The Straits Budget, 5 September 1935

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      Justice?
      1173 2 That should be enough.—Straits Times. Aug. 29. In 1932 an enactment was passed amending the F.M.S. Criminal Procedure Code in such a way that if an accused now elects to go into the witness box the prosecution may, with the consent oi the Court, adduce in evidence an unsigned
      That should be enough.—Straits Times. Aug. 29.  -  1,173 words
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      MALAYA’S RADIO FUTURE.
      829 2 be spent on themselves.—Straits Times, Aug. 30. When Malaya gains an assured place on the radio map of the world, it will not be possible to say that government encouragement has in any way contributed toward its success. Today there are three broadcasting stations in the country
      be spent on themselves.—Straits Times, Aug. 30.  -  829 words
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      “Malays Awake!”
      852 3 today will soon be solved.—Straits Times, Aug. 31. Earnest, urgent and stirring describes the appeal addressed to the Malays by Mr. O. T. Dussek, Principal of the Sultan Idris Trainmi: College, Tanjong Malim, at the recent old boys’ reunion. These old boys are teachers—the Sultan Idris institution should
      today will soon be solved.—Straits Times, Aug. 31.  -  852 words
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      Starvation!
      892 3 Straits Times, Sept. 2. Mr. John Laycock’s letter pub I lished In the Straits Times or 1 Thursday last, describing a petition: received by him from 51 of .“the i most critical cases of local un-! employed,” has not brought a great i rush of offers of assistnnce. Afe
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      A Mining Muddle
      1113 3 -Straits Times, Sept. 3. Mr. V. A. Lowinger’s recent visit to this country and his address to Malayan tin miners had the effect of focusing attention on the international aspect of tin control, to the exclusion of several pressing domestic problems arising out of the administration of
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      At Geneva Today.
      850 4 -Straits Times, Sept. 4. Shortly after the breakdown of the Three-Power conversations in i Paris last month, it was announced that at the League of Nations meeting at Geneva on Sept. 4 Mr. Anthony Eden would have an opportunity of reporting on the breakdown, and that thereafter
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    NEW MEMBER OF SOCIAL HYGIENE BOARD.
    45 4 The Straits Settlements (Singapore* Association have nominated Mr. R. Williamson to succeed Sir Arnold Robinson as a member of the Social Hygiene Advisory Board. This was in response to a request for a nomination made by the Colonial Secretary.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    148 5 QOME days ago, inspired by “Sanders Oi The River," I gave some particulars of the areas and population administered by 3ritish civil services in Borneo. I am indebted to the Sarawak Gazette tor more detailed information as follows: Of the 38 officers who at present make
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    16,800 SQUARE MILES!
    107 5 /\N these figures each District Officer would, if we take an average, find himself with about 2,780 square miles and 24,610 persons to administer. Actually, of course, districts vary a great deal in size and density of population. the largest districts often being the most sparsely populated,
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    LONG-HOUSES.
    116 5 vast area of the Kapit District is uninhabited except possibly by bands of wandering Punans. The population of both Kapit and Baram consists almost entirely of natives of the country, whose administration is considerably facilitated by the custom of most of them (Dayaks, Kayans, Kenyahs, Kelabits, etc.) of living
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    NIPAH PROFITS.
    153 5 long last there appear to be prospects of working the 2000acre Nipah estate in Kuala Selangor, ’he only one of its kind in the world, at a satisfactory profit. riu* Nipah Distilleries company has had a rough passage, but the speech made by Mr. P. J. Burgess at
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    M.C.S. IN MADRAS.
    152 5 M.C.S. IN MADRAS THE appointment of emigration commissioner for Malaya, Madras, has been raised from class II to class IB of the Malayan Civil Service. This is significant as showing the intention of the Malayan governments to take a different view of their representation in Madras in future. Hitherto the
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    “SINGAPORE FOOT."
    155 5 /*\NE tip which sufferers from “Singapore Foot” might take is to install a long bath and a geyser instead of the Shanghai jar and dipper. My own experience has been that whereas I was almost continuously afflicted with this complaint while using the old-fashioned type of bathroom, with
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    IN THE NAILS.
    158 5 A NOTHER unpleasant possibility is that the fungus may attack the toe-nails or finger-nails, in which event treatment becomes an extremely difficult matter. But that again is a rare occurrence. The fungus attacks the upper layers of the skin, and should be attacked as soon as the
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    FOR ROTARIANS.
    140 5 TTOE difficulties of eating and talk ing wisely at one and the same time are so obvious that some men In publis life who attend luncheons of official or business Importance make a practice of eating before they go. They are then able to centre their attention upon
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    HILL WEEK-ENDS.
    133 5 will soon be quite a colony of Singaporeans at the Highlands. An up-country paper reports that Mr. C. F. F. Wearne’s house at Renglet is nearing completion, that Mr. H. D. Mundell has selected a site in the Bintang area, that Mr. Roland Braddell is adding a second
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    WOMEN'S WILES.
    192 5 WOMEN S WILES. OOMETIMES I think our local legislators don’t pay nearly enough attention to morals. A more austere and puritan note in Colonial policy would be welcome. For example, femininity is becoming so subtle and alluring that a reaction is due. Hence I respectfully commend to Sir Shenton Thomas’s
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    THE JUBILEE.
    130 5 VK7HEN our descendants in the Colony want to celebrate a royal jubilee they will not have to depend —as we did, last May—on occasional newspaper cuttings and programmes to tell them what was done In the past. A sessional paper has been published giving a complete record of
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    LOOKING BACK.
    107 5 LOOKING BACK THE preface of this paper says: “When preparations came to be made for the local Silver Jubilee Celebrations resort to the Colonial records of the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Queen Victoria and of the Coronation Festivities In 1902 and 1911 was natural and Immediate. It proved, however,
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    “PERSONAL NAMES.”
    107 5 “PERSONAL NAMES. “IN the editing of the various accounts (in the sessional paper* personal names have been excised wherever possible. “Not one single adverse criticism has been heard from any quarter on any incident in, or aspect of, the Bilver Jubilee Celebrations, and it may truly be said that their
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    BUMBLE AND BOOM.
    136 5 BUMBLE AND BOOM IN an article on the Penang Municipal Commissioners, in the /ndoMalayan Review, there are two passages which I propose to reproduce one below the other, with no adornments of my own. Thus The truth of the matter is that the post of President of the Municipal Commission,
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    NOT SO BAD!
    114 5 NOT SO BAD IJOT stuff, that, but the critic, surprisingly enough, goes on to give bureaucracy a pat on the back. He says: Apart from the petty tyrannies that must be inherent in the best system of municipal government, the city Is well administered. “Penang boasts of a network of
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    RATTAN ODE.
    90 5 IT must be extraordinarily difficult to find poetic Inspiration in that useful but undistinguished object, a rattan chair. Cowper tried it once, and perpetrated the following Now came the cane from India, smooth and bright With nature’s varnish, sever’d Into stripes That interlaced each other these supplied Of
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    F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    144 5 A CHINESE reader of the Straits Times recently complained that Improvements on the F.M.S. Railways in the last two or three years hac been directed too much towards the first-class accommodation. I have made Inquiries on this point aiid am glad to be able to indicate substantial Improvements
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    FOOD ON TRAINS.
