The Straits Times, 21 June 1930

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times i:*TABLISHKD NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN WXJ^YA.3 2«l PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930 #RICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 176 1 Singapore: 78, cecil st. cphone si6i). Ny Carlsberg j Beer j In hotllm and on dmucht. Sol< lapoftefi 1 BAST ASIATIC CO.. LTD. (Inc. In Denmark) HNGAPOU. f*" I ■__|_|_M__t_l_^ BUM I I I_JI I■M I Condensed Milk of Uniform Quality UNIFORMITY OF QUALITY IS OUTAINEI) BY UNIFORMITY OF ORIGIN
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    • 221 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST ('PHONE 3683) New Seasons Tie Styles have Arrived. The newest tie styles, as now being worn in £Mi ff/ M& London, arc on show in our Men's Section. mMsi l^mi Smart pastel colourings and neat stripos together w^-ir w t 1 p a n >ha(
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    • 17 1 •Prime Portland "0 X" CEMENT I BAST ASIATIC J CO.. LTD. 1 (Inc. in Denmark I HWSAFOML
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 2946 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middles Borough Veasela Tonnage Due tail HAKOZAKI MARU 10,500 July 2 TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 16 IV HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 July 30 81 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Aug. 13 14 t KAMO MARU 8,000 Aug. 13 14 g
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    • 528 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kretay, Trengganu, Kelai tan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB June 23 June 25 VALAYA June 30 July 2 MALINI July 7 July The steamers are fitted throughout
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 465 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappi j Nederland and N.V. Rotlcrdamsche Lloyd ttBBKLY iMAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO 8«M ABMteHaai Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonaage •<> v. Juh. v. Oldenbarnevelt IU.OOO .S.M.N. Juna 27 i... Slamat 12.000 R.L. July 4 Joh. 1>«- Witt liW S.M.N. July 11 Pair,* in. Him
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    • 570 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LlNfc Jlnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE Frem SINGAPORE and PBNAMG »la ('OMf.MIJO. SUEZ. POUT SAID, AI.EXANDBIA. NAPLES, GENOA aa4 MAEBBII.I.ES to NEW YORK aa« BOSTON. ArriTa Leave Laara I'KKS. JOHNSON Juce IZ June M Jun» It I'KKS. FILLMOKE July 7 July 10 July X I'KKS. WILSON July
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    • 568 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Lugland) ELLERMAN" LINK TASSENCER AND FRKltlll I BCKVICI TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS TO Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due S >ore s.s. CITY OF DELHI July 2 s.a. CITY OK ATHENS Auir. 6 t.». CITY OF DURBAN Sr|,;.
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    • 398 3 (Incorporated is Norway) Direct Fast Monthly Service from BELAWAN DELI, PENANG AND SINGAPORE to LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,] PORTLAND, ORE VANCOUVER, IJ.C, SEATTLE and TACOMA. Arrive Due Sails Los Spore S pore Angeles M V. ORNEVII.LE Jur.c -:l June 28 July SI M.V. BRONXVILLE July 5 July 10 Aug. 13
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    • 390 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE. Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San PrancUco and Portland S.S. MICHIGAN sails from Hong Kong Tulv San Francisco. Loa Argelea and San Diego S.S.
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    • 506 3 APEX ELECTROPHONIC RECORDS. MADE IN CANADA. 41*31 I lift up my finger and I say "twyet, Iwrrt" (Vocal Kox Trot). Will you be true (Vocal I.ix Trot). 41 0.TC Painting the clouds with sunahiiie (Vocal Fox Trot). Tip toe thru' the tulips with me (Vocal Fox Trot). BMJ My song
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1458 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. i To The Advertising Manager, Straits Times, Cecil Street. Fifsac insert the following small advertisement for days 1 1 I i l < I 1 1 There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 26 cents per line per
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    • 695 4 BOARD AND LODGING QUIET Catholic family have room for paying guest, every convenience, garage. (European). Apply 35, Straits Times. HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, 79, MEYER ROAD. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, fully fur., 24, Meyer Rd. Apply 2.1, Meyer Rd. TO LET, 90, Meyer Road. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer
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    • 579 4 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, a spacious godown, No. 54, Samhawa Roau. Apply B. P. de Silva Ltd., .'ewcllers. TO LET, Offices at 1-A, Raffles Quay, from Aug. 1. For rent and particulars apply to Guthrie Co., Ltd. GODOWNS NOS. 15 AND 16, Trafalgar Street. Entry Sept. 1, 1930. Apply
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    • 863 4 REST HOUSES— CAMERON'S HIGHLANDS The Rest Houses are under the charge of the Executive Engineer, Cameron's Highlands, and applications for occupation of rooms should be addressed to him. A' mndation can only be secured on a permit signed by the Executive Engineer, Cameron's Highlands. 1 The R. >t Houses arc
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    • 834 4 TAIPING TURF CLUB AMATEUR RACK MEETING. Thursday. June 19, 1930. Saturday, June 21, I'JSU. ComrnvncinK al 2.15 p.m. each day. TWO RINS each for Horses Classes 3, I, and 6, respectively. First Run about 6 furlonirs, second run about 1 mile and 100 yards. TWO Rl NS each for Tonios
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 530 5 AUCTfoN SALE of valuable Singapore town and country propij Chang Koon Sen* 4 Co.'s saleroom. No. :«U, Chulia Street, on \Vi-dno*rln>. June H, 193» at 2.M p.m. 1.i.l 1. Valuable freehold land and shophe, use pri-m.sos known as No. 161, Tanglin Raad, Hiagapora, araa 1,407 sq. ft. Monthly ri-nt $XO.
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    • 444 5 10 BLOTCHES ON' FACE ft BODY Was Nearly Mad Times. Healed by Caticura. 'My trouble began '.lit an :-'i:a-.; M and lV«:r small, ns* liot-;tes broke out allovc: -,!v ;'ace. body, _r'...; and hands. Laler sc-.-les lo:nicd. end whtn 1 got warm in be& th^ t.ouble was. worse. Thfie <v.'rr
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    • 349 5 HANDBOOiC AMIUAR QUOTATIONS. A collection of passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources in nneient mid modern literature. In the 1.400 pages of this invaluable book are cited familiar passages, proverbial phrases, and constantly recurring phrases from netrly 1,000 authors. It includes selections from French and German writers, and
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    • 261 5 3 Wi, .< TO ESCAPE INFECTION DO THIS DOUSE LISTERINE on your j hands before you eat or prepare food for others particularly for babies. Colds and sore throat often start from germs carried to the mouth on food. Many things you touch are laden with germs of other diseases.
