The Straits Times, 13 June 1930

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    38 1 The Straits Times TSTABLISIIED NEARLY A CENTURY.; THE LARGEST AISD MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER lIS iffi&WA.* 2« PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930. PRICE 10 CENT! The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      239 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6161). Ny CarJsberg Beer la bottlai t»4 am dranctit. Sola laportvra t EAST ASIATIC CO^ LTD. (Inc. In Oanmark) BINGAPOBC (ft temp— A WHICH TONES AS IT CLEANSES I r T>Y cmibining the laxative and refreshing properties of an effervescing i -D ij[t with the
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      85 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3033), ROBINSONS HOSIERY 11 —^-Because You Love Nice Things.' ELAINE all pure silk, lace clox Price $***** 0 75 MAY FABR all pure silk, lace clox Price $5,75 MAVBS all pure silk, plain Price $5.75 NEW DURABLE all silk leg, lisle tops and feet
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      13 1 Prime Portland "0 X" CEMENT EAST ASIATIQ CO^ LTD. (Inc. in Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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      573 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PAPSENRER AND CARGO SERVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND KAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnapc due Spore. MOHEA H.<"'o June 14 KALYAN 9.100 June
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      712 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middles Borough Vessels Tonnage Due ssil S FUSHIMI MARU 10.900 June 19 20 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July 2 3 TERUKL'NI MARU 12,000 July 16 17 HAKUSAN MARU 10,600 July 80 31 HARCNA MARU 10,600 Aug. 18 14
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      457 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      670 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMSNT. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's De*k. Representative for Singapore and Straits Settlement!! of the Travellers Official Information Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways.
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      590 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England) EGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, ONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG. AND BREMENGENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW—BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      519 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVK F. K..r Krctay, Trcngganu, Kelantan, Baagnarn, Telupin, Patani; Sinirora, Laeoß, Blchon, Bandon, Kohbiimui, Lung3uan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MALINI June 16 June 18 SUDDHADIB June 23 June H VALAYA .Tun? P.O July I The steamers are fitted
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      446 3 DUTCH MAILS i M.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and M.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO <.cnoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage m.r. Chr. Huygens 15,640 S.H.N. June 13 a.s. Tjerimai 8,100 R.L. June 20 m.v. Joh. v. Oldenbarnevelt 19,000 S.H.N. June 27 ■s.v Slnmat 12,000 R.L. July 4
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      1393 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LlNfc <Jnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE aad PBNANG t|. COLOMBO. SUEZ. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive L«m Luti PkES. JOHNSON Jon* 23 Jane 26 June 20 IRES. FIIXMOBE July 7 July 10 July 12 PKKS.
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      393 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA. WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDL'IiE. Sailings for I,'nitcd States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Portland S.S. MICHIGAN sails from Hong Kong July 8 San Francisco. Low AnfeJes and San Diego
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      438 3 COVER CROP SEEDS The following seeds can be applied from ready stock CALOPOGON.U.M MUCUNOIDES CENTROSEMA PUBESCENS VIGNA HOSEI MIMOSA INVISA PHASEOLUS LUNATUS CROTALARIA USARAMOKXSI3 CROTALARIA STRIATA TEPHROSIA VOGELII TEPHROSIA CANDIDA PUERARIA JAVANICA. Orders on other varieties can be executed within X weeks after placing of order. PRICES MOST COMPETITIVE. Borneo
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    SOVIET RULE IN MONGOLIA.
    580 4 Virtual Annexation From China. The Government of the Union of Sovii t Socialist Republics," states Article V. of the Sino-Russian Agreement of Mny 81, 1924, "ie ionise that Outer Monirolia is r.n integral pai'. of the Republic of China, and respects China's b ivereignty therein." Purinp
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    ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
    173 4 A Huge Prohibition War Chest. Washington, May 22. Financial pledges amounting to a total of more than G<> 18,000,000 and extending :-ver a period of some years to come are possessed by the Anti-Saloon League of \meriea, according to evidence given be(ore the Senate Lobbyist Committee by Sir.
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    OLDEST CLERGYMAN.
    97 4 His 102 nd Birthday Just Celebrated. The Rev. Penham Rowa Norman, fornuriy Master of St. John's BeitpiteJ, Lichfie'd. StiiiTs, has just celebrated his 102 nd birthday. He is believed to be the oldest clergyman in Britain. At the a^e of 9."> he was present at a dance at
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    "BOY EMPEROR" AND THE POPULACE.
    286 4 BOY EMPEROR AND THE POPULACE. Greatly Affected by Tales Of Misery. The former "boy emperor of China," now known as plain Mr. Pu Vi, has been so affected by the tales of suffering among Chinese famine victims in Kansu and Shcnsi provinces that he has donated 800 pear's from the
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    "I PROTEST."
    138 4 Dramatic Banns Scene In Two Churches. I protest This tlraivuuic interruption occurred durirjr a service at Ccalville (Leicester) I'arihh Church. It cam* fi-.'ni tlic mothe.- .if a nirl, Linda Brwee, daughter of a Raver Hone i-orttablc, the banns of who.^e marriage tD Jclm Darners, a Coalvil!c miner, were
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    WAY TO DEAL WITH THE BOYCOTTERS.
    735 4 Indian Muslim's Drastic Suggestion. Simla, May 25 Withdraw the Round-Table Conference offer if boycotters do not wish to avail the:nselvcs of it and proceed straightway to setting up a Joint Parliamrntary Committee and save much valuable time."' This striking statement was made by Dr.
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    SCOTS GIRL WEDS COUNT
    95 4 Bridegroom a Grandson Of French Colonel. Comto Alain-Martial de Bru'haid, only .son of the late Comte Henry de Brurhard and af the Cometesse Henry de Bmchard, was married recently at Hawiek (Roxburghshire) to Miss Pamela Aubrey Wilson, second dau-rhtcr of Mr. ard Mrs. F. Aubrey Wilson,
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    EVERYBODY WORKS.
    69 4 Harrow Head's Impression Of Canada. Fr. Cjrril Norwood, he:: it I Harrow, who has been tourinfr Canada with other British headmasters, laid, ur. their departure for England What impressed H most all over the Dominion was the fact that everybo-ly works. When w? advise boys to come to
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    REVENGE ON A SHREW.
    337 4 Wife Tatooed Like A Zebra. Henpecked hushands and shrewish wives will no doubt read with mixed feelings an extraordinary case of marital jealousy and revenge which has just been reported from Frankfurt. At the aije (if ii a man named SylxiUl, who had email independent means,
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    CRACKED WINGS OF EROS.
