The Straits Times, 19 September 1930

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  • 40 1 The Straits Times .ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUKY.; THE LARGEST AHD MOST IMLVENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1930. kas ¥«*C£ 16 cteNT* ,j The Straits Times 2« PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1930 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 240 1 SINGAPORE*. 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 8161). 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 A.E.W. MASON'S World Kamoui Story "THE FOUR FEATHERS With a miuhty c*»t. Wonderful help from PHOSFERINE FRESH BRIGHT New Vitality and Energy Miss Estelle Brody f^® the well-known British Film Star, V famous for her brilliant playing in \J% Mademoiselle from
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    • 83 1 LUMPUR 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3«83) The Leading Scotch Whiskies 111 j sWNISH'S m SPECIAL SCOTCH |«k WHISKY J4hrKisa:| [5I&I "The Whiskies >ou as^c KXJO for again ROBERT McNISH CO. LTD., GLASGOW LONDON The Independent Houw of oxer 70 yeart standing AgentsROBINSON Co., Ltd. BSSrffIWS (Incorporated in S.S.) "Good Fis/t
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    • 549 2 P. 0., BRITISH MgfoIA Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDEB roNTKACT WJTH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OVTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AM) JAP VN\ Tonnatre duo S'porc. KIIYP.FR mi Sept. 20 MORKA 11,000 Oct. 4 M.LA 11.180
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    • 669 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Ttotterdaro and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail KASHIMA MAKU 10,000 Sept. 26 26 ..V^U&JJNI MARU lIJBO.O Oct. 8 0 HAKDIVE MARU 10,500 Oet 22 23 9 SUWX WARU 10,060 Nov. 6 1 FI'SHIMI MARU 10,900 Nov 20 2i HAKOZAKI
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    • 433 2 EJRNS PHtLP LINE Incorporated in England; RISBANE. STDNEY AND MELE, VIA, JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND, monthly sailings by the well;amer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins de luxe, single
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    • 700 2 (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with Kub-eonneetioni. to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Dcptn. and Manager's Desk. Repreaentative for Stnjraporr aad Str.il Settlement* of the Travellers Official Informatinn Bureau. Booking Office Royal Dutch Indian Airways. BMNJOE— September 20,
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    • 635 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) EEGLLAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES. LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG, AND BREMEN GENOA, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON', ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG.
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    • 540 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sium). HANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kvctur, Trencir;inu. Kolaiit.in, Bangnaru, Tftlupin, Pntaili, Singorn. Lacon. Sichon. Bandon, Kohsnmui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Ar.-ival Departure VALAYA Sept. 11 Sept. Jl MAUNI Sept. n Oct. 1 The uteamer* arc fitted throughout with eltetric li;At and have
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    • 409 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart MaatsctatppiJ Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyi WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGEP SERVICE TO G.no. A—tt«a» Soathamptoa Marseille. B«*Ui*a» Imp r;-T%.". i r- I t^ X"-as S— is ir- gg p! C. Hooft 14.«2 S.M.N. Oct. 31 n»v. Sibajak 13,000 R.L. Nov. S.M.N.-Ronto via Belawan, Sabang.
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    • 490 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang PRES. HARBISON Sept. 29 Oct. I Oct. 4 PRES. JOHNSON Oct. II Oct. 16 Oct. 18 IKES. FILLMORE Oct. 27
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    • 504 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL I STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England). -ELLEBMAN" LINI PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT BSBVICI OUTWARDS To Hobs Kong, Shanghai «n4 Japaa it. CITY OF JOHANNESBURG Oct. 6 1.1. CITY OF SHANGHAI Not. 6 HOMEWARDS m.T. CITY OF LILLE London, R'dam, H'burg,
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    • 462 3 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (laeorporatad in Denmark) TalcpkoM SHI. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. IMP! Spore Praaag t m.s. SELANDIA Oct. 1 Oct. 3 mj. BOEINGA Oct. 22 Oct. 24 m.s. JUTLANDIA Nov. 5 Not. 7 m.s. ALSIA Dee. > Dm. I m.s.
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    • 432 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 Francisco and Lot Angeles S.S. GOLDEN WALL Mill from Hong Kong Sept. 27 S.S. GOLDEN TIDE tails from
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    • 276 3 Cross Canada the Scenic Way Take the route of scenic beauty providing through fast daily train service, without change, from Vancouver to Montreal, connecting with trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic steamers. Descriptive booklets and lull information from L. L. Uuler, General Atent.llint Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore. CANADIAN NATIONAL The Largest Railway System
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  • 1231 4 Better Time Coming. STEEL CORPORATION'S PROSPECTS. The best business news of many a day, the American financial experts agree, is the report of the United States Steel Corporation for the second quarter of the current year. It indicates that the worst is over. The significant
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  • 189 4 Effects of the World-Wide Depression. Milan, Aug. 21. The adverse effects of the world-wide economic depression on Italian life are shown in the latest statistics published in the Official Gazette. I Since July, 11.29.I 1 29. the number of unI employee! has increased by over 70 per
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  • 209 4 Link in U.S.-Japan Air Route. The Soviet Scientific Association has decided to rename the archipelago formerly called Frar.z Joseph Land after the one bourgeois who won the enthusiastic approval of the Communists, that is Nansen. The archipelago is almost completely covered with snow and ice, only a few
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  • 97 4 Very Popular at Seaside Resorts. A telephone census of Great Britain shows that London has one telephone to 9.2 inhabitants, Guildford one telephone to 9.7 inhabitants. Other towns with a high figure of tele- 1 phone merit are Hnrro^atc o^e telephone to 10.C inhabitants, 3c.\hi!!-on-Spa on.; telephone to
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  • 49 4 The Spanish Government has issued k decree reducing compulsory active military service from two years to one year. The decree will come into force j next November, and is exnected to bene- j fit agriculture, industry, and commerce by shortening the absence of vour.g workers.
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  • 507 4 From 4,000 to 10,000 Killed. DETAILS OF CHANGSHA BATTLE. Hankow, Sept. 5. Over 4,000 Communist bandits were killed and 5,000 taken prisoner after a big encounter with General Ho Chien's forces on Tuesday and Wednesday on the outskirts of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, when
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  • 282 4 QUEEN HER CIGARETTE Illinois Puritans Sadly Shocked. Gloom reigns over the Puritan strongholds in Rockford, Illinois. The Morality Department of the Local Women's Christian Temperance Union— a body whose members act as moral policewomen of the universe found its worst fears confirmed, as no denial has arrived from Queen Mary
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 79 4 HcIRE IS THE LMk~===\ SECRET! /mJJ/^ of the r @iP sF '~~iir l 2^ mJQLt sUe? Si Jn JUr SPECIAL Mod. A.W. 2 R-1% tons- 136 ins. Wheel Base. THE LORRY OUT-PULLS, OUT-CLIMBS, OUT-PERFORMS all other Trucks of similar rating, under full load. We will be pleased to demonstrate it.
