The Straits Budget, 17 September 1931

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) No. s| SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1931. Pricp 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7<l.
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    CONTENTS.
    381 1 Itp.U'KKS I’yphoon I'asses 3 Maiay States 3 i rat'e Must Go 3-4 Uses The Facts 4 in Statistics 4 Ultimatum 4 a-a.nal Notes ..5-6 t.i,..,, nn* Reuter and Special— T g Vast Week’s News 21-29 •,,,m Hello Boom 17 Keng Bock Honoured 17 1 a ike’s erac 1 1
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1706 1 Miss D. M. Waring left for home by the Meonia yesterday. Mr. W. A. Fell, director of Adamson, Gi'.fillan and Co., Ltd., has returned from leave. Mr. E. Burke Gaffney has been appointed to act as Senior Executive Engineer, P.W.D., F.M.S. Mr. W. A. Noel Davies, the
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    HEAD OF HEALTH SERVICE.
    1141 2 A Valued F.M.S. Officer. DR. 8ELWYN-CLARKE ON THE NEW REGIME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 15. Warm tributes to the work done by Dr. I*. S. Selwyn-Clarke since he was seconded from thi* Cold Coast to be hit*f Health Officer, F.M.S., at the beginning
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    HORLEY MEMORIAL.
    349 2 Closing Date of Fund Announced. Th committee of the Horley Memo-, rial Fund announce that it has been decided to close the fund on Oct. 15 J and it is hoped that all intending sub- j scribers will forward their subscriptions lM*fore that date. The committee are disappointed
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    CONTRABAND CHANDU.
    62 2 Found Ruried in Grounds Of Outram Road House. Contraband chandu valued at over $H.r>(tO was found by M I’. IT. Klkins, head of the Singapore Preventive Service, and a party of revenue oflieers in tin* erounds of a house in Outran) Road <>n Monday. The contraband was buried
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    CLAIM FOR INCREASED AWARD FAILS.
    644 2 Former Employee’s Suit Against Spagu Mines. The acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice 1\ J. Sproule) decided to adhere to his former award in Mr. L. W. Richards’ suit against Spagu Mines Ltd., after further argument on Tuesday. 1 he original claim was for damages for
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    MR. WILLIAM COCK.
    76 2 Death of Well-Known Mine Manager. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1">. The death took place in hospital in Kuala Lumpur thi< morning, after a long illness, of Mr. William Cock, manager of Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd., Batu Caves. Mr, Cock, who was formerly manager of
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    SOLDIER HERO OF SINGAPORE.
    114 2 Man Who Tended Leprous Patient Honoured. Behind the brief announcement i n the Malayan Command orders issued on t U( day that Gunner Sher Hussain, „f Royal Artillery, Singapore, has awarded the medal of the military divisi, of the Order of the British Empire [J a
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    S.S. (S.) ASSOCIATION.
    402 2 Topics Discussed at Last Committee Meeting. At a committee meeting of tin StraitSettlements (Singapore) Association, he'd ir. the Singapore Exchange Ko om Sept. 8, a letter from Mr. Wurtzburg \\.t« read tendering his resignation fmm »h, committee owing to pressure of work. The secretary was instructed to
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    DETECTIVES’ RUSE.
    106 2 Eight Men Caught in Fake Motor-Smash. (From Our Own Correspond r Ipoh. S A successful ruse hv the 11 police has resulted in the ai>' gang of armed men. The police heard that eigh* 1 n were travelling in motor-cars tr<" to Menglembu to raid a certan The
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      THE “TYPHOON” PASSES.
      946 3 Straits Times, Sept. 10. i; at e crisis is over. Is it not tr il>ute to the fundamental •i .y c British nation that it is UII utidently to make such an t before the very nature of which each man, woman and ailed upon to make
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      THE MALAY STATES.
      1123 3 -Straits Times, Sept. 11. Less than a month has passed since Sir Cecil dementi delivered his notable speech at Sri Menanti outlining proposals for decentralisation in the Federated Malay States, and the suggestions he put forward for the consideration of the Rulers are still fresh in the
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      FREE TRADE MUST GO.
      1210 3 -Straits Times, Sept. 12. How much more satisfactorily and equitably the supplementary Budget could have been balanced had it been built up around the central core of a general 10 per cent, import tariff That, undoubted ly, must l>e the thought uppermost in many minds at
      -Straits Times, Sept. 12.  -  1,210 words
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      RUBBER USES: THE FACTS.
      946 4 as The Rubber City!—Straits Times. Sept. 14. Although we constantly see nowadays items of news or picture* which suggett Chat uses of rubber are incivjasing in many countries, the consumption of the raw material remains stationary, and a sober review of the general position of rubber
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      MORALS IN STATISTICS.
      1028 4 -Straits Times, Sept. 1*>. A surprising fact which the Malaya lUhher Statistics Handbook for 1931 rei vea*-" i- the comparatively small amount |of new rubber planting that has been J don* in this c* untry since 1922. In that i year the Federated Malay States had a
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      GANDH’ ULTIMATUM.
      1071 4 I'iiM r\. i lie t|u^liuii tend to adopt that role ?—Strait- Finns Sept. 16. It would be absurd to take too seriously Mr. Gandhi’s ultimatum that India must have independence outside the Empire or nothing. If he had not been prepared to accept much less,—at all events as
      I'iiM r\. i lie t|u^liuii tend to adopt that role ?—Strait- Finns Sept. 16.  -  1,071 words
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    BUFFALO IN PAHANG.
    95 4 An Amendment to The Enactment. The F.M.S. Gazette contain- an moment further to amend the Buffalo bnactment, 1891b passed by the Pahang State Council by which whenever it .■■hall app** 1 to the Resident, after due inquiry, that t numbers of buffalo in the State m part
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    IN THE WRONG SEAT.
    93 4 Bar Table for Members ol The Bar Only. (From Our Own Correspond 1 Penang. Sop’- 1 During proceedings in the Court yesterday Mr. Justice I f noticed that Mr. R. S. Jervoisc. u i>ar of estate duty, was seated at table. xThe judge pointed out that
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      TOO MUCH “MAN.”
      129 5 TOO MU CH “MAN.” its armoury.—Straits Times, of a Kuala Lumpur ;ll y signing himself “Parent" i hi. schoolmasters of Malaya to (k v can to combat the use of the in local English deserves Says he This word is v used by schoolboys, even boys liUer classes, after any
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      LESS GAMBLING.
      202 5 LESS GAMBLING Straits Times. Sept. 10. .noiit. ‘Tis an ill-wind that any good,” will be echoed ,a lists at the passage in the i, port tor 1930 which states mlitions have had a depressgambling generally and gamblers were prosecuted :nt of tines inflicted far less i revious year. Not all
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      RAILWAYS AND THE RYOT.
      303 5 'is II'” I r I I M I > I I Straits Times, Sept. 10. g someone wrote to our v g.. :n:ng c< ntemporary a bitter to editorial praise of the Johore. Is the Malay of write- asked, “any letter thirty or forty years ago.
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      THE GOLDEN RULE.
      143 5 .vv VI Hie unemployed any harder than it is already.—Straits Times, Sept. 11. The other day a young man walked into an office in a Malayan town and asked for employment. Tho reply he got from an assistant was get out.” Just like that Possibly if the
      .vv VI Hie unemployed any harder than it is already.—Straits Times, Sept. 11.  -  143 words
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      MALAYS IN POLITICS.
      313 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 11. The .Malayan Estate Owners’ Association wants to bring the Malay small holders into its fold, and, on the suggestion of its Klang branch, has asked the C hief Secretary to the F.M.S, Government to receive a deputation on the subject. Since this i<
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      “ THE MALAYAN FORESTER.”
      487 5 THE MALAYAN FORESTER —Straits Times, Sept. II. The latest addition to journalism in this country is “The Malayan Forester,” the magazine of the Forest Department. It is to be published quarterly, at a dollar. The first issue is mainly concerned with technical and departmental matters, but Mr. A. E. Sanger-Davies’
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      SYLVAN SLENDERNESS.
      80 5 III l 1417* 7*1" —Straits Times, Sept. 12. A shocking lack of co-operation between the Medical and Forest Departments has been revealed by The Malayan I*orester, which contains the following item the mean annual girth increment of forest oliicers is said to be remarkably low. e understand that
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      AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
      181 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 12. When the pundits of the rublier industry disagree on fundamentals the ordinary man may be forgiven for relapsing into latalism. All reports agree,” say Messrs. Symington and Sinclair, of I«ondon, that at a price of under 2Vsd per pound in London the Dutch
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      TELEPHONE MANNERS.
      206 5 Straits Times, Sept. 12. Writes a correspondent: 4 What about a courtesy campaign for the education of those people who ask their telephone operators to ring up so-and-so and then resume their work or conversation while waiting to be called? Meanwhile so-and-so is left on the telephone, sometimes
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      “JOE” FIRM.
      330 5 Straits Times, Sept. 12. Many and sincere have been the tributes to Mr. Joseph Firm, the tin miner, who died at Keniaman on the Bth inst. at the age of 7H. He was indeed a remarkable personality, and a life of adventure had provided him with a fund
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      MALAYAN HONOURS.
      366 5 —Straits Times, Sept. 14. The vexinl question of whether people in Malaya, apart from members of the Civil Service, figure with sufficient prominence in the honours list is revived by a correspondent in British Malaya.” Writing over the name of Old Timer,” he says There is at least
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      FLYING HEROES.
      463 5 Straits Times, Sept. 14. As recorded in today’s cables, two British flight-lieutenants, George Stain1 orth and John Hoothman, made history in the race tor the Schneider trophy, and some notes on their careers will be of interest. Of Stainforth, who created a new world speed record, a correspondent
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      CAN IT BE TRUE?
      89 5 IU 1111 IIl.Iv/H e e self in tin* abominable chair —Straits Time*, Sept. 15. “The* dentist of the comic paper* i•lead,” said a delegate to tin* Jut mational l>ental Congress, “hut the new student* coming along are not nearly well enough equipped for modern dental method*.
      IU 1111 IIl.Iv/H * • • • • e e self in tin* abominable chair ! —Straits Time*, Sept. 15.  -  89 words
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      THE TALKING CANARY.
      124 6 mi peck at my groundsel.” Strait- l imes. Sept. 15. Husbands beware Tho canary may yet give you away. At all events, a Portsmouth woman who owns one of these little feathered pets has succeeded in training the bird to pronounce words with extraordinary articulation. The canary
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      ESTATE RESERVES.
