Malaya Tribune, 4 October 1933

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune THE MOST POPULAR DAILY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. Vol. XX. No. 256 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Wednesday, Oct. 4. 1933. Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933 FIVE CENTS.
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    REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL.
    276 2 One Accused Attacks Another. Reuter Wireless. Leipzig, Sept. 25. T-HE disallowarce of Dimitroff's privilege to ask ques iens, and the disinclination cf Van der L'.ibbe to answer any question at all, were features at to-day s hearing of the Reichstag hrr trial. Diniitroh, embarking en another of
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    THE DRUG TRAFFIC.
    332 2 Developments In China Cause Concern. Geneva. Sept. 17. The Permanent Central Opium Beard con(iuded its seventeenth sess on recently and :idopted its report to the Council of the League ol Nations concerning its work since October. 1532. While theie arc indications that the world Situation in regard
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    SIKH FOUND DEAD.
    116 2 *£od> In Reformatory Road. Sensational disclosures were made to-day in connection with the alleged murder cf p Sikh named Gurdit Singh on Doc. 14. 1928. in connection with which three Sikhs. Lab Singh. Seiain Singh and Arjan Singh, stand, charged before the Second Magistrate. It was thought
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    BY-ELECTION.
    83 2 Promotion Of The SolicitorGeneral. Reuter Wireless. London, Sept. 29. Sir Frank Boyd Merriman, M P., SolicitorGeneral, ha* been appointed President of the Probate, Dtvoroe and Admiralty division of the Hi.;!; Court, in placr ol Lord Merrivalc, who has .*esigned The appoint in/ut involves a by-efcetloa mi i»- Rwkatane division
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    MR. EMIL FISCHER.
    386 2 Well-Known Lecturer 111 In Tientsin. MR. EMIL Fischer of Tientsin, whose travels in the Far East and lectures on his experiences in the course of them are well-known, s lying ill in the Italian Hospital at Tientsin. Since undergoing an operation, Mr. Fischer has been making steady
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    SINGAPORE MARKET.
    470 2 Details Of Current Prices. .Sane.', Clmih.- (tnedJutti». quart 19 ■Sugar, white, Ist quality, kati 05 1 Tea. Ceylon* (Gold leaf), packett 85 Ten, Ceylon* (medium quality), packett 55 Tea. Ceylon* (daat), packet 65 Vinegar, European, quart. 40 Vinegar. Chinese, quart. 15 'State Brand, tApproximately l lb. Singapore, sept.
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      84 2 All the MU[ is in the GOIDEN LEAF. The Rich Golden Leaf used in the perfection of WUU's GOLD FLAKE Cigarettes is matured t and prepared the Wills's wayVjjJ< wa y is exclusive to this famous name. It is ripe— mellow—pure, and consequently always smooth and uniform in smoking. Our
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    OPIUM SMUGGLING IN HONGKONG.
    457 3 Revelations Regarding Traffic. Hongkong. Sept. 20. WUCHOW is at present the cource of supply for nearly all the raw opium coming into the Colony, it was disclosed in a case heard by Mr. Balfour in the Central Police Court yesterday. Two unemployed men, Hui Shingkwan, 22.
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF LORD KERRY.
    580 3 Fall In Front Of Tube Train. j rpHE Earl of Kerry, the 20-year-o'd son and j J*"" he Marquess of Lansdowne. waa I killed by falling i n frcnt of a Tube train at Regent's Park Underground Station or, the nlgnt cf Sept, 12. He
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    YOUNG EXPLORERS.
    299 3 British Schoolboys' Visit To Finland. Tne XpediUon Of Public School boys led by Coannander Levick, rearmed to Heisirg-fors on Eeptember ll All are well, and have had an c lient time The chief featurr of the enterprise was a '•vclve-day compass march by a chesen group ci ten
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    BALEARIC ISLES.
    120 3 Unemployment Figures In Spajn. Madrid. Aug. 26. Tne Balearic Isles seem to be living up to Ux-U literacy name of -'The Golden Isles."' Judging by the first official unemployment figures published In Spain According to these statistics, of a population of 320.000 only 221 natives of the islands
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    LADY CYNTHIA MOSLEY.
    186 3 Woodland Tomb In Preparation. tyORK was begun on the preparation of i ff permanent resting place for the late j Lady Cynthia Mosley. wife of Sir Oswald Mosley, which is being constructed at Sav-Hrr Farm. Denham, Buckinghamshire. Say-Hay is the residence of Sir Oswald Mosley. In th-
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    GERMAN CROOK.
    259 3 Karl Hartuno; "Secret Messenger." Berlin, Sept. 5. Styling himself "secret messenger" of r Wilhelm *t Doom and the illegitimate son alternately of the iOrmei Kaiserin. the notorious crook o 1 Hartun S. appeared to-day before a Berlin court on charges cf fraud The fashionable swindler, who had addressed
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    DR. LO WEN KAN.
    100 3 Reception By Governor Of West Siberia. Shanghai. Oct. 2. The Governor of Western Siberia is arranging an official reception in honour of Dr. W. W. Yen (Chinese Minister to Soviet Russia I and Dr. Lo Wen Kan former Chinese Foreign Minister». who are to meet in
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    OXFORD'S COOK CATALOGUE.
    482 3 Expected List Of 50,000 Volumes. A* i Oxford, task which has been attempted ineffectually at times daring the last two centuries is now well on the wav to success at Oxford. It is the enormous one of preparing an inter-collegiate catalogue which will record all the books
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      574 4 M. HASSAN. ELECTRICAL AND WATER CONTRACTOR. 36-37, Bras Basah Read, SINGAPORE. If you are in need of electric lights, fans, motors, etc., and water service, please write to the above address or 'Phone I 8411. I TO LET. SIANG LIM PARK Further Reductions of Rents from Ist August, 1933. $16.00
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      511 4 j Special Grand Said from Ist to 31st October. A DRASTIC DISCOUNT I 30 per cent. j j is being allowed on all marked j j Clocks Watches, j I New Shipments of the verj Designs and Models in C Watches jus' n a k Do not fail. to pay
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    "The Tribunes" Exclusive China News Service. INTERNAL UNITY DISCUSSIONS.
    591 5 But Nothing Done. CONFERENCE OF A FEW LEADERS. "|T is reported that the discussions of the conference of political lead era now proceeding at Killing centre round the question of internal untiy and resistance and that as a result of the
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    CENTRAL STEEL PLANT.
    103 5 Contract To Be Signed At Nanking On Sept. 10. Shanghai, Sept. 4. It Is realiably learned that the contract between the Ministry of Industry and the establishment of a steel plant in China vvill bt- formally signed at Nanking on Sept. 10. It is understood that the
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    SHANGHAI POLICE REVIEW.
    62 5 Shanghai, Sept. 12. A joint review of the Peace Preservation Corps, the pilics and the Volunteers in Shanghai will be held on Oct. 10, by Mayer Wu Teh-chen in celebration of the Double Tenth Festival. Preparations are now under way. About 8.500 persons are expected to participate-
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    FLOOD PREVENTION QUARREL.