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    • 113 4 9 Serious Sickness out of 5 suffer gums break down l&ffl&Sgt'' The dreaded effects of Pyorrhca strike i out of 5 after forty and many younger. Neglect paves the way to serious sickness, through thccffcctsof Pyorrhca, disease that starts with bleeding gums, spreading poison through the system. With reasonable care
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 345 5 S.P.C.A. ANIMAL WELFARE SHOW j AT THE RACE COURSE Sunday, September 28 I CASH PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN FOR GHARRY PONIES, MULES, GOATS, WORKING BULLOCKS, DAIRY COWS, CATS AND CROSS-BRED DOGS OF ANY TYPE all of which will be judged on condition only. There will also be Bog Classes for
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    • 251 5 KS#53Hr c c 1 fttggSSP^^ j MOTOR OIL the Product of an ALL BRITISH Firm c c. v. Atari hd s> co 1 t d., People will stop to read this, the fifth is the man who made up this Advertisement. To attract your attention is the Main Idea and
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 72 6 LEE. On Thursday, September 18, law. al I«S, Orchard Road, Mist I.cc Rock Quee. daughter "f th.' lute Mr. Lee Tit Son and ..f .»ir>. Let Tit Soo. Funeral at Bldadari p i".. Friday, Septemoer 18, curtage leaving the hou~i" at IJH p.m. 1i.\.1l s. OSMAN. (Usher, Marin- Coart),
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    • 736 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To The Advertisine Manngea Straits Times, f>cil Street. Plea« Insert th.c following small advertisement for days There are approximately seven words to a line aad there ia a flat rate charge ef 2& cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. The
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    • 651 6 MISCELLANEOUS Tin- Y.W.C.A. I.unch Room provides light lourishinp lunches to business women. Lowest prices. RHODE ISLAND HD COCKISIRP V\' ANTED, not younger than one year o'.d. .Vu-t hi- pure bred. (89, Straits Tune:. LOST, a gold rinc, hulf hoop of live diaincudb set in platinum. Anyoii- returning umc to owner
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    • 864 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, GARDEN' VIEW, Cluny Road, opposite Hotaniccl Gardens. Apply 41, N.-.ssim Road. TO LET. small modern bungalow, IC, Balmoral Crescent. Tennir. court. Apply 32, BUmoral Ud. Pkont 21M8 or 2502. TO LET, frpm Oct. 1, one Shop Grosvenoi Hotel Building facinp Stamford Rd. also shop »t
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    • 585 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, commanding position. United engineers' new building, River Valley Road. Motor show rooms with three leafed entrance Joor, large sheet glass, bronsa framed windows. Apply personally. Estate and Trust AttDciM *****) Ltd.. KaUte Area** Mrs. M. R. ARMSTRONG, accompanied by hei- daughter*, the Misses Dorothy and
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    • 843 6 GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will be. received at the Colonial Secrctary'K Office, up to noon of Sept. It, 1930, for the following work Erection of Government Monopolies Offices and Godown, New Pout Office, and Office, for Censor of Films at Maxwell Road ar.d Wallich Street. Every person applying for a form
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    • 997 6 TENDERS INVITED PAWNBROKERS' LICENCES, SELANGOR. Tenders will be received at the office of the- Secretary to Resident, Selangor, Kualii Lumpur, up to noon on September 80, I9M, for the right to receive Licence to act as pawnbroker under "The Pawnbrokers Kna« tmeiit. *****, in each of the Bttdor-mOh' tioned areas
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 596 7 N > JBpiJ *r el* liaWgro3B»>^_^J _L^_^___L ■fJM^aaaaal CS^aaafS hi 'Virrr SWITZERLAND Your Vacation Land. lor farther particulars and In-. Met apply t<> swiss CONSULATE, SINGAPORE, 111, V MUUR STRKKT. AUCTION SALE hold Singapore ailiag k> tcli. Konn Sens <-~o.'s 0 t halia Street, m \V.Hi... < la>. Sipt. 1%.
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    • 600 7 lUST OFF HOME NOW ON SALE rHE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL FOR 1931. New in every m way. For all i and sixteen. It Ja* :,..-%!««l shion with If.yjt' Aeroplane* r I r'cc rost extra. j M. MOHD. DULFAKIR CO.. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LITMPI'R. Phone No. 3695. IIANG UM PAfflT LORONG
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    • 634 7 YOU MAY TRY OTHER THINGS. Hi|t Eventually Gjvc Baby ftysse. Many p.opie Ivsirn by experience —and ivpciiincc alone. Others wisely nroft from ■Ji- experience of their fellow m-,i :mi women. Paraati of bab>:< and youn^ ehi'dreii, who >>clorir to the latter class, will retd and pomlci what Mis. M. C.
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    • 202 7 "SPEEDEX" CAMERA $18 black or brown. DIETHELM CO., LTD., (Incorporated in Switmarlaad) lINGAPOBI PFNANU IMS COLEMAN STOVES wß* *kii' xl> -t3l Ail V I I "r" r valv*. I /tuSS%dS V uii»mw s pump, m-tart I siarter, anil white purceluin enamelled ~i.1a.-hl jool: .-nd HMk. Price complete §62.50. JOHN LITTLE
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    • 205 7 »J— I FOR POWER OR LIGHTING g-BEJMUE-Y CAIJLE HAS NO SUPERIOR Large stocks of all sizes available from the SJe Ajrents for Malaya fp"? NT R A I I JENGINE WORKS LJ°l ■KGAPOKE IPOH KUALA LUMI'IJIt. BRUNME? i«JNB CO., LIMITED XOKTIIWitII. EN6LAMB A SIBSIDIAKY COMI'ANY OF mPCKIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LIMITKD.
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  • 587 8 PENANG LETTER. Coolies Ordered Home. GIFTS FROM GANDHI FOR THOSE WHO RETURN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) IVnantr, Sept. Ifi. A large number i>i" repatriated Tamil cf/olies lefi on the Santhia on Saturday. Extraordinary rumours have reached haft regarding propagaadl which, it is alleged, is ba^g eircolatod
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  • 230 8 Missouri to Try Out A Really V Novel Idea. Il" in the near future men are seen roaming around Jefferson City, the home of the Missouri penitentiary, clad in in. thing but pyjamas, as likely a.< not they j will be escaped eonvicta from Missouri*! new
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  • 59 8 Box Found but $100,000 Missing. Shanghai, Sept. Detectivei found a box in which $100,000 had been "total from a bank meaMßger in ;i Russian boarding-house, which Chinese lodgtri had previously < Dgagad and occupied for ten minutes only after the robbery, leaving the box In hind an! decamping
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  • 299 8 Millionaire Shot Dead In Paris. "I know that my love affair will etu fatally. Helen carries decth with her but I cannot break away from the web oi fascinmion that she has thrown round mi." These wore the la3t words spoken to hit friends hy
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  • 129 8 Purification Campaign Receives Set-back. T c campaign by Church and police to purify the New York sta<re met with an ur expected rebuff hist month when the liranu Jury, after only 20 minutes' deliiwratinn, threw out ihf indictment &frain.~t Bar] Carroll, and three players in The
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  • 667 8 Appalling Conditions Described. The Baltic and International Maritime Conference, whose headquarters are at Copenhagen, has a membership of shipowners belonging to many countries, and in its periodical publications it is accustomed to keep its members informed of the conditions prevailing at ports throughout the world. It would, says
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  • 223 8 Dozes at Most Unexpected Moments. The Fat Boy, in Pickwick." who could I not keep awake, has a parallel in a 19-year-old Hull girl, who has been admitted to the Hull Royal Infirmary suffering from an uncommon complaint called narcolepsy. In all sorts of places, and at
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  • 160 8 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending Sept. 21 Friday, Sept. 19. 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. S.R.A. (V), Promotion and Laying Tests Classes 3.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. 2nd B;i. Signal Section, Sifrnal Training 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, Asiatic Unit* S.V.C., Recruits Drill; 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall.
