The Straits Times, 6 November 1930

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED KIABLT A CENTUBI.j THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLVENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1930. PRICE 10 CENT.? The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930, PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 104 1 SINGAPORE: TB. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 0161). Ml TONIGHT 9.15 GLORIA SWANSON in "THE TRESPASSER." Growing illl^w Children IVS/A THRIVE ON "BEAR BRAND" The Original and Genuine Rich Swiss Milk. Nothinß can equal Bear R«-«nd, the pure natural milk from the famous Swiss Alps, for building strong sturdy youngsters. Rich in
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    • 224 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27, JAVA 3T. ('PHONE 3663). GEM RINGS WHICH ATTRACT DISTINCTION WITH ELEGANCE. Eighteen Carat White and Yellow Gold Gem Rings, all in Platinum Settings. No. 5M5. No. 5«78. No. 56«*. No. SCSI. 18 CARAT WHITE COLD 18 CARAT YELLOW GOLD 18 CARAT WHITE GOLD 18-CARAT YEI.I.OW COLO SINGLE
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    • 9 1 G.i:. TOMGHi 9.13 I GLORIA SWANSON I in THjp
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 549 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. •JEYPORF. MM Nov. 14 KALYAN 9,100 Nov. 16
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    • 595 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec. 3 4 TERUKUNI MARU 11,800 Dec. 17 18 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 HARUNA MARU 10,000 Jan. 14 16 C
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    • 459 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the •wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 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
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    • 552 2 ANORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated in Germany). the understood are the Company's intended fixtures. OUTWARDS 'FULDA for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Not. 9 SCHLESIEN for Saigon, Yokohrina, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Not. 16 MOSEL for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalny, Tsingtau, Kobe, Osaka and Moji Not. 28 §GOSLAR for
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    • 625 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR 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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    • 570 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Krctay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bansnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bundon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrivtl Departure MALINI Nov. 10 Nov. 12 SUDDHADIB Nov. 17 Nov. 19 VALAYA \,,v |4 N, )V M _The steamers arc fitted
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 496 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsrhe Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam i Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnnce m.v. Nbajak Kl.non R.L. Nov. 7 >..s. Koninfin A-t NVrterlnnden UN S.M.N. Nov. 14 in.v. Indrspoern U.imi) R.L. Nov. 21 in.v. Marnix V. St. AUegoßde It.OM S.M.N.
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    • 1468 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in England) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang I m.s. JLTLANDIA Nov. 1 m.j. ALSIA Nov. 26 Nov. 28 m.s. FIONIA Dec. 17 Dec. 19 m.s. LALANDIA Jan. 7 Jan. 9 ni.a.
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    • 347 3 CHARGEURS REUNIS (Incorporated in France) SINGLE CLASS STEAMERS REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. HOMEWARDS MARSEILLES, NANTES and BORDEAUX Due Spore. MsVUM Nov. 21 CAP. PADARAN Dec. 22 HAVRE, ROUEN, DUNKIRK and ANTWERP Due Spore. D'KNTRKCASTEAUX Nov. 16 AI)KN Dec. 8 Kor freight nnd passages, npply to The Snrcetisort of
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    • 423 3 BRUNOLINUM For the Preservation of all kinds of Timber. BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM For the cure of all Bark Diseases in Rubber Trees. LEE KIM SOO 40, HIGH STREET. Just Unpacked Sale Now On CHOOSE YOUR GIFT BOOKS FROM THIS LIST. Picture Show Annaal $3.">fl Tuck Annual IBJM Tho riaytimc Annoal )3.50
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 37 4 CHOK. Mrs. rbeft K..-,n Kwce, aite :|7, or ,t, 8.40 p.m. No. HO, Tank Read. She I'-fl behind her husband and i children t.. 1.1.mi n hrr leas. The cortetre will leave i pja. i..r Bidadari.
