The Straits Budget, 23 August 1928

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    28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED EIGHTY YEARS.) No. 3.HSO SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1928 Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d-
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    CONTENTS.
    372 1 leaders— 3 British (Mantle m 3 The Chosen Une 3 Those Estate Stocks 3 4 Malaya in 4 My Spiritual Home 4 Clubs and Credit 3 Occasional Note* Tehran... K..,t.r and 0.v.-rin-r FT.*: W«V. N*«« 19 4 Pictures 1-Wctk-end Sport in Singapore < 1 C. Cricket Tournament 8.8. and
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    3263 1 The Chief Secretary and Lady Pee. are staying at the Residency. I per.. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. P.abjohn, ol Malacca, have gone on a health trip to Brastagi. Mr. J. Cameron, the well-known miner, arrived back in Taiping on Aug. 14 from Australia. Mr. K. R.
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    FINANCE AND INDUSTRY. STRAITS GOVERNMENT’S SILVER.
    1600 2  - FINANCE AND INDUSTRY. STRAITS GOVERNMENT’ S SILVER. (By A. W. Still.) London. July Tr,a reference to flu* Straits in a report of ;he Parliamentary Select Committeo on Finance issued ,%v < a v ai;4 It appears that when a contract vai ma<le by the Straits Government with the Mint for
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    BANGKOK GUNMEN.
    79 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Aug -ITim preliminary court proceed;nynnection with the startling >hooting affairs which occurred thimonth ha concluded, one Chinese being comm tteu for trial on a charge of shooting a yo >ng Chinese doctor on August 3 and toothers on a charge of shooting policeman
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      BRITISH CELANESE.
      897 3 BRITISH CELAN ESE. investment —Straits Times, August 1G. That amazing company British reanese, Limited, whose shares have rocketted and slumped without apparent rhyme or reason repeatedly during the past year ’.'using wild scrambles in which in,-tunes have been made and lost in a few hours on the Stock Exchange, has
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      “THE CHOSEN ONE."
      639 3 easual examination. —Straits Times, August 17. There is a tendency to regard the antics of Krishnamurti, the Madrasi Brahmin, son of a village priest, adopted son of Dr. Annie Besant and now the so-called New Messiah,” as a subject for considerable levity. Unfortunately, any element of comedy
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      THOSE ESTATE STOCKS.
      654 3 Straits Times, August 18. In his weekly review of the rubber situation published in the Straits Times of August 7 Mr. A. W. Still expressed the opinion tiiat world stocks at the end of the current year would not exceed 200,000 tons and that consumption would be
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      MALAYA IN LONDON.
      644 3 f prscnt-day events.—Straits Times, August 20. It is quite true, as suggested by Mr. Lowther Kemp in his speech at the annual meeting of the Association of British Malaya, that in the past there has been a tendency to regard the well meant efforts of the Association
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      “MY SPIRITUAL HOME.”
      727 4 But their sorrow is great.—Straits Times, August 21. If Richard Burdon Haldane, first Viscount Haldane of Cloan, died as lie lived the closing years of his life, a disappointed man, the cause is to be found in the widespread prejudice which sprang up in the early days
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      CLUBS AND CREDIT.
      670 4 —Straits Times, August 22. The report of the Singapore Cricket Club, the annual meeting ol i which is being held to-day, contains; the significant statement that since the cash deposit system ha? been brought into existence bad debts have ceased to be. Those who advocated the change
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    PRAYERBOOK DISCUSSION.
    270 4 Opinions at Singapore Diocesan Conference. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 21. 1 he clergy conference opened a discussi. n at the Town Hall yesterday on th, new 1 rayerbook. 1 he iu v. .1. V. Westlake said that dis. cu- n o;, this subject was like Hoj-jjing
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    137 4 Mr. Ernest Collier—Miss Eihel Inchcomb. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday, the contracting parties being Mr. Ernest Collier, well known in the Singapore rubber trade, and Miss Ethel Inchcomb. of Ciapham, London, who arrived by the Sarpedon on Wednesday last. A
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    BURNT TO DEATH.
    187 4 A Sakai Tragedy at Ayer Itam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. It is reported from Kuala Lipis that recently at Ayer Itam, on the Negri Pahang boundary, two Sakais were found buint to death in a hut which was completely burnt. It was rumoured
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    OCCASIONAL NOTES
    1658 5 Tin* statement by the President of the lits Settlements (Singapore) Auociathat publication of the Colonial See dispatch dealing with the question frte military contribution may be ex.,Y.i in the near future has reawakened nterest in a matter which, but for the Energy displayed by the committee of the
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    NEW SHIPBUILDING.
    523 5 Deep Sea Tug and Penang Ferries. The shipbuilding yard at Keppel Harbour presented a busy appearance last week, when a steel deepsea tug and a wooden harbour tug for the Singapore Harbour Board, two car and passenger ferries for the Penang Harbour Board, and a motor launch for
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    OPEN AIR GAMING.
    170 5 Successful Raid in People's Park. For running an open air gaming establishment in People’s Park, a Chinese was ordered to pay a fine of $250, or in default six months’ rirgorous imprisonment, in the Fourth Court on Tuesday. Mr. R. E. Hope-Falkner, of the Sepoy Lines Police
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    PEACE PACT HOPES.
    235 5 [BRITIBH IMPERIAL RADIO] PRAYERS IN BRITISH CHURCHES. [BRITI8H IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Aug. 21. Lord Cushendun, the acting Foreign Secretary, has addressed the following letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury Owing to the most unfortunate illness of my friend and colleague Sir Austen Chamberlain, it will be my
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    MALACCA SCOTSMEN.
    91 5 Annual Meeting of St. Andrew's Society. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The annual general meeting of the Malacca St. Andrew’s Society was held on Saturday evening, Mr. D. A. E. Bell, presiding. The following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year Chieftain, Mr. Alex. McKenzie, Tebong Estate, Tarnpin vice-chieftain,
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    OWEN ROAD COLLISION.
    111 5 Car Overturned During Demonstration Run. A collision between two cars, one a tourer and the other a two-seater, occurred August 15. The former car, which was being driven by Mr. W. J. Allan, with a Chinese in the front seat, was caught broadside on and turned over.
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS.
    165 5 Conclusion of Successful Conference. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 21. The Malayan teachers’ annual conference closed on Saturday with a largely attended dinner at which Mr. L. D. Whitfield, headmaster of the Government school at Kuala Pilah, proposed the toast of the Malayan Teachers’ Association. He
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    THE SINGAPORE GUNMAN.
    1445 6 ASPECTS OF POST-WAR PROBLEM. CALLOUS AND COWARDLY TYPE. The official view of the gunman problem in Singapore is presented in the following article, written by Mr. II. Onraet, Director of Criminal Intelligence, Singapore, and published in the Malayan Police Magazine No phase of Singapore criminal life has
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    DEATH OF MR. H. BALL.
    184 6 Headmaster Of Kajang English School; Educational circles will learn with rep ret of the death of Mr. Harold Ball, M.A. (Oxon.), which occurred at Penang on Tuesday. Mr. Ball first came out to Malaya n 1913, when he joined the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, as
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    $9,000 CHARGE AGAINST MR. VAN LAER.
    321 6 I Singapore Insurance Man Arrested. The circumstances under which Mr. J. W. H. van Laer, assistant manager of the Java Sea and Fire Insurance Company, Singapore, was arrested in Hong Kong a few days ago, on a charge of criminal breach of trust in
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    WRONG MAN ARRESTED.
    125 6 Colombo Police Act On Singapore Message. Following the arrest of Mr. Van Laer. of Singapore, in Shanghai on a warrant issued in Singapore, news comes from Colombo that the police of that port arrested a Mr. Van Laer, a commercial magnate of Saigon and Switzerland, on board
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    ACCUSED’S CHALLENGE.
    163 6 Statement Questioned In Toy Pistol Case. A police statement that a toy pistol made as much noise when fired as a real weapon was challenged by the accused in a case heard in the police courts yesterday. The accused, a Chinese, was charged with being in possession of
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    JAPAN AND PERSIA.
    28 6 [Nichi-Nichi Service.] [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. 20. A provisional trade and commerce agreement with most favoured nation? clauses has been reached between Japai and Persia.
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    FLOGGING FOR GUNMEN.
    279 6 LESSON FOR MEN \\Hn FOUGHT POLICE. 0 The maximum punishment within t u power of the Criminal District t„] v 1 u, iL r e was imposed yesterday on three Chi nese gunmen, members of a dangerou* gang who were arrested in a Chinatown house after a
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    PERAK’S FLOOD PROBLEMS.
    84 6 Chief Secretary's Conference With Leading Residents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 1*’. The Chief Secretary (Sir William Peel) was accorded an elaborate reception when he visited Perak yesterday. He afterwards attended a round table conforerce in the Town Hall, where over 25 leading residents voiced local
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    188 6 The following notifications are published in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of Aug. 17 Mr. A. V. Thomas to be an Assistant Engineer, Timber Branch. Forest Department Messrs. J. N. L. Hutton and R. Trace to be Assistant Engineers. P.NN .P. l Mr. E. G. Montford to act as
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    SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
    130 6 Penalty Reduced In Liquor Duty Case. Arg Chwee Guan, proprietor of small liquor shop, successfully appua* 1 before Mr. Justice Prichard at the t-ut-rente Court on Tuesday for a reduction <’ the sentence imposed for being in 1,' session of liquor on which no duty been paid. Mr.
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    “COUNTY CRICKET.”
    1009 7 [REUTER TELEGRAM] ■lent badly beaten by I LANCASHIRE. L i\ V WICKETS FOR TATE f ANI) WHITE. I [REUTER TELEGRAM] I London, Aug. 16. ...iiiiiirham: Nuttinffhamsliiie beat L,;' a nmtonshirc by wickete. k h I 'lonshiro batted hrst and were t f or 104 runs. Larwood took I
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    TRAFFIC CASUALTIES.
    327 7 Motorists And Motor-Cyclists In Court. In the Seeond Court on Monday Thomas Carruthers, a Eurasian, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous hurt by a rash act, and failing to report after an accident. The accused stated that he was driving in Lavender Street on Sunday, when
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    MALACCA CRICKET.
    317 7 Narrowly Escaped Defeat From Tampin C.C. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 21. The Malacca Cricket Club were at home for the third week in succession when they entertained Tampin C.C. on Sunday. After a short delay owing to the w-et nature of the wicket, Tampin started their
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    S.P.C.A. ACTIVITIES.
