The Straits Budget, 2 August 1928

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    27 1 The Straits Budget ■so. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED EIGHTY TEAKS.} SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,192 S Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d*
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    CONTENTS.
    444 1 I iRADtHS— I a ll-.rtiv Ai.nu«' I in u'i Statt and China I i umbiM' o i I Hun'iin«* Slaughtering I Kubu*r A N«* w 8vheme I SanWir l I V'tvs |,\.gr«mv Knitter and Special—|0 <• t Weeks N*"» 19-24 Pkturr* I T .,.rr»r and Lady Clifford I I.,
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    2381 1 Mrs. Stevens, wife of Mr. Justice Sieve ns, has arrived in Penang from Home. Mr. S. N. King, Malayan Civil Service, has been appointed to act as Assistant Adviser, Knkub. Mr. Ho Kwong, a nephew of Sir Robert Hu Tung. K. 8.. LL.D., ot Heng Kong, is
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    GOVERNOR’S DEPARTURE.
    276 2 Representative Gathering At East Wharf. The East Wharf presented an unusually crowded and busy appearance on July 26, when the P. and O. steamer Rawalpindi sailed at l o’clock tor Europe with 11.E. the Governor and Lady Clifford on board, and a large complement of other Straits passengers.
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    MILK TRADE MARK CASES.
    271 2 Eight Local Towkays To Be Prosecuted. Prosecutions against eight Chinese towkays for alleged use of false trademark.-. are being initiated by the AngloSwiss Condensed Milk Company. The first of these eases was started in the Second C ourt yesterday, when Tan Pak Chan was charged with
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    ANTI-MALARIA WORK.
    160 2 Research Work and Control Closely Allied. Speaking at the annual meeting 1 of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases on June 2cS. the chairman, Sir Charles McLeod, said An important item in the report is the mention of the Central Industrial AntiMalaria Advisory Board. It cannot
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    FINANCE AND INDUSTRY. BRITISH INVESTMENTS IN FRANCE.
    1547 2  -  (By A. W. Still.) London, July 4. Now that the fra no has been definitely stabilised. British holder.- ot frranch War, Loans are asking whether France intends; to honour her obligations to foreigners. Durir.fr the war years, a considerable j amount ot British
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      A HARDY ANNUAL.
      647 3 w the surface, are wasteful. —Straits Times, July 26. v nuestion which bids fair to beje hardy annual will be raised if to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of Singawhen Mr. J. W. Harries moves n hat in view of doubts expressed o the benefits (if any)
      ~ – — — — • ' w the surface, are wasteful.—Straits Times, July 26.  -  647 words
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      UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
      678 3 are bright indeed.—Straits Times, July 27. The brief announcement that the United States Government have agreed to the proposals of the Chinese Nationalists to negotiate a new commercial treaty granting China full autonomy of customs and tariffs came with almost startling suddenness. It has always been
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      COMBINES.
      649 3 Straits Times, July 28. The increasing tendency toward great amalgamations in finance and industry and the possible effects of the steady abolition of the competitive system form the subject of an arresting article by the Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, M.P., in the current issue of the Contemporary Review. Mr.
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      HUMANE SLAUGHTERING.
      618 3 tices in Malaya may be.—Straits Times, July 30. Few who have listened to the sounds which emanate from the Singapore abattoirs in the early hours of the morning will learn that the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Commons without
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      RUBBER—A NEW SCHEME.
      966 4 our columns for criticism. —Straits Times, July 31. Of the many plans formulated for dealing with the ills which heset the rubber industry, each; has failed to avoid one or both of, two great pitfalls—either enormous capital has been involved or the reimposition of some form of
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      NANKING.
      566 4 aru noi lor--Straits Times, August 1. Sir Austen Chamberlain has made the speech which all British people in the Far East fervently hoped for but did not dare to expect. He has made the plain and unequivocal statement that before the Nationalists of China can talk of revision of
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    OCCASIONAL NOTES
    1444 4 The comment that the public entertainment have trinS Cl es of the ethics of amateurism 8ee ?f hed °ve[ by the announcement that \V> JU tlfie< l lias been reinstated as a ni A "‘hen Am.Twan Davis Cup team aJZin h m the challenge round again.f p pl|
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    PULAU BRANI TRAGEDY.
    140 5 Murderer Of 15 Year Old Boy Still At Large. U; v an echo in the District Court l.iursday of the murder on March 5 n r a |5-year old Chinese lad on Pulau J he deceased, who was a peon in Straits Trading Co., by the Chinese
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    TING KIL TIN.
    510 5 Results of Company’s Prospecting. The annual general meeting of Ting Kil Tin Mines, Ltd., was held on Monday at the offices of the secretaries, Derrick and Company, Hong Kong Bank Chambers, the chairman of the company, Mr. J. M. Sime, presiding. There were also present Messrs. E.
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM LETTER.
    95 5 Singapore Postman Remanded On Bail Of $1,000. Goh Tiow Tiong, a Chinese postman, was charged before the District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) on Thursday with the theft of $1, which he was alleged to have extracted from a letter in the course of transmission through
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    SMUGGLERS’ LATEST RUSE.
    57 5 Opium Discovered In Hollow Gravestones. Revenue officers on duty at the Singapore wharves are the most suspicious and unbelieving of mortals. Not even the emblems of mortality escape their scrutiny, and yesterday they were rewarded by a nnd of $12,000 worth of smuggled chandu n hoMowcd-oir. Chinese
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    591 5 Solicitor’s Clerk Acquitted On Cheating Charge. Mr. Justice Dinsmore and a special jury were occupied at the Assizes on July 25 with hearing evidence in the case in which C. Sanmugam, formerly managing j’erk for Mr. M. V. Pillai, was charged with cheating in respect of a house.
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    “ A SCANDALOUS THING.”
    168 5 A SCANDALOUS THING.” Counsel's Request For Court’s Sympathy. When the Second Police Court charge of theft brought against a 14-year old Malay wife by her husband was withdrawn, her counsel (Mr. C. P. Burke) asked for an expression of the Court’s sympathy for her. She had gone to her mother
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    MALAYANS AT HOME.
    655 5 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FROM LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 5. Sir Laurence Guillemard appears in the role of a director of the British and German Trust, Ltd. A photograph of the former Governor in the above connection was in the Daily Express of yesterday. Malaya House
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    PENANG SUIT SETTLED.
    55 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 31. In the Supreme Court, Penang, the suit between IChoo Tek Chye and two others, executors of the will of Khoo Eu Yonj', has been settled, the defendants agreeing to allow the plaintitT to examine the account books. The mat'd adjourned
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    WEEK-END YACHTING.
    626 6 Strenuous Conditions For Team Race. The R.S.Y.C. team race on Sunday morning turned out to he one of the best events of the year as the clerk of the weather handed out plenty of wind and sea and with a new eourse, skippers and crews had a strenuous
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    CHARGE AGAINST PLANTER.
    160 6 Sequel to Servant’s Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 26. Serious allegations were made against a planter at an inquest held on a Chinese tukan ayer at Telok Anson on Monday, and as a consequence he is to he prosecuted on a charge of causing
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    DEATH OF MR. T. L. GOSLING
    1030 6 OLD EUROPEAN RESIDENT OF SINGAPORE. Singapore has lost 'one of its oldest j European residents in Mr. T. L. Gosling j who died at the premises of Mackay j .Monk, Ltd., whore lie resided, in Anson j Road on July 30. During April and
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    SIGNALS OUTSIDE GAOL.
