The Straits Budget, 10 November 1932

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    30 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STItAJTS TIMES kS rABLJSUKD NEARLY A CENTURT.I No. 3,900 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1932. Price 2.» cents (S.S. Currency) or 7<i
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    CONTENTS.
    377 1 LEADERS Page Cheap Transport 3 Subtlety Rewarded 3 u Time for Politics 3 The American Election 3*4 The Great Problem 4 An Oversight 4 Occasional Notes 6-6 Telegrams, Reuter and Special Covering Past Week's News 21-29 Pictures P**rak Befit Negri Sembilan 17 Splaneor Beat Penang 17 Inter-State Hockey 18
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL
    1660 1 Mr. C. C. Hansen, one of the managing •‘‘lectors of the East Asiatic Co., Ltd., has T, eon on a visit to the branches in the .asi. Mr. Hansen was stationed in ln crapore in the early years of the and afterwards was in Manchuria. Mr. Justice
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    RESCUE OF CAPT. VON. GRONAU.
    1002 2 Singapore Interview. KLYING-BOAT IN A ROUGH SEA. In the possession of Capt. II. W. Wells of the h.h. Karagola is a handsome silver salver. Engraved in the centre is a miniature German Hying boat. Around this are the words, “To Capt. Wells, m«b. Karagola, zur
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    EUROPE HOTEL.
    50 2 Special application was made by Mr. E X. Taylor, Assistant Official Assignee, in the Supreme Court on Monday to have Mr. J. Crawford appointed special manager of the Europe Hotel Ltd., in place of Mr. H. R. Waring, who is seriously ill. An order in terms was made.
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    THE BACK BADGE CUP.
    250 2 This solid silver challenge cup wa< presented to the Singapore Volun teers turps f>y t?ie officers, warrant and non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist Bn., the Glouces tershire Kegt. Every man in the Battalion subscribed towards this trophy. On the reverse side of cup is
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    GANG ROBBERY ON HIGH SEAS.
    258 2 Junk Hoarded by Men With Blackened Faces. The story of a daring armed gang robbery on the high seas lies behind the arrest of three Chinese who appeared before Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Third Magistrate, on Nov. 3, on that charge The case,
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    A MALAY’S WILL.
    600 2 Shares in Wakab Fund Allocated. The allocation of certain shares in Wakab fund under the will of a 2.1 named Syed bin Mchained bin au®*? Alsagoff was decided by Mr. Beckett Terrell in the course of a Sun.I, 11 Court judgment on Tuesday. His Lordship said: This
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    HAIR BURNT.
    73 2 Wife of Police Inspector Taken to Hospital. I An accident occurred at Maison Oscki. hairdressers, Stamford Rd., on Monday. a*< the result of which Mrs. Dale, wife of Inspector D. W. Dale, S. Police, was taken to the General Hospital! in an j ambulance where she received attention
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    BANGKOK CELEBRATES.
    49 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 7. Preparations for th* King's birthday tomorrow are complete and the town lx-flagged and illuminated. It was at fn' sl the intention on the score of economy t° have no illuminations, hut the Govern men persuaded His Majesty to withdraw ermmand.
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  • The Straits Budget
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      CHEAP TRANSPORT.
      1106 3 c in an —Straits Times, Nov. 3. ,j er of this column probably feel thev are entitled to ask for at least tra xV K rest from those hard woikel l ic*Vt< decentralisation and the custom: ?U n The writer is in entire agreement U ah that view,
      c . in an —Straits Times, Nov. 3.  -  1,106 words
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      SUBTLETY REWARDED.
      1049 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 4. Of all the subtle moves made by Japan m her campaign of international brigandage in Manchuria, perhaps the most successful—even more so than the complete seizure of a vast amount of territory to which she has no lawful claim—has been the manner in which
      —Straits Times, Nov. 4.  -  1,049 words
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      NO TIME FOR POLITICS.
      809 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 5. Before Sir Samuel Wilson commences his main task in Malaya next week it is necessary to appreciate the bearing of the F.M.S. Retrenchment Commission’s report upon the decentralisation policy. The Commission, of course, confined itself to the next five years, whereas the
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      THE AMERICAN ELECTION.
      808 3 —Straits Times, Nov. 7. When the sound and fury of the American presidential election which reaches its climax tomorrow is stuided in the light of the ,/orld economic situation It is difficult to avoid a mood cf cvnical amusement at the futilities of politicians and the helplessness
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      THE GREAT PROBLEM.
      997 4 ,—Straits Times, Nov. 8. Hunger marchers have converged on London and left again after doing amazingly little damage. The innate good sense of the British people prevented spasmodic disorder developing into organised rioting, and a few broken shop windows and overturned motor-cars formed all there was to
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      AN OVERSIGHT.
      1127 4 Ox... "4 i,. -rr-.... b a I. —Mraits limes, Nov. <.i Tomorrow, that for which Malaya has longed with growing intensity for several months will come to pass with the arrival at Penang of Sir Samuel Wilson. His first public engagement will take place when he lunches with
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    JUDGMENT FOR $100.
    228 4 Wrongful Detention of A Motor-Car. Judgment for $100 was entered by Mr Justice a Beckett Terrell in the Supreme ourt on Tuesday in *he case in which Messrs. Italasia were sued by Mrs. Emily Spencer for damages for wrongful detention of her Fiat car which she had
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    SHOPHOUSES RAIDED.
    82 4 C hinese Gang In Selangor Village. (From Our Own Cm respondent.! Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 7 A particularly bold robbery was carried out in the village of Sungei Way, on the load between Klang and Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday r.ight, when a pan? of Chinese, several of whom were
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    AN INNOVATION.
    72 4 Tamils Pulling Rickshas In Malacca. (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Malacca, Nov. 7. Tamils are now pulling rickshas for hire in Malacca. During the early par: of last week a Tamil ricksha puller wa. plying for hire on Banda Hilir Road, and the number has increased to three.
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    BIRTH
    19 4 TAN.—At their residence, No. 4, Tangl’ 1 on November 2, to Dr. and Mrs. S. H. a daughter.
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      89 4 NOTICE All communications for both the Times and the Straits Budget should uddressed to the Head Office, Cecil a" Stanley Streets, Singapore, Straits Seiti ments. T’ne post free price of the Straits Tim&lt; s the United Kingdom and foreign count m is $48 a year. The post free price of
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    11 4 DEATH STRACHAN—Molly, wife of J. r&gt;: Strachan in London, November f&gt;.
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      DEVELOPMENT?
      212 5 inu "vi z, aviation development.—Straits Times, Nov. 3. M w Hartley, Municipal President, nvossed' surprise at the Rotary Club e 7‘ tin&lt; r yesterday at Group Captain r i-ann's ‘references to the development r ation in Malaya and he left eonSneed that it would be news to many of
      inu "vi • »« – —— z, — aviation development.—Straits Times, Nov. 3.  -  212 words
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      PRAISE FOR SUNGEI BULOH.
      271 5 W I UIIV4 UK' Straits Times, Nov. 8. The latest number of the leprosy Review. a quarterly journal published by the btitb’i&gt; Empire Leprosy Relief As*oeiation. reproduces a description of the centra! leper settlement of the Federated Malay States which appeared in the Straits Times several
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      HIGHLANDS REPORTS.
      430 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 3. I’ l the Federal Council this week Mr. Bailey elicited the information 'uit samples of Malayan hill-country tea in, l. Co!^&gt;e grown at the Government experiment station at Tanah Rata are now the hands of trade interests, and valuations should be forthcoming before very
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      SIR JOHN’S “PUDSA’!”
      179 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 4. The truth about Pudsey, which, lik? Wigan, used to be the butt of all national humorists, will appeal to members of the Yorkshire Society of Malaya since the name of Scott is well known in that district of Leeds. Pudsey is now a
      —Straits Times, Nov. 4.  -  179 words
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      THE ROSS INSTITUTE.
      251 5 it will certainly he forthcoming.—Straits Times, Nov. 4. Sir Ronald Ross died last month, and the Press of the United States, France and Germany, as well as, that of the British Empire, bore tribute to his great work for humanity. How Sir Ronala Ross was worried by
      it will certainly he forthcoming.—Straits Times, Nov. 4.  -  251 words
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      A POSITIVE PUZZLE.
      355 5 -Straits Times, Nov. 4. A perplexed reader in Kuala Lumpur wants to know how we managed to monkey about with the pictures of the ceremonial opening of the Federal Counci 1 published in Wednesday’s Straits Times He draws attention to the fact that the pictures showed His
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      MANPOWER IN THE F.M.S.
      131 5 Jlst July, 1932 7"»6.—Stiaits Times, Nov. 5. A number of men who have held aloof from the volunteer movement in Malaya hitherto have been joining up in recent months, as a result of the steady wastage of trained men consequent upon retrenchment, but there are many
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      IN 1882.
      142 5 —Straits Times, Nov. 5. ‘‘Circuses, ***** entertainments, eminent tragedians, charming lady vocalists.” This is the picture of Singapore conjured up by an extract from the files of the Straits Times published on another page of this issue. And it is not from the time of booms and hectic
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      A PARK PROSPECTUS.
      439 5 -Straits Times, Nov. 5. The local investing public has just been offered a proposition with interesting possibilities. All the amusement parks onened in Malaya up to now have been financed, unless we are mistaken, by individual capitalists or private syndicates, 1 ut Kuala Lumpur, which h.is at
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      TONELESS CITIES.
      134 5 TONELESS CITIES —Straits Times, Nov. 7. I cannot help thinking that there was more real happiness in the simple out-station life of my early days than there is in the Uistling towns of modern Malaya wrote nn old F.M.S. resident recalling memories of two years in n remote corner of
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      WHEN KISSING WAS FASHIONABLE.
      189 5 ,7 V HIIVII lII* Straits Times, Nov. 7. If kissing is really dangerous, as tho Medical Officer for Health for Newcastle suggests, then England must have suffered severely when she had a reputation a* a kissing nation. Erasmus was in raptures over the English habit, “praiseworthy
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      “LAUGH THIS ONE OFF.”
      249 5 has seen the Taj Mahal !—Straits Times, Nov. 7. Malaya is grateful for all the “boosts” it can get these days, and the management of the F.M.S. Railways is alwayn particularly anxious to make its attractions known. YV’e are glad, therefore, to publish the following striking
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      HOME BY ZEPPELIN.
      232 5 -Straits Times, Nov. 7. Decidedly interesting is the from Berlin that Commander Eckener intends to visit the Dutch East Indies to Ltudy the possibility of starting a Zeppelin service between Amsterdam and Batavia. The almost clockwork regularity with which the service between Berlin and South America has
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      BEHIND—AND BELOW!
      186 5 ,—Straits Times, Nov. 8. Why all this delay over the establishment of the Kngland-Austra'ia air ma 1 Just when one had hopes that the difficult* ies had been overcome and that the Imperial Airways route as far as Karachi would be extended to Singapore, to meet a service
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      SHANGHAI—A WARNING.
