The Straits Budget, 13 October 1932

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    30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.j No. .‘{,896 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOHER 13. 1912. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    454 1 I.BADERS Page Back to Gold? 3 Wanted: A Port Policy for Malaya 3 The State Councils 3-4 Port Administration 4 The Way, the Means and the Man 4 A Model Relief Plan 4 Occasional Notes 5-6 Telegrams, Reuter and Special— Covering Past Week’s News 21-29 Pictures— Siamese Worship of
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    1045 1 Mr. A. C. Wilson is now Assistant Engineer, Waterworks, Ipoh. Mr. J. M. Brander has been appointed to act as District Officer, Dindings. Mr. R. Moor, has been appointed to act as Assistant Treasurer, Penang. Mr. B. F. Bridge, has been appointed to officiate as Assistant to
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    582 1 Miss Marianna Bannerman And Mr. John Gwinnell. Miss Marianmai Mdlison Bannerman, daughter of the late Mr. ami Mrs. W. Bannerman, of Glasgow, and a Sister at the General Hospital, Singapore, for some year’s, was married to Mr. John Kenneth Gwinnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gwinnell, of
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    MALAYAN LUCK IN THE SWEEP.
    641 2 Oehlers Family. YOUNG MAN WINS £7,893. Two members of a family well-known in Singapore have had remarkable good fortune in the Irish Sweep on the Cesarewitch Mr. II. F. Oehlers, son of Mr. G. R. Oehlers, of Singapore, has won a residual prize of £7,893
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    “ORDERING THEM TO KILL ME.”
    230 2 Alleged Assault At S.H.B. Docks. The protracted hearing of the case in which hve men, Mir Basadar All, Sabdar Ali. Aftabmeah, Anachabally and Arfanulla Serang, are charged with causing hurt to M. A. Majid was resumed on Friday in the Third Magistrate’s Court before Mr.
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    EXCITEMENT ON P. & O. LINER.
    103 2 EXCITEMENT ON P. O. LINER. European Woman Visits Police. A certain excitement attaches to the arrival from Hon* Kong yesterday mommijt of the P. nnd O. Carthage. The Straits Times understands on good authority that the personal baggage of one of the passengers was delayed in the Customs Office and
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    WEEKLY WAGES.
    265 2 Capt. Gammans Gives His Opinion. Seremban, Oct. 7. j There was an interesting discussion at J the ninth annual meeting of the Negri Sembilan Government Servants’ Co-oper-ative Thrift and Loan Society, when an item included in the agenda regarding the weekly payment of wages. Capt. L. D. Gammans,
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    “ IF YOU GIVE ME $5... ”
    421 2 IF YOU GIVE ME $5... Charge Against Municipal Servants. “You will not pet into any trouble if you give me $5/' were the words alleged to have l>een used Shyan Sunder Roy, an Indian overseer of the water department, Singapore Municipality, who was charged before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal
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    ROMANTIC QUEST.
    206 2 jewels if he pays for them.— Reuter Wireless. London Fishmonger Claims Emperor’s Jewels. Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 9. An attempt will shortly be made to .salvufce jewels and bullion lielieved to be worth £1,000,000 which once be’onged to the ex-Emperor Maximilian of Mexico and which are now lying at
    jewels if he pays for them.— Reuter Wireless.  -  206 words
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    R.A.F. DISASTER.
    46 2 A Reuter Wireless message states in addition to Ch ef Pilot Officer Brian Page, the other victim of the disaster to the R.A.F. bomber at Guildford on Saturday was Pilot Officer R. II. Gully, who met his death through his parachute failing to open.
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    MAN HUNT IN THE JUNGLE.
    313 2 Clever Police Work. TOWKAY RESCUED FROM BANDITS’ LAIR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 11. After :t search extending over a month, police under Detective Inspector E. C*. l'idy with a posse of detectives succeeded in rescuing Mr. Loh Yoon Tin, who was captured by
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    247 2 Tuesday, Oct. 4. The following were the guests at c dinner given by His Excellency a: Government House, this evening II.E Major-General L. C. L. Oldfield an. Mrs. Oldfield and Miss Oldfield, lion. Mr. A. P. Robinson, Group Captain A. H. Jackson, Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, Captain
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    ENTICEMENT CHARGE.
    36 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.! Taiping, Oct. H The Taiping Criminal Court was ed today, when a Tamil was charged *> enticing away a married woman, case was postponed to Oct. 17, bail $lOO being allowed.
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      BACK TO GOLD ?
      969 3 BACK TO GOLD Straits Times, Oct. G. ThrouKh the Aneta Agency, which so f ten conveys Britibh news unavailable through other sources, comes an intrigul,r message regarding the recent activities Air. Montagu Norman. His visit to the United States, regarding which, as Usual, much secrecy prevailed, is reported to L
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      WANTED : A PORT POLICY FOR MALAYA.
      1168 3 WANTED A PORT POLICY FOR MALAYA. —Straits Times, Oct. 7. Publication recently by the Dominion ol Canada of a port survey embracing not only a study of the ports of Canada hut a review of port administration throughout the world, for which Sir Alexander Gibb, C. 8., M. Inst. C.E.
      —Straits Times, Oct. 7.  -  1,168 words
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      THE STATE COUNCILS.
      1275 3 Straits Times, Oct. «S. The articles by Sir George Maxwell which the Straits Times has had the privilege of publishing are historically valuable; they have taught the present generation in Malaya a great deal that it did not know before about the constitution and operation of the
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      PORT ADMINISTRATION.
      1101 4 Straits Times, Oct. 10. We referred on Friday to the diversity of authorities, the great conflict of interest j and the complete absence of any co-ordin-ated policy in relation to port administru- I tion in Malayu. We then indicated our I intention to quote certain passages from the
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      THE WAY, THE MEANS AND THE MAN.
      850 4 —Straits Times. Oct. 11. We have now received the third volume of that monumental work, the Report of the Wild Rife Commission of Malaya. It consists largely of reprints of legislation affecting wild life in this and other countries and the record, which
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      A MODEL RELIEF PLAN.
      832 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 12. All things considered, it looks very much as though Selangor has set an expm pie to the rest of* Malaya in handling the problem of the clerical unemployed. The address delivered at Klang recently by Mr. John Hands, the honorary secretary of
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    EASTERN HOTEL.
    102 4 More Residential Facilities In Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. fc. Pleasantly situated in spacious grounds and five minutes’ walk from the centre of town, the Eastern Hotel opened in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of thi< month in the premises formerly occupied by the
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    BIRTH
    28 4 DRYSDALE.—On October 7, 1932, at Dr. Dexter Allen’s Clinic, 4. Oxley Rise to Mr-. A. M. Drysdale Cnee Foley) a son. Both well. Penang papers please copy.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    65 4 DIM CHAN. -The engagement is announced of Mr. Chiu Jaik Kim alius Lim Jaik Kim (adopted by Mrs. Lins Teck Huat nee Madam Tan Khoon Kng, and the late Mr Lim Teck Huat) the eldest son of Mr. an! Mrs. Chia Wee Kee to Miss Chun Kim Neo the
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    MARRIAGE
    28 4 C. DK WIT MARY IN'T HOUT. By Proxy on Oct. fi, 1932 at Schiedam, Mr. C. de M of Amsterdam to Miss Mary in’t Hout ot Schiedam.
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      FALLING FROM GRACE.
      94 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 6. Let us not be too hard on “the snail.” for many weeks past he has treated us very kindly, consistently delivering the mail from Home in Singapore on Friday mornings. And now he has been delayed somewhere, somehow, and we aie \o experience
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      A MALAYAN INQUIRY.
      282 5 Straits Times, Oct. fi. Although the conference of public bodies which assembled at Kuala Lumpur the other day to discuss the “new' policy” has published neither its discussions nor conclusions, and w r e are accordingly in ihe dark as to what line this influential body will
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      NEW SINGAPORE MAPS
      353 5 i i nier and $3.50 for the latter. —Straits Times, Oct. 6. Singapore people should not fail to a quaint themselves with the two maps reflecting their city and island that have just been produced by the Survey Deparl- > -nt, S.S. and F.M.S. Both are really
      i i nier and $3.50 for the latter.—Straits Times, Oct. 6.  -  353 words
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      THE “M’S.”
      100 5 -Straits Times, Oct. 7. is forthcoming regard1 1 >na il’s lapse this week. It is V c M a ntua, which canied the mail from Marseilles to Bombay, was a lato at the Indian port. It is moreover, that whenever the c aRR ships are on the run,
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      KUALA KUBU REST-HOUSE.
      226 5 Malayan Automobile Association.—Straits Times, Oct. 7. In a recent note in this column the decision to close the rest-house at Kuala Kubu was lamented as being yet another sign of the rapid decay of this once popular out-station. The writer did not suppose --although the ancient appearance
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      OUCH !
      341 5 OUCH positively libellous !—Straits Times, Oct. 7. A Kuala Lumpur reviewer has coined a horrible word. Referring to Mr. A. W. Hamilton’s translations of Malay pantuns, he s3ys: ‘‘The drawings are as charming as the verses and the volume will make an indispensable addition to any collection of Ma'aisiana.” Now,
      positively libellous !—Straits Times, Oct. 7.  -  341 words
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      EXCITEMENT.
      320 5 than in Singapore in these days !—Strain Times, Oct. 8. It is true that Singapore has, on two occasions this week, seen Tony Perelli, Mike Feeney ttnd Oon. O’Hara* puli a number of people “on the spot.” Ordinarily, however, our life is far from exciting. The last two years
      than in Singapore in these days !—Strain Times, Oct. 8.  -  320 words
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      NECESSITY OR REVENGE?
      361 5 Wild Life Commission Straits Times, Oct. 8. It is difficult to experience anything I but a feeling of nausea when one hears of cases such as one which has just been Lrought to our notice. Owing to tho present law for the preservation of wild life in
      Wild Life Commission ?—Straits Times, Oct. 8.  -  361 words
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      BETTING MADE EASY.
      184 5 they have lost it all again!—Straits Times, Oct. 10. It is possible that no one will attend the next race meeting of the Singapore Turf Oluh except the officials This docs not mean that members cannot bear the thought of having to hid the old racecoiif.se a
      they have lost it all again!—Straits Times, Oct. 10.  -  184 words
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      THE F.M.S.V.F. MAGAZINE.
      301 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 10. This magazine, which is the journal of the Malay States Volunteer Regiment, the Malayan Volunteer Infantry and the F.M.S. Light Battery, was only horn last voar, hut it has proved to he a lusty infant an 1 refuses to be suppressed by the
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      STREET BOYS’ CLUBS.
      361 5 —Straits Times, Oct. 10. '1 he Soviet way of doing things presupposes a sheepish obedience in the masses and a fanatical devotion in those who lead them, but it certainly does get things done. Recently a Russian film was shown in London which showed how the problem
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      TOO POPULAR “BUDGET.”
      216 5 Straits Times, Oct. 11. Far l>e it from us to praise ourselves and the various publications which issue from this office, but we cannot refrain from raising a modest little cheer over the news whieh our London correspondent sends by the air mail. He records that the
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      BRITISH MUSIC.
      200 5 BRITISH MUSIC -Straits Times, Oct. 11. Music lovers in this country will be even more cheered by the latest news of the improvement in the standard of British music. As we noted here last week, Benno Moiseiwitsch, our eminent visitor, ranked the London B.B.C. Orchestra as among the four or
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      THOSE SWEEPS.
      363 6 THOSE SWEEPS ,—Straits Times, Oct. 11. Many of the “unco guid” are probably deploring the persistence with which newspapers “feature” all the news possible regarding the draw of the Irish Sweep on the Cesarewitch. They lament such headlines as “Malaya's Luck in the Draw” and “Johorc Woman’s Chance to Win
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      FEWER BANK FAILURES.
