The Straits Times, 9 August 1937

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  • 34 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURf.J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA -'ii PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937 I'KH'K 10 CENW The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1957. cages.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 398 1 SINGAPORE: t4O CECIL ST fPHONE 54Tt) J937 NOTHING CAN BE BETTER THAN THE BEST. I TODAY'S OUTSTANDING REFRIGERATOR General Electric of U.S.A. oiTers today's greatest refrigerator value. More ice cubes more storage space more cold capacity more convenience and all models equipped with the famous Sealcd-in-Steel units with the Makers'
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    • 173 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 368a». ROBINSON'S GREAT ANNUAL SALE ENDS WEDNESDAY, 11th AUGUST DO NOT FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FINAL STARTLING REDUCTIONS. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. /^^*P^fey__^ Balkan i^^^^^B Sobranie m; H ot?JlStgJl^^^ Finest Pipe Tobaccos y SPUN TOBACCO (Curly Cut). nTT|^^WT|T| A new mixture to nieot
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 554 2 ffeStraite ikies SITUATIONS VACANT ENGLISH TCACHBBS WANTBD for Ulf Mln Teck Junior Middle School. K-.ichmg. Address all applications to the Principal. i'lBST Cla/s Surveyor required invnwUat: by Contractors. Only fuHy experienced mm need apply. Apply Box No. 630, Straits Time*. CHINESE salesman wanted by international concern. Must speak Enylish and
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    • 519 2 BOARD RESIDENCE EAST ANGLIA 6 OxKy Rtoe Tele. 4390. WHITEHAIX, 33 CairnhlU Rd. Rooms, private verandahs. Bath. English. P. 4747. BCIXEVILLB. IS. Scottt RoAd. Phone 4274. large It airy room* Prlv. Verandah mod san. SEA-rmONT: Single double rooms. LcjDfti, tennta Near Swlm"g Ctub. 77, Mtr« Rd. TO IST one or
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    • 792 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET j TC LET: 59 Meyer Roac: Sea Fron'afje, Garages and Tennis Court. Apply Mvyer Brothers. I I LEGAL NOTICES SHAIK SALIM BIN MOHAMED BIN SALIM BIN TALIB DECEASED. NOTICE U hereby given that the abovenamed died on June 13 last. Accordingl; all Powers of Attorney made
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    • 813 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL NOTICE i< hereby Kiven that the office of the Chief Medical OUiccr. S'xrial Hygiene, n-ilerton Building. Stngapore. will be removed to the oer.erai Ho- pital. Sepoy Line*. I Singapore, from Au* 1937 Telephone 1 No. 5421. THE BUKIT KATIL RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. j Incorporated ia
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    • 527 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS are lnviUJ for the Retiring, Painting and DiMfirvering cl bOOM No. 8 Kay Siang Road rod for the Concreting '1 Carriageways to Noe. 6 and 8. Kay Siang Road. Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the office of the Singapore Improvement Trust.
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    • 192 2 A NEW COIFFURE FOR YOU. fU-«li\ Low Price. f^LtaUfß^t^^^ FIGARO >*^% Ladles Hair > Dreaßen •3 Braa Basah Rd RaAet H«*»l rhoM tttt. BUSINESS CARDS EtcT MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. BEE CHOW CO., MERCHANT TAILOR. lIIONK MM. ?1. IHI.IA
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 669 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA| AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) M vll PASShNOtR AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. Co_ UNDER CONTRACI WITH HIS MAJESTY S C-OVEHNMENT I ONCOS AND FAR EASI MAIL SERVICE OUTWARu FROM LONDON FOZI CHINA AND JAPAN Due Ijimaije Snore INI RAiVAIPINOi 17. 00
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    • 552 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON VUSKN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 TOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON KanlM Marseilles. London. Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail I KASHIMA MARD 10.000 Aug. 18 19 t YASUKUNI MARD 12.000 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 HAKONE MARU 10.500 Sept 15 18
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    • 669 3 I ■dw »^L7 jpff ihb sytVro W jLmJt _z7 BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class motorshlps. Most cabins nave adjoining private bath. Excellent cuisine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPEMIAGEN Prom Prom From Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham ALSIA 10/8 10/8 11/8 13/8 BORINGIA 31/8 31/8 1/9
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    • 301 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Piom Arrive H'Vong S.F Pres Hoover Aug 21 Sept 8 Pres Lincoln Sept 8 Sept 28 Pres Coolldge Sept 18 Oct 8 Pres Wilson Oct. 6 Oct. 36 Pres. Hoover Oct. 16 Nov. 3 Pres. Cleveland Nov. 3 Nov. 23 Pres. Orant Nov. 6 Not. 24
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    • 1125 3 REPRESENTING 5^ 5^31 IHK BLUE FUNNEL LINT (Oeemn The Hua Khiow Steamshlo Co IK4M IM. Steam Ship Co- Ltd and China Mutual Iht tunard White sui Lio Steam Narigation Co Ltd I Aberdeen Commonwealth Une Thr Straits Steamship Co Ltd. Shaw SmviU Albion o 1 1« Thr China Navigation Co
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  • 169 4 Singapore. August I, 1? noon. B Seller Gambler «00 Hamburg Cub? $15 00 Java Cube $1100 Pepper White Mur.u.K $n 50 White $17 00 Black HO Copra Mixed $0 80 Sun Dncci 90 Tapioca. Sma'l F<a« F.rr Flake B« Medium Pearl *5.H Small Pearl MM Saoo Flour
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  • 56 4 Aug. 6 Mayebsusbi Main. J.ipaii); Hydra n <Nor.): B. dc St. Pierre, <Fch>: Tiipai, 'Dirt.); Ewnerald*. Baron Varborough. Silverash Viking Star. Brit i. Aug. Pulau Kidjang, Tandjong Bale!. Sin Aik Lee. Malacca. Kola, Hcpecrest. Teucer. Kamuning. Katong. iKaJang. Medusa. Perak, L!pl£. iBrit): Scheer. Gneisenau. iGer); Vyner Brooke. 'Sar>: Tomohon.
