $114.87' 2 Kerosene oil; Shell and Fish $3.66 tor iwo 4 gallon tins: Crown and Dragon $3 26 for two 4- gallon tins: Cross $3 11 for two 4 gallon tins. Devoe's Imperial Brilliant, $1.83 per tin of 4 Imp.
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    29 8 From Holland and Germany by Marnix van St. Aldcgoude due at Bingaix-in- 2 p.m. From China and Japan by Terukuni' Maru due at Singapore 2 p.m. today.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      218 8 The following are the exchange rates this morning, according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London; 4 months' sight 2/4 11/64 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 5/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 9/64 London, 30 days' sight 2/41/8 London, demand
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      221 8 Rubber Opens Weak But Recovers. London, May 24. On the Stock Exchange today the volume of business continued sm:;i but in most sections conditions were somewhat brighter. The new £10,000,000 Canadian Loan bearing 3>/« per cent, is being underwritten. The price is 96>2 and is redeemable between 1950
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      WHEAT PROBLEM.
      165 8 France's Biggest Flour Mills Close. Paris, May 25. The closing today of the flour mills at Corbeil, the greatest In France, has brought to a head the wheat problem In France, with probable International repercussions as, according to a wheat expert, France may join the ranks of exporters.
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        MINING.
        439 8 Issue 7al. Pel. I/- 4/- Ampat Tin '1 £1 Asam Kumbang :i £1 Austral Malay >/- 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 1 Ayer Weng !1 £1 Bangrin Tin Buyers 6/6 37/6 43/6 15/2.00 34/9 Sellers. 16/2.10 35/6 '1 £1 Changkat Tin '1 £1 Chenderiang 10/►0 50 Hitam Tin 0.33 0.56
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        GENERAL.
        286 8 Issue Pd. Buyers Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.80 0.85 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs, 1.55 1.60 El £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.0.0 6.5.0 L0 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.40 5.60 El £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefs. 26/9 27/9 El £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 26/3 27/1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        135 8 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,C00 106 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4'/o p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 106 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 41/2 of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 105 107 nom. Singapore Municipal 4 p.c. of 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 102 103 nom.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        363 8 Fraser and Co and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today a Prices Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 1.60 I.Boxd. 1.70 I.Bocd. Alor Gajah ($1) 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.10 A. Hitam ($1) 1.60 1.75 1.50 1.60 Malay (|2) 2.80 3.00 2.90 3.10 Molek ($1) 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.10 Panas
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      EXCHANGES.
      82 8 Rugby. May 26. Foreign exchanges today were:— Amsterdam 7.501/2 Athens 530 sellers. Berlin 12.96 1/ 2 Bombay 1/6 1/32 Brussels 21.76 Bucharest 510 Geneva 15.65 i/ 2 Buenos Aires 36V2 sellers official. Copenhagen 22.39 i/2i /2 Helsingfors 226 ;!4; !4 Hong Kong l/5i/ 8 Lisbon 110 Madrid 37 3/16
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    71 8 Noon, May 29. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 19't;, 195/ 8 (F. 0.8.) 19% i 97/ 8 Standard R.S S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers. June 197/ B 2OVs July-Sept 80% 20% Oct.-Dec. 21 21i Jkn.-Mar. 21% 21% Tone of Market: Dull
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    236 8 Today. LejgkaUs, Laboeai. Bllik Sc raadjona I Balel (Rokan) 3„_ Selit Pandjang and Began (Hong Thong. Siak. Pakan Baroe, Pert de Keck and Padang (Hon- Kwon?) 2 pnL China, Japan. Korea. Formosa East Siberia. Western Canada and Western States of US A (Conte Rosso) 3 n m
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    33 8 By Shi'i.nl Chitral Carthage J. van Oldenbarncvclt Karoa S'poir l.ur.iioa Apr. 20 May 9 Mar. 30 Apr .1 Apr. 27 May 19 May 4 May a May 3 May 26
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL.
    21 8 The air mail dispatched from Singapore on May 20 was delivered in London on May 28 <8 days).
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    AIR MAIL FROM JAVA.
    23 8 Mails from Batavia and Palembang by aeroplane are expected at the General Post Office, Singapore at 2.30 p.m. today.
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    MONEY ORDERS.
    102 8 The rate of Issue Is Rs. 155- $100. The rate of payment is Rs. 157=9100. The rate of payment Is the rate current on the day of receipt of the Money Order Advice by the Straits Settlements Post Office. The rates oi issue of Money Orders drawn on
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    FINANCIAL LETTER.