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    • 15 4 ACK NOWLEDGMENT Hi M,ll-..-:i he- to th: Mendl fo? their kind hor I be hu..L:ind'<i
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 770 4 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. Tn Tb, IdwrtMlnt Mannga* BUStti Timct. Cecil Str»*L Plr««» inner! th* following *meil eoVertleement for daye Tbsr* ar* tpproxmately s*ven words to a Uaa aad tketo at tat rase afcacfo af 2b cents per llns per Insertion with A minimum of on* dollar per Insertion. The additional
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    • 672 4 MISCELLANEOUS IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS overseas, have the Straits Budget posted to them (very week, $14 yearly, including p< stage, outside Malaya ($13.20 within Malaya... Orders, accompanied by remittances, should be addressed to the Manager Straits Budget, Singapore. THE STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH. Kamponir sTafSr Special Meetings will
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    • 632 4 UGUSfcS, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, 71, 7fi, 78 AND 80, CAIRNHILL I;OAD. Modern sanitation, clcctr.t-, etc Bcirt $<i 0 each. Apply Ho Hong Co., 3, Synagogue Street. TO LET, immediate entry, 42A, Oxley Read, electric, water and gab laid on. Apply personally Estate Trust Agencies (192.'i, Ltd., Estate Agents. NEW
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    • 407 4 STATE OP NEGRI SEMBILAN T'.A'DEP.") nre invited up to noon of Dec. 1, 1930, for the supply, transport and laying of water mains for the Port Dickson and Tampin Water Supplies. Full particulars may be obtained from tho STATE ENGINKKR, N.S. Seremban. WANTED For the month of MeeHtbcr, sea- ill.-
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    • 848 4 GOVERNMENT NdTICE Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up !o noon of Nov. 20, 1930, for the followins works 1. Excavating 500.090 cubic yards (if earth from a hill at Labrador, Pasir Panjanr. transporting and fillinK 'hiswampy lands bordering on the Bangel B«rlnyer. 'i. Construction of a
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    • 676 4 MORTGAGEE'S SALE of Singapore properties situate at Timjong Krtong Road, Jurong Road and off East Ceaat Road. At Messrs. Cheon<r Koon Sens Co.'* saleroom, No. 30, Chulin Street, on Wednesday. .Nov.' 12, 1930 at 2.30 n.m. Lot 1. Valuable 0»f» years' leasehold land situate at 10th milestone Juron? Road, Si.i
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 375 5 The eat Bre afheable Cur e COLDS f^?l AS these handy Pep* tablets A^| 'J^hr #1V dissolve in the mouth, valu- v^ IMKI/ uin the lorra VkKiA j J/Wf/// olli'iiien TneicPcpslumesare /%\tt)T 11/Mfft\ <.k:i.U With the brf.thinto tlie -»5 W SBB/jIV I I .'l'-o'Ms 0 io CC o h U.rda"d
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    • 197 5 Raffles Hotel TOISIGHT DINNER AND DANCE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Poppy Day Blue Ball IN AID OF EARL HAlG's POPPY DAY FUND Dinner and Dance ?o. Dance Only $2. All la<iios and gentlemen attending are aski'd kindly to co-operate in cr.rryinp out the colour scheme by weaiin:-' much blue, o* any
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    • 159 5 NATIONAL ENGINES A COMPLETE RANGE OF SPARES For all Types of NATIONAL ENGINES is held by the SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA fENTRAI SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Golfers!! IS YOUR GAME IMPROVING IF NOT, WHY NOT i. ft a friend to make a movie of your play. Screen it and study
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  • 852 6 PENANC LETTER. Work of the S.P.C.A. FARCE OF DEBATE ON ALLOWANCES. (From Our Own Convspomlent.) Paw*. Oct. :.'!>. In striking contrast to the official procrastination on the matter, the thine.-.' of Penang have move.l with remarkable nnd commendable |l|flil to take steps to alleviate suffering ainonK
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  • 45 6 New Junior Imtil Of The Treasury. Following th< vi" Mr. Alfiod BmM, .\l.!\ Mr Braes! Tliurtlf, M.P., D a|i|ii.niitu Junior Lord of the Trauun (luipi The Junior Lordi an mrordinjrly as follow* Messrs. Parkinson, Edwards, Wbiteley, Parlii ThuiUc. iW 'y-v inn iii>«idi
