The Straits Times, 26 August 1930

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    39 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISH^ NEARLY A CENTURY.} THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 PAGES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930, i'RK'F 10 fcENTS x The Straits Times 23 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930, PRICE 10 CENT
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      92 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 8181). The j STRAITS s BUDGET j is I Malcya'a j Premier j j Illustrated Weekly Ncwpaper. IF YOU APPRECIATE A FOAMING GLASS OF ALE WITH THE HOME FLAVOUR DRINK THE NEW LIGHT WORTHINGTON WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST BEER AT PRESENT OBTAINABLE IN MALAYA.
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      195 1 y '{HiALA LUMPUR! fT, JAVA 3T. CPHONK 3683) tfJtfWoU JEANPATOU J 1^ L*- EXCLUSIVE TO 1 Messrs. ROBINSON CO., LTD. ajCnj^Hu. A few of the very newest vtTJHw Perfumes ai Prices from $9.50 to $28.50. essentially for sports, fresh an(^ invigorating. exquisite, lingering bouquet. !^IE«?KSi^I pour le soir. 19E200-^ i
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      14 1 The STRAITS nvncET is f Malaya's ■C^i Premier j^. Illustrated j Weekly KfkWspaper. t^^AX
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      575 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SLK VICES. VKNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND rAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnnge due Spore. MAI.WA 11.100 Sept. 6 NAGPOBB g2»- KHYHER
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      629 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vesxels Tonnage Due Sail t KAMO MARU 8,000 Aug. 28 29 5 KATORI MARU 10,000 Sept. 11 12 j KA.SHIMA MARU 10,000 Sept. 25 2* YASUKLNI MARU 11,800 Oct. 8 9 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Oct. 22
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      460 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in England) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNET AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamer* trading to Australia, cabins
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      666 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVFRNMENT. Telephone No. 5431, with sub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Repts. and Manager's Desk. Representative for Singapore and Btralta Settlementa of the Travellers Official Information Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dntch Indian Airways.
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      602 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CniNA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES. LONDON, AMSTLRDAM, ROTTEUDA'I. ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AND BREMEN GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW -BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE-LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. (Route
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      584 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING BBJtVICI for Krctay, Trengganu, Kelant.m, Kangnnra. Ti-lupin, Patair, Singora, Laeon, Sichon. Randon, Kuhsamui. l.an^s'jan, Chumpon and liant'koW. Arriv.il Departure Bl DDBADIB In port Au^. VALAVA S,pt. 1 .Stpt. 8 MAI. INI Sept. I K.pt. 10 The simmers are fitted
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      444 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Gcssea Amsterdam Sonthampton Marseille* Rotterdam Tonnage ■.a. Inaulind* 10,000 R.L. Aug. 29 a.s. Prin* der Nederlanden 9,200 S.M.N. Sept. 6 n.v. Baloeran 17,000 R.L. Sept. 12 m.v. Chr. Huygens 15,640 S.M.N. Sept. ID *j.
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      1477 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN LINE I'ASSKNGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Du* Spore sj. CITY OF HEREFORD Sept. 6 i.s. CITY OF JOHANNESBURG Oct. 6 s.s. CHY OK WtttNtPEG Nov.
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      410 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA. WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE JOINT SCHEDULE. Sau ngs for I nited Stnton and Canada F'oints from Hong Kong. San r r.<m-lsru. Seattle, Vanconver and Tacoma P.S. GRAYS HARBOR sails from Hone Kong July 26 S.S.
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      214 3 JASPER NATIONAL PARK Canada* Rocky Mountain playground For hiioklrtg and information, writ", phoi'; or call. L. L. I.AWLRR. Gmeriii ArfsU, Hong Konf liank Chamber*. CANADIAN NATIONAL j The Largest Railway System i» AmaZcm BLUE STAR LINE REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE to LONDON, ROTTERDAM. lIAMBURG and LIVERPOOL. T.s.s. ROYAL STAR Due Sails
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    ECONOMIC UNIT OF EMPIRE.
    1101 4 Infinite Opportunity. POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPMENT. Sir Robert Hadlield, H.T.. J.l'., thBritbth iron and steel BMgaato and rr.Atvaiti»K director o' Hndlields, Ltd., contributes the folbwinj article. I am convinced that an en!ii;hteried. systematic Mrogramnie of intensive imperial development offers to us the one and only compensation for
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    PROLONGED LIFE.
    332 4 People Over 50 Whose Diet Is Wrong. The mysterious secret of enduring life remains without the realm of human possibiiity despite efforts to transplant "lands and inject rejuvenating extract*, Mr. L. W. HuUhcroft, director of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, tcld a radio audier.ee
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    ACCENT AND THE MAN.
    475 4 Standard English And Fruity Cockney. The value of a pood accent as a social asset was discussed recently by Mr. F. G. Blandford, the authority on pronunciation, lecturing on Modep English Pronunciation at the Cambridge University Local Lectures rummer meeting, in the Arts School, Cambridge. In
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    "FATAL RAYS."
    308 4 House Barricaded For Protection. Remarkable evidence was Kiven at an inquest at Chatham recently on Susan Winch, a widow aged 84, of HaywardV Aver.u'j, Strood, near Rochester. The Coroner, Mr. F. V. Budden, said that the woman has been livinp, with her I son and had been much
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
    140 4 France Joins Italy in Her Protest. The French Aero flub re;e-l!y firmed the news that the Aero ()lub of dreat Britain had refused its entry ot three staplancs for th? Schneider Trophy on the (frour.d that the rules have rot been fulfilled. The point nt Issue is the
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    A TRAGEDY OF BLINDNESS.
    406 4 Theatrical Magnate's Sudden Affliction. In a skk room in a lovely house, sot in its own grands in n cup of the Kentish Hills, lies one of the BIOBt heroic tnen of the modem theatre, writes Argonaut in the Evening Standard in July 29. He is
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      138 4 OSh TODAY... J^# 1 he rublic is Interested in jififtAMA^ t he Construction of the Car i Today a motor 'minded public is giving closer scrutiny Quautv is the r s\. L a' n to the engineering features ot the cars it buys. At ifcst l\)hcy ft motor shows everywhere
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      35 4 BLY OR SELL THROUGH THE STRAITS TIMES. KM AM. ADVERTISEMENTS. KNIT WE RISKS/ Smoke Wi^nT^^ iJ^l^i C I GARETTES. COOLER. SWEETER. Th»# »<tv#rii«nn»«nt W i.Mjni L> H.iiiKh kmnnrmm I torroC* Isir»n>' LM llMljrpjrjl,.! .n fn^li^.ll
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      218 5 4_^ I j 1 Gcnaiprin U nude by vVW/fltl BY i GENATOSAN LTD. T T A.JL »,JL I LOUGHDOROUGH. ENGLAND ()i:,iiii.J''t a' all Cbtmists and Q(P if Stons in bottles of 5i tablets *>-' <-*■*- J m HENRY WAUGH CO. LTD., (Formerly Kal: 8.0.. Ltd.l SMS M i Sing.por-, Tcnamf,
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      130 5 Standard ffljM iii^n|tfjfff SELBY TOURER. ALL SALOON MODELS ARE FITTED WITH A SLIDING ROOF. Call and inspect the new models. (SINGAPORE), LIMITED THORN YCR OFT HOUSE, TANK ROAD, SINGAPORE, SS »11W .III.! I I I —^M— i— GOSNELL'S "(I I ORIGINAL CHERRY TOOTH %S3t PASTE PS^Mi! Ootnell'i Cherry Tooth Paste
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      167 5 CAST* IRON 1 RAINWATER TAm* cast-iron goods an manufactured m Imti* by The Eastern Light Castings Co., Lul.. wktu Foundry is designed fur Hie tevmomlcal production of A' ra and Soil Pife* end Fitting?, also Oth \j Up-to-date WKtiudt arc employed \nd ti is in all resp:c!s tqmai I img
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      750 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertising Manager. Straits Times. Cecil Street. Pleis* Insert the fallowing small advertisement for days There are approximately seven word! to a Una and there la a flat rate charge of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Tha
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      650 6 MISCELLANEOUS MARBLES, white Italian. 1, Telegraph St. Madarr.c Barge, manicurist 68, Prinsep St. EUROPEAN MASSEUSE, No. 7, Prince? Street. SPECIAL for the races. All hats 20<; reduction. Priscillu. 33, Stamford Road. FRASER NEAVE'S Malay Hand Book is still the best guide for tha beginner. From all stationers or direct from
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      730 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, 9, Sophia Road. Sami-bunga!ow. Apply Ed. M. Nathan, 88, Da Bouxa Street TO LET, new bungalow, 37, Wilkinson Rd. Rent $100. Apply Caretaker. TO LET, house with compound No. 322, Thompson Road. Apply B. P. de Silva Ltd Jewellers. TO LET, Flat, 316, Orchard Road,
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      580 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, two-storied godown with road and river frontage. Area ground floor about 10,000 sq. ft. Immediate entry. Apply 158. Straits Times. OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. 3rd floor new building, Robinson Road. Passenger lift, mrdcrn mnitation, total area 3,600 so. ft. Apply United Engineers, Limited. TO LET, godowns No.