    215 7 Propaganda And Other Matters. The following matters were considered at a recent meeting of the Singapore S.P.C.A. Principal Veterinary Officer. A reply had been received from the Colonial Secretary stating that the date of the arrival of the new Principal Government Vcterinaiy Officer was unknow-n but that the
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    SWIMMING.
    135 7 Kvents for Malacca S.C. (Jala. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 20. The Malacca Swimming Club Gala will be held on Sunday, September 2, at 10 a.m. sharp, when the following events will be held Diving Men’s Race, two lengths open Ladies Race, handicap; Straight plunge Children’s Race Men’s
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    FIRE-FIGHTING ON THE KALYAN.
    723 7 TWO DAYS’ ORDEAL. I’. AND O. PASSENGERS’ EXPERIENCE. A laconic Reuter telegram published in the Straits Times some days ago announced that a fire which broke out on the P. and 0. steamer Kalyan while she was ofF the China coast had been successfully dealt with.
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    AGRICULTURE IN MALAYA.
    1946 8 POSSIBILITIES OF TEA AND COFFEE. PKOUitKSS WITH FI HUES AND NIPAH. Further extracts from the Ik’JT report ol the E.S. and F.M.S. Department of Agriculture aie given below:— interest in pineapples appears to be well maintained. 1 Here are approximately ij.i.oun acres planted wiln pine*! apples in
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    GIRL BOUGHT FOR $110.
    262 8 Chinese Transaction Described In Police Courts. For harbouring a 15 year old girl who ha. tscaped from the Poh Leung Kok, a home tor distressed Chinese girls, a nine so cook employed in a European household in Mackenzie Road was fined in the f ourth Court
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    STOWAWAY TO AMERICA.
    1037 8 DETAILS OF LOCAL PL(n REVEALED. L01 Details were disclosed before u Police Magistrate (Mr. \V VI cn Friday afternoon of thn u UUrla smuggle Chinese into America‘"J to Singapore which was revealed Ir R when 12 Chinese stowaways covered at Port Said on the hound steamer Chinese
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    RIVER CONTROL IN THE F.M.S.
    1023 9 SIR GEORGE MAXWELL’S COMMENTS. N V NEW DEPARTMENT WANTED Valuable comments upon the report of f M s Rivers Commission are made S*.n article contributed by Sir Geor*e Maxwell. K.B.E.. C.M.G., former Chief Secretary to the F.M.S. Government, to British Malaya (the A.B.M. magazine). Extracts
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    DEATH ON GERMAN SHIP.
    152 9 Funeral Of Quartermaster At Bidadari. Tiu* voyage of the Xbuddeutseher I.ioyl •teamer Trier, which arrived in port n Aug. 1»>, was marred by the death of a piarterniaster. Mr. Wilhelm Stein, which •c lu red about 21 hours out of Singapore. Mr. Stein had just finished
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    MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
    100 9 Fine Work For Volunteers Recognised. Orders by Major-General Sir Van St rau ben zee. C.B.. G.M.G.. Commanding the Troops, Malaya, notify the promotion of Major (local Lieut.-Colonel) IV. R. Meredith. D.S.O.. Inniskilling Fusiliers, to be Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, and of Major M. F. Grove-White, D.S.O., O.B.E., R.E., to
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    CHINESE LITIGATION.
    150 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. lb. In the Appeal Coutt an appeal was commenced against a judgment of Mr. Justice Sproulo. Iho case concerned a C hinese lady named Lan Tai Thyc, who was held in the court below to have beer the secondary wife of Chung
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    NOTES FROM SIAM.
    1062 9 THE CHINESE GUNMAN IN BANGKOK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 13. Bangkok has just had its first taste of the Chinese gunman. For many years past the secret societies have thriven and from time to time have had serious feuds with one another but in practically
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    COLONY PENSIONS.
    251 9 Women Officers to Retire After Marriage. A Bill is to consolidate and amend the 'aw relating to the granting of pensions, rratuities and other allowances to perrons who have held office in the public service of the Colony is to be introduced n the Legislative Council. The principal
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    TRUST IN HUMAN NATURE.
    94 9 Charge Involving $3,000 Worth Of Jewellery. The wife of a North Bridge Hoad jeweller recently gave over $:i,000 worth of jewellery to a Chinese named Lam Cher Ilian* to sell in Kuala Lumpur. Later the Chinese informed her that he had sold the jewellery to a
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    ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT.
    58 9 [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Government Help Sought To Secure Suppression. [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. 1H. The Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Kyoto, Os;.!.a and Kobe have passed a resolution urging the Government to dispatch orders to the Japanese officials in the South Seas to seek negotiations with the governments
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    POLICE PROMOTION.
    56 9 Long Overdue Keform To Be Tackled The Malayan Police Magazine publishes the following:— There is a rumour, which it is hoped may prove to be correct, that the question of amending the Scheme for British Inspectors so as to provide for the promotion of specially deserving Chief Inspectors
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    TAIPING RACES.
    1720 10 CONCLUSION OF SUCCESS FUL MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tniping, Aug. 15. Kine weather favoured the first day o the Taiping amateur meeting end then wns a good atundume to witm's* som» interesting races. H.H. the Sultan an* the British Resident were among those present. The going was
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    IPOH DISTURBANCES.
    259 10 Imported Communists From Singapore.” Imported Communists from Singapore, says the I’inang Gazette’s representative at Ipoh, are responsible lor the recent disturbance. He also states that the general body of locally-born Chinese ait terrorised into supporting the acti\ities of the Communists, and instances a particular case where* the proprietor
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    MALACCA VOLUNTEERS.
    110 10 Chinese Co. Win Titania Trophy For Third Time. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Malaria, Aug. 20. Competing for the Tilanin Trophy, an eliminating shoo: for the Warren Shield, at Bukit Sebukor Range on Sunday. August 12. the Chinese Co. of the Malacca Volunteer Corps obtained 322 points and the
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    EASTERN HEALTH BULLETIN.
    134 10 The health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended August 11 includes the following particulars Bombay Two plague deaths one eholera death 13 smallpox cases and eight deaths. Calcutta 11 cholera deaths three smallpox cases and one death. Madras 99 cholera deaths
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    67 10 The Straits Times is not the opinions of its corresponded spondents should bear in mini A r rfmust be short and to n thal epistles are liable to ba reje J t ‘l' nt E«.rt K down. Correspondents must e r cut names and addresses, not publication but as
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    THE SINGAPORE TIGER.
    179 10 To the Editor of the Strait, Time. Sir,—With reference to your the tiger shooting party, may l unt big game hunter in Ind*ia take otr m" to then, for a very ,portin“,h« 4 ha; after a tiger on foot takes a devil' lot of pluck, but to
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    BLACKMAIL.
    165 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. •'‘if* l> r*ol possible I'm the jn-i u proprietor* <u both, to ch> *.i„ lr .V t itcp :ht infernal nuisance, or v.orv y the U.y> in’jx.ituuin.v: one for t :»s l«H»kin>r a:'r»*r* cars The positicn now is a mild f„rnt tonekM'.ail.
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    SINGAPORE SHARKS.
    102 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Now that Australia and the L’ni.k America have established I'haik fishing on a commercial basis, is J 10 time for Singapore to follow suit Thjs trade not only helps to reduce a scourge of the tropical seas, but is t.ie source
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    CAMERON HIGHLANDS.
    110 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I noticed, a few days ago, a letter m your paper from Mr. E. N. T. urcmins in which it was stated that few applications for land on the Cameron lligt** lands had been received. I would 1>< grateful to
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    TIN RETURNS.
    161 10 Pattani Consolidated Alluvial.—4s picul* Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N.L. —hbr*t half August, 275 hours worked, 75,000 cubic yards treated, 378 piculs. Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N.L., first half August.—Number one dredge k>* been opening out and deepening paddock aud has now bottomed in good values but furth*’
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    PAYING FOR BASE DEFENCES.
    1712 11 ■LONDON COMMENT. IA B. M. AND MILITARY I CONTRIBUTION. I SIR F. SWETTENHAM’S I VIEW. II That the Colony may expect strong Ltmart in London for its opposition to ihe P Home Government’s policy of chargK* th" cost of the Naval Base defences to straits Treasury
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY BUS.
    284 11 Remarkable Statement At Local Inquest. At a Coroner’s inquiry on Aug. 16 it was stated that a hawker, while crossing Hill Street on August 11, was hit by a motorbus and was carried on the radiator a distance of 24 yards. After he fell off the
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    BOGUS INSPECTORS.
    285 11 Mean Fraud on Poor Chinese Householders. A mean fraud practised on the poorer class of Chinese was described in the District Court on Friday, when Low Kim Hock, Ngee Kuan Sek, and Sieiw Ah Chu were each charged on three accounts ol cheating. Chief Court Inspector Meredith said
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    FRANCIS LIGHT’S HOUSE.
    57 11 Bought For Use As Boarding School. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 17. The historic Suffolk House, which was first occupied by Captain Francis Light, the founder of this Settlement, and which was built by convict labour in 1795, has been acquired by the Methodist Mission for
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    CATHIRVALO’S AFFAIRS.
    414 11 Bankrupt Unable to Find Bailor. The Shakespearean tag about the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune might well have been applied to S. Cathirvalo, the young Indian bankrupt who refused an offer to sell 'i'riang Rubber Estate for a million dollars during the rubber boom, when he appeared
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    AN “OVERJOYED INSPECTOR.”
    271 11 Incident During Examination Of Motorists. Mr. VV. Hill, who was summoned in the Third Court on Aug. 16 for failing to produce his driving licence when called upon to do so by a police officer, said he could not possibly have produced it for ths reason that
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    FALL IN THE YEN.
    40 11 [Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. Id. he .act that the has fallen below 15 cents gold has caused a sensation in financial circles. The Government are stated to be unable to do anything to rectify the pos;;ion.
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    QUESTIONS IN THE COUNCIL.
    1164 12 HUMANE SLAUGHTERING. CHINESE MEMBER AM) SINGAPORE CLUB. For the first time in Straits history, so far as can be recalled, the question of the humane slaughtering of cattle, sheep, and pigs appears on the agenda of the Legislative Council. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, the Chinese unofficial
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    HARBOUR COAL THEFTS.
