The Straits Budget, 11 June 1931

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STK.WTS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 3,826 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1931. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    427 1 LEADERS— p»f« The King’s Birthday 3 l nemployment Insurance 3 The Chinese Miners 3 India and the Conference 3-4 When Doctors Disagree 4 Rubber .Factors 4 Occasional Notes 6-6 Telegrams, Reuter and Special—- Covering Past Week’s News 21-30 Pictures Ipoh Merrymakers 17 Wedding of Japanese Doctor 17 Dr. Chen
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1473 1 Mr. R. B. B. Donnell has returned to Singapore after a holiday in Australia. A Certificate of Honour has been awarded to Inche Mohamed Rouse bin Chee. Captain A. C. Jomaron, Public Trustee, F.M.S., visited Seremban on June 4 on official duty. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ward-Jackson,
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    NEED FOR BROADCASTING STATION.
    1737 2 Mr. Braddell’s Suggestion At Rotary Tiffin. PORT HEALTH. INTELLIGENCE SECTION OF THE LEAGUE. The Medical Intelligence Section of the League of Nations formed the subject of an address by Dr. C. L. Park, Director of the Eastern Health Bureau of the League of Nations, at the
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    STORIES OF SEA ADVENTURE.
    532 2 Selangor Chaplain’s Talk At Rotary Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 9. The monthly dinner of the Klang and Coast Rotary Club was held on Saturday !at the Masonic Hall. Dr. W. Ansley Young: presided. Mr. N. Fish pave a three minutes talk on rotary,
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    JUDGEMENT FOR HO HONG BANK.
    489 2 B Altered Cheque. DIFFICULT QUESTION nl NEGLIGENCE. f Judgment for the defendants Aa i i- ft ed on Tuesday in the action brnn.rU l 'B National City Bank of New Yorf the Ho Hong Bank over a cheque UP"*I to have been fraudulently altered l
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    $15,540 MISSING.
    154 2 Estate Clerk Goes to Gaol For Two Years. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 9. Keay Thoon Choon, a clerk on Bapan Serai Estate, pleaded gudty at the,( nal Assizes here, to charges of the company’s cash book j” m nv entry with intent to defraud the con
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    COUNCIL REFORM.
    56 2 Move to Send Petition To Governor. (From Our Own Correspondent Penang, June >'■ A petition to the Governor is drafted by the Straits Chinese B* Association of Penang begging for s measure of Legislative Council ret°' The petition will be sent to the Mai. and Singapore Associations for
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      THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
      1107 3 —O w ovl V who only stand and wait.”—Straits Times, June 4. With a particular degree of thankfulness the people of the British Empire yesterday celebrated the 66th birthday of His Majesty King George V, Ruler for 21 years, it is no secret that the recent indisposition
      — — —O — w ovl ▼ V who only stand and wait.”—Straits Times, June 4.  -  1,107 words
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      UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
      1170 3 —Straits Times, June 5. One of the questions which the House of Commons will be called upon to face within the next two months will be that of unemployment insurance—the most gruesome of all the skeletons in the Labour Party cupboard. The Royal Commission which, for some time,
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      THE CHINESE MINERS.
      1056 3 —Straits Times, June fi. The resolutions with reference to the tin quota scheme which were passed at a meeting of Chinese miners in Perak a lew days ago have been read with mingled sympathy and anxiety throughout the country. This meeting was asking the impossible when it
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      INDIA AND THE CONFERENCE.
      1051 3 —Straits Times. June 8. The outstanding fact in connection with the Indian situation today is that tin politicians in the country seem quite in capable of settling their own communal differences. Here, unfortunately, neither the Dritish Government in India, nor the Labour Government in Great the
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      WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE.
      1090 4 —Straits Times, June 9. Are there two entirely opposite schools of thought on the subject of the prevention of malaria in the tropics It would appear that there are at least some grounds for believing this to be the case, for in a valuable report on the
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      RUBBER FACTORS.
      1089 4 .—Straits Times, June 10. The last number of the Malayan Agricultural Journal added considerably to our knowledge of the present situation of rhe estate and native rubber industries in Malaya and the Dutch East Indie* and some of the information which it contains has a bearing on the
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    SYDNEY—LONDON.
    112 4 Dutch Deliver Air Mail In 14 Days. The air mail which >vas posted in Sydney, Australia, on May 24. and was taken to Amsterdam by the first Dutch experimental flight, was delivered in London on June 6, less than 14 days. This time includes a day and a half
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    CASE WITHDRAWN.
    48 4 Charge Against Sikh Policeman. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 10. In the police court here yesterday Lai Singh, a Sikh policeman who had been charged with criminal misappropriation of eight aerated water bottles, was discharged, the case being withdrawn on the instructions of the D.P.P.
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      THE CANCELLED PARADE.
      261 5 —Straits Times, June 4. There was great disappointment in Singapore yesterday morning when it kus found that the parade on the Padang u honour of the King’s Birthday had had L>e cancelled. Some people thought 'hut it might have been held two hours ater, but as the
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      GOOD TIME FOR GENERALS.
      315 5 —Straits Times, June 4. Being 1 general in China, in these untitled times, must be quite an amusing and profitable business. The correct thing t do, apparently, is to locate yourself and your army in some comparatively quiet* district, about midw’ay between i union and Nanking.
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      MR. EDWARD BOUSTEAD.
      303 5 t vni 1 OUU —Straits Times, June 4. We are reminded by an article giving the history of Edward Boustead and Company, which is published in the R.G.A. Bulletin, that few of the European merchants who have sailed away from Singapore with fortunes made in this country
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      A NAVAL OCCASION.
      135 5 *n llv u p» IL WoS LllclL battleship’s launch that capsized.—Straits Times, June 5. Readers of an up-country contemporary (who shall be nameless), must have been considerably puzzled by the picture of a seaplane colliding with a launch and a battleship capsizing at the same time which
      *nllv ° up» IL WoS LllclL battleship’s launch that capsized.—Straits Times, June 5.  -  135 words
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      WHO QUALIFY ?
      299 5 WHO QUALIFY —Straits Times, June 5. Since reading an address delivered at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine recently one must confess to serious doubts as to the linguistic qualifications of our public health experts. English students still do not sufficiently realise,” said the lecturer, that a read
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      MRS. AIMEE McPHERSON AGAIN.
      327 5 IMCtiy —Straits Times, June 5. Mrs. Aimee McPherson, the famous four-square gospeller,” was unfavourably impressed by Shanghai. Speaking te an interviewer on her return to Los Angeles after her a world tour, the evangelist was moved to say, 44 Shanghai is so bad that it would
      IMCtiy —Straits Times, June 5.  -  327 words
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      SHIPPING IN THE EAST.
      117 5 —Straits Times, June 6. How hard shipping is being hit by the world depression is indicated by a paragraph in a Colombo paper which states that, between 7 p.m. on May 28 and 3 p.m. on May 29 (a period of 20 hours), not a single
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      A BITTER PILL.
      314 5 -Strait3 Times, June 6. It is not surprising to learn that the two Labour members h:. dissented from the majority recomme.. i ions embodied in the interim report o* ..e Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance and that they are anxious that no changes should be made in
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      VITAMINS IN TODDY.
      326 5 —Straits Times, June 0. There is a good deal of sympathy in this country for the cry for the abolition of estate toddy shops, because the proportion of an Indian labourer’s earnings which is spent there is undoubtedly too high and is at least onn cause of
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      A SCOTSMAN’S MEMORIES.
      359 5 A SCOTSMAN S MEMORIES —Straits Times, June 8. The Sabbath in Singapore before the War really was the Sabbath, according to Mr. “Sandy” Simpson, who has just left Malaya after 21 years’ service with local engineering firms. On Sunday evenings,” he said, in reminiscences related to the* Malay Mail, it
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      APRIL TIN STATISTICS.
      431 5 »toi ning IIIUVII —Straits Times, June 8. The tin situation has gone from bad to worse so rapidly that already April, during which month the average price was £114-3-6 per ton, seems like a period of comparative prosperity. Nevertheless, the April issue of the F.M.S. Bulletin of
      »toi ning IIIUVII —Straits Times, June 8.  -  431 words
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      SPEEDING UP.
      132 5 uiv IUVIVI III Ult' U Straits Times. June 0. A correspondent tells us that he sent a letter from Singapore by the Dutch air mail on May 14. It was received in London on May 26 and the reply reached him yesterday—25 days for the round trip. Still
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      THE KINTA RELIEF FUND.
      391 5 and urgent distress. —Straits Times, June 9. Is the opening of a fund to help the -'mall holders of the Kintn District an augury of what is shortly going to ho necessary in other parts of the country? There can ho no doubt about the reality
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      ROUND-THE-WORLD TOURISTS.
      346 6 Straits Times, June 9. Singapore, and more especially its newspaper offices, suffers so much from freak round-the-world tourists that it is good to hear we are going to get a little of our own back through a local man who is about to set out on a world
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      THE FOUNTAIN OF HONOUR.
      236 6 vwiiiiiivm.il Straits Times, June 10. What is the correct formula for the announcement of Birthday Honours. Our Ijondon correspondent wrote a few days aRo that the Prime Minister had been criticised for a mistake in this respect. He said Further on Monday it was announced from
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      HYGIENIC LETTUCE.
      307 6 is well worth the trouble.—Straits Times. June 10. It is interesting bo see that the proprietors of a well-known Chinese i market-garden at Ipoh are announcing i that they are growing lettuce under 1 1 hygienic conditions, and that that lettuce is being marketed in Ipoh. It has
      is well worth the trouble.—Straits Times. June 10.  -  307 words
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      REST-HOUSE CHARGES.
      299 6 certainly ought to look into it.—Straits Times, June 10. The Klang Sanitary Board has set a welcome example to the rest of the country in arranging for a reduction of charges for food and drinks at the Klang restuouse. Market prices have come down so much that any
      certainly ought to look into it.—Straits Times, June 10.  -  299 words
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    FLED FROM SUMATRA.
    174 6 Government Tax-Collector Arrested. 'Arrested by the Singapore Detective Sranch on information received from the Dutch authorities, Abdulhamid bin Hadji Rerori, raid to be a Government servant, was produced before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday, when an order fof his extradition to Sumatra
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    BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN MALAYA
    1027 6 Singapore Parade Cancelled. PADANG FLOODED. THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALL. Heavy rain fell in Singapore from 2 a.m. on June 3, and long before the time fixed for the parade in honour of the King's Birthday the Padang was under water. It was decided that it was
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    CHANDU SMUGGLING.
    73 6 Chinese Gets $2,000 Fine Or 13 Months. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 4. A fine of $2,000 or 13 months’ rigorous imprisonment was imposed by the District Judge today on a Chinese, who arrived on the s.s. Van Heutsz, for the possession of 00 tahils of non-government
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    YOUNG CLERK’S DEATH.
    53 6 Body Found in Selangor River. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 4. The l>ody of a young Chinese clerk, who was employed by a Kuala Lumpur firm, was found in the river at Klang Gates on Tuesday. letters were found on the body and at deceased’s
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    SINGAPORE’S HEALTH.
    143 6 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended May 30 the total number of deaths a', male and female 85. This represents a deal rate of 24.45 per mille per annum, compared with 27.80 in the. preceding and 33.45 in the corresponding week o last year. The
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    TELEGRAMS TO CHINA.
    20 6 It is notified that the proviso c* sender’s risk on commercial telegram to China has been withdrawn.