    212 5 Rival Districts Refuse To Give Way. Hsuohow, Sept. 11. A GRAVE situation now exists in Northern the farmers of Hsiaohsien ird Tangshan are up in arms against the peopl" o. the neighbouring districts of Venghsien and Peihsien as the result of a dispute between the two parties
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    YENPING RECAPTURED.
    153 5 Fukien Troops Pursue After Retreating "Red" Forces. Foochow. Sept. 3. The report that th'- Fukien troops under General Liv Ho Ting have recaptured Yenping fr mtht Communists, has been confirmed h?re. j It appears that when ihe Communists ap- Yenping. Gene al Liu's tro ps, which I wire
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    THE LUANCHOW AREA.
    138 5 Japanese Refuse To Admit Chinese Troops. Peiping. Sep.. 3. It is understood that the Japanese military authorities have definitely turned down th? Chinese request tz be allowed to despatch an armed force to Luanchow to assist in the suppression of bandits in that area. The Japanes" regard
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    PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
    86 5 Industrial Commission To Take Charge Of Affairs. Shanghai. Sept. 6. The MinisV-y of Industry has decided to call a National Production Conference in Shanghai in the very near future to regulate production in the country. The conference will be in session fo- three days and a Chinese National
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    TO INCREASE REVENUE.
    92 5 Match And Tobacco Monopoly Contemplated. Nanking. Sept. 4. According to information from the Ministry of Indust.-y. the Ministry is contemplating the enf:rcement of a match and tobacco monopoly in China and proposes ta increase the import duties on foreign matches. It is' expected that, with the enforcement
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    FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS.
    70 5 Nanking, Sept. 3. It is understood that the Ministry of interior has drawn up detailed measures governing foreign publications in China. According to the new arrangement, all foreign publications must register and have their certificates duly examined by the pro- per authorities. Those who fail to register and
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    SIKANG-TIBETAN TENSION.
    185 5 Chinese Troops Ordered To Evacuate. Nanking, Sept. -10. DETAILS are now available concerning the renewed disturbances between the Dalai Lama and the Sikang provincial authorities. It appears that, taking advantage of the civil war in Szechuen. the Dalai Lama delivered an ultimatum to the Chinese commander at Sikang
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    THE VOLUNTEER FUNDS.
    103 5 Eighteen Million Dollars Unaccounted For. Shanghai, Sept. 4. The Examination Committee of the account* of the contributed funds for the Chinese Volunteers in Manchuria is still digging haid into the issue. Up to the present only about two million dollars of the contributed funds have beer accounted
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    PRACTICAL RELIEF.
    95 5 100,000 Suits Of Clothing For Refugees. Shanghai. Sept. 12. The Yellow River Flood Relief Association which was recently formed under the auspice* of the various relief organisations in Shanghai, has decided to send four delegates to the flood area i n Honan and Shantung by aeroplane to inspect
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    DEPORTED CHINESE.
    90 5 Relief Commission Appealing On Their Behalf. Shanghai. Sept. 12. The Commission to take charge of the relief work of Chine.* deported from Mexico has submitted a petition to the Government urging that a sum of 55,000.000 from the American cotton and wheat loan shall be set aside for
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    KIANGNAN DOCKYARD.
    84 5 Plans Drawn Up For Its Expansion. Shanghai. Sept. 12. Plans have been drawn up for the expansion of Kiangnan Dockyard, the only big dockyard owned by Chinese interests. The plans include the construction of a deep and large dock capable of accommodating ships above 20,000 tons. It will
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    SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
    84 5 Shanghai. Sept. It is reliably learned that General Chiang Tso-ping. Chinese Minister to Japan, who is row at Killing, will return to his post in lokyo immediately after the conference which is now in session at ihe mcuntain resort. It is freely reported here that Sino-Japanese relations forms
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    AMUSEMENT TAX ABOLISHED.
    51 5 Shanghai, Sept. 12. The amusement tax, which was imposed in Shanghai last February, has been abolished by order of the Government. The tax was intended for relief-fund? for the War refugees in North China and ha* been in force throughout the country for six months. —St* Wen
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    THE SOUTH-WEST CLIQUE.
    531 5 Opposition Destructive. SEPARATE CONGRESS TO BE HELD? "IMMEDIATELY after the Central Government decided to hold the Fifth National Congress of thi Kunmintang at Nanking on Nov. 12, the so-called South-west Political Council and the South-west Executive Committee of the Kuomintang held an emergency conference and decided not
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    Shipping News & Notices. THE TRADE WITH INDIA.
    276 6 Shipping News Notices. THE TRADE WITH INDIA. All Japanese Ships Booked Out. THERE is a rush of shipment to India to fcrcstall the antic-pa'rd termination of the Indo-Japanese trade treaty on October 10. All N.Y.K. and O.S.K. boats which are scheduled to reach India before that date are now fully
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    MISSED THEIR SHIP.
    160 6 Three American Seamen Sent To House. Charged with bchvj vagrants in the Colony, three American citizens, Harold Pearson. Charles Anson Bauer and Alecis Bundheim. unemployed seamen, were committed to the House of Detention by Mr. Balfour in the Central Police Court. Hongkong, on Sept. 15. Detective-Sergeant Mottram
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    AUSTRALIAN LINES.
    153 6 Remedy For Irregular Service? According to the ''Japan Chronicle," negoßatlOM are being made between shipping company interested in the Australian service To- the formation cf a pool for carsoes from •■span lo Australia. The "Asahi" says that the prospects are bright. There has been a gradual increase In
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    JAPAN'S SHIPPING.
    142 6 Brisk Movement On The Java Line. There has been a brisk cargo movement In j the Japanese service for some time, says the I Japan Chronicle." Practically *9 vessels have j had to shut out cargo. The Erle-maru, of the Ishihara Sangyo. which has just sailed, had to
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    HUGE RAFT OF TIMBER.
    121 6 For the first, and probabty the last time a big raft of timber has been towed across the North Sea, The raft, which was towed from Umea to Ymuiden, was in charge of the Swedish tup Prince Bernadotte and the German tug Hero? and has a
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    THE OLD MOOLTAN.
    243 6 Most Successful Ship Of M. Class. ON Aug. 3. 1905. the P. and O. liner Mooltan was launch.d by Cahds. of Greenock, completing the first five mall steamers of the M. class at a cost of ever a million-and-a-half. J which was considered to bo a tremendous
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    NEW FIRE ALARM.
    220 6 Operated On Electrical Principles. The Orient Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. have recently equipped six of their vessels with the laiest Magnet fire alarm system. This system has been primarily designed to transmit warnings from any part of the ship where the fire has broken out to the
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    SMUGGLER SENTENCED.
    137 6 Spaniard Arrested At Southampton. Southampton. Sept. 2. The Spanish citizen. Gumersindo Gandarillas. who. as previously reported, was recently arrested here en board the round-the-world liner President. Harding, for an attempt at smuggling 140 lb. of opium, yesterday was sentenced to a fine of £250 and to 12 months'
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    MARITIME LAW.
    710 6 General Adoption Of Hague Rules. consultation with the Governments and the Interests affected, and particularly the organisations representing the officers of the Mercantile Marines of the world AMONG the British delegates to the O*lo Conference of the Comite Maritime Int -rraticnal were Lieut.-Colonel J. G. B-Beazley and Mr.