      244 6 better than a pessimist.—Straits Times, Oct. 12. “Except for the failure of a chain of ten small banks in Idaho and Oregon, the number of bank failures would have declined to the lowest rate for the year. Exclusive of these ten only seven banks failed, as compared
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      “SAILORS DON’T CARE.”
      284 6 SAILORS DON’ T CARE.” “sailors don’t care.”—Straits Times, Oct. 12. “Traditional beliefs die hard: sailor men are generally regarded as a harddrinking, intemperate body.” This is not so, according to a R!ue Book issued by the Board of Trade which stater, that only in two out of seven age gioups
      “sailors don’t care.”—Straits Times, Oct. 12.  -  284 words
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      LOCAL COMPANIES.
      373 6 LOCAL COMPANIES Straits Times, Oct. 12. It is seldom that a joke is allowed to creep into those imposing blue papers which are laid on the table at meetings of the Legislative Council, and we arc not quite sure at the moment whether we have ever seen one, but what
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    FAR EAST PRIZES.
    220 6 Other Irish Sweeps Winners. London, Oct. 7. The draw for the Irish sweep on the Cesarewitch began in Dublin today. The subscriptions totalled £3,624,448, cf which £2,378,939 is available for prizes. The money is divided into 23 units of £100,000 each, of which the winning horse in
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    FOUR YEARS FOR COPRA FRAUDS.
    892 6 Accused's Attitude. “DID NOT BELIEVE HIS OWN STORY.” Sentence of four years’ rigorous imprisonment was passed upon lay Thve Joo who was found guilty by Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, on Monday, on three charges of cheating, or alternatively, abetting the cheating of
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    LALLANG FIRE.
    180 6 First Thought Swimming Club Was Ablaze. Smoke was seen at about 10 o’clock on Saturday coming from the direction of the Singapore Swimming Club and many people imagined that it was the Club on fire. In response to the alarm the Brigade speedily turned out and it was
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    HEAD CRUSHED.
    175 6 Three-Year-Old Boy Under Lorry. The story cf a tragedy was related before the Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, on Friday, when he held an inquiry into the death of a three-year-old Chinese boy v.’ho had his head crushed when he was run over by a Municipal lorry.
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    CALEDONIAN BALL.
    110 6 St. Andrew’s Celebration In Singapore. The Singapore St. Andrew's Society announces that the celebration of t no Festival of St. Andrew will take the form of a dinner and Caledonian Ball at H Adelphi Hotel on Friday, Dec. 2. Practice dances will be held at tnAdelphi Hotel on
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      A GOVERNOR’S STATUS
      1796 7 Representative of The King. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —Your correspondents, Observer’' an<l A Constitutional Observer,” have a ‘.,ed a question of great constitutional importance relating to the status of a Governor of a Crown Colony. They contend that the Governor of the Straits
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      TOBACCO TAX.
      225 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —While congratulating you on yoer fearless and truthful articles on the .ricksha parade, the Japanese question, decentralisation, etc., I wonder whether you can help us in Johore particularly by getting the import tax on tobacco into Singapore greatly reduced. The
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      AN APPRECIATION.
      220 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I be permitted to express through the columns of your valuable paper my keen appreciation of the really splendid contributions by your London and Kuala Lumpur correspondents in their excellent weekly summary of events in the Home country and
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      POULTRY DISEASES.
      488 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—In the leader in yesterday’s issue Sou state that there is no cure for the isease that is at present raging among the poultry in Selangor and Negri Sembilan. The disease appears to be either chicken cholera or roup. This is
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      MENGLEMBU LODE.
      235 7 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—You are quite right in your remarks regarding Menglembu Lode, and similar criticism* of a number of other companies would be welcome. In my opinion, the chairman’s speech emphasises, quite unintentionally, of course, the unfairness of the sacrifices demanded. The managers’
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      JOHORE PLANTERS.
      241 7 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —There was an error in the report of the meeting of the Johore Planters* Association. I gave as an instance of where joint work might be done the case of a committee appointed in Johore to consider Bills affecting agricultural
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      TRAFFIC CONTROL.
      114 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have no wish to lodge any complaint against traffic direction in general m Singapore, which, on the whole, I think is excellent. But there are one or two places, as for example Wayan Satu, on Ilukit Timah Koad, where
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      IS IT A MYTH ?
      137 8 IS IT A MYTH To the Editor of the Straits Times. 8ir, —Now and then the newspapers give publicity to some case of poisoning by pounded glass, and now we have another instance reported as happening to a former Straits judge while stationed in Jamaica. To me, at least, the
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      RUBBER TREES FOR FIREWOOD.
      500 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —As the Dutch Government did not care to co-operate with us in the matter of rubber restriction, we must take care of ourselves. We should cut out half of the rubber areas so that the coolie classes will
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      HEIFETZ.
      224 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —After the belated effort to revive the Heifetz controversy, and to drag another visiting artist into it, may we have the real facts of the Heifetz episode? Is it true that no outside” Steinway piano was available for Heifetz’s accompanist on
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      RETRENCHMENT.
      254 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—The R drenchment Committee appears to be making splended suggestions to the Government, but on close examination what seems so lofty actually lacks the very essence of that for which the Committee was created. On the whole, the inquiry seems to be
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      “BRITISH MALAYA SWEEPSTAKE.”
      113 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —What about a British-Malayj Sweepstake of $1,000,000 to be divided into ten series of $100,000 each with five per cent, to the Government and five per cent, to the Unemployment Fund? This would give temporary work to a few
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      KAJANG REST-HOUSE.
      93 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —“In the “Notes of the Day” contained in your issue of 7th instant a statement is made to the effect that the Kajang rest-house has been closed for some time. May I be allowed to correct this statement? This rest-house
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      SCHOOL FEES.
      165 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Referring to the contemplated increase of school fees by the Government, it may sound paradoxical, but it seems that the Government itself supplies two really good and logical reasons against such a proposal. From the extracts relating to the review
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    “OLD DEATH.”
    162 8 40 Years a Ricksha Puller. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to the Municipal Commissioners’ recent discussion on the subject of rickshas and pullers, the enclosed photograph that I took some eighteen months ago in Taiping may be of interest. This old puller ‘old
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    GIVEN BAIL IN $100.
    86 8 Young Chinese on Charge Involving Woman. Ta.v Ah Bah, a 17-year-old, Chinese was charged on Friday before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Magistrate, for using criminal force with intend to outrage th modesty of a woman living in the same house as himself. The second
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    ELECTROCUTED AT NAVAL BASE.
    369 8 Fused Wire Makes Death Trap. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner Mr K G. Bourne, on Monday, on a MalaWi H >ndu labourer at the Naval Base who dud as a result of being electrocuted’ The deceased and another man
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    EX-POLICEMAN CHARGED
    204 8 Alleged Theft of Chandu Pipes And $5. Lee Aik, an ex-member of the police force, claimed trial before Mr. J. F. F Gregg, the Third Magistrate, on Fridav, in the case in which he was charged with the theft of two chandu pipes and $5 in cash from
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    SIR EVERARD IM THURN.
    96 8 Death of Former Governor Of Fiji. London, Oct. 10. Sir Everard im Thum, K.C.M.G.. K.B.E., a former Governor of Fiji, died at Pre«tonpans today at the age of 80. Reuter Wireless. r Sir George was Licutenant-Govu no and Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, 1901 and Governor of
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    BRITISH M.P. AND INDIA.
    831 9 Singapore Visit. MR. HALES’ OPTIMISM AND CONFIDENCE. Mr. Harold Keates Hales M.P., (Nationa 1 Conservative) for Hanley (Stokeon*Trent), who has soon become one of the liveliest members of the House of Commons, earnestly believes he can bring about a settlement of the Indian situation. With that
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    ASSUMES MISTAKE HAS OCCURRED.
    402 9 Mr. C. Wilson and Supreme Court Judgment. In se< tencing a Chinese found guilty of the possession of worth of non-Gov-ernment chandu on Friday. Mr. C. Wilson. the Criminal District Judge, referred to the reports in the local newspapers of the judgment delivered yesterday in the
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    $10,000 BAIL.
    140 9 Sikhs on Attempted Murder Charge. Mr. N. A. Mallal, appearing on lchalf of Teja Singh, who, with Til Singh, is charged with the attempted murder of Jut Singh, and, with anoth »r Sikh named Chemar Singh, with kidnapping a i :kh woman, applied on Tuesday to Mr. J.
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    BAD MILK FOR GOOD.
    416 9 Alleged Swindle On Sub-Dealers. Alleged to have been taught red-handed in the act of pouring bad condensed milk into new tins which bore the labels of a well-known brand a Chinese, Liau En Eng. was charged before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, on Saturday
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    MALAY JOY RIDER.
    145 9 Abandoned Car When Petrol Gave Out. A young Penang Malay, named Abdul Wahab, pleaded guilty before Mr. A. W. Hav, the second Magistrate, on Tuesday to the theft of a motor ear and of one and a half gallons of petrol and was remanded for sentence until
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    STAND COLLAPSES.
    42 9 Three People Injured In Bangkok. Bangkok, Oct. 11. A stand which was crowded wilh spectators collapsed at the Chinese interschool sports yesterday. Only three people were seriously injured. The accident is attributed to the ground being soft after heavy rains.
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    THEFT AT R.A.F. BASE.
    286 9 Missing Canvas Found On Boot Boy’s Bed. hand Masey, a boot boy employed at the Jt.A.F. Paso at Soletar, was charged on Oct. 5 before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, with the theft of two pieces of canvas or alternatively with the dishonest
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    FOOD TAXES IN MALAYA.
    269 9 Benefits If They Were Removed. (From a Correspondent.) A lor Star, Oct. 4. Minor, as well as major, issues will he involved if pending political developments in Malaya result in the establishment of anything in the shape of a customs union. At present Keduh and Perlis
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    TUNKU ABU BAKAR.
    86 9 Good News of Johore Sultan’s Son. flood news has been received from H. II. Tunku Abu Bakar, the second son of 41. II. the Sultan of .Tohore, who. went to Switzerland two months ago on account, of his health. His Highness, who is staying in Lausanne, states
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    BANK UNABLE TO PRODUCE CHEQUES.
    973 10 Mr. Julian Israel. PROCEEDINGS MAY BE INSTITUTED. The statement that he did not know for certain, but that he had heard rumours outside, that Mr. Julian Israel a well-known broker, was going to institute proceedings against the Mercantile Hank, where he had ar account, was
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    EXHUMATION OF GIRL’S BODY.
    442 10 Mysterious Death. DOCTOR WHO DID NOT KNOW THE LAW. An unusual case came before Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, on Tuesday, when a young Cantonese couple and another Chinese were present at an inquiry, with charges against them of depositing dead body. A three-year-old
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    MUNICIPAL THRIFT SOCIETY.
    623 10 Misfortune and How It Can Be Remedied. The sound position of the Singapore Municipal Employees’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., was shown in the report and statement of aevounts veau at the seventh annual general meeting of that society, held on Tuesday in the hoard room
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    WOMEN’S WORK.
    88 10 Exhibition at Singapore Y.W.C.A. Mrs. Oldfield will open the women’s work exhibition at the Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, at 5 p.m. on Monday. Work will be on view until Saturday, Oct. 22, and the afternoon of that day will be reserved for women. Unusual and interesting exhibits is being
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    DISTRICT COURT CAMEOS.
    517 10 Insult to Injury. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE WAYANG. After having suffered the indignity of Icing thrown into a drain with three feet of water, a Hokkien was relieved of hi.s wrirft watch, $7 in cash, and saw his •icy ’it being wheeled away by a nun, her
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    MR. J. A. L. SIMMONS.