      243 6 t ion w r w grim and searching winter. —Straits Times, Nov. 8. It is thankless business to tell men out of employment that they would be illadvised to go farther East in search of work, but under the conditions at present prevailing along the China Coast the
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      AN ALL-CONSUMING HATE.
      273 6 Straits Times, Nov. 8. Tomorrow, thanks to the egregious folly of that fanatical “friend of Ireland” Eamon de Valera, Irish farmers will have to face a duty of 40 per cent, on all live animals sent to Great Britain and a 30 per cent, duty on dairy
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      VERY VALUABLE.
      240 6 Stiaits Times, Nov. 9. The rapid return air visit to England on business which Mr. Benjamin Tallala begins on Saturday is quite the most romantic commercial venture in Malaya’s history. Think of it: eight or nine days after leaving Alor Star this enterprising business man from a remote
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      A FINANCIAL CONTRAST.
      378 6 —Straits Times, Nov. 9. Discussion is continuing in the F.M.S Press as to whether the High Commissioner was justifie 1 in drawing a comparison in the Federal Council between the finances of the Federation and those of Johorc and Kedah, but the Stiaits Times maintains it j
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    “ SHOCKING LIBEL ” ON FAMOUS ACTOR.
    107 6 SHOCKING LIBEL ON FAMOUS ACTOR. Heavy Damages to Sir Gerald Du Maurier. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 5. A settlement has been announced in the High Court ease in which the Sunday Express admitted publication of what Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, described as a shocking libel on
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    UNEMPLOYED MARCHERS.
    124 6 —British Wirelefljp. Help Given By Railway Companies. Rugby, Nov. 5. Two thousand unemployed marchers, who came to London to hold demonstration meetings ten days ago, left for their homes today by train. The railway companies had undertaken to transport them at exceptionally low fares of three miles for
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    HITLERISM DECLINES.
    612 6 .V... wnjri, vu mici III me COIlIUd HOO restore law and order.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. But Election Results In Stalemate. Berlin. Nov. 7. A definite decline in Hitlerism, an advance towards Bolshevism among i workers, the aversion of the middle class to radicalism and the opposition of the great majority of
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    POLITICAL PASSION.
    51 6 —Reuter. Berlin, Nov. 3. Public meetings either within doors or in the streets are prohibited between election day on Nov. 6 and Nov. 19. President von Hindenburg in a decree states that the object is to allow political passions to calm down and give'the police a well earned
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    TRUSTEES ACTED INNOCENTLY.
    483 6 Penang Claim. COMMITTAL TO PRISON NOT GRANTED. (From Our Own Correspomknt.) Penang, Nov. s In the Supreme Court today Mr. .Iu*tictPrichard delivered judgment in the motion in which Mr. F. G. Pooley, on behalf of Rosie Ekaireb and her four children, sked for leave to issue a
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED
    190 6 List Of Donations During October. The donations received by the European Unemployment Committee in October were as follows:— Government Contribution, F.M.S. S3,954.21, Ex-Services Association ot Malaya 1,453.68, Incorporated Society ot Planters 776.43, Clubs 2,673.32, Mr. G. E. Tiale 25, Mrs. C. M. Berkeley 10, Dr. VV. J. Dixon
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    BROKERS’ CLERK CHARGED.
    1956 7 Assizes Hearing. \l|{ JULIAN ISRAEL IN WITNESS-BOX. v'ni'thei' evidence *.is led *&gt;y the Crown H Assies on Tuesday before Mr Jus- Whitley in the ease in which Khor J! 1 1 0uee formerly hock-keeper and genr*n,* sedSary of Julian Israel, the wellSingapore broker, is standing his 7,1
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    £400 AIR TRIP.
    185 7 Malaya-London and Back In Three Weeks. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 8. For the first time in the history of Malaya a resident of this country is to go to England and back in three weeks. This pioneer of rapid travel is Mr. Benjamin Talalla,
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    “SPIRIT OF FUN.”
    72 7 Karachi, Nov. 7. The aeroplane Spirit of Fun, in which Mr. Arthur M. Loew is flying to Johannesburg. arrived here this morning and will leave for Gwadur, Baluchistan, the afternoon. —Reuter. Mr. I ,oew is vice-president of the Metro Goldwyn Meyer Company, and is making a world
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    FATALITY AT NAVAL BASE.
    355 7 Coolie Who Did Not Keep A Look-Out. Failing to stand sufficiently clear from a loaded skip as it swung back, a Chinese coolie, engaged in excavation work at the Naval Base, was struck on the side of the head and rendered unconsciousHe died in the Naval
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    CAPT. A. P. GOLDMAN.
    210 7 Farewell Dinner To S.V.C. Officer. Over 150 guests and members wtr.i present at the farewell dinner given by A (Machine Gun) Company of the S.V.C. to their captain, Mr. A. P. Goldman, who is shortly going on leave, at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. After
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    STREET FIGHT.
    90 7 Coolies Quarrel Over Work. A fight arose between 40 to 60 coolies in Market Street about 930 on Monday but there were no serious casualties. It appears that a gang of Hokkien coolies were engaged to do certain work in unloading and loading lorries. A rival faction tried
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      DUTIES WANTED.
      323 8 And An Industrial Singapore. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —His Excellency the Governor has awakened to the fact that he cannot run Cfith the hare and hunt with the hounds. About a year ago he addressed a largo gathering of citizens (merchants being conspicuous by
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      MAYORAL DIGNITY.
      305 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. .-»ir, —In bare justice to myself and the remarks I made at yesterday’s general meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, I must protest against your note of the Jay intituled Dignity.” I quoted the late Lord Curzon as having said that the
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      PUBLIC OPINION.
      1184 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —He who enters public life submits himself to the judgment of the people. This applies as well to the highest as to the lowest offices. The process of judgment is always in operation, and its effects are seen in the
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      SMART ACCOUNTING.
      148 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to “Exelites” letter of Oct. 29, I have also received a “very clever piece of work.” My account for September, which I received on Sept. 29, showed a debit balance of $23.8. A cheque for $5O was handed
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      EMPIRE MILK.
      100 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —At a meeting of the Johore Statu Council the Hon. Mr, B. J. K. Barton is reported to have said that so far as he is aware there is no milk of British origin obtainable in the State of Johore.
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      SIR GEORGE MAXWELL.
      605 8 To the Editor 0/ the Straits Times. Sir, —I recently published a list (taken at random from four consecutive copies of the F.M.S. Government Gazette) of 21 enactments, under which the British Residents in a few weeks’ time had exercised statutory executive powers, and I did so
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      H.E. & THE KUOMINTANG.
      691 8 H.E. THE KUOMINTANG. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I should like to contradict an untrue statement and challenge an unfair imputation made by Mr. Ward- Jackson m his attack upon Sir Cecil Clementi published in the Straits Times of Nov. 4. Tn this letter Mr. Ward-Jackson says
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      RHINOCEROSES AND RUBBISH.
      1661 9 To the Editor of the Strait- Time*.. Si/, —In your issue of Friday, Nov. 4, u? is an article referring to a cable from Reuter informing us that Mr. A. S. verney has been especially commissioned y the American Museum of Natural Hisory to secure a full
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      RETRENCHMENT.
      1247 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—ln the name of suffering humanity, when is this retrenchment farce going to end V On every hand one sees and hears of people going without food and shelter, begging, borrowing stealing and even selling their bodies to provide themselves and their
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      PUBLIC OPINION.
      380 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Mr. C. Ward-Jackson has very ably and deftly dealt with a certain trend of events of the last few years which has become now quite aggravating and exasperating. That the protest shoul i come from a European friend in the
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      THE NEW POLICY.
      549 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—If the letter of C. A. D. of Kuala Lumpur published in the Straits Time® &lt;if Nov. 1 is inspired, then it is an extraordinary document. It visualises nothing short of Defederation” and the future governance of Malaya as a
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      MORAL COURAGE.
      130 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I read in your columns a news item concerning a certain ex-estate manager who is now earning a living in London as a taxi-driver. If that is news, what will your readers say to the fact that in Bandoeng. there
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    214 10 Further Charges Preferred Against European. Further charges of cheating were mentioned in the case against two Europeans and two Chinese, who appeared before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, charged with cheating in respect of $1,500, a few’ days ago, when the case was transferred to
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    FOUND IN MINE.
    146 10 Ancient Buddha on Perak Property. An ancient bronze standing Buddha, together with ai throne for a seated Buddha, also made of bronze, was presented to the Perak Museum by the directors of Sungei Kinta Tin Dr.edging, Ltd., some months ago. This figure is of Gupta type and
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    46 10 (F I'omi Our Own Correspondent.) Nov. 7. Woon Chin, a clerk in a Chinese firm, was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment on each of two charges, the sentences to run concurrently, for criminal breach of trust of sums involving $222 amd $97.
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    CHANGI RIGHT OF WAY DISPUTE.
    1165 10 $1,200 Damages. JUDGMENT BY CHIEF JUSTICE. $1,200 damages, an injunction and costs were awarded Mr. H. Wolskel, a former Municipal Commissioner, by the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) in the Supreme Court yesterday in an action against A. Y. Abraham, described as a landowner. The
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    RUBBER CONTROL.
    71 10 Dutch East Indies Again Approached. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 4. The council of the Malayan Estate Owners Association has unanimously agreed to take steps to get into touch with oroDrietory rubber interests in the Dutch Cast Indies with a view to ascertaining whether they would
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    WORRIED OVER WORK.
    213 10 Suicide of Harbour Board Engineer. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Ncv. 5. A coroner’s inquiry into the ‘Jeath o* Mr. Gordon Wright. a J Board engineer, whose body was hanging in a godown of the H Board on Monday, was held today’ a verdict of “suicide while
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    UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT ASSIZES.
    1953 11 Hearing Stopped. I, KOR found to have AN INTEREST. Whin counsel tor the Crown was concluding his opening address to the i„ rv the Assizes before Mr. Justice Whirls on Monday in the case in which Vhor Teng Quee claimed trial on three counts of forgery,
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    VERY RARELY FALL.
    208 11 Fatal Accident In Quarry. “These men are like monkeys, they very rarely fall,” remarked the Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, on Monday, when referring to Chinese quarry coolies. He was holding an inquiry into the death of one who had fallen 60 feet while working on
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    LOCKED IN.
    203 11 Prisoners Who Were Overlooked. Overlooked when prisoners were being herded out of court six Chinese, including a woman and a year-old infant, were imnrisoned in the lock-up attached to the Third Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, and were not released until they were accidentally discovered by a peon on
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    ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE.
    488 11 I’roud of Help Given To Unemployed. “Thea.* cannot be anything seriously wrong with the Km pi re when you ran get, seated u round the same table Knglishmen, Scotsmen, Welshmen ami Irishmen discussing amicably how best to make the most money for the unfortunate unemployed,”
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    MISSING APPELLANT.