      141 6 l itii i below the cost of production. St tailTimes, Sept. 15. While no one can be anything but sympathetic towards the planting companies which are in financial straits at the present time, it is comforting, from toe point of view of Malayan stability, to see how strong
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      THE SOFT ANSWER!
      155 6 his monthly review*. Straits I imes. Sept. 15. Curioiisly enough the Schneider Trophy race was the subject of conversation chosen b\ a cheery lit do crow«l at a certain Singapore .-■•»cinl centre last night and there were one or two I* lying f Lib members and some
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      THRIFT IN MALAYA.
      230 6 Straits Times, Sept. l.*>. Thrift is one of those ohl-fashioned virtues which Malaya seems to have disdained in the past or practise*! only as a necessary vil in times of s =l"m;» like the present. How much the lesson has been taken to heart hy the higher-salaried
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      BROADCASTING.
      176 6 llltl lx* rectified is obvious. —Straits lime*, Sept. Hi. On the face of it the attitude of the tiovernment regarding its deci-iun in the matter of wireless broadcasting in Singapore appears to warrant an explanation. A- we understand it the facts arc, simply, that tb* l Amateur VVirele s
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      FOR VOLUNTEERS.
      461 6 Straits Times, Sept. 11». We cordially welcome the first number of the K.M.S.V.K. Magazine. As the commandant, I.icut.-t'ol. J. 1. Leslie, point* out in a foreword, a regimental magazine is an excellent means of fostering the right spirit anti provides an account of activities in a form other
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      A KALLANG LAND BOOM?
      357 6 A KALLA NG LAND BOOM? Straits Times, Sept. lf». A correspondent hus been moved by an article in the Stra ta Budget on the Kalla nif reclamation scheme to set down, •some reminiscences. No doubt the engineers in charge of the work already know the lessons that have been learnt
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    MUNICIPAL THRIFT AND LOAN.
    388 6 Mr. Gammans’ Bombshell For Meeting. The annua! general meeting of the Singapore Municipal Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society was held on Tuesday at the Municipal Offices, Mr. W. Bartley, the President of the Municipal Commissioners, presiding. Among those present were Mr. L. D. Gammans, Assistant Director
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    MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
    197 6 Final Rehearsal of Today’s Programme. There was a large gathering in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Tuesday for t v >*» final rehea r ?al of the programme to l>e given at the musical festival in connection with the ceremonial opening of the St. ('lair Organ today. Without
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    POPPY DAY.
    48 6 Arrangements for Collections In Singapore. Mrs. Oldfield, the wife of the General Officer Commanding, Malaya, has undertaken the organisation of the collections tor Poppy Day in Singapore this vear. A preliminary meeting of the committee will hi* held at the Europe Hotel at noon on Saturday.
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    ALARMING SLUMP RUMOURS.
    640 6 Kuala Lumpur Protest. GOVERNMENT ATTITl'DP LAMENTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 15 “The try everywhere is ‘Axe \v Axe.’” said Mr. W Ponnudurai, chairman of the Government Junior Officers* So ciation, at the annual meeting of that body yesterday. In every retrenchment proposal u r
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    HORN NOT SOUNDED.
    35 6 Penang Official i Assignee Fined $2. (From Our Own Correspond G Penang, sJl T Mr. W. C. Taylor, Official appeared as a defendant in > Court yesterday and was fined sounding his motor-horn.
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    WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH.
    811 7 Alleged Jealousy. TAMIL FACES CHARGE 1 OF MURDER. r.foiv Mr. justice Stevens on Tuesday .1. -re Court, Singaram, a middle,nJd Tamil, stood charged with the i his mistress, Punnamal, at Rangoon Road on July 27 this year. S Thc Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. v M* I'b.aine,
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    DEAD MAN MYSTERY.
    310 7 Was He a Chinese Or An Indian The Seletar murder mystery in which the nationality of the dead man has not yet been definitely established again came up before Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, on Tuesday when further evidence was recorded and the hearing was
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    THE STRAITS TIMES.
    82 7 Delivery Same Day In Upper Serangoon District. For the convenience of subscribers living in and around the Upper Serangoon district arrangements have been made for the delivery of the Straits Times daily bv messenger instead of by post. This will ensure- subscribers getting their copy of the
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    AIR PASSENGERS.
    31 7 Passenger by air from the N'.K.I. to Singapore on Tuesday Mr. Hablutzel. Passengers from Medan to Singapore yesterday —Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick and Mr. Schats.
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    ANSON ROAD CRASH.
    154 7 Eight People Taken To Hospital. Three vehicles and several persons were involved in a serious accident on Tuesday in Anson Road when two motor-lorries collided and carried a bicycle and rider with them into the drain. It is said that one of the lorries was going up
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    JUNIOR CIVIL SERVANTS.
    151 7 Malacca Meeting To Form An Association. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 14. A meeting of the members of the Junior Civil Service of Malacca was held at the Resident Councillor’s Office last week, Mr. R. S. de Souza presiding, with th<» object of forming a Junior
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    KELANTAN.
    62 7 No Vacancies in Government Service. The acting British Adviser, Kelantan, states that numerous applications are received from all parts of Malaya for employment in the Kelantan Government Service. He wishes to make it clear that there are no vacancies of any kind in that service available at present or
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    EUROPEAN SHOT.
    177 7 Found Dying Just After Borrowing Revolver. (From Our Own Corre-pondent.) Penang, Sept. 15. A sensatiorl wan caused here yesterday when a Kuropcan named I,. II. P. Sturmer walked into a Chinese shop in Reach Koad. borrowed a revolver and ammunition, walk' d Hto tin* manager’s office and r
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    PASSENGERS.
    317 7 The following passengers for Mulaya have arrived in Singapore by the Sarpedon: Mr. M. Manuk, ('not. and Mrs. J. McD Howie, Mr. C. M. Morrell, Mr. W. I’enrice, Mi. VV. K imps ter, Mr. and Mrs. II. Camping, Mr. A. K. Morgan, Mr. arid Mrs. K. Wilken,. Mr. and
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    An artist’s impression of how the new P. and O. liner Corfa would appear if berthed just off Collyer Quay. which of course she is never likely to do on arrival in Singapore. She is a sister ship of the Carthage (14,500 tons), the launching of which took place at Glasgow on Aug.18. The Corfu is not yet completed but both these ships will he seen in Singapore in the near future.
    75 7 An artist’s impression of how the new P. and O. liner Corfa would appear if berthed just off Collyer Quay. which of course she is never likely to do on arrival in Singapore. Sh e is a sister ship of the Carthage (14,500 tons), the launching of which took place
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    SPECIALISATION IN THE S.S. POLICE.
    1580 8 SPECIALISATION IN THE S. S. PO LICE. Preventing Overlapping. COMBATTING SECRET SOCIETIES. There* were Til ca os of murder in the Colony during the year involving the' deaths of t'»2 persons, states the annual report on the* administrate n of tin* S.S. Police and the state* of crime for llt’IO.
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    FOUR MEN ACQUITTED AT ASSIZES.
    1077 8 Chinese Charged With Armed Robbery. Pour Chinese, U*e Ah Beng, I an Khai Guan, Poh Tient? Kong and Low Kim Song, who wore charged with armed gang robbery at the Assizes on Sept. 9, were found not guilty and discharged. 1 ho acting Chief Justice,
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    MOTORING FATALITY IN CHANGI ROAD.
    359 8 Chinese Knocked Down By European Driver. The inquiry into the death of Tan Hoe. a (53-year-old Chinese, who ia° knocked down by a motor-car driven bv** European in Changi Road on the after* noon of Aug. 13, was concluded heW Mr. F. G. Bourne, the
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    HYLAMS SENTENCED.
    95 8 Possession of Seditious Documents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Sept. 11. Chan Hin Hoo and Ong Boon Sin, Ijoth. Hylams. were sentenced at the Assize* here today to six months’ rigorous imprisonment for the possession of seditious documents. The jury added a rider that the accused* should be
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    RUMOURED REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS.
    162 9 RUMOUR ED RE VISION OF ASSESSMENTS. Contradiction. ivoi IKY ONLY A NORMAL PRECAUTION. m Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur,- Sept. 14. mt contradiction of the grossly ll( ,-eports published last week the revision of assessments of is forthcoming in the following signed by the acting Senior u f Mines. m'i*
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    DEATH OF MR. J. FIRM.
    423 9 Kai.imis Character Passes \t Kemaman. ,th occurred at Kemaman on at the age of 73 of Mr. Joseph \vh" for many years had been :..i with the tin mining industry in > f Trengganu, particularly at *> Bundi mine with which he was «d in
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    THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS IN PERIL.
    117 9 Four Years for Penang Indian. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Sept. P. M. P. K. Kanun, who was charged at the Assizes before Mr. Justice Whitley and a special jury with murder was today found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and
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    VEN. GRAHAM WHITE.
    284 9 Instituted as Chaplain Of Cathedral. There was a large attendance at St. Andrew’s Cathderal on Sunday afternoon when the newly-appointed Chaplain, the j Ven. Graham White, M.A., Archdeacon of Singapore, was instituted as Chaplain of the Cathedral and Parish of Singapore. The service opened w’ith the hymn
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    HOOPLA IN KLANG.
    126 9 May Be Played Despite Police Objection. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Sept. 14. At the last meeting of the Klang Sanitary Board the chairman raised the question of the issue of hoopla licences in the Klang Sanitary Board areas and mentioned that in other districts of the
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    THREE BOYS DROWNED.
    52 9 Boat Capsizes While Out Fishing. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Sept. 14. Three Malay boys, brothers, attending the high school here, who were fishing in the Klang River near Telok Gadong, were drowned yesterday as a result of their boat capsizing. Only one body has been recovered
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    CAPT. H. A. ANDERSON.
    376 9 Kelantan’s Police Chief Presented with I.S.O. After an official dinner given by H.H. the Sultan of Kelantan at the Balei Besar .*t Kota Bharu on Sept. 5, H.E. the High Commissioner, Sir Cecil dementi, pre- 1 sented the insignia of the Imperial Service Order to Captain
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    ATTEMPT ON RECORDS.
    154 9 Kingsford Smith to Fly Over Singapore. Before the end of this month another A.ustralia-England airman will Ik* flying over Singapore. The Vacuum Oil Co. told the Straits Times on Sept. 10 that Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith proposes to leave Wyndham on Sept, is in an attempt to break
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    SULTAN OF SELANGOR.
    131 9 Celebrations for His 68th Birthday. (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Klang. Sept. 11. The (>8th birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Selangor were held here today. The whole town was decorated and shop*! we~e closed for the day. In the morning there was a parade of the
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    CHINESE WORKMAN’S DEATH.
