The Straits Budget, 12 October 1933

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY No. .‘*,948 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1933. Price 25 cents (S.S. Currency) or 7cL
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    CONTENTS.
    336 1 II \|>KRS Page as and Ends 3 Contradiction 3 ■hooling for All 3-4 A Rice Problem 4 v vernment Contracts 4-5 ..e Rice Tax 5 Occasional Notes 5-7 i\ciure& Flood Scenes 17 Versatile Volunteers 17 liujan Panas,” at Miri 18 Miss Cliua Sek Sim 18 Entrance to Singapore Harbour
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL
    1377 1 Mr. R. B. Little, of Malayan Tobacco 1 Distributors Ltd., has left for home. Dr. and Mrs. flrench-Constant, of Kuala Lumpur, are leaving shortly for Trinidad. Mrs. H. Weisberg, wife of the acting Under-Secretary to Government. F.M.S. has returned from home. Miss M. L. Reeve, nurse-matron in
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    CUTTY SARK MISSING SINCE TUESDAY.
    431 2 A R AF. land plane took off from Seletar at dawn on Wednesday morning on a dash up the coast to search for three local airmen of whom noth- ing had been heard or seen since 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday. It was at 10.30 a.m.
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    FROM THE BAR TO THE BENCH.
    427 2 Former Lawyers As Chief: Justices. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct It) A reference to the desire of members of the bar that more practising lawyers should be appointed to the bench was made at Kuala Lumpur on Monday In saying goodbye to
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    SEREMBAN ACTION DISMISSED.
    85 2 Custody Of Child. UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM BY TAMIL WOMAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.). Seremban. Oct. 8. Mr. Justice Hereford, in the Seremban Supreme Court yesterday, dismissed the application by a Tamil woman Tangammah. for an order for the return of her child which was alleged to have been
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    FETE AND BAZAAR.
    121 2 Methodist Girls’ School Building Fund. A bazaar was held at the Methodist Girls’ School on Saturday in aid of the school building fund. The opening ceremony was performed by Mrs. A. S. Haynes, who was received by Miss Kenyon, the Principal. The stalls were housed in one
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    M.S.V.R. DINNER.
    186 2 Popular Event In Volunteer Mess. A successful function was held on Friday night at the M.S.V.R. Headquarters Mess. Kuala Lumpur, in the form of a dinner to mark the close of the 1933 training season. This is the first of what is hoped will be an annual affair,
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    A FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
    562 2 Good Chance To Break The Record. FAST TIME. England To Malaya l n Six Days. Contact! yelled an airman kn.,wn throughout the world as the ground mist lifted from Alor Star aerodrome* on Tuesday. It was Air-Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The clock had ns* struck
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      135 2 STOP PRESS CUTTY SARK FOUND ON ISLAND BEACH. The Cutty Sark was sighted at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday. The following statement was issued at the R.S.F.C. at the time of going to press: J “In order to make sure of the safety of the Cutty Sark R.S.F.C. seaplanes patrolled the
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      ODDS AND ENDS.
      862 3 its periodical reappearances—Straits Times. Oct. 5. y s meeting of the Legislative was such as to delight the t a leader writer in that it (du :j material galore for comment, we have devoted two days to !rV o the principal items that r p for discussion,
      its periodical reappearances—Straits Times. Oct. 5.  -  862 words
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      A CONTRADICTION.
      923 3 Malaya lies at this end. -Straits Times. Oct. 6. There can be no excuse for ignorance of the offer made by the authorities in Netherlands India to provide Malaya with an international radio telephony service. The precise terms of that offer have been published several times in this
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      SCHOOLING FOR ALL.
      819 3 Straits Times, Oct. 7 A demand has bee vilced recently for free elementary English education in the Straits Settlements How far this agitation reflects genuine public feeling, and how far it is merely a Journalistic view Is difficult to know'. Your radical Journalist may be perfectly sincere
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      THE RICE PROBLEM.
      1039 4 —Straits Times, Oct. 9. Dr. Tempany’s memorandum on the subject of rice cultivation, which is to be laid before the next meeting of the Federal Council,/ provides an abundance of material for most careful thought. The first reaction of the rteder is likely to be one of
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      GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
      856 4 exploit Government. —Straits Times. Oct. 10. Leading local contracting firms h ive long been dissatisfied with the system lollowed in letting government contracts. The last time this subject was dealt with in the Straits Tim. s I May last, following a speech by Mr. H. Elphick at tin
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      THE RICE TAX.
      1036 5 .—Straits Times. Oct. 11. Although we believe there is a considerable amount of support for the general principle of an import tax 0*1 rice for the purposes set forth in Dr. Ttmpany’s memorandum, upon which we commented on Monday, we imagine that the majority of people reacted
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    280 5 Mr. A. E. Weller And Miss E. G. Robinson. The marriage took place at St. Andrew s Cathedral on Saturday afternoon. of Mr. Albert Edward Weller and Miss Elsie Grace Robinson. The Rev. L. St. George Petter officiated, assisted by the Rev. Nigel Williams. The bride, who wore
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    MR. JUSTICE TERRELL.
    100 5 Good Wishes From Selangor Bar. From Our Own Correspondend) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 9. Members of the Selangor Bar assembled this morning at the Supreme Court to wish goodbye to the Hon. Mr. a Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., on his departure to England on furlough. His
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  • OCCASIONAL NOTES
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      RESOURCE!
      143 5 —Straits Times. Oct. 5. In one of the well-known Illustrated weekly journals which arrived by the last mail there was a picture snowing Sir Oswald Mosley walking wltn the Chief of Staff, of the British Fascists The features of the Chief ct Staff were familiar to a number of
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      FORDLANDIA.
      215 5 Its material supply—Straits Times, Oct. 5. It is a long time since we heard news of the Ford rubber plantations in Brazil. A recent issue of the Literary Digest, however, contains the lollowing Every one in Greece knows the sfordakla—by interpretation, little Ford.* Every one *o Burma hears of
      Its material supply—Straits Times, Oct. 5.  -  215 words
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      FUNNY!
      255 5 A funny business —Straits Times. Oct. 5 Last week’s announcement that Cornwall had joined the International tin control scheme and had agreed to standard production of 3,300 tons a year with an initial flat rate of 2.200 tons a year puzzled a number of people, and questions are still
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      “FUNNY.”
      37 6 !-Straits Times. Oct. 6. In a Note under the above heading yesterday we stated that Siam's tin quota Is 833 tons per annum.” Siam’s quota is 833 tons per month. Very funny !-Straits Times. Oct. 6.
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      JELEBU TIN.
      151 6 JELEBU TIN -Straits Times, Oct. 6. At the extraordinary general meeting of Jelebu Tin Dredging Limited held at Seremban on Wednesday the chairman. Mr. M. L. Phillips, put an entirely different complexion on the proposal to cancel 388,500 partly paid shares in the company and to issu3 in exchange therefor
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      BANKRUPTCY.
      224 6 BANKRUPTCY straits Times, Oct. 6. Judging by a case which came up lor hearing before Mr. Justice Hereford jn the Ipoh Supreme Court, it would appear that as the laws of this country stand at present a bankrupt, once punished for any offence, however trivial it may be, under the
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      PHILATELISTS’ RED LETTER DAY.
      255 6 —Straits Times, Oct 6. To enable the stamps of all or any oj the Federated Malay States. Johore. Kedah. Perils and Trengganu to be used for postal purposes in the Colony.' a Bill to amend the Post Office Ordinance was introduced in the Legislative Council. This
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      “AEGRESCITQUE MEDENDO.”
      357 6 jEgrescitque medendo.” —S traits Times. Oct. 7. Our morning con temporal y. *n*' Singapore Free Press, prints periodically articles iieaded A Local Business Maai’s Views.” This morning’s instalment of .the series carried the aub-headlng That Restriction Bogey and we (publish the following -extract without comment l think, rather,
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      HEVEA PETROL.
      241 6 HEVEA PETROL Rubber petrol looks like becoming the King Charles’s Head of *he M E.O.A. Most of us thought that this particular solution of the problem of surplus rubber had been shelved finally, but we find Dr. Bradcjon presenting it once again in the columns oi the Investor’s Chronicle. Surely
      as we understand it.—Straits Tines. Oct. 7.  -  241 words
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      THE COUNCIL DELUGE.
      233 6 —Straits Times. Oct. 7. On the first three days of this week the Straits Times published thirty three columns of the proceedings ol the Legislative Council. It war all Important matter and could not be omitted without withholding from our readers information that they had a right
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      WORLD TIN STOCKS.
      136 6 WORLD TIN STOCKS the mystery later.—Straits Times Oct. 9. A remarkable discrepancy between the tin statistics cabled by the Str ts Times London correspondent on Tuesday and statistics received from oti.er quarters has been pointed out. Our correspondent gave the visible sup. plies at Sept. 30 as 35.795 tons m
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      THE THUMB OF THE LEAGUE.