    92 4 Not Yet Returned to PiccadillyCircus. Eros ha bo n >m win-r trouble. The incil has been asked to san tien a fee of £li) 10s. :'ur curing him. Eros was recently sent to a foundry sn that a replica might \>c made and a enjiy of
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      20 4 ■I aT aw rrw nfc^tci ai/c tuP \jt Hrn %ssr r-^ii£m I ill it """i an*^^ •^BftaSg aß lßgiH^Lßßßaflß^Bßm«wi^B«namnßmßßßßmVßßi CIGARETTES
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      219 4 R^BmbmE^ HafwE SamWaaH v!r > fij M 9 MS*- I 1 T* OR thirteen years C.W. Nash has been building HmHammH »i*^ -ifc quality Nash automobiles. In no ;>:l- ious prod- BEwaKuffi IhMbVbW ucthas his mastery of the- rrtb.-;ri >.od<. i~]v ,v>n- "^>tf ■w^HBnS strated as in this brilliant "40o"
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      204 5 rillltilit ill r%€tion w This BA>N:»pri**<*d 4 'atr (Jives 3^ The Hv-.s' 1930 Whippet ii giving thouaautii of m«tori»rtB -ntiroly Bdvaocec iJc^. c( ht»w much tur value can be obtained for very btde money. Outstanding beauty of line, colour atul finish K»t won the Whippet the position of style authority
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      205 5 The New />— Style [&&\L~ Mf CUSTOM-BUILT Ml AT YOUR COMMAND l.tMii- for thji (iOLI) SIAI. rni<lrin»rk MM i I-'fjri-.n I'fli nil.f to tV.ro from. jBl a varied axßortiv.Fii'. of IH-:iutiful, c->l->^B6k BUt ourctl lio'di rs. :>ml tin 1 pleasuri' of jfJXjl-^n Wa!i!-Kvv shurn 1..v 1 i v >.\ g<•«l>
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      63 6 I.IM. Mrs. Lim Ie Ging nee Oci Khocn Nio at 13, Scotts Road, on June 9, 1930, aged i! 2. Beloved mother of A. L. J., H.L.H. :;nd A.L.B. Lim. Deeply regretted. Funeral on Sunday, the lf.th inst., at 3 p.m. sharp to Bukit Brown Cometcry. Friends and relatives
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      43 6 Mrs. Vow Swan Pan and family beg most to thank all relatives und nd members of the various clubs I messages of sympathy (by I ,nd liters); floral and other 1 ..nd kind attendances at the tie late Mr. -iow Ngan Pan.
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      671 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Tkt A.lvcrtisinc Manager, Straits Times, leril Street. Please insert the following small advertisement for days 1 1 r~ Than ail approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of U seatta per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar
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      674 6 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, Bentley saloon, completely overhauled and repainted. In perfect condition. What offers DTI, Straits Times. Wfc HAVE a few really good reconditioned »econd-hand cars in stock. Hire-purchase term*, can be arranged and a trial run to suit your convenience. N. V. Straits Java Trading Co.. Cavanagh Road.
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      740 6 BOARD AND LODGING BOARD-RESIDENCE, all rooms fitted *ith firs. Private bathrooms. Low rates Phone 34<>0 or call 2, Lloyd Road. CENTRAL, beautiful large furnished room, sanitary, hot and cold water, telephone, light, service. 949, Straits Times. AT SUNNYSIDE, Oxley road. Double and single room vacant on June 15. Every comfort.
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      644 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LKT, from July 1, compound house No. 773, Grove Road, 2 bedrooms with baths attached. Apply to Chan Swee Hong, 69, Orchard Koad. NEW FLATS AT MIDDLE ROAD to let. Electricity and sanitation. 8 A 9, Mount Eiizabel.il. Tennis courts and electricity. Apply N. Reuben, 7,
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      822 6 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the office of the State Engineer, Selungor, Kuala Lumpur, up to noon of June 14, 11)30, for the construction of the following buildings for a Hospital at Kuala Kubu Bharu One Administration l.lock. Three 24 bed wards including baths and latrines. One
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      813 6 MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD Notice of Declaration of Dividend No. US and Closure of SHARE REGISTERS. NOTICE ll hereby Kiven that the Directors have <!• elai rim Dividi nd ..f 71-pei7 1 pei cent. (Seven and a half per <-<-.tj in res-l-ect of the year ending Dec. 31, 1030, payable oi.
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      1079 7 A (;OOI) OI'I'OKTI NITY KOR MUlfB AND I'KOHTAHLK I.WKSIMKNT IN LAMB AND HOISK I'UOI'KKTIKS NOT TO BE MISSED liV ENTERPRISING l AIMTAI.ISTS. IN THK KSTATE OK SULTAN KHAN BUIATTEB. DECEASED. IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE of most rateable freehold and leasehold business and residential premises in the centre of Singapore
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      854 7 AUCTION SALE of valuable Singapore properties situate at r.oronit N Telok Kurau Road, Changi Road, East Coast ltoad, I.oronit H, C.aylantr Koa. l. Derbyshire Road. Bukit Timah Road. Bxetei Koad and «;r.,ve Road At Messrs. t!henng Koon Seng Co's saleroom. No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday. June IN, 193* at
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      606 7 ISKANDAR POLO CLUB IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAIPING TURF CLUB. With the permission of the Straits Raclni Ahsoriation, an Amateur Race Meeting will be held on the Taiping Race Course on Mond.-.y .lune 88, 1930. TWO BUm FOR I'OLO PONIES, about 2 furlongs Straight, Stakes Nil, Cups to the Ist,
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      350 7 HANDBOOK FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. A collection of passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. In the 1,400 pases of this invaluable book aie cited familiar passages, proverbial phrases, and constantly recurring phrase?- from nearly 1,000 authors. It includes elections from French .md German writers, and
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      156 7 SAVE FREIGHT ON YOUR RUBBER BY INSTALLING CT 111 TOGGLE Li 111 BALING PRESS USED BY LEADING RUBBER PACKERS AND SHIPPERS. I May we quote for your requirements If* E N T R A I [ENGINE "^rOeiKS l'?1 Lua I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUB. TRE ATIMEN They contain just those
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    KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.
    990 8 JAVA LETTER The Consul-General's Reception. (Fran Our Own Onripspondent.) Tiatavia. June ft. On Tuesday, June the acting British Ofllli CIHWI and Mis. I'itzmaurice he!«l reception at' their house on the Koning-:pli-in. to cekhrate the birthday of Kin* ■>!•£<■. Pc-nito the conlinuir.fi- of rains, i- -day was a
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    C. S. APPOINTMENTS
    133 8 Reduction in Age Limit Suggested. Mr. T. Knox-Shaw. 'treasurer of Cambridge University, and Mr. H. A. Roberta, secretary to Cambridge Uuiversity Appointments Board, giving evidence before the Royal Commission on the (ivl Sorvice. said that it was detirable, in the public interest, that the told for the
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    WINGS COLLAPSE IN AIR
    89 8 Aviator Parachutes To Earth. Melbourne, Muy 15. Pilot Office: 1 \V. G. Rae, of the Royal Australian Air Forco, had a remarkable eacapt) from death today, while flying a Bristol Bulldoß aeroplane over the Point Cook aviation training school. Rac v, ns aflgamd in aerobatics, and
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    INDIA'S DEBT TO THE MISSIONS.
    339 8 Peer's Tribute to Their Work. At the annual meeting of the London Missionary Society, Lord Goschen, who presided, said that he had had some experience of the work which was being done by the missionary societies in India, i especially in the Madras P/esidency, and
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    CHINESE GAME .