    133 6 ¥>ESTAURANT cars have been made available for use by second-class passengers, and in addition these passengers can be served with meals in their own carriages by the restaurant car boys. Toilet accommodation for secondclass passengers, which has always been very similar to that provided for first-class passengers,
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    PLANTERS’ BRIDES.
    135 6 PLANTERS BRIDES. r PHE I.S.P. has frowned officially on certain comments made in the Straits Times on the speech made by the Bishop of London at the Society’s luncheon last month. Accordingly I quote an extract from the verbatim report published in the Society’s own journal, The Planter I want
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    HYMEN AND LUCRE.
    145 6 IF the Bishop had come out with a forthright admonition to rubber companies to raise their young men as soon as possible to a salary level on which marriage is possible, his speech would have been more effective. The average young man needs no urging to marry
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    OBITER DICTA.
    159 6 THE Bishop was less convincing when he ventured into the arena of restrlctionist economics. Again I quote from the I.S.P. report Another point that I have to make is that I want th** planting world to hold up an example to the rest of the world of what
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    ST. ANDREW’S LEFT OUT.
    92 6 SINGAPORE Cathedral. I am told, is not. alter all. to receive a piece ol stone from Canterbury Cathedral. A short while ago the Archbishop ol Canterbury dedicatee a number <-i stone tablets Irom the mother Cathedral of the Anglican denomination and these were to be distributed
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    OBSTINATE SYCES.
    158 6 A FTER the late show at the Capitol on Saturday night one wished that the police had been on hand to take the numbers of three or four cars. The theatre was packed, and consequently there was a mass of cars waiting to pass through the narrow driveway.
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    DOG FIFTH.
    137 6 r\OG-LOVERS must have been chagrined by the picture in this Capitol performance which listed animals in the order of their intelligence, as rated by the director of the New York Zoological Society. The dog, surprisingly enough, came fifth in the list. First was the chimpanzee. Then our near
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    CINEMAS IN INDIA.
    153 6 A sad illustration of the difference between the standard of living In Malaya and India is given by a writer in the Illustrated News of Bombay. In the whole of India there are only 450 cinemas, of which 150 cater exclusively for Europeans and Western-edu-cated Indians. The
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    COURT MERAH.
    132 6 AN interesting innovation in the reconditioned police-courts building in South Bridge Hoad is an attempt to differentiate courts by colours. Thus, black lettering on a red background indicates the court of the first magistrate. Sea-green is the colour for the board outside the second court, yellow for the
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    P.W.D. MILLIONS.
    171 6 wonders whether there has not been a trace of megalomania, as well as necessary modernisation, in expenditure on new schemes of one kind and another which have been carried out by the Public Works Department of the Colony since the war. Never in its history, until 1920, did
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    SIR IBRAHIM'S REIGN.
    116 6 lOHORE Bahru is already beginning to take on a gala appearance, in anticipation of the celebrations on September 17 and the following two days. Arches are arising along Jalan Ibrahim, the waterfront, the road leading up to the Government offices, and at various other points in the
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    SUNDAY PIPERS.
    120 6 I WONDER how many Singapore people know what a pleasant objective for an afternoon drive the Astana Lama gardens at Johore Bahru are. These gardens were presumably private in the days when the Sultan lived in the old palace, but now that that building is only used for
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    PALACE GARDENS.
    144 6 HTHE Johore public gardens—as they 1 are now officially known. I believe —are not as fine as the Botanic Gardens in Singapore. On the other hand, the quietness of the winding roads and paths, and the occasional vistas of the Straits, are very welcome in certain moods, especially
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    BURONG EMU.
    142 6 T AM ashamed to confess that il- though I have lived in Singapore for some years, it was not until last Sunday that I learnt that there was a collection of animals and birds in the Astana grounds. This miniature zoo, which is open.for anyone to see, dates
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    BLACK SWANS.
    124 6 COME days ago. referring to the in* troduction of ornamental birds on the lake in the Botanic Gardens. Singapore, I hazarded a guess that swans had not been established anywhere in Malaya. I was wrong, for swans are living very happily on the pond in the gardens at
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    ELECTRICAL ERA.
    99 6 CINGAPORE suburbs are a very long way away from the ultra-modern, labour-saving, electrified houses that are becoming popular in England. There were actually only 291 water heaters on hire by the electrical department of the Municipality last year. There were even fewer electrical stoves on hire in Singapore
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    1023 7 Mrs J R. Charton and child left for home by the Haruna Maru. Mr and Mrs. G. G. Duddell, oi Ipoli. left for Australia and New Zealand last week on holiday. Mr R F. C. Markham, Asst. Inspec tor of Schools, Talping, Is shortly proreeding on transfer
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    PASSENGERS WESTWARD.
    509 7 Sailing By The P. O. Ranchi. The following passengers left by the s.s. Ranchi which sailed from Singapore on Friday for Penang, Colombo, Bombay and Europe: Mr. C. O. Williams. Mr Y. H. Poon, Mr. J. B. M Messer. Capt and Mrs. T. A. Arnold and child. Mr
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    149 7 The following appointments are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette: Mr. H. R. S. Law and Mr. D. A. Mackay to be members of the Committee fo* the Management of the Waterfall Gardens at Penang vice the Reverend Keppel Gamier and Mr. B. G. H. Johnson. resigned. Mr.
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    Government House.
    216 7 Tuesday, Aug. 27. The Hon. Sir Andrew Caldecott, M. and Mme de Narbonne, Mr. and Mrs. J A. Hunter and Mr. P. A. Ballereau had luncheon at Government House. Wednesday, Aug. 28 His Excellency presided at r. meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this morning.
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    136 7 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette Mr. E. T. Williams to officiate as Secretary to Resident. Perak. Mr. T. D. Shephard to be an Assistant Engineer. Drainage and Irrigation Department. F.M.S. and S.B. Dr. P. E. F. Routley to be a Medical Officer. Malayan
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    Contents
    115 7 Leaders— Justice? 2 Malaya’s Radio Future 2 “Malays Awake!” 3 Starvation! 3 At Geneva Today 4 Telegrams— Covering past week’s news 24—28 Picture Supplement 17—20 Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial news to date, following page 32 Malayan General News— Week In Malaya 1 Social and Personal.- 7 Pahang Report
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    WRITER, SPORTSMAN AND BIG GAME FISHERMAN.
    336 8 Assistant Director Of Ordnance Services. B IG game fishing is a recreation of a new officer of the Malaya Command —Lieut.-Col. E. R. Macpherson, O. B. E., who reached Singapore last week from Hong Kong to take over his duties as Assistant Director of
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    MR. J. M. SIME HONOURED.
    30 8 ‘From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 3. At the Malacca Club annual meeting last night Mr. J. M. Sime was unanimously elected an honorary member.
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    NEW A.D.C. TO GOVERNOR.
    127 8 MR. H. G. BEVERLEY’S SUCCESSOR. The Straits Times understands that Mr. H G. Beverley will relinquish his duties as aide-de-camp to H.E. the Governor and High Commissioner -on October 11 when he goes on long leave He will be succeeded by Mr. W. J Parks at
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    MRS. H. C. HOPKINS.
