The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 August 1934

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. *O. 14,342. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934. 10 CENTS.
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    Six Dead And 35 Injured In French Rail Accident
    321 1 EXPRESS {INVOLVED AT AVIGNON Coaches Leave Rails And Hit Goods Train eXPreS> W3S inVoI d in ""'den. at i-.Ds D r n Fr, l n hC T l tWeIVC m nthS dCathS resulti »e f m milspersons have received injuries. PREVIOUS
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    NEW ATTACK ON WORLD SPEED RECORD
    157 1 NEW ATTACK ON WORLD SPEED RECORD Sir M. Campbell To Visit U. S. London. Aug. 12. Campbell, the famous lias accepted to visit Daytona :^35 r o attempt to break speed record of per hour which he Daytona Beach in -British Radio. 48 years oi due. At ny men would
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    21 1 London. Aug. 11. .-Col. A. B. Hearle has been ated to the command ol the ral Artillery at Hong Kong. Reuter
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    JAPANESE DELEGATE
    63 1 Naval Conversations In London. London, Aug. 9. Captain A.ssutaro Yautaro Iwashita Japanese naval officer delegate for the conversations preliminary to next year's naval conterence. arrived in London yesterday evening with instructions from the Japanese Government to the Ambassador, Mr. Matsudaira. Since Captain Iwashita left Tokio preliminary conversations between
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    32 1 Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 1. The famous film director George William Hill, who recently returned j from China. committed suicide by shooting himself in the head on th< sea front here. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 London. Aug. 12. (Received 4 a.m.) DL>VKKs for the final Test match are u >att, SuUlifYe, Walters, Hammond. Hendren, Leyland, Allen, Verity, Bowes, •over. Clark, Peebles, and f'rrgory. Ihe team will be announced the morning: of the match. Router.
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    SIR JOHN SIMON
    83 1 Attends London Service To Hindenburg London. Aug. 11. A memorial service lor President ■lindenburg was held at the German Lutheran Church in London yesterday.: The British Foreign Secretary. Sir I John Simon, travelled to London from Scotland through the night especially to attend it. The War Office.
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    DOLLAR WEAKNESS
    108 1 L Market Rate Moves In Favour Of Sterling London, Aug. 10. Following President Roosevelt's an- j nouneement on the nationalisation of I silver in the United States at 50.01 cents per fine ounce. American dollars displayed a weakness on the London Foreign Exchange, the market rate moving 2\
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    CONFERENCE PLAN
    110 1 London, Aug. 11. The United States is to resume unofficial talks with foreign countries, with a view to an international conference. This is the meaning the Daily Tele- graph's Washington correspondent reads into President Roosevelt's silver announcement. Such a conference would discuss financial stability. Its chief aim would
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    22 1 London, Aug. 10. The Prime Minister and Mis* Ishbel \lacDonald reached St. John's, New foundland, last night in H.M.S. Dragon. British Radio
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    Terms Of Anglo-German Agreement
    567 1 Terms Of Anglo-German Agreement Promoting Current Trade London, Aug. 10. Following the exchange, ui letters appended to the arecent Angio-Ger- man transfer agreement, negotiations have been concluded in Berlin ior an j exchange agreement between the two countries. This agreement was signed ,fa Berlin today and canes into I «C€
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    SHE SWOOPED TO FAME
    97 1 SHE SWOOPED TO FAME Moscow, Aup. 12. A claim that she has twice broken I the world record tor a prolonged paraChute jump by a woman, is made by Mile. Bushcva. a collaborator in the research instiute of the Soviet air fleet. On Aug.. 9 she Jumped from an aeroplane
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    WHITE RUSSIANS
    58 1 Istanbul. Aug. 11 The Turkish Government has decided not to exempt White Russians from the recent law prohibiting many classes of foreigners from working in Turkey. The decision will cause hardship to the v-ry poor White Russian? Of whom about 2.000 havt been In Istanbul since 1920 and
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    SOVIET RESENTS ACTION BY JAPAN
    100 1 SOVIET RESENTS ACTION BY JAPAN isolation Of A C. E. R. Zone Moscow, Aug. 12 Further allegations that Japa- nest official! are impeding the operation ol the Chinese Eastern Railway me mack m reports from Khabarovsky by the manager ol the C.E.R. Ke asserts thai the Japan** military authorities have
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    WOMEN ATHLETES
    125 1 Broadcast Over Ltflf-DiotntC Telephone London, \iik. 10. The Japanese women athletes at tending the women's world games, feting held in London, will today talk on the telephone ty Japan and conversation will be broadcast throughout that country. This will be the first occasion that .1 telephone link has
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    46 1 A Cameron rTifhiITIJTT writes.— "l MB ask»d to contradict the wldospn no rumour that some ten Sakal were recently devoured by ;i tiger in the Telom Valley What actually happened, lam Informed, is tha; rh^ portion was reversed and that the ten Sakai comprised the diners."