      311 6 powdering their noses !—Straits Ti Oct. 9. A rumour has gained currency mu the future educational policy ot -he Malayan administrations is to be along lines recommended by Le i«ue oi Nations experts. In the absem i: confirmation we are loath to believe that this
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      THE HOPE OF THE SIDE.
      204 6 faces yet!—Straits Times. Oct. 9. C-achinnus was moved to the following by the statement m by His Excellency the Governor mPe ting of the Legislative Council 0 t 2 that “the scheme fany j of rubber restriction) should 1 i III mprehensfve as regards all
      faces yet!—Straits Times. Oct. 9.  -  204 words
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      AN OPEN MARKET.
      137 7 their own advantage.—Straits Times, Oct. 10. flu* opportunities for Malayan fruit growers have been stressed by the Straits Times on more than one occa sion. The profits from this form oi horticulture are not startling, but it is seldom indeed that prices for fruit anci vegetables tail
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      LAW AND ORDER.
      266 7 —Straits Times. Oct. 10. f Whatever the economic situation, Malaya—the Colony in particular —has made considerable social progress duf- ing the past tew years. The usuai police report for the Straits Settlements again records a decrease in crime front t lie peak year of 1930. And the
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      PLANTERS’ SCHOOLS.
      320 7 PLANTERS SCHOOLS —Straits Times. Oct. 10. This caption may annoy planters who think it is their business to produce rubber, not to supervise estate schools, remove vermin from the urchins’ heads, see that the front door is locked after school hours, and generally perform functions irrelevant to the industry which
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      MALAYAN NAMES.
      482 7 neighbour’s cat.” -Straits Times. Oct. 11. English poets have often lingered lovingly over the place-names of their native land, but one has not this literary device used in MMaya until ••H.B” Contributed a *poem to the current number ot the Malayan Police M**ai*he. At the risk of making
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      PENSIONERS’ JOBS.
      190 7 PENSIONERS JOBS —Straits Times. Oct. u. It may be news to many people that a number of Government pensioners, who could live on their pensions with out difficulty, are still holding Government appointments in the F.M.S. and drawing salaries in addition to their pensions. In this category there are toddy
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    ESTATE OF F.M.S. MILLIONAIRE.
    162 7 R.E. Mohamed Kassim. BUSINESS TO CARRY ON AS USUAL. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuaia Lumpur, Oct. 9. The estate of Mr. R. E. Mohamed Kassim. the wealthiest Indian merchant In Malaya during his lifetime, was the subject of a motion heard before Mr. Justice McFall today.
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    DOCTOR CHARGED.
    151 7 Alleged Negligent Driving. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Oct. 9 Alleged to have driven his motor-car negligently and thereby collided with another motor-car. Dr. 3. C. Howard, a Negri Sembilan estate medical practitioner, appeared today before Raja Kamaralzaman, the 8eremban magistrate. The defendant was represented by Mr. F.
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    NAVY LAUNCH SINKS.
    41 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Bept. 29. According to the Sourabaya papers, a torpedo-launch of the navy sank Ul the neighbourhood of the harbour during exercises. Eight marines weru taken aboard a vessel which was in thd neighbourhood.
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    BIRTHS
    63 7 WEBSTER. —On Oct. 2nd at Durian DaUtt Hospital, Malacca, to Mr. and Mrs. D. ■> Webster, a son. KEBLE.—On October 8. at Ale a “J™ racks, Singapore, to Iona (n *f f ro “,2 p 2* wife of C M. Keble. The Wiltshire R*gl* ment—a daughter. KENT. —On Oct.
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    MARRIAGE
    39 7 WELLER— ROBINSON —On October 7, 1933 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore. Elsie Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs F. w. Robinson of Brighton, Suseex. to Albert Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Weller, also of Brighton.
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    69 7 DEATH GEOROE RITCHIE —Of 924C F1 5*« the Tanglin Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, oa Friday. Oct. 0. aged 60 years Burled at Cheras Rd. Cemetery, K.L IN MEMORIAM In ever loving memory of Erneet —Ollroy. who passed away Oct. 8.1W. Years have gone, our heart* »tul acre As lime goes on
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    CHRISTMAS HAMPERS OF LOCAL PRODUCE.
    408 8 Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association Enterprise. Adopting a suggestion made by the Planting Correspondent of the Straits Times, the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association is offering Christmas hampers of Malayan produce to be delivered at home. Contents and chest will be entirely Malayan products. The price inclusive of freight,
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    MALAY AIRMAN GAINS CERTIFICATE.
    306 8 Six New Soloists At Kuala Lumpur. fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 10. September was another very successful month for the Kuala Lumpur Flyinf, r Six new soloists and two new "A” licencees were recorded—Messrs. R. J. Watson and J. Hertzlett—the latter being probably the
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    SELANGOR’S RULER.
    215 8 People Manifest Their Loyalty. From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang. Oct. 11. Klang public availed themselves of the opportunity to manifest loyalty to their ruler yesterday on his return from a tour o' Java. The road from the Klang Club to the Astana and the premises of the Astana
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    KLANG CATHOLICS.
    43 8 New Club House Opened. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Oct. 8. The Klang Catholic Club wa' officially opened on Saturday afternoon in the presence of many well-wishers. Rev. Fr. Belet referred to the longfelt want of such a club In Klang.
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    EUROPEAN MOTORIST DISCHARGED.
    780 8 Constable’s Complaint. C.P.O. AND INDISCREET LETTER, Mr. J. M. Jackson, a European architect, was summoned for disobeying traffic regulations by tailing to stop his car when the signal was against him; but a complication arose out of a letter which the defendant admitted having written to 'he
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    12,000 MILES BY CAR.
    146 8 American Women’s Long Journey. Two American women. Mrs An and Denis and Miss Edna Olmsted, arrived in Singapore on Monday having travelled 12.000 miles from Belgium in a motor truck, taking five and a halt months on the trip. Mrs Denis is the daughter of Mr
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    MR. GEORGE RITCHIE.
    75 8 The death occurred at the Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 6 of Mr. George Ritchie, of Singapore, at the age of 63. Mr. Ritchie was for some time an assistant at Messrs Chow Kit and Co., Kuala Lumpur, and Messrs. Frankel Bros., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur and
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      187 8 FAT MAN LOSES 63 lb,. Knuchen and Walking Overweight men who want to l- SP few pounds can have the bener-t this man’s experiences He gives \hZ to us for publication m “Tn a little ever twelve months I h. v reduced my weight from 227 lbs to \Z lbs.
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    SUCCESSFUL SINGAPORE DIVORCE PETITION.
    1239 9 Decree Nisi Granted To Mr. Sylvester Bell. •It is clear that the evidence points to one conclusion only, •md that is, that there had iurn misconduct between respondent and co-respondent,” .aid Sir Walter Huggard, the hief Justice, on Tuesday in a decree nisi, with costs against
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    ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF PRIEST.
    255 9 Case Transferred. OPPOSITION TO BAIL WITHDRAWN. On instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor, the case of kidnapping against Nai Chi Yin, a Siamese detective. Wee Guan Poh, a Siamese Hokian, Nai Pi Koon, a Siamese. Jane Olsen, alias Jane Lim, the Eurasian wife of the second
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    ACID THROWING.
    219 9 Two More Arrests In Geylang Case. Five Malays appeared as accused in the second magistrate’s court on Tuesday in connection with case of acid throwing in Ceylang. Previously three men had been charged. The two Malays wno were later arrested are Hitam bin* Ahmat and Draman bin Minggal.
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      BETTING TAX.
      255 9 To tne Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I hope there will be no increased betting tax such as Dr. Noel Clarke suggested at the Council meeting. I do not know what this doctor’s recreations are. but mine—and thousands of others’—pleasures Include a day or two at the
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      CLERKS’ HOLIDAYS.
      142 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I do not hesitate to voice my opinion strongly in favour of clerks having local leave. At Home the usual summer vacation is granted to all. irrespective of the position held. Are clerks in Singapore any different to clerks in
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      NURSING SERVICES.
      87 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I cannot understand why the employment of a greater number of Asiatic nurses should Impair the efficiency of the medical services. It Is not the nurse who kills or cures. The doctor does that. Certainly, the key positions should be held
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      THE COLONY’S FINANCES.
      67 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The Colony of the Straits Settlements is accumulating reserves for the following purposes, inter alia: 1. In case of need to lend to the F.M.S. or other necessitous States in the Peninsula. 2. To pay for the fresh Changl
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    TEMPLE TRUSTEES AT LOGGERHEADS.
    2067 10 Dispute Over Management Of Charity Before Mr. .Justice Gcrahty in the Supreme Court on Tuesday the affairs of the Honir San See Temple charity came up for discussion. f l he case was one in which Lim Kim Khenu r and three others sued the Attorney
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    SMUGGLING RICE INTO F.M.S.