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    PUBLIC MONEY IN PAWNSHOPS.
    774 7 Failure of Case Against Bankrupt The cane in which Lam Khee Meng was originally charged with five different offences under section 107 of Ordinance 44 (Bankruptcy), came up for hearing before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Tuesday. Mr. E. N- Taylor,
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    SARKIES BROTHERS’ AFFAIRS.
    169 7 Receiving Order Granted Yesterday. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson granted a receiving order against Sarkies Brothers. It will be remembered that at the end of last month, the Official Assignee was appointed interim receiver, on the application of the petitioning creditors, Messrs. John
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    KEDAH APPEAL COURT.
    107 7 Two Death Sentences Tj Stand. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 10. Mr. Justice Thorne, Mr. Ju'tice u Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice Whitley presided at the Kedah Court of Appeal on Sunday and Monday. Two murder appeals were dismissed after which Chin Huck, a Chine-o sundry
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    THE MINING BULLETTIN.
    176 7 Quotas Being Exceeded By Malaya and D.E.I. The April issue of the F.M.S. Bulletin of Mining Statistics compares the world’s total output of tin for the first two months of the restriction period with the allotte I quotas us follows March. -for—with T*ns. Quota. quo*,si. Dutch 2,710
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    72 7 Action Taken by Committee In May. The report of the European Unemployment Committee for May states that applications were leceived from 21 persons making u total of 286 since the committee was formed. The strength of the Service Company is now 51. During the month four persons were
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    SULTAN AND SUITANA OF JOHORE.
    79 7 T|w» S.illan and Sultana of Johore l a mg t! eir hotel in London lor the second curt of (he season at Bu kingham Palace on May 20. Th> Central News stales ‘One of flu* most gorgeous figures in the brilliant pageant of debutantes was
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    PENANG MUNICIPAL SERVANTS.
    42 7 Temporary Allowances To Be Reduced. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 10. The Municipal Commissioners, sitting in committee, have decided to reduce the temporary allowances paid to Municipal servants by not more than BO per cent, fiom July 1.
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    UNREST IN BURMA.
    194 7 Telegrams from Singapore Chettiars. At a general meeting of the Chettiars’ (Nattukkottai) Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, one of the members brought up the subject of the Burma rising and referred to the dangerous situation that has arisen. Opinion was generally expressed that n view of the enormous
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    TIN QUOTA SCHEME.
    138 7 Provisional Certificates Of Production. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 5. It has been decided to issue provisional ertificatcs of production to mines under he tin quota scheme, without waiting for he hearing of ap)>cals by the central ommittcc. The appeals against assessments are so mmerous
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    MR. R. C. J. H. C. BROWN.
    99 7 Admitted to Singapore Bar On Tuesday. On the application of Mr. K. Williamson, Mr. K. C. J. H. Cunnynjrham Brown wa on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Pal* crave* Simpson, admitted to the Singanore Bar. Mr. Williamson said that Mr. Withers Payne appeared on
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    “HIGHLY EFFICIENT.”
    80 7 Klang Maternity Hospital Visited. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klantf, June 7. Mr. Blyth, the Protector of Chinese, Seremban, who is also the honorary treasurer of the Maternity Hospital, which the Chinese of Seremban propose to build there, has paid a visit to the Chinese Maternity Hospital, KlatiR. He
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    FREIGHT WAR IN THE EAST.
    720 8 Withdrawals from Shipping Conference. 4 GERMAN ACTION. Lines Which Will Operate Independently. The Ilolland-Oost Azie Lijn recently withdrew from the Straits, ('Inna und Japan Conference because ot the method which, it is alleged, were being adopted by German lines to capture a greater share of
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    MR. BRADDELL’S VIEWS.
    437 8 “Fully Expected This To Happen.’’ Shown the above article Mr. Kola ml Braudcil, a Litur opponent of Shi ppm-: i l tnfci ernes, raid 1 lully expo lei (into h;: pen, and was informed last yen* :hat it was 1 Lely to happen. I'oi sunnily 1 fhould
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    CHEATED FOR CASH AND DRINK.
    228 8 i European Goes to Gaol For One Month. (From 0m 0wn Correspondent.) I j.oh, June 8. J A European named Thornley was 'charged here today with cheating l>y 1 falsely represent ir.g himscli to he a ['member of the Perak Club and in such •i
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    “HELLO, K.L.”
    79 8 Trunk Telephone System Ready in August. The telephone system between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will be opened to the public, it is stated unofficially, some time in August this year, and, it is said, will be extended to Penang ba- fore the end of the year. The installation
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    PT. DICKSON ESTATE DISPUTE.
    450 8 Judgment for Estate And Trust Agencies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, June 5. The Hon. Mr. Justice Burton delivered judgment today in the case in which Tan Chin Cheang and five others sued the Estate and Trust Agencies (1927), hnl of Singapore, in the Seremban Supreme
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    F.M.S. RELIEF WORKS.
    123 8 Board to Co-ordinate Action In Selangor. (From Uur Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 5. The acting British Resident of Selangor, the Hon. Mr. A. Caldecott, has appointed an Unemployment Committee for the State of Selangor, to co-ordinate the various measures necessary to be taken for the relief
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    SINGAPORE IN 2 SECONDS.
    72 8 Flashing Derby Result To World Centres. The result of the Derby race at Epsom last Wednesday was received in Singapore two seconds after the winner passe* the post. Times taken by Imperial and International Communications to flash the result to other world centres were: Bombay, two
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    66 9 The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bpar in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Long epistles nre liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but us
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    MALAYAN CHINESE.
    580 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In the course of a Note of the Day in your issue of May 25 you quote the remark made by a certain chairman of a rubber company in Kuala Lumpur which was as follows, namely I bow to the
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    CAMBRIDGE RESULTS.
    515 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your Notes of the Day of Friday you concluded with a question which might easily be interpreted as an indirect and subtle statement. Permit me, therefore, to assure you that the figures in connection with the Cambridge examinations, which
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    A BILLION.
    279 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your issue of May 29 you published a cable from Washington under the heading “U.S. Deficit of $1,000,000,000,” while the text of the cable gives the sum as “one billion.” Again in your today’s issue I read under the
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    OUR OLDEST CONTRIBUTOR.
    162 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have been sent a copy of an issue of the Straits Times in which you state concerning my old friend Sir Hugh Clifford and his first article in the Straits Times of Nov. 30, 1805:— “In the tender
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    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
    228 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In your issue of May 28, you reported the ease of a woman who died of cancer after receiving Christian Science treatment, the verdict being that death Mas acct lerated by failure to provide medical treatment. On this occasion the coroner
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    THE WARATAH.
    244 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The very interesting article on the loss of the Waratah in your issue of June 1, revives a memory of the ship. J he writer had occasion to go aboard in the London docks after her return from the first
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    SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.
    363 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Some years ago you generously helped to feed children in Europe who were starving and we can ofFer no apology for asking you once again to give a helping hand to our work. The need is still so
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    SINGAPORE SPEEDWAY.
    668 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. The Great World was opened on Monday niuht last, also a new bus route to the fair ground via River Valley Ki-ad which could well be christened the ;«e\v Singapore Speedway.” Ail through the evening from 6.30 to 1 a.m. and
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    MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL.
    207 9 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, —Judging by Saturday’s game Singapore will not win the Malaya Cup this year unless something is done and done quickly. The selection committee is having an unenviable task, and the trial games have not been helpful and never will
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    FIERY WRITING.
    56 10 To the Editor of the Straits Timas. Sir, Regarding the letter in h riday s Straits Times on the New Singapore Speedway,” I agree with European and if I added what I think and you published it, I am afraid you would have to print it on asbestos.
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    EURASIAN UNEMPLOYED.
    123 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As there appears to be a misapprehension in the mind.' of some people as to whether or not applications from Em a inns to the A iatic Unemployment Fund will be considered, I nm directed by the executive committee to make
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    THE VIGILANTES!
    216 10 Cosmopolitan Membership Of Rubber Committee. I i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 8. The 44 General Purposes Committee which has been formed with the object of < watching the rubber situation and taking j such steps as may seem advisable or practicable, held its first meeting
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    SOMME ANNIVERSARY.
    65 10 A reunion dinner and dance for ex-ser-vice min and women friends will be held at Rallies Hotel on July 1, Ihe nnniver sary of the Rattle of the Somme. The band of the 1st butt,, the Gloucestershire Rogt. will play during dinner. Tickets, each (ineluding pahits before dinner)
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    COUNCIL REFORM DEBATE.
    583 10 Motion in Favour Carried By 36 Votes to 12. By 36 votes to 12, the motion 44 That the time has arrived for the constitution of the Legislative Council to be reformed was carried at an inter-association debate on June 4 at the C.C.A. Hall, Prinsep Street,
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    OPIUM SEIZURE.
    87 10 $7,000 Worth Taken In Singapore. When the B.I. s* earner, Tilawa, arrived •\t Singapore on Saturdav, a search •.quailron from the Government Monopolies Dept., under Mr. A. Talbot, boarded the vessel and commenced an intensive examination of the cargo. About three o’clock the same afternoon •he partv discovered
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    “INTRODUCED AS AN OUT-OF-WORK.”
    301 10 European Inspector’s Story In Police Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 5. A remarkable story was related to the Police Magistrate here this morning when Detective Inspector Hunt charged a Eura sian named Tang Ching Yin and two Chinese, Chan Hing and Chung Yat, with
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    VOLUNTEER BALL.
    115 10 High Successful Function At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Owr. Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 5. The annual ball of the Malay States Volunteer Regiment was held at the Selangor Club la?t night and was a great success. There were nearly -100 present, ncluding the Chief Secretary (the Hon. Mr.
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    SEREMBAN ROTARY.
    96 10 Officers Elected for Present Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, June 5. At the closed annual general meeting of the Seremban Rotary Club held at the Hakka Club last night, with Mr. Chang Seng Long J.P. presiding, the following office hearers for the year 11*31-1932 were elected President,
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    ALLEGED GANG OF SWINDLERS.
    939 10 Dealing in “Notes.” SEQUEL TO TRAP SET Rv DETECTIVES. 1 Alleged to be members of a had been dealing in what purported to'? forged currency notes in Singapore f 5 Chinese and a Eurasian, who ha,!.’ t confined to the Singapore Civil pi?* since March as
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    THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    2815 11 Sir Cecil Clementi Receives The G.C.M.G. MALAYA’S LIST. No Additions Made to The Peerage. The f o M o\ving honours have been bestowed in Malaya on the occasion of the King's Birthday Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George —Sir
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    MR. J. F. JOHNS.
    125 12 Bangkok Consul-General Receives C.M.G. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 4. At the King’s Birthday reception yesterday afternoon at the British Legation, the Minister announced that Mr. J. F. Johns, the Consul-General, had been made a Commander of the Ortler of St. Michael and St. George.
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    MR. L. N. HARMON.
    140 12 Death Following a Short Illness. Following a short illness, Mr. L. N. Harmon died at the Singapore General Hospital on Tuesday from black water fever. Mr. Harmon, who was 41 years of age, was the representative of the Singaport Art Co., an American firm of portrait
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    HEAVY SENTENCE.
    46 12 Nine Months for Theft Of Bicycle Lamp. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 4. Lee Ah Kow, a Cantonese, was sentenced by the District Judge here today to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment for stealing a bicycle lamp. Two previous convictions were proved against him.
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    A PARALLEL WITH THE PAST.