    96 9 Impaled on Hibiscus Hedge. A Chinese workman met his death in a remarkable manner in Singapore on Monduy. He stumbled and fell, and impaled himself on some cuttings of hibiscus (Chinese rose) plants which had been set in a hedge of a house in Pasir Panjarg Road.
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    TOO MUCH WATER.
    341 9 Cloudburst Cuts off Ipoh’s Domestic Supply. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipon, Sept. 11. A feature of the week-end in Perak nas the wet weather that was experienced throughout tbe State, resu’ting in flooded rivers and roads which caused much inconvenience. Fortunately for Ipoh the bunding of the
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    GAOL FOR CHINESE.
    90 9 Possession of Seditious Literature. < (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 1). Two Chinese rubber estate coolies from the Kua)a Kangsar district were each sentenced at the Assizes here today to eight months’ rigorous imprisonment for the possession of seditions literature. They had been concerned in the
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    SEDITIOUS PAMPHLETS.
    61 9 Hylam Charged and Sent To Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 11. A Hylam who was arrested in the heart of the town has been committed to the Assizes on a charge of the possession of seditious documents likely to interfmo with the maintenance of law and
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      THE R.G.A.
      315 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The article by Mr. W. J. (Jallagher in the July issue of the R.d.A. Bulletin touches on a very real need in the rubber industry. The pith of .1 is t< the effect that whereas thousands of pounds are spen annually
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      RAILWAYS & THE RYOT.
      240 10 RAILWAYS THE RYOT. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your notes in yesterdays’ issue you mention a correspondent who wrote regarding tin* Malays in Johore. Sure there i- some truth in what In* says. Will a big estate industry in I’lu Kelantan benefit the p asants and
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      TIN QUOTA EFFECTS.
      229 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It seems to be fairly generally assumed that only the wealthier tin mining concerns will be able to survive the quota, which is to say that they will survive, not on ac count of superior technique or greater efficiency,
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      MALAYAN RAMPS.
      337 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,-Mr. Roche’s letter is a mild expression of the not unnatural disappointment and annoyance of an investor who has been let down, and feels it. lam surprised at his moderation, for I happen to be another of the unfortunates who have
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      ESTATE COSTS.
      348 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, My previous letter showed without supporting figures how unfairly the all-round reduction or so-called redaction of 20 per cent, operated in actual practice. 1 attach figures of two estates and my comments 1 hope will be accepted i is conditions
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      A LAND BANK.
      646 10 To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Sir, —There 'seem to be two distinct issues in this agitation for a Land Bank, one for the savin* of unwanted rubber lands the other for the development ot other crops. The reply given to the Kaja di Hilir, regarding
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    MUTILATED WOMAN.
    119 10 Sequel to Finding of Body In Cliff Temple. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 9. Owing to the nature of the evidence being purely circumstantial and the absence of a motive, Kok Tiam was acquitted and discharged at the Assizes here today, when accused of the murder of
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    HACKED TO DEATH WITH PARANGS.
    395 10 Aged Couple Killed By Gang Robbers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 14. Several crimes of violence are from various districts in Perak and may he assumed that this serious *t a t e affairs is more or less due to numbers of people of
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    CHEAPER TAXIS.
    228 10 Reduced Scale of Rates In Singapore. The new scale of rates which came into force as from Sept. 1 for hire of hackney ■carriages of a class other than the hr? class is as follows l’p to four Passengers. (a) If distance does not exceed one mile ’>9
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    THE NEED FOR A LAND BANK.
    804 11 Meeting at Raub. GOVERNMENT TO BE approached. a ,m*ctinK of 115 landowners represent- Chinese. Malays, Europeans, Japanese, 1,1 j Indians was held at the Kong! Yee Raub,‘ on Tuesday, for the purpose of ini? a resolution in favour of asking government to accelerate the
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    F.M.S. RAILWAY CASE. CONCLUDES.
    611 11 Clerk Acquitted But Gaol For Chinese. After a trial which has lasted seven days the KM.S. Railway case came to an on Sept. 10 when Mr. G. C Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, acquitted and discharged the Jaffna Tamil accused and convicted and sentenced the
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    KILLED ON A LORRY.
    45 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 11. When a lorry struck a telegraph post on the Kuala Selangor road on Wednesday the post fell on the head of a man sitting on the back of the lorry, injuring him fatally.
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    313 11 Manager of Firestone Co.’s Branch Store. Alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust as a servant a young Straits-born Chinese, manager of a substore of the Firestone Tire ami Rubber Co. (S.S.) Ltd., Singapore, was charged l>efore Mr. G. E. Clayton, the Singapore Second Police Magistrate,
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    ESTATE RICE CONTRACTS
    151 11 Labour Controller’s Warning To Managers. At the last meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee the Controller of Labour, the Hon. Mr. C. D. Ahearne, addressed the committee on the subject of forward contracts for rice made by estate managers. He stated that in his view it was
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    OFFICES RANSACKED.
    91 11 Solicitors’ Mysterious Visitors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 10. Hale Street, opposite the local padang. appears to be a special object of gang thieves. Recently the offices of Mr. Scenivasagam I he solicitor, were broken open and the files ransacked. Yesterday the office* of Mr. K. M.
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    SELANGOR CLUB.
    64 11 Half Year’s Loss on Chambers At Fraser’s Hill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 11. The accounts to he presented at the half yearly meeting of the Selangor Club show a balance in the club revenue account of $1,808, excess of income over expenditure. On the other
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    EUROPEAN PLANTER SHOT AT.
    188 11 Wounded by Would-Be Gang: Robbers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 12. A sensational attempt to hold-up a European planter is reported from Sungkai, the centre of a large planting area in the Hatang Padung district. Mr. J. B. King, of Sungei Chinoh Estate, near Trolak,
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    MR. TAN JAIK CHOO.
    216 11 Death of 0||d Malacca Resident. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 12. The death from heart failure took place at lO.UO p.m. last night at his house, 114, Heeren Street, of Mr. Tan .Jaik Choo, J.P., at the age of Cl. He had been ill lor
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    MALAY AMOK.
    142 11 District Officer, Police And Firemen Defied. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 10. New has just reached here of how a Malay padi cultivator of Batu Kurau ran amok at noon on Monday and for some time defied the District Officer and a posse of police and the
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    MOTOR-CYCLE SKID.
    59 11 European Taken to Hospital With Head Injury. While rounding the corner at the S.H.C-. end of Connaught Drive on Monday, Mr. T. G. Coombes, of the Borneo Co., Ltd., skidded and was thrown from his motorcycle on to the grass at the side of the road. His head
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    MIDNIGHT STABBING OF EUROPEAN.
    1464 12 Chinese Sentenced to Death At Assizes. ACCUSED’S DENIALS. STORY OF QUARREL OVER A WOMAN. Counsel for the defence, Mr. F. G. Vaux, was addressing the Assize Court on Monday in the ease in which Lim Ah Seng, h Chinese*, is charged with the murder on July
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    TIGER BALM FOR CHINA.
    39 12 Twenty large cases of Tiger balm, totalling 64,000 small packets, the gift of Mr. Aw Boon Haw, left Singapore on Monday for Shanghai where they will be distributed among the sufferers in the Chinese floods.
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    NO BROADCASTING IN SINGAPORE.
    145 12 Official Statement Made Public. It was reported at the last meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association that an official communication had been received from Government on the subject of wireless broadcasting in Singapore. A letter was read from the Ag. Colonial Secretary
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    297 12 Mr. H. A. Bassett and Miss Violet Hagedorn. The wedding took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday of Mr. H. A. Bassett, a master at St- Andrew’s School, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bassett, of Tunbridge Wells, and Miss Violet Hagedorn, daughter of Mrs. H.
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    DUTCH AIR MAIL.
    83 12 Landing at Alor Star Guaranteed. The Post Office announces that intimation has now been received from the N.E.I. postal authorities that the aircraft of the N.E.I.-Amsterdam air mail service are guaranteed to land at Alor Star between Oct. 1, 1931, and June 1, 1932. Correspondence for dispatch
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    95 12 The August report of the European Unemployment Committee shows that a balance of $10,232 is still in hand after payment of $61,134 to relief account and $2,493 to general expenses, the total receipts from Government and other sources being $73,860. Of the applicants 43 are in the Service
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    UNUSUAL SERVICE AT WESLEY CHURCH.
    353 12 Over 100 Freemasons Attend. j An unusual service and the i ot its kind in Malaya was held on Sunday evening at the Wesley Methodist tpisco pal Church when over one hundred niem bers of the various Masonic Lodges of Singapore and Johore attended in
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    NATIONAL REPUBLIC DAY
    87 12 Circular Letter to Chinese Chambers of Commerce. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 14. The Assistant Registrar of Societies here has sent a letter to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce inviting its view* regarding the substitution of Oct. 10, National Republic Day, for one of the existing
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    16 CHINESE CHARGED.
    74 12 Accused of Gambling in Rubber Dealers’ Club. (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 13. Sixteen Chinese were charged here yesterday before Mr. B. R. Whitehouse wit gambling in the Haipin Club, a ninese rubber dealers’ club. The was postponed for a week a bail in $25 each
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    FINE FOR LAWYER.
    89 12 Sequel to Motoring Accident. -n j| Prosecuted at the instance of 1 ,_j Nicol, A.S.P., Mr. C. P. Burke guilty to a charge of failing to ,vt>< H. accident and was fined $10 by Whitton, the Singapore Fourth i Magistrate. The case was a sequel to a
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3674 13 Yarns Of The East Coast Railway—A Haunted liungalow—Conjuring With A Corpse—The Tourist In Kelantan—A Wonderful Plain And A Quaint Capital—The F.M.S. Hail ways Past History And Present Problems. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sopt. 11. I uvrV in a ghost story associated
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    TRAINING DRIVERS FOR THE F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    26 13 Part of the school of instruction in which drivers for the F.M.S. Railways are trained at Sentul, near Kuala Lumpur.
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    CHINESE NATIONAL DAY.
    109 14 Usual Celebrations to Be Abandoned in Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 10. At a public meeting held here in connection with the steps to be taken to celebrate the Chinese National Day it was decided that in view of China’s suffering owing to the recent
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    SARKIES BROTHERS’ BANKRUPTCY.