    187 11 Bailors Ordered To Pay $3,000. The sequel to an accused who failed to nut in an appearance when his appeal was about to be arpued was heard in the Supreme Court on Monday when the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) made an order estreating the bail of $3,000.
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    DISTRICT JUDGE AND INDIANS.
    388 12 Blithering Idiots." “LAUGHING STOCK OF THE COUNTRY.” Two Tamil Mohammedans ltad the mortification on Friday, of being termed blithering idiots and two &lt;dd fools before a gathering of their own countrymen, who also, although they were not in any way concerned in the case, except as
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    HOUSES SAVED.
    271 12 Good Work by Fire Brigade. What might have developed into a disastrous fire and the gutting of a large; number of attap and wooden houses was averted by the good work of the Singa- j pore Fire Brigade, on Monday, although they were called out rather late. Immediately
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    BANGKOK BAR.
    26 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 4. It is unofficially reported that a commission has been appointed to consider the deepening of the Bar.
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    STRANGE DEAFNESS OF SEVEN PEOPLE.
    752 12 I Woman Murdered They Did Not Hear! More than seven people were in a house J during the time a Tamil was murdering his wife and, according to medical evidence, a desperate struggle must base I been put up by the woman yet not one
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    HIS GOOD DEED.
    49 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 7. Low Bee Chong, a scout attached to the Banda Hilir English School group picked uj) a roll of five ten-dollar notes near the Post Office Savings Bank counter. He handed the money to the Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs.
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    IN THE CORONER’S COURT.
    342 12 Diver Who Was Bitten By A Shark. The Singapore Coi.mer, Mi*, F. G. .Bourne, held two inquiries on Friday ana in both returned a verdict of death by 1 misadventure. The first concerned the death of a &lt;&gt;0I year-old Malay diver who was bitten by j
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    FORGED I.O.Us.
    204 12 Six Months for Penang Money-Lender. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 4. Natha Singh, a jaga money-lender, was today convicted in the District Court on three charges of forgery, and sentenced to six months’ gaol. The case was heard before Mr. R. Moore, who was especially gazetted to
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    RASH DRIVING.
    80 12 Sequel to Death Of Kedah Officer. (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 1. The Council of Justice Public Prosecutor asked yesterday morning for Mr. Hendr ikse to be given four months’ rigorous imprisonment for rash driving of a motorear and thus causing the death of one of the
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    ASIATIC UNEMPLOYED IN SINGAPORE.
    366 12 ASIATIC UNEMPL OYED IN SINGAPORE. Urgent Need of Further Subscriptions. The Singapore Non-European r n ..m ployed Belief Fund is in urgent n M further support. Up to Oct. 15 the "nZ collections amounted to $21,512 a the balance in hand was $648.46, the lief given from January to June
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    COMMUNISTS IN F.M.S.
    137 12 Activities Cramped For Lack Of Funds. The activities of Communist organisations in the first part of the present year were cramped for l?ck of funds, yet they required careful watching. Sever successful raids a i Chinese branches vrere made during the half year, three in Perak, and
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    S. S. ASSOCIATION.
    121 12 Office Bearers Elected In Malacca. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. The annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements (Malacca) Association was held at the Malacca Club n Monday, with Mr. W. Munro in the chair. The election of office-bearers for 1 year resulted as follows Presiden
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3219 13 Sir Samuel Wilson's Visit—A Wholly Inadequate Months—Scurrying Through The Country—A Task For A Superman —The Problem In The F.M.S.— Realist Versus Idealist——Centralisation Or Balkanisation. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) IT i? already clear that either Sir Samuel Wilson will have to lengthen stay in
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    ADVOCATE TO SHOW CAUSE.
    307 14 Application to Strike Him Off the Roll. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 4. I&gt;i the Supreme court today Mr. R. D. Hume, on behalf of the Penang Bar Committee, made application in the matter of tin Courts Ordinance «nd I. A. Desoyza Siriwardene. Mr. Hume
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    “THREE WISE FOOLS' AT THE THEATRE.
    704 14 A.D.C. Production. SUCCESSFUL OPENING NIGHT. I'hco iott* I in !!«•&gt;• F. J. Kemlo Hichn.d Gaunt UoJ. M. I. II. Nichole.&lt;n Janie- Trumbull llui,h Denham .Mi Fairchild .Molly Chanen Mr*, .'-iuin.ders Mr*. U. Millard i Gordon Schuyler T. V.. Murray Mcnjaniin Sura*i A. It. pes
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    MALAYA’S CHAIN OF LANDING GROUNDS.
    744 14 Development. ADDRESS BY CAPTAIN JACKSON. In the course of an address to Singapore Rotary Club on ov Croup Captain A. H. Jackson touch* upon the development of flying Malaya, and pointed to the number i land ng greur.ds in the peninsula. The vice-president, Dr. Lim
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2258 15 London Directors And Wage Rates— Misunderstanding Of Malayan Factors— Chinese Reaction To Price Increases —An Inevitable Concession—Deepavali In The Slump—The Cameron Highlands Controversy—Are Commercial Interests Being Studied—Next Year's Quit Rents. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) a few weeks ago when the price of A rubber rose for a
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    SIR S. WILSON.
    278 15 Movements After Arrival In Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 3. Some details have now been made public of the first movements of Brig.General Sir Samuel Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, who is coming to Malaya to investigate local political and economic problems,
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    EUROPEAN INJURED.
    172 15 Fortunate Escape When Car Skids. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penangr, Nov. f&gt;. Mr. A. J. Drake, of the legal firm of Presgrave and Matthews, had a fortunate escape this morning while driving his motor-car along Farquhar Street near the E. and O. Hotel when the car skidded and
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    TEA AND COFFEE AT HIGHLANDS.
    643 16 Need for Trade Reports. IS A PRACTICAL PLANTER NECESSARY A number of questions relative to tea and coffee cultivation at Cameron Highlands were asked by the Hon. Mr. A. S. Bailey in the Federal Council on Oct. 31. In view of their interest to the
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    CAR RUNS ON RUBBER SPIRIT.
    269 16 l)r. Braddon Says It Is Successful. It was revealed at a committee meeting of the Negri Sembilan branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya that Dr. Braddon of Seremban had been running his motor-car successfully on spirit distilled from rubber. The hon. secretary informed the
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    PENANG MILLIONAIRE BANKRUPT.
    237 16 I Will File My Own Petition.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 4. On the application of Mr. H. MacNieoe on behalf of Mr. T. J. McGregor, Mi-. Lim Chin Guan, owner of a palatial .mansion, Homestead, in Northam Road and reputed to be one of the
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    KUOMINTANG IN F.M.S.
    76 16 Banishment of 6 Selangor Organisers. Excitement in Kuala Lumpur during the early part of this year is recalled by the following extract from the F.M.S. Review of Affairs: Action wins taken against the Selangor Branch of the Kuominto.ng which was feund to be still active in spite
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    JAGAS RECEIVE A JOLT.
    357 16 Debtors Assisted. local company adopt FIRM STAND. The Straits limes understands that if an experiment being carried out by one of the largest commercial houses in Singapore proves successful, the moneylending jaga may find his activities considerably curtailed so far as the clerical community are concerned.
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    SIR C. CLEMENTI.
    82 16 Now in Residence At Bel Retiro. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 5. H. E. the Governor arrived here from Kuala Lumpur by train this morning. The Government launch brought him across from Prai. The Resident Councillor and the Harbour Master received him at Victoria Pier, and
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    117 16 Mr. Windeatt To Remain As Mining Member. Mr. T. R. A. Windeatt, of the Ipoh firm of Osborne and Chappel Ltd., has been appointed a member of the Federal Council for three years wi;h effect from April of last year. Mr. Windeatt was originally appointed to t.he Council
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    COPRA SWINDLE APPEAL.
    782 16 Conviction Confirmed. TO GO TO PRIVY COUNCIL. Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell in o Supreme Court on Nov. 3. dismissed ai peul of Tuy Thye Joe against ’he sentence of four yeais imprisonment iir posed on him by the District Judge respect of three charges of cheating
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      TO A WHIRLWIND FINISH.
      345 21 —Reuter Wireless. jyjr. Roosevelt a Strong Favourite. PROHIBITION. Democrats Attack Import Tariffs. Washington, Nov. 1. Tin* Presidential election campaign is ning towards a whirlwind t»msh as v-ov S, polling day, approaches The two principal candidates), Mr. H.'ovcr (Republican) and Mr. Frank yn Roo'evelt (Democrat), are .lashing
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  345 words
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      FINAL ASSAULT.
      389 21 -Reuter. Wall Street Expects Success Of Mr. Roosevelt. New York, Nov. 3. leaders in the electoral fight have wniporarily retired behind the lines and !V 1 'iviiperating for the final assault, eM l a| ef lieutenants maintain persistent •'niping. 1'"Mowing the vigorous exchanges beHveen Senator Glass and Mr.
      -Reuter.  -  389 words
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      A Slight Slip.
      33 21 .—Reuter. New York, Nov. 3. The Socialist candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Norman Thomas, was so ausy electioneering that he forgot to register and consequently will be unable to vote.—Reuter.
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      AIR DISASTERS IN EUROPE.
      135 21 Reuter. -Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Two Machines Crash In Mountains. Berlin, Nov. 2. The pilot, wireless operator and three passengers in a Lufthansa aeroplane flying from Nurenburg to Frankfurt were killed when the machine crashed at Echterpful, in the Sposart mountains.— Reuter. Sudden Storm. Paris, Oct. 31. Two men
      Reuter.; -Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  135 words
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      THE FREE STATE.
      126 21 \&gt;I1 VIA lltRVv.-v.w.— —Reuter Wireless. Increased Prices of All Commodities. Dublin, Nov. 1. An increase in the number of unemployed in the Irish Free State from 30,000 to 88,000 during the past seven months will be one of the many difficult problems facing the Cabinet, w’hich has
      \>I1 VIA lltRVv.-v.w.— —Reuter Wireless.  -  126 words
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      THE ARGENTINE.
      82 21 ycut a —British Wireless. Prince of Wales’ Visit To be Returned. Rugby, Nov. X. Through the British Ambassador at Buenos Aires the British Government has expressed to the Argentine the gratification with which it learned of the Argentine Government’s intention to dispatch to London a special mission led
      ycut • a " —British Wireless.  -  82 words
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      QUIETEST SINCE THE WAR.
      628 21 Polling Day Incidents In Germany. LATEST FIGURES. Party Clashes in The Provinces. I Berlin, Nov. 7. The final provisional result of the general election is as follows :—Nazis 195 seat*, Socialists 120, Communists 99, Centre 70, German Nationalists 49, Bavarian People’s Party 18, German People’s Party
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      TRANSPORT STRIKE.
      138 21 —Reuter. Police Fire on Crowd In Berlin. Berlin, Nov. ti. 1 lu* I»us, tram and underground service was suspended at S p.m. after stones had l&gt;een thrown at the trams in the afternoon. The police were obliged to fire three times, blit there were no casualties save for
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      MR. BALDWIN.
