The Straits Budget, 26 July 1934

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    29 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] \o. SINGAPORE, THI RSDAY, JI’EY 2G, 1931. Price 25 cents tS.S. Currency) or 7d.
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    CONTENTS.
    364 1 i.MOKKS— Our Hoaltli ..3 Ennui e Marketing 3 Footballers 3-4 IV.’...; li Hopes 4 A Question of Faith 4-5 British Shipping 5 Occasional Notes 6-7 Pictures— C :rui Malayan Dog Show 17 B uuical Gardens Exhibit 18 Mr. Mo Pang-tsu 18 M Pene Robin 18 H T the Yang
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    LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
    557 1 ——t Mr. Gordon Wong is scenario editor of one of the English film studios. Mr. H. H. Brown, of the Mechanical 1 branch. P.W.D., Johore, has returned I from leave. Mr. D. F L. McMurray. of Messrs. Spicers »Export >, Ltd.. London, and Singapore, is in Kuala
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    NOT ENDORSED.
    167 1 Japanese Fined Under I'assport Ordinance. For allowing two Japanese to leave the Colony in one of the Company’s ships without having their passports endorsed, the manager of Tshihara Sangyo Kaiun Koshi, Ltd., of Union Building, was fined $10 by the fourth magistrate. Mr. C. H. Whltton on Monday.
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    U.S. IMPORTERS’ CODE.
    68 1 Move To End Obstructions To Commerce. New York. July 23. The importers code, which comes into operation on July 27. will affect 1.100 concerns showing an aggregate annual turnover of $76,000,000 It aims at creating and operating a standard similar to wholesale business It shortens the working
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    GLIDING FEAT.
    49 1 Be n. July 23. By clinging to thunderstorm clouds and using the air currents around them Herr Hotlmann covered 72 miles in a glider at a gliding competition at Wasserkuppe. in the Rhoen Mountains Seven people have been killed by lightning in the past two days.—Reuter Tireless.
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    “ B.P.” COMING TO MALAYA.
    353 1 B.P.” COMING TO MALAYA. Health Trip. LADY BAI)E N-I’OWELL AS WELL. Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwcll, the Chief Scout, is to pay a visit to Malaya before the end of the year. The news is unexpected because it was only a few months ago that Lord Baden-Powell was seriously ill and
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    POSITION AT HONG KONG.
    99 1 —Keutcr. London, July 24. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. S. S. Hammersley (Cons., Stockport), who asked whether he would consider the possibility of instituting a through ticket system for cotton piecegoods imported into llong Kong in order that a quota can be given
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    FRESH EVIDENCE IN IPOH MURDER TRIAL.
    2337 2 Eye- Witnesses Tell Of Stabbing In Office. Prom our Own Correspondent Inoh. Julv 21 KHlow nnnlo.wTs, who slated thai they saw Mr. I !>. II Wijrley. a Europe .ii, being siahhec hv I. It. v Swami. a laniil M.ilahai'i Brahmin, gave evidence at the
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    UNSTAMPED LETTERS.
    102 2 For bringing 21 unstamped letters into the Colony an Indian named Mohamed Saheeb was fined $2l by Mu J. M. Brander, the third magistrate, on Friday. The man had arrived in Singapore on the s.s. Rohna on July 14. and alter spending fours days in quarantine at St.
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      OUR HEALTH.
      876 3 .—Straits Times. July 19. thl death rate in Singapore r 1.000. which is the lowest r aed and compares with an 27.5 for the ten-yw 1 >a 32 and a peak lor that 33.08 in 1927. To give a what these figures mean. lN be cited of the
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      EMPIRE MARKETING.
      852 3 Malayan Information Agency—Straits Times, July 20. On Sept. 30 last, the Empire Marketing Board ceased to exist after seven years of life, in the course of which it did a tremendous amount of valuable work. It was founded to increase the market for foodstuffs and raw materials of
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      MALAY FOOTBALLERS.
      885 3 in all communities Straits Times. July 21 Because we feel that attempts have been made by one or two disgruntled individuals to confuse the real Issue in regard to the declaration by the Singapore Amateur Football Association that certain Malay footballers in Singapore must be regarded as professionals,
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      FALSIFIED HOFFS.
      982 4 the London Treaty.- Straits Ti ni July 23. Complications threaten at a very early stage in connection with the naval conversations which have begun between Great Britain and the United States in preparation for the Naval Conference which is to take place next year. It is reported that
      the London Treaty.-Straits Tini July 23.  -  982 words
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      A QUESTION OF FAITH.
      930 4 -Straits Times. July 24. We wish to draw particular att 'ntien to a letter which is printed Page Seventeen of this issue x.V writer of that letter, who sign* himself “Truth.’’ starts out a criticism of the speeches ch livered at the annual luncheon oi t
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      BRITISH SHIPPING.
      976 5 whole matter alone.—Straits Times. July 25. '“limans announcement of s f 1 T °vernment’s proposal tor shipping was received U er i(rrs than cheers. The i,. marine is disappointed v -«U.S‘ it u„ t,(, ped for some more constructive scheme and Liberal critics of the Government are offended
      whole matter alone.—Straits Times. July 25.  -  976 words
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    MR. D. C. BURN.
    74 5 Forthcoming Marriage Of Local Cricketer. The engagement of Mr. D. C. Burn, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Singapore, son of Sir Joseph and Lady Burn of Rydal Mount, Potters Bar. to Margaret Theresa. only surviving daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hardy of Highfleld. Alnwick,
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    MORE LABOURERS.
    43 5 Official iniormation has been received that 2.721 State-aided labourers will arrive in Malaya on Thursday by the, s.s. Rajula. It is expected that 542 will be sent to Pulau Jcrejak. and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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    ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE.
    298 5 Three In Nine Days At Selangor. i (From Our Own Corresponden.) Kuala Lumpur, July 19. Mr. Justice Burton, at the Selangor Assizes, today passed his third death sentence within nine days, when the Tamil rubber tapper named Veerasamy was found guilty of the murder of another Tamil
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    138 5 KRUYSiMULDER—BACON—The engagement is announced of Mr. W. B. Kruysmulder to Miss S. O. J. Bacon. SHORLAND—HERSCHEL. —The engagement is announced between Christopher William Shorland, Malayan Civil Service, elder son of the Rev: M. A. and Mrs. Shorland, The Rectory, Norton Malreward, Fensford, Somersetshire, and Eileen Dorothea Herschel, of Church
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    MARRIAGE
    33 5 EDWARDS—KIRWAN.—Charles Patrick Edwards eldest son of the late Charles Waltei Edwards, B.A., C.E., M.I.C.E., and of Mrs. Edwards to Lucy Amy only daughter of Herbert Stewart Kirwan and the late Mrs. Kirwan.
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    BIRTH
    17 5 VINE.—At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore July 21. to Edith, wife of F. R. Vine, ft daughter.
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    32 5 DEATH PANG —Mrs. S C. Pang (nee Boey Yee Koo» passed away peacefully at her residence. No. 15 Mandalay Road, at 10 p.m. on July 23. 1934, at the age of 70.
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      WHAT A PLACE!
      193 6 two is still comparatively rare Straits Times. July 19. A v i‘i r to Singapore taki»’4 up tod a’ u** of our morning corn o porn." dght well or < xcus< d ii in* believed that here was evidence that all he had r ad and heard
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      SUNDAY'S ACCIDENT.
      338 6 into the wind ’'—and lund-> —Straits Times, July 19. The mishap to a Royal Singapore! Flying Club seaplane is not an occurrence which should damage tin* Club's r< put at ion one iota. Knowing something oi the strict supervision which is exercised by ofllcials and ground stall, we
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      OUR REACTION.
      149 6 more important tact it proves. —Straits i Times. July 19. year alter year the Club Is turning out men capable of meeting nasty situations in the same cool manner Once only has there been a latal accident, and in that case the pilo‘ was undergoing his tests, solo,
      more important tact it proves. —Straits i Times. July 19.  -  149 words
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      A NEW TYPE OF BUS.
      51 6 Is situated in the centre.—Straits Times. July 20. Londoners have recently had an opportunity of seeing yet one more type of bus on the streets. The latest vehicle, a double decker, has stairs at tiu* trout and no bonnet. The engine Is situated in the
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      FURTHER OUTLOOK—POOR.
      152 6 dismal to say the least.—Straits Times. July 20. Gossip and Note writers in England have at hand an ever-ready source ci inspiration in the British climate. Something seems to have gene wrong with the British climate lately, and severe drought has overtaken England and Wales. Perhaps we are
      dismal to say the least.—Straits Times. July 20.  -  152 words
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      WHO PAYS?
      322 6 Straits Times. July 20. A very ill-conceived piece of propaganda for the League of Nations reached us this morning. It sought to establish the extraordinary value received by the various nations in return for very small payment. It was stated that the amount which each country is asked
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      THOROUGH!
      56 6 the bank premises.—Straits Times. July 21. A correspondent who keeps a nominal account in a Home bank for convenience when he goes on leave informs us he has received a circular letter requesting him to use the Park Row entrance to the bank lor a short time during structural
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      SPECIAL DUTY.