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  • 159 4 Few Foreigners Employed. ■yHE Coastal Trade Development Council points out that official figures published by the Board of Trade dispel allegations that the British coasting industry employs a large percentage of foreign seamen. A census taken by the Board on 15th June, 1936. shows that in 1.613
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  • 106 4 Despatch of £163,000 Scrap To Rosyth. Uljskow, Aug. 2. Metal Industries Is sanding scrap tonnage valued conservatively at £165 000 from the Orkney Islands to Rosyth dockyard. The company, which Is salving the scuttled German fleet at Scapa Flow, Is having a 2.000-ton section of the floating dock,
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  • 149 4 j Mails from Penang and Kuala i Lumpur expected today. Aug. 9, by air ((Internal Service) w!ll be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 pm. Genera! i delivery of letters tomorrow, Aug. 10, 1 at 8.25 a.m. I Mails from China and Jap -in expected today, Aug. 9, by
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 171 4 Monday. August 9. Skips atoafsMe the Wtaarrea or expected to arrr»e. Entrance Exit Laeatlon Ship GodowD Gate Gate East Wharf Rohna 22 1 1 Kotohira Mara 20 Main Wharf Suwa Mam 18 Kudat IS 2 P. Harrison 11 2 Sh«i<; Yu 2 Alsla 7 2 Empire
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    • 100 4 It is requested that the attention ot masters of vessels may be drawn tc the following notice which has been received from Penang: Position.— Lat. 5* 16' N., long. 100' 14' E. (approx). On Aug. 22 and 29 1937. machine gun firing will take place
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    • 293 4 Taday. Trengganu and Dungun (Parcels cniji (Hong Ho) ..3.90 p.m. Knnamtn and Kema<ek (Hong Ho) 4 p.m. Denmark (Parcels only) (AUia) 7 p.m. Taeaday, Aofaat 10. China (generally) Hoinow iSuwa Mann t am. Japan iSuta Mani) 9 a.m. Macao (Suva Maru) 9 am. Pengerang «8. Soon Heng)
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    • 94 4 INWARD. Wearnes: From Penan* and Koala Lumpur: Arrives this evening-. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWARD. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 10 p.m. tomorrow. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur
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    • 21 4 Mail dispatched from Singapore on July 16, by Carthage was delivered In London on Ang. 7.
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    • 304 4 I Arrived from N.I. by KLM plane '"Valk." Mr. B. M, Albert. Mr. H. Ch Baral and Mr. Tan Eng Ho. Left KLM plane "Valk.' for Bangkok i Mr. O. A. Sardeman and Mr. I. J. A. Green. Arrived from Europe. India and Medan by KLM plane
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    • 36 4 A The Porthos from Marseilles via y Madras and Pondich?rry Is expected i. to arrive tomorrow, at 6 a.m. and s sail at 12 noon for Saigon, e Tourane. Haiphonf. Berth: in th« i Roads
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 442 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. ilni-orpora;*'- id P U 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— ROOFING AGfNTS PM8 HLVS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. ItXEPHONE: Pratchl MJ»— PWMfC MU CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. < Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £103-18-7 Second Class From £71-10-8 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R.
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    • 374 4 (incorporated tn Straits Settlement*) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. anronxtratM in USA.) (Incorporated id England) BOSTON NIT» TOM BALTIMOM -KLLERMAN* LIN» VU SUEZ CANAl Out. 3*11* ♦CITY OP KIMBERLEY Aug 30 Sept 2 VI AVFNESS INE tCITY OP BAGDAD Sept. M Oct J IVLrt UJlC-XJ LjIHI^. tCITY
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 460 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max rain- bright min temp fall s'shine temp •F ins hrs. 'F West Coast. Alor Star 91 Nil 8.5 73 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 9.0 75 Sitiawan 92 Nil 10.7 72 Buklt Jeram 91 Nil 11.1 73 Malacca M
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 238 5 W EDOIMG GIFTS j| s« different— p s a alluring Oleam W 'ARE f!| and a hoat <-f oth to cap heart G f.i the mr.Tt discerning I BRIDE a;id GROOM. unot be wrong if r you purchase from th« f wide selection of IKANUIII.S beautiful 9 fl inexpensive sifts.
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    • 95 5 OV/ILTIP TONIC FOOD BEVERAGE. MIRTH. MURDER AND fßSf^^^^F-^^S^O^M MYSTERY IN MOVIE bBI 4^^^ MM, STAR ROMANCE OF BB W..fr STOLEN HEARTS AND A EffHBB^B»BBE3IIM^^Mffi missing diamond BAR OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT EDMUND LOWE ELISSA LANDI In M.G.Ms Thrilling Detective Mystery 'MAD HOLIDAY' with ZASU PITTS. TED HEALY. EDMUND GWENN. Next Chance—
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    • 113 5 TONIGHT! PAVILION TONIGHT! ~-JL"f OPENING OF THE GRANDEST COMEDY fU^ jIR. f d SONG-DANCE SHOW PRODUCED IN cfSS/fc^fi^ ENGLAND THIS YEAR WITH TWO aß^T.|«[rwJ| POPULAR COMEDIANS TOGETHER FOR 3Sf\J > .^j mL MAXIMUM LAUGHS! wiHPfiS^ HI JACK HULBERT GiCELY COURTNEIDGE MWIOX'JT f IN A RLM CHEERFUL WITH SONG x *?%m
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 227 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail Dance, 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and
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    • 71 5 THE HAPPY THEATRE: Charge of the Light Brigade. 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. AMUSEMENT PARKS. DANCE HALLS. ETC. Singapore GREAT WORLD CABARET: Dance 8 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET: Dance 6 p.m. to midnight. HAPPY WORLD CABARtT: Dance 6 p.m. to midnight. Seremban N.S. DANCE HALL: Dancing 9—12 Dance hostesses
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 492 6 KI'BBER TAKES TURN FOR BETTER. TINS ACCOUNT FOR MOST BUSINESS. Singapore, Aug. 9. Naturally, there is very little to tell about the markets this morning. There are no cables from London and the only commodity price cable:! is New York tin which at 60 cents on Saturday