    108 12 Singapore Lightermen Sent To Prison. Sentence of six weeks’ rigorous imprisonment was passed in the Fourth Court cn Monday afternoon on three Chinese lightermen who were convicted of dishonestly retaining stolen coal. They were arrested by a marine patrol in possession of over four tons of coal
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    RICKSHA OVERTURNED.
    102 12 Lady’s Evidence Against Malay Driver. In a police-court case heard on Monday afternoon, in which a Malay motorcar driver named Wahab bin Bahsia was charged with negligent driving. Mrs bber, of Cavenagh Road, stated that she was riding in a ricksha from Orchard Road into Dhoby Ghaut when
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    MANILA SHOW TROUBLE.
    129 12 Sixteen Malacca Constables Dismissed. The Malacca Guardian publishes the l*t° wdl be remembered that when the Manila Shows were here few weeks ago some trouble arose between some of the Asiatic employees of that show and certain number of the Malay pol.ee attached to the Malacca force,
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    HYLAM ORATOR’S ARREST.
    247 12 HYLAM ORATOR S ARREST. Sequel to Raffles Reclamation Meeting. There was a sequel in the District Court on Tuesday to the Hylam Communist meeting 1 which was broken up by the police on Raffles Reclamation Ground on August 3. A Hylam was charged with making a speech with intent to
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    PENANG HYLAMS FOR TRIAL.
    56 12 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 21. Two Hylams have been committed for trial at the Assizes on a charge of possessing seditious documents. The documents were of the usual Communist character, and urged the establishment of Soviet rule and the killing of those who enjoy
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    KILLED IN COFFEE SHOP.
    106 12 Two Gunmen Fire From Behind At Victim. The Chinese gunman made another appearance on Monday, when two specimens ot this ilk shot and killed a coolie in a coffee shop in Banda Street. The victim sat down at a table behind the gunmen. He was apparently
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    CHANG TSO-LIN’S DEATH.
    873 12 CONSULAR STATEMENT. REPLY TO MR. PLtNa\i WE ALE. M Mr. K. Tamaki, the Japanese Con ,i General at Singapore, has sent Us following reply to the suggestion of v, Putnam Weale, the authority upon cW' affairs, that the late Marshal Chain' nn was murdered by a Japanese
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    MALAYANS AT HOME.
    242 13 PERSONAL paragraphs p FROM LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 25. D T. Lewis arrived home from on July 22, and has assumed fui »s general manager of the Borneo 5“* Hi 2* Fenchurch Street, E.C. 3. for the present residing at the two other old
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    483 13 Eurasian Co.’s Successful Annual Meeting. The annual rifle meeting of the Eurasian Company of the S.V.C. at B'.ikit Timah Range during the week-end proved a big su. v>s. Although the weather jroke \\>tcrday there wn< sutticient time com pie* e ail tin* events, and despite ih n som»*v
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    TONGKOL SOLD FOR $8,000.
    26 13 He are informed by Government that for Jl nce by Ceylon Fisheries, Ltd., r the former Government trawler, the Tongkol, was £B,OOO.
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    LIEUT. C. J. WILSON, R.N.R.
    1216 13 DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN PORT OFFICIAL. The death took place unexpectedly in the early hours of Sunday morning in the General Hospital, Singapore, of Lieutenant Charles John Wilson, R.N.R. Deputy Registrar of Shipping and Observer of Time Balls. Lieutenant Wilson, whose home was in County Armagh,
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS.
    98 13 Office-Hearers Elected At Seremban Meeting-. At the annual meeting of the Malayan Teachers’ Association at Seremhan on Saturday the officers for 1928-1929 were elected as follows President: Syed Ali (Perak). VicePresident; 1). V. Peters (Penang). Honorary Secretary 1). V. Kuppusamy (Perak). Honorary’ Treasurer: Lionel van (ie7.el (Perak). Membra
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    MALAYA CONSOLIDATED.
    70 13 Merger With Selangor Property Probable. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 20. At an extraordinary meeting of the Malaya Consolidated Tin Company a resolution increasing the capital to ‘5,000,000 was unanimously passed. The company hopes to conclude a merger under which they will take over is a going
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    RAILWAY GRIEVANCES.
    366 13 SEVEN RESOLUTIONS AT MASS MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. A mass meeting of all classes of workmen employed at the F.M.S. Railways’ central workshops was held at Sentul yesterday. The Hon. Mr. Veerasamy, Indian unofficial member of the Federal Council presided, and others on
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    NATIONALIST MINISTER.
    128 13 Mr. Hu Han-Min Returns From Europe. Mr. Hu Han-min, chairman of the Political Council of the Kuomintang ami a member of the Military Council of the Nanking Government, who was with Dr. C. C. Wu when an attempt was made to assasinate him in Singapore some months ago,
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    TOBACCO ESTATES CLOSES.
    182 13 End Of Pioneer Company In Borneo. Ranuu Estate, the property of the New London Tobacco Co., which was one of the first tobacco estates in Borneo to be established on Marudu Bay, has now definitely closed down. It was decided to give up growing tobacco last year,
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    YACHT CLUB ROWING.
    613 14 Good Sport Under Fine Conditions. Excellent rowing conditions prevailed on Saturday for the Yacht Club’s regatta, the sea being calm and a gentle breeze coming down the course which, whilst not making for faster times, was all to the good for steady rowing. In the opening event
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    LATE MR. A. A. B. STEWART.
    207 14 Death Result of Accident On Railway. AV ith reference to the recently reported I •le-ath of Mr. A. A. B. Stewart, manager of the Cold Storage Company’s Orchard Road branch, it now transpires that Mr. Stewart rnct his death through being knocked down by
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    JOHORE TERRITORY.
    566 14 ISLANDS GIVEN BACK TO THE STATE. A hundred and four year.- after the signing of the Treaty by which tne island of Singapore and certain adjacent islands and waters were ceded to the East India Company, and ir. the same month, an agreement is published in the Government
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    OIL PALM IN MALAYA.
    151 14 1928 Forecast More Than Double Last Year's Crop. The yield in tons of palm oil and kerne! from estates in Malaya, since production first started is a.* state i in the following table Year. 11*2:1 1924 1925 1 i»2G li'27 Palm oil 195 28*> 530 751
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    CADET SYSTEM CRITICISED.
    109 14 Honj* Kong Suffering From Lack Of Experts. The Colony of Hong Kong has outgrown the cadet system of departmental government, just ns it has outgrown its w;tt<r supply and its method of genera? administration, says the China Mail. i he cadet system was feasible, indeed admirable, in
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    BRITISH CARS IN THE EAST.
    295 14 Head of Vauxhall Company In Malaya. A motor-bus service throughout Malaya was one of the ideas propounded by Mr. Leslie Walton, managing director Vauxhall .Motors when speaking to a representative of the Straits 'l imes on hriuay afternoon. Mr. Walton said lie hau colored through
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    JUDGE ON EASY CREDIT.
    198 14 Surprised at Facilities Given To Bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court on Friday Mr. P. Battishill applied for the discharge of Chua Tian Wee, to which the Assistant Official Assignee objected. During the application it was shown that the bankrupt, who is a clerk, was loaned $8,000
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    CAR REGISTRATION.
    60 14 Duty Transferred From Police To Other Authorities. There is to be introduced in the Legislative Council a Bill to amend Ordinance No. 129 (Traction Engines and Motor Cars). The object of this Bill is to transfer the duty of registering traction engines and motor cars from the Chief
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    MALAYA’S “REDS.”
    322 14 Three Years Sentence For Seremban Agitator. At the Negri Sembilan Assize* Seremban, a Chinese claimed tri-,1 °n a charge of being in possession of seditj ou documents. Mr. L. B. Gibson, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, said that the accused caught pasting; three documents on the walls at Kuala
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    LAND ACQUISITION.
    175 14 Amendment For Improvement Trust and Rural Boards. A Bill to amend Ordinance No. 49 (Land Acquisition) is about to l>e introduced in tiie Legislative Council. The objects and reasons state A declaration under Ordinance No. 49 (Land Acquisition) that any particular iand is needed for a public purpose
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    DRIVER’S LUCKY ESCAPE.
    164 14 DRIVER S LUCKY ESCAPE. European Underneath His Gar In A Ditch. Mr. J. A. Goodford, of the Government Monopolies Department, had a fortunate escape on August 1when his car turned a somersault and went into a ditch. Mr. Goodford was driving a twosea <i towards Pasir Panjang. Near the Beri-Bc-ri
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET
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      Week-end Sport in Singapore.
      122 15 Rowing and Y'achting were in progress at the Yacht Club over the week end and some enjoyable as well as thrilling sport was witnessed. 1. and 6. K. K. Gardiner (how), R. MacLeod, H. Price, J. M. Gamble and C. L. Boumphrey who rowed a dead
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      S. C. C. Cricket Tournament: B. B. and I. v. Services.
      82 15 The It. B. and I. eleven which heat the Services hy 129 runs. L. to K.— W. Millard-Watts. R. E. Prentis, I. C. Mackay, E. C. Poyser, R. N. Hamilton, H. M. Cantrell, R. H. Wild, G. S. McHutchin,
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      Malaya Cup Football: Singapore beat Negri Sembilan.
      28 15 Sembilan (left) and the Singapore teams, with Mr. F. M. Still, referee, centre. One of eight goals scored against the visitors.
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      Singapore Garrison Acquatic Sports.
      27 16 A feature of the Singapore (iarrison arquatic sports held the Y.M.C.A. pool was the di\ini; of l)rar. Byrne, l*te. Beverley and Bdr. Dillon.
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      MALAYSIAN MISCELLANY.
      73 16 MALAYSIAN MISC ELLANY. Life in British North Borneo l)oc!or going his rounds on a rubber estate near Sandakan during a flood tide. In at the death of the tiger shot in the swamps at the end of the West n n u ,1., Coast Road, Singapore f ,ht Kuala Lumpur,
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      Interior of Singapore’s New Post Office.
      82 17 The public counters are believed to be the longer 4 of any post office in the world. Each section is numbered and indication boards describe the various departments. A continuous belt driven by a mote r carries the letters a'oag a chute from the
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      Association of Engineers, Singapore.
      56 18 Mr. (i. \V. A. Trimmer, Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, is to open the new building of the Association o' Engineers at Baffles Quay this afternoon. One of the rooms in the new building. (Inset) Mr. H. Butcher, secretary of the Association. Right, a corner
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      PERSONALIA.