      179 21 Reuter Wireless. Principal Speaker At Mayoral Banquet. London, Nov. 4. Mr. Baldwin will replace Mk*. Macdonald as the principal guest at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall on Wednesday. It was previously announced that, in deference to the urgings of his doctors, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will not
      — Reuter Wireless.  -  179 words
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      TREBITSCH-LINCOLN
      77 21 My Spiritual Rebirth.”—Aneta-T|ians-Ocean. Charge of Debt Brought At Cologne. Cologne, Nov. 5. Ghosts his past have risen up against the Buddhist monk Chao Kung, otherwise I. G. Trebitsch-Lincoln, who haa been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Dutch merchant. The latter alleges that the ad venturer still owes
      “ My Spiritual Rebirth.”—Aneta-T|ians-Ocean.  -  77 words
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      COMPTON MACKENZIE.
      74 21 Violation of Official Secrets Act. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 5. Proceedings under the Official Secrets Act have been instituted against Mr. Compton Mackenzie, the well-known author, as a result of the publication last week of “Greek Memories,” in which he gave certain details regarding the British
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      THOUGHT TO BE IN FLIGHT.
      165 22 Reuter. Sudden Departure of A Queen. MANY RUMOURS. Excitement in Central Europe. London, Nov. 4. All the Central European capitals are humming with rumours of impending developments in Yugoslavia, where the situation, growing worse during the past year, culminated in a ahinet crisis yesterday. Coincidently,
      Reuter.  -  165 words
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      SOVIET AID.
      308 22 —Reuter. Startling Sequel to London Riots. London, Nov. 4. Startling revelations of the alleged participation of the Soviet in efforts to stir up strife in Great Britain were mad? at Bow Street police court, when Sidney Job Eiias, described as chairman of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement, was
      —Reuter.  -  308 words
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      CAPT. HANS BERTRAM.
      80 22 underwent in the wilderness.—Aneta-Trans-Ocoan. To Fly From Sydney To London. Berlin, Nov. 1. Advice? from Sydney indicate that the German pilot Capt. Hans| Bertram, who aome months ago came to grief in the Australian hush, has recovered sufficiently to plun a flight from Sydney to London. Capt.
      underwent in the wilderness.—Aneta-Trans-Ocoan.  -  80 words
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      BRITAIN’S BID FOR PEACE.
      391 22 -Aneta-Havas. —Reuter. Aviation Control. DRASTIC SCHEME OF LIMITATION. London, Nov. 1. A big British disarmament gesture having a far reaching effect on the wor ds air forces is forecast by the Daily Mail. The foundations are understood to he the total abolition or seven* curtai.ment throughout
      -Aneta-Havas.; —Reuter.  -  391 words
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      3 PER CENT. LOAN
      218 22 British Wirelew. Oversubscribed in Three Hours. Rugby, Nov. 3. The subscription lists for the new £300,000,000, 3 per cent. Conversion Loan, which opened at 9 o’clock this morning were closed three and a quarter hoursi later. The loan has been largely oversbuscribed. Although the lists have
      British Wirelew.  -  218 words
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      BY AIRSHIP TO EUROPE.
      435 22 -Reuter. German Plans. DR. ECKENER TO VISIT D.E.I. Berlin, Nov. G. Dr. Eckener, the commander of the Graf Zeppelin, is visiting the Dutch East lml.es in January to study the possibility of starting a Zeppelin service between Amsterdam and Batavia.—Reuter. This visit was predicted by the
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      FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
      186 22 Reuter. Seeking a Non-Aggression Pact. Toulouse, Nov, 6. The fact that agreement has already been reached on essential points in the negotiations for a pact of non-aggression with Russia was revealed by M. Herriot in a survey of foreign affairs at the Radical-Socialist Congress. He vehemently re-affirmed
      Reuter.  -  186 words
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      SEVERE FIGHTING ON THE C.E.R.
      268 22 -Reuter. And More Expected. JAPANESE PLANES BOMR VOLUNTEERS. Harbin, Nov, fi Japanese aeroplanes from Tsit*;ik bombed Anta, 70 miles north-west Harbin, where a lavge force of anti Manchukuo troops was concentrated A combined Japanese and Manchuh force is now advancing on Anta where 1 severe
      -Reuter.  -  268 words
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      ON TO HAILUN.
      196 22 —Sin Chew Jit Poll. —Sin Kuo Min. Big Battle Expected Soon. Shanghai, Nov. 7. I he combined forces of Generals Wang Teh-lin (commander of the Kirin National Salvation Army) Rung Chang-hai, and A in Ping-chin (both Volunteer Kaders) took the towns of Wukimei and Taokao and are
      —Sin Chew Jit Poll.; —Sin Kuo Min.  -  196 words
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      GOLD RUSH.
      69 22 Reuter Wireless. Important Discovery In New Zealand. Wellington, Xov. 4. Following the discovery of the F o1 “lead” on the banks of the Kawarsu R"® by two unemployed miners, two prospectors are reported to have struck ‘lea 1 in the old river bed near Beaumont, Otago, in the
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      INSULL’S ARREST.
      46 22 -Reuter. Allowed To Go To Nursing Home. Athens, Nov. •&gt; Samuel Insull has been taken to nursing home. His lawyer applied f permission on the ground of the conditu of his client’s heart. The court of app is considering the question of continual. &lt;- of detention.—Reuter.
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      BANDITS ATTACK STATION.
      96 23 -Reuter. Daring Outrage At Ssupingkai. STAFF KILLED. Three Shot and Three Burned to Death. Tokio, Nov. 5. Three railway employees, including the ltv stationmaster, were shot dead and r{ others burned to death when a riv of GO mounted bandits carried out /inrimr surprise attack on the
      -Reuter.  -  96 words
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      FIERCE FIGHTING.
      310 23 v mu; which me div said to he contemplating.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Volunteers Bring Down Seven Planes. Shanghai, Nov. 5. Grn Sti Ping-wen (Governor-General, of the Hailar district of Heilungkiang) h a &lt; wired to Peking that 10,000 National Salvation \rmy troops are attacking Fularki and Angangchi while
      ■ v* mu; which me div said to he contemplating.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  310 words
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      LYTTON REPORT.
      84 23 -•ivnunuv Oil OU VI —Sin Chew Jit Poh. ill Japan Withdraw From League Shanghai, Nov. 5. u t-c Foreign Ministry has rer' unonnation that the Japanese 'OWtnment will urge the League of 1 n to send another commission to otherwise they will withdrew 1 i.e League. The Japanese
      -•ivnunuv Oil OU VI —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  84 words
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      SOVIET AND JAPAN.
      113 23 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Negotiating Pact Of Non-Aggression. Y Shanghai, Nov. 5. Xo l!ltauok arrived in Moscow on r t( negotiate a Japanese-Soviet tj ri p--| r|, ession pact with Mr. Karakan. A:Ta S lan v ce con iroissar of Foreign tivo r V V cn nese
      -Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  113 words
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      NANKING VISIT TO MALAYA.
      89 23 -Bin Chew Jit Poh. To Study Immigration Problems. Shanghai, Nov. 4. 1 he Nanking Foreign Ministry announces that it is sending Mr. Chu llukehiung on a visit to Malaya to inspect the consulates and study the immigration problems.—Sin Chew Jit Poll. Mr. Chu Huk-chiung is a
      -Bin Chew Jit Poh.  -  89 words
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      GIRL BOMB-THROWER.
      223 23 Sin Chew Jit Poh. —Reuter. —Sin Kuo Min. Attack on Pu-Yi’s House. Shanghai, Nov. 4. Chu Vu lang, a girl student at the irst Provincial Academy at Changchun (the capital oi Mnnchukuo) tiurw a bomb at the residence of Mr. Henry :*u Yi (the Prince President of the
      Sin Chew Jit Poh.; —Reuter.; —Sin Kuo Min.  -  223 words
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      DANISH WEDDING.
      107 23 Count and Daughter Of Shanghai Merchant. i London, Nov. 2. Count K. A. J. Ahlefeldt, son of the Danish Minister in London, Count 1*. F Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, was married in the Guards’ Chapel in Copenhagen today to the daughter of Mr. Vilhelm Meyers of Shanghai. The Crown Prince of
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      BRITISHERS RELEASED
      68 23 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Arrested by Chekiang Authorities. Shanghai, Nov. 5. The two Britishers who were arrested by the authorities of Choking Province have been released. —Sin Chew Jit Poh. It will he remembered that they were arrested on a charge of having in hired some Chinese farmers
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  68 words
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      PARLIAMENT STILL SUPREME.
      126 23 —Reuter. Obligations of Ottawa Agreements. London, Nov. 2. The House of Commons, by 2(&gt;8 to 57, u jeeiod the Labour clause in the Ottawa Rill providing that nothing in the Bill should prevent the Government reducing the general ml valorem duty of 10 per cent, imposed under
      —Reuter.  -  126 words
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      CONVERSION LOAN.
      396 23 —British Wireless. .—Reuter Wireless. List for Three Per Cent. Issue Closed. London, Nov. 2. The lists for the Three per cent. Conversion Loan £300,000,000 at 97 redeemable at par from 1918 to 53 opened this morning and closed at midday. The proceeds will be applied for the redemption
      —British Wireless.; .—Reuter Wireless.  -  396 words
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      SHIPPING AGREEMENT
      133 23 111" UtUQI v nr nvv changes among the official* —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Proposed Sino-Belgian Concern. Shanghai, Nov. 4. The Ministry of Communications is negotiating a shipping agreement for the establishment of a Sino-Belgium shipping concern with a capital of $00,000,000, each party of which is to hold
      111" UtUQI v * nr nvv •■!**«%* «• «» » changes among the official*—Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  133 words
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      SCHEME TO HELP UNEMPLOYED.
      417 23 Reuter. —British Wireless. Important Speech By Mr. Baldwin. MEANS TEST. Anomalies and Hardships To be Modified. London, Nov. 4. In a speech at the Constitutional Club, London, Mr. Stanley Baldwin foreshadowed a Government scheme to deal with tho whole problem of able-bodied unemployed. It was hoped
      -- Reuter.; .—British Wireless.  -  417 words
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      LEADERS ARREST.
      193 23 Ruter Wireles|. Attempt To Disaffect The Police. London, Nov. 1. Walter llannington, the leader of the hunger mareheis, was arrested and brought up at liow Street police court this afternoon. The public were excluded from the Court and a largo body of police and special constables were on
      Ruter Wireles|.  -  193 words
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      BRITAIN AND THE FAR EAST.
      1057 24 —Reuter. Attitude in Geneva Discussions. WISE HANDLING. Otherwise Chaos And Long War. London, Nov. 2. The attitude of the British Government towards the findings of the Lytton Report were sought by Lord Ion. onby, the leader of the opposition, «n opening a debate on Manchuria
      —Reuter.  -  1,057 words
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      GENEVA MEETING.