    1228 14 The Surviving Partner Adjudicated. MR. M. S. ARATHOON. QUESTION OF LEASE ON RAFFLES HOTEL. Mi. Marty roe Sarkies Arathoon, who was recently publicly examined, was adjudicated bankrupt on Sept. 11 in connection with the recent bankruptcy of Sarkies Brothers. He is the surviving partner o.* the firm
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    70 14 Returns to Singapore After Tour of East Coast. His Excellency the Governor, Sir C«riJ Clementi and party, returned to >'**■' pc re on Sept. 12 by the Sea Belle 11 a tour of the East Coast, during 1 with H.H. the Sultan of Kelantan, n* opened the
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    DEAD WITH HANDS TIED.
    61 14 Inquest on Indian Found Floating in River. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. A verdict of death due to drowning returned art, the inquest here on an known Indian/ whose body was 10 floating in the river. Mr. William Fox, giving evidence, he saw the body
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    THE LITERARY PAGE- NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
    3503 15 Malaisie—Frenchman’s Novel Of Planting Life Which Won The Prix Goncourt—The Indian Civil Service—New Novels—When Paris Was A City Of Fear—The English Adventurers—Alec Waugh Reaches M a t u r i t y—His Pictures Of Malaya And Siam. Malayan Novel. MaSaisie. F r Henri F
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    SINGAPORE’S HEALTH.
    152 16 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended Sept, 5 gives the total number of deaths as male 111 and female 70. This represents a deathrate of 24.00 per mille, per annum, compared with 20.KH in the preceding week and 21*57 in the corresponding week of last
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    JAPAN’S RECOVERY FROM DISASTER.
    1125 16 The Call to Spend Less And Save More. How Japan restored the gold standard in was the subject of an authoritative address at the Singapore Rotary Club tiffin at the Adedphi Hotel, on Sept. ‘J by Mr. H. I’nagami. manager of the loca’ branch of the
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    SEQUEL TO MINING FLOTATIONS.
    674 16 Burma-Malay Company Sued by Engineer. (From Our Own Corresponded l Kuala Lumpur, Sep* In the Supreme Court, Kuala Lu’ii Mr. Henry Patrick Bucklev. a eng peer, of Pangnga River < West Coast, Siam, claimed 50) fully a up shares of il each in the Renong <
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      HOW THE BUDGET WILL BE BALANCED.
      2820 21 The debate continues. British \V ireless. More By Fresh Taxation Than By Economy. PFNNY A pint ON BEER TO YIELD £10,000,000 r A YEAR. iho outstanding feature of the supplementary Budget, introduced on Thursday, was the drastic increases in the income-tax. Together uith certain
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      THE NEW PROPOSALS.
      507 22 —Reuter. Bird’s Eye Tabular Summary. The new proposals to cover the estimated deficit this year of £74,700,000 (mentioned earlier in this message) may be summarised as follows Economies £22,000,000 Savings On Debt Redemption £13,700,000 New Taxation Inland Revenue £29,000,000 Customs and Excise £11,500,000 Total £76,200,000 This leaves
      —Reuter.  -  507 words
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      U.S. COTTON.
      51 22 -Reuter. Prohibition of Planting In South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina, Sept. 10. The first special session of tho Legislature since 1914 has been ordered by Governor Blackwood, who seeks to prohibit the planting of the 1932 cotton crop. Thirty-seven out of 46 counties in the State endorsed the
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      “DRIVE THE BRITISH OUT OF INDIA.”
      94 22 Murder AH Europeans. SEDITIOUS PAMPHLETS IN CALCUTTA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Sept. 11. The Calcutta police are looking for the authors of a printed pamphlet which has suddenly appeared on the walls in the Indian quarter. It is signed by the Bolshevik Indian
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      THE ECONOMY BILL.
      231 22 —Reuter. Sanction for Orders In Council. London, Sept. 10. The text of the Government’s Economy Bill is issued tonight. It empowers His Majesty, for a month after the Act comes into force, to make such Orders in Council as may appear necessary for the purpose of effecting
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      AUSTRALIAN GOODS.
      156 22 —Reuter. Proposed Display By Steamer in Far East. Melbourne, Sept. 10. In connection with the departure of Mr. H. W. Gepp for Shanghai on Sept. 20 as delegate to the Pacific Relations Committee, a proposal is being discussed to charter a steamer to display Australian goods in the
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      TARIFF TO HELP UNEMPLOYED ?
      725 22 TARIFF TO HELP UNEMPLOYED c 1 —Reuter. -Reuter. Mr. Henderson Prepared To Support. EQUAL SACRIFICE. Speeches at Trades Union Congress. London( Sept. 9 There was a disorderly scene at Bristol this morning, outside the hall in the Trades Union Congress was i n owing to the Congress refusing to receive
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      RUBBER IMPROVES IN LONDON.
      309 23 Appointment of Committee Welcomed. SMALLER OUTPUTS. Reflections on The •Malicious Joke.” v >Tn Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 9. r.e'vs of the appointment of a r i r Taxation Committee in Malaya o t; :Cv responsible for the advance of \r-.-e of the commodity in London.
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      WAR AGAINST CRIME.
      174 23 Police and Possibilities Of Palm-Prints. London, Aug. 21. The possibilities of a new device in the var against criminals are being investigated by Scotland Yard. Identification r>y means of finger-prints has been in cue for thirty years and experts are n-idering an extension of the system io
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      NEWS FROM KANSU.
      141 23 n at Ala r u-hsiang, is leaving for u at en( l of this month.—Sin Kuc Trouble Being Settled Peacefully. Shanghai, Sept. 9. General Ma Fu-hsiang, the chairman of r Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Com- tup, W ho is a native of Kansu, an ..ounces that he
      , n * at Ala r u-hsiang, is leaving for u at en(l of this month.—Sin Kuc  -  141 words
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      ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
      306 23 —Reuter. -British Wireless. How Economies Will Be Hustled Through. London, Sept. 9. Politicians have been puzzled to know how the Government proposed to pass the economy measures in time to he elective in the present financial year, in view of the inevitable delay necessary in passing an
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      EXCITED TELLERS.
      86 23 —Reuter. Four Forget to Count Themselves. London, Sept. 9. Today’s Parliamentary papers indicate a mistake in the announcement of the Vote of Confidence in the House of Commons last night, in consequence of the two tellers on each side omitting to count themselves. The figures consequently were 311
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      VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
      296 23 Analysis of Tuesday’s Division. Rugby, Sept. 9. The majority of H9 which the Government received last night in the first division of the emergency session,” although taken on a formal motion, is equivalent to a Vote of Confidence. Among the 309 who voted for the Government were
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      MR. CHURCHILL.
      306 23 -British Wireless. —Reuter. His Strong Views On Protection. I<ater Mr. Stanley Baldwin, as leader of the Conservative Party, declared We are going to see the matter through. We are going to give the Prime Minister our whole-hearted support for the object for which the National Government was created.”
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      NEED FOR TARIFFS.
      137 23 inv m ov/um i/u a iui —British Wireless. Mr. N. Chamberlain On The Position. Rugby, Sept. 12. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Minister of Health in the National Government and the chairman of the Conservative Party organisation, addressing a Conservative meeting in Dumfries last night, Paid a tribute
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      “BRITHER SCOTS.”
      75 23 Lord Elgin will preside.—British Wireless. Birthday Dinner to The Prime Minister. Rugby, Sept. 9. Arrangements have been made for a complimentary dinner, of a non-political character, to be given by Scots to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in London on October 12, his birthday. Many Scottish Associations in London are
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      “PRESS BRIDLE.”
      55 23 —Aneta. Unpopular Ordinance In The D.E.I. Batavia, Sept. 9. The Government has promulgated an Ordinance whereby the Government is empowered to take the necessary measures against undesirable, periodically published, printed matter.” The majority of the Dutch East Indies newspapers had protested against tht Ordinance, which has been described
      —Aneta.  -  55 words
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      OXFORD MURDER CASE.
      524 23 Accused in Court. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER CHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 9. The ease again t Henry Daniel Seymour. i.gcd a commercial traveller, who is aivu el of murdering Mr.*. Annie j Limps n, a widow, in her house at Oxford on July 25. was begun
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      MAYOR OF NEW YORK.
      170 23 —Reuter. Arrives in London From Paris. Londart, Sept. 13. Mr. James Walker, the Mayor of New York, arrived in Ixmdon today from Paris and was met by the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs. The Prime Minister will give a luncheon to Mr. Walker tomorrow.—Reuter. Id the
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      POISONED PARTRIDGE MURDER.
      588 24 44 Big Five” Still Busy, INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM IRELAND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 12. The police investigation into the poisoned partridge case is being continued and ftomc icmuikable experiments are being conducted by Home Oflice experts to test the theory that it was a hypodermic
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      LORD INCHCAPE.
      47 24 —Reuter. Drops Free Trade For Protection. London, Sept. 14. Lord In.-hcape, a lifelong Free Trader, joins th'» ranks of the Protectionists in an artielo in the Daily Mail, declaring that under present conditions I admit the expediency of a tariff to protect ■iufiu.st.ry ard agriculture.”—Reuter.
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      700 BODIES FOUND IN BELIZE.
      698 24 —Reuter. —British Wireless. Ships Ashore Houses Out At Sea. Belize, Sept. 13. The latest estimate states that more than l,0t>0 pcoplo were killed in the hurricane. The authorities are considering abandoning the town and moving to the higher regions of Pine Ridge. More than 700
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      WIDOW OF COMDR. GLEN KIDSTON.
      318 24 Denies Report That She Is Engaged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Mrs. Glen Kidston, the widow of the millionaire airman who was killed in an aeroplane crash in South Africa last May, is marrying: Mr. Reginald Sheffield, the son of Sir Berkeley Sheffield,
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      LISBON TO NEW YORK.
      68 24 —Reuter. Three Airmen Start On Atlantic Flight. Lisbon, Sept. 13. Three airmen. Herr Wily Rod.v and He>r Christian Johansel (Germans) and honor Co-ta ;e (Portuguese), started for New today in a Junkers plane fram Juncal, near ilia Fran*, a.—Reuter. Presumably Villa Franca de Xi*-a. town in
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      REDS WRECK EXPRESS IN HUNGARY.
      182 24 —Reuter. 25 Killed; 50 Injured. LONDONER AMERICw AMONG VICTIMS. Budapest, Sept. 12 A viaduct ten miles from hero la lapsed as the Budapest-Cologne was passing over. 1 reSi Nine coaches crashed below The extent of the casualties is a n r sent unknown. r A
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      MR. F. F. FAITHFULL.