    338 6 Woman and Imprisoned Husband.. I I A v» ung Ghinese woman of tho labour- :ivr c lass, who recently ai rived in Singapore to !i”.d that tho husband who had ded to this e< untry wo* ferving :imprisonment, was pro..soon tod K-fo’i *ho Fourth Police Magistrate (Mr.
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    S.S. (SINGAPORE) ASSCN.
    58 6 A committee meeting of the Association will be held on Monday, August 13 to confer the following agenda-’ W• a v ry nffi Cont Cracker Firing. Survey Office. Secretary f or Postal Affairs S.S. and F.M.S., Singapore Harbour Extensions and Improvements. Fresh Milk Supply. New- Public Hall
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    MALAYAN WEDDINGS.
    722 6 MR. J. S. MA(Ti!Klt\|.\ MISS FRY 1 The marriage took plate at s t y Church, Kuala Lumpur, n ♦he Rev. O. B. Parsons off, Ul Mr. John Stuart Macpherson, of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Macph,^ Jl, May held Gardens, Edinburgh Miss Joan Frances Brownfield f daughter
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    TUNNEY WINS AGAIN.
    1230 7 hEENEY’S PLUCK. loses on technical KNOCK OUT. IoNTEST ENDS IN 11TH r ROUND. L Reuter ruble received at 10.30 a.m. I5.,lv 27 Kuve the result of the contest ib l» York between Gene Tunney, chamr of ,he world, and Tom Heeney, the K* Zealander. I Tunney won
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    CHINESE MOTHER’S SUICIDE.
    183 7 Pathetic Story Of Poverty Told To Coroner. The Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) heard a pathetic story of poverty on July 26 when he inquired into the death of a Chinese woman whose body was found hanging in her hut at Changi. The woman’s husband said
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    PASSENGERS.
    1026 7 Homeward Bound on The Rawalpindi. The following pusj»eng»-i.s left for Europe by the Rawalpindi, on July 26 Sir Hu?h Clifford, G.C.M.G., G.B.E., and Lady Clifford. Mr and Mrs. W. Henderson. Mr. J. S. M. Kennie, Miss W. S. Harnett, .Mrs. F. G. Carpenter, Mr. G. Ruse, Lt. J. A.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    66 7 [Th# Strait* Times ia not responsibly for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letter* mast be ehort and to the point. Long epietlee are liable to be rejected or cut doom. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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    QUACK DOCTORS.
    94 7 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, —One does not know- whether there is any law- dealing with medical practitioners in Singapore. There are a lot of quack doctors knocking about and they find a good field for their ingenuity at the expense of people’s health. It
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    “ CHANG.”
    539 7 CHANG.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have been looking forward to seeing Chang, imagining that the animals had been filmed in a humane manner, such as that in which Mr Cherry Kearton took his photographs. After reading The Making of Chang,” which appeared in your issue
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    EXPENSIVE ADULTERATION.
    46 7 $150 Fine For Singapore Milk Vendor. A milk vendor whose milk w-as found to contain 25 per cent, of water was fined $150 in the Singapore police courts on Friday. Smart fines were also imposed on defendants summoned for running unlicensed coffee-shops and laundries.
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    CEYLON REFORMS REACTION.
    1516 8 LOCAL COMMENT. BURGHER LEADER’S CRITICISM. COLONY ASKED TO SHOW LEADERSHIP. A great sensation has been caused in Ceylon by the recommendations of the commission which inquired into the constitution of that Colony, and the latest Colombo papers contain a mass of comment of all shades of opinion.
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    SPORT AT MALACCA.
    406 8 Results of Various Golf Events. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 24. The monthly mixed foursomes competition held on Thursday attracted a good entry, and some excellent scores were returned. The winning couple was Mrs. F. Chester and Mr. A. E. Mullaly, with Mrs. Cantrell and Mr.
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    PALM OIL PLANTING.
    118 8 New Company To Be Floated In Malaya. Tiie possibilities of palm oil planting in Malaya, strongly advocated by Mr. C. C. Malet and others, are receiving increasing attention, and it is now announced that a new company has been registered in the Straits Settlements under the names
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    SAVED FROM SUICIDE.
    102 8 Modest Girl Rescuers On Katong Beach. A Chinese woman who tried to commit suicide by throwing herself into the sea between Katong and Teluk Kurau at about 7 o’clock on Friday was rescued by two young Eurasian girls. The police are unaware of the identity of the
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    234 8 [Nichi-Nichi Service.! Important Move w Conciliation. [Nichi-Nichi Service.] ■v, T c- Tokio M 26 Mr. Tao Siow-mmg, representative Ji Mukden administration, and Mr \v Daiting, representative of the Government, have arrived in taneously on important missions Mr. Tao, in an interview, declared hit it is absurd to
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    DEATH OF CAPT. E. D. GOFF.
    338 8 Member Of Singapore Pilot Association. Shipping circles in Singapore have heard with surprise and regret of the sudden death of Capt. E. D. Goff in hi? rooms at the Adelphi Hotel, on Friday Copt. Goff had been ill for several weeks with dengue fever,
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    $l00 FOR BREAKING LEG.
    70 8 Exasperated Husband e^ ent Treated By Magistrate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) P a P Low Ah Chit, a carpenter 1S0 $1U0. in default three month. t0 hi? ment, for voluntarily causing W The Judge gave the option v fanJ he believed there had be* sta t
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    SINGAPORE’S NEW POST OFFICE.
    2020 9 modern methods. features of the ORGANISATION. [Special to the Straits Times.] Although it usually passes without titc. in these days of development and ogress there are few organisations liih have undergone so much change the result of experience, as the postal rvico. In much the same
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    PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.
    206 9 First Minutes Of New Municipal Committee. The first minutes of the newly constituted Parks and Open Spaces Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners are given !>clow Recommended purchases of 400 garden chairs for use during performances of the Police Band at an approximate cost of $1,300.
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    SMASH ON ANDERSON BRIDGE.
    103 9 Approaching Car That Took The Wrong Side. The crashing against the parapet of And* rson Bridge on Friday of a Morr:s van which was being driven towards own is attributed by the driver to the act that an approaching motor car, took ho wrong way over
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    TO 566 BRITISH MISSING.
    293 9 MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT NIEUPORT. A monument to the memory of 566 British soldiers who were killed and were reported missing at Antwerp and in the Nieuport sector was unveiled on July 1. The memorial is in the form of a stone pylon standing on a stone
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    THE CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS.
    314 9 HospiUU*y At Tanjong Pagar Wharves. Soon after the 16,000 tons motor shiv Christiaan Huygens berthed at Tanjong Pagar on Friday morning on her homeward bound voyage from Batavia preparations were made for the entertainment of close upon a hundred Singapore residents to luncheon for which invitations were
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    MANILA SHOW FRACAS.
    99 9 Inspector-General Of Police Visits Malacca. The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. H. Fairburn) proceeded to Malacca last week, and held a board of inquiry in connection with the recent trouble at the Munila Shows, when practically the whol 1 of the Malay police constables atta ii“ I to
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    FORTY-SIX LIVES LOST.
    761 10 LINER WRECKED. STORY OF “CAP LAY DISASTER. DASHED ON ROCKS BY TYPHOON. Further details reached Singapore on July 20 of the terrible fate which befel the Chargeurs Reunis steamer, Cap Lay, which, caught in a typhoon, went on the rocks at the mouth of Haiphong Harbour, at
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    EX-P.C. ORDAINED PRIEST.