      130 6 mated at about £1.500.—Straits Times. July 21. It is announced that Major R. L Nunn. Deputy Director of Public Works. has been seconded lor special duty in connection with aerodrome planning.” That is very neatly put. but we do not think any great harm .vou'n have been done
      mated at about £1.500.—Straits Times. July 21.  -  130 words
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      TEXTILE QUOTAS.
      168 6 I.—Straits Times, July 21. For the very good reason that adoption of the anti-Japanese quota system would raise the cost of clothing to the poorer inhabitants the Board of Ministers of Ceylon nave declined to adopt Sir Philip CunlifTeLister’s proposals. It is notable also that while the Governor
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      FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS.
      225 6 i.—Straits Times. July 21 Quite recently there was eel, in Birmingham the centenary birth of the founder of what is the greatest motor, motor-eyi. cycle accessory manufacturing in ’Great Britain, and probably world. Well over 50 years ago Lucas opened a small fact :v Hockley, near Birmingham.
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      QUERY.
      18 6 Straits Times. July 23 Does it ever rain at Leeds r lift hard Straits Times. July 2
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      WHEN DICTATORS FALL OUT.
      140 6 their hats to Hungary.—Straits Times July 23. Unhappy is the*Iot oi the D: Great Britain's Hitolini is ha hard time trying to induce ail .a:. best in the country to don the ***** of sombre hue. and just when were beginning to look a littU m.r
      their hats to Hungary.—Straits Times July 23.  -  140 words
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      MARKET RIGGING.
      289 6 Itraits Tinu s. July 23. According to the current Grocery,” a cutting from whk received this morning, financ been attempting to corner the market. At the time the artie written prices had risen from 6d. Ud. a pound “in an amazinub time.” The writer of the art id
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      BABYLON WITHOUT BALLYHOO?
      244 7 n is aoing well 1 i t* 'Wes. July 23. I:, a lead r the other day we spoke lb i;t humeral films and of the marked improvement in the tone of :ii e:.* rtair.ment otlered through the r di.im o: the screen in the past two
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      THE EURASIAN REVIEW.
      151 7 —Straits Times. July 24 ssu r< ceived a copy of the first, >ubUs h od i' F p UrUSian Review which he n p cnang and described as W xi V l ;al rgan of the Eurasian ib;. {< UL 01 Br itish Malaya.” Its Present quarterly
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      AS OTHERS SEE US.
      264 7 ’—Straits Times. July 24. With his regular contributions w’hich reach us twice weekly by air mail, the London Correspondent usually sends a lew cuttings of references to Malaya which have appeared in Home publica tions. In yesterday’s issue of the StraitTimes we referred to an article
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      A MALACCA STORY.
      317 7 A MALACCA STORY Straits Times. July 24. Then we have irom the Manchester Evening Chronicle che story oi Manchester's young globe-trotter. Mr G. W. K. Savage, of Chorlton-cum -Hardy, who set out to encircle the world wiMi nothing but a supply of cards, a spirit of adventure, and a stout
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      FROM SHEILA.
      108 7 —Straits Times. July 25. The following was received this morning in reference to the correspondence column Awake for Morning from the Septic Tank Hath flung the Smell, (whose Adjective is Rank). And Lo the Hunter of the East hath caught Suburban Sultans and the Writing Crank— De Bon
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      BRICK-TEA.
      303 7 .—Straits Times, July 25. Shipments of tea have held a prominent position in the exports irom Hankow since 1861. Its position in the centre of many tea-growing districts, including Hupeh. Hunan. Szechuan. Shensi, and Kiangsi. attracts various descriptions of tea to Hankow for export, and brick-tea is the most
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      TRAFFIC CASES.
      170 7 TRAFFIC CASES measure of prejudice. -Straits Times. July 25. Mr. C. H. Whitton, who administers our most junior police court, is a magistrate whose opinions are entitled to respect. Last week he advised the police to depart from an age-old custom, namely, the procedure whereby police inspectors act as prosecutors
      measure of prejudice. -Straits Times. July 25.  -  170 words
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    S.V.C. SIGNALS.
    146 7 Formation Of W/T Section. Authority has been received for the increase of the Bde. ignals irom one Officer and 47 other ranks to four Officers and 104 other ranks. The organisation of the Signals will be:- W/T Section, three officers, 63 other ranks. European and Eurasian. Maintenance Section,
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    “ GIVE US OUR QUOTAS.”
    684 8 GIVE US OUR QUOTAS.” Importers’ Protest. SWOLLEN STOCKS MAY MKAN RUIN. “(live iis our quotas is He extraordinary erv being raised b.v importers of foreign pieeegoo in the Colony today, six weeks after the introdie tioi. of the Hill to implement Great Britain's decision to restrict these imports throughout the
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    CEYLON BOYCOTT THREAT.
    73 8 Colombo, July 23. A complete boycott of British "cods Is the only effective weapon il a quota Is imposed on Ceylon, saw Mr Gooneslnghe. tin* leader of the Labour Party in the State Council, in addressing a meeting ol the Ceylon Mercantile Union. In a time ol
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    FAMOUS VISITORS MEET.
    263 8 Sir Josiah ('rosby And M. Robin. M. Rein- Kobin. the new GovernorGeneral ol Indo-Chine spent four busy hou/s in Singapore on Saturday. M. Robin, who has been in France since his appointment in February, arrived by the French mail steamer. D’Artagnan. which came in early morning and
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    ESTATE STAFFS.
    61 8 Clul) House Opened At Malacca. •From Our Own Correspondent). Malacca. July 21. The opening ceremony of the Estate Asiatic Stalls’ Association was held this evening at, the Association premises. 136. Lorong Panjang. in the presence of a large number of members and guests. The premises were tastefully decorated.
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    $6,500 WORTH OF CHANDU SEIZED.
    406 8 Passenger On Shirar Charged. i Alter the evidence of a warder m the civil prison had been recorded on Monday tiie hearing was again adjourned in the criminal district court belore Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the casein which Kwok Kai is charged with pos
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    SAMSU FOUND IN TOY PIG.
    157 8 Strapped To Carrier Of Bicycle. Dealers in contraband find ingenious ways of transporting it. but the excisemen seem to be aware of them all Their latest discovery is a quantity of samsu in a rubber pirn Mr. L. D. Darby, Assistant Controller of Government Monopolies,
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    AUSTRALIA AIR ROUTE.
    169 8 Opening Dec. 11. AN1) 30-TON PLAN!' FOR SINGAPORE. Two facts of outstanding j mr)ort ance in the world of aviation ba-im-known on Friday. The first is the date of the of the last link in the England Australia air route, between Sing; norand the Commonwealth. The second,
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    R.N.V.R. MEN IN STREET SCENE.
    206 8 100 Of Them March To Police Station. When a uniformed member ot R.N.V.R. was taken into custody by *h> police in Serangoon Road 100 Ls colleagues marched with him to ihe police station. The Volunteer was arrested ait ne had had a fight with a
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    ATHLETE IN TROUBLE
    71 8 Said To Have Taken Bribe. The hearing of a charge of receiving a bribe against H. C. Mills, a Eurasian Vehicles Inspector, at one time the champion athlete of Malaya, has ,1 n fixed for Aug. 30 and 31 before Mn Norman Grice, the second magi' The
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      41 8 NOTICE MR. R. K. M’RIGIIT, who came Malaya in 1930 as assistant to Mr. J f*;- of of Glengowrie Estate. Semenyih. e and returned to England on medical ;y;; r the same year is now with Southdown Services Ltd.. Brighton. Sussex.
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    SIKHS’ HOLY BOOK IN COURT.
    419 9 SIKHS HOLY BOOK IN COURT. Authorities Objeet. ,.,-niS ONLY TAKEN IN TEMPLE. version of Sikhs to take an, t heir holy book, the “panj connection with matters u 0 court of .aw. was demonr rid' n the Supreme Court on Wed>ir‘‘ < t uted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday
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    MR. G. C. FORBES.
    173 9 Death Of Former F.M.S. Railways Official. m o lir Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 20. r n Ws lias been received of the 1 i yesterday, as the result of a v.oke. et Mr. G. O. Forbes. M.I.M.E., C Tl in Charge of the Central f
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    WOMAN MURDERED IN MAUDE ROAD
    249 9 POLICE SEARCH FOR TWO MEN. A woman was stabbed to leatii and another seriously wounded b> two men in Maude Road i Jalan Besar district) on Friday night. The men have not been arrested and the police are searching for them. According to information received
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    CONCERT AT S.C.C.
    248 9 Two Hours Enjoyable Entertainment. A fair-sized audience had two hours of really enjoyable entertainment at the Singapore Cricket Club on Friday when they listened to Frank Braidwood. the international cowboy baritone. and the humorist. Jock Carmichael. with Roy Minjoot at the piano. Frank Braidwood told many humorous
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    WHY QUOTAS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
    522 9 Mr. Miller Explains. DIFFICULTY OF DATA COLLECTION. An official explanation of the delay in issuing the quotas to individual firms under the Importation ol Textiles (Quotas) Bill (commented upon on p. 8» was given to the Straits Times on Wednesday by Mr. J I. Miher.