      64 18 (’apt. Antony Zetto, who has walked 91,(KM) miles and visited all the chief cities of every country in the world, has arrived in Singapore. Ida and Kathleen White, known as the Sisters White, who are now appearing in Mr. R. B. Salisbury’s Co., the Quaints, at the Victoria Theatre
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      VISCOUNT HALDANE DEAD.
      1035 19 11 r* ]!.i: TKLK RAM] CHEQUERED LIFE. HOW THE TERRITORIALS BEGAN. I WVYF.R. POLITICIAN AND PHILOSOPHER. uLl TLi: TKLK RAM] London. Aug. 10. ii,;.; ha- *»c< iiri'0»l of Yistoum Ualoa-A at the age of 72. U. r. Gloan, following a i iKviv.o.y an j j*i\: •I..-' i<i
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      MOTOR RACING THRILL.
      234 19 CAPTAIN CAMPBELLS NARROW ESCAPE. London. A j. 1V. A <.uai ter a million pt. j ntf.!- 1 tor the i.Myi.l Aut*.mobile 1 Glut'- i iicu'.t Irish, tourist op. by iacc,, dtx .bed as the greatest road rat." r. the! hist1.1y of motoring. The owd h.a.l s,n early
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      MAILS BY AIR.
      92 19 Si>etdinL r Up Service To South America. I.ond. r. A.;. 1*. L ;:n the succtssiul it.j icr.T <i speeding up tin trans-Atla‘.tic maii? by i ri.t cs- r.troplam u tl lost '.'hie*, i.;.- started a weekly air mail sc-rvivt hotitli i Antirica. Ixttei* will l>e carried y
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      CYCLONE HAVOC.
      191 19 Disastrous Storms in Algiers And West Indies. Algiers, Aug. ID. A cyclone has wrought terrible havoc to iw<» Algeria sinports, Jijdli and liougie, and the surrounding districts, covering an area of at least thirty miles. omniumcations have been destroyed, hut it :s known that ten people have been
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      BANKING NOVELTY.
      129 19 Automatic Safe for Late Depositors. Kugby, Aug. 1H. An automatic reviving safe, enabling t:ader.- and managers of theatres, cinemas ar.d restaurant- who conduct business after* the u-ua: banking hours to deposit money at any hour, na« been installed at one suburban branch of the Midland Bank and similar
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      SIR THOMAS CATTO.
      171 19 New Director Of Mercantile Bank. London, Aug. 14. Sir Thomas Catto has been appointed a director of the Mercantile Bank of India in place of the late Sir David Yule. Sir Thomas Sieviwiight Catto, Bart., i- managing director of Andrew Yule and Company, Ltd., Calcutta, and Yule,
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      GIRL SWIMS CHANNEL.
      42 19 .Miss Ivy Hawkes Crosses In I!) Hours. IB Minutes. London, Aug. ID. An English girl named Ivy Hawkes swam the Engii; h Channel from Gap Gris Svx to St. Margaret's Bay in the* time of 19 hours Hi minutes.
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      THE POWER OF THE PRESS!
      68 19 T he Daily Mail on Marble In Budapest. Berlin, Aug. ID. A monument, is to Ik* unveiled in Builnj est bearing two marble slabs, one bearing as an inscription the first ai tide written by Lord Rothermere on ‘Hungary’s Place in the* Sun” in the
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      COMMUNISTS IN INDIA.
      375 19 MOSCOW’S PLOT. -ROUSE THE LABOURERS OX PLANTATIONS.” Riga, Aug. 18. The Cungtess of the Communist Internationa! in Moscow is debating the report of the Finnish delegate, Kuusineh, on the revolutionary outlook in “colonial and semi-colonial countries.” The speeches up to now have chiefly dealt with China. India
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      DOMINION STATUS.
      83 19 Nehru Report Described As Monumental Document.” Simla. Aug. IP. Non-of :»1 members of the Assembly* who are already here for the opening of the September session, generally favour :1t- Nehru report, demanding Dominion, status for India, which is described as n monumental document.” .Mr. La.ipat Rai, the ieader
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      R.A.F. FLYING BOATS.
      40 19 R .A.F. FLYING BOATS. Departure From Rrisbane cn Route To Singapore. Urishanc, Aug. IK The He; a! Air Force Hying boats haveit ft here eii route to Singapore. Tin y a re due here about the middle of next month.
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      EQUADOR REVOLUTIONARIES.
      50 19 Quito, Feuador, Aug. IS*. “A )evolutionary plot” has been un•iirtlied and many prominent members of lit* Parliamentary Opjwsition have been srrested. The <i v« rnnn .it of the Fcuador was reel tit! y I' .uu’i'td de facto by the United Slate* tn condition that a constitutional wa- established.
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      DIAMOND FIELD WARFARE.
      238 20 LABOUR REVOLT. TWO MONTHS FIGHTING IN BRAZIL. HOW STATE TROOPS WERE DEFEATED. Rio do Janeiro. Aug. It*. The diamond fields of South America, which have been centres of disturbance «»vcr since 11)18, when a German prospector found the first gems in the Araguaya Kiver region, leading to
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      RHINELAND OCCUPATION.
      196 20 German Bitterness on Several (Questions. Berlin, Aug. la. Tiie dispute between the German motor firm and the French occupation authorities respecting the- Ruesselhcim railway has led to a demarche by the German Ambassador in Paris, who requested the Ambassadors' Conference to expedite its decision owing to railway extensions
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      BROADCASTING PROGRESS.
      77 20 Relaying American Programmes To Britain. Rugby, Aug. id. An experiment will shortly be made by engineers <>f the British Broadcasting Corporation, in association with engineers of the National Broadcasting Company of America, with the object of relaying American programmes to British listeners Try a new method. Fading has
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      FRANCE AND NATIONALISTS.
      36 20 Paris, Aug. 15. in an article on the situation in China Le Mat in declares that the French Government will shortly come to an agreement vnth the Nationalist Government regarding the Nanking incident.
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      DIED OF STARVATION.
      259 20 TRAGEDY OF THREE EXPLORERS. London, Aug. 15. The disappearance two years ago oi John Hornby, one of the best known explorers of the Canadian hinterland, and two companions, Harold Adlard and his cousin, Kdgar Christian, a son of Colonel Christian, commander of the Garrison at Singapore is
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      MONROE DOCTRINE.
      110 20 Important Question For Geneva. Geneva. Aug. 15. The forthcoming meeting of the League Assembly must pronounce its interpretation on the Monroe Doctrine, that is. if Costa Rica is to re-enter the League of Nations. The league Council in March last invited Costa Rica to re-enter, and the Costa
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      THE FLOATING DOCK.
      110 20 Successful Passage of Suez Canal. Rugby, Aug. 15. The completion of the passage of the great tloating dock for Singapore through the Suez Canal is the subject of messages of congratulation from the Admiralty. The Admiralty has thanked the directors of the Suez Canal for the pains
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      WOMAN AS MAYOR.
      68 20 Mrs. Foster Welch’s Visit To United States. Rugby, Aug. 15. The woman Mayor of Southampton, Mrs. Foster Welch, sailed on the United States liner Leviathan to-day to pay an official visit to some of the principal American cities. Mrs. Foster Welch, a? Mayor, is exbfficio Admiral of
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      NEW YORK STOCKS.
      73 20 Favourites Climb Rapidly. Xe.v York. Aug. 15. Coincident with the drop in the call money rate from 7 to 5V-* per cent., a wide, sweeping advance developed in todays stock market, speculative favourites climbing rapidly in the afternoon. Prices rushed up more impressively than at any time
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      GERMAN SHIPPING.
      422 20 Launch of New Liner For Atlantic Run. I Berlin. Aug. 15. At tr.e launch of the North German Lloyd liner F.uropa the American Ambassador. Mr. Schurman, said Bremen and New York were two great gateway* between which thest mighty steamship* would 1 v like gigantic shuttles, weaving H
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      ABERDEEN BY-EIECTION.
      122 20 Hiur Majority For Labour Candidate. London, Aug. IT. The by.f.I e erion at North Aberdeen owing to the death of the Labour member, Mr. F. H. Rose, resulted as follows Cant. Wedgwood Bonn, Labour, 10.64*3. Dr. Laura Sandeman, Conservative 4,696. Mr. Aitken Ferguson, Communist, 2,613. Mr. Jan.es Rutherford,
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      A FAMOUS EXPLORER.
      93 20 C upt. Look’s Memory Honoured In Hawaii. Waimea, Hawaii, Aug. 17. Or. the *vcasion of the 150th anniver- ar; •>: the death of the explore? Capt. C*>ok and hi* discovery of Hawaii, s monument was unveiled in the presence oi a number of Naval officers representing Great
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      THREE MURDERERS REPRIEVED.
      217 20 DRAMATIC CASE. DECISION ON EVE OF EXECUTION. I STORY OF BRIGHTON CRIME. London, Aug. 15. Only fourteen hours before the thre* men convicted of the murder of an elder l.v druggist named Mr. Friend R rne J Smith on Brighton front were iuv t be I executed
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      ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
      87 20 Companies Disbanded Owing T<. Mechanisation. Rugby. Aug. It is officially announced tha: imtilth and twenty-fourth hors tre ,-w.r companies of the Royal Amy >*•:..• U«»rps are to be disbanded. Mechanisation of -cc rvl lir.e tr-» f the v 1 y ha* progre.-.-.-d to su< extent in the
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      MERCHANDISE MARKS.
      82 20 Extension .Of Scheme Kecom .vendee In Hritain. Rugby A The standing committee up the Board of Trade under the i «’.?>» Marks Act have reported on q'-ir; a to whether imported cutlery sh,* M required to bear indication of < ricir The committee recommend that «:u' classes of
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      ITALIAN PROTEST.
      68 20 Consul Attacked by Students In Yugo-Slavia. Rome, Aug. 1*»The Italian Minister in Belgrade, a., been instructed to protest to the Vug'>Slav Government and to demand repartition on account of an incident at Spalato. It is reported that a body of Serbia? students insulted and threw missiles. eluding chairs,
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      WRECK STORY DENIED.
      109 20 Hankow, Aug. 1* Foreign sources state that the rep"" of the wrecking of the Chinese stearin" Hsinshutung is unfounded. The report originated from a hiM** J news agency in Chungking. A Hankow message of the 1 Ith m* l stated that the steamer was sunk in th*
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      ILLICIT OPIUM TRAFFIC.