    1258 9 President Roosevelt And War Debts. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 12. The most significant financial development of the past week was one which might have been anticipated sooner or later. Ever since Britain's satisfactory Budget surplus was made known in America the general business world, and the
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    COTTON TRADE NOTES.
    339 9 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) of the textile industry continues to I expand. Manchester. May 2. American and Egyptian yarns have been purchased In retail lota. SpinThere has been no important change ners are tending to lose ground and in the general conditions prevailing in tnere na s
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    ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
    554 9 Address Of Mr. Vivian Hugh Smith. The annual general court of the Royal Exchange Assurance was held at the Head Office of the Corporation, Royal Exchange, London. Mr. Vivian Hugh Smith (Governor) presided. The Governor said: In referring to cur profit and loss account you will first
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    COSTA RICA L. AND T.
    71 9 The Costa Rica Electric Light and Traction Company announced that it has funds available for the redemption of its Six per Cent. Prior Lien debentures and is prepared to receive tenders. The price is to be inclusive of the Interest due July 1, 1934. The
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    COMPANY RESULTS.
    42 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 28. Pahi. Loss for 1933. £1.068: forward debit. £1.018. Rubber Estates of KrUn. -Profit. £1,124; forward, £1,402. Maradn.— Profit for six months to Dec. 31. £68. British Borneo Timber.— Final dividend, 3 per cent.
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    TIN RETURNS.
    494 9 Kuala Lumpur, No. 1 Dredge.— Hn. run »90, yds treated 87,704, output 330 pels. Tongkah— Hrs. run 730 hrs.. yardage treated 208.500 cv. yds., output 946 pels. Toogkah.— Hrs. 177 hr». yardap: treated 35,000 cubic yds. output 194 pels. Kamuntlng —Output (pels.) 1,805, hrs run 1,233, yardage 329.000,
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    291 9 Pcrak Riv«r Valley— 36.6Bl lb. Juru— 3o,ooo lb. Semanggol.— 2s.ooo lb. Malaka Pinda— 42JOO lb Henrietta —63,000 lb. Sunget Matang.— 4o.ooo lb. New Scudai— 3o3oo lb. Benta 45,000 lb. Sandycroft— 21,000 lb. Kuala Kangsar— lo3.2oo lb. Ayer Knning— 72.000 lb. Badek— 24.6oo lb. Bradwall— 22.ooo lb. Chersonese —B4,ooo
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    RUBBER PRODUCTION.
    21 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 25. Six hundred and fifteen members of the Rubber Qrowers[Aj|a*Lation pro .dftL-ed llPltgg*
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    AMUSEMENTS
    101 10 Singapore. ALHAMBRA Voltaire with George Arlise Doris Kenyon. 6.15— 9.15. CAPITOL Dante. 6.15—9.15. GREAT WORLD Carabet— Arizona to Broacway tc I am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang. MARI BOROUGH Insan-Ka-Shaltan, Hindustani Talkie. 6.15—9.15. NEW WORLD. Bide Shows, Cabaret, Dancing, Talkies. Theatres and Cinema*. PAVILION Advice to the Lovelorn
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1934. THE COUNCIL MEETING.
    1011 10 There must of necessity be so many i minor alterations to the published I drafts of the legislation which has been passed in the F.M.S. and the Colony to implement the rubber control agree ment that any attempt at
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    487 10 EXECUTIONS. An execution took place in Singapore yesterday. It is probably not generally known that dislocation of the vertebrae (execution) is the principal cause of mortality in the prisons of the Colony. During 1933 the number of executions was nine. j OUTGOINGS. Expenses In connection with
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    TODAY'S SPECIAL ARTICLE.
    1099 10  -  Paul Robeson.) .By AFRICAN CULTURE. Mr. Paul Robeson is more than a very good singer. He is a man who has the high ideal of doing what he can to improve the standard of life of his own people. In this article he states it is his
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    FRANCE ALLOTS 1,000,000,000 FRANCS FOR DEFENCES.!
    570 11 NEW FORTIFICATIONS ON HER FRONTIERS. LUXEMBURG AND SAAR. Reported Plan For Extended Military Service. Paris, May 24. -The Chamber Army Commission has approved the appropriation of over 1,000,000,000 francs for frontier defence. This is 770,000,000 francs in excess of credits previously voted. The new
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    VISCOUNT SUMNER.