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    • 612 6 Issue Vai. Frsuer Co. Lyall It Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Anipat Tin 6/6 I/- 6,6 7/il Asam Kumbang 37/- 38,6 37/- 38 6 £1 Austral Malay 58 60 -cd 58/- >) 5/- Ayet Hitam 34'6 36- 34- 36'1 Ayei Weng 1.35 1.40 1.35 1.40 £1 Bangrln Tin
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    • 402 6 2 2 Ala Brick Ord. 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.85 2 2 do 7'/ 2 ';i Prefs. 2.35 2.45 2.35 2.45 10 10 Adas Ice d.OO 10 oon tj.00 10 OOn 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.40 0.80nom 0.50 0.75nom 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6 25 700 6.25 7.25
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    • 234 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. b'.c 1901 red. 1640 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103& 105Vfe nom V 2 '/o 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 10*/ 110 nom V/i'.o 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 117 noM 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000
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    • 359 6 Fraser Co. Lyall it Evatt nllenby 1.85 1.95 1.85 1.95 Alor Oajah 1.35 1.40 1.30 1.40 Amai. Malay 2.05 2.10 2.00 2.10 Ayer Hitani 1.45 1.50 1.40 1.50 Ayer Molek 1.20 1.30 1.20 130 Ayer Panas 1.55 1.65 1.55 1.65 Bassett 0.70 0.75 0.72 0.77 Batu Llntang 1.35
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  • 72 6 - Rubber. London, 9d., up l/16d. Market Tone: Steady. New York, 18«i cts., up 1/16 ct. Market Tone:— Dull, TIN. London. (3 months), £'266 15s.. up 5s. London, (spot) £269 up lOe. Market Tone: Steady reactionary. New York, 60 cts., down J <*• (Saturday.) Market Tone: Quiet. SATURDAYS PRICES:—
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  • 197 6 The following are the exchangt rates this morning according to the daily circular Usued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/8 Lyons demand 1540 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand 58'/4 I Montreal
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  • 229 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Slngapo: >re, Aug 10 a.i 10 a m Company Dividend rou To' a i ai i tflf Books Ooce Date Parable Ex d:v Date Una to Qnan ■pa 7 Ml TIN Austral Malay 3\' Int. 3V. Bonus Batu Sdangor 11% Int. Hon R Kong
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  • 183 6 BUFFER POOL SUGGESTION CONDEMNED. COMMENTING on the suggestion to form another buffer pool for tin the Economist on July 31 says Propaganda for the establishment of a tin buffer pool, which has been in progress for a number of weeks, has changed to bitter controversy in these last few days.
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  • 202 6 London, Aug. 7. Todays Bank of England return shows a new high record for not? cir:ulatlon at £503,000,000— British Wireless. ing up the leeway within the next few months. Total supplies from restricting and non-restricting countries are only large enough to cover current requirements, and
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  • 217 6 KAYAN COCONUT. Straits Plantations' Offer For Estate. i From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 3. As I cabled you today, an offer has been received by the Kayan (F.M.S) Coconut Company for the purchase of the property in exchange for an allotment of 52,500 fully-paid shares of £1 in Straits
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  • 104 6 Monday. August it. N No. 1 X. R. S. S. in am (F.O.B.) Auk- 30Vi Good F. A. Q. in' bales (F.O.B.) Aug-. :W 1 1(1 M 3 1G No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 30W August 303 v September SI
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 834 7 m MIXED COMMENT ON PROPOSED POOL. m 10 CORNWALL MINES TO IS BE REOPENED. )0 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 30. the past week the standard tin market in London has not been particularly firm and sentin ment seems to have become rather leu confident than
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    • 1724 7 Fulfilment Of Production Quotas Most Unsatisfactory. SPECULATION MAY FORCE PRICES MUCH HIGHER. THE tin market has staged a good recovery in the past five weeks. t There has been a steady upward movement in the price, and the present level of around £267 is not
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  • 216 7 Sound Liquid Position. THE fifth ordinary general meeting of the Tonghurst Rubber Estates (1932), Ltd.. was held In London last week. Mr. E. B. Ridsdel, who presided, said that during the year they had harvested a crop of 219.922 lb. which showed a reduction of some 10,000
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  • 99 7 During the week ending July 31. 1937. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 81,282 ca^eo. of which: 84,556 (79 per cent.> cases were to the United Kingdom. 3,070 (4 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 7,255 (9 per cent.) cases to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 618 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 4 Incorporated in iiie Colony of Hong Kong Tin- itib'llt; 01 cnetnt>e-T i* limited to th exwnt and In ir.ai.Lier prescribed by Ordia •rice No. 6 at 19-9 cl the Colony. Authorised Capita: $50,000.00 Issuea and irullv t\»ld-Up $20,000.00 Reset ve Funds Stcrltag 6.500.00
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    • 202 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated :n China oy Special Charier.) It. Cecil Street Singapore Telephones: Manager f Office 6444 exchange l»epl 6441 General Offici 5188-9 Cable Address: -CUUNGKOO" PaM Up Capital Ch. I 10 0*0 »M M> Beaerfe Funds In excei* et Ch I 4JM.CM.N Total Assets approximately Ch, S1.8M.H«.M«.M HEAD
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    • 507 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA h A v n CHINA. M (Incorporated ja England or Ronl Charter 185 J). M Paid Up Capital in 800.000 iharn <* each C3.000.00t RMerve ">** e3.ooo.ooo Reserve Liability of Proprietors E3.OOC.0OC HEAD O STICK: n. Btafaopacate Louden. B.C t. Amrltsar Hong Kong Rangoon