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    THE POLICE LAUNCH SUNK.
    313 6 Collision In Darkness With Water-Boat. ongkong, Sept. 18. AS the result of a heavy collision with a water-boat shortly before one o'clock on Saturday morring, Water Police Launch. No. 5, was sunk abou, 150 feet off Holt's Wharf. No lives were lost. Sergeant Darkin was the
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    ATLANTIC CROSSING.
    141 6 Canadian Stamp Marks Centenary. In commemoration of the centenary of the first crossing of the Atlantic under steam by the Canadian-built s.s. Royal William, Jchn Dougall master, which left Pictou. No. a Scotia, on August 17. 1833, a special postage stamp of sc. denomination has been placed on
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    THE "BANGALORE."
    15 6 The "Bangalore" arrived in London at 1 a m on the 27th instant.
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    LATEST SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS.
    538 7 Mining Shares. Singapore. Wednesday. 11 a.m. The roUowtng tin share quotations are Issued trj F-a f r and Co., exchange and stock brokers: Issue value. Buyer*. Sellers. I asam Kumhang Tin 30;- 31;II Austral Malay 32 35--r H-.tam Tin 15 3 16 6 xd. Wtag 1.30 1.40
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    CRISIS AT SWATOW.
    73 7 Failure Of Two Chinese Banks Reported. Hongkong Oct. 3. mial crisis has occurred in Swatcw failure of the Yuen Tai and Sing Mau Banks. jrmcr bank was ertabli-hed by Mr. lio Nam, Chairman ~f the Swatow Commerce. tople cf Hunan are against the sale Lrovime's lice to
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    Financial News & Views. TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION.
    202 7 Financial News Views. TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION. GOOD SHEET IN DEMAND. Sellers Inclined To Be Reserved. rtnnncuu Co* respondent.) Singapore, Wednesday, Noon. To-day's Prices:— Rubber (Singapore) 12*,. cts., down l A> ct. Market Tone: Easier. Tin (Singapore), $111%, down $1. Vest erday's Prices:— London Rubber. 3%<L down 3 16d. Market Tone:
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    PETROL PRICES.
    160 7 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd. Prices for Shell Mov-r Spirit and varum* brands of Kerosene are a* follows: Shell Aviation Spirit in 4-gallon druma per British Imperial gallon 11 19 Shell Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial gallon 10 82 Shell Motor Spirit in 4-gallon druma per
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    American Recovery Drive Collapsing?
    940 7 Rumour That General Johnson Prill Resign. Reuter Wireless. Washington. Oct. .3. RESPITE President Roosevelt's eloquent appeal for national unity it is rumoured that General Johnson, National Recovery Administrator may resign. He has left for New York to confer with Mr. Roosevelt on the N.R.A. policy. The
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    SHARE MARKET.
    768 7 To-day's Report By Fraser Co. THE price of tin has again advanced m.to, Unng the week and st °cks of the metal continue to register a heavy decline month by month, the world's XiK,P s u PP«es > being cabled to-day at the prevIOUS flgures The tin share
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    LATEST SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS.
    646 7 Rubber Shares. Singapore, Wednesday, 11 a.m. The following moor* acmw uuciuuiorM r* iuued by Fraser and Co aad Lyall and CVMI lanie Value. Prater Lyaii S Snare* On mmtt 1 Allenby $0.70 $0.75 $0.75 $0.85 1 Alor Uajah 0.60 0.70 0.6» 0.70 1 A. H lam 0.70
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      203 7 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited. (Incorporated In Straits Settlement*.) Successors to THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., THE HO 13ONG BANK, LTD. AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. CAPITAL Authorised $40,000,000.00. Paid Up $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE. CHINA BUILDING CIICTJA STREET. SINGAPORE LOCAL BRANCH: 458, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee Swee Cheng.
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    Malays Demand Education In English. THE JOHORE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
    3419 9 COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE. A REPLY TO TBE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. WHE meeting was presided over by the Mentri Besar, the Hon. Dato Abdul Hamid bin Yusof, and there was a practically full attendance of members. Tin- Draft Estimates for 19JJ4 were
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    106 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ifr. Tan Geok Chong tnanks all those relatives and. frLnds for wreaths sent, night visits and attendance at the funeral of Tan-Tan Guan. DEATH. Mr?. Wee Teong Chai inee) Cheng Hong Neo. passed away peacefully, at her resid.nc?. No. 117, Lcrcng 25. Geylang. at 5.15 this morning.
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    THE BUDGET DEBATE.
    698 10 The principal points in the speech of the Acting Colonial Secretary, at Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council, dealt with the indication that the plans for new Govern-1 ment offices cannot not be pro-1 ceeded with for a long time to come, the plea for a new
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    NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS. Comments By The Way.
    223 10 FAULT-FINDING generally makes its way into print quicker than "kudos," but to give credit where credit is due it must be stated that the "service" provided by the trading departments of the Singapore Municipality leaves little to ibe desired. Both the electricity
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    Small Savings.
    199 10 INTERESTING figures are contained in the statement showing the aggregate amount of the liability of the Post Office Savings Bank to the depositors on Dec. 31, 1932. which was laid on the table at Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council. Of the total Interest of $146,844 credited to
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    Strange Tales.
    195 10 THE times in which we live are responsible for many extraordinary stories. One reason is that improved communications bring to the outside world news of happenings in remote places, and others are the advances which have been made in all branches of science. One of the most curious
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    ROUND MALAYA IN FIVE MINUTES. Batu Gajah.
    72 10 Mr. A. J. Buchan. of the Chartered Bank Ipoh, is ill in Batu Gajah Hospital. Appendicitis is suspected. Mr. Mann Singh, Chief Clerk, Scate Store Ipoh. has been transferred to the Sub-Treasury' Batu Gajah. in a similar capacity. Mr Mann Singh, who is
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    Malacca.
    67 10 The Malacca Portuguese Settlement committee Z n °T fe ady t0 accept and consider applications for lota in the Settlement. The object is to provide land (such land having been already marked out into lots) on which the p£r descendants of the Portuguese settlers in Malacca Prior to British
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    Ipoh.
    66 10 Inspector Yacob, of the Taiping Police, has come on transfer to Ipoh. Asiatic Sub-Inspector Bogot, attached to the Central Police Station, Ipoh, retired from the service as from the Ist hist. On the eve of his departure to Kuala Lumpur <m retirement, Raja Bulalman, Ist A.C.P., attached to the
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    Penang.
    128 10 His Highness the Regent of Kcdah returned from Belawan Deli on Monday. Dr. Ong Huck Chye, J.P., has been appointed a member of the committee of the Po Lrung Kuk, Penang. The death occurred at her residence, 288 D Anson Road, of Mrs. Emily* Edith de Souza' aged 40,
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    Fraser's Hill.
    38 10 Mr ard Mrs. j. S Ferguson, of Chanakat Kinding Estate, Perak. are spending a hoUdav at Prazers Hill. Mr. Ferguson recently urderZ TnalZ 0 operation "is learnt that he fa looking a great deal better. J
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    TOPICS OF TO-DAY
    474 10 BY "LOOKER-ON" "Potting the Red!" That is th« business of the local C.I.D. If the Government can't afford to build new offices, why not move int.. the empty railway station Is it going to be left to Johore to "dish" the retrograde Malayan education policy President Roosevelt's
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    On Other Pages.