    110 11 Famous Judge Dies At Age Of 75. Rugby, May 26. Vicount Sumner, a former Lord of Appeal and a British delegate to the Peace Conference in Paris, has died in j London at the age of 75. By general! consent he was one of the most dis- anguished
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    BUFFER TIN POOL.
    74 11 May Prove Innocuous To Producers." (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. May 28. The adoption of the buffer tin pool proposal by the International Tin Committee at the meeting to be held in London on June 5 is a foregone conclusion, but the pool will be hedged about
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    Trade Fight Must Be Fought To A Finish.
    77 11 London. May 28. •We say l^ the British, 'We will give you preference for your goods when you give us preference, for ours,' said Mr. de Valera in a speech at a gathering of 10.000 at Clifden, County Galway. Mr. de Valera
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    REPUBLIC WANTED.
    247 11 Mr. De Valera's Criticism Of The Senate. Dublin, May 25. Speaking in the course of the debate in the Dail on the bill for the abolition of the Senate, Mr. de Valera said that it was an effective safeguard for neither the constitution nor the people's liberties. The
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    POLICE CONSTABLE SHOT.
    179 11 Sussex Burglary SCOTLAND YARD JOINS IN MAN HUNT. London, May -8. Police patrol cars are scouring a wide area on the Sussex Downs In an endeavour to trace the i :sallant of a young Worthing policeman, Policeconstable Jex, who Is lying in hospital seriously wounded by a
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    KAYE DON.
    84 11 Injured In Midnight Motor Crash. Mr. Kaye Don, (be famous rat ing motorist, and his mechanic, Mr. F. Taylor, were injured in a midnight motor smash near Douglas, Isle of Man last night. After a card party Mr. Kaye Don took out his M.G. Magnettr car which he
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    WHEAT AGREEMENT.
    88 11 Argentina Threatens A Break. London, May 29. The meeting of the Wheat Advisory Committee, which was to have been held In London yesterday, has been postponed. According to the Daily Telegraph Argentina is threatening to break last autumn's world agreement unless her demand for one third of the
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    MEI LAN-FANG.
    62 11 Famous Chinese Actor To Visit Russia. Shanghai, May 29. Mr. Mai Lan-fang, the famous Chinese female impersonator, has accepted an Invitation by the Soviet Government, through M. Dlmitri Bogomoloff, the Soviet Ambassador to China, to give a series of performances in Russia. At the conclusion of his visit,
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    COMBINED CAMPAIGN.
    52 11 Ending Party System In Japan. Tokio, M?y 29. A combined campaign to end the party system is being prepared by all Rightist groups in consequence of the intensification of the political situation partly as a result of the share-dealing scandal, which is threatening to precipitate a serious Cabinet
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    MR. BRAND WHITLOCK.
    33 11 Death Of Famous U.S. Minister. Cannes, May 24. The death has occurred of Mr. Brand Whltlock, the famous United States Minister (later Ambassador > to Belgium throughout the war -Renter Wlrelesr
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    ADMIRAL TOGO.
    29 11 Toklo, May 29. Admiral Togo Is critically ill, suffering from cancer In the throat. The Emperor today raised him from the rank of count to marquis.— Reuter.
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    40 11 Sir Francis Lindley, British Ambassador to Tokio, pictured as he visited Koki HiroU, Japanese Foreign Minister, at the Foreign Office, Tokio, to hand a memorandum regarding the recent Foreign Office's statement clarifying the Japanese policy toward China.— Air mail picture.
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    WILD RIOTING ON WATERFRONT.
    95 11 Striking Longshoremen Reject Compromise. San Francisco, May 28. Wild rioting broke out on the waterfront here after the report of the compromise plan for the settlement of the longshoremen's strike was rejected by the men. In the afternoon 1,500 strikers clashed with 500 police, who used
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    KING'S CUP RACE.
    170 11 Prince George Enters A Machine. Rugby, May 26. The King's Cup air race, which is the most important annual event of its kind in Great Britain, promises this year to be exceptionally interesting. Thirty-eight entries which have be*:n received include several new types of fast civil planes
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    TURKEY FOR TURKS.
    102 11 Plight Of Thousands Of Foreigners. Istanbul, May 25. Thousands of foreigners employed in the professions or as artlzans (notably 1,200 of Maltese extraction but not speaking their mother tongue) are precariously situated as the result of the Government's approval of a law whereby certain professions are re;
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    INDO-JAPANESE TRADE.