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 240 8 I 4S<ontheUrge(Bot.)*"«a«*'»<* 3 *< LARGE SIZE onthesmall(4oi.)*i*e. Is what (80Z)05(L Economy tin. There is no Change v W- *T in quantity or quality. Fdrneariy c c.Te M >«»" E tt g |and n i«y« d SMALL 3IZE money-iaving advantage of the /A«.-,» *3Rjt Economy Tin, now laboratory (4OZ) J3(f research
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    • 113 8 —^There's NO SKIN SUFFERING That** a bold ********** to make, b«t we're made it before— and well make k ■gainl And you can prove h for yourself NOW— iimply by getting a tin of GERMOLENE OINTMENT from your nearest chemist or store. The first dressing STOPS pain and itching quick,
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    • 185 8 FOR ALL DEFECTS; OF VISION Consult HJteekieiLSon^ r mulshed oTer 2t tm.-» Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians VSU 9, RAFFLES PLACE, j <iw!al Price quoted (or schoU children. I H PERSONAL TESTIMONY. JBflL Have been takir.g "Se-MV-rmvWk. ravallos Tonic myseil flfnjjlinß for tlK last rnontli and And it an excellent, JvSnSm.^tSrtifl P'fk-mr-up
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 294 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 31 Mc/t (2ZS K.) pm b.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 6.30 Chinese music. Mandarin songs. Gramophone records 6.45 Mandarin language lesson— No. 3 By Mr. Chang Yi Ling. 7.00 Military band concert. Gramophone records. "Entry of the Gladiators"— Fuclk. Played by H.M. Colds t ream
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    • 535 8 iby permission of Colonel J. S. N. FltzGerald, M.B.E., W.C.). conducted ay Captain J. L. V. Kurd. Director of Music, Irish Guard*. Prom the Grand Parade Bandstand, Eastbourne. 7.20 Elspeth Douglas Reid. :n her own character sketches. Ronald Oourley (entertainer) 7.45 "My Smoking- jeeket and Buttcnbootc."* Anthology of period verse,
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    • 568 8 PHOHI-HOLLAND. TODAY PHI, 17.77 me s (16.88 m.) p.m. it. 45 Opening announcement 8 SO Talk on sports. 9.10 "At the Jamboree." 9.25 Concert by the "Noveltoniam 9 50 Talk by Mr. C. Hulsman. 10 10 News bulletin. 10 20 Stock report. 13.30 Close down. PARIS. TODAY TPA-I, 15.24 me
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  • 453 9 Partition Plan Entirely Unacceptable, Says Weizmann. Zurich, Aug. 8. jWO decision on the Palestine j.artition plan was reached at the Zionist Congress helc here. The labour faction passed a resolution empowering the executive tc negotiate with Britain. The executive, however, has no right to
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  • 83 9 Washington. Aug. 7. President Roosevelt made it clear he is opposed to Government loans for cotton and other commodities unless production control is restored. He felt the price of cotton would still be around 12 cents if production control had not been invalidated. He believed
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  • 17 9 Moscow, Aug. 7. The Council of Peoples' Commissars has ratified the new Ruwo-American commercial agreement.
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  • 25 9 Shanghai. Aug. 8. DKI'TER is authori sed to deny a x widely-circulated report that China intends to declare a moratorium. Reuter.
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  • 158 9 NATIONS IN ARREARS WITH THEIR DUES. London, Aug. 7. JNLESS the various governments which are in arrears with their contributions take Immediate steps to pay their dues to the International fund, it will be Impossible to continue to operate the observation scheme according to a statement
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  • 96 9 Removed On Sword Point. Bordeaux, Aug. 8. The crew of a big Bilbao vessel, the Arnomendl, defied French gendarmes to tramp across the Spanish flag they threw across the gangway ladder, when the police arrived to nail a writ to the mast. After the
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  • 271 9 Sino- Japanese Relations Virtually Severed. EVACUATION FROM YANGTSE. Tokio, Aur. fc P VENTS of the past month since the Lukuchiao incident on July 7 have greatly aggravated the SinoJapanese situation. accentuating Tokio forebodings of a major and probably a long-drawn struggle. Hostilities, it Is expected,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 341 9 HOTELS. Kjr^& \Ji EM jfl flß^l lZ TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 630 to 5.30 p.m. DINNER DANCE (iwior— l) 9.30 to midnight COMPLETE CHANGE OF PBOGBAMMI BY THE 6 WALLABIES WOKl.l) F.\>lOl > \\l» UK RRIIISII ACROBATIC TROUPE AND WHIRLWIND TUMBLERS abo SONGS AND DANCES. Non-Diners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA I When
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    • 2 9 v TEA
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    • 237 9 NOISELESS STANDARD (BRITISH) %if aHt^^s3»l»r** s '^^^^^fc_ Ur typewriter Supremacy Ea.si.r opermtioa, added speed. J greater comfort, and real Silence j allow real cone.-r.tration. leading to absolute efficiency— these are the features that make the Remington Noiseless an UNDISPUTED LEADER The BRITISH MADE NOISELESS Remington REMINGTON RAND. INC. ■ATTERY ROAD
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  • 1049 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUG. 9, 1937. THE POOR LAW IN MALAYA. A welcome sign of the limes in t Malaya today is curiosity about the j English poor law. People have heard so much about the backwardness of c Malaya in the treatment of the un- employed and
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  • 70 10 Mr. Percy Bray, of the Hectrica: Departmsnt, Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs Bray have arrived back from leave. Mr. Win. C. Warrack of B»kair Estate, Sungkal, has been transferra to the management of Victoria Estate Kedah. Major G. C. Ballentine, of the 1 2nc Punjab Regiment, Talping, has
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  • 28 10 H.E. the High Commissioner. An At Home will be held by H.E the High Commissioner and Lad; Thomas at the Residency, Ipoh, 01 Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.