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    GAVE GERMANY LIGHT
    96 9 Berlin, July 21. An amazing rhapsody to Hitler was sung by Gen. Goering. the Prussian Premiei. at a gigantic demonstration at Halle. Striking passages were: “The man who gave Germany light and watches to see the light goes on burning.” “If anyone threatens to extinguish the holy
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    BUS SERVICES.
    684 9 CorresDondence. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—l have read Pro Bono Publico’s letter in your issue of July 4, with reference to the bus service on the Geylang-Tanjong Pagar route and I entirely agree with all that he has written. It is within my knowledge that
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    WIFE OF MALAY CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH.
    1829 10 Obeyed Husband’s .Order 1 o Shoot Kepala. drum Our Own Correspondent.t Raub. July 24. Wife ol one of tlie eight major chiefs of Ealiung. Siti Mara In.ili iMiamat, wa> sentenced to death b\ Mr. Justice Burton at the Paliang Assizes yesterday for the
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    Rs. 1,600 IN THE BANK.
    517 10 And He Is Charged Witi. Theft Of Watches. A constable who was charged w j theft of two wristlet watches bei.V' i Mr. J M. Brander. :n the third p 0 h v I court was said to have 1.600 rune.' in Indian poet office
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    $6,000,000 DEFICIT CLEARED IN FOUR YEARS.
    1026 11 Mow Selangor Has A Surplus Of $32,478. I lie amazing recovery of Selangor from the deep depths of a v millions deficit in 1930. and a S2 millions deficit in 1932. to a small T t satisfying surplus of $32,478 last year. L recorded
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    CONSTABLE CHARGED.
    110 11 Alleged Murder Of Chinese Youth. Abdullah Khan, a Pathan constable of the Straits Setlemcnts Police, was produceo before the second magistrate. Mr. N. Grice, on Friday to face a charge of murder of a Chinese youth at a house in Arab Street in the early hr urs oi
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    MOTHER’S EVIDENCE UNRELIABLE.
    403 11 Coroner’s Comments. CONFLICTING STORIES ABOUT GIRL’S DEATH. “The evidence of the mother of the deceased is unreliable.” So said the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, on Friday when he conducted an inquest on an eight-year-old girl who died after being knocked down by a lorry in
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    APPEAL DISMISSED.
    219 11 Markets Flooded With Imitation Goods. It was said at the appeal of Kwek Bah Chee who was convicted on a charge of selling goods under a counterfeit trade mark and lined $200. that Kwek was not given time to prepare his defence. The appeal, which came up lor
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    TO CONTROL RICE CULTIVATION.
    497 11 Colony Legislation. CO-ORDINATE PLANTING AIMED AT. A bill to control and foster the cultivation of rice In the Colony is to be introduced in the Legislative Council on similar lines to the control now exercised in Malacca. The objects and reasons for the bill are set
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    KING OF SIAM’S BROADCAST.
    47 11 From Our Own Corresponc ent) Bangkok, July 22. Ilis Majesty the King of Siam is broadcasting twice from Frank-furt-on-Main on Monday night at 5.35 and again at 10.15, Bangkok time. The call sign is I) J A an the wave length. 31.38 metres.
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    AN ACCIDENT NOBODY WITNESSED.
    564 12 Inquest On Mr. Legge. As no actual eye-witnesses could be tound ol the accident in which Mr Joseph William Legge. a former Munidpl employee, was knocked down and killed by a taxi in Serangoon Road on July 12. the Singapore Con ..er. Mr W. G Porter,
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    ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR ENTERTAINED.
    209 12 Reception By Local Clansmen. Mr Roland Bruddell presided at a icceptlon to Mr. K. V. Al. R.M. Ala1 gappa Chettiar M.A Barrister-at-Law, on July 18 at the Adelphi Hotel, given by Nattukkottai Chettiar iriends. Among those present vere Sir Arnold Robinson. Dr. Noel and Mrs. Clarke. Miss
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    MAGISTRATE’S ADVICE TO POLICE.
    197 12 Investigations In Traffic Offences. 'J'he lorry driver, who was* fined $1J last week for contempt of court for saying that he might as well pleac guilty because the complainant was a police inspector, was on Thursday acquitted by* the fourth magistrate Mr. C. H. Whitton. The
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    MR. E. E. F. PRETTY.
    195 12 Marriage To Miss M. J. Bough-Hissey. From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 10. The wedding tOv k place yesterday at St. Margaret’s. Westminster, of Mr. Eric Hrr.est Falk Pretty, of the Malayan Civil Service. >.nd Miss Merrall Josephine Bough Hlssey, the only child at Mrs.
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    WHERE JAVA SCORES OVER MALAYA.
    345 12 Better Climate For Fruit Growing. Tlie technical aspect of fruit cultivation is the subject ot an interesting article in the latest Malayan Agricultural Journal. Entitled “Fruit Research w Java it is written by Mr. J. N. Milsurn. Assistant Agriculturist. Department oi Agriculture, who during May
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    OFFICIAL HONOURED.
    181 12 Mr. Caldecott Presents Certificates. His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Government, at Government House on July 18 presented the Certificate of Honour to Mr. Lambert Philamon de Souza, who was accompanied by Mr. Ho Siak Kuan. M.B.E., C.H. and Dr. K. S. Moonshi J.P C H The Hon.
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    WILFUL DEFAULT NOT PROVED.
    426 12 Judge On “Unfortunate Litigation.” Mr. Justice Gerahty gave Judgment on Thursday In the case in which woman. Tanaka Yuki San. sued M> a B. Westerhoat. a local architect partnership accounts alleging wiiini default. J The judge held that wilful defaul* had not been proved and described
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    COLONIAL SERVICE.
    120 12 New Appointments In Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent London, July 10. The following Colonial Service appointments and promotions have been announced: H. D. Colli, assistant curator. Rallies l.iuseum. Singapore: J. C. Hallow. engineer. Posts and Telegraph'* Department, Federates Malay StateMiss K. E. G. C iffen. nursing sister Straits
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    CHINESE CONSUL PRAISES THE JAPANESE.
    662 13 China Should Have Followed Their Example i he < hinese are wise individually but foolish collectively. in l should have done what Japan did sixty years ago—sent t lents all over the world and then established fighting and N |ttonal services which are typical of
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    NORMAN JANSEN SENT TO PRISON.
    301 13 Four Years For Counterfeiting. The three accused in the Geylang counterfeiting case were sentenced to imprisonment at the assizes on Friday before Mr. Justice Prichard, the jury being unanimous in their verdict of guilty on all charges against all three. Jansen was given four years,
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    MORE LABOURERS.
    41 13 The Straits Times is officially informed that 1.261 State-aided labourers arrived on Thursday by the s.s. Erinpura. It is expected that 172 will be sent to Pulau Jerejak. and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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    RAFFLES PLACE SHOOTING.
    652 13 Further Evidence. WERE TWO OR FOl R SHOTS FIRED Were only two shots or four fired in the Raffles Place ".hooting on the afternoon of June 14. when the night watchman of the Banque de L’lndoChine is said to have run amok At Thursday’s hearing of the
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    HON. MR. T. S. ADAMS’ ESCAPE.
    92 13 Flying Accident. FUSELAGE BUCKLED IN FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. July 20. The British Resident, Selangor, tl)0 Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, had a narrow escape on Wednesday when Hying solo for the first time in a Kuala Lumpur flying
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    YAM TUAN LEAVES FOR ENGLAND.
    185 13 Subjects Long Journey To Say Goodbye. The departure of His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar, of Negri Sembilan. Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman, K.C.M.G., lor Europe, by the Ranpura on Friday was witnessed by a large number of his subjects who gathered on the wharf.
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    KIDNAPPED!
    174 13 Sikh’s Excuse For Appearance.“My failure to attend was not due to my fault but because some of the people interested made me drunk, kidnapped me and took me to Malacca against my will.” This was the plea put forward by Udan Singh when charged on Friday before Mr. J.
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    W. H. JAMBU.
    49 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 20. The case against W. H. Jambu and Wong Keut Chin was postponed until July 27 as after Tuesday’s hearing It was found that the charges of falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust could not be joined together.
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    YOUTHFUL BURGLAR’S MANY CRIMES.
    1082 14 Series Of Raids On Singapore Houses. A remarkable series of burglaries are attributed by the police to an 18-year-old Chinese, Lim Cheng Kiat, who was produced in the police court on July 18. With Lim was also charged a 30-year-old compatriot, Ong Boon Tian. who is
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    $5,000 BAIL.
    166 14 Contractor On Cheating Charge. Tan Ah Kow. a Hokkien haulage contractor, who Is charged on two counts of cheating a European merchant firm out of sums amounting to over $7,000, appeared again on Thursday before Mr. J. M. Brander, the third plice magistrate. The charges against the accused
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    BOROVSKY.
    237 14 Thanks For Wonderful Reception.” The following letter, addressed to the Editor of the Straits Times, was received on Friday from M. Alexander Borovsky, the pianist: Sir,—Before leaving Singapore, 1 1 would like to express my appreciation of the wonderful reception accorded to me during my short stay here. I
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    FOR PLANTERS.