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  • 331 6 Naval Exercises in The Mediterranean. A squadron of the Soviet Black Sea Meet has been ordered immediately to pass tlmugh the Dardanelles to undertake military exerciser" in Mediterranean i waters. Al a naval force it is insignificant, consisting as it does of only one old cruiser, the hervonnia-L'kraina
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  • 122 6 To Rise And Descend Vertically On Any Flat Roof. A no* sir-taxi, with revolving wing:. which will be able to rise and descend :ilnio«t vertically like a helicopter, and Will thus be capable of using the flat rojf i f any moderately-sited building as an aerodrome, is
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  • 399 6 Keeping Abreast Of Requirements. It is likely that the problem of the future of the Bodleian Library will soon be coming once more into prominence. The commission which was appointed eight months ago to inquire into the best methods of keeping the Library abreast of modern
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  • 69 6 Glasgow Firm Gives £5,000 To Relieve Distress. A firm which is closing down it* tub.; works in Walsall has (riven £5,000 t! relieve and cases of hardship caused among workmen more than sixty year? of age. The firm is Stewarts and Lbyds, Ltd.. of Glasgow, and
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  • 408 6 No Reliable Trace of Her Bequests." Impressed by the generous allowance that King Charles made to Nell Gwyn £250 a fortnight, as was shown by a transcript from some Stuart records^ a Cambridge reader of the Morning Post has been speculating how the little actress
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  • 58 6 "REDS" MISSIONARIES. Twenty-one Captives in Hupeh, Hunan and Kiangsi. Peking, Oct. 1~. It is learned from foreign official sources that the Reds in Hupeh, i Hunan ar.d Kiangsi altogether hold 21 foreign missionaries 'of six nationalities. ramely, British, American, French I'alian. Norwegian and Spanish. Lv Ti-ping has sent two divisions
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  • 321 6 What America Spends On Amusements. Dean Inge, speaking at Oxford at a dinner in connection with the National Savings Movement Southern Regional Conference, said that he was brought up to think that hard work, plain living, and thrift were not only private virtues, but public benefit.;. We
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  • 167 6 Plans for Cultivation on A Large Scale. A determined effort is being made to introduce the growing of coffee on a large scale in Burma. Some years asro a move was made with tea in the Toungjo district, considered the most suitable of all the disttiils lor
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  • 932 6 CEYLON LETTER. Distressing Effects of The Rubber Slump. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, Oct. M. Feeling against the (iovernnwnt is running high and speeches of unrestrained indignation, fulminating ngainst thGovernment's mishandling of the unancial siturtion and persistence in tuo attempt to introduce income-tax, are the order
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 160 6 ELECTRICITY W ECONOMY AND. SERVICE I —L m^J_pl. >. EJcclric power, heat and Itffht C^^^J**J N. arc for even' body Equally ff^ZS^l X. -rrvitcablc in the greatest in* X I«SJ| mfct4llt command on the touch CHRISTMAS GIFTS for the Folks at Home. Save yourself the worry of packing and dispatching
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    • 102 6 CYMA NOTICE The New Patterns of CYMA WRIST POCKET WATCHES for 1931 have just arrived. Prices from $10 to $250. For Sale at first-class Watch makers and at RENE ULLMANN AGENT Capitol Building Stamford Road. SINGAPORE. UNITED MOTOR WORKS, LTD. 20, GRANGE ROAD. Telephone 6317. Our Repairs Department and Service
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 216 7 The Talking Screen Immortalised LAWRENCE TIBBETT The World's Greatest Living Baritone IN AN EXQUISITE ALL-COLOUR OPERETTA Superlatively aloof from anything >ct shown recorded with a fidelity H Incredibly Realistic it will astound You THE ROGUE SONG Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Iticsed on the Operetta GYPSY LOVE WITH Catherine Dale Owen Stan
