The Straits Budget, 13 August 1931

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 3.835 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    408 1 LEADERS— P»S e Living on the Country 3 The Inverted Pyramid 3 The Thorburn Case 3 The Tin Bombshell 3-4 Coalition Government 4 IMP for the Planter 4 Occasional Notes 5-6 Telegrams, Reuter and Special— Covering Part Week’s News 21-29 Pictures Tennis Veterans IT To t.’.dy Medicine IT Li
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1665 1 leave shnwY, Gray returns from of Dcn u t v y assume the duties Sembilan *Tn u^llc Prosecutor, Negri »h° SoC B G BradK Dr. A. B. Taylor, Medical Officer, Seremban, has been transferred to Kuantan. H.H. the P.ajah of Sarawak left Singapore yesteiday by the Antenor
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    TIN QUOTA BEING EXCEEDED.
    424 2 60 Per Cent. Cut in Each Mine’s Assessment. THE REMEDIES. Smelting Companies To Hold Excess Ore. Recent reports that Malaya has been producing and exporting more tin than the amount allowed by the restriction agreement is now confirmed. In the following communique signed by the Under
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    THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK.
    89 2 Arrives in Singapore on Way To Europe. H.II. the Rajah of Sarawak arrived in Singapore yesterday morning by the s.s. Vyner Brooke. He was met on arrival by the Tuan Muda, the* Rajah’s brother (who arrived a few days before by the Cathay), Mr. R. J.
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    CONSTITUTION DAY.
    58 2 Singapore German ConsulGeneral’s Reception. Dr. R. Ilcrtz, the German ConsulGeneral in charge in Singapore, held a reception at the Consulate-Genet al on Tuesday on the creation of the German Constitution Day. The local Consular Corps attended, together with representatives of the Government and the Municipality representatives of firms
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    STOWAWAY FOUND.
    29 2 An Indian stowaway was found on board the s.s. Kuala whm the boat arrived in Singapore yesterday morning from Bangkok. He was handed over to the police.
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    GHOST-HUNTING IN SINGAPORE.
    328 2 $10 Note Which Turned Into White Paper! A rather spooky story has been centring round a former pawnshop in North Bridge Road for the last few days. Crowds have gathered at the front of the building, gazing with awe and waiting for the supposed ghost to make
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    ANIMAL WELFARE.
    224 2 D.E.I. Seeks Malaya’s Co-operation. The following are extracts from the minif'es of a committee meeting of the Singapore S.P.C.A. Membcn; reported having paid visits to tho Inca! bird and animal ;'hops, where they found conditions to be gradually improving. The committee expressed satisfaction that efforts were at last
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    FOOD VALUES.
    101 2 Course of Lectures at Medical College. A course of illustrated lectures on nutritive requirements and their practical relationship to common foods will be given at tho College of Medicine, Singapore, on Aug. 17, 21 and 31 at 4.30. The course, which will be of an elementary nature, has
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    IPOH HOLDS VICTORY DINNER.
    323 2 Recalling the Epic Of The Somme. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 11. Once a Serviceman always a Serviceman.” That was the note which prevailed at tho fii*t annual Victory Dinner, held in i the flag bedecked ballroom of Grand Hotel and organised by the E.S.A.M.
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    CYCLIST KNOCKED DOWN.
    65 2 Malay Driver Fined $15 Or Two Weeks. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 11. The Malay driver of a motor-car belonging to Mr. P. Sofehlt, manager of the Anglo-French Trading Co. here, was fined $15 or two weeks’ imprisonment yesterday in the police court for knocking down
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    185 2 Tuesday, Aug. 4. His Excellency and Miss Clomenti, attended by Mr. R. J. Curtis, A.D.C., and Mr. C. S. Corry, Private Secretary, left Kuala Lumpur by the morning mail train for Tapah Road station and were met at the station by the Hon. Mr. F. G. Finch, Director
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    MAN FOUND STRANGLED.
    49 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 7. Tha body of a Chinese vegetable seller was found on the roadside at Bukit Mertajam yesterday with marks on his neck suggesting that he Lad been strangled. It fs understood that a man has boon detained by the police.
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    ANOTHER RUBBER INQUIRY.
    407 2 Estate Owners’ Findings. BACK TO STEVENSON SCHEME A committee of the Malayan Estate Owners’Association which was appointed to consider rubber restric tion schemes has reported that thcobvious and best way of restricting in Malaya would be through the machinery of the Stevenson scheme.” but there must be
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    EX-SERVICE MEN.
    207 2 Report of K.L. Committee For Half-Year. The following: is the report of the Kuala Lumpur branch committee of th* Ex-Services Association of Malaya f ()1 the half-year ended June HO The committee held 11 meetings clurinc the period under review. The chairmai of the branch is a member
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      “LIVING ON THE COUNTRY.”
      964 3 through the Junior Cambridge !—Straits Times, Aug. C. There must have been many people who read with great interest Mr. Charlton Maxwell’s address on the dietary of the rural Malay and the potential value of the native foods of Malaya to the country’s foreign population. We
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      THE INVERTED PYRAMID.
      1138 3 —Strait? Time?, Auk. 7. If there is one lesson more than another which requires to be driven home to Malaya at this time it is the danger of allowing her economic system to become top-heavy. The phenomenon is not unknown in many countries and it is invariably
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      THE THORBURN CASE.
      1012 3 -Straits Times, Aug. 8. Over a week had passed in a silence which could only be regarded as ominous in the case of John Thorburn, the English youth who disappeared from Shanghai at the beginning of June. Now comes the news from Chinese sources that, following the
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      THE TIN BOMBSHELL.
      974 3 rubber restriction entailed.—Straits Times, Aujr. 10. There is no need to exaggerate th;* extreme seriousness of the communique issued by the F.M.S. Government with regard to tho tin quota seheme. It i> now tacitly admitted that through a mis calculation, the origin of which still hato be
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      A COALITION GOVERNMENT ?
      1306 4 A COALITION GOVERNMENT in the calling of the tune.—Straits Times, Aug. 11. The presentation of the Economy Committee’s report, we are told, has led to suggestions that a National Government ->hould he formed to undertake the measures which are essential if Great Britain is to ho saved from financial chaos.
      in the calling of the tune.—Straits Times, Aug. 11.  -  1,306 words
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      HELP FOR THE PLANTER.
      952 4 iivuiiin; out -Straits Times, i*j. With the price of rubber below eight cents a pound Malaya has reached the point at which a large part of its estate planted area is on the borderline of uneconomic production. Mr. J. S. M. Rennie recently published calculations which
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    SHANSI AFFAIRS.
    262 4 —Sin Kuo Min. Marshal Yen Flies To Tatung. Shanghai, Aug. 12. In political circles in Peking a new Sino-Japanese controversy is being indignantly discussed. It seems that Marshal Yen Shi-shan the former Model Governor of Shansi and one of the leaders of the recent Northern Revolt, has just
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    GENERAL SHIH.
    73 4 —Sin Kuo Min. Trying to Escape To Japan. Shanghai, Aug. 7. General Shih Yu-san, the leader of the revolt in North China, has arrived at Wucheng and is sending his chief of staff to interview General Han Fu-chu (the Governor of Shantung) relative to a trip to Tsingtao,
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    LORD READING.
    72 4 Reuter. Weds at Register Office In London. London, Aug. 6. A large crowd outside Prince’s Row Register Office, London, greeted Lord Reading with shouts of Good luck, my Lord as he entered the building for his marriage, which took place this afternoon, with Miss Stella Charnaud, who is
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    FIRE FOLLOWS QUAKE.
    63 4 —Router. Interesting Insurance Case In New Zealand. Wellington, Aug. 11 The Supreme Court has delivered ar. important judgment against two insut anee compemes on a claim for i 78,i arising out of a fire after the great earthquake at Hawkes Hay in April. The companies had disputed
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      THE DECLINE OF POTEEN.
      162 5 whl ky into Ireland. —Straits Times. Aug. Poteen, or illicit whisky distilling, is falling <>n bad times in Ireland. During mo "there were 670 seizures of poteen, „‘.jj prosecutions of illicit distillers, 146 convictions, 25 people sent to gaol and 10'< iiiu*d. Yet m spite of
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      CONGRESS AND MURDER.
      583 5 CONGRESS AND MURDER o. SUI1K.S 1 straits Times, Aup. The revulsion of feeling against the murder campaign, which has swept India from end to end during the past three week*. has borne fruit. The Congress Working Committee, Reuter today informs us. has passed a resolution deploring the attempted assassination of
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      HUMPHREY LAYTON.
      174 5 sonality and the work he did—Straits Times, Aug. 7. polo h?,™'’'!* 1 o l\ uine regret that Singaof Mr. H.B. ory i n p Chutes paid to his mrrnwere far fr, Ur) rG P lO Court this morning Until ill-heain, u a .mere formality, regarded b S^T h*m
      sonality and the work he did—Straits Times, Aug. 7.  -  174 words
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      SHOW AFTERTHOUGHTS.
      314 5 Straits Times, Aup. 7. The eighth Malayan Exhibition has come and gone and has left behind a general feeling that despite a drop of about ten thousand in the attendance, due in part to the slump and in part to the weather, the eflTort has been well worth
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      FISH AND PIRATES.
      426 5 —Straits Times, Aup. 7. Criticism is often levelled at those who compile the annual reports of Government departments, because of the unattractive, official manner in which they present the account of their stewardship but the annual report of the Fisheries Department is a notable exception. The writer,
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      BRITAIN’S “CHINESE WALL.”
      310 5 conscious are we.”—Straits Times, Au*. O. One of the most interesting social efforts of recent years has been the Duke of York’s holiday camp for public school boys and hoys in industry. The effort is the highly praiseworthy one of bridging the gulf of class and giving
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      FRESH FISH.
      430 5 P, in' i oimr ir* finality of the fish we eat.—Straits Times, Au£. 8. Mention was made in another column yesterday of the necessity of putting the Malayan fishing industry on a more scientific and highly-organised basis. 1 his referred particularly to the advantages of marketing catches promptly
      — – – P, in' i » » oimr ir* finality of the fish we eat.—Straits Times, Au£. 8.  -  430 words
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      GERMANY’S “FATAL MONTH.”
      173 5 —Straits Aupr. 10. The past month has been one of the most momentous and portentous in post War history, especially for Germany. Crisis has succeeded crisis with such mono tonous insistency that the word almoV lest its significance through overwork, and the experience of being snatched from
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      THOSE CHARMING PEOPLE.
      182 5 THOSE CHARMING PEOPLE -Straits Times, Autf. 10. Miss Fay Compton, who was bolieved to have attained a certain degree of fame as an actress, received a series of shocks during her visit to Hollywood. A famous director asked her, Are you on the stage and when Miss Compton mentioned Barrie,
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      MALARIA CONTROL.
      431 5 faf.upd by the League.”—Straits Times,. Aug. 10. Considerable interest, and perhaps not a little alarm, has been aroused by what appeared to be a profound difference of opinion between the League of Nations and the Ross Institute authorities on the location of the control of malaria. The I
      faf.upd by the League.”—Straits Times,. Aug. 10.  -  431 words
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      ART AND ELEGANCE.
      154 5 future* concerts in the hall.—Straits Times, Au it. 11. Much is ensured in the cause of art. With the doors on one side closed and the fans stooped, the members of the audience in the Memorial Hall last night mopped their brows and wondered how Szigeti could
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      STRAW HATS AGAIN?