    57 11 Changes In Phraseology Of Treaty. i Toklo, May 27. The British Charge d'Affaires, Mr Dodd, called on the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Shigemltsu, and exchanged views relative to certain changes of phraseology In the IndoJapanese trade treaty and agreement was i"cached whereby the signing of the treaty
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    WORLD COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
    140 11 League Reveals Further Improvements. Geneva, May 28. Further important improvements in the world commercial statistics published by the financial section of the League of Nations include an increase of 20 per cent, in coal production dur- ing January; Petrol, 12 per cent, pig iron, 51 per cent.,
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    NEW AMBASSADOR.
    36 11 Soviet Appoints A Jew To Germany Berlin, May 28. M. Jacob Suritz, recently Soviet Ambassador to Turkey, who is a Jew, has been appointed and has accepted the post of Ambassador in Berlin. Reuter.
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    CODOS AND ROSSI.
    38 11 Successful Atlantic Flight. New York. May 29. Codos and Rossi, who took oft from Paris at 5.10 a.m. on Sunday, after successfully crossing the Atlantic and landing yesterday at North Truro. Massachusetts, have arrived here.
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    Germany's Industrial Threat | World Market.
    118 11 Germany's Industrial Threat World Market. Berlin, May 29. A threat that Germany may be compelled to make a complete reversal of her Industrial economy, which "may react with tremendous force on the world markets," was made by Dr. Kurl Schmitt, Minister of National Economy in a speech, at Frankfurt-on-Main. Dr.
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    INCREASED EXPORTS.
    108 11 Only Solution To Germany's Debt Problem. Berlin, May 23. A more hopeful feeling prevail: around the debt conference and It If even suggested that It may come to an 'earlier conclusion than generally expected. The main object is reported to be the problt ol helping Grrmai^H creas' l>^^|
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    UNKNOWN
    83 11 Declines By £240,000,« Two V Wide vyuH Nazi proposal^ a •■■■•vci, j entirely unoflj uelplngl^^| exporter-, < recover the £240,00qH »urtU ot foreign trade lost In the M two years. The suggestions by the Employees' Association In I German Labour Front -and ara^^H In the Nazi paper Vdlktsfl Beobachter.
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    JOHORE STATE COUNCIL.
    302 11 Rubber Bill Passed WitM No Opposition. QUIT RENTS Biff Estates' SympathjH For Small Holders. (By Telephone.) I Today. I Johore's rubber pteA«V(M«M iiill was passed by the Stafll Council this morning. There was no opposition. Dato S. Q. Wong asked GovernmSitl to consider the question < t
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    ARCHDUKE EUGENE.
    85 11 Member Of Hapsburt Fanfl Visits Vient tld M.. .'^B The flrsi visit of fc f bj Hapsburg famfly'to a m war has been paid by Airluiuke^H a brother of the last Emperor, iJB welcomed by only a small crow^^H he arrived at the station this nil from Basle.
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    M. BATALOFF.
    20 11 Sofia, Mm 29 M. Bataloil, the Bulgarian jfl in Paris, has been appointed for Foreign Affairs —Reuter WfiM
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    THE VICIOUS SPIRAL UNWINDING.
    1430 12 §.S,(S.) Association Chairman Reviews 1933. fi 1 1 annual meeting of the Straits Detttrptnts (Singapore) Association Kg h*Jd in the Exchange Room ■Mr 191 Building, yesterday. The ■Heat. Mr. O. Parbury, was In the K3 and then wire 14 members prestarting the business of the ti.e
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    54 12 The band of the 8.6 Police under the direction of Mr. F E. Minns will play the following, weather permitting at Telok Ayer tomorrow at 9: Overture, "Le Dragons de Villars," Maillar; Waltz. "Quand L'Amour Meurt," Cremieu; Intermezzo, "Tip Toes,'' Cookc; Selection. "La Boheme," Puccini; Selection. "Offenbachlana." Flnck;
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    AMBULANCE'S DAY OFF.
    42 12 No calls were received at the Ambu lance station at Hill Street on Sunday last. This Is the second time since the r.tatlon was opened in 1928 that there have been no calls during a period of 24 hours.
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    KNIFE STRAPPED TO LEG.