    159 10 Death of Government Official. The death of Mr. J. A. L. Simmon*. Assistant Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore, occurred at the Genera Hospital on Tuesday, evening. Mr. Simmons, who wps only 33 years of age, was taken ill while playing at Keppel Golf Club
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    HEAVY FINE TO HELP REVENUE.
    449 11 Magistrate Wrong.” \PPEAL TO CHIEF JUSTICE. The learned magistrate in his u rounds of judgment gives various reasons for the sentence imposed, but some f them are not, in my opinion, well founded,” said the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) in the Supreme Court on
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    TROUBLE OVER SHOES.
    250 11 Mr. G. M. Drury, of Malacca, writes as follows with reference to recent proceedings in the local court when a claim '•as brought against his wife, Mrs. Daphne Drury, bu Chop Kong Yin Sin: My wife ordered one pair of shoes in June last to be made
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    MRS. JUDGE INQUEST RESUMED.
    540 11 Other Finger-Prints To Be Taken. The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Shukla Davi Hoon Judge, who died as the result of a bullet W'ound on Sept. 13, was resumed on Friday by the Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne). Mr. V. D.
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    ESTATE MANAGERS ASSAULTED.
    515 11 Tale of Fierce Fight In Coolie Lines. Eleven Telegu coolies appeared, before Mr. II. C. Willan, the Malacca District Judge, this week when they were charged “with being members of an unlawful society and in prosecution of the common object of such assembly did cause hurt to
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    TAMIL PARSONAGE.
    142 11 Dedication Service By The Bishop. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Singapore (Rev. B. C. Roberts) officiated at the dedication of St. Andrew’s Tamil Parsonage at 118, Keng Lee Road. on Saturday. There was a large crowd present including Mrs. B. C. Roberts, the Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs.
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.
    45 11 Shortly before 11 o’clock on Sunday morning a Chinese pedestrian was knocked down by a car in Stamford Road and removed to the Tang Tock Seng Hospital in the ambulance. The car is said to have been driven by a European.
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    PLANTERS IN THE TELOM VALLEY.
    429 11 I.S.P. Members Form A Committee. (By Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 10. The proposal to form a co-operative agricultural settlement of I. S. P. members at Cameron Highlands advanced another stage at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, when it was discussed with several Government officers and
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    EX-NAVAL MEN.
    94 11 Requested to Register By F.M.S. Government. All officers, petty officers and men on the active or retired list of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who take up their residence in the F.M.S. or who have taken up their residence in
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    SINGAPORE SUCCESSES.
    59 11 London Matriculation Examination. In the London Matriculation examinalion held in Penang in June, three candidates entered from St. Andrew’s School, Singapore. It was an achievement for the school that out of the 11 passes from over 30 candidates, the three boys from St. Andrew’s School passed. They were
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    SITTING ON SECRET CHANDU DUMP.
    1327 12 Trapdoor in Floor. INTRICATE KEY TO STRONC ROOM. The innocent spectacle of Chinese industriously sandpapering for over two hours a mahjongg table set in the centre of a room in a house in Moulmein Hoad, aroused the suspicions of a European preventive officer. The officer
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    CHINESE FINED $3,000.
    66 12 Cautrht in Possession of Illicit Chandu. I.am Chen Yee, a second class passenger on the s.s. Ranchi, was fined $3,000 or two years’ rigorous imprisonment on Oct 5 by Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, for being in possession of 139 tahils of non-government chandu. The
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    UNEMPLOYED CHEATED.
    73 12 Young Chinese Remanded Fr>r Sentence. Woe Han Kin, n Straits-born Chinese Kivinj* an address in Jalan Besar pleaded guilty, was convicted of cheating remanded for sentence by ?Ir. J, 1<*. 1 ‘Third Magistrate, on Friday. There were three separate complaint r.painst the accused of obtaining money Trom unemployed
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    ALLEGED STEAMER TICKET TRICK.
    201 12 Sikh Sent to Malacca Instead of Shanghai. Proverbial ill-luck appears to have attended a Sikh named Sewa Singh who arrived in this country from India on Sept. 13 and the sequel was a charge of cheating against two other Sikhs, Pram Singh and Bishan Singh, before
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    271 12 Position of Fund In September. the September rfeport of the European Unemployment Committee shows that up to date there have been 577 applications of which 12 were received during the month, five from Singapore, four from Perak, two from Kuala Lumpur and one from Penang. Of the applicants 73
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    ALLEGED COMMUNISTS.
    104 12 Big Round-Up of Reds In Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 6. Two Siamese and eight Hylams have keen arrested in connect on with tlie distribution of Communist leaflets. A large quantity of Communist literature has been seized, reported to be partly in the Russian language and
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    A DAY IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
    455 12 God Bless Thcm. w MR. C. WILSON AND hks MEMORY. The remarkable memory of Mr r Wilson, the Criminal District Jodi was revealed when one of two Chinese came before him on Monday on a charge of attempted cheating r„ n sidering the number
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    FINED FOR EXHUMING.
    166 12 Chinese Disinter Body Without Permit. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 6. The thrte Chinese charged with exhuming a body without a permit were convicted by the police magistrate this morning. The first accused, who had been on remand in prison for six weeks, being unable to
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    2065 13 Kuala Lumpur’s Government—A Straits And F.M.S. Comparison—Public Spirit Going To Waste—Our Relief Scheme —Failures Of The Family System —Youth In The Slump—Happy Memories. (by Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) THE recommendation of the S.S. Retrenchment Committee that the Singapore Municipality should take over the Botanic
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    NAME OF EX-SPY REVEALED.
    718 13 Son of High Johore Official. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. i). It is now revealed that Mr. “X,” the prosecutor in a recent libel action at the Old Bailey, is Mr. Courtenay Henslow de Kysbach, who was born in Singapore in 1887 and is the
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    LIVING IN CONDEMNED HOUSES.
    1608 14 PENANG LETTER. Long-Postponed Demolition—Why Are Tenants Still There ?—How Land Prices Have Fallen —3,250 Acres For $50,000 Expensive Cups Of Coffee —Building Activities —Betel Nut Export—Haven For Birds. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 1. A noteworthy incident in our city life of late has been
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    EUROPEAN’S CLAIM.
    349 14 Firm’s Liability for Breach Of Contract. A European battery chemist named C. W. Pearson was partly successful in a claim he brought against the Diamond Metal Products Co., Ltd., for salary and leave passage due and damages for alleged breach of contract, heard by the Chief Justice (Sir
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    MUSICAL HISTORY IN SINGAPORE.
    963 14 Chopin’s 24 Preludes. MOISEIWITSCH’S FAITH JUSTIFIED. Forty minutes by the clock is a long time under certain circumstances and to sit in utter silence, almost without moving, keyed up to the most intense state of receptiveness, can make that period seem like the passage of centuries
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    The Resident General’s Powers.
    2978 15 WHY AN IMPORTANT POST WAS ABOLISHED. Sir George Maxwell’s Views. Iii the third of a series of articles by Sir George Maxwell, K.B.E., C.M.G., which we publish below, the former Chief Secretary', F.M.S., discusses the powers and duties of the post which he held from 1920
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    AIR MAIL.
    125 16 D.E.I. by Way of Alor Star And Medan. The Post Office announces that beginning with the outward Dutch air mail due to leave Alor Star for Medan on Friday, Oct. 14, arrangements have been made for Penang to make up an air mail for Medan every week, to
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    PLAYER INJURED.
    123 16 Accident in Rugby Match At Tanglin. An accident marred the Rugby match between the Gloucesters A and the S.C.C. A at Tanglin on Friday when G. Boas of the Club received a nasty kick on the head in the second half. He pluckily carried on but shortly before
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    Malayan Planting Topics.
    1684 16 Modern Tapping Practice Back To Herring-Bone Systems?—Promising Results On Malayan Estates —A Valuable Rubber Chemist The R.R.l. Board And Mr. Bishop—A Disturbing Rumour Is Soviet Timber Entering Malaya? (Ey Our Planting Correspondent.) IN years gone by one of the best sellers in the local picture postcard line
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    HIS TRUST WAS NOT MISPLACED.
    365 16 Moiseiwitsch Pleased. BUT ATTACKS MUSICAL SOCIETY. ”I>o you now feel, having K j Ven two recitals here, that your trust in the musical appreciation of Sineanori. was not misplaced I put this question to Benno Moisei witsch on Saturday (writes a Straits Ti mes reporter)
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      LABOUR & LYTTON REPORT.
      135 21 LABOUR LYTTON REPORT. —Reuter. Vindicate Authority Of The League.” STRONG RESOLUTION. Soviet Officials And Press Silent. London, Oct. 5. “In view of the Lytton Report the British Government should do everything in its power to vindicate the authority of the League, the Covenant and the KelloggBriand Pact” declares a resolution
      —Reuter.  -  135 words
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      EASTERN VIEWS.
      398 21 international control of Manchuria.—The tmon Times and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Condemnation in China And Japan. Shanghai, Oct. 6. Mr. Chu Cheng (the vice-President of the Judicial Yuan) presided at a meeting of the Political Council held in Nanking yesterday morning to consider the Lytton Report. The Foreign
      international control of Manchuria.—The tmon Times and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  398 words
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      ITALIAN COMMENTS.
      200 21 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. —Reuter. The League Has Failed Miserably.” Rome, Oct. 4. Italy’s dissatisfaction with the League of Nations is reiterated by the serni-olficial Popolo dTtalia. The journal insists that the league has failed miserably, particularly as regards bar Eastern events and the Disarmament Conference, insisting that the latter might
      —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.; —Reuter.  -  200 words
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      REPORT’S REAL VALUE
      339 21 -Reuter. -Aneta-T rans-Ocean. Exposure of Conditions In Manchuria. London, Oct. 5. The Times says the Lytton Report, on the whole, has had a favourable reception in Britain, Geneva and all the interested countries except Japan and it is generally recognised as u wise, broad-minded yot frank appreciation
      -Reuter.; -Aneta-T rans-Ocean.  -  339 words
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      LORD INCHCAPE.
      51 21 Legacies to Staff In £2,124,000 Will. London, Oct. 6. Lord Inchcape’s will, which has been today proved at £2,124,000, includes handsome legacies to high officials of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co., in addition to £100 to all captains and £60 to all chief engineers and chief officers.—
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      ANOTHER BREAK ON WALL STREET.
      75 21 —Reuter. Stock Market Flurried. PRESIDENT’S SPEECH PAILS TO PLEASE. New York, Oct. 5. The Stock Market plunged down in successive flurries before settling down again. Many of the leading stocks lost two to seven points in a turnover of 3,000,000 shares. No special reason is
      —Reuter.  -  75 words
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      MANCHUKUO CABINET
      129 21 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Prime Minister May Be Replaced. Shanghai. Oct. 6. Sensational messages are to hand from Changchun, the capital of the so-called “independent” State of Manchukuo, to the effect that grave dissensions have broken out among the members of th3 Manchukuo Cabinet. The President «f the
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  129 words
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      UNEMPLOYMENT.
      187 21 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Some Sensational World Figures. Geneva, Oct. 1. The International Labour Bureau’s quarterly statistics show that work! unemployment increased during the past three months as compared with the same period last year, though in the case of some countries it has decreased as compared with the second quarter of
      —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  187 words
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      CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
      49 21 ,—British Wireless. No Fresh Developments During Past Week. Rugby, Oct. 4. No fresh developments in the past week have occurred in India in regard to the civil disobedience movement. There were 3,310 fewer civil disobedience prisoners at the end of August than in the month previiusly.—British Wireless.
      ,—British Wireless.  -  49 words
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      DESTITUTE “ WRITERS.”
      53 21 DESTITUTE WRITERS.” Aneta-Havas. Lie Dead in Paris Flat For Ten Days. Paris, Oct. 4. The bodies of two Am.e1i09.n8 have been discovered in a flat in the Rue Vereingetorix. Both had been dead about ten days, and are thought to have committed suicide in despair as they were destitute. Deceased
      Aneta-Havas.  -  53 words
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      MEMORANDUM BY GOVERNOR.
