The Straits Budget, 8 June 1933

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED MMAJLLY A CENTURY.] No. 3,930 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    302 1 LEADERS Page 2d. Per lb. F. 0.8. 3 Japan’s Next Move 3 The Honours List 3 Faith or Fear? 3-4 Mr. Howeson Speaks 4 Tin Propaganda 4 Occasional Notes 5-6 Telegrams, Renter and Special— Covering Past Week’s News 19-25 Pictures The Social Whirl 15 View of Govt. House Garden
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL
    1631 1 The following: appointments are notiin the F.M.S. Gazette of June 2. mattery Quartermaster Sergeant F. S. J. •'orris, R.A., to be Battery SergeantMajor and Instructor, F.M.S. Light Battery; Mr. W. H. Noble to be Instrujaent Repairer, Survey Dept.; Mr. A. F. Bennett to act as Chief Sanitary
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    CHINESE CHILDREN WHO GO ASTRAY.
    2262 2 Path of Untruthfulness And Dishonesty. IGNORANCE OF THE PARENTS. Mr. Wee Swee Teow’s Plea To Pupils At Raffles Institution. The deplorable conditions in which many Chinese children were being brought up by parents who in their ignorance encouraged them to tell lies and be dishonest,
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    GEN. HANZO KANAYA.
    65 2 —Reuter. Death Of One Of Leaders In Manchurian Trouble. Tokio, June 6. The death is announced of Gen. Hanzo Kanaya, the chief of tho Japanese General Staff at the time of the outbreak of the Manchurian trouble in September, 1931, and who at the t mr» of
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    LADY CYNTHIA MOSLEY.
    49 2 Body Lying In State Pending Completion Of Tomb. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 3. The body of Lady Cynthia Mosley ’ying in state in the chapel a* the Cliveden Estate of Lady Astor pending completion of the tomb near Lady Cynthia s ok; country house.
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      2d. PER LB. F.O.B.
      1134 3 justice of this nature. —Straits Times, Juno 1. That indefatigable writer of Letters to the Editor, Mr. F. O. Rasmussen, took exception to the pabled summary of the speech made by Sir Eric Geddes at the annual general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Company. Sir Eric
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      JAPAN’S NEXT MOVE.
      948 3 —Straits Times, June 2. It has been impossible to form a clear idea from the mass of conflicting messages received during the last week as to the exact nature of the latest developments in North China. It appears that a formal armistice has now been signed by
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      THE HONOURS LIST.
      813 3 —Straits Times, June 3. It is seldom that an Honours List, when viewed entirely from a local standpoint, arouses among Malayans anything more than feelings of regret and mild annoyance. The List announced this morning is certainly not an exception to the rule. True, there are rather
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      FAITH OR FEAR?
      817 3 —Straits Times, June 5. Mrs. Pearl S. Buck, the well-known novelist, is the centre of a vigorous controversy' which has raged in the United States for several weeks past. Mrs. Buck has spent many years in China as a missionary uqder the Pre«byterian Board of Foreign Missions.
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      MR. HOWESON SPEAKS.
      1044 4 —Straits Times, June 6. We published on Saturday an extended report of the speech delivered by Mr. John Howeson at the annual general meeting of the London Tin Corporation, Limited. There were a number of points in that speech which are of particular interest to this country,
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      TIN PROPAGANDA.
      825 4 or the writer concerned.”—Straits Times. June 7. Our leading article of yesterday dealt •vith the question of tin and attempted to reply to of the more striking statements made \by Mr. John Howeson at the annual general meeting of the London Tin Corporation, Limited. That speech was given
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    NEW SIAMESE LOTTERY
    65 4 Being Planned On Basis Of Tcs. 1,000,000. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 6. A new Siamese lottery is being planned on a million tical basis with part of the proceeds to go to the hospitals. A strong committee has been appointed including several Europeans. The lottery
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    THE KING’S SPEECH.
    57 4 The 8.8. C. announces that the opening speech by His Majesty the King at the World Economic Conference on June, 12, will be broadcast on that day between 9.20 p.m. and 9.40 p.m. local time. The stations used for this transmission will be GSF. 19.8 metres, and
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    FOUND SHOT DEAD IN CABIN.
    140 4 Manila Man Who Often Visited Singapore. On the arrival in Singapore on Wed nesday the s.s. Cingalese Prince th« story was told of a tragedy on ’boar! when the vessel was at Shanghai G °ing to inform a passenger that the vessel had berthed a
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    LAWYER AS WITNESS.
    159 4 Dispate Over A Draft For $32,000. After several adjournments for instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor Mr. S. Fung, advocate and solicitor. was recalled on Tuesday in the preliminary inquiry into two charges of cheating against Wong Kong Teng, before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second
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    BIRTHS
    89 4 HALL.—To Elsie, wife of C. W. Durharr. Hall at Muar hospital, on May 29, a son. DICKSON.- To Aileen Margaret, wife of T. N. Dickson, at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur on June 2, a daughter. GRIEVE.- Tr Rita, wife of W. L. Grieve, at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, or
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    94 4 The engagement is announced between Mr. Soh Chiap Fwee, second son of the late Mr. Soh Giok Hian, Capitan of Sinkep and of the late Mrs. Soh Giok Hian, and Wong Tet Yin, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Bitt Sinn, of Singapore, and grand-daughter of the late
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      88 4 NOTICE Ali communication? for both the Strait? Times and the Straits Budget should be addressed to the Head Office, Cecil and Stanley Streets. Singapore, StraitJ Settlements. The post free price of the Straits Times to the United Kingdom and foreign countT.ee is $48 a year. The post free price of
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    52 4 DEATHS CHEW MR. CHEW BOON LAY. aye W years, passed away peacefully ut hi residence, 141-B Devonshire Road on r r day, June 2, at 9.45 p.m. AHIN. Pereival Jonathan Josepn (Little Jeffrey! nearly beloved son of Mr. and Arthur Ahin on June 2, 1933, arcd 3 vr-, 11 months.
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES.
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      AIR MAILS.
      275 5 .—Straits Times, June 1. A number of problems at present i cynf ronting the Dutch authorities in Holland and in Netherlands India are l**ing followed very closely by the people of Malaya. Foremost among them, of course, is the question of rubber restriction. Another which is of considerable
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      TAPPING AGAIN.
      216 5 —-Straits Times, June 1. According to the Economic Bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce for Netherlands India, there has been a gradual resumption of tapping on rubber estates which closed down when the slump was at its worst. The month in which the largest
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      A WONDERFUL APPARATUS.
      328 5 —Straits Times, June 1. I'he installation of the new Consta--I’otential Deep-Therapy X-ray apparatus at the General Hospital, which plant is designed to produce wonderfully penetrating rays for the treatment of cancer and other terrible internal diseases, is particularly interesting at this time w hen the usefulness of
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      “ALEX. L. JOHNSTON.”
      209 5 “ALEX. L. JOHNSTON history—officially ?—Straits Times, June 2. There appears in “Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya" a facsiniile reproduction of the front page of one he n? rU% copies extant of the Singa- e i? I SS5 le J* is dated Thursday, an. 18, 1827, and in the centre
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      HEALTH.
      231 5 easv vaccination for immunity.—Straits Timas, June 2. From the latest health figures issued by the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations it is apparent that the cholera and smallpox epidemics which have been causing hundreds of deaths each week in India and China are now abating. In India
      easv vaccination for immunity.—Straits Timas, June 2.  -  231 words
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      “A POLICEMAN’S LOT. . . .”
      366 5 “A POLICEMAN’S LOT. —Straits Times, June 2. “I think your policemen are wonderful” has become a stock phrase for disting'uished foreign visitors to London when asked for their impressions of that city, and for all-round efficiency, reliability unvarying cheerfulness under difficut circumstances and many other fine qualities the London “Bobby”
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      THE ABANDONED STATION.