      235 5 or the revival of j.u <>! i or.e.—Straitr Times, Auk- H. Straw n boaters,” so popular in England before the War, and even now apparently the correct thing to wear with a dinner-jacket in some countries, seem likely to capture London again, writes our London correspondent. The
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      WHERE ARE WE?
      344 6 author to lan«l on our shores.—Straits Times, Auk. 11. It is an old story a out the we id geographical mistakes which pcop,o make in addressing letters to Malaya, but now even the publishers a.e making and broadcasting them. have just recoD 4x1 a leaflet from Messrs.
      author to lan«l on our shores.—Straits Times, Auk. 11.  -  344 words
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      TWO WARNINGS.
      187 6 TWO WARNINGS Straits Times, 12. Some time ago in this column, following the news of the first mishap, in midAtlantic, to the 'submarine Nau'ilus, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins hopes to reach the North Pole by travelling under the icefields, we referred to the foolhardy nature of the enterprise, and
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      PENANG’S FOUNDER.
      566 6 171*4, and is buried in Penanp.—Straits Times, A up. 12. Yesterday was the 145th anniversary of the foundation of Penang, which, like I Singapore, owes its existence as a British possession to the statesmanlike foresight, energy and diplomatic resourcefulness of one man. In Francis Light, whose memory I
      171*4, and is buried in Penanp.—Straits Times, A up. 12.  -  566 words
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    PASSENGERS.
    747 6 The following passengers left Singapore on Aug. 7 by the s.s. Khyber for Penang, Colombo and Europe. Mr. Carter, Mr. M. T. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Robins, Miss E. Summerskill, M.ss C. Muller, (’apt. and Mrs. K. H. Hine, Mr. E. J. Pentomy, Mr. K. F. JelTrevs, Mrs. J.
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    MARSHAL YEN TO BE PARDONED.
    231 6 Will He Return to Shansi As Governor? Shanghai, Aug. 11. Mr. Li Shih-tseng, the veteran revolutionist ard member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang, has telegraphed to General Hsu Yung-chang, the Shansi military leader, stating that the Central Government is favourably considering the
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    JOSEPH SZIGETI.
    479 6 Memorable Farewell Recital. There was again an excellent attendance at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday night for the final recital given by Joseph Szigeti, the famous Hungarian violinist, .prior to his departure for Europe at the conclusion of a tour of the East. The programme was a
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    $5,000,000 PROBATE DUTIES.
    481 6 Sugar King’s Estates. SUCCESSFUL PETITION BY EXECUTORS. Judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell in the Supreme Court yesterday morning regarding the petition of the executors of the will of Oti Tiong Ham (deceased) by way of an appeal under Section 80 (1) of Ordinance
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    FLOODS IN MEXICO.
    35 6 Heavy Death Roll Thirty Villages Submerged. Tampico, Mexico, Aug. 11. A heavy death roll is feared, thirty villages having been flooded due to the overflow of the Panuco, Tempoal and Tamesi Rivers.—Reuter.
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    MR. JUSTICE SPROULE.
    50 6 To Fly to Penang in R.A.F. Plane on Friday. The Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting1 Chief Justice, will leave Singapore for Penang on Friday morning by one of the R.A.F. seaplanes, in order to sit in the Penang Court of Appeal which begins on that day.
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    AIR PASSENGERS.
    56 6 Passengers by air from Medan to Sing*' pore on Aug. f&gt; were Mr. R. Warren Mr. C. B. Pecker, Mr. R. N. Walling. Mr* Fein, Mr. Nicuwenhuis and Mr. Groom vei l Meyer. Passengers from Singapore to the N.K.I 011 Friday were :—Mr. Nieuwenhuis, Mr. Gr&lt;* veld Meyer,
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    70 7 lie Strnits Times is not responsible for minions of its correspondents. Correut should bear in mind that letters |K, 7 k W ,hort and to the point. Long n U 'tlts are liable to be rejected or cut 7 &gt;|S n ‘Correspondents must enclose their ties and addresses, not
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    252 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. m,. will you grant me the space to ,r a long-suffered grievance in the valuable columns of your journal For sonic considerable time now I have i tiently waited for someone more gift- 1( ‘l than myself in the wielding of
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    MAN-EATERS.
    275 7 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir. —In your issue of Aug. 8, under *i.c caption of “Tigers of Malaya.” you reprinted a letter from Mr. M. Der:;o;t O’Reilly to the Morning Post, the pertinent paragraph of which reads Tod &lt;&gt;• it would be extraordinarily unholy for anybody
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    INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
    396 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. A a from your London Tin .m Uct correspondent published in yester&gt;i&gt; s issue, 1 read apropos of certain gotmlions that took place recently in l! '!»&lt;' that “the situation was handled o!&lt;' tactlessly by America” and that j"! 1 0
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    KILLED BY TRAIN.
    196 7 Inquest on Death of Chinese Woman. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 5. The Remhau magistrate, Rajah Abdul Hamid, held an inquest last week into the circumstances attending the death of a Chinese woman named Sin Teck who was knocked down by a railway train. Sinnappan, a
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    OPIUM AND CHANDU.
    152 7 The Law in Johore to Be Revised. A Bill to amend and re-enact the law relating to ehandu and opium is about to bo introduced into the Johore State Council. Since the Opium and Chandu Enactment. 1919, was passed, not only has the Government taken the sale
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    DEATH OF MRS. FARRER.
    130 7 The death of Mrs. Margaret Fairer, wife of Mr. R. J. Fairer, C.M.G., the former President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, occurred at tho General Hospital on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Farrer, who was 5 2 years of age, had been ill for a considerable time, suffering
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    PAYMENT OF CESS.
    77 7 Central Health Board Gets Judgment. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 11. The Central Health Board today sued the proprietors of a number of small estate-for the recovery of cess before Che Hamzah, M.C.S., the Seremban Magistrate. Counsel for the Board withdrew four cases which were fully
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    KING’S HOUSE.
    617 7 Monday, July 27. In the morning His Excellency and Miss Clementi, attended by Mr. R. .T. Curtis, A.D.C. and Mr. W. C. S. Corry, Private Secretary, motored to Taiping. His Excellency accompanied by the Hon. Mr. B. W. British Resident, Perak, paid a visit of inspection to the
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    ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO WIFE.
    111 7 European in Court After Resthouse Scene. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremhan, Aug. 7. A European named Thomley was fined $10 or, in default one day’s rigorous imprisonment here today by the magistrate, Raja Hamzah, for using threatening and abusive language to his wife and also on
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    QUIT RENTS PROBLEM.
    120 7 Estate Owners’ Association Ask for Inquiry. The council of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association decided, at its last meeting, to ask the Chi. f to foim a special committee to in i'"o into the matter of quit rents on rubber l.:n!, so as to relieve the industry.
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    THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE.
    156 7 40th Anniversary to Be Celebrated this Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 5. That the 40th anniversary of the Blue h unnel Line would be celebrated in the course of this year was one of the statements made by Mr. Hobhouse, one of the senior
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    59 7 Departures Still Outnumber Arrivals. Figures supplied by the Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, show that only tour State-aided adult immigrants and one minor arrived from Madras Presidency during July. Other arrivals were adults 1,438, minors 89, infants 40. The balance is still greatly in the other direction however
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    MOTOR-CYCLIST HURT.
    50 7 Minor Injuries When Knocked Down by Motor-Car. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Aug. 9. While riding his motor-cycle from Port Swettenham to Klang, Mr. Tan Teck Bee, of Messrs. Tan hye Ee, was in collision with a motor-car, which w’as overtaking him, driven by Mr. Cameron of Kajang.
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    MR. E. WHITEHEAD.
    86 7 The death occurred at Lytham, Lamashire, on July 12 of Mr. Edgar Whitehead, formerly manager of Linotype and Machinery, Ltd., in Singapore. Mr. hitehead, who was only 13 years of age, nune to Singapore in 111 HI and left about two years ago. He served during tt;e
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    YOUTHFUL CHANDU SMUGGLER.
    1113 8 A Singapore Capture. RAIDS ON HOUSE IN BRAS BASAH ROAD. A seizure of contraband chandu, one of the biggest brought off in Singapore for a long time, in a house situated in a busy thoroughfare, had a sequel before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District
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    TIGER HUNT ON BOARD A LINER.
    231 8 Man-Eater Mistaken For Ship’s Dog. London, Aug. 2. The crew of the North German Lloyd liner now unloading in the London docks, tell a story of a man-eating tiger that escaped from its cage on board the 1 liner in the Mediterranean and kept
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    AMBULANCE CASES.
    110 8 Alleged Attempted Suicide By Chinese. The ambulance was called on Monday to the house of a Chinese in Cairnhil! Road to the assistance of a man who was loiind to be suffering from a wound in hi' 1 throat. It is alleged that the man was in the
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    RIPPED BY ANCHOR.
    77 8 Police Court Sequel to Boat’s Sinking. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 11. A Chinese named Young Joo was fined 50 cents and ordered to pay $10 compensation in the police court here yesterday when he was charged with obstruction in the river. It was stated that
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    CHILDREN SHOT IN ROAD.
    552 8 Sportsman’s Gun Goes Off By Accident. The sudden explosion of his -doublebarrelled gun and the wounding of a young Chinese l&gt;oy ami a girl while out shooting flying foxes in a Singapore suburb was the alarming experience of a Chinese sportsman who facet! a charge of
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    SIAM’S COMMERCE.
    45 8 New Department Formed For Its Development. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 10. It is gazetted that a new department has been added to the Ministry of Commerce and Communications. This department will deal with the development of commercial interests in the country.
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    BRITISH LEGION.
    43 8 Members in Siam Hold Dinner On Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 10. Members of the British Legion in Siam lined on Saturday night. During the dinner it was announced hat the British Minister had consented m become a vice-president.
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    LABOUR PROBLEM ON THE TIN-FIELDS.
    445 8 The Chinese Mines. GENERAL ANXIETY FELT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. lo. People in close touch with the tinmining industry spoke in grave terms tilday of the effects of the sixty per cent cut in the quotas which is expected to Ik enforced
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    ROTAN FOR BOY.
    78 8 Stole Cash, Jewellery And N Clothing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Aug. 9. Muthu, a boy under 16 vears of age. who was charged by the O.C.P.D., Klang before Raja Petra, the Klang Magistrate, with having entered the house of Mr. A. S. Raju, of Seaport Estate,
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS.
    155 8 While the main dinner of members ot the Malayan Students’ Reunion was held at the Runnymede Hotel, Penang, on Saturday, a few members of the societ' and friends gathered to celebrate the occasion at Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Those present included the Hon. Date Abdullah bin Jaafar, C.B.E.,
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    NEGRI PLANTERS WANT LAND BANK.
    2776 9 And a Moratorium For Quit Rents. SYNTHETIC RUBBER. is IT BEING MADE BY TAN KAH KEE? (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. I) Farquharson presided at a generM 'al meeting of the Negri Sembilan Planters’ Association on Saturday at the Sururei Ujong Club,
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    224 9 Mr. Harold S. Haskins And Miss Isabel Leakey. The wedding of Mr. Harold S. Haskins, of the F.M.S. Railways, and Miss Isabel Margery B. Leakey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Finest Leakey of Amani, Guernsey, took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Bishop of Singapore officiating. The bride,
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    BIG CHANDU SEIZURE.