      77 24 —Reuter. Discussion To Begin On Nov. 21. Geneva, Nov. 2. The Council has fixed Nov. 21 for opening the discussion on the Lytton report. This last minute delay is allowable by the decision of the Council on Sept. 24. The decision was taken following a letter from Mr.
      —Reuter.  -  77 words
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      LABOUR GAINS.
      98 24 Reuter. But Suffer Reverse At Sheffield. London, Nov. 2. Slight net gains by Labour are shown in the 84 results so far available in the municipal elections in 300 cities and boroughs (excluding London) in England and Wales, but in only a few cases was the turnover sufficient
      Reuter.  -  98 words
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      LABOUR AND INDIA.
      61 24 Reuter. Not to Attend Round Table Conference. London, Nov. 2. A decision by the Parliamentary Labour Party not to participate in the forthcoming Indian Round Table Conference, due to meet on Nov. 15, is reported. Political correspondents state that the decision is due to the absence of
      Reuter.  -  61 words
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      RARE RHINOCEROS IN MALAYA.
      428 24 —Reuter. Another Expedition. MAJOR A. S. VERNAY’S PLANS. London, Nov. 4. Major A. S. Vernay has arrived from I New York to try to secure a permit to hunt the rhinoceros sondaicus in Malaya. He has been specially commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History
      —Reuter.  -  428 words
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      HIGH SPEED.
      131 24 ,—Reuter. Shanghai to South Africa In Seven Days. Hong Kong, Nov. 3. Mr. Arthur M. Leow, the Vice-President of the Metro Goldwyn Meyer Company, arrived in his aeroplane from Shanghai at noon and took off again at 2 p.m. on a seven-day dash to Johannesburg, where he will
      ,—Reuter.  -  131 words
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      SALTPETRE.
      93 24 -Reuter. Cosach Corporation Should be Liquidated.” Santiago de Chile, Nov. 3. The Government Commission inquiring into the saltpetre question is of opinion that the Cosach Corporation should be liquidated and reorganised and important economies effected including suppression of the Cosach Selling Agency in the United States and other foreign
      -Reuter.  -  93 words
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      LONDON RIOTS CEASE.
      299 24 Hunger Marchers Returning. ASSAULT CHARGES. Strange Caller for I*ri me Minister. London, Nov. o Abandoning the project of forcing Parliament to receive a deputation the hunger marchers are preparing to return home. The first batch left f or Brighton in a motor coach and most of the
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      LARGEST LINER.
      137 24 CVIiU UCW, C4I1U Will tu —Reuter Wireless. V'essel Launched By French President. St. Nazare, Oct. 21*. The world's greatest liner, the 75,000 ton Normandie, with which France is determined to win the Atlantic Blue Riband, was successfully launched this afternoon by President Lebrun. The ceremony took place under
      CVIiU UCW, C4I1U Will tu —Reuter Wireless.  -  137 words
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      EXPORT BOUNTIES.
      54 24 -Reuter. New Move by Free State Government. Dublin, Nov. 2. The Free State Government announces that it is arranging to pay exporters of certain manufactured goods the amount of oi'ty they pay on goods entering 1 lond. The list of goods to which tois onplies is expected to
      -Reuter.  -  54 words
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      50 SHOTS FIRED.
      37 24 —Reuter. Communists Attack Nazi* In Hamburg. Hamburg, Nov. 2. Twelve Nazis who were posting d placards in the city were wounded when a group of Communists swooped down on them and fired 50 shots.—Reuter.
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      OTTAWA AGREEMENTS CRITICISED.
      222 25 Reuter. Canadian Liberals. present POLICY NOT binding. Ottawa, Nov. S. it j&lt; returned to power the Liberal tv wiM not consider itself bound by ."noliev initiated by the present ad- t rat ion,” declared Mr. W. M. Mac- King, the former Prime Minister, n discussion on the
      – Reuter.  -  222 words
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      MANCHUKUO LOAN.
      82 25 tv u Reuter. To be Secured on Salt And Cjpium Revenue. Tokio, Nov. 7. A 'indicate of leading Japanese banks ha- tentatively agreed to a loan to Manchukuo &lt;&gt;f Yen 30,000,000 at 5 per cent., the i*&gt;ue to be at 97 and redeemable in five years on the
      tv u Reuter.  -  82 words
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      U.S. AND FAR EAST.
      87 25 ui me r Aruta- 1 rans-Ocean. Policy on Manchurian Conflict. Geneva, Nov. 4. Inc American disarmament delegate hid repeated conversations with the Secretary-General of the League of auons regarding the importance of the Manchurian conflict in connection with 11 policy of the United States. ‘w also
      – * ui me r Aruta-1 rans-Ocean.  -  87 words
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      IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.
      43 25 Singapore Service Next Year. Prom Our Own Correspondent. London, Nov. 7. I he Evening News air correspondent states that the Imperial Airways’ service between Karachi and Singapore and the Singapore•°rt Darwin service will be in operation before the end of 1933.
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      PREE STATE EXPORTS.
      53 25 —Reuter. big Tariff Increases In Britain. London, Nov. 7. Wedn sda y a duty of 40 per V, be imposed on live animals _r’\ the Free State, instead of 20 dure 0 im P° s od in July. Dairy prooav V! acon Pork, poultry and game will
      —Reuter.  -  53 words
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      THE VOLUNTEERS.
      243 25 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. White Clothes for Use In The Snow. Shanghai, Nov. 8. I be Japanese attempted to seize u con--ignment of 10,000 suits of cotton clothes which were being sent by rail to th&lt;* Unnese Volunteers in West Liaoninv A desperate fight took place but some
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  243 words
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      RICE SLUMP.
      320 25 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Bankers Agree to Raise $3,000,000 Loan. Soochow, Nanking and Shanghai are promoting measures to relieve the distress caused by the l ice slump. Shanghai bankers have been consulte r l and they have agreed to raise $3,000,000 for the purpose of lending to farmers
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  320 words
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      SHAH OF PERSIA.
      50 25 signed on Saturday.—Aneta-1 ransOcean. State Visit To Turkish Capital. Angora, Nov. 8. The Shah of Persia is expected here next week on a State visit to President Kemal Pasha. Great political importance attaches to this visit. The new five-year pact between the countries was sinned on Saturday.—Aneta-Trans-
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      “AGAIN RIPE FOR DISCUSSION.”
      570 25 Reuter. Rubber Restriction. MORE RUMOURS FROM HOLLAND. The amazing persistence of the idea that ithe salvation of the rubber industrj still lies in restriction of output has been revealed during the past week in the attempts of certain interests in Malaya. London and Amsterdam to revive
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      NEW FUEL.
      61 25 British Wireless. Experiments By Cunard Company. Rugby, Nov. 1. It was stated in Parliament today that the Cunard Company had supplied the Mines Department confidentially wuh particulars of their experiment with colloidal fuel in the s.s. Scynthia on trar.sAtlantic voyages. By agreement with them certain were being investigated
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      CLOSING IN ON TSITSIHAR.
      480 25 M J V M V. w.. v.. W (he support of the Volunteers.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. —Sin Kuo Min. Volunteers Active. JAPANESE WIRE FOR RELIEF. Shanghai, Nov. 3. Gen. Mu Chun-shan’s cavalry, to the number of 11,000, as well as his infantry troops are co-operating with
      \ M J V M V. * ■ « • w.. v.. — W — (he support of the Volunteers.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.; —Sin Kuo Min.  -  480 words
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      AUSTRALIA.
      103 25 fieuter Wireless. Ratification Opposed By Mr. Scullin. Canberra, Nov. 8. An amendment that the Ottawa Ratification Bill should be withdrawn and new agreements be negotiated, was moved by Mr. Scullin in the House of Representatives! when the House resumed (he debate on the Bill. Mr. Scullin declared the agreement
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      OPERA SINGER DIES.
      34 25 —Reuter Wireless. Sequel To Berlin Shooting Tragedy. Berlin, Nov. 3. The opera singer Frau Gertrude Bindernagel, who is alleged to have been shot by her husband, died today in hospital.—Reuter Wireless.
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      “FRANCE AND SPAIN SHAKE HANDS”
      236 26 Reuter. —Reuter Wireless. Future of Balearic Islands. Madrid, Nov. 4. France and Spain have shaken hands In open daylight." This was the laconic remark made by a Minister of State in alluding to M. Ilerriot’s visit, the objects of which are still in the realm
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      THE FRENCH PLAN.
      130 26 —Reuter. M. Boncour’s Speech At Geneva. Geneva, Nov. 4. The new French disarmament plan was explained to a crowded sitting of the conference by M. Paul Boncour, who said it was based on the Kellogg Pact, the Covenant of the League and a more limited and precise
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      BRITAIN AND IRAK.
      142 26 -Reuter. United States Wish to Be Heard. New York, Nov. 4. The United States Government has notified Great Britain that it considers itself entitled to be heard respecting the conditions under which Irak should be administered when Great Britain's mandate ends, according to the Washington correspondent of
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      LONDON TO BRIGHTON.
      62 26 Reuter Wireless. Connection By Electric Railway. London, Nov. 1. Brighton is now connected to London by electric railway. The first test train arrived at the famous seaside resort this morning and reached its hiehest speed at 66 miles per hour. For the 62 ini e journey over
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      AFTER TIN AND TEA-RUBBER ?
      146 26 AFTER TIN AND TEA-RUBBER Renewed Talk Of Restriction. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 5. Rubber shares have hardened as a result of the news of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association’s triangular conference proposal. I am informed that the City does not expect Dutch acceptance of the proposal, but anticipates
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      TOKIO PLOT.
      154 26 Reuter. Assassination And Sabotage. Tokio, Nov. 5. Reported to have learned of a serious intrigue, police this morning raided the residence of the son of the veteran reactionary leader. Mitsuru Toyama, and the headquarters of one of Toyama’s organisations. Several arrests were made including Toyama’s third son. Due
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      UNKNOWN SUDAN.
      106 26 Reuter Wireless. 800 Miles Journey By British Expedition. El Fasher, Nov. 4. Eight hundred miles of uninhabited and unknown country in the north-west of the Sudan have been traversed by an expedition of eight British officers led by Major Bagnold. They left Cairo on Sept. 27 in four
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      ARMS TRUCE.
      52 26 from the Disarmament Conference.—Reuter Wireless. Prolonged For A Further Four Months. Geneva, Nov. 1. The armaments truce expired today, but 46 nations have intonated their intension to prolong the truce *for iai further period of four months. Germany is not among them owing to her withdrawal from the
      from the Disarmament Conference.—Reuter Wireless.  -  52 words
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      REPRISALS FEARED.
      46 26 Reuter. German Restrictions On Imports. Berlin, Nov. 2. In defiance of opposition, the Government has decided of introduce the quota system for agricultural imports. The countries most affected will be Holland. Italy, France and Denmark, and it is feared that they will adopt reprisals.—
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      “LEGAL BEER BY MARCH.”