      197 5 a busv thoroughfare.—Strait* Times, Jun r; Now that many moons have waxed and waned since the new Singapore railway station was officially opened, the question may well be asked “What does the Government propose to do with the old station at Tank Road and when is it
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      “JAGA KRETA”?
      169 5 —Straits Times, June Two of those very annoying young gentlemen who pester local r.iotonsts with their “jaga” racket appeared before a Singapore magistrate yesterday and one of them was sent to a reformatory for two years. There will probably be a tendency to criticise that decision as unduly
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      PEKAN REPORTS.
      256 5 .—Straits Times, June 'I. The reports of the ceremonies and festivities at Pekan which have appear* fed in the Straits Times and other newspapers during the last few days were the first press messages to be sent in Malaya by an internal wireless service. To send these messages
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      RICE IN PAHANG.
      285 5 RICE IN PAHANG the Malays by a large margin.—Straits Times, June 3. A hope that Pahang would make itself self-supporting in its supply of foodstuffs, particularly of rice, during the reign of the new sultan was expressed by Sir Cecil Clementi at the C.M.G. investiture last Monday. As a matter
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      TEA RESTRICTION.
      177 5 difficulty in holding its own.—-Strains Times, June 5. The tea restriction scheme which came into force in India and Ceylon on May 26, and will come into effect in the Dutch Indies on June 12 will have good effects in Malaya in more ways than one. While there
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      SEROW TROPHIES.
      277 5 —Straits Times, June 5. A good deal has appeared in the Straits Times recently (writes a corI respond—t) about the incidence tn Malaya of the serow or kambing grun, and it has been stated, quite correctly, that this animal, if not actually as rare as some people suppose,
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      STRAITS TIN.
      404 5 Straits Times, June 5. Mr. John Howeson, with whose speech at the annual general meeting of the London Tin Corporation, Ltd., we shall deal with in detail tomorrow, stated with reference to Straits tin which commands a substantial premium in all market*: “And then we have the unfortunate
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      MALAYAN WILD LIFE.
      206 6 Straits Times, June 6. In the May issue of the “Nature Magazine”, which is published by the American Nature Association at Washington D.C., there is a reference to the work of the Wild Life Commission of Malaya. This reference reads: “One of the most thoroughgoing studies of
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      A UNIQUE AWARD.
      299 6 exile can lay claim.—Straits Times, June 6. Mr. John Hands, of Kuala Lumpur, is, we believe, the first European to receive the Certificate of Honour, the Malayan honour founded by Sir Laurence Guillemard and awarded by the High Commissioner “in the name of His Majesty the King.”
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      THE TWO HITLERS.
      310 6 THE TWO HITLERS v mat —Straits Times, June 6. There may be much in the policy of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi lieutenants that calls for adverse criticism, but the Intest news from Germany indicates that for all their extremism in certain directions, the Nazis are bringing commonsense to bear
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      WITHOUT COMMENT.
      41 6 —Stiaits Times, June 7. From the Bangkok Times of June 3:— “The new Johnston’s Pior in Singapore, as it is and will be known to all shipping people using the anchorage inside the breakwater, is to be opened today.”
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      HAPSBURG OR BOURBON?
      270 6 —Straits Times, June 7. In describing ex-King Alfonso of Spain as a Hapsburg in yesterday’s Straits Times we were not quite right—and not quite w’rong. He is a Hapsburg in the sense that he has the blood of that House in his veins and is the possessor
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      PRINCELY REBELS.
      221 6 the better course 7. While on the subject it is an amazing coincidence that within the space of a few days two scions of the proudest Houses in Europe, should defy the head of the House, the ex-Kaiser and ex-King fonso respectively, and marry commoners, though in the
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      A FIREARMS FALLACY.
      329 6 —Straits Times, June 7. A writer in the June number of the Malayan Police Magazine discusses at some length the question of whether fire* arms are an effective form of protection for the individual in the circumstances in which danger to life and property may ordinarily be
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    WITHOUT FOOD FOR THREE DAYS.
    167 6 Wife’s Tragic Story. WORKLESS HUSBAND HANGS HIMSELF How her husband committed suicide because he was out of work and had had no meal for three days was told to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, on Tuesday when a verdict of suicide by hanging
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    PASSENGERS.
    348 6 The following passengers arrived on Saturday by the Dollar Lines President Folk: For Singapore: Mr. S. N. Burger, Mr. J. Blandin. Mr. N. Brandel, Mr. I. B. Ingle, Mr. T- Katsura and Mr II. Robinson. For Penang: Mr. R. Koch and Mr. H. W. Graupner. The following passengers are
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    $25 FINES FOR TWO BIRD-TRADERS.
    163 6 Warnings Ignored. OVERCROWDING FOWLS IN BASKETS. A serious view of the offence of overcrowding birds in cages was taken by Mr G. S. Rawlings, the Fourth Police Magistrate, on Wednesday, when two licensed bird-traders, Ng Yong and Teo (Jhoo Wan, both of Rochore Road, were
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    WOMAN CHAMPIONED.
    299 6 Ricksha-Puller Beaten For His Chivalry. A broken head, a fractured nasal bone and several contusions was the price paid by Tan Choon-Tee, a ricksa-puller, for his chivalrous conduct in championing the cause of a woman hawker who v it is alleged, was being cheated by three men during
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    ALLEGED MUAR CRIME.
    153 6 Chinese Book-keeper In K.L. Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 6. In the police court, Kuala kumpun this morning- Chew Bong Ho appeare< fore Mr. F. K. Wilson t 0 answer a charge of alleged criminal breach of trust as servant in respect of $1,483.
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    CAREERS FOR LOCAL BOYS.
    1742 7 Committee’s Report TJME OF USEFULNESS NOW PAST. The Singapore Careers and Employment Committee (1932) in its report juHt issued states that its usefulness as a committee is now past and recommends that the central register be retained and that the registration of names be continued as
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    SPECIAL APPEAL.
    203 7 Malacca Measures For Helping Workless. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 2. At the last meeting of the executive committee of the Asiatic Unemployment Committee hero Mr. K. P. Bmgham appointed vice president and it wm airreed to 'dissolve tho joint honorary secretaryship. Mr. Pillay was asked to
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    EUROPEAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING DEATH.
    196 7 A Police Inspector. SEQUEL TO LATE NIGHT ROAD CRASH. Arising from u fatal motor-car accident which occurred near gate no. 4 of th# Tanjong Pagar Wharves late laat Saturday night, Inspector C. B. Wood, attached to the police traffic branch, waa produced before Mr. G.
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    PRINTS ON WALL.
    290 7 Chinese Accused Offers No Explanation. The vigilance of a police constable on sentry duty in Orchard Road resulted in the arrest of a well-dressed Chinese on the night of June. The man was seen in a ricksha with a large suitcase, and his explanation not being satisfactory
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    “A GREAT SUCCESS.”
    45 7 Siamese Government’s Internal Uan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 6. The Siamese Government considers the result of the intc rnal loan a great success Private subscriptions have exceeded Tcs 1.000,000 and thn Government could have covered an issue of Tcs. 11,500,000.
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    CUT WITH RAZOR.
    60 7 Chinese Barber Sent To Prison. (hrom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, J me 6. A Chinese barber in Mantin village cut a coffee-shop assistant with a razor. Today Gook Kwee pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt ami failing to give any reason for his action was
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    INJUSTICE.
    572 8 Correspondence. Can Dunlop's Produce At 2d. per lb. r’.O.B To the* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Referring to Mr. Wiseman’s letter, rep.ykng to mine under the heading Injustice,” I beg to say that Sir Eric Geddes did not make any reference to the f.o.b. cost for the Dunlop
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    “SUITABLE” PLANTERS.