      360 21 STILL INCREASING. failure of preventive MEASURES. BRITAIN ASKS FOR NEW COMMISSION. Rugby, Aug. IT. The British Government have placed upon the agenda for the forthcoming Council meeting of the League of Nations a proposal for the appointment of 1 eague commission to collect information regarding the growth
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      BOMBAY MILL DISPUTE.
      130 21 Breakdown of Conference Negotiations. Bombay, Aug. 15. At a conference attended by a member the Bombay Government, repreHntatives of the Mill owners and relatives agreed to appoint a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances the mill strike. Bombay, Aug. 16. 1 he conference between the member
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      CUBA AND CHINA.
      89 21 Creating a Market For Surplus Sugar. Havana, Aug. 17. (l ncral Machado de Morales, President uba, has formally recognised the s, Nationalist Government. i he recognition of the Nationalist Gov't "aunt of China, now announced, is in'■*preted as a move to create a market P*us of Cuban
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      FLYING MADE EASY.
      217 21 CAPT. BROAD’S NEW RECORD. London, Aug. 17. A new world's endurance record for aeroplanes has been established by Hub rt roa( L who flew a GypsyMoth for 24 hours at Edgware. Rugby, Aug. 17. S* 1 wen t up last evening with luel for 20 hours, but
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      BRITISH COAL.
      131 21 Big Orders Received From The Continent. Rugby, Aug. 15. Big orders for British coal have b.’en received in Newcastle. The Danish state railways have placed an ordc-i, vhich is on a c.i.f. basis, for 30.000 tons >f Durham best steam coal at 21s. (»d. ;>er ton. 30.000 tons
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      ARCTIC FLIGHT.
      91 21 American Airmen Start For Sweden. Retford, Illinois, Aug. 16. The airmen Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, on board the Greater Rockford.” have started on a trans-Atlantic Might to Sweden in three stages— Cochrane (Ontario), Greenland and Reykjavik. The machine is equipped with wireless, a collapsible boat and i
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      JAPAN AND SHANTUNG.
      78 21 One Army Division Remaining For Winter. Tokio, Aug. 16. Imperial sanction has been obtained for the withdrawal of the 6th Division from Shantung. It is ordered that the :irst detachments shall sail from Tsingao on the 20th inst., withdrawal being completed by the middle of September. The
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      THE MAORI BISHOP.
      111 21 Rugby, Aug. 16. The Rev. Frederick Bennett, who has been appointed Bishop of Aoteroa, is the ;irst member of the Maori race to become a Bishop. The creation of the new Bishopric was decided on at a meeting of the New Zealand Anglican Synod last April in
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      BELGRADE OUTBREAK.
      258 21 Seventy Arrests Follow Bayonet Charge. Berlin, Aug. 17. Anti-Italian disorders in Dalmatia, especially at Spalato, have aroused much feeling in Yugo-Slavia and Italy. It is feared that the tension cannot bt appeased by mere ratification of the Nettuno Treaties. Italy’s demand for satisfaction, including punishment of the Dalmation
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      LANCASHIRE COTTON.
      144 21 Scheme To Re-Establish Mills. London, Aug. 15. The sub-committee of the Federation of Master Spinners Association, which was appointed to consider the financial position of reconstructed firms in the American section of cotton spinners, met privately in Manchester. The sub-commiltet has been carefully sifting a mass of valuable
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      FLOODS IN U.S.A.
      40 21 Thousands Of Acres Of Farm Lands Ruined. New, York, Aug. 17. Thousands of acres of farm lands have been ruined and innumerable houses wrecked by heavy storms and floods in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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      A PERSIAN NAVY.
      52 21 Contract For Warships Goes To Italy. Berlin, Aug. 17. An Italian shipyard has obtained the contract to construct Persia’s first tor-pedo-boat destroyer. Five destroyers and one cruiser will follow in the course of the next five years, Italy granting credit. Persian Naval officers will train will, the
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      BRITISH TREASURY BONDS.
      60 21 London, Aug. 16. The Treasury announces that approximately £134,000,000 worth of five per cent. Treasuiy bonds, 1933-5, were surrendered during the period July 16 to 31 for conversion into four per cent, con adulated loan. Tenders have been invited for £35,000,000 worth of five per cent Treasury
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      ROYALTY IN CAFE BRAWL.
      91 21 STABBING AFFRAY. KING ALFONSO’S COUSIN INVOLVED. Deauville, Aug. 17. A cousin of the King of Spain was stabbed in the ribs in the course of a quarrel at a restaurant between Le Touquet and Etaples, while he and three Spaniards and a Canadian lady were partaking
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      THE L 55 TRAGEDY.
      178 21 Bodies To Be Sent Back To Britain. Moscow, Aug. 16. The British submarine L 55, sunk in 1919, has been raised by a Russian salvage crew, covered with a thick layer of rust. Skeletons discovered are believed to be those of 40 men who perished. Apparently
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      TILDEN BARRED AGAIN.
      164 21 Not Selected For U.S.A. Competition. New York, Auk. 10. The Unite.I States Lawn Tennis Association has decided that Tilden is ineligible to compete in the annual East v. West contest at Forest Hills on Saturday. The original selection of the East team did not mention Tilden by
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      TRAGEDY OF THE AIR.
      98 21 Death of Noted Italian Pilot. j Rio do Janeiro, Aug. 1(5. The Italian airman Delprete has died. Berlin, Aug;. l‘J. In the presence of thousands of •nlookers th«* dead body of the Italian flyer, Delprete, was brought on Saturday aboard the Italian steamer Conterosso, bound for
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      COLOGNE FATALITY.
      59 21 Six Killed and Many Injured In Collision. Cologne, Aug. 20. Sir people were killed and (50 injured through a collision between a tram car and a motor coach on a suspension bridge here yesterday evening. The coach overturned and the passengers were pinned underneath, while the passengers in
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      MR. KELLOGG’S NEW MOVE.
      1403 22 U. S. CRITICISM. “IN A HURRY TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.” BRITISH ATTITUDE IN DOUBT. Wausau, Wisconsin, Aug. 15. President Coolidge, in his address to the State Convention of the American Legion, said the foundation of the enormous progress of the United States in the last decade was
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      JAPAN AND MANCHURIA.
      589 22 U.S. Politicians Uneasy At Situation. Tokio, Aug. 14. It is stated that Chang Hsuehliang,in compliance with Japanese advice, has postponed concluding negotiations witn the Nationalist Government for a compromise regarding the new status of Manchuria, and that Japan subsequently considered giving financial supports to the Mukden Government
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      WAR HORRORS OF THE FUTURE.
      678 22 DIRE PROPHECIES. LESSONS OF BRITISH \id MANOEUVRES. R London, Aug pj Jd„ h x m cS T :h: d nd ;t a itb r and met fierce Three machines were actually down. Two bombers which fWi e engine trouble landed respectively n a in Essex
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      UNITED STATES AND EGYPT.
      379 23 N EW DISCLOSURE. ARBITRATION TREATY I PROPOSALS. j POSITION l'NHER KELLOGG 1 PACT. Cairo, Auk. 21. rt i' R i discloses that it was -.vn i Nahas Dasha, Who initial. f f-t a” arbitration r \»n Egypt a th 1 muJ that when t!.<* United States
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      MILLIONAIRE’S DEATH.
      150 23 He;id of (treat British Cotton Firm. Rugby. Aug. 21. Mr. Wiliam Hodge Coats, head of the irnat cotton firm of Coats, died to-day at the age of 02. He was one of the richest members of the Coats family, in which there have U*n twelve millionaires since the
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      “ NAVY WEEK.”
      96 23 NAVY WEEK.” Warships Open to Public At Portsmouth. Rugby, Aug. 21. uth having what is known *v«, during which warships I pen to the public. tht principal features is the ‘“t-carrier I urious, which is prom r, .v reason of her superstructure. wtain deck she is an ordinalv tt but
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      UNEMPLOYED INCREASING.
      36 23 Rugby, Aug. 21. •hi.M.* u Employment returns continue to v increase. on 1 number of workless people UpUst was 1,314,200, which was '-1*0nr.n 10fe a fortnight before and 1 more than a year ago.
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      YOUTH AND PEACE.
      191 23 Aims of Congress In Holland. Ominen, Holland, Aug. 20. At the world youth und eongress, Mr. Sangal. India, in the rame tne coloured races, welcomed the rpportunity to co-operate on a basis of equality. He said war could only be a'r.nlUhed by righteousness, not by force. Mr.
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      FRANCE’S BUDGET.
      88 23 No lnt-rtase In Taxes Anticipated. I J uris. A.g. 2i. M. Inca re ha.- comp.el p ..n Am tli.- 1P2.* Budget, which w\. ‘iy >e sure., itted to the Ch:.mb*-r. I A)»ar: from slight income tux < i-f l .i»c will be neither incr a-e or dec:* ns*,
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      WORK IN CANADA.
      69 23 Stead> Increase in Migrants From Britain. Rugby. Aug. 21. At th< conclusion of a conference at i Ottawa it was announced that it is confidently expected that the negotiations will result in a steady increase in the fiow of suitable British migrants to Canada. Detailed arrangements are
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      PLOTS IN MEXICO.
      73 23 Attempt to Kill C’alle< Discovered. Mexico City. Ajg. 21. Sever, women and five men 1 «iv* been j arrested and charged with icttir.g to i assassinate President Caiies ami :h*. :ate General Obregon during their v..-:t tj i C clay a in April. According to the poiice.
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      SIMON COMMISSION.
      44 23 Bihar and Orissa Pronii-e To Co-Operate. Ranch.i. Au> The Legislative Council o'.' B T.ar and Orb;-a decided by oO to 11 a; 1 t a committee to co-operate v uh Commission and rejected 1 amendment in favour oi a.i .r> j conference.
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      EGYPTIAN COTTON.
      42 23 Alexandria. Aug. 21. (.overnment have decided to alloi:;. 't 1.000,000 for the purpose <-f as.sistjm- small growers of cotton by advances £5 jwr kantar for SakclL.:vH' am. 10s. for Ashmouni on quantities of ,ver live but not exceeding and knntars.
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      SWISS PEASANT UNREST.
      54 23 Berlin. Aug. 21. The Ln.-ler Nachrichten leportF that Swiss peasant unrest is assuming serious proportions. In canton Let re* the drought has caused desperation. Schweizer Bauer has summoned the peasants to make a big march to Berne, sat ing Switzerland is becoming a ration of* officials and
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      SIR OTTO BEIT.