    451 10 Will It Be Worth While? PROFITEERING TO \>y INVESTIGATED. Will It be worth while to simun. rice into the F.M.S., to evade the tax of 15 cents a picul? This is a question which officials m asking themselves (writes our Kuala Lumpur correspondent) and tlit- inclined
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    “CHARMED” FLOWERS PAPER AND WATER.
    505 11 ••Holy Man” In Court. m.i.eged attempted CHEATING. s, 1 to be known to many people as a *V. iv man.” Khu Boon Choan, a venerabl'*- looking bearded Chinese, apin the fourth magistrate’s court on Thursday. H was charged originally with: piv nding or professing to
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.
    99 11 Non-European Unemployment Fund donations For September. Hie Asiatic Petroleum Co (S.S.» Ltd. in Ti e Asiatic P’troleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd. I),.}'- Singapore Municipal subordinate staff Mr. Tan Yew Hye $25; A.S.P.. 1 me Division—money confiscated by M as result of a gaming raid $8.94; ‘-L We? Sv ee
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    Bagan Si Api Api An Armed Camp.
    74 11 (From Our Ow*. Correspondent.) Medan, Sept. 29. The great Ashing harbour of Bagan Si Api Api is, at the present moment, divided into two armed camps. The cause of the trouble is raid to be the intense business rivalry which has been (•rowing
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    TRADE COMMISSION.
    218 11 Visits To Malacca And Penang. The 66th and 67th meetings of the Trade Commission were held in Singapore on Oct. 3 and 4. Evidence was taken from Mr. H. Schweizer (Diethelm and Co.. Ltd. > regarding the aluminium industry and also regarding the reaction of existing world economic
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    DECREE NISI
    70 11 European’s Divorce Petition. In the Supreme Court on Thursday the Chief Justice (Sir Walter Huggard) a decree nisi, to become absolute in six months, in favour of a European. Charles Farquharson Berry, who petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Agnes Laing Berry on the ground of adultery.
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    FOR BREAKING UP?
    84 11 Japanese Buy More Old Ship. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Sept. 29. A Japanese group is now buying the vessels which are laid up in Java as a result of the trade depression. I understand it is intended to break them up. They have already bought the
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    KUALA LUMPUR’S NEW “GENERAL” HOSPITAL.
    550 11 Transfer To Be Made Next Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 9. One consequence of the slump is that Kuala Lumpur is to have two hospitals instead of three. The Tanglin Hospital, which is used mainly by middle-class Asiatics, is to be closed
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES.
    157 11 Stabbing And Shooting:. ALLEGED CULPRITS ON TRIAL. A police constable on duty near the Boat Quay at 9 o'clock on Friday night heard two shots fired In quick succession. He ran to the quay but found no one. He telephoned the detective station and a posse of
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    COMMERCIAL FRICTION.
    121 11 Japanese Competition In Netherlands India. i From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Sept. 29. Writing in the newly published Nichiran Shogyo. a Japanese-Dutch commercial newspaper in Java, the Japanese Consul-General in Batavia. Mr. S. Koshida. says that recent events have disturbed commercial equilibrium between Japan and Netherlands India causing
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.
    197 11 List of donations received by the European Unemployment Committee In September. Government Contribution, a c Reparations $457.65; Incorporated Society of Planters $113.34; Clubs $3,952.60; Messrs. Mansfield and Co.. Ltd. Aug. a/c $5O; J. A. Harvey Esq: $5; W. G. A. Smith Esq: $5; W. J. Corney Esq: $5;
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    SIAM NOTES.
    43 11 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 6 This week’s consignments of currency notes are believed to have reached their destinations in Malaya safely. The authorities are most actively watching the methods of the postal and railway officials in handling the parcels.
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    LOOKING A THE PAST AND FUTURE.
    1771 12 Mr. Lai Tet Loke’s Plea To Officialdom. A vanished custom of F.M.S. mining towns, the display of piles of glittering tin slabs outside the shops at Chinese New Year, was recalled at a Kuala Lumpur function on Friday. Mr. Tet Loke. who h; s
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    EUROPEAN MOTORISTS DISCHARGED.
    392 12 Constable’s Story INCIDENT IN NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. R M. Hoops, of the Asiatic tVm. lcum Company, was discharged V thi i:uith magistrate, Mr J. M Binder on Monday cn a charge of hindering traffic. r was alleged that, with the line of traffic against him. he r
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    NANCHANG CAPTIVES.
    228 12 Johnson And Blue In Singapore. Two of the four men who have become known to the world as the “Nanchang captives” and who were held for several months by bandits in the vicinity of Newchwang passed through Singapore on Monday on their way home. They were Mr. Clifford
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    3154 13 A New W eed-Killer—For Paths And Terraces—The Planting Union—Visitors On Cetor Estate—Atebrin Results More About Hampers. (By Our Planting correspondent.) IIJITH reference to what v/as written \Y in these notes recently about the v( 0 f weed killers, and with special r, \rence to spraying with sodium
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    AFFRAY NEAR A PERAK TIN MINE.
    668 14 European Manager Crippled In Struggle. i From Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh, Oct. 3. Details of an alleged assault on a European mine manager were related to Mr. D. Watherston in the Sungei Siput police court yesterday Raman and Muthupillay. two of the men
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    RECEIVING ORDER FOR MR. J. B. DAVID.
    382 14 Liabilities Total $2,454,276. A receiving order was granted by Mr. Justice Gerahty in the Bankruptcy pourt on Friday against Mr. Joseph Brook David, on the petition of the debtor himself. It was stated his unsecured debts totalled $2,454,276. On previous sittings of the
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    DUTCH FRUIT IN MALAYA.
    139 14 Increasing Inroads. MARKET REPORTS BY AIR MAIL. (From Our Own Correspondent Medan. Or 4 According to the Bataviasch Nieuw* blad. favourable results have been obtained from the experimental shipments of bananas from the erlands Indies. The head of the Horticultura' De partment. Mr. Ochse. will come
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    THE UNEMPLOYED.
    169 14 Wanted—Square Meals At Christmas. [From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur. Oct 6 An appeal for a special effort to help the unemployed at Christmas has been issued by Mr. John Hands, honorary secretary of the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee. “For those In employment Mr Hands says, “for mercantile
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    PLACED IN DOCK.
    192 14 Planter Charged With Rash Driving. (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Oct. (1 T. F. Egan, Manager of Pa jam Estate appeared before Raja Kamaraizaman che Seremban Magistrate, today on a charge of causing hurt t,o Chin Yap at Mantin town “by doing an net rashly or negligently
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    2630 15 Malaya Versus Bali-Artists In Kamponss A Coolie Sports Meeting WageSlaves At Play—A Petaling Street Tour—The Eighth Moon (By Our Kuala Lumpur Corretspondeat-» < m E romanticising about rural llie S n Malaya in last week’s article 1 I been reading Mr. H. Powell’s de-
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    TANGLIN HOSPITAL.
    206 16 Ward Accommodation To Be Closed. In the interest primarily of a reduction of expenditure but also with the object of obtaining Increased efficiency by the centralisation of hospital inpatient work, the Straits Times is officially informed, it has been decided to close Tanglin Hospital so far as ward
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    MECCA PILGRIMS.
    80 16 Fall From 25,000 To 2,000 Per Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Sept. 29. The Kongsi Tiga, a group of shipping companies which is mainly responsible for the transport of pilgrims to Mecca, has had a very bad year, according to the Nieuws van den Dag which states
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    IN FORBIDDEN WATERS.
    43 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Sept. 29. Police officials patrolling near the West coast of Borneo, caught another Japanese fishing boat in forbidden waters states the Indische Courant. The vessel was taken to Pontianak where the crew will stand trial.
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    THE R.R.I. REPORT.
    46 16 It is understood that a resolution will be submitted to the Federal Council. at its meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 30. adopting the report of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya Commission of Inquiry and accepting. In the main, the Commission’s recommendations.
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    MORE TROOPS FOR SINGAPORE.
    1129 16 Major-General’s Hint. NEW MALAY BATTALION TO BE CREATED. Addressing; Singapore volunteer forces at the Beach Road Drill Hal on Oct/ 4 MajorGeneral L. C. L. Oldfield. General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, said the Government were creating a new Malay battalion. We simply cannot do without
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    RESTRICTION.
    97 16 Demand By Soekoboemi Planters. (From Our Own Correspondent.* I Medan. Oct 4 At a meeting of the Soekoboemi Planter’s Association, the president expressed hopes that the Government would take the same measures for rubber as had been taken in the case of tea; otherwise an economic break down was
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    Singapore Under Water.
    527 16 Road communication with Johore was cut off for several hours on Friday afternoon owing to floods. A spring tide coinciding with heavy rainfall, resulted in many parts of Singapore being submerged. The upper portion of Orchard Road was particularly affected. Tanglin was also cut off from town
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      SERIOUS RIOTS IN TRALEE.