      142 24 Death of Former Malayan P.W.D. Officer. (From Our Own Correspond*r > London. Sej t. The death has occurred at Foikcston*? at the age *>t 01 of Mr. Ferdinand ForUscue Faithfull, formerly of the Public Works Department. F.M.S. Affectionately known as Bill,” MFalthfull was extremely popular ir.
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      TAX ON CAPITAL.
      104 24 —Ar.eta. Incorporated in D.E.I. Budget. Batavia, Fept. A Th« People’s Council has adopted a supplementary Budget including the prorosed tax on capital.—Aneta. A previous message (dated Batavia ug. 24) stated :—The Government ha* introduced a supplementary budget foi KW2. in view of the intended introda'ion of a
      —Ar.eta.  -  104 words
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      INDIA AND LEAGUE.
      88 24 —Reuter. Branch Office Proposal Welcomed. Geneva, Sep*. The T.eague action in the matter establishing agricultural credits for cor tain European countries only was c-niti- < isod by Sir Provash Chandra Mitten, th" first Indian delegate, in an ad'h’r*' reviewing the report of the work ot the League.
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      THAT THE WORLD THINKS.
      163 25 Reuter. -British Wireless. filing Well Above The e Gold Point. w \LL ST. TRIBUTE. I le w York, Dominion And Other Views. New York, Sept. 12. cr tribute to sterling, following j The k-»t 'r b B* dg et, has been paidi by t brokers by
      Reuter.; -British Wireless.  -  163 words
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      EDGE OF PRECIPICE.
      337 25 —Reuter. Snowden on Britain’s Near Approach. London, Sept. 11. In -imple language, speaking as man :i man as though sitting round the fire tj r Philip Snowden, broadcasting tolirht explained the circumstances of the which had led to yesterday’s Bud- i The Chancellor drew a picture of
      —Reuter.  -  337 words
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      YOUR CHOICE.
      413 25 -British Wireless. My Budget Or Ruin For Everybody. ihc choice, said Mr. Snowden roundly,; i ctween his Budget (with some uneconomies and heavy taxation) a paper currency worth no stable 1,1 Ut leaning ruin, more or less, for “Veryhody. ‘I know,” he said, “the sacrifices you "I* being
      -British Wireless.  -  413 words
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      TRADE BALANCE.
      328 25 —British Wireless. —Reuter. How Can the Tide Be Turned Rugby. Sept. 14. The second reading debate on the Economy Bill will be concluded in the Houfe of Commons late tonight. It seems probable that much of the discussion will be concerned with the extent to which the previous
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      THE OPPOSITION.
      317 25 -British Wireless. Responsibility for Many Of Proposals. Then in the background, not estimated as yet, was to be a War Loan Conversion Scheme to he launched at the veiy earliest opportunity, which would effect consideithe Prime Minister said that when the new Government came into office it w’as
      -British Wireless.  -  317 words
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      DOLE CUTS.
      180 25 —Reuter. Premier Defends Them In Detail. A Reuter message adds that Mr. Mac- i Donald defended the dole cuts at length, despite noisy interruptions. He| said the question of tea and sugar taxes had been raised by the late Labour Gov- 1 <rnment and would have been inevitable,
      —Reuter.  -  180 words
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      TEACHERS PROTEST.
      81 25 -Reuter. March Four Abreast To Kingsway Hall. London, Sept. 12. London witnessed a most unusual procession tonight when 3,000 well-dressed schoolmasters marched four abreast, in a most orderly fashion, to Kingsway Hall to protest against the salary cuts. Five thousand packed the hall, whilst about a thousand were
      -Reuter.  -  81 words
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      PRESS OPINIONS.
      391 25 —British Wireless. Budget Finds General Favour. Rugby, Sept. 11. Except among the supporters of the Opposition the Budget has had a good reception. The view is expressed, in the majority of the newspapers, that it represents an honest fulfilment of the Gov-j ernment’s pledge to rectify the state
      —British Wireless.  -  391 words
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      ATTEMPT TO FLY FASTER STILL.
      284 25 —British Wireless. New Engine Being Fitted To British S.6B. READY THIS WEEK. King Congratulates The High Speed Flight. Rugby, Sept. 14. The King has sent his congratulations to Squadron-Leader Orlehar, Flight-Lieut. Roothman, Flight-Lieut. Stainforth, and all the officers and men of the High Speed Flight,
      —British Wireless.  -  284 words
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      AL CAPONE.
      57 25 —Reuter. Again Manages to Escape Trial. Chicago, Sept. 10. Scarface A1 Capone will after all not stand trial next month on 5,000 charges of violating the Prohibition law. The Federal grand jury which was instructed to review the Government’* evidence told the judge today that it had nothing
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      WRAPPED IN A BLANKET.
      266 26 How Mahatma Attended His First Meeting. SPEAKS NOT A WORD. But Writes Questions To The Chairman. Rugby, Sept. 14. Public interest in today's meeting of the Federal Structure Committee of the Round-Table Conference, —the committee whose task it is to draft the new Indian Constitution, —was
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      THE SAFEGUARDS.
      254 26 -British Wireless. Sir M. Dadabhoy Stresses Their Importance. One speech which attracted much attention was that of Sir Maneckji B. Dadabhoy, the great Indian industrialist, who laid great emphasis on the necessity of upholding the safeguards. He described the intimate connection between British and Indian finance. The financial
      -British Wireless.  -  254 words
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      GOAT’S MILK.
      232 26 Reuter. Mr. Gandhi Takes Flask To St James’s Palace. London, Sept. 14. Mr. Gandhi was the centre of interest when, far the first time, he attendee] the xnecting of the Federal Structure Committee of the Indian Round-Table Conference. Carrying a flask of goat’s milk, which will be his
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      STREET FIGHTING IN BERLIN.
      70 26 —Reuter. Nazis and Communists In Collision. Berlin, Sept. 14. Sixty-five people were seriously injured this evening in fierce street between Naizis and Communists. A crowd of 200,000 assembled at the Sports Palace, where Nazi and Communist leaders were making speeches. The mob rushed in and trampled
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      THORBURN CASE.
      159 26 Still No Progress To Report. London, Sept. 14. In the House of Commons, replying to a question in connection with the Thorburn case, Capt. R. A. Eden, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that neither Government had completed the examination of the position reached in the negotiations. The
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      OFFICIAL SPEED.
      65 26 —Reuter. Not 386.1 But 379 Miles Per Hour. London. Sept. 14. It was announced today that Flight.I.ieut. Stainforth’s record is 379 miles per hour instead of 386.1 m.p.h. The error was due to the fact that the first calculations were made by timekeepers with stop-watches, w'hereas the regulations
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      MEETS PREMIER.
      121 26 —Reuter. Informal Talk at A Hotel de Luxe. London, Sept. 14. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr. Gandhi met quite accidentally last night at Dorchester House, London’s latest hotel de luxe. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, the well-known Indian politician, is staying there, and had invited the Prime Minister to
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      ECONOMY BILL READ A SECOND TIME.
      265 26 —Reuter. —British Wireless. i By 310 Votes to 253. CABINET COMMITTEE’S BIG TASK. London, Sept. 14. The House of Commons, by 310 vote 5 to 253, defeated the Opposition motion for the rejection of the Government’s Economy Bill, which was then read a second
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      ECONOMY BILL.
      310 26 British Wireless. Mr. MacDonald Moves The Second Reading. Rugby. Sept. 11. In the Hou.'e of Commons this morning the Prime Minister moved the second reading of the Economy Bill, under which the Government takes powers to carry out their economies by Ordeis in Council. These economies total £22.000.000
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      LOCK-OUT IN NORWAY.
      23 26 —Reuter. Industrial Paralysis Ends After Five Months. Oslo, Sept. 11. The lock-out has ended and work is beinf? resumed immediately.—Reuter.
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      NO REFERENCE TO RUBBER.
      553 26 —Aneta. D.E.I. Governor-General Installed. JAVA’S WELCOME. Financial Soundness Of The Territory. H. E. Jonkheer de Jwnre, thp n t ernor-lieneral f the Netherland, rl Indies, passed through Sinpanere 10 on board the Patna route "o Z to taJce up his post. His Excellency declined to U
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      BELGENLAND MYSTERY.
      55 26 —Reuter Mr. Fujimara’s Body Thought To Have Been Found. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 1--A body has been found on the beach at Petpeswick which is believed by tne police to be that of Mr. Hisashi fuJ 1 niara, who mysteriously disappear' from the liner Belgenland on the nig
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      INDEPENDENCE OR NOTHING
      602 27 •'■uasinmre Wireless. j«| r (iandhi’s Bombshell j In London. Ivil AT DOES IT MEAN I Partnership Outside j The Empire. J Rugby, Sept. 15. J M| (i.mdhi, in addressing the Federal Committee of the Round-Table KntVrenre today, said he had come to in a spirit Of co-operation
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      CONGRESS AIMS.
      414 27 .—Reuter. Mr. Gandhi Makes His Speech Seated. London, Sept. 15. The sitting of the Federal Structure Committee, which was resumed this morning, was marked by the keenest interest as Mr. Gandhi was due to speak, putting the Congress case for the first time before the Round-Table Conference. Before
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      INDIAN BANKING.
      167 27 —Reuter. Inquiry Committee’s Recommendations. London, Sept. 15. A summary is issued of the report of th* Indian Central Banking Inquiry Committee. which was appointed to investigate the condition- of banking in India, including the organisation of the money market, with a view to the expansion of indigenous co-operative
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      63 27 —Reuter. Provincial Councils Abolished. (’ape Town, Sept. 15. The Government has decided to abolish the Provincial Councils. This is the most important constitutional change in South Africa since the Union. The chief reason is the Councils inability to balance their Budgets.—Reuter. There were four Provincial Councils :n the
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      AN “EXPLOSION IN THE ENGINE.”
      575 27 —Reuter. The Hyphen Mark Crash. M. DORET’S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED. Moscow, Sept. 14. An explosion in the engine is now reported to have been the cause of the tragic disaster which I fell the French Breguet biplane, the 1 hen Mark, in which Captain
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      CALLED ON TO RESIGN.
      96 27 British Wireless. Labour and Mr. MacDonald’* Seat. Rugby, Sept. 11. The meeting of the Seaham Harbour Labour Party, which was held today to consider the Executive Committee’s resolutions calling upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) to resign his seat in Parliament, lasted three hours. The
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      ATLANTIC FLEET RECALLED.
      341 27 Unrest Over Cuts In Pay. ADMIRAL’S REPORT. Desirable to Suspend Manoeuvres. London, Sept. 15. A statement i-sued by the Admiralty declares The Senior Officer of the Atlantic Fleet has reported that the promulgation of reduced rates of naval pay has led to unrest among a proportion of
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      MEETINGS OF PROTEST.