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      18 1 W^mmmmmmW/mmmmm TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE I DANCE (Informal) 6.30 9.45 p«in. 8.15 p.m. Midnight RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381
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    Law Notices For The Day
    30 2 Appeal""" JUSUCC at Ipoh tour of Before Mr. Justice Prichard in the Before Mr. Justice Gerahty at 11 am Summonses-in-Chambers and Oriein ating Summonses ungm-
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    MR. BALDWIN
    57 2 Place In Commons Taken By Chancellor w London, Aue 8 Mr. Baldwin, who has been actlne Prime Minister during the absence of Jol h a "?!f y MacDo «ald. leaves today '°V ar ?r" mcssa 6e to Canada Mr he had ereati^--della 6 Mr^oT'H" f S Uthfirn Rho
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    £253,000 COST
    9 2 Unemployment Insurance ARe Reduced A British Radio
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    FORGOT TO REPORT
    46 2 Police Supervisee Sent to Prison Hmes Vln ww 1 re^ ly convicted five Accused stated that he "forgot" t^ Ja Re"f If for the sa S,e o™e. Remarking that. In view of his reent StaniH loa f r the offenc*^accSsed^ex*na"» unsatisfactory. His Wor-
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    NOT THE MAN
    46 2 Malay Acquitted Of Wife Enticement Mohmud bin Haji Mohamed, a young EurnT em T P lQ y ed as car driver byi gSftf SSTLS I™, en J,' c <"e/way Sam blim Uda and wife for X^ d llved as hu sband r^Hir— was
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    National Referendum On Peace In Britain
    369 2 MOVE INITIATED BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION E^aboVnr' 1 Brita n 1S tO be aSkCd SOOn to glve Ws unions about peace, disarmament and the League of Nations coum Cecn I& i emum on these objects was referred to by Vismouth hC LeagUe f
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    ARSENIC FOUND
    27 2 Mysterious Death Of A Moneylender tho Kuala Lumpur. Au*. 11. the coroner this morning y The organs, however, were sent m The inquiry was adjourned.
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    35 2 The year's Impom^^esh"™,, from Emmr** n( .resn fruit* oer cem P of th™Mtai S2S^» h! K h leve< of 121-5 MO Sf!2 a new by 1500.0M r-v' th-^,7r 'tahUshed to WS2- r r<l British Radio
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      282 2 P JOSTLING a Chinese Pickpocket Worked For stealing a wallet, containing a pawn ticket and a sum of $1.13, from the pocket of a Tamil at the junction tLaxamaaia Road and Hugh Low reet on the sth. instant, a Chinese med Hong Seh, who admitted a cou--1 of previous convictions,
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      848 2 CLASSIFIED AD VERTEEMENTs^ THE NEW jgNDEifrMOTHER OF PEARL SINGA^rJT^^NAIL POLISHES BY LENTHERIC, PARIS. Tenders IN SIX Bi^TiUr"sHADES. JEg 1 «u^^™« particulars, see M £L, smi <*> Fw Medical Hall, Limited, R< ctlon <r J &£35f 4 Sfflaa BUSINESS CARDS T r or l^z^— J°ns Per hour capanty Date of Closing
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      283 2 Diary Of The Week MONDAY, 13th. High Water, 12.40 p.m. 9 0 ft Football: First Division, S.R.C vs Pulau Branl, Anson Road Stadium; Second Division Marine Dept. vs. Police, Jalan Besar Stadium* Friendly, S.C.C. "B" vs. S.R C 11. S.C.C. Singapore Golf Club. Women's Monthly Medal TUESDAY, 14th. High Water:
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      321 2 TODAY'S WIRELESS PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE— ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Ser vice Co. of Malaya Ltd. I Wavelength— 49.9 metres 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.30 Relay of dance music by Raf I fles Hotel Orchesta under th< r direction of Dan Hopkins News bulletin supplied b 3 Straits Times. Relay
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    "Wrong For Me To Interfere With Sentence"
    346 3 EDLIN LOSES PHIS Hopelessly Extravagant^ Says Judge .vror..- lor tat or any terfere with the sentence 1S a v» ry moderate one". Just ire Prichard in the n Saturday when he appeal of C. E. E. Edlin ot flve weeks' simple charged before
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    25 3 v for a clock on the a motor-car had disequences lor Mohamed bin 1 fined S3O. or 14 days, by 1 Qrtce. the second magis-
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    VIOLENT PAINS FROM ACID STOMACH.
    144 3 Cur «l bj Hospital Formula. raths this man was a martyr mach- suilcred such violent poor stomach seemed *n< be bit weight rapidly. past 18 months I have been to add stomach. My stomach J Otfortad. When I ate I suflferWln and I was losing
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    KEPT TWO CASH BOOK'S
    284 3 Clerk's Alleged Fraud Described j "pHE case in which K S. Naiciu. a j former employee "of the Malayan I -.ivestock company, was charged j vith criminal breach of trust in respect j )f $245.83 between June 1933 and May I 1934 was continued on Saturday
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    RAILWAY FREIGHT
    182 3 Tenders Invited For Loading Tenders are invited lor the loading •nd unloading Of goods and merchandise carried bv the Federated Malay States Railv uys and dealt witn at Singapore and the railway town office, from Sept. 1. 1934. Particulars and tender forms mav bs obta'ned at the office
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    FOOD SHORTAGE
    74 3 Bad Crops In Java <From Our Own Correspondent* Bntavia, Aug. 6. Crop conditions are very bad in the Oheribon District ot Java and it is feared that the Indian population will soon be short of food. European and native government officials are now taking irrnsures f n» th*
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    GAMING HOUSE
    256 3 Two Chinese Fined At Penang From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan g, Aug. 10. 44 r have not the slightest doubt that under the cloak of being a registered t club, the place has been used as a com- mon gaming house," said Mr. D. Wills In giving judgment
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    F.M.S. APPEALS
    152 3 Court Opens At Ipoh Today The F.M.S. Court of Appeal begins in Inoh today and is expected to last the week. There arc eleven criminal appeals, six 10l which are tor murder, half of them j being from Kuala Lumpur. The appeals from Ipoh include that of Mohamed
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    ESCAPED PRISONER
    103 3 Re-arrested Near Lenggong <From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 10. Early yesterday morning in a Malay hut. near Lenggong. the police arrester! a Bangerese prisoner who. with an other Chinese prisoner, had escaped from the lock-up at Lenggong Police Stition on the morning of July 27 taking with
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    THREE MONTHS FOR BREACH OF TRUST OF $778
    201 3 THREE MONTHS FOR BREACH OF TRUST OF $778 Chinese Selling Agent's DLEADING guilty to a charge of cri- minal breach of trust,* a young Chinese, Neo Tiang Soo, was sentenced to undergo three months' rigorous imprisonment on Saturday by Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate. Mr. Paul Storr, appearing on
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    EUROPEAN POLICE
    50 3 Pointer To Trade Conditions In Java Batavia, Aug. 6. How bad labour conditions are is proved by the fact that nearly 100 Europeans have applied for the job of policeman in several towns of Javi and Sumatra Up to now only Malay and Javanese have server as policemen.