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    • 73 5 1^ ENT RA Tl I IENGINE WORKS LT°lL T °1 la I FOR STRUCTURAL MECHANICAL AND MARINE ENGINEERING Offices at SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. U ORANGES >^^==^^^^\ When you get the most ill Iji Orangepop fcfPulJll ilUjJI^ made entirely from the best \§s&j^^^^^B&f^&\ California Oranges. Until you jipill PHOENIX Orangepop
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
    • 1182 6 PEN INK BATTLE OF THE DOLLAR. HONG KONG LETTER. Will It Say Elevenpence? TO STABILISE OR NOT TO STABILISE (From Oar >>■ n Cone peadent). Hong Kong, Juni 18. The Whitsu-i holidays were wet ones. Tiip week-end sporting ti-t-.tres including a" raie-mcetin;: were literally washed out. There were pools of
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    • 261 6 "White" Russians Join Hong Kong Police. Hong Kong, June 12. .The first batch of White Russians recruited for service as piracy prevention guards on hoard ships have arrived in the Colony. They number six and are the advance party of a company of men recruited in Shanghai under
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    • 265 6 Plaster of Mud as A Remedy i Doctors are invariably patient people and missionary doctors arc particularly expected to be patient, but D.-. David Allan, of Central China, very nearly reached the end of his good humour seme li'.t'e time ago. Hi- had been listening to a
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    • 51 6 Mohammedans Involved In Unrest in Siberia. Peking, May tt. A forcijrn report from Harbin alleges that an anti-Commu"ist movement is spreading rapidly among all sections in Siberia. It i< stated that tha Mohammedans rast of the Volga and in Western Siberia have declared a holy, war against the
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    • 128 6 Plans Completed by The Canton Government. Hong Kong, June 12. Since the plans for turning Bias Bay into a naval station have been completed, Admiral Chan Chak, commander of the Fourth Naval Squadron, is preparing to take a trip to that region for the purpose
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    • 183 6 The First to Function In Shanghai. Shanghai, May 26. Thr first verdict to be returned by a jury of women in Shanghai was delivered in the U.S. Court for China by the jury of six called to inquire into th-j sanity of an American missionary worker,
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    • 136 6 CHINA'S PLANS FOR A FREE PORT. i Direct Steamer Link With Hong Kong. Car.ton, June 11. In order to facilitate the development cf Tor.g Ka Wan into a duty-free world pert, to be known as Chungshan Port, ■xmniMMBti avc being made with the local Customs authorities to operate the boats
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    • 188 6 I How Communists are Dealt With in Swatow. Hong Kong, June 10. i Sight notorious Communists in Bum- tow, who were responsible for a plan i<!e:icned to exettl workers into starting la general strike and riot, were arrested I by the police and paid with their headI
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    • 185 6 Pirates Seize Two More Vessels. Canton, June 11. Two more river boats were pirated yesterday near Kuanyin Gully, a little above Yingtak. on the North River, while they were on their way to ShiuVwan, call J lag 2.400 tins of foreign imported kerosene &nd about 100
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    • 290 6 50 Convicts Freed in Daring Attack. Ben] K.>ng. .U:ne 2. A serious outrage occui re:! in Amoy last Sunday morning, when a «?srg of 100 Commjnist-bandits attacked tl"> city gaol and freed more than 50 convicts. The affair was all the more daring because it took place
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    • 255 6 Canton Imposes Heavy Import Tax. Canton. May 26. The new special tax on forei?n artificial silk imported into KwangtunR, amounting to S1G per picul, goes into effect today. The Canton Government has created a a new office, known as the Office for the Collection of the Special Tax
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    • 337 6 Steps to Raise the Money. MOSCOW CONFERENCE PROBLEMS. Mo-co-.v, May 27. Dr. Ko TV-hui. head of the CUMM 11 1 1 the Sino-8ovM Conference, ir Um in;.- :i:i interview today, deeliire.l that China is prepared to'pnrehaM hi' CUbcm Eastern Railway from the .^i-.ict Union.
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    • 101 6 A Bronze Statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Canton, May 28. A big bronze statue of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, presented to Canton by a group of Japanese, arrived from Shanghai today. The stniue was made in Japan by a noted Japanese sculptor, and was first
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    • 368 6 Press Asked to Leave Meeting. V ncetiag of the ChiMM Chamber *f Commerce, i] ,ng Kong, was held on June 10 for the purpose of discussing th<< question of proposed increase of local Press representatives were invite:! and attended the meeting:, but were requested to retire prior
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    • 95 6 Wife Attempts Suicide When Husband Leaves Her. A Chinese hmbud'l dislike for bobbed Kair rMahed in his wilp attempting to rommit ■nicide last w««k, reports the Shanirhai ChilMM PrMB, It appears that the WOIHM rut her hair ;r.e urevious day wiLhout fii-^t obtaining the husband.* permission.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 253 7 iLHAMBRI THE THEATRE OF PERFECT SOUND M n |Bl REPRODUCTION 9 6.15 p.m. TONIGHT 9.15 p.m. WILLIAM FOX Presents ELINOR GLYN'S Sensational Melodrama of Masculine a IT* SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS with WARNER BAXTER, CATHERINE DALE OWEN and CLARK and McCULLOUGH in BATH BETWEEN An All-Tulkinsi Comedy Riot. MATINEE TOMORROW
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    • 394 7 Q6Q6QQ Q<c)Q®OQ Q® QQOQ GQO\<. y < 0 °___r_______T«_r^Mii, _j_r a El b° k °m\ ■WV *J Bo< I __r m ___fl L I Hoe; l^^^J^B_B_^^^^l I 0- l s^ni THE HOME OF CAPITAL ENTERTAINMENT. TONIGHT AT 6.15 9.15 MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 3.15 (Children Half-Price to Matinees) Unanimously
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    • 272 7 PAVILION SSSST From Sunday, Jinx- 1"> t',» Satur'lu.v, Juno at 9.15 i».m. sharp. EVE'S FILM EVERYBODY'S REVIEW THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE JEAN HERSHOLT AND SALLY O'NEIL THE GIRL ON" THE BARGE He struck fear into her hoart, bjt the omiueiitij,' power of love tuin^cl .her hale to happiness. In the
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  • 914 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Shipbuilding Brightest Spot." The brightest spot in the country's industry at this time is shipbuilding, declared Mr. Koland K. Smith, Shipping Board Commissioner for the Gulf section, in a message of encouragement with respect to the future of the United Staten merchant marine to
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 186 8 Due to World-Wide Trade Slump. It was denied in the House of Commons on May 13, by the Minister of Agriculture I then Mr. Noel Buxton) that the hard times through which the British farmer is now pa-sing is due to the dumping of German cereals on
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    • SHARE MARKET REPORT.