    133 9 Captures by Preventive Service. Contraband chandu and opium valued at over $10,000 were seized by the Singapore Preventive Service at houses in Selegic Road and Bras Basah Road on Aug. 5 and three Chinese were arrested. The accused who gave their namos as Lam Swee Song, Yeap
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      44 9 PROPERTY SALE. A salt* of .Singapore properties by Ching Keng I.eo and Co., F.til. realised $47,:ir»0. The chief lot was the freehold land and compound house 47 Killincy Road, urea 17,42. r square fu»t, which was bought by Mr. Chee Guan Chiang for $20,000.
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    DEATH OF MR. H. B. LAYTON.
    1126 10 Well-known Member Of The Kingrapore Bar. The death &lt;&gt;« c ried at V* General Hospital on Thursday nighl I om double pneumonia of Mr. Humph'cy nedict Layton, a well-known member of the L.ngapore Bar. The news of Mr. Laytm’s decease will come as a
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    MILLIONAIRE’S ESTATE.
    174 10 Conclusion of Son’s Suit Against His Mother. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 6. The case was concluded yesterday in the Supreme Court here in which Ng Ann Thye, eldest son of the late Ng Boo Bee, the Taiping millionaire who is said to have amassed a fortune
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    RICE IN SIAM.
    138 10 Exports Exceed Those of Last Year So Far. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 8. The Principal Trade Commissioner reports that the export of rice from Siam for the first four months of 1931 was jibout 420,000 piculs less than during the same period of 1930. The
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    ALLEGED “ NIGHT CLUB.”
    89 10 ALLEGED NIGHT CLUB.” Charges Against Japanese Woman. Summoned at the instance of Mr. R. Auten, of the Singapore Preventive Service, Siki Arai, a Japanese woman noseril&gt;od as proprietress of the Bedok Restaurant, was charged before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Monday with permitting persons other
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    BANKRUPTCY LAW.
    265 10 Application to Set Aside Notice. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sercmban, Aug. 6. The Hon. Mr. Justice Burton was engaged this morning in hearing an application for Mr. R. G. Sabapathypillai, of Seremban, to set aside a bankruptcy notice served on him by A.R.A.L.R.M Ramanathen Chettiar, of Seremban. Mr
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    SOLDIER IN TROUBLE.
    202 10 Alleged Robbery in Indian Store. Arising out of an alleged incident in an Indian Mohammedan store in North Bridge Road on July 31, Private R. Russell, of the Gloucester Regiment, Tanglin Barracks, was produced before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Thursday afternoon
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    117 10 Committee’s Report on Work During July. The European Unemployment Committee’s report for July states that 28 applications for relief were received—15 in Singapore, 5 in Penang, 4 in Perak and 4 in Kuala Lumpur. The total of applications dealt with up to July 31 was 342. There are
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    TAXI JOY RIDE.
    53 10 Chinese Youth Goes to Prison For Two Years. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 7. Sentences aggregating two years’ imprisonment were passed here yesterday on a Chinese youth from Province Wellesley who came to Penang, chartered a taoci, drove about aimlessly and stole a cheque. Five previous
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    SELF-SUPPORTING Y.W.C.A.
    190 10 Malaya the Only Asiatic Country. Malaya is the only Asiatic country to have reached a stage in which it® Y.W.C.A. is independent of support from overseas. This fact was fevealed at the Y.W.C.A Malayan conference which was opened in Ipoh during the last holiday by Mrs B. C.
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    MR. A. H. COOMBES.
    161 10 Presentation on Eve Of Retirement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 6. A pleasant evening was spent at the Copeng Gymkhana Club on the occasion of presentations made to Mr. A. H. Coombes, general manager of Gopeng Consolidated, on the eve of his retirement. Mr. Coombes
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    STREET FIGHTS.
    135 10 Three Alleged Stabbing Cases On Friday. A Bengali was alleged to have been rtabbed by a Chinese at Raffles Quay on Friday evening. He sustained severe wounds in the abdomen and is not expected to live. In Telok Ayer Street at about the same time two Chinese were
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    92 10 List of Cases for Friday’s Hearing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 11Eleven cases are listed for hearing in the Court of Appeal on Friday. Nine are from Supreme Court decisions and two from the District Court. Of the appeal from Mr. Justice Whitley’s judgments is one
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    SINGAPORE RURAL BOARD.
    993 11 Lighting of Katong. DEVELOPMENT of west 1 COAST LAND. That a sum of $250,000 was to be spent tin and extension of West (Vast Road, is shown in the draft estimves of revenue and expenditure of the Singapore Rural Board for 1932 which were discussed on Aug.
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    NEGRI ASSIZES.
    316 11 Charge Against Chinese Contractor Fails. (From Our Ow r n Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 10. At. the fourth sess on of the Negri Scmbilan Assizes which opened this morning before Mr. Justice Burton, Chan Tat Wing, an English-spctking Chinese contractor from Bahau, war charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property,
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    SINGAPORE’S HEALTH.
    160 11 The Singapore Municipal statement for the week ended Aug. 1 gives the total number of deaths as male 130 and female G 4. This represents a death rate of 22.63 1 er mille per annum, compared with 21.71 in the preceding week and 25.90 in the corresponding week
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    SIAMESE RICE.
    71 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 5. During the last fortnight the rice market has been slightly easier and prices have risen for all grades. There has been an increased demand from Singapore and Hong Kong and inquiries from Java, Japan and Europe. It is said that orders
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    ADVENTURES WITH WILD ANIMALS.
    857 11 Interesting Talk At Rotary Tiffin. Mr. Frank Buck, the well-known wild animal collector, was the speaker at the Singapore Rotary Club tiffin at the Adelphi Hotel on Aug. 5. Prior to Mr. Buck’s talk, the Pro blent, Mr. Roland Braddell, announced H.E. the Governor (Sir Cecil
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    LOOKING AFTER THE UNEMPLOYED.
    703 11 How It Is Done. WORK OF SINGAPORE COMMITTEE. You can take it as a fact that no British European who is destitute on account of the slump, and who has applied to the Unemployment Committee, has not had his case thoroughly investigated. In every case assistance
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    36 11 Tho European Unemployment Committee acknowledges the following donations :—Previously acknowledged $57,987.38, Clubs $217, Klang Branch, E.S.A.M. $100, Mrs. C. M. Berkeley (monthly) $10, Ex-Services Association of Malaya $0,257.18, Mr. P. Simpson $100; total $0-1,071.50.
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    JUDGMENT FOR MANAGER.
    1252 12 Four Months’ Salary. SEQUEL TO ASSISTANT ABSCONDING. A claim for FI. 4,006.72 equivalent to $2,861.94 was brought against the Sterling Trunk Go. Ltd., by a European, R. P. Richard in the Supreme Court on Friday before Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting Chief Justice. The plaintiff had been
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    CONTRABAND IN BED.
    215 12 Wily Chinese Smuggler Caught. A simple looking camp-bed of the ordinary Chinesse design was the principal exhibit in a case of chandu smuggling: which was heard by Mr. G. C. Dodd, the I Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Friday when a fine of $200 or six months’
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    THE AERODROME.
    66 12 Tenders Invited for Filling Kallang Basin. An aerodrome for Singapore is now a tage nearer. In the Government Gazette lenders are invited for the construction of temporary buildings at I’nya Debar, including coolie lines for 1,000 men, and tin* excavation and transport, of earth filling from Bidadari quarry
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    WOMAN KILLED BY A TIGER.
    130 12 Arm Ripped From Wrist To Shoulder. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 7A Malay woman was attacked and killed by a tiger near here yesterday. The woman, who lived at Batu Brendam, about six miles from Malacca left her home early in the morning. When
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    MALACCA ASSIZES.
    257 12 Chinese Gets Seven Years For Forgery. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. 8. A Chinese named Fu Kwet Peng, formerly bookkeeper and cashier with Messrs. E. A. Barbour and Co., was sentenced at the Assizes here to seven years’ and live years’ imprisonment, the sentences to run concurrently,
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    MR. JOSEPH DE SOUZA.
    165 12 Funeral of an Old Cable Co. Employee. There was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr. Joseph de Souza who died recently at the age of 64. Mr. de Souza had been with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. for 48 years. He retired just over
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    THE GOVERNOR RETURNS.
    98 12 After Lengthy Up-Country Tour. II.E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, and Miss CUmenti arrived in Singapore by the mail train on Saturday morning. His Excellency was also accompanied by Mr. R. J. Curtis, A.D.C., and Mr. W. S. Corry, Private Secretary. The Governor was met on arrival
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    SON OWES FATHER $30,000.
    393 12 Business That Began On Unpaid for Goods. That his son owed him $.10,000 revealed on Friday in the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson during the examination- of Hong Yong Ker regarding the affairs of Chop Yong Long Chiang, of which Heng Cheang How, his
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    C.H.B. TEST CASE.
    237 12 Appeal Against Cess Liability. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 7. An interesting appeal against the decision of the Kuala Pilah magistrate will be argued at the Seremban Supreme Court by Mr. Ernest Jeff, of Seremban. before Mr. Justice Burton on Aug. 21. The appeal is against
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    I.S.P. CONFERENCE.
    73 12 To be Opened by Mr. A. Caldecott. It is announced that the act ini? Secretary (the Hon. Mr. A. Galdccot 1 C.B.E.) will he present at the seven annual ennforence of the Incorporate Society of Planters at Port Dickson will open the function on Aug. 15. Th intending
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    “FRESH YOUNG PEACHES ARRIVED.”
    3303 13 Prettiness at a Premium In Coffee Shops. WAITRESS PROBLEM. exploiting girls AS advertisements. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. At today’s meeting of the Kuala I Jaipur Sanitary Board, Mr. V. G. Fzechiel presiding, the question was raided by Mr. J. Jeff, Protector of
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    MISSING AMAH.
    42 13 Following 1 the theft of jewellery valued at about £2,000 from the residence of Major Keys at Wat ten Estate, the police are still making vigorous inquiries regarding the whereabouts of a Chinese uniali who was employed in the house.
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    “CONTINUOUS STATE OF SUSPENSE”
    2459 14 UIu Klang and the Tin Restriction Scheme. INTERFERENCE. WAITING ON AUTHORITY FOR ACTION. The third annual general meeting of the Ulu Klang Tin, Ltd., was held at the registered office, 15, Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, on July 25, Mr. Mungo Park, chairman of directors, presiding.
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    AN UNUSUAL CLAIM.
    300 14 Title to a Donatio Mortis Causa Note. An interesting claim on a promissory note given as a donatio mortis causa, as to whether the executors of the deceased or the person to whom he endorsed the note was entitled to the money, came up before Mr. Justice
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    PADI PLANTING.
    118 14 Sultan of Perak Emphasises Its Importance. At the meeting of the Perak State Council, held at Kuala Kangsar on July 20, H.H. the Sultan presented tumbok lada (small kris) to Che Pandak Redak bin Puteh Menjah, Che Ishak bin Alang Taib and Che Alang Mat Nasir bin Kulop
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    KUALA LIPIS INQUEST.
    94 14 Sequel to Fatal Accident In Hospital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 5. The Kuala Lipis Magistrate, Capt. North Hunt, held an inquest last Friday on the body of a male Tamil named Covindasamy, a patient in the Kuala Lip' Hospital, who met his death by misadventure
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    2955 15 Kuala Lumpur In The ’Nineties—An Old Resident Writes From Spain—Elephant Shooting On Sundays —A Small Community And Happy Days Looking Back To The Beginning —A Wonderful Half Century —Our Modern History. (By Our Kuala Lui. pur Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. A PLEASANT echo
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    HIT A RICKSHA.