      235 21 —Reuter. Attempt To Break Up Blue Shirt Convention. (JEN. O’DUFFY HURT. Troops Rushed 80 Miles By Lorry. Dublin. Oct 6. Gen O’Duffy. the leader of the Blue Shirts, and Mr. Daniel Cronin were Injured by rioters at Tralee while they were attempting to enter the C
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      ARMS CONFERENCE.
      250 21 —Reuter. France’s Hostility To German Plan. ondon. Oct ti The German views on the result of the recent disarmament conversations were communicated to Sir John Simon > iy by the German Charge d’Affaires and Sir John later received the French and Italian Ambassadors to whom he communicated the
      .—Reuter.  -  250 words
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      WORLD CONSUMPTION OF TIN.
      187 21 Increases In Tinplate Industries. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 6. According to the Hague Statistical Office of the International Tin Re and Devel °Pment Council, world consumption of tin for the v«ar noS Ul3 31 1933 increased* bv 11,200 tons to 111,200 tons and tho
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      FERMENT IN SPAIN.
      173 21 .—Reuter. Attempt To Coalesce Opposing Parties. Madrid. Oct. 6. i Having failed to solve the political I impasse caused by the resignation of Senor Lerroux’s Cabinet otherwise.! President Zamora is now attempting] to coalesce the contending parties into a government of national conciliation.’ The independent Republican. Don
      .—Reuter.  -  173 words
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      STEEL TRADE.
      66 21 British Wireless. Master Cutler Reports Improvement. Rugby. Oct. 3. The Master Cutler of Sheffield, Mr. C. J. Walsh, stated today that since the beginning of the year a gradual but definite improvement in the steel trade had taken place. Sheffield, he said, was producing much more steel than
      British Wireless.  -  66 words
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      COLONIAL OFFICE CHANGES.
      449 21 .—Reuter. Sir Samuel Wilson To Retire Soon. London. Oct. 6. The King has approved the appolntment of Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, the Governor of Cyprus, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chlef of Ceylon. Sir John Loader Maffey has been appointed to be permanent Under-Sec-retary of State for the
      .—Reuter.  -  449 words
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      SIR BASIL BLACKETT.
      53 21 No Statement To Make Yet. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5. Sir Basil Blackett, who is to make an inquiry concerning the Straits Settlements Currency Commission, will leave here for Malaya in the second week of November. Sir Basil told me today he had no statement
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      U.S. TRADE PACE SLOWING UP.
      451 21 —Reuter Production Increased 44 Per Cent WORK FOR 3,000,000. Cotton-Growers To Be Helped. Washington, Oct. 7. Three million workers have been reemployed up to the end of September, according to the Federation A Labour review which, however, asserts that higher wages wer*. offset by shorter
      —Reuter  -  451 words
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      BANDIT RAVAGES TO END?
      945 22 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Chinese Reinforcements For Neutral Zone. AGREEMENT REACHED Outlaws Preparing To Withdraw. Shanghai, Oct. 6. Following his arrival in Peiping, Gen. Huang Fu. the chairman of the Peiping Branch Political Council, jointly with Gen. Ho Ying-ching. the War Minister,
      Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  945 words
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      WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
      56 22 Reuter. Confesses Himself Member Of Nazi Party. Vienna. Oct. 6. Dertil. the young man who made an attempt to assassinate I)r. Dollfuss. the Austrian Chancellor, by shooting him, has confessed to membership of the Nazi party, according to a police communique. Two of Dertil’s friends, suspected of connivance
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      RUBBER RESTRICTION.
      114 22 .Reuter. Definite Decision By End Of 1933? London. Oct. 5. Despite the difficulties still to be overcome, a decided move forward towards rubber restriction appears to have begun. Well-informed reports from The Hague forecast that an early meeting at Batavia of the conference of Government commissioners in the
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      HOW CHINA MAY BE UNIFIED.
      178 22 —Reuter. Necessity For A Common Language Stressed. London, Oct. 5. The intensive development that was taking place in China was emphasised by Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, former Commander-in-C v, ief of the China station. in the course of an address in London on British interests
      —Reuter.  -  178 words
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      ANTI-WAR CONGRESS.
      182 22 —Reuter. Delegates Leave For Soviet Territory. Shanghai. Oct. 4. Lord Marley and the remainder of the Anti-War Congress delegates slipped away at noon aboard the Norwegian tramp steamer, Askeladdan for Vladivostok The China Press, in a leader, says the Marleyites have blundered in making their ill-starred journey without
      —Reuter.  -  182 words
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      WHITE PAPER.
      116 22 .—Reuter. “Would Render Britons Aliens In India.” London, Oct. 6. There was a lively debate on the Government’s rndia policy at the Conservative Party conference today at Birmingham The conference was asked to support a resolution voicing “apprehension” with regard to the White Paper proposals concerning finance, police,
      .—Reuter.  -  116 words
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      MEN CLUBBED OR SHOT.
      260 22 —Reuter. Widespread Rioting In Coalfields. TEAR GAS CHARGE. Still Higher Wages And Shorter Hours Wanted. Washington, Oet. 5 Further conflicts are reported between police and strikers in different parts of the country. Nine picketers were shot or eluloed during a charge of 200 deputy sheriff? on
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      MARYSE HILZ.
      64 22 —Reuter. Crashes When Taking Off For Big Flight. Paris, Oct. 7. Mile. Maryse Hilz, attempting to take off at midnight on a fresh attempt to fly to Tokio. was again disappointed when her machine rose slightly and then crashed. The airwoman was unhurt but burst into tears from
      —Reuter.  -  64 words
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      LORD COWDRAY DEAD
      125 22 .—Reuter. 23-Year-Old Successor To Title. London, Oct 3 The death has taken place ot !cl Cowdray of Midhurst. —Reuter Weetman Harold Miller Pears nsecond Viscount Cowdray, 51 y of age at the time of his death, b* born on Apr. 18. 1882. He was educated at Rugby,
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      “ AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE C.E.R.”
      519 23 AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE C.E.R.” postponed.—Sin Kuo Min and Sir Chew Jit Poh. ,—Reuter. Japan And Manchukuo Accused. SOVIET CHARGE. Bandits To Control P.-M. Railway? Moscow, Oct. 5. Mr. Li Shao-gen, chairman of the Chinese Eastern Railway Hoard, has dispatched a letter t.< the Soviet vice-chairman of the C.E.R. Board,
      postponed.—Sin Kuo Min and Sir Chew Jit Poh.; ,—Reuter.  -  519 words
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      RECONSTRUCTION.
      269 23 }.—Reuter. League technical experts.—Nanyang Siang Pau. Development Of Chinese Cotton Industry. Nanking. Oct 4. Buy Chinese” is urged in a manifesto issued by the newly-formed National Economic Commission following its formal inauguration this afternoon in the presence oi Dr. Rajchmann. the League of Nations representative. Emphasising the importance of
      }.—Reuter.; League technical experts.—Nanyang Siang Pau.  -  269 words
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      SEIZURE OF P.M.R.
      223 23 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking Denounces Japanese Intentions. Shanghai, Oct. 4. The Nanking Foreign Office has instructed Chinese representatives in Europe and America to draw the attention of the various countries to the intention of the Japanese to occupy the entire line of the Peiping-Mukden Railway, on
      —Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  223 words
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      FALSE FIRE ALARM.
      45 23 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Nine Women Trampled To Death In Synagogue Panic. Bucharest. Sept. 30. Nine women were trampled to death and 40 others seriously injured when a panic broke out at a local synagogue on Friday evening owing to a talse Are alarm Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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      UNTRUE STATEMENT APOLOGY.
      101 23 —Reu.er. De Valera’s Regrets To Gen. Mulcahy. L). )lln. Oct. 4. President de Valera expressed his deep regret and a. ilogies to Gen. Mulcahy today regarding the statement thaw the General had net the British War Minister at Glasgow, stating that his informant had since confessed that
      —Reu.er.  -  101 words
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      INSTINCT WINS.
      112 23 .—Aneta-Fram-Ocean. Experiment On Storks In Germany. Bucharest. Sept. 30. One of the young storks, released recently near Essen, in Germany, to find which route they would follow when migrating to Africa, was found dead near Constantza The bird was identified as belonging b the German flock by a
      .—Aneta-Fram-Ocean.  -  112 words
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      STRATOSPHERE RECORD.
      105 23 Reuter Wireless Balloon Rises To Height Of 12 Miles. Moscow. Sept. 30. The Soviet balloon ‘‘U.S.S.R., which unsuccessfully attempted a stratosphere flight on Sept. 24. made a successful ascent today and if the instruments are lound to have registered correctly, the balloon established the amazing record height of
      — Reuter Wireless  -  105 words
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      NEW HEIGHT MARK.