      222 21 Not An Expression Of Personal Views. STATEMENT OF FACTS. Is This Policy Necessary (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5. I understand that there is in private circulation among interested parties in London an exhaustive memorandum concerning the decentralisation policy in Um Federated Malay States prepare* by
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      A KING’S DOMESTIC COMPLICATIONS.
      169 21 -Reuter Wireless. Young Prince Daddy’s Lady Friend.” London, Oct. 4. The domestic complications of King Carol of Rumania are again inspiring picturesque newspaper stories and indignant official contradictions. The touching affection 'between Prince Michael and Queen Helen since the former reached England to visit his mother
      -Reuter Wireless.  -  169 words
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      LOSS TO GERMANY.
      80 21 niuvil IIIIIUV llVt VII I IIIUU Jf SI general and economic policy.— Reuter Wireless. Death of Herr Hagen The Steel Magnate. Cologne, Oct. 1. One of the most conspicuous figures in German finance and industry, Herr Louis Hagen, died today at the age of 78, after a
      niuvil IIIIIUV llVt VII I IIIUU Jf SI general and economic policy.— Reuter Wireless.  -  80 words
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      COMMISSION TO SHANGHAI.
      475 22 America.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Back to the Shidehara Policy. YOUNG MARSHAL. Japan to Blame for The Newchwang Outrage. Shanghai, Oct. 7. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang (the former ruler of Manchuria) told Pressmen yesterday that he is satisfied with the Lytton Report except on certain
      America.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  475 words
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      PEERS AND ARMY.
      81 22 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. A Combat for Power In Japan Shanghai, Oct. 7. Reports from Tokio state that the Japanese House of Peers is sending an Investigation Commission to Shanghai to exchange views with the Chinese Government. It is learned the Peers are not satisfied that the
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  81 words
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      DOUBLE TENTH.
      265 22 before Oct. 10.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Volunteers Planning Big Offensive. Shanghai, Oct. 7. The Japanese authorities have been detaining locomotives and rolling stock on k the Chinese Eastern Railway at Harbin and east of it. Trains are not oeing allowed to proceed westward because
      before Oct. 10.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  265 words
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      TEA RESTRICTION.
      118 22 15 Per Cent, of Total Exports. A Reuter message from Amsterdam on Thursday stated that, according to the Financial Times correspondent, a draft scheme for tea restriction has been approved at a meeting of the Association of Tea Culture of the Dutch East Indies. An Aneta message from
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      MOSLEMS & HINDUS.
      194 22 MOSLEMS HINDUS. —Reuter. Agreement Except On One Point. Bombay, Oct. 6. It is understood that the Hindu leaders huve accepted thirteen of the fourteen Moslem demands in relation to the communal problem as a result of private discussions between the Moslem and Hindu leaders headed by Mr. Shaukat Ali and
      —Reuter.  -  194 words
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      D.E.I. CIVIL SERVANTS.
      99 22 Making Sure of Loyalty To Authority. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. 3. The Secretary of the Government of the Dutch East Indies has sent a circular to the heads of the Provinces asking them to give their help in an attempt by the Government to make
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      “ I WILL TAKE OVER IN NOVEMBER.”
      96 22 I WILL TAKE OVER IN NOVEMBER.” —Reuter. Herr Hitler’s Latest Boast. l Munich, Oct. 6. The Nazis (National-Socialists) are surpassing all previous efforts in their attempts to win the forthcoming elections. I will sweep aside opposition and take over the Government in November,” Herr Hitler told a party conference in
      —Reuter.  -  96 words
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      LONDON SENSATION.
      135 22 —Reuter. New Zealand Office: Money Missing. Wellington (N.Z.), Oct. 5. The news that a misappropriation of public money has been discovered in the New Zealand High Commissioner’s office in London is contained in a cable which Mr. G. W. Forbes (the Prime Minister) announces he has received from
      —Reuter.  -  135 words
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      KINTA KELLAS.
      78 22 Loss Shown by Both Companies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Oct. 6. Kinta Kellas Tin reports a loss, for the year ended Mar. 31. of £2,786 which is increased by depreciation (£*>,065) to £8,850. This compares with a profit of £7,683 for the previous year. The debit carried
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      MEDAN CHINESE.
      146 22 Consul To Return To China Following Conflict. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. S. A serious conflict in the Chinese community in Medan concluded today. An order by the Chinese Government in Nanking called on the Consul, Mr. Leang Jung-sun, to return to China. He will be succeeded
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      BOYCOTT OF BROKERS.
      63 22 -Reuter. India Cotton Association Urges Removal. Bombay, Oct. 6. The East India Cotton Association, which is representative of the India trade, has passed a resolution urging the removal of the boycott on European brokers in Bombay imposed at Congress instigation a month ago. The meeting formed an
      -Reuter.  -  63 words
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      IRELAND AND THE EMPIRE.
      208 22 —Reuter. Important Statement Bv Mr. J. H. Thomas. WIDER ISSUES.” I To be Borne in Mind at The London Conference. I London, Oct. 7. The Irish Free State Cabinet has announced that its delegates at the Land Annuities Conference in London will be President de Valera,
      —Reuter.  -  208 words
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      JAVA AND JAPAN.
      174 22 win no i Reuter. Shipping Lines to End Competition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. 3. It is understood in well-informed circles here that the heavy freight competition on the Java-Japan lines, and vice-versa, will end very soon. For some time there have been negotiations in progress
      win no i Reuter.  -  174 words
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION.
      194 22 New D.E.I. Scheme And The Danger of Smuggling. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. 3. At a planters meeting at Blitar (Java), the manager of Bantaran estate, Mr. D. Stadt, gave some explanations of a scheme of his own invention for stabilising the price of rubber. His statements
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      MARSHAL FENG GIVES LEAD.
      225 23 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Distrust of League Takes Shape. PREPARE FOR WAR. Firm Hand on Nanking Government Urged. Shanghai, Oct. 10. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang (the so-called “Christian General” and former Commander-in-chief of the Kuominchun Army) and a number of other opponents of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, have
      -Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  225 words
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      LYTTON REPORT.
      547 23 —Aneta-Huvas. —Reuter. What Week-End Reviews Have to Say. Geneva. Oct. 9. The Chinese position with regard to the Lytton Report was explained by Dr. Wellington Koo to the Press at a reception today when he sraid that China would accept the report as a basis of discussion, subject
      —Aneta-Huvas.; —Reuter.  -  547 words
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      THE CIVIL WARS.
      218 23 continue to control Chefoo.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Situation in Shantung More Hopeful. Shanghai, Oct. 10. The civil war clouds grow blacker over Szechwan, where General Liu Wen-hui (the governor of the province) and General Liu Siang (the leader of the revolt) are each
      continue to control Chefoo.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  218 words
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      NONNI BRIDGE.
      639 23 —Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Japanese Blow It Up To Defend Angangchi. Shanghai. Oct. 10. General Su Ping-wen (the governorgeneral of the Hailar district) has wired to Peking announcing that General Chang Ting-chiu’s volunteers have joined force* with General Ma Chan-shan’s troops and. since Friday,
      —Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  639 words
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      MR. WANG CHING-WEI.
      119 23 Sin Kuo Min. Will Need At Least Three Months’ Rest. Shanghai, Oct. 10. Mr. T. V. Soong (the Finance Minister and acting President of the Executive Yuan) called on Mr. Wang Ching-wei on Saturday morning and exchanged views regarding the Lytton Report. Mr. Wang Ching-wei does not
      Sin Kuo Min.  -  119 words
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      JAPAN’S BUDGET.
      73 23 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Huge Increase In Expenditure. Shanghai, Oct. 10. The Japanese budget for the coming year shows an increase in the estimated expenditure of Yen 1,170,000,000 as compared with the current year. Ninety per cent, of the increased expenditure is required for the furtherance of Japan’s
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  73 words
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      CONVERSION LOAN.
      103 23 —Reuter. Amazing Success of The French Effort. Paris, Oct. 5. The great success of the Conversion Loan is demonstrated by the publication of the final results showing that holders of 81,000,000,000 of francs of the old stock have adhered to the new scheme, leaving only 4,500,000,000 francs worth
      —Reuter.  -  103 words
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      A NEW PLAN FOR DISARMAMENT.
      552 23 —Reuter Wireless. Means for Affording: Security. FRENCH SCHEME. Pool at Disposal Of Leagrue. Geneva, Oct. 9. The centre of interest in regard to disarmament has momentarily shifted to London from Geneva (whither Mr. Arthur Henderson returned from London this morning) owing to the prospect of
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  552 words
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      SERIOUSLY INJURED.
      37 23 Reuter. Airman Nephew of Lady Astor. Hickville, Lond Island, Oct. 9. Mr. Reginald Langhorn Brooks, a nephew of Lady Astor, was seriously injured when the machine he was piloting struck a telegraph pole in landing.—
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      THE PROTECTION EXPERIMENT.
      172 24 .—Reuter. Beginning to Justify Itself.” MR. S. BALDWIN. International Outlook Not Bright. London, Oct. 7. The great experiment in Protection is beginning to justify itself” said Mr. Stanley Baldwin (the Lord President >f the Council) in a speech which he delivered at a mass meeting at Blackpool
      .—Reuter.  -  172 words
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      KREUGER’S ESTATE.
      92 24 Aneta- Trans Ocean. Astronomic Liability Figures. Stockholm, Oct. 5. The receivers of the Kreuger estate place the total amount of the match king’s personal liabilities at Kr. 1,642,000.000, $80,000,000 (Gold), £330,000, 66,000,000 Dutch guilders, 289,000,000 French francs, 159,000,000 Swiss francs, and 28,800,000 German marks. The liabilities of Kreuger
      Aneta- Trans Ocean.  -  92 words
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      RUBBER RESULTS.
      68 24 Losses for Abaco And Sungei Tukong. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 7. Abaco t Selangor) Rubber, Ltd., announces a loss of £1,197 on the year ended Mar. 81, against a loss ot £1,701. The carry forward is £546. Sungei Tukong Rubber Plantations, Ltd., show a loss of
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      MALAYAN TAPIOCA.
      44 24 —Reuter. Inquiries Follow Improved Product. London, Oct. 8. One of the results of the recent International Grocers’ Exhibition in London is that the Malayan authorities have received a number of firm inquiries about tapioca following on the considerable improvement in the product.—Reuter.
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      WORLD’S SUGAR.
      58 24 Reuter. Producers on Road To Agreement. Brussels, Oct. 7. It is hoped the general agreement between world sugar producers will be signed in Paris on Dec. 12 when the plenary conference of the International Sugar Cartel meets. A fresh proposal from Cuba is being considered. Heads of the
      Reuter.  -  58 words
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      INDUSTRIAL CENTRES SHORT OF FOOD.
      133 24 —Reuter. Amazing Situation In Soviet Russia. Riga, Oct. 7. Food supply difficulties in the chief industrial centres of Russia have greatly increased during the last few weeks, chiefly owing to the breakdown of the distribution system. The peasants remain reluctant to bring pioduee to market,
      —Reuter.  -  133 words
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      GERMANY’S COLONIES.
      259 24 the good wishes extended to him.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Stolen From Her By The Versailles Pact. Berlin, Oct. 4. In a speech broadcast over the Berlin Radio station, the former German Colonial Governor (Herr Schnee) alluded to the 5Gth anniversary of the foundation of the German Colonial Society, and remarked that
      the good wishes extended to him.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  259 words
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      CAUSEWAY TOLL.
      136 24 No Information Yet Available. No official confirmation can be obtained either in Singapore or Johore of the strong rumours in circulation that a toll is shortly to be imposed on the Johore Causeway. The question of imposing a toll on the Causeway was fully considered when this great
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      AUSTRALIA’S FINANCES.