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      847 6 PRESERVATION OF WILD LIFE. A Commission has been appointed to inquire into the Preservation of the Wild Life of Malaya. One of the terms of reference of this Comn.ission is as follows: To inquire into the allegations of damage done to agriculture by Wild Life to call for and rcco:J
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      711 6 Mdm. KELVEY Presents Her Talented Pupils with ZLATA THE PERFECT PANCER AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE Today at 5..10 p.m. Matinees Adults $2 Children $1 all Parts. BRIGHTER ITEMS ETTER DANCING EAUTIFUL GIRLS EAUTIFULLY GOWNED A BY WONDERS ETTER THAN EVER Don't miss seeing this clever entertainment for young and old.
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      480 7 BUYER'S LIST OF COMMERCIAL HOOKS A BMMaI lor li-mk iliuimK I,iim n.-» m. ii. and <'<iinmrrrial »ludett«. elc. MOM.V, EXCHANGE AND P.ANKING i > their prarlirnl, (hcorpi:-•-.■il an^ Uj;ai asßCCtaa .Ird Ed, ■I pp. *3.fiU TJ X HIHTOBY, LAW, VN'» I'RACIV <■: TIIKSTi ■i. KXCHANGK JMiO '!!J!-. -i INSTM--rRADINti AM)
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      380 7 X \NX An Added Touch of Loveliness How chic this new Cutex Liquid Polish is how flattering to the loveliest hand:-. And how its roft natural lustre wears and wears. A tew touches with the brush and your nails sparkle with an exquisite beauty that lasts an entire wwk. Cutex
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      341 7 I. 4i JSric^r g||Bp Babies thrive only when they assimilate the food I tha/ take. Give then a food that they can digest easUy'tkatis fresh and pun -that builds up bone and muscle- in short" In 4 sizes of all Chemists Stores Repreae'nUtlre— MtTnTnLTnoitm. If. O. Uox 274. Hlnooor.. RUBBER
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      759 7 h l:/ribi« State Fioui Head to Foot Cuticura Healed "I had 3 very Wmtf brcatrin; rut on my fcnreß. It tpsoad v«ry tiov '.o my fore- head, ears, d^\v:i my arrris, aidri and liir.h*. 1 \7*» 3aon in ri tcnlbl* atatt frorh nead to loot. T!.<- -Ud.inr; «a I terrible
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      390 7 r v i i i i i I .i v in. If* EN TRAI*) I \aa^ [ENGINE WORKS L™] ka I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. SANITARY ENGINEERS AND DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS SOLE AGENTS FOR ■Me j^ Royal v. Joulton y London ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
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    DEATH OF BISHOP OF MANGALORE.
    284 8 Right Rev. V. J. D'Souza's Career. A London cable of Aug. M announces the death at Wai irfprd <>f Dr. Valerian H'Sou-.a. the Bishop of Mangalore. Born in North Kar.ara in Sept. 4,1831, and educated at the St. Alovmus College, Mangalore, Valerian J. D'.?ouza joined
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    MONTE CARLO RIOT.
    152 8 Mayor's Election Leads To Trouble. Trouble broke <>ut at Monte Carlo last montfe when a now mayor. M. r>masroni, wai elected in i>!aco of M. Eugene Marquet, who retired when he \v.\i- proi linn d Prime Mini When it wm announced that M. Bernasrcni had l>ecn elected
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    UNLOCKED CASH BOX.
    124 8 Chinese !>entist Reports Loss Of $6,000. (From Our Own Correspomlsat.) Kii:i';i [.urn] or, A A Chii r. tiding at 229 High ti ct, i robbed of •i sniii i eveninjr. It appears about nine (•'clock, leaving I i. door open! and, in returning two and a half
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    MARKET PRICES.
    68 8 Fortnightly List To Be Published. (From Our Own Correspoadsßt.) KlaaCi Auk- The (ulilii- here ire pssaasd that :it recent meeting <>i the Sunitary Board a iMi-iMon «:>■< made that a fortaicaUy list u< current pricei be prepared at the market* in Klani and Port Swottenham fot publication in
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    THE FROTH LINE.
    234 8 "Scanty" Glasses Shown To Royal Commission. Mr Joseph Wilson, a borough councillor of Sunderland, showed to the Licensing Commission recently a number of glasses, by the use of which the trade," he alleged, gave short measure to the public. He also displayed a glass which ha*l a
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    HIGH RATES AND TAXES.
    156 8 Lamentable Failure of Protest Meeting. General <li' satisfaction ha.s r-.anifested itsel/ r.motig the ratepayers and landowners in Ktorg. who are of opinion that while the pre?ent depressed condition of trade warrants a .-eduction in the rates and taxes, tlio action of the Government in raising the
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    SEARCH FOR MANIAC MURDERER.
    427 8 SEARCH FOR MANIAC MURDERER. Two Men Shot Dead In Parked Cars. i i New York, Aujr. 12. Two mysterious murders and written throats to mnssacre fourteen more victims have terrorised tho entire city and sent 1,000 Xew York detectives drsjrnettinp the city in the most extensive and frenzied man-hunt in
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    £2,000,000 BILLS BURNT.
    299 8 German Minister's Drastic Step. The astounding statement was made recently in Berlin that, to conceal from the public the existence of a secret fund of the War Ministry, the former Minister of Finance, Herr Kohler, deliberately burnt Treasury bills to the value of £2,000,000. This is asserted
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    ANTI-SEMITIC RIOTS
    92 8 Amazing State of Affairs In Rumania. Anti-Semitic rioting in Rumania reach- 1 od its climax recently with the burning of the Jewish village of Borcsa in Transylvania. Two hundred and fifty houses were de Itroyed, and .J.OOp Jews "n-ndered homeless by the fire, which blazed with fierce intensity.
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    DESERT MASTODONS.!