      238 26 —Reuter. —Aneta-T rans-Ocean. Anticipations in United States. t Washington, Nov. 4. Legal beer by March was the I prophecy of the chairman of the Labour Federation’s committee regarding modiI fication of the Volstead Act. Congress had changed its attitude since the strength of the wet rising
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      OTTAWA BILL.
      123 26 —Reuter. Hackneyed Arguments During Debate. London, Nov. 4. By 416 to 68 the House of Commons passed the third reading of the Ottawa Agreements Bill. The debate followed the lines of hackneyed arguments for and against protection. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stressed the necessity
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      DISARMAMENT.
      82 26 —Reuter. Britain And United States Negotiating. London, Nov. 3. The British and American Governments in a friendly spirit are negotiating a disarmament settlement which it is hoped will ultimately be made general,” declared Mr. MacDonald, receiving a deputation of the Trade Union Congress. The deputation expressed disquiet at the
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      “BLACK MAGIC.”
      80 26 Reuter Wireless. Extraordinary Case In Finland. Helsingfors, Oct. 31. Declaring their innocence and stating that they had pleaded guilty in order to discover later the actual criminals, the six men and women who were sentenced in connection with the black magic case following the discovery last year of
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      FLIGHT TO HONG KONG.
      41 26 Hanoi with four pas&gt;e£e.Z.-Z„ e i'* Saigon, Oct. 31. •l f al ]il J? r has left on an experimentHanoi P L°, f S an 0n and Hon Kon ft T 2“® i w,th toai passenge. s.—Aneta-
      Hanoi with four pas>e£e.Z.-Z„ei'*  -  41 words
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      PRESIDENT HOOVER’S “ ACHIEVEMENT.”
      388 26 PRESIDENT HOOVER’S ACHIEVEMENT.” Killed Restriction. MR. FIRESTONE ENTFfts THE LISTS. Akron, Ohio, N ov 2 Urging the re-election of iwj Hoover. Mr. Harvey Firestone, held, the Firestone Tyre and Rubber r enumerated among the Preside achievements the death-blow he gave Stevenson rubber restriction scheme j Mr. Firestone recalled that in
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      IRISH UNREST.
      79 26 Reuter. Ammunition Reported Stolen from Barracks. Dublin, Nov. 1. Following a rumour which was officially denied that 10,000 rounds of ammunition had been stolen from the barracks in Dublin, a report is freely circulated that the troops have been ordered to stand by in the Curragh and other
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      CUBAN SUGAR.
      58 26 —Reuter. Havana, Nov. 3. A decree limiting the 1932-33 sugar crop to two million tons and fixing Feb. 1 as the date for the opening of the sugar grinding season has been signed by President Machado. The Cuban sugar market for the current year including the Chadbourne and
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      M. ZALESKI RESIGNS.
      15 26 —Reuter. Warsaw, Nov. 2. The Foreign Minister, Senator August Zaleski, has resigned.—Reuter.
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      BRITISH STEAMER MISSING.
      223 27 Reuter. Feared Loss of The Phemius. BUIE FUNNEL LINE. Regular Caller At Singapore. u Dared that the Blue Funnel cargo steamer Phemius (Capt. Dodds), which nas a regular caller at Singapore in the course of a round-fhe-world service, has been sunk off Panama. \esd struck a hurricane
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      27 27 —Reuter. Colon, Nov. 9. It is now reported that the Phemius is off the coast of Nicaragua. The British steamer Killerig is hastening to her assistance. —Reuter.
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      OTTAWA PACTS.
      190 27 —Reuter. Reuter Wireless. Objections in Canada And Australia. Ottawa, Nov. 8. "If it is returned to power the Liberal Party will not consider itself bound by any policy initiated by the present administration,” declared Mr. W. M. Mackenzie King, the former Prime Minister, in a discussion on the
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      STRAY BUFFALOES.
      85 27 I’oliceman Obstructed In Round-Up. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 8. Th ree Malays, two of them women, "ere fined gmall amounts by the magis- 1 ate here following a Malay police con- able’s complaint that they had obstructed lni in his attempt to take possession of four
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      WORLD PROBLEM OF SILVER.
      905 27 —Reuter. Commons Debate. CHANCELLOR OPPOSES BIMETALLISM. London, Nov. 8. The House of Commons adopted without division a Labour motion expressing Parliament s concern at the present volume of unemployment and welcoming all measures to deal with it. The debate was noteworthy for a long statement by
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      SAMUEL INSULL.
      131 27 been removed to a nursing home.—Reuter Wireless. Aneta-Trans-Ocean. A Victim of Election Manoeuvres.” Athens, Nov. 6. The Cout of Appeal has upheld the arrest of Insull after a discussion in camera, which sometimes became so heated that cries could bo heard outside. The decision followed on the delivery
      been removed to a nursing home.—Reuter Wireless.; Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  131 words
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      BRITISH MEAT.
      108 27 J VII V«»V —Reuter Wireless. Home Policy to Consider Dominions. London, Nov. 3. Several Conservatives were most active today at question time in the House of Commons on behalf of British meat producers. The Minister for Agriculture revealed that 99 per cent, of the meat purchased .or the
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      MR. COSGRAVE.
      88 27 two of whom were arrested. —Reuter Wireless. Mob Attacks Meeting In Cork. Dublin, Nov. 6. The street* of Cork were lined with thousands of people when Mr. Cosgrave appeared 1 today to address a meeting at a cinema. A strong bodyguard was necessary to protect him as he
      two of whom were arrested.—Reuter Wireless.  -  88 words
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      KING’S BIRTHDAY.
      77 27 Rain Mars Bangkok Celebrations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 8. The celebrations today in connection with the King’s birthday were somewhat marred by the rain which fell at intervals. The illumination* were not on the scale of former years, but flags and bunting were seen in all
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      “AGRICULTURE MUST USE TARIFFS.”
      342 27 Reuter. —British Wireless. Prime Minister’s New Faith. Ix&gt;ndon, Nov. 7. Agriculture, like other industries, niu.'t use tariffs to work out it* own salvation,” declared Mr. MacDonald in a debate on unemployment. The Government, he added, intends to increase the efficiency of British work and to open
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      PRINCESS HELEN.
      107 27 time to time to visit her son.—AncftaHava?. “Misunderstandings” Now Eliminated. Bucharest, Nov. 2. The Premier, M. Maniu, made a statement confirming the information already published on the subject of Princess Helen. He said that the Government had pro fifted by the visit of Princess Helen to her spn
      time to time to visit her son.—Ancfta-Hava?.  -  107 words
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      BRITISH ARCTIC MEDAL.
      94 27 British Wireless. Post humous Award To Dead Explorer. Rugby, Nov. 5. The King has approved the conferment of a medal in silver with a clasp inscribed 44 Arctic 1930-1931 to fourteen member* of the British Arctic air route expedition A posthumous award to Mr. H. G. Watkins,
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      HOLIDAY ON DEC. 27.
      60 27 be proclaimed as a public holiday.—British Wirelessv v v m n i i L: Rugby, Nov. 3 The Chancellor of the Exchequer today announced that Tuesday, Dec. 27 would be proclaimed as a public holiday.—British Wireless^ Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, and so
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      VICTORY FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
      1480 28 Reuter. Mr. Hoover Admits His Defeat. SWEEPING GAINS. Polling Day Scenes Described. Reuter cable from New York received rh we go to press states that Mr. Franklin I). Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate, has been elected President of the United States. Mr. Hoover, the Republican candidate, who
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      VICTORY CONCEDED.
      117 28 —Reuter. Record Vote In New York City. New York, Nov. 9. The Republican Herald Tribune concede? the election to Mr. Roosevelt. If the trend of the present incomplete returns continues Mr. Roosevelt should secure 303 electoral votes and Mr. Hoover 111. 266 votes will be sufficient for election.
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      U.K. RUBBER STOCKS.
      170 28 Now Below 100,000 Tons Mark. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 8. The United Kingdom rubber stocks are now under 100,000 tons’ for the first time since May, 1930, having reached the figure of 99,425 tons, as compared with 132,607 a year ago. Hevea (Johore) Rubber Plantations,
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      DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THE I.R.A.
      176 28 —Reuter. Sensational Speech 1{ V Mr. de Valera. Dublin, Nov. 9 A sensation been caused in cal circles by a speech by Mr do v 0 1 at the Fianna Fail Convention VS? ne warned the Irish Republican A h Ch and other organisations that
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      UNEMPLOYMENT.
      302 28 -Reuter Wireless. Mr. Lansbury States Labour's Remedies. London, Nov. 4. The Labour Party’s remedies for un employment were outlined in the House of Commons by Mr. Lansbury when moviig a motion expressing concern at the volume of unemployment and welcoming “all proper measures to deal with it." Mr. Lansbury’s
      -Reuter Wireless.  -  302 words
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      COCK FIGHTING.
      95 28 Discouraging the Sport" In Kedah. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Nov. 7. In order to restrict cock fighting Jn Kedah the Entertainments Enactment is amended to the effect that: “No licence for cock fighting shall be issued by any licensing officer witho it previous approval of the President
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      SPINNERS RESUME.
      22 28 —Reuter. London, Nov. T. The Lancashire spinners have returned to work en bloc, and the stoppage is at ar end.—Reuter.
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      NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN.
      464 29 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Soviet and Japan. refusal to recognise manchukuo. Shanghai, Nov. it. Tht effort of Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka to rsuude Soviet Russia to conclude a pact f pop-aggression has failed, the principal f rU ction being the Japanese demand r the- recognition of Manchukuo by
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      JAPAN WORRIED.
      315 29 Sin Chew Jit P«jh. 40 More Planes For Manchuria. Shanghai, Nov. 9. A report from foreign sources states al Gen. Muto (the commander-in-chief l Japanese forces in Manchuria) is doming anxious over the allied offen'’‘u‘ of Generals Su Ping-wen, Ma Chanr.an and l’o Ping-shan in Heilungkiang n, Inis
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      JAPAN’S DEFICIT.
      54 29 -Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Due to Military Operations. n A Tokio, Nov. 5. Despite extensive paring of the various appropriations, the new Japanese budget shows a deficit of 780,000,000 yen, due chiefly to increased army and navy estiTh e !i militar y expeditions. The deficit is to be covered by an
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      ‘CHRISTIAN GENERAL.’
      131 29 describes the report as ridiculous.—Sin Kuo Min. Denies Plot to Bring Back Monarchy. Shanghai, Nov. 8. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang (the “Christian General and Shensi warlord) has wired to Dr. Lo Wen-kan (the Foreign Minister) denying the Japanese report that he is combining with Gen. Han Fuchu (the Governor
      describes the report as ridiculous.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  131 words
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      TRAITOR SUPPRESSORS
      235 29 IiUIlll/Ll VII u 1 v 1’ v ”r I* Ministry for winter clothing.—Sin Kuo Min. Causing Apprehension In Peking. Shanghai, Nov. 8. The activity of the Traitor Suppressors is growing in Peking and Wang Shushueng has given strict orders to prevent any incidents.’’ A later message adds that
      IiUIlll/Ll VII u 1 v 1’ v ”r I* , _ _ Ministry for winter clothing.—Sin Kuo Min.  -  235 words
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      TIBET AND SIKIANG.