    200 10 MILITARY MEDAL WON IN THE WAR. Mr. Harold J. Carter, an ex-policeman, of the Metropolitan Force, afterwards a plain-clothes man, an ex-soldier who gained the Military Medal and the Rumanian Cross in the war, has been ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Bourne
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    CYCLIST KILLED.
    330 10 r Collision With Car At Junction. A fatal collision between a Chinese cyclist, named Chan Ee Sang, and a motor cor on July 23. at the junction of Dalvey Road with Stevens Road was the subject of an inquest yesterday. A verdict of death by misadventure w’as returned.
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    LADY BONN'S PETITION.
    179 10 Lord Merrivale’s Comment In Society Divorce Suit. London, July 20. The hearing of the divorce suit in which Lady Bonn sued the well-known merchant and banker Sir Max Bonn for alleged misconduct in London and Paris, and which the husband countercharged, citing Sir Ronald Waterhouse and Mr.
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    872 10 SIDNEY BARNES’ AMAZING BOWLING. KENT BADLY BEATEN BY LANCASHIRE. Bournemouth Nottinghamshire beat Hampshire or, the first innings. Hanipsaiit- batted first and were all out for HU runs. Voe took seven wickets for 39. N< ttin.irhanishire replied with oOU for the io>«. (f niiu wickets and declared, George Gur.n
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    FAMOUS VOICE BREAKING.
    245 10 CHOIRBOY’S GRAMOPHONE FAME. Ernest Lough’s voice is breaking tw seventeen-year-old chorister, whose n,s is known in homes all over the J’ 01 c e and who has been responsible for the Temple Church each Sunday ln became famous, will soon have to up singing. lVe His rise
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    MILLIONAIRE’S YACHT.
    268 10 80-Foot Craft Built For Mr. Loke Wan Yat. Messrs. Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd, have just completed in their local shipyard a twin screw motor yacht, built to the order of Mr. Loke Wan Yat, the wellknown resident of Kuala Lumpur. The yacht, which is 80 feet in length with
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    MUNICIPAL BUYING POLICY.
    3385 11 INQUIRY VOTED. PRESIDENT’S REPLY TO CRITICISM. *2,000,000 SPENT LOCALLY last year. The Municipal buying polity was agcrn discussed at the meeting of the SingaporeMunicipal Commissioners on Friday, and a sub-committee was appointed to into the matter, with power to .ah tov reports from the executive. Th? Prudent
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    JOHORE DRIVER FINED.
    250 12 European Fare Gives Evidence For Prosecution. His European fare was a witness for tlu* prosecution against a Johore Bahru taxi driver who was charged in the District Court on July 25 with causing gCkvous hurt by a rash act. The driver knocked down a Tamil pedestrian on
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    POLICEMAN FINED.
    197 12 N.C.O. Attacked At Raffles Museum. A fine of $25 or three weeks rigorous imprisonment was inflicted on a police constable in the police courts on Friday, for assaulting a lance-corporal with a rifle. The quarrel is said to have arisen from a report made by the lance-corporal that
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    CHARGES AGAINST DOCTOR.
    63 12 Serious Allegations In Penang Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 27. Serious charges alleged against Doctor A. F. Shiyras of the firm of L. Jamieson, Sharp and McKern, were made in the Butterworth court this afternoon. The allegations are made by Miss A. F. McIntyre. The
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    “HAYNES’ ARMY OF SHROFFS.”
    913 12 HONG KONG SENSATION. FORMER RESIDENT OF MALAYA SUED. An extraordinary story was told ir. Hong Kong when Mr. Leslie E. Haynes. former resident of Kuala Lumpur, wa-j sued by three Chinese in separate actions., Joined with Mr. Haynes in the suits was j a company called
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    AMAZING VITALITY.
    261 12 Man Walks 1% Miles With Fatal Injuries. \mazinp vitality was exhibited by a 37-year olii Chinese who walked a mile ami a half at Changi with multiple stab wounds from which he subsequently died. When the man finally reached a policestation. having come into town in a motorbus
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    CRAWLEY INQUIRY ENDS.
    140 12 Coroner Returns Verdict Of Murder. A finding cf murder against some person or persons unknown was returned by the Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) in the inquest on the European. Frederick Crawley, whose body was found :r. the Singapore River on June 16. Mr. Bourne said, In
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    ROUNDING UP HYLAM “REDS.”
    117 12 Twenty Arrests In Geylar.g Night ♦School. An indication that Communist agitation is still proceeding among the Hylams of Singapore, and that night schools arc continuing to be used for that purpose, was provided by proceedings in the district Court on July 2*\ when twenty Chinese were
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    A 10,000 MILE RACE.
    77 12 1 he two motorists who propose driving a light Engli.-h car from Singapore t> London have been challenged to make ace of the adventure by two local residents who are arranging to use a Continental car of similar power. There is also a possibility of a
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    MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
    315 12 THE POSITION OF SIR HUGH CLIFFORD. In tho course of reference to the military contribution controversy the Ma lay Mail quotes at length from the recent loading articles on the subject in the Straits Times and concludes with the following comment One thing is certain and that is
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    PENANG SHOOTING CASE.
    240 12 Chinese Landowner And Building Contractor. After a three-day trial at the Penang Assizes Teh Tok Chin, alias C. T. Tensen. a Chinese landed proprietor, was acquitted n a charge of attempted murder by shooting at his contractor in a compound in Kelewai Road on June 1 last.
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    ANOTHER SHARK FATALITY.
    139 12 Diver Killed in Singapore Harbour. The presence of sharks* in the Singapore harbour received tragic confirmation on July 25, when a Malay diver was attacked and killed outside the Breakwater. The deceased, Sahat bin Bodat, was engaged to recover some baggage belonging to a Chinese passenger off
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    F.M.S. FINANCES AND THE SLUMP.
    1698 13 F .M.S. FINANCES AND THE SLUMP. OFFICIAL OPTIMISM. SIR WILLIAM PEEL’S SPEECH. NO 'CUT IN PUBLIC WORKS programme. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 30. An -tWK* cial position ot tut t j 0 wn the ernn.ent ‘services programme ouhhc pet revealed in a his year 01 ,u t
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    MONT AIGUILLE’S SUCCESS.
    405 13 Win and Six Places At Penang. The outstanding feature of the opening day’s rating of the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting on Saturday (writes the racing correspondent of the Straits Echo) was undoubtedly the brilliant performance of Mont Aiguille, the Sereml>antwned new English importation which won hi*
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    YOUNG SIKH IN TROUBLE.
    131 13 Shaved Beard And Attempted To Join Destroyer. Gulab Singh, a junior clerk employed by the Perak Turf Club, who is alleged to have misappropriated the proceeds of a number of sweep tickets, and who was arrested in Penang, was produced before the lpoh Magistrate on Saturday.
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    $350,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE.
    463 13 LOCAL GODOWN GUTTED. TREMENDOUS BLAZE AT QUAYSIDE. There a tremendous hluze at the Telok Ayer wharves on Sunday, when godown tilled with rubber, drums of oil and paint, and other materials, was completely destroyed by lire. The damage is estimated at $350,000, and the owners of
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    S.V.R.A. YEAR BOOK.
    168 13 The 1928 Year Book of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Association has been sent to us. It contains a mass of information which should prove to he of great interest and use to the members, and in this connection it may be pointed out that the Association now
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    COLONY ADMINISTRATION.