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  • 1105 10 With a Malay Wife in Mayfair, and on Pilgrimage to Mecca. Reproduced from the Times Literary Supplement^ Triumphant Pilgrimage. An English Muslim's Journey from Sarawak to Mecca. By Owen Rutter. Harrap, 10s. 6d. This is a strange book. Since author and publisher vouch for the
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  • 446 10 Lessons of the British and American Flying-Boat Cruises. By an Aviation Correspondent. THE recent air voyages across the North Atlantic by flying-boats, being the first accomplished to schedule under commercial conditions, have already provided data which is extremely valuable from a technical point of view. One of
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  • 725 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. KINGFISHER v: COBRA. AN experience which Is probably unique In the annals of bird observation In Malaya befell a Johore planter the other day. He has sent me p note about It. and perhaps I s> i say. for the benefit oi the soei. that
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 134 10 Watch Bands Chromium from $1 .50 St&inleM rt^l 3 18ct rolled g«W 5—5 Opposite Clifford Pier. ROMA WYLKS EXCLUSIVE MILLINER Rudnt) Hou«*. first floor, 1«. latferv fi—H' S»Pl«pore. Phone "M JtyLMER SOUPS A5 «JB«& 9^^ You may ab ~^B^^B HgV *O If* thrni ihr.i- jj r «H prr rlsrwhrre but
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    • 165 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. A DELPHI HOTEL a Special Dinner Dance. i GARK1CK THEATRE. CEYLANG Paddy ODay and Charlie Cban l in London at 7.45 p.m. t GLOBE THEATRE Private Number. OREAI WORLD— THE SET TALUK t Riffraff. j HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, Talkies. Cine- t mas Theatres and Side Shows. r
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  • 142 11 PINNED IN CHANNEL STEAMER COLLISION. Dunkerque, Aug. 8. c«nR British girl pasMiifen were seriously injured when the Belgian cross-Channel steamer PrinceM Marie Jose .•line >nto collision outside Dunkerque with the British Bteamer Clan Macneil. bound for Dimknque from Chittagong. The Princrss Mcrie Jcwe was at one
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    25 11 SHIRTLESS, SOCKLESS. THE DUKE of WINDSOR playing tennis in a pair of shorts at Venice, ichere he has been spending a holiday icith the Duchess.
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  • 453 11 Week-End Lull In North China Fighting. 4 *C() l;»nK as Sino-.hijKinese diplomatic relations remain unbroken, neijct kit ions are possible." said the Nanking Foreign Office spokesman yesterday. "Although the crisis is reaching a cl max, there is still hope of peace if the Japanese
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  • 68 11 Reaches Africa After Four Months. Bulawayo, Aug. 9. Bulawayo, Aug. 9. MRS. Harry Bonney, the Australian airwoman, has arrived at Bulawayo on her goodwill flight from Brisbane to Capetown, says Reuter. Mrs. Bonney passed through Singapore last April, after causing some anxiety when she was forced down
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    21 11 TWENTY-SEVEN were killed when France's crack Paris— St. Etinne express jumped the points near Paris at the end of last month.
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  • 404 11 China National Plane Down Off Hong Kong. WARSHIP SAVES EIGHT; THREE FEARED DEAD. Rescue Drama In Waters Infested By Pirates. TWO more big air crashes occurred during the I 1 week-end, bringing the total since the beginning of the month to seven.
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  • 80 11 DIRECTORS OF NEW AIR COMPANY. Lisbon. Aug. 9. piVE directors of a new Portuguese r airline were killed yesterday while making a propaganda flight. The aeroplane caught fire after falling two miles off the coast between Lisbon and Flgueirafoz. The machine was piloted by Abel Pessoa.
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  • 202 11 BUDGET BALANCED, CREDIT RESTORED. Paris, Aug. 8. A HOPEFUI. view of the French financial position is painted in Ministerial speeches. The Premier, M. Chautemps said th 3 budget was balanced and the volume of demands on the nation's credit was restored to j reasonable limits. The
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  • 87 11 To Take Over Premiership From Chiang? Nanking, Aug. 8. f EN. Chiang Kai-shek has tele- graphically recalled the Minister of Finance, Dr. H. H. Kung, at present in Europe, to Nanking, it is learned from a reliable source. It is understood that Dr. Kung will
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  • 272 11 International Situation Full Of Threats To Peace. Washington, Aug. 9. fjENERAL approval of Mr. Cordell Hull's recent statement of v foreign policy is expressed in the replies received from 37 nations, including Britain, France and the Soviet Union, according to an announcement by the State
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  • 83 11 64 Pastors Now In Custody. Berlin, Aug. 9. OEVENTY-FIVE men and 40 women were yesterday arrested by the secret police at Dahlem in connection with a demonstration on behalf of the arrested pastors, of whom there are now 64 in custody in Germany tor
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  • 169 11 More Bomb Attacks Off Algiers. Marseilles, Aug. 8. CRANCE is rushing a gunboat and a r destroyer to protect French shipping in the vicinity of Algiers, where four ships have been bombed in the past two days. The latest is the 5.000-ton Greek steamer, Ktistakis which
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  • 109 11 London, Aug. 8. /^•REAT interest is being shown in the air defenoe exercises due to take place at the beginning of this week, in which 176 aircraft will take part. For two continuous periods of 15 hoars, a series of air raids against selected targets on
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  • 95 11 MAKING CAREER AS IN NAVY. Lo.idon. Aim. .s an Important change to annjraervlce eondtttOM wlH be published next week, the Secretary of W\ir. M i Hore-Balisha, announced today He contrasted conditions, under which naval and army men showing that members of the army generally served
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  • 138 11 U.S. MAY BUILD BATTLESHIPS FOR SOVIET. Three Vessels With 16in. Guns Mooted. New York. Au^:. The Soviet Government, il is reported, will reopen negotiations to purchase three natiLships to be constructed in th«l nited States. One battleship of 35.000 unis, armed with nine 16-in. guns is a; under discussion. It
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  • 216 12 OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON FURTHER HITCH. Results Do Not Justify Offer Of Commercial Service. OTHER MEASURES NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. TESTS which have been made over a period which now exceeds .six months have not, on the whole, proved sufficiently satisfactory to justify the Department in offering
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  • 89 12 PUNJAB REGIMENT FOR SINGAPORE. Training Visit Next Month, From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Aug. 9. OIK British officers, 15 native oflftc- ers and 500 men of the Ist Battalion. 2nd Punjab Regiment, which Is stationed at Taiping. will be going to Singapore in September for training. About 400 men oi
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  • 265 12 Fine Show By Punjab Regiment Men. From Our Own Correspondent' Taiplng. Aug. 9. ATOFXHLIGHT display by about 160 so'.diers of the l3t Battalion. th«> 2nd Punjab Regiment, with pipes and drums, was a spectacular event :or Taiplng on Saturday night. It Included the Khattacka dance performed