      74 24 —Reuter. Stabilisation Efforts And World Opinion. Canberra, Oct. 5. How the news of the Conversion Loan success has relieved tension here is typified by the meeting of the Cabinet when the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) read a cable from the Minister in London announcing the result and the
      —Reuter.  -  74 words
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      NEW YORK BANKER AND SINGER’S VOICE.
      178 24 —Reuter. $250,000 Suit. DAMAGES FOR DENIAL OF A COMPLIMENT. New York, Oct. 8. The serious illness of Mr. Otto Kahn, the New York banker, has been revealed by his physician, who testified before the Supreme Court that the strain might prove fatal if he
      —Reuter.  -  178 words
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      ANOTHER SLUMP ON WALL STREET.
      85 24 -Reuter. Rush to Sell Leads To Fall in Values. New York, Oct. 7. The Stock Market again slumped today ar.d losses of from two to five points were common at the close. The turnover for the day amounted to nearly 2,500,000 shares. The heaviness of
      -Reuter.  -  85 words
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      MRS. PAWLEY.
      77 24 —Reuter. Young Marshal’s Efforts At Release Fail. Peking, On. 7. Interviewed by Reuter with reference to the capture of Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Charles Cork ran, Marshal Chang Hsuehliang (the former ruler of Manchuria' said “The British Legation knows w’c have tlone everything possible to assist in the
      —Reuter.  -  77 words
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      NEW KLONDYKE.
      115 24 -Reuter. Men Face Death In Gold Rush. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 9. A new Klondyke has been discovered in Labrad6r and thousands of adventurers are braving the winter terrors of uncharted forests in the interior, despite a warning issued by the Government that such expeditions at
      -Reuter.  -  115 words
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      ’QUAKE IN GREECE.
      64 24 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Villages Wiped Out Miners Entombed. Athens, Oct. 6. Chalcidice Peninsula, in the Salonika region, was locked by a fresh series of violent earthquake shocks which wiped out several villages which had hitherto escaped disaster. Appalling scenes were witnessed in an ore mine, where hundreds are feared
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      DISASTER TO R.A.F. BOMBER.
      468 24 Two Killed. SACRIFICE FOR COMRADES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 8 Another terrible R.A.F. faster cun..d t«4ay mar Guildford, and had not been for the self-sacritiee and ben? ism o, the thief pitot nothing could W saved the lives of any of the occupant! of
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      RAFFLES LETTERS.
      116 24 —Reuter. Purchased on Behalf Of Malaya. London, Oct. 8. On the initiative of Sir Frank Swettenham, five autograph letters of 8ir Stamford Raffles, discovered in Londim. have been acquired on behalf of Malayan Government (sic). One is addressed to Mr. Hare, the lusident of Semarang in 1813, and
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      F.M.S. CHIEF JUSTICE RESIGNS.
      252 25 No Surprise. NO DECISION YET ON SUCCESSOR. Sir Lancelot Elphinstone, Chief Justice, F.M.S., who is now on leave in England, is reported by the Daily Telegraph to have resigned, says a Reuter message. On inquiry at the Colonial Secretariat on Oct. 6 Sir Lancelot's resignation was
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      TOO MUCH TEA.
      76 25 —Reuter. 15 Per Cent. Restriction Advocated. Sourabaya, Oct. 7. One of the biggest tea producers in the Dutch East Indies, accompanied by a member of the Batavia Tea Export Bureau, has arrived in Ceylon to discuss the proposed five-year tea restriction scheme involving 15 per cent, restriction
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      CARS IN CHICAGO.
      64 25 More Stolen Than Bought In September. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 9. More cars were stolen in Chicago in September than were bought, according to the Chicago Automobile Trade Association which states that sales numbered 2,255 and thefts 3,375. United States car production in Septeniber was
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      PRESIDENT LEBRUN.
      65 25 —Reuter Wireless. Rambouillet En Fete For Son’s Marriage. Rambouillet, Oct. 10. ’ne little town here is en fete today on the occasion of the marriage of the President’s son, R%ne Lebrun, and r rancoise, daughter of Capt. Marin. The civil ceremony will be conducted by the Mayor in
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      DUTCH AIR LINE.
      90 25 To Call at Rome And Marseilles. The Royal Netherlands Indian Airways announce that frojn Nov. 1 their machines w ‘'I take the southern route in Europe, means that instead of landing at Halle and Leipsig in Germany and Buda1*7,, in Hungary they will land at Marseilles and
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      POLICE AMBUSHED BY MOROS.
      43 25 -Reuter. Twelve Killed in Fight In Jolo. Manila, Oct. 9. Twelve members of the Constabulary are reported killed, two wounded and three missing, as a result of a fight with Moro outlaws near Culiculi Jolo. The police were ambushed.—Reuter.
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      THE CIVIL WARS.
      491 25 sumed their invasions.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Armies Out of Hand In Shantung. Shanghai, Oct. 8. The civil war in Shantung Province shows no sign of improvement. On the contrary, the situation is steadily becoming worse. General Han Fu-chu’s troops again attacked General Liu
      sumed their invasions.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  491 words
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      CHINESE FLOODS.
      65 25 Reuter. Help Received from Many Countries. Geneva, Oct. 10. The league of Nations Health Organisation. referring' to Chinese flood relief, reports that a number of European and Asiatic States responded generously to the Chinese appeal, sending medicines, field laboratories and food. The Japanese Government, with Japanese institutions, gave
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      MR. “JIMMY” WALKER.
      186 25 —Reuter. Warm Welcome Back To New York. New York, Oct. 9. “Happy Days are Here Again” blared a Jazz band on board a tug flying the Irish flag when ex-Mayor “Jimmy” Walker arrived this morning from Europe on the liner Europa. Mr. Walker was given a warm
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      LIBERAL SPLIT.
      112 25 —Reuter Wireless. Sir Herbert Samuel On The SimoniteS.” London, Oct. 4. The breach between the Liberal followers of Sir Herbert Samuel ami of Sir John Simon has not been lessened by the speech made today by Sir Herbert Samuel to his constituents at Darwen. The Simonite Liberals of
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  112 words
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      STIRRING UP REVOLT.
      138 25 —Reuter. Subversive Activities By Russia. Riga, Oct. 9. A gingering up of revolutionary efforts abroad is reported to have been decided at a secret plenary conference of the executive committee of the Comintern, recently held in Moscow. It is said to have been decided that several countries,
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      NEW MONOPLANES.
      142 25 Croydon every Wednesday.- R'it?«b Wireless. To be Put on Croydon-Cape Town Route. kugby, Oct. 6. Three of the fleet of eight new monoplanes, the first monoplanes to be used by the Imperial Airways, have been delivered at the London airport for service on Croydon-Cape Town route. They are
      Croydon every Wednesday.- R'it?«b Wireless.  -  142 words
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      RESCUES IN THE DARK.
      256 25 .—Renter. Doomed Steamer. HABY TIED TO MAN’S WAIST. London, Oct. 9. The Blue Star liner, Afric Star, es route to Buenos Aires, sent oat it S-Cl.S. reporting a collision in the channel off Dungeness with the Norwegian vessel, Charente, the crew of which was transferred to
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      MR. R. O. BISHOP.
      137 25 Offered Re-engageftie«t by the R.R.I. (From Out Own ttuala LuMt>tt, 6*4. 8. It ia under at ood that at the a#MMi meeting of the Board of tftw Robber Research Institute held yesterday to conKider the retention of the Her vices of Mr. R. O. Bishop, H
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      WORK FOR BRITAIN.
      183 25 —British Wireless. Two Big Bridges To Be BUilt Oct. Plans have been completed fOt a bHdke across the Severn at Newnham Where the river narrows to a width of 400 yards The scheme, which is Estimated to coat £260,000, is being financed privately and only awaits the
      —British Wireless.  -  183 words
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      AIRMAN FORCED DOWN.
      412 26 Reuter. Accident to Capt. Von Gronau. OFF BURMA COAST. British Steamer to The Rescue. Rangoon, Oct. 10. (’apt. von Gronau, the famous German airman has been forced down in a rough «ea off the Burma Coast, 100 miles south of Moulmein and about 20 miles west of
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      F.M.S. DEBT.
      120 26 Reuter. Under Colonial Stocks Acts. London, Oct. 9. An order has been gazetted providing for an extension to the Colonial Stocks Acts to stock issued after the passing of the Colonial Development Act of 1929 and forming part of the public debt of the Federated Malay States. This
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      IN SZECHWAN.
      377 26 other border provinces.—Sin Chew’ Jit Poh. Attempt to Outflank Governor’s Army. Shanghai, Oct. 10. The civil war in Szechwan continues and the latest telegrams to hand state that General Liu Siang’s forces are counter-attacking and have gained much ground against General Liu Wen-hui s army in the neighbourhood
      other border provinces.—Sin Chew’ Jit Poh.  -  377 words
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      IN SHANTUNG.
      195 26 —Union Times. -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Hostilities Cease And Outlook Hopeful. Shanghai, Oct. 10. The situation in Shantung yesterday was much more hopeful and there appears to l>e every likelihood that the conflict will be brought to an end shortly. Nanking’s special envoys are now in Tsinan, the
      —Union Times.; -Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  195 words
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      PRINCES’ FLIGHT.
      95 26 dinner at the British Legation.—British Wireless. Welcomed in Stockholm By Ten Aeroplanes. Rugby, Oct. 6. The Prince of Wales and Prince George, in bitterly cold and snowy weather with strong winds, made a seaplane flight yesterday. During a considerable part of the flight the Prince sat beside the
      dinner at the British Legation.—British Wireless.  -  95 words
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      INDIAN TRUCE?
      205 26 Aneta-Havas. Preparing for Third R.T. Conference. London, Oct. 8. No ruling appears to have been made upon the question of separate electorates and mixed electorates in India. It is expected, however, that a solution will be found when the third Round-Table Conference meets in London next month. It
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      CONGRESS RADIO.
      55 26 -Anefca-Trans-Ocean. Broadcasting of Orders In India. Bombay, Oct. 5. The police have discovered a secret radio station which has served to broadcast the daily instructions of Indian National Congress leaders to followers throughout India. Four arrests have made, but Pandit Malaviya’s son, who is one of the leading
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      MANSLAUGHTER.
      86 26 -Reuter. British Naval Officer Gets Six Months. Limassol, Cyprus, Oct. 7. A British officer, Commander Sutton R.N., of H.M.S. Resource, who was committed for trial on Sept. 30 on a charge of manslaughter of a native proprietor here, was found guilty this morning and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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      “GENERAL POST.”
      87 26 Reuter. Soviet Ambassadors Moving Round. Moscow, Oct. 6. A sort of general post" among the Soviet Ambassadors is announced in a decree relieving, at his own request. Monsieur G. Y. Sokolnikov of his duties as Soviet Ambassador in England and Monsieur D. I. Kursky of his Ambassadorship in
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      HIS LAST RIDE.
      71 26 -Reuter. Notorious Gangster Dies In Bed. Chicago, Oct. 10. Frank McErlane, the most terrible of local gangsters and nicknamed The Grinning Killer,” died quietly in hospital today from pneumonia. His friends are holding an Irish wake over the body. McErlane is credited with inventing the one way
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      NOT KIDNAPPED.
      153 26 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Litvinoff’s Disappearance From Geneva. Geneva, Oct. 7. The disappearance of the Uussi»„ Foreign Commissary, Litvinoff, froin’thl League capital had given rise to the sen sational rumour that the Commiasarv had been kidnapped, a version which is in •directly supported by the refusal in th.I Russian delegation quarters
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      THE NEW SULTAN.
      27 26 H.H. the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Abu Bakar, in Malay Volunteer Infantry uniform. The enthronement ceremony will probably be held in May next year.