    39 8 CHINESE GAME London aoeiatj ha taker. u;> an old 'hinsse g;a:ne calks! Wei chi'i baaad upon thr (hint.-.- conception oi the uninhabited world. Each player puts down counters and tri.s to occupy more of the vorld than his opponent.
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    FINGERPRINTS TRACE CRIMINALS.
    541 8 Value in Identifying Unknown Persons. It is stated in the F.M.S. Government Gazette that during 1929 a great number of articles and documents bearing suspected latent fingerprints were examined and the fingerprints brought out and photographed. Good results were not numerous, but the following are a few
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    SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC
    195 8 British Shipping Nearly 60 Per Cent, of Year's Total. The paramount inv.'ji tan I the Suez Canal as a highway for liriti.'h shipping ia again emphnsised by the annt'Ol ivturn, just published, cf tapping which passed through tho Canal in 19*59 Out of a total net tonr.a.vc
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    WATER DIVINER.
    34 8 Following revelations that Oniajrh, Ire land, had built 40 municipal houses fa lrom any water supply, the council ha decided to employ a water diviner to as icrtain if any is available.
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    WORK IN WIRING HOUSES.
    23 8 Hull has put every ek-ctriiian in th: city to work in wiring house in a nev city-assistance lighting plan.
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    THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
    964 8 CEYLON LETTER British Corporation May Take It Over. (From Oar Own Correspondent) Colombo. May 31. There a proposal that the much n:.-.li^:: il In dr.i -elect .ie scheme at taken aver by a "ritish concei-n. and ncKotiation 1 an at pn <>'nt in progress between tbe of
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      130 8 ODEON ARTISTE AT COVENT GARDEN AND QUEEN S HALL IT LOTTE LEHMANN Read these favourable criticisms The entrancing quality and delicious inflections of her voice."— MANCHESTER GUARDIAN. Every Song revealed complete mastery." DAILY TELEGRAPH. Above all, her singing is entirely pure." THE TIMES. Mme. Lotte Lehmann's recital at the Queen's
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      273 8 Today's Crossword Puzzle. /I V 1? 13 14 !5 '6 |7 -——-3 r~ Tf 7j~ "T "If ~iT* E To" 57" -jr- —53" TT? T 7/ Ji 57" ?r 3T 7?~ sT"si" ~~55" sZ (CLUES.) ACROSS. feline 1. Mi-anins Anim.il allied to the hoe 6. u t -1. BeCOBM mntuir
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      274 9 iLHAMBRi THE THEATRE OF PERFECT SOUND J7IU REPRODUCTION *A fife 9 6.15 p.m. TOISWfIT 9.15 p.m. 1 OK I INK NIGHTB ONLY. I'NTIL NEXT TIESDAY The Mystery Masterpiece Thriller adapted from the Play That ran for a Year on Broadway "THE 13th CHAIR" with LEILA HYAMS. CONRAD NAGEL and MARGARET
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      353 9 eooooooo t o»jooooo »j o o o o oeo o o o rT 7^ >(-;;>■■■■■ HfII^BI^DBHB m^^ UTS —9^13 w&m ll.i J 8 I HI 3o| okmmm $M I* I TONIGHT AT 6.15 9.15 Matinees TOMORROW and SUNDAY at 3.15 UNIVERSAL PICTURES CORPORATION present their All-Talking, nnd Duzzling Musical Adaptation
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      181 9 FA VIUON From Sunday, June 8 to Sa(;i'<l:i\. June 11, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST I'ATHE GAZETTE CHESTER CONKLIN in FOOLS FOR LUCK ESTHER RALSTON in THE SAWDUST PARADISE In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. WALLY WALES in SKEDADDLE GOLD m a Saturday, June 14, at 4.30 p.m.
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    SALE OF OLD SHIPS ABROAD.
    687 10 HIPPING NOTES. Repercussive Effect On British Shipping. There is no more disturbing factor kt present-day British shipping historyj than the increase i" the idle tonnage w figures. On April I there were 892,151 <> tons net of shipping laid up, and for (n January 1
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    PASSENGERS.
    127 10 <• f> X illed from I raon l!r. 1: T. D. Marsh, M 1 Btorc Mr. an i Mrs. \.i It. ■> V. Wainvrrirht. Mr. II N r. Harrington, Mr. and Mn. T. M. r. Mis M b r, Mr*. Foilk-, •r V V. Mr. J. r. C. Campbell,
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      264 10 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Jun> 13. >■ London, Bank 1 in s I 15 in >ci:iand 2 3"! Private 3 in. credit :> <4K •a New York, demand 06 1/16 Private *J0 d s 57'i In France, Bank T.T. 1429 >n India, Bank T.T. 154* >n Hone Kong, Bank T.T. I'P, Shanghai,
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        487 10 ■MM Val. I'd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 A:-am Kunibanj 21 6 23 5'-5/-Aycr Hitam Tin 18'- 14.£1 £1 Hungrin Tin 19 20 1 1 Batanr l'adang O.IO 0.1 4 1 1 li.i'u Caves 0 50 0.60 1 1 Bukit Ar.-.nz 0.-10 0.50 £1 £1 Burmah M.iUy IS lfl £1
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        GENERAL.
        223 10 Issue Val. IM. Buyerj Sellers ■Z 2 Alex. Briik Prcfs. 2!3 2.23 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. L.TO L'.Ku £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 1.74 6.12.6 1 1 Central Eneine 0.40 0.60 nom. 1 1 Cyrle and Carriages 040 0.4:> nom. 10s. 10s. Duff Development 4 6 6,6 r,
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        100 10 Sirpai'orc Cold Storage 7 p.c. del), of 1326 red. 1921-:;6 102 105 ci. Singupoie Municipal 5 p.c. of MM red. I'JJO $1,873,000 par. VX prera. Singapore Municipal 4't p.c. of UIO7 red. IS>47 $1,6C0,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 41a pc. of lUlK) red. 1555 $1,000,000 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        389 10 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Tixisy'i Prices rtir J.y«ll Co. Evatt AUtnby (U) 1.20 i.".0 1.00 1.10 Alcr (.uiah l$!) 1.11) 1.20 1.10 1.20 A. H.tam <$!> 1.75 2.00 cd. 2CO 2.20 cd. A Kuriing ($1 > tSt MS 0.30 v.40 Malay <*2 i l.«
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    CARNARVON RUBBER.
    624 10 A 10 Per Cent. Dividend Declared. 1 The twentieth annual general meeting of 'r.rr.arvon iSclanirori Rubber Company, Ltd-, vas bald on May 1:1, at the registered offices >f the company 1", St. Helen's Place, I jondon, K.C., Mr. James Warren (the chair- 1 nan 1 presiding. Mr. C.
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  • SHARE MARKET REPORTS
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      87 10 Singapore, June 19. i»itr. Cachaii IJt-M?, Kiatat 1.02-l.iT, Panawati t»-tt ccnta, Honf Katu;V'..".; cents, KUa< Rivers 1.90--. Sungci Was jinga 4J5-4M, Tronohs 16 Cd.-17i. C.:.. Hoii^' Kong Tins Ifla. 17a. Ayer i!'t.-,n,s Hs.-13s. Cd.. Tekka ...i.. I'uchonga l'Js. od.-2i)s., Southrrn Malsyani tid.-14s. t>d.. Tejas :'i.-'-. tic.