    326 8 To the Editor of the Straits Timea. Sir, —To quote a small part of your leader of the May 24 as a nremise They will, moreover, find themselves quite unable to recruit suitable (italics mine) men to their employment.” This, to the writer, dubs the planter as ?u
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    THE MUSICAL SOCIETY.
    250 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have read with very much interest your note regarding the Singapore Musical Society and the regrettable falling oflf of revenue which makes its continued existence precarious. Personally, I would not attribute the failure to slump psychology so much—there
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    141 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In reply to “Unemployed’s” letter, published in your issue of May 19, the amended figures given by me actually showed a surplus for the months of March and April, i.e. donations and subscriptions from the public in those two months exceeded
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    A WARNING.
    133 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —A rise of $30.00 in the price of tin in six weeks! Our futile Government missed the safeguarding ’bus before. Let them not miss it now, in the next agreement. Manufacturers want a stable price, or they will fly to
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    2d. PER LB. F.O.B.
    218 8 To the Editor of the Strfrits Time®. Sir, —While, happily, unable to supply you with any first-hand information as to any exploitation of staffs and labour oil estates, I would like to emphasise that the above cost can only be maintained' (and many managers are successfully
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    “TRICARS ARE NOT DESIRABLE.”
    189 8 No Lease for Talkies At Victoria Theatre. Decided that tricars as passenger* carrying vehicles are not desirable on the streets of Singapore. Decided that a proposal to lease the Victoria Theatre for sound films he not entertained. These two decisions have been made by the general
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    G. W. OSBORNE.
    102 8 Further Mention Of Breach Charge. Ment on was made again on Tuesday before Mr. H. the Criminal District Judge, of the charge of criminal breach of trust as an agent of the sum of $1,000 against a European, George Wingrove Osborne. Accused was represented by Mr. D.
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    GUANO DEFINITION.
    124 8 Government’s Financial Loss Considerable.” According to the objects and reasons” of a bill to be introduced to the Federal Council it is provided by section 27 of the Land Code that any person desiring to remove guano from State land must take out a licence. It has recently
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    THE NEW PIER.
    27 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Johnston’s Pier is dead l Long live “JOHnston’s Pier.”—Yours, etc., L. R. M. Singapore, June 6.
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    JAY-BICYCLIST.
    104 8 Boy Looks Round And Hits Policeman. Chin Hin, a 14-year-old Chinese boy, strenuously denied a charge of riding a bicycle without a light before Mr. A. W. 11av, the Singapore Second Magistrate, on Monday. During his version of' the incident, however, he said he heard the sound of a
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    124 8 700 Guests Attend The Garden Party. About 700 guests attended the garden party at Government House on Saturdav, the King’s birthday. T.H. the Sultan and Sultanah of Johore and H.H. Tungku Mahkota were among those present. Capt. Wells, Commander of H.M. Aircraft Carrier Eagle, which arrived in port
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    MR. T. BUSTRAAN.
    207 8 Dies On Way To Europe On Holiday. News has been received by cable of the death of Mr. T. Bustraan, an engineer for some years with Henggelar and Martin, Kuala Lumpur, of blackwater fever while on his way to Europe on holiday. He is being buried at
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      192 8 HER FAT IS GOING FAST If you are curious to know what n happening to her bust, waist, and h.n measurements, read her letter p 1 as l g 6 lbs. when I started taking Krusehen three months ago, and am noS lb- lbs., and I hope to reduce my
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    SINGAPORE POULTRY SHOW.
    1175 9 Successful Week. DETAILED LISir OF THE PRIZEWINNERS. The Singapore Poultry Show at th« New World has closed after a most successful week. The judges, Messrs. E. Ford and Zigele, have finished their work and prizes were by the Chinese Consults "<*ral on Friday night The full i
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE.
    121 9 Ue-examination In Arts And Science. The following students at Raffles College have passed the second year re-cx-amination in arts Miss D. J. Price. Miss Ng Nice, Tan Teik Kooi. Tan Yam San, Thor Seong Aun, Lim Saik Ghee, Amat bm Mum. Md. Lazem bin Md. Ariffin. The following
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    FATAL ROAD CRASH.
    50 9 A fatal road accident occurred tiii.morning resulting in the death of a Malay motor-cyclist shortly after removal to hospital. The motor-cycle was P collision with a motor-car driven >y Mr. L. F. Phipps, of the Fire Brigade, at the junction of Bras Rasah Road and Victoria Street.
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    YOUTHS WHO PESTER MOTORISTS.
    221 9 Two More Caught. ROTAN AND TWO YEARS IN REFORMATORY. The police are keeping up a vigorous campaign against youths who pester motorists and Inspector (ioodship, who rounded up five of them on Monday night, on May 31 brought two more into court. They were heavily punished.
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    SIAM’S RICE EXPORT.
    73 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 30. The export of rice for the period January to April, 1933, >s over 83,000 tons more than for the corresponding period in 1932, of which Singapore took 7.000 tons more and Hong Kong 02.000 mor <. Mr. W. M. James,
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    “RATHER A ‘BOGUS’ SOCIETY.”
    1097 9 Mr. A. T. Durray Fined. STAY PENDING APPEAL ALLOWED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 31. The case in which Mr. A. T. Durray, managing director of the Mutual Trual Benefit Association, Ltd., and the Mutual Trust Benefit Association, Ltd., are charged at the instance
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    Fire Hoses Turned On Man With Axe.
    1432 10 IN CELL “LIKE A CAGED TIGER.” How Friend Saved Warder In Parang Attack. Dramatic evidence of the parang attack on Mr. A. G. Smith, the European gaoler of the Johore State prison, by, it is alleged, a prisoner serving a ten-year sentence for
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    DR. V. H. NORRIS.
    191 10 Leaving Singapore For Butterworth. Dr. V. H. Norris, vice-president of the Singapore Recreation Club, was entertained at tiffin on Monday at the clubhouse prior to his departure on transfer to Butterworth Hospital as medical officer-in-charge. The Hon. Dr. N. L. Clarke presided ovi r a gathering
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    PENANG AIR RALLY.
    206 10 47 People Make $10 Joy Flights. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 5. The first air rally of the kind ever held in Penang, in which three planes from the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club took part, was a great success today and 47 Penang residents took the
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    GODOWN FIRE.
    44 10 Malayan Pineapple Co. In Klang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 6. The godown of the Malayan Pineapple Co. in Harper Street here caught fire this morning and is still burning. The contents of the godown belong to Paterson, Simons and Co.
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    RESIDENT’S RUBBER ELEPHANT.
    657 10 Malacca Fete. C.P.O.’S COUPONS FOR COCONUT SHIES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 5. Following the official celebrations of the King's birthday on Saturday morning most of social Malacca and a very large crowd of spectators were pr«sent at the fete held in the afternoon on the
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    LABOUR RATES.
    52 10 According to a Johore Governmen Gazette Extraordinary the rates payabr under the Labour Code are 72 cents every male labourer and 48 cents f<»> every female* labourer for the third quar er of the year 1933. The number e working days comprised in the quarte. has been fixid
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    3616 11 The Ex-Planting Director—A Rubber Phenomenon—Why Does He Change? —$3,000 A Month Incomes—Anti Slum p Salaries—D oubting American Stocks P. B. Clones’ Results. i By Our Plutiir Correa pond eat.) THE reference made in these note-* a fortnight ago to ex-planting directors who exert their influence to keep
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    KING’S BIRTHDAY PARADE FROM THE AIR.
    1041 12 Straits Times Reporter Flies In The Aerial Salute. [BY A STAFF REPORTER.I I viewed the King's Birthday Parade on the Padang on Saturday morning from an entirely different angle from the thousands of other spectators of this picturesque annual event. They saw this time-honoured
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    BOY SOPRANO AND A HARPIST.