      24 23 Rugby, A eg. 21. Sir Ouo Beit, the South African magnate, is iying ill at his house at *e!wyn in Hertfordshire.
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      ATLANTIC TRAGEDY.
      214 23 S.O.S. Call from Lost Aeroplane. < ochrarie, Ontario, Aug. IS. Bert H as»c i! and Parker f rarner have started for Greenland. They left about 2 o’clock this afternoon. Ottawa, Aug. 111. Tfit*re i- no new?, (J f th»* airmen, who tveri; due i i (tnenhirb ;.t davlight
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      DEATH OF COL. HARVEY.
      174 23 Former l'. S. Ambassador To Britain. New York, Aug. 20. The death ha< occurred suddenly from heart failure of Uoione! George Harvey, formerly Ambassador to (iroat Britain. Colonel Georg** Harvey was editor ami proprietor of the North American Review from ISWS) to lfrjo and was United
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      MISSIONARY KILLED.
      40 23 Fatal Fall From Train In Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Aug. 20. The Rev. A. T. Wilkinson, a United Church missionary, w ho had just returned from China suffering front a nervous bieakdown. fell from a train and was instantly killed.
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      U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
      59 23 Superior. Aug. 21. President Coelidgc irs accepted the resignation of Mr. Hoowr ft. m the abiand appointed Mr. William 1\ Whiting as hi- successor in the Secretaryship f Commerce. Mr. Wl.it ing has been a friend and politiea! supporter of Mr. v'ooiidge for many years. He is
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      INTERNATIONAL LAW.
      49 23 INTERNATIONA L LAW. S. khf ini. Aug. 21. The thirty-four.b s* s;on of the Institute of Internationa! Law bn.; op.n.d ere under the pre<id» nc; <•. .'*i. Jlamnieisk(,ld. governor of I ’psa!.-. Seventy delegatcle the congress include r* pro v e otntives <•; Japan, China, North Arm rica and South
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      FRENCH TRADE RETURNS.
      41 23 Pari/, Aug. 20. IY< neb. impol s f<>v the first seven months of the year were Frs. 3(J.37.*>.000.000, as compared with Frs. 31.11G,000,000 for the same period of 1027. Exports were l«'rs. 20,100,000.000. as compared with Frs. 31,330,000,000.
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      MONARCHY FOR TURKEY ?
      36 23 MONARCHY FOR TURKEY Tirana, Aug. 20. A mass meeting here passed a resolution in favour < f a monarchy and offered the Crown to Presidi r>t Ahmed Bey Zogu Similar meetings v H.r.r held throughout the country.
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      INTERNATIONAL FORGERS.
      192 23 BERLIN ARRESTS. HUGE FRAUDS ON BANKS IN EUROPE. Berlin, Aug. 21. The Herman police have arrested the leaders of a gang of international formers who in recent years have defrauded banka throughout Europe of hundreds of thousands < f pounds by means of forged letters of credit and
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      PACIFIC PROBLEMS.
      141 23 NEW ZEALAND PREMIER'S VIEWS. Wellington, Aug. U0. In a speuh at Wanganui the Prime Minist* r, Mr. t,oates, referred to the growing importance of the Pacific in world affatrs and the increasingly large part that the Briti-h Dominions would I robahly t>e called on to play in relations
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      BRITAIN AND NANKING.
      83 23 New Consul-General Takes Dp Office. Shanghai, Aug. 21. .Mr. Meyrick Hewlett, brother of the author, Mi. Maurice Hewlett, is leavingtiJh r Vl ni1 t tak ,,p th< ,ost of Briish Consul-General at Nanking in ,,uarters provided by the Nationalist Government. The Consulate, which has been closed tor
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      DRUNKEN MOTORISTS.
      60 23 Congress C alls For Severe Penalties. Antwerp, Aug. 21. 1 ht* international congress for combatting alcoho ism passed a resolution pledging itself to work, firstly, for the enforcement of s:ve/e penaltit s against drunker* motorists, in, iuding withdrawal of driving licences secondly, the laying down of exact rules
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      BRITISH UNEMPLOYED.
      72 23 Prime Minister's Appeal to Husiness Firms. Rugby, Aug. 20. Mr. BaMwri has taken an important tep in thi hope of relieving unemployment. The Ministry of Labour announces that the employment exchanges are diR--patching to some liiO.OOO employers xn appeal from the I’riine Minister that eacln should help t>
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      THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT.
      234 24 A COMPROMISE. EFFECTS OF NAVAL UNDERSTANDING. ABSENCE OF ULTERIOR MOTIVE. London. \u;j. 21. Well informed quarters in London *;ron»jly deprecate the sutrjfestion that there is some sinister significance i>ehin I the Anjflo- French Naval compromise. '1 hey emphasise that the eompruinise is jnost straightforward, and the absence
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      MANCHURIAN UNREST.
      89 24 Soviet Denies Report of Troop ('onecnt ration. Musicmv, Auer. 20. 1 ho o flic in: la.''* agency, rcferiing to reports of the appearance of insurgents in the state of Barga, .\Ja:ichur!a. describes as without foundation and mischievous tahrica* :ons spread f<>/ provocative purposes the renortr in certain foreign
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      PROHIBITION.
      79 24 Bombshell in the Republican Camp. New V i j<». The latest bombshell th> > into the political arena is a letter f Professor Mirholas Murray Butler, th unous Republican, in the New or! *:nes completely dissociating himsc. rom Mr. Hoover’s views on I’rohih i and national defence. He says
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      DESTROYER ASHORE.
      53 24 Mishap During Mimic Warfare. New York, A up. 18. The warship, Childs, the flagship of the destroyer fleet which is engaged in mimic warfare south of the island of Martha’s ineyard, Massachusetts, ran ashore, in heavy fog. Other destroyer- are standing Later the Childs was refloated and has
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      FLIGHT ACROSS U.S.A.
      61 24 New Korun! hv Ancrivan Airman. New York, Aug. 20. Mr. Arthur (Joebel, who won the prize for a fl.Kht lo Hawaii last year, landed in l.ortiM fluid to-day alter Ilyin v non-stop across the American continent. His time 7 hours 58 minutes less than the pre™us record
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      Cable News in Brief.
      610 24 Danzig, Aug. It*. The German swimmer Kemmerich swam from Pillau to Zoppot. a distance of I<o kilometres, in 12 hours. Moscow, Aug. 10. Tchichcrin Ls suffering from diabetes. Ilis condition is becoming worse. Budapest, Aug. 1*». The Turkish Foreign Minister Rushdy Bey has arrived at Budapest
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      AN ALPINE TRAGEDY.
      98 24 Berlin, Aug. 17. l ",tl,er tra-r -!y ,f the A!-.s has to l,e vi n, |.‘i .r.tiur.eefi fell on It, 10-ue. ret wen .--till alive when thu-e would-be re w veaehe-d them he r, ittioi leunil that they could do noLh.,.« and therefore* left as mttrh of
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      ELECTION RIOTS IN GREECE.
      425 24 I SHOOTING AND STONING. i M. PANGALOS ACCUSED BY POLICE. Athens, Au*r. The section returns at 12.3U this mornj injf showed that the Government have I secured large majorities tnroughest Greece. Pangalos was defeated. The prospects of an overwhelmimr V»»niz*'!ist majority prove the powerful personality of
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      POLISH COMMUNISTS.
      50 24 Warsaw, Aug. 21. The police raided a meeting of the executive committee ot young Communists, wh.» desperately attempted to destroy or swallow documents. Several tons* of literature were confiscated, including instructions from the Third International membership lists and a large sum in foreign currency. Many arrests were made.
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      TORNADO IN U.S.A.
      38 24 St. Paul, Minnesota. Aug. 21. Wholesale destruction to property marked the path of a tornado which swetd Minnesota yesterday evening. Four people were killed and forty injured. Ihe damage is estimated at a million dollars.
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      LIQUOR UNDER EGGS.
      105 24 Revenue Prosecution In Police Courts. A Ch;wv<? who was apparently carry r n.ar’. ct Lwo laruc baskets of ej;tr ••iswnued from a carrying pole nrou?e< °t' u revenue officer on Uut> >o.-st r Road recently. The suspicions proved to be well founded, for an ex am mat?
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      BRITISH TROOPS IN IRAK.
      147 24 OBJECTIONS TO |> UlVr PART OF COST. Baghdad. Aujj. Speaking in the Chamber, the P Minister stated that the Irak Govern""* would never agree to the pron 08 i[ by Great Britain in the military nient not yet ratified that Ir*L l undertake to pay the
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      POLICE IN NIGHT SCHOOL.
      148 24 Hylam Committed for Trial v, Assizes. A raid w hich was cur; i d y Nts of rho G.l.lb on a H;. lam r»gC- on Imkit Titv.ah Road mi dale iV v scribe.i in the Fourth < ;u or* rnoon. when :i Hylam. na i m
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      MALAYSIA’S NEW ARCHITECT.
      77 24 W. F. Hcctaes Tnjn>f erred T I .M.S. From («c!d Coa>t. Mi. \V. F. Hot jres. b H.I.l I.s v.iu* has bit*n appointed Chi. .h :o the F.M.S. Pul Wo came to this ci»unti\ f. <m th* <. i < i>: where he held a sim.iar eiirht
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      PASSENGERS.
      331 24 J i.t- following pas-enger> ;»r r IViiu'iU" on Augu.-t 20. f'l'Mii Soura'-ava. Mr. Ales.pm.. Hudny. Mi>s K. J. K. Greer.. r Mrs. I’xnjiro Minobe. Mr. ami Mr?. ii L-.' V; n Mr «»>d .Mrs. < lemiinen. Mr. V- a. M. Stuart. Mr. and Mr-. J. M >■' Mr. K.
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      SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
      900 25 annual REPORT. UTt'ESS OF C ASH I'EI’OSIt! l SYSTEM. Tl„ inlmwtiiiff statement that there no luu! debts since the cash de- t .vstem tame into operation last; V, lia cv is made in the report ot the (Ticket lub. I-',;,' income and expenditure account r ,‘he vear
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      Trade of British Malaya.
      140 25 Comparison of Total Value of Foreign Merchandise. ConmarHUvc statement of the total value of fo«e!,:n me ret,a ml De, excluding Parcel lost, imported and exported to and Iran British during l.*27 ;.;id 1928. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. Increase Increase or or t‘ J -7 1928 Decrease 1927 1928
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      ACCEPTED HIS WORD.