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      Rose Macphail & Penman, Ltd.
      113 10 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. I iagapora, Jur. 1 Rubber. London :>er !l>., unchanged. Noon pried Lor.dtn Scandar;l> Spot I'J''. ci is. London. Tin £i.n down If M. \s...s. Baagal Way 2.60-iM, &uchnl IM-i.09, Kinta Dradi* l.o:i-: .00. HonrFati 5 53 ecnta, Ualayi Conaol -'i.'-L2 |cenl Johana S2V4-34 n:\i.~. I.uas Ponaivati
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    47 10 Fy Ifahra Biaajak T H lrm li.ijputan.i D'Artagnan K. der Niiierlamlrn Indrapocra Lffl Arrd. S"p<»«" l^imliMi Apr. 18 May 10 A;ir. H May IS Apr. 23 May 17 May 2 May 21 Apr. 30 May M May 2 May J6 May U June 2
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    RUBBER DISEASES.
    811 10 New Notifiable Pest Gazetted. The following article 808 Hag with the secondary leaf fall of rubber has been received from the Director of Agriculture. S.S. and F.M.S. The attention of the planting community is invited to notification No. JJI29 in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of May 9, 1930
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    111 10 Programme of drills up to and for week i ending June 15 Friday. Junu 1". 3.13 p.m.. Drill Hall. S R.A. (V), Battery and Battery Signal, Parade; Vl3 p.m.. Malay Drill Hull. "X" iMalay) Co.. Weapon Training; "..13 p.m.. Drill Hall. Officers. S.V.C, Drill and Lecture I 5.15
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    178 10 Toa.y. iNortfa aad K;i>. India (Kanaans) i>.m. I North, N.-Ku r l ami N.-Weal .S^mat.a i<;m ■■-.il n Uecn) »Jn. 1 Jnva, South-Vvest Sumatra, Boothi Kast Borneo, Ce-lebes, Moluccas, Bad Timor Pilly I N'am Yoni; I |».m. i Sihu 1 \mrl.yi -1 11.111. Ceylon, Souihr::i anil We»tom
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    259 10 Ships alongside llm Wharves or •■xpccd-d to inhtb KEITH. MAKIIOI I!. Main Wharf Hopper 1. J. 14, W, Bt. Splendour. \V. Bt. Spring, Abclla, Pinna, Tcn.rgaroO, I'M" Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Whaif Patrol, LoUgo. VESSELS IN DKV DOCKS. Tanjong Vagar. j Albert Deck Ervfkea I Victoria Deck
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    616 11 Awaiting, the Anglo-Dutch Decision. TEMPORARY STEADINESS IN RUBBER. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Itiibher. 1S J4J 4 <ts. per lb. Fin. 1 7» tons at 568.12' 2 per picul. Ycateceriy'i ivices Huhl.cr. London 6' B d. per lb., unchanged. New York, 12
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    FINE SPINNERS' YEAR
    172 11 Dividend Three Per Cent. Ix>wer. For the vein- ended Mar. :11 lnst the profits :.<"n Spinners' anil Doubters' including a transfer from i arationa, and after •.I in to depreciation, :i;::iinst ,-t y.ar, and provJdina- for bonuses ■iii. hi, amonjit to tSllfilS, in rnni the previous twelve
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      U.S. FARM PRODUCTS NOT WANTED.
      1250 11 World Using American Implements. Kur at least three-quarters of a century th United States has regarded the export of it surplus wheat and cotton, together with othe farm products, as equally certain and natura us the coming of the seasons. That expor trade is now
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      64 11 12 o'clock noon, June 13. Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet C l-16d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 12 per lb. P..S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot 'June July August July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Buyers 19% 20>4
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      CHERSONESE ESTATES, LIMITED.
      1108 11 Dividend Repeated At 8 1-3 Per Cent. The twentieth annual general meeting of the Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates, Ltd., was held in the council room of the Rubber Growers' Association, 2-4, Idol Lane, Fas cheap, London, E.C., on May 8, Mr. Arthu A. Allen (chairman of the company)
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      EXCHANGES.
      72 11 Rugby, June 12. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.08 Vi, Athens 375, Bombay Is. S^d., Berlin 20.36, Brussels 34.815, Bucharest 818, Rio 5 Jl-16, Buenos Aires 42 5-16, Copenhagen 18.16, Geneva 25.075, Helsingfors 192 Hong Kong Is. S%d* Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 41.25, Milan 92.74, New York 4.85 27-32, Oafo 18-155,
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      127 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce j Rubber Association held its 971 st auction on June 12, when there was catalogued 1,037,264 lb. or 4C3.06 tons offered 809.067 lb. or 361.19 tons sold 741,088 lb. or 330.84 tons. Sport. London 6 1 Hid. Xew York 12 cts. PRICES
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    TURNING POINT IN DUTCH TRADE.
    932 11 Conditions in 1929. DIFFICULT TIMES FOR COTTON MILLS. The following is taken from the report of the important Dutch trading company, the N.V. Internationale Crediel-en llandelsVereeniging Rotterdam, which completi d f>r, years of trading last year: After several yer.rs of Kreat pro production ond trade
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    JOHN DEWAR & SONS.
    152 11 JOHN DEWAR SONS. Lord Forteviot's Successor Appointed Following the Heaths within a few months of Lord Korteviot uiul Lord Dewar, Mr. Petal M. Dewar, a ilirce-tur for muny yean of John Dewar and Sor>. 1. ti1., has been appointed chairman of the company. Mr. Dtwar is also a director of
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      551 11 INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT AUSTRALIAN WHALING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Australia.) AUTHORISED CAPITAL $750,006 THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED APPLICATIONS IN EXCESS OF 75,000 SHARES OF fl EACH, PAYABLE 2 6 ON APPLICATION, AND 2 6 ON ALLOTMENT. The Australian Whaling Company, Limited, has acquired, as a going concern, a Whaling Station on
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
    1383 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. Our reasons for returning today to the depressing subject? of tin and rubber are twofold. Firstly, there has been n pronounced revival of correspondence from readers anxious to put forward scheme? which they believe will improve existing conditions in
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    IS RADIUM THE CORE OF THE EARTH?
    1136 12 Presence in Sea Water And Hard Rocks. These articles which will appear in the Straits Times every Thursday and Friday are to form chapters in a book bv 11. 11. Tillman and T. C. Bridges, "Master Minds of Modern Science." which is being
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    17 12 President Hoover has nominated Mr. Cameron Forbes, of Boston, to be United States Ambassador to Japan. Reuter.
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    14 12 Mr. T. F. Anderson Pole has been appointed acting Vice-Consul for Sweden at Singapore.
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    24 12 Tho Rev. W. E. Horley will preach at the Wesley Church on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. in pace of Mr. Dickson, who is ill.