      • 117 8 Rose Macphail Penman, Ltd. Singapore, June It. London.—Rubber fld., up 1-lCd. Noon prices 'London Standard) Spot lO'.i cents. London. Tin £140 10s., up 10s. Mining-. fcasicr. Sungvi Ways 2..10-2.70, Kaekais i.OC-i.OO, Kintas 1.05-1.07, Malaya C msols. 20-22 cents, Juhans IMI cents. Sungei Luas 1.25-1.30, Ulu KJaiurs :'O-9."> cents, PcaawaU 51-56
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    • 109 8 To be Offered on British Market. I It v«! officially announced on May 15 that a considerable quantity of Russian barley, now lying at Hamburg, and which it was hoped would be sold in Germany, is lo be transported to England to be offered to the English market.
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    • 487 8 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.— Ist Sunday alter Tr nity. Jun.' 22. IIKSO, 7 a.m., Jloiy r,,mn. 7.30 a.m.. Matin*; 8 a.m., (Choral) I Holy ("inn. M a.m., Sunday School at St. Andrew's Scnool 5.30 p.m., i choral i bven-M-nir ami Sermon: Holy Coinn. on Mon.. Wed. ml Fr.day at
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    • 7 8 Mandai-Tekong (Singapore 1.— 11,128 lb.
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    • 251 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, June 21. O.i London, Bank 4m s 23 1510 Demand 23 3 1 Private 3m. credit 2IK On New York, demand 56 1/10 Private 90 d/s 57H On France, Bank T.T. 1429 On India, Bank T.T. 154% On Hong Kong. Bank T.T. On Shanghai, Bank T.T. 160% aom.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 472 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 21 '6 23 u -o Aycr Hitam Tin 11 12 cd. £1 £1 bantfnn Tin 18 ii 20. 1 1 HaiaiiB Padang U.1U 0.14 1 1 Batu Caves 0.50 0.60 1 1 Uukit Arung U.40 0.50 £1 £1 liurmah Malay
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      • 226 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* 2 2 Alejc. Brick Trcfs. 2.15 2.30 •i 2 Alex. Brick Ordn. J.'iU 2.H) £1 £1 B-it. Am. Tobccro 6.3.0 0.8.6 t 1 Central £ngm« U.40 0.60 nora. 1 1 Cycle and Carriages: 0.44 U.45 num. 10s. 10s. buff Development 4/6 6/6 C Uunlop
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      • 117 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of ISJ26 red. 1931-36 10J 106 ci. r Singapore Munic.pal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 67c r'*o»Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.c. <>t lti.iT r»<l Mat ii koo ikio 91 nar ol IJU7 red. IJ4. J1.600,000 96 par Singapore Municipal
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      • 385 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt s quotations. Today's Prices Frastr Lyall A Co. PMli Alleuby ($1) 1.10 l.lio 1.10 1.25 Alur OajaK ($1) 1.00 1.20 1.10 1.20 A. Ililani (*li 1.J0 2.U0 ijMlJtu. .V. huning i. ->4 j 0.26 O.oj v.io Mm A. Malay ($2; 1.50
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    • 1070 8 Improved Results. BENEFIT FROM FORWARD CONTRACTS. The seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the F.M.S. Rubber Planters Estate, Ltd.. was held in London on May 21, Mr. J. A. Macgregor, M.8.E., J.P. (chairman of th" company), presiding. The representative of the secretaries (Messrs. Ly all Anderson and I'u
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    • 74 8 Rugby, June 20. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.0!" i, Athens 375. Bombay Is. r > 25-32 d Berlin 20j;7, Brussels 34.82^, Bucharest 818, Rio Ma, Buenos Aires 42 9-16, Copenhagen 18.15%. Geneva 25.09, Helsingfors 193, Hong Kong Is. 3'sd., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 41.2%, Milan 92.77, New York 4.85 31-32,
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  • 172 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Saturday, June 21 11. W. iuH a.m., 7 ft. 1 in., G.SC p.m, 7 fl C in. Sunday, June 22. II W. Ml :i.m.. 7 fl Ml p.m, 7 ft. 8 In. Anniversary of Coronation of King Oeeege V. Monday, June 2.1. JI. W. 7.12 a.m.,
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  • 161 8 Today. Tcnibilahan anil Indrawn (Rokaa) p.m. M.n. Latiuan, North Borneo and Jolo I Maruuu I 1 li.in. Hl.io, Hi Hi to ii, Java. Bouth-West Sumatra, .South-Ka.-i Boraea, Celcbts, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Ds Wecrtl 4 p.m. Labokun Uii.k and Tandjoni; lialei (V.iii.r 4 p.m. Coyloa, Sonthara and
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  • 43 8 By Mnhv.i Sibajuk Tnlma P.rfjputana DVLrtagnan K. Her Nclorlamlc 1 Indiapocrs l-.ft Arrd. S'porp l.iinui'ii Apr. 18 May 10 Apr. Hay IS Apr. a May 17 May May 14 Apr. 30 May 2fi May 2 May iii May U June 2
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  • 207 8 Bstarfey, turn* !l. Ships iliini;-.iili I hi- Wharves or expected to arrive. KKI'PEI. HARBOUR. :.!ain w:-aif Pinna, Dolphin I"". W. i:t. I. Crow, I'.-.1-.k. Oil Wharf I!.. MS. Herald. Coal Wharf Patrol. Loliif". nnw in dkv dooul Tnuj'in; l'agar. AlLn-i Dock Sti mb Lctr. H. Craw '.-ii
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  • 111 8 Caendariaaa Tin Drodcing (first hnlfi. Dredge 2211 I. ours, :,<(0 plculs. Stopped three days. Hjrdraulicinf Id |>ioul» Gravel pumpinc 2"i piculs. Stopped three day». Opening out new (rorkiaga. Kamuntins Tin Dredgiag Hirst h;;lf > KM picul>, Hfiu hours. Paagnn iiivi-r Tin Concessions (lirst half). 871 piculs, 396 hours.
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  • 64 8 Programme of drills ui> lo and for week •adiac June Saturday. June 11, 'J B.m, BuMt Timali Runirr, S.R.I:, a ClassiAcation Tiiblc "A"; 3.30 p.m.. Biflaß, iCiinrsci < Camp. Sunduy. June 730 a.m.. Bukit Timah Range, S.R.K. IVI, Classißeatloo Table "A"; 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Kanitf. S.V.K.A., Spoon
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 279 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, ihinc. Humidity tion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor SUar .88 74 0.11 9.7 03 Cnlm Overcoat KuU Bhitru XU 7J O.:i8 8.3 71 SSW 10 Overcast K. Trcngifanu No report.