    67 10 MR. EMIL FISCHER, on page 1 OPIUM SMUGGLING IN HONGKONG, p OXFORD'S BOOK CATALOGUE, on 3. CHINA NEWS, on page 5. CLUB DIARY, on page 13. SPORTS NEWS, on pages 14 and 1j A CALL TO THE CATHOLICS, on 1«. RADIO PROGRAMME, on page 16. MALAYANS ON
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    "REDS" CAPTURE CUBA: SCENES OF WILDEST ORGY. NATIONAL HOTEL DEMOLISHED BY SHELL-FIRE.
    767 11 OFFICERS' WIVES BEG UNITED STATES TO INTERVENE. American Citizen Killed. President Disappears: Communist Dictator In His Place. Reuter Wireless. Wild incidents continue in Cuba, which now seems to be more completely in the hands of the Reds. Three
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    INDIA'S FUTURE.
    211 11 Revolt In Conservative Party. j Reuter Wireless. London. Oct. 2. WITH the reassembling to-morrow of the Joint Select Committee to consider the new constitution for India, a section ot the Conservative Party, led by Mr. Winston Churchill, has intensified the < amDaign against any abdication" of British rule
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    "FIGHT FASCISM!"
    132 11 Appeal To British Labour. Reuter Wireless. London, Oct. 2. AN exhortation to Labour to fight Fascism without fear or faltering was made by Mr. Joseph Compton. a vehicle builder's official, presiding at the Labour Party Conference at Hastings to-day. He said he regarded both Fascism and Communism as
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    DILLON READ INQUIRY.
    70 11 Late Attorney-General A Customer Reuter. Washington. Oct. 4. EVIDENCE in the Senatorial inquiry into the Dillcn Reac". concern's affairs revealed that the company, in organising an investment trust in 1924, obtained tor $100,000. stock which Has latev listed on the Stock Exchange at $36 million. Mr. Clarence
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    ARGENTINE "REDS."
    61 11 Timely Break-Up Of Planned Coup. Reuter Wireless. Buenos Aires. Sept. 30. Ex-General Toranzo, an Irigoyanist. and already convicted of charges ol subversion, has been arrested again in connection with a revolutionary movement timed to break out to-day. Th< police are reported to have discovered plans for a Communist
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    EARL IN COLLISION.
    71 11 Lady Clarendon Bruised And Cut. Reuter Wireless. London. Sept. 30. The Earl of Clarendon. Governor-Ge-neral of South Africa, and Lady Claren don (who have both come to England to attend the wedding of their daughter Lady Joan Villersi were slightly injured in a" motor-car collision on the
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    GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
    62 11 Dutch Rubber Growers' Opinion. Reuter. Batavia, Oct. 3. Dutch rubber growers consider that Sir Cecil dementi's speech, stating that the British could not take am initiative in rubber restriction and that Dutch co-operation was not enough, is an effort to throw the blame beforehand on to the Dutch
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    THE FRENCH FLOODS.
    87 11 Damage Runs Into Millions Of Francs. Reuter Wireless. Palis. Sept, 30. The inhabitants of south France are despairing owing to the resumption of heavy rain rendering it impossible to repair any of the extensive flood damage which has cost a score of lives and many million francs
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    MR. WANG CHING WEI.
    200 11 Discusses Problem Of Mongolian Autonomy. Shanghai, Oct. 3. Addressing- at length the memoria l meeting ol the Central Government at Nanking yesterday mornints, Mr. Wang Ching Wei (Chairman of the Executive Yuan) said that the postponment of the Fifth Plenary Convention of the Kuomintang did not
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    MAYOR WU TEH CHEN.
    31 11 Shanghai. Oct. 3. Mayor Wu Teh Che a formally assumed duties as Precaution Commander at Shanghai yesterday morning. The ceremony was very simple —"Sin Chew Jit Poh."
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    JAPANESE SEIZE PEITAIHO.
    451 11 Police Disarmed. THREAT TO NORTH CHINA. "Min Kuo Jih Pao." Shanghai, Oct. 4. QX the pretext of suppressing the bandits that have seized control of Peitaiho, the North China summer resort south of Chinwangtao, Japan •M troops occupied the Police Station in Peitaiho Beach on Monday night.
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    ALL-CHINA FLIGHT.
    131 11 Latest News Of Chinese Fliers. "Sin Chew Jit Poh." Shanghai. Oct. 3. The Fukien-made 'plane, the "Kiang Seuk" is expected to arrive In Paotingfu to-day from Peiping. The pilots are Cant. Chan Wen Lin and Capt. Pang Tan San. Capt. Sun Tung Kang, the long-dis-tance ace. has arrived
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    SPANISH GOVT. FALLS.
    40 11 Reuter. Madrid. Oct. 3. The Cortes, by 18 votes to 91, has passed a vote of non-confidence in the Government and the Premier, Senor Lerroux. nas resigned.—Reuter. Madrid. Oct. 4. The President has accepted Sen. Lerroux's resignation.—Reuter.
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    NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES.
    68 11 Panama's Grievance Against America. Reuter. Panama. Oct. 4. PRESIDENT Arias is leaving for Washington to see President Roosevelt in regard to certain difficulties from which Panama feels she has suffered since the teimination of the Taft Agreement la 1924 The Questions at issue include the non-pay-ment of
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    CHANCELLOR SHOT.
    183 11 EFFORT TO KILL DOLLFUSS. Assailant Arrested. Drastic Action By Police. Reuter. His assailant, a young ex-soldier named Rudolph Vergil, was arrested. He 13 believed to be a German Nazi. Herr Dollfuss was talking to Herr Stockinger (Minister of Commerce» in he lobby when a man approached him presenting
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    "Power Of Attorney" Of A Man Who Is Dead. ALLEGATIONS OF FORGERY.
    949 12 IMPERSONATION OF DEAD MAN? Local Court Sensation. Mortgage And Power Of Attorney. gTARTLING allegations of forgery of the signature of a Chinese who is understood to have left Singapore in 1920 and died in his native village in
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    NO EVIDENCE OF POISONING.
    184 12 Burial Delayed For Post Mortem. THE Singapore Coron r (Mr. F. G. Bourne) held an inquiry yesterday regarding the death of Mr. Frederick Dudley Warde. who died at the age of 49. It will be recalled irtat Mr. Warde's death was rather sudden. The funwal was
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    VAGRANCY CHARGES.
    88 12 Basil Marceans, an American youth, was yesterday morning produced before the Third Magistrate, Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, as being a destitute \agrant. It was stated in court that he was an American subject and was a stowaway from a Norwegian vessel Prosecuted under the Merchants Shipping Ordinance,
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    AT THE CINEMAS. Marion Davies At The Capitol.
    131 12 The well-known play of J. Hartley Manners. "Pet; O' My Heart."' opened" a season at the Capitol lest night to good houses. Although the story is a little sentimental there is i great deal of natural numour in it and Marion Davies.