    66 15 Fines for Malay Woman Motor-Car Driver. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Aug. (3. A Malay woman was fined in tho police court her yesterday by Mr. G. W Reeves for hitting a ricksha when driving a motor-car and a further $3 for tailing to report t ho
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    THE LITERARY PAGE—NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    2344 16 New Fiction —Gentlemen Burglars And Jade Gods —Tragedy To Make The Sentimental Happy— Who Wrote The Shakespeare Plays—More Quibbles —A Drawing-Room Story— Novel Of Ancient Greek Life— Hans Anderson —A Book To Have And To Hold. Three Novels. Withiu Twenty-four Hours. By I'atrick Leyton. Mrs.
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    THE MALAY UNION.
    352 16 Allocations and Progress In the Settlement. There was much discussion concerning the progress of the Malay Settlement a; the annual general meeting of the Mala\ I n ion hold at the Malay School in Arab Street. Ir.eho Jumat said that in September. 1 930, the settlement was
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      THE FUTURE OF INDIA.
      622 21 leas tht&gt; difficul^s. M —British Wire- Preparing for London Conference. NO CEREMONY. Hopes of Reaching Solutions. Rugby, Aug. 5. H. M. the King has again placed St. James’s Palace at the service of the Indian Round-Table Conference, and the Federal Structure Committee of the Conference will
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      FIGHT AT MEET OF STAGHOUNDS.
      82 21 Horseman Who Rode Down Demonstrators. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 5. A free fight occurred at the opening meet of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds at Bridgewater today. Members of the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports made a demonstration against stag hunting,
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      ANGLER KILLED.
      82 21 Dritish Wireless. Lightning Strikes Metal Fishing Rod. Rugby, Aug. 5. Severe thunderstorms last evening were followed by exceptionally heavy rainfalls in many parts of the country and lowlying villages in Wiltshire were flooded. Floods also occurred in Oxford, and motorists found many roads in the neighbourhood impassable. A
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      LE TOUQUET FIRE.
      74 21 ,—Reuter. Fashionable Hotel Guests* Hurried Exit. Le Touquet, Aug. 7. A fire which broke out at the fashionable Hotel Picardy, one of the most luxurious in the world, at 4 a.m. this morning, caused over a hundred guests to make a hasty exit. Within half-an-hour the sixth
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      CAMPAIGN OF MURDER IN INDIA.
      74 21 .—Reuter. Congress and Terrorism. WORKING COMMITTEE’S RESOLUTION. Bombay, Aug. 5. The recent revulsion of feeling throughout India against terrorism found expansion in a resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee deploring the attempted assassination of the acting Governor of Bombay (Sir John Hotson) and the
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      DASH TO THE POLE.
      125 21 Reuter. Nautilus on Her Way To Spitzbergen. Bergen, Aug. 5. The submarine Nautilus left here today for Tromsoe, en route for Spitzbergen.— Reuter. The Nautilus is, of course, the former United States Navy submarine in which Sir Hubert Wilkins intends to .make his sensational dash to
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      CANTON DEFAULT?
      44 21 —Sin Kuo Min. Not Meeting Foreign Loan Obligations. Shanghai, Aug. 4. The Finance Ministry at Nanking declares that Canton has failed to remit, as promised, the proper share of the Customs revenue to meet the foreign and domestic loan services.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      FINANCIAL CRISIS IN MEXICO.
      212 21 Keuter, Silver Standard. FOREIGN BANKS MAY WITHDRAW. New York, Aug. 5. Messages from Mexico City state that! the business of most of the banks here was heavy at the beginning of the week, following the suspension of operations by a Spanish Bank, with branches in several
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      SLUMP IN STERLING.
      263 21 —Reuter. .—British Wireless. Selling Wave Originates In Paris. Aug. 5. A sensational slump in sterling and a fall in securities occurred this morning after the markets opened. The Xt w °rk exchange droppe&lt;l from 4.8575 to 4.8437 and the Paris exchange from 12.1.DO to 123.50. Tht k
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      REVOLT IN CHINA.
      59 21 —Sin Kuo Min. Shih Yu-san’s Troops Surrender. Shanghai, Aug. (J. General Han Fu-chu, the chairman of the- Shantung Provincial Government, has wired to the Central Government at Nanking. reporting that he has accepted the surrender of General Shih Yu-san’s rebel troops. General Han adds that he is
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      BRITAIN MUST ECONOMISE.
      292 22 —British Wireless. Talk of An “All-Party” Government. DRASTIC MEASURES. Does Labour Policy Merit Co-operation Rugby, Aug. 7. The report of the Economy Committee, which recommended reductions in public expenditure which would result in a saving of £96,000,000, 5s being closely examirfed by thu Ministers and will come
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      GENERAL SMUTS.
      84 22 .—British Wireless. To Study the Financial Crisis. Rugby, Aug. 7. General Smuts left Cape Town today aboard the liner Manchester, on his way to preside at the centenary gathering in I&lt;ondon next month of the British Association. This is the first time the Association has held its conference
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      STERLING WEAK.
      89 22 —Router. Bewilderment on Wall Street. New York, Aug. 7. Mall Street is bewildered by the weakness of sterling and of the foreign exehange rates generally todav. Sterling (cables) opened $4.85 1/16 and sterling (cheques) at $1.84 15/16 only one-e.ghth above the gold shipment level and remained dull all
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      GERMAN CRISIS.
      81 22 —Reuter. Restrictions on Foreign Currencies Lifted. Berlin, Aug. 7. The restrictions on foreign currencies, for financing imports, exports or transit goods, has lax-n lifted until further notice, in order to forestall, as far as possible, any unnecessary hampering of legitimate foreign trade. But export and import firms are
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      EUROPE-U.S.A. ARCTIC AIR LINE.
      362 22 Anglo-American Rivalry Probable. London, Aug. 6. Mueh interest has been aroused here by the report from Copenhagen that the American airman, Mr. Parker Cramer, landed at Angmagsalik yesterday and is carrying out an aerial survey for TransAinerican airman Mr. Parker Cramer the idea of interest ng
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      “NO POLITICS.”
      165 22 Router. Premier as the Guest Of Colonel Stimson. London, Aug. G. The Prime Minister (Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald) and his daughter Ishlxl motored from Lossiemouth to the old farmhouse, near Rogart, in the Scottish Highlands, to spend a short holiday with the U.S. Secretary of State (Col. Henry
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      MARKETING BOARD.
      113 22 —Reuter. Australia to Oppose Its Abolition. Canberra, Aug. 5. Mr. Parker Moloney, Minister of Markets am’ Transport, has informed the House of Representatives that the Commonwealth Government will do its utmost to prevent the abolition of the Empiru Mark (‘ting Board, which was recommended by the Economy Committee
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      A TWO-YEAR NAVAL HOLIDAY.
      84 22 ,—Reuter. Mr. Hoover’s Latest. TO LIGHTEN TAXATION FOSTER PEACE. Washington, Aug. 7. A report is current here that President Hoover is considering proposing to the chief Naval Powers of the world a twoyear naval building holiday, both as a means of cutting down expenses and as
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      MOPLAHS & CONGRESS.
      250 22 MOPLAHS CONGRESS. Volunteers Not Allowed To Cross River. Calicut, July 23. The antagonistic attitude of the Moplahs (who are Moslems) in the Ernad and Walluvanad taluks toward the India National Congress activities is made evident by a report received here from Pattambi (South Malabar). It appears that a batch of
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      GENERAL ARRESTED.
      162 22 —Sin Kuo Min. Sequel to Attempt on Life Of Mr. T. V. Soong. Shanghai, Aug. 7. The French Settlement police yesterday arrested General Teng Chai-yen, General Li Chai-sum’s former chief secretary, charging him with having taken a leading part in the recent attempt to assassinate the Chinese Finance
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      SIR WILLIAM THWAITES.
      119 22 To be A.n.C. General to H.M. The King. Rugby, Aug. G. The King has been pleased to approve Vi!* a JT° int ment of General Sir William Ihwaites as Aide-de-Camp General to the King.-British Wireless. n ut, n w ral Sir William Thwaites ••&gt;., K.C.M.G., has been
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      PLIGHT OF RUBBER INDUSTRY.
      163 22 Effect in London. HOW SHIPMENTS EXCEEn CONSUMPTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug, 0. The r:w low record in the price of rubber is attributed, firstly to the news of larger Malayan shipments in July secondly to the increase in United King’ dom shocks, thirdly to
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      THE OIL BATTLE.
      192 22 —Reuter. Oklahoma Governor To Extend Its Scope. New York, Aug. 7. A message from Oklahoma City states that it is reported there that the Governor of Oklahoma intend 1 to extend the battle for higher oil prices to other oilfields than those around Oklahoma Cityincluding the Greater
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      NAVAL AIR ARM.
      102 22 —Reuter. U.S. Plans a FlyingDeck Cruiser. Washington, Aug. 6. A flying-deck cruiser, the first of its kind, is included in the Navy Department's programme for 1932 announced today. The programme involves a total expenditure of $130,000,000. The new* cruiser is not a plane-carrier, within the definition of
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      FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
      136 22 llavas. Sultan and President Exchange Compliments. Rambouillet, Aug. 7. After lunch the President (M. Doumer) offered a toast in honour of Morocco and of the Sultan. The Sultan of Morocco expressed gratitude for the help France had given Morocco and for the progress which had been made
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      POLICE SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.
      477 23 —Reuter. Bomb Exploded Under The i Basle-Berlin Express. RIOTS IN GERMANY. Prussian Referendum Fails. r, v( police captains and a sergeant, who led the force which dispersed 0 d demonstrators on Saturday. were shot down in cold blood hv' Communists in Berlin yesterday. One civilian
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      EXPRESS BLOWN UP.
      241 23 —Reuter. Was It An Attempt To Kill Ministers Berlin, Aug. 9. cre seri °usly and 16 slightly powerful** K* T UH th ex P ,osion of a vnV(u bomb under the Basle-Berlin ss Waen passing Jueterbog. If.uV coach es were derailed and rolled ininrif i ra,lwft y
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      REFERENDUM FAILS.
      125 23 —Reuter. Heavy Defeat for The Dissolutionists. Berlin, Aug. 10. The final unofficial figures show that 9,784,000 voted in favour of the dissolution of the Prussian Diet. This is only 37 per cent, of the entire electorate. The dissolutionists have been thus sweepingly defeated. Earlier Messages. Berlin, Aug. 9.
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      “RED” RIOTS.
      477 23 —Reuter. Early Ugly Outbursts In Berlin. The Communists have caused the Berlin police some trouble. They set fire to advertising pillars in the streets, smashed street lamps and hoisted a red flag on the top of Berlin’s highest chimney. The flag was later removed by the fire brigade.
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      MISHAP TO AIR LINER HANNIBAL.
      94 23 —Reuter. Tail Pulled OIF But No Casualties. London, Aug. 8. Eighteen passengers, en route for Paris from Croydon, had a lucky escape when the Hannibal, the biggest and most luxurious air liner in the world, was forced to land in Kent owing to engine trouble.
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      FLOODS IN CHINA.
      382 23 —Router. Eighty Million Said to Be Homeless! Hankow, Aug. 5. The waters flooding Hankow are not yet receding and with the return of steaming hot weather the authorities fear the outbreak of disease, caused by the stagnant water and the breakdown of the sewerage system. The food
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      N.S.W. CIVIL SERVANTS.