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  • 349 9 Advance in Tin Price Not Maintained. RUBBER SHARE MARKET INACTIVE. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Sineaporc, Saturday, 10 a.m. T<xla>'s I'rices Kuliier. IH'i cents por lb. Tin, 175 tons at $68'/i per picul. Ycstantsy'l I'rice-s Kiihlcr. London fid. per lb.. up 1-lGd. New York 11 J4J 4 cts.
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  • 249 9 Views of an Empire Free Trader. We are now taeiae an economic war of momentous consequence to everyone in the country." declared Mr. P. J. Hannon, M.P., al the meeting of the Midland branch of the Xational L'nion of Manufacturers in Birmingha.n on May 13, when sneaking
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  • 248 9 Proposed (ierman Legislation. A Hill regulating bunking business has been elaborated by the German Government, ad r being examined by the Economic i ouncil of the B«ich. The liill provides that any Arm ne Irons of accepting deposits has to rejuirt its intention to the authorities.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1222 9 Mr. H. L. Coghlan's Optimistic Outlook. The fourth annual general meeting of the members of the Gopcng (Perak) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, King William Street House, Arthur Street, London, E.C., on May Hi. Mr. li. L. Coghlan, chairman,
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    • 58 9 Tone of Market :—Quiet. Latest Cable —London Spot Sheet 6d. per lb. New York :—Spot Sheet G. cents 1194 per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot July lAugust ►July-Sept. Get -Dec. Buyers 20 20% 20>i 21 Seller: 20 k 20
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    • 761 9 Necessity of Long-Term Capital. In an article on money and industry the latest issue of the Westminster Bank's Review says that on the whole the omens of 1930 favour a relatively speedy rather than a long-drawn-out trade recovery. It may be that the point now reached is not
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    • 258 9 Effect of the May Stoppage. Lewis and Peat, Ltd., report under date .Mine 20;: NO further drop has been seen during the past week and the tone, of the market is slightly better. There has been no nervous selling and dealers have been good buyers of any parcels
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    • 406 9 Dues to be Reduced Next September. The board of the Suez Canal Company has decided to recommend the following dividends for the year 1929 Share capital--Fi5.667.01 gross, or Frs.s3o tax free, per share, against Fr5.644.57 gross, or Frs.slo net, in 1928. Bonus shares Fr5.654.51 gross, or Fr5.522.60
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    • 245 9 Who Caused the Wall Street Collapse Who caused the catastrophic collapse in Wall Street last autumn The answer is apparently lying side by side with the pro-ve-rbiul needle in a haystack. Mr. Irving Fisher, the notud American st&tislican and economist, has endeavoured to find the ar.fv.er in his
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    • 213 9 Adverse Effect of Duty Revision. A week afro the directors of the British Burm;ih l'ctruleiim Company announced an interim dividend of 1 'ad. per share, as against 2'itd. last year. They have issued a circular explaining their reasons for the reduction, and in this recall that at the
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    • 64 9 Orders from Norway For British Firm. Yet another batfch of order* for whalimr vessels for Norwegian owners have bei n placed with British firms. Messrs. Workman Clark, of Belfast, have reoeived an order for a vessel to be fittod as a floating- whale oil refinery of 2-1,000
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    • 591 9 A London Chairman's View. The possibility that low prrees may temporarily foice the native producer off the rubber market, and thereby bring about a beneficial reduction of output, was envisaged by Mr. Arthur Young, chairman of the Foothills (Malaya) Robber Estate, Ltd., at the annual meeting of
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    • 459 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following are the prices, cents per catty where no' otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore markets on June 20, as furnished by the Food and .Market Inspector Meat.— Beef steak (round) 60 per catty, l.cef stew ;r curry 45, pork, lean 60,
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    • 147 9 Dividend of Ten Per Cent. For Year. The profit of Dalkeith (Ceylon) Rubber Estates for 1029 was £17,206 (agst. £22,824). I. tate capitul expenditure has been written off, absorbing £:i,!)87 iaj;-t. £2,675) provision made for directors' extra remuneration £860 (agst. £1,1411 final dividend of 5 per cent,
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  • 1204 9 Harnessing the Jordan. FIRST STAGE NEARING COMPLETION. The harnessing "f the 1 Til-foot fall of the Jordan and the Yarniuk livers icwil the short six miles of the Si i of Galilee was begun some three years ago. [a I'ecember, 1927, when I first v -.ted
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  • 940 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930. CALLING A BLUFF. Although there was something in the nature of a rebuff in Mr. Raamy MacDonald's reply to Mr. Lloyd George's latest offer of his services to the Socialist Government, raecat events tend to confirm the view that ft Labour-Liberal fusion
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  • 387 10 Mr. W. K. Rigby, M.C.S.. returned from Home leave on June IC. Mr. Noel Coward has returned to Eniland, liuvlnjr completed his tour of thy East. Mr. D. Hillary, assistant superintendent of S.S. Police, has been granted Home leave. Mr. A. D. York, M.0.5., has been appointed
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  • 784 10 THE GRANDMAMAS OF 1970. What Will They Think Of Their Grandchildren. By Lady Norah Bentinrk (the wellknown Society woman, who wrote "The ex-Kaiser in Exile") Forty years, forty years, forty years on who will be grandmamas then, anl what will they be like Although it is difficult to imagine the
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  • 705 10 "HIS MAJESTY'S SOCIALISTS." This from a letter received by the last mail I have just finished reading an enormous volume of Soviet decrees and laws. The- words 'toiling masses' appear in an average three tini to a pugo. The League of Nations is referred to only
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  • 37 10 Mr. G. P. de Martin, M.P.E., Inspect... <f English Schools in Hong Kong, has uppointed Acting Director of Education in succession to Mr. E. Ralphs, who left for Home on June I on retirement from Government service.
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  • GREAT BRITAIN AND MALTA—THE VATICAN'S REPLY.