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    26 12 Dr. W. Dirnie and Mr. O. C. W. Liddelow, directors of Spagu Mines, Ltd.. left last evening for a visit of inspection of the company's property.
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    25 12 Lady Peel, the wife of the Governor of Hong Kong, has consented to become patroness of the Chinese Young Women's Christian Association in that Colony.
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    27 12 Mr. and Mrs. E. Gill celebrated their silver wedding at their home, 113, Tanjong Katong Koad. yesterday, when a large company of friends and relatives was jresent.
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    27 12 Invitations have been issued for the opening ceremony of the Chenderoh dam and power station by H.E. the High Commissioner on Saturday, June 28, at 0.30 a.m.
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    35 12 Mr. Harold Owen, whose death took place on May 10 at Broadstairs, at the age of r>B, was well known as part-author of the spectacular Anglo-Chinese Mr. Wu and also as a trenchant political writer.
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    49 12 Herr Paul Garten, a pilot of the Canadian Commercial Aviation Company, who v.-ns one of the most prominent German airmen during the War, a member of the famous "Richtholen Circu:;," and credited v-'th bringing down at least 18 Allied aeroplanes, crashed while landing in a storm and was killed.
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    67 12 The Women's Freedom League has sent a letter to the Prime Minister regr.tting that such an inadequate and inappropriate honour as the C.8.E." has been eonterred upon Miss Amy Johnson. The League expresses the opinion that the C.B.E. is not a fit recognition of the airwoman's courage and skill. "The
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    739 12 SPORT Boxing it very much in the news today. And if the subject never receives prominence hereafter, those who have taken very "fat" incomes from the business will have no cause to grumble. Internationally, we have America staging a contest for the world's heavyweight championship between
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      4392 13 Blind Fate which Saved the Allies. A VIGOROUS CONDEMNATION OF "JOFFRE CO." JN THE third chapter ::f his new bonk, (Yiicial (rises of the Great War," Mr. in^ton Churchill tefla of the decisive part which the Military Governor of harm, General Gallieni, a.id an 'ironic
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      SINGAPORE SALARIES REDUCED ?
      262 13 SINGAPORE SALARIES REDUCED Firms Contemplating Economies. Strong rumours were current this morning in Singapore that reductions of salaries of both the European and Asiatic staffs of certain firms were being contemplated. A series of inquiries made by a representative of the Straits Times revealed that, while there was no definite
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    THE R 100.
    102 13 Flight to Canada Postponed. Rugby, June U, The Air Ministry states that since the anouncement m made that the Airship R IM would not fly to Canada before the and of June, a request has been received from the Canadian Government that the fli.'ht shall be postponed
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    BOMBAY TROUBLE.
    147 13 Twelve Injured in Police Charge. Bombay, June 12. In si.ite of the police ban. a processiun to celebrate the proclamation of Martial law in Sholapur started from Congress headquarters, headed by Kapa('ia, the now president of the War Courcil," who is a Parana, It is immed'utely stopped by
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    FRANCE & THE LEAGUE.
    80 13 FRANCE THE LEAGUE. Adherence to Optional Clause. Pari.-:, June 12. The Chamber, by 5G7 votes to 18, passed bills authorising France to adhere to the General Act of Arbitration approved by the A-icmblv of the League of Nations in 1918 and the optional clause accepting the jurisdiction of the Court
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    REPARATIONS LOAN.
    38 13 Over-Subscribed in United States. Xew York, Juno 12. The Reparations Loan list has been doaed. The loan was over-subscribed to c;i ext.rt which has not been announced, but it is described as a great success." Reuter.
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    PARACHUTE JUMP TO SAFETY.
    149 13 One Pilot Escapes. SON OF DUKE OF HAMILTON. Rugby, June 12Two Royal Air Force aeroplanes crashed at Upavon, Wiltshire, today, as the result of a collision. One was a Bulldog machine, piloted by Lord Malcolm Dou fc ln.--Hamilton, the third son of the Duke of Hamilton
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    THE MYSTIC SHRINE.
    108 13 Great Masonic Gathering In Canada. Toronto, June 12. Tho most spectacular and impressive fraternal function in the history if Canada, namely the International Masonic Convention, is meeting here for five days. It is attended by 100,000 members of the Mystic Shrine (to which only Knights Templar ojr
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    GERMAN INDUSTRY.
    98 13 Prices of Iron to Be Reduced. Berlin, June 12. In aeeordanca with II:rr Stegerwald's award, the steel industrialists today decided lj rednce iron prices by four to five mart;s a ton. this to be retrospective from Jun 1. Semi-finished goods will be reduced by three and a half
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    27 YEARS IN JAPAN.
    187 13 Death of Sir Colin Davidson. Tokio, June 13. Thi il at;-, has occurred from scpticemia of Sir Cu'.'in John Davidson, tho Japanese CouiueHo!- at the British Embassy. Renter. Com at Holkham, Norfolk in 1878, Sir Colin Davidson was educated at Dulwich College and Dlisdon. In 1901
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    MR. H. C. LUKE.
    134 13 Lieutenant-Governor Of Malta. London, June 12. Mr. H. C. Luke, Chief Secretary in Palestine, has been appointed LieutenuntGovcinor of Malta in succession to Sir The mas Ecst, who has been appointed Governor of the Windward Islands.— Rauter. Rufchy, June 12. It was upon Mr. Luke that
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    NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
    78 13 Schmelling Wins on Foul From Sharkey. A Rculcr cable from New York states that Max Schmelling, the German heavyweight champion, beat Jack Sharkey last night in a contest recognised as for the heavyweight championship of the world. The end came in the fourth round. when Sharkey was
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    NAVAL TREATY.
    86 13 U. S. Senate and Private Papers. Washington, June 12. c Senate Foreign Relations ComssJttee passed n resolution asserting its right to see the confidential paper* exchanged between the Governments of the Vailed States and Great Britain in the preliminary stages of the Naval Treaty negotiations. President Hoover had
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    PRINCE OF WALES.
    171 13 Visit to Edinburgh Infirmary. Rugby, June 12. The Prince of \Va!e3 visited Edinburgh today on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Infirmary. On the arrival of His Rnyal Highness at the Royal InJirmary a large crowd welcomed him, while inside many of Edinburgh's representative citizens
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    ANTI-PROHIBITION.
    102 13 Benefits of Reasonable Consumption." Budapest. June 1-. A speech by Sir Arbcthaot Lane, the well-known surgeon, was loudly applauded by a hundred delegates from twelve countries attending the eleventh Congress of the International League against Prohibition. Tho.'e present included representatives of the associations oi' wine] growers, vine dealers and
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    PEACE MOVES IN CHINA.
    348 13 Important Conference At Nanking. BUT WAR CONTINUES. Young Marshal Appeals To Both Sides. Peking, June !l\ A Northern representative, interviewee! by Reuter, stated that the location of thcapital is one of the questions which will have to be discussed after the retirement of President Chiang Kai-shek.
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    WILL CHIANG RESIGN ?