    495 12 Mr. H. Dove on the Tin Position. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 5. Mr. Harold Dove, presiding at the annuel meeting of Klong Chang Tin, stated that the mining industry Malaya was now in a state parallel to the situation in the coiton industry
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    MRS. M. MASSABNI.
    108 12 Death in General Hospital On June 3. The death took place at the General Hospital early on June 3 of Mrs. Marie Massabni a w’ell-known local maternity nurse, at the age of 58 years. Mrs. Massabni was a Greek and came out to Singapore with her husband
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    THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
    61 12 Contractors Hand Over To Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 3. I he Memorial Bridge is now completed and yesterday afternoon was taken over from the contractors, Messrs. Dorman Long and Co., by H.R.H. the Prince of Kambaeng Bejra, Minister of Commerce and Communications. The bridge
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    MINE MANAGER AT PISTOL POINT.
    337 12 Robbed by Chinese Of $3,500 Wages. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 7. A sensation has been caused here by the news that Mr. J. Latimer, manager cf Rambutan Tin Ltd., has been held up I at the point of a revolver and robbed of
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    TRINITY COLLEGE.
    231 12 Former Students at Annual Dinner in Singapore. Trinity Monday was celebrated in Singapore by a dinner at the Europe Hotel, at which 22 past Trinity College. Dublin, men were present. Dr. J. Gray P.C.M.O., Singapore, being the senior man present, having entered College in 1900, presided and other
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    DEATH SENTENCE.
    126 12 Murder of Rangoon Road School Watchman. Tara Singh was unanimously found guilty on June 5, at the conclusion of the Singapore Assizes, of the murder of Sunder Singh, watchman of the Rangoon Road School on Apr. 9. His Lordship. Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell sentenced him to death.
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    LOCAL HONOURS FOR F.M.S. RESIDENTS.
    509 12 Certificates Awarded •LOYAL AND VALUABLF» SERVICES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 5 In the name of His Majesty the Ki His Excellency the High CommissiolTr has been pleased to award Certificates 0 f Honour to the following persons j n recognition of their
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    MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    108 12 European Prison Official Severely Injured. A motor accident occurred near the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. building on Saturday afternoon as the result ot which Mr. A. T. Harris, of the Prison Department, was severely injured. It would appear that Mr. Harris, who was driving his car, was taking
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    THE LITERARY PAGE- NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    3152 13 TH E LITERARY PAGE- NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. New Fiction Love in a Garage —True Love United Picture of South Africa —Humour Of the Cairo Streets—The Political Police of Russia—Sir Philip Gibbs —Too Much Propaganda, Too Little Story. New Novels. Man Where Am I By Nina Oldfield. J Tainted Butterflies. By
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    INDIANS HONOURED.
    263 14 Reception for Well-Known C.I.D. Officers. Well over 200 quests representative of all local communities were present at the Adelphi Hotel Hoof Garden on Saturday afternoon when the Indian Association of ■Singapore held a reception in honour of Chief Inspectors Balwant: Singh Judg* and Mehta Prithvi Chand, of the
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    CUT IN ALLOWANCES.
    65 14 Accepted Philosophically In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 5. The committee of the Junior Civil Service Association is meeting tomorrow to consider the situation created anent temporary allowances. As far as can be gathered the situation in generally accepted philosophically. Though the descent of the
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    32 14 The European Unemployment Committee acknowledges the following donations Previously acknowledged $29,724.78, refunds previously omitted 8,490.73, ExServices Association of Malaya. 2,380.26, Kampong Kuantan Club 30, Mr. R. Boyd 4monthly) 20; $40,661.77.
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    DRUNKEN INDIAN’S ESCAPADE.
    1073 14 An Estate Incident. EUROPEAN’S COMPLAINT OF ATTACK. The defence that he was so drunk thar v ie did not know what he was doing and that he only recovered the following day in hospital to find that he had beet u verely injured, was put up by
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    HIT AND RUN DRIVER CENSURED.
    445 14 Inquest on Man Killed By Unknown Car. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 4. An inquett was held in the Police Court, .pun. into th. death of ThambyI r> l av, a retired overseer, r.W.L., wn) lied ‘in the District Hospital, Ipoh, of m- juries
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    SUBMARINES ARRIVE.
    79 14 Oxley and Otway Taken Over By Royal Navy. Two submarines, the Oxley and the Otway arrived here on June 3 from Australia on their way to Malta, under the command of Commander E. M. Loly and Lieut. Com. T. H. Dickson respectively. They are expected at their destination
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    COMMUNIST ARRESTS IN SINGAPORE
    281 14 European Charged. PRINTING OUTFIT SEIZED. For the first time in the hTstn„ Singapore political crime, u FuJ? of has been arrested by the Criminal? 1 telligenoe Department in connection the local Communist movement So f those who have been arrested have \Z chiefly Hylams, with a
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    TRAFFIC POLICE.
    221 14 Sequel to Complaints Of Extortion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. June 3. When a Malay constable, attached to the traffic police, pleaded not guilty of attempting to receive an illegal gratification from a Chinese bus driver, the prosecution stated that as a result of i general complaint made
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    CORPUS CHRISTI.
    123 14 1,500 People at Cathedral Of Good Shepherd. More than 1,500 people attended the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on day evening for the procession ceie ing the feast of Corpus Christi. Many people were unable to gai mittance to the Cathedral and eveiy and window was thronged. (From
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
    3735 15 The King’s Birthday In A Malay State—A Minor Colonial Pageant—Selangor Miners And The Chamber—A Problem Of The Quota Scheme— 1 Favouring The Teetotaller !—Our Own Commander Kenworthy—Whales And Coconuts. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 5. fpflE birthday of His Majesty King
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    W. MILLARD WATTS EXAMINED.
    1182 16 Bankruptcy Court. “SPECULATING THROUGH THE FIRM.” Mr. W. Millard Watts, against whom judgment for over $18,000 was awarded recently in an action brought by the liquidators of Rose Macphail and Penman Ltd., was publicly examined on June 5 in the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Palgrave
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    POLICEMAN FINED.
    92 16 Assault at Fire-Walking Ceremony. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 4. Syed Abdullah, a police sergeant at Kuala Langat, who was charged by a Malayalee motor-car driver with havinjr assaulted him during an affray between him and some Tamil coolies at a tirewalking ceremony at Batu village, was
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    MR. LOKE CHOW THYE.
    66 16 Resident Councillor Among Many at Funeral. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 6. The Resident Councillor, Mr. P. T. Allen, and a large number of prominent residents attended the funeral of Mr. Loke Chow Thye yesterday at Mount Erskine cemetery. The Chief Priest of Pitt Street
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    189 16 Monday, May -3. His Excellency was present at the races. The following had tea with J» ls Excellency:—II. E. Major-General L. t uOldfield and Mrs. Oldfield, the Hon. M>• Justice P. J. Sproule, the Hon. Mr. Justice W. H. Thorne, Mrs. Winstedt, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Maynard, Mr.
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained In Renter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      PLAN TO CUT DOWN THE DOLE.
      599 21 —British Wireless Royal Commission’s Drastic Proposals. LABOUR DISSENT. Reduced Benefits: Higher Contributions. Rugby, June 5. The Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance, appointed by the Government six months ago, has issued its interim report. Judge Holman Gregory, and four of the six other members, have
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      DEATH OF FORMER KING HUSSEIN.
      575 21 Reuter. Epic of War Recalled. SENIOR DESCENDANT OF THE PROPHET. Jerusalem, June 4. The ex-King Hussein, father of King Feisal and of the Emir Abdullah, died at Amman this morning. Ex-King Hussein co-operated brilliantly with the allies against the Turks during the Great War. In
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      MINING INDUSTRY.
      82 21 iourned until next week.—British Wireless. Prime Minister Meets Men’s Delegates. Rugby, June 6. A meeting was held at 10 Downing Street this afternoon between the Prime Minister, who was accompanied by the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the President of the Board of Trade, the Attorney-General
      iourned until next week.—British Wireless.  -  82 words
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      AMOK ON EMPRESS LINER.
      219 21 —Reuter. Two Killed. 31 PEOPLE ATTACKED BY FILIPINO. Tokio, June 6. The Empress of Canada, which berthed at Yokohama this morning, brought the bodies of two Chinese members of the cixw wlo had teen killed ar.d abd'231 steerage passengers and crew wounded by a Filipino who
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      ROYALTY AT OPERA.
      113 21 British Wireless. King and Queen to Visit Covent Garden. Rugby, June 4. The King, who was G6 yesterday, held a private birthday party at Buckingham Palace today. The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Mary and the Karl of Harewood, the
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      U.S.A. AND THE DOLE.
      94 21 Reuter. New York Governor’s Plea For State Insurance. French licks (Indiana), June 3. In view of the fact that he is one of the favourites for the Democratic nomination for the Presidential Campaign in I .K{2, great significance attached to the address of Governor Roosevelt, of
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      FLOODS IN BRITAIN.
      121 21 British Wireless. Worcester Cricket Ground Submerged. Rugby, June J. There were again severe thunderstorms in many parts of the country yesterday, followed in some places by floods. Owing to the overflowing of the River Severn the county cricket ground at Worcester was covered by five or six
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      HOW TIN CUT IS TO BE SPLIT UP.
      539 22 —Reuter. Malaya’s Output to Be 45,355 Long Tons. OTHER FIGURES. Retrospective As From June 1. London, June .'5. The chairman of the International Tin Committee which sat at The Hague on May 16, now announces that the four Governments concerned have accepted
      —Reuter.  -  539 words
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      COTTON FOR RUSSIA.
      34 22 Reuter. Large Deal With Egyptian. Government. Cairo, June 2. The Russian lextilo Import Company haH purchased 25,000 bales of Ashmuni cotton, at market prices, from Government •locks, deliverable before Augu-t 151.
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      NO DESIRE TO ATTACK CANTON.
      428 22 —Sin Kuo Min. Nanking Government’s Position. Shanghai, June 3. General Shao Litzu, the chief scorei tary at the Generalissimo’s Military I Headquarters, declared that Nanking ha.no intention to attack Canton, unless I Canton takes the offensive. Nanking aims at the complete and early destruction of
      —Sin Kuo Min.  -  428 words
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      SILVER CRISIS.
      108 22 —Reuter. Informal Conference Now Suggested. Salt Lake City, Utah, June 4. An unofficial and informal World Silver Conference, under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce, to be held preferably in London, is suggested by Senator Smoot as an alternative to an International Conference. The purpose of
      —Reuter.  -  108 words
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      MR. JOHN GUEST, M.P.
      62 22 —British Wiroless. To Retire on Ground Of Ill-Health. Rughy, June 2. Mr. John Guest (Lab., Hcmsworth), one of the miners’ members of Parliament, has intimated that he contemplates retiring, owing to continued ill-health. Ho has represented Hcmsworth since 1018 and, at the last election, had n
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      TERRORISTS BUSY IN CHITTAGONG.
      106 22 Dynamite Buried Under Public Buildings. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, June .1. Chittagong is perturbed over, the sensational find of eight large canisters >t dynamite buried under Government buildings. A young man named Nibaran Ghosh was arrested when carrying a small canister of dynamite on a
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      KING’S BIRTHDAY.
      125 22 —British Wireless. Royal Party Witness The Derby. Rugby, June 3. His Majesty the King received congratulations today from all parts of the Empire on his sixty-sixth birthday. Flags were flown on all public build* ngs and at noon a Royal Salute of 21 guns was tired in Hyde
      —British Wireless.  -  125 words
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      BOYCOTT IN INDIA.