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    "Falling For You" At The Pavilion.
    158 12 Jack Kulbert and Cicely Courtneidge make a welcome reappearance in Singapore in "Falling For You," a Gainsborough production which opened at the Pavilion last night. The story concerns the antics ct two reporters, these roles being filled by the two principals, who are on
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    "Air Hostess" At The Roxy.
    81 12 Columbia presents a brand new type of heroine in "Air Hostess," which commenced a run at the Roxy last night. The story centres around the adventures of one of those charming, modern misses, who has the romantic Job of flying in the great trans-Continental planes.
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    ALLEGED CHEATING BY WOMAN.
    570 12 Brewery Contract. LOCAL CONVICT'S EVIDENCE. FURTHER evidence was recorded by the Second Magistrate, Mr. Norman Grice, yesterday in the case in which Mrs. Drage is charged with cheating in respect of various sums of money amounting to $66. At a previous hearing the complainant. Tan Soo
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    MR. TOM CLARKE.
    65 12 Resigns Editorship Of "New Chronicle." w London, Oct. 3. Mr. Tom Clarke, editor and director of the News-Chronicle," has resigned from the editorship owing to a divergence of views with the directors. —Reuter. [Mr. Tom Clarke was at one time on the btaff of the South China
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    LADY E. BUTLER.
    66 12 Death Of A Well-Known Artist. London, Oct. 3 Lady Elizabeth Butler died to-day—Reuter Xady Elizabeth Butler was a well-known painA daughter of the late Mr. T. J. Thompson, she was born at Lausanne and married in 1877 Lt.-Gen. Sir William Francis Butler She spent some years in
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    GRASS FIRE DANGER.
    41 12 Chancery Lane Residents Alarmed. mLmfSLI M broke 9* Mount cauSd Lmf hBnCe 7 Une »*NiS afternoon W ts the rJSnV*™.. raged flercel y and spreading rapidly when the Pire Brigade arrived .1! beat down the flames succeWuHy nd
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    THE EIGHTH MOON FESTIVAL.
    423 12 Cakes And Lanterns. CHINESE CELEBRATE TO-NIGHT. fpHE non-Christian Chinese Community celebrate to-night the Eighth Moon or Autumnal Festival, which is amongst the most important occasions in the year. The da> fall 3 on the 15th day of the eighth moon of every Chinese year. During the
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    LATE MRS. A.M. SCHMIDT.
    137 12 Death Of Well-Known Local Lady. Th. death occurred at the General Hospital yesterday morning of Mrs. Augusta Maria ochmidt. She belonged to ln old Singapore family and was 71 years of age The funeral took place at Bidadari Cem .terv yesterday evening, the Rev. Mr. Petters
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    THE "REDS."
    145 12 Almost Completely Demoralised In Fukien. The Reds" in Nort^ g Fukien°are 3 alSStf om P lleei cl y demoralised by the blockade of the Government troops and the heavy bombing by the 'planes .A severe battle was fought in the two n davs° f h nC r hang
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    WOMAN KILLED.
    44 12 Reuter Wireless. London, Oct. 1 One woman was killed and five persons teJSf 8 an accident on the Son from Glasgow to Ardrossan last night when a projection from a passing train tore open the side ofaoSch h? a passenger traln.-Reuter Wireless
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    NEARLY TWELVE MILES UP!
    106 12 Amazing Feat Of Soviet Balloon. Reuter Wireless. Moscow, Sept. 30. THE Soviet balloon '•U.5.5.R.," which unseccessfully attempted a stratosphere flight on Sept. 24, made a successful ascent to-day and if the instruments are found to have registered correctly, the balloon established the amazing record height of
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    CLAIM FOR ALIMONY.
    139 12 Argument In Local Divorce Case. A divorce matter came up before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Huggard. in the Supreme Court this morning. The parties were Sylvester Stephen Bell (petitioner). Grace Margaret Bel' (respondenti and H. E. Klyne (corespondent*. Mi. H. Paulusz appeared for the petitioner and
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    ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE.
    152 12 Held At A "Certain Place" On Saturday. Shanghai, Oct. 3. It is reported that the anti-War Conference was held at a "certain place" on Saturday. Sixty Chinese and foreign delegates took part in the deliberations. Madam Sun Vat Sen, the leader ot the Chinese delegation, addressed the meeting
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    "BLUE SHIRTS" PARADE.
    85 12 "Fisticuffs And Sticks" In Cork. Reuter Wireless. London, Oct. I. Lorry-loads of steel-helmeted soldiers poured into Cork to-day when General 1 O Duffy addressed 25,000 "blue shirts j and simultaneously the Irish Republican I Army staged a counter demonstration on 1 a much smaller scale. The services
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    "SMITHY'S" TRIP.
    92 12 Will Not Call This Time At Singapore. Reuter Wireless. London Oct. 1. Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith who arrived in England by air from Australia a fortnight ago, will probably leave to-morrow to fly to AusSSJ J la a? ri S fal Ba hda d. Karachi, Calcutta
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    SIKH CHOKED TO DEATH.
    581 12 THREE ON MURDER CHARGE. Counsel's Protest. Breeze With Inspector In Court. APPEARING before Mr. Norm*, Grice (the Second Magistrate) yesterday, Mr. J. K. Gale told his *<*. ship that he had a strong protest ta make. He said that he had instructions ta appear for the
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      42 12 I THE Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street. THONE 6808. SINGAPORE. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENS A Tin V TWI'RAM t. In America Wednesday is the Maids' DAY OFFIs that why ELISSA LANDI said 2 j M>VEP YOU WEDNESDAY!"
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO NOW — TO-DAY'S SHIPPING
    136 13 JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO NOW TO-DAY'S SHIPPING VESSELS IN PORT. British, 1,002 tons, from Batavia [< r Bfellka, B.lliton and Java 7-10. Sarawak, 417 tons, from Sibu 23-9; Sibu G-10. VoUenhoven," French. 393 tons, from for Saigon 9-10. H Guan.*' batch, 965 tons, from Sourabaya 3S-S; for Sourabaya 7-10.
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    HARBOUR BOARD.
    86 13 Snlgapoie. Oct 4 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THK WHARVES. East Wharf (Entrance Grate 1). Main Wharf (Entrance Oate S). portbos 18: Mara Harl 16: Simaloer 14; KafcAj Maiu U. Empire Dock Gate 3). Karago.a 32; Laganbank 34. fcmplre Dock (Entrance Gate 4). Nil. West Wharf (Entrance Oate 801 l ip.ni.
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    72 13 Mails from Batavia and Palembang by aeroplane are expected at the General Pest Office. Singapore, at p.m. to-day. From Europe (London mails despatched on Sept. 14. by the "Rohna." due at Penang a*, daylight to-morrow. From China and Japan by tne "Katori Maru," uue at Singapore at 5
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    PRINCE WANG.