    258 8 American Expedition's Find. The discovery, by the Central Asiatic Expedition cf th« American Museum of Natural History, of the remains of pro-historic BMStodcM in a laks bed of the Gobi desert is regarded as exceptionally Interesting. Authorities consulted by a Press representative compare.! it'- value with that of
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    PREMATURE BURIAL.
    188 8 1 French Doctor Says Fears Are Well Grounded. A French doctor's belief in the risks of premature burial is referred U. in th*' current issje of the British Medical Journal. Dr. (iardiol, a deputy, and several of Us colleagues have deposited wKh the Chamber of Deputies in Paris
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    BATAVIA'S RACK CLUB.
    473 8 JAVA LETTER Celebrating the TwentyFifth Anniversary. (From On Own Correspondent.) B ktai ia. Am:. 19. A celebration meeting of the BataviaBuHeniorg Race Oub was held on Aug. 16 ar.d 17. Tha Race Club has existed for the pa-i twenty Bye years, and i; a popular inRtitution ar.ionust
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    GENERAL VON SEECKT.
    178 8 i Rumour that lie Will Enter Politics. Berlin, Auk- 9. The former Commander-in-chief of th<' Rt ichswehr. General Hans von Setvlu will, according to Press reports, inter the I political arena aivl allow himself to be nominated ns a candidate for the Befchj stai by the German
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    SUING FOR £3,250.
    148 8 Film Actress's Claim for A Month's Pay. Miss Di.rothy M;u-kail!, the BHfliah cinema star, has Bled a suit against the Kii't National Picture! Corporation for £3.250. alleced arrears of lalary. It was claimed that for the past month she had not received the salary ilue tn her
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      545 8 IDOZAN <:i p rccnt Fe M ORANGE The Logical Treatment for ANAEMIA. ij afiri>¥Tn¥¥ FORMULA: /fflPl If«lD P Colloidal Iron Concentrate -83 per cent. j OSSeSSeS Pure Alcohol 6 I ?j j.L J?«* suuar 10 izgPg 2^5 that distinction Flavouring 1 gj*, IDOZAN is prepared from the above formula ®tdlm^uW
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      215 9 6-15 TONIGHT 9-15 FOX CORPORATION PRESENT CONSTANCE BENNETT IN CLEVLS KINKHKAD'S WORLD i A.MOUS PLAY "COIION CLAY" with LEW AYRES AND TILLY MARSHALL A beautiful story acted Ihret^hool with utmost sincerity and a charminjj simpli'li.^. Wcrds arc inadequate to express the power of '.hL- acting, the intensity cf the drama
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      212 9 c o t) OO OO < j D cd n o n o Q K 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 One of Filmdom's Daintiest Stars NANCY CARROLL Sings. Dances and Talks for You IN Paramouiu's Delightful Singing and Musical Picture "CLOSE HARMONY" WITH Charles "Buddy" Rogers Hear NANCY CARROLL Sing the bijf
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      362 9 VICTORIA THEA iRE Commencing Saturday Nvx! Augut^ and Xifilitly (it 930 />./». 100' Briti.-. 1 Staging nH Ta!!:in«,' Progra nr.c ELSTREE CALUNG ALL STAR RKVI E, A GALAXY TALBNT A Wave length Aht'-H cf anything you have c MCa «> r heard befem. WILL KVKFE JACK lIIMiKK. THE CHAKLOT (JIRI.S
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  • SHIPPING NOTES
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      T.S. WARSPITE.
      360 10 A Thoroughly Efficient Establishment. The quarterly court of governor! of the Mnrine Society, training shiji Warspil". held in London, was prodded <>v<v Lv Captain Sir Arthur Clarke, K.B.E., chair-] >nan of the committee. The report state.! thai 11 boys had boon udimtlc' > the Miip <Uiri:ip tho quarter,
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      CHINESE APPRENTICES.
      241 10 Proposal For Training Of Native Officers. ling t i a ment which appears in Ship] ;n-»; n-» :i;v! En in< erini proposal, with a view to the training ol s'.irticippt number of Chinese n ici r* i meet the future neadi < i the country h ■> been
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      SOVIET SHIPBUILDING.
      178 10 Delegate's Ili;it of Large Programme. Am appeal for a trade raj proehpment Ix-twccn Scotland :<n<\ Si>vie< Russia was made i" Glasgow business men assemble*] lMi.li-r the auspices of tho (ilasjfow < he nber "f Commerce in mail week by Mr. Kaul (I. (iron, chairman oi' the Soviet Trade
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      SHIPWRIGHTS' CHARTER.
      368 10 Interesting Event at Trinity House. An i. mating event t<».k place at Trinity Him -■<•, when the Deputy-Master, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert ManseM, K.l'. \.0., acting on behalf of H.R.H. the Duke of ('i.)inaiiiclu. the Master, handed to Mr. Maurice K. Denny. C.Ii.K.. Hasan of the Worshipful Company of
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      MEDIAEVAL SHIP.
      260 10 Sensational Discovery In Stockholm Canal. Swttlen'l :*>i! COatiniies to yield a ricii :i-op of archr.eo! igi;u! limls, and expert *voin U.i State RlKtorieal Museum are lyw bard >'t wwrk in eleven diffen lit prom nuking excavations, restorations, md examlßatioaa of a multitude of in'.erssting prehistoric rcmatas. It* most
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      N.Y.K. LINE.
      89 10 Satisfactory Trial Run of The Yasukumi Maru. The X.Y.K. i:iolor-shi|> Ynsukuni Maru si- wed very satisfactory results up.ir. h?r trial run, off Nagasaki. Her average ipeed was 18 knots per hour nr.d her maximum speed !KVi knots ptt hour. '1 he Yasukurii Maru i the siHter-ship of Ike
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      MALAYAN RUBBER LOAN & AGENCY.
      381 10 MALAYAN RUBBER LOAN AGENCY. Mr. Streeten's Review Of Position. I The Iv.entioti: ordinpry general mcctinK ol tht- Halayaa KubKr Lecn and Agency < crI porat ici-., 1.'.i'.., Waa hold on July 2M at 3 :.nj 4. Idol Line, Eastcheap, E.C. Mr. I. O. Strtetea, the clinirmnn of the company, who
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      269 10 EXCHANGE. Singnporc, Aug. 20. On London, Bank 4 m/a 2/3% Demand 1/3 2332 I'rivvte 3 m. credit 2/4 ;i wi On New York, demand r.i; 1 Private 9U a/a 67-, i, On France, Bank T.T. 1428 On India, Bank T.T. 16D 1 yin llonj; Konp, Bnnk T.T. 41 lln Shanghai,
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        MINING.
        490 10 Vai. I'd. Buyers Sellert £1 fl Asam Kumhang 27 28 fi Ajrer Hitam Tin 9,3 10,II £1 Bungrin Tin 13/9 14/6 1 1 Ilatung i'ndang 0.10 d.X, 1 1 liatu C«VM 0.55 O.fiO 1 1 liukit Arang n.:C, 0.10 fl £1 Burmnh Malay 13.- L.i nom. £1 i'l ("luMidtrifinc
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        GENERAL.
        222 10 V&l. Pd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brirk Or.ls. 2.40 2.60 Z 2 Alex. Brick Pre/s. 2.05 2.13 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4J24 4.17.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.40 0.50 nom. 1 1 Cy.lc and Carriages 0.37H 0.42 l ;nom. 10s. 10?. Muff Development 3 8 4 6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        114 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 19J6 red. IP3I-36 1M 1M eL Singapore Municipal S p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. t% prem. Singapore Municipal 44 p^. of Jtfo7 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par Singapore Municipal 4Vj p.e. •f l»0» red. 1955 $1,000,000 96 par
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        379 10 Fraser and Co. and Lyal] and Evatt's quotations. loary s i rifcs Fiaser Lyal! Co. J-vutt Allrn;>y ($1) n.;M) 1.00 0.90 1.00 Alor >3h I SI) 0.80 1.00 (1.90 1.00 A. llitam i.!l> 1.15 1.10 IM 1.40 Kuniriß itl) Mi VMa 0.25 0 aft A. Mal:iy (IS) l.tl
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      THE TREASURY BILL TENDER.