      79 23 and found to be in order Aneta-Trans-Ocean French Airman Ascends To 13,661 Metres. Paris. Oct 3 A new world altitude record seems to have been established by a French aviator. Lemoines. who recently made an attempt to outdo the previous record of 13.404 metres. On landing Lemoines’
      and found to be in order Aneta-Trans-Ocean  -  79 words
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      PLUNGED INTO SPACE.
      89 23 almost two feet into the soil.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Photographer’s Fatal Fall From Plane. Paris, Oct. 3. A fatal accident overtook a photographer in the neighbourhood of Lille while engaged in taking pictures from an aeroplane. He was leaning far out of the cabin window when the plane gave a
      almost two feet into the soil.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  89 words
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      EMIGRATION OF JEWS TO PALESTINE.
      164 23 Space Limited. WARNING AGAINST MASS INFLUX. Geneva. Oct. 3 The political committee meeting of the League of Nations on Monday discussed the question of the mandate lor Palestine and the problem of Jewish immigration. Speeches showed that most countries were interested at the moment in
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      MR M. HILLQUIT.
      204 23 Reuter Death Of (J.S. Socialist Leader. New York. Oct. 8. The death has taken place at the age of 64 of Mr. Morris Hlllquit. the famous Socialist pioneer, who immigrated to the United States from Riga. Latvia, in 1886 He graduated in law and practised in New
      Reuter  -  204 words
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      FAMOUS GENERAL.
      73 23 Reuter Wireless Death Of Man Who Took Turkish Armenia. Nice, Oct. 6. The death in exile here of General Yudenltch, at the age of 71 recalls the exploit of the famous Commander of the Russian Armies in the Caucasus In 1916 who, with 100.000 troops captured Erzerum. defended
      Reuter Wireless  -  73 words
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      THE LINDBERGHS.
      36 23 —Reuter. Arrive In Southampton From Norway. London. Oct. 4 Col Charles Lindbergh and his wife arrived in Southampton at 5.10 p.m. < British Standard Time) from Stavanger. wl)*nee they had hopped of! this morning. —Reuter
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      WHAT FAILURE WOULD MEAN.
      226 24 Reuter Collapse Of Recovery Movement. OOLI) CONTENT. President Expected To Reject Inflation. Washington. Oct. 8 Uncommonly anxious eyes follow the nation-wide “By Now” campaign opening tomorrow. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson and other leaders of the National Industrial Recovery Administration consider that its failure would mean the
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      AIR SPEED RECORD.
      72 24 subject to official confirmation.- Reuter. Italian Sets Up New World Mark. Ancona, Oct. 8. The British world Hying record of 551.8 kilometres an hour for 100 kilometres, established by Flight-Lieut. Boothman at Spithead in 1931 during the Schneider Cup flights, was broken today by Col. Guglielmo Casanelli.
      subject to official confirmation.- Reuter.  -  72 words
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      SUGAR AGREEMENT.
      149 24 Scrapped Owing To Cuba's Non-Approval. Washington. Oct. 8. It is authoritatively stated that the recently-drafted sugar agreement has been scrapped owing to Cuba’s nonapproval and the difficulty of implementing the pact. The plan to curtati domestic production is not affected.--Reuter. The Agreement. An earlier message said a sugar
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      BIGGER BRITISH AIR FORCE WANTED.
      122 24 ones every month.—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Only Fourth Now. ROLE OF ARBITRATOR FOR WORLD PEACE. London, Oct. 6. The Daily Mail strongly advocates an increase in the British Air Force to a level which would enable Great Britain again to assume the role of arbitrator for world peace.
      ones every month.—Aneta-Trans- Ocean.  -  122 words
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      HUMANE KILLING OF INCURABLES.
      69 24 Reuter Bitter Opposition Likely To German Plan. Berlin, Oct. 8 The premise of a new penal code ?s legalise the humane killing of incurables at their own request has b<*eo made by tiff Ministry of Justice in a memorandum The proposal threatens to start a fierce
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      SHOOTING DENIED.
      165 24 —Reuter. Reported Murder Attempt On Prince Starhemberg. Prince Starhemberg. Commander-in-Chief of the Heimwehr forces, is reported to have been shot and to have received four wounds in the chest. Later. The attempt on Prince Starhemberg’s life is officially and categorically denied. The latest reports indicate that the reported
      —Reuter.  -  165 words
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      ACCEPTED A BRIBE.
      51 24 Reuter. Onee-Powerful Persian Dies In Hospital. Teheran. Oct. 8. Abdul Hussien Khan Teymurtash, once the most powerful man in Persia next to the Shah, died suddenly from heart 1 allure in the prison where he was serving a sentence for alleged swindling, extortion and acceptance of a
      — Reuter.  -  51 words
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      DR. SZE MING-SZE.
      41 24 Reuter. London. Oct. 7. The engagement is announced of Dr. Sze Ming-sze, eldest son of the Chinese Minister in the United States, to Bessie Yueh Chlng-li, eldest daughter of Mr. Li-ming. chairman of the Bank of China. Reuter.
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      “I ALONE SET FIRE TO REICHSTAG.”
      590 24 and nothing to obscure.- Reuter Wireless. Reuter Wireless. Others Not Known VAN DER LUBBE SAID TO HAVE A DOUBLE. Leipzig. Oct. 4. Asseverations were made by the accused in the Reichstag tire trial that they were ignorant of each ether’s existence before their arrest
      and nothing to obscure.- Reuter Wireless.; – Reuter Wireless.  -  590 words
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      SOVIET ATTITUDE STRONGER.
      621 24 —Reuter. Japanese Army Blamed For C.E.R. Plot. PROOFS HELD? Tokio War Minister’s Warning. Moscow, C *t Documents in tbe possession \>i th, Soviet, which reallege the activity on the part of the Japanese Military U id Civil administrations in preparin' seize the Chinese Eastern Rail a U
      —Reuter.  -  621 words
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      SOVIET WARNING FLOUTED.
      666 25 of this question will be difficult.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh C.E.R. Reorganisation M NCHUS TO USE FORCE IF NECESSARY. Shanghai, Oct 7. Japanese official has arrived in bin to supervise the reorganisation (lI u‘ Chines? Eastern Railway. an interview with newspaper re; sentatives. the
      of this question will be difficult.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh  -  666 words
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      MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN SPAIN.
      117 25 —Reuter. Virtual State Of Siege In Catalonia. Madrid Oct 6. A “state of prevention," which is preliminary to a state siege has been declared in Catalonia, where electric light and gas workers are striking Great nervousness exists throughou the country pending the settlement of the ministerial
      —Reuter.  -  117 words
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      FRENCH AIR LINER.
      43 25 er, wbre uninjured.—ReuterWireless.’ Plane From Saigon Crashes On Way To Paris. Haghdad, Oct. (i. The French aair liner from Saigon was wrecked while taking off in Europe. The four passengers, including Mr. J. C. White, the county cricketer, wbre uninjured.—Keuter-
      er, wbre uninjured.—Reuter-Wireless.’  -  43 words
    • Article
      JAPAN’S OVERTURES.
      221 25 tne Denciit v.v.... Japanese commercial pact.—Nanyang Slang Pau. Better Relations With China The Object. Shanghai. Oct. 6 Acting on instructions from Tokio. Mr. Ariyoshi. Japanese Minister in China, has started a movement in Shanghai and Nanking to force the Chinese leaders to accept a conciliatory policy towards Japan.
      tne Denciit v.v.... — Japanese commercial pact.—Nanyang Slang Pau.  -  221 words
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      HOLBEIN PORTRAIT OF HENRY VIII.
      131 25 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Most Important Find Since The War. London. Oct. 4, A remarkable discovery of a genuine Hans Holbein portrrit of King Henry VIII of England has just been announced from the old home of the Howard family in the north oi England. When the Swiss
      —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  131 words
    • Article
      61 DEAD IN FIRE.
      110 25 .—Reuter. Film Man Suspected Of Arson Detained. Los Angeles, Oct. 4. Thirty-three unemployed flre-flghters were burned to death and 100 injured in a bush fire in the hills above Hollywood. They were trapped between two canyons when the fire swept over a 1.000-acre area in Griffith
      .—Reuter.  -  110 words
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      EARL CADOGAN.
      144 25 Reuter. Hereditary Trustee Of British Museum Dies. London. Oct. 4. Earl Cadogan died today after a brief illness Reuter. Gerald Oakley Cadogan was the sixth Earl, the title having been created in 1800. He was born in May. 1869, and succeeded to the title in 1915. He was
      — Reuter.  -  144 words
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      LONG-DISTANCE BID.
      64 25 French Airmen On Paris To Rangoon Hop. Oran. Oct. 4. The French airmen. Assolant and Lefevre. look off from here at 5.45 a m. in an attempt to break the long distance record. They hope .to reach Rangoon without a stop. Their plane. Canary Bird II. is carrying
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      CHINA AIR SERVICE.