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  • 65 12 THE pnaent position of broadcasting In Singapore was discussed at con■tderable length at the last meeting of the committee of the Straits SettleBMfttl 'Singapore) Association and it (led that a sub-committee consisting of Dr. Withers Payne and Mr. BpeOMT Wilkinson, with power to coopt a member of
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  • 138 12 pORECASTS of the recommenr dations of the Macgregor Committee are being freely discussed in Singapore. One school of prophecy declares that Government services are going to get free housing, which would be equivalent in most parts of the country to an increase of six per cent,
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  • 125 12 Sarawak's Month Tapping "Holiday." A MONTHS tapping 'holiday" for rubber estates in Sarawak—between Sept. 5 and Oct. 4 is ordered in the latest issue of the Sarawak Government Gazette. Unlike Malaya. Sarawak enforces rubber regulation by declaring tapping holidays, instead of making individual assessments and applying a production quota. Commenting
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  • 83 12 $10,000 Raised By TV Teck Library. A BOUT $10,000 in Chinese cum was raised by four performain at the Great World last night, orgai. Ed by the Tong Teck Chinese Llbr:. of Armenian Street, in aid of the Her China Red Cross Fund. The occasion
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  • 159 12 11/HILE a band played and, hundreds of people looked on, 12-year-old Geoffrey Lawson, son of Lieut, and Mrs. R. Lawson, of 3, Middlesex Road. Tanglin Barracks, was rescued from drowning at the Singapore Swimming Club last evening. The boy had been swimming with
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  • 177 12 Kelantan Malays Build Own Roads. Give Land Free Of Charge. •yHE Malay, long pictured as a smiling good natured fellow rather than a man of industry, receives mention as a road-builder In the annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Kelantan. There is considerable growth
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    29 12 U.iUB P. MCCULLUM, of tie Royal Inniskillings finishing in floe style in the Johore-Slnrapore walking rmee, in which he secured second place. Report on pare IS. Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 74 12 Yoshie Fujiwara. DRIVING this afternoon. the eminent Japanese tenor. Yoshie wara, will give a performance at Victoria Memorial Hal! this nlng. He will leave again tomorrow on his ay to make a concert tour of South merlca. Mr. Fujiwara has sung at (M Albert Hall,
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  • 52 12 Mr. W. N. Gourlay (chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board) in the mlnutea of the Finance Committee reported that Government proposed to restore ths full 10 per cent, cut inflicted on certain monthly paid employees. Dr. Bynoe Medical Officer. Diatrlct Hospital. Taiplng, is going on transfer
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  • 74 12 At The Cinema. EXCITING FILMS AT ALHAMBRA. California Straight Ahead" (With -hn Wayne, Louise Ln timer) and X reeling Home" (With Binnie Barnes. Villiam Gargan). Both New Universal Im. At the Alhambra. yHRILLING action is the keynote of these two films. John Wayne makes a likeable hero ln "California straight
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  • 336 12 Chinese Struck Dead By Lightning On Boat Quay. STORMS BREAK DROUGHT. A 34-year-old Chinese twakow coolie, sitting on top of his boat in the Singapore river yesterday afternoon, was killed by a streak of lightning which preceded a terrific clap of thunder and rain. Another coolie reclining in the hold
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  • 143 12 But Worm Infection Almost Universal. LJVGIENE examinations carried out in the 60 Malay vernacular schools in Kelantan have shown that malnutrition there is practically non-existent, according to the annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Kelantan. The under- development so
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  • 124 12 MORE than 200 oversea* Chinese, mainly from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, are serving in the China Air Force today. Thus declared Mr. Wonflr Cheong Kwong. formerly of Johore and Singapore. N h a member of the Chinese Air Force, in an interview on his
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  • 133 12 (From Our Own Correspondent, i Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 7. TIIK notorious Pudu tiger, which killed two men within a couple of miles of the centre of Kuala Lumpur town last year figures in the annual report on the progress of the State by the British
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  • 114 12 INCLUDED in the recorded military band concert to be broadcast at 7 p m. today by the Singapore station, ZHL. will be "Entry of the Gladiators" (Fuclk). Thalkowsky's '1812 Overture." a selection from "The Mikado," all by the Coldstreatn Guards' Band, and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody.
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  • 221 13 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug. 8 *M R chang SenB Lone ls one oI the most illustrious of the sons of Seremban. He is now 56 years old and ntcred public life long before anyone of us was on the scene, said Dr. Chong Ah Khoon. president of the
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  • 51 13 *¥*HE Rpjah of Sarawak. Slf Ciiarles Vyncr Brooke, is expected to arrive at Singapore rarly in Octvt.er on his return from a visit to England. He will go to Potianak. Di;«rh West B3rneo. to return a visit which tr.e Resident paid to Sarawak in
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  • 702 13 Think "Forestry Methods" Wil Mean Assessment Cut TRADE IN COUPONS WIDESPREAD SAYS SELANGOR RESIDENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. UOW the conservatism and quaint beliefs of the Asiatic rubber small-holders cause them fail to keep step with modern developments on estates, is
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    28 13 *i' U'EARNE BROTHERS' SPORTS: From left, Mr. C. E. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. B. Wearne. Mis.s Kna Hod and Mr. W. A. Foster Straits Times Photopragh.
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  • 89 13 SAKAIS living in 1,365 acres of reserves in llu Langat own bicycles, and wear solar topees, stockings and boots, according to the newly-issued report on the social and economic progress of the people of Selangor. These Sakais are quickly assuming; the habits of their Malay
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  • 81 13 Better Start In Life For Poor Singaporeans. I*HE Rotary child welfare fund has enabled good work to be done. The money has been of Invaluable assistance in helping poor mothers and their babies both In obtaining needful advice for the mothers and also In assisting
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  • 63 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 8. f TNDER the auspices of the newly formed Negri Sembllan Teachers' Association, the president, Mr. Lionel van Geyze!, read an Interesting paper at the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School hall, on Friday on "Food, Science, Health and Society." Inche Mohamed Yuaof. of
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  • 40 13 SUBADER Rahmat Khan, of the Ist Battalion. 2nd Punjab Regiment, which Is stationed at Talping.has returned from Eng'and. where he was an official visitor to the Coronation. He represented his Regiment at the historic event.