      136 22 improvement had been ert'ected.—British Wireless. Question Again Raised In The Commons. Rugby. June 1. The Secretary for India (Mr. W. Wedgwood Bonn), referring in the House of Commons to the proposed resumption in the autumn of the Round-Table Conference. said it was hoped that members of the
      improvement had been ert'ected.—British Wireless.  -  136 words
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      COL. H. L. STIMSON.
      62 22 Reuter. Hanning Tour of Europe This Summer. Washington, June 4. Colonel Hennr L. Stimson, the Secretary of State, is planning a two-months’ ton; this summer of West European countries, including Great Britain. France, Italy and Germany, accompanied by Mrs. Stimson. The mission will be unofficial, hut
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      COALS FOR NEWCASTLE !
      57 22 COALS FOR NEWCASTLE —Reuter. Soviet Petrol to be Sold In Mexico City. New York, June 2. A Mexico City message says a Russian company with a capital of approximately $5,000,000, is being formed at Tampico for the importation of petrol into Mexico, to lie sold at nine cents per litre,
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      CALCUTTA SWEEP WINNERS.
      644 22 Third Prize to Singapore. MR. KHOO BOO GAY’S GOOD FORTUNE. Drawing Sandwich in the Calcutta SVecn on the Derby, Mr. Khoo Boo Gay, a well, known Singapore rubber merchant. the winner of about £20,000. lie sold a quarter of the chance for a nominal sum to the
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      CALCUTTA SWEEP.
      100 22 —Reuter. Two Winning Tickets Go To England. London, June !>• The two Camcronian tickets in t 1 Calcutta Sweep, each worth approximately ill 05,000 sterling, are held respectsci> by Mr. David Dunn Bryson, a septuagenarian London merchant, and Mr. AN- Marks, of Birmingham. The latter is in a
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      AND NOW THE NEXT.
      93 22 —Reuter. Dublin Gets Ready For November Handicap. London, June Interest in the Irish -sweep draw unabated. Many young women ,l among the queue outside the Dublin .Mansion House awaiting the drawing of the remaining 1,000 odd consolation prizes. The drawing is expected to be, completed this
      —Reuter.  -  93 words
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      JUST POTTERING ALONG.
      648 23 Brooklands aerodrome today.—British Wireless. Reuter. How Scott Broke the Solo Homeward Record. UNDER 11 DAYS. It Is Too Far. I Am Glad It Is All Over.” London, June 5. The airman, Mr. C. W. A. Scott, who hnike the world’s record for a solo flight to Australia
      Brooklands aerodrome today.—British Wireless.; Reuter.  -  648 words
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      A U.S.A. APPOINTMENT.
      26 23 —Reuter. Washington June 3. President Hoover has appointed Mr. K;»y, of St. Louis, District Attorney, Oklahoma, as United States Assistant Attorney -Cl eneral.—Reuter.
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      “BRIGHTER SUNDAY” MOVE IN BRITAIN.
      197 23 —British Wireless. Stage Approves Proposed Amendments to Bill. Rugby, June 4. Amendments to the Sunday Performances Regulation Bill, which have the approval of organisations representing employers and workers in the theatrical industry, will be considered within the next few days by the House of Commons
      —British Wireless.  -  197 words
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      SOVIET AND JAPAN.
      178 23 -Reuter. Growing Trade and Future Prospects. Tokio. June 2. Negotiations are in progress for the granting of a credit of yen 50,000,000 for a period of 30 months to the Soviet. The Soviet Ambassador proposes to purchase electrical apparatus, ironware and steamers from Japan.—Reuter. Osaka, June 4.
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      FLIGHT TO S. AMERICA.
      158 23 —Reuter. False Report that Do.X Had Fallen into Sea. London, June 4. The giant German flying-boat Do.X. has left Praia, Cape Verde Islands, for South America. Porto Praia, Cape Verde, June 4. The Do.X. has fallen into the sea 60 miles from Praia. Later The Do.X.
      —Reuter.  -  158 words
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      MR. PHILIP SNOWDEN.
      65 23 —British Wireless. Back in the House of Commons Once More. Rugby, June 4. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Snowden) has now sufficiently recovered from the set-back in health, following over-work after his recent operation, to return to his full duties. He attended the usual weekly
      —British Wireless.  -  65 words
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      NON-STOP RECORD FLIGHT.
      165 23 NON-STOP RECORD FLIGHT in the direction of South Africa.—British Wireless. British Attempt to be Made In New Machine. Rugby, June 5. In accordance with the Air Ministry’s arrangements for the British attempt on the world’s long distance flight, Squad-ron-Leader Gaylord and Flight-Lieut. Bett will attempt a non-stop flight to thi
      in the direction of South Africa.—British Wireless.  -  165 words
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      TEN MILES UP.
      89 23 —Reuter. Scientist-Balloonist In Brussels. Brussels, .June 5. The scientist-balloonist, Professor Piecard, was given a superb ovation on his arrival here today to return thanks to the Association of Scientific Research which had defrayed the cost of his expedition. The crowds in the streets were so dense that
      —Reuter.  -  89 words
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      COL. LINDBERGH.
      76 23 —Reuter. To Fly Pacific and Tour Far East. Washington, June 4. Colonel Lindbergh, the trans-Atlantic flyer, is planning a flight across the Pacific before the end of June, after which he intends to make a tour of the Far East by air. Colonel Lindbergh will probably be accompanied
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      FRENCH ART.
      53 23 British Wireless. Loans From Louvre For London Exhibition. Rugby, June 4. The Daily Telegraph states that the French Government, having reversed its decision to prohibit the Louvre authorities from contributing substantially to the projected exhibition of French art in London, that exhibition will take place as originally planned
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      GOVERNOR OF MALTA.
      179 23 Reuter. Famous Steeplechase Rider Appointed. London, June 4. General Sir David Campbell has been appointed Governor of Malta.— Reuter. General Sir David Graham Muschet Campbell. K.C.B. has been in charge of the Aldershot Command since 1927. Joining the 9th Lancers in 1889 he served through the South
      — Reuter.  -  179 words
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      “PROSPERITY IN 18 MONTHS.”
      622 23 Tin and Rubber. SIR C. CLEMENTI’S HOPE FOR MALAYA. (From Our Lobby Correspondent.) London, May 8. Great interest was taken in an address delivered by His Excellency Sir Ceil Clementi on the problems of Malaya, at a meeting yesterday, in the rooms of the Empire Parliamentary
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      MILLION OF MONEY.
      91 23 -Reuter. Plan to Salvage Spanish Wreck Off Brazil. New York, Juno 7. A party of business men, according to tho New York Times, is arranging for salvage work on the Spanish steamer Principe de Asturias, which foundered off* the rocky coast of Brazil in 1915, while fleeing
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      RELATION OF SILVER TO GOLD.
      233 24 —Reuter. Conference of Powers INTERESTING SUGGESTION FROM CANADA. Gt.awa, June 7. The suggestion tlut the Government should call u conferc.Gi f the World Powers to consider l. e scheme of Mr. J. G. Darling, the British economist now in Canada, for the e UaMishment of
      —Reuter.  -  233 words
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      CHINA AND SILVER.
      142 24 -Reuter. “She Has Not Too Much But Far Too Little.” London, June 8. It is a fundamental error to assume that China has too much silver. She has far too little,” says a Shanghai merchant in an article which he contributes to the Financial Times. He estimates
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      CANTON REVOLT.
      191 24 —Reuter. Foreign Governments i Understand.” Nanking, June 5. The Foreign Minister (L)r. C. T. Wang), in a statement to the Press this morning denying that the Nationalist Government is issuing a statement to foreign Powerconcerning the Canton situation, declared that the foreign Governments clearly understood the political conditions
      —Reuter.  -  191 words
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      UP NEARLY 10 MILES.
      31 24 Reuter. Height Attained by Belgian Professor’s Balloon. Berne, June 5. It is officially confirmed that Professor Piccard’s balloon reached a height of 15,781 metres (about 51,770 feet).
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      R.M.S.P. CO. AFFAIRS.
      300 24 —Reuter. -British Wireless. at Mansion House Court. London, June 2. A cause eelebre opened at the Mansion House Police Court this morning when (.oni K.vleant and Mr. Harold John Moriand answered summonses relating to the vflairs of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Many notable persons, including
      —Reuter.; -British Wireless.  -  300 words
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      “ THE YOUNG MARSHAL.”
      206 24 THE YOUNG MARSHAL.” u lit uu i lut. conn i y iui nun lu i c iimni in hospital for six weeks at least.—Sin Kuo Min. Reported to Have Contracted Typhus. Shanghai, June 3. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, the Manchurian ruler, who entered the P.U.M.C. Hospital at Peking a few days
      u lit uu i lut. conn i y iui nun lu i c iimni in hospital for six weeks at least.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  206 words
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      A GAS CONFERENCE.
      78 24 be held at Zurich in 1934.—British Wireless. New International Union Formed. Rugby, June 3. At today’s session of the International Gas Conference, which is being held in London, Mr. Harold Copp, the president, announced the inauguration of the Union Internationale de l’Industrie de Gas. Herr Fritz Kscler
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      “ HELL ON THE FEET.”
      54 24 HELL ON THE FEET.” —Reuter. General Dawes on American Diplomacy. Washington, June 3. Easy on the brain but Hell on the feet was General Dawes’ description of American diplomacy, in an interview today. General Dawes, who is leaving for Kngland on June 21, denied the rumours that he is resigning
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      PEACE PROSPECTS.
      494 24 v v..»v hi. io coning ovvpn IU receive the Customs surplus.—Sin Kuo Min. i Settlement with Canton Possible. Shanghai, June 6. From Canton Mr. Chang Chi report? to the Central (Nanking) Government that there is still a possibility of a peacetul settlement. Mr. Chang Chi adds that he
      – v . v..»v hi. io coning ovvpn IU “ receive ” the Customs surplus.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  494 words
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      SOVIET GOLD.
      104 24 —Reuter. Bank of France Suit Fails. New York, June 6. The suit brought by the Bank of France to recover from the Chase National Bank and Guaranty Trust Company the sum of $5,000,000, the value of gold bars sent here by the Soviet Government in 1928, has been
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      SENATOR PITTMAN.
      77 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Interview with Mr. T. V. Soong In Nanking. Shanghai, June 4. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, who has been keenly interested in the schemes which have been under discussion for some time for a huge silver loan to China, went to Nanking on June 2
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      ONLY A “ GUINEA PIG ” DIRECTOR.
      131 24 ONLY A GUINEA PIG DIRECTOR. -Reuter. An Italian Echo of The Hatry Crash. Milan, June 5. The trial has opened here of J u h n Gialdini (the Italian associate of Clarence Hatry), who left England just before* the Hatry crash in June, 11*20, in connection with which Hatry was
      -Reuter.  -  131 words
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      AIR TRANSPORT.
      126 24 British Wireless. Internationalisation Suggested. Rugby, June 4. At question time in the House of Commons today the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) stated that during his recent visit to Geneva, he was able informally to refer. U> the naval negotiations in conversations with his French ami Italian colleagues,
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      SOUTH OF MUKDEN.
      118 24 Reuter. Sino-Japanese Police Clash. Tokio, June 5. A semi-official statement declares that, yesterday morning, a body of Chinese gendarmerie found some Japanese police patrolling in the vicinity of Tashichiao, 07 miles south of Mukden. They arrested them, and are alleged to have maltreated them, on the grounds
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      AMERICA’S DEBT.