    96 14 Tenth Annual Conference At Port Dickson. (From Our Own Corresponden.) Kuala Lumpur, July 19. The tenth annual conference of planters will be held under the auspices of the I.S.P. at Port Dickson, on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24 25 and 26. There will be an opening r
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    PRISON FOR YOUNG THIEF.
    221 14 Youth Who Was Charged On 23 Counts. Sentence of one y cur’s rigorous i m I prisonment and one year** polic supervision was passed by the second magistrate. Mr. N. Grice, on Saturday on Lim Cheng Kiat. aged 18 W hn was concerned in a number
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    BACK TO THE EAST AGAIN.
    387 14 Sir Josiah Crosby Returning To Siam. “To me. returning to the East, is like coming home again.” said Sir Josiah Crosby, who will shortly take up another spell of duty in Siam, a country in which he spent many years when he was a young
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    YOUNG MEN OF TODAY ARE DULL AND LACK HUMOUR.
    895 15 And Brahmins Like Yorkshire Pudding. Vmiiu men at dances are dull, and wait to he called by their girl friend* before they will rouse themselves from the r morose silence to d;l, y‘„ M ,r itrahmins, who g.> to England, relish
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    ALL DAY RAID ON COMMUNISTS.
    113 15 Documents Found In Buried Jar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 19. An extensive raid on communist hideouts in Klang Jeloh and Kuala Selangor was carried out during the whole of yesterday by the local detective branch. Several hundred seditious documents were seized at
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    MORE BIRTHS.
    36 15 There were 331 births against 194 deaths within the municipality of Singapore during the week ended July 14. The chief cause of mortality was pneumonia with 28 deaths against 36 for the previous week.
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    NEW SEWAGE FARM FOR SINGAPORE.
    438 15 Mr. Bartley’s Reply To I Complaints. Many letters complaining of ghastly odours near Alexandra J Road, where there is a sewage farm and an incinerator, have recently been written to the Press On Thursday a Straits Times reporter went to see what some of the
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    TRAGIC NEWS FOR LOCAL MOTHER.
    95 15 Son Drowned In Hong Kong. Mrs. Millington, wife of the late Mr. H. Millington of the Straits Steamship Co., received a cable from Hong Kong on July 18 informing her of the death of her son Norman, who was drowned while swimming. Norman Millington joined
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    CHINESE AIR CHIEF IN SINGAPORE.
    281 15 Mr. Mo Pang-tsu. GOING TO EUROPE TO SEE AIR FORCES. Mr. Mo Pang-tsu, principal of thg Aeronautical College at Hangchow* was besieged by Chinese pressmen ott his arrival at Singapore aboard the Italian steamer Gange on Thursday. Accompanied by five officers and 20 cadets, Mr.
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    PLANES AT PENANG.
    120 15 Coming’ Visit Of Flying Boat Squadron. Planes of No. 203 (Flying Boat) Squadron, R.AJ., will call at Penang and Singapore in September on their way from Basrah to the centenary celebrations at Melbourne. The squadron, which will be under the command of Group Captain R. S. Saul,
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    EX-POLICE RECRUIT.
    135 15 Warning Given By Magistrate. Tan Seng, who was described as a former police recruit, found himself before the third police magistrate, Mr. J. M. Brander, yesterday charged under the vagrancy Ordinance. It appears that he was found loitering in the premises of A. S. P. Barry, at Pearl’s
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    2310 16 A Planter Looks Forivard To Going On Ihune Leave—Pleasures In Anticipation —More About Salaries —Vitality Of Damaged Rubber. (By ()ur Planting Correspondent.) IT is, I suppose, correct to state th.it one of the main Joys of being out East i.* pen the time arrives to no home
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    SEALING DRUMS.
    233 16 New Stopper Designed By Local Firm. We have been shown a model ol a seal or stopper (designed by the works manager of United Engineers, Ltd. 1 to be used in the closing of drums containing latex, palm oil, or practically any type of liquid produce. The steel
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  • PAST WEEK’S IMPERIAL AND GENERAL NEWS. Contained in Reuter, British Imperial Radio and Special Telegrams.
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      BRITAIN’S AIR POLICY.
      679 21 British Wireless. Mr Baldwin Explains To ilotise Of Commons. g yKARS’ MISGIVINGS. Armaments Reduced To Dangerously Low Level. Rugby, July 19. Tho Government's air policy todav the subject of an important House of Commons statement by Mr. Baldwin, yvt r since the war *he said) jsUv i
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      MULTI-MILLIONAIRE’S ESTATE.
      89 21 —Reuter. Securities Decline 30 Per Cent. In Value. New York. July 19. Owing to the depression it is estimated that the estate of the late Mr. Harry Payne Whitney, millionaire banker and racehorse owner, which was valued at $62,808,000 net and $72,740,000 gross at the time ol his
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      GOLD AND SILVER.
      197 21 Reuter. Fixed Ratio Not Desired By Cotton Spinners. London. July 20. A strong plea recommending the avoidance of demands for a fixed ratio for gold and silver, a fixed currency price for silver or a fixed quantity of silver in actual circulation and demanding the reversal of
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      SAMOS SHOOTING.
      83 21 Reuter. Regrettable Incident Closed. Istanbul. July 20. There is no indication of malice on either side, states a communique issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry in connection with the shooting incident at Samos, which resulted in the death of Surgeon-Lieut. Robinson. The two Governments have reached a friendly
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      Powers’ “Extrality” Rights In China.
      341 21 —Reuter. Relinquishment I Hopes. j London. July 19 I Mr. Tan Chen. Vice-President of the! Nanking Judicial Yuan, interviewed by 1 Reuter, stated that his purpose was to investigate the European prisons and judicial systems. Mr. T’an said he had spent six weeks in Paris
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      1935 CONFERENCE.
      89 21 —Reuter. Not To Discuss Other Than Naval Problems. London, July 18. In the House of Commons this evening. Mr. D. J. B. Joel (Con., Dudley) asked Sir John Simon (Foreign Secretary) whether the 1935 Naval Conference would be mindful of the orkginal terms extended by President Harding on
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      N.I. RUBBER.
      56 21 —Reuter. Batavia, July 19. The Netherlands Indian Government has fixed the export duty for native rubber on a basis of ten cents per half kilogramme of dry rubber, compared with eight cents previously. The duty will come into force for exports of wet rubber on Aug. 1 and
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      BRITAIN TO BUILD 41 NEW AIR SQUADRONS.
      323 21 —Reuter. British Wireless. Commons Statement. PROGRAMME SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS. London, July 19. The Government has come to the conclusion that it cannot delay any longer measures which will in the next few years bring the British Air Force to level more closely
      —Reuter.; British Wireless.  -  323 words
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      MRS. McADOO.
      99 21 .—Reuter. Divorce For President Wilson’s Daughter. Los Angeles, July 18. After only a flve-minute hearing the Superior Court granted Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, daughter of President Wilson, her divorce from Senator William McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, on grounds of incompatibility of temperament. The court approved a
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      ALASKA DEFENCE.
      34 21 .—Reuter. Winnipeg, July 20. Ten United States Army bombing planes from Minneapolis landed here today en route to Alaska to test the ability of the United States Air Force to defend Alaska.—Reuter.
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      FRESH CONFLICT FEARED IN THE NORTH.
      153 22 LUANTUNG INCIDENT. Japanese Aims Denounced By Chinese. Shanghai, July 19. Taking advantage of the deadlock In the Sino-Japanese negotiations in connection with the Luantung problems. the Japanese military has considerably augmented the forces along the Great Wall passes from Linkow to Kupeikow. and in
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      SIGNIFICANT ORDER.
      171 22 Work On Canton Arsenal To Be Expedited. A Canton report that Gen. Chan Chai-tong, the commander-in-chief, had ordered the completion before October of the big steel foundry and munitions plant in the Pakiang Arsenal Is causing considerable comment. Meanwhile, several more engineers have been sent to Pakiang. where
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      “PERSONAL AFFAIRS.”
      293 22 king.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Interior Minister To See Chiang. “My trip to the South-west was purely in connection with my personal affairs,” stated Gen. Huang Shalhsiung, Nanking Interior Minister who has just returned to Shanghai from his visit to ills home province of Kwangsl.
      king.—Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh.  -  293 words
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      RICH COAL DEPOSIT.
      33 22 Reported Discovery In Shensi. Shanghai, July 19. Central Government surveyors report the discovery of vast coal deposits in Ninghsen District, Shensi. They are claimed to be the richest in China.
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      EDUCATION.
      185 22 I Reuter. New Requirements Of China. Geneva, July 18. The Intellectual Co-operation Committee of the League of Nations met and discussed the report of M. Maurette (chief of the research division of the League’s International Labour Office) on his mission to China, and who pays a tribute to the
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      TINPLATE TRADE AGREEMENT.
      120 22 —Reuter. Quotas And Prices. OUTCOME OF 2 MONTHS’ NEGOTIATIONS. London. July 18. A considerable increase of activity in the world's tinplate industry is believed by the Financial Times to be the outcome of the signing of an international agreement regulating quotas and prices. Representatives of France. Italy,
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      Obsolete Shell Kills Five.