      38 25 Sin Chew JH Poh. Shanghai. Oct. 5 Preparations for the Inauguration of the Shanghai-Canton air service have been completed and the formal opening is schedulec to take place on Oct. 10.- Sin Chew J’t Poh.
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      RECOVERY DRIVE TO BE REORGANISED.
      217 25 Reuter. Centralisation. NO REFERENCE YET TO MONETARY POLICY. Washington. Oct. 4. Fresident Roosevelt and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administrator, are discussing the reorganisation of the National industrial Recovery Administration with a vie* to centralising it within six divisions so as to observe the
      Reuter.  -  217 words
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      WAR DEBTS.
      305 25 Reuter. appropriate' settlement. Reuter Wireless Two Solutions Said To Be Possib'e. Washington. Oct. 4. It is suggested that the AngloAmerican war debt negotiations will not begin until next week. The close relationship of United States monetary policy to the nego1 tiations is seemingly implied by Mr. Acheson’s admission
      — Reuter.; appropriate' settlement. Reuter Wireless  -  305 words
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      RESIGNATION OF GEN. HO.
      529 26 The “Young Marshal” To Replace Him? INTRIGUES IN NORTH. Soviet Army Nearing Manchu Town. Shanghai Oct 10 Ucn H j Ying-ching. the War Minister and cjncurrently chairman of th; Peiping Branch Military Council, has wired t he C< ntral Government his resignation from the post ol
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      BRITISH SUBMARINE DISASTER.
      559 26 Terrible Explosion. TWO MEN KILLED AND 14 INJURED. London. Oct 9 Two members of the crew of the British submarine L26 were killed and 14 others received Injuries when an explosion occurred In the battery room ol the vessel yesterday morning when she was in the Firth
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      DR. E. MICHELSEN.
      42 26 —Reuter. New German Consul-General For Shanghai. Berlin. Oct. 9. Dr. Erich Michelsen. who is going to Shanghai as Consul-General, was entertained to tea by the Chinese Minister today. Dr. Michelsen has spent 22 years in the Far East.— Reuter.
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      TREATY WITH U.S. SUGGESTED.
      367 26 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Japan’s Plans To Meet “Coming Danger.” Shanghai, Oct. 8. A report lrom Tokyo states that the five leading Ministers of the Japanese Government, the Premier, the Minister of War. the Minister of the Navy, the Foreign Minister, and the Minister of Finance,
      Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  367 words
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      COULD SUPPLY WORLD
      102 26 Reuter. Manchukuo’s Unlimited Drug Supplies. 4 Londoi., Oct. 9 How can unfortunate China—genuinely anxious as her Government may be to put down the odious traffic —cope with such a menace, asks the Manchester Guardian, in an editorial reference to the report of the Opium Board of the
      Reuter.  -  102 words
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      NOT BUYING.
      75 26 —Reuter. Chinese Military Missions Touring Italy. Rome, Oct. 9. The Chinese aviation mission headed by Lieut.-Gen. H. W. Chan, .touring Italian airports. Is being extensively feted. Gen. Chan says he is only studying, there is no question of buying. The Chinese naval mission headed by Vice-Admiral Chan Chak.
      —Reuter.  -  75 words
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      STATE OWNERSHIP OF ARMAMENTS.
      187 26 —Reuter —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Von Papen’s Suggestion RIDDING POLITICS Oi PRIVATE INFLUENCE Frankfurt-on-Main, Oct lo Government ownership of the urn ment industry throughout the wl world was advocated by Herr Fr von Papen, the Vice-Chancellor, in speech today as a means of elimimt ing the “secret influence of
      —Reuter; —Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  187 words
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      EINSTEIN SPEAKS.
      111 26 her obligations to the Reich —Amd Trans-Ocean. Sharp Criticism Of Nazi Government. London. Oct t The much-advertised mass mee*m, at the Albert Hall which was called promote relief action for German refugees passed off on Tuesday ni.’.lr without undue incident. The principal speech was deli verve; by Professor
      her obligations to the Reich —Amd Trans-Ocean.  -  111 words
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      “THE TIME TO BUY.”
      92 26 Reuter. U.S. Recovery Campaign In Full Swing. New York, Oct. 9 The recovery campagin is now in lull swing. Its slogan “now is the time to buy” was given prominence in newspaper advertisements. Gen. Hugh S Johnson, the recovery administrator warned the people that their payrolls
      Reuter.  -  92 words
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      WORLD CONFERENCE.
      75 26 .—Reuter Wireless Will Not Meet Again At Geological Museum. London. Oct. 6. The Geological Museum, South Ken sington. will not again be the seem* o the World Economic Conference The authorities have decided t* proceed with the original plan to In historic specimens. This has no significance with
      .—Reuter Wireless  -  75 words
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      GROWING TENSION OVER C.E.R.
      447 27 Reuter. s,. ict Refuses Manchu Demands. ]>(>SIANS ARRESTED. japan Denies Plot To Seize Rail. Moscow. Oct. 10. t r incidents between the net Manchukuo gver the manoi the Chinese Eastern Rails reported today by Tass dated that in reply to an inade by the Soviet Consul*
      Reuter.  -  447 words
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      CHINA CELEBRATES.
      527 27 strict police supervision.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. National Athletic Meeting Results. Shanghai, Oct. 11. >nal Day (the Double Tenth, the q. rs ary of the founding of the y <“ Republic by the late Dr. Sun was enthusiastically celethroughout China yesterday. Kin S was beflagged
      strict police supervision.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  527 words
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      RIOTS IN VIENNA.
      78 27 .—Reuter Protest Against Ban On A Newspaper. Vienna. Oct. 11. Riots have broken out at Ottakring. a working-class suburbs of Vienna, following a demonstration in protest against the Government ban on the ArbeiterZeitung. Mounted police charged the demonstrators, making many arrests before peace was restored. The police
      .—Reuter  -  78 words
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      GERMAN ARMS POLICY.
      272 27 —Reuter. Reuter Wireless. Disarmament Of Other Powers Wanted. Berlin. Oct. 8. The German disarmament policy was put in a nutshell in an official state- 1 ment on the occasion of the departure of the disarmament delegation, headed j by Herr Nadolny. for Geneva. The statement asserts that
      —Reuter.; Reuter Wireless.  -  272 words
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      MINIATURE ELECTION.
      126 27 —Reuter Wireless. To Test Strength Of Government. London. Oct. 9. A miniature general election is now pending and is likely to indicate the strength or otherwise of the support for the National Government. The death on Saturday of Mr. N. W. Smith Carrington. Conservative member for the Stamford
      —Reuter Wireless.  -  126 words
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      EDUCATION IN BRITAIN.
      45 27 —Reuter. Chinese Indemnity Students In London. London, Oct. 9. Nine Chinese students, including a girl, the first fruits of the Boxer Indemnity, arrived in London today. The Universities China Committee is arranging to enter them at Oxford. Cambridge. London. Edinburgh and Manchester.—Reuter.
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      SOCIALISTS CONFER.
      49 27 —Reuter. General Strike Not Likely In Vienna. Vienna. Oct. 10. The Socialist leaders were still conferring at midnight but a general strike is regarded as unlikely in view of the fact that the ban on the Arbeiter-Zeltung is only for one month. Th* 1 city is quiet.—Reuter.
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      GRAPPLING WITH WAR DEBTS PROBLEM.
      223 27 on the British representatives —Reuter. Further “Token” Payments Unacceptable. Washington. Oct. 11. Following a war debt meeting. Mr. Acheson revealed that Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, the British delegate, had urged that the present radically altered world economic conditions, which had been unforseen when the settlement was
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      RESTRICTION.
      110 27 Favoured By Tapanoeli Native Planters. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Oct. 11. The Medan vernacular newspapers report that the native planters of the Tapanoeli district. contrary to their previous attitude, now have no objection to rubber restriction. The Deli Courant states that the planters of Simeloengen are also in
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      PROHIBITION.
      82 27 Reuter Wireless Probably Coming To End In December. Washington. Oct. 6. America will probably go “wet” on Dec. 6, the day after the 36th State of the Union records its vote and turns the scale in favour of abolition of pro hibition. Collectors of internal revenue have already been
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      ARMS SITUATION “SO BAD.”
      448 28 —Reuter Wireless. Some Optimism. SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO HE DONE. Geneva. Oct 9. Mr Norman Davis, interviewed by Renter on his arrival at the meeting of the Disarmament Conference Bureau this afternoon, was teeling rather more < ptimistic “because the situation now v.,.s so bad. it
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      BELGIUM ALARMED.
      410 28 Preparing To Construct New Border Defences. Brussels, Oct. 8. A contiguous line oi concrete pillboxes protecting the approaches to Namur ami Liege and tin* Meuse Valley and extending to the Dutch irontier is expected to be a feature of the new Belgian defences for which the Minister lor
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      CABINET MEETING.