    849 12 Children’s Concert. TWO NOVEL MUSICAL EXPERIENCES. Friday night’s Children’s Concert in tin Victoria Memorial Hall provided two out standing musical novelties for Singapore -a Malay boy soprano and a harjist. Ihe concert had another unusual feature in that, with the exception of the boy all
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    2829 13 Lessotis Learnt At Pekan—The Ghost Of Clifford—An Aeroplane At Pelesu Night Thoughts On A River What An Enthronement Means—A Modern Malay State. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) LAST Sunday night I found myself on the north bank of the Pahang River opposite the town
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    $l,000 BAIL FOR A EUROPEAN.
    117 13 Accused of Criminal Breach of Trust. G. W. Osborne, a middle-aged European, claimed trial before Mr. II. A. Forrer in the First Magistrate’s Court this morning on a charge that between Mar. 27 and Apr. 11, 1933, he committed criminal breach of trust of $1,000
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    KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    488 14 .—Reuter. Knighthood For New Chief Justice. OTHER AWARDS. Women’s Good Work Recognised. The King has been graciously pleased to approve the bestowal of the following Honours on the occasion of His Majesty’s Birthday Knight Bachelor. Walter Clarence Huggard, Esq., K.C., LL.D., Chief Justice Designate of Straits Settlements.
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    SIR W. HUGGARD.
    643 14 Career Of The New Chief Justice. Sir Walter Huggard, who was recently appointed Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements in place of Sir William Murison, who has retired, is the eldest son of the late John T. Huggard, of Milltown, County Kerry. He was educated at the
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    THIRD AMUSEMENT PARK.
    226 14 Plans for Merry World At Geylang. A third large amusement park is to arise in Singapore in the near future. It will be known as the Merry World. The two amusement parks already in existence in Singapore are the Great World and New World. The promoter, a
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    INDIAN SETTLEMENT.
    155 14 Sungei Ujong Estate’s 200 Acres. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May 31. I have been able to gather some information today regarding another Indian settlement in this State similar to the one at Chua, near Port Dickson. The Chua Settlement, as is known, is on government land on
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    CORONA CLUB DINNER.
    91 14 Broadcast Of Colonial Secretary’s Speech The following telegram, dated May 27, has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—Through facilities provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation my speech at the Corona Club dinner, June 15, will be broadcast to African zones approximately 9 to
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    TRADE COMMISSION.
    102 14 Evidence On Cement And Imported Milk. Tfhe 18th; 19th and 20th meetings ot the S.S. Trade Commission were held in the Council Chamber, Singapore, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Evidence was received from Mr. L. Langdon Williams, manager of The Singapore Improvement Trust, regarding the operations of the
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    ATALANTA LEAVES LONDON.
    161 14 Message to R.A.F. DUE AT BANGKOK ON JUNE 10. The Imperial Airways machine Atalanta, which is to survey the route to Australia, has now left London. The Straits Times is officially informed by the R.A.F. authorities at Seletar that tfte plane left London on May 20. Thence
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    KING’S BIRTHDAY.
    309 14 Certificates of Honour In The F.M.S. A supplement to the F.M.S. Government Gazette, issued on Saturday starethat in the name of H.M. the King H. F. the High Commissioner has been plea>»d to award Certificates of Honour to the following persons in recognition of thc.r loyal and valuable
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    MRS. H. BONNEY.
    109 14 Mrs. H. Bonney, the Australian flier and cousin of the late Bert Hinkler, has resumed her flight to England. She left Darwin on Apr. 16, but was held uo by different causes, two of which were a forced landing near Akyab and failure to secure permission to
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      “Christian General” Strikes First Blow.
      486 19 —Union Times. ARREST OF NANKING OFFICIALS IN CHARHAR. South Not To Recognise “Humiliating” Truce. Shanghai. June 2. Fi>il is again feared in China. hollowing the signing of the armistice in the North. Canton has issued a strong statement 1 refusing to recognise the validity of
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      MR. O. M. GREEN.
      95 19 have been disarmed. —Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Pays Warm Tribute To Nanking: Leaders. London, June 2. A warm tribute to Mr. T. V. Soong and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek was paid oy Mr. Owen M. Green, former editor of the North China Daily
      have been disarmed.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  95 words
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      WHY AN ARMISTICE?
      128 19 Reuter. v If Inhere Never Was A Sino-Japanese War London, June 1. I am very glad to inform the House that the Sino-Japanese armistice was signed yesterday,” announced Sir John Simon in the House of Commons, amid general cheprs. He added that at present he was without
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      CHINA RIGHTS.
      57 19 .—Reuter. Demand That They Should Be Restored. Montreux, June 5. A resolution urging that China should be given back sovereign rights over her entire territory has been passed the committee dealing with political and juridical matters at the plenary congress of the International Federation of League of Nations
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      SECRET TREATY WITH JAPAN?
      577 19 —Reuter. Chinese Press Accuses Marshal Chiang. MANCHUKUO. May Be Recognised By Soviet Russia. Riga, June 4. It is announced here that Mohcow and Japan have concluded a secret agreement with Nanking which recognises Manchukuo approximately within its present frontiers. Japan is to receive certain naval privii
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      SECRET MORGAN PARTNERS.
      553 19 .—Reuter. More Revelations in Bank Inquiry. FAVOURED CLIENTS. Stock Bought Below The Market Price. Washington, June 1. A further list of favoured customers was disclosed yesterday in the inquiry into J. P. Morgan and Co. by the Senate Banking Committee. Customers were permitted to buy United Corporation
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      MALAYA’S MAIN FUNCTION.
      593 20 To Sell Commodities. STJILL THE CHEAPEST PRODUCER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 19. This morning I had a chat with Mr. J. G. Hay, the head of Guthrie and Co., Ltd., who returned to the City recently after a six-month visit to Malaya. It will be
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      JAPAN’S MISSION.
      70 20 —Reuter. Western Civilisation In The Orient. Boston, June 2. Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, in a speech at the Japanese Club, said that Japan has been, and stijl is, the standard bearer of Western civilisation in the Orient. He believes that it is her duty to defend certain ideas and
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      WEDDING OF DAYANG LEONORA.
      202 20 ,—Reutei. Quiet Ceremony At St. George’s. London, June 1. A romance following a meeting aboard a liner, on the way home from the East, culminated in the wedding at St. George s, Hanover Square, today of the Earl of Inchcape to Miss Leonora Brooke, eldest daughter
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      VILLAGES BARRICADED.
      120 20 Fences Of Sharpened Bamboo Poles. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, May 26. The chief editor of the Algemeen Indisch Dagblad is travelling in the districts of Java where plague is “*"»iling. He reports a very serious situation now that the opposition of the natives is taking the shape
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      FORD MOTOR CO.
      62 20 Shrinkage of Assets To $664,928,000. Concord, New Hampshire, June 1. The assets of the Ford Motor Co. have shrunk to $664,928,000 since last year, representing a falling off of $70,582,000 according to a tentative balance sheet filed at New Hampshire with the Secretary of State. The liabilities
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      YARKAND ATTACKED.
      72 20 —Reuter. Moslem Rebels Tunnelling Into The City. Simla, June 1. Moslem rebels are attempting to enter the new city of Yarkand by tunnelling, according to the latest new's reaching the Indian Foreign Office which shows that the situation continues disquieting. It is also worsening in Kashgar, where further
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      JAPANESE COMPETITION.
      67 20 —Reuter. Government Not In Position To Make A Statement. London, June 1. In the House of Commons Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, said he had received a reply to his suggestion for conversations between British and Japanese industrialists as regards competition in overseas markets.
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      BRITAIN’S WAR DEBT PAYMENT.
      253 20 ,—Reuter. U.S. Senate Shows Keen Sense of Realities. London, June 2. In connection with Mr. Chamberlain’s answer in the House of Commons yesterday to a question regarding: the Government’s intentions concerning the war debt instalment, when he said it was undesirable to make any statement at
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      SIR JOHN SIMON NOT TO RESIGN.