      70 22 Reuter Wireless. Paris. July 17. A squad of soldiers belonging to the Sixth Dragoons were engaged in rifle practice at Maisons La flit e Camp outside Paris when a sergeant noticed an obsolete 84 millimetre shell lying on the ground. He kicked it and it exploded
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      CATALAN DISPUTE.
      83 22 .—Reuter. Settlement Reached With Madrid. Madrid. July 19. A solution of the Catalan dispute has been reached following an exchange of notes betw’een Madrid and Barcelona. Don. Ricardo Samper. Minister of Industry, has received a telegram from Senor Companys. Prime Minister of Catalonia, assuring him that rules for
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      PANAMA EARTHQUAKE.
      61 22 —Reuter. Series Of Severe Shocks. Panama. July 18. A series of severe earthquake shocks were experienced today throughout the Isthmus but, so far, little damage has been reported. A number of buildings, including a post office, were wrecked at David, capital of Chiriqui Province, where four persons were
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      TRUNK MURDER.
      54 22 —Reuter. T XT London. July 18. Jack Notyre (alias Mancini), a waiter who was detained by the police in connection with the second trunk murder, was charged today in the Brighton police court with the murder of Violette Kaye, a young dan™ Notyre pleaded not guilty and was
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      THE KING OPENS MERSEY TUNNEL.
      363 22 .—British Wireless. Longest Underwater Roadway. WORKMEN HONOURED “This Miracle” Of Modem Engineering. Rugby, July is. More than 120,000 people were present at the ceremony at Liverpool today at which, the King, by pressing a golden switch, formally opened the Mersey Tunnel, which is the longest
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      PANAMA ’QUAKE.
      115 22 —Reuter. Soldier Killed Through Jumping From Window. Panama. July iy Two American soldiers jumped out of a window at their barracks at Fort Davis during the earthquake. One of them was killed and the other broke a leg.—Reuter. A series of severe earthquake shocks were experienced throughout the
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      NOT LIKELY TO RETURN TO CHINA THIS YEAR.
      769 23 —Sin Kuo Min. VICTORY FOR JAPAN? An Echo Of ‘‘Hands Off China 5 Declaration. Geneva. July 19. Tht Economic Committe of the ie 0 1‘ Nations this afternoon Li Rajchman’s account of his mission to the Far East. Mr. V C. Koo.
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      Nanking Government Breach Widens.
      215 23 resignation is foreshadowed. —Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. July 20. split between the Executive u>: and the Control Yuan as a 'MU’ oi the dispute over the Control v lans of Mr. Ku Mengu‘ Railways Minister, is gradually uning serious proportions. u
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      SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE ENDED.
      507 23 Stampede To Work. FORCE OF PUBLIC OPINION. San Francisco, July i9. The labour unions have voted to end the general strike. The general strike committee by J91 votes to 174. today voted to recommend that the workers end the strike. This may affect only sympathy strikes,
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      12 BRITISH WARSHIPS OFF SAMOS.
      522 23 British Wireless. Statement In House Of Commons. Istanbul, July 18. The captain the Devonshire, accompanitd by the British vice-con-sul applied to the Turkish Government for permission to search for the body ox Surgeon-Lieut. Robinson, who was killed in the Samos incident. Permission was granted and
      British Wireless.  -  522 words
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      COL. BROWNRIGG.
      17 23 —Reuter. London, July 18. Col. Wellesley Dougla> Studholme Brownrigg, D.S.O. has been to major-general. —Reuter.
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      BREACH OF BOXER TREATY.
      267 24 Increase Of Japanese Forces In N. China. POWERS TO PROTEST. Startling Allegations By Chinese. Shanghai, Jul\ It is understood that the foreign legations at Peiping have prepared an important declaration in connection with the increase of the Japanese garrison forces along the Peiping-Shanhaikwan Railway. which exceeds
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      PLAGUES IN CHINA.
      119 24 More Than 1,000 Dead In Smith Shansi. More than 1.000 deaths lrom influenza have been reported in Southern Shansi, where the epidemic is spreading with alarming rapidity. The districts worst hit are Yuncheng, and Yungchi.. Food prices are soaring in the drought-parched province of Kiangsi. where a
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      “ CHINA’S VENUS.”
      180 24 CHINA’S VENUS.” Enthusiastic Welcome At Nanchan^. An enthusiastic welcome was accorded Miss Yang Shau-klng, star girl performei in t he recent Far Eastern Olyniiud at Manila, when she arrived Ilffjin Nanking at Nanehang station. She was accompanied by her sistoi. also a swimmer, and her father. Tie- station was jammed
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      FAMOUS JURIST.
      181 24 Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poh. |)r. Wan# To Remain At anton Dr. Wang Chung-nui. recently returned Chinese member oi the International Court at The Hague who is now a guest ol the Kwangtung Provincial Government, yesterday issued a statement relating to his discussions with the
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      VOLUNTEER RAIDS.
      73 24 Another Kirin District Falls To Chinese. Shanghai, July 22. Fighting broke out simultaneously at two places on the Chinese Eastern Railway last night. A strong detachment ot Chinese irregulars attacked the Japanese garrison at the town of Pingyangchen, west of Harbin. Fighting lasted several hours before Japanese reiniorcements
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      DEFECTION OF REDS.
      30 24 Union Times. Hong Kong, July 22. Four regiments of Red guards stationed at Nantong went over to the Government camp owing to ill-treat-ment by the Communist leaders.—
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      U.S. LOAN.
      64 24 .—Reuter. Treasury Acts As Fiscal Agency. Washington. July 22. The United States Treasury is today offering $100,000,000 three per cent. Federal Farm Mortage Corporation bonds maturing to 1944-104:1. lully guaranteed. The proceeds will be used largely to repay the Treasury the Reconstruction Finance Corporation advances. This is the
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      LORD ROTHERMERE DROPS MOSLEY.
      130 24 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Differences Over Fascist Programme. London. July 21. The well-known newspaper proprietor. Lord Rothermere. has cease to support ihe Mosley Fascists through his press organs. From a remarkable exchange of correspondence between Lord Rothermere and Sir Oswald Mosley, published in the Dally Mail today, it transpires
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      “ ANTI-WAR DAY.”
      55 24 ANTI-WAR DAY.” danger of war.”—Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Chinese Reds’ Plans For Aug, 1. Peiping, July 22. —The Comintern or National People’s Party of China has resolved to celebrate on August 1, as “Anti-war Day,” with mass demonstrations throughout the country. A paradoxical motto for the “Anti-War Day” will be “tight against Fascism
      danger of war.”—Aneta-Trans-Ocean.  -  55 words
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      MRS. W. CROCKER.
      88 24 1. —Reuter. Death Of Noted U.S. Society Woman. San Francisco. July 22. The death has occurred of Mrs. William Crocker, wife of the banker. Mr. William Henry Crocker. She w’as noted for her entertainments at their palatial Mansion.—Reuter. Mrs. Crocker was the former Ethel W. Sperry of
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      BURNED TO DEATH.
      97 24 .—Reuter. Tragic Sequel To Prison Ball Game. Ossining (New York). July 22. Ten people were killed and 20 injured as a result oi the overturning of an omnibus filled with a party of 40 New York residents returning irom a baseball match in Sing Sing Prison. The
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      KONGMOON BLAZE.
      30 24 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Hong Kong. July 20. Three persons are dead, and 22 shops and a timber yard were demolished in a tire at Kongmoon. near Canton
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      TOLL OF FLOODS AND DROUGHT.
      124 24 600 Perish In Poland£50,000,000 Damage. Warsaw. July 23 A total of 600 people have perished in the floods in South Poland, when! the River Vistula is 18 feet above normal. It is estimated that the damage so far amounts to .£50.000.000* Plight Of Marooned Scouts
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      U.S. HEAT WAVE.
      71 24 235 Dead Temperature Rises To 113 New' York. July 21 More than 100 deaths from heat are recorded, including 33 in Mississippi 23 in Nebraska and 20 in Illinois. The thermometer has been at 113 degrees at St. Louis and in many other places over 100. In
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      HAVOC IN KOREA.
      254 24 .—Reuter. —Union Times. Densely Populated Areas Overwhelmed. Tokio. July 22. A message from Fusan states that there ’’as been a persistent deluge during the past week in SouthEast Korea, causing heavy floods in the Rakutoko River and its tributaries and breaking down the river banks. Great damage
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      WOLVES IN NANKING !
      71 24 WOLVES IN NANKING Sin Kuo Min. Shanghai. July 20 The people in Nanking no longer dare to venture* out after sundown a.s a result of several persons being aftacked in the Honlien Street quart of the city by what they believe to wolves. There appear to be grounds for victims’
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      NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN THIS WEEK-END.
      210 25 manchukuo floods. Vast Territory Affected: Confusion In Capital. Shanghai. July 21. s no-Japanese negotiations for the rogation of the Tangku Truce of ;v 31 1933. are scheduled to open week-end at Changchun, capital v Manchukuo. Col Shibayama. Military Attache to Japanese Legation at Peiping, and
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      SAILINGS POSTPONED.