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    53 3 A special programme has been compiled in connection with the Missions to Seamen dance at the Great World on Aug. 15. The object is to raise funds for the Missions to Seamen, and :hr programme will be sold tor 10 <-ents a copy, or for whatever the purchaser cares to
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      383 3 COOK ELECTRICALLY From Ist August 1934, the hiring rental of certain types of Electric Cookers has been reduced. Cookers may now be hired at from Further information may be obtained at our Showroom in the Municipal Building. MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY DEPT. SEND YOUR LETTERS BY THE t QUICKEST ROUTE. AIR MAIL
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    Luxury Air Travel
    986 4 Fifteen Years Of Story Of The Progress Of Imperial Airways "T*HIS month British air transport completes fifteen years of regular flying between London and the connent, and to summarise progress during these pioneer years, from 1919 to 1934. it may be said that Air passengers to and
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    London Children May Not Read H.G. Wells
    229 4 London Children May Not Read H.G. Wells L.C.C. DECISION I ONDON County Council does not consider the novels of H. G. Welis j fit reading matter for children. In this. L.C.C. stands alone for every other council and education authority in the country includes the works of Wells in its
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    BETTING SHOPS
    141 4 Recommended for Australia's Capital Canberra. As a means of reducing illegal betting in Canberra, the Chief of the Commonwealth Police, has recommended the Attorney-General's De- partment to grant a very limited' number of licences for starting-price betting shops in Canberra. The view taken is that betting is a
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    AIR TIME-TABLE
    103 4 Bradshaw Guide For All European Services London Aug. 8. A guide and time-table of the entire nr services in Europe and beyond cov- ring departure and arrival times, fares md other information will be published n October as "the Bradshaw of the The first Bradshaw Railway Guide' ppeared
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    Great Krupp Steel Works At Essen Are A Potential Arms Plant, Says US.A. Business Chief After European Tour
    435 4 Great Krupp Steel Works At Essen Are A Potential Arms Plant, Says US. A. Business Chief After European Tour DOSSESSING the largest steel forging press in the world, utilising a stainsteel that may well be adapted to the decks of aeroplane carriers and of submarines, the immense Krupp works at
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    RED RAIN
    107 4 Strange Story From South China Canton, July 25. Red rain Is reported in Chinese despatches received here to have fallen in the Sin j en mountain and its neighbourhood in the Nankai district. The strange phenomenon has caused uneasiness among farmers in the area as it is believed
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      327 4 E J^TSHOP THE TORTURE OF PILES. STAMFORD Ro The Ideal Hous. f or n A Birthdays. Wedding ""UK, mm. »es*2V Si- FaV U These gJ^rXS'f! seas 8,.^ Art Jfwuifrr A Mlerlioa „f 1 77.. HATS Just arrWed LlDlr s .*>U ßl A new and pretty sH^»i o **b VELVET FlWrs"
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    MYSTERY OF MURDERED MALAYA
    181 6 MYSTERY OF MURDERED MALAYA Believed To Come From Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 11. •TTHE Chinese landlord of a hut in the Malay settlement of Hale Road last evening attracted by an odour emanating from one locked room, looked, over the partition and said a young Malay
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    NAVY MUTINY
    82 6 Dutch Officers Ask For Pardon (Froir Our Own Correspondent'. Batavia. Aug. 6. 1 Seven officers of the cruiser Zeven Provincien who were sentenced re- I Cently by the High Military CoUrt oil Batavia to imprisonment varying from five days to two years and to discharge i fv m
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    Mines Official Who Gambled In Shares Loses Civil Courts Suit For $13,233
    993 6 Mines Official Who Gambled In Shares Loses Civil Courts Suit For $13,233 JUDGE FINDS THAT DEPOSITED MONIES WERE USED BY MR. LOVETT FOR DEALS Extracts From Judgment (From Our Own Correspondent) I Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. JUDGMENT for $13,233.68, the full amount claimed, with costs and J eight per cent,
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    8 6 iUHf M argument about a womaT a Cr
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    More Labourers On The Way
    498 6 HAPPY TO COME TO MALAYA THE Madras Mail of July 17 congained a report of the departure to Malaya of some hundreds of estate labourers. The article, reprinted below, show* that the exiles from India know Malaya just as well as they know the'r motherland
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    Headhunters Story Persists
    269 6 K.L. IN STATE OF NERVES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 11. LJEAD-HUNTERS are abroad m the staid purlieus of the Federal capital. Where by day the Heaven-born pursue their lawful vocations, and the rest of humanity their slightly less important business, at night stalk beings
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    51 6 The tenth annual conference under the auspices of the Incorporated Society of Planters which the executive was compelled to postpone- ihe halt yearly general meeting and a council meeting will be held at Kuala Lumpur in the Masonic H-iU Damansara Road, on Friday and Saturday. Sept. 14 and 15. opening
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    WOMAN AND WATCHMAN IN HOSPITAL
    148 6 WOMAN AND WATCHMAN IN HOSPITAL sieged Axe > im By Chines. A Otinate woman watchman are being it is Sid* a Chinos, ,r, assailant, it Is si the Port Sv. handing over ti- himself up. The story. a [> r able to gather lr seme months a warrant a s:ii
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    29 6 ot rubber will justify thr putl The old «rail about mi will arise, and the far se, Planter will sit back In chuckle flatly He will deservi his rim
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    KING'S WILL MADE PUBLIC
    288 7 WHO PROVED TO PRINCESS Two l-egatees Claiming Inheritance In Court Our Own Correspondent) Ilangkok, Aug. 11. King's will pubin this country one 5 the Oral time that such ihaa reached the public: the medium of newspapers. :iv the memben of the Royal ist bi acquainted with
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    FIVE MINUTE SERVICE
    147 7 Commissioners 9 Demand On Changi Bus Route Municipal Commissioners notify lowing decisions taken at a of the Board ol Control held •n July 31. that a statutory declaration ?ned in connection with performthe Victoria Memorial Hall or a safeguard against possis by copyright holders. withhold proposed sale
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    TWO CARS COLLIDE
    60 7 Chinese Injured On Paya Lebar Road were injured in a between two cars on Paya oad at 5 o'clock yesterdaj One was rendered unconscious I of a deep cut in the head 'ture of the right thigh bone other three men sustained 'ver.the head and face whicr
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    27 7 woman passenger collapsfi'J,nly m a ricksha m Upper Street on Saturday night and J,j r" admission to hospital by ice. r< ported to be due to heart
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      AT THE PAVILION
      186 7 CERTAIN features of American court procedure come in lor their full share of satire in "Ladies of the Jury" night Pentd at the Pav "*on 1^ To those of us who are acauaintPrt Jith and have learned to resp^c t n e dignity of everything that charac?