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    • 264 7 wyy wyw mm mm ww v uiau w .w v y. a^w OeOQOOQOOOOQOQQQO© GO QIC -MHHHH.ILBIs^BsHHBHRsIBHH W^mmmm ~'®m\ Urn ■"J Hi II o Ho? 8.15 TONIGHT 9.15 UNITED ARTISTS PRESENT THE FIRST LADY OF THE SCREEN GLORIA SWANSON IN HER FIRST GREAT TALKING VOCAL ACHIEVEMENT POSITIVELY HER BEST!! THE TRESPASSER
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    • 276 7 sis TONIGHT sis M 9D The Premiere of U "CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD" U i RiMM gJH J()HN BOLES and LAURA LA PLANTE LJ Universal Production. IJ Circle and box scats all hooked for tonight. [j On Friday and Nightly a» 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. SHbI (Temporar) booking ji
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 994 8 Depressing Effects on Tin And Rubber. I.yall and Evatfs report of Nov. 5 states tr.J oi the month statistical figures have agate had a depress ing effect on rubber and tia. l.th sections had displayed more activity during the early days of the week under lvview, and
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    • 83 8 Singapore, Nov. C. Tin.--Steady. Ayer Hitams lOsVlls., Kuthais iS-H cents, Kintas 84-88 rents, I'enawuts MVI cents, Malay Consols. 13'4-ir, cents, Sungei Luas 81-85 cents, Sungci Ways I.M-SJS, Petalings :t....vri.7<>. L'lu Klungs G3t!8 .m1... llonir Kongs 15s. 9d.-16s. 6d., Tronohs 14s. 6d.-15s. 3d., Hong
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    • 31 8 Irene Alba, the well-known comma ienne, has died at Barcelonn at tho age of H::. She was 5:5 years on the sta^c anil Itfl :i fortune sf more than two millitvi
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    • 269 8 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Mot. C. 9a London, Bank 4 01 2 3 ?3 T2 Demand 2 s\ Private .1 m. credit 2/4 3, 112 :)n New York, demand ;,<; i/iy Private 90 d/a iTi^ On France, Bank T.T. 1430 Op India, Bank T.T. loi <:r Honx Koiir, Bank T.T. 4J>< i;«
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    • 922 8 London Comments on His Resignation. The following common.* on the tin po: tion appear in the London newspapers undei date Oct. 10. The Financial Times la face of tlie substantial restriction of tin produc.ion which has been practised during the greater part of this year,
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 441 8 Vfcl. i'J. Bayers EelUrt 11 fl Aiam Kumbaog 80/- 25/-»/-5-Ay«r HiUm Tin JO.'- 11.'tl fl i;ii/ t j.Ti;i Tin 1:1- 14/1 1 fiatang Podiing 0.10 0.18 1 1 fiatu Cavea O.f.S 0.40 1 1 Bukit Araog 0.30 0.4U a 11 Bunuah Uuinj 10/- 12/- nom. £1 £l ChendarlartK 4/.
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      • 244 8 Val. IM. Bayers Scllrn 2 2 Alex. Bri.'k Onls. UN 2.&0 t 'I Alex. Brick riele. *no 2.10 El £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.2.6 5.7.6 1 1 CMMMI Kr.gine ii 0.40 nom. 100 SO Chinete Com. Bank 102.00 104.00 .1 £1 Con. T. S. 7f« Pr«i. 15/3 16 6
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      • 117 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of iv.'i) red. 18U1-26 102 106 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 19J0 $I£7S,UOO par. h r i prcni. Singapore Municipal 4H P-f-of !i)O7 red. 11)47 $1,600,000 96 par Singapore Municipal 4','j p.r. of I'JW red. l'j.'ij $1,000,000 Oi
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      • 372 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today* Prices Iraaer Lyall ft Co. E-att ■Ulenby (tl) O.SO 1.,"5 0.80 0.85 \lor oajab <|1) v.70 o.ho ii7i> oj<u Hitaui ($1 i O.JO I.UO O.W> 1.10 i. Kuning ujju vjw v.iv u-id A. Malay (32) 0.95 1.10 O.JO 1.10
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  • 190 8 Today. China. Ilainam, Japan, bm, Formosa, Kast HMtte, \V^^,^e»n Canada and Wentorn State* 0/ U.S.A. (Tinhowi il p.<s. Ceylon, Southern and WesUta India K.lenhtifl y p.m. Upper Burma, North ami Last India, *-gypt. Kiirope, Canada and U.S.A. (Takliwa) a n m. North, N.-Kast and N.-West Sumatra (.SelangMr)
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  • 41 8 L«ft kttt. By R'por* l«aatas Shirala S«pt. 26 Oct. IS Johan v Oldtobarnevtlt Oct. 3 Oct. 23 Ka»h?ar Oct. U Oct. 25 Kluniut Oct. 10 Oct. 31 Tokliwa Oct. r> Nov. 1 GcMral Motzineer Oct. 8 Mot. I