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  • 451 8 How They Have Increased Since 1914. Hourly earnings in manufacturing industries of the United States in 1029 nvoraged 58 cents as compared with 57 cents in 1928, according to a study entitled "Wages in the United States, l'Jl *****9,"1 1029," completed by the National Industrial Conference Board
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  • 790 8 CEYLON LETTER. How Ceylon Is Preparing For the Crisis. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo. Sept. 4. While the Ceylon Government has ■ignifled its willingness to impose restriction, provided other rubber-producing countries enforce similar legislation, the rubber industry itsc-lf is making preparaions to face the calamitous
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  • 163 8 100,000 Workless Receiving The Dole. Mr. W. Thornc, general secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, in his half-yoirly report, states that durinjr the half-year theiv were enrolled into the union :!0,621 new members, 4,000 more than in the MUM period last year. The funds,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 254 8 To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING. WITH these words the existence of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE, as sucH, liWally l*pan. They stand, a K raCMMi salutation, at the head of the De«d of Indenture given under the Great Seal of Great Britain by George the First of
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    • 105 8 MMMM IF IT IS WORTH ADVERTISING YOU WILL FIND IT IN THE STRAITS TIMES. i■ i RENE ULLMANN S special 3 PROPOSALS only for the month of September, 1930. JEWELLERY: Old jewellery taken in part, payment when buying new jewellery WATCHES: Old watches taken in part payment when buying new
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 229 9 6-15 Tonight 9-15 The picture that's creating sensations the world over NORMA SHEARER IN HER GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT DARING BUT TRUTHFUL An Amazing Story of one woman who dared to defy society's conventions A NEW STANDARD SET IN TALKIE ENTERTAINMENT. BOOKING AT ROBINSON'S MMLBOROUGH 6- IS TONIGHT B-15 PARAMOUNT Presents GERTRUDE
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    • 261 9 wjii/y v \im\lv uw- v Ai/ w~w v v \u v v v v v- yM v ~M6 rtooo <o oeo o. q c) o o o Q. Q Q-Q-CIO.^ H99HH9aBHIHIaH3@9 BHfIHI B 90l H k m a^B I■ I I L TSSa^B^airfßß*™fcßH^fc^L^nH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Tremendous Success of A.
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    • 149 9 VICTORIA THEATRE Tonight ami omorrow at 9.30 p.m. OUTWARD BOUND Stec What Happens After JOURNEYS END SINGAPORE REPERTORY PLAYERS. Booking at Little's $3, 2 1. Raffles Hotel FRIDAY, SEPT 19 TEA DANCE 6.15 p.m. FAREWELL CONCERT AT 9.10 P.M. BY BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA COSSACK CHOIR Admission to Ball-Room $1 .50 Tkla
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  • 1002 10 SHIPPING NOTES. Pleven New Motorships For 3 Services. One of the most interesting new developments in Japanese shipping: is the decision of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha to j.lnce on its New York service four new Sulzer-engined cargo ships of 8,400 ton? each, the Kinai Main, Tokai Mam,
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 100 10 Macphail and Co., Ltd. Sincapore, Sept. 19. Tin. Quiet. Kurhais 70-7."> cents, Kintas fci-?0 cent*, PerKiwats 43-46 cents, .Malay (.n^oK. 1..-17 a atttta. Hi.np Katts 41-4". cent*, Snncei Ways 2.07M,-2.1f., Telok Kruins f.2-oh rents. SBBfai Lua» fty-i2 cents, Honp Konif Tin 14s. Sd.-lOs.. Aver Hit am 10s.-llis.
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    • 249 10 EXCHANGE. ■Singapore, Sept. 13. On London Bank 4 m/« o m Demand g/fV Private m credit 414 On Now York, demand ",-,0K, Private 90 d 57^ On Franco, Bank T.T. jj-T On India, Bank T.T. i; JJ On Honjr Kcnp, Bank T.T. 4I .v 4 On Shanghai, llank T.T. 13g
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 473 10 Val Buyeri Mm fl £1 Asam Kumbang 23/- 27.E -I Ayer Hitam Tiu 09 JO U il 1 llaiiifiin Tin ]4 jf, 1 Batang I'uiiar.g 0.10 0.1ft 1 1 Batu Caves 0.46 O.&fl 1 1 iiukit Art>ng 0.35 0 40 £1 fl BuriuBh M»l»jr l6/-r,om. il 11 ChenUeriang a/-
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      • 231 10 Val. I'd. Buyers Seller. I Z Alex. Brick Ordt. 2.44) 2.60 S 2 Alex. Brick Plate 2.05 2.1J il i'l Brit. Am. ToLuuo 5.3.0 i..8.6 1 1 (Vntrul Engine 0.40 0.4a nom. 1 1 Cycle RnJ Carriages O.iO 0.35 nom. Its. 10a. l»ull" Ut-veloprriL-iiL t 0i« i% lu.-.:^.|» Rul.ber
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      • 113 10 Sinpcpure Cold Stor&se 7 p.c. iak. of 1&26 red. 1631-Jii 10S 10S ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1001 red. IV3U $1,878,000 par. 6% prein. Sinjrapurp Municipal iVj p.c. 01 IM2 red. 11)47 $l,Ci'O,buO 96 par Singapore Municipal 4>s p.c. •I :aua red. I»j6 H.uoo.oou as par
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      • 385 10 Frtger _nd Co. and Ly all and Evatt's quotation*. Today's Prices Jraser Lyail Co. J-vutt AOanby <tl> 0.*5 0.U5 O.W O.&j Mot Oujah (SI) 0.70 0.80 0.75 0-fcj Uitaa (fi) i.oo 1.25 l.io IJM a. Kaaiag (»i) 0.20 u.ao v.2". r.so A. Mulny ii'^) J.UO I.6Ucd. 1.20 l.COcd.
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    • 1433 10 Repatriation of Indian Labourers. During the past thre? months the rubbcrproducin? industry has passed from > state of depression to one of crisis. Not even those trader* whose memories g» back to the beginnings of the industry in the East ran recall a more distressing
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  • 160 10 TU»r. Selat Pandjang, Bengkitlii, Siak, I'ukan Baroe and fajakoinko (Honif Thi.njfi 1 p.m. I'ontiaiiak Kii.mm I'm. i o p.m. IlaKan .Si A|n A|ii llony: Lam) I) pjaj. North, N.-Last and N.-Well Sumatra Southern and Western India (TkitMj Java, Sutilli-Weat. Sumatra, SuuthKast Boriifo, CfJakM, Molurcaa iitul Tim. ii
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  • 268 10 K.iday. Si ptember 111. Ship* alnncM.lv the Wharves or np, i,<i to arrive. KEPI'EI. HMiUOIR. .V ;in Wharf The Calk', Juno. 0.1 Wharf Nil. Cial Wh«rf Putrol. \ESSKIS IN DKY DOCKS. T*njong I'irr. Albert Dock I.cli. No. s.s. Jerantut. Vicioriu Dock La. V»n dor Uagtn. Uippel Harbour.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 411 10 PAIUi Pains due to wounds, burns, cuts and bruises can be quickly cased by applying CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM As a liniment it gives irnmediaterelieftothosc suffering from rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back, strains, sprains, etc. Just rub it itvtr those sore muscles and fed li.c waiii.th that ilrivis out pain. CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 261 10 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. o Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Riin- Sun- I Kclntiv* Direc- Speed Weather Max. Min. ffcll. shine. Humidity tion. F- F- In*, hours. m p h. Alor Star K8 7-1 Nil D.I U Calm Fine Kota Dharu M 72 0.63 «J M SW I Clou.ly
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    • 191 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE WEEK. Friday. September 19. H. W. y a.m.. 7 ft. .1 in.. 7.1? p.m., 8 ft. 1 in. Singapore Automobile dull. meeting S.C.C.. C.lj p.m. Rotary Tiffin. Licensing Justices. Singapore Rcpc-itory Players. "Outward Bound," Victoria Theatre, y.;iO p.m. Saturday, September 20. II. W. Ml a. m I
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  • 348 11 Official Rubber Statistics For August. ESTATES TAPPING "FULL OUT." (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. U% cents, per Ib. Tin, 125 tons at S6B'/« per pkul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London 4 1-lKd. per Ib., unchanged. New York. cts.. per Ib.. unchanged. Market
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  • 320 11 Balance Carried Forward To Next Account. Thi- ;ui:iu;il meeting of Brunei United Rubber Plantations, Ltd.. will be held at the ..Ilii-".- of thu secretaries. F.vatt and Co.. on Friday, Sept. JC. The report of the directors lor the year ended June 30 states The net profit for the
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  • 132 11 Mr. Forbes, the Prime Minister, state? that unless Canada is prepared to purchase N.w /..•alaml butter, the New Zealand Govtrnmaat may be compelled to consider thl withdrawal of ihv application of the British preferential tariff to motor-carp Imported from Canada, says the Wellington corrasaoadmt of The