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      ALHAMBRA COMEDY
      168 7 /\NLY those who know that veteran v comedian, W. C. Fields, have an idea of what is m store for them m his latest Paramount picture You're Telling Me released at the Alhambra last night. When he is described as "a scream walking," or a one-man comedy team,
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      AT THE CAPITOL
      244 7 LJOLLYWOOD takes great pains in its 11 films glorifying the medical profes-l sion and the results are sometime a little too awe-inspiring to be real, but for all that "Men in White." is a lively an absorbing piece of drama (which opened at the Capitol yesterday >.
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    CHILD KILLED BY LORRY
    113 7 Accidental Death Verdict at K.L. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the Police Court. Kuala Lumpur, when the inquest was concluded on the death of a two year old Chinese child who was run over by a icrry. Evidence shewed that the child was
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    MATCH STICK TIPS
    127 7 Tamil Woman's Novel Suicide Attempt Before Mr. F. K. Wilson at the Kuala j Lumpur Police Court a Tamil woman was charged with attempting to comImit suicide by swallowing the phosohorous tips of match sticks, at her louse at Loke Yew Road, at 5.40 a.m. on Aug.
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    SHARK MENACE
    71 7 i Cabinet Sub-Committee To Inquire Sydney. A Cabinet sub-committee has been appointed by the Australian Governl ment to investigate methods of making ;the surfing beaches safe against th€ shark menace. Facilities will be proi vided by the Government to test t i various methods of protecting bathers r
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    ARTILLERY TRACTORS
    33 7 More Mechanisation Of Australian Army Melbourne. Artillery units attached to cavalry divisions will be equipped shortly with tractors. This constitutes a further ;tep m the mechanisation of the Australian military forces.
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    A GOOD SIGN
    211 7 Views On Government's Offer Speaking at the opening of the new headquarters for the Hebburn-on-Tyne branch of the British Legion, Mr. J. T. Batey t managing director of Messrs. Hr.wihorn. Leslie and Co.. Ltd., referred to the shipbuilding industry, and said that it was passing through very
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    N.S.W. DEFICIT
    111 7 Nearly £500,000 Below Budget Estimate The State accounts for the year ended June 30 show that the deficit [was nearly £500.000 below the Budget estimate, and that the year's net results are better by £601,916 than those 0! 1932-33. Revenue fell by £3,415,310 but expenditure was reduced by
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    RATS COMBED
    45 7 I Brisbane. City Council inspectors are combing rats for fleas. This is a precautionary measure against an outbreak of plague. More than 7.000 rats selected at random have been combed and only 73 fleas have been found. The result is regarded as gratifying.
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    CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY
    301 7 BRITISH AND CHINESE DIFFERENCES Distribution Of Receipts Believed Settled THE Sino-British Conference which 1 1 is being held in Hong Kong for the revision of the Canton-Kowloon Railway Agreement is reported to be making satisfactory progress. j It is learned from an unofficial source that an agreement
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    76 7 The Band of the S.S. Police under the direction ot Mr. F. E. Minns will perform the following programme weather permitting at Katong Park on Aug. 13 commencing at 5.15 p.m. Overture "Mirella" Gounod: "Suite in E Flat" Hoist; Nocturne 4 *ln a Rose Thicket" Eilenberg; Tumblers Dance from "The
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      227 7 6 1 CT QIC F MB' ,xi3 /GABLE alli^fc^ MTKNA LUT I -^H with Jran Hrr'holt Nk:, va> *J** SiK Elizabeth Allan, Otto Kruger im^i^ iyi j. y ■jluiMg 1 ffj# Screen's giddiest comedians sit howl in glee! PLE A?GUISY!Uy|ICf OF its AHj«wji|Ellr»Sl THE L^^^^i'Edna May OLIVER j gfcyj fcico
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934. Week-end Comments
    861 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934. Week-end Comments COME people, whom we will call for convenience "The Group," are going to get their fingers badly burned over tin unless they are clever o: powerful enough to keep up the price and make the manufacturer, and through him the
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    DAY TO DAY
    327 8 Mr. R. Ferriday has left for home by the Yasukuni Maru. Mr. C Bonning, European Warder, has been seconded to Johore. Dr. R. R. MacGregor has been nominated a member of the Medical Council S.S. and F.M.S. Dr. R. E. Anderson. Health Officer F.M.S. Railways. Kuala Lumpur,
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    As I was Saying.