      43 25 have been cancelled.— Sin C hew •lit Poh. Shanghai In Path Of Typhoon. Shanghai, July 21. Shanghai is directly in the path of a typhoon which is sweeping down from the south. All sailings from Shanghai have been cancelled.— Sin Chew
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      MANCHUKUO FLOOD.
      113 25 Suburbs Of Capital Inundated. Reports from Manchukuo reveal .u an extensive area in the southern rh lon 01 the region traversed by the Eustern Railway, extending I'., Jsitsihar to Antak. has been ra Jged by floods. ttlan 1,000 refugees from the jv* areas, who had lost their all
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      N. CHINA CALAMITIES.
      195 25 N. C HINA CALAMITIES. Quake, Kpidcmic And Floods. T: Pr (< vi 1 t lv< ,rs in Hopei and Shantung in w hich hud receded a little ast few days, are again rising. The Hsitu River, in Hopei, has overflowed. farmlands for 70 miles on both banks being flooded. Meanwhile,
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      DROUGHT ENDED.
      108 25 Kelief For Stricken Chekiang. Rains in the lower Yangtse Valley earlier this week were again followed by torrential downpours in Shanghai. Nanking and Hangchow, thus definitely bringing to an end the prolonged drought and heat wave in Kiangsu and Chekiang. The Chekiang Government is organising an agricultural relief
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      IN MANCHUKUO’S PAY.
      179 25 Serious Charge Against Chinese Press. In an interview with press representatives yesterday, the spokesman of the Peiping Branch Military Council accused certain Chinese newspapers in the former capital of being tn the pay of Manchukuo. The spokesman strongly refuted allegations made by these newspapers that Chinese military
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      ITALIAN WARNING TO GERMANY.
      108 25 Reuter. Terrorism In Austria. STERN DEMAND THAT IT SHALL CEASE. Rome, July 21. A stern demand to Germany to •ease her terrorism in Austria is voiced jy Signor Virginio Gayda, the welltnown publicist, in a presumably inspired article in his newspaper. II Giornale DTtali. which is
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      NANKING’S BUDGET.
      170 25 $49,000,000 For Payment Of External Debts. Details ot the Central Government’s budget for the financial year begin ning July 1. which has been balanced at $777,302,226. are as follows: Chief items of revenue: the Customs is expected to yield $360,413,791: the duties on wines and tobacco S23.104.873: the
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      CANTON REFORM.
      161 25 Committee. —Sin Kuo Min and Sin Chew Jit Poll. Abolition Of Gambling In Two Years. Canton. July 20. Gen. Chari Chai-tong. the virtual dictator of Kwangtung. has given instructions that steps be taken throughout the province to abolish gambling within two years. Recently the Canton Finance Administration decided
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      CEYLON DECLINES TO IMPOSE QUOTAS.
      140 25 —Reuter. Responsibility Placed On Secretary Of State. Colombo. July 20. The Board of Ministers have declined to introduce the anti-Japanese quota system because it may raise the cost of clothing to the poorer inhabitants. They have informed the Governor that if Sir Philip CunliiTe-Lister. Secre-
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      70 HEAT DEATHS.
      44 25 —Reuter. New York, July 20. More thaji 70 people have died in the terrific heat wave in the south-eastern states, where the inhabitants everywhere are praying for rain. Lincoln, Nebraska, reports critical crop conditions and the worst water famine for years.
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      35 SHOT IN U.S. STRIKE RIOT.
      139 25 Reuter. Minneapolis May Establish Martial Law. Minneapolis. July 20. Nine persons, including a policeman, were wounded in an outbreak of violence connected with the strike of lorry drivers. A grocery wagon was being moved by police through a “blockade area” when a lorry packed
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      CHANGED HER MIND?
      44 25 —Reuter. Star’s Divorce Suit Dismissed. Los Angeles, July 20. The judge today dismissed the divorce suit of the Mexican film star. Mis.< Lupe Velez, against Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller, after Lupe had twice tailed to appear in court to press her suit.—Reuter
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      CREDIT ANSTALT.
      40 25 Reuter. Vienna, July 20. The Austrian Government has abandoned responsibility for the Credit Anstalt. A scare was first caused by the announcement, but it appears that the Government decision was due to the favourable position of the bank.—
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      PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S PROMISE.
      82 26 COMMENTS ON BRITISH AIR PLANS. Labour Party Demand Commons Debate. New York, July 22. The building of the l .S. Navy up to full treaty strength within three or four years was promised by President Roosevelt in a talk to the crew of the cruiser Houston. A
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      SOCIALIST OPPOSITION
      306 26 Reuter Wireless. Major Atlee Announces Party Attitude. London. July 19. Following Mr Baldwin’s announcement in the House oi Commons of the plans lor building up the Air Force, Major C. R. Atlee iLab., Limehouse) intimated the opposition of .he Labour Party to the scheme anc desired a debate
      Reuter Wireless.  -  306 words
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      Dillinger Shot Dead.
      30 26 —Reuter. Chicago, July 22. The Department of Justice today announced that John (“The Killer”) Dillinger, America's Public Enemy No. 1, was shot dead outside the Northside Theatre.—Reuter.
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      COUNT VON DERGOLTZ.
      33 26 in succession to Dr. Kessler. Reuter Wireless. Berlin, July 19. f ount v in Dergoltz has become the new leader of Germany’s economic life In succession to Dr. Kessler Ront/.r
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      HIMALAYA DISASTER.
      128 26 Reuter. British Officers Reported Safe. Calcutta. July 18. The two British Indian Army oflicers. Capt. R. A. K. Sangster and Lieut. R. N. D. Frier, attached to the German Himalayan expedition, which met with disaster in a blizzard, are safe. They did not participate in the climb, remaining
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      BRITONS EVACUATED.
      72 26 —Reuter ’Quakes Continuing At Puerto Armuelles. Panama. July 22. British and American women and children have been evacuated from Puerto Armuelles, where frequent earthquake shocks are continuing. The inhabitants are panic-stricken and are living in tents in the streets despite cracks in the pavements and roadways. The port
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      SINKIANG WAR.
      63 26 Reuter. Tungans Falling Back To Khotan. Simla. July 19. The report that Gen. Shen Stvhtsai, Governor of Sinkiang. had defeated the Tungans has been confirmed The Tungans are falling back b* for, the Chinese provincial forces »ron Urumchi and are preparing to retire to Khotan trom Yarkand and
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      STRIKE ENDS.
      65 26 —Reuter. 1,200 (iiiarris To Remain In San Francisco. San Francisco. July 21. 1 he Union of Waterfront Foremen have decided by 1338 votes to 283 to return to work thus officially ending their strike. Sacramento, July 22. AH the National Guards with the ex< eption of 1,200 at
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      HOW DILLINGER MET HIS END.
      482 26 .—Reuter. Theatre Surrounded. CHICAGO POLICE CONGRATULATED. Chicago. July 23. Mr. Purvis. Chief Federal agent in Chicago, learned on Saturday night irom a secret source that Dillinger was attending a movie the following evening and arranged to surround the cinema. He was actually watching from a
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      MANY ARRESTS IN AUSTRIA.
      302 26 .—Reuter penalty in every case.— Aneta-Trans-Ocean Daily Bombings And f Of Outrage. GERMANY BLAMED. Dollfuss May Appeal To Mussolini And League. i Vienna, July 24. The tension in Austria has become more pronounced than recently. Daily bombing: and acts of sabotage are attributed bv the Inder-Secretary
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      CANTON-KOWLOON LINE.
      79 26 Sin Kuo Min. Early Signing Of Revised Agreement Expected. Hong Kong. July 23 The text of the revised CantoiiKowl< oi Railway agreement has been telegraphed tc the Nanking Railways Ministry for approval. Meanwhile, the Chinese delegation has returned Hong Kong to await a reply when the agreement will
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      Passenger Liner Runs Aground.
      93 26 —Reuter Copenhagen, July 23. The Hamburg-South American liner Monte Rosa with a large passenger list grounded in a fog on a submerged rock at Glyvurnes, near Stroemoe in 'he Faroe Islands. The Monte Rosa was steaming very slowly when she grounded on tjj' reef The 1,200
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      BIG GOLD RUSH STOPPED.
      206 27 i.j c Deposits Found In Vanping County. premier’s appeal. rh j na Must Forget Past Glories. Hong Kong* July 24. The Kwangtung Government u. |s js-tu'd an order prohibiting further gold mining in the Vanning District. lhc provincial government w j|| exploit the mines. It i<
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      “ THE PRODIGAL SON.”
      136 27 THE PRODIGAL SON.” Premier’s Appeal To The Nation. Shanghai. July 24. Ii China does not forget her past ries and settle down to hard work keep abreast of the world. China is c \>med. declared Mr. Wang Ching-wei. the Prime Minister, in a stirring speech the weekly memorial service at
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      $1,000,000 OFFER.
      116 27 Antral Government And Mr. Hu Han-ir.in. lhe Central Government is will- MS to furnish Sl.000,000 as travell- ns ex nenses to Mr. Hu Han-min ir bis Propaganda tour ebroad, atPs A iate message. Chiang Kai-shek and Hr. c hing-wei. the Prime Minister. H 1 tru sted a delegate
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      WELLS MEETS STALLIN.