      137 20 .—Reuter. Differences With The Cabinet. London, June 1. In connection, with the rumours that Sir John Simon is about to resign for reasons of health and disagreement with the majority of the Cabinet with regard to air bombing for police purposes, to which he
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      WORLD CONFERENCE.
      96 20 Reuter. Gentlemen’s Agreement On Gold. London, June 1. Interviewed on board, President Roosevelt, who is en route to London to attend the World Economic Conference with the United States delegates, declared that he expected broad agreements rather than specific treaties from the Conference. He also hoped for gentlemen’s
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      SERIOUS UNREST IN JAVA.
      160 20 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Plague Terror. HUNDREDS OF CORPSES SECRETLY BURIED. Amsterdam, May 30 Serious disturbances have broken <wt in Java in consequence of measures taken by the Dutch authorities to com- bat plague. The native population is, according to newspaper reports particularly irritated by the regulation that the
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      TO FLY ATLANTIC TOGETHER.
      97 20 —Reuter Wireless. Mr. and Mrs. MolKson’s Last Big Risk. London, May 30. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison plan to make their last big flight, before retiring from the field of record-breaking dashes, about June 8, when they will fly across the Atlantic to New York,
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  97 words
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      PORTUGAL’S POLICY.
      69 20 —Reuter. At The Service Of The World. Lisbon, June 2. The first Portuguese Imperial Conference in history, attended by all colonial governors, was opened today by President Carmona. “It is the most magnificent official meeting since the days of the Monarchy, said the Prime Minister in his opining
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      FRENCH BUDGET PASSED.
      66 20 —Reuter. Deficit Of Over Three Milliard Francs. Paris, June 1. Disagreement over the petrol nionopolv provisions in the budget kept bot Houses sitting all night long. Tho bill was shuttled half a dozen times between Senate and Chamber until a compromise formula was hammered out. The budget,
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      SAMUEL INSULL.
      70 20 Another Attempt To Obtain Extradition. Washington, June 2. The Department of Justice is reported to be considering new indictments Samuel Insull Sr., with a view to obtaining his extradition from Greece.-— The original indictment charged Martin Insull, Samuel’s brother, with abstracting $344,000 from the Treasury of tne Middle
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      COUNTESS HANGED.
      36 20 For Poisoning Her Second Husband. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 3. A beautiful French Countess, the divorced wife of Count Andurian, was hanged at Mecca yesterday for poisoning her second husband Wahabi Sheik.
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      Chinese Delegates Accept Japan’s Demands.
      912 21 V, iin Uie uwYciiuiiv.. L. zr n v. —Sin Kuo Min and Sm Chew Jit Poh. .—Reuter. —Reuter. demilitarisation of great WALL AREA. Canton And Feng To Carry On Fight Against Japan. V Shanghai, June 1. The Chinese delegates to the armistice negotiations at Tangku
      V, iin Uie uwYciiuiiv.. L. * zr —n v. —Sin Kuo Min and Sm Chew Jit Poh.; .—Reuter.; —Reuter.  -  912 words
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      AID FOR WORKLESS.
      129 21 Reuter. Germany to Raise Loan Of £69,500,000. Berlin, June 1. A bill authorising the Finance Minister to issue bonds up to one thousand million marks (about £69,500,000 at the nresent rate of exchange) to finance the Government scheme for creating work has been passed by the Cabinet.
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      JAPAN AND U.S.
      137 21 —Reuter. “Friendship Still Remains Unchanged.” New* York, June 1. Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, in an address at a banquet of the Japanese Society, referring to his conversation with President Roosevelt, said he had found that he and President Roosevelt were in accord on many points and that, in
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      DARING ESCAPE.
      119 21 —Reuter. Convicts Use Women As Shields. Lansing, Kansas, May 31. Military aeroplanes are hunting 11 desperate convicts who escaped from the State penitentiary carrying as hostages three women, the governor of the prison and two guards, who were used as human shields to ward off police bullets. The
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      LOAN SERVICES.
      123 21 —Reuter. Manchukuo’s Share In Payments. London, May 31. In the House of Commons the question of the Manchukuo share in the service of loans secured on the Chinese customs was raised by Mr. J. G. Burnett (Un., Aberdeen), who olserved that Manchukuo’s imports and exports exceed a quarter
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      GRAVE NEW TURN TO C.E.R. DISPUTE.
      585 21 —Reuter. Manchukuo Blocks Line. ANOTHER EXCHANGE OP NOTES. Harbin, May 31. The dispute between Manchukuo and Soviet Russia over the alleged Soviet Mi* zure of locomotives and wagons on tha Chinese Eastern Railway has taken a new turn today. Manchukuo has blocked the C.E.R.
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      FLOATING “ISLANDS.”
      97 21 —Aneta- Havas. To Serve as Atlantic Air Bases. New York, Mmy SO. The construction of the tint M floatinir island” designed to serve as an air base has been finished at Norfolk, Virginia. The island M will be towed out and anchored about 500 miles from the American
      —Aneta- Havas.  -  97 words
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      HYPERION WINS THE DERBY.
      1350 22 Beats King Salmon By Four Lengths.MANITOBA NOWHERE. £15,000 Irish Sweep Prize For Malaya. Covering the 1V* mile* in record time. Lord Derby’s Hyperion, ridden by Weston, won the Derby at Epsom on May 31 by four lengths from Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen’s King Salmon and Mr. V.
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      THE DERBY WINNER AND ITS JOCKEY.
      35 22 Hyperion (Gainsborough-Selene), Weston up, which provided Lord Derby with his second Derby success in ten years. It won by four lengths from King Salmon, with Statesman a length behind.
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      COL. A. J. ELLIS.
      125 22 Appointed to Command Tientsin Area. London, May 31. The War Office announces that Col. A. J Ellis, D.S.O., has been appointed to command the Tientsin area.—Reuter. Col. Ellis has a distinguished military record. Entering the Border Regiment in 1901 he served throughout the South African War
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      AUSTRIA’S REPLY.
      95 22 ,—Reuter. Nazi Headquarters Raided By Police. Vienna, May 31. The police today rigorously searched the Nazi headquarters in Vienna and the houses of Austrian Nazi leaders in Vienna and other towns, including the house of Herr Habicht, Herr Hitler s agent in Austria, who has been negotiating with
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      LOCARNO CONVENTION.
      43 22 —Reuter. New Post For Col. Henry L. Stimson. Paris, June 1. Col. Henry L. Stimson, ex-Secretary or State has accepted the invitation of the French and German Governments to preside over the permanent conciliation commission provided for in the Locarno Convention.—Reuter.
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      EURASIA AIR LINE.
      33 22 .—Reuter. Two‘Planes Leave Berlin For China. Berlin, May 31. Two German aeroplanes, bought tor the joint Sino-German Eurasia line, b for China this afternoon from the Templehof aerodrome, Berlin. —Reuter.
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      TAPPING RESUMED.
      28 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, May 2d. I understand that another three estates in Sumatra are resuming tapping, Ba i >- lam, Boekit Lambasa and Boekit Lawan.
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      U.S. RUBBER JUMP.
      717 23 Is Recent Price Rise Justified REPLACEMENTS DUE. Americans Holding Off Till Last Minute. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 7. United States rubber consumption for May is estimated to be 40.0C0 tons, compared with 26,226 tons in April and 29,197 tons in May of last year. If
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      GOLD THE ONLY STANDARD.
      424 23 i But Defects Must Be Removed. London, June 2. Speaking on the debate on the Whit- j sun adjournment, Mr. Neville Chamber-1 lain (Chancellor of the Exchequer), said 1 the gold standard was the only standard familiar to everybody which would inspire confidence provided certain conditions
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      ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF VENIZELOS.