      231 25 Magistrate And Defendant In Traffic Case. When Mr. E. (J. Wheatley was charged before the Third Police Magistrate (Mr. C. H. 1 Takers) on Aug. D» with failing to furnish the Police with the name of the driver of his car he pleaded guilty and asked leave
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      VILLAGE BURNT DOWN.
      94 25 Disastrous Fire Near Kuala Lipis. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. D*. Another of the disastrous fires which occasionally destroy entire villages in Malaya has occurred some fifty miles from Kuala Lipis. It is reported that the village of Buah Naming, which was inhabited almost entire!'’
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      KUALA LUMPUR WEDDING.
      206 25 Mr. Hugh Hodge and Miss June James. The wedding of Mr. Hugh Ilodgc, eldest son of the Rev. W. F. Hodge, Canon of Lincoln, Proctor in Convocation. and June, only daughter of Captain 1). C. James of Newcastle-on-Tyne, took place at St. Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, on
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      MINING TOWKAYS’ DISPUTE.
      131 25 MINING TOWKAY S DISPUTE. Criminal Proceedings Follow Civil Action. (I* rum Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 17. There was a sequel in the local District Court to-day to an action heard in the Supreme Court. Consequent upon a dispute in which Lai Yew Wong, a son of a pa liner
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      CHINESE WITH DAGGERS.
      143 25 Smart Sentences for Toughs Arrested on Streets. Two Chinese were convicted in the District Court on Friday of being in pos.scs.-ion of daggers. Chief Court Inspector Meredith said the* on the night of August 11 the first accused was stopped as he came out of a coffee
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      MURAI TIN, LIMITED.
      606 25 REDUCTION IN WORKING COSTS. The elevertth annual general meeting was licit) at the f’ompany’s registered office, Old Market Street, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, Mr. W. H. Martin presiding. The Chairman said —The tonnage treated was 97,000, showing an increase of over 22,000 tons. This gave a corresponding
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      MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
      278 25 The following action was taken at a meeting of committee no. II of the Singapn'c Municipal Commissioners. Approved estimate of $220,110 for erect i<»n of superstructure at Elgin Bridge by direct ndminist ral ion. Recommended set hack of river wall on small side of Elgin Bridge for improvem<
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      PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND.
      1131 26 REVIEW OF CHURCH HISTORY. I’lTI’AI-I.S IN THK PATH TO LAMHKTH. Discussing t he resignation <»f Dr. Randall Davidson from the Archbishopii, of Canterbury, and the rumour regarding In* successor (since set tied by the appointment of the Archbishop of ork), an ecclesiastical correspondent writes There is
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      CAPT. CUSCADEN’S GIFT.
      192 26 CAPT. CUSCADEN ’S GIFT. Rangefinder Presented to Gunnery Museum. A German langefinder of interesting and unusual design has been presented t>> the Rotunda Museum, Woolwich, by Capt. R. k. Cuscadei, Superintendent if ’ustoms. Pahang, in the name of his father, Capt. W. A. Cnscadon, I.S.O., a foimer Inspector-General of the
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      SERIOUS AFFAIR IN PERAK.
      99 26 Mining Engineer Attacked Hy Chinese Coolies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 15. A report from the mining village of Tualang last night states that at about nine o’clock Mr. N T 0. Gray, of Phin Soon Mines, was grievously assaulted by C hinese coolies, who
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      CHINESE PORTIA MARRIES.
      830 26 SEQUEL TO CAPTURE BY BANDITS. 4 ENDING TO 300 YE AHOLD FEUD. Having lasted three hundred years, a feud between two branches of a Wonclan living not far from Canton has been happily ended by a Portia’s marriage—by her (*wn choice —to a young military otlicer who
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      MEDICAL BILL FOR INDIA.
      579 26 PROPOSED REGISTER. OUTLINE OF SCHEME EXPLAINED. Simla, Aug. The recent Press report that the Gov eminent of India intend to bring the forthcoming Session of the ContiJl Legislature a Bill to regulate medical education in India by the establishment of a Medical Council and the maintenance
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      SOVIET AND DRINK.
      100 29 ■urt to Check Supply Of Vodka. I Riga, Aug. 20. Soviet Cour.i il of Labour Defence I it id to check drunkenness, which n.-tan iy increasing. Twelve million It Ika will e supplied to towns It: <• 'unci! in 1!'2;'. but the reduction IJ apply to the
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      ELUSIVE BANDITS.
      211 29 kcropiane Employed In Canadian Search. Winnipeg, Aug. 1. hiU: sive search has hitherto failed to m.e the bandits who recently held up messengers of the Bank of Commerce 1 1 them and escaped in motor cars > made a spectacular entry into the 1 d States at Langdon,
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      WOMAN TOURIST IN SIAM.
      302 29 GRACE OF AN EASTERN BALLET. An entertaining book entitled Siam and Cambodia has been written by Miss W heatcroft.. On the upper Yang-tsze she gained a view of the anarchy that now prevails in China In anti-foreign movements, she writes, one ot the cries is always
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      SLEEPY SICKNESS SPREADING.
      331 29 Inquiry Into Dread Disease In England. The insidious nature ot encephalitis V.hnrgica. the difficulty of diagnosis, the Vh dcatii-rrto tthe disease, and the w yri.p, itioa of cures effected are points d: ;*i.*vd in a report <>n the malady !i: i r vvntly y the British Ministry
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      TRANS-ATLANTIC RECORD.
      100 29 Liverpool To Montreal In 9 ‘2 Hours. London, Aug- 4. The trar.s- Atlantic record from Liverpool to Montreal is claimed to have been Lnikcm y.-f-lcnlay by the Canadian I acilic fonmrr Duchess of Bedford, which made !}V<»* vovagi* in <5 days and D 1 fs hours retliving* the
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      NEW DUTCH SHIPPING.
      387 29 Seven Diesel Vessels for Local Service. Seven new ships were rcctnidy ordered by the Royal Packet Co. of Amsterdam and Batavia for coastal service in Eastern waters, and they have interesting and novel features. The contracts were placed with the He Maas Shipbuilding Co., of Slikkervcer, Holland.
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      BIRTHS
      37 29 lIOURLAY. On August 10, 1928. at th< Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Norco:, wife of \V. N. (loiirlay, a son. MASON*. At Johore Bhnru. on August ‘2l !P‘2S, to Mr. and Mrs. K. It. Mason, a s«,;i
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      Trade and Finance.
      141 29 Singapore, August 22. EXCHANGE On London, Dank 4 nt/n 2/3% Demand 2/3 11/10 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 9/32 On New York, Demand 65 15/16 i’rivate IK) d/s 67% On Franee, Dank T.T. 1420 On Irrtlia, Dank T.T. 153% On Hong Kong, Dank T.T. 9% P-c. disc.
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      Stocks and Shares.
      766 29 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, August 22. .MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbung 46/- 47/- cd. £1 £1 Dangrin Tin 43/6 44/0 1 1 Dutang Padung 0.45 0.50 1 1 Datu Caves 1.30 1.40 £1 £1 Chenderiang 16/- 17/1 1 Chin Chin 0.10
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      GUNNERS’ EASY WIN.
      1408 27 ■Beat S.R.C. by Four Clear I Goals. I weak S.R.C. team was no match for |h K.A. on August 16 at the Stadium in jf i t first division game, and the |uitinu ended in a win for the Gunners K v four dear goals. W The
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      S.C.C. AND R.A. DRAW.
      141 27 Both Defences Too Good For The Forwards. Playing at the Stadium on Tuesday, the S.C.C. drew with the R.A. in a game in which the defence on either side was superior to the attack. The draw of two goals each just about reflected the merits of
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      SINGAPORE RACING.
      295 27 New Classification For Autumn Meeting. The new system of classification of horses will be in force by the first time ir. Singapore at the Autumn meeting of .he S.T.C. on September 8, 11. 13, and 15. innovation, which will undoubtedly prove to the benefit of racing throughout Malaya,
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      SCOTTISH FOOTBALL.
      61 27 [reutkr telegram] London, Aug. 18. The following were the results of Scottish League matches played to-day Aberdeen It Queen’s Park P Celtic 4 Airdrieonians 1 Cowdenbeath 1 Clyde 2 Hearts 5 Hamilton 0 Kilmarnock 1 Hibernians 0 Motherwell .‘t Raith 1 Particle 1 Dundee 2 St. Johnstone .‘t
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      HOCKEY.
      137 27 S.C.C. Arrangements l T nder Discussion. Hockey enthusiasts of the S.(’.(’. met in the club lounge on Tuesday to discus arrangements for the forthcoming season Mr. T. II. Ilolyoak presided. Mr. 15. K. Ablilt was elected Captain and Mr. J. V. S. Brooke Convener. Mr (Jrahain Brown and Mr.
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      RUGBY IN PERAK.
      174 27 Stronger Three-Quarters This Year. At a meeting of the Perak Rugby Football Club VV. H. Hill, last year’s vicecaptain, was elected captain, and J. C. S. Ponslord vice-captain. Perak are going to be a formidable side this season. Present information is that, most of last season’s forwards
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      TENNIS.
      245 27 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Double Defeat For Tilden. [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Aug. 20. In the final of the Eastern Turf Court Championship doubles Lott and J. Doeg beat Tilden and Hunter 4 —G, 9—11, 7—5, 6—0, G— 3. Tilden and Hunter were also beaten in the singles quarter-finals by Frederick
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      TAILTEANN GAMES.
      68 27 [REUTER TF.LECRAM] American Victory In Marathon. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Dublin, Aug. In the Tailteann (lames here the Marathon race was won by Joe Kay, U.S.A., with Steytler, South Afri'i, second and Adams, Scotland, third. The winner’s time was 2 houi** 21 no. 2"> 2-o see., which is a world’s
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      SPORTS MEETING AT BERLIN.
      51 27 Berlin, Aujr. IS. The following were the results of the international sports meeting at Berlin: 100 meters, llouben. Shot-putting, llirschfeld. Pole Jump, Wegener. Relay Race, Knyland. 100 hurdles, Petersen (Sweden). Low: Jump, Hamm (l T .S.A.) l,f»00 meters Eudoumcguo (France). Javelin, N’e.reus. (Germany). Eo».jr jump Hitomi,
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      B.B. AND I’S BIG WIN.