      29 27 “win interv itc'uter Wireless. Mr H r ur n Moscow July 2J. had a thrnn i s ttlc nov elist. today S‘.ulir with M. Pouter Wireless.
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      HEAVY FLOODING IN SOUTH LONDON.
      560 27 —Aneta-Trans-Ocea n. —Reuter. But Early Water Famine Anticipated. Loncon, July 23. Thunderstorms turned large areas In the south of London into lakes yesterday evening At Beckenham inches oi rain fell and at West Wickham. over four inches. At Hayes a landslide blocked a railway cutting
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      SPYS SENTENCED.
      140 27 —Reuter. Sabotage On Soviet Railways. Moscow. July 24. The activities of a vast spy organisation. chiefly occupied in gleaning data on the Soviet Far Eastern Railway communications, were exposed at the trial of a band of arrested persons before the military collegium in the Soviet Supreme Court. The
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      France May Be Forced Off Gold Standard.
      279 27 ,—Router. London, July 23. The general economic pressure on the gold bloc remains intense as is evident from the large loss sustained last year by the Hotel Continental, which is well known to visitors to Paris, the chairman stating that the world monetary
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      LONDON HEAVILY “BOMBED.”
      230 27 I.—Reuter. Air Manoeuvres Disclose Capital’s Vulnerability. ATTACKERS’ SUCCESS. Building 1 Programme To Cost £20,000,000. Royal Air Force manoeuvres which began on Sunday have disclosed the vulnerability of London to aerial attack. Three squadrons of 36 machines which attacked the air ministry reached their target unintercepted and the
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      1935 CONFERENCE.
      71 27 .—Reuter. Far Eastern Politics Not To Be Discussed. Toklo, July 25. A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman today announced at a press conference that Great Britain, the United States and Japan had agreed thatv political questions, especially those affecting East Asia, should remain untouched at the forthcoming London Naval
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      25 YEARS’ REIGN.
      58 27 .—Reuter. Britain To Celebrate The King’s Accession. London. July 25. In a written reply in the House of Commons. Mr. Baldwin expressed the hope that it may be possible to make an announcement before the House rises with regard to arrangements tor the celebration of the twenty-flith
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      RICHER BRITAIN.
      47 27 .—British Wireless. Rugby. July 18 The week’s revenue returns make satisfactory showing, particularly hi the ease of income-tax payments which became due on July 1. Last week’s receipts from these sources totalled £4,596,000 or £1.798,000 more than in the corresponding week of last year.—British Wireless.
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      VISTULA THREATENS TO INUNDATE WARSAW.
      880 28 t.—Reuter. TYPHUS OUTBREAK FEARED. Death-Roll From Heat Mounting In United States. Floods, heat waves, earthquakes and drought are causing immense loss of life and material havoc in many quarters ot the globe. The most serious news is from Poland where the capital is threatened. The
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      ISLAND DISAPPEARS.
      64 28 Death And Destruction In Panama ’Quake. Panama, July 21. Several people were killed and many injured in an earthquake at Puerto Armuelles. A concrete wharf, recently built at a cost of £60.000. was completely destroyed. Shocks followed almost hourly and quakes were felt over the Chiriqui Province. At
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      IN FRANCE.
      56 28 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Famous Bordeaux Vineyards Devastated. Paris. July 23. A thunderstorm today worked havoc 1 to the capital and other parts of France, the damage being estimated at 12.000.000 francs. Especially affected were the famous vineyards around Bordeaux, where the crops were devastated. Several houses were set ablaze by
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      ILL-FATED EXPEDITION.
      43 28 —Reuter Wireless. Tragic End Of German Mountaineers. Simla. July 21. It is confirmed that three members of the German Himalayan expedition, named Merkl. Wieland and Welzenbach. and seven coolies have perished in a blizzard while attempting to climb Nanga Parbat.—Reuter Wireless.
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      RAPPROCHEMENT.
      45 28 .—Reuter Wireless Soviet And Bulgaria To Resume Relations. Moscow, July 23. Bulgaria has notified the Soviet that she has decided to resume diplomatic relations which have not existed since the war. The decision follows negotiations at Istanbul between representatives of the two countries.—Reuter Wireless
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      MAY QUIT LEAGUE.
      100 28 Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Switzerland Opposed To Soviet Entry. Geneva. July 23 Switzerland’s anti-Rods are organising a powerful campaign against the entry of Soviet Russia into the League of Nations. A committee formed by the ‘'Fatherland Association'' on Monday is to take action against t!* movement for admitting Russia to
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      AUSTRIA’S PLIGHT.
      80 28 Dr. Dollfuss To Adopt Iron Hand Policy? Vienna. July 24 The Government’s position is unen viable as it is feeling the effect oi t war on two fronts—against the and against the Socialists of w in the Government’s best friends warno it months ago. Its attacks against Germany
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      FAILURE OF CONFERENCE AT DAIREN.
      448 28 Japan’s Four Conditions For A Truce The failure of the SinoJapanese conference at Dairen is indicated. Japan's conditions, for the abrogation of the Tangku Truce, including the payment by China of compensation for the Shanghai war. Shanghai. July 25. The Sino Japanese Conference at Dairen
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    WEEK-END CRICKET IN SINGAPORE.
    631 29 Merchants Defeat Weak Etceteras Side. 7 ivhunts,succeeded in lowerYpvteras’ colours in a tournaon the S.C.C. pmdang four wickets. v u :-7i gained a big advantage v' irie by winning the toss and tv Etceteras in to bat on a i itch with a dead outfield, wicket
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    ENDEAVOR.
    100 29 .—Reuter. up Challenger Leaves For V.S.A. London. July *23. awl i ('(ms of thousands gau all Mintage points on !iic shore and in rowing boats nmcbes in tlu* harbour the \mm< i n (up challenger, Endear. O' rttd by the motor yacht. V.t.i. 'ailed from Gosport at noon. »p
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    Frieda Proves Superior To Doris.
    181 29 At the inter-port races held during the week-end. the two yachts Doris (Rode* and Frieda <Kok> tied for first place for the prize given to the visiting yacht securing highest points, and yesterday at 4.30 p.m., the deciding race was held. Both boats were too
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    DERBY WINNER BE A TEN AT SANDOWN.
    77 29 London. July 20. The Eclipse Stakes «1 1 miles) were run at Sandown Park today and resulted as follow* j i Lord Carnarvon’ KING SALMON 1 H.H. the Aga Khan’s UMIDWAR 2 H.H. the Maharajah oi Rajpipla’s WINDSOR LAD 3 Won by half
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    G. R. NESBIT.
    180 29 Receives Presentation From Referees. Lj At the conclusion of the Malaya Cup match between Singapore and the Command on Saturday Mr. G. R. Nesbit was presented with a piece of silver plate, suitably inscribed, by Mr. I R. L. Hi stie. president of the S.A.F.A. This was
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    SELANGOR CHINESE.
    75 29 Undefeated S.A.F.A. League Champions. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. July 19. The S.C.R.C. are undefeated champions of the Selangor Association Football League which concluded yesterday. The Chinese were held to a goalless draw by the T.P.C.A. yesterday. Their record now reads P. W. L. D. F. A.
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    AT BISLEY.
    59 29 Splendid Return By W.A.D. Edwardes. From Our London Correspondent.) London, July 19. In the first qualifying stage for the King’s Prize at Bisley the four leading scorers each totalled 104. The F.M.S. competitors scored as lollows: W. A. D. Edwardes 102. W. Pinkerton 93. N. C. Halsey 97.
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    KEPPEL G.C.
    46 29 Thirty-four cards were taken out for the Keppel Golf Club July medal which resulted in a win for J. M. Harper, 3 up. Ball Sweeps: Saturday, C. W. Watson. 2 up; Sunday, divided between H Irving Jones and J. M. Harper, 2 I up.
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    Police Athletic Sports.
    400 29 The Singapore Depot were successful in carrying oft' the inter-contin-gent championship beating Penang by five points in the Straits Settlements Police annual athletic meeting which was held at the Police Depot. Thomson Read on Saturday. Unfortunately weather conditions "/ere poor tor track work and no outstanding times
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    MR. S. H. ALKAFF.
    143 29 Unconnected With Charges Of Professionalism. In the Straits Times of March 29, a photograph was published of the M. F. A. players who went on the tour to Java, out of which arose charges of professionalism resulting in the disuualideation of 20 players of the Malay
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    INTER-PORT YACHTING TROPHY.
    2600 30 Singapore Beat Batavia In Close Contest. The inter-port yachting series, which were held in Singapore over the week-end. pro;id; d some excellent sport, all three events being keenly and cl.»>c!; contested. I he final result was a win for Singapore o\er Batavia h\ .‘I.* 1 points to
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    THRILLING FINALE SOUTHERN SECTION.
    1183 31 penalty Enables Civilians To Draw. H •>. Command 2. qualified for the final ol cup on Saturday by virtue I :.v. the Command to a two- er one >1 the most thril,I t ver witnessed at Anson ”"e iciir.m. aiy showed brilliant form ii st half,
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    EUROPEAN PAIR WIN DOUBLES TITLE.