    71 13 The Dormant Commission appointing the Colonial Secretary for the time being of the Straits Settlements to administer the Government of the Colony was read and the oath of allegiance and the oath for the due execution of the office if Officer Administering the Government if the Colony of
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    BROKERS AND CONTRACTS.
    1869 14 IMPORTANT SINGAPORE DECISION. NON-GUARANTEE FIRMS AND PRINCIPALS. Aa important judgment was delivered l>y the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice 4>prouie) on July 24 in the action in which Choon and Co. sued Messrs. Careen and Collier for .521,000 for breach warranty. Messrs. Green and Collier, a firm
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    SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB.
    208 14 Profit Reported On Last Year's Working. Appended are extracts from the report and accounts to he presented at the annual meeting of the Singapore Recreation Club at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday. August 1 The 'ear's working shows a profit of $1,107 aftet writing otT $7,21 for depreciation
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    K.P.M. STEAMER RETURNS.
    67 14 (Aneta Wireless Service.* Suspected Case Of Scarlet Fever. (Aneta Wireless Service.* Batavia, July The K.P.M. steamer Nieuw Holland returned to Macassar yesterday a few hours alter departure for Brisbane owing to a suspected case of scarlet fever in a grandchild of the ship’s doctor. The child and
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    KUALA LUMPUR HOUSING.
    959 14 HEALTH OFFICER’S REPORT. SEVEN PERSONS IN ONE CUBICLE. (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur. Julv 25 The perennial problem of the shophouse cubicle was discussed by the Saniturv Board to-day, following the reading of an interesting report submitted by the new. Health Officer, Dr. Vickers. This subject
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      SETTLEMENT FOR NANKING.
      1154 19 [REUTER TELEGRAM] BRITISH STAND. 'REIJMINARV of treaty REVISION. FOREIGN SECRETARY'S FIRM SPEECH. 1“ [RE’JTER telegram] Iiondon. July -0. e Hou>e of Commons, replying to, ate on the Foreign Office estimate* ng China, Sir Austen ham her lain i£<l that Great Britan adheres to, rit of the inspirit!*
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      LITHUANIA.
      102 19 British Minister t rues Settlement. Rugby, July 25. Sir Austen Chamberlain stated tn the House of Commons this afternoon that the British Minister at Riga had been Instructed to ur*e inf 0 ™a >- u l lon 1 Tithuanian Foreign Ministei tht <«« ability of Rivin* effect tn th
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      LORD BALFOUR.
      355 19 Royal Message on Eightieth Birthday. London, July 25. Hundreds of messages w’ere received by Lord Balfour on his 80th birthday, including congratulations from King George and Queen Mary, who telegraphed that it was a great pleasure to send very hearty greetings to an old friend and laithtul and
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      LIBELS IN INDIA.
      149 19 Action Taken Against Newspaper. London, July DO. In the House of Commons at question time Lord Winterton stated that the Government of Bengal were prosecuting the editor, printer and publisher of Forward in respect of the publication of a letter alleging that some of the Government railway
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      DEATH OF SIR FIELDING CLARKE.
      52 19 London, July dO. The death has occurred of Sir Fielding Clarke, ex-Chief Justice of Hong Kong. Sir Fielding Clarke, L.L.B., F.R.G.S., was born on February 2:5. 1X51. He was Chief justice of Fiji 1H« 1. Judge Hong Kong 1XX9, Chief Justice 181*2-9'. and Chief Justice
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      INDIAN APPOINTMENTS.
      55 19 London, July DO. His Majesty has approved the appointment of Sir Malcolm Hailey a> Governor of the United Provinces and Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency as Governor of the Punjab. Sir Malcolm Hailey has been Governor of the Punjab since 1921 and Sir Geoffrey I de Montmorency has been
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      COLONIAL OFFICE VISITS.
      260 19 STUDYING PROBLEMS IN WEST AFRICA. Rugby, July 25. Brig.-General Sir Samuel Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, will leave England on August 1 on an official visit to the West African Colonies. He will be accompanied by Dr. A. T. Stanton, Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial
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      ARCHBISHOP RESIGNS.
      175 19 To Vacate Office On November 12. London, July 25. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Randall Davidson, has resigned, and will vacate office on November 12. To Be Offered Freedom of London. London, July 26. The City Corporation unanimously decided to ask the Archbishop of Canterbury to accept the
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      FINANCE BILL PASSED.
      98 19 Budget Estimate Should Be Made (k>od. London, July 27. The House of Commons, by 24'J to 84, defeated the motion for rejection of the Finance Bill, which was accordingly read a third time. Kugby, July 27. During the debate Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that
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      ALSATIAN AUTONOMISTS.
      46 19 Paris, July 20. Although pardoned by the Preside; the Alsatian Autonomists Bicklin and will be unable to take their seat- in t> Chamber, since the law under \vhi*'h the, were convicted includes among penalties deprivation of political rig’.r.j, which cannot bo restored by pardon.
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      WIRE AND CABLE MERGER.
      541 20 THE REPORT. ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES. REGULATION OF BEAM SYSTEMS. London, July 27. The Imperial Wireless and l aide C onference appointed to examine the situation resulting from the competition i of Beam wireless with cables has reported recommending: the formation of a merger company to
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      MARKETING BRITISH COAL.
      72 20 Attempt To Form National Organisation. Rugby, July 27. An attempt is being made by influential British coalowners to evolve the national organisation of all coalfields in the country for marketing purposes. Meetings with this end in view are taking place between representatives of three distinct marketing schemes
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      LADY HEATH’S NEW ROLE.
      359 20 TO PILOT AIR LINER TO JAVA. London, July 27. I Lady Heath was interviewed by a representative of Reuters* Agency at Crovdon '»n her arrival from Amsterdam las ‘second pilot of a fifteen-passenger Kokker-Jupiter of the Royal Patch ai» i 1 she said she had been
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      BIG LONDON BLAZE.
      134 20 Two Hundred Firemen Fight Flames. London, July 28. Over-heated peanuts are believed to have been the cause of the greatest river lire for years, which broke out in a century old six-storey building on the Thames wharf, occupied by Messrs. Chambers, in the danger zone of the
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      NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
      86 20 New Commancler-in-Chief Of China Station. London, July 27. Vice-Admiral A. K. Waistell has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the China Station in succession to Vice-Admi-ral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt. He will assume command on January 18, 1929. Rear-Admiral R. M. Burmester has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station. He
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      METHODIST CHURCH UNION.
      62 20 Needed Majority Obtained At Pastoral Session. London, July 27. The vote of the Wesleyan pastoral session yielded the requisite 75 per cent, majoritv in favour of Methodist union. A resolution was passed by the General action of the Wesleyan Conference last week in favour of an Knabling
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      EGYPTIAN CRISIS.
      286 20 Determined Attitude Of Government. Cairo, July 27. Tho Government's determined attitude Ls instanced by the warning issued by the Governor of Cairo on behalf of the Minister of the Interior to Nahas Pasha that the latter will be held responsible for any meeting or demonstration which results in
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      FRANCE AND GERMANY.
      195 20 Bitter Feeling Over Flag Incident. Berlin, July 27. That the German representative should refuse to proceed to Paris to sign the Kellogg pact is already being demanded by angry German critics. This followed an announcement that the French occupation authorities requested the German Government to extradite three
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      BRITAIN’S AIR FUTURE.
      175 20 Route To China Next Year. London, July 31. In the House of Commons, during the u\v estimates debate, Sir Samuel Hoare -aid the London-India air route ought to he working to scheduled time by April, 1929. Once it was working the next principal route would be the
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      RAILWAY WORKERS.