    576 8 £OWES Week has ended, alter seven days in which the little Isle of Wight town., with its Georgian and Victorian facades and narrow winding streets, has been the brightest social spot in Britain. The Royal Yachts Squadron, now the most exclusive club in Britain. started. rather
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    A Gardener
    1118 8 Mr. Neame. of Sockets, week-ender and man of no account, has a passion 1 lor the old English garden. He oves thrift and candytuft, honesty, gillyflowers, bergamot or bee-balm. Canterbury bells, fuchsias, hollyhocks, and dahlias, and because Mr. Woodpecker raises all these simple flowers in profusion and has
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      65 8 WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS "a blue atmosphere" hung for some time over a certain district in France recently. The presence of a golf links in the vicinity is not regarded as being in any way responsible. Keep the "blue atmosphere'' away from your home by protecting yourself with a "GAFLAC"
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    Chaos In Demilitarised ZOne
    97 9 Chaos In Demilitarised ZOne JA PANESE EVADE TERMS OF Shanghai. Aug. 12. the demilitarisf ol the Great Russiana employted the Chinese n the area, cieat- plundering the the Japanese an wing the military ould have been Ice months ago bandits under captured Chtumenkow nd are preparing > Ol Funing and
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    Heatwave Continues In China
    200 9 Heatwave Continues In China 1,000,000 PEOPLE NEED INSTANT RELIEF Shanghai, Aug. 12. P official report from Changsha, capital of Hunan, states that two-thirds of the province involving nearly 50 districts have been seriously affected by drought which has practically destroyed the Autumn harvest. One million people need immediate relief and
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    42 9 Hankow, Aug. 11. The drought conditions in east Hupeh have brought hungry wolves and tigers down from the hills and farmers are now facing nightly attacks from these beasts. Eleven cases of people being carried oft" and eaten are already reported. Reuter
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    CANTON AIR DISPLAY
    33 9 Hong Koiitf. Aug. 12. took part in an Canton yesterday. ;-yu. Director of lent in Kwangtung. punied by two newly recruited took charge during La Union Times i Union Times
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    AID FOR VICTIMS OF RECENT FIRE
    458 9 AID FOR VICTIMS OF RECENT FIRE Bukit Ho Swee Committee's Decision THE Bukit Ho Swee Relief Com--1 mittee of the Hokkien Association held a meeting at the Ee Ho Hian Club. Bukit Pasoh Road hast evening at about 8.30 p.m. Among those present were Messrs. Tan Kah Kee, Lee Chin
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    NEVADA SILVER
    142 9 Position Of Industry Since Nationalisation I Reno, Nevada, Au*. 10. The nationalisation of silver will not i have any immediate effect on the Nevada silver mining industry, is the opinion of operators here, as the price i fixed is lower than that estaolished for newly- mined silver under
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    TREASURY BILLS
    31 9 London. Aug. 10. mount applied tor in ten'(00.000 Treasury bills was The amount allotted in lonths was £31.000.000. per cent, was 14 11.--pared with 14 4.76d. last British Radio
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    "RASPUTIN" CASE
    134 9 Agreement Between M.G.M. And Princess New York, Aug. 11. An agreement is announced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer interests and representatives of Princess Irina Youssouporl. It disposes of future libel litigation in connection with the future showing 01 the film Rasputin, the Mad Monk." The agreement provides that MetroGoldwyn Mayer
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    CANTON PROTEST
    68 9 Reduction Of Taxes On Foreign Imports Hong Kong, Aug. 12. The Canton Chamber of Commerce has lodged a strong protest against the recent reduction or taxes on foreign imported goods by the Provincial Government of Kwangtung. The Chamber points out that the action will reflect seriously upon local
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    25 9 London. Aug. 9. The new 5.200 tons cruiser Galatea was launched to-day frcm the yard of iScott's Shipbuilding and Engineering (Co.. Ltd.. Greenock. British Radio
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    NOT SO FUNNY
    99 9 P. G. Wodehouse Sued By U.S. Government New York. Aug. 11. Even the resourceful Jeeves would be baffled by his creator's latest spot of bother. Mr. P. G. Wood house has bet 1 sued by the United States Government for alleged non-payment ot income-tax for the years
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    TIN QUOTA CUT?
    122 9 Likely Effect Of Absence Of Demand (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. Usually reliable authorities allege that "The Group" has spent over a million and a half during the past tew weeks in keeping up tin prices in the neighbourhood of £230. despite an almost complete
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    ATLANTIC FLIGHT
    56 9 Record-Breaking Attempt. Fails London, Aug. 10. Captain Leonard G. Reid and Captain M. J. Ayling. two Canadian airmen who were attempting to beat the world nonstop long-distance flight record held by the Frenchmen. Codos and Rossi, by flying from Toronto to Baghdad, came down at Heston aerodrome. Middlesex,
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    43 9 Under the Air Navigation Enactment. 1929 directions have been issued by the Chief Secretary, establishing a Registry of Aircraft !in the F.M.S.. with the Under Secretary as Registrar. A fee of $9 will be charged for the issue of a Certificate of Registration.
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    FEWER FATALITIES
    216 9 Review Of Bank Holidays In England London, Aug. 10. In view of bank holidays' bad reputation for accidents on the road the Minister of Transport. Mr. Hore Belisha. who is anxiously seeking a solution of the problem of reducing the number Of accidents, made tours over some of
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    CHANNEL THRILL
    115 9 Trippers Arrive Ashore At Daybreak London, Aug. 11. Shipping in the English Channel is being buffeted by heavy seas. The coastal pleasure steamer, Clacton Queen. with 800 passengers aboard, which was overdue for several hours on her way from Chatham to Clacton. arrived safely at Clacton at daybreak.