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  • 247 13 Premier Still Declines To Resume Office. WANTS TO BE "FREED OF BLEMISH." (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 8. ALTHOUGH the Siamese Council of Regency has gone back to work, the Assembly and the Regency together are still trying to persuade the Premier to resume his
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  • 210 13 Court Quashes Klattig Murder Conviction. TPHE sentence of death passed on a Tamil. Ratnam, by Mr. Justice Howes at the recent Singapore Assizes on conviction of the murder of a Eurasian overseer named Klattig. was set aside by the Court of Criminal Appeal on Saturday, on the
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  • 73 13 HIS Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas has awarded the Efficiency Medal to the following officers and men of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force:— Staff Sergeant Instructors Robert Chan and Stanley Boudvllle; Sergeants Mohamed Tasa bin Haji Ahmad, Joseph Patrick Bcudville and Sangaraplllai Ponnampalam; Lance Sergeant Ng
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  • 132 13 Nen Forest Areas In Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. A EROPLANES have been used to examine swamp forests in the neighbourhood of Kuala Selangor, and the British Resident, Selangor, (Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones), describes the results In his annual report on
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  • 55 13 SINGAPORE Rotarians are gradually becoming "singingminded." Both Mr. Richard Sldiicy ana Sir Robert Garran have recently stressed the value of singing at Rotary Club meetings. "It icon't be surprising if one of these days Singapore Rotarians burst into song, heedless of the neighbours." says the weekly
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  • 85 13 'From Our Own Correspondent" Seremban. Aug. 7. WENTION of recent housebreakin^' IV and theft occunences in the European residential area was made when a Tamil Karuppiah was producer 1 before the Seremban Magistrate and charged with being found wjr.derin^ without any ostensible means of subsistence The man,
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  • 307 13 COUNSEL SAYS POLICE WERE NEGLIGENT. Mental Prisoners Fatal Leap From Train. (From Our Own Correspondent i Kuala Lumpur, Auk. < s AN allegation of neulitfence on the part of the authorlies responsible for removing a prisoner to Tanjong Kambutan were made yesterday in tho Kuala Lumpur Kei-ond .Magistrate's Court by
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  • 2070 14 SELANGOR LEAD AT INTERVAL. TWO STOUT DEFENCES: AND TWO FATAL HANDLING LAPSES. By A Special Representatiive. SINGAPORE won the Malaya Cup at Kuala Lumpur on Satur- »lay, beating Selangor, holders for two years past, by two jroals to one. Selangor led by
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    62 14 SINGAPORE:— Adam: Abdul Rahman, John Then; Yew Leng. Seng Quee. Hor Khoon; James Goh. J. Aoboti (capt R C Oehlers. Dollah and Kee S!ang. SELANGOR:— Kum Pale; See Hu. Kal Ban; Mori, Talb. Jahn Mohamed; Kasi. Ismail. A. L. Henry leapt. V Soon Teclc Ah Chee. The Selangor
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  • 341 14 Clifford Cup Qualifiers Return Seventy And Less. CES cards in the sixties were returned in the Singapore Golf dun's monthly medal competition, played at Bukit Timah during the weeknd, and 70 was the highest score to qualify in the Clifford Cup event. .'ho medal
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  • 100 14 A NUMBER OF SPORTS ITEMS ARK HELD OVER OWING TO EXTREME PRESSURE ON SPACE TODAY. D. W. McLeod 85—15=70* H. E. Edmonds 89—18=71 C. A. Niven 88—17=71 T. W. Doyle 90—18=72 C. S Ashbrook 88—10=72 R. W Wallace 89—16 73 -C" DIVISION A. DS. Murray 90—24 66* E. O. Collier
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  • 209 15 Chopard's Match-Winning Innings Of 83. A breezy If somewhat lucky innings by F. Chopard gave the S.R.C. a comfortable victory over the Non-Benders ©n the padang yesterday. Scores: NON -BENDERS Dr J. M Lowson b N. Sullivan 16 A. F. Hunter b Le Cain 11 e.
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  • 34 15 TODAY I Sorr«r: Poiivt m. R E. Mr. I. StAdJum. Golf: Women's medal, S.O.C. TOMORROW S»»c«-: Middt \t :-.:»i»yT. Dlv I. Stadium. WEDNESDAY «*w*r: R/. F vs. t.C.C Div. X, Stadium.
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    14 15 The S.R.C. team who defeated the Non-Benders on the padang yesterda Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 487 15 Waites Hits Century And Takes Seven For 52. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 8. OERVICES had little trouble in beating Malacca in the weekend cricket match completed here today. Batting first the Services rattled up 275; they dismissed the home te«m for 94 in
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  • 465 15 Bad Fielding* Saves I Midds. From Defeat. I A dropped catch in the last minute of play, yesterday, deprred the S.CC. i of an innings victory tvr the Midds. in the week-end match on the padang. The Club compiled th; pood score of 291.