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      NEW INSTRUMENT.
      59 26 —Aneta-Havas. Device to Ensure Safer Flying. Berlin, Oct. 8. Professor Carolus of Leipzig announced at a meeting of the Geophysical Society that he has invented an apparatus registering the smallest atmospheric movements, clouds, fogs, draughts, air currents, etc. He stated that the extreme sensitiveness of his instrument should
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      GOLD FROM INDIA.
      43 26 —Reuter. Continued Flow to The West. Bombay, Oct. 8. The flow of gold from India westwanl continues. Three liners are leaving 1 the week-end takng gold to the value »> Rs.6,401,000 to England, Rs.291,000 to Holland and Rs.12,099,000 to New York.
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      “WE MUST HAVE BREAD.”
      415 27 —Reuter. Fierce Police Battles With Crowds. THREE KILLED. Orgy of Looting And Destruction. Belfast, Oct. 11. > irfew order is being enforced better the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. in confluence of serious unemployment riots, resulting in 15 people having to be treated in
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      YO-YO IN FRANCE.
      149 27 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Forbidden by Army Authorities. Paris, Oct. 8. French artillerymen stationed at V meennes have been very naughty. They have been playing jo-jo (English yoyo!). This lamentable descent to childish games by such men as soldiers has horrified the army authorities and a regimental order has been
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      DOUBLE MURDER AT RODSALL MANOR.
      176 27 Tragedy At Home Of Lady Guillemard. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 11. The police now believe that the double tragedy at the home of Lady Guillemard, wife of a former Governor of the Straits Settlements, Rodsall Manor, Guildford, was not murder and suicide but
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      WAR PREDICTED.
      191 27 IS II1LC-I c.-'icu —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Clash Between U.S.A. And Japan. Moscow, Oct. 8. War between the United States and Japan is predicted by the Red Army’s central organ in a review of the international situation with special reference to the Manchurian question. The paper insists that Japanese recognition of
      IS II1LC-I c.-'icu ••• – – —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  191 words
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      CHEERS FROM PRESS.
      129 27 UCIIVIH J'l —Reuter Wireless. Unusual Demonstration At Geneva. Geneva, Oct. 7. An important League Committee has been electrified by an unusual demonstration from the Press beaches during the Lord Cecil in a speech had dwelt on the role of the Press in international relations and said false
      UCIIVIH J'l —Reuter Wireless.  -  129 words
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      OLYMPIA MOTOR SHOW.
      82 27 111 1119 uuv v* turers of many other countries.—British Wireless. Many Improvements in Body And Engine. Rugby, Oct. 6. Automobile experts from many countries are visiting the International Motor Show which opens at Olympia next Thursday and continues until Oct. 22. Many improvements in body and engine
      111 1119 uuv v* . ' ” turers of many other countries.—British Wireless.  -  82 words
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      BIG TREASURY BOND ISSUE.
      87 27 -Reuter. 4 1 2 Per Cent. Stock To Be Redeemed. London, Oct. 10. The Treasury is issuing £150,000,000 sterling of Treasury Bonds at par, redeemable 1935-1938 and hearing interest at two per cent. The holders of 4 Vfc per cent. Treasury Bonds, the redemption of which
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      DISARMAMENT.
      285 27 Reuter. to lead to a fruitful settlement.—Reuter Wireless. Start of Anglo-U.S. Talks. Paris, Oct. 10. It is announced that the French Premier, M. Herriot, is definitely going to London in connection with the disarmament pourparlers, either on Wednesday or Thursday. Series of Conferences. London, Oct. 10. Mr. Norman Davis
      Reuter.; to lead to a fruitful settlement.—Reuter Wireless.  -  285 words
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      HUPEH PROVINCE.
      88 27 ions wouia rex, —Union Times. Marshal Chian# Promises Return to Normal. Shanghai, Oct. 11. Addressing a meeting held at Wuchang, on the Yangtse River opposite Hankow, yesterday in connection with the Double Tenth celebrations, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek gave details of the success which has attended the efforts of
      ions wouia rex, —Union Times.  -  88 words
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      OTTAWA AGREEMENTS.
      60 27 —British Wireless. “Secret” Agreements to Be Published. Rugby, Oct. 8. It is understood that those portions of the Ottawa Agreements which have so far remained secret will be published next week, probably on Thursday morning. The Cabinet will hold one or two meetings in London during the week
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      INSULL COMPANY’S AFFAIRS.
      230 27 -Reuter. New Charges. ENORMOUS SUMS INVOLVED. New York, Oct. 11. Two debenture holders in Insull Utilities Investments have hied suits against the firm in the federal court. One is suing for recovery of securities in the concern held as collateral by Chicago banks. The other is seeking
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      GIANT ROCKET.
      141 27 instruments would remain intact. Reuter Wireless. To Rise 86 Miles: Only Reaches 45 Feet. Berlin, Oct. 6. The first test of an invention which the originator hoped would prove the forerunner of developments enabling a man to reach the moon in three or four days has proved a
      instruments would remain intact.—Reuter Wireless.  -  141 words
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      £1,750,000.
      55 27 —Aneta-JIavas. What Earthquake Cost New Zealand. Wellington, Oct. 7. In bringing forward the New Zealand Budget, Mr. G. W. Forbes told the Chamber that the Hawkes Bay earthquake had cost the Dominion Treasury £1,760,000. Mr. Forbes expressed confidence in the financial future of the country, although a deficit of
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      CENSORSHIP OF CABLES.
      79 27 Reuter. Bureaucratic Proposals At Madrid Congress. Madrid, Oct. 7. Considerable interest has been aroused at the Communications Congress by proposals by the Japanese, Australian and Czecho-Slovakian Governments, which, if passed, would bring under censorship all messages “if they contained matter prejudicial to the security of the country
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      RECOVERY OF THE DOLLAR.
      197 28 —Reuter. U.S. Panic and Hoarding The Only Danger. TEMPORARY SCARE. Gold Flowing Back To America. New York, Oct. 1ft. The stock market has again gone down sharply, losses of from one to six points i»eing numerous. The turnover was 2.000.000 shares.—Reuter. Dollar Recovers. New York, Oct.
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      GOLD MOVEMENTS.
      295 28 —Reuter Wireless. —Anota-T rans-Ocean. Russia Sends $200,000,000 To Berlin. Riga. Oct. 10. Specie aggregating nearly G$200,000,000 has passe<l from Moscow through the Latvian capital since last year en route to Berlin according to statistical data published by the Press. In this connection the newspapers reveal the extraordinary' precautions
      —Reuter Wireless.; —Anota-T rans-Ocean.  -  295 words
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      BOMB AT EMPEROR.
      43 28 .—Reuter. Korean Executed In Japan. Tokio, Oc<. 10. Li the Korean who threw a bamh at tlie Emperor of Japan on Jan. S last, ano who was sentenced to death on Sept. 30, was executed this morning at Ichigaya Prison.—Reuter.
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      PREFERENCES IN CEYLON.
      106 28 -Reuter. Grave Position of British Cotton Goods. London, Oct. 11. “The grave situation facing Great Britain’s principal export trade in Ceylon namely cotton piecegods,” in the face of a flood of Japanese goods at prices below the cost of production in European countries, was the subject of
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      FIRE ON STEAMER.
      138 28 hulk of the cargo was destroyed.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Destruction of Rubber And Copra. Hamburg, Oct. 7. A fire broke out on the l>oard the British freighter Glenamoy shortly after its arrival from the Far East with a cargo of copra and rubber. The port’s entire fire-fighting forces fought the
      hulk of the cargo was destroyed.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  138 words
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      TIMOR’S FUTURE.
      89 28 Not to be Ceded To Japan. London, Oct. 11. The Portuguese Foreign Office denies the report which has been circulated to the effect that Portugal is ceding her rights on Timor Island to the Japanese. The report created a stir in Australia. —Reuter. Timor has become well-known as
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      MOROS’ REVOLT.
      88 28 -Reuter. Thirty Killed in Fight With Police. Manila, Oct. 10. It is ascertained that 30 Moros were killed and many wounded in the fight with constabulary at Jolo. Preparations are being made for a punitive assault on the Moro village of Tayungan as soon as the women and
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      LARGE-SCALE ARRESTS
      117 28 —Reuter. Preparations for Revolt In Dalmatia. Belgrade, Oct. 9. Up to date 150 arrests have been made in Northern Dalmatia following the discovery by Yugo-Slav police of an alleged large-scale plot to arm the Croatian people preparatory to a revolution next spring. It is alleged that considerable quantities
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      LEAGUE LOANS.
      119 28 —Reuter Wireless. Defaults Cause Serious Position. Geneva, Oct. 7. Without debate, the Council adopted the resolution as a sequel to the British memorial drawing attention to the serious position of League loans, many of which are in default. Sir Austen Chamberlain was present unofficially. The resolution trusts that
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      LABOUR COLONIES.
      69 28 Work Without Pay In Hungary. Budapest, Oc'. 7. A group of deputies belonging to the Government clique have tabled a Bill to create national labour colonies. The Bill provides that every male Hungarian must serve a total of 240 days labour without payment at the behest of the
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      “BOURGEOIS PLOT.”
      70 28 —Reuter. Expulsion of Well-Known Communists. Moscow, Oct. 11. Twenty prominent Communists have been expelled from the Communist Party on the ground that they were members or accomplices of a counter-revolutionary group which attempted sub rosa to create a bourgeois and kulak (rich peasant) organisation aiming at the restoration
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      NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
      117 28 Sequel to Taiping Accident. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping 1 Oct. 7. A vediet of death caused by the culpably negligent driving of an Indian sais, Appadurai, was returned by the Taiping Coroner, at the inquest on an elderly Chinese who was run over and killed by a
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      JUST IN TIME.
      67 28 —Aneta-Havas. Russian Icebreaker Gets Clear of Ice. Moscow, Oct. 6. The iceberger, Sibiriskov, which had a damaged rudder and was being shut jn by ice, threatening to keep her all winter in the Arctic regions, has been carried into clear water by the strong current and has
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      “EGYPT’S” GOLD.
      84 28 —Reuter Wireless. Salvage Ship Recovers Another £70,000. London, Oct. 8. Specie to the value £70,000, being the fifth cargo recovered from the wreck of the P. and O. liner Egypt, was landed at Plymouth today by the Italian salvage steamer Artiglio. The latest haul, which is the outcome
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      LORD INCHCAPE’S WILL.
      160 28 suit in the forfeiture of benefits.—Reuter Wireless. Over £1,000,000 in Death Duties. London, Oet In sp'te of the shipping slump t| t of the late Lord Inchcape has been J 1 ed at £2,124,701 on which the duties will amount to over £100 (fro He bequeathed an
      suit in the forfeiture of benefits.—Reuter Wireless.  -  160 words
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      LIBERAL REUNION.
      78 28 Reuter. Hopes Dashed by Mr. Lloyd George. London, Oct. 10. Hopes of a Liberal reunion following on the resignations of the Liberal Ministers from the Cabinet have received a setback by Mr. Lloyd George’s refusal to attend the meeting in the Queen’s Hall, London, on Oct. 12 to
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      KELLOGG PACT.
      120 28 -Reuter. Consultation Among Signatories. London, Oct. 7. Lord Lytton, Sir Gilbert Murray. Lord Eustace Percy and members of the League of Nations Union executive committee have passed a resolution warmly welcoming Col. Henry L. Stimson’s acceptance of the principle that the BriandKellogg Pact, having as its sanction the
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      LEAGUE SECRETARIAT
      120 28 -Reuter Wireless. New Secretary-General To Be French Geneva, Oct. 8. The reorganisation of the League Secretariat, which has become a crucial matter owing to the impending retirement of the Secretary-General, Sir Eric Drummond, aroused agitated discussions at the specia committee, sitting in secret session until the early hours
      -Reuter Wireless.  -  120 words
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      MINE DISASTER.