    164 12 Teochew Ready For Gang: Fight Tan Whee Seong, a 21-year-old Teochew, suspected of being a member of a gang which assembled in Tan Thye Place on May 20, to fight a rival faction, was sentenced to eight months' rigorous lnprisonment by the judge (Mr. H. A.
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    CHIMNEY ON FIRE.
    66 12 At 2.15 this morning the Fire Brigade received a call to a house in Pic kerlng Street A room at the top of the house was full of smoke but no fire could be found. Closer inspection revealed that a chimney of a house In Synagogue Street,
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    -SOth BIRTHDAY
    67 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang. May 28. I Comr J. F. Mills. J.P.. celebrated hla 80th birthday yesterday In the presence of a large number of his friends at the Klang Rest House. Comr. Mills, despite his age, is particularly healthy He came to Malaya In 1883, and
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    CRUISER'S VISIT.
    117 12 Crew Entertained At Belawan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. May 24. Yesterday the British cruiser Caradoc arrived for a few days' stay in Belawan harbour. The British community has made extensive preparations to give the officers and crew a reception. The commander, Captain E. N. Fyfret, made a
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    MR. C. F. HOGG'S VISIT.
    44 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May 28. Mr. C. F. Hogg, of London, a preacher and teacher, well known In England and America, will speak at the King George V School Hall at Seremban on May 31. at 6.30.
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    IMMIGRATION QUOTA.
    40 12 By Proclamation in a Government Gazette Extraordinary, the acting Governor notifies an increase of 1,000 In the number of aliens, not being transit passengers, who may enter the Colony. The monthly total is raised from 2,000 to 3,000.
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    COSMETICS AND MEDICINES.
    227 12 News Company Manager On Trial. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 28. The adjourned hearing of the case, in which Mohamed Sultan, proprietor of the Central News Co., High Street, Is charged with attempted evasion of Customs duty on goods valued at $250, Imported from the
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    32 12 The Royal Singapore Flying Cluh'i land moth on the old racecourse where It had landed from Seletar. The machine was towed by ear U the Chib hangar for conver»lo« Into a seaplane.
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    BISHOP'S VISIT.
    129 12 Klang Ready To Welcome Dr. DevaLs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, May 28. A meeting of Roman Catholic residents in Klang and Coast districts was held under the auspices of the Klang Catholic Club, at the club, yesterday. In connection with the impending visit of His Lordship the
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    JEWELLERS ASSAULTED.
    50 12 Mr S. C. Vickers, Secretary of the Penang Turf Club, has returned to Penang. The Sultan of Johore with the con currence of the High Commissioner has appointed Mr. Miller Mackay to be an Unofficial Member of the Council of State for a further period of two years.
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    55 12 Lodging House Scene Ends In Court. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. May 28. I Llew Sin. who was charged with assaulting two Singapore Jewelle* mer- chants In April at a lodging house In Sultan Street, was fined $15 or in default two weeks' rigorous Imprisonment, by the First Magistrate
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    YEAR'S HARD LABOUR.
    77 12 Two Men Sentenced For Theft. Daud and Sukl, both of whom had several previous convictions against them, were charged today with stealIng money and property valued at $94 from the house of a Malay woman at the seventh mile, Jelebu. The magistrate. Mr. T. P. 1 McNelce,
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    OFFICE BEARERS.
    93 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, ka, 28. The following office bearers were elected at a meeting of the Negil Sembllan Eurasian Association, held at the premises ol the Saint '"jiil's Old Boys Association, at Seremban —President, Mr. A. O. Lopez; vice president, I Mr. R. J. Oallstan; hon.
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    EXCESSIVE SPEED.
    63 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May 28. Pleading guilty to a charge of driving his bus at an excessive speed, an Indian, L. H. Francis, was fined $25 by the Seremban Magistrate, Mr. T. P. F. McNelce today. I Francis was driving his car at 35 miles an
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    16 12 dipt. H E. Pike. The Royal En*in»»r. I hiu been »aap*nU4 to w^ Johore fplunteer Engln.
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    Town And Country In Malaya,
    531 12 MR. HOWESON AND TIN CONTROL. Mr. John Howeson and his associates. In contending that control has been a success, entirely overlook the great sacrifices that Malaya has been called upon to make. *t the outset. Malaya never ob!.a<nprt a fair quota, as the world's largc&t
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    NOTICE SERVER.