      117 29 Peace Conference May He Held Soon. Shanghai, Nov. 7. Mr. Shih Ching-yang (Commissioner of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs) has wired to the Dalai Lama that he is sounding opinion with regard to the holding of a peace conference between Tibet and Sikiang. Meanwhile a representative of the
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      PRINCE HENRY.
      103 29 land at the beginning of March.—Reuter Wireless. Big Game Expedition To Sudan. London, Nov. 3. The Duke of Gloucester will start on his third hunting expedition to Africa after Chrigtmas when he will leave England for a shooting expedition in the Sudan accompanied by Captain E. W. Brooke,
      land at the beginning of March.—Reuter Wireless.  -  103 words
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      GRAF ZEPPELIN.
      97 29 -Reuter Wireless. Wonderful Record Of Airship. Freidrichshafen, Nov. 3. Carrying 21 passengers, including Colonel the Master of Sempill, the Graf Zeppelin arrived here safely this afternoon from her ninth and last trip across the Atlantic to South America this year, which is proposed to be increased to 15
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      COURT MARTIALLED.
      89 29 —Reuter Wireless. by a court martial at Cherbourg—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Acquittal for French And German Commanders. London, Nov. 3. Captain Ruhfus*, of the training ship Xiobe, which sank with the loss of 61 livds, has been acquitted by the court martial at Kiel on the charge of neglect of duty.
      —Reuter Wireless.; by a court martial at Cherbourg—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  89 words
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      SHANGHAI COURTS.
      129 29 Reuter. Need For Real Reforms Emphasised. London, Nov. 7. Replying to Sir John Wardlaw-Milne regarding the mixed court in Shanghai, Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, said notice had not been given to terminate the agreement. Proper measures to remedy existing abuses were under consideration and had been
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      INSPECTOR MURDERED.
      35 29 -Reuter W’ireless. Ahmedabad, Nov. 7. Police Inspector Green was shot dead in the City police lines and three other persons were hit and are in hospital. The crime is not attributed to extremists.
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      GREAT BRITAIN & THE GOLD STANDARD.
      106 29 GREAT BRITAIN THE GOLD STANDARD. —Reuter. Issue Before Economic Conference. Geneva, Nov. 8. 1 he attitude of Great Britain with regard to the gold standard was the dominating issue before the monetary side of the meeting of exports preparatory to the World Economic Conference, which closed yesterday evening. The British
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      STRIKE ENDS.
      254 29 —Reuter. Aneta-Trans-Ocean. -Aneta-IIavas. Full Transport Service In Berlin. Berlin, Nov. 7. The radical strike committee h-afl called off the traffic strike. It is expected that the full service will be resumed tomorrow.—Reuter. Berlin, Nov. 6. The bus, tram and underground service was suspended at 8 p.m. after stones
      —Reuter.; Aneta-Trans-Ocean.; -Aneta-IIavas.  -  254 words
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      SIR SAMUEL WILSON.
      163 29 “Not to be Taken In Leading Strings.” When Sir Samuel Wilson. Permanent Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office, left London on Oct. 20 for Malaya to inquire into local problems he declared to the London correspondent of the Straits Times that he was not going to be tied
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      HUGE DEFICIT.
      60 29 pared with September 30.—Reuter Wireless. America’s Gross Debt Of $20,812,000,000. Washington, Nov. 2. The huge deficit of $029,000,000 is shown in the Treasury returns of national finances for the first 4 months of the present fiscal year. The total gross debt on Oct. 31 was $20,812,000,000, wh rh
      pared with September 30.—Reuter Wireless.  -  60 words
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      HOCKEY MATCHES IN MALAYA. Malacca Beaten.
      401 30 SINGAPORE’S EASY WIN. Singapore 5 Malacca 1 The Singapore hockey side which met Malacca on Saturday on the Padang justified general expectations by winning the match by five goals to one. The game was rather one-sided, Singapore being on the offensive most of the
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      SELANGOR’S REVENGE.
      219 30 Malacca-Negri Beaten In Second Match. (From Our Own Correspondent.I Malacca, Nov. 7. Selangor 8 pts.; Negri-Malacca 3 pts. Selangor took their revenge over the combined Malacca-Negri team on Saturday in the return inter-State match, avenging a defeat they suffered at Seremban earlier in the season by 8 pts.
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      LALL SINGH RETURNS TO MALAYA.
      428 30 Tour Was a Great Experience.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 7. Lull Singh, the Malayan cricketer who l played for All-India in the English tour, returned to Malaya yesterday morning by the Karapara from Calcutta. He was met by a large crowd of friends
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      Unaffected by Publicity And Praise.
      247 30 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 8. I-all Singh returned to Kuala Lumpur today after his tour with the Indian cricket team in England. Your correspondent found him back at his sports goods shop in Java Street this afternoon surrounded by a group of
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      SELANGOR DRAW WITH PERAK.
      588 30 j Forwards Miss Chances At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 4. In an inter-State hockey match here today Selangor drew with Perak, each side scoring once. Selangor had great hopes in their new i centreforward, Cariaupa, who was form- erly a centre
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      BURMA RIFLES.
      106 30 Boxing Tournament At Taiping. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Nov. 6. Under the patronage of the officers of the l/20th Burma Rifles boxing tournaments have been arrange to take place ai the Taiping Town Hall on Nov. 17 and 19. The proceeds will be given to the Asiatic
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      KATHLEEN LEADS IN JEAN CUP.
      624 30 R.S.Y.C. Events. MOWGLI’S SUCCESS I\ CLIFFORD TROPHY* In spite of glorious sailing weatho* Royal Singapore Yacht Club racinl tht Sunday morning of both claves wa n ther spoilt by the courses not eontiiJ®' a Lent. The actual sailing was most X 8 able but a
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      HOME RUGBY.
      81 30 Reut^‘ County Championship Results. London, Nov. 5. The results of the more proroiw r of today’s Rugby matches are:— Cambridge U. 3 London Scots Cardiff 18 Blackheath Coventry 11 Rugby ,j Devonport Servs. 6 Plymouth A. Gloucester 8 Swansea Guy’s H. 13 Northampton Harlequins 0 Bristol Llanelly 12
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      ISLANDS WIN AT DUNEARN ROAD.
      325 31 I \dverse Conditions. I splendid PLAY BY I both packs. I Mll s*rvict‘K pin. Islands 10 pU. T Islands, well deserved victory by l Th il*' (K) pts.) to a try (3 pts.) in with the Public Services at Keam Hoad on Nov. 3, but
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      SWIMMING CLUB AT HOME.
      282 31 Miss Nancy McKerracher Wins Championship. I The announcement of an At Home at rhe Singapore Swimming Club always ■brings a big attendance of members and I “lends, and the club was crowded for ■Friday’s event. I the weather proving kind, the ■function had all the success
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      22 31 Reuter. Easily Defeat Brighton. I,, London, Nov. 2. ■vintr u Division (Southern) match -1 p Wln(^&gt;n Town beat Brighton by
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      SINGAPORE G.C. LADIES’ MEDAL.
      705 31 Narrow Win For Mrs. Paterson. The Singapore Golf Club ladies' November medal competition was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. M. M. Paterson in “A” division with a net score of 37Vi. No. “B” division cards were returned. “C”
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      M.C.C.’S BIG WIN AT ADELAIDE.
      237 31 —Reuter. Verity Again Bowls Well. The M.C.C. tourists obtained the first win of their tour at Adelaide on Tuesday when they defeated South (Australia by an innings and 128 runs. The tourists scored 634 for nine in their opening innings and then dismissed the State
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      TIMING HORSE RACES BY LIGHT RAYS.
      153 31 Will Malaya Adopt New System From Our Own Correspondent. Penang, Nov. i. W r ill Malaya adopt the automate system for the timing of horse races as has been recently experimented with in England with success: This question is prompted by the arrival here
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      S.C.C. BILLIARDS.
      239 31 A. D. Baker Again Wins Championship. Scoring 350 points in 1V4 hours A. D. Baker retained the S-C.C. billiards championship on Tuesday nignt against. Mr. F. Carmichael, who obtained 268 points. There was only one brilliant period Baker starting off in true championship style and rapidly piling up
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      MALAYAN RUGBY GAMES.
      252 31 S.C.C. Rattled. GLOUCESTERS WIN BY LARGE MARGIN. Had the Gloucester Regiment taken full advantage of dll the tries scored, their defeat of the S.C.C. at Tanglin on Saturday would have been even more crushing than it was. The Club, as it was, suffered a setback by a
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      AT KUALA LUMPUR.
      30 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 4. The Selangor “A” XV beat the All Blues at Rugby here today by nine tries (27 points) to nil.
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      DING-DONG BATTLE AT TANGLIN.
      341 31 Gloucester Share Honours. Gloucester Kegt. 13 pts.; Pub. Servs. 13. Two strong- fiftoervs from the Gloucester Regiment and the Public Services drew st Rugby at Tanglin on Tuesday in a fast and interesting game, each sido scoring two goals and a try. The teams were evenly
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      BRENTFORD RETAIN UNBEATEN RECORD.
      323 32 —Reuter. Leaders In Form. FINE AWAY SUCCESS BY ARSENAL. London, Nov. 5. THE results of mat?hc*s played today in the English and Leagues were ns follows First Division. Aston Villa 6 Blackpool Bolton Wands. 4 Blackburn R. 2 Cholseu 4 Birmingham 2 Huddersfield T. 2 Sunderland
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      LEAGUE TABLES.
      965 32 Arsenal Lead Villa By One Point. The positions of teams in the English and Scottish Leagues today are as follows:— First Divisions. P. W. L. D.F. A. Pts. Arsenal 13 10 1 2 43 20 22 Aston Villa 13 9 1 3 32 12 21 Derby Co. 13
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      RIVERS’ OPPONENT IN ACTION.
      293 32 Monday Night’s Charity Boxing. No decision contests, ard exhibition bouts by two newcomers to Singapore formed the boxing programme at the Great World stadium on Monday, in aid of the Poppy Day Fund. Con Cordero, one of the newcomers, who is to meet A1 Rivers, boxed
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      BUD WALLEY.
      33 32 Loses By Accidental Foul. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 2. Bud Walley, of Singapore, lost to V-al Foley, of Newcastle, being disqualified for an accidental foul in the eighth round.
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      PAHANG TENNIS SUCCESS.
      455 32 Rainy Season Kind To Tournament. The first Pahang open tennis championship meeting’ was held at Raub during the Peepavali week-end, under the management of the Government Club, Raub. As October invariably marks the commencement of the rainy season the chances of the tournament running to schedule were
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      A GREAT FINISH.