      78 24 Reuter. $500,000,000 Increase Expected. Washington, June 3. An increase of approximately $500,000,000 in the National Debt is expected at the end of the financial year (June 30) according to an announcement made by White House. The increase is mainly due to the expected deficit on the Federal Budget.
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      AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.
      102 24 -Reuter. Government Expenditure to Be Reduced 20%. Melbourne, June 2. The Conference of Prime Ministers has approved a reduction of 20 per cent, in all Government expenditure. Mr. J. H. Scullin, the Federal Prime Minister, Mr. E. G. Theodore, the Fedclal Treasurer, and Mr. Lang, the Prime Minister
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      CHEQUERS TALKS END.
      1139 25 at a dinner at the Foreign Office.—British Wireless. —Reuter. A Conference to Revise Reparations VAGUE COMMUNIQUE. German Circles Said To Be Disappointed. Rugby. June 4. The German Chancellor (Dr. Bruenin?) md the Foreign Minister (Dr. Curtius) c ft Berlin late last night for their visit •<> England,
      at a dinner at the Foreign Office.—British Wireless.; —Reuter.  -  1,139 words
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      WORLD WAR DEBTS.
      310 25 —Reuter. —British Wireless. Will Conference Consider Their Revision London, June 7. The diplomatic correspondent of the Sunday Express understands that a wor'd conference to consider proposals for the revision of all war debts may be the outcome of the Chequers talks. Rcutei. Premier's Luncheon Party. Rugby, June
      —Reuter.; —British Wireless.  -  310 words
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      “I AM LATE”
      183 25 -Reuter. G.B.S.” Dodges Police At Chequers. London, June 7. Mr. George Bernard Shaw was among the guests at Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s luncheon to Dr. Bruening and Dr. Curtius at Chequers this morning. Ho drove his own car from London. When a policeman stopped him at the entrance
      -Reuter.  -  183 words
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      A FRIENDLY TALK.
      342 25 -British Wireless. “We Come with No Papers And No Programme.” Rugby, June 6. Last night the German Chancellor (Dr. Bruening) and the German Foreign Minister (Dr. Curtius) were the guests of the Prime Minister at dinner at the Foreign Office, attended by leading members of the Government
      -British Wireless.  -  342 words
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      PRESS COMMENTS.
      280 25 Reuter. Observer and Danger Of Nazi Coup. London, June 7. Elaborate precautions were taken to insure that there was no interruption to the conversations at f hequers between Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Dr. Bruening and Dr. Curtius. Special police were posted at the entrances to the house in
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      GERMANY’S BURDEN.
      468 25 —Reuter. British Wireless. A U.S.A. Plea That It Should be Lightened. Washington, .June 7. The reduction of Germany’s reparations burden was strongly advocated by Senator Borah before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He declared that Revision seems expedient economically and fundamentally wise. There is nothing to he gained
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      MIDNIGHT ALARM IN BRITAIN.
      234 26 -British Wireless. Worst Earthquake Shock On Record. IN NIGHT ATTIRE. Frightened Sleepers Rush Into Streets. Rugby, Juno 7. Earthquake tremors were felt early today in places widely scattered over an area of England comprising the Midlands, the East Coast and the south-eastern and south-western counties, and
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      UNDER NORTH SEA.
      197 26 —Reuter. Newcastle Steamer Has Weird Experience. London, .June 8. The only casualty in the severest “English earthquake” yet recorded \vw a Northampton canary, whose wing was broken owing to its cage falling as a result of the shock. It is pointed out that no fewer than three
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      ST. PAUL’S.
      510 26 Reuter. Believed Not to Have j Been Damaged. London, June 7. I Considerable alarm has been caused by the earth tremors, felt in London and j ■various parts of the country at 1.110 a.m., which lasted a minute. Buildings were shaken, sleepers were awakened and thousands of people
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      TREMORS IN NEW YORK.
      257 26 —Reuter. —British Wireless. Residents Considerably Alarmed. Rochester, New York. June 7. A series of light earthquake tremors was felt in the city last night. The first shock occurred at 7 p.m. and two others followed two and a half hours later. No damage was done but
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      PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE.
      144 26 Reuter. —British Wireless. Illness of Granddaughter Of Queen Victoria. London, June 7 (3.19 a.m.) A bulletin states that Princess Marie Louise is suffering from a microbe i infection of the intestine, accompanied by fever. There is no pain and Her Highness’s strength is being well maintained. London,
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      MORATORIUM FOR WAR DEBTS.
      68 26 —Reuter. U.S.A. Senator Believes It Would Relieve Depression. Washington, Juno 9. A moratorium, lasting two years or -hive years, in rc-pect oi War Debt pnj' nionts, is suggested by Senator Bingham, i Republican from Connecticut, as a mca* -ure of relief for the world depression. Senator
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      STANDARD OIL.
      128 26 —Reuter. $2,375,000,000 Petroleum Merger Rumours. New York, June 5. Steps towards the consolidation of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey with the Standard Oil Company of Ca’i- fornia will take definite form within the next sixty days, unless formidable opposition develops in Washington, according to the New
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      BOOSTING RUBBER.
      78 26 —Reuter. Its Use in Government Buildings. London, June 4. The spokesman for the First Commissioner of Works (Mr. G. Lansbury), told a questioner, Mr. A. A. Somerville (Cons., Windsor), in the House of Commons, that rubber was being used by that department where it was considered advisable and
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      $3,000,000 FIRE.
      52 26 —Reuter. Follows Explosion of An Oil Barge. Norfolk (Virginia), June 8. A number of wharves and commercial properties in the business district here liave been destroyed by fire, following an explosion on an oil barge which was tied up to the pier. The damage done is estimated at
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      TROOPING THE COLOUR.
      244 26 -British Wireless. King's Grandchildren’s Keen Interest. Rugby, June C. The annual ceremony of Trooping the Colour took place in bright sunshine on the Horse Guards Parade this morning. Immense crowds assembled to witness the picturesque ceremony, which was also watched by the Queen, Princess Mary and the
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      SEEKING WORLD PEACE.
      728 26 I 1UUU1 IU CIIU r sent world economic crisis.—British W K less. Nations in Advance Of Their Governments. MR. HENDERSON. How Economic Crisis Might be Ended. Rugby, June 4. In the House of Commons today the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) was congratulated by Sir Austen Chamberlain
      I 1UUU1 IU CIIU r sent world economic crisis.—British W K' less.  -  728 words
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      THE LAW RELATING TO SWEEPSTAKES.
      67 27 British Wireless. Statement in the House Promised. Rugby* June 8. An early statement in Parliament on the subject of whether any amendment of the law relating to sweepstakes is necessary or desirable —which matter is receiving the careful consideration of the Government —was promised by
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      THE NAUTILUS.
      222 27 -Reuter. -British Wireless. Under the Ice to the Pole Project. New London, Connecticut, June 4. Fscort'. d by a destroyer and a seaplane, amt saluted by shrieks from the sirens 0 f surface craft, the former naval submarine Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert Wilkin-, who is now aboard,
      -Reuter.; -British Wireless.  -  222 words
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      IN INDO-CHINA.
      138 27 —Reuter. Bolshevik Efforts to Stir Up Natives. Paris, June 3. The Bolshevik effort to stir up the* •rive< has failed everywhere in French Indo-China, except in North Annam, Veil is in a continual state of unrest. id M. Paul Reynaud. the Minister for ‘he Colonies, in a speech
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      BANGKOK BRIDGE.
      115 27 —British Wireless. Handed Over to Siamese Authorities. Rugby, June C. The memorial bridge at Bangkok, built by the well-known British engineering firm of Mes«rs. Dorman. Long and Co., a* a cost of nearly £300,000, has been formally handed over to the Siamese authorises after all the tests had
      —British Wireless.  -  115 words
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      DEATH OF U.S. BANKER.
      49 27 —Reuter. Six-Power Conference In London Recalled. New York, June 4. Mu* dealh is announced of Mr. Mor- mor Schiff, the well-known hanker and philanthropist and the Vice-President of i he American Boy Scouts. r He participated in the Six-Power Conerence in London regarding Chinese loans.—Reuter.
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      EXTRALITY.
      330 27 British Wireless. —Reuter. Sir Miles Lampson to Fly To Peking. London, June 4. 14 Sir Miles Lampson, the British Ambassador to China, reports that progress has been made on several points. I am not yet in a position to make a detailed statement” said Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign
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      LABOUR IN CHINA.
      108 27 —Reuter. Foreign Capitalists And The Unions. Geneva, June 5. The plea that China should be represented on the governing body of th r International Labour Office was made by Colonel P. Chou, the Chinese Government lelegate, at a meeting of the Inter national Labour Conference today.— Reuter.
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      BELGIAN MONEYLENDERS
      47 27 —Reuter. Interest to be Fixed by Royal Decree. The Hague, June 5. The Second Chamber has adopted a Bill, introduced by the Socialist, M. Vandenburgh, compelling all moneylenders to ake out a State licence. The interest they may charge will be Ixed by Royal Decree.—Reuter.
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      THE RAMBLERS.
      40 27 British Wireless. £10,000 to Provide Hostels In Great Britain. Rugby, June 8. The Carnegie (United Kingdom) Trust is making a grant of iTO.OOO for the provision of hostels in connection with the Rr mlders movement in Great Britain.
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      NEW BELGIAN GOVT.
      41 27 Reuter. M. Renkin Prime Minister And Minister cf Interior. Brussels, June 6. A new Government has been formed of vhich M. Renkin is Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and M. Paul Hymans Minister for Foreign Affairs.—
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      BURMA SITUATION.
      328 27 British Wireless. Official Statement in The Commons. Rugby, June 2. A report on the Burma situation during the week ended May 30, was circulated in the House of Commons tonight. It states that two large rebel camps have been attacked and destroyed in the i Tharawaddy District, when
      British Wireless.  -  328 words
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      “ LOTTERY LAWS.”
      66 27 LOTTERY LAWS.” —British Wireless. Whole Matter Now Under Consideration. Rugby, June 4. In the House of Commons today the Home Secretary, Mr. J. R. Clynes. asked whether he had yet come to any decision to appoint a committee to inquire into the legislation of sweepstakes in this country, replied in
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      MINERS’ HOURS.
      152 27 owners will accept it here.—British Wireless. Important Decision Reached At Geneva. Rugby, June 2. The Committee of the International Labour Conference on hours of work in the coal mines, after a detailed discussion vesterday, accepted a clause to be drafted into the Convention prepared by the International Labour
      owners will accept it here.—British Wireless.  -  152 words
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      LONDON UNIVERSITY.
      129 27 -British Wireless. Plans for New Buildings At Bloomsbury. Rugby, June -1. At a meeting yesterday of the Court of the University of London. Mr. Charles Hold: n was at pointed architect of the Universi.y’s new buildings near Bloomsbury on a site to the north of the British Museum.
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      LIVE BOMB FOUND IN POST OFFICE.
      67 27 “Presentation” Gift For Calcutta Postmaster. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, June 7. A live burn!), in a parcel, has been found in a Calcutta sub-post office. It waa addressed to the postmaster and bore th* superscription “Presentation” on tho cover. The police have arrested
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      GIANT TELESCOPE.