    252 8 Daughter Of l)r. Hoops Dies At Sea. News was resceived on Monday of the death at sea while homeward bound in the Kaisar-i-Hind of Mrs. H. C. Hopkins, wife of Mr. H. C Hopkins, sub-manager of the Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, and eldest child of Dr
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    SARAWAK APPOINTMENTS
    85 8 New Superintendent Of Prisons. The following appointments are announced in the Sarawak Government Gazette: Mr. D. L. Leach to be assistant superintendent, Trigonometrical Surveys, Fourth Division. Mr. L. N. Reynolds to be superintendent of prisons, Sarawak, in addition to his other duties. Mr. W. H. Kelley to be
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    CAMERON HIGHLANDS’ SHOPHOUSES.
    24 8 It is reported that 19 applications have been received for sites at Tanah Rata, the Cameron Highlands, for permanent, brick-built shophouses.
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    SMILES HELP MALAYA.
    263 8 “INFECTIOUS GOOD CHEER.” For the humorist, Malaya is a veritable paradise," said Mr. Laszlo Schwartz, eminent Hungarian artist and caricaturist, when interviewed on his arrival in Singapore in the i course of his fourth trip Pound the ivorld. “You have here a language ol smiles which is
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    ESTATE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    274 8 New Council Members. At the annual meeting of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, council members were elected as follows:— Selangor Messrs. W. A. Stanton, Choo Kia Peng, C.B.E., Chan Wing, J.P., E L. Watson, Goh Hock Huat, J P Ng Teong Keat,
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    FLOOD FEAR IN K.L.
    205 8 Families Leave Houses NO SERIOUS DAMAGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. >. About midnight on Saturday the flood alarm sounded in Kuala Lumpur, following very heavy rain front shortly after two o’clock in the afternoon. When it seemed that serious danger was imminent, however,
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    “KRAMAT” SNAKE.
    150 8 Dog-Eating Python On Chemor Estate. What is believed to be a thirty-year-old python has been discovered on a rubber estate belonging to Mr. Goh Siew Hock, bordering the hills hi Chemor For some time estate dogs have been disappearing one by one ami recently pigs belonging to the
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    K.L. SANITARY BOARD CHAIRMANSHIP.
    113 8 Mr. J. J. Sheehan, District Officer, Kuala Pilah, is to assume duties temporarily as Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board on Mr. J. V. Cowgill’s departure for Pahang to act as British Resident during the special leave on urgent private affairs of the Hon. Mr.
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    Rubber Restriction: Results Of 12 Months’ Working.
    492 9 Rubber Restriction: Results Of 12 Months’ Working Correspondence To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir —Estimates have been made by brokers chairmen and others, showing that world’s stocks of rubber should be reduced by 100,000 tons, or more, by the end of this year. Mr. Lowinger has oone still
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    SOCIETY WEDDING.
    263 9 One of the loveliest wedding gowns this season was worn by Miss Eileen Paton, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Paton. of Singapore and County Carlow. Ireland, who was married to Mr. George FitzSimon Clifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Clifford, of Penzance, Cornwall, at
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    CHRISTIAN TEACHING.
    365 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Although I cannot claim a deep knowledge of the teachings and doctrines of the Christian religion, I believe I am right when I say that war, whatever the circumstances, is held contrary to all true principles of Christianity, a religion
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN SINGAPORE.
    1014 9 A Petition. IMMEDIATE RELIEF REQUIRED. The Straits Times has received from ,Mr. J. Laycock the following letter describing a petition received by him! ffrom 51 of the most pitiful cases ot docal unemployed Sir, —On Aug. 19 I received a petition signed by 51 persons. All the
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    SUEZ BOOKINGS NOT AFFECTED.
    161 9 NORMAL CONDITIONS AT ITALIAN PORTS. (Straits Times Special.) The threat of war in Abyssinia seems to have had no effect oa steamer bookings through the Sacs Canal. The Lloyd Triestlno state that the number of passengers on their homeward bound liners is quite normal for the
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    PAHANG REPORT ON CAMERON HIGHLANDS.
    897 10 Revised Terms For Land A lienation. POPULATION IS ABOUT 2,000. r AT a recent meeting of the Cameron Highlands Society it was stated that development in residential and agricultural areas could not be expected unless further support was given by the Government. It was also
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    ROAD SAFETY IN THE SCHOOLS.
    207 10 Negri Sembilan Gives The Lead To Malaya. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 28 The Negri Sembilan branch ol the Automobile Association of Malaya has decided to make arrangements for a safety first campaign. It is believed that this is the first time an efTort
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    SIR A. ROBINSON ON MALAYAN PROBLEMS.
    1346 11 SLUM CLEARANCE IS “A BIG ISSUE” more experience needed. Council Unofficial Majority “An Impossibility” AFTER 28 YEARS’ SERVICE. SIR Arnold Robinson left Malaya on Saturday on retirement after 28 years in the country. In an exclusive interview with the Straits Times Sir Arnold spoke
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    NEW MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    218 11 Malacca Planters’ Representative. MR. GEORGE WISEMAN. T'HE Straits Settlements Govern- ment Gazette issued last week states that H.M. the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mr. George Wiseman to be a nominated Unofficial member of the Legislative Council for a period of
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    NEW FLYING BOAT ARRIVES.
    37 11 Th<» Singapore ill Hying boat flown out to Singapore from England by Squadron-Leader W. N. Plenderlelth and a crew ol live to Join No. 205 (F.Bj Squadron, completed lta 8,000mile journey on Friday
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    RUBBER ESTATE WAGES “MUST BE RESTORED. ”
    708 12 RUBBER ESTATE WAGES “MUST BE RESTORED. Staffs Have Borne Brunt Of The Battle. MALAYAN OWNERS’ MEETING: PRESIDENTS VIEWS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31. gPEAKING as president of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Asso- ciation, at the fourth annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur this morning, Mr. Choo Kia Peng,
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    LOST NURSEMAID AND GIRL.
    339 12 Courage In Jungle j At Fraser’s Hill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31. courage and fortitude were shown by Miss Brown, a 16-year-old nursemaid, who is a daughter of a sergant-major stationed in Singapore, and the flve-year-old daughter of Major MakeigJones, when they were
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    KUALA LUMPUR’S “ MAYOR.”
    459 12 KUALA LUMPUR’S MAYOR.” MR. J. V. COWGIU ENTERTAINED. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 30. Mr. J. V. Cowgill, M.C., who is shortly proceeding to Pahang to act as British Resident for a period, before assuming Office as Director General of Posts and Telegraphs when Mr. T. P. Coe.
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    SUSPENSION OF LAWYER UPHELD.
    89 12 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 30. The appeal by a Singapore lawyer Taibuddin Talukdar against the find ing of Mr. Justice Burton and Mr Justice Terrel in suspending him from practice for six months for professional misconduct was unanimously dismiss*' i by the full Court
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    $26,000 FOR COPRA RESEARCH.
    275 13 EQUITABLE sharing OF COST. PROVIDENT FUNDS FOR ASIATICS. AT a meeting of the Proprietors Section of the TJnited Planting Association of Malaya it was announced that it had been proposed b\ the F.M.S. Government that the officer-in-charge of copra investiga<ion should be placed upon the pensionable
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    WHEN BEER IS MUNITIONS.
    102 13 What Prince Purachatra Saw At Massawa. When Prince Purachatra saw huge < uses being unloaded from his ship. lhe Lalandia, at Massawa (Eritrea) recently, he little thought that many contained crates of beer for the thirsty population. No ammunition or explosives were unloded from the Lalandia
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    KING OF SIAM.