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 708 11 Claim of N.E.I. Research Institute. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Sept. 15 Rubber can be produced at a cost of M (Dutch) cents (roughly 25 Straits cents) per kilogram (2.2 Ib.) I was told when I visited the Rubber Research Institute of A.V.R.O.S. at
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    • 194 11 Issue of V/ 2 Per Cent. Debentures. Arising out of the pooling of interests if the Anglo-Oriental Mining group in Burma by the amalgamation of Northern Tavoy Tin Dredging, Thcindaw Tin Dredging and Thingandon Tin Dredging with Tavoy Tin Dredging Corporation, the latter corporation now offers £125,000 7V4
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    • 63 11 Tone of Market Pull. Later Cables London Spot Sheet 4 l-16d. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. cents BV4 per Ib. 12 o clock i noon, Sept. 1 is. Buyers Sellen t.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot September October November
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    • 781 11 Decision Not Accepted As Filial. Ceylon has not accepted as final the pronouncement by Sir Cecil Clementi Governor of the Straits Settlements, that "economic laws must be allowed to take their course" in the rubber industry. The Malayan decision was reached on account of the opposition
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    • 129 11 ANGLO-JAVA LARAS. More Shares Offered To Stockholders. The directors the Anglo-Java Rubber a.id Produce Company and the Laras (Sumatra) Rubber Estates have amended their offer of 8 per cent, cumulative preference shares in lieu of interest on 7 per cent, mortgage convertible debenture stock, says the Financial Times. As the
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    • 845 11 Survival of Fittest. DUTCH COMPANIES' ATTITUDE. A body of Dutch rubber producers, comprising eighteen companies, has opposed the new restriction proposals, says the Amsterdam correspondent of The Financial Times on Aug. 18. Though they represent an annual production of about only 14,000 tons (out of a total
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    • 263 11 New' York, Sept. 14, Efforts of the bulla to give the stock market an upward tilt toward the close of the week, as they have for three weeks past, were thwarted by an active selling movement in the last hour of trading today. Bears were encouraged to
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    • 80 11 Rugby, Sept. 18. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.065, Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5V«d.. Berli:> 20.40, Brussels 34.855, Bucharest 815, Rio 4 31-32, Buenos Aires 40"», Copenhagen 18.16, Geneva 25.055, Helsingfors 193 H, Hong Kong Is. 3 9-16 d., Lisbon 108.25. Madrid 45 45. Milan 92.83. Monte Video 41. New
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    • 84 11 The directors of the Easte.n United Assurance Corporation, Ltd., will recommend to the shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting the payment of a final dividend of 5 per cent ami a cash bonus of I per cent, in respect of the year ende.i June 30, 1930.
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  • 837 11 Rise of £507,465 in Gold Holdings. PRICES ON DOWNWARD TREND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 11, Conditions in the London money niail.et were rather patchy in the earlier part of last week, but towards the close, with the gradual return of holiday withdrawals of currency, loans
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    • 115 11 rw v.u~i sm«4 <w r»s win-*. r»~w«»»»« iCr, fu l». —*> »l Ik, •>«'•(» tmlmu* ttutj rf,l_ r t ,li t, Ik. »Iml <**" .ti** n UMu /..I km* asajs. SEVENTY-SIX MANUFACTURERS OF CARS. TRUCKS and buses use WILLIARD BATTERIES I Manufacturers of automobiles, trucks and buses have spent millions
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    • 9 11 BUY OR SELL THROUGH THE STRAITS TIMES. BMALL ADVERTISEMENTS,
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  • 1136 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 1930. SPEND SPEND SPEND Daily telegram!; from up-country indicate clearly the taereMiag gravity of the unemployment prol !?m in Malaya and to ill who are stil! inclined to rcg-ard warnings on this subject as examples of scarc-morjferinp v,- c commend the reports A
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  • 1287 12 Will Race Any Plane With A Passenger. (By Kttore Bugatti. the motor-car designer, in an interview. I have the highest respect for the courage of the late Sir Henry Segrave, who established such wonderful speed records. At the same time, I must say hat I do
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  • 23 12 Dame Clara. Butt, the famous contralto. is to pay a vjsit to the East and will probably be heard in Singapore next month.
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  • 23 12 The Ktv. Mr. Klvins, the newly appointed chaplain to Perak North, is expected ►o arrive in TarpiniT about the middle of ■M& week.
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  • 21 12 The King of Denmark has conferred on the Princes of Najror S.-arga and Kambr.er.ir Bejsa tho Danish Order of the Elephant.
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  • 22 12 :.!!<! Mrs. Seatcn »nd children. Kua'a Jc-Ici esto'e, Bahau, and Mr. and Mrs, C. Ware, Senania estate, 'Bahau, h;.vo (-one Home on leave.
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  • 38 12 Raja Yacob, magistrate of Klang, has been tian^Kied to Ipoh where he is attarhed to the Kinta sanitary board foi duty. Raja Yacob, whose home is in Kinta, has been in the Malayan Civil Service for many years.
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  • 41 12 Mr. W. M. Millinijton, Secretary, to the Resident. Permit, has been relieved by Mr. G. K. London, who has been acting Financial OonimiKsioncr, Jchore. Mr. London has been succeeded by Mr. A. S. Small, who has thus resumed his substantive appointment.
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  • 56 12 The marriage took place yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, the Rev. Father Ruaudel officiating, of John Alexander Henstridge Brown and Alice Louis" Slawson; younjrest daughter of Mrs. T. L. Davey of Cremorne, Sydney A few friends of the bride and bridegroom were present. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
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  • 84 12 A New York cable announces the enpajrement of Licut.-Colonel Sir Bradford Leslie and Mrs. Charles Oakes, of New York. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Bradford Leslie has been chairman and chief engineer cf the Madras Port Trust since 1921. Born in 1867, he was educated at Marlboroujfh and for some years practised as
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  • 797 12 P. LEO." This newspaper and those members of Us staff who were privileged to know 'ercival Leo Faulkner incurre-.l a great ss by tho receipt this morning of a cable nnouncin;,' that he hart been killed in a otor-car accident in Hyde Park. It is ss
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 42 12 OUTWARD BOUND Take a Tot of SEAGER'S GIN It's A Rare Comforter SEAGER'S GIN IS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS. IT WAS ALWAYS CHARLES DICKENS' FAVOURITE DRINK. HE USED TO BUY IT BY THE CASK!!! ASK YOUR RETAILER FOR A BOTTLE.
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    • 134 12 -634— NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TENG SENG GUAN. Established 1905. T. K. K.'S Fancy Rubber Matting. 3' 6" lor s by 2' 2" wide $4.90 3' 1" lonic by 2' w| e |J. 50 3' lon* by 1" 10" wide S.I.M 2' 10- lon* by I1I 1 S" wide M.50 2'
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    • 18 12 STRAITS /fT% TIMES SINGAPORE: 4<*j) KUALA LUMPUR: T», CICII SHUT U J |7, MM MtllT AT ALL TIMES
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  • 133 13 MALAYAN RUBBER STOCKS. increase Shown in August Figures. Tho Malayan rubber statistics for the month of August were published today. Dealers' stocks at the end of the month amounted to 53,684 tons, an increase of over 3,000 tons as compared with July,
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  • 2974 13 Rents Low: Overcrowding Tragic. NO HOME LIFE, LITTLE FOOD, PRICES OUTRAGEOUS- (By H. Hessell Tiltman, author of "James Ramsay Mac Donald: Labour's Man of Destiny," "Poverty Lane," "Common Clay," "The Pacific a Forecast," etc.) MR. Hessell Tiltman in this, the fifth
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  • 209 13 Shamrock Outsailed In Last Race. Newport Rhode Island, Sapt. 18, The Enterprise won the fourth race, which was held over a triangular course, and the United States thus retained the America's Cup. The course was ten miles west-north-west, ten south by east and ten northeast half east.