      186 23 Wife Wounded. AFGHAN MINISTER SHOT DEAD. Athens, June 7. Whpn M. Eleuthei ios Venizelos, veteran Greek statesman, and his wife were returning to Athens from Kiphissia last night, a man fired at them. Madame Venizelos and the chauffeur were wounded, but M. Venizelos escaped unhurt.—Reuter.
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      BERLIN OUTRAGE.
      97 23 Reuter. Minister Shot Dead By Afghan Student Berlin, June 6. The Afghan Minister tc Germany, Sirdar Mohammed Azziz Khan, wus fatally shot in a revolver outrage by an Afghan student today. The student who had been admitted to the Minister’s library, fired five shots with a revolver at
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      COMMUNAL RIOTS.
      92 23 Four Killed Before Troops Restore Order. Simla, June 5. Imperial troops again have been summoned to restore order in Alwar State, following the outbreak of communal rioting, in which four people were killed and 12 wounded. Seven Injured in Riot. Chandernagore, June 4. Jeered at by a party
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      4-POWER PACT SUMMARY.
      213 23 .—Reuter. Rights of Other States Not To be Infringed. FOR TEN YEARS. To Find Solution If The Arms Conference Fails. Paris, Jane 7. The following is semi-official sum mary of the Four-Power Pact The preamble declares the principal aim of the Pact is to give more effect
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      MR. J. J. TYNAN DEAD.
      140 23 Built Ten Submarines In Five Months. San Fiancisco, June 7. The death has taken place of Joseph Jumes Tynan, the well-known shipbuilder. —Reuter. Mi*. Tynan had been with the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, since 1906 and vice-president since 1909. Among his great achievements Mr.
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      ORDERS FOR CHINA.
      123 23 Reuter. How Training Students Helps Industry. London, Juno 7. In a leading article on the report of the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission in London for 1032, showing an expenditure for the year of £560,000, making a total of £750,000, while £3,700,000 remain in hand for the acquisition
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      TO MEET DEBTS.
      67 23 ,—Reuter. Big U.S. Treasury Note Issues. Washington, June 7. The Secretary of State, Senator William H. Wood in, has announced tho issue of some 500,000,000 fivo-your 2% per cent. Treasury notes and about 400,000,000 nine-month 3’/4 per cent. certificates of indebtedness to Ik* used to meet maturing
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      MATTERN LEAVES MOSCOW.
      369 24 —Reuter. Good Progress on Round The World Flight. HIS ATLANTIC HOP. From Newfoundland To Norway. The round-the-world flyer, James Mat- tern, is making splendid progress in his soto flight, having already crossed the Atlantic Irom Newfoundland to Norway, and reached Moscow. He is now on his way
      —Reuter.  -  369 words
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      EXPLOSION HAVOC.
      52 24 —Reuter. 11 Killed and 18 Injured At Long Beach. Long Beach, California, June 3. Eleven people were killed and 18 injured as the result of an explosion at the Richfield Oil Co. refinery here. The explosion was felt over a radius of 30 miles. The damage is estimated
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      MORGAN’S “BARGAIN STOCKS.”
      173 24 •—Reuter. Favoured Clients. KING OF BELGIUM AND MUSSOLINI Washington, June 6. A feature of the Morgan inquiry was the examination of the railway magnate, Mr. Oris Paxton Van Sweringen, who organised the Alleghany Securities Holding Corporation in 1929, the shares in which he obtained from Morgan’s and
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      INDIAN REFORMS.
      110 24 —Reuter. To Follow Up Civil Disobedience Truce. .ill&habad, June. The release of political prisoners, withdrawal of the ordinances and the issue of an invitation to Congress to collaborate in shaping the new constitution is urged in a telegram sent to the Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. Mr. Stanley Baldwin
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      BOXER FUND.
      55 24 —Reuter. £4,860,000 for Railways And Ships. Shanghai, June 6 The board of trustee; of the Sino-Brit-ish Boxer Indemnity Fund has decided to advance £4.500,000 to the Ministry of Railways for the construction of the Can-tcn-Hankow Railway and £360,000 to the China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Co. to have six
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      SOVIET FLEET.
      56 24 —Reuter. Four New Cruisers For The Pacific? London, June 6. According to the Daily Telegraph, it is understood that the Soviet is negotiating with Italian shipbuilding firms for the construction of four 7,000-ton cruisers with most powerful armament and a submarine, reported to be of 3,800 tons, for
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      SALE OF C.E.R.
      49 24 Reuter. Japan Agrees To Act As Mediator. Moscow, June 4. M. Sokolnikov has replied accepting Japan’s offer to mediate in the Soviet negotiations with the Manchukuo Government concerning the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway and offering to initiate these negotiations in Tokio on June 25.—
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      VICKERS ENGINEERS.
      53 24 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean Geneva, June 1. The Russian Foregin Commissar, M. Litvinof, who is attending the Disarmament Conference, categorically denied, on Wednesday, the foreign press report to the effect that the Soviet Government had offered to release the two British engineers, MacDonald and Thornton, if England agreed to lift the
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      CALLED “HELEN” IN ENGLAND.
      264 24 Chinese Baby Princess Born in London. London, May 4. A Chinese baby princess, the five-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Cheng, has been named in London. Her name, chosen by the ex-Emperor of China and tlhe Prime Minister of Manchukuo. is Ying Tsai.” Mrs.
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      PACT WITH DUTCH.
      222 24 —Reuter. Plan to Combat Japan’s Trade Competition. Simla, June 6 The Government of India has given notice of an increase in the emergency minimum specific duty on cotton greys of non-British origin from 50 to ”5 per cent, ad valorem due to the depreciated yen and the
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      IN PRINCIPLE.
      98 24 —Reuter. Japan Endorses President Roosevelt’s Appeal. Tokio, June 6. Japan’s reply to President Roosevelt’s appeal of May 16 Is being cabled to Washington t<fday. The contents have not been revealed but it is authoritatively indicated that the reply is a brief but cordial endorsement of thje President’s proposals
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      CARDINAL BOURNE.
      21 24 —Reuter. Seriously 111 With Acute Pulmonary Oedema. London, June 2. Cardinal Bourne is seriously ill with pulmonary oedema. —Reuter.
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      ANOTHER PROTEST BY SOVIET.
      195 24 —Reuter. C.E.R. Traffic Held Up. JAPAN RESPONSIBLE FOR MANCHUKUO. Moscow, June 5. Another protest to Japan over the Chinese Eastern Railway was handed by M. Sokolnikov, the Deputy Foreign Commissar, to Mr. Ota, the Japanese Ambassador. This time the Soviet protest against the interruption of direct
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      GERMAN DEBTS.
      174 24 ,—Reuter. Moratorium Absolutely Essential. Berlin, June 3. Commenting on the impending moratorium the newspapers agree that the measures foreshadowed by Dr. Schacht, president of the Reichsbank, are absolutely essential for the protection of debtor and creditor alike, and must be enforced till an arrangement has been reached with
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      SHANGHAI MURDER.
      115 24 ,—Reuter. American to be Tried For Briton’s Death. Shanghai, June 5. The American authorities today formally charged Glen Hargrave with murder, the charge declaring that he feloniously and wilfully struck Leslie Malcolm Bell on the- jaw, causing him to fall on the pavement and thereby causing his death.—Reuter.
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      £3,000,000 CATHEDRAL.
      67 24 —Reuter. Foundation Stone Laid At Liverpool. London, June 0. The foundation stone of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Cathedral at Liverpool, which will cost £3,000,000, was laid today in the presence of 250,o0< people from all parts of the world. Cardinal MacRory, from Ireland, replaced Cardinal Bourne, who is
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      CHARHAR TO BE ATTACKED.