    59 13 "Sin Chew Jit Poh." Shanghai. Oct. 2. Prince Wang, ruler of Western Mongolia, has refused to accept membership on the Charhar Provincial Government Committee. He is making arrangements for the establishment of a Mongolian Autonomy Committee, but the majority of the other feudal princes have refused to lend
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    MONEY MARKET
    199 13 SELLING. Singapore, Oct. 4. London 4 months' sight 2(4 London r. months' sight 2 4 3132 London 00 days' sight 2|4 564 London 30 days' sight 2j4 116 London demand 2j4 132 London T.T. 24 Lyons and Paris demand 908 Hamburg demand 148 New York demand 54',; Batavia
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    PRODUCE.
    185 13 Singapore. Oct. 3. R. (Siam) W. Coast N. 1 per Koyan $120 R. (Siam> W. Coast N. 2 per Koyan $111 Rice, B. Siam N. 1 $91 Rice. B Siam N $87 Siam. No. 1 Sinhway'' $167 Siam. No. 2 "Sinhway" $161 Siam. No. 3 "Sinhway" $147 Rice. Saigon
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    THE FUKIEN "REDS."
    174 13 General Attack By Govt. Forces This Week. "Sin Chew Jit Poh." Shanghai, Oct. 2. The 90th Central Division under Gen. Wu Chi Wei and the sth Central Division under Gen. Chow Yun Yuen have arrived on the Kiangsi-Fukien border to co-operate with the 19th Route Army against
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    DR. RACHJMANN.
    71 13 League Expert Calls On Finance Minister. "Min Kuo Jih Pao." Shanghai. Oct. 3. Dr. L. Rachjmann, the Director of the Health Department of the League of Nations and liaison officer to co-ordinate the activities of the League's technical experts in China, arrived in Shanghai yesterday morning. He ©ailed
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    DIARY OF THE DAY WHAT'S ON?
    251 13 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures. i TO-DAY. OCT. 4. High Tide?.—11.04 a.m.. 11.26 p.m. Rotary Luncheon. Adelphi Hotel. 1 p.m. l.ugby: S.C.C. II v. Islands "B,' S.C.C.; Chinese v. P.S., Dunearn Road. Chinese League Football, Coleman v. Kreta Ayer. S.C.P.A. Hockey: S.C.R.C. Home and
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    AMUSEMENTS
    68 13 ALHAMBRA.—"Samarang." CAPITOL.—Marion Davies in Peg O' My Heart." EMPIRE.—Boris Karloff in "The Mummy." GREAT WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing sideshows, Malay and Chinese Wayangs, cinemas Talkie: Sky—"Pack Up Your Troubles." Star.— Courting Wildcats." MARLBOROUGH—SaIIy Eilers and James Dunn in "Sailors' Luck." NEW WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, sideshows, Malay Operas. Chinese Wayangs, cinemas, etc. PAVILION.—
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      74 13 MERRILADS' Medal Presentation Night TO THE JUVENILE PARTAKERS "Fortune Teller" will be staged at THE THEATRE ROYAL. (Star Opera Hall). North Bridge Road, ON SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1933. PRICES: $1.00, 50 cts., 30 cts. COME EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. SCIENTIFIC GOLD JEWELLERY. Highly appreciated by High Court Judges, Ministers to
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      373 13 CLUB DIARY. /There are numerous Clubs and Societies <n Singapore most of the members of which are readers of the "Malaya Tribune." This Dun is provided specially for them. Secretaries ate im-.ted to co-operate in keeping it up-to-date an-i complete. Happenings of general isJetmrt mtm be included in the Diary
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      542 13 1 POSTAL INTELLiOEHCE SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. TO-DAY. North. N.-East and N.-West Sumatra (Both) 3 p.m. Banka Island. Pladjoc and Palerabang (Thedens) 3 p.m. Fontianak (Khoen Ho«a> 3 p.m Sarawak and Sibu (Vyner Brcoke> 3pm North. N.-Eait and N.-West Sumatra. Siam. Burma. India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, East and South Africa, Europe,
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    Johore Chinese Open Athletic Sports Meeting. PULAU JONG CUP.
    384 14 Tie Between Kathleen And Kilat. SUNDAY'S R.S.Y.C. EVENT. Twin Sisters Visited. *jpHE second and last race of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club International six-metre class for the Pulau Jong Challenge Cup was sailed on Sunday under what proved eventually to bo
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    PERAK v. PENANG.
    320 14 First Jiiter-State Of Rugby Season. (From Oui Orrn Correspniidrnt.» Ipoh. Ott. 2. AU't the iaWrxtfatrict rugger match o.i Saturday the Pet ate Selection Ccmmittee met to pick th- fifteen to represent the State acainsi Penang Saturday's match glaringly exposed th weakness behind the scrum. Fortunately for the
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    MIXED HOCKEY AT PENANG.
    200 14 Eurasian Ladies At The P.R.C. OOCKEY practice was indulged in by -11 the P.R.C. ladies on the Esplanade on Monday, when mixed teams were arranged. Whites defeated Colours by the narrow margin of one goal to nil. The game was exciting as both the sides were
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    MARINE F.C.
    250 14 I Yesterday's Annual General Meeting. 1 j I 1 The twenty-fourth annual gen'-ral meeting of the Marine Department Football Club was held at the Master Attendant's Office yesterday with Comdr. C. C. Dix in the chair. Others present were: Mr. J. C. MacLeod. Mr. C r. Anderton. Mr.
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    MALACCA SOCCER.
    195 14 Malay Inter-School Shield Final Before a large crowd the nnal between the champions of the East, section. Bukit China. Ind those of the West. Stnig i Bahru. was contested on the Banda Hilir BncHfh School sreund yesterday Frcm the kick-off the pace X was fast, the Bukit China
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    N.S. BADMINTON.
    144 14 Results Of Finals In State Tournament. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) •n%m r I Seremban. Oct. 2. in 01 th ladies and Ml singles tatta Badminton tournament of th" NS I S n Hn. ath,e C Meeting P <* foi' «J and resulted as follows: FINALS SINGLES. Men-s. cheong
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    YOUNG STRIBLING DEAD.
    315 14 Motoring Mishap. TRAGIC FATE OF RING FAVOURITE. VOUNG Stribling, the popular Amj erican boxer who was at one time a contender for the world heavyt weight championship, along with Phil j Scot, Max Scmeling and Jack Sharkey, has died. When riding his motor-cycle in Macon, Georgia, on
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    ROVERS AT RESERVOIR.
    165 14 Soccer Match Against Gunong Pulai. (From Our Ov n Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Oct. 1 The Rovers Football Team of Johore Bahn; visited Pontian Kechil yesterday, where they met the Gunong Pulai Foo ball Team on Use Pontian Padang and defeated them by four clear goals. Play was
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    BASEBALL RIOT.
    53 14 Policemen Use Fists Freely. New York. Oct. 4. FnfTBSN thiusand peoplr rioted in trying to gain admittance to the Pologrrunds fcr the New York v Washington baseball match. Twenty were injured. Several policemen and vkilians were trampled upon and the "ocps" had to wield their fit Is against
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    I.C.F.A. HOCKEY.
    49 14 Playins on the Ceylon Sports Club ground UM I.C.F.A. defeated the R A F. by s—l For the I.C.F.A. Namazie did the hat tiick by scoring the first three goals. The fourth goal by Bhaskaran was the mos 4 by S?ngh° f da V mh aS obtalned
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    S.C.R.C. BADMINTON.