      162 27 —Reuter. Prime Minister’s Talk To The Men. London, Sept. 1(5. It is reported from Invergurdon that meetings of protest against cuts in pay were held on Sunday and Monday by hundreds of men on shore leave. No men were allowed ashore yesterday. It is stated that the
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      DRAMATIC EVIDENCE.
      116 27 Charge of Murdering An 11-Year-Old Girl. (From Our Own Correspondent.! London, Sept. 14. Dramatic evidence was given at thi* Old Bailey today at the trial of Arthur James Faraday Salvage, aged 2*1, a poultry farmer, who is accused of the murder of an eleven-year-old girl, named Ivy May
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      WONDER PLANES TRIUMPH.
      301 28 v. r .1 engine and aircraft builders.—British Wireless. Britain Wins Schneider Trophy Outright. “NOT SATISFIED” Hotting Up for Better Speeds Still. Rugby, Sept. 13. Great Britain today won, for the third time in succession, the Schneider Trophy, for which there has l>een a race on eleven occasion*
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      A 404.6 M.P.H. LAP.
      161 28 —British Wireless. Flight-Lt. Stainforth’s Fine Achievement. Rugby, Sept. 13. Flight-Lieutenant Stainforth, of the British Schneider Trophy team, today created a riew world air speed record. Following the postponement of the Schneider Trophy race from yesterday, on account of had weather, Flight.-Lieutenant Stainforth took off, over The
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      EUROPEAN UNION.
      114 28 -Reuter. Surprising Suggestion Of Dr. Curtius. Cleneva, Sept. 15. The surprising suggestion that a subcommittee on European Union should include non-European representatives was made by the German Foreign Minister (Ur. Curtius), speaking to the Commission on European Union, when he proposed that a sub-committee should be appointed to
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      NO FIGHTING IN CHINA YET.
      343 28 —Sin Kuo Min. Southern Troops Still At Leiyang. Shanghai, Sept. 15. The Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce has issued a circular telegram pleading with the parties concerned to effect a compromise between Nanking and Canton and to concentrate their joint efforts on flood relief and
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      ATLANTIC VICTIMS.
      158 28 —Reuter. 3 More Flyers Feared To Have Been Lost. New York, Sept. 15. The Junkers trans-Atlantic aeroplane is two hours overdue. Its whereabouts have not been reported since it was sighted by the steamship Pennland yesterday afternoon, 400 miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two pilots left at
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      AMY JOHNSON.
      90 28 Reuter. Air Service to Japan Quite Feasible. London, Sept. 9. Miss Amy Johnson landed at Croydon at 5.57 p.m. today on the conclusion of her return flight from Tokio. Interviewed by a Reuter correspondent she expressed the opinion that a regular air service to Japan was absolutely feasible.”
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      SMUGGLING ARMS INTO INDIA.
      116 28 Widespread Conspiracy Revealed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Sept. 15. Forty-two men, comprising Japanese, Chinese. Peshwaris and Bengalis are on trial on a charge of conspiracy to smuggle arms and also opium and other dangerous drugs. The case is the result of a raid on GO
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      HOLLAND HIT.
      119 28 —Reuter. Queen Wilhelmina on The Effect of Crisis. The Hague, Sept. 15. The grave effect of the world crisis on Holland was stressed in a speech from the Throne made by Queen Wilhelmina when opening Parliament today. The speech announced that temporary measures aie under consideration, with a
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      UNLUCKY Do.X.
      56 28 —Reuter. Struck by Lightning But Not Damaged. New York, Sept. 15. Lightning struck the giant German seaplane Dornier Do.X at North Beach airport yesterday. One member of the crew was injured, bat the Do.X was r«ot damaged.—Reuter. The Dornier Do,X, it will be recalled, recently flew from Rio
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      THE HURRICANE.
      62 28 —Reuter. More British Honduras Horrors. Tegucigalpas (Honduras), Sept. 15. It is reported that a hundred people, including the crew and 30 British Negroes, lost their lives on board a coastguard ship when it and five Honduran schooners sunk at Belize during the hurricane. Mr. Taggart, the American Consul
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      THE NAUTILUS.
      66 28 —Reuter. Now on Her Way to Bergen In Norway. Oslo, Sept. 16. It is now announced that the Nautilus is on her way to Bergen.—Reuter. The Nautilus is the former U.S. Navy submarine in which Sir Hubert Wilkins made his recent attempt to reach the North Pole by
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      M. SHIGEMITSU.
      55 28 —Sin Kuo Min. Presents His Credentials At Nanking. Shanghai, Sept. 15. M. Shigemitsu, the former Charge d’ Affaires at the Japanese Embassy in Peking, who has been acting Minister for over a year and who was given the permanent appointment early this month, presented his credentials at Nanking
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      HOOVER PLAN MAY BE EXTENDED.
      192 28 HOOVER PLAN MA Y BE EXTENDED. —Reuter. To Three Years p iv( PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH BANKERS New York. Sept. 15 The New York Evening Post the Advisory Council of the Federal p serve Board has recommended Hoover to extend, immediately Debts Moratorium to three „r'At > years. lun nv e
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      SUED FOR BREACH.
      143 28 Reuter. Husband of ‘Hot Gospeller' In Trouble. Los Angeles. Sept. 1*. David L. Hulton. the new husband Mrs Aimee McPherson, is he ng sued f $200,000 for breach of promise by a v woman named M. H. St. Pierre! Reuter A Los Angeles cable of Sept. 11
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      WORLD SPEED RECORD.
      96 28 -British Wireless. New Propeller for British Schneider Seaplane. Rugby. 1' The British Schneider Trophy team actively preparing for nnothei attack upon the international three kilometre record, which was raised by Flight-Lieut. Stainforth on Sunday to 379 miles art hour. The specially tuned Rolls-Royce engine will shortly be
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      RUBBER IN U.S.A.
      59 28 Fall in Consumption During August. (From. Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. I-*' The United States’ consumption 1 rubber in August was 27.5S6 ton-. compared with 31.937 tons in Jal.v r; 30,575 tons in August last year. For the first eight months of tt' consumption was 258,720 tons
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      CLEANING UP SHANGHAI.
      51 28 wvc... —Sin K u M French Police To Tackle The Gambling Evil. Shanghai, S< p’ The Shanghai French police have started to “clean up gambling houses within the bourn i«the concession and, it is 1 1 r offenders will be severely dealt accordance with the law.—Sin Kn
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      FARLY GENERAL ELECTION?
      879 29 F ARLY GENERAL ELECTION? Reuter. Wtti* UHl.y TV M l sure, but it was essential. —Briti-h Wireless. }i r Snowden’s Speech. attitude TOWARDS tariffs. London, Sept. 16. general election is now relikely, in view of Mr. speech in the House of Com?r<AV v,',urdav evening, which is generCf ’O display an
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      AUSTRIAN REVOLT COLLAPSES.
      125 29 Reuter. Fascist Leader Flees To Italy. Vienna, Sept. 14. Dr. Pfreimer’s revolt has completely collapsed. Pfreimer himself Ja reported to have fled to Italy, but his chief of staff Ranter, and also Prince Starhemberg, former Minister of Interior and comman-der-in-chief of the Upper Austrian Heimwehr, have been
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      R.G.A. STATISTICS.
      103 29 Restriction of Output Most Slow.” (From Our Own Correspondent.* London, Sept. 12. The Rubber Growers’ Association statistics, covering the eight months to August 31, show that 615 companies produced 171,495 tons, compared with 166.122 tons during the corresponding period of 1930, an increase of 5,373 tons. The R.G.A.
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      SUGAR QUOTA PLAN.
      59 29 —Reuter. Air. Chadbourne Leaves Cuba For U.S.A. Havana, Cuba. Sept. 12. Arrangements for the sugar quota plan, which will come into operation in 1932, have been completed by Mr. Chadbourne, its author, with the Cuban National Export Commission and General Machado, the President of the Cuban Republic.
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      HEALTH MEASURES.
      104 29 —British Wireless. Need for Scrutiny of Local Expenditure. Rugby, Sept. 12. The Ministry of Health has issued a circular to the Local Government Authorities stating the importance the Government attaches to a careful survey of local expenditure. The Government does not contemplate the local authorities embarking on a
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      SHORTHAND WRITERS UNDER THE TABLE.
      92 29 —Reuter. Philip Snowden's Dig At Arthur Henderson. Ixtndon, Sept. 14. A reference was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Sno.wden), in the House of Commons this afternoon, to the Executive of the Labour Party having shorthand writers hidden under the table when
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      LONDON WEDDING.
      182 29 Mr. Anthony Hyde And Miss Fay Hoops. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 15. The wedding of Mr. Anthony Hyde, M.C.S., and Miss Fay Hoops, daughter of Dr. A. L. Hoops, C.B.E., former Principal Civil Medical Officer, S.S., and Mrs. Hoops, took place at All Soul’s Church,
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      HOPE ABANDONED.
      75 29 —Reuter. American Flyers Lost In Pacific. Tokio, Sept. 10. Hope for the American airmen, Mr. C. Allen and Mr. Don Moyle, has been abandoned, as the monoplane’s maximum endurance of 47 hours, was passed at 4.30 a.m. It is feared that the two men have perished in the
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      THE GOLD QUESTION.
      67 29 —Reuter. Mr. Churchill on Reparations And War Debts. London, Sept. 15. Mr. Winston Churchill (Cons., Epping), speaking in the House of Commons in tho course of the Budget debate, suggested that an internat’onal eonferenee should be called to deal with the gold question and that, as an
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      MR. E. H. KING-HARMAN.
      59 29 Death of Well-Known F.M.S. Planter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 16. The death took place at Minehead on Sunday of Mr. E. 11. King-Harman, who was formerly manager of Kapur Para Rubber Estates, Selangor. Mr. King-Harman was a well-known planter and was about 20 years
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      RUBBER AND TIN.
      31 29 Shares Quietly Firm In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. The Stock Exchange is viewing tho Budget very philosophically. Rubber and tin shares are quietly firm.
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      GHASTLY TRAGEDY IN INDIAN TRAIN.
      82 29 —Reuter. Young Briton Shot Dead. HOW TERRORISM PLAYS ON THE NERVES. Lahore, Sept. 9. A British subject, Mr. Donald Clark, aged 18, was shot dead in terrible circumstances in the liombay-Saharunpur mail train early this morning. Mr. Clark entered u first class compartment in which
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      CHOLERA EPIDEMIC SWEEPS IRAK.