    937 31 Singapore L.T.A. Tournament Concludes. Getting into their stride almost iron* the first stroke, the European pair. Roy Smith and N. S. Wise, won the Singapore L.T.A. men’s doubles on Thursday at the S.C.C. by defeating the holders. Chua Cuoon Leong and Yong Loon Chong. G
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    MIDDLESEX SURPRISE.
    73 31 Heat Lancashire By Ten Wickets'. London. July 19. Lord’s Middlesex, who have not been doing too well this season, sprang a surprise by defeating Lancashire by ten wickets. Lancashire took lirst knock and were dismissed lor 144. Middlesex declared after scoring 292 for nine wickets, and then dismissed
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    N. C. HALSEY.
    87 31 Qualifies For King’s Hundred. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 21. The following was the result of the Junior Kolapore Cup Competition at Bisley today: Falkland*; 547 Sierra Leone 537 Kenya 531 Gold Coast 528 Ceylon 625 F.M.S. 516 Nigeria 489 The scores of the F.M.S. team
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    Only An Hour’s Play On Last Day Of Test.
    1016 32 CAPTAINS DISAGREE ON STATE OF WICKET. England were extremely fortunate to escape defeat in the fourth Test match at Leeds which ended on Tuesday, rain causing the game to be abandoned when the Australians were certain of victory by more than
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    RAIN INTERFERES WITH COUNTY CRICKET.
    485 32 Iddon's Big Innings For Lancashire. London. July 24. Clacton: Middlesex took first innings points Irom Essex. The home county batted’first and scored 219 of which O’Connor made 99 not out. G. O. Allen took six wickets for 47 runs Middlesex replied with 288. Hulme. the
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    MALAY PROFESSIONALS PETITION.
    395 32 Unanimous Recommendation By S.A.F.A. Council. At a meeting of the Council of the Singapore Amateur Football Association. held at Anson Road Stadium on Monday, consideration was given to a letter signed by 15 of the Malay footballers who were concerned in too charges of professionalism, which were
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    BABE RUTH INJURED AT CLEVELAND.
    73 32 New York. July 18. Babe Ruth was injured by a sizzle drive from Gehrig and had to helped oif the field in great pain. H? was struck on the left leg and. according to thte doctor, has a severe bruise on the shin bone and
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      MORE ABOUT THE LABOUR POOL.
      544 1 Chamber Of Mines Council Meeting. From Our Own Correspondent). ipon, July 19. The (\umcil of the F.M.S. Chamber r Mines met yesterday afternoon. No ,ffieial account of the proceedings has )een issued, but it is gathered that the ouncil considered at some length the .port
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      KAMUNTING TIN.
      153 1 Mr. E. J. Byrne Retires From Chairmanship. Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd., issue the following statement:— Mr. E. J. Byrne retired from his position as managing director and chairman of Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., on June 30. In doing so, he /stated that he had implicit confidence in the
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      NEW RUBBER COMPANY.
      79 1 <From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 24. Ratanui Rubber Ltd. has been registered as a public company with a nominal capital of .€60,000 in 2s. shares. The company will acquire Ratanui Rubber Estates Ltd. and other estates in the Federated Malay States. Straits Settlements and Ceylon. Ratanui
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      PALM OIL PRICES.
      80 1 Messrs. Guthrie and Co.. Ltd., notify latest buyers’ prices received by cable for Malayan palm oil and palm kernels. PALM OIL IN BULK c.i.f. landed weights Halifax (Nova Scotia) 2.15 cents (US. currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weights Liverpool! HollandlHambu- T £9 7 6 per ton. PALM
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      146 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1183rd auction on July 18, when there was catalogued 1.588.804 ib. or 709.29 tons: offered 1.248.754 lb. or 557.48 tons; sold 937.781 lb. or 418.65 tons. Spot London 7d. New York 14 5/16 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      210 1 cea:i Shipments o: Rubber including Latex, Revertex and Concentrated Latex, during the month of June, 1934. Sheet Crepe Latex, Concentrated Latex. TOTAL Tons. Revertex. Tons Tons. v Transhipment Transhipment Transhipment GRAND 4 ame 01 Port Export Export Export TOTAL Proper Straits Malay Proper Straits Malay Proper Straits
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      A QUESTION OF FAITH.
      1358 2 Correspondence. To tin* Editor ot the Straits T’mos. Sir, On reading the report <»l the speeches a: the annual I S P. luncheon ii. London, one iannot help regretting the valu: bl'* epporunity that was lost ol driving home more the present urgent needs ol its
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      286 2 Monthly return of dealers and port stocks. Straits Settlements, at close of business. June 30. 1934. In tons, as declared A. DEALERS’ STOCKS DRV WET TOTAL Total Dry Crepe Rubber Area RS.S U.S.S.- Wet Scrap Dry Wet Dry Estate Remill Lump (estimated Blanket oy Crepe Bark Sheet
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      CHINESE BROKERS.
      69 2 At the annual meeting of the Si n pore Chinese Exchange Brokers As elation the following officers were t>le cd:—President. Mr. Lek Piak Sin: vl president, Mr. Seah Mul Sia; hon secretaries, (English section> Mr. Swee Hee; Chinese section) Mr. Yew Chor: hon. treasurer. Mr Lee Swee; hon.
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      FRASER & CO.’s SHARE REPORT.
      981 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. Ceen Demand For Industrial Counters. Fraser and Co ’s report, dated July Typist week lias seen a quieter ignore prevailing in both the «d rubber sections of the local iir'ivirket. The price of the metal \hc' n practically no change dav (i v in London and
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      Kampar Malaya Company To Liquidate.
      86 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 24. The directors of Kampar Malaya Tin Dredging Ltd. propose the voluntary liquid* ation of the company. It was registered in 1927 and owns properties comprising about 482 acres in the Kampar River district, Perak. The company’s bucket dredge
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      KRAMAT PULAI.
      45 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 18. The Stock Exchange Committee has authorised dealings in the 400.000 five-shilling shares into which the Kramat Pulai £1 shares have been split up. as agreed to at the annual general meeting in London on July 16
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      ULU PANDAN ANNUAL MEETING.
      315 3 Bright Hope For Coming: Year. The Annual General Meeting of The Ulu Pandan 'Syigapore) Rubber Estates. Ltd., was held on Friday at the registered offices of the company, French Bank Buildings, Singapore. Mr. J. A. Elias presided and the others present were Mr. C. V. Bailey,
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      200 3 Southern Kinta’s Interim Of 5 Per Cent. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 18. Selangor United. —Profit for year ending Mar. 31, £3.262; forward. £8,380; dividend. 2\ 2 per cent. Bidor.— Profit for year ending Mar. 31. £4.258; forward. £8.788; dividend. 8 per cent. Perak Rubber—Profit for year
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      MINING REPORT No 482.
      660 3 The Chairman Directors., The Raub Australian Gold M. Co., Ltd. Gentlemen, —I beg to forward the report of the mining operations, for the four weeks ending June 20th, 1934. The development work for the period, totals 550 feet as follows Sinking 137V6 ft. Driving 346 V*
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      RUBBER SITUATION.
      70 3 Singapore Official Quotations. Quotations Forward Contracts Spot Seller Prices d. $f s Aug OctI Date L’don Spore July Sept. Dec. Jul> 19 7 S, 24'm 24 ’,4 25 25% 20 7 3/16 241k 24 25»J» 25% 21 7’/h 24 24 1 1 25 25^ 22 7k 24 1
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      STOCKS AND SHARKS.
      903 4 Fra so r And (os (Quotations. sn ;apure. J ilv ‘J Minins L l >ui Vj i i'l ii A: am Kmubun 6 40 ii ii au t. i> '•> h 6 .Ay. r Hitan Tm la ,(j £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 34 9 .15 (J 1
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      Trade And Finance.
      450 4 EXCHANGE RATES. Singapore. July 2.3. SELLING. London. 4 months’ sight 2 4 11 04 Louden, 3 months' sight 2 4 5 32 Londi n, 60 Cays' sight 2 4 9 64 London, 3<> Cays’ s4ht 2 4 4 London, demand 2 4 7 64 London. T.T 2
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      299 4 Closing Quotations In London, (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 24. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is In relation to the price of July 19. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall i Conversion Loan 5'- 118
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      20 4 July 19 Tin. S’pore Price $114.12 per 20 H4.25 21 114.25 22 114.12^ 24 114.00 25 114.50
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        LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JULY 7.
        698 4 Allagar <2)1 84; A lor Pongsu (2 2 1: Anglo-M.ilay ul> 10 C: Aver Kuning (Cl* 29 4 4: 3ugan Serai <£1* 13 6; Bahru (S.l (2 3 5; Banteng (CD 25 Batang <2 > 1 2; Bata Caves <£D 22 0. Bata Tiga (ft)
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        SINGAPORE DOLLAR SHARE PRICES JULY 25.
        722 4 Capital Issue Closing Prices Paid Up Value Dividend’. Fraser Ly.vli i Company <fc Co. Evar 454.175 1 3 p.c. for year ended 28-2-34 Allenbv ($1* 1.75 1 85 1 75 216.779 1 Nil for year 30-9-33 A!or Gajan ($1* 1 35 1.40 1.35 l.u
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