      307 20 Agreement as to Wage Reduction. London, July 07 The conference of railway and railway trade union leaders* has boon exhaustively considering companies’ proposals for revi-jln wages and working conditions, ha- ed an agreement by which employees t accept 2*2 per cent, reduction in Ur 1 from August 13.
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      EMPIRE PARLIAMENTS.
      161 20 British Delegates For Canada. Rugby, July 27. Questions of common interest throughout the Empire, including trade and economic development and migration, will be liscussed by the Empire Parliamentary Association delegates at a conference ;n the House of Commons at Ottawa which opens on August 29. The delegates from
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      COTTON LOCK-OUT.
      110 20 Employers* Federation Takes Action. London, July 27. The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners has decided that the lock out will begin on August 11. The lock out, which will affect 500,000 cotton operatives in Lancashire, was decide on by a special committee of the Federatio of Master Spinners’
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      ARMS FOR CHINA.
      50 20 Agreement Of Extending. Rugby, July It was recently stated in the Commons that all marine underwrite Lloyds’ Institute of London l nder" and the Liverpool Underwriters tions had voluntarily agreed tr underwrite consignments of aM t v,, r China. Many underwriters in countries have adopted a similar
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      UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
      605 21 [Nichi-Nichi Service.] [treaty agreed to I autonomy of customs I TARIFFS. I momentous decision I BY U.S.A. I Washington, July 25. I The Government have agreed to |he proposal of the Chinese Nationalist authorities to negotiate a ne\s loinmercial treaty granting hina lull autonomy of customs
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      INDIAN RAILWAYS.
      132 21 Arrests Follow Sensational Allegations. Madras, July £5. It is reported from Trichinopoly that the president of the railway strike committee. Krishnaswamy Pillai, has betn arrested. The situation is quiet. A number of unskilled workers are reported to be resuming in many places. Trichinopoly, July 29. The agent of
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      EMPIRE MIGRATION.
      126 21 Making It Easier And Attractive. Rugby, July 29. Lord Lovat, Under Secretary for the Dominions and chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee, was to have left London for Canada on a tour of the Dominions yesterday, but was detained on Government business. One of the principal subjects for
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      NO TAX DISPUTE.
      95 21 Suggestion for Temporary Settlement. Bombay, July 25. A resident of Bardoli named Rarr.ehandra .Madhavram Bhalt has telegraphed lo the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, offering to deposit with the Government the difference between the old and the revised assessments in the hope of relieving the tension and satisfying
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      FLOODS IN RUSSIA.
      127 21 Moscow, July 26. Serious floods have occurred in the town of Zeya am: a dozen vil.ages of tec Amur district. Houses were floating ir •he river at Zeya and many people perished. The population *.s stamped*: g from the district. i m Moscow. July 2f>. The cast
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      PARLIAMENT TO ADJOURN.
      56 21 Rugby, July 2G. Parliament will be prorogued on Friday ifpvt week. The Prime Minister, who celebrates his sixty-first birthday on that lav will go to Wales to fulfil a senes of ilubiic engagements before leaving on August 11 for his annual months holiday lt During' absence Sir
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      TILDEN BEATS LACOSTE. SENSATIONAL MATCH.
      1259 21 DAVIS CUP CHALLENGE HOUND RESULTS. Paris, July 25. Mr. Collum, president of the United states Lawn Tennis Association, has assumed responsibility for authorising Tuden to play in the Davis Cup competition. Mr. Folium has issued a statement say•ng mat in response* to the very urgent
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      CASE FOR INQUIRY.
      48 21 Heat Stroke Among Travelling Convicts. Lahore, July 25. A batch of thirty convicts was being removed from Rhotak to Jhang by rail when nine of the men were found to be suffering from heat stroke, from which one died. A magisterial inquiry has been opened.
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      AIR PORT AT AZORES.
      27 21 Lisbon, July 2D. The Government have appointed a cunmission to study the question of the construction of an air port in the Azores.
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      OLYMPIC GAMES INCIDENT.
      650 22 CURIOUS STORY. AFFRONT TO THE FRENCH TEAM. RESULT OF FIRST DAY’S EVENTS. Amsterdam, July 28. The opening of the Olympic Games was marked by a sensation. hen the parade of competitors, forming the cream of the world’s manhood, marched past the Royal Box, it was found that
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      PORTUGUESE REVOLT.
      172 22 Deportation of Those Responsible. Lisbon, July 20. The Council of Ministers approved a decree providing for the punishment of the authors of the recent revolt as follows Officers, non-commissioned officers and civil servants who personally participated n the revoL wdl be dismissed forthwith and will be liable to
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      “KRASSIN” TO THE RESCUE.
      123 22 Response To German S.O.S Moscow, July 2G. The ice-breaker Krassin has again assumed the role o: rescuer of the distressed. Proceeding to Stavanger she picked up an S.O.S. from the German steamer, Monte Cervantes, with 1,500 passengers on board. She proceeded to the spot and found
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      EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE.
      45 22 New Scheme of General Motors. New York, July 25. Over 200,000 employees of the General Motors Corporation will participate in an £80,000,000 insurance policy covering death, sickness and accident. The insurance is cooperative, but the Corporation assumes a substantial part of the premium.
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      FLOATING DOCK.
      50 22 First Section Arrives At Port Said. Par: Said, July 29. The first section of the Singapore floating dock arrived here ahead of ■che luled time. The arrival of the second section, which is expected on Tuesday, will be awaited before the first is taken through the Suez Canal.
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      ROYAL GARDEN PARTY.
      54 22 Termination Of The London Season. Rugby, July 20. A Royal garden party was held at Buckingham Palace this afternoon in ideal weather. Six thousand guests were present, including many British Dominions, United States and other overseas visitors. The event is generally regarded as marking the termination of
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      LIGHT AEROPLANE RECORD.
      51 22 Capt. de Havilland’s Latest Achievement. London, July 25. < apt. G. <!e Havilland, piloting a Gipsy Moth aeroplane fitted with a hundred horse-power engine, reached an altitude of over 21,000 feet, breaking the world a.titude record for light aeroplanes. He a .v 3 accompanied by his wife
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      Cable News in Brief.
      917 22 Berlin, July 25. t The German clergy in south Tyrol hav« sent the Pope a memorandum respecting the prohibition of religious instruction in German to children of German-speaking Pa Regarding Sir Austen Chamberlain’s expressed regret at German geographers being absent from the Cambridge conlerence. the German
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      U. S. A. FATALITIES.
      117 22 Collision on Elevated Railway. New York, J u l y 3o Fifty people were injured thr„ them fatally, in a collision between t of elevated trains yesterday eveninjunction of Sixty-sixth Street and cl i h bus Avenue. Over 1,000 parson* were returning from week-end exeur i
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      STEVE DONOGHUE.
      58 22 Denies Reported Intention To Retire. Steve Donoghue, interviewed by R euttt at Sandown Park, emphatically deni** the report that he was to retire from saddle and become a trainer. It was reported that Donoghue wo retire at the end of the season and ta charge of the Shewton
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      GOLD COAST PLANTERS.
      73 22 The Hague, July 2i Mr. A. S. Cann, representing the na;-« cocoa planters on the Gold Coast, who hi been in Holland for some time in tier interests, has succeeded in forming i company here to manage the sales at the European end of the company entitled
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      FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN.