      112 23 —Reuter. May Get Their July Pay Very Soon Now Sydney, Aug. 8. The plight of New South Wales civil servants, who have not yet received their July pay owing to the State’s financial difficulties, is expected to be relieved immediately, the Commonwealth Loan Council having approved the
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      DUTCH RUBBER POLICY.
      129 23 —Reuter. More Active Measures Hinted At. AMSTERDAM RUMOUR. Announcement to be Made Next Month. London, Aug. 10. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times understands that tho Dutch Government has now decided upon the policy it will follow with regard to rubber restriction, but the official announcement
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      THORBURN CASE.
      281 23 —Reuter. Finding of Body Not Confirmed. Nanking, Aug. 8. Inquiries made this morning indicate that there is no truth in the report that Mr. John' Thorburn’s body has been found. Neither the Foreign Office nor the British Minister has received such a report. Sir Miles Lampson, the British
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      SUNGEI PUNTAR.
      78 23 Plan for Tiding Over Difficult Times. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 8. The shareholders of the Sungei Puntar Rublx'r Co., which has a paid-up c&prital of £110,000 in two shilling shares, are invited to suljscribo to an offer of £5,000 ten per cent, notes, redeemable in September,
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      BLOW FOR FORD.
      51 23 —Reuter. New German Factory Has To Close Down. Cologne, Aug. 7. The decline in the demand for its products in Germany has compelled the German Ford Company temporarily to close its new factory here. German motorists, recently, are tending to place their orders with purely German firms.
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      EXCESS PRODUCTION OF TIN.
      175 24 London and F.M.S. Action. ORE AND SHARE TRICES EXPECTED TO RISE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 8. Tho Financial Tinms learns authority atively that the F.M.S. Government is prepared to arrange, indirectly, for the financing of the 2,000 to 4,000 tons of tin ore produced
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      SIGNOR MUSSOLINI.
      131 24 til 111 l lit 11 V —Reutt»r. Promises to Pay Return Visit to Berlin. Rome, Aug. 8. Dr. Bruening and Dr. Curtius have left here for Berlin. They were seen off by the Italian Foreign Minister (Signor Grandi) and other notables. Rome, Aug. 8. Signor Mussolini has accepted
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      U.S. UNEMPLOYED.
      135 24 .—Reuter. Volstead Act Abolition: Would It Help Them New York, Aug. 9. At the very moment when President Hoover is reported to be seriously considering a Federal Unemployment Insurance Scheme to mitigate the hardships of the unemployed in America, the executive committee of the American Federation of Labour
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      MR. PARKER CRAMER.
      79 24 —Reuter. Missing Between Shetlands And Norway. Oslo, Aug. 8. Mr. Parker Cramer, who left the Faroes Islands, en route for Copenhagen, via Bergen, returned to Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, owing to a storm off the Norwegian coast. Copenhagen, Aug. 9. Much anxiety is felt for the
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      BOMBS ON FERRIES.
      53 24 two people and injuring aix— Sin Kuo Mm. Two Killed and Twelve Injured. Hong Kong, Aug. 5. On August 9 a bomb exploded on the Shuihing passenger boat Tungon injuring aix persons. A bomb also exploded on the Tungkwoon passenger boat Taishcng, killin’ two people and injuring
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      U.S. BANK FAILURE SEQUEL.
      88 24 lieu ter. 40 Directors Charged In £12,000,000 Suit. New York, Aug. 9. Forty directors of the defunct Bank of tho United States are being charged,— in a £12,000,000 suit brought by the State against the bank,—with having run the bank in an improvident, careless and reckless
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      CUBA REVOLT.
      235 24 vii u mi —Reuter. Most Serious Since Year 1917.” New York, Aug. 8. Rumours of a Cuban revolutionary plot and of the raising of a force in New York for the invasion of the island arc confirmed by the news of the capture of 49 “fishermen” from Atlantic
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      EARL GREY.
      170 24 British Wireless. Emphasises the Need For Economy. Rugby, Aug. 8. Defining his personal view of the policy of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons in a speech last night, Lord Grey of Fallodon said that at the beginning of the present Parliament, the Liberals felt that
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      FINANCIAL CRISIS.
      53 24 —Reuter. Governor of Bank of England Indisposed. Rugby, Aug. 7. Mr. Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, has been indisposed by a sharp attack of nervous dyspepsia, following strenuous work in connection with tho financial crisis. It was stated today, at his London residence, that
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      GOVERNOR OF KANSU.
      43 24 .—Sin Kuo Min. General Ma Hung-ping Appointed. Shanghai, Aug. 4. The Central (Nanking) Government today decided to appoint General Ma Hung-ping as chairman of the Kansu Provincial Government.—Sin Kuo Min. General Liu Yu-feng has been chairman of Kansu since 1927,
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      AMAZING STORM IN LONDON.
      107 24 —Reuter. Boys Go Swimming in The Streets. London, Aug. 6. Amazing scenes last night foliow’ed the worst thunderstorm London has experienced for many years. Hundreds of basements w’ero flooded, a railway tunnel near King’s Cross was inundated to a depth of five feet, dozens of houses
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      BIGGEST AIRSHIP.
      185 24 Reuter. Akron Lunched Amid Cheering Crowds. Ak’on, Ohio, Aug. 8. In the presence of a cheering crow’d the United States airship. Akron, claimed to he the largest in the world, was launched here today. Mrs. Hoover named the vessel by pulling a cord opening a hatch in the
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      SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN.
      220 24 —Reuter. Baulked by Fog And Compact Ice. Moscow’, Aug. 9. The Soviet ice-breaker Malyguin’s search for traces of Amundsen, anil the missing members of the crew of the airship Italia, has failed. Fog and compact ice baulked the Malyguin’s plans to icach Karl Alexanderland. where the balloon
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      MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
      47 24 —Reuter. No More Bulletins During Next Few Days. Loudon, Aug. 0. Mr. Lloyd George’s convalescence continues so satisfactorily that it is now announced that no more bulletins will be issued during the next few days in view of the steady improvement in his condition.”—Reuter.
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      BANKERS OBJECT.
      43 24 —Sin Kuo Min.- To Taxation on Their Net Profit. Shanghai, Aug. 4. The Chinese hankers of Greater Shanghai are opposing the levying of a tax on the net profit of banks and are holding a meeting further to discuss the matter.
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      CANTON ANXIOUS FOR PEACE ?
      347 24 CANTON ANXIOUS FOR PEACE train from Hong Kong for Canton.—Sin Kuo Min. An Invasion Feared. APPEAL FOR PEACEFl r SOLUTION. Ilong K6ng, Aug. 10. There are signs that the leaders of tb Cantonese faction, which is i n rcv V'* against Nanking, are becoming serioushalarmed at the prospect of a
      train from Hong Kong for Canton.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  347 words
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      SOVIET DUMPING.
      148 24 —IvP'jter. Buenos Aires Raid Many Releases. New York. Aug. 5. A message from Buenos Aires stater that the police have released a number ol the arrested Amtorg employees, as then was no evidence against them to connect them with the alleged illegal dumping. About sixty are still un.fer
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      LULL IN SOUTH CHINA.
      147 24 —Sin Kuo Min. Neither Canton Nor Nanking Taking the Offensive. Hong Kong, Aug. 7. The situation in South Hunan remains normal and there is yet no sign whatevei of the threatened invasion from the south by a combined force of Kwangsi-“ Ironside and Kwangtung troops, concerning
      —Sin Kuo Min.  -  147 words
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      TWO DAYS BETTER THAN SCOTT.
      492 25 Reuter. British Wireless. Mollison’s Magnificent Finish. DENSE FOG AND RAIN. Beats Thunderstorm In The Channel. Rome, Aug. 6. With the record for the England\nstralia flight well within his grasp J r j ame s A. Mollison, the Australian National Airways pilot, who is trying to
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      “OUT OF CONTROL.”
      368 25 —British Wireless. °nly 10 Hours’ Sleep in Eight Days. Rugby, Aug. 7. ‘ho young Scottish airman, Mr. J. A. who broke all records by completing his Australia to England ,l hi yesterday in 8 days, 22 hours, 25 minutes was completely exhausted when m retired to bed
      —British Wireless.  -  368 words
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      STILL THEY COME !
      224 25 STILL THEY COME few feet above the water.—British Wireless. Congratulations Pour In On Mr. J. A. Mollison. j Rugby, Aug. 8. I Congratulations are still being received by* Mr. J. A. Mollison on his record-1 breaking flight from Australia. Apart from suffering from inflamed eyes and eye-strain, caused by the
      few feet above the water.—British Wireless.  -  224 words
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      ARCTIC SURVEY.
      169 25 —Reuter. Airman Forced Down But Reaches Faroe Isles. Copenhagen, Aug. 8. Mr. Parker Cramer, —the American aviator who is carrying out an aerial survey for the Trans-American Air Lines Incorporated, with the idea of interesting the United States Post Office in the establishment of an air mail service
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      LONDON TO TOKIO.
      297 25 —Reuter. Miss Amy Johnson Does It In Ten Days. Tokio, Aug. 6. Miss Amy Johnson arrived at 5.17 p.m The largest crowd which has ever assemble'! at Tachikawa aerodrome welcomed her. The b' omir.g of rockets announced her approach, escorted by a number ot Japanese planes. Mi
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      GERMAN FINANCE.
      494 25 —Reuter. U.S. Banker As Chairman Of Basle Committee. Basic, Aug. 8. Mr. Albert Wiggin, the chairman of the Chase National Bank, has been appointed president of the Committee of Experts, now sitting at Basle, to consider the German financial position. The Committee’s session will probably last a fortnight.—Reuter.
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      WHAT DOES IT SIGNIFY?
      464 25 —Reuter. British Wireless. Financial Crisis Said to Be The Cause. SPECULATION RIFE. Economy Report Which Must Have Impressed. London, Aug. 11. The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) unexpectedly leTt Lossiemouth last night for London and has thus opened the flood-gates of speculation. Political wiseacres are foreshadowing
      —Reuter.; — British Wireless.  -  464 words
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      KOREAN OUTRAGES.
      159 25 uiuir in 11 uni Sin Kuo Min. Japan’s Reply to China’s Second Protest. Shanghai, Aug. 11. Reports to hand from Nanking state that Japan’s reply to the second protest made by the Central (Nanking) Governrnont, regarding the anti-Chinese riots and massacres in Korea, has been received. In that
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      THE POISONED PARTRIDGE.
      742 26 Mystery Which Baffles The Police. INQUEST TO RE-OPEN. Hint That Lunatic Is Responsible. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 10. The inquest on Lieutenant Chevis, who died after eating poisoned partridge, will he resumed tomorrow. The police, after 50 days of investigation. have failed to solve the
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      REFERENDUM CRISIS IN GERMANY.
      370 26 —Reuter. Government Appeal In “Smallest Type.” Berlin, Aug. 7. Readers of the Nationalist, Communist and Nazi newspapers published in Prussia were astonished to find, on the front page, a column in the smallest type, which it was almost impossible to read. This was the Prussian Government’s
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      COTTON SLUMPS.
      154 26 -Reuter. Liverpool Staggered By U.S. Crop Estimate. London, Aug. 10. The Liverpool cotton market was daggered by the great increase in production set out iin the official United States crop estimate. Futures opened at about 100 points (equal to a penny per lb.) lower, but have now rallied
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      HANKOW TRAGEDY.
      49 26 Reuter. 400 Perish in Collapse Of Grand Stand. Hankow, Aug. 9. The floods here have caustid the collapse of tho grand stand of the Chinese racecourse which is adjacent to the Union Mission Hospital. The grand stand was crowded with flood refugees when it eollapseu killing 4(0.—
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      FASTEST AIRCRAFT EVER BUILT.