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    TARIFFS INCREASE
    41 9 Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 10. A bill is to be introduced in the legislature in the autumn session increasing the tariff on certain foreign manufactures, including hardware and cement, with the object of minimising Japanese competition with British imports.— Reuter
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    30 9 London, Aug. 9. The Viceroy. Lord Willingdon, and Lady Willingdon will leave Croydon by air for India on Saturday. The private secretary and aide-de-camp will fly with them. British Radio
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      207 9 LAST 3 DAYS OF ROBINSON'S SALE DO NOT MISS THE WONDER FUL BARGAINS TO BE OBTAINED DURING THESE THREE DAYS. FINAL REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. EXCELDA HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF TASTE I Serviceable and dainty fabrics,.. bordered in distinctive coloured patterns...in a wide range of
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      "MARKET" A MISNOMER FOR TIN MART
      1077 10 Control Prevents Logical Movements From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 30. TTHERE has been no market in tin worthy of the name in London for several weeks past. American buying has dried up almost completely and European consumers are evincing but little anxiety to
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      Exchange Rates
      185 10 AUG. 11. SELLING London 4 months' sight 2j4 7)32 London, 3 months' sight 2]4 1364 London, 60 days' sight 2|4 3|16 London, 30 days' sight 2|4 5J32 London, demand 2|4»e London, T.T 2|4 3,32 Lyons and Paris, demand 886 Hamburg, demand 149 New York, demand 59y 4 Batavia,
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      YAM SENG RUBBER
      65 10 Profit to March 31 of Yam Seng Rubber Co., including £2,751 brought in and after £1,321 deprecn. and £739 for replanting, was £3,647, plus transfer from equalisation of divs. £3,146 making £6,794. Div. 7»/ 2 p.c, £4,719. Forward £2.074. (Loss in 1932-33 was £3,382.) Crop was 657,5971b.
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      65 10 The Australian Department of Commerce reports that for the first 10 months of the present financial year Australia exported 24,668 cwt. ot sausage casings, valued at £291,266 comp^^ 2O 49cwt with a value of 1 171,309, tor the corresponding period :>! the previous year. The principal markets for this product
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      Singapore Produce Prices
      134 10 Aug. 11, 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 4.00 Java Cube 7.25 Hamburg Cube 7.25 Muntok White Pepper 37.00 White Pepper 36.00 Black Pepper 13.75 Copra, Sundried 3.05 Copra, Mixed 2.45 Small flake Tapioca 3.70 Fair Sago Flour 1.65 Palembang Jelbtong 7.00 x Bianja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak
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      135 10 Greyhounds at the West Ham (Lon- don) Stadium are now racing in a spei clal type of rubber muzzle. There are > several advantages arising out of the r use of these muzzles, i.e., lighter than metal guards, they can be readily ad- Justed to the greyhound's head and in
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      Petrol And Kerosene Prices
      91 10 AUG. 11. Shell and Fish Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins W.40 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin (of 4 Gallons) 2.43 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tin 2.23 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per Brit. Imp. Gal. 82 Socony Motor Gasoline 14 drums per
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      £ Abroad
      84 10 Abroad London, Aug. 9. Exchanges to-day were Paris 76 11/32. New York 5.07. Montreal 4.95*4 Brussels 21.43. Geneva 15.42. Amsterdam 7.44. Milan 58%. Berlin 12.89. Stockholm 19. 39*2Copenhagen 22.39*2Oslo 19.90 2 Vienna 27. Prague 121 3/16. Helsingfors 2263-4. Madrid 36 13/16. Lisbon 110 1 s. Athens 525 sellers. Bucharest 503.
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      Fraser's Share List
      1025 10 Below is Fraser and Co.'s list of I closing prices in Singapore Ampat Tin (4) 5s 3d 5s 10**d Asam Kumbang 37s 6d 40s Austral Malay 50s 52s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 14s 6d 15s 3d Ayer Weng ($1) 2.02 Vi 2.10 x.d. Bangrin Tin 24s
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      EAST ASIATIC RUBBER PROFIT OF £23,951
      268 10 Dividend Of Three Per Cent Proposed THE ELEVENTH r I, 1 and statement accou> -the East As^e fc^ te the year ended Ma r 31 ,that the net pront s for after providing £Glb 6s 9d .depreciation on builds and Ichinery is £23,951 3
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      VAST IMPROVEMENT
      363 10 Canada's Economic Recovery In First Half- Year The first six months of 1934 has witnessed an unmistakable economic recovery in Canada. The improvement although moderate, has been widespread and unquestionably promising. Basing its calculations on a large number of industrial factors, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics finds that
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      TO BE WOUND UP
      166 10 Kampar Malaya Tin Dredging Shareholders of Kampar Malaya Tin Dredging, Ltd., are informed that the agreement approved by members on April 27 providing for the amalgamation of the company with the Southern Kampar. Penawat Consolidated and Kinta companies, has become effective, and the directors are of
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      JULY OUTPUTS
      170 10 RUBBER Messrs. Derrick and Co.. ajjrnis;Alor Oajah 25.800 lbs. Ayer P 1 74.000 Australasia 24.500 Bukit Kubu 13.000; Gleanealy 53.237. I Kebun 10,850 Kluang 34.000 Pajam 127,000 Port Swettenham 16 600 Tambalak 22.500 Teluk Anson ***** Ulu Benut 41.064. Messrs. J. S. M. Rennic Co., ifMli Pelepah Valley
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      Wall Street
      90 10 Aur. 1" American Can Com. H\k American Telephone and Telegraph 111 Atcheson Railroad 's Dupont Firestone Common 15 General Electric lOtt General Motors 30 1 Goodrich HM Goodyear Inter-Telcphoiit and Telegraph 10% National City Bank New York Central Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (Com) 22*2 Radio Corporation Socony Vacuum
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      KENT (F.M.S.) TIN
      79 10 Report for 1933 states that arrangements made during 1932, whereby quota allotted to this company was produced, on profit-sharing basis by Gopeng Consolidated, Ltd., were continued throughout year under review Profits amounted to £4,004 (against £922), which, added to balance rfo^ 11 forward of £4.701. makes, 8,705.