    86 13 TO VISIT HIS PEOPLE. From Our Own Correspondent > Bangkok, Aug. 28. Acting on instructions from the State Council the Ministry of Foreign Ailairs is negotiating with the East Asiatic Co. for reservations in the motorship Erria tor the boy King and his party who are embarking
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    27-YEAR-OLD TRAMS TO GO.
    92 13 Trolley Buses At Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent J Penang, Aug. 27. At a meeting of the Municipal Commission last night the decision to substitute trolley buses for trams on the Ayer Itam route roas confirmed. The president pointed out That trams were 27 years old
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    RAREST BIRDS CHANGE HANDS IN SINGAPORE.
    444 13 Brought From Countries Surrounding. •‘SINGAPORE being a free port it is a logical centre for bird collections brought from the many countries around up to 1,000 miles away, and I know that in the past lots of birds were brought here from India and
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    BOOTLEGGING EVIL DISCUSSED.
    159 13 Special Meeting Of Negri Planters. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug. 28. Bootlegging and the illicit sale of samsu to estate labourers in Negri Sembilan were discussed by the Negri Sembilan Planters’ Association at a special meeting yesterday. This has been on the increase in this State
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    D. O. RESCUES A TAIPING LAWYER.
    124 13 Motor Boat Adrift In Open Sea. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Aug. 28. While on a sea trip to Lumut, Mr. J. S Chabra, a Taiping lawyer, and his friends had a terrifying experience. The motor-boat in which they were travelling, suddenly stopped working
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    NEW GUINEA PLANTS FOR MALAYA.
    52 13 Some 750 New Guinea botanical specimens have recently been received by the Botanical Gardens and are found to be a most useful addition to the Gardens herbarium. A large further consignment is expected to arrive in due course. The purchase as a whole is casting
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    FEWER MURDERS IN F.M.S.
    219 13 JEALOUSY CAUSED 15 CRIMES LAST YEAR. The average number of murders yearly in the F.M.S. is <7 but in 1933 there were 69. Last year—states the annual report of the Police Department—there were only 35 reports classifiable under the heading of murder. The majority of these
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    TAMIL COOLIES & AIR MAIL.
    69 13 TAMIL COOLIES AIR MAIL. TAMIL estate labourers in Malaya are beginning to use the air mail for sending correspondence to their relatives in India, the Straits Times is informed. They and many other Indian residents in Malaya will benefit by the decision announced last week to reduce the Imperial Airways
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    EXTORTION CASE AT MUAR.
    78 13 w tFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. Aug. 28. Sadi bin Kulop, a Malay, was today convicted on two "barges of extortion and on one of attempted extortion and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan. Accused was chaigcd with obtaining two
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    NEW REGIMENT FOR SINGAPORE.
    68 13 Thi* 1st. Bn. the Middlesex Regiment, which comes to Malaya as soon as Glllman Barracks are completed, probably early next year, is being relieved at Alexandria < Egypt > soon by the 2nd Bn the Grenadier Guards Tulls collected on the Iskandar and Blanja bridges in
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    MR. J. ARTHUR WEDS.
    256 14 Acting Resident Councillor. Frmn our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 29. The wedding t<>ok place this morning ol the Hon. Mr James Startin Wills Arthur, acting Resident Councillor. Penang, and M\ss Jean Rac Gibson, nursing sister at the Oeneral Hospital. Penang. The ceremony took place at St.
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    TEST FLOODING OF GREAT DRY DOCK AT SELETAR
    363 14 OPERATION TO LAST TEN DAYS. (By Our Services Correspondent.) TESTING of the great dry dock at Seletar, central feature of the £7,700,000 job which comprises the Singapore Naval Base, began on Friday. Sixty-eight and three-quarter million gallons of water will he sucked
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    CLUB TREASURER ROBBED.
    121 14 Hold I'p In Singapore House. An elderly Cantonese treasurer of Singapore “liuay” club, and his uife, living In Duxton Hoad, state that they were robbed by armed Chinese on Thursday night. Four men entered the room while they were counting money, one allegedly armed with a pistol
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    “A CRUEL BLUNDER.”
    217 14 I S.P. Support For Straits Times’ Protest. We have received from the Secretary ol the Incorporated Society of Planters a copy ol a letter which has been sent by air mail to the Secretary of the Sons of Sailors and Soldiers League, Carlisle, West Australia. The letter
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    MALAYAN AGENCY IN LONDON.
    361 14 A YEAR’S VALUABLE WORK. The value to Malayan traders of the Malayan Information Agency in London is shown in the report of Mr V A Lowingcr, submitted to the Legislative Council The report states: The experience ol 1933 m regard to the value to trade of
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    SELANGOR MINERS’ CO-OPERATION.
    270 14 Retiring Senior Warden Entertained. (From Our Own Correspondent.. Kuala Lumpur, Aug. •»«> Mr. G. T. Holford, Senior’ Warden o* Mines, who is shortly proceeding home on retirement with Mrs. Holford were entertained this evening by the Selnn gor Miners’ Association at the Chined Assembly Hall. Mr. Choo
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    COST OF LIVING IN MALAYA.
    92 14 European Index Numbers Big Jump. The general cost of living inci* n numbers for the Asiatic, Eurasian and European standards as compared wit n 1914 and 1933 were as follows and shows that the present cost is higher, in respect of all three standards, than
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  • Malayan Planting Topics.
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      THE BRACKEN ROOT-MAT PROBLEM .
      3055 15 THE BRACKEN ROOT-MAT PROBLEM No New Worry—They Had It In The Sugar Days Costly Clearance Suggestion For R. R. I. Planters’ Agreements—Agency House Peril —Reduction O Salary Scale —The Commission Question. (By Our Planting Correspondent.) THAT there were bracken troubles in Malaya as iar back as 1908 will probably be
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    RE-ASSESSMENT OF RUBBER ESTATES SUGGESTED.
    759 16 Owners’ Association Plan For 1936. r[E Council of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association has suggested to the Controller of Rubber that a fully representative committee should be appointed to consider the question of a re-assessment of the whole of Malaya for the year 1936. This
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    REPLANTING UNDER RUBBER CONTROL.
    249 16 U. P. A. M. Suggest A Conference. The United Planting Association of Malaya has asked that the Malayan administrations take the initiative in approaching the Governments of Ceylon and the N.l. with a view to securing agreement to uniform rules relating to replanting under rubber restriction.
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    PENANG AERODROME SPEED-UP.
    155 16 Runways And Night Landing Facilities. A Legislative Council report states that work on runways for the Penang aerodrome is being completed more quickly than was anticipated. Following the approval of the Secretary of State work was commenced on the all-weather runways at the Civil Aerodrome. Penang, last
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    EUROPEAN’S CLAIM SETTLED.
    173 16 $129 TO BE PAID BY FIRM. ■"THE case in which Mr. Harold G. Stacy, sued the Sterling: Trunks Co. for damages for wrongful dismissal, arrears of salary and the payment of a small sum for overtime, came to an abrupt ending in the Supreme Court last week
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    BANKING RETIREMENT AND APPOINTMENTS.
    67 16 The Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China announce that Mr. J. L. Crockatt, their chiei manager, retired on pension on Aug. 31 after 40 years’ service in th; bank; in his place the court oi directors have appointed Mr. A. H. Ferguson to be chief
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      FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON TEXTILE REGULATIONS.