      618 10 General Advance In Sterling. As previously indicated I^omburd Street was somewhat bewildered at the result of Friday's Treasury bill t'. nd. r, ond rath, r .-it a loss to explain to whom the bills were allotted at an unexpecte.il.,- low rate, says The Financial Timi-s of
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      PASSENGERS.
      209 10 The follow-in.- i; a list of ajaainairi WBe arrived by the Plaucius 011 Wedaesday From Sourabaya.— Mrs. 181 l I mail. Mr. T. From P.alavia.— Mr. K. C.odew-i-Vi, Mr. aad Mrs. R. W. Storm. Mr. Soi-::n, Mr. Wanna, Mr. Drinent, Mr. Harrintrton. Mr. I). C. Blis.t. Mr. Harvo;-, Mr.
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      EXCHANGES.
      75 10 Bagey, Auc. Foreign exchanges nre Amsterdam lt.oB*i, Athens Z~», lloml.ay la. --.d.. Berlin MJ9, Irasadt :ii.B.ir>. Ruchnrcst M6->:, Bio 4?4, Buenos Aires 40 7-lt;. Copenhagen I.lG\, Cpneva 2r).0.', Helsingfors |03Vs Hong Konic Is. ."-,d.. Lisbon 108.2", Madrid 1t.6. r Milan KJTQ, New York Ix 7 1.10 Oslo U.l6 7
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      VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
      166 10 Programme of drill:- up to and for neck ending Aujf. :'.l Tuesday, Aa*. 2fi, MS p.m.. Drill Hall, L'm! B>, Signal Section. Signal Training. Wednesday. Auk. 27, US p.m., Drill Hall, Kuropcan Units. S.V.C., New Members Arms Drill r >.K. p.nf. Drill Hall, Bd». Signal Section, Signal Training.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    211 10 Today. Ceylon, SoaUwn WesUrs Imiia (Japanese Prince) p.m. Ilengki.li Üboean Hit ik and Ta'idJong Bale! (SingaradJaJ a p.m. S^iit Pmndjang and Bagau Sl-Api-Aad 1 bnc'ralda 1 p.m. I'ontianak Xi;.. Hoea) '4 p.i ■li-va, S.iufi-W c-t Sumatra, Southi Ban Celebes, afolaccas, i.r\i\ Timor Iml.v St.ii-ni I.". Pladjea and
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 10 By Karmala Porthoji Johan do Wilt KriDpurn Patria Ethiopia l.rft Arrd. B'pore London Jily 11 Auir. 4 July 0 Aug. 4 July 11 Aug. 4 July 17 Aug. It July 18 Auk. 11 July II Auk. to
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    SINGAPORE lIARBOUR BOARD.
    233 10 Te< tear, Aagasi M. Ship* alongside Ihe Wharrca or expected to arrlre. nrm harbour. Main Wkarf Row, Mjrr -Sh.ll. Iimm, N'a Nag* Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf PMnL TMHI IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong I'HRar. Albert )"•<■!> Raab. Victoria Dock CimIumL Krppcl Harbnnr. Kmit's Dork Nil. No. 1 Hock
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    21 10 Mails from Kurope (London mails dispatched Aujr. 7) by tht« Ilajula arc due ;u l'lTuing at n.iii. nn Friday.
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      271 10 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Fright Wind. Station. T.-mpemtura Rain- Sun- j Balativa I'irec- S;ccd. Weather. Max. Mm. fall, shine. I Humidity lion. f. P. in*, hours. m.p.h. Alor Stn.r (<a 7;. 0.03 7.3 Ho Calm Kinc Kota Ithnru No report. K.Trenscanu »l 7S Nil 1n.5 H SW o
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      216 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tumday, August 26. I \V. 12.10 |..m., V ft. a in., 11.55 p.m., 10 ft. 8 in. M;.'.l.ime KclviyV I'upil.s Vic. Thratri-, B4S p.m. Wrdnc»day. August 27. H. W. K'.:i8 p.m., !< ft. fl in. Governor leaves lor Java by Dutch air >,. ail. Thurxday. August
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    184 11 Rubber and Tin Both Down. THE METAL SLIGHTLY EASIER. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Today's l'ri-.-es Kiibhcr, l't' t cents per Ib. Tin. T.i tuns at *S*'t per picul. YeMerday'.-, Pi ices Babber, besides) 134« i.I 3 4«i. oer lb., down 'id. \.-v. York.
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    BANKING MERGER.
    302 11 Royal of Scotland And Williams Deacon's. ult r piotractid negotiations an t baa been made for acquisition ns of Williams Deacon's Bank by •ho Royal Bank of Scotland, .-ays the Financial Times ..f July 4J5. The Treaenrjp Ikis been consulted, ami while taking m> responsibility for the general
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    257 11 T. offer il iron at least 85 accepting the terms, an! Royal Bank sanction!) na of the -apita! required will be f 1,300,000. I a the direcL« In view of the. I. that are taking place in the industrial and business life of the cour.-.r; vi.ur directors have
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      941 11 Railway Companies' Gross Earnings Decline. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 31. The half yearly railway dividends declared last week were quite as low as, and in some cases lower than, expected. The L.M.S. 1 per cent, compared with the 2 per cent, declared a year
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      COMMENCEMENT OF WINDING UP.
      512 11 Changes Under The > New Act. As the determination of the time when I winding up is to be deemed to have commenced ir, of great importance, and as the new Companies Act has made material alterations in the previous law, it may be of advantage
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      NEW YORK STOCKS
      183 11 Closing prices of stocks in New York on Aug. 16 were as follows American Can Common 11 7 i American Smelter 63Si American Sugar Blank American Tel. and Tel. 204>4 American Tobacco Common MW Anaconda 45>.i Associated Gas and Electric Blank Atchison 210'; Baltimore and Ohio ]01'
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      64 11 L«teat Cable London Spot Sheet per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 9% per lb. 12 o'clock noun. Auk. 26. -S.S. equal to London Standard Spot tandard R.S.S. on Tender September m m n' October man Oct.-Dec. n m it Jun.-Mur. Tone of Market
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      BULLION REPORT.
      602 11 Messrs. Samuel Montagu Co.'s Weekly Letter. London, July 30. The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £154,118,505 on July 23 (as compared \,.th £155,479,2*1 on the previous Wednesday), and represents an increase of £8J58,421 since Jan. 1 last. In the open market yesterday, bar gold
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      COLOGNE FORDS.
      156 11 The new Ford factory, which is to be erected at a cost of about 7,500,000 reichsm.irks on the banks of the Rhine at Cologne, is expected to be completed at the latest by Apr. 1, 1931. Although it was oric/inally planned merely to assemble the curs there, it
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      BUKIT K.B. RUBBER.
      554 11 New Area of Land Being Opened Up. The annual general meeting of the Bukit K. B. Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at 4, Fort Road. Malacca, on Monday, Aug. 25, Mr. H. S. Russell presiding. In proposing the adoption of the report and accounts the chairman said
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      EUROPEAN COAL.