    41 14 The semi-final tie in the Straits Chinese Reading Club doubles badminton tournament was played on Monday, resulting in a win for Lee Pen- Kwang and Nah Yong Liam against Tan Huat Seng and Lee Keng Guan by 21—15 21—17.
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    JUNIOR SCHOOL SOCCER.
    40 14 S vr m^ h bCtWeen H I -E S. and S.J.I. 2nd XI played on S.J.I, ground yesterday. ended in a draw of I—l On Friday last, the School's 2nd XI lost glut 2-! on the LXIX
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    SINGAPORE CUP SOCCER.
    193 14 Semi-Final To-day. WILTSHIRES' I v. THE R.A.F. CONSIDERABLE interest is attached to to-day's semi-final in the Singapore Cup competition, between the R.A.F. and the first team of the Wiltshires, at the Anson Road Stadium. The second semi-final will be played i on Saturday between the Malays (holders)
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    CHAMPION PONY.
    63 14 (rift To The Tungku Mahkota. Johore Bahru. Oct. 4. THE i-hamnion polo peny Ik hinging to Mr Ia kf Yon Hung, a younger brother cf Mr. Alan I< k< of Kuala Lumpur, arrived this morning by train from Kuala Lumpur, and was presented, by the owner, to II
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    HOSE CUP.
    251 14 Seremban Tamils Celebrate Sueeess. (from Our Oku Correspondent .f t Seremban. Seot. 30. In hor.our of their having won the Hose Cup for tiie first t.me, since the re-organisation of the tea:n in 1933. the members of the Negri Kembilan Tamil Union gave a tea party on the
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    USEFUL B.P.
    38 14 Ties arranged in the Useful n ment are as follows- B P tattn S-MORRow 0!g ChCn V Lim Jaik Kirn. SwTZ j* TUESDAY P "V er r i3h "C" SINGLES s< SA TURDAV: Tan TU e
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    63 14 round ore 2~£ in the Seco^ p 2 CPmpetition: McMullan beat Walsh 7 and 6 fT'JSS u W A no. w w S"* eU Holmps -Smith 4 and 2 W W Paterson beat T. Black 3 and 1 G and% 6 HamilU)n H L Marshall Isherwood beat
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    25 14 The hockey match arranged to be played p3£^A» Bt between S Police <A" and the r.a. had to be cancelled owing to the rain cancelled
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    ANNUAL SWIMMING CARNIVAL.
    262 14 At The Anglo-Chinese School. THE fourth annual swimming carnival of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, was held at the V.M.C.A. Swimming Pool, Fort Cani ning on Saturday. There were present many old boys and friends of the School. Though the standard of swimming was not better than last
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    SWIMMING IN IPOH.
    103 14 Enjoyable "At Home" And Competitions. lFrom Our Oun Correspondent.) Ipoh. Oct. 2. The Ipoh Swimming Club held an enjoyable at-home during the week-end when a large gathering was present. The results of the competitions ruld during the courre of the afternoon were ai follows: Mens One Length
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    JOHORE STATE ATHLETICS.
    136 14 ALL-CHINESE SPORTS MEETING. At Batu Pahat. Preparing For Malayan Games. I SPORTS meeting of the Chi] clubs in Johore will be held in Batu Pahat on Thursday and Friday for the purpose of selecting repre. sentatives, to compete at the lfalaj Chinese Meeting in Kuala Luv. The
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    MUAR SOCCER.
    99 14 The Muar Malays defeated the Muar Chinese at soccer on Saturday at Muar by 4—l This match was the first of its kind held in Muar and was organised render the auspices cf the Chin Woo Athletic AanefcU a with the assistance of the Hua Kai* Chinese Girls
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    MISS ENID WILSON DEFEATED.
    735 15 A Cherished Ambition Shattered. MWE defeat of Mis- Eni-.i WUton, Br'tiah J women's golf champion, In the renal-fin-> leg the ASneriesm women's golf championship d her most cherished amh tion to win both Wiei In th- saiM year ban not her deta retire from competitive |atf.
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    CHANNEL SWIMMERS BUSY.
    614 15 Not Having Successful Time. /CHANNEL swimmers have been having a V> busy, though not particularly successful time lath. Here is a brief record of the recent exploits Miss Sunny Lowry. a Manchester girl a ed 22. succeeded at hr third attempt on the English Charnel. She crossed
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY.
    95 15 The following have been invited to play hockey en Friday at the SCO CAPTAIN'S XI (In Colours): J. R. MacDougall. M. C. Elliott. Lt. W.S.T. Douglass. T. W. Morray, Lt. N. C. Phillips. Y. W Brand. L. S. Freer. Rev. Nigel Williams, EL S. Hewett. A. G. A.
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    MEMORIAL TO JACKSON.
    784 15 Stylish Australian Cricketer. (From Our Own Correspondrnt.) London, Sept. 14. A MEMORIAL to the honour of Archie Jackson, the former New South Wales and Australian test cricketer who died so tragically at the age of twenty-three last February after lengthy illness, was unveiled recently by Mr. VC.
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    PERRY AT FOREST HILLS.
    786 15 How He Captured U.S. Title. (From Our Own Correspondent./ London, Sept. 14. AFTER losing at Wimbledon to a young South African unranked among the world's great players non? could have foreseen when F.J. Parry set off en his last ;rip to America that he would return
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    ENGLISH RACING.
    56 15 Original Favourite Becomes Outsider, Reuter. London Oct. 2. Mr. Howard de Walden's Coup de Lyon, formerly second favourite for the Cambridgeshire was knocked out at 100—1 owing to a report that it had broken down owing to weakness in the hock and may never race again, but there
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    A CALL TO THE CATHOLICS.
    950 16 Bishop Valtorta Issues Pastoral Letter. TO-DAY there is in the world a revival of heathenism, of that heathenism which, rejecting every ideal of the supernatural, makes life an end unto itself," comments the Rt. Rev. Bishop Henry Valtona. Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong, in his Pastoral
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    POLITICAL BROADCASTS.
    111 16 Lord Snowden Endorses Joint Protest. Lord Sncwden is giving wholehearted support to the joint protest of Sir Austen Chamberlain Mr. Lloyd George, and Mr. Churchill against the arrangements for political broadcasts Lord Snowden said to a Press representativeI entirely agree with this protest. It expresses ments had been
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    MURDER DISCLOSURE.
    423 16 Body In Basket Dumped In Pearl River. Canton, Sept. 20. NEW disclosures have been made by the Police concerning the alleged gruesome murder of a young concubine of 18 years old by the wife of a Government accoun ant, Yeung Shiu-sau. Grappling irons will be employed in the
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      263 16 EMPIRE RADIO TO-NIGHT. British Broadcasting Corporation. PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA (INCLUDING BURMA, CEYLON, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND ADEN). From The Empire Transmitter, Daventry, England. Wavelengths: 25.28 and 31.3 metres. {Greenwich Mean Time: add 7 hrs. 20 minutes.) G.M.T. 11.0 a.m.—1.0 p.m. Transmission on an omni-directional aerial: 11.0 a.m. Cinema
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    Malayans On Leave.