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  • 135 13 Killed in Accident In Hyde Park. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 18. Mr. P. Leo Faulkner, a handicapper of the Irish Turf Club, was killed by being Mr. Faulkner, who was about 48 years of age, was a well-known authority and writer on horses. His
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  • 86 13 Will the Prime Minister Be Chairman Rugby, Sept. 18. Although nothing has been decided regarding the chairmanship of the RoundTable Conference on Indian Affairs, it is generally assumed in London that the Prime Minister. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, will preside at the plenary session. It is expected that
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  • 78 13 Progress in Study of Tropical Medicine. Rugby, Sept. 18 The report of the Health Organisation of the League of Nations was presented by Miss Susan Lawrence. Parliamentary Secretary to the British Health Ministry, to the second committee of the League at Geneva today, and was unanimously adopted.
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  • 70 13 Preliminary Conference to Be Held in London. Geneva, Sept. 18, The Council of the League of Nations decided to convene the 'preliminary Narcotics Conference in London on Oct. 10. It will be attended by the representatives cf countries producing narcotics and will discuss the quota assignable to each country.
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  • 240 13 Improvements to RlOl. PREPARING FOR FLIGHT TO INDIA. Rugby, Sept. 18 Before very long the British airship R.lOl will be able to sail the skies without taking any petrol with her. Hitherto she ha? had to carry a certain amount of irtotor spirit for starting the mechanism
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  • 261 13 Agreement for Return Of Amoy Concession. London. Sept. 17, It is authoritatively stated that a SinoJritish agreement has been reached Thereby Great Britain will return the reaty port of Amoy to China on the same c-rms a< Chikiang (Chinkiang was eturned last year. There has been no
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  • 96 13 General Strike Declared In Barcelona. Barcelona, Sept. 18. A general strike has been declared, and the Government describes it as political in character. The managers and editors of the newspaper Solidaridad have been arrested and the paper suppressed. A warrant has been issued for tiic arrest of the
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  • 152 13 Booths Picketed By Women Agitators. Bombay, Sept 18. Polling-day for the election of members to the Bombay Legislative Council opened •with the arrest of 50 women and 12 men, who were picketing the booths on behalf of the National Congress. The women blocked the entrance to the town
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  • 275 13 Death of Former CO. Of Royal Sussex. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. IS The death has occurred of Lieut.-Col. S. dc Verc Julius, who, as officer commanding the 2nd Battn. tho Royal Sussex Regt., made many friends in Singapore when his battalion was stationed
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  • 108 13 Sentence of Transportation For Life. Calcutta, Sept. 18. Dinesh Chandra Majumdar has been sentenced to transportation for life. Reuter. Majumdar, a student aged 28, was brought before a special tribunal at Aliporc on Sept. 11 charged with conspiring with Manuja Sen Gupta (deceased) to kill Sir Charles Tegart,
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  • 70 13 A Gift to the Nations Of The Empire. London, Sept. 18. The site of the famous Hill 60, which has a special association for practically every British Empire Regiment which fought in the Great War, has been acquired through the generosity of Mr. J. J. Calder
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  • 1028 13 Banks His Assets In Tientsin. MUKDEN'S MOVE. To Occupy Peking And Tientsin Nanking, Sept. 19 It is officially learned that Marshal Chang HEueh-liang has issued a circular telegram announcing Manchuria's intention to intervene in the civil war and ordering the Northerners to suspend operations immediately and to
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 77 13 TODAY'S 24 PAGES. Page Car Designer's Bold Challenge. By Ettore Bugatti 12 New Books Reviewed 18 Wong Family Dispute 14 Letters to the Editor 20 Mysteries of West Africa 22 Penan* Libel Appeal 19 Discussion of Maritime Law at Antwerp 16 Today's Crossword Puzzle 18 A Racecourse Prosecution 14 Rugby
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    • 44 13 BRAND NEW BUICK CARS MODELS 1929 and 19:50. AT INVENTORY SALE PRICES Further available 3 BRAND NEW MARQIETTE AND OLDSMOBII.K CARS and Home really good used car* at GREATLY REDUCED TTUCES N. V. Straits Java Trading Company, Motor Dept. Phone 3821. 15A. CAVANAGH ROAD.
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  • 2202 14 Defendant's Evidence In Wong Case. IDENTITY ATTACKED. ADOPTION OUTSIDE ENGLISH LAW. Thu hearing was continued before Mr. Ju.-ticc Stevens yesterday of the case in which Von;; Man Xun, also known as Vong Choon Woh, is claiming to be the natural-horn son of the late
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  • 173 14 Existing Excess Of Tonnage. Strong objections are expressed in the New York newspapers to the Government's proposed loan of £9,000,000 to help to finance the construction of two American super-liners. Objection la also taken to the United States Snipping Board's pcneral policy of encouraging heavy'
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  • 165 14 Tours for Visitors in Aid Of Charity. Rugby, Sept. 18 Next week, the London docks, where sightseers are not usually encouraged, will be open to visitors, who, on payment of a fee in aid of the hospital and dockyard charities, will be taken tours lound the commercial heart
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  • 119 14 Preparations Well Advanced For London Gathering. Rugby, Sept. 18 Preparations are well advanced for the Imperial Conference which begins onSept. .'5O. The Dominion delegations will begin to arrive within the next few days. They will be accommodated in various large hotels, and a fleet of cars will be
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  • 95 14 Departure for Europe Today. Uniforms 'and Malay costumes were plentifully sprinkled among the crowd that gathered at the wharf this morning t> bid farewell to H.H. the Sultan of Johore, who sailed for Europe by the Mantua. His Highness only returned from Europe on Sept. 6 and
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  • 119 14 Result of Inquiry Into Purchasing Methods. As a result of the report of a special committee, appointed to inquire into the method of the purchase of materials throughout the Municipality of Singapore, it was decided that in certain cases innual contract* should be entered into ard that local
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  • 139 14 Boy's Death While on Way To School. A sequel to an accident in which James Silvaretnam John, a thirteen-year-old student of Raffles Institution, is said to have been crushed to death between a turning trolley bus and the trolley post early on Monday morning while on his
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  • 32 14 The Singapore Repertory Players' second performance of Outward Bound," given at the Victoria Theatre last night. was much enjoyed by a large audience It will be repeated tonight and tomorrow.
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  • 86 14 A fortnight's effort in aid of unemployed planters will commence at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday Sept. 23. Seventy-five per cent, of the proceeds of all tea and dinner dances held from that date until Saturday Oct. 4, will be given to the Planters' Association of Malaya to relieve unemployment
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  • 1852 14 Fines of One Cent Each Imposed. It is unfortunate that only member! of the Jewish community were picked out, out of the thousands who go to the races. I cannot understand this and it is likely to cause a feeling of resentment in that
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  • 83 14 Hn, Victor Bruce to Make Attempt. London, Sept. 17. The air-woman Mrs. Victor Bruce interviewed by Heuter today, Confirmed report; tlißt she is departing on a flight to the Far East. The date of departure ami the route are completely uncertain and depend on the results
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  • 75 14 First Manifestation of Now Strength. Berlin, Sept. Ift As a first manifestation of their newly acquired strength as a political party, l hi National Fascists who are members of the City Council marched out in a body frofli the chamber as a protest against the majority's refusal to
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  • 72 14 Sentence of seven years' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. JustinMundell yesterday afternoon on the Chinese who, while escaping after committing a robbery in Jalan Besai district, was observed by a barber through whose sh<»|> he passed. Some days later he was recognised by the barber
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    • 34 14 FORGERY Are Your Cheques Protected Safeguard Yourself NOW against the art of the Cheque-raiser by installing a TODD PROTECTOGRAPH. Demonstrations can be given anywhere at any time. Sole Agents The Borneo Company Ltd. MALAYA.
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  • Singapore Cricket Season in Retrospect—Many Newcomers to Local Rugby.