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      CANNED FRUIT EXPORTS
      48 10 rn, Sydney. The value of exports of canned fruits rom Australia for the first ten months i 5 )f the present financial year totalled,' C681.320 which represents an increase i f. £221.840 above the value of shipnents for the same period in the preious year.
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    DEBTS OF CHINA'S COTTON KING
    324 11 DEBTS OF CHINA'S COTTON KING Government May Take Over Shanghai Mills Nanking rxEFINTTE plans have been formulated by the Chinese Government the taking over, refinancing and reorganisation of the nine i and flour mills in Shanghai belonging to Yung Chung-ching known as the Cotton King of China. Bonds amounting 000'"'
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    CITIES TO BECOME MINES
    201 11 Golden Mile Believed To I'nder Kalgoorlic Kalgoorlie. that the famous Golden i under tho twin cities of and Boulder, mining men tig startling applications to thi Warden's Court. mltfi are sought for areas :n:d tramway sheds, two any private houses. 'anting a lease on Mount granted
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    17 11 ilr mail label has juat been by the King for issue in tain, it was designed by
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    Statistics Office
    433 11 The following publications were issued or received by the Department Ox Statistics, S.S. F.M.S.. during the period July 28 to August 3. 1934 inclusive, and are available lor public use in the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Singapore. Application may be made by members of the public resident in
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    SEQUEL TO FIRE
    254 11 More Pilfering Cases In Court Two more men who were arrested by the police at the great fire which burned down three villages at Tiong Bahru on Wednesday afternoon, allegedly in the act of picking valuable articles and ornaments out of *\ie debris were produced in the
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    CULBERTSON on CONTRACT
    513 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst ACCURATE DEFENCE T^HIS hand has a double mural. One is the danger of vulnerable Overcalls with weak four-card suits, even at the range of one, and the other, the necessity of accurate defensive play in order to
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    Government House
    267 11 Govern men t House Monday. July 30. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council held at the Council Chamber. Government Oftlces, this morning Tuesday, July 31. Mr. A. T. Brennan had luncheon at Government House. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency
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    21 11 A fashion expert thinks that women dress more smartly nowadays. But most husbands havo to wait just as long as ever.
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    FIRE LOSSES
    60 11 London, Auk. 8. The exceptionally heavy flre losses in Great Britain and Ireland last month were to a large extent attributable to the dry weather and water shortage. Serious outbreaks are estimated to have involved losses of 735.440 and when the cost of minor outbreaks is added, the
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    WOLVES NEAR CANTON
    63 11 Coming From Mountains In North Kwangtung Canton. Wolves have found their way into Canton from the mountainous parts of North Kwangtung. according to local huntsmen who recently killed several of these animals in the vicinity of White ClGud Mountain, in the suburbs of CanJton. and who have
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      403 11 Assets exceed flS.fi.ftt. Assurance la fores MMtMtt. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. I (Incorporftttd In the Straits BetttoeoU) BEAD OFFICE: Great Easttfn Life Building, Cecil Street. Singapore. LONDON OfTICE 27. Old Jewn sXG The Company has £90,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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      425 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each 3. 000 .00* Reserve Fund £3,000,006 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.00t HEAD OFFICE: 38, Blshopsgate, London E.C. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hollo Saigon Amrltsar Ipoh Semaranf
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    Straits/Pacific Conference Freight Tariff No. 3.
    36 12 Straits /Pacific Conference Freight Tariff No. 3. COCONUT OIL IN CONTAINERS It is notified tor information that, with immediate effect, the rate of freight on this commodity will be U.S. $10.00 per ton of 20 cwt.
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    PASSENGERS
    114 12 The following were passengers for Singapore and Penang by the Dollar liner, President Garfield: Mr. and Mrs. B. Brush, Mr. and Mrs W. L. Ellis, Dr. J. G. Hanna, and Mrs. J. G. Hanna, Prof. H. N. Hillebrand, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Kilgore, Mrs. J. C. Maxwell, Mrs.
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    41 12 The s.s. Conte Verde is due here at daylight on Wednesday frcm Shanghai and Hong Kong. She will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves, sailing again at 2 p.m. the same day for Colombo, Bombay, Suez. Port Said, Brindisi, Venice and Trieste.
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      PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
      1301 12 Subsidy To Shipping From American Taxpayers THE history of the levying of tolls on the Panama Canal forms the subject of the following interesting article by the Governor of the Panama Canal. Mr. J. L. Schley, in the New York Journal of Commerce. When the Panama Canal
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      180 12 SINGAPORE HA R BOUR Ships alonuside the r or expected to East Wharf (Btafamce Gate Roh n a 22 Main Whan (Entranct Kudat 13: Hon 8 .I^-Carn.;,,:: j 34: Chattanooga C tj Empire Dock (Entrance Gate BUverbeech 48 West Whan (Entrance Gate i Tilawa 5: Polydorw Helenas. Catenas 1 Q
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      590 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. (Incorporated in England) HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA, FOl'R MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES," COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
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      202 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULL OP SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Ran coon. Port Sudan. .Marseilles, Palma and England HOMEWARD SAILINGS Port of Dhemharkation Plymouth I*ave Raofooi 1934. AMARAPOORA Aug. 25 SAGAING St-pt. 8 BURMA Sopt. 22 YOMA Oct 8 PEGU Oct 20 CHINDWIX 3 KEMMENDINE Nov 17 BHAMO Dec 1
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      362 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m Saturday 7 p.m. Kuantan rvia Jerartut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan '.via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday*, Thursday and Friday 7.30 a.m.