      67 28 ,—Reuter. 19 Men Killed When Lift Crashes. London, Oct. 10. Nineteen out of 20 miners descending in a lift on morning duty at Plank Lane Colliery, Leigh, Lancashire, were killed when the lift suddenly crashed to the bottom of the pit.—Reuter. This is the first major colliery disaster
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      PLOT TO RESTORE MONARCHY.
      277 29 Remarkable Story From Germany. EX-CROWN PRINCE. Plan to Declare Him Regent. Berlin, Oct. 11. An extraordinary story of a Government plot to restore the monarchy is related by Vorwaerts. The paper declares that it can prove that the ex-Crown-Prince told friends that he, President von Hindenburg,
      —Reuter.; Reuter Wireless.  -  277 words
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      POWER SCHEME.
      31 29 France’s Hydro-Electric Works. Paris, Oct. 9. Fiance would present her new constructive plan for peace and progressive disarmament at Geneva as soon as certain indispensable information had been re-
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      TOKIO DENIAL.
      59 29 -Reuter. No Overtures Made To France. Tokio, Oct. 12. The Foreign Office categorically denies the report appearing in London papers to the effect that Japan has approached France with suggestions for entering into an alliance. The spokesman suggested that the report was probably a garbled version of recent
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      COTTON DISPUTE.
      48 29 -Reuter. Minister of Labour Intervenes. London, Oct. 11. The Minister of Labour, Sir Homy Betterton, has intervened in the cotton s pinning dispute and has invited the parties to meet in Manchester on Oct. 1.‘5 under the presidency of a representative <'t the Ministry of Labour.—Reuter.
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      VISCOUNT BYNG.
      32 29 Reuter Wireless. Promoted to Rank Of Field Marshal. London, Oct. 10. It is officially announced that Viscount pyittf has been promoted Field Marshal in succession to the late Viscount Plumer.
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      TREASURY BONDS.
      375 29 —Reuter Wireless. Cash Application List Closed Already. London, Oct. 11. Again the Government's financing p'ans have caused astonishment and admiration in financial circles which express the opinion that the new two per cent, issue of Treasury Bonds will command a ready demand as the supply of short-dated issues
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  375 words
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      CHINESE MONARCHY?
      51 29 Significant Statement In Tokio. Tokio, Oct. 12. Mr. Ting Shi-yuan (the private representative of Kmperor l*u-yi), who is at present in Tokio en route to Geneva is quoted as intimating that the formation of Manchukuo was merely a preliminary step to the restoration of the monarchy in China.
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      REST AND QUIETNESS.
      52 29 Reuter Wireless. Mr. Churchill Making Good Progress. London, Oct. 10. The doctors attending Mr. Winston Churchill say his progress continues to be entirely satisfactory but he will be for some time confined to his bed, needing rest and quietness. Mr. Churchill was able to leave the nursing
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      REX ARRIVES IN N. YORK.
      45 29 Reuter Wireless. Completion of Chequered Maiden Voyage. New York, Oct. 7. The new Italian liner Rex has completed her chequered maiden voyage, and arrived in quarantine this morning when she was welcomed by a gathering of prominent Italians and Americans.
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      LLOYD’S RETURNS.
      127 29 —Reuter. How Shipbuilding Is Hit By Depression. London, Oct. 11. The disastrous effect of the world depression on shipbuilding is strikingly revealed in Lloyd’s returns for the quarter ending Sept. 30. Some 901,007 tons were under construction in the world of which 238,433 tons were in the United
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      IRISH SWEEP.
      101 29 Identity of Up-Country Prize Winners. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Se.emban, Oct. 11. Khoo and Lees, the name on a ticket in the Irish Sweep which !vas won a £100 prize, cloaks the identity of Mr. Lee Jee Kian, proprietor of the Seremban Stores. Shares are held in the
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      BRENDA DEAN PAUL.
      78 29 Removed to Holloway From Nursing Home. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 11. Miss Brenda Dean Paul, who was sentenced last week to six months’ imprisonment on a charge of unlawful possession of morphine and also of attempting to obtain the drug has been removed from a
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      COUNTESS BEATTY.
      60 29 Fortunes Left to Sons And Husband. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 11. Countess Beatty, wife of Earl Beatty, the famous Admiral, who died in London on July 17, has left her husband and each of her two sons £200,000. Lady Beatty, who married Earl Beatty, in 1901,
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      SHARP RECOVERY.
      64 29 —Reuter. Rises on New York Stock Exchange. New York, Oct. 11. The stock market has recovered sharply gains of from three to five points being common. The turnover was 1,800,000 shares. —Reuter. A message of the previous day stated that the stock market had again gone down sharply,
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      PAYMENT SUSPENDED
      75 29 —Reuter Wireless. Bankers Unable to Meet Obligations. Berlin, Oct. 0. The Anth Schroeder Co., a firm of Hamburg hankers of over 70 years standing in which both British and American bnnks are interested, has suspended payment. Their difficulties are due to the impossibility to realise certain large landed
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      GROWING OPPOSITION TO LYTTON REPORT.
      146 29 of the lost territory in Manehuriu.—Sin Chew Jit Poh ami Sin Kuo Min. South China’s Attitude. VOLUNTEERS REPULSED ON N'ONNI RIVER. Shanghai, Oct. 12. The South West Provinces Political Council yesterday sent out circular telegrams strongly opposing acceptance of the l.ytton report. The Council ciiticises
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      “EAST IS EAST.”
      216 29 ed justice for over 100 years.—Reuter Wireless. Sir S. Jackson’s Warning About India. London, Oct. 10. A considerable advance in the self-gov-ernment of India in the near future was predicted hy the famous Kng.and cricketer, Sir Stanley Jack-ion, who until recently was the Governor of Bengal, when
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      TARIFF WALLS.
      106 29 Reuter Wireless. Poland Adds A Few More Bricks. Warsaw, Oct. 10. More bricks were added to European tariff walls today by publication of the new Polish TarifF Law which, while ostensibly giving some preference to British gools compared with German, increases duties from 10 to over 100 per
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      ORDERS FOR BRITAIN.
      69 29 —Reuter Wireless. Success of Copenhagen Exhibition. Copenhagen, Oet. 10. The most successful exhibition ever held in Copenhagen is the proud distinction achieved by the British Exhibition which closed last night. Apart from complimentary tickets, of which thousands were issued, .'120,000 prid for admission. It is impossible to
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  • Sporting News.
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      CRAIK WINS S.G.C. TITLE.
      661 30 Amazing Accuracy. FINAL FINISHES AT 26th HOLE. Those who followed the championship finalists on Sunday at the Singapore Golf Club felt very sorry for W. Eldred who was beaten 11 up and 10 to play by R. Craik, for the nature of Craik’s play was enough
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      VADE CUP.
      346 30 Autumn Cup For Best Net Score. The qualifying round of the Vade com-1 petition was played at Singapore Golf 1 C lub, Hukit I imfth, during the week-end. The best net score was H. B. Noon’s 70, who thereby wins the Autumn Cup. The following cards were returned,
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      CESAREWITCH RESULT.
      68 30 —Reuter. Nitsichin Wins. EASILY HOME BY* THREE LENGTHS. London, Oct. 12. The result of the Cesarewitch Stakes j run today at Newmarket was as follows: Mr. Kennedy’s NITSICHIN < Beery 1 8.9 1 Mr. Huston’s CHELMARSH <\V. Rickaby) 6.8 2 Lord Roseherv's SANDWIC H (H. Wragg) 9.5 3
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      STATE HOCKEY.
      250 30 Selangor Beat N.S. In Rain. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 8. In the first inter-State hockey fixture Selangor beat Negri at hockey by two goals to nil. The first half was played in fine weather but the ground was sodden after the heavy rain which fell
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      K.L. CLUB’S REPLY TO F.A.
      268 30 Players Who Signed Up With Several Clubs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 7. The disqualification of the Tamilian* Physical Culture Club in the Selangor Cup competition has evoked a reply from the club, whose secretary writes as follows The T.P.C.A. entered two teams
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      BRITAIN LEADS.
      110 30 -Reuter Wireless. International Tennis At Queen’s. London, Oct. 7. Results of the Queen's Club courts annual two-day match between the French International Club and the International Club of Great Britain, results were: Gandar Dower (Britain* beat Merlin, 6—2, 6—1. Gilbert (Britain) beat Ritchie (the latter playing for France),
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      HOME RUGBY.
      95 30 —Reuter. County Championship Matches. London, Oct. 8. The following' were the results of Rugby matches played today Rlackheath 6 Newport 13 Bridgwater 6 Leicester ill Bristol 20 Devon Servs. 4 Cambridge Un. 17 Old Leysians 2 Gloucester 3 Llanelly 18 London Irish 11 London Welsh IS London Scottish
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      29 30 —Reuter. Aberdeen’s Fine Win Over Cowdenbeath. London, Oct. 10. Reuter cables the following correction to the Scottish League (Div. Ii results on Saturday Cowdenbeath 0 Aberdeen 3
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      SELANGOR AUTUMN MEETING.
      463 30 Christie’s Success. ENJOYABLE SPORT ON SECOND DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct H There was an exce'lent attendance for the second day of the Selangor TurfV Autumn meeting, those present in,-,,^; H. H. the Sultan of Selangor Sultan of Perak, the aetinf Chief See~‘ tary
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      ARSENAL HELD BY DERBY.
      1339 31 —Reuter. Birmingham Win. |r,| \SGOW RANGERS KEEP! W ON WINNING. 1J London, Oct. 8. II The results of matches played today! ,|*e English and Scottish Leagues; Kvciv as follows:— II Fir«t Division. Arsenal 3 Derby County 3 Birmingham 2 Sheffield Wed. 1 Hi'hidsen 2 Middlesbrough 1
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      SELANGOR F.A. CUP SEMI-FINAL.
      136 31 Chinese Beat Malays Easily. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 8. Chinese A had their revenge for the League defeat when they won the Cup semi-final against the Malays “A” by four clear goals. Rain earlier in the day rendered the Stadium ground slippery, but
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      POLO TROPHY WON BY COLONY.
      198 31 Annual Fixture Marred By Rain. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 9. The Colony polo team won the Maeray Cup by four goals to three this afternoon in the annual match with the F.M.S. The Kuala Lumpur Polo Club, on whose ground the match
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      CHINA KING WINS AGAIN.
      197 31 Duke of York Handicap At Kempton. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 8. The Duke of York Handicap, over 1VI miles, was run at Kempton today and resulted as follows Mr. A. J. Smith’s CHINA KING (Graves) 7.11 I Mr. G. Lambton’s PRICKET (Weston) 8.4 2
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      HENRY COTTON FOR BELGIUM.
      161 31 —Reuter. Highest Fee Paid To British Pro. London, Oct. 6. The famous professional, golfer, Henry Cotton, who has been engaged as professional at Langley Park, London, for seven years has resigned for the purpose of taking up an appointment with the Waterloo Club, Belgium. The fee
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      DRASTIC ACTION.
      82 31 Tamils Disqualified From Selangor Cup. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 6. Local football circles are discussing the action of the Selangor Football Association in disqualifying the T.P.C.A. in the senior division < f the Selangor Cup competition for playing three unregistered players last Saturday. It s
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      M.C.C. TOURISTS.
      87 31 Router. Good Score Against Them In Colombo. Colombo, Oct. 8. When the M.C.C. cricket tourists arrived in Colombo on the s.s. Orontes en route for Australia they selected a team to play a one-day match with an AllCevlon XI. The home side batted first and declared after scoring
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      PUBLIC SERVICES WIN.