      225 25 If Feng Continues His Resistance. TRUCE FRICTION. Manchukuo Troops Run Amok. Shanghai, June G. Another Sino-Japanese war in imminent in the North-West, due to Gen. Feng Vu-hsiang’n determination to wrest Jehol Province back from the Japanese forces. In the event of an attack on Dolonor, or
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      REALIST POLICY.
      293 25 —Reuter. Times Pays Tribute to Mr. T. V. Soong. London, June 5. Paying a tribute to Mr. T. V. Soong, the Chinese Finance Minister, \Mho lands in England today, as a visitor of exceptional distinction, The Times says his achievements during the past two years do not justify
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      GOLD STANDARD.
      22 25 —Reuter. President Roosevelt Sitfns Repeal Bill. Washington, June 6. President Roosevelt has signed the hill repealing the gold clause. —Reuter.
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      TWO ROYAL FATHERS DEFIED BY SONS.
      273 25 —Reuter. Spanish Ex-Crown Prince To Marry Cuban Girl. After the Hohenzollerns—the Hourbons. Two of the proudevSt families in the world have now had their pride outraged by younger members defying their parents and insisting on marrying the gir’s they love. Prince Wilhelm is still
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      PRINCE RENOUNCES HIS RIGHTS.
      217 25 ,—Reuter. Hohenzollern Marries A Commoner. Bonn, June 3. Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of the exCrown Prince, was married to Dorothea von Salviati at the Town Hall here this morning. Cheering crowds greeted the couple on their arrival for the brief civil ceremony, conducted by H p
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      LAW COURTS BUSY.
      71 25 Many Cases Held Up For Over A Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 3. The law courts took their Whitsuntide holidays yesterday with 873 eases awaiting trial in the King’s Bench Division constituting the wors'w carry over in the history of the courts. Many of the
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      MONEY AS A WEAPON.
      66 25 Three Bandits Trapped In Newcastle Bank. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 3. Bags of silver and copper coins were used as weapons against bandits by the staff of toe Newcastle Bank yesterday afternoon. One raider was trapped in the vaults and two were knocked down
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      CO-OPERATIVE TAX.
      46 25 British Wireless. Undistributed Surplus Clause Passed. Rugby, June 1. In the House of Commons last night the clause of the Finance Bill providing for the taxation of undistributed surpluses of co-operative societies was carried at the second reading by 253 votes to 77.—British Wireless.
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      RUBBER SHARES RISING.
      302 25 City Confidence In Restriction. DUTCH REPORTS. Negotiations Making Good Progress. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ijondon, June 3. The Daily Express states that private reports are being received in the City from Amsterdam stating that rubber restriction negotiations are making good progress. The Financial Times declares: “There is
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      CHINESE TARIFFS.
      131 25 Will Adversely Affect British Trade. London, June 3. Although the consequences cannot yet he precisely estimated, there is no doubt that the new Chinese Customs Tariff will adversely affect British trade,” declares The Times. It is obviously as much inspired by Kditical as by financial motives, and the
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      COMMUNISTS TO DIE.
      64 25 Sequel To Bloodv Sunday Clash With Nazis. Berlin, Juno 2. Severe sentences were inflicted on Communists at Altona as a sequel to the “Bloody Sunday”—July 17, last year—clash between Communists and Nazis v. hen 12 were killed and 50 wounded. Four ringleaders were sentenced to death and
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      43 20 MORE SWEEP LUCK £1,400 Prize For Rengam Chinese. A cable received by the Straits Times on Friday from Vaduz. Liechtenstein, states that Kuan Joon Hong of Jalan Station, Rengam, has drawn the second prize of £1,400 in the Mutual Club (Liechtenstein) Derby Sweepstake.
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  • Sporting News
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      SERIES OF UPSETS ON FOURTH DAY.
      3800 26 Singapore Races. MISS FIELD PAYS $101 FOR A WIN. Experts rightly predicted faster timus un the fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting on May 31 wu their prophecy that results would oe more to form was absolutely out, for not one
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      CHATELAINE WINS OAKS STAKES.
      276 27 —Reuter. Temperamental Fi%’» Surprise Victory. London, June 2. Glorious summer weather brought countless thousands to Epsom for Ladies Day to watch the fillies’ classic the Oaks Stakes (1V& miles). The King and Queen, wl Jh the Princess Royal, attended. The race resulted in a surprise victory
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      CORONATION CUP.
      68 27 Dastur Beats Silvermere By Four Lengths. London, June 1. The Coronation Cup (about 1 Vi miles) was run today at Essoin and resulted as follows: v H.H. Aga Khan’s DASTUR 9.3 Mrs. C. Rich’s SILVERMERE 9.3 2 Mr. A. J. Smith’s CHINA KING 9.3 3. (Winner trained by
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      AMERICAN DERBY.
      27 27 —Reuter. Mr. Kayyan Beats Headplay At Chicago. Chicago, June 4. The American Derby won by Mr. Kayyam, Headplay being second and Fair Rochester third. —Reuter.
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      WEST INDIES LOSE AT WORCESTER.
      1182 27 —Reuter. A Close Finish. STORER’S BIG SCORE FOR DERBYSHIRE. The West Indies’ run of success against English county trams ended on Friday when they lost by a narrow margin to Worcestershire in An exciting finish. Worcestershire gained victory by one wicket thanks to a fine
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      WAR OF THE ROSES.
      80 27 —Reuter. Yorkshire’s Big Win At Old Trafford. London, June 5. Yorkshire won another county championship match when in a fixture at Manchester which iftnished today, they beat by an innings and 15(5 runs. Opening with 341 (Mitchell 123 ami Barber 62) they dismissed Lancashire twice for
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    SLIP-FIELDING
    1166 28 MALAYAN CRICKET NOTES. S.C.C.’* Fine Win Over Negri On Padang. Brilliant Century By Baughan At Malacca. (By Oar Cricket Correspondent.) One of the most noticeable features of local club cricket during the past few seasons has been the absence of really “class” slip-fielders. I cannot think of any player
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    COCHET BEATEN.
    145 28 —Reuter Wireless. Crawford Wins French Tennis Title. Paris, May 5. f In the men’s singles final of the French tennis championships, J. Crawford (Australia) beat Henri Cochet (France), 8—6, 6—1, 6——3. Miss Scriven (Great Britain) won the women’s singles title, beating Madame Mathieu (France), 6—2, 6—4, 6—4, in
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    MALAY STATES TENNIS DEBACLE.
    473 28 Colony Win Both Trophies. The Colony won the McCabe Reay and Guillcmard Cups from the Malay States at Tanglin Club over the week end. Actually the Colony set up a record for the* Guillemard Cup as they won all the matches the final score being 36
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    LOWTHER-GRANT CUP WON BY ARMY.
    158 28 For the first time in four years, the Army carried off the Lowther Grant Cup for boxing ait the New World on Monday when they defeated the Navy by 21 points to 16. The victory was well-earned through it was due less to the skill
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    WINNING JOCKEYS AND TRAINERS.
    350 28 Mr. T. L. Fox’s Successful Meeting. 'Hie following are the final statistics f„, jockeys and trainers at the professional meeting of the Singapore Turf Dnk which ended on Monday:— Jockeys. 1st 2nd 3rd A R Spencer 8 4 1 22 Farthing 7% 3 6 12 Irvine
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    NAVY CHALLENGE CUP.
    175 28 Lady Huggard’s With M. M. Paterson. The competition for the Navy Challenge Cup was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Lady Hnpparri and M. M. Paterson, representing the Singapore Golf Club, with a score of 81. The resuite were: Lady Huggard
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    180 NOT OUT.
    59 28 Brilliant Innings By Horsley. The highest score so far this season was obtained by Horsley of the Unite® Engineers on Saturday when he was unbeaten for 180 against the Indian Association. He scored his runs out of a total of 219, and hit four sixes and 29
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      RESEARCH WORK FOR RUBBER.