      68 27 has contributed £15,000. —British Wireless. 36-Inch Reflector For Greenwich. Rugby, June 8. The Royal Observatory at Oroenwich 's to have a new and bigger reflecting telescope, besides other important additions to its apparatus. The new instrument will have a .'16-inck reflector. The present one is of .'JO inches.
      has contributed £15,000.—British Wireless.  -  68 words
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      ELECTORAL REFORM.
      138 27 Reuter. as in their university elections.—Mritish Wireless. Bill Passes Third Reading In Commons. London, June .’1. The Ilotj- e of Commons by 27<‘< votes to 'JliH, has passed the third reading of tho :•!!<< loir 1 Reform Bill, providing for the alternative vote at parliamentary elections and abolishing
      Reuter.; as in their university elections.—Mritish Wireless.  -  138 words
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      JAPAN’S DEFENCES.
      140 27 —Reuter. Rumour of More I Manes And More Tanks. Tokio, June 6. For the purpose of making good tho decrease of defensive power under the proposed reduction ot the numerical strength of the Aim v the military authorities are reported to he contemplating increasing the present eight Air
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      GENEVA AND NARCOTICS.
      76 27 Reuter. Soviet Suggestion as to Raw Materials Rejected. Geneva, June 3. The. Conference for the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotics, by 43 votfcg to 2, rejee'ed the motion of M. Mogomolofl*, the Soviet representative, to invert in the draft convention that the convention will apply to
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      LONDON TO BUCHAREST.
      58 27 Mritish Wireless. Puss Moth Attempt to Make Flight in One Day. Rugby, June H. Flying a Puss Moth machine Mr. Jaekaman left London at 3.30 a.m. today in an attempt to reach Mucha rest in one day. If successful, the flight will establish a record distance for
      Mritish Wireless.  -  58 words
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      THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE.
      415 28 British Wireless. —Reuter. Preparing the (iround In London. COMMUNAL TROUBLE. Serious Obstacle to A Settlement.” Rugby, Juno s. The Secretary for India (.!r. W. Wedgwood Benn), replying in the lb.u-e o: Commons to a number oi' questimi-, sai it was intended that the peisonnel of the proposed
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      BOYCOTTED CLOTH.
      281 28 -British Wireless. Agency Company in India To Export Stocks. Rugby, June 8. Questioned regarding the constitution j and operations of an Agency Company, registered in India, for the purpose of j buying and exporting stocks of boy- 1 Dotted doth Mr. W. Wedgwood Benn (the j Secretary for
      -British Wireless.  -  281 words
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      SINGAPORE TO SPEAK TO LONDON.
      71 28 Peiiter. Wireless Telephony. QUESTION NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. London, June 8. In the II i e of Commons, in reply to ,U‘ stions. the Postmaster-General Major i*. p. Attlee) stated that the question i>.e estabh hing of a wireless telephone vice l; tween Great. Britain and
      Peiiter.  -  71 words
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      A TOUR BY AIR.
      129 28 Reuter. Hen. Mrs. Edwin Montagu At Warsaw. Warsaw, June 7. The Hon. Mrs. Edwin Montagu has arrived here by air from Moscow. Reuter. Mrs. Edwin Montagu left London on Mar. 27 on an aerial tour of Soviet IT.. a and Persia in a Gypsy Moth plane.
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      TRAGEDY IN JAPAN.
      69 28 —Reuter. Seaplane Collides With Naval Launch. Tokio, June 3. The Japan-ae Navy suffered loss when n seaplane, belonging to the battleship Ilyuga, descending to ihc surface of the v.a or in Iso Bay, collided in the darkn-ss with a steam launch carrying a lieutenant nd seven ratings
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      AIR NAVIGATION.
      73 28 —British Wireless. Commission to be Addressed By Premier. Rugby, June 2. The nineteenth session of the International Air Navigation Commission will be opened in London tomorrow by the Air Minister, Lord Amulrec, and will sit until Saturday. Important questions concerning air travel, x. ith particular reference to standardising
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      “DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.”
      77 28 —Reuter. May Lead to Postponement Of Imperial Conference. London, June 4. Reuter understands that well-informed sources in London think the Imperial Economic Conference, clue to begin at Ottawa in August next, will be postponed. Tt was intended that the Conference should continue the discussions, started at the last
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      CHINESE IN AFRICA.
      106 28 —Reuter. Newspaper as Bend to Bind Them Together. Johannesburg, June 6. The first Chinese newspaper printed in Africa made its appearance today, with the title I hiao Sheng Pao (the Voice oT the People). It is printed on a single sheet and will appear three times a
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      CRASH AT START OF BIG FLIGHT.
      238 28 Out for Records. OVERLOADED IVIAC’IilNE HITS FENCE. (iVoni On- Own Correspondent.) Sydney, June 8. Mr. Jftr.v* Molli'-on. flying a De Ilav'l h > wiD attempting to make a jfl nj| t to Iiugland. v n lecvi. r/r ivs i 21 found that his machine
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      B.B.C. AND OPERA.
      71 28 —British Wireless. Agreement with Covent Garden Syndicates. Rugby. June 8. Provisions for subsidising opera arc contained in an agreement between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Covent Garden Syndicate 5 the terms of which have now been completed. The Postmaster-General (Major C. R. Attlee) stated in the
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      AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION.
      83 28 —British Wireless. World Court Opinion to Be Available in August. Rugby, June 8. Ouestioncd in the House of Commons with regard to the decision of the League of Nations Council to refer to the Permanent Court of International Justice the -pifslion of the proposed Austro-German Customs Union, Mr.
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      FIRE IN RUMANIA.
      51 28 —Reuter. No Lives Lost Gallant Work By Firemen and Troops. Bukharest, June 5. Contrary to expectation there were no fatalities at the fire at Moinesthi hut the damage done is estimated at £75,000. Firemen and troops, after heroic efforts, succeeded in preventing the outbreak spreading to the
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      CHIANG’S POLICY OF PEACE.
      353 28 —Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai Merchants’ Warm Support. APPEAL TO LEADERS. Can Armed Conflict Be Averted Shanghai, June 9. The Chamber of Commerce of (GreaYri Shanghai has sent telegrams to (1) The Central Government savi-o that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is pei’s, ally supporting a policy which aims
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      A NARROW ESCAPE.
      121 28 —Reuter. Italian Air Minister Falls Into Sea. Rome, June The Air Minister (General Balbo) had •i narrow escape from death when takinc f in a scanlane off Capri, after oavur. out on inspection at Naples. The* not&lt; of one of the floats fell off and the l'.iplane
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      OIL PRODUCERS.
      95 28 -Reuter. Send Out S.O.S. to President Hoover. Coffeyville, Arkansas, Juno &gt;• i lid-Amcrican oil producers, vn ruffe ring severely from over-produu* and price-cutting, are petitioning l deni IfoovtJr to order an embargo on ports of foreign oil otherwise the 1 1 continental o-il industry will be on steps
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      STILL HOPE OF RESCUE.
      1013 29 ever, me Miumuriiii -British Wireless. —Reuter. Poseidon Rammed by A Chinese Coaster. SINKS IN 20 FATHOMS. Five Officers and 30 Men Saved. Rugby, June 10. The British submarine, Poseidon, which c,&gt;mmi°sioricd only la t year, has pe ,n sun!:, and it is fenced that 20 lives
      ever, me Miumuriiii -British Wireless.; —Reuter.  -  1,013 words
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      AUSTRALIA’S DEBT.
      144 29 —Reuter. Appeal to All to Share In Sacrifice. I Melbourne, June lb Voluntary conversion of Australia’s internal debt, in order to avert the risk of default, is contemplated by the Coni ere nee of Prime Ministers, the report of which is supported by the Opposition Parties. It emphasises
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      SUDDEN COLLAPSE.
      58 29 Heuter. Death of British Vice-Con.su! In Shanghai. Shanghai, June* G. The* death has recurred of Mr. Manning Milton tlu* iiritish Vice-Consul in charge* of passports and registration. Mr. Manning Milton, who has boon .suffering iron) acute neuritis suddenly collapsed. During the War he served as a cantain i;i
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      COMMUNALISM IN INDIA.
      167 29 I o' i Reuter. Free Fight at a Bombay Meeting. POLICE CHARGE. Moslems and Pathans Clash. I'ani* :iv, Juno 10. i deeply disturbing communal a.iv.ospr. iv inert ioned ly Mr. Ramsay Do.ii id in !ns cor.esp r.dence with &lt;•/•. t- ley I... i lv. in. cable! yo
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      AMERICAN COTTON.
      66 29 Reuter. Federal Board Not to Sell At Present Prices. Washington, June 9. The Cotton Stabilisation Corporation will not sell its cotton at present prices, according to Mr. Carl Williams, a member of the Federal Kerm Board. He adds that, although the Board's pledge to withhold from the market
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      ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
      123 29 British Win leas. Postponement Until 1932 Announced. 1 Rtigby, June 9. It was announce 1 by the Dominions Secretary (Mr. J. II. Thomas) in the louse of Commons todav that the 'raperial Keonomic Confer* nee at Ottawa *ad been postponed until next year. A..: angomonts, he said, had
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      TWELVE BANKS CLOSE IN AMERICA.
      68 30 Reuter. $16,000,000 in Deposits. LIABILITIES MAY BE MET IN FULL. Ch ago, June 9 Twelve srrall hanks, belonging th*44 John Bain Group,” with combined deposits of nearly $16,000,000. closeJ their doors today. Notices have Ix-en posted outside the doors stating that they have closed for
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      MR. W. F. DENNING.
      362 30 Re It*! Death of Famous Amateur Astronomer. London. Jone Id. The death is announced of Mr. William Frederick Dinning, F.R.A.S., tie- account ant, well-known amateur astronomer arid writer on astronomical “uhjccbs. Reuter Mr. Denning wa- born r**ar Ra*l«tocl Somerset, on Nov. Jo, 1*4H, and remained unmarried
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      TRISTAN DA CUNHA.
      138 30 British Wireless. Islanders Do Not Want To He Kvacuated. Rugby, June X. When asked in the House of Commons today whether the Government would consider the evacuation of the lonely j island of Tristan da Cunha in view of the cost of providing the inhahitants with the
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      RED MENACE IN CHINA.
      86 30 -Sin Kuo Min. General Dies of Wounds Received in Hattie. Shanghai, .furie (I. Messages from Nunrhang, the capital of Kiangsi province, announce the death of General Hu hu-yu, the commander of the Bth Division, as a result of wounds received in a battle against the f'om
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      TO VISIT BERLIN.
      377 30 Reuter. British Wireless. Prettier Mr. Henderson Make a Promise. Rugby. June 9. The German f hancellor (Dr Bruenirg# ard the Foreign Minister (Dr. furti'io oncluried their brief visit to Enghn i this morning. They left London by an iir.y tram for Southampton, where ’hey /•.fief] the liner
      Reuter.; British Wireless.  -  377 words
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      THE SUEZ CANAL.
      169 30 British Wireless. Promise to Reduce Dues Not Redeemed. Rugby, June 1*. to a Parliamentary question today the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. William (iraham i said th" Briti .h Government had, from time to time, supported, in the general interest, propo als for reasonable leductions
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      $7,000,000 LOST.
      62 30 Reuter. Impeachment of Governor Fails. Nashville, Tennessee, June The State House of Representatives stood by the Governor, Mr. Horton against the recommendations of a special commission that the Governor should be impeached in connection with the State loss of some $7,000,000 deposited in banks which subsequently failed. The
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      GOLD FOR CANADA.