    • 967 15 Free Foresters' Match. EUROPEAN Xls COSTLY MISTAKES. Heavy rain on Saturday morning del;ty<d the start of the Free Foresters' lirst match in Malaya until shortly after half past two. Capt. Hill did his side a good service by winning the t>ss and > ending the Malayan
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    • 489 15 Some Tournament Side Changes. An exceptionally large number of newcomers will tend to swamp Singapore's Rugby stalwarts of last season, for among them are players with home club reputations that look promising enough. The most notable are Frend, (Haileybury and Harlequins), Cairns, a wing forward from
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  • 256 15 S.C.C. Tournament. Y<su-i day's results Tho match in A Doubles, W. B. Wigg and \V. Rodger vs. S. H. Moss and C. Sailer, was left unfinished yesterday at sot all. It will be finished today. B Doublrx. K. T. K. Hobbes and D. E. L. Anderson vs. Vi.pt. Human
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  • 45 15 Thames Narrowly Beaten At Clapton. London, Sept. 18. The following were the results of English League mutches played today: Third Division (Southern). Clapton Oi ie-nt 2 Thames 1 Third Division (Northern). I)onc:i<tiT It. I Halifax Town 3 TnuMN 4 York City 1 P.eutei.
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  • 230 15 More Ties Played in S.C.C. Competition. Four more ties were played off in the S.C.C. six-a-side soccer competition yesterday, and again produced interesting sport. In the opening game G. Bennett's team eliminated C. Kendal's side, by virtue of two clever goals by Elmer. The second match Lieut. Bryan
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  • 124 15 Qualifications of Test Match Players. London Sept. 10 The Imperial Cricket Conference has approved of the following addition to Rule •1— "qualification by residence covering qualification of a player in Test matches providing he has not played for the country of his birth during that period." (Rule 4
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  • 198 15 v I Wish I Could Have Made Some Runs." All too quickly we said farewell t» Hob:> 3. The crowd's reception perhaps unnerved him, two days in the field had wearied him. So he fell, this Prince among batsmen, and departed from the scene he had domi11: for
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  • 102 15 Intends to Enter British Championship. Walter Lindrum, the Australian billiards player, has quickly changed his tone. Recently he was reported to have said that he would only enter the championship on certain conditions. .Afterwards, following a statement by the Billiards Association secretary, Lindiurn, in an interview at Adelaide,
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  • 82 15 George M. Lott to Retire After This Year. George M. Lott, the famous American lawn tennis player, will retire from the game after this year. I don't want to become a tennis bum," he said recently. I am thankful for the warnings that have been given me and
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  • 32 15 CARNERA SCHMELING. Heavyweight Title Match Announced for June. According to a Rome message, Primo Camera has signed a contract to meet Max Schnieling for the world's heavy\ve;ght championship in Juno next year.
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  • 169 15 Large Crowd Attends The Draw. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 18. A large crowd attended the drawing] today for the Penang 1931 griffins which resulted as follows Merry Monarch, Mr. J. J. Fleury Poole. Hogan Kongsi Foreign Lad, Mr. Oheong Yok Choig Sl'ding Panel, Mr. V. K.
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  • 83 15 Players Concerned in Alleged Insult. London, Sept. 4. The papers today give prominence to the tennis incident reported yesterday— at Budleigh Salterton in which Miss Sanctison and Miss Harvey are concerned. It is understood that an apology has not yet aeen received, and the Budleigh Salterton Committee will
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  • 45 15 The water polo matches arranged to be played on Sunday between the Singapore Swimming Club and the Chinese Athletic Association have been postponed, owing to the Chinese being unable to raise teams. The five-length race in the JacksonMiller Cup series will be held.
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  • 689 15 Keen and Clever German Footballers. The Germans are now playing marvellous and clever football There is not much we can teach them, and they are tremendously enthusiastic for the game." This is the opinion of Mr. Maurice Bunyan, manager of the British Labour Party football team, who
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  • 77 15 Saturday, September 20. Malaya Cup Final, Singapore vs. Selangor, Anson Road. Cricket: Chinese vs. "D" Co.. Welch, S.C.R.C. Sunday, September 21. Cricket: Chinese vs. Wtlck lian.l, S.C.R.C. Tiesday. September 23. S.A.K.A. Cup Jinal: Malay, vs. Welch, An.- on Road. Triday. September M, Diocesan Cup Final: Kuropean v-. Rest,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 57 15 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS FROM Nothing But The Truth B 3050 DO SOMETHING, Sung by Helen Kane. B 5660 DO SOMETHING, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. Also from the following Talkies KIISC OF JAZZ PARAMOUNT ON PARADE. FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES 1930. VAGABOND LOVFR. Can be obtained from S MOUTRIE CO., LTD.
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    • 30 15 G. E. C. CEILING FANS YOU HIRE G.E.C. Fans from the Singapore Municipality FOR $1.50 PER MONTH or purchase them direct FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR
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  • 794 16 The Sad Story of a Queen. A TRAGEDY OF THE LATIN QUARTER. Parisian societ-.. in L;ijitc of being sufficiently lilum', wa< shocked the other day on Warning that a one? bvautiful Queen \v..s living in the direst miseiy in one of the liuik-streets of
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  • 72 16 76 Men and Women Fall Out! Of Bed. London, Sept. 5. A -umber of unusual deaths which occurred last year in England and Wales I is disclosed by the returns of the Regis- trar General. In all 76 men and women died as result of falling out of
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  • 1106 16 Antwerp Conference Decisions. The seventeenth conference of the Comite Maritime International, held at Antwerp between August 1 and 5, was attended by delegates representing important commercial anil shipping interests inj the following countries Belgium, Otnntark, France, Germany, Great I Britain, Greece, Japan, Italy, the Nether- 1 lands,
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  • 408 16 FACES TO THE SWINE." Pig's Place of Honour in The Soviet. Under the watchword of "Face to the Swine the Bolshevist leaders at Moscow have addressed an appeal to all I "Communist organisations, trade unions, co-operatives, and public societies ad- j monishing them not to forget the pigs, j The
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  • 441 16 Linking Up Britain's Colonies. whlu preparations have been in pro- the linking up of '.he Krilish Colonies ir. Kast Africa with the main air route between Kurope and the (ape, which I will be opened next year, little has Ix-en c done towards supplying the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 86 16 ffl Ml TO Established M |J^| Jm] 1821 JENSON and NICHOLSON, Ltd. "RADIANTA" ALUMINIUM PAINT i i For protection and decoration of any metal surface, Radianta is superior to similar preparations. Its covering power is immense. Packed in special tins containing Vt pint, l 2 pint V 2V 2 gal.
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    • 187 16 I MALARIAL 4 I TROUBLES 1 I HEADACHES t ANEMIA I I auickly relieved by I- the TONE C 1 restorative pouters 1 Take two j^^^ BaW^^^l R(>(1 timj. I Dr C ell '■•blets «r« lk« Bssß^^^A. |1 modern remedy for nervous Complaints. They contain ingredient! j absolutely essential to
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    • 21 16 KLIM POWDERED MILK PURE FRESH MILK for DRINKING or COOKING I SAFE MILK FOR CHILDREN Obtainable at all Leading Provision Dealers.