    • 676 11 Cause of All Religious Difficulties." VATICAN REPORT. Unable to Accept Electoral Truce. Vatican City, June 80. A White Book issued regarding the Malta dispute attributes to Lord Strickland, the Prime Minister, an erastian mentality constantly seeking to destroy the privileged position of the church assanctioned by the
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  • 55 11 Lottery Won by Editors Who Denounced It. Havana. June 2. The liist prize in the Cuban lottery has been won bj the editorial itafl of the newspapei El Cams Gueyana of Camogue; City, which three days ago had in an editorial denounced the National Lottery as "illicit
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  • 28 11 Another Reduction Announced In U.S.A. Chicago, June W. The Pederal Reserve Hank of Chicago has reduced the rediscount rate from four to a'a per cent. Beater,
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  • 65 11 Attempt on Hinkler's Record. London, June 20. It transpires that an aeroplane flown by Mr. J." Matthews, who was formerly mechanic to Capt. Bert Hinkler, with Mr. Hook, a wealthy young man, as companion left Lympne yesterday morning on a very secret attempt to make a
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  • 79 11 May Production Down By Only 15,187 Tons. There was an error in the hastily compiled summary of the rubber statistics for May which appeared in yesterday's issue of the Straits Times. The April production figure for estates of over 100 acres was given as 22,201 tons instead of
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  • 89 11 Record Time for Senior Event. Rugby, June 20. The senior motor-cycling Tourist Trophy race, W r seven laps, aggregating 24ti miles, in the Isle of Man. was won by \V. Handley. riding a 4.9lJ Rudge-Whitworth. in three b >urs 3:5 minutes 30 seconds. This was minutes 2S seconds
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  • 98 11 Example of Great Britain Quoted. Paris, June 20. In the tonne of a debute in the Cham- ir on recent treats in Indo-China. M. Varenne, a member of the Opposition and a former Governor-General of Indo-Chin.i, urged the appointment of a commission to study the necessary measures to
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  • 264 11 Coolie Defends Money With Pruning Knife. Hatton (Ceylon), June 11. A cat ol an estate coolie being robbed ct over l!s. 2.000, which he was carry in? to the estate, was reported to the Hatton l»olkv yesterday afternoon from Abergeldie. It would appear that, yest.rday being pay-day, a
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  • 90 11 Governor Asks for Sympathetic Co-operation. London, June C. Sir Herbert Stanley, Governor of Cey1< :i. speaking at a dinner given by the lloyal Empire Society in honour of the Imperial Press Conference delegates, appealed for sympathetic attitude towards the watfetag of the new Ceylon (institution. He hoped that
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  • 363 11 New Arrangement. DIVISION OF EMPIRE RECEIPTS. Rugby, June 20. A memorandum on the British receipts from German reparations under the Hague agreements, is issued. It explains that the total annual receipts of the United Kingdom comprise, firstly, the share which the United Kingdom is entitled to
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  • 129 11 Shots Fired to Disperse Rioting Crowd. Bombay, June 10. A riot has occurred at Kathlal, in the Kaira district. The exact cause of the trouble ha* not yet been ascertained, but it is understood that Hindus stoned a tajia (Moslem image) and its bearers, severely damaging the tajia
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  • 76 11 British Proposals for East Africa Condemned. Berlin, June 20. The Press of all parties sharply condemns the British proposals for the amalgamation of the East African eoloafae, including th. ex-German mandated territory. It is pointed out that this is not only a deliberate breach of the Versailles Treaty,
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  • 58 11 To Visit the Antwerp Exhibition. Rugby, June 20. It is stated that the Prince of Wales, travelling by air, will pay a brief visit to Pelgium durin r the last we^k of July. The Prince baa decided to visit the Belgium Centenary Exhibition at Antwerp, and will
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  • 72 11 Network of Lines to Cover All Europe. Berlin, June 20. The World's Power Congress today considered a scheme to build up a PanEuropean power system which would cost two milliards of marks. The scheme would consist of six main lines, the first from Calais to Lisbon, thq
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  • 186 11 French Indignation. CANADIAN DUTIES NOW EFFECTIVE. Paris, June 20. Indignation is rife at the new American tariffs. The customs committee of the Chamber passed a resolution demanding negotiations with the United States with a view to a reduction of taiiffs, alternately urging retaliatory measures. M. Harriet,
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  • 84 11 Storm of Protest Against Proposals. Berlin, June 20. Dr. Hopkeraschoff (a Democrat), who is Minister of Finance in the Prussian Cabinet, will succeed Herr Moldenhauer as Minister of Finance in the Reichstag, on condition that he is allowed a free hand to cut down expenditure. Heir Moldenhauer's proposals
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  • 72 11 Neutral in Political Colour. Cairo, June 20. Ismail Sidky Pasha has formed a Cabinet of neutral political colour. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hafez Azizi Pasha, is a Liberal Constitutionalist, and accepted office on personal and not party ground. The Wafd, which was addressed by the ex-Prime Minister,
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  • 210 11 Ceylon Father's Search For A Coroner. Tangalle (Ceylon) June It. Lying for four days without burial the body of an infant, who died of snakebite, in the Tangalle district, of Ceylon, was decomposed by the time an inquest was held and interment was permitted. The father of
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  • 136 11 Householders Protest Against £850 Fine Sequel. Logos. June 10. Notices have been posted at Aba, Nigeria, announcing that the Aisican householders of the town will be fined a total of £850 as punishment for the riots there last Dccembei. Meetings of protest against the fine were held
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  • 89 11 British Open Golf Championship. Bobby Jones, the famous American golfer, added the British open championship to his other successes yesterday, winning at Hoylake, after being liehind at the end of the third round. He thus becomes the holder of the British open and amateur and
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  • 133 11 Employers' Group Walks Out at Geneva. Geneva, Jun3 20. There have been sharp developments in the committee dealing with miners' hours. Mr. E. Shinwell (Great Britain) stat:d .that, in view of the lack of support for the British proposal for a working day not to exceed seven and
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  • 120 11 Governor's Yacht Holed And Letting in Water. A further message was received from the steam yacht Sea Belle II which ran agroun I on an unchart.d reef off the Perhentian Islands on Tuesday evening. The latest information is that the ship is holed for'ard, and is letting
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  • 114 11 Carol's First Wife Pleased At Return. Paris, June 11. Madame Lambrino, King Carol's first wife, in an interview in her villa at Neuilly regarding King Carol's return to Rumania, said •'I am so glad. It is the best thing for him and for the e-ountry. He ought
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  • 114 11 Deadlock Reached At Moscow. Mr. Mo Tc-hui. the head of the Chinese delegation at the Sino-Soviet Confenaee now Uiking place in Moscow, with a view to the settlement of outstanding questions relating to the Chinese Eastern Railway, has wired to the Foreign Office at Nanking to .say that
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  • 53 11 Received by President At White House. Washington. June 20. President Hoover received Rear-Admiral Byrd and the members of his expedition to th«> Antarctic on the lawn of the White Hou.-v, and congratulated them on they* achievements. In the evening Rear-Admiral Byrd was presented with the National Geographic Society's