      53 29 Reuter. Hundreds Refuse to Be Treated and Die. Basra, Sept. 12. The death-roll in the cholera epidemic in Irak is now 415 out of 787 cases. The British Hospital is saving two out of three of its cases. Four-fifths of the deaths are among those who
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      SIR DAVID BRUCE.
      30 29 Late Colonel Commandant Of R.A.M.C. III. London, Aug. 31. Major-General Sir David Bruce, late Col. Comfit. of the R.A.M.C., is in a London nursing home, seriously ill.
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      TROUBLE IN SZECHWAN.
      37 29 Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai, Sept. 15. Reports whit h have reached here stat« that the military commanders of Szechwan province are preparing to declare war against, and to eliminate, General Li Chi-hsiang.—Sin Kuo Min.
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      CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
      315 29 —Aneta. Reuter. Victoria. British Columbia, Sept. 14. I The King and Queen of Siam have sail1 ed for home. —Reuter. London, Sept. 12. A London theatre record will be creati ed next week with no fewer than thirteen first nights.—Reuter. Batavia, Sept. IK. The Shell and
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      ENJOYABLE DAY’S RACING.
      1941 30 Singapore Meeting. WELL-FANCIED HORSES OBLIGE. Thu fourth day’s racing at the Singapore Turf Club autumn mooting on Sept. R proved the most enjoyable probably of the meeting, there being plenty of tight finishes, with the well-fancied horses, in •the majority of cases, justifying the confidence of their
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      LADIES’ RACE AT THE R.S.Y.C.
      708 30 Poor Wind for Batavia Cup Event. On Saturday the same four boat the same four helmswomen that the first of the series three week lined up for the second of the three} races for the cup presented bv M. n Santry. The gun went at
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      SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
      60 30 Victoria Institution to N Singapore. The football team of tlm ictorui tution, Kuala Lumpur, will visit v pore next week and will play the ing matches Monday, St. Joseph's Institution. Tuesday, Anglo-Chinese School. Thursday, Raffles Institution. The match against the Anglo-' School wull be played at the Jalan
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      RUGBYPROSPECTS IN n THE F.M.S.
      872 31 R UGBYPROSPECTS IN n THE F.M.S. “I Selangor’s Hopes. LpDiK WITHOUT HILL ANI) NICHOLSON. M Kuirbv season has opened in I, .r.UKl Malay. States and a Iu 1 f their individual pfrospects |h‘1ow. Selangor looks like I S > r r n improved side, Perak will r S,!t Ik* not
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      MacDOUGALL CUP FINAL.
      271 31 Gloucester’ Double Success at Polo. On Tuesday last the Gloucestershire Regiment narrowly defeated the B team in the final of H.H. the Sultan of Perak’s Cup. On Sept. 10, at the Palo ground BaleMier Road, they won the MacDougall Cup when they beat Mr. Harding’s team by
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      UNITED SERVICES.
      242 31 Beaten for Fourth Time In Java. Batavia, Sept. 15. The Malang Municipal Stadium was ti’led v ith the spectators on the occasion of the football match between the Unit***! Services team from Singapore and the Malang L ague XI. which resulted in the visit* rs being beaten by
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      BUD WALLEY LOSES AT THE RING.
      101 31 Plucky Display Against Upton. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 15. Bud Walley, the Singapore boxer, was beaten on points by Tom Upton at the Ring yesterday afternoon in a fifteenrounds’ contest. Upton, who was six pounds heavier, rained a hurricane of I* ws
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      LOCAL GOLF.
      765 31 Full Results in S.G.C. Championship. Appended are the full results in the competition for the championship of the Singapore Golf Club. In the final Mr. L. D. Hardie had to give a walk over to Mr. M. M. Paterson on account of indisposition. First round.—M. M. Paterson beat
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      SCOTLAND TEAM TO MEET IRELAND.
      116 31 First International Of Season. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 1C. The Scottish International Association football eleven to meet Ireland at Glasgow on Saturday has been selected as follows Hepburn (Ayr United) Blair (Clyde)* and McAuley (Hangers); Massie (Hearts), Meiklejohn* and Brown (Hangers);* Crawford (Queen’s
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      DONCASTER CUP.
      70 31 Singapore Easily Beats Brown Jack. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Singapore easily won the Doncaster Cup yesterday over 2 1 4 miles, beating the seven-year-old Brown .lack. Details:— Lord Gl-nely's SINGAPORE 1 Sir 11. Wernher’- BROWN JACK 2 Mr. F. H. W. Cundell’s NOBLE STAR.. :i
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      “BIG BILL” TILDEN.
      106 31 Film F)emonstration of How To Play Tennis. The world-famous lawn tennis player, W. T. Tilden, who ha- now turned profossi mil, showed by film at John Little and Co.’s prom ires on Wednesday how to play tennis and the correct method of holding the racket for the
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      CAMERONIAN LAST IN ST. LEGER.
      414 32 Upset by Sandwich. LOUD ROSEBERY’S FIRST CLASSIC WIN. London, Sept. 9. The St. Leger Stakes was run at Doncaster over 1 mile <’> fur. 132 yds. today, and resulted as follows Lord Rosebery’s SANDWICH (H. Wragg) 1 Sir J. Rutherford’s ORPEN (J. Childs) 2 Mr.
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      MALAYAN RACING.
      124 32 Changes in Classification Announced. The latest amendments to the S.R.A. Classification list of horses and ponies is as follows Horses. Transfers.—Chippendale and Myra Carmel from class 2 to class 3 Trawellton from 3 to 2 Bridgemond, Caliph, Civic Week and Lazy Bee from 3 to 4 New Issue
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      FOOTBALLER FINED.
      59 32 Charge Against Well-Known Chelsea Player. (From (Mir Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. Hugh (iallacher, the famous Chelsea and Scottish internat ional cent reforward, was lined 10s. at the West London Police Court today for being drunk and disorderly. It was stated that Callacher was fighting in the centre
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      HOME FOOTBALL POSITIONS.
      943 32 Arsenal Eleventh WEDNESDAY HEAD FIRST DIVISION. The following are the positions, to date, of the teams in, the English and Scottish Leagues First Division. P. W. L. D. 1. A. Pts. Sheffield Wed. 5 1 JJ Huddersfield Town ;> 0 2 H 4 8 Middlesbrough 3 1
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      H. SUTCLIFFE.
      47 32 Yorkshire Opening Batsman's Fine Average. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 14. Herbert Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire and Knglund batsman, had scored 2,958 runs, with an average of 98.6, up to today. He has scored Id centuries this season for the second time in his career.
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      LAST BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTER.
      77 32 —Reuter. Jem Smith’s Death. MAN WHO FOUGHT 106 ROUNDS. London, Sept. 11. The man who fought 106 rounds with hare knuckles for the worlds boxing championship, Jem Smith, died in a London nursing home today. Smith’s opponent on that occasion was the American tighter, Jake Kilrain, and
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      PUBLIC SERVICES RUGBY.
      268 32 Prospects for Good Season In Singapore. At the annual general meeting of the Public Services Rugby Football Club the Hon. Mr. C. E. Cator was elected president vice Mr. R. J. Farrer, who resigned on his retirement from Government service last February. The following officials were elected
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      RIFLE SHOOTING.
      142 32 Volunteers’ Meeting At Tampin. The Tampin branch of the Malacca Volunteer Corps B.R.A. held their annual meeting at the Tampin Range on Saturday and Sunday. The following were the prizewinners Competition.—200 yards Egg Bull L. F. A. Rodrigues. 200 yards Deliberate-Nett. Lieut. Khoo Kim I.ian. Handicap Lieut. W.H.C.
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      RUGBY RESULTS.
      67 32 Harlequins Narrowly Beat Wasps. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 12. The following were the results of Rugby matches played today Harlequins 8 Wasps 2 Brhtol 4 Cardiff 8 Bath 5 Swansea 8 Gloucester 2 Lydney 5 Plymouth Albion 1(5 Northampton 8 Burton-on-Trent 2 Rosslyn Park 0 Leicester
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      HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE AGAIN.
      201 32 Reuter. Twenty-Sixth Stand. I YORKSHIREMAN I oi i,J PERSONAL RECORO j Details of the matches which I on Sept. 12 as cabled by R,. follows: u a 'eJ I The Old Firm Again. I Scarborough The match between I H. D. G. Leveson-Gower’s \i JIf i
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      CANZONERI RETAINS TITLE.
      222 32 Berg Beaten in New York. New York. Sept. 11. Tony Canzoneri (C.S.A.) re’uir.ed the world’s light-weight champion t.:p y utpointing Kill Berg. Great lb:’... a 1'rounds contest here today. Canzoneri fouled Berg in the r-.th round, and Berg would have iu< c irr.pion but for the New
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    YEARLING SALES.
    124 30 Big Price for Half-Brother Of Sandwich. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. At tlm Doncaster Yearling Sales today Mr. A. It. Bri.scoe paid (5,(500 guineas for a Spion Kop Colt out of Wadies. Waffles, was the dam of Sandwich which won the St. Leger on Wednesday, and
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    BIRTH
    19 32 CROMPTOM—On Sept. 9. 1921. at Maternity Hospital, to Mr. an** Crompton, a son. F.M.S. pal’ l l copy.
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    SILVER WEDDING
    23 32 SEWELL—CATO.—<>n Sent. 11. 1'""' Church of St. Stephen. Opotiki. N Bride’s father, Revd. T. Anson < a Blackwood Sewell to Lffie Isobel
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      81 32 NOTICE All communications for both tra- 1 1 Times and the Straits Budget addressed to the Hoad Office, 1 1 Stanley Streets, Singapore, ments. The post free price of the Strait- the I’nited Kingdom and foreign 1 tj is $48 a year. The post free price Straits Budget is $14
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  • Obituary
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    58 32 DEATHS FIRM.—At Kemaman (Trengganu), 8, 1931, Joseph Firm, aged 73 yeat TrlO.— Mrs. Too Kang Swee nee Tan 1- Neo beloved wife of Mr. Teo Kan F.M.S. Railways, passed away P'j on Friday at 122, Chin Swee Road. pore. TAN.—Mr. Tan Jiak Choo passed awa> fully at 114, Heeren Street,
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      109 1 enera* Rubber Situation 1 SimraP ore Tin 1 t} h Singapore Auction 1 u«,k Rubber Market By A. W. Still 1 Malaya Tin Statistics I Shuiv Market Rubier 1 Kutuiv Trend of Copra Market Kina'ir Rubber 2 Auirust Rubber Returns 2 Th, Rovnl Dutch-Shell 2 lanital' Schemes 2 Mala,
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      44 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Si.ot Seller Prices < S’pore lift. Nov. !)ec. o.T o.T** 0.7"., O.S'h 0.7 a, 0.8 0.8 it. o.t\ o> nd, o.sn i»; o.7'n 0.7'. 0.7 T 0.8 •>.7 0.7 n 0.8 0.8 ]*’< llusiness o.7*i 0.8 0.8 done
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      23 1 1« •<* t,ir> •< at $59.12’? per picul. !1 10« 59.62*? 1- 12*> MM2 1 59.12’? 1' 1"" 58.75 K 75 58.62’?