    143 12 Acquitted On Extx tion Charge. N. rinasamy. a Munlclpul notl server, put up a successful defen.v yesterday in the third police court m a charge of extortion of $2 from Llm Haw Moy living at Chen- Cheolc Street. The prosecution story was th:. no cuscd came to his
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    $1 FINE.
    127 12 Motorist Parks Car In Wrong Place. Mr. E. J. H. Corner of the Botanical Gardens, appeared before the fourth magistrate yesterday In answer to a summons for parking his motor-car :n a place other than the place provM -1 in Robinson Road. Pleading guilty Mr. Corner said it
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      1008 14 Columbine And Trix Also Get Wins. The second of a series of three I for the Van Schreven Trophy lor the six-metre class was sailed at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Sunday. There was a full turn out and the event produced some interesting
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    England's Defeat At Budapest.
    881 14 Budapest. May 11. I Hungary won its first professional football match against England by two goals to one here this afternoon. The match was the biggest sporting event of the Hungarian season. All the leaders of Society attended, and. since the day was a public holiday,
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    25 14 Lord Glanely's Manna colt, Colombo, which is a hot favourite for the Derby. It has never been beaten and has won nearly £27,000 in stakes.
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    EUROPEANS vs. REST THIS WEEK-END.
    1629 14 Teams Selected For Annual Match. The follow! i have been selected to represent the xtest in the Clarke Cup match vs. The Europeans, which will be played at the S.C.C. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday next. Evan Wong (S.C.R.d captain. H. N. Balhetchet (S.R.C.). A.
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      162 15 ?urls, May 28. In the third round of the French nard-courts doubles championship here today R. Manzel and L. Heche (Czechoslovakia) defeated F. J. Parry and O. P. Hughes, the British holders, 6-4. 6—4, 6—2. H. W. Austin and C. E. Hare (Great Britain) beat O. von
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    98 15 Tuesday, May 29. Tennis: L.T.A. of Malays Annual Meeting, S.CC, 645 p m Golf: Women's Medal. Island O.C. Football: First Division, R-AJ. vs. S.C.C., Anson Road; Third Division (B). Straits Cattle Traders vs. Fort Canning. Jalan Besar: Oovt. League (Div. 2), Statistics vs. Audit-Treasury, J.C.S.A. Wednesday, May Athletics:
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    7 15 Johnny Goodman, tne American Walker Cap player.
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    Dr. Cheah Wins I.C. May Medal.
    139 15 Thirty-three cards were taken out for the May (Stroke) Medal played on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a win for Dr. T. E. Cheah with a net score of 68. Dr. Cheah also won the Ball Sweep over the second 9 holes with
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    TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
    66 15 S.C.C. To Meet R.A.F. At Anson Road. The S.C.C. will meet the R.A.F. in m First Division match at Anson Road Stadium this afternoon. The teams have been selected as follows: S.C.C. Cherrinrton; Muncey and MeCsffery; Robertson, Donald and Wall in r: Craig, Joy Brand, Fyfe and King.
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    PICTURE PUZZLES.
    37 15 Correct solutions in The Sunday Times $500 Picture Puzzle Contest No. 3.. published on May 20, are: Dictator, On Top, Fleetfoot. Adept Oakum, Radiance, Thoth. Marechal. Woodhouse. A further $500 will be offered next Sunday.
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    NEW CHAMPION.
    36 15 Welterweight Title For Barney Ross. New York, May 29. Barney Boss won the world's welterweight title here this evening- by defeating the holder, Jimmy McLarnln on v .ir»ts in a 15-round contest. Renter. I
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    GOALLESS DRAW.
    60 15 Fraser And Neave's Share Points With M.P.H. F. ana N. "A" 0; M-P.H Fraser and Neave's "A" were not at full strength yesterday when they were opposed to the M.P.H. In a Commercial Cup match, and it speaks well for the plucky defence they put up that when
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    HONOURS EVEN.
    20 15 A.P.C. And Monopolies Draw. A.P.C. 1; Monopolies .1. The Commercial Cup match between the A.P.C. and the Government
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    15 15 C. K. Hare who is one of the youngest players taking part in international tournaments.
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    COMMERCIAL CUP MATCHES.
    1396 15 Ten Goals In Jalan Besar Game. Municipal Services S.T.P.S.C. 4. The Municipal Services were tiven a fright by the lowly placed Straits Times in a Commercial Cup match yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium but eventually managed to win by six goals to four. There was practically only
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    LATEST DERBY BETTING.