      333 11 German Coal Council's Analysis for 1929. The annual report of the Reichskohlenrat (the German National Coal Council) contains an informative analysis of the coal trade in Europe in 1929. Ib includes figures of consumption as well as of production. Throughout the world the production of coal (not including
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      S. AFRICAN TRADE.
      173 11 East London, July 25. Brigedicr-General Sir Charles Crowe, n former Secretary of Agriculture, in addressing the Federated Chamber of Industries today, referred to Lord Selborne's warning in his speech at the annual meeting of the Standard Bank of '■Vuth Africa in London on Wednesday. He declared that
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    1183 11 "Spreading the Burden With the Gain." LEGAL RESTRICTION THE BEST? (By A. W. Still.) London, July 30. I suppose rubber prodlKMl i.i Malaya have become almost too depneeed to be sarcastic, and yet I have bwn half expecting them to make. ;i plaintive appeal to the Liaison
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930. WISE AND OTHERWISE.
    1199 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930. WISE AND OTHERWISE. Restriction marched a long way down the road that leads to its final burial place during yerterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. Three members, none of them primarily concerned with the production of rubber, but all admittedly among the
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    IS SHAKESPEARE A BACK NUMBER?
    1028 12 Dethroned by the Love Of Sensationalism. (By Carl Duisberg-Achaz, the famous German Shakespearean actor.) The influence of Shakespeare in Europe is generally on the wane, and, I am •ifraid. may in time almost disappear, once every country has become sufficiently per--neate;! with the so-called American
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    12 12 Mr. C. Rose has arrived in Malacca as a listant engineer, Municipality.
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    16 12 Mr. W. J. K. Stark has been appointed Controller of Labour, in succession to Mr. Hathurst.
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    20 12 Mr. M. S\v:ft, State Engineer, N.S., left by Thursday's night mail for Home. Mr. A. V. Gibbings has succeeded him.
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    23 12 Miss Wong, granddaughter of the late Dr. Wong I Ek, who is studying law in England, has returned to Ipoh for the vacation.
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    23 12 Mr. Tsiang Tao Nam, the Chinese Consul, accompanied by his wife and Mr. Ho, Chancellor of the Consulate, have arrived in Jessclton, 8.N.8.
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    27 12 The death took place suddenly, on Aug. 23, of Ingu Margaret Thomson the six months o!d daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Thomson, of Kuala Lumpur.
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    29 12 Dr. J. T. P. Handy, B.Sc, M.8., B.S. (London), son of the late Dr. J. M. Handy, M.1)., of Singapore, has joined the staff of University College Hospital, London.
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    38 12 Mr. Chin Cheng Bok has given $1,000 towards the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. Hostel Fund. Mr. Chua Cheng Bok has also forwarded a cheque for $1,000 to the Sclaiißor Chinese Unemployment Fund, as a first instalment of his donation.
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    58 12 At a recent meeting of the Singapore After-Care Association, the chairman, the Hon. Mr. W. J. Wilcoxson, reported th.-.t Mr. C. D. Cox, the hon. secretary had proceeded on long leave, and during hit absence Mr. F. Stewart was willing to act in his stead. The secretary's report for the
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    69 12 Dr. Harry Nichols Whitford, who is on a visit to the East on a tour of investigation of the production side of the rubber industry on behalf of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association, Inc., of New York, was in Kuala Lumpur yesterday and called upon several people prominently identified with the
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    765 12 MR. HEMMANT'S APPOINTMENT. All in Malaya who have any knowledge of Mr. George Hemmant's work will agree that his appointment as Chief Secretary, Nigeria, is promotion richly deserved. He has been a member of the Malayan Civil Service for 27 years, and for long has been
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    ANTI-RESTRICTION SPEECHES IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    414 13 LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND PALESTINE. Administration Criticised In Report. London, Aug. 25. The report of the League of Nations Mandates Commission on last year's disturbances in Palestine has been issued, simultaneously with the observations of the British Government on the report. The Commission expresses the
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    BOMB OUTRAGE IN CALCUTTA.
    498 13 Police Commissioner's Narrow Escape. SEVEN ARRESTS. Terrorist Band's Plans Revealed. Calcutta, Two liombs were thrown at the car in which Sir Charles Tegart, the PoUee Commissioner, vas driving to his off-ce. Thsy exploded In the roadway and the driver of the i..r was wounded and the
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    MINISTER'S ESCAPE.
    120 13 Man Armed with Axe Arrested in Train. Cairo, A«g- -•">• A Berlii drosscd as a waiter and armru with a harp axe, was foiin in a corrilior tra n outsi<l tment in which the Prime Minister, Sidky Pasha, wa* travelling to < Shortly after the train left Alexandria
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    STRIKES IN FRANCE.
    143 13 Wool Workers Reject Employers' Offer. Paris, Aug. 25. While a Battlement <>f the Lille cotton textile strike was effected towards the iml of last week, the wool-workers of Kmiiiarc and Towcoing today rejected the employer* proposals and voted for a continuation <>f the strike. Reuter. It was
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    MR. GEORGE HEMMANT
    254 13 Appointed Chief Secretary Nigeria. It is officially announced that Mr. George Hemmant, C.M.G., B.A. (Cantab.), has been appointed Chief Secretary, Nigeria. He is on leave at present and v. ii! go straight to Nigeria, not returning 10 Malaya. Mr. Hemmant came out to Malayn as a cadet
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    WOMEN IN THE EAST.
    92 13 Scope of League of Nations' Inquiry. Geneva, Aug. 25. The committee of inquiry into the tiaffic in women and children in the Far East has concluded its (preparatory work. It decided to confine its inquiry to the international aspects of the question. Nevertheless, the investigators may,
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    SYMPHONY PREMIERE.
    45 13 Mr. Albert Coates, the orchestra conluctor, has arrived in New York on a three weeks' visit. He will be the guest of the martin t«T of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society. He will direct the world premiere "of his symphony, "Laun- clot."
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    BETTER POSITION ON FRONTIER.
    616 13 Indian Situation Reviewed MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN PROVINCES. Rugby, Aug. 25. In the weekly appreciation by the Government of India of the situation in India it is stated that by Aug. 19 the Afridi lashkar had dispersed although a few small parties still remained in the district.
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    BRITISH CASUALTIES.
    193 13 Eight Killed in Hand To Hand Fighting. Simla, Aug. 25. While reports from the Kurram region chronicle the complete surrender of the Massozai tribesmen, a serious clash has occurred with the Hathikhel Wazirs, resulting in heavy casualties. Hand-tto-hand fighting occurred and the British casualties were eight killed and
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    MOVE TO END CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.
    644 13 All Eyes on Peitaiho. YOUNG MARSHAL TO ACT AS MEDIATOR? Shanghai, Aug. 25. Various rumours are current today that important peace negotiations have begun at Peitaiho, where the mediation of Man.hal Chsng Hsueh-liang is being fought. One such report states that representatives of the
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    NAMES FOR THE NEW PRINCESS.
    184 13 Duke of York's Visit To Balmoral. Rugby, Aug. 25. An indication of the excellent progress which the Duchess of York and the infant Princess are making is afforded today by the information .that the Duke cf York, who motored from Glamis to Balmoral early last
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    POLISH CABINET.
    668 13 Pilsudski Once More In Command. Warsaw, Aug. 25. Marshal Pilsudski has formed a Cabinet. Reuter. A previous message stated that the Cabinet had resigned, the Prime Minister, M. Slawek, declaring that he was unable to carry on. The President then asked Marsha! Pilsudski to form a Government. Poland's
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    AID FOR RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    8645 13 Long: Discussion In Council. NEW BILL OPPOSED. Government Help Sought For Unemployed. The pros and cons of the advisability of Government intervention in the rubber industry were discussed at length at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday when interesting speeches upon the question of the
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    ASKED TO SHOW CAUSE.