      532 26 —Reuter. —British Wireless. Experts Inspect New British Seaplanes. Rugby, Aug. 6. Holiday-makers at Southsea had a thrill today when one of the supermarine 1 Rolls-Royce S6 seaplanes, in use for 1 training the British team for the Schneider Trophy contest on September 12, passed overhead at
      —Reuter.; —British Wireless.  -  532 words
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      LONDON WEATHER.
      38 26 Sub-Tropical One Week Arctic the Next. London, Aug. 10. Today the temperature in London varied from 53 to 57 degrees, compared with 67 to 74 last Monday, and a ground frost was registered in the Midlands.
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      OUT-DOING GERMANY.
      60 26 —Reuter. Emergency Decree Habit In Hungary. Budapest, Aug. 10. Hungary is out-doing Germany in the severity of her emergency decrees, the latest of which absolutely forbids money *o be sent out of the country in any form, except with the permission of tMe National Bank. Detectives are supervising
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      IS RADICAL WAVE IN GERMANY EBBING?
      250 26 —Reuter. —British Wireless. Dr. Bruening’s Optimism. PLEASURE AT FAILURP OF REFERENDUM. Berlin, Aug. io. The Chancellor (Dr. Bruening) and th. Foreign Secretary (Dr. Curtius! most cheerful on their arrival from IW of P SUre suSUtt p" ZAr plebiscite than voted for the OnmKitl* parties
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      U.S. PRODUCTION.
      98 26 —Reuter. Decline of 16.3 Per Cent. In First Half of 1931. Washington, Aug. 11. A decline of 16.3 per cent, in the industrial production of the United State* during the first half of 1931, compared with the first half of 1930, is reported by the United States Department
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      KING AND QUEEN.
      75 26 —British Wireless. Return to London From Cowes. Rugby, Aug. 10. The King and Queen returned to London today from Cowes, where they had spent a fortnight on the Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. The King has enjoyed several days racing in his cutter Britannia. Tomorrow, after the
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      THREE FUR COATS.
      38 26 £2,000 Daylight Robbery In Park Lane. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 10. Three fur coats, valued at over £2,000, were stolen from the residence of Mrs. Campbell Ileathcote in Park Lane, in broad daylight.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      30 26 Ease Sharply in London Following Price Fall. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 10. Rubber shares eased sharply today, following the new low record price for the commodity.
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      LONDON AND THE PRICE FALL.
      776 27 Stocks 28,343 Tons More Than a Year Ago. F.M.S. VIEWS. When Will It be Cheaper To Stop Tapping? (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. Yesterday’s new low record price for ub'u’r is attributed in London to the urthcr expansion of stocks by 830 tons
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      NO CONFIRMATION OR DETAILS.
      66 27 —Reuter. Chinese Press Reports. CHIANG KAI-SHEK ORDERS FULL INVESTIGATION. Shanghai, Aug. 8. Following upon the order issued yesterday by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek for a lull and careful investigation into the j Thorburn affair the Chinese newspapers this morning print reports declaring that 1 Mr. Thorburn’s body
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      SURPLUS COTTON.
      278 27 C l V U ly A —Reuter. U.S. Farm Board Rejects German Offer. Washington, Aug. 8. The Farm Board has rejected Germany’s offer to buy a portion of its surplus cotton. The Board suggested, instead, an arrangement under which the purchase could be made directly from the cotton
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      NEWPORT DOCKS.
      117 27 —British Wireless. Ships Linked by Phone With U.K Capitals. Rugby, Aug. 10. An interesting experiment was inaugurated in Newport Docks, South Wales, today when a Clan Line steamer was connected telephonically with London, Glasgow and Liverpool. Cables had been laid to the general cargo side of the docks,
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      BY AIR TO AUSTRALIA
      68 27 Endeavours to Reduce Rate Quoted. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. It is authoritatively stated that the Air Ministry is endeavouring to beat down the rates quoted by Imperial Airways for the extension of the Indian service to Australia, which the Dutch are seeking to
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      GIVING EFFECT TO HOOVER PLAN.
      431 27 —British Wireless. “Complete Agreement.” EXPERTS’ CONFERENCE ENDS. Rugby, Aug. 11. The Conference of Experts appointed by Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Japan, to consider the detailed measures required to give effect to President Hoover’s proposal for the suspension of inter-governmental payments lor
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      THE DORNIER DO.X.
      106 27 —Reuter. Reaches Natal, Brazil, On Way to New York. Natal, Brazil, Aug. 6. The Dornier Do. X. arrived here this afternoon from Bahia.—Reuter. The giant German flying-boat took off from Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday last for Bahia, on her way to New York, carrying mails and
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      THE ROUND-TABLE.
      45 27 —Reuter. Indian Merchants Decide To Boycott It. Bombay, Aug. 12. Piqued by the fact that only one of their three representatives has been chosen to participate in the Round-Table Conference, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce has decided to boycott the Conference.—Reuter.
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      CIRCUS MAN DIES.
      23 27 Indio, Calif, July 25. A 1 G. Barnes, a well-known circus showman, died here today at the age of 08.
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      LABOUR TO FACE THE CRISIS.
      595 27 —Reuter. British Wirele.M. —Reuter. Determined to Balance The Budget.” IMMEDIATE ACTION. Talk of An All-Party Conference.” London, Aug. 12. The Government's determination tm balance the Budget, and to taka steps to recreate national coaldence, is reflected in the announcement that a special meeting of the
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      SYNTHETIC RUBBER PROBLEM.
      63 28 Reuter. Two Russians Claim To Have Solved It. Moscow, Aug. 7. The claim that two Russians have solved tho problem of obtaining synthetic Tubber is made in an announcement which states that the Central Executive Committee has awarded Professor Lebedev and an engineer named Krause the Order
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      U.S. IMMIGRATION.
      126 28 Ke-Ji^r. Practices Akin to Those Of Spanish Inquisition. Washington, Aug. 8. Practices akin to those of the Spanish Inquisition are alleged against the Immigration Authorities in a majority report of the Wickersham Commission which asserts that unconstitutional, tyrannical and oppressive methods are employed in the examination of supposed
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      NAVAL HOLIDAY.
      142 28 —Reuter. Rumour of U.S.A. Move; Denied. Washington, Aug. 7. The report that the United States may propose a two-year naval building holi- I day is denied by The White House and the State Department. The latter states that it has no desire j to reopen the question of
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      US. PENAL SYSTEM.
      151 28 Conditions Which Amount To Torture. Washington, July 20. The American penal system was adjudged a flat failure by the Wickersham commission reporting directly to President Hoover today. It scored the use of brutal disciplinary measures and asserted that conditions in many of the H.POO institutions of the
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      GERMANY’S CREDITS.
      53 28 -—Reuter. American Reserve Banks To Renew Them. New York, Aug. fi. A« far as America is concerned Germany is assured of the continued use of the international credit of $100,000,000 originally made l« tide the Reichsbank over the mid-year settlement. The American Reserve Banks have agreed to ren«w
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      FLOOD RELIEF.
      39 28 .—Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai Merchants Effort To Raise Funds. Shanghai, Aug. 5. The Shanghai merchants are calling a general meeting to devise measures to raise funds for the relief of distress caused by the floods.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      FLEW OVER FORTS.
      236 28 Reuter. UJS. Airmen in Trouble In Japan. 1 London, Aug. 6. 1 The London hackers of Messrs. Pangb*rn and Herndon,—who wire trying to heat the round-the-world record established by Post and Gatty but who gave up the attempt after reaching Habarovsk on Monday last, —have received a
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      ENGINE TROUBLE.
      157 28 —Reuter. Nautilus at Mercy Of Current Tides. Tromsoe (Norway), Aug. 10. The Nautilus left here at fi.JO p.m. today for Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, from where she will start her undersea dash to the North Pole.—Reuter. Adrift in Arctic. Tromsoe, Aug. 11. Shortly after leaving here last night the
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      CUBA REVOLT.
      43 28 Reuter. Ex-President Lands To Lead the Rebels. Havana, Aug. 11. Acting under Congressional powers President Machado has declared martial law in view of the grave situation prevailing in Cuba. Ex-President Monocal is reported to have landed to lead the rebel forcos.
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      WAR DEBTS.
      44 28 —Reuter. Not Discussed in The Highlands. Washington, Aug. 10. Reports from London that the recent MacIIonald-Stimson talks in Scotland embraced 4 ho revision of War Debts are described by Mr. William R. Castle, tho act inf'' Secretary of State, as without foundation.—Reuter.
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      FACTORIES IN CHINA.
      91 28 —Reuter. League Aid in Organising Inspection Service. Geneva, Aug. 11. At tho request of the Chinese Government the Internatonal Labour Office has despatched a mission to China consisting of M. C. IV»ne (the chief of the firs* ?oction,of itB Diplomatic Division) and Dame Adelaide Anderson (formerly Principal
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      FORCED DOWN.
      220 28 Shanghai this afternoon. —British Wireless. —Reuter. Fog Beats Lindbergh In Alaska. Ottawa, Aug. 7. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, who are living from New York to Tokio via Canada, Alaska and Northern Siberia, arc still detained by fog and rain at Aklavik, near the mouth of the Mackenzie River
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      MELVILLE GIDEON.
      102 28 Famous Co-Optimist Files His Petition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. Melville Gideon, the orchestra conductor and former Co-optimist, has filed his petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are £5,000 and his assets a set of gold buttons worth £10.” The debtor attributed his position to the failure
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      SUBMARINE DRAMA.
      153 28 Reuter. No Reference to Poseidon In Elstree Talkie. London, Aug. 11. At the request of the Admiralty no reference will be made to the submarine Poseidon in the talkie of the submarine disaster shortly to be made at Elstree. The original intention was to base the picture on
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      TO PAY $250,000.
      114 28 Wife Withdraws Case Against Husband. New York, July 25. L pon his renewed promise to pay her $250,000, Mi's. Virginia Harrison Gross, daughter of Francis Burton Harrison, former Governor-General of the Philippines, today withdrew an application to to have her former husband, Christian Gross, fined $10,000 for
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      SHOOTING AFFRAYS IN COLOGNE.
      76 28 —Reuter. Police Fire on Crowds: Many Casualties. Cologne, Aug. 12. Shooting affrays in the streets, lasting for over two hours, occurred on the oeca sion of a torchlight procession arranged by a Republican organisat on for Con«t tution Day. nstl Many shots were fired at the
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      “PURELY A HOLIDAY.”
      245 28 ♦ions wore purely friendly talks.— British Wireless. Premier As Guest Of Col. Stimson. Rugby, Aug. 7. The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), accompanied by Mris Ishbef MacDonald, left Lossiemouth y Rterday and joined Colonel Henry L. Stimson (’he American Secretary of S'ate) and Mrs. S.imson at Shibe
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      AUSTRIA’S PLIGHT.
      44 28 —Reuter. League Sends Experts To Vienna. Geneva, Aug. 11. In response to the Austrian Government’s request to the League Council to seek means to remedy Austria’s economic and financial difficulties the League is dis patching two financial experts to Yienm to investigate.—Reuter.
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      SILVER’S FUTURE.