      1942 21 Importers Still In Doubt—Time Running Short—Last Opportunity To Place Orders The N. 1. Quota Restrictions. (BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT.) MY excuse for returning to the subject of the piece-goods quota and for giving it such continued prominence in these columns must lie in the great
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    EFFECT OF TRADE RECOVERY.
    113 21 Cost Of Living Rises In Malaya. Prices and trade values in Malaya last year showed a tendency to rise owing to the recovery in world trade and local improvement brought about by the introduction of rubber control sayse a Department of Statistics report. Exchange moved against
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    FEDERAL TOPICS. General Post In The M. C. S.—The Markets Problem—Old V. I. Site After All?—When Jalan Raja Is Hushed—“War” In Selangor —Registration Of Man-Power—Should Everyone Report ?
    1099 22 FEDERAL TOPICS. General Post In The M. C. S. —The Markets Problem—Old V. I. Site After All?—When Jalan Raja Is Hushed “War” In Selangor —Registration Of Man-Power —Should Everyone Report < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 29. MO doubt it is unavoidable, but it is a little diverting
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    595,647 INDIANS IN MALAYA.
    38 22 Hie total Indian population in Malaya at the end of 1934 is estimated by the Registrar-General of Statistics at 595,647, of whom 365,284 are in the F.M.S. The smallest number. 1.282. is in Trcngganu.
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    GOODS ATTACHED: LODGER HANGS HIMSELF.
    368 22 I WOMAN’S STORY AT INQUEST. The tragedy of European unemployment was brought into prominence in the Singapore Coroner’s Court on Thursday when Mr. W. G. Porter held an inquiry into the circumstances relating to the death ol a 34-year-old Austrian. Frank Schoenz. Engineer, jobbing contractor
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    DEATH OF SINGAPORE ADVOCATE.
    172 22 Mr. W. B. O’Connor. Mr. William Berkmans O’Connor, advocate and solicitor of Battery Road, died in the Singapore General Hospital on Thursday following an attack of pneumonia. Mr. O’Connor, who was born in County Limerick. Ireland, 56 years ago, qualified as a barrister-at-law at King’s Inn,
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    4,000 FEWER PRISONERS.
    300 22 1934 Record In Colony. Will* 19.5 a year of econoin recovery, less criminals have been admitted into prisons in the Straits Settlements. The daily average number of prisoners decreased from 2.028 in 1933 to 1,557 in 1934— and this too, when the number of arrivals in Malaya
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    THREW ACID ON FACE OF CYCLIST.
    176 22 Gao) And Rotan For Doctor. <From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Aug 27 A Chinese physician named Loot Koh Seng was found guilty at the Assizes of throwing acid on the face of Low Kang, a rubber tapper, while the latter was cycling to
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    JAPANESE TRAWLERS.
    776 23 A Harbour Log Frozen Fish Transhipped At Singapore. (From Our Own Shipping Correspondent.) 4 BOUT two months ago I reported Ltd., ot Wakamatsu. Japan, and upon tlu’ arrival of the big Japanesothcir ability to meet the expenses. Shinkyo Maru at Singapore **ith HO tons of frozen fish which
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    PROGRESS OF CAMERON HIGHLANDS HELD UP.
    539 23 More Govern ment Support Needed. It is the duty of the Society to bring to the notice of the Government and of the public of Malaya generally the fact that the Cameron Highlands is at the moment in a condition of stalemate. “It is
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    FUNERAL OF MR. W. B. O’CONNOR.
    182 23 Many lawyers attended the tunenil at Bidadari Cemetery on Thursday of Mr. W.B. O’Connor, the advoate and solicitor, who died in the Singapore General Hospital early the same morning from penumonia. The funeral was preceded by a choral service at the Cathedral of the
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    TRIBUTES TO LATE MR. O’CONNOR.
    162 23 In th(* Singapore Supreme Court on Friday members of the local Bar assembled in the second court to pay a tribute to the memory oi Mr. W.B O’Connor Mr. Justice A. K. a’Beeket Terrell and Mr. Justice Gordon Smith were on the Bench and the
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    ITALY PREPARES HER CASE.
    69 24 Reuter Rome, Aug. 27. The Italian government is preparing a detailed statement of their case against Abyssinia to present to the League Council meeting on Sept. 4. It is understood that Italy will argue that Abyssinia should be excluded from the League. The memorandum is an
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    45 DEAD IN N. W. FRONTIER BATTLE.
    196 24 -Reuter. British Officer Wounded. Peshawar, Aug. 28. A recrudescence of the periodical trouble on the North West Frontier has occurred in consequence of hostile Mohmand lashkar tribesmen assembling with the intention of attacking Gandar Road, near the Peshawar border. At least 40 Mohmands
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    JAPAN’S PLAN FOR CO-OPERATION.
    59 24 Aneta Havas It Includes China's Recognition Of Manchukuo Tokio, Aug. 27. The Asahi announced that diplomatic circles are working on a plan of Chinese and Japanese collaboration on the lollowing grounds: Mt th»* recognition of Manchukuo by China and <2> the formation of a Sino-Japan-t :e
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    MAJOR FEY INJURED.
    21 24 -Reuter Vienna, Aug. 27. Major Fey, Minister of the Interior, has been seriously injured in a motor accident.—Reuter
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    ITALY & JAPAN
    196 24 ITALY JAPAN IMPOSSIBLE TO BE AT LOGGERHEADS. Italian Newspaper Rome, Aug. 27. A STRIKING plea for Italo-Japanese understanding is made A today in the Giornaie d’ltalia, the semi-official Rome newspaper, commenting on a telegram from Tokio stating that public opinion is coming round to a better understanding of the Italian
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    1,200 TROOPS FOR MALTA.
    106 24 -Reuter. INCREASING FIXED DEFENCES. London, Aug:. 2b. TTIK British-India liner Neuralia with 1.200 troops aboard sails from Southampton on Saturday, possibly sooner, for Malta. The troops are drawn from the Royal Artillery. Royal Engineers and the Royal Corps of Signals. The War Office states that it
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    ITALIAN ADMIRAL’S OFFER.
    58 24 Reuter. Rome. Aug. 27. According to the Rome newspapers, Rear Admiral Ciano is asking to be recalled to the Service wherever the threat on Italy’s waters is the greatest. This is interpreted as a reply to the reported movements of British warships. especially in Malta waters which
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    WHAT U.S. WOULD DO. NO HELP WITH SANCTIONS.
    110 24 —Reuter Wireless •Britain and France will have to confine themselves to those sanctions which can be applied without the assistance of the United States.” declares the New York Herald-Tribune. “It is impossible for the United States to collaborate, however re motely in
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    AUSTRALIA’S PLEDGE.
    30 24 British Radio London, Aug. 26. The Australian Prime Minister Mr. Joseph Lyons, stated yesterday that he had pledged Australia’s full support of the British efforts to maintain peace.
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    JAPAN’S SWORD FOR ABYSSINIA.
    67 24 Aneta-T rans-Ocean. Tokio, Aug. 27. A hand-forged sword, as a token of Japano-Abyssinian friendship will be presented by the Association of Japanese swordsmiths to Negus—the Emperor of Abyssinia. The famous swordsmith, Kogi Kaneko, in Fukuoka has been entrusted with the manufacture of the sword which the
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    MR. W. CHURCHILL CLIMBS DOWN.