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      128 1 Mi'iiro Oiamber of Commercf \""i-;ation hold it? 1.035th auction M when there was cat: log.ed r v 10 *>R tons offered 1.730,745 ton' sold 1.530.317 lb. or 087.10 Spot. 11 .2 5 lfid. "i i> 5 cts. 1L PRICES REALISED. Kiiih«d Smok. d Sheet. Cents per Ih.
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      McALISTER & CO., LTD.
      55 1 McALISTER CO., LTD. report of the annual meeting of > >'t- and C'o., Ltd., last week the I n s tock in trade should have l (1 ,fi v on as $54,800.16 and not The reduction in sundry debti'JJ' 1 balances was $282,289.07 I: recent holding of the company in
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      COPRA MARKET.
      33 1 1 i v Co., report on Sept. 10, as ltr; lc price of the commodity i i s< s slightly easier on balance, 'flotations are as follows :l -»0 mixed $3.60.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Survival of the Fittest A Fallacious Theory. PREPARED TO WELCOME EXPORT TAX.
      942 1  -  (By A. W. Still.) [Straits Times Copyright.— Rt-produrtinn Rights Reserved.] London, Aug. IP. A letter of mine, dated London, Apr. 8. was published in the Straits Budget of May 7. It contained a fairly full
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      CHARTERED BANK.
      58 1 Interim Dividend at Rate Of 14 Per Cent. A cable received by the Singapore office of the Chartered Dank of India, Australia and China from the head office in London states that the directors have declared ar interim dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 14
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      180 1 Domestic production 7 of tin, and tin-in-ore at 72 per cent, during the month of August, 1831 Tons. Tons. Federated Malay States 5,375 Unfederated Malay States Johore 35 Kedah 15 I’erlis 19 Kelantan nil Trengganu 51 120 Straits Settlements 3 Malaya 5,498 F.M.S. U.M.S. S.S. Total. (1)
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      SHARE MARKET.
      573 1 Tin Fails to Respond To Straits Sales. Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Sept. 1ft, states The Budget proposals involving additional taxation were, under tho circumstances, received rather more favourably than was generally anticipated. Prices on the London Stock Kxchange have remained quite steady, hut locally only a small
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      SABLAS RUBBER.
      149 1 Profit And Loss Account Innovation. A departure from the usual method is made hy the directors of Sablas (North Dorneo) Rubber in presenting the accounts for the year ended Apr. MO. Consequent upon the serious condit ons prevailing in the industry, tapping was suspended ns from Dec. Ml,
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      FUTURE TREND OF COPRA MARKET.
      1077 2 No Serious Stock Problem. SELANGOR COCONUTS IN SOUND POSITION. The twentieth annual meeting of Selangor Coconuts Ltd. was held on Sept. 5, at the ofliees of the secretaries, Houstead and Co., Kuala Lumpur. Mr. W. A. Stanton, the chairman, addressed the meeting as follows The
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      KLUANG RUBBER.
      194 2 The directors’ fourteenth annual report of the Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., for the ytar ended June .10. states —The result for the year under review shows u loss, subject to directors’ fees, of $21,126.41. which, d» lucted from the balance of $28,158.01 brought forward from last year, leaves
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      AUG. RUBBER RETURNS.
      381 2 The figures in brackets give the outputs fur the corresponding period of last year. Anglo Malay. 51.817 lb. Allenby.—s2,6lo lb. Ayer Molek 17,0311 lb. Amalgamated Malay.- 51,000 lb. Halau. 15,000 lb. Heranang. 53,300 lb. Hertain (Taisho). —85,750 lb. Bortdli. 31.2(H) lb. Uuloh Kasap. 53,000 lb. (50,000 lb.).
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      THE ROYAL DUTCH SHELL.
      328 2 Campaign to Lower Expenses. The managers of the R, u n Shell group have distributed to their staffs announcing a rculv salaries and wages for the The decision, it is stated, ha r u poned as long as possible, but h- Kt> to be taken not
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      CAPITAL SCHEMES.
      154 2 Registration details are now available of two new rubber companies Ceylon Consolidated and Tenom Rubber K-tates —which have been formed to acquire the properties of undertakings with similar names which have been forced t adopt reconstruction schemes as a result <,f the low price of rubber, says th**
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      230 2 RETURN OF COLONY STOCKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, AUGUST, 1931, AS DECLARED, IN TONS A. DEALERS’ STOCKS. DRY. WET. TOTAL. Total Crepe. »ll fj* Remill, R.S.S. blanket, Scrap, ru,,|,er t :1 and Estate bark and Wet lump and Wet and o~titnau^ Area. U.S.S. crepes. scrap. sheet. bark.
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      833 3 [Straits Times Copyright.— Reproduction Rights Reserved.] H]{estriction’s Effect On II Supplies. II STOCKS to be held H up? (I -m Our Own Correspondent.) ■H Ijondon, Aug. 19. El..,, ,t just lately has shown a cet- an j values have risen a few [E iri > really the
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      ALLUTA RUBBER.
      366 3 Mr. F. J. Hawkes on The Outlook. The twenty-first annual ordinary general meeting of the Alluta Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., was held on July .’11 at 71, St. Mary Axe, London. E.C. Mr. F. J. Hawkes (the chairman) said that since he had addressed the shareholders a
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      SIAM TRACTION.
      160 3 Diesel-Electric System Adopted. Siam’s adoption of the Diesel-electric rail traction system, which is being advocated as a cure for the economic plight of the British railways, has been announced by Phya Sarasastra, CommissionerGeneral of the Royal State Railways of Siam, at the Siamese Legation, Iamdon. The Siamese Government,
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      CEYLON AMALGAMATED.
      200 3 Debenture Holders Asked To Grant Moratorium. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 14. The Ceylon Amalgamated Tea and Rubber Estates, Ltd., are asking the holders of their 7 pe reent. debentures to grant a short moratorium, pending th<* formulation of a scheme of reconstruction, the object being the
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      KLIAN-KELLAS, LTD.
      61 3 Winding-Up Meeting Has To Be Postponed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 11. The absence of a quorum necessitated a week’s postponement of the meeting of Klian-Kellas, Ltd., fixed for Unlay. The meeting was called to consider the following resolution That the compar.y cannot by reason of its
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      RUBBER REPORTS.
      428 3 Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly rubber report dated Singapore, Sept. 10, state During the latter part of the week the tone of the market has to a small extent improved, due to a certain amount of continental buying in Ix>ndon also, a decrease of 934 tons
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      CONTROL OF RUBBER PRODUCTION.
      457 3 Twenty Days’ Tapping Per Month. A new and simple plan for correcting the over-production of rubber and placing the industry once more on a profitable basis has l>een suggested to a representative of the Financial Times in the course' of an interview with two leading members
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      MENGLEMBU LODE.
      256 3 The it port of the directors of the McngIcrn 'ii Lode Mining Co., Ltd., to bo suhi lilted to tHc shareholders at the seventh annual general meeting of ihe company, to held at the registered olli e, No. la. I eaanjr Street, Penang, on Friday, Sept, is, at
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      Trade and Finance.
      288 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, Sept. 10. 4KI.I.ING. London. 4 months’ sight 2 3 7 k London, 3 months’ sight 2 3 27 32 London, 00 days’ sight 2 3 13/10 London, 30 days’ sight 2 3 25/32 London, demand 2 3 11 10 London, T.T. 2 3 f
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      Stocks and Shares.
      849 4 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore, Sept. 10. MINING. Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 i’l Asam Kumhang 21'9 22 9 cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/-5/-5 Ayer Ilitam Tin 10 0 11/0 cd. £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 10/- 11 6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.15
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      CABLES AND WIRELESS.
      121 4 Preference Dividend Not Earned. The directors of Cables and Wireless state that the full dividend for the halfyear ended June 30, 1031, on the 5*4 per cent, cumulative preference stock of the company has not been earned, and in these circumstances they have no alternative hut to
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      DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED.
      48 4 Harrisons and Crosfield’s Preference Shares. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 9. Harrisons and Crosfield’s cumulative preference dividend for the three month> ending Sept. 30, has lieen declared at the rati* of six per cent, per annum, less in come tax at Is., in the pound.
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      LEYLAND RUBBER.
      83 4 No Distribution On The Ordinary. The directors of the Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., have decided not to pay a dividend on the ordinary shares on account of the year ended June 30 last. Dividends at various rates have hitherto been paid on the ordinary shares for every
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES AUG. 19
        506 4 Allugar (2/> /44; Anglo-Malay (£1) 4; Aver Kuning (£1 S»; Hagan Serai (i'l 3 16; I Bahru (2/) 1 /1 Vi; Banteng (£1 V«; Batu Caves (£1) Batu Mateng (2/) /9; Batu Tiga (£1) Vi; Bertam (2/) 1/1 Mi; Bidor (2/) l Vi; Hikam <2
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES SEPT. 16.
        680 4 Capital Issue Closine Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lvall Company C* 454,176 1 Nil for year 28-2-81 Allenhy isl) 0.50 0.60 <1 :,o 0.6 C 216,779 1 Nil for year SO-9-80 Alor Gajah ill) 0.30 0.40 0;jo 040 439,426 1 Nil for year
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      AMALGAMATED MALAY.
      226 4 Over $5,000 Profit Reported For Last Year. Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd. report, for the year ending June 30, 1931, a net profit of $5,417.22, after providing for depreciation, directors’ fees and martager’s commission. To this must be added $33,890.77 brought forward from the previous year, making a total
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      AUGUST TIN RETURNS.
      48 4 The figures in brackets give 1 for the corresponding period ot Temengor Tin.—l2s piculs O'-’I Renong Tin. —Nos. 2 and 3 drc piculs (No. 2 dredge, 455 piculs i. Malaya Consolidated (two drd ,-yHj piculs (1,143 piculs), 203,820 yam yards), 1,158 hours, 1,947 hour dredges).
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