    1003 14 European Charged In District Court. Reference to the large number of women who frequent the Stamford Road and Kres Basuh Road area in rickshas at night was made yesterday before Mr. G. T. Poall, the acting Criminal District Judge, whin Norman C. Begg was asked to
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    APPEALS FAIL.
    212 14 Sentences of Death To Stand. Two unsuccessful appeals against the death penalty were heard yesterday by the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) and Mr. Justice Stevens, sitting as the Court of Appeal at Johore Bharu. In one case the sentence passed on Serosi bin Senggoroji, a Javanese, for
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    BUS DRIVER'S LICENCE
    234 14 Cancellation Reduced To Suspension. They are all momentary acts," commented the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) this morning, when Mr. J. B. Weiss, arguing an appeal on behalf of a motor-bus driver whose licence had been cancelled, said it was appellant's first accident during a period of
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    COLONY'S DEFENCE.
    92 14 $3,775,714 Paid Last Year. A paper was laid on the table at the legislative Council meeting yesterday regarding the Military Contribution of the Colony for the year 1929. According to the figures given by the Tiv:,:urer, the Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley, the aetoal revenue bf the Colony
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    TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL
    87 14 Annual Report Shows Increase In Receipts. The average daily number of patients during the first and second half of the year at the Tan Tock Seng hospital were Bi!4 and 869 respectively against 993 and 1,021 for the corresponding periods of the previous year according to
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    FIRST EDITIONS OF SCOTT.
    124 14 Realise Large Prices At Sotheby's. A first edition, three volumes, of Scott's Wavei ley," 1814, was sold at Sotheby's for £1,020. On a flyleaf in or.c of the vohnnas is a list of subscribers to the book club which originally bought the volumes. There was a
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    25 14 The annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of cruelty to animals, Singapore, was held yesterday. The report is unavoidably held over until tomorrow.
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    57 14 Major T. E. Coggon, R.A.M.C., died suddenly at the military hospital offices at Gibraltar recently from heart disease. Major Coggon served during the Great War on the Western Front, in Macedonia and the Balkans, in Gallipoli end in Egypt. He was four times mentioned in dispatches, was awarded the M.C.,
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    INDIAN AGITATORS IN EAST AFRICA.
    323 14 White Settlers Policy Attacked. Nairobi, July 27. An appeal, addressed to friends, brethren, and countrymen," signed by the Deputy-Pre3ident and the General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the East African Indian National Congress, has been issueJ asking for funds to send an East African
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    PUBLIC POLICY.
    187 14 Sentence in Chandu Case Appeal to Stand. In support of his submission that a sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was not too much for a person fcund in possession of non-Government chandu. even though the quantity wai small, the Solicitor-General (.Mr. G. V. C. Mills) pointed out
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    1572 14 Can You Help These Men r In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to
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    IN LORRAINE
    81 14 From September C to 10 next there will place in Lorraine military manoeuvres i.i which 50,000 men will participate. It U pointed out that this constitutes the greatest deployment of troops since the Armistice. The manoeuvres will be held between rivers Meurthe ami Saar, witli headquarters at Luneville.
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      AUSTRALIANS' BAD COLLAPSE.
      388 15 (ioddard's Fine Rowling. HAMMOND BATS WELL FOR GLOUCESTER. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) I/mdon. Aug. 88. The Australian* tonk their cricket very cheerfully at Gloucester today, but, after dismissing the h-mie team for the paltry total of 7l* runs, they thamarirea ra» eivcd a great shock when they
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      TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
      176 15 Honp Kong Tourists' Return Match With Singapore. .\n interesting football match will l>e layed at the ABWM Boed .Nl.-.dium this afternoon when th« second match between tne Cbinme Athletic Association. Hong Kong, sad Singapore XT lakes place. I'iaying the possible Singapore Malaya up Anal *l mi Sunda) the
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      TENNIS.
      418 15 S.C.C. Tournament TODAYS TIKS. A Csaaa Singles. N. A. Sedwick vs. K. Hudson. B < 1..s- Slnelea. J. S. NHth.-in ta. A. Q. Hay. K. '/.iegvW \s. W. 11. Palgrave. C Class SiiiKlr". CaaC Duncan *a. K. .Irn-L K>n. J. S. Barker vs. H. (Jicl. A. C. l'crdriuu v.
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      SHOOTING.
      134 15 Singapore Ladies' Rifle Assocn. Competition. The Singapore Indies' Rifle Association monthly spoon shoot was bold on Bik't Timah Range fln Thursday la.<t. The following cards were returned The report of the Tottenham Hotspur lub shows a loss on last season of U0.02.J. Despite this, the club arc to pay
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      SELANGOR ECLIPSED IN STORCH CUP.
      542 15 Only Win Two Matches In Two Days' Play. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 23. Selangor suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of Perak when the Storch Cup was decided on the padang courts on Saturday and Sunday. Out of all the matches
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      U.S. BASEBALL.
      261 15 Results of Major League Games. New York. Aug. 25. To/lay's baseball results in the two major league*) wan as follows National League. Chicago beat New York, o 2. Cincinnati lost to Pittsburgh 6—9,6 9, and in a second game won 2—o.2 0. St. Louis beat Philadelphia, o—l0 1
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      Out for 12 Runs.
      46 15 In a match at Seletar, the Royal Air Korce Base, after makin; 103, disposed of United Engineers for 12. Corpl. Weston made 34 runn and Sergt. Rvans IS. The latter captured six wickets for three runs nnd Cocker tosJc three for nine.
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      SINGAPORE POLO CLUB.
      161 15 Teams for Barnes Cups Matches. The following teams will compete for the Barnes Cups at the Singapore Polo Club 'over tfre coming week-end: "A" team Messrs. Gilford, Ferguson, Alexander and Reynolds. B teas*— Messrs. Onraet, Forbes and Haines, and Ll.-Olr. King-Harman. "C team— '.t.-Col. Dickinson and Messrs.
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      SWIMMING CARNIVAL.
      161 15 Enjoyable Evening at Sea View Hotel. There was a large attendance it the Sea View Swimming Carnival last night. Apart from the ladies' race, for which there were no entries, the various events were fairly well supported, and resulted in excellent sport. The races were well contested, although
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      GOLF.
      34 15 Bogey Competition at Race Course G.C. The result of the August bogey competition at the Race Course Uolf Club was as follows J. \V. Moore I *»w» B. M. Abdullah F. K. Marten-
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      LOCAL CRICKET.
      249 15 Keng Hock Makes 95 For St. Joseph's Institution. A match between St Joseph's Institution and the 2nd Batt. Welch Regt. Band on Saturday resulted in a draw. Towards the Institution's total of 210 C. Keng Hock made a notable contrbution of 95, at which he was caught by
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      SERVICES' ESCAPE.