      34 30 —Reuter. $((«&gt;5,100,000 Shipment From Shanghai. Shanghai, June 8. The Central Bank shipped gold bars to the value of $(G) 5,100.000 by the Km press of Asia to Vancouver this morning. —Reuter.
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      GATESHEAD.
      366 30 -P.c iter. Labour Party Retains The Seat. London. June 9. The by-election at Gate-head necessitate ri by the death of the Labour member, r j a M;* v i e (formerly Solicitor Genera!) re ukol a- foHow? ila Herbert L*an$ tLa’oour* 22,893. f ji'jr.e! uth t-* t ICor.s.) 21,501
      -P.c iter.  -  366 words
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      SERVANT PROBLEM.
      110 30 —British Wireless Scheme to Improve Status Of Occupation. Rugby. .Tune 0. The House of Commons today granted i private member leave to introduce r Domestic Service Bill with the object o.' setting up a commissi* n of five members. »f whom the chairman ar.d two others would be
      —British Wireless  -  110 words
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      AL CAPONE.
      44 30 —Reuter. Released on Bail In $50,000. Chicago, June f». A1 Capone has been released on bail ir ?50,000. —Reuter. An earlier message stated that A’ Capone had surrendered to the Federal Court at Chicago to answer a summon? for non-payment of income-tax.
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      SIR FREDERICK MILNER.
      46 30 -British Wireless. Consumptive Ex-Soldiers’ Friend. Rugby, June 8. The death occurred this morning of Sir Frederick Milner, aged 82. v.ho, since the War. has devoted practica’ly the whole of his time and energies to the organisation of settlement;; for consumptive exsold iers.—British Wireless.
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      DUTCH AIR MAIL.
      48 30 Well-Known Actress As Passenger. Calcutta, May 31. Dutch air mail travelling from Batavia to Amsterdam arrived at Dum l)um at twelve noon and left at 1 p.m. if first woman passenger named Roofji Kohler Van Ghelterj the well-known Dutch actress, who is going to Amsterdam.
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      ASSOCIATE OF HATRY.
      111 30 Reuter. Trial of Gialdini n Milan. Mi am June j rj After a two and a half hours the Public Prosecutor asked fV sentence of five year- ar.d ten month* imprisonment for Gialdini. who i- chare d with fraud as an associate o e ("i* Harry. The
      Reuter.  -  111 words
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      WAILING WALL.
      132 30 —British Wireless. League Supports Claim Of Moslems. Rugby, June 9. The report is published of the specia. Commission appointed by the League ot Nations, at the request of the British Government. t&lt;&gt; determine the right ir. the dispute between the Moslems and the Jew? regarding the Wailing Wall
      —British Wireless.  -  132 words
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      ZEEBRUGGE.
      58 30 —Reuter. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes Retires. London. June 9. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Five? (who has been Comir.ander-in-Chief a; Portsmouth since 1929» strikes hi.- flat at sunset today in Nelson’s Victory.’ now the flagship of the Port»meutr Station. He is the last of the great War-tin* naval
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      MANUFACTURE OF DRUGS
      150 30 —Reuter. Question of Quotas Gives Trouble. Geneva. June The question of quot; pr u.*\l •Jderable divergence o.' y.ew? ir. tl. fercnce for the Limitation ot i:v .'Ivr...fact ure of Narcot'c-. The Chinee (ielegat eon*'r the right, of China as a P"tont: nan facturer r.r.d exrorter of drug?
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      MR. SCOTT’S FLIGHT.
      63 30 e leaiuv'i ,—British Wireless. Congratulatory Message l‘**° m The King. Rugby, dune The King ha« sent, through 1 J]* Secretary for Air, a coneratu n message to Mr. C. W. A. Scott on h ing yet another record by bis Australia to England. His Majesty sent a
      e leaiuv'i • ,—British Wireless.  -  63 words
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      NEW YORK STATE.
      48 30 —Reuter. Merchants Favour Embargo On Trade With Soviet. New York, dun The Chamber of Commerce ot York State, by 207 votes to 3, has 1'“*' a resolution in favour of an emba'TU' imports from Russia and opposw" export of American industrial nu»' ,|rH to Russia.—Reuter.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      CAMERONIAN WINS THE DERBY.
      818 31 .—Reuter. —British Wireless. A Record Attendance. F FOX STEERS FAVOURITE TO VICTORY. London, June 3. The result of the Derby Stakes fun at Kpsom today was as follows Tlu 118th Renewal of the Derby Stakes t ,f ioo sov. each, 50 sov. ft. if dec. by
      .—Reuter.; —British Wireless.  -  818 words
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      DAVIS CUP.
      265 31 Reuter. Britain to Meet Japan In Semi-Finals. Pari*, June 3. Japan defeated Egypt by thiee matches to nil in the Davies Cup competition, and will now meet the winner of the EnglandSouth Africa tie in the semi-final of the European Zone.—Reuter. Eastbourne, June 4. In the Davis Cup
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      S.C.C. BILLIARDS.
      46 31 In the semi-finals of the Russian Pool tournament at the S.C.C., A. D. Laker and C. M. Van Cuylcnburg beat A. r. Hunter and T. M. Calhaem and L. A. Hudson and H. A. Bassett beat (’apt. D. V. Hill and II. L. Hopkin.
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      SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
      544 31 Paterson’s Success. NO SURPRISES IN FIRST ROUND. M. M. Paterson, runner-up in this year’s Malayan championship, headed the list of qualifiers in the Singapore Island championship at Keppel Golf Club over the week-end. He also won the June medal at the Singapore Golf Club. The first round
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      A HOLE IN ONE.
      50 31 Mr. R. C’raik’s Success At Keppel. Mr. R. Craik, the well-known Singapore golfer, achieved the distinction of doing a hole in one at Keppel Golt Club on June 4. Playing with Mr. G. Hull, he accomplished the feat at the sixth, which is about 126 yards.
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      SINGAPORE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      640 31 Sunday’s Results. REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF JAPANESE. 1 he first round of the Singapore tennis championships was played in fine weather on Sunday at the Indies’ Lawn Tennis t lul» and proved a remarkable success for all the Japanese players who took part. I he doubles were played
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      INTER-’VARSITY TENNIS.
      78 31 —Reuter. Cambridge Easily Defeat Oxford. London, June G. Cambridge beat Oxford in the inter'Vardty lawn tennis match at Oxford by 14 matches to two. The remaining five doubles matches were not played owing to rain.— Reuter. Since the series began in 1HK1, Cambridge have won 22 matches and
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      RECORD BEATEN.
      48 31 Reuter. Ijehtinen Decreases Nurmi’s Time for V/i Miles. Helsingfors, June ,’l. At an athletic meeting here toduy the Finnish runner, Lehtinen ran a mile and a half in &lt;&gt; mins. 12 1 5 secs, as compared with I*. Nurmi’s record of G mins. 12 5,10 secs. Reuter.
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      SELANGOR SUMMER MEETING.
      902 32 Tote Pays Well. MAYO’S THREE WINNERS THREE SECONDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 6. The first day of the Selangor Turf Club’s summer meeting opened today. Fortunately the afternoon was dry, the conditions in the morning having been most unfavourable. It had rained heavily and
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      SONG’S SUCESSFUL COME-BACK.
      432 32 SONG ’S SUCESSFUL COME-BACK. Gains Points Verdict Over Chua Lai. Y. C. Song (9) earned the verdict on points in his fight with Chua Lai (8.1.) at the Lion City King on June 5. To say the least of it the fight was not a pleasant one to watch, Chua
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      AUSTRALIAN RACING.
      38 32 Dark Isle Wins A.J.C. Hurdle. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney, June 8. The following was the result of the A. .1.0. Hurdle race at Rar.dwiek DARK ISLE 1 DRAKE 2 GADRAY 3 Betting 9—2 5—2 20—1.
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      LEMBERGER CUP FINAL.
      627 32 Betsy Scores in B C lass Event. There was very little wind for sporting sailing at the Royal Singapore \acht Huh on Sunday, hut the weather was fine, and crews received a good sunbath during the three and a half hours it took to complete the rather
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      MOTOR-RACING.
      147 32 —British Wireless. M. G. Midget Wins Irish Grand Prix. Dublin, June 8. After a magnificent race in alternating sunshine, thunderstorm and steady Irish drizzle. Sir Henry Birkin, on* a new stra.ght f ight. Alfa-Bomro, won the Eireann cup, and only just failed to win the 'rish International Grand Prix
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      REMARKABLE MATCH AT SHEFFIELD.
      591 32 Yorkshire Beaten. TWO BALLS, EIGHT Rir\« TWO INNINGS. London, June 5. Sheffield Gloucestershire defeats] Yorkshire by 47 runs. Cricket struck i ti brightest vein at Sheffield where, a two blank days, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire seemed to have nothing in but a dreary draw. With the object
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      PENANG FOOTBALL.
      29 32 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 1 In a league football match here V day the Boatmen’s Union drew with Penang Cricket Club, each aide two goals.
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      SINGAPORE WIN AT SEREMBAN.
      1342 33 Exciting Finish. INITIAL SUCCESS IN MALAYA CUP. &lt; From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, June 6. \Y«ni Sembilan would have confoundilu* critics and made history today had »hcir defence been able to stand the pace ,n the second half of the Malaya Cup ,r;mie with Singapore, which
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      BRITISH RYDER CUP TEAM.
      94 33 Chigwell Professional Selected. London, June 6. The inclusion of Bert Ilodson of Chigwell (Essex) completes the British Ryder t up team. Hudson finished 28th in yesterday’s open championship.—Reuter. The British Ryder Cup team now consists of the following (figures represent previous appearances against U.S.A.) C.j A.
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      ARMOUR WINS OPEN TITLE
      43 33 CaVnoustie, June 6. Tommy Armour, a native of Edinburgh, who has been in America for several years, won the British Open Golf Championship today with an aggregate for the 12 holes of 296. lie returned 77 and 71 today.
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    SHAFTO CASE ECHO.
    186 33 Cashier on Aiding vfnd Abetting Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 9. Kh.io Ngaw Aw, former cashier with Mansfield and Co., who is alleged to have aided and abetted T. C. Shafto who was recently sent to gaol following his admission of criminal breach of trust
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    “WORTH $25,000.”
    158 33 Allegation of Making False Declaration. A Chinese named Ho Chce Kheon was charged in the Singapore Criminal District Court before Mr. G. C. Dodd on Tuesday with making a false declaration in an affidavit produced before Court on or about July 26, 1928. The allegation against the accused
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    METHODIST CHURCH.
    174 33 Bishop Lee’s Visit to The Philippines. Bishop and Mrs. Edwin F. Lee, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, returned to Singapore from Manila on Monday by the President Fillmore. Bishop Lee went to Manila early in March to preside at the session of the Philippine Islands Annual Conference, and
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    FLOUR TRADE MARK.
    95 33 Accused Chinese Trader Discharged. The ease in which a Chinese trader named Ang Teck Seh was charged with causing flour sacks bearing a particular trade mark to he filled with flour of an inferior quality came up lor further hearing before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore
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    CHRISTMAS ISLAND CHANDU FRAUD.
    411 33 Gaol for Government Officer. Found guilty of charges of criminal breach of tiust in respect of $&lt;&gt;,641.18, Yoo Sek Guan, an elderly Straits-born hincse employed by the Government Monopolies Department was sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment by Mi. it. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge,
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    ESTATE OWNERS.