    143 15 London. May 28. The latest betting in the Derby callover is as follows: 7 to 4 Colombo. 10 to 1 Umldwar, taken and offered. 21 to 2 Easton offered, 100 to 9 taken. 100 to 9 Windsor Lad offered, 12 to 1 taken. 18 to 1 Lozingaro
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    Hat-Trick Against Tourists.
    225 15 London, May 28. Lord's: By defeating Middlesex bj ten wickets today the Australians recorded the firth victory of their tour. On the first day the county made 258 and Australia 135 for two wickets, Bradman being unbeaten for 100. Continuing their innings the Australians totalled 345 of
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    Opening Of English Polo Season.
    441 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. May 14. The London polo season opened on Saturday, when matches were played at all three clubs in glorious weather. At Hurlingham. Major J. Harrison's team, the Knaves, conceded a start ot 2 1 2 goals to a strong club
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    INDIAN SOCCER.
    113 16 Team To Visit South Africa. The Indian football team to vi_U Sou'h Africa and Kenya Colony km lected after a trial match bet teen fairly reprcscntufvp Indian and Luropran sid?3 on the Calcutta ground. The touring team was chosen as iollows Goalkeepers. Mir Hussein (Afghan Club. Peshavan. F.
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    BIG BRITISH DEFEAT IN WALKER CUP.
    1380 16 Torrance Maintains His Winning Record. ."From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 13. The United States' Walker Cup team left St. Andrew's on Saturday with the trophy, having' defeated Great Britain by the margin of nine games to two, with one halved. There have now
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    Golf Championship Of West Java.
    388 16 During the Whitsuntide holidays thei Bndoeng Golf Club heid Its first open tournament The recently constructed j course was in excellent order and West; Java Golfers were well represented. i The West Java championship was played for on Sunday and wai won by B::nle with
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    Great Golf By Pamela Barton.
    491 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. May 18. Mrs. A. L. Holm, of Troon, twice Scottish champion, won the British women's open golf championship at Royal Porthcawl yesterday, after one of the greatest final rounds In th; history of the competition, in which she defeated Miss
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    BOOKMAKERS AT WIMBLEDON?
    273 16 Will the bookmakers one day invade the sacred precincts of Wimbledon? A firm of bookmakers has just circularised its clients stating that it has made arrangements to open a book on the men's singles at the lawn tennis championships, which begin on June 25. The circular gives
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    MALACCA TRIAL
    111 16 (From Our Own Correspond* nt.) Malacc. Maj 27. ■Hie team to represent Malacca against Negri in the first Malaya Cup game on Saturday, June 2, will be chosen after the trial match on Tues- 'r which th: To." .g tean.s have bee: .cted: Colours: Yusof; J. M. Lee
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    37 16 Billy Moore, the former lightweigM Jcckey of Malaya, rede the Earl of Shannon's Land of Hope to victory in the race for the Sivaganga Cup at Octacamund. India, recently. The t;.t? paid Rs. 60 for a win.
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    173 16 Sciatica Kept Him At Home. It Is the wife who sends us trr* information about her husband's troubles. She writes For some time past, my husband has been ab!e to work only one week in two. on account of sciatica. He suffered so much
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    RUBBER REGULATION BILL PASSED IN COUNCIL.
    2189 17 Moneylenders' Bill Referred To Select Committee. The Rubber Regulation Bill giving effect to the international agreement, was passed by the legislative Council yesterday after being: considered at great length in committee. A certificate of emergency was laid on the table enabling the bifl to
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    97 17 Death Of 91-Year-Old Widow. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 26. The death occurred, yesterday, at the age of 91, of Madam Chan Tiew Neo, at her house, 55, Heeren Street. I Madam Chan was the wife of the late Mr. Low Guan Swi, who came to Malacca
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    SHOT DOWN HUNDREDS SINGLE-HANDED.
    1114 18 Volunteer Works Havoc In Manchukuo Ranks. A Chinese volunteer, singlehanded, ambushed a Manchukuo force in Jehol and wiped out 400 men before his machine-gun ammunition was exhausted, according to a Chinese report. Rather than surrender, the volunteer committed suicide. Shanghai, May 29. Following a sudden rise
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    OSAKA INCIDENT.
    60 18 Chinese Killed In Affray With Japanese. Shanghai. May 29. A Chinese, Mr. Yeh Mu-hua, was stabbed to death last week at Osaka in an affraywit h several Japanese. The Chinese Consul at the port has lodged a protest with the authorities. Punishment of the murderers is demanded as
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    DECISIVE BATTLE IN PROGRESS.