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  • 52 11 Amsterdam, June \'l. Heavy rain fell in the vicinity of Amsterdam after the airman, Veraart, had released ;t,OOO pounds of pulverised ice clouds from his aeroplane at a height of 8,500 feet. Mr. Veraart is a Dutch engineer, whose claim attracted considerable attention from farmers and others in
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  • 655 11 Seizure of the Tientsin Customs. ALL WORK CEASES. Position of Mr. Lenox Simpson. Nanking. June 20. Dr. C. T. Wang, the Foreign Minister, •stated this morning that the National Governm.nt is taking drastic steps to deal with the Tientsin Customs M its own initiative. Since it now
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  • 128 11 Conservative Leader Opposes Tariff Changes. Winnipeg, .June 10. Canada First," the slogan of the Conservative Party, was enunciated by the leader of the Opposition, Mr. R, B. Bennett, in opening the election campaign with a speech which was broadcast throughout the country. He declared that the Government,
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  • 1036 12 Widow's Complaint. TWO YEARS' RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT. On the complaint of a Chinese widow of independent means, who alleged that she had been induced to part with two sums of $5(.0 each and a further sum of 19,891.16, an Kntrlish-speaking Chinese, described as a real estate broker, was
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  • 455 12 Petrol Dealers Who Raised Prices. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 20. The fact that local dealers alone were responsible for the rise in the price of petiol which took place here at the beginning of the month was disclosed at a committee meeting of the Selangof
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  • 226 12 Indian Student Takes Off Foreign Cloth. Madras, June 12. An unusual extra turn caused the police last nitrht to stop the performance of a drama at the Wall-Tax Theatre. Yesterday morning it was announced that an Indian drama entitled Valli would be enacted, and that Mr. Visvanathadas,
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  • 118 12 American Millionaire With Liquor Aboard. Julius Forstmann, the American millionaire, has run foul of the law at Honolulu. His yacht, one of the newest Bad ::nest in the world, has been seized by customs authorities for having liquor aboard. Under American law only British ships or those of
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  • 54 12 When a Tamil was charged in the Kuala Lumpur police court on Wednesday with the theft of a F.M.S. Railways turban and a Universal badge, Court Chief Inspector Doel, who prosecuted, stated that accused was also suspected of the theft of a police constable's turban and badge in an affray
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  • 733 12 Ironside-Kwangsi Armies. ARE THEY MARCHING NORTH OR SOUTH Shanghai, June 20. Messages from Hong Kong state that General Chang Fat-fui's Ironsides," and some of the allied Kwangsi forces, have now reached Pingsiang, the Kiangsi Province terminus of the railway which runs west across the border
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  • 45 12 Not Affected by Taxes In Vatican State. Salt and tobacco have been chosen aa the first commodities to be taxed since the Papacy regained temporal power. Only the Pope and the Cardinals, actually living in the Pontificial State, are exempted from taxes.
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  • 523 12 A Year of Progress And Forward Movement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 20. Geneially speaking the year has been one of progress and forward movement for the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A., state the directors of that body in the annual report which is to be presented
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  • 314 12 Strange Scene in Senate Committee. Washington, June 5. A dramatic termination of efforts to compel Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. to testify before the Senate Lobbyist Committee came today, when the Bishop, in the midst of a barrage of questions which he had refused to answer, suddenly rose
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  • 65 12 Government Action Taken In Penang. The Chinese Social Club, Penang, has been dissolved by order of Government for contravening Section 17 of Ordinance No. 116 (Societies). Tl'is section provides that any registered society or exempted society being used for unlawful purposes or for purposes incompatible with the
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  • 853 12 Local Councils. DECENTRALISING THE ADMINISTRATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Me.lan, June 16. Today we are on the eve of the most important Government reforms in the Dutch East Indies the decentralisation of the administration. As long as 25 years ago tlfj necessity for decentralisation of
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  • 104 12 Stranger Stabbed At Meeting. London, June 7. New Yoik. Memberß of the Voodoo Cult who were holding a meeting at Manzanillo Orient were at the height of their incantations, moaning and beatin.-. 1 tho air. when a man, Romero, staggered in:o their midst, blood streaming from a devp
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  • 79 12 Young Ex-Soldier and Girl Found Dead. London, June 11. Alfred Swainc (29), who was discharged from the Horse Artillery in India twj years ago, was found shot dead in v field near York. Nearby was the body of the 16-year-old daughter of a police-sergeant. It is alleged that
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • The Greatest Golfer in the World.—Home and Local Cricket—Boxing.
    • 175 13 Match with Schmelling In September. Not York, June 20. A return Lout between Max Schnu'lling rrd Jack Sharkey has been fixed up for •September. Only certain details remain to be settled. Renter. WkM Schmelling and Sharkey met in New York on June 12 in a contest announetd as
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    • 145 13 Early Reverse of P.S. and L. Batsmen. A disastrous start marked the oponIng of thu P. S. and L. inninjcs in their luuinaim-nt mauh ajrainct the Merchants, which bogM on the- Pr.dang yenteiday. Vcuv of their best wickets fell (•> tlie atlacl:, in which Ashworth was prominent. The
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  • 704 13 Compston's Great Effort. UNPRECEDENTED SCENES AT HOYLAKE. London,' June 20. l; .1 bj -lines won the British open golf championship :;i Qojrlaki with an aggre- 291. t'lu.s won an exalted niche in the letnpla >!' golfing, .becomin-j the BimaHaaceci holder of the British amateur, tlu 1
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  • 27 13 Vale Beats Harvard By Five Lengths. Xiv. fond—. Conn.. June 20. Yale University beat Harvard by five lengths i:i the ;inn-.ial !>oat race. Reuter.
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  • 102 13 Now Limited to Four Days Instead of Five. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. The Turf Club here have decided to limit the iiutumn meeting to four days J 'I df live. The dut are now July J.'. and 80, and Augu?t 2 and 4. It has
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  • 235 13 Cheng Phiat Nets Four Times for Post Office. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 20. A mild surprise was sprung in yesterday's !ie:ni-final tie of the- Government when the Post Office knocked out the P.W.D. by four goals to nil. The P.W.D. were fancied the stronger side on
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  • 252 13 S.R.C. Withdraw from Reserve Division. i The S.K.C. were unable to raise a team tr. meet the 2nd Welch Regt. in a Reserve Division game at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, s>nd thus conceded the points." At the same time they <-.iinoi.nceo their withdrawal from that Division. The
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  • 38 13 The following ties in the S.C.C. snookor championship is announced Monday.—C. E. Winter v. K. H. McFarlane. Tuesday.—J. Led v. G. L. Wyatt V. P. F. Walsh v. J. B. Williamson. Wednesday.—J. Frewin v. H. Gray.
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  • 530 13 Fine Century at Oval. SURREY DEFY TOURISTS' BOWLERS. 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 20. The match ut the Oval between Surrey and the Australians ended in a draw. The tourists took their over-night total to 388 without further loss and declared. and then, thanks
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  • 34 13 Mrs. G. F. Jackson Wins Empire Dock Cup. In the final for the Empire Dock Cup at the Keppel Golf Club Mrs. G. F. 2 Jackson beat Mrs. W. Marshall one up.