      541 28 Hamilton, King, and Findlay Again in Form. The B.B. and I.’s first three batsmen, Hamilton, King and Findlay, nave practically created a record for the S.C.C. tournament by their feats this season. In the hour’s play on Friday evening they put on 161 for the
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      SINGAPORE GOLF.
      81 28 Semi-Finals of Island Championship. The quarter and semi-finals of the Singapore Island golf championship were played at the Racecourse on Saturday and Sunday. The results were as follows (Quarter-Finals. A. L. II. Lim beat R. Meldrum 4 and 3. H. Jackson beat G. F. Murphy 2 and 1.
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      HAMMOND’S BRILLIANCE.
      94 28 HAMMOND ’S BRILLIANCE. Test Cricketer’s Astonishing Form. Rugby, Aug. 18. Hammond, the young Gloucestershire cricketer, gave an illustration of his great all-round ability yesterday. Playing against Worcestershire at Cheltenham, he secured nine wickets for 23 runs, and caught ten with the result that Worcestershire were all out for 35, which
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      BOXING.
      655 28 Wins for Walley And Mauro. Every time Hud Walley is seen in the ting he confirms the* impression that on «beer boxing ability he is the best performer who has appeared in Singapore. He is cleverer than his brother Boy” Walley, .ho has done so well in California and
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      HOCKEY.
      225 28 Malacca Making Arrangements For Coming Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) A general meeting of members interested in hockey was held at the Malacca Club, on Sunday evening, when Mr. E. H. Wilson presided over a very representative gathering. The following were elected officials for the ensuing year :—Captain, Mr.
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      GOLF.
      237 28 Garrison G.C. Ladies Medal. The Garrison Goll C lub ladies medal for August resulted as follows Mrs. W. L. Stevens Up Mrs. R. H. Wilson, 1, p Mrs. E. C. Milligan a:l square Mrs. G. G. Franklin 1 down Mrs. E. A. S. Barlow 1 There were 11 cards.2
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      MALACCA GOLF.
      182 28 Result of August Mixed Foursomes Competition. Twelve cards were taken out for the August mixed foursomes competition at the Malacca Golf Club and close scoring resulted. The winning card was returned by Mrs. C. Milne and Mr. A. E. Lambert, with Mrs. G. Beatty and Mr. A. E.
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      DOUBLE GOLFING FEAT.
      61 28 Lukit Timah Player Holes Out In Two And One. A remarkable feat was accomplished by Mr. N. R. Wilson at the Bukit Timah golf course on August 14. On his first round of the course he did he eleventh hole in two. Later, playing 1 second round,
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      SWIMMING.
      34 28 In a two lengths handicap race at the Swimming Club on Sunday, the first of a series of three races for the Jackson Millar Cup, Iken (the back-marker) was first and More second.
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      YACHTING THRILLS.
      727 28 Three Boats Turn Over i„ Week-End Events. Sunday morning dawned xv squally and in the hone tho ni might improve, racing was 0 ,tp„ M fifteen minutes. However it was blowing great guns when both eventually started, on what proved the most exciting mornings of the v i
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      MALAYAN CHINESE F.A.
      334 29 Lbined Control for Chinese I Clubs. I" h 1 .i'ltion is well-advanced. Such an ration will limit its activities purely .s "inU'.-dub football and to such ls the organisation of Malayan touring teams in other countries I the reception of visiting Chinese it will not encroach in
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      86 29 NOTICE All communications for both the Straits limes and tho Straits Budget should bo addressed to the Head Ollice, Cecil and Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the I’nited Kingdom and foreign countries is $4S a year. The post free price of
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    66 29 DEATHS p.-ck T<*ck C’hee, sliipping clerk oi iio.''.. r !:in«lt t o., ng <l 3M. at HI p.m., «w u« a... A qr. i 1. 1!'L!S. at lii? residence. Nb. ;.l, Knmpoiig Bahru Road. 11,SON. On August li*. li*2S, at (ienen !ii l>itai. Singapore, Lieutenant < .i Wilron, R.N.R.. **’.R.A.S.,
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  • The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      72 1 General— Rubber Situation J London Rubber Stocks 1 Singapore Rubber Auction 1 Rubber Position By A. VV. Still J An Optimistic View jLocal Rubber Auctions Mr. Ashplant and Dr. Bryce 2 Standard Wages Question 2 Rubber Restriction Statistics 3 Rubber Returns 3 ('able News (’pylon and Rubber Correspondence— Rubber
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      62 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contract Spot Seller Prices r jl. N Oct. Date L’don S’pore Spot Sept. Dec. a. s Aug. U*. m y% 0.32% 0.32 0.32% 0.31% 17 n 0.32 0.32% 0.32% 0.31% IS 0.32% 0-32% 0.32% 0.31% •»0 0 0% 0.31% 0.32 0.32% 0.31% 21
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      LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
      25 1 Lewis and Peat’s cable from London gives 1,000 tons decrease making the total London rubber stocks at August 21 as revised, 32,584.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      131 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 878th auction on August 22, when there was catalogued 1.583,242 M». or 7eT..8(l ton offered 1,276,921 lb. »*r 569.65 tons; sold 1,011,111 lb. or 464.78 tons. London 0s. 9*»d. New Y ork 18 7 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed
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      MOUNT AUSTIN ESTATES.
      175 1 The directors’ report at the annual meeting of the Mount Austin (Johore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., which was held in Copenhagen, K., on August 7, stated The net profit of the year’s working was £70,284 os. 4d. after providing for depreciation on buildings, plant and machinery. The balance
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      RUBBER POSITION. FACTS FOR A COMPANY CHAIRMAN.
      1190 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) London, July 25. It came as a surprise the other day to find a Malayan Rubber Company Chairman who seemed almost tu rejoice over the passing of restriction. Because his estate was assessed rather severely, tois gentleman said Our
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      CEYLON AND RUBBER.
      102 1 [REUTER TELEGRAM] No Early Removal Of Restriction. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Colombo, Aug. 21. With reference to the resolution moved by Mr. H. R. Freeman in the Legislative Council on July 5 demanding the release of Ceylon, not later than August 1, from the rubber restriction scheme and its
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      AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
      75 1 Kedah Rubber Co.’s Chairman On The Future. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 20. At the annual meeting of the Kedah Rubber Company the chairman said that the present price of rubber was better than he had expected, and was sufficient to justify the hope that the
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      LOCAL RUBBER AUCTIONS.
      771 1 Market Quiet and Steady I During Week. I Messrs. Barlow and Co.’s report j. I August 1C, states H The market has been quiet and s*,. I throughout the week but towards the of the period minor fluctuations uuh a j ward tendency have taken place and
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      MR.ASHPLANT AND DR. BRYCE.
      1467 2 |\EW STATEMENT. I REPLY TO MALAYAN I institute. Lmibkk scientists at R VARIANCE. I *vg has been a new development in a research worke, B lr 1 l»\ the South Indian Planters to have discovered a method high ieldintr nibhec tree> can R,' in the nursery
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      STANDARD WAGES QUESTION.
      154 2 P.A.M. Report Sent To Indian Immigration Committee. The Malayan Itaily Iv-pres- pulmshe. She following It will be re mem be red that a lev months baek there was considerable discussion in local planting circles over tm endorsement of kangany licences only on condition that minimum standard wages
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      RUBBER NEWS.
      1555 2 ANNUAL MEETINGS OF COMPANIES. At the annual general meeting of Cheras Rubber Relate,. Ltcl Mr. E. I Harailtu. on* chairman i presided. The Chairman said When reviewing the position a year uk'o and commenting on the record proht ot £24,0a4 made in 11)26, I said ni| H L
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      CORRESPONDENCE.
      66 2 .The Straits Time.-* in not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should hear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Long* epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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      RUBBER CRISIS.
      346 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—For some months there has been a great deal of correspondence in connection with the rubber industry and many harsh things have been said about the (Jovernment and the Advisory Committee. Most of the criticism has been destructive, and very little
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION STATISTICS.
      143 3 Census of Stocks of Prepared Rubber. Mr. .Ion. Cordcn-Carrie. Dtputy Controller of Rubber, has issued the following eiisus of Stocks of Prepared Rubber on June 30, and July 31, 1028 On estates of Held by Territory over 100 acres Dealers Totals June July June July June Jul>
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      LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
      601 3 Messrs. Macphail and Co.’s Weekly Report. Macphail and Co.'s weekly report, dated August 21, states Notwithstanding a further substantial reduction of 1.658 tons in the I’ort of London rubber stocks there has been evidence, during the week, of a weakness in tlie price of rubber which, on
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      189 3 An.pat.—05,014 11). Alo rpongs u.— 33,675 lb. Ayer Kuning.—lo,olo lb. Brieh.—-32,076 lb. Bedor.g (Malayab—14.189 lb. Banteng.—79.l7 4 lb. Beaufort Borneo.—s4.ol*o lb. 11ajau.—13.732 lb. 8intan.—43.197 lb. Batu Village.— 1.2n0 lb. <he\lot.--5*5.000 11). 'mumental Plantation I'o. —90.264 lb. K..M S. Rub. Planters. —139.000 lb. tialang Besar. —36,136 lb. Jimah.— 23,637
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      NYALAS ESTATES.
      308 3 NYALA S ESTATES. The annual meeting of the Nyalas Rubber Estates, Ltd., will be held at the French Hank Buildings, August ‘28. at noon. The directors’ report states that the net profit for the year amounts to $75,801.23 (as against $84,885.23 for the previous year) to which must be added
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        LONDON EXCHANGE STERLING PRICES JULY 25.
        491 3 Stock I p._ Exchange Value Company. Price.. £1 Abaco j 2 Allugur 4x tl Anglo-Muluy .l!j /Q £1 Ayer Kumng v £1 Banteng ln •J Balling Consolidated i, £1 Hutu Caves il Batu Tiga ‘J* 2 Bekoh 2 Bertam Consolidated 4 2 Hrich £1
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES AUG. 22.
        728 3 j Closing Price* Paid Up Valus Dividends Fraser Lysii A Company A Co. Kv*tt 389.293 1 Nil for year 29-2-28 ...Mlenbv <$l> 1.35 ;.;5 115 160,000 1 20 p.c. for year 80-9-87 ..Alor Gajah ($1) 1.16 1.35 1.10 1 JO 435,425 1 15 p.c.
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