      281 15 S.R.C. Only 11 Runs Short At Time. The tlnited Services had a narrow escape from defeat whan meeting the S.R.C., the latter needing only 11 run« for victory with five wickets outstanding when stumps were drawn. Dattfng Ant* the Services scored 1!)."> for tight wickets before declaring. After
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      SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
      861 15 Arrangements for Visit To Batavia. The following l.aye b"en chosen to reprosent the K-'val Siiijcnpore Yacht Club on the oi L-asion of their forthcominK viatt to compete agaiaai the yachts ol the Boyal Batavia Yacht Clab Team Q-.ptaln F. C. Laadon, (X'iiL- Commodore R.S.Y.i'.). Kathleen 111. Skipper
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      104 15 1 ucKday, August 2f>. PootkaUi s.a.k.a. XI n. Chiaeaa A< Alison Road. Tennis: S. (.'.<'. Autumn Tonrn. s.K.c. Tennis TearaaaMat < (lii<'..H.i\ Außunt 27. B.C.C. Teaali Toaraaateat. 8.8.C. Teaail Tournament. I riday, Auituwt 29. Cricket: l"S. vs. Relaaaw Clab, B.C.C. Binsapora Cricket Crab aaa. mtK., 6JI p.» SulurHay,
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      394 16 FIRST ACRO S AFRICA ON A MOTOR CYCEE ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THE NEW MOBILOiL Mr. L. KRAFT is the first m?.n to have crorscd W' r Africa on a Motor Cycle. Starting in September la: t f u«.^,.t0~ t jl J year on a "Scott" machine, he travelled from '^l\*e£m*_
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    THE POSITION IN MALTA.
    522 17 A iMemorial to the Prime Minister. Mr. Ii ii- Foot, ill', beaded a Parliamentary deputation to llit.* Prime Minister an Tiily 30 and banded to him the followini "in.>ri..l in the position in Mait;i, which had been signed by a number of leading Free Churchman earlier
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    ACROSS AFRICA.
    366 17 Thrilling Adventures Of Motor Cyclist. Mr. Louis Kraft, who rode aeraas Africa on a motor-cycle, recently arrived ai Cape Town and gave an account of i in to the Press. Mr. Kraft claim that no other man l;is made the journey on a motor-cycle before, started from Johannesburg
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    TRAMS MAY BE SCRAPPED
    47 17 Aft i- having had a tramw:i.v system for fifty years, the Derby Corporation is to be asked to supersede it with trolley tuises. The proposal will come before the council soon, :ind there is little doubt that the proposal Will be agreed to.
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN LONDON.
    1161 17  -  J. Jefferson Farjeon. (By Our London Critic, The Biggest Shoiv A Boxing Show Times When Criticism Is A Greater Failure Than The Failure It Criticises Thoughts On Phil Scott's Last Fight— A Play, Not Quite First Class, But Dramatically WatertightColin Clive As A
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    GIRLS IN SHORTS.
    274 17 French Gendarme Receives AJ Shock. Beeaaae th»-y walked through the streets of Param*, en the coast of Brit- tany, in attire that did not. please Urn authorities, two London girls on holiday i there vo.tntly wore rebuked by the police. I One of the girls is Miss
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    PROHIBITION ISSUE.
    145 17 Republican Party Split In New York. Luray, (Virginia) Au?. 3. Mr. William Hill, a publisher from Binjrhnmpton, New York, visited the camp of President Hoover hero today and discussed the political situation in New York State with special reference to the wet" and dry" issue. Republicans of New
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    A TYPISTS' REVOLT.
    99 17 Whitehall Girls Object To Office Conditions. A deputation of women clerks in Gov- j eminent departments recently complained I to Mr. Lanr.bury and Mr. Pethick-Law- j n n.e. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, at the Oflice of Works that Many of their typewriters had senile det-ay, 'and
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    LURED TO DEATH
    216 17 LU RED TO DEATH Strange Inquiry Revived After 22 Years. Belle trur.ness, often de-scribed with American pride in tho superlative as the most notorious murderess of the century,"' 1 is believed to have been found in the State of Mississippi afU-r a 22-year search l\v the authorities of several States.
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    GENERAL KOUTEPOFF
    193 17 "Sent to Moscow in A Hamper." Paris July, 26. Still another version of the ovents which led to the disappearance of General Koutcpotf, the Kussian White leader, was tdven by a Russian newspaper published in Paris on July l!ti. M. Bourtzoff, \:ho was a well-known revolutionary in the
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    BABY LEFT AT HOME
    126 17 Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh Go Flying. Hicksville, (Long Island), Aug. 9. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife, known to millions as Anne," flew today to the estate of Mr. Dwight Morrow, the father cf Mrs. Lindbergh, at North Haven, Maine. After they had mode a
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    PRINCESS WHO WANTS TO MARRY.
    254 17 No Interference By Government. No IntcrferesKa is to be made hv '!in French, authorities to prevent the mr iioir of the 73-years-old Princess Amelia do Broglte to the Prince Fernando tlo j Bourbon, a cousin of the King 1 of Spain, whi is axed I-'.
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    BRIDGE NOTES.
    640 17 A Ler»son in Higher Tactics. (Ky Hubert Pkfl&pa, the refl-kiMnrn Butho-itv en A-.iti.'i: l!rio';,-e.) The folhnvinfr ha tion which man; real..:; ai familiar J I 3 i. A 7 io o v S. Q. H. 71 p K[o o. io z d. a K. I. 9 I c.
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      142 17 Today's Crossword Puzzle. ~~~~'^^^PsH|^g«W^r'"~| T I gfiffifli'S r""~~f' I BManMHl^saT"*""*' BBS sffßj?3 gHaffsß f^r^^rl i~~™"o^ 1 r "i (CLUES.) ACROSS. Contest 1 Untilied i p bh ."j i 9. Distance mearara li; {^tion g£|^ n. Bite- sudd.nir at, Seek J 11. Divine messenger 34 n. ir^ II- aIt P« I
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    THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS IN 1929.
    4242 18 Colonial Secretary's Report. INCREASED SURPLUS. IJ A LANCE INCREASED TO $83,200 000. Among id on the I i be metnrg of the Legislative "»••,>. nt-i I on Mi.nday was the annual report of the RofanW fltr'retsiTT or th Colony of the Btratt* Settlements for the
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    PALM ISLAND MURDER.
    216 18 "Nolle Prosequi" Filed By Crown. Townsville. Queensland, kag. 14. The Crown has filed a nolle pro equi in the caae in which an ibori na Hoffman, latands charged with the raunler of Air. Curry. The judge observed thai if the community was attacked bad the right ol
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    OPERATED ON HIS SON.
    134 18 Liner Captain's Ordca! !)urint? Voyage. The story w;\s rtcenth revealed of ;i father's gamble with death which resulted in saving the life of hi son. While Captain EL W. Crome, of the Ellermun User Cltj of Alexandria, was taking his nine-year-old ion i>n a voyage for
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      63 19 A[ /#*T^% "Every Putuft COLDS AND CHILLS WEAKEN THE KIDNEYS! WHEN your back and limbs st::rt tn ache, and you experience headache*, dizziness and bladder irregularities, be quick to give the overworked kidneys fortifying help. Use Doan's Backache Kidney Pills to stimulate kidney activity. By this moans you will soon
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    RANGOON RIOTS
    176 20 Criticism of Shipping Agents. Rangoon, Aug. IC. The Riots Inquiry Committee, in their report on the disturbances which occurred in Rangoon at the end of May, state that the fighting started with a quarrel between Andhras and Burman would-be labourers, but feeling might have been prevented from running
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    THE PEACE MAKERS.
    232 20 Congress Leaders' Letter to Be Submitted to Viceroy. Bombay, Aug. 15. Mr. Candhi and ths other imprisoned Congress leaders have addressed a letter to Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and M. R. Jayakar, explaining their position. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru End Mr. Jayakar will forward the letter to
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    ANTI-FASCISTS IN FRANCE
    71 20 Three Deported Following Disturbance at Lyons. The French authorities recently ore'ered the immediate deportation of three Italian Communists who organised an anti-Fascist demonstration at Lyons station when the Italian Ambassador. Court Manzoni. welcomed a thousand Italian schoolchildren arriving for a holiday in France. Riotous scenes ensued as
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    INCITEMENT TO OPEN REVOLT.