      740 1 Exchange of Ideas. INFORMATION BUREAU ORGANISED. (By A Special Correspondent.) Research in individual rubber factories has many disadvantages, e.g., its slowness, wasteful duplication from factory to factory, and absence of opportunity for exchange of ideas among research workers; it is also expensive. While every firm must
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      SHARE MARKET.
      789 1 Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report Fraser and Co’s report, dated June 6 states The appreciation in the price of tin, noted in our recent reports, has again continued throughout the past week, the quotation for the three months’ position having now reached £209 15s. per ton. The "Spot”
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      BAGAN SERAI CO.
      176 1 The Ihirteonth annual report of the Bagan Serai Co. Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31, 1932, states: Under the modified system of tapping, the crop harveeted for the year amounted to 600,960 lbs. The balance of profit brought forward from last year was £19,323 oa. 9d.
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      56 1 Singapore Official Quotation*. Quotations Forward Contract# Spot Sollor Prices d 9 9 A V Date LMon S’pore June July Aug. j u ru* i al7/J2 114s 11% 117/16 11 Vs 9 316/32 11% 11% U% 117/16 d Holiday 11 D/16 1 1 16 16 1 1 16 11%,
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      19 1 June 1 Tin, S’pore Prices $114.00 per pical. 2 110.60 6 112.62 >4 7 M 116.60
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      LABU (F. M. S.) RUBBER.
      342 1 Resumption Of Dividends. Tfhe twenty-sixth annual general mating Vthe Labu (F.M.S.) Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on May 16, at 2-4. 1 Brig^Gen/ the Hon. Charles Lambton, D.S.O. (the chairman), said that no important changes occurred in the company’s affairs during 1932. The price of
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      TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      63 1 Exports of tinned pineapples during tha week, ending May 27, 1933, amounted to 42,532 cases, of which 28,979 cases wera to the United Kingdom, 4,270 cases to the continent of Europe, 2,760 cases to Canada and 6,533 casts elsewhere. Total exports for the period, January 1, 1933, to
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      GORDON RUBBER.
      65 1 Accounts of Gordon (Malaya) Rubber Estates show loss for 1932 of £1,646, plus depreciation £2,347, making £3,992 (agst. loss of £4,378). To £14,187 brought in is added £933 transferred from tax reserve. Deducting year’s loss leave# ci edit £11,127 forward. Restricted output was 1,300,730 lb. (agst. 1,926.700 lb),
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      631 2 OCEAN SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER, INCLUDING LATEX, REVERTEX AND CONCENTRATED LATEX, DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 1933. Sheet and Crepe Latex, Concentrated Latex, Revertex. Total. Tons. Tors. Tons. Transhipment. Transhipment. Transhipment. Export Straits Malay Export Straits Malay Export Straits Malay Grand Name of Port. Proper Settlements. States. Proper.
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      176 2 Guthrie and Co.’s report, dated June i states: The rubber market has had wry “bullish” tone during the pvr.od under review. New York has led the way m the advancing of prices and the London and local markets have not been slow in following. While speculator" have been
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      PALM OIL PRICES.
      96 2 Guthrie and Co.’s repqrt, dated June 1. states: Latest buyers’ prices, received bv cable this morning, for Malayan Palm Oil and Palm Kernels. Palm Oil In Bulk: c.i.f. landed weights New York-Philadelphia 3.40 cents (U.S. currencv) per lb. 1 ci..f. landed weights U.S r Pacific Ports 3.35
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      111 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.! London, May 31. Kurau Rubber Estate, Ltd., announces a loss for 1932 of £565 as compared with a 1931 deficit of £1,791; £4,129 is carried forward to credit. Sabrang Rubber Estate, Ltd., announces a 1932 loss of £4.985, as compared with a deficit in
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      127 2 Foreign exports of tin, being final >biiments on ocean-steamcrs at all Malayan perts, during the month of May, 1933. Destination Ton*. United Kingdom United States of America 3.647 Continent of Europe 1415 British Possessions 21b Japan Netherlands India Other Foreign Countries Total* ’-2* SUMMARY. EXPORT' Monthly Cumulative
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      STRAITS RUBBER.
      212 2 The thirteenth annual report of the Straits Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1932, states: In continuance of the programme of replanting 393 acres of the older rubber on Gedonr wcre cut out an( replanted with rubber. 17 acres, formerly used as nurseries, were planted
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      WHITEAWAY,LAIDLAW AND CO., LTD.
      1459 3 Trading Conditions In The East. 4* The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co., Limited, was held on May 20 at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London, E.C. Mr. Mence Wilkinson (chairman and managing director) presided. The Secretary (Mr. A. J. King, F.C.I.S.) having
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      TIN RESEARCH.
      358 3 Producers’ Association’s Big: Programme. The report of the Council and statement of accounts of the Tin Producer** Association ,(Incorporated) reveals that whereas the total visible supplies of the International Tin Committee, including the Eastern carry-over and metal in transit, amounted to 68,233 tons at tho end of June
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      TIN RETURNS.
      161 3 Tongkah Compound No Liability—Hr*. l*un 117, yds. treated 34,000, output pels. 220. The Output of Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rambutan—222 pels. Nawng Pet.—Hrs. 424, ydc. 21,500, pels 170. Ayer Weng (Rahman). —160 pel*. Takuapa Valley.—l,2ol hra., 323,000 ev. yds., 1,596 pels. Katu. —Hra. run 587, cu. yds. treated 171,000,
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      KEPONG RUBBER.
      91 3 Kepong (Malay) "“Rubber Estates re»ports net loss for 1932 of £1,183 (agst proft of £1,500), reducing credit brought in to £25,257, carried forward. Restricted output was 1,461,928 lb. (agst. 2,042.479 lb); gross price realised 2.57 d (3.58 d); f.o.b. cofit 2.53 d (2.76 d). In comparing costs, it
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      MALAYAN RUBBER STATISTICS.
      252 3 ACREAGES OF TAPP ABLE RUBBER NOT TAPPED ON ESTATES OF 100 ACRES AND OVER, FOR THE MONTH ENDING APRIL. 1933. Acreages of Tappahle Rubber not Tapped Acreage of On Estates which have entirely On Estates which have partly Tappable ceased tapping. eeaied tapping Area Rubber Acreage Percentage
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      782 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Jure 7. Mining. tuu« Val. Pd Bnjera. Sallara. £1 £1 Again Kuinhang 28 30/£1 £1 Austral Malay 26/- 28/-6/-6/- Ayer Hitan: Tin 13/- 14/£1 £1 Bangrin Tin 16/- 17/1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.16 1 1 Batu Cases 0.40 0.46 i i
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      Trade and Finance.
      249 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, June 7. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 l London. 3 months’ sight 2M London, 60 days’ sight 2/3 31 22 I l/ondon, 30 days sight 2/3 13 '16 Lundon, demand 2/3 29/°2 London, T.T. 2/3 7/8 Lyons and Paris, demand 080 Hamburg, demand
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      298 4 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 7 Closing quotations today of the princi >al British stocks are given below:— The rise or fall is in relation to the price of June 1. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5% 116*4
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAY 24.
        607 4 Atuco (£1) V 4; Allagar (2/) 17; Amherst (2/> /3; Angio-Malay (£1) 8/; Ayer Kuning (£’> lt>/6; Bagan Serai (£1) Banru (Sol.) (2/) l/'6; Banteng (£a) 14'8; Bat’ng Cns. (2/) 74; Bum Caves (£1) 13/; Hatu figa (£1) 14/; Bekoh /6; B'oiang (2/) /6; Beitam
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES JUNE 7.
        507 4 Caoital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser Lyall k Company A Co. Evatt. *****5 l Nil for vear 29-2-33 illenby ($1) 0.70 0.85 0.75 0.90 21/779 1 Nil for year 80-9-82 UMM 1 Nil for y*«r 31-11-41 us?™ HiK I > 2
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