    1629 17 London (By Air Mail), Sept. 20. I RN on good authority that conversations on rubber restriction still proceeding between rubber Dutch and British, both in id and London. erts expect that, before tho the year, rubber control will be stablished fact. In this connecthe following letter to
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    DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR.
    662 17 The Desirability Of Legislation. COMPANY law and "secret reserves" were discussed by Mr. Henry Morgan at the International Congress on Accounting, at Grosvenor House, Londcn, W., recently. Speaking of the responsibilities of accountants as the watchdogs of the shareholders, he said: "Cur responsibility is great and
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    DRANK WIFE'S BLOOD.
    317 17 Amazing Story Of Woman's Expiation. An amazing slory of a wife's voluntary expiation, of her misconduct was told when John Karunanayaka, was produced from remand, before Mr. C. E. de Pinto. District Judge, Kegalle, in Ceylon. Accused's story was to the effect that he returned home from
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    WHAT OUR CONTEMPORARIES ARE SAYING. Infantile Mortality.
    234 17 THE infantile mortality rate as already mentioned was again lower and the great strides made in this direction are shown by the fact that since 1927 the rate has fallen by over 30 per cent. This result has been attained among a cosmopolitan
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    School Fees Opposition.
    191 17 OPPOSITION to the increased school fees, so far as Penang is concerned, appears to have died of inanition. The only conclusion we can come to is tha* the people of Penang are too apathetic to take more than a fleeting interest in matters which are of vital
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    Wise Spending.
    165 17 WE have made it clear that neither in retrenchment nor in taxation can the S.S. break away from the F.M.S. standard. But in expenditure on public works the Colony is free to strike out freely and by launching on a liberal scheme of public works in 1934 and
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    Will It Work?
    110 17 THE enactment will hit many people. It will hit the mercantile houses which act as agents for wireless firms. And it will operate against the amateur who has not the slightest desire to become a licensed dealer In wtrelers parts. It has been said that the enactment
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    FLYING SCHOOL AT HONGKONG.
    616 18 Base At Kai Tak. DEVELOPMENT LIKELY IN NEAR FUTURE. Hongkong, Sept. 21. a result of negotiations over a considerable period between officials of the Far East Aviation Company and the Hongkong Government, permission has now been obtained for the initiation and operation of a Flying Training
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    STEPCHILD OF REICH.
    276 18 Nazi Demonstration in East Prussia. Berlin, Aug. 2«. E;ia Prussia, which has been in the news so much recently owing to the absence of unemployment within its borders, is receiving much public attention this week-end, states a special correspondent in the '-Observer." Firs, cf all there is
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    LIVING WITH HALF A BRAIN.
    483 18 Brilliant Feat Of Surgery. THE well-known American brain surgeon, Dr. W. E. Dandy, according to a report in the current issue of "The LjUacqL" has succeeded in removing the entire right half of the brain from three patients in whom this part of the nervous
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    FOOD SAFEGUARDED.
    135 18 Bill Restricting Export Of Female Cattle. Alor Star. Sept. 18. To preserve cattle foi agricultural purposes nnc" provide an adcqua f e food-supply ths Kedah Government lias passed legislation restricting export and slaughter of female cattle. N ftmal? cattle und r tin years of age. or such gnater
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    £8,000,000 PLAN.
    122 18 Improving Railways, Ports And Roads. JT Paris. The French Government proposes to expend some £3.350.000 (710,173,000 francs) on public works m Morocco, this expenditure having recently been authorised by decree. Of the expenditure authorised by decree, 217 million francs are to be expended on port improvements (93 millions
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    AIR MAIL ON AMAZON.
    155 18 Contract For Five Years To Be Entered Into. Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 10. The Brazilian Minister for Public Works has been authorised to contract with a national company for an ah service of passengers and mails between Para and Manaus. The contract is to be for
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    OCTOBER FESTIVAL.
    301 18 Celebrations For National Event. London, Aug. 24. THE famous October festival held here is to begin this year on Sept. 16. During the following fortnight exhibitions of agriculture, artisanship and trade will be held forming an addition to the usual festival attractions. More than a century ago the
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    A LONG LIZARD.
    318 18 Fossilised Remains Found In Australia. What scientists of the Australian Museum. Sydney, term important discoveries of the remains of extinct animals have been made at Cuddle Springs, near Brewartina, North-West New South Wales. Fossilised bones were found in a clay pan at depths varying from 5 ft.
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    END OF BARGE "WAR."
    279 18 French Strike Settled In Mail Week. Paris, Aug. 26. The settlement reached yesterday at the Ministry of Public Works has put an end to the picturesque "war of the barges" which has been raging on a great part of the canal system of the north of
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    THE AEROPLANE IN RUSSIA.
    437 18 Conspicuous Strides Made. Mofcow. Aun. 20 r:E recent celsbration all ever the Union of a "day of aviation." with ;i accompaniment in the capital of looping ing, spinning airplanes, spectacular flropi n parachutes, and an exhibition of dirimb. balloons, was designed to focus poptthr ttten. tion
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    EXCITING SCENES.
    172 18 Passengers Cannot Find Seats In Train. Jhmn\ Remarkable scenes wore attaeaaal m*m a Ja-ye number of passengers at the oJt Sain! 10 Dieppe and other places in Normandy. fU i r to storm the bate, which MM already tightly packed with passengers, the ndignant would-be holiday-makers, deciding that
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    FISHERIES IN MALAYA.
    1436 19 LOCAL CANNING METHODS. Domestic Industry Many Demands For Fancy Fish. j iew of the decision to establish an aquarium in the centre of rapore city, the annual report of Fisheries Department, presented meeting of the Legislative incil to-day, will be of special mention is made in the
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    DEAD MAN IN BURNED CAR.
    455 19 Widow's Discovery Of Garage Fire. MfHEN the inquest was opened at his home. JT Saxton Grange. Towton. Yorkshire en MiFrederick E. Morton, cattle lector. whose charred body was found in L hc- wreckage of ins car after a fire, a man amended in the custody
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    CABINET MINISTER'S ADVENTURE.
    514 19 Handkerchiefs As A Distress Signal. A CABINET Minister adrift for hours in the Channel, in a disabled craft: his anxious aife at Hove answering telephone calls from London inquiring as to his safety while she was still ignorant, and a curious crowd of hundreds of people watching
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    THE POPE TIRED.
    154 19 Reception Of Pilgrims Too Great A Task. The Pope has become overtired by the reception of the Holy Year pilgrims at the Vatican, and a drastic decision has been taken by him. He will no longer receive the pilgrims in separate groups and give his ring to
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    FLOODLIGHTS OF PARIS.
    165 19 To Shine On Shop Fronts Shortly. The nocturnal aspect of Paris may shortly undergo a transformation, and the city will more than live up to its reputation as the ville lumiere." through an authorisation by the Prefect of Police to firms and business houses to floodlight their
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    MEXICAN DISASTER.
    94 19 Survivors Faced With Shortage Of Food. Reuter Wireless. Mexico City. Sept. 28. Scenes of deatli and desolation met pilots r ho flew over Tampico to-day. Bodies to the number of 125 have now beea recovered, while thousands of survivors are being treated in the hospitals. The survivors have
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