    205 20 Revolutionary Propaganda In Bombay. Bombay, Aug. 15. Efforts arc being made by revolutionaries in India to convert the Gandhi movement, which has been, with a few exceptions, peaceful, into a violent one. Certain newspapers, some openly and others cunningly, have been inciting the people to murder
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    NON-STOP TO TANGIER
    100 20 (apt. Barnard Plans Two-day Return Trip. Rugby, Aug. 25. Cap. Barnard, the famous tirman, left I.ympno aerodrome, at six o'clock this morning to make a nan-stop flight of 1,200 miles to Tangier. He expects to dine in Tangier early this evening and return timorrow morninjc and dine
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    BURIAL IN THE ABBEY.
    104 20 Prescriptive Right of Duke Of Northumberland. Rugby, Aug. 25. The Duke of Northumberland, who died OB Saturday, is to be buried in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday. The Dukes of Northumberland have a prescriptive right U.i burial in the Abbey, and also to the use of the
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    57 20 Frank G. Shiver, otherwise known a? Dr. Jazz," an American coloured pianist and singer, will perform during the dinner dance at the Adelphi Hotel tomorrow. He has had a very successful tour in Java. Phyllis, the daughter of Mr. r.rd Mr? H. M. S. Wagner, of Dour Estato, Batu Caves,
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    24 20 The Blue Triangle Players will present The Cradle Song," by Martinez Sierru, at the V.M.C.A. Hall at 9 p.m. on Sept. 1.
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    MAIL VAN ROBBERY.
    304 20 Jewellery Found In Tobacconist's House. London, Aug. 14. A tin box containing diamond, and platinum watches and nuggets of gold was found in the house of Morris Krayer, an East End tobacconist, who was arrested in connection with the recent mail van robbery at Islington, when the
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    BRITTON MURDER.
    214 20 Madras Paper's Misleading Headline." Madras, Aug. 14. As soon as Mr. Justice Reilly came on the Bench at the Criminal Sessions of the High Court today, Mr. C. BrookeKUiott, K.C., obtained special leave from his Lordship tr> mrr.tiin a matter of uigety. He said that, v hil Lordship
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    A PRINCE'S JOKE.
    200 20 Teaching a Lesson to Paris Producers. Prince Antaine Bibeseo, himself a playwright, has played n rich joke on a number of Parisian theatrical producers. Wishing to demonstrate that some of them really knew very little about dramatic literature, and that many of the manuscript! submitted to them
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    A STOLEN REYNOLDS.
    166 20 Was it Smuggled Into America. Boston, Mass., Aug. 14. It is believed that the Reynolds portrait, stolen frcm the Earl of Minto's house in London, has been smuggled into this port. The police have received information to this effect from New York, and have started a search.
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    RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
    1128 20 Some Thoughts on Man And Nature. The following article is by the Right Hon. Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G., I who w«3 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1905-1916. It is one of the ideal forms of life that a man should have wide interests which engage
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    A JOURNEY FROM PARIS TO ANGORA.
    2003 21  -  DUDLEY HEATHCOTE. liV Places Untouched by Vandal Feet. ACROSS EUROPE BY RAILROAD, RIVER AND AIR. THIS article C«n in no sense lie looked upon i n record of travel. A journey Hut took exactly i months t complete and which covered something like MM
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      50 21 HcSTT PATENT WSS5&Jd?$»\ CANVAS BAfi s I I'J l-y I In 21 inrhe-. t r, /;V r i( Durability hundred times <■ i!i Paektag capacity about V ■-<*$ jf 22t lb rubber. <S*-^ p "ce $6.50 r^ each. ARISAKA CANVAS BAG MFG. CO., LTD. i 7«. MIDDLE ROAD. SINGAPORE. Telegraphic
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      26 21 THE 1930 Singapore fi Malayan Directory has been published and is now ready for distribution 151 st1 51st ANNUAL EDITION. PRINTERS, LIMITED, 10. COI-I.YER QUAY, SINGAPORE.
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      43 21 I i. GOLD LEAF Tea consists solely of tender leaf, and today, as 25 years ago, stand* supreme for QUALITY OF LEAF, DELICACY OF FLAVOUR ECONOMY in use. Of all dealers throughout Malaya. Sole Afrents F. A. BARTHOLOMEUSZ LTD. 3-A, RAFFLES QI'AV. SINGAPORE.
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    COLONIAL AGRICULTURAL SERVICE.
    2213 22 Salaries the Colonies Can i Afford. UNIFICATION PLANS. LOVAT SCALE THOUGHT TOO HKJH. The following are among the more im- portant of the recommendations made by the committee, appointed by the recent Colon i;l Office Conference, to consider the organi'nlion of a Unified Colonial Agricultural Son !'•<•.
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    NEARING THE END
    96 22 Nationalist Optimism In China. Shanghai, Au^r. 1 1. An official comn-uniuue fi<m the Com-mander-in-Chiefs headquarters states among other thir.gs, that "there is much evidence of demoralisation in the! ranks cf the aemy units on a!! frontand. for the first time since the beginning of the war, the
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    THEATRE RAIDED IN SHANGHAI.
    239 22 Sixteen Cantonese Are Arrested. Shanghai, Aug. 7. Con: ideniMe consternation prevailed among the audience of the Kwong Wu Tal Theatre, the Cantonese theatre in Jukong Road, on Monday night, at about 11 o'clock, when the place was surrounded by some 200 members of the Bureau of
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    TERRITORIAL ARMY.
    150 22 Decrease in Numbers Since Last Year. The latest oflrial returns show that in ,li:r.e :i.fisl recruits were finally approved for service in the Territorial Army, a f KM i omnan d with the number IppprovKl last May. and 348 less than in -li:nr, 19*9. Tho total number <>i'
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      23 22 BEST OF ALL MEDIUM POWERED CARS IS THE HILLMAN FOURTEEN STRAIGHT EIGHT FOURTEEN See and Try AT THE STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE Phone 5944.
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      556 23 Assets exceed $11,000,000. Assurance in force over $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. Th* Company has (30,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance: Cnmpsuiei
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      567 23 BANKING NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK. N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam Authorised Capltsl Glds. 100,000,000 (aboot £8.600,000) Paid np Capital Glds. 55,000,000 (about M.600.000) Hsserves Glds. 28,187,797 (abont £2,350,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BATAVIA Bead Office for Dutch last Indies. SHANGHAI Ilead office for China and
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      657 23 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed Y1t.000,000 Capital Paid-up Y12,125.00« President S. '"himada, Eaq. DIRECTORS. N. Yanagita, Esq. M. Araki, Esq. T. Hisamune. Esq. N. Takagi, T. Yoshida, Esq. HEAD OFFICE Taipeh, Formosa (Taiwan) BRANCHES AND AGENCIES Amoy Hankow Makong Shinebiko Hatavia
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      323 23 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life, Marine. Acci.leat, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £50,000,000 ARTHUR C. rOTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Drench, Singapore. THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSHRAXCn COMPANY DOES A World Wnle Rusineas Enjoying Rap'd Growth. HAS A Policy for Every Need. Established UH7 Branch OfTire
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      319 24 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES /*^k Times as many Friaidaires are now in use as any other make of Electric %J£ Refrigerator, the reasons for this are "1 ALL PORCELAIN-ON-STEEL. 3 THE FAMOUS COLD CONTROL. 5 THE NEW HYDRATOR. Every household Frigridaire is finished in- With Frigidaire's surplus power the "cold Wilted
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