      242 28 Close Examination Of Latest Phases. Rugby. Later. The latest phases of the disarmament problem were closely examined by the British Cabinet this afternoon and the Foreign Secretary. Sir John Simon, will return to Geneva probably tomorrow or Wednesday fully acquainted with the views of his colleagues The delicacy
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      FEWER STRIKES IN AMERICA.
      330 28 —Reuter. —Reuter. Hut Recovery Drive Still Hindered. Washington, Oct. 10. Strikes continue to hinder the success ul the recovery drive. Thousands of steel and coal strikers in the Pittsburgh area returned to work today, but 35.000 miners are still out in West Pennsylvania. Coal strikes continue
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      THE MOLLISONS.
      73 28 —Reuter Wireless. Trans-Atlantic Flight Abandoned. London. Oct. 9 The Mollisons have now decided to abandon their proposed flight across the Atlantic from New York and on to Baghdad owing to tne lateness in the season and the persistent unfavourable conditions. The Mollisons have cabled that they have decided
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      AIR SPEED RECORD.
      94 28 <or 55 miles > an hour Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Rome-Bucharest Flight At 222 Miles An Hour. Rome, Sept. 27. A new aviation speed record was established on Tuesday, by a military aeroplane by Captain Balbi and Lieut. Buffa in a flight from Rome to Bucharest, at a speed of
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      INDIA AND JAPAN.
      145 28 ••V. VC .—British Wireless Trade Convention 0 Extended. Rugb' ct j The temporary extension ()f Indo-Japanese Trade Conven- J* expires on Tuesday has be, ‘...JJ by an exchange of notes b&lt; John Simon and the Japan. a 1 sador in London. The arrangement provid, M ltlt Convention
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      ASSAULTED BY NAZIS.
      115 28 i.—Reuter. American Who Did Not Salute Flag. Berlin. Oct iu An American citizen, an oflieiai of Woolworth’s named Wells, has protest ed through the American Co v.ui c hi. maltreatment by a crowd of Nazis be cause he failed to salute the Nazi flag Wells, whose face
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      TWO AIR CHIEFS.
      105 28 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Col. Rayaski and M. Cot For Bucharest. Bucharest. Oct 8 A squadron of 42 Polish aeroplanes headed by the chief of the Polls! military aviation. Colonel Rayaski will arrive here on Oct. 12. The arriva or the French Air Minister. M. Pierre Cot. is anticipated on
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      EMPRESS OF ABYSSINIA.
      118 28 imperial garments expected Trans-Ocean. Makes A Pilgrimajro To Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Sept. -&lt; As the first Ethiopian woman ruler to visit the capital of the Holy L~ :h since the Queen of Sheba cam Jerusalem to meet King Solomm me present Empress of Abyssinia. 1 n v panied
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      23 28 .—Reuter Manila. &lt; The House of representativ 4 votes to 22 has approved tin* the Senate in rejecting the 1 Independence Act.—Reuter
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    BAD LUCK COSTS PORTSMOUTH LEAGUE LEADERSHIP.
    1805 29 —Reuter. Arsenal Take First Home Point From Blackburn. Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 7. ttenham Hotspurs’ forwards played vl .‘i amazing speed, dazzling and overng the Sunderland defence at w lt e Hart Lane to regain the u ’(lorship Of the League. If
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    WALES WINS.
    147 29 Reuter International Match Against Scotland. London. Oct. 4. In an international association football match at Cardiff today Wales defeated Scotland by three goals to two The weather was glorious and 45.000 people were present. Scotland, after an enterprising start, were unable to hold the virile Welsh forwards but
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    S.C.C. RUGBY.
    29 29 i On the Padang on Oct. 4 an S.C.C. Rugby XV were beaten by five points &lt;a goal) to three &lt;a try) by the Islands B” team
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    INDIANS TROUNCE RAFFLES.
    331 29 Poor Display On Sodden Ground. Indian Assocn. 4; Raffles Col.. 0 Hockey of a very low standard was witnessed at Balestier Road, on Monday, when the Indian Association entertained Rallies College and won by four goals to nil. The ground was too wet fox anything like fast
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    INTER-STATE MATCH.
    288 29 Selangor Spoil Negri’s Home Record. iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 7. Negii Sembllan’s unbeaten home record of the past season was shattered this afternoon when Selangor, playing before a huge crowd at Seremban. beat them in the initial inter State game of the Malayan hockey season, by
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    WILTSHIRES QUALIFY FOR S.A.F.A. CUP FINAL.
    827 30 After Thrilling Struggle With R.A.F. Wiltshire* 2: R.A.F I. The Wlltshires qualified tor the final ol the SAFA. Cup at Anson Road Stadium on Oct. 4 after one of the most thrilling games ever seen in Singapore. It was rea. cup-tie football, not ol
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    IRISH GRIFFINS.
    96 30 Local Importation For Spring Meeting. The committee of the Singapore Turt Club have decided to import a batch of 20 griffins from Ireland for racing at the Spring 1934 Meeting at a cost to subscribers of £125 landed Singapore. The committee expect the griffins will arrive in Singapore
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    S.C.C.’s BIG WIN.
    170 30 S.C.C.’ s BIG WIN. The S.C.C. “B” Rugby XV paid a visit to the Johore Civil Service Club on Saturday where they defeated South Johore by 19 points (two goals and three tries) to 5 (a goal). The home side were playing with only iourteen men. but they were able
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    INTER-PORT SHOOTING
    265 30 -'fr* The Singapore Scottish Volunteers sent their best shots to BuKit Timah Range on Saturday atteinooi fire in the annual inter-o .rt con*petition between the Scottish companies ot Hong Kong Snacgt.a) and Singapore. The weather was fine though a little too bright. A creditable score was obtained: a
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    GORDON RICHARDS.
    133 30 -Reuter. Twelve Consecutive Wins Sets Up New Record. London. Oct. 4 Gordon Richards, ihe champion jockey, rode winners in all six races «».t Chepstow today. Racegoers are following with the keenest interest the attempt of Richards to beat the record of Fred Archer in riding 246 winners in
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    MISS D. PEARSON.
    51 30 —Reuter. Wins English Women’s Open Golf Title. Westward Ho, Oct. 6. For the English women's open golf championship Miss Dorothy Pearson (Tunbridge We!ls) beat Miss Mary Johnson (Hornsea) 5 and 3 in the 36holes final today. Miss Pearson was three up at the end of the morning
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    VINES’ DEBUT AS PROFESSIONAL.
    109 30 —Reuter. First Game With Tilden In January. New York, Oct Ellsworth Vines has turned p r v sional and signed a year’s cornwith Tilden. Vines’ professional debut, an ex ui tion game with Tilden. will be mad."at Madison Square Garden on Ju, lr next year Tilden
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    HOME RUBGY.
    93 30 —Reuter. O.M.T.’s Good Win At Blackheath. London. Oct 7 Results of some of the principal Rugby matches to-day were as follow Bath 14: Rosslyn Park 10 Blackheath 4: O. M.T. 19 Bristol 3: Devonport 8er 0 Coventry 5: Leicester 5 Gloucester 8: Northampton 21 London Scot. 5: Harlequins
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    PENANG’S GOOD FORM.
    211 30 Fine Display In Beating Perak At Ipoh. tFrom Out Own Correspond* nt Ipoh. Oct 7 In a friendly Rugby match Penan* defeated Perak by 17 points to nil This was one of the biggest detect.' suffered at Penang’s hands during the last seven years. Penang were superior
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    AUSTRALIAN RACING.
    42 30 Sydney, restarting a hot favourite Rogilla the Randwick Plate to-day ROGILLA 9.4 LOUGH NEAGH 9 3 TOPICAL 9.3 Won by a length; third I*4 1,11 away. Time 3.45»/ 4 Five ran. Bet?; Rogllla 46; Lough Neagh 52: Tor 10 1
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    S.C.C. BEAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES AFTER EARLY SHOCK.
    999 31 poor Display Behind the Scrums Spoils Game. s II pts.; P.S.F.C.. .3 pts Tis public Services surprised every0IU, v lien they opened the scoring a gai! m the S.C.C on the Padang on ga J u ay after a hard fought though
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    GRUELLING GAME.
    446 31 Negri-Malacca’s Fine Display At Selangor, tFrom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 7. After being behind in points for most of the game in the first Inter-State Rugby match of the season Selangor only just beat a very enterprising combined Ncgri-Malacca XV at Kua:a Lumpur this afternoon by
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    161 31 Eurasian Volunteers Tie For Championship. The annual rifle meeting of “D” Company and the M.G. Platoon (Eurasian) of the S.V.C. was held yesterday at the Bukit Timah Rifle Range. The entries were very satisfactory and over 70 members turned out. Shooting was held up by rain for about
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    DEAD HEAT.