    651 13 WILL CHIANG RESIGN Reticent Concerning Nanking Conference. Shanghai. June 12. President Chiang Kai-shek Is reported to have returned to Nanking at 10 a.m. t-'day by aeroplane. He immediately conferred with Mr. bans Chin-chiang (otherwise known us Mr. Chan;; Jen-chieh) who, some time am>, proposed peace und asked both siilt U)
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    LOCAL GHEE TRADE DISPUTE.
    1265 14 "Not for Hindus." MOSLEM MERCHANT CHARGED. An Indian who had specially made the .imn n. y from Calcutta was one of the j.any witnesses called yesterday afteriir, ,n when the ease against Noor Mohamii Virjibhai, a local Indian Mohammedan merchant, who is charged with com terfeiting
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    BRITISH NOT WANTED.
    207 14 Italian Labour In Australia. Sydney, June 12. Two hundred British workers sought an engagement as cans cutters at Goondi, but none were employed, whereas 277 !<-r. 1,,-rers, mostly Italians, were taken on. The polio are watching, but do not anti- serious disturbances. The workers at the Government
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    EUROPEAN'S DEATH.
    85 14 Alleged Statement By Chinese. .1 Ouv Own Correspondent.) Koala Lumpur, June 18. The Chin. Owe; days ago in tion with the death of Mr. Henry H. Mcrgan. who was knockeJ down by n -car and kiliH on a road near his home at Ra'.vang:, has made an alleged
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    TANKER IN COLLISION.
    58 14 Death Roll Believed to Be Forty-eight. 3oston, June 12. The death roD through the collision ihe oil tanker Pinthis and the „n Fairfax has not yet finitely established, but it is beievi d thai P< ht d 1S feared that all were Incinerated in the oil spreading
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    " BROADWAY."
    223 14 BROADWAY." New York Crook Drama At The Capitol. The thrflll of aana warfare brought cut in strong contract against the backet our.d of New Yo"k's caoaret life mako Broadway," which was screened at the Capitol lost r.i^'it. a veiy fins production. The story moVM swiftly and vividly through a series
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    PRINCESS HELEN AS QUEEN.
    383 14 Proclamation by King Carol. Bucharest, June 12. A Royal proclamation authorises Princess Helen, the former wife cf King Carol, to bear the title of Her Majesty. The official proclamation is interpreted p.s signifying a rev:rsion to the status quo at the date of Kin? Ferdinand's death,
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    MOTOR WORKS BLAZE.
    160 14 Firemen's Two Hours' Fight with Flames. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. June 12. Shortly after midnight fire broke out in the premises of Pcrak Motors, and it was orly after the biigad? had baen fighting the flames for two hours that it wai put out. The piemises
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    FAR EAST ATHLETICS.
    55 14 International Rules Adopted. Tokio, Juno 12. The first general meeting of the Far Eastern Athletic Association, held at the (iallery in the Meiji Shrine Outer Garden in Tokio recently, decided among other things to apply international regulations to the track and field events of the next (tenth)
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    GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
    87 14 Adjustment of Political Differences. Berlin, June 12. The first step towards an adjustment of the political and economic differences which for many months have prejudiced the relations between Germany and Russia is the announcement of the appointment of a Russo-German mixed commission, which will meet in Moscow
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    46 14 The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Peel, has appointed the following officers to be his honourary aides-de-camp Lieut. A. O. Swayne, Ist S.L.I. Mr. W. R. Scott, Assistant Supcrintendant of Police Subedar-Major Mungul Singh, Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade Subcdar Hikmat, 3 'lsth Punjab Regiment.
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    FORGED $1 NOTES IN SINGAPORE.
    536 14 Expert Work Detected By The Treasury. A number of skilfully forged $1 notes have made their appearance in Singapore. A few were first detected by Treasury officials in Kuala Lumpur and ab-jut eight days ago, over one hundred were discovered in a bundle of dollar
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    TIN DIFFICULTIES.
    119 14 Selangor Conditions Not So Bad as in Perak. (Fioni Our Own Coi-recpondent.) Koala Lumpur, June 13. The condition of the tin industry in is r.ot no b:ul as in Perak, as i yl( '.Jr. per foot are richer, and although r. number ojf concerns will eventually have to
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    TELEGRAPH WIRE THEFTS
    109 14 Feature of the Slump of 1922 Re-appears. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 13. A curious feature of the slump of 1922 is re-appearing here. There have been beveral cas:s recently of the theft of telegraph wirds, usually from places the tewn, but in the latest
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    CONSTABLES CHARGED
    127 14 Alleged Extortion from Street Hawkers Arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning by Inspector Spinks, of the Ctntral Division, two Indian constables, Haider and Nawab Khan, were produced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal District Judge, in the afternoon and charged with receiving illegal gratifications of six
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    CRICKET NOTES AND COMMENTS.
    821 14 Gilmour's Fine Bowling. MALACCA'S VICTORY OVER S.C.C The Malacca side that visited Singapore last week-end had quite a successful trip, thanks largely to the excellent bowling uf Gilmour. who has played for the Colony and who also represented Malaya in all her matches against the Australians
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    FATHER'S PROPERTY.
    153 14 Children Go to Law Over Its Distribution. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 12 Aisha and Sepiah, two daughters of the late Chetahan bin Malm Megat of Teluk Anson, appeared as plaintiffs and three sons and the youngest daughter, Haji Abdul Rahim, Abdul Wahab, Osman and Asraah appeared
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    MR. V. GIBBONS.
    134 14 Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery. The funeral of Mr. Vincent Gibbons, whose death was reported yesterday, took place at Bidadari yesterday, the Rev. J. V. \Vestlake officiating. Most of the members of the staff of Messrs. Boustead and Company were present in addition to a number of the
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    43 14 Ma!! from Europe (London nails dispatched on May 22) ex P. and 0. kforea which anchored at Penang at 8.06 p.m. yesterday will arrive by train toniirht. i Correspondence vill be r.ady for delivery I to boxholdcrs at 8.45 a.m. tomorrow.
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      725 15 WALLEY AGAIN GETS VERDICT. Chua Lai Retires. UNSATISFACTORY EM) TO EXCITING FICHT. Bi Walley and Chua i. ii l.i niyhi a! the Timah Road, p yet the most <::i-itir.;r (lghti that hai besa rcen in Sipjfapore for many a da a (i: appointing as <:i '.i;- v. h;n Walley fouL
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      SINGAPORE TENNIS
      180 15 Order of Play For Sunday. Play m the Singapore Tennis Championships will start on the S.C.C. courts at 9 a.m. en Sunday. Mutches have been arranged as follows <i_Donnell and Smith vs. Haridas and Singam. Woon chow Tat and Chmg Km Sun v.-. Abed and Wise. John Lim
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      LOCAL CRICKET.
      79 15 Indian Association Selected To Meet St. Joseph's. The following v. ill ripre ant the India-i A -so- i ition avail st the St. Joseph's i en Saturday at 2 p.m. on the Irtiian A--c station gttHßMft: A. Abbas bh 'V. P. K. Bhaskaras, D. S. Fernandez, A. K.
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      FIRST TEST MATCH STARTS TODAY.