      35 28 Reuter. U.S. Labour Federation Conference Question. Atlantic City, Aug. 11* it is formally announced that m International Conference on the silver question is under the sympathetic consideration of the American Federation of Labour.—
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      KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM
      61 28 —Reuter. Guests of Governor-General Of Canada. Ottawa, Aug. 11. The King and Queen of Siam are staying at Government Home as the guestof the Governor-General (Earl Bessborough) and the Countess Bessbovough. They were the guests of honour at a, dinner last night and are being
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      RUMANIAN SENSATION.
      39 28 —Reuter. Soundest Bank in Country Suspends Payment. Bucharest, Aug. 12. The Berkowitz Bank, considered th' soundest in the country, has stfspendeu payment. It is closely connected with th&lt; National Bank, which promises assistant' to prevent further failures.—Reuter.
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      BRIDGING THE GULF OF “CLASS.”
      79 29 lVitish Wireless. Duke of York’s Holiday Camp for Boys. Rugby, Aug. 5. The Duke of York today arrived at SouthwoW. Suffolk, on a visit to his a i holiday camp for public schoolers and boys in industry. There are 400 lads under canvas and the
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      GOING EAST.
      105 29 .—Reuter. Boardman and Polando Reach Marseilles. Marseilles, Aug. 9. The American flyers Messrs. Boardman n ,l l’olando have arrived here from Turkev. —Reuter. Messrs. Boardman and Polando, toward the o d of last month, flew non-stop from NYw York to Constantinople, breaking long distance record previously held Iv
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      GERMANY AND ITALY.
      84 29 A UIUI^II —Reuter. I)r. Bruening Dr. Curtius Arrive in Rome. Berlin, Aug. 5. The Chancellor (Dr. Bruening) and the foreign Minister (Dr. Curtius) have left for Rome on a visit to Signor Mussolini Reuter. Rome, Aug. 7. The Chancellor (Dr. Bruening), the foreign Minister (Dr. Curtius) and
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      RALLY IN TIN.
      74 29 Improved Statistical Position. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 5. The sharp rally in tin yesterday was due to the improved statistical position and also the belief that, owing to heavy &lt; ver-shipments from the East earlier in the year, returns for August will probably not exceed
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      LEAGUE COUNCIL.
      78 29 U1 ll,e i-ritish Wireless. Many Questions on Agenda For September. Rugby, Aug. 6. A Geneva message states that the •‘.gen da has been issued for the next meetirg, in September, of the Council of the League of Nations. It includes, among other items, the Austro-German Customs Union, the
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      KING AND OF QUEEN.
      37 29 Kntish Wireless. To Spend Ten Days At Sandringham. Rugby, Aug. 11. The King and Queen left London today t r y an&lt; iringham, where they will spend n days before proceeding to Scotland.—
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      ABNORMAL MONSOON.
      47 29 I.Yut&lt;&gt;r. Many Drowned and Thousands Destitute in India. Bombay, Aug. 11. The ebnormal monsoon has produced M li!" 1 1 Hoods to the south of Bombay. non sands are destitute and many ple ve been drowned in the low- k villages of the Malvan district.
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      LORD READING.
      220 29 British Wireless. Engagement to Secretary Announced. Rugby, Aug. 5. The engagement is announced of Lord Reading, the former Viceroy of India, to Miss Stella Charnaud. The wedding will take place tomorrow. Miss Charnaud was on the Viceregal staff in India when Lord Reading was Viceroy, and, since Lord
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      WAR DEBTS.
      157 29 —Reuter. New York Bankers Favour Scaling Down New York, Aug. 5. The New York Times says that at the recent meeting of New York bankers it was stated that any measure to deal with the short-term credit problem of Germany can only be a temporary palliative. The bankers
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      CRISIS IN HUNGARY.
      78 29 —Reuter. Control and Regulation Of Exchange Transactions. Budapest, Aug. 8. The Government has promulgated a decree for the control and regulation of foreign exchange transactions and prohibiting the transfer of pengoes abroad or the granting of credit to persons or businesses abroad without the Government’s permission. An
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      POLITICAL MURDER.
      170 29 i ross 10 1 —Reuter. Resolution Moved by Mr. Gandhi. Bombay, Aug. 6. The All-India National Congress Working Committee has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning terrorism. The motion—which was moved by Mr. Gandhi in a very long and very fervent speech—condemned political outrages, particularly the attempted assassination of
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      POSITION IN BURMA.
      192 29 —British Wireless. Dacoities Still Reported As Numerous. Rugby, Aug. 5. A statement on the situation in Burma during the week ended August 1 has been issued by the India Office. It says There has been no marked change in the situation and no important collisions between the
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      SPANISH UNREST.
      113 29 —Reuter. Hostile Feeling Against Catalonia. Madrid, Aug. 7. Owing to the hostile atmosphere here against Catalonia which, it is felt, may arouse unpleasant incidents, Colonel Macia, the Catalan leader, will not visit Madrid next week to present to the Cortes the Statute of Catalonia which demands autonomy for
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      THE BRITANNIA.
      64 29 British Wireless. Win on Last Day Of Cowes Regatta. Rugby, Aug. 7. The King’s cutter, Britannia, was placed first in a race on the final day of the Cowes Regatta. The Queen watched the racing from the Royal yacht. According to present arrangements Their Majesties will leave London
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      SOUTH CHINA REVOLT.
      76 29 crush the revolt in South China. —Sin Kuo Min. Is Nanking Contemplating An Early Campaign Hong Kong, Aug. 8. President Chiang Kai-shek has appointed General Lu Shin-pang to be com-mander-in-chief of the Fukien division of the Kwangtung armies on Aug. 10 ready to advance upon Namhung and
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      ANOTHER ’QUAKE.
      53 29 —Reuter. Severe Shocks Recorded At Sydney. Sydney, Aug. 7. A violent earthquake shock, which dislodged the east and west registering pins of the seismograph, was recorded at River View College Observatory at 12.18 p.m. today. The shocks continued for nearly three hours. The epicentre is estimated to be
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      FALL IN U.S. SHARES.
      44 29 —Reuter. £598,000,000 Decline During July. New York, Aug. 6. A fall of £598,000,000 in the market value of all listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange is recorded for July. The total market value on Aug. 1 was $44,422,000,000.—Reuter.
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      LADY MAY CAMBRIDGE
      278 29 umight on a visit to Holland.—British Wireless. Engagement to Capt. H. A. Smith. Rugby, Aug. 7. The engagement is officially announced of Lady May Cambridge, niece of the Queen, who returned from South Africa a few months ago with her father and mother, the Earl of Athlone
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      JACK DIAMOND.
      92 29 Reuter. Fifteen Years for One Of His Bodyguards. Catskill, New Y’ork, Aug. 5. John Scacchio, one of Jack Diamond’s former bodyguards, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on a charge of assaulting the lorry driver who refused to reveal the destination of a cargo of cider he
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      RUBBER’S LOWEST.
      89 29 United Kingdom Stocks Increase. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. United Kingdom rubber stocks are now 186,216 tons, compared with 108,788 tons a year ago. The share market is very dull. There is little selling in spite of the depressing outlook. The profit of the Pusing Rubber
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      CONSOLIDATED TIN.
      69 29 Our Duty to Support Quota Scheme.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. We consider it our duty to support tb:» quota scheme,” stated Mr. R. J. Hose, (hairman of Consolidated Tin Smelters, Ltd., at the annual meeting yesterday. Mr. Hose expressed the opinion that there are signs
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      EASTERN TRADE.
      61 29 —Reuter. Plans to Help Straits And China. London, Aug. 7. Speaking at a meeting of the Indian and Eastern Association for the Protection of Trade the chairman (Lord Melton) said an effort was l&gt;eing made to ex tend the Society’s activities to the Straits and China with a
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      SINGAPORE BEATEN BY PERAK.
      1795 30 Better Team Wins. MALAYA CUP FINAL AT KUALA LUMPUK. (By Our Own Representative.) Perak ..3; Singapore 1. Perak won the Malaya (’up for the second time in the history of the competition on Saturday when they defeated Singapore in the final at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium
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      MALAYAN RECORDS BROKEN.
      318 30 Haniff’s Great Sprint At Perak Sports. Ipoh, Aug. 10. Two new Malayan records were put up i at the Perak open athletic championship i meeting on Saturday. Mohamed Haniff did the sprint in even time (10 secs.), tha previous best being 10 1-5 .secs., and Ho Ah
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      BRIGHTER CRICKET SUGGESTIONS.
      93 30 Leicestershire’s Proposal* To M.C.C. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. The Leicestershire C.C.C. have snK mitted a scheme to the M.C.C. suggesting (1) that the cricket season should begfn in the middle of May and end in fu middle of September (2) that first-class counties should nh
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      WALLEY STOPS MUTSU.
      433 30 Japanese Retires at End Of Third Round. For Mutsu, the local Japanese bantamweight, to have a chance of beating Bov Walley, it had to be supposed that he had improved tremendously or that Walley had slipped down the ladder. Mutsu is a sturdy, willing boxer, who always
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      LION CITY RING.
      246 30 Johnson Beats Wilmott On Points. The promotion at the Lion City Rin-' also drew a large crowd, so it is evident that there is plenty of interest in boxinr in Singapore. A good top line event had been secure 1 in a 10-round bout between the welterweights
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      POPULARITY ON THE WANE.
      1456 31 Taiping Races. SPORT BRINGS LITTLE EXCITEMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 10. Tv .&gt;-e was onlv a small attendance on (lav of‘the Ta ping races and ht.ve is no doubt that the popularity of his meeting is waning. Firstly tlu* meeting follows too closely n
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      A NEW FIRST WICKET EXPERIMENT.
      232 31 Jardine and Sutcliffe To Open Innings. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 11. It is suggested that the England Test players will probably bat in the followin' 1 order Jardine, Sutcliffe, Dulecpsinhji Hammond, Ames, Faynter, Allen, Larwood, Brown, Verity and Peebles, who i considered to
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      R.S.Y.C. EVENTS.
      383 31 Mowgli Leads Cardosa Cup Series. After last week-end, when the B class spent two days voyaging round Singapore Island, it was perhaps not to be surprised at that only six of the fleet of ten B boats turned out on Sunday to sail the first race for the
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      THE GOLD CUP RACES.
      118 31 Orient Express and Abbot’s Gift to Compete. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 5. Abbot’s Gift and Orient Express (owner Mr. Helling, Medan) will compete again in the next Gold Cup races in Singapore. It will be remembered that Abbot’s Gift was winner in the last
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      WIGHTMAN CUP FOR U.S.A.
      373 31 British Players Fail In Singles. New York, Aug. 8. America won the Wig'htnmn Cup at Forest Hills by five matches to tw«t Great Britain winning only the doublaa matches. On Friday Great Britain lost three singles matches, and when play opened today America made her victory
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      K. DON’S CHALLENGE TO GAR WOOD.
      184 31 record of 110 miles an hour.— British Wireless. Leaving England For America. Rugby, Aug. II. Kaye Don, who holds the world’s water speed record, will leave England tomorrow for America, where he will challenge Gar Wood for possession of the British International Trophy in
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      BENGAL’S DECISION.
      73 31 Indian Cricketers’ Tour Not Justified. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Aug. 6. The Bengal Cricket Association hma decided aft. r 2Va hours discussion that in view of the present situation, as a matter of principle, the Association is of the opinion that the tour of the Indian team
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      TWO INNINGS FOR NO RUNS.
      787 32 —Reuter. More “Brighter Cricket.” NARROW ESCAPE FOR tourists. London, Aug. 7. Leyton Essex beat Middlesex on the first innings. Batting first, Essex totalled 362 for H, at which stage they declared. Middlesex were all out for 155 runs, and, following on, had scored 126 for
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      SCOTTISH FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS.