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  • 41 13 I A few minutes after he had told on- g lookers that although it looked dangerous it was really quite safe. Mr. John A. Miller, of Ivy House, Brighouse, Yorkshire, was killed while motor-boat hurdling on Carr Mill dam, St. Helens.
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  • 506 13 A "Wrestling" Match. MUTSU'S GREAT FIGHT WITH MORALES. Jimmy Flores, who came to Singapore with a big reputation from various parts of. the world, including the United States, did not live up to his record when he met the local boxer, L. S. Fond, at
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  • 146 13 Handicaps for Today At Taiping. The handicaps for today's races at the Taiping Turf Club's amateur meeting are as follows I.— Burok 11.7, Lancrcost 10.0, Ajtnes 10.0. Silent Me<r 9.5. Star la,!, 9. 2.— Taiping II 11.2, Panrilla 10.0, Fortalone 10.S, Gay Deceiver 9.8, Valcdino 9. 3.— Coragh
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  • 240 13 Further Results in Both Leagues. New York, June 23. Further results of baseball matches arc as lollows National League. Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 11 7. Chicago beat Boston 10 4. Pittsburg beat New York B—4.8 4. Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 2—l.2 1. Chicago beat Boston 7—3.7 3. St. Louis
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  • 119 13 Singapore Championship Ties. Owing to the wet weather, play in the Singapore tennis championships on the S.C.C. courts has b«cn suspended throughout the week. The following ties have been, arranged for tomorrow 9 a.m. Bong Soo vs. Haridas. John Lim vs. Abed. Roy Smith vs. N. S. Wise. Matsukawn
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  • 92 13 Great Cricket Personality To Retire. An announcement was made in mail MM* that Wilfred Rhodes has intimated to Lord Hawke that he will retire from hrst-class cricket after tiiis season. Ithode.*, who was born on Oct. 29, 1877 has taken 4,068 wickati in first-class <ricket at a cost
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  • 200 13 'r.lurday, June 21. Cricket S.C.C. Tourn., Merchants vs. P.S. and L.. S.C.C. Etceteras vg. 2nd Welch, Tantslin 8.8.1, ts. S.R.C, S.R.C. Football Ist Div., Indo-Ceylones* «s. Chinese, Jalan Bcaar. Sunday, June 22. Cricket S.C.C. vs. S.R.C, S.C.C. Footbali Ist Div., R.A.F. vi. 2nd Welch Rest. Stadium Res. Div.,
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  • 599 13 Bowlers' Superiority. GOOD PERFORMANCE BY BOWES BROOKES. Whether it is the result of the changes in the rules of cricket to handicap the batsmen or the vagaries of the weather making the wicket more to their liking, bowlers are certainly having a much better time this
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  • 250 13 Changes in Test Match Rules Suggested. The Imperial Cricket Conference, ut th.ir meetinr at Lord's in mail week, recommended important alterations to rules, which will not come into force until tho countries represented have approved of them. They include the following A crick ter can be qualified to
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  • A PAGE FOR WOMEN READERS
    • 304 15 Things to Wear And To Avoid VARIETY is always kind to the plump woman, for it means that she may rhooßS to place her homline or waistline where it is most borominsr, and tho longer skirt gives her. not merely an added inch, but
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    • 344 15 Ogres Don't Stimulate Mental Growth, /CHILDREN have extremely vivid imaginntion.-:. This should always l>c born in mind by P'othcrs whrn telling their children stories. What is but a fanciful talc to a jjrown up," may mean hours of secret terror to the child mind. Afraid of the Dark.
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    • Article, Illustration
      24 15 A jaunty caut- makes this flowered cotton frock look quite important. Society women in London are strongly supporting the Lancashire cotton industry.
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    • 67 15 Musk mould with lemon jelly, arrange a pretty decoration of quartered apricots, angelica and cherries in the centre, and ?tand Savoy biscuits round the cage. Fill with a Charlotte Russe mixture to which has been added some sieved apricot pulp, some apricot juice, and a little extra gelatine.
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    • 79 15 SMOKING A LUXURY. I T^ H E question whether smok- J ing is a luxury or a necessity to modem voman wps put to J J Judge Roper Reeve, X.C.. sitting at Wor- 4 tester. 1 His decision that a wife cannot pledtre t hoi- liusband's credit t J for
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    • 698 15 IL-SOME OLD SINGAPORE HOUSES. W^E give below the second of a scrien of articles by Sc'amal," tolling of life in Malaya forty years a«o. T'lIE fir<t time I was ever at the Gov-; ernment bungalow of Bukit Timah was at a picnic given by some of
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      37 15 Here is a trim little cotton frock for murninn. with a tucked vestce. The frock has little sleeves indicating that it is very much a 1930 model. It also has a short jacket to match.
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    • 88 15 FROCKS in pale shades of blue are ideal for the silver blonde, and are becoming: popular with the bride? of 1930. One such ensemble has the gown Tashioned in steel-blue velvet, and has a 'ull fluivd skirt, joined to a fitted hipyoke. The skirt falls to the ground
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    • 321 15 Fashion Invents Two JVeii? Powders. I^o tone with the loaf green and royal blue dresses fashion ha; decreed that women shall wear two new shades of powder Both the~e dresF-colours an trying to ►he complexion. Both are apt to make tie skin look pale. The
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    • 268 15 bar Those Who Like A Small Lunch. QO many women now prefer a lijf'it lunch that cooks art- racking brains to levise little tasty dishes to meet the deiraml. Hero arc some reeipoi which produce excellent results The first egg dish is served in an oval fireproof platter
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    • 47 15 To clean dark brown paint dissolve in cold water overnight, Ib. of size and one pennyworth of household borax. Pu> half this mixture in a pail of warm water and wash paint. Finish with leather wrung out of clean warm water. Use remainder of mixture as required.