      606 15 Poor Bowling Sides. THE JUBILEE YEAR OF OFFICIAL GAMES. Today at Tient Bridge, Nottingham, England and Australia meet for the 120 th time in a Test match, this being the first of the scries in the seventeenth visit of an Australian team to Great Britain.
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      MALAYA CUP.
      191 15 Selangor Team to Meet Perak. The following team has been selected to represent Selangor against Perak in the Malaya Cup tie on the Selangor Club Padang on Saturday P. Richard Sta Maria and Thean Fatt Peng Kong, Shepherdson and Walker Lai Moon, Augustine, McNee (capt.), dej Souza and
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      52 15 The St. Joseph's Old Boys met C. Company, 2nd Welch Regiment in a friendly soccer match on the school ground yesterday, and the result was a draw of one goal each. The soldiers netted first, but Tan Choon Keng levelled points with a fine piece of individual play and a
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      53 15 The following will represent the S.C.C. tomorrow, against the Raffles Institution en the latter's ground, at 2 p.m. :—W. G. Johnstone, H. B. Noon, J'. E. Wills, T. D. Pannett, P. S. Williams, W. N. Rothery. E. R. Evans, H. G. Barrow, G. E. Tatham, S F. Craig and J.
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      CHINESE IN FORM.
      392 15 One-Sided Match At Jalan Besar. Chinese G S.R.C. .0. The Chinese were undoubtedly indulgent to the S.R.C. at the Jalan Besar Stadium in a First Division match fao (terday, being content to win by 6—o, al- though they might easily have doubled their score. The S.H.C. team
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      YACHTING.
      168 15 Ladies' Race from The R.S.Y.C. The race for ladies organised by the 1 Royal Sitijfapor" Yacht Club will take place torv.o.T' v. Tachta have boon ally.ted to tiu hiimswonian as follows Prima Donna Mrs. Haaceek. Jazz Fi.-ri! Miss Davidson. Conib Mitt Ccstle. ]i MM i Mrs. Holiday. Merlin M:^%
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      SHARKEY LOSES ON A FOUL.
      894 15 End in Fourth Round. WHAT IS PHIL SCOTT'S POSITION New York, June 12. In a fight for the world's heavyweight litle Max SchmellinK, the German champion, beat Jack Sharkey, the holder, on a foul in the fourth round. The contest, which took pjace 'at the
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    232 15 I Friday, June 11. Football 1st Div., 2nd Welch Rcgt. vs. S.C.C.. Stadium. Cricket S.C.C. Tourn., Services v». B.B.I. Saturday, June 14. Cricket: S.C.C. Tourn.. Services vs. B.B.I. (contd.l; S.C.C. XI vs. Klan- (at Klang); S.C.C. vs. Raffles Inst., Raffles S.C.C. vs. St. Joseph's O.B., S.J.O.B. 2ml Welch
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    5873 17 THE LITERARY PAGE— NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. Negro Conception of Heaven A Strange and At Times Beautiful Play. A Book about Real Soldiers. John North's Story of an Exasperating Twenty-four Hours. A Writer who Understands the Chinese. Joyous Anthology of Bad Verse. ***** Heaven. The Green Pastures. By Marc Connelly. Gollancz.
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    GARHWAL RIFLES TRIAL.
    1670 19 Orders Disobeyed. EVIDENCE AT COURT MARTIAL. Bombay. June .">. For the first time for many years in India a general euurt-martial has been convened to try Indian soldiers on the chaise of joining in a mutiny. Seventeen eapoyi .in non-comminioaad officer.; of thr L;iil battalion of the
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    POSED AS DETECTIVE
    97 19 Prison for Malay Who Searched Hotels. (From Our Own Coi respondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 12. Sentence of six menths' rigorous imprisonment was passed by the Kuala Lumpur police magistrate (Mr. G. H. Nash) today on a Malay who was convie ted of posing as a detective and,
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH
    147 19 The Singapore Municipal health statcnent for the week ended June 7, gives the total number of deaths as male 225. and female 121. This represents a death rate of 36.28 per 1,000 per annum, compared with 36.28 in the preceding week and .'SO.O.S in the corresponding week of
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      496 19 NEW USES FOR RUBBER— WHY To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the majority of annual reports of rubber companies there are generally references that if and when new uses for rubber are found consumption may balance production. Whr.t is wrong with the present uses Nothing, except that
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      822 19 TIN— ANOTHER PROPOSAL To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. proposal is put forward hero in an effort, however small, to save the tin industry which has almost run on the rocks in the present turbulent -ea cf the world's iriusti.el activity and finance. No arguments are advanced as
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    THE HATRY CYCLONE.
    180 19 Company Records Loss Of £1,500,000. A total of £l.. r (G.!,000 Y.-ns recorded in the report cf the directors at the first annual meeting of tl.-- Associated Automatic Machine Corporation, Ltd. oneof the companies involved in the Hatry crr.sh at Wineht-Uer House, E.C. Major R. D. K.
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    UNION JACK TO FLY.
    154 19 Decision in Mandated South-West Africa. The Legislative Assembly of SouthWest Africa has passal a motion in favtur of the Union Flag Act of 1927 applying *c South- West Afric Tie German r-.-.r.ibers abstained from voting. The mover of the resolution point?d out that no reason was
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    EARLY MORNING FIRE
    64 19 General Merchant's Premises Destroyed. (From Our Cwn Correspondent.) Klang, June 12. A fire which b out in t c 'y hours of yesterday < royed the premi us of Messrs. Kirn C ..ng and Co., Ger _.al Merchants, Main t a-eet. The damage caused by the fire,
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    RADIUM SUPPLIES.
    31 19 Important Discovery In Caucasus. Leningrad, May 21 The Radium Institute's investigators believe that diE^overies in the Daghestan district of the Caucasus are a prelude to unprecedented supplies of radium.
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    BORNEO MOTORS
    80 19 Borneo Motor.*, Limited, have received a cable from the Riley Company which states that further records have fallen to Eldridge and Eyston driving Riley Nine cars as follows 2,000 miles at 65.');!, miles per hour; 3,000 kilometres at 65.78 miles per hour 4,000 miles at 64.84 miles per
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    22 19 Don Juan," starring John Barrymoro, will be screened at the V.M.C.A. cinema ball at 8.30 this evening for members and their friends.
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    LONDON CHINATOWN CLEAN-UP.
    297 19 Taken Back to Their Own Country. The Chinatowns cf Bri'.ain have lately experienced a quiet clean-up by agents of the Chinese Nationalist Government. They have taken back to justice criminals who had long thought themselves safe. I'r to a few weeks ago London's Ch:iiuto%i>n contaKked to flourish.
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    MYTH EXPLODED.
    202 19 George Washington Did Tell Lies. George Washington was one of the most expert liars that ever lived. Such is the verdict of Mr. Rupert Hughes, the American histcrijtii, who is completing the last two of five volumes en the life of Washington. He is in Paris making researches
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    MARRIAGE DIFFICULTIES
    334 19 Dr. Norwood on Divorce And Birth Control. London, May 13. Dr. F. W. Norwood, of the City Temple, E. C, discussed divorce and birth control in his presidential address at the annual conference of the Congregational Union of England and Wales today. The conference is being held at
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    A SEAT ON 'CHANGE.