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      427 13 P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due D>e T'nage S'pore. T'nage Spore MAMUA 11.000 Aug. 17 CHITRAL 15.000 Oct 12 BANGALORE 6.000 Aug. 30 SOUDAN 6 500 Oct' 24 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Aug. 31 CARTHAGE ***** Oct 26 15.000 Sept. 14 RANPURA 17 COO Nov" 9 •BHUTAN 6.100 Sept. 27
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      501 13 Eller man Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails City of Roubaix (Also calls Glasgow) Today Aug. 16 City of Oran Aug. 30 Sept. 2 City of Bath (For Genoa. Liverpool. Glasgow > Sept.
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      1162 13 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO (1931 Steam Ship Co.. Lta.. and China Ltd. Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd. THE CUNARD WHITE STAR Ltd THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO Ltd THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIL.sf IWL LINE Ltd THE
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      855 14 K- P. Ma CONINKLIIU PAJKTVAART MAATSCHAPPn PLANCIUS—Monday, Aug. 13, Belawan-Dell. SINGARADJA— Monday, Aug. 13, Selat-Pandjang, Koedap, Bengkalis and Bagan 81-Apl-Apl. BOTH Monday, Aug. 13, Muntok (passengers and mails only), Batavia, Semarang and Cherlbon PASIR Tuesday, Aug. 14, Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Api. ROKAN— Tuesday, Aug. 14, Bengkalis, Paneh, Berombang, Tanjong-Mengei- J
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      432 14 IMHXAR STEAMSHIP LINE dbtd AMERICAN MAIL. LINE TRAVEL THE AMERICAN WAY IF YOU WANT COMFORT and ECONOMY £75. 2. 6. SINGAPORE TO ENGLAND VIA AMERICA IN TOURIST CLASS. INCLUDING TRIP THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL. TOURIST CLASS OFFERS YOU: Large outside staterooms with hot and cold running water— excellent cuisine— ample
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      680 14 TO LONDON, VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP k7^^^^ AND MIDDLESBROUGH ltKD^i HAKONE MARU 10,400 Aug. 22 23 HAKUSAN MAHU IUaOGOrt-n iSUWA MARU 10,750 Sept. 6 7 HARUNA MARU U 4 r<, FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Sept. 20 21| KATORI MARU 10*000 S HAK.OZAKI MARU 10,400 Oct. 3 4 SKASHIMA MARU lo'ooo r£
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    GOOD CARDS RETURNED AT S. G. c.
    289 15 GOOD CARDS RETURNED AT S. G. c. Competition f or August Medal Medal Competition Sir Golf Club tukit Timah on and lay and ref or Mr. Buchanan a net score v, ween J. Crich- ui In B division f*J* 68 and In a win C division with •B- division tie
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    48 15 I Singh Scores 67 Not Out For Old Hoys L Our own Correspondents Kuala 1 umpur, Aug. 11. the Victoria the Old Boy. met the prea'id hockey today. fttch. ;.ie Old Boys ree wickets, when Lall Singh scored 37 i ibeaten. The hockey! LjH'-tvn*. out- all
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    EMPIRE GAMES
    28 15 Conclude Mooting concluded at cycling events. race McLeod of I net in 24 mins. 26 i»ne trial Gray l and two fifth sees. Klggini England > >>uter.
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    31 15 Wins Chief Race •*i (owes London. Aug. 9. Britannia, won the to-day. She nnishnutea after Velsheda ouraetnd, having an "Elites 12 seconds. first prize by 'i :md Artra third.
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    21 15 the State and captain of the hundredth wicket < Playlnß for the Colony last week- v M(!k^ the ftrs. i LOO wickets.
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    CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD
    592 15 BEAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES Athletics At The White City 'From Our Own Correspondent.. O London, July 23. XFORD and Cambridge Universities beat the American Universities Princeton and Cornell, by seven events to five in their athletics match at the White City Stadium on Saturday. The rival trams have
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    27 15 By defeating the Negri Bembllan i Club 4-2 on the Railway Stattan >adang the Chinese Recreation Club ntered the final of th« Hose Cup competition in Seremban.
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    718 15 But Both Sets Of Forwards Weak At Finishing R.A.F. 0: R.A 0. Tiic Royal Air Force and l voval Artillery shared points in a goalless draw in a First Division match on the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. The game was splendidly contested from
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    SELANGOR RUGGER
    147 15 Chinese Endeavouring To Raise A Team From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. With sufficient enthusiasm among their members, the Selangcr Chinese Recreation Club hope to raise a Rugby fifteen this season. A meeting was called this ?vening with a view to sounding members as to whether
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    Negri Rugger
    78 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 9. The Negri Sembilan State rugger meeting will take place at the Sun^ei Ujong Club on August 31. The Negri rugger season wiJ 1 commence early in September. The Negri Sembilan All Blues, the Asiatics Rugby side, will hold a meeting on
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    132 15 Bowling Feat Which Can Never Be Excelled Sydney. One of the keenest followers of the fortunes of the Australian cricket team In England is Mr. Richard T. Tearne. who at 78 years of age remains as great an enthusiasts for the game as he was in 1879, when
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    LAST GAME OF SEASON
    74 15 Ipoh Club Beat Penang Cricket Club (From Our Own Correspondent- > Ipoh, Aug. 11. In a scrappy but amusing game the Ipoh Club beat the Penang Cricket Club by three goals to one on the Ipoh Padang this evening. Pether scored for Penang just befsre half
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    ACCIDENTS AT TAIPING RACES
    534 15 ACCIDENTS AT TAIPING RACES Rio Rita Completes Double (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipin*, Aug. 11. OEVERAL accidents, fortunately not of a serious nature, occurred at the races today. In the fourth event Lady Rajah. Itam and Shorty, collided and fell The respective riders Che Yuen. Capt Symonds, and Che Sa'
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    ENGLAND BEAT FRANCE
    527 15 ATHLETIC CONTEST AT PARIS France Does Best In Field Events <From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 30. FNGLAND beat France in an in- ternational athletic contest in Paris, for the third successive year, by 66V2 points to lt%. The superiority of the English athletes on the track
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