    189 24 -British Wireless. Gracious Renunciation Of India Act Opposition. London. Aug. 26. Mr. Winston Churchill, who led the opposition to the Government of India Act during the consideration of its problems by the Joint Select Committee oi both Houses of Parliament, and later when the Bill
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    DEATH OF GREECE'S FIRST PRESIDENT.
    36 24 -Reuter Wireless. Athens, Aug. 22. The death is anriounced of the octogenarian. Adrnirnl Coundouriotis. the first President oi the Greek Republic and the “grand old man" of Greek polities. -Reuter Wireless.
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    NEW AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS.
    229 24 Reuter. HOME OFFICE ACTION IN ENGLAND. London, Aug 27 In accordance with the undertaking given in the Home Office circular o* July 9, the newly-established Air Raid Precautions Department of that Office has published the first of a serieof memorandum for the organisation of precautions by
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    S.O.S. FROM ARCTIC.
    117 24 -Reute” Copenhagen. Aug 26 A dramatic wireless SOS. from th< Arctic, “we shall die. it help is not sent" was received here today. It Is believed it comes from four men adrift in an open boat ii the far north without food and uel They are a
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    Four Men Rescued By Norwegian Ship.
    45 24 -Reuter. “We die if help is not sent." This dramatic S.O.S. by the four men adrift in an open boat in the Arctic, without food and fuel, has resulted in a dramatic rescue by the Norwegian ship the Buskoe.—Reuter.
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    ITALIANS ARREST 15 INDIANS.
    91 24 Reuter. British Subjects And A Massawa Incident. Aden. Aug. 26. According to reports from Massaw.(Eritrea 15 Indians, British subjects were arrested today by Italians, follow ing -the despatch of Indians, alleged to send from Aden, advising business associates not to ship further merchandise to Massawa.—Reuter. Tlie
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    HOW QUEEN OF BELGIANS WAS KILLED.
    875 25 -Reuter. Royal Car Skidded On Wet Lake-Side Road. KING WAS DRIVING. Brussels, Aug. 30. THK body of Queen Astrid of the Belgians, who was killed in a motor accident near Lucerne, Switzerland yesterday, was taken by the midnight train to Brussels. King Leopold III,
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    7 DEAD 9 INJURED IN MINE EXPLOSION.
    152 25 -Reuter Wireless. Volunteers Who Went To Investigate Fire. London. Aug. 27. In the fifth fatal mine accident in Great Britain this year, seven men have died and nine are in hospital, lollowing explosions in a coal mine in South Elmsall, about 15 miles
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    COTTON IN N.I.
    59 25 -Reuter. Experimental Factory Recommended. The Hague, Aug, 30. The committee which investigated the possibilities of establishing a cotton industry in the Netherlands Indies has reported advising the building of an experimental factory at a cost estimated at £70,000, and if the results are successful the establishment Of
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    JAPAN & EMIGRATION RIGHTS IN PACIFIC.
    81 25 JAPAN EMIGRATION RIGHTS IN PACIFIC. Reuter. London, Aug. 27. The Daily Herald this morning gives prominence to an article asserting that the Japanese Government is preparing to open diplomatic negotiations with Britain, the Netherlands and other powers, with the idea of securing emigration rights in the Pacific for her surplus
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    NOISE IN ENGLAND.
    196 25 Rubber Helps The Silence Campaign. London, Aug. 29. RUBBER from Malaya and elsewhere is playing an important part in the latest less noise campaign in England. This is made clear in the first annual report of the Anti-Noise League, which was established a year ago with the
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    PRINCE’S DRINK ON ITALIAN WARSHIP.
    72 25 snips sailed for Malta.—Reuter Wireless. Cannes, Aug. 28. T HE Prince of Wales, who is on a holiday at Cannes, today inspected British, French and Italian warships in port. He reviewed the crews of the French destroyer Aiglo Italian destroyer Bianchi. The Prince stayed forty
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    CHINESE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR.
    63 25 Chew Jit Poh. G men^Sin Shanghai, Aug. 29. Many members of the Chinese labour corps who remained in France after the end of the World War have become m 1 ,T1 ployed and destitute. nos-7 nn« e appcaled t0 the Chinese postal unions, which
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    BRITISH WARSHIP “TO WATCH EVENTS.”
    25 25 Reuter. Aden. Aug. 28. The British Cruiser. H M S. Colombo. vv in arrive at Berbera tomorrow to watch events-Reuter.
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    DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TO MARRY.
    426 26 Engagement Announced To Lady Alice Scott. HER STUART DESCENT. THE engagement has been announced of the Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George and Queen Mary, to Lady Alice Christabel Scott, one of the five daughters of the Duke of Buccleuch. The Duke
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    ITALY WILL RESPECT BRITISH RIGHTS.
    64 26 -Reuter. “After today's Cabinet meeting the Italian Government will publish a declaration announcing its complete readiness to respect all the rights of the British Empire and disposing of any suggestion that Italy has any plans which might be prejudicial to British interests." This statement was
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    Descendant Of Charles II.
    346 26 The match is a link between a direct! descendant of the House of Stuart and of the “Merrie Monarch." The romance of the match lies in the fact that Lady Alice Scott, through her father, is a direct descendant of the unhappy Duke of Monmouth, who,
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    A YEAR YOUNGER.
    150 26 Lady Alice’s Four Sisters. Lady Alice who is the third daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch was born on Christmas Day. 1901. and is a year younger than the Duke of Gloucester. Her Art Show. Lady Alice Scott had an exhibition ot her pictures in London three
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    RESTORATION TALKS IN LONDON.
    163 26 Ex-King George Of Greece May Return. Finance Minister’s Visit To Exiled Monarch. London, Aug. 29. London is today the scene of important negotiations which may led to the restoration of ex-King George of Greece. King George has endured a long exile, since December 1923. and he
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    “WE ARE READY" SAYS IL DUCE.
    168 26 -Reuter. Bolzano. Aug. 29. In his communique. Signor Mussolini says: ”Italy intends to defend her vital interest to the end. She considers her colonial question should have no influence on the European situation unless anyone wants to run the risk of unleashing a world
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS RAPID PROGRESS.
    160 27 pounds of mails and freight.—British Wireless. more empire PASSENGERS. London, Aug. 27. The continued rapid increase 0 f a ir traffic is shown by the latest figures for passengers, freight, mails and mileage of Imperial Airways services. Comparing the first quarters of this veir and last
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    Il Duce's Gift To Gen. Chiang.
    106 27 PILOTED from Italy by a famous Italian war ace, Col. Silvio Scaroni (inset on right), the tri-motored plane presented by Signor Mussolini to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Shanghai early last month. It was subsequently flown to Kiukiang where Gen. Chiang received it in
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    NEW DUTCH ENVOY.
    45 27 Boron de Boo van SteenwijK, me- new Dutch Minister to China, arrived in Shanghai on Aug. 11. The envoy, who is seen hero with his wife, will proceed to Nankin*, early in September to present his credentials to President Lin Sen.— I.N.P.S.
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    SOVIET RUSSIA BLAMED FOR BRITON’S DEATH.
    122 27 -Reuter. Me W as An Expert On Soviet Famine Conditions. Berlin. Aug. 30. Hu* suggestion that Gareth Jones have been shot by order of Mos- is made in the Antf-Komintern 1 Publication, subsidised by the V (rman Government which supplies ct iniormation on Soviet
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    FRESH RED MENACE IN HUNAN PROVINCE.