      193 32 ReuU*r. Fine Away Wins In First Division. London, Aug. 8. Scottish League football season began today, and the results of the opening matches played in the First Division were as fol low’s Scottish League (Div. 1.) Aberdeen 2 Cowdenbeath 0 Clyde 2 St. Mirren 0 Dundee
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    BIRTHS
    54 32 LEONARD.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on August 9, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. R. F. W. Leonard, a daughter. LUTKIN.—At Westcliff-on-Sen, England on Aug. f», 1931, to Marjorie Rose, wife of (•apt. Lutkin, a daughter, Rose Mary. ROBERTS. At Penang on Aug. 10, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. C.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    518 32 Race Course Victory Over Singapore G.C. The match between teams representing tho Race Course and Singapore Golf Clubs, played on the former’s links on Sunday, resulted in a win for the Race Course, by 11 to 4*2. Scores were as follows, S.G.C. players mentioned first Eld red and
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    A. SOLLY.
    36 32 Amateur International For Arsenal. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 10. A. Solly, the Dulwich Hamlet (the Isthmian League f lub) and England amateur occur international goalkeepe, has joined the Arsenal as a professional.
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    MALAYAN COMMAND SPORTS.
    699 32 Keen Competition At Tanglin. A very enjoyable afternoon was Sf)ef|f at Tanglin Barracks on Saturday the Malaya Command annual athlet sports were held. The meeting had been in progress for the previous five dav Saturday was the M grand finale ar,(i The meeting was well-attended among those
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    RUGBY SEASON.
    70 32 Officers of Sembilan Assocn. Elected. At the annual general meeting of th* Nepri Sembilan Rugby Football Association the following office bearers wer elected for the season 1931-32 :—Pres: dent, The Hon. the British Resident committee, Messrs. L. A. Thomas, E. H VVilson and J. G. Wylde captain, O.
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    161 32 DEATHS BAKF.lt. On Aug. 6, 1931, at Bangkok suddenly Mrs. Clara Baker late Matron of Female Prison, Singapore. Thy will be done.” I-ARRLR. At the General Hospital, Singapore, on Aug. 11, 1931, Margaret, beloved wife of R. J. Farrer. MRS. ANG PIAN ANN.—(Madam Tan Gin Neo) at her residence at
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      110 1 Keneral I Rubber Situation 1 Singapore Tin Prices 1 The Singapore Auction 1 I London Rubber Market I By A. W. Still 1 I Tin Exports 1 I Malaya Tin Statistics I Market Report 1 I Rubber in Sumatra 1 I Muang Tin I p and O. Banking Corporation
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      66 1 a Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts fl Spot Seller Prices I d. if j-3 Oct.i’.kte L’don S’pore Aug. Sept. Deo. A jo. J 2 9 16 0.8% 0.8*4 0.8% 0.9 1 7 2 9 16 0.8*4 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% U 2*s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2% 0.8*4
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      TIN EXPORTS.
      50 1 I July Shipments From Malaya. Foreign exports of tin during July were to the United Kingdom 520 tons, United States 5,461 tons, Europe 1,372 ‘nns, British possessions 160 tons, Japan *7 tons and other countries 37 tons, total of 7,647 tons being 393 tons more than in June.
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      26 1 6 l. o tons at $55% per picul. 7 50 55% ,2 125 57.12*4 10 125 57% 11 150 57% 12 1.5 57%
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      123 1 Tin Singapore lumber of Commerce m a' 1 A fo«'»tioii .eld its 1,030th auction s when there was catalogued r n r ii.iu h or 704.72 tons; offered 1,372,81) tui:' tons soUi 1.266,865 lb. or 565.56 Spot. w'v k **M. u k r,\ cts. PRICES REALISED. i
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      BORNEO RUBBER.
      53 1 ipt ofHandelmaatsdhappij arc in •lbgiving l &gt; ad Y ,ce from their Batavia ■h'* f l| ,vvh„l r P&lt;&gt;r L tS of rubber fro, '1 Wpit ‘j C e or the month of July w ton,- q n d, v,8 i on of Borneo, Sambas, -‘O'ljcrmass’n “o of
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Playing Into Consumers’ Hands. PIONEER WORK AT PRANG BESAR.
      1058 1  -  (By A. W. StilL) [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] London, July 15. The price of a good many things has fallen during the past week, but rubber remains a fraction above 3d., and if it falls below
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      219 1 Foreign exports of tin, being final ahip- ments on ocean-steamera at all Maluyan ports during the month of July, 1931 Destination. Tons. United Kingdom 520 United States of America. 5,461 Continent of Europe 1,372 British Possessions 160 Japan 97 Other foreign countries 37 Total 7,647 Note 1.
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      MARKET REPORT.
      499 1 Tin and Rubber in The Doldrums. Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Aug. 11, Rtates The F.M.S. Government announcement regarding the excess production of tin-ore for the quota period March-August was not unexpecteu by the market as shipment figures have been maintained at a high level recently, whereas it
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      RUBBER IN SUMATRA.
      114 1 Statistics of A.V.R.O.S. Show 242,119 Hectares Planted. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Aug. 6. The statistics of the A.V.R.O.S. (General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra) containing data referring to its member companies have now been issued. From them it is shown that
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      DJAMBI RUBBER.
      30 1 Java Sumatra Ilandelmiuitsrhappij an* in receipt &lt;f telegraphic •wlvict* from their Batavia office giving the t«&gt;tnI exports of rubber f&lt;&gt;r tin* month of July from Djambi ms tons.
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      CORRESPONDENCE.
      67 2 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. I.ong epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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      RUBBER COFFINS:
      207 2 To the Editor of the Straps Times. Sir, The suggestion of rubber coffins is a belated parody of the custom of burying a person in wool. This occurred, I Ihink, in the seventeonth cen'ury, when there was a glut of that commodity. 1 have seen in 'he register
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      MUANG TIN.
      555 2 'I he directors’ report of Muang Tin No Liability, for the year ended Deo. .‘U, 1930, states During the first two months of the year the dredge recovery was very low due to the conf nation of the ground making it necessary to work through a portion of
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      JAVA RUBBER.
      31 2 Java Sumatra Ilar.delmnatHchappij ar«&gt; in receipt of telegraphic advice from their Batavia office giving the total exporta of rubber for the month of July from Java as 6,778 tona.
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      P. AND O. BANKING CORPORATION.
      1189 2 Good Results in a Difficult Year. The Earl of Inchcape, chairman of the P. and O. Banking Corporation, Ltd., presided at the corporation’s eleventh ordinary meeting, held on July 13 at 12-, i Leadenhall Street, E.C. The report and accounts were taken as read. His
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      426 2 Ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, revertex and concentrated latex, during the month of July, 1931 Preliminary Return. Sheet and Crepe. Latex, Concentrated Latex, Revertex. Total. Tons* Tons t Name of Tort. Transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. PrtvnJr c„,f,u ,Jf a ay Export Straits Malay Export Straits Malay P
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      794 3 [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] Statistical Position To Improve. SIAM AND QUOTA SCHEME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 15. The u I:’mate bp sis for improvement in i t i,, situation depends not only upon lessened output, but upon an enlarged •onsumption, and unfortunately the
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      KEDAH RUBBER CO.
      82 3 Final Dividend of 2*4 Per Cent. (From Our Owm Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 8. The report of the Kedah Rubber Company shows net revenue for the year ended April 30 of $52,923 and $77,435 was brought forward. Af*er general expenditure and depreciation of $11,334 and transferring $10,0CO to
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      JULY TIN RETURNS.
      528 3 The figures in buckets give the outputs for the corresponding period of the year. Rahman Hydraulic.—l,2oo piculs. Trunoh Mines.—2,l9B piculs. Taiping Tin (No. 1 dredge).—376 piculs, 633 hours, 95,000 yards. North Taiping Tin. —167 piculs, 236 hours, 32,000 yards. (Dredge stopped at 7 a.m. on 21-7-31, having
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      U.S. TRADE.
      241 3 Details of Business With Middle Asia. Mr. Don C. B1 iss, American Trade Commissioner, 7-A, Ocean Building, Singapore, has received by cable the following statistics relating to the foreign trade of the United States with Middle Asia for tho month of June Total exports from United States C$183,000,000
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      JULY RUBBER RETURNS.
      448 3 The figures in brackets give the outputs for the corresponding period of the year. Alor P0ng5u.—49,442 lb. Ayer Kunitig.—l7,72B lb. Alor Gajah.—32,soo lb. Ayer Panns.—-80.000 lb. Anglo-Johore.—4B,ooo lb. Ayer Kilning (F.M.S.). 104,000 lb. Budek (Stafford Kstate). 41,300 lb. llukit Jclotong. 17,900 lb. Bruseh.- 41,500 lb. (47,800 lb.).
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      BORNEO TIMBER.
      421 3 Co.’s Strong Financial Position. The eleventh annual general meeting of the ID’i i.sh Borneo Timber Company, Ltd,, was held on July 3 in the Council Room of tho Rubber Growers’ Association, Idol Lone, E.C. Sir Edgar J. Holberton, C.B.E. (chairman), who presided, said that after making liberal provision
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      149 3 Foreign imports of rubber into MalAya during the month of July, 1081 Dry. Wet. Smoked Scrap Sheet Lump Country of and and Origin. Crepe. Sheet. Bark, Total. Tons. Ton*. Ton*. Tone. Sumatra 5X4 5,200 410 6,402 Dutch Borneo 512 8,0X1 10X 3.X21 Java and other Dutch Islands.. 28
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      Trade and Finance.
      265 4 EXC.IAMiK KATES. S..i,"N|&lt;ore, Aug. 12. CELLING. London, 4 mum*.*' sight 2'3 29^32 London, 3 moot!V sight 2/3% London, 60 &lt;!n &gt; sight 2/3 27/32 London, 30 days’ sight 2/3 13/16 London, demand 2/8 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1427 Hamburg, demand 234% nom.
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      Stocks and Shares.
      842 4 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, Aug. 12. MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 18 6 21 6 £1 £1 Austral Maluy 19 21/-5/-5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 11/6 12/6 £1 £1 Ban grin Tin 9/- 10/1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu
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      THE CASE FOR MASS PRODUCTION.
      415 4 Results of Partial Adoption. The Pelican Press has just issued in the form of a brochure an address on Mass Production, which Fir Eric Cleddes, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co., originally delivered to the 11)00 Club, in which he declares that, w’hile we may
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JULY 15.
        694 4 Abncco (£1) *4; Allagar (2/) /9* Amherst (2 &gt; /3; Anirlo-Malay (£1) V 4; Ayer Kuning 1 &gt; 9/16; Bagun Serai (£1) S/16; Bahru (2/) 1/9; Bnnteng (£1) Batang Ci»nsulidated (2/) /4%; Batu Caves (£1) Batu Matang (2/) /9; Batu Tiga (£1) (2 /4! 21
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES AUGUST 12.
        679 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall L Company Co. Evatt. 454,176 1 Nil for year 23-2-31 ..Allenoy ($1) 0.60 0.75 0.60 070 216,779 1 Nil for year 80-9-80 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.40 0.55 0.40 0.50 439,425 1 Nil for year
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      UNITED ENGINEERS.
      191 4 It is announced that an extraordinary general meeting of United Engineers Ltd., will be held at the registered office of the company, 201-A, River Valley Road, Singapore, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 12.15 p.m., or immediately after the termination of the annual general meeting convened on the same
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