    183 18 Gran Chaco War. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. London, May 25. Fierce fighting between Bolivia and Paraguay is proceeding In f Gran Chaco according to messages received in London. A report from the Paraguayan capital states that 12,000 Bolivians suffered considerable losses when attacking the Paraguayan
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    WAR PILGRIMS.
    136 18 South Africans To Tour Western Front Rugby, May 26. A pilgrimage oX ex-service men from South Africa to the battlefields on the western front will takle place early next month. Ex-service men and their relatives are due to arrive at Southampton on June 4 and several ceremonies have
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    AERIAL SURVEY.
    74 18 London's Green Belt Of Open Spaces. Rugby, May 26. In connection with the scheme to promote a green belt of open spaces between the hub and the outer ring of London, a two-hour aerial survey was made yesterday. This was a private and preliminary effort which will be
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    35 18 J. Grant Anderson, proprle. of the Grant Anderson Comedy Company which commences a short season at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow. The company will stare "The Improper Duchess," "While Parents Sleep" and "The Man in Possession."
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    IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
    53 18 Mr. Roosevelt Increases Duty On Rugs. Washington. May 26. Roosevelt today exercised for the first time his powers under the N.R.A. to impose additional Import restrictions, when he announced additional duties ranging from 5 to 23 cents a square I yard on rugs, the chief material of which
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    OPIUM TRAFFIC IN BULGARIA.
    145 18 i Amazing: Disclosures At Geneva. London. May 25. The Opium Advisory Committee today heard at Geneva sensational revelations of Illicit traffic In opium in Bulgaria made by Mr. Fuller, the American representative. Mr. Fuller said that Bulgaria imported during 1933 material sufficient for the manufacture of
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    NO CANCELLATION.
    103 18 Mr. Roosevelt's War Debts Message Awaited. Washington, May 23. The stiictest secrecy is being maintained regarding ttie contents of President Roosevelt's eagerly expected message to Congress on war debts, on the preparation of which the President is spending today. Nevertheless, It Is authoritatively Intimated that the Idea of
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    [EMPIRE DAY INCIDENT.
    106 18 Fascists And Swastika Flag. London, May A feature of the Empire Day celebrations this year was the holding of the first Empire Air Day. There was a curious incident at the London Connty Council headquarters at the County HaH, Westminster, where a Union Jack with a Mack
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    ENGLISH SEASON.
    74 18 Considerable Increases In Holiday Traffic. Rugby. May 26. Although the English season has only just begun shipping lines report very considerable increases in holiday traffic, particularly from the American continent. Trans-Atlantic companies agree that bookings are over 30 per cent, above those of last year and that nearly
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    BOMB DISCOVERED.
    65 18 Vienna, May 27. The police this mornli.' 0 discovered a bomb outside the Stock Exchange Building, which also contains the ofilces of the official Austrian news agency. Reuter and other world agenc' The bomb, which is said t-are contained 4V 2 1> of dynamite, was timed to explode
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    Home And Foreign Air Services Intensified.
    2460 19 (By O«r Aviation Correspondent) London, May 1. fREAT Britain's greatest air travel season opens today. Augmented summer services are launched on the continental routes of Imperial Airways, including' no fewer than five services daily in each direction between London and Paris and four between
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    62 19 The Imperial Airways liner Seyfla, the Urge* air User fat the world on regalar roate, made her maiden fight from Croydon on M»y 16 when she took off for Paris. The Scyßa can cany thirty-nine bwsmbgcrs fan three eaMns, and a crew of f«wr. The swetarc shows the seen* as
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    TWO BIG WILLS.
    77 19 The Treasury Takes £400,000. Two wills, each disposing of over half a million, were published on May 12. The Eaxl of Normanton left settled land valued at £589.666, which with other property makes the total value of the estate passing at his death £637.412. Mr. Charles Francis
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    18 20 SfcNOK RICARDO SAMPER, Minister of Commerce in the late Lerroux Cabinet, who has formed a new Spanish Ministry.
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    37 20 POLICE AND MILLWORKERS engaged in hand to hand fighting. when a riot broke oat among strikers outaide the West Point Knitting Mills, in Philadelphia. Policemen are seen forcibly escorting one of the striken to a patrol wagon.
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    SINGAPORE DOG SHOW.
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