    51 27 -Reuter. foreigners Preparing To Evacuate. Forpicmr, Peiping, Aug. 29. r eDor gn rs n north-west Human are owinp *2 be Preparing to evacuate End e eds wh o occupied Tzeli Ehrr a fpni« men on Au 27 and are ■city —Reufe t0 advance on
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    BRITISH WARSHIP IN COLLISION.
    112 27 -Reuter. WITH A GERMAN STEAMER. London, Aug. 31. H.M.S. Ramillies collided with the North German Lloyd steamer, Eisenach, last night, nine miles from Dover in the English Channel. The British warship suffered only minor damage above the water level. At midnight the Ramillies was reported to
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    THREE-YEAR TRADE AGREEMENT.
    134 27 Reuter Reached Between India And Burma. London. Aug 29. A three-year trade agreement has been reached between India and Burma to become effective on the date of latter’s separation from India. The agreement provides that Indian goods enter Burma unrestrictedly and free from duty and vice-versa, and
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    BRITISH JOURNALIST.
    31 27 —Reuter. A message from Changchun states that Mr. Timperley, Peiping correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, has been refused permission by the Manchukuo Foreign Office to enter the State. —Reuter.
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    YOUNG MOTHER BEHEADED.
    50 27 -Reuter. Berlin, Aug. 27. A 24-year-old mother was today beheaded with an axe for the murder of three young children whom she shut up in an unused room and allowed them to die of hunger and thirst in order to devote her attentions to a lover. Reuter.
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    WHEN WAR IS JUSTIFIED.
    120 27 -Reuter. POPE ON ITALY’S POLICY. Vatican City, Aug. 28. The Pope addressed an international pilgrimage of nurses today and declaring that everything must be tried to avoid war said that a war which was nothing but a war of conquest would be unjust. On the other
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    BELGIUM MOURNS HER QUEEN.
    408 27 before the final service.—Reuter and British Wireless Sad Silence Of Brussels. Brussels, Aug. 30. IN a silence that was broken 1 only by the sound of muffled hoofs and the sobs of Belgian women, the body of Queen Astrid arrived at the Gare du Nord station,
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    PROTESTS TO SOVIET
    63 27 —Reuter Wireless. Italy And Latvia Allege Domestic Interference Moscow, Aug. 28 It is revealed that Italy and Latvia, in addition to the United States, have protested against alleged Soviet interference in the internal affairs of their countries. Hitherto the Soviet has been silent about the Italian and
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    BOOM DEFENCE FOR MALTA HARBOUR.
    26 27 -Reuter Malta, Sept. 1. Boom defence is being laid at the entrance of the harbour at Malta on Sept. 3 —Reuter
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    ABYSSINIA GROWS NERVOUS.
    201 28 PREPARING TO DEFEND EMPEROR’S PALACE. ARMY’S 500,000 MEN. Only Enough Ammunition For Three Days’ War. GLOOM is increasing in official circles in Addis Ababa regarding the prospects of a peaceful solution of the dispute, and the recent order of the Emperor concerning measures against air attacks has
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    BIG U.S. DEAL IN ABYSSINIA.
    234 28 BRITISH ADVICE TO EMPEROR. No further details are yet available of the report that an American company had obtained exclusive mineral and oil development rights for 75 years in respect of half of the Abyssinian Empire. The deal, which is described as “one of the
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    DEAL & TRIPARTITE TREATY.
    121 28 DEAL TRIPARTITE TREATY. -Reuter. British Foreign Office Statement. London, Sept. 1. The British Foreign Office has issued the following communique: His Majesty’s Government have so far received no confirmation of the report in today’s Press of a grant of concessions of oil and mineral rights in Abyssinia, but have felt
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    U.S. NEUTRALITY.
    94 28 -Reuter. NOT AFFECTED BY DEAL. Mr. Cordell Hull, in a statement in Washington, discounted any possibility of the United States’ Government becoming involved in the Italo-Abyssinian conti oversy through the oil concessions. It had not been the practice of American concerns to consult the State Department before negotiating
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    QUEEN ASTRID’S DEATH CHAMBER.
    411 28 Reuter. ROYAL FAMILY’S GRIEF. Brussels, Sept. 1. There were heart-rending scenes at the royal palace tonight when Prince Charles and Princess Tngeborg, of Sweden, entered Queen Astrid’s death chamber. Princess Ingeborg fell sobbing on the violet-strewn bed and embraced and kissed her dead daughter. Prince Charles
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    DUKE’S WEEK-END WITH FIANCEE.
    130 28 Q N/ V V V*»y V Church yesterday.—Reuter and British Wireless. LADY ALICE SCOTT AT BALMORAL. London. Sept. 2 No date has yet been fixed or the wedding of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Scott, but it is likely to tak* place in about
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    THE MAN WHO DID IT.
    102 28 -Reuter. Afr. F. W. Rickett a wellknown City man, is said to have put through the sensational deal with the Emperor of Abyssinia. Mr. Rickett is well-known in the City, and also in lraq r Egypt and Abyssinia but he is not identified with any
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    RED THREAT TO CITY IN HUNAN.
    79 28 —Reuter. Shanghai, Sept. 2. Government reinforcements are being rushed to Changth, the most important town in North Hunan, upon which a strong force of Communists under the notorious Red leader Ho Lung is advancing. Martiai law has been declared at Changteh, while all British
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    CHINA FLOOD PICTURE.
    36 28 China is suffering from the effect of the worst floods for several years. Here are seen some of the flood victims near Hankow waiting to the fed by the relief Committee. I.P.N.S. I.P.N.S.
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    S.C.C. CREDIT SYSTEM CRITICISED AT ANNUAL MEETING.
    1212 30 STEADY FALL IN INCOME AND MEMBERSHIP. Swimming Pool Suggested New Green For Bowls. SUGGESTIONS that the incoming committee shouid consider the question of providing a swimming pool for S.C.C. members and that the old membership fee of S2 per month be reverted to
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    GOLF AT THE CAMERON HIGHLANDS.
    601 30 The Rough Is Fierce But It Is A Sporting Lay Out. TTHE popularity of golf has gradually spread throughout Malaya until today the game has probably more active devotees than any other branch of sport. It will probably interest golfers to know that there is
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    S. C. C. WORKED HARD TO SHARE POINTS WITH THE GUNNERS.
    1154 31  -  BY LEIGHTON.’’ Too Many Free Kicks Given For Unintentional Hands. SC.C. 2; R.A. 2. 'T'HE S.C.C. did well to share four goals with the Gunners in a First Division match on the Padang last week after being two goals
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN MEETING.
    249 31 Rugby Football. D. T. P. Crawford Elected As Captain. From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 1. IV T. P. CRAWFORD, of Seremban, has been elected captain of the Negii-Malacca rugger team for the coming season. Crawford, who recently returned from leave, was mentioned as the probable skipper
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    BATAVIA GOLF CLUB
    73 31 W. R. Taylor Elected President. The annual general meeting of the Batavia Golf Club was held at the Club House at noon on Sunday, Aug. 25. The following office bearers were elected for the ensuing year President W. R. Taylor. Captain D. Mackintosh. Hon. Treasurer G. L.
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    THE ENGLISH SOCCER SEASON OPENS.