      760 31 Rival Scrum Halves Shine. (By Our Rugby Correspondent) The meeting of the two local clubs is always a close airair and Saturday produced another stern battle which resulted in the Public Services R.F.C. defeating the S.C.C. by 13 points (two goals and a try) to 9 points
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      27 31 -Reuter. Notts. County Draw With Bury. London, Oct. 6. In a Second Division match played today, Notts County drew with Bury, each side scoring twice.—Reuter.
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      S.T.C. YEARLING SCHEME.
      349 32 29 Horses Arrive. DRAW ARRANGED FOR FRIDAY. The 29 Australian horses bouKht under the Singapore Turf Chib yearling scheme arrived on Monday by the Nieuw Zeeland, rnd the draw will take place at the Thomson Road stables at 5 p.m. on Friday. Carefully selected at the spring
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      GLOUCESTERS LOSE TO CHINESE.
      337 32 HARD-FOUGHT GAME AT STADIUM. Chinese ..2; Gloucesters 1. The Chinese only just managed to defeat the Gloucestershire Regiment in a charity match at the Anson Road Stadium on Friday, obtaining victory by a goal with almost the last kick of a hardfought game. The proceeds of
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      INTER-PORT ROWING REGATTA.
      406 32 Miri’s Second Visit To Singapore. I The inter-port Rowing Regatta will be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, when the Mur Rowing Club will be the guests of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, i The principal race will be that for the I Intel -port Challenge Cup for
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      SHIRAZEE CUP.
      327 32 Bateman Wins Island Club Competition. The Shinazee Cup competition at the Island Club resulted in a win for C. A. R. Bateman who defeated E. Uo in the final. Full details of the competition are as follows: First Round: F. Uo beat E. Yean Bee 1 up. Lee
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      ISLANDS SHOW GOOD FORM.
      286 32 Public Services XV Outplayed. P.S.R.F.C. 0 Islands 14 pts. The Islands Rugby XV proved much too pood for Public Services’ XV at Dunearr* Road on Tuesday, and ran off winners by 1*1 points (a goal and three tries) to nil. The score does not reflect the
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      SINGAPORE RACES.
      286 32 Six Days’ Sport In November. The programme of the November meeting ai the Singapore Turf Club—the last professional meeting to be held on the old racecourse—has now been issued. The dates are Friday, Nov. 11, Saturday, Nov. 12, Wednesday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. ID. There will he
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      NEW CHAMPION.
      36 32 —Reuter. Johnny King Wins Bantam Title. Manchester, Oct. 10. For the British lmntamweiKht championship and a Lonsdale Belt Johnny Kins (Manchester) outpointed Dick Corbett (London), the holder, in a fifteen rounds contest here today.—Reuter.
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      PUBLIC SERVICES WIN AGAIN.
      299 32 S.C.C. Tournsihfni CAIRNS CARRIED OFF NEAR END Public Services 19pts; A.P.C. and I 3 Fresh from their defeat of the Vrv on Saturday, the Public Sendees did experience much difficulty in beatiJ, A.P.C. and I. by 19 p U tw tries, and one penalty goal) to
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      BOXING IN IPOH.
      78 32 Chai Lai Wins in Six Rounds. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Oct. 10. A contest between Chai Lai. 7.5. an<: Ma» imuttu, S, was the chief event of thboxing programme staged here. Scheduled for ten rounds, it went only six when the Indian’s seconds threw in th»
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      M. W. TATE.
      38 32 —Reuter. Proceeding Immediately To Australia. London, Oct. H. Maurice W. Tate, the Sussex bowk has completely recovered from i nervous breakdown and is proceeding n Australia immediately to join the M 1 cricket tourists. —Reuter.
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      D. R. HARPER.
      57 32 S.C. C. Fullback Will Play. Rugby enthusiasts throughout will be glad to learn that D. R. last year’s captain of the S.C.C. and of the finest fullback in the count! > be playing again this year. He will make his first appearance 101 the S.C.C. against the
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      M.C.C. TOUR.
      49 32 Dates of Five Test Matchi* Against Australia. The dates of the five Test match* be played by the M.C.C. team in Au < are as follows Dec. 12.—First match, at Sydney. Dec. 30. Second match, Melbourne. Jan. 13.—Third match, Adelaide. Feb. 10.—Fourth match, Brisbane. Feb. 23.—Fifth mntch, Sydney.
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      49 1 General Rubber Situation 1 Singapore Tin Prices 1 The Singapore Auction 1 Malaya Tin Statistics 1 London Tin Market 1 Share Market Home and American Stocks 1 Malaya Rubber Statistics 2 Bukit Jelotong 2 Mambau Tin London Share Prices 4 Trade and Finance 4 Stocks and Shares 4
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      71 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices > d. Date L’don S’pore Oct. Nov. Dec. Oct. >1 7 0 16 74 7 11/16 7 2‘* 74 711/16 7% 713/16 s 7>w 7 9/16 7\ 7 11/16 10 2 7 16 T\ 7 7 16 74 7
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      21 1 Oct. 6 Tin. S’pore Price $76.87 per picul. 7 77.25 s 76.874 10 76.124 11 76.25 12 77.00
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      124 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.091st auction on Oct. 12. when there was catalogued 1,51 o,765 lb. or 675.79 tons offered 1.449,149 lb. or 646.91 tons sold 1,314,923 lb. or 587.02 tons. Spot. London 1 13 32d. New York 34 cts. PRICES REALISED.
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      103 1 Foreign imports of tin ore during the month of September, 1932. Country of origin. Tons. Burma 232 Netherlands India Banka and Billiton 870 Singkep 62 Other places 2 French Indio-China 196 Japan 75 Siam 1,385 Tanganyika 7 Union of South Africa 105 Total 2,928 Note Tons. 1.
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      PALM OIL PRICE.
      36 1 A cable received by Cumberbatch and a io 1Ves k° n don prices of palm oil at The market is steady. The Quotation is made on the basis of 18 per f.f.a., Liverpool.
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      643 1 [Straits Times Copyright Reproduction Rights Reserved.! A Violent Plunge Downwards. TO BE FOLLOWED BY A RISE (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 14. The very sharp reaction in cotton, and the break in the New York share market had the inevitable reflection in commodities, and after standing
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      SHARE MARKET.
      533 1 Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co’s report, dated Oct. 12, states: In the absence of any s|>ecia! features in the local share market, there is very little change in either sentiment or quotations to report. Commodity markets have experienced an easier tendency during the week, and
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      296 1 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 11. Closing quotations today of the principal British and American stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to tha price of Oct. 0. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or r Fall Conversion Loan
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      558 2 OCEAN SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER, INCLUDING LATEX. REVERTEX AND CONCENTRATED LATEX, DURING THE MO? u OP SEPTEMBER, 1932. PRELIMINARY RETURN. Sheet and Crepe. Latex, Concentrated Latex, Revertex. Total. Tons. I s Tons. Transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Straits Malay Export Straits Mal-y Grand Name of Port.
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      BUKIT JELOTONG.
      309 2 The twenty-second yearly report of the directors to the shareholders of Bukit Jelotong Rubber Estates, Ltd., for the year ended May 31, 1932, states:— The loss for the year, after providing #2,471.58 for depreciation on buildings etc. amounts to $7,119.74, to which has to be added the debit
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      SEPT. RUBBER RETURNS.
      313 2 Alor C.ajuh.- 30,200 lb. Anglo-Johore Consolidated. —31 i, v Arras Estate.—5,500 lb. m ,b Ayer Punas. —82,500 lb. Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.).—91,000 lb fientaj—42,000 lb., (72,370 lb) Buloh Kusap.— 55,000 lb., (6600a Badek.-35.000 lb. )h > Brad wall (F.M.S.).—20.000 lb Bukit Kubu. —18,000 lb. Baling.—38,700 lb. Bata .Mutang.—5,500
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      BATANG PADANG.
      141 2 The directors’ report of Batang Padang Co., Ltd., for the financial year ended June 30, 1932, states The revenue from tin ore was $50,772.07; the revenue from tin quota receipts was $2,155.03; and the revenue from gold dust was $73,418.37, leaving a balance at the $64,093.37. To this
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      COPRA MARKET.
      36 2 Barlow and Co. report as follow* (,r Oct. 6 t This market has maintained a H u tone throughout the past week. Olosn k quotations are :—Sundried $5.80 lU picul mixed $5.25 per picul.
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      MONTHLY CROP RETURNS—ANALYSIS OF COMPANIES INCREASING AND DECREASING OUTPUTS. JULY, 1932 AS COMPARED WITH JULY, 1931.
      525 3 COMPANIES INCREASING OUTPUT. COMPANIES DECREASING OUTPUT. TOTAL July* 1982 on July J >2.) July 1932 on Jul/, 1931). 11 ritorj' .Jlfy* July July. July July Net No. of Coe. ly.U. 1932. Increase. No. of
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      224 3 MONTHLY RETURNS OF COLONY STOCKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS. SEPTEMBER 30. 1932 IN TONS. (AS DECLARED). A. DEALERS* STOCKS. DRY CREPE WET TOTAL Total dry RSS. U.S.S. Estate Reniill WET Scrap DRY DRY rubber aa Crepe Blanket Lump WET estimated AREA Bark SHEET and WET by dealers.
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      MAMBAU TIN.
      348 3 lhi> report of the director? of Mnmbau l in Ltd., to be presented at the twelfth annual general meeting of the company on Tuesday, Oct. 25 states:— during the year, the small block of just over one acre, referred to at the last general meeting was duly acquired
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      SEPT. TIN RETURNS.
      371 3 Hong Fatt. 414.81 piculs. Siong Tin (F.M.S.). .171 piculs. Asam Kumhang.— Hours run 344, cu. yds. treated 6:1,000, total piculs 543.45, net value $36,193.00, working costs $11,027.87. Punguli Tin Dredging.— Hours run 538, cu. yds. treated 176,000 total piculs 1,186, net value $57,598.00, working costs $22,883.20. Kinto.
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      Trade and Finance.
      276 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, October 12. SELLING. 4 months’ s ght 2'3 31/32 London, 3 months’ t 2 3 15/16 London, GO days’ sight 2/3 20 32 London, 30 days’ sight 2/"3% London, demand 2/3 27 32 London, T.T. 2 3 13/10 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,010 Hamburg,
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      Stocks and Shares.
      818 4 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. it S Sinynporo, October 12. MINING. Issue V»l. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumhany 26/* 28/£1 £1 Austral Malay 18/* 20/5/- 5A Ayer Hituni Tin IB/- 18/£f £1 llanyrlft Tin 14/- 16/£1 £1 Batany Padany 0.05 0.10 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      207 4 Domestic Production (as ascertained by exports from Federate! Mulay States, Unfederated Malay States, end Straits Settlements) of Tin, and Tin-m-ore aV 72 per cent., during the month of September, 1932. Tons. Tons. Federated Malay States 2,075 Cnfederated Malay States— Johore 19 Kedah 12 Perlis 30 Kelantun nil
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES SEPT. 26.
        615 4 Abaco (£1) Allagar (2 > /74; Amherst (2*) I; Anglo-Malay (£1) 8/; Ayer Kuning (£1) 13/9; Bagun Serai (£1) 9/32; I’thru (Sel.t (2 I'3; Banteng (£1) B'9; Bat’ng (’ns. (2/ 4Va; Batu Caves (£1) 9 '44; Batu Tiga (£1) 7/6; Uekoh (2 /44; B’nang (2/)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES OCT. 12.
        701 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall Company Co. Evatt. 454,175 1 Nil for year 29-2*32 Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 216.779 1 Nil for year 30-9 31 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.40 439,125 1 Nil for year
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      BATU LINTANG.
      269 4 The thirteenth report of the directors of Batu Lintang Rubber Co. t Ltd., for the financial year ended June 30, 1932, states The gross profit for the year was $11,940.28, to Which falls to be added the balance brought forward from last account, $56,850.84, making $68,791.12. The directors
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