      56 22 London, July 2'.'. Flight-Officer Murdoch, of the Sou:.* African Air Force, left Croydon in a: Avro-Avian 30 h.p. light aeroplane pno: to an attempt to fly to Cape Town ar.d back (16,000 miles) in 18 days. He flew only as far as Lympne to-day. The flight
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      ITALIA AIRMEN RETURN.
      754 23 I IN COPENHAGEN. |Z4PPI VISITS MOTHER OF I MALMGREN. 1 STEADFAST BEARING J IMPRESSES. S Narvik, July 26. I The Citta <li Milano has arrived with ■the rescued members of the crew of th ■Italia. I Oslo, July 2b. I No exact information h»d b een reiS"!l!^al
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      ANTI-WAR PACT.
      280 23 Treaty to be Signed In Paris. Rugby, July 25. Sir Austen Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that he had had no communication from the United Stater, Government up to the present in reply to his note of July 18 accepting the proposed treaty for the renunciation
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      BRITAIN’S MOTOR TRAFFIC.
      160 23 Enormous Increase In One Year. Rugby, July 25. The rapidly increasing number of motor .’ehicles on British roads is shown by the official figures published to-day. Within one year the number has increased by 153.0U0 to 1,909,000. Nearly £20,000,000 was paid in horse power tax in the
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      A DUKE'S ESTATE.
      33 23 Rugby, July 29. Unsettled property valued, so tar as at present can be ascertained, at £1.000.000 has been left by the seventh Duke of Newcastle, who diet! on May 30.
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      FLIGHT TRAGEDY.
      190 23 Polish Airman Rilled At Baghdad. Baghdad, July 31. J iii e arn biti°us attempt at a non-stop night from Warsaw by the Polish Lieutenant Kalina, pilot, and Lieutenant Lzaias, observer, has ended tragically. *t was their intention to land at Baghdad and then return to Cairo and back
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      ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.
      249 23 L’ishop of Manchester Receives Appointment. London, July 31. His Majesty has approved the nomination of the Bishop of Manchester to the Archbishopric of York, vacant by the appointment of Dr. Lang to be Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rt. Rev. William Temple, M.A., D. Litt., Hon. D. D.
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      DISARMAMENT.
      100 23 France aiid Britain In Agreement. London, July 31. Reuter learns that the agreement between Great Britain and France to which Sir Austen Chamberlain referred yesterday evening was the outcome of the discussions between British and French experts last spring relative to the drift of the conventions which Great Britain
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      MEXICAN OUTRAGE.
      91 23 Reasons For Assassination Of Obregon. Mexico City, July 31. According to a voluminous police report, the assassination of General Obregon was inspired by the casual remark of a nun in the presence of the assassin that the religious situation in Mexico would he solved by the deaths of
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      UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN.
      39 23 Rugby, July 31. On July 23 the total number of unm ployed in Great Britain was 1,282,000. This was 35,-168 more than in the previous veek and 198 more than at the same date .ast year.
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      FISCAL ISSUE IN BRITAIN.
      273 23 ALLEGED SPLIT. DIFFERING VIEWS IN SPEECHES. INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE.” London, July 31. An alleged Government split over the fiscal issue is agitating political circles, following discordant speeches by Mr. Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary—the former in the House
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      RAILWAY DISASTER.
      41 23 Fourteen Killed In Collision In Germany. Berlin, July 31. Fourteen people were killed and over 20 injured through a collision between an xpress from Saarbrueken and a stationary goods train between Ulm and Augsburg, owing to points not functioning.
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      AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION.
      69 23 Berlin, July 31. The French Press is still carrying on a lively debate on the question of an AustroGerman union. M. Leon Blum, the wellknown editor, is in favour. The Belgrade Politika says that Austrian trade would suffer if Austria entered the'*Little Entente block of countries, of which
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      MIGRATION IN THE EMPIRE.
      64 23 Rugby, July 31. The President of the Board of Trade stated in the House of Commons that the total number of emigrants of British nationality to the British Empire overseas for the year ended June 30, was 187,(505, and to the United States 22,773. The number
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      INDIAN GOVERNMENT LOAN.
      67 23 Simla, July 2(5. The Government announce the issue of a long term loan and also bonds, the latter redeemable in 1031. Together they will total 35 crores of rupees, and both will be at 4’a per cent, interest. The loan will be issued at 04 per cent,
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      REBELS IN ACHEEN.
      32 23 (A net a Wireless Service.) Koetaradjas, July 25. About seven Achinese attacked an infantry detachment in the district of Lamoulo with native swords. One Menndonese private was slightly wounded.
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      PILGRIMAGE TO BATTLEFIELDS.
      252 24 14TH ANNIVERSARY. ELEVEN THOUSAND FROM BRITAIN. SOLEMN CEREMONY AT YPRES. Rugby, July 31. The great pilgrimage to the battlefield.® of Northern France organised by the British Legion will start from London about midnight next Saturday, the fourteenth anniversary of Britain’s entry into the Great War. The pilgrims,
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      ANTI-OPIUM MEASURES.
      297 24 Chinese Member Congratulates F.M.S. Government. At Monday’s meeting of the Federal Council the Hon. Mr. Cheah Cheang Lim congratulated the Government on bringing forward a Bill to amend the Opium and Chandu Enactment, 1925. Th is embodied a vital principle, he said, which those who had fought the
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      PERAK VOLUNTEERS.
      61 24 August Camp At Port Dickson. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 1. About 400 infantrymen of the Malayan Volunteer Corps from Perak will leave by special train on Saturday to go into camp at Port Dickson. Despite Major-General Sir C. van Straulienzee’s pessimism it is believed that Perak
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      ENGLISH TEST TEAM.
      80 24 SIXTEEN CHOSEN. THREE KENT PLAYERS FOR AUSTRALIA. London, July 31. The English Test Team to visit Australia this year has been chosi-n as follows: A. P. F. Chapman (Kent) captain. J. C. White (Somerset) vice-captain. 1). R. Jardine (Surrey). Hobbs (Surrey). Sutcliffe (Yorkshire). Tyldesley, E. (Lancashire). Hammond
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      THE PLAYERS’ RECORDS.
      1005 24  -  (By T. L.) There are only two surprises in the list of names cabled, these being Sam Staples of Notts and J. C. White, the Somerset skipper. A. P. F. Chapman (Captain) Kent, who •g 28, has played for Uppingham, Cambridge, Berkshire, Kent and England. He is
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      SEEKING SAFETY AT SEA.
      237 24 SHIPS’ LOAD LINES. EFFORTS OF BOARD OF TRADE. Rugby, July 31. Th:' President of the Board of Trade ■vas asked in the House of Commons vhat action the Government were taking in pursuance of their policy of promoting international uniformity in the matter of ships’ load
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      FOREST FIRES.
      37 24 Warsaw, July 31. Notwithstanding the efforts of several battalions of engineering troops, a great forest fire in the Carpathians which broke out owing to the heat-wave is still raging and heavy damage has been done.
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      “MOSCOW SPEAKING.”
      567 24 TELEPHONIC MYSTERY \r TANGLIN. AT A telephonic phenomenon is disturbi the suburban serenity of Tanglin. What happens, apparently, is this- t telephone rings, and the lady of house answers it. If she replies English an educated Chinese v inquires Is that naming a nu;nh^ similar to, but not
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      PETROL ON F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
      123 24 Interesting Experiment Motor Coaches. (From Our Own Correspondent.' Kuala Lumpur, July 3 At the meeting of the Federal {l>unc 0 j held here this morning the y- 1 $140,000 was voted for the P uu two railway motor coaches for c*!*' re al purposes on certain
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      DUKE'S BEAT THE S.C.C.