    83 31 Reuter. And Only 3 Runners In Race. London. Oct. 10 There were three runners for the Champion Stakes &lt;I'i miles .£1.470* at Newmarket to-day- There was a dead heat for first place, and the third horse was ten lengths away. Details. H.H. Aga Khan’s DASTUR Mr H Cholmondeley’s
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    SINGAPORE G. C. SEMI-FINALS.
    88 31 Craik, Smith, Kelly And Hamilton. R. Craik and J r. Smith will meet In one of the semi-finals of the Singapore Golf Club championship for they both won their third round matches on Sunday. The other semifinalists are S. N. Kelly and J. P de O.
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    S.C.C. OCTOBER MEDAL AND AUTUMN CUP
    130 31 The October Medal competition or the Singapore Golf Club was played at Buklt Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for J. M. A. Lowson in “A” division with a net score of 71 and in a win for M. E.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    267 31 Island Club Mixed Foursomes. The following were the best cards returned in the Island Club monthly mixed foursomes competition played on Thursday. Mrs. W McMuUan and K. C. Eu 44—8—36. Mis S Abed and Yong Loong Chong 49 111/2—37^2. Dr. and Mrs. J C Currie 50—12—38. Mrs. Ralnsford
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    RETAINS TITLE.
    43 31 Reuter Jock McAvoy Knocks Out Archie Sexton. London, bet. 9 At Bellevue, Manchester In a British middleweight championship and Lonsdale Belt contest over fifteen rounds Jock McAvoy. the holder, knocked out Archie Sexton of Bethnal Green in the tenth round. Reuter
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    GOOD DIVIDENDS AT K. L. MEETING.
    821 32 Spencer Rides Three Winners And Two Seconds. (From Own Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 7. Although rain kept oil on the second And last day of the Selangor Autumn Race Meeting the going was a bit heavy and there were several upsets but the
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    CHINESE GO DOWN FIGHTING.
    237 32 Gallant Effort Against Wiltshires. Wiltshire "B” 8 pts. Chinese nil. Holding their opponents in splendid fashion, the Chinese, who were playing their second rugger match at Tanglin on Tuesday succeeded in keeping the margin of defeat to eight points to nil when they met the Wiltshire
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    BETSY’S FINE RECORD TO WIN CHINTA CUP
    930 32 Keen Racing In The Six Me; re Yacht Event Winning all three of the series Mr. Matheson's Betsy becomes the holder of the Chinta Challenge Cup at the Yacht Club. Kilat had a good win in the six metres class race on Sunday
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    M.C.C.’s REPLY.
    294 32 —Reuter. “Same Spirit As In The Past” In 1934. Adelaide. Oct 10 The text of the "body-line” cables was revealed today following tin* receipt here of the M.C.C. reply to the Australian Board of Control They show that negotiations were most friendly. The Australian Board agrees that leg-theory
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      RUBBER MANURING IN MALAYA.
      1957 1 yields increase by fifty PER CENT. Our Poor Soils: Learning A Lesson From Ceylon. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpui, Oct. 5. Remarkable figures showing the M.irmously larger amount of manur- 1 done in Ceylon, in comparison with Mulaya. were given by Mr. A. R Wes-
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      67 1 Sin era pore Official Quotations. Quotations 7orward Contracts Snot Seller Prices K (i. IS Date L’don Spore Oct. Oct.- Jan.Dee. Mar Oct. 5 4 13% 13% 13% 13% 6 3 15/16 13% 13% 13% 13% 7 4 13% 13 9/16 13% 13% 9 3 31/32 13% 13% 13%
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      22 1 Oct. 5 Tin. S pore Price 1113.00 per pical. 6 112.75 7 113.37% 9 113.62% 10 113.62% 11 113.37%
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      TONGKAH TIN.
      51 1 The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, registered in Hobart. Is making a call of Is. per share, due Oct. 11. This Is the fifteenth call, and is required to meet the company’s debt to the banks in Penang. The shares are of 25s. each and are 23s paid
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      ANNUAL MEETING OF MALAYAN CIVIL ENGINEERS.
      903 2 lour Of Local Harbour Board Activities. Over 40 members of the Malayan Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers spent a busy day on Saturday when their annual general meeting took place. Ileginning about ten o’clock in the morning they visited various places of
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      OPPORTUNITIES.
      1123 2 Greatest In Times Of Depression. “In a country such as this the civil engineer has many opportunities, in times of prosperity, to assist administrations in development. In my opinion, however, he has even more opportunities when times are not so prosperous. He can then not only assist in a
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      RUBBER COMPANIES REPORTS.
      87 2 Tebolang Estate, Ltd.. Loses £1,967. (From Our Own Correspondent London. Sept Beranang (Selangor) Rubber Plantations Ltd., reports a loss of for the twelve months ended Jun W A sum of £3,208 has been eiK&gt;’.ed forward to credit. Bukit Selangor Rubber Es (1920) Ltd., reports a loss of
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      TIN SHARES FIRM.
      16 2 •From Our Own Corresponded London, Oct Tin shares are firmer, following fit taking.
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD.
      767 3 II unrated in Queensland) RAUB. U Paliang. September 2D. 1933. mining REPORT NO. 472 ,n Directors, mstralian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Singapore, S.S. ;i 1 beg to forward the report ,e operations, for the four week? Sc 12. 1933. (i v ,pment work completed
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        MR. ERIC MACFADYEN.
        401 3 Advice To My Fellow- Planters.” To the Editor oi the Straits Times. Sir,—In your repor* of the recent planters’ meeting at Taiping, I read with much pleasure a friendly mention of my own name. The speaker, however, attributed to me an undue share of responsibility for the
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        THE WILKINS SCHEME.
        206 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—His Excellency the Governor, in his speech at the Legislative Council meeting on Oct. 2. recapitulated the conditions requisite in any scheme for the control of rubber which may be put forward. In this connection I desire to point out
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      SHARE MARKET.
      760 3 Fraser and Co.’s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.’s report, dated Oct. 10. states: In our previous circular we reported that after the recent rise a certain amount of profit-taking was in evidence in the local tin share market, and this liquidation has continued throughout th week with a
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      RUBBER ESTATE MERGER.
      146 3 D.E.I. Companies To Operate Here. From Our Own Correspondent..» Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 5. That capital Is beginning to flow from the Dutch East Indies to Malaya probably owing to high taxation and Dutch adherence to the gold standard, is indicated by an Important rubber deal that has
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      BAJOE KIDOEL RUBBER
      166 3 Macassar Plantations To Be Purchased. An agreement has been provisionally entered into between the Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Company and Macassar Plantations, under which the former will acquire as from April 1. 1933, the whole undertaking of the Macassar Company for 30.800 shares of €1 of
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      PALM OIL PRICES.
      99 3 Guthrie and Co.’s report, dated Oct. 6. states: —Latest buyers’ prices, received by cable this morning, for Malayan Palm Oil and Palm Kernels are: Palm Oil in Bulk: c.i.f. landed weights New York/Piladelphia 2.70 cents &lt;U.S. currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weights US A. Pacific Ports 2.60
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      835 4 Fraser And Co’s Quotations. Singapore, Oct. 11 Mining. y!‘j pjj Buyers. Sellers £1 £1 Asjim Kumbang 30 31'£1 £1 Austral Malay 34 30/5 5 Ayer HitHiu Tin 15/- lo/o £1 £1 Ban grin Tin 33'- 34/1 1 Bailing Padung 0.21 0.25 I l Batu Caves 0.95 1.00
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      Trade and Finance.
      422 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore, Oct. 11 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 5 32 London, 3 months' sight 2 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 4 London, 30 days’ sight 2 4 2 London, demand 2/4 London, T.T. 2 4 Lyons and Paris, demand 9 9 Hamburg,
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      306 4 Closing Quotations In London. From Our Own Correspondent). London, Oct. 10. 'Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below: The rise or fall is in relation to the pr&lt;ce of Oct. 5. GOVERNMENT STOCKS BRITISH. Ri.«. or Pali Conversion Loan 5% 117 Funding
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES SEPT. 26.
        526 4 Ailagar (2/&gt; 1■; Alor Pongsu (2/) /7; Anglo-Malay (£1 &gt; 8'; Ayer Kuning (£1) 16/10%; Bugan Serai (£1) Bahru (Sel.) (2 1/6; Banteng (£1) 11 6; Batu Caves f£l) 12/; Batu Tiga (£1) 15/; Bertam Con. (2 2/4%; Bidor (£1) 15/16; Blkam (2/) 1 1%;
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES OCT. 11.
        681 4 Capital Issue Closm Pace* I Paid Up Value Dividends Fraser t -im-B Company Co. Fvu I 454.175 1 Nil for year 29-2-33 Allen by tsl) 0.75 085 075 Oml 216.779 1 Nil for year 30-9-32 Alor Gajah ($l. 0.60 070 439.125 1 year 31-3-33
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