    85 33 Move to Form Branch In Negri Sembilan, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sercmban, June 9. Or. W. 0. Hraddon and Messrs. Peter P’Chicnt, J.P., Chang Seng Long, J.P., and I uan Sheik Ahmad, J.P., are convening a meeting of all persons interested in rubber to be held on Saturday,
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    BIRTHS
    58 33 DORA Y. On June 7, IP," I. at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Dr. and Mrs. (I)i.) A. I!. C. Doruy of Muar, the gift of u daughter. (F.M.S. and Ceylon papers pleas.; ropy). KIRHY. tin June 2, I'JJl, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Knid, wife of K.
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    MARRIAGE
    40 33 ChSSKORD LKN'NOX. The marriage ol Mr. (1. A. Cessford of Singapore Munici palit* to Miss N. A. VV. Lennox, Nursing Sister, (ieneral Hospital, Singapore, will take place at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Satuiday, June Hi, Ip.'ll, at l.l*» p.m.
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      CONTENTS.
      73 1 General— Rubber Situation 1 Singapore Tin Prices 1 The Singapore Auction 1 Malaya Tin Statistics 1 London Rubber Market By A. W. Still 1 Rubin r Statistics l Share Market 1 Tekka-Taiping Tin 1 I&lt;angkat Sumatra Marawan (Java) Rubber Roadways 2 Straits Rubber 2 Johan Tin Hagan Serai Untapped
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      59 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices d. Late L'don S'pnre June Ju!&gt; July Sept. June 4 o.y 7 o.iob* o.mu u :i o.ii* s o.io o.io 1 1 0.10)4 #&gt; ;t 1/10 o.s» s o.io'h o.io 1 t 0.10V* 0 2 15/1(5 0.0 s 0.0
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      26 1 June 4 250 tons at $51 per pieul. n 250 50*» (&gt; 175 50 s 8 lOO 50** 9 125 50% 10 200 51
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      133 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,021st auction on June 10. when there was catalogued J ,i&gt;8y,. r &gt; lf&gt; lb. or TOO.02 tons offered 1,571 lb. or fi‘J2.07 tons sold 1 ,.'!8tJ,r»86 lb. or 610.01 tons. Spot. London 2 15/16(1. New Y’ork 6
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      109 1 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at uli Malayan port* during the month of May, 1931 Destination. Tons. United Kingdom 020 United States of America 4.521 Continent of Europe 2,010 British Possessions 555 Japan 517 Other fo reign countries 10 Total 8,117 Note 1.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Conditions Which Result In Over-Production. URGENT NEED OF AN EXAMINATION.
      1177 1  -  &lt;By A. W. Still.) [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] London, May lit. The price struggled back to 3d. during the past week, and 1 agree with Hymans Kraay and Co. that The rebound is entirely due
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      169 1 Foreign imports of rubber during the month of May, 1 ‘j;iI Dry. Wet. Smoked Scrap Sheet Lump Country of and and Origin. Crepe. Sheet. Bark. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Sumatra 492 4,700 489 r&gt;.r,81 Dutch Borneo 142 2.340 92 2,874 lava ar.d other Dutch Islands 55 14
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      SHARE MARKET.
      489 1 Many Assessment Appeals From Quota Scheme. Fraser ami Co.’s report, dated June r. states Tin has fluctuated within narrow during the week und closes unchanged at £102 2s. fid. According to London ad vie.', considerable support has been necessary by certain bull interests to maintain pre&gt;er,t prices as
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      London Middle Prices.
      82 1 Middle prices cabled from London &gt;h" w some small improvement in Shells. I'' perial Tobaccos and Imperial Chonii.in' the latest prices being as follows Shell (bearer) 45s. fid. British American Tobaccos 70s. fid. Hong Kong Banks £102. Duffs Is. Gd. Imperial Tobaccos 85s. Courtaulds 25s. Imperial Chemicals
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      TEKKA-TAIPING TIN.
      136 1 A reduction in profit from &gt; 9.'&gt;" 1928-29 to £6,097 in the year ended last, is shown by the accounts o*_, Taiping. A credit balance of tl&lt;' brought forward, and £510 was rcov 1 respect of an investment previously off, so thnt 4*24.175 is available for tiion. One
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      CORRESPONDENCE.
      66 2 fTh** Strait* Times is not responsible for u opinions of its correspondents. Corres..undents should bear in mind that letters ufct be short and to the point. Long epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their n-mea and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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      RUBBER STOCKS.
      649 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Referring to my letter in your I sue of May .‘10 under the heading i -Rubber Stocks,” I have received a few htters disputing the statements made by m0&lt; I shall therefore be obliged if you w jU publish attached
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      PENGKALEN.
      182 2 The profit of Pengkalen. Ltd., for the year railed Sept. HO. cfter providing £10,000 ic iinst £15,000 fljr depreciation and transferring £3,009 to income-tax reserve, was £20.360, which compares with £72,819 for !'4. w -29. Dividends at the rate of IS per cent, on the preferred ordinary shares against,
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      LANGKAT SUMATRA.
      148 2 The report cf the Langkat Sumatra Rubber t’o. states that the loss on revenue account for 193' amounted to £8,996 (against a profit of £2,865 for 1929), which, with £98'* expenditure cn new machinery and £1.0( 0 written off abandoned areas, make- a total loss for the year
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      BUKIT TUPAH.
      122 2 I he accounts ,ef the Bukit Tupah Rubber r.st;.’ s show u working loss of £4.807 for (against a profit of £1,980 for 1920 and &lt;* ter meeting debenture interest etc., and '(editing £23 profit on redemption of debenu,.1‘ sto *'k, a credit balance of £1,131 brought In
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      105 2 Foreign imports of tin ore during the month of May, 1931 Country of origin. Tons. Burma Dutch Feist Indies Banka and Billiton 1,318 Sir.gkep 123 Other places J French Indo-China 05 Japan Siam 1.394 Union of South Africa 6*1 Total 3,120 Note.--l. This return represents imports during
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      SEAFIELD RUBBER.
      119 2 A lo.'S of £4,687 is reported by the directors of the Searteld Rubber Co. for 1930 (ugainst a profit of £18,948 for 1929). A credit balance of £26,766 was brought in, and after deducting year’s loss and writing off £1,556 for depreciation. £20,523 remains to be carried forward,
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      MARAWAN (JAVA).
      129 2 The output of rubber of the Maruwan (Java) Rubber Plantations for 1930 was 354 583 !1&gt;. (against 317,198 lb. for 1929), of which 313,039- lb. realised an average pries r! 5.24d. per lb., London landed terms (against 8.66d.') The coffee crop amounted to 386 cwt. (against 268 cwt.i,
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      RUBBER ROADWAYS.
      153 2 Officials Visit Experinjbntal Section. I he portion of rubber roadway which has been laid in Trafalgar Street was visited by the acting Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley) on Saturday in company with tho President, Mu nicipal Commissioners (the Hon. Mr. W. Bartley) and several members
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      STRAITS RUBBER.
      212 2 The report of the directors of the Straits Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31, 1930, states:— During the voar the replanting of 197 acres of the older rubber on (Jedong estate was completed. The crop harvested for the year amounted to 3,496,864 lb., and the
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      SEPANG SELANGOR.
      89 2 The crop of the Sepung Selangor Rubber Estates for 1930 amounted to 1,881,000 lb. (against 1,959,500 lb. in 1929). A net average sale price of 4.27d. per lb., including the value of the unsold portion, was realised, and it is stated that the crop was produced at the
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      BORNEO RUBBER.
      41 2 Java Sumatra Handelmuatsehappij are in receipt of cable advice from their Batavia office giving the total exports of rubber from the following places for the month of May, 1931 Western Division of Borneo, l’ontianak 1,55*4 tons, Djambi 3,130 tons.
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      JOHAN TIN.
      229 2 Profit for the Year $20,578. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June ‘J. The annual general meeting of Johan Tin Dredging Ltd., was held in Ipoh, when Mr. J. M. Sime presided. In proposing the adoption of the report end accounts for the year he Haiti The report anti
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      BAGAN SERAI.
      171 2 1 he report of the directors of Hagan Serai (’o., Ltd., for the year ended Doc. 31, 1030, states: The crop harvested for the year amounted to 500,564 lb. and the not profit per acre of mature rubber was 10s. 1 Id. Under the modified system of tupping
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      BAGAN SERAI.
      104 2 The rubber crop harvested during 1920 by the Hagan Serai Co. was slightly lower at .‘100,564 lb. (against 550,752 in 1020), and the net profit per acre of niatuie rubber fell from £7 14s. lOd. to 10s. lid. Under the modified system of tapping which had been adopted
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      UNTAPPED RUBBER IN MALAYA.
      181 2 April Statistics Show Slight Increase. The statistics of untapped rubber areas during April have been issued by Mr. J. f)oidon-Carrie, Deputy Registrar-General of Statistics, and show a slight increase as compared with March, the total acreages being 181,271 and 178,499 respectively. The April returns, which only
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      Trade and Finance.
      276 3 EXCHANGE RATES Singapore, June 10. HELLING. London, 4 month*’ night /6 *7/8t London, 8 month*’ tight t/l 18/16 London, 60 day*’ tight 2/8 25/82 London, 30 day*’ tight 2/8 8/4 London, demand 28/32 London. T.T. 6/6 11/16 Lyons and Parit, demand 1430 Hamburg, demand 234% New York,
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      Stocks and Shares.
      828 3 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, June 10. MINING. Issue Val. I’d. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang IX 21 0 cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/6 20 5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 10 G n C £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 11 1- 1 1 Balang l’adang 0.10
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      MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
      300 3 The\igures in brackets give the outputs for the Corresponding period of last year. A lor Pongsu. —41,035 lb. Ayer Kuning. 15,632 lb, Alor (lajah. 27,100 lb. Ayer Punas. 69,000 lb. Angi&gt; -Sumatra. -51,832 lb. Asahan 57,000 lb. Anglo-Johorc Cons.- 35,000 lb. Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.).—107,000 lb. Bukit Pulong
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAY 13.
        754 3 Abacco UD 4I Allagar (2/) /6; Amherst (2 %&gt;,; Anglo-Malay (£1) 3/32; Ayer Kuning (1*1 t 4; Bagan Serai (fl) 3/16; Bharu (2 2 Banteng (£U 5 Bnt n 5 solidat* d (2/) /3; Bntu Caves (£1&gt; 6/16, Batu Matang (2 1 3; Batu r.ea
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES JUNE 9.
        688 3 Capital Issue Clos r Paid Up Value Dividends F ra A er l Company A Co. Eva.t 454.175 1 Nil for year 28-2-31 Allenby (fl) 0.70 0.90 0.70 0.91 216,779 1 Nil for year 30-9-30 ..Alor Gajah ($1) 0.50 0.70 0.50 0.70 439,425 l
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      COPRA MARKET.
      84 3 Java Sumatra Handelmaatschappij report on Juno 4, as follows Further considerable falls in values have taken place this week and as a consequence producers and upeountry dealers are holding up supplies. Shinments from British Malaya for the second half of last month amounted to 4,744 tons, of which
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      DAHAN RUBBER.
      95 3 The crop harvested by the Pahan Estates declined from 408,500lh. i n 318,4031b. in 1030. The average selling Y'-' was 4 l/16d., and the f.o.b. cost "as 1 per lb. The accounts show a loss. l £600 (against nil) debenture stoth expenses written off, of £7,80 1 t
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