      483 25 Fitness Tells in Gruelling Game. rue match between the S.C.C. and the of Wellington’s Regiment on July 25 v, ..11 intents and purposes decided the championship of the Singapore League. The Regiment won a gruelling contest b> goals to nil. and they now hold such a
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      MALAYAN TENNIS.
      826 25 Ford Impresses Singapore Spectators. Has Malaya seen the best of R. D. Fold, champion of West Austialia, or is he keeping something up his sleeve On July 25 he made his first appearance in Singapore before an audience other than that gathered at a private house, when he
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      OLYMPIC GAMES.
      698 25 [REUTER TELEGRAM] [TRANS-OCEAN via PAN-ASIA] LORO BURGHLEY WINS 400 METRE HURDLES. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Amsterdam, July .TO. I The following were the results at the I Olympic Games to-day 400 Metres Hurdles, Final.—1. Lord Burghley, Britain. 2. Cuhel, U.S.A. 3. -.fvIV-’ Won by two feet. Time 53 2/o sec.
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      AUTUMN FIRE. An Irish Winner For Singapore.
      299 25  -  (By P. F.) Major Hilliard, Veterinary Surgessa to the Koval Calcutta Turf Club, has bought Autumn Fire out of a well-known Irish racing stable and is despatching this good-looking mure to Singapore. Autumn Fire is a chestnut daughter of Irishman and Moonstone. Irishman,
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      SINGAPORE SWORD CLUB.
      364 25 Members Hold Their First Annual Meeting. I The first annual general meeting of the 1 Singapore Sword Club was held at the Tomlinson Hall on Friday night Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, president of the Club, presiding. In the course of a short speech the president said
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      COLONY CRICKET TEAM.
      108 25 Final Selection For Holiday Fixture. The Colony side which is to meet the F.M.S. in the annual match at Kuala Lumpur during the August holidays has now been completed. Kentons (Penang). Hansel] and Macartney were unable to iccept invitations to play. The side is as follows K.
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      CLARKE CUP MATCH. ANOTHER DRAW. THE REST FINISH IN A STRONG POSITION.
      1695 26  -  (By T. L.) Winning the toss Hamilton put The Rest ia to open this year’s Clarke Cup match which was played on the Pahang on and Sunday and again ended an a draw. Palmer opened at the Pavilion
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      GOLF.
      419 26 [REUTER TELEGRAM] American Wins Canadian Championship. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Toronto, July 29. The New York player Diegel won the Canadian open golf championship with a score of 282. Hagen. Compston and Macdonald Smith tied for second place with 284. Scottish Amateur Championship. W. Willis Mackenzie, of Morton Hall, beat W.
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      HAGEN WINS.
      61 26 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Compston Beaten in Return Match. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Way land, Massachusetts, July 23. Wa.tcr Hagen beat E. Compston by 6 and 3 in the return match over 72 holes. Compston led one up at the end of 36 holes. The match was a return encounter for Conipston’s
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      MALAYAN SPORTS.
      821 26 MILITARY SUCCESS T KUALA LUMPUR. T (From Our Own. Correspond,.,,, Kuala Lumpur. JuK •>* There was a lar«;e crowd and 3, weather for the first day of the* Sports yesterday, when eight event ayap worked off. Three new Malavan V We were established. In the lone lm eu
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      AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALLERS.
      1354 27 AUSTRALI AN FOOTBALLERS. MALAYA DEFEATED. h.ixese-malay SIDE win 11 DECISIVELY. ustralian footballers won the most I ■■'usiraimn wwk em i fixtures at -lin anil lost the other. ;i-.e ana i oca i Chinese* t iU*»i**ivel> be.iten score bein*$ May lt vl n 4unday U they’ turned out a rea j.
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      SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
      172 27 Up to the close of play r.t the last naitnp of the Singapore Chess Club 96 games had been decided in the Hnndicxp Tournament and the position of the competitors is now as follows Class. Names. G. W. D. L. Pts. II M. Maschoieff Id 15 0
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      MALAYAN RACING.
      1353 27 OPENING OF PENANG MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 28. Dull weather prevailed for the first day of the Penang Turf Club’s meeting and the going was heavy. Results were as follows Hur.is, h.ss III, Third Division (five turlcngM L rhil|: l’ s A lb Miles and
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      MISS MERCEDES GLEITZE.
      55 27 [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO J Effort To Swim Irish Channel. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, July 26. Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the London typist, is attempting to swim the Irish Channel from Donaghadee to Port Patrick, Scotland, a distance in a straight line of 22 miles. She has so far
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      STEWARDS’ CUP.
      83 28 [REUTER telegram] Navigator Wins: Priory Park Unplaced. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, July 31. The result of the race for the Steward* Cup which was run at Goodwood to-day was Lord Glanely’s 'NAVIGATOR (8 to 1) 1 Lord Lonsdale’.; ENDOWMENT (10 to 1) 2 Mr. A. Walker’s STRANATHRO (20 to
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      MALACCA GOLF.
      355 28 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 31. Thi* return match between Dunlop Plantations and Malacca Golf Club was played over the Malacca Course on Saturday and Sunday with teams of twelve aside. On the last occasion when these representative sides met, Malacca Golf Club won the singles rather
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    A RACING PROBLEM.
    127 28 Jockey Club Seeks Legal Decision. London, July 19. The Karl of Ellesmere, senior steward of the Jockey Club, Lord Wolverton, Sir Leonard Brassey and Sir S. Scott, trustees of the Club, and Messrs. Weatherby and Sons, stake holders, are suing Mr. Edgap Wallace in the Chancery Division
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    GAOL FOR LORD TERRINGTON.
    733 28 GUILTY PLEA ON 48 COUNTS. AN HONOURABLE NAME BESMIRCHED." You have disgraced an honourable profession you have besmirched an honourable name.” With this comment Mr. Justice Brandon, at the Old Bailey, passed a sentence of four years’ penal servitude on Lord Terrington, described in the calendar
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    MONEY IN FROCKS.
    225 28 POIRET REVEALS REASON FOR SHORT SKIRTS. Financiers have realised such a laigv profit on the short skirt that they refuse to allow the artists to create any other style, so the short skirt remains.” This secret was confined a Press correspondent in Paris by M. Poiret, who
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    BIRTH
    20 28 HARLEY CLARKE.—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Saturday, July 18. 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. Harley Clur.xO. a daughter.
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    70 28 FILSHILL—THOMPSON.—On July 25. 1926. at Presbyterian Church, Singapore, by the Rev. G H. Douglas, David third son of D. M. F ilshill, Glasgow, Scotland, to Enid, youngest daughter of the late Edward Thompson, Sydney, Australia. Australian and Scottish papers please copy. KING WAUGH.— At Shanghai, on July 24 1928,
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    SILVER WEDDINGS
    38 28 .‘lcCULL\ CLI’NIES-ROSS. On August 1903. at the Presbyterian Church. Singapore, by the Rev. W. Murray. 1903—1928. LEICESTER -CRAWFORD.—Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Leicester, of No. 63, Dorset Road, celebrate their silver wedding on the 27th instant.
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    Trade and Finance.
    139 28 Singapore, August I exchange. On London, Bank 4 m/» Demand 2/37 Private 3 m. credit 23 U iq On New York, Demand 2 4 7 39 Private DO d/a &5 15 On France, Bank T.T. 57l. On India, Bank T.T. 14;>6 On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 9a
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    Stocks and Shares.