    33 19 Bought for £93,000 in New York. New York, May 15. A Stock Exchange seat was sold today for £93,000, a decrease of £2,800 as compared with the last sale.
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    WINNING CALCUTTA SWEEP TICKETS.
    828 19 Secrecy 'esented. DUSTMAN V'HO DREW BLENHEIM. Calcutta, June' It is li Mi ;t Mr. K. S. 1., wia, of Messrs. Blmw Wallace, Ltd., who elrew Bally ferris. in the Calcutta Sweep said a half-share lor £B,loo to a syndicate formed by M> .«rs. I'la.'e, .S.<!.lons and
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    GANJA SMUGGLING
    92 19 Dummy Mattresses Found In Malays' Sampan. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Klang, June 12. There was a sequel to n raid fcf Customs officers at Sungei Bcrteh, Klang, in the District i.urt today when two Malays recently arrived from Sumatra, were charged with importing and being in possession of
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    DETECTIVES' RAID
    110 20 Counterfeit Coin duurgc Acquittal. (fieri Our Own Cor.-esp indent.) Pinang, Jaas 12. How detectives raided a house in Kinta lane :ind tosad a tin BOX containing 100 jounterfeit B.S, 20<ent coin* m told in tic District Court today when .i Chinese, Tens Poll, was acquitted of know-n^ly ins
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    F.M.S. BENEFIT SOCIETY
    79 20 $5,512 Paid Out to Meet Claims In 1929. The annual funeral meeting of the I cdcratcJ Malay States Benefit Suciety v.ill be held at the offices of Messrs. Walter Grenier and Co., in Kuala Lumpur, 'jn June 24. According to the report the total membership of the
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    40 20 The report of the Sin^ayor-. 1 Christian Fiiend-in-Need Society for last year shows tlmt Hie assets of the society mounted to $7,oSfi, ur.d there were Hi members. The annual meeting will be held on Sunday, June 15, at 0.15 a.m.
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      301 20 COAL TAR Supplied in Various Grades to suit all Purposes. LEE KIM SOO 40, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. Spend Your Holiday at Brastagi (■(.MM feet ahovc -.eu-lcvel). GOLF— TENNIS— RIDING. BILLIARDS— DANCING. GRAND HOTEL, BRASTAGI MA9TAGI, SIM ATU.V. X.C See our advertisement in Saturday's Paper. WHEN YOUR CHILD IS FEVERISH Remember
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      198 21 BEAUTIFUL. NEW BODIES NOW AVAILABLE WITH EITHER THE 14.9 H.P. OR 24 H.P. ENGINE Rustless Steel W :&^W'^ Streamlines k l x^ST^^fe.- 2!535^^ k I V^ fj w^ b y#^^^2* THIS occasion marks another great step forward in the history of the Ford car. To the 24 H.P. engine chassis,
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    HUPEH BANDITS AND THEIR METHODS.
    165 22 Villagers Buried Alive Or Cut in Halves. The news which, from time to time, eomaa to hand from the country districts of llupeh gets more and more dreadful. Km- instance, writi '.be Hankow correspondent of the Korth China Daily News, refugees from Mienyang County bring
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    IN A SINGLE SPAN.
    169 22 Suspension Bridge Urged For Charing Crow. uapension bridgi aci the Thames, juavintf Charing Cross station where it i-. is the suggestion made by Sir Reginald Blomfield, ti emim nl I iuct. as a solution of th n of Charing i !ro t. "We must I ar
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    25 22 the Philippines :ii.rua>i and to attract t'.>uri>t- Ita I ing attractive Philippine view- are to i ;.->U'.-d by the bureau of poets.
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    SCIENCE FIRST.
    303 22 Educational Overhaul Advocated. A thorough overhaul of our whole •Kiationai system was advocated by Professor J. Graham Kerr, Regius Pro- /.oology. University of Glasgow. in an address mi The Training of the i iti-en."' which he delivered at Birkbeck College. Among primitive men," he contended. "education, such as
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    £23,300 FOR OLD BOOKS.
    114 22 World Buyers Attend An Auction in Paris. Buyers froaa all parts of the world i attended the first da\ s sale of the famous collection of books of the late Edouard Bahir at the Paris Municipal Auction Rooms. two i its were >old for £2°>,000. The
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    INDIAN LABOURERS IN CEYLON.
    325 22 Commons Questions, As To Rights and Status. London, May 28, In the House of Commons today, Major D. Graham Pole, Labour member for South Derbyshire, asked if any further progress had been made in carrying out the requirements of the Raj in regard to Indian immigrant
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    BIG TUBE EXTENSION
    75 22 North London Scheme to Cost £5,050,000. Work on the extension of the Piccadilly tube 7's miles northwards from Finsbuiy Park to Cockfosters will be started early in the autumn. The total cost of the scheme will be £5.050.000. The work alone will cost £4.275.000 of which 80
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    £973 ESTATE OF LORD LATHOM.
    249 22 An Author Who Helped Lame Dogs. The unsettled estate of the Earl of l.athoni, who spent many thousands of pounds financing plays, amounts to only £973, with net perronalty nil. Lord Lathom was only 34 when he died last February. He sold his family seat,
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    PRAYER BOOK AGAIN
    103 22 Anglo-Catholics' Protest To Bishops. London, May 2,j. "We haM- come to the limits of our endurance," state 1,100 unnamed AngloCutholic clergymen in a letter to the Archbishops and Bishops, accusing them of trying to drive out Anglo-Catholics from the church and making their lives unbearable. The names
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    TANGLE OF LIFE.
    198 22 Dr. Tagore's Spiritual Experience. Cheers for several minutes from a I crowded audience greeted the conclusion' of Dr. Tagore's last Hibbert lecture at Oxford. Afterwards Sir Michael Sadler eNpress- j cd joy and gratitude on the part of his I hearers that Dr. Tugore was able to
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    THE MANCHESTER REGT.
    217 22 King Recalls Those "Terrible! Years of War." The King, in the khaki service uniform of a field-marshal, received officers and N.C.O.'s of the Manchester Regiment in the garden of Buckingham Palate recently. The ceremony was private, and only thr> Qveei. and her lady-in waiting, with Lord Claud
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    PLANE SAVED AFTER PILOT'S DEATH.
    316 22 Observer's Heroism On The Frontier. Lahore May J2. A story of heroism in the .iir is conI tamed in an unofficial accoiuit of the j disaster in which Flying OSeef W. A. Stroud and Leading Airsraftamaa U utI shire lost their lives when their machinei
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    DUTCH SOCIALIST DEAD.
    34 22 Mr. I'iiu-i .Ivllc; Troelstra, formerly Socialist lead<>- in the Dutch Second Chamber has died al I theajof 7(1. Mr. Troi-lstrn was, apart froia his political work, a pod <>f seme distinction.
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    MORMONS IN LONDON.
    36 22 The Latter Day hare begun a recruiting campaign in London raburba. Elden <>'■' the aael in lalliiiK at houaaa and urging women t < .join the "only tnK church." They air abun.lamly supplied with literature.
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