    465 31 Tottenham And Leicester Start Well In Div. II. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Aug. 31. \7KKY fine weather and summer counter attractions tended to make the crowds at the opening matches of the Funglish soccer season rather thin ner than was expected. The general standard
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  • The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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      ANGLO-MALAYAN TIN GROUP MEETING
      1440 1 FUTURE OF RESTRICTION. Undisclosed Profits During Current Year. The annual meetings of the Anglo-Malayan Tin, Ltd. group were held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Fill reports are appended below: K RAM AT TIN. I'ndisclosed Profit In Store. The eighth annual general meeting ol shareholders of Kramat
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      “RESTRICTION NOT A FAILURE.” —THE TIMES.
      254 1 —Straits Times copyright. PRICE LEVELS AND N.I. TAPPING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 31. While rubber restriction has failed to produce the results anticipated, it cannot be described as a failure, says the London Times, contending that the gradualness of the working of
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      BUKIT KATIL ESTATES MEETING.
      863 2 Conservative Policy Decided Upon By Directors. The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of Bukit Katil Rubber Estates Ltd. was held at the registered office 137. Heeren Street, Malacca, on Aug. 29. The chairman, Mr. Tan Soo Hock presided, and there were also present Dr. Tan Seng Tee,
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS.
      149 2 Ocean Shipments of Rubber, Including Latex, Revertex and Concentrated Latex during the month of Aug., 1935. Total Tons Name of Port Export Transhipment Proper S.S. M.S. Singapore 19,412 2,198 9.004 Penang 9.680 Nil 5.211 Malacca 280 Nil 132 Port Bwettenliam 5,569 25 362 Sub-Total 34.941 2,223 14.709
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      AUGUST OUTPUTS.
      64 2 Tongkah Compound No. 2 N.L. —Hrs run 396, yardage treated 56,000, output in pels. 247.18. Tongkah Compound N. L. —Setul Dredge. —Hrs. run 506, yds. treated 125,000, output In pels. 1,150.60. Kuala Lumpur Tin N.L.—Dredging operations at Kalumpang. No. 2 dredge hrs. 621.45, yds. 129,374, output 614 pels.
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      RUBBER AND THE CRISIS.
      661 2 QUOTATIONS HOLD UP WELL. AWAITING THE FALL IN STOCKS. i Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd. in their report dated Aug. 30 state: As the Abyssinian crisis became 1 more acute the market naturally; tended to ease, with a disinclination to trade. Considering the possibility of the
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      VISIBLE SUPPLIES OF TIN.
      78 2 7,404 tons during July.— Straits Times copyright. SLIGHT INCREASE INAUGUST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. Henry Rogers and Co. estimate visible supplies of tin on Aug. 31 at 15,420 tons compared with 15.290 tons on July 31 and 19,470 tons on Aug. 31, 1934.
      7,404 tons during July.—Straits Times copyright.  -  78 words
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      77 2 1935-36 declared.—Straits Times copyright. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Sept. 3. The following company results are announced. Pelepah Tin Dredging—Net profit for six months ended March 31 £3.712. out of which preliminary expenses. £2,327 are written off. Kinta Kellaa Rubber Estates—Finai dividend 5 per cent, payable Oct. 8.
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      RUBBER AUCTION.
      151 2 ***** t Auction. Aug. 21. 1935. Catalogued 843,228 37G.4-* Offered 813.656 363.24 Sold 697.980 311.60 London 5%d. New York Spot 11 11/16 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb Standard Quality 18% to 19**, (A few lots realized 19H > Good Average Quality 18% to 18%
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      RUBBER EXPORTS.
      95 2 -Straits Times Copyright (From Our Own Correspondent London, Aug. 30 The International Rubber Regulation Committee statistical bulletin shows that July exports from all controlled countries except Siam totalled 65,902 tons, against an exportable allowance of 58,121 tons, an excess of 7,781 tons. During the six months ended July
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      NYALAS RUBBER LTD. MEETING.
      438 3 dividend list re-entered. The Annual General Meeting of Nyalas Rubber Ltd. was held on Friday at French Bank Buildings, Singapore. Proposing the adoption of the report and accounts, Mr. Lee Chim Tuan, who presided, said: Hu* net pro lit for the year amounts -o S29.068.92, as
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      EXPORTS OF PINEAPPLES.
      91 3 Daring the week ending Aug. 25, ex P<>rts from Malayan ports to 36,961 cases, of which: t? 6 per cent.) cases were to the llled Kingdom. 625 (2 per cent.) ases to the Continent of Europe, 7,250 ifi9A Ptl cent,) cases to Canada, and ‘3 per cent.)
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      FRASER & CO.’s SHARE REPORT.
      809 3 FRASER CO.’s SHARE REPORT. Awaiting Todays League Meeting. While the eyes of the world are focussed on Geneva where the fateful meeting of the League of Nations takes place tomorrow, it has been a matter of no little difficulty to infuse any real trading interest into markets, be they share
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      PRODUCE.
      191 3 Singapore, Sept. 4, 12 noon. Buyer. Seller. Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 9.50 White Muntok Pepper 16.75 Black Pepper 9.00 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 3.85 Copra, mixed 3.40 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.80 Small Flake 4.30 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.60 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.50 Llngga Sago Flour
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      MERCANTILE BANK.
      65 3 The Singapore office of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., has received a telegram from their head office that the directors have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent, less income tax, in respect of the current year. Tills is the same rate as was declared at
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      HOME AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
      294 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 3. Closing quotations today of tho principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Aug. 29. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or ran Conversion Loan 5'c 120% Funding Loan 4'r 1960-90 116
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      144 3 Foreign exports of Tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of Aug. 1935. Destination Tons. United Kingdom 435 United States of America 3,471) Continent of Europe 97a British I'os,sessions 529 Japan ..137 Tile Netherlands Indies a Other Foreign Countries 33 Total
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES (Sellers).
      50 3 Date Spot Sept. Ot.-l> c. Jrui.-Mar Apr.-Juiii* I-omlon Aug. 29 794 19 m 20-\, 214 5'. 30 194 19%« IIIvx 21 5 11.1H Sept. 2 194 194 194 2i)\ 214 3 19 19 194 29 204 54 4 ;fl 7 19 194 20 203, f,4 j
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      648 4 London Exchange Prices On Aug. 26. Allagar (2 1 5; Alor Pongau (2 19; AiiRlo-Malay (tit 11'3; Ayer Kunlng (£1> 28 6; Bagan Serai (£1» 10 6; Bahru *8el.) (2/) 3/5; Banteng (£1> 18/; Batang (2't /9Ve; Batu Caves (£1) 19/44; Batu TiRft ££1> 26/3; Bekoh (2 >
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      TIN SHARES.
      157 4 Ixindon Exchange Prices On Aug. 22. Ampat (4/) 3/9; Anglo-Burmu (5') I4.fiASL« Hlt f n L (5/> 13/: 19/6; (£n 7/3: °°l ,en e Cons. 39/3, Honj-konR (5/) 13 Idris (5/) 16/> 24/ Kampong Lanjut (£1) iVa.J .Kamunting (5/> 12/9; Kepong (£i) 8,6, Kinta (5/) 8/9; Kinta Kellas
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      SINGAPORE TIN PRICES.
      18 4 August 2J Tin. B’pore Price $107% per picul a 108 Sflpt 107.75 107.25 4 107.50
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      1432 4 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore, Sept. 4, 10 a.m. MINING. Issue Val. eraser fc Co. Lyall Evatt Issue Val. Eraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/- 4/6 3/10k 4/4&
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