    729 28 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations Singapore, August 1. MINING. Issue al 4>d Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 46 47 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 44 47 1 1 Batang Padang 0.42 4 0.471 1 Batu Cavea 1.27 4 L32£1 £1 Chenderiang 16 17 1 1 Chin Chin 0.10
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      86 28 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits Tinier and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free ptice of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countries is $48 a year. The post free price of
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    118 28 DEATHS APPAYOO. On July 30, 1928, at 45, Rowel! Road, Singapore, Appavoo Pillay. beloveu lather of Mr. A. K. Poray. 01 Rallies In stitution. GOFF.—On July 27. 192S. apt. Goff, of theSingapore Pilot Association. JOSEPH. —At his residence, 13, Makepeace Road, at 11 p.m., on Saturday. July 28, 1928, Peter
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      68 1 cneral Rubber Situation London Rubber Stocks Singapore Rubber Auction Rubber Position By A. ft. Still A New Rubber Scheme Two Books on Rubber planters’ Conference 2 Restriction Removal Xocal Rubber Auction feMrible News y o W r Ford and Rubber Blubber Export Quota ■tubber Industries Bill Propped Ketings and
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      62 1 I Singapore Official Quotations. I Quotations 1 Forward Contract 2 Spot Seller Prices j, Aug. Oct. B L’don S'pore Spot Sept. Dec. S' j. .< B 0 O.U’i 0.31 *i 0.31 *4 0.3P* B o ;i ii,m 0.31*1 0.31 0.31 I ii 0.30 i 0.31 0.31 0.30*4 ;,t
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      LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
      25 1 H.i wi- and Feat’s cable from London B'i' 197 tuns increase making the total Br.d<>n rubber stocks at July 31 as re35,140.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      155 1 if Singapore Chamber of Commerce P'ber Association held its 875th auction on k’ust 1. when there was catalogued 912,750 i- <>r 407.18 tons offered 743,393 lbs. or 1 "7 ton' sold 595,230 lbs. or 265.73 tons. London Os. 9%d. pew York 19 cts. PRICES REALISED. p'hcd Smoked
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      RUBBER POSITION THE PROBLEM OF THE STOCKS.
      1165 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) London, July 4. The difficulty of forming any clear idea, as to the future of rubber prices is forcibly illustrated by what has occurred within the past three days. Towards the end of the week there was an impression
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      A NEW RUBBER SCHEME.
      339 1 “INSURANCE BANK.” REGULATING SUPPLIES TO OPEN MARKET. NO RESTRICTION OF OUTPUT. A scheme for the establishment of a Rubber Insurance Bank to stabilise the price of the commodity and regulate the extent of the supplies reaching the open market without in any way restricting output has
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      NEW SCUDAI, LTD.
      374 1 Profits Carried to Reserve Account. The annual general meeting of New Scudai, Ltd., was held at noon on Friday at the registered offices of the company, 04, 05 and 00, Market Street, Singapore. Mr. J. M. Sime was in the chair and the others present were the
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      TWO BOOKS ON RUBBER.
      823 2 SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. The Colloid he mis try of the Rubhei Industry. 13y K. A. Hauser, Ph. D., F.I.K.I., Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford, London) 4s. (id. This hook contains ti.e .‘ubstnnce of the lirst series of Gow lectures on the subject stated in the
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      PLANTERS’ CONFERENCE.
      1051 2 I.S.I*. MEMBERS AT PORT DICKSON. The annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Planters, which is being held at the M.S.V.R. Camp at Port Dickson, was formally opened on Sunday morning, when Mr. J. S. Arter presided over a gathering of about 130 members and visitors. In declaring
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      RESTRICTION REMOVAL.
      48 2 Notice Given To Administration At Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 1. It is understood that the Government have given notice to all members of the Restriction Department, which comprises of locally engaged Europeans and Asiatics, stating that their services are not required after September.
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      TIGERS IN KUALA KUBU.
      200 2 Four Deaths: Man-Eaters Seen Near Railway Station. A reign of terror has l>een instituted in the Kuala Kuhu district hy man-eat-tigers, according' to the appended report from the Malayan Daily Express.— was only recently that we reported that a Chinese tapper working on Bar. Joo Estate,
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      MR. FORD AND RUBBER.
      33 2 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Equipment And Personnel For Brazil Plantations. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Detroit, July 28. I,(mJ s motorship Lake b3, h .ade„ d r«rs„p^ 9 Sa qu te Car, -oration, in
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      LOCAL RUBBER AUCTION.
      582 2 MARKET QUIET |)r Plv the week lr,Ng Barlow and Co. report of J u i v 0 The market has been very quj the past week and prices close V dur B l best. To-day’s cables quote Lon 5 lfid which 18 down on balan 7 New
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      RUBBER EXPORT QUOTA.
      37 2 [REUTER TELEGRAM) London* July It is officially announced that t,u ventage of standard produe 0I f duty exportable at the minimum '<> lUil rter from Ceylon and Malaya l" 1 t,u beginning August will be
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      RUBBER INDUSTRIES BILL DROPPED.
      40 2 [REUTER TELEGRAMI London, J 11 1 Iroppett The Rubber Industries Bib vint r to in the House of Commons t be there being insufficient tim* |it r i' !1 remaining stages prim' lu on August o.
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      RUBBER NEWS.
      4098 3 IaNUAL meetings of r COMPANIES. t',,. orjinury B ener»l m»ctirg of Uind;, ■i Kab'oi-r Kstatcs, Ltd. Col. Jol.n Hr I).8.0. (the chairman), said that last R he stuted that in view of the restriction ifiO per rent, of standard allowance it was Ired that the crop would not
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      R. G. A. ACTIVITIES.
      920 4 FINDING NEW USES FOR RUBBER. Visiting r>.♦* Ribbcr Growers’ Association's (•tfend kt j.ny c’nat exhibition. > uu may find youra* If i \mnir.ing a multitude of small munufucturrd articles* hnd saying of each Put thin can only represent an infinitssimal off tuke of rubber." So it
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      LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
      423 4 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.’s weekly report, dated July 31. states The price of tin, although shewing considerable daily fluctuation®, is practij cully unchanged on balance during the past week. Tin share quotations disclose little variation and the volume of business passing ha®
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      REPATRIATED INDIANS.
      153 4 Reported Request To Malayan Government. A Bombay message states that the Government of India are reported to have addressed a letter to the Madras Government requesting them to negotiate with the authorities of the Malay States tc find employment for a number of repatriated Indians from South Africa.
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE STERLING PRICES JULY 4.
        505 4 Stock p ar Exchange Value Company. It Abaeo J* 2/ Allagar £1 Anglo-Malar f 1 Ayer Kuning £1 Banteng IU 2/ Ratang Consolidated 1 £1 Batu Caret fl Batu Tiga J^ 16 2/ Bekoh 2' Bertam Consolidated I' 2/ Ilrieh £1 Bidor 2/ Bikam
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES AUG. 1.
        738 4 SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES AUG. 1 Capital Issue Clotioc Price* 19 Paid Up Value Divided* Tn*f Ly«!l I 1 Company Co. Evatt IS 389.293 1 33 p.c. year 28-2-2? .Allenby (fl) 1.05 180 1.16 IJSI 160,000 120 p.c. for year 80-9-27 ..Alor Gajah ($1) 1.15 185 1.10 IJ*B 435,425 115
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