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    9 15 breasting the tope «t the finißh. -Straits Times Photograph
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  • 228 15 Good Knocks By Thoy And Brett. The Royal Air Force beat Si. An- I drews first team by five wickets alter the school had declared at Seietar on Saturday. R. Thoy was top-scorer in the match with 64 not out, and Brett, of the
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  • 253 15 Johore To Singapore In Just Over 2i Hours. F°?h "rL° COt m°l rr presentin th < «<*»» In.i»kilL*n,s Fusiliers. w v the n G rdon Highlanders and the Royal Air Force set out from Johore Bahru at 7 o'clock yesterday morning on the annual "U?n
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  • 505 16 Woollerton Cup Won By T. and S. Dept. •TPHE transhipment and secretarial department won the Woollerton Challenge Cup at the A. PC. Coronation sports meeting which was held or. the AP.C. sports ground on Saturday. The handsome Way Foong Cup was nted to the Pulo
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    18 16 C. J. Meyer clearing the bar when winning the high jun.n event at Wearne'i sports. Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 61 16 Laum Bowls. The following are ties for this week in the S.C.C. tournament TOMORROW C. D. Stewart and R. C Stewart vs. E. A. Brown and A. B. Jordan. WEDNESDAY E. Foeard and C. G. Fu«ler vs E. G. Staunton and C Hewetson. THURSDAY E. J Cassels and
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  • 218 16 Positions Up To Date. W L Points P W. L I3t Inn. ltt. Inn. N.R. Possible Obtd Percent Middlesex 17 11 4 1 1 255 173 67.8 I'orkshuv 22 13 2 3 4 330 222 67.2 Derbyshire 21 10 4 2 4 1 315 176 558 Sussex
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  • 410 16 WEARNE'S MEETING. 'TEO Chee Tan with 21 points was the individual champion at the annual athletic sports of Wearne Brothers Sports Club held at the Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday. Mrs. T. J. ;B. Wearne gave away the prizes. 100 yards Open 1 Teo Chee Tan
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    15 16 Athletic GirHmd: VDm Ng Khitan threw in; H: recent Malayan CMmm Olympics in Stnq.l i—Str:
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    • 90 16 INCREASE IN CAR PRICES AUSTIN CARS BORNEO MOTORS LIMITED beg to announce that, in company with other English Motorcar Manufacturers, the Austin Motor Company found it necessary again to increase their retail prices at Home from July 1 st. BORNEO MOTORS LIMITED are not increasing Austin Malayan prices until September
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  • 293 17 Then Revealed That Diagnosis Was Wrong. A FAMOUS specialist's mercy murder of the son he believed oiirTering from an incurable illnes, followed by his own suicide, was based on a faulty diagnosis. This revelation of the tragedy behind a tragedy was made at Seattle.
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  • 139 17 A bright, smiling face and plump, rosj cheeks denote a child's healthy pngrc&s. Every child should be like this. If your little son or dau chirr is thin and pale it if mo*t likely that there Is some derangement In the digestive organs and when such
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  • 204 17 DIVORCE PRESIDENT GIVES COURT WARNING TO WIVES. Futile To Seek Always One-Third Income. I A WARNING to wives who. after ob- tainlng a divorce, think they are I entitled to one-third of the husband's I Income, was addressed by the President. Sir Boyd Merriman. in the London Divorce Court. The
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  • 159 17 MAN OF 70 GIVES HIS LIFE FOR A CHILD. CIX-YEAR-OLD Peter Absolom. of Cambricgeplace Reading. was playing by the edge of the Thames at Caversham Weir when ac fell into the stream Seventy-year-old pensioner Herbert William Mitcham. of Queen Street. Caversham. flunk off his hat and #oat. plunged into the
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  • 331 17 PREMIER'S WARNING TO I SOCIALISTS. NEED TO RESTORE FINANCES. The French Social sts' ~ecent resolu- t tlons cal'ing on the Popular Front to i nationalise industry and credit were I I criticised by the Premier, M. Chaut- emps, in his constituency of Loire-et-Cher Department.
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  • 129 17 Girl Talks About British Boxer. Mi. Farr was "a perfect gtiuleman," Miss Mary Margaret Crowley. aged 16. of Quaves-road, Slough, Buckinghamshire, told a Daily Mall reporter when referring to Tommy Furr the boxer, against whom she was awarded £35 damages and costs at Windsor County Court
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  • 305 17 "Success In 90 Per Cent Of Cases." DEMARKABLE results In the treat- ment of rheumatism by a mild radio-active appliance were described by Mr. Frank Bailey, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen Approved Society, writes the Daily Telegraph Industrial correspondent. The treatment Is self-administered,
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  • 28 17 The l^ave of absence granted to the I Hon'ble Mr. G. W. Bryant, Resident Councilior, Malacca, has been extend- ed for two months with effect from [July 29
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  • 322 18 Angry Belgrade Scenes At Patriarch's Death. \j l J .s were stripped and beaten by an angry crowd in Belgrade when they went to pay their last respects to the dead Patriarch of the Jugoslav Orthodox Church, Archbishop Varnavas. They wore Deputies who
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  • 281 18 IL DU CE ATTACKS BRITAIN. POLICY ON SPAIN AND ABYSSINIA. Btgnor Mussoiinl attacks Great Britain's policy at Geneva with r:gard to Abyssinia and in Spain. In the Popolo d'ltalia. under the title "Reality and Fiction." he says: "Article 16 of the Covenant which provides for Sanctions, is a particularly offensive
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  • 130 18 DRASTIC STEPS TO FREE CANALS. TUGS, manned by naval ratings and with armed Mobile Guards on board, .smashed through a barrage of barge* moored by their owners across the river at Rouen. They had been moored there as a protest against the wage-earning bargees' decision
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  • 434 18 n RECOMMENDATION FROM SYDNEY. D J-HE Anglican Church in Australia should conduct hotels just to show how they should be run, said B the Rev. G. Stuart Watts at a recent Sydney meeting. His Ideal hotel is a light, cheerful. 5 airy building, where people from all
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  • 108 18 Heavy Holiday Figures. London. Aug. 7. Bank of EnfUod return* on the active note circulation show that all records for qpendlnq wen broken over th° AuT'.ist Bank EfuUdajr. Currency notes In circulation on Wednesday amounted to £503,<577,436, the highest figure ever recorded in Britain, and £5.538.746 more
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  • 83 18 London. Aug. 9.. General Pershlng. formerly CoinArmy, will on Aug. 15 dedicate a army, will on Aug. 15 dedicate a chapel In the American War Cemetery at Brookwood. near London, erected to the memory of the 588 American soldiers who died in England during the war. The
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  • 222 18 LOTTERY DFXISION IN SCOTTISH COURT. poOTBALL pool cards constitute a lott«ry, even though the purchasers are given the opportunity of selecting their own teams, according to a reserved judgment given by Sheriff Brown in a test case at Hamilton. The defence was that as competitors were
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  • 54 18 Factories Destroyed. London. Aug. 7. THE damage suffered by British companies Lnrough the war In Spain is estimated at more than £20.000.000. the greater part of which, according to the Sunday Dispatch, has been inflicted on British companies whose factories and property In Spain
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