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  • 564 17 Processions in Spite Of Orders. Bombay, June 12. Mr. Ilcaly, the Commissioner of Police. prohibited a procession, organised foi iliis evening by the Congress Committee, to celebrate the day on which martial law was declared at Sholapur last month. The Congress "War Council" resolved to take
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  • 192 17 55 Dead in Shipping Disasters. London. June 4. I ifty-five persons tost their lives yesterday in two shipping disasters— one in the English Channel and the other on the Magdalena River in Colombia, Bouta America. message from Bogota, the capitui of Colombia, says a terrific explosion
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  • 71 17 Bribery Charge Against Two Chinese Dismissed. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June M. A < him X pas.-. -tiger of the s.s. Hong King and a Chinese Re-venue Officer were in the police court today with abetting and rcasiviag a bribe, during a .can]] of deck paSSßßgail'
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 162 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. It is pleasing to s^; thr.t the Government is handing over two and a half million dollars out of the so-called Hypothetical Fund for the benefit of the rubber industry, but it is most earnestly to be hoped that
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    • 1009 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l was, the other day, trying to put the advice of Mr. Peter Repington on "Heading in bed" into practice. I made the hod M comfortable as he sugm sted and look the local newspapers with me t>>
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    • 156 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—ln Mr. StiUV, aiticle of Tuesday the 17th ins. ant mention is made that he saw in the Lancet thai a dietetic expert had disiove: ed in i-jbber one of the most precious cf t!;e atttrrUve elements, and had hinted at
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    • 443 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—Again yon refer to reports regarding the mystery the Kobenhavn, the famous Oar:-1! t.ain':ijr ship. It is deeph t) b rsgrettad that The Times allowed U meats af Mr. Philip Lindsay, < 1" liiuan da Caaba, to bo published witho :t
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  • 295 17 Kuomintang Imposes "Fine" of $5,000. Shanghai. May 2G. The betting is that Harold Lloyd does not realise in what an important role he has been cast in the local Chinese political drama. Essentially a comedian, he has been unwittingly thrust irito an unfamiliar part. He holds
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  • 501 17 Nizam Supports Round-Table Conference. Stcunderabad. May 25. His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad has issued a manifesto in which he cordially welcomes the RoundTable Conference, and says that it is his intention to make that contribution to the success of the Conference thai is due ironi
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  • 71 17 Proposal for Conference At Geneva. Geneva, June 11. At the labour Conference today. Mr. N. M. Joshi (India), a member of the Workers' Group of the International Labour Office, submitted a resolution in favour of convening a special conference of Asiatic countries, including representatives of organised employers
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  • 50 17 The explanation that he sold chandu to a Tamil as medicine did not save a Chinese, Koi Kow Tat, from a fine of $10 in the Kuala Lumpur police court on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to charges of illicit sale and providing facilities for the consumption, cf the drug.
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  • 482 17 Some Recent Moves In China. According to Sin Kuo Mm cables, received from Hong Kong find Shanghai during the pas. few .lays, the eiTcrts towards peace in China hive not been entirely abandoned. BCWCVCT, considerable seercejr is being observed in connects-. with the ncgovaticni now proceeding ml
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  • 181 17 British Policy of "Full Mandate." Geneve, June At today's Bteeiblg of the Permanent Mandates Commission, Dr. Drummon-I ghiels, Undei -Secretary of State for the Coloi Great Britain, stated that the British Government stood for a full Mandate in Palestine and measures were Icing taken to make the application of
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  • 140 17 Three Chinese Found Guilty Of Smuggling Firearms. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 20. Three Chinese who were recently arrest d at Port Swatteohaßi and charged with bein; In possession of and importing list aims end ammunition were produced before Mr. J. W. W. Hughe-; in
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  • 28 17 Government of Bombay's Appeal. Hyderabad, June 11. The Government of Bombay has appealed against the acquittal of l'iri iVft»i'w »n v oha>.|ii >t mu»U«»i 1
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  • 551 17 Board of Licensing Justices. The popularity c.t Lbs Singapore Koo an the sea coast at Pong f©J with tourists and the local public was referred to by eoaaV Ml before tits Staga] itt Board of Licensing Justices, which at yesterday afternoon. Mi. Wilson, -the
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  • 380 17 Strong Comment By Magistrate. I am very much concerned with the fact of a European Koing into the witness box, electing to give evidence, and thci tilling lies. I have no doubt whatev. r that the European in the case struck the revenue officer. It is quite possible
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  • 24 17 The Scottish Company of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, under Major 1). (i. A. MacLeod, will parade at the Presbyterian t-hurch tiHm>rro\v uL.^.ZJ p,iu.^— ■t
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    • 562 19 AaseU exceed 111,000,000. Anaranre In force over $55,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co.. Ltd. llacorporatsd In the Straits 8«ttl«B«nU.) HEAD OITICK Winchester Honse, Slni»pore. LOSDOH ORIC1 1 17, Old Js»ry «.tJ. f fce Companj has 120,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Enftfctt tod coacpßes wltfc the Britlsa Llfs
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    • 560 19 BANKING" NEDERLANSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about £8,500,000) Paid op Capital Glda. 65,000,000 (about £4,600,000) Reserves Glda. 27,180,365 (about £2,270,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES HATAVIA Head Offlce for Doteh Eaat Ir.diea. SHANGHAI Head Offlce for China and Japan.
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    • 607 19 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed Yl 6.000.000 Capital Paid-up Y12,125,000 President S. Shimada. Esq. DIRECTORS T. Hiaamune. Esq. M. Araki. Esq. N. Yanarita. Esq. N. Takairi. Eaa. T. Yoshida, Esq. HEAD OFFICE Taipch, Formosa (Tainan) BRANCHES AND AGENCIES Amoy Hong Kong
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    • 359 19 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life, Marine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets ««0,000,000 ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY DOES A World Wide Buslnsss. IS Enjoying Rapid Growth. HAS A Policy for Every Need. EaUbliahed 18S7 Breach
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    • 177 20 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES WHY NOT BET THE BESTP FRASER NEAVE LTD. Of^ AERATED j|j WATERS j|| LION BRAND Grand Hotel, Brastagi 4,800 feet above sea-level. Telegraphic Address Vostal Address BRASTAGI HOTEL, BRASTAGI. GRAND HOTEL BRASTAGI, BRASTAGI, SUMATRA, K.C. All telegraphic enquiries must be sent reply paid. Unique health resort in
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    • 172 20 Phone 6188. P. O. Box 662. Associated with Good Tailoring H. B. WINTER Merchant Tailor SHIRT AND PYJAMA MAKER Sole Agent for _Cg2B2*L TS V^^^ fy COLLARS LATKST STYLES and SHAI'KS IX DRESS SHIRTS and COLLARS NOW IN STOCK. 20, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. |MANi| LION |rlm»l|y tfJ'.Jj Some of the
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    • 225 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. I Incorporated in Great Britain I Head Office for Malaya SINGAPORE. Maggi's^Products fialtd a fottiie46~ againittitcfwiTVciiiaivitfi SOUP TABLETS SEASONING OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING PROVISION DEALERS. HENRY WAUGH Co, Ltd., SINGAPORE. PI.NA*Ci AND KUALA LUMTUB. >■ AH! STRAWBERRIES IN CARTONS TRY THEM WITH FRESH
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