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  • 2262 17 Remarkable Case. CHINESE DOCTOR'S SUIT DISMISSED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18. Judgment was given in the Supreme Court today by the Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. L. H. Klphinstone, in an amazing case of trickery in which his Lordship found that a Chinese doctor
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  • 526 17 Opposed to Creation Of Second Government. In view of the mobilisation of troops now taking place in Manchuria the following message from Nanking (dated Sept. 12) possesses considerable interest President Chiang Kai-shek has received a joint telegram from Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, General Chang Tso-hsiang, Governor of Kirin, and
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  • 192 17 Returning Indians Who Were Hungry. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 18 A batch of about 200 Indian labourers arrived here yesterday to catch a steamer for India. They went to the Labour Depot at Sungei Pinang to secure accommodation until they could get passage- 1 through the
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  • 113 17 Woman Who Induced Chetties To Lend $2,600. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 18, An unusual story of how an Indir.n Mchamedan woman impersonated her daughter and forged three documents, thereby inducing two chetties to lend her a sum amounting to $2,600 was told in the district court
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  • 1926 17 Can You Help These Men 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 place
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  • 4034 18 THE LITERARY PAGE— NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. HllKiiii!iiiiiiiiiHluiiii!iiHiilii:iii..:ii!!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii::iiiiiiiiii!iiiiiii The Frankness of Modern Literature AH the Uglinesses and Passions of Life Revealed— Ethel Mannin's Pretty Talent— Portrait of a Man not Unknown in Malaya Liam 0 Flaherty's Contempt for Respectability. Frank Young People. Confessions and Impressions. By Ethel Mannin. Jarrolds. I'Os." fid.
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    • 131 18 DECGA'S TONE CAPTIVATES The Decca not only brings the best music into your home it seems to bring the best musicCJI, f\ a^ Jans themselves, so real and 13 r-y&L vivi< is Pl a y in S- Perhaps XtM /rT ifev jsfF\ that is wny the I^'cca has so TajU
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 130 18 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 20. Numbered the pages 1. Allows -2- Mere precise 4. l K noule toil v c warm Woiru 26. Debt JO. Recommences !l Possesses 11. Valley Obliterations 12. Anaesthetic L'ouch 13 Agile en wn remove rubbish V,'. Principle :t4 Observe 18. Pitf's house 35 P"
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  • 1459 19 Plaintiffs Get $1 Libel Damages. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penally, Inept. 18. Mr. Justine Spruulc commented very strongly on the plaintiffs ami their society when he (cave a len-jthy judgment in the I-iipic-n.'.- (V.ul in tin- libel suit which T;in Tang Phun and Ooi Peng Cheng,
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  • 260 19 Strong Comment by Acting Chief Justice. Nairobi, Aug. 10. Unusually stronpr comment on b«r of bankruptcies in Kcnya-especialh among the Indian*-wHch for some years h™ been the subject of dose consideration by the Government and the Chambers of Commerce with a view to iniprcvement of legislation, was
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  • 220 19 Government and Relief Work. Ottawa, Autf. I The Premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba interviewed Mr. Bennett, the new Prime Minister, today and offered to co-operate in every possible way in crder to relieve unemployment. A programme is to be drafted within a few days for submission to
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  • 64 19 New* York, Sept. 14. Discussions coverinz many angles of the nations business and financial problems as well as questions confronting banking will make the American Bankers Association Convention, to be held in Cleveland from Sept. 29, to Oct. 2, one of thi most important In the organisation's history.
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  • 210 19 Sequel to Public Meeting In Town Hall. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18 What is thought to have been M attempted demonstration by a CenomiUUM element in the vicinity of the Town Uiul, Kuala Lumpur, on vVedne-sday evening, while the public meeting to urge anon Government
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  • 369 19 4 Chinese on Attempted Robbery Charge. When four Chinese claimed trial at the Singapore astites before Mr. Justice Mundell yesterday p.ftrmoon on a charjje pf attempted tv. y. ihc Deputy Pub.ic Prosecutor (Mr. J. H. Pe<llow) stated that ihe fa-.ts whkfc ih« Crown would seek tv prrve
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  • 141 19 Astronomer's Memory Toasted In Strong Beer. London, Sept. 10. I ifty tankards were raised high rrimc 'u,W«- b >- fam U! U 8C R n Mh attending the meetings of the Bntibh Sto at Bristol ami the memory of the astronomer, the late Professor H. H. Turner, was
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  • 80 19 Endeavour to Promote Harmony in Palestine. Geneva, Sept. 11 Dr. Drummond Shiels, the British Undei -Secretary of State for the Colonies, who attended the League discussion on Palestine, left for London today. He leaves for Palestine on Sept. 19 to study local conditions and meet representatives of
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  • 60 19 Washington, Sept. 14 Well informed circles here today were serioiuly discussing the possibility that the former Under Secretary of State, J. Reuben Clark, Jr. will be appointed by President Hoover to succeed Mr. Dwight W. Morrow as U. S. Ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Clark is now in Mexico
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  • 693 19 Tamil Estate Coolie Charged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Sept. 18. The circumstance-* which led to the attack on a European assistant at .Seafield estate. Batu Tiffa, Klang, on Sept. H, by a tapping coolie, were related before the Tungku 9yed Abu Bakar, in the Kiting
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  • 86 19 Mr. Tan Cheng Lock Elected Fir3t President. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 18 A meeting convened by Mrs. C. H. G. Clarke, wife of the Resident Councillor, was held here yesterday with the object bf forming a Society for th<? Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. About sixty
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  • 44 19 High Altitude Flight In Scotland. Le Touquet, Sept. 11 The Price of Wales, who arrived in an aeroplane last evening, caught a severe cold while flying in Scotlarid at a ,<rreat height in a thick mist Nevertheless, he played golf today.
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  • 85 19 Colonial Official Re-marries Divorced Wife. London, Sept. 10 Twelve years after their divorce, Dr. Desmond Garrett Fitzgerald Moore ani Mrs. Katharine Olive Moore were remarried at the Chelsea Register Office tod Ay After the divorce, Dr. Moore accepted a position in the Nigerian Medical Service. He returned
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  • 240 19 Essential for Workless Europeans, Says M.P. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 18. The Hon. Richard Douglas Dennmn anned in Pcnang today in the Kliyber. Mr. I)en»an r who is the third son of Bar' n Dennan, is M. P. for Leeds Central Ho hus been connected with politics
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  • 199 19 275 Per Cent. Higher Than Before the War. Calcutta, Sept. IS. Two meetings held recently to protest against high houie rents in Calcutta nave led to a decision to approach the Government, who are to be asked to institute an inquiry into excessive rents, and to sivjgest
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  • 98 19 Failing to Produce Licence After Crash. London, Sept. 10. i A policeman at Canvey Island saw a two-seater aeroplane standing on its nose in a field of oats, with the propeller and undercarriage wrecked. He demanded that the pilot, who wa? standing by, should produce his licence.
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  • 128 19 "One of the World's Greatest Scientists." London, Sept. i), At today's meeting of the British Association, Mr. P. S. Dutoit (South Africa), President of the Agricultural Section, paid homage to one of the world's greatest scientists, now living in obscurity, in the person of Dr. Griffith Evans,
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  • 24 19 Recognition ot the New Government. Buenos Aires, Sept. 19. Great Britain, the United States and Holland have recognised the new Argentine Government. Reuter.
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  • 87 19 Mr. Winston Churchill Points To India. London, Sept. 8. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Loch Lomond, declared: '■India at present is our most crucial problem. "It may be that a line of politic*! division in Great Britain will in the next year be drawn between those who
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  • 169 19 Fine Camera Work in Screen Story. As a silent film with a musical background ThA Four Feathers which opened at the Capitol last night, is well worth going to see. Brilliant camera work carries the story on in perfect sequence with only a minimum of explanatory sub-titles.