      117 32 —.Reuter. Canzoneri Retains His Title. New York, Nov. 4. In a contest for the lightweight championship of the world, Tony Canzoneri, the holder, beat Billy Petrolle on points over 15 rounds. There were 19,000 spectators. Petrolle was aggressive in the early rounds, opening a cut on Canzoneri’s
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      FOURTH RYDER CUP
      45 32 —Reuter. To Be Played At St. Andrews. New York, Nov. 4. It is understood that the 1933 Ryder Cup golf match between U.S.A. and Croat Britain will be played at St. Andrews on a date which has not yet been fixed.— Reuter.
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      SINGAPORE RUGBY MATCHES.
      325 32 S.C.C. Tournament. BILLSON SHINES AGAINst A.P.C. AND I. bI M.C.O. 18 pis. A.P.C. and !he outstanding player in the i r 7 tournament game on the Padang on T day evening, when the Malavr Com. Officers beat the A.P.C. and* I. 18 points (three goals and one
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      MALAYA CUP.
      192 32 Changed Singapore XV Meeting Johore. The following will represent Singapore vs. Johore in the H.M.S. Malaya Cup match at Rengam on Saturday, Nov. 12. D. R. Harper; G. C. Ashworth, J. C. Cooke, A. C. Ball, and A. X. Other; H. Price, and J. L. Bonnar; A. K.
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      ISLANDS WIN.
      97 32 Superior Back Play By Visitors. South Johore nil Islands X' s ,,tK By eight points (a goal and a O&gt; nil, the South Johore fifteen, P a V L the Johore Civil Service Club grourn 1 at Rugby to the Islands XV on Satin* A feature of the
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      CONTENTS.
      83 1 eiu-ral Ri’lio Situation Tin Prices y) ie Singapore Auction 1 Share Market 1 Rubber Results 1 Bukit K. B. Rubber 1 r u l&gt;&gt;- Reports Loiuion Tin Market 2 Tin Returns viome and American Stocks 3 M-i«va Rubber Statistics 3 ocl ,&gt;\ Rubber Returns 4 Trade and Finance 4
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      75 1 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts '.•r.or Seller Prices x ]'ai l/do". S*|u*re Nov. Doc. Jan. Nov 2 7 l'* T’-j 7 9 Id 7 y 16 &lt; “h 4 15 32 7 S. 7 11 16 7*4 7 i 2 17 32 715 16 8 8 1/16
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      17 1 \'i&gt;\ Ti»■ &gt;'noiv Price $78.00 per picul. ~4 Htli) 78.00 7 78.37‘i 79.12*2 79.12*2
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION
      125 1 7 hi- S.nyapore Chamber of Commerce Rubin r Association held its 1,095th auction o’! N v. when there was catalogued 11. or 575.1(1 tons; offered 1,267,047 !b. it tors; sold 1.125.150 lb. or 502..‘10 ten*. Spot. L •loii 2 21, 32d. N.wVork Market closed PRICES REALISED. Ribbed
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      GENERAL ACCIDENT.
      61 1 fho Singapore office of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., has been notified by the boad office that the directors have resolved to recommend payment of the follow'd!,' dividends, subject to income-tax: interim dividend of 2Va per cent, on preference shares, and of 6s. per
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      COPRA MARKET.
      56 1 Barlow Co. report as follows on Nov. again to record a quiet marat ric 3 for both grades have fluctuin!r tr'ol. i n narrow limits. After touch- k so.Bo per picul for sundried and $5.25 fi- P, ICU for mixed, the market closes 'y below best as under:—Sundried
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      MAMBAU TIN.
      811 1 The Chairman’s Annual Review. The twelfth annual general meeting of Mambau Tin Ltd., was held at the registered office, 15, OH Market Square. Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 25, Mr. W. H. Martin (chairman) presiding. The chairman addressed the meeting as follows:—The directors’ report and audited accounts for the
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      SHARE MARKET.
      553 1 Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Nov. 9, states With the shadow of the American election hanging over the markets of the world, it can scarcely be a matter for surprise that conditions in the local shaic market should have remained unchanged with practically
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      REASONS FOR EXCESS IN BOLIVIA.
      280 1 Reply to Mining Member Of Federal Council. The F.M.S. (iovernme.it was asked by the lion. Mr. T. R. A. Windeatt in the Federal Council on Oct. ill, to supply information al&gt;out the Bolivian excess export of tin-ore. Government replied trs follows: The total Bolivian excess,
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      RUBBER RESULTS.
      178 1 Losses for Rubana And Tali Ayer. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 4. The report of Rubana Rubber Estates, Ltd., for the year ended June .‘10, shows a loss of £3,660 as against a profit for the previous 12 months of £166, leaving a carry forward of £46,585.
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      BUKIT K. B. RUBBER.
      133 1 The directors’ report of the Bukit K. B. Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1932, states After charging all secretarial and office expenses to revenue, the year’s working resulted in a loss of 3688.04. Deducting this loss from the balance brought forward from
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        CAMERON HIGHLANDS.
        332 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Settlement of the Cameron Highlands being seriously retarded by the amazing procedure of Government in recording the applications for the land of any unknown and unguaranteed applicant who cares to fill in a form together with a sketch (usually erroneous) of
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        INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.
        681 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I be allowed to let the public know though your pages that the i following processes relating to rubber manufacture for which patent applications were filed by me in the F.M.S. at various times during the last eight years
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        RUBBER RESTRICTION.
        532 2 RUBBER RESTRICTION To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The mordant wit of the gentlei man who so brilliantly fillsi the present-, Iy transient office of the present Malay States Federation was never seen to better advantage than when retorting to the j planting member’s urge against Government’s ‘‘conspiracy
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        CONTROL OF EXPORT.
        142 2 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. There nre none so blind as those*that will not sec” and your Financial Correspondent, in reporting yesterday the effect on the rubber market of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association’s efforts to arrange a triangular conference between the D.E.1., Malaya and
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        RUBBER REPORTS.
        534 2 Guthrie Co., Ltd., in their weekly rubber report, dated Singapore, Nov. 8, state:— Another dull week falls to be recorded, and consequently there is little of interest to report. A moderate amount of business has been transacted during the week, but prices show a slight decline since the
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      713 2 [Straits Times Copyright T Reproduction Rights Reserved. Metal Keeps Reinarkak.il ’I BULL ACCOUNT I\ I STRONG HANDS. I (From, Our Own Correspondent., I London, Oct. B Taking everything into account I though tin has lost ground, it ha* B remarkably steady in face of the disS‘B ed
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      MANDAI-TEKONG RUBBER.
      630 3 ir E. A. Elias Reviews The Year. T" rhe twenty-second annual general meet-Mandai-Tekong (Singapore) Rub,kr States. Ltd., was held in Singapore Oct. 25. Mr. E. A. Elias pred|he‘ chairman said:— I believe you received a circular letter from the "•retaries informing you of the position the company and
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      OCT. TIN RETURNS.
      351 3 (The figures in brackets denote the figures of the corresponding period of last year). I’uieh Tin Dredging.—Run (hours) 231.00. yardage 19.000, piculs 101.00. Murai Tin--Output (piculs) 5C.00. Malayan Tin Dredging.—1,000 piculs. Southern Malayan.—850 piculs. Kualu Lumpur Tin No Liability.—No. 1 Dredge hours run 480, j do. treated
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      165 3 ‘fKAN SHIPMENTS OK RUBBER LATEX. REVERTEX AND CONCENTRATED LATEX, DI KIN'. I HE MON I H OF OCTOBER, 1932, PRELIMINARY RETURN. Sheet ana Crepe. Latex, ConcentrateJ Lrtcx, Rwerte* Torn, M sS* jsSTsk Totti. 'u'th' of t'.'n. Proper. Settlements. States Proper. Settlements, nn7't r &gt;20 r&gt;:t87 ***** -,"W&gt;1’“™
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      ANNUAL MEETING OF KEMPAS, LTD.
      739 3 Loss on the Year Of $756. The twenty-second, annual general meeting of Kempas, Ltd., was held at 4, Fort Road, Malacca, on Oct. 29, Mr. J. M. Sime, presiding. Proposing the aJoption of the report and accounts, the chairman said:— The report and accounts for
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      254 3 Closing Quotations In Condon. &lt; From Our Own Correspondent.» London, Nov. 8. Closing quotations today of the principal British and American stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Nov. 3. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise Of Fall Conversion Loan
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      PALM OIL PRICE.
      37 3 A cable received by Cumberbatch and Co., gives the London price of palm oil at £18 10s. The market is idle. The quotations is made on the basis of 18 per cent, f.f.a., Liverpool.
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      Trade and Finance.
      277 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singiiporn, November 9. 8ELLING. Loiubin. 4 months’ sight 24 London, S months’ sight 2/3 31/32 Txindon, 60 days’ sight 2/3 15/16 London, 30 days’ sight 2 3 29/32 demand 2/8 7/8 London, T.T. 2/8 27/32 Lyons and Paris, demand 960 Hamburg, demand L r &gt;6
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      Stocks and Shares.
      834 4 Fraser and Co.’s Quotations. Singapore. November if. MINING. Snllt Cal. I’d. Buyers. Sellers. 41 £1 A sain Kumbang 26/- 28/£1 £1 Austral Malay 18/- 20/- r Ayer Hitam Tin 11/- 11/9 i'l £1 Bangrin Tin 13'6 14/6 £1 £1 Batang Padang 0.05 0.10 1 1 Batu Caves
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      OCT. RUBBER RETURNS.
      257 4 (The figures in brackets denote the figures of the corresponding period of last year). Alor (1ajah.—34,200 lb. Ayer Punas.—Bo,ooo lb. Anglo-Johore.—32.ooo lb Arras Estates. —28,650 lb. Ayer Kuning.—lol,ooo lb. Batu Lintang.— 67,810 lb. Bukit Pa10ng.—16,579 lb. Baling Estate. —50,600 lb. Bagan Serai. —38,600 lb. Bukit Jelotang.—77,6oo lb
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    • RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES OCT. 25.
        580 4 I Abaco (£1) Mi Allagar (2 /4%; Amherst, '(2/) /l; Anglo-Malay (£1) 7/; Ayer Kuning (£1) 11/3; Bagan Serai (£1) 5/16: j Bahru (Sel.) (2/1) IAI Banteng (£1) 7/0; Bat’ng Cns. (2 0 /3; Batu Caves (£1) 8/9; Batu Tiga (£1) 6 104; Bekoh (2/)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES NOV. 9.
        670 4 Capitol Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends braser Lyall Company Co. Kvatt. 454,175 1 Nil for year 29-2-32 Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.1* 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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      SIAK RUBBER.
      153 4 London, Oct. 14. laas meetings of shareholders in Siak (Sumatra) Rubber Estates are to be held on Oct. 31 to consider proposals for the reconstruction of the company. Breifly stated, the scheme comprises f! the incorporation of a new compan\ vi a capital in Ordinary shares of tl
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