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  • 60 19 Prominent Savings Hank Official Abducted. 9 SbttE :ii. Sept. o. The fourth <;>sc of kidiwppbg within a wm-k occurrcil when Bien An Hcu, lcac'/nK official of the Shaniduii C6mniprcial Savings Bank, was abducted in hircl car whrn h-avi- ir l.is boBW. Tht iiitiiiw.-. retorted to netbodp similar
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  • 57 19 Novel System Introduced In Siberia. Berlin. Sap) II M it. id phone-, have been placed in cortail regions in tin- Siberian Steppes, linko't with hunting lodge 3, M that when packs of wolves appi •eh, the sound of their liowlinir ta cosTejred by the ■kro> ■hmee «r.d
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  • 501 20 "Living Like Eastern Potentates." Melbourne, Aug. 8. Trades union officials estimate the number of unemployed in Australia at 180,000, and the number of employed last year as 1,854,000 men and 865,000 women, boys, and girls. These unexampled unemployment figures are partly due to the winter and the repercussion
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  • 97 20 Rewards Offered for Capture In Wuhan. Hankow, Auj;. J2 In Wuhan the hunt for Communist agents stems to have come to a halt and the authorities have begun a search for rebel spies and commander generals. Cash rewards are offered by the Garrison Headquarters for the capture
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  • 86 20 Maharajah's New Rule For Jaipur Infantry. London Sept. 8. The Ist Jaipur Infantry arc to wear kilts of a specially designed tartan, according to the Daily Herald correspondent at Largs, Ayrshire. It is stated that the march past of a thousand Pipers at the Cowal Games so'
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 91 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Is not your jovial correspondent Bogey Bogey indulging in a quiet little leg pull on the use of steel-shafted irons Bogey Bogey's prowess at the Royal ■ad ancient game is common knowledge, whether using steel or hickory (so-called) shafts, but
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    • 162 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to "M's" letter in your paper on 16th instant, the kins referred to is Ferdinand VI, who was grandfather of Charles IV, and King of Spain from 1746 to 1759. Eduard Kann in his "The Currencies of hina"
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  • 146 20 The Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Sept. i:i, gives the total number of deaths as male 170, and female I>B. This represents a death rate of 28.10 per mille, per annum, compared with 29.57 in the preceding week and 24.61 in the corresponding week of
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  • 753 20 Ruined Englishman In Africa. Somewhere in remote East Africa a middle-aged Englishman is earning his modest living. After many years three spent in prison his good name has been cleared from a charge which has clouded his life for nearly a decade. A cable has informed
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  • 72 20 Position of British Trade In Spain. British trade with Spain is holding its own fairly well against foreign competitors, state* the Commercial Secretary «t the British Embassy in Madrid, in his report on economic conditions in Spain Tnere is room for improvement, however, ,n the marketing of British
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  • 54 20 Berlin Orders Bandaging Of Noisy Skittles. Bandaged skittles are one result of the a^ti-noise campaign in Berlin. A police station received complaints that the noise of the ninepins kept people awake, so the police decreed that the owner of the skittle alley should dress ev<.ry skittle
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  • 220 20 Morning Post Editor Issues Warning. London, Sept. 8. 1~, the power of the Press developing into a form of tyranny? This was among the questions suggested in the Presidential address of Mr H. A. Gwynne, Editor of the Morning Post, at the anrutil conference of th Institute of
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  • 29 20 Peking, Sept. 9, i It is reported from Tientsin that during the past fortnight 16,000,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition arrived from abroad for Marshal Feng Yuhsiang.
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    • 67 20 SHELL SUCCESSES IN OUTBOARD MOTOR RAGES JOHORE BHARU ON SEPT. 17 UNLIMITED CLASS-OPEN WINNER SECOND H. Siddons in Single A. P. Gaudart in step Hydroplane Single step Hydrofitted with 36 H.P. plane fitted with 20 Super Elto Engine HP. Evinrude on Engine on SHELL SPIRIT SHELL SPIRIT and an( j
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    • 125 21 Take The Wheel And know the Joy of Driving This Great New Oar. TODAY, motorists are demanding finer performance, combined with added beauty and comfort. In today's models, the new beautiful Ford body lines are but one of the many methods is shown in the close limits of I measurements
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  • 1156 22 Some Mysteries of Black Magic. (By E. Torday. the famous Belgian Traveller and Explorer.) Among the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Kongo the witch, though greatly feared, is not considered a depraved person, harming others out of malice, but an innocent instrument, frequcnUy passive and
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  • 109 22 A MODEST VENUS 2,000- Year Long Bath With Draped Limbs. Submerged for 2,000 years, a statue of rare beauty has just been taken up out of the sea near Rhodes by two divers. It represents Venus with her lower limbs draped and in a modest attitude that has already earned
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  • 86 22 Thrown into Sea by Men In Motor-car. An air mechanic and two boys have reported to the San Sebastian police that they saw three young men drive up in a motor-car to the rocky coast at Pfiers-del-Mar, near Santander, and throw a Rirl into the sea.
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  • 52 22 Refuses to See "World's Oldest Man." Annoyed by what he considered to be a publicity stunt," Mr. Edison, the inventor, refused to receive the "world's oldest man," the Turk, Zaro Agha, who claims to be 136 and it now "capitalising" on his longevity by showing off-in the
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  • 337 22 Shouts of Dissatisfied Shareholders. Stormy scenes we4*e witnessed at the meeting of the Branston Artificial Silk Company, Ltd., in London on Aug. 12. I The chairman, Mr. M. C. Harman, well known as the uncrowned king of Lundy Island, was accused of whitewashing and bluffing." The shareholders,
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  • 53 22 Work Lost by Private German Shipyards. The German Minister of Communications recently announced that, in view of the extension of the strike in private dockyards, he was issuing orders to the German naval shipyards for the construction of 10 big steamers, 13 motor vessels and 37 sloops
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  • 381 22 Barnstaple Celebrates Its Millenary. Barnstaple claims to be the oldest borough in the Kingdom, by reason of a charter, with the right to hold market and fair, granted by King Athelstan in 930, when the town was a typical Saxon burgh and the centre for the defence of
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  • 264 22 200 Manufacturers Form A Trust. Foreign motor-cars bearing placar-'s "Boycott British Automobiles" took part in a procession organised by the All-India Congress in Bombay recently in honour of imprisoned political leaders. The police made no attempt to prohibit the procession from entering the Fort area, presumably
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  • 72 22 'Ship's Officer Risks Death For A Friend. Shanghai, Sept. 9. Mr. D. F. Stratum, the supernumerary third engineer of the China Navigation steamer Hsin Peking, last Friday rescued Mr. C. F. Hudson, the second engineer, who fell overboard at Woosung. Despite a strong current and the danger
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    • 553 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.) ■BAD OPTICS Winchester Hoo*, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. Tlir Compnny hai £^0,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 566 23 BANKING NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK. N.V. Established 18G3 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about £3,506,000) Paid up Capital Glds. 55.000,000 (about £-1,600,000 Reserves Cldj. 28,187,797 (about £2,360,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES BATAVIA Head Office for Dutch East SHANGHAI Head office for China and Japan.
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    • 657 23 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed Y15,000,000 Capital Paid-up Y12,125,000 President 8. Shimada, Esq. IHBSCTOM. M. Ya-nagita, Ks<;. M. Arnki, Esq. T. HisawuiK-. Takagi, E*q. T. W.:,i,|:>. i;sq. HEAD OFFICE Taipeh. Formosa I Taiwan) BRANCHES AM) AGENCIES Amoy Hankow Making Shinchiko Batavia
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    • 235 23 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life, Marine, Accident, Guarantee an<l Motor. Assets £60,000,000 ARTHUR C. POTTS— Manager and Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Ajuets AMnrances in force £116.753,004. £493,404,870. LET US DEMONSTRATE how a Policy of $10,000 over 25 years
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    • 94 24 OCEAN MOTOR POLICIES LAMBERI CP FHITLER the fruit the whole fruit and nothing but the fruit ftCjiy i^ used in the manufacture of JL ORANGEPOP J Malaya's Favourite liiiiH rink PpfllP The Product of [U.g|J PHOENIX. 'Phone 3463. M<<£VAU MrsM r I>ERFEOS 2?TS WHISKY (iV/^ v>^ vi y?M IB Sk
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    • 175 24 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LTD. i (Incorporated in Great Britain) I Heatf OSce for Malar* SINGAPORE. Sankey Sheldon Steel Furniture BRITISH MADE. STEEL STORAGE SHELVING BUILT TO CUSTOMER'S SPECIFICATIONS. Quotations Submitted on Application. ALSO STOCKS OF FILING CABINETS, STORAGE CUPBOARDS PLAN FILES, INVOICE FILES, JUMBO FILES, CARD INDEX
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