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  • 106 8 The following paaaaMgen will arrive frcn.i Euiupr tomorrow by the Bas4 Asiutic motufship Alia Mrs. I). M. Thorpe, Mr. «j;d Mrs. H. K. Wataan, M.s. D. M. Dickinson, Miiw X Adair.-. Un. I>. M. Hunler. Mr. W. H. Sluait Clark, Mrs. H. Hwttsawn, Mrs. D. W. McLeod, Mr. and
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  • 277 8 Thursday, November I. Ships alongside Ihe Wharves or expected to arrive. KKPI'EL IIARBOl R. Main Wharf I.ch. Rimtiu, City of Man.Ulay. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf I'atrol. VESSELS IN 1)1. DOCKS. Tanjong I'aicar. Albert boric i.n. Krdah. Victoria Dock Yacht "Ji-wa Pur.yi." f\«pp*l Harbour. KinK'.f Dock s.s.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 143 8 LITTLE BOY IN I AWFULJTATE Almost Blind With Skin Trouble. Cuticura Healed. "My little boy's trouble began on his ear. It became red and very dry, and when the skin cracked water came from it. His ear was very hot and painful. The trouble spread to bis eyes and he
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 266 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Pripht Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dire.-- Special Weather. Max. Mln. (all. shine. Humidity lion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Stur .84 7:1 Nil 1.5 M K Fine Kola Hharu No report. K. Treugganu 86 73 Nil 4.1 M R 2 Tine
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    • 195 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thuraday, November 6. H. W. Mi a.m., 0 ft.. 10.10 p.m., 9 It Singapore Cold Storaite Co., annual ranting, Boustcad and Co.. 1-30 p.m. I'riday. November 7. H. W. 10.20 a.m., 1) ft, 3 in II Ji p.m., 9 ft Saturday, November 8. H. W. 10.45
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  • 285 9 Australia Increases Duty On Rubber. TIN EASIER IN NEW YORK. City Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday, 10 a.m. Today's Trices Ituhber. l.'i'< cents per Ib. Tin. 125 tons at $59/- per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 4 ■/ad. per lb., unchanged. New York. B'4 cts., unchanged. Market
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  • 187 9 Dividend Reduced to 20 Per Cent. The directors of the Gramophone Company, manufacturers of H.M.V. talking maebißM and records, recommend a final dividend of 15 per cent., making 20 per cent. for the year on the £3,200,000 of ordinary capital. For the corresponding period last year the final
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  • 116 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Kulilirr Association hold its 91»2nd auction on N'i v B, when than- was catalogued 1,774,011 li.. ..i ***** tons; offered i,r,ir,,mr, lb. oi 7L'I.:JU tons sold l,l):).6O6 lb. or 506.07 tons. Spot. London -I.ii. New York HoOitay *fci c* ivci;\ijiol.l/. Ribbed Smoked
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  • 162 9 imnag Tin. l,:!ll hours, 290,000 yards, 1(511 pleala. bah Kampar Tin. 1,255 hours, 395,000 1.764 piculs. < hangkat Tin. G2.S hours, 200,000 yards. MO piculs. Itawanvr Concessions. 656 hours, 180,006 i 'I*. l.lVfi piculs. Kaiiiponir Lonjut Tin.— 1,177 hours, 480,000 yards, MM piculs. Mafia Nairmr Tin.— 696 hours.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 2296 9 Government Finance. POSSIBLE TO MAGNIFY DIFFICULTIES. The National City Bank of New York in a comprehensive review to conditions in American industry states The month of September has witnessed some improvement in business which has Ikh.ii rather pronounced in some lines, but taking the situation as
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    • 66 9 Tone of Market Quiet. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 4'» d. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. ct«. B^4 per Ib. >♦-♦♦-♦-♦■»♦« ♦«»»♦♦♦»»««»♦»♦♦♦»♦»< »L, R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard B.S.Sron Tender ft M Spot November December January J«n.-Mar. April-June Bayers 13% 13 Vi
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    • 190 9 Central Province Ceylon Results. An increased net profit is recorded by the Central Province Ceylon Tea Company in its report for the year to June 30 last. Sales of produce yielded £99,712, as against £109,222, but expenses were £12.149 less at £82,567. The result was a net
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    • 121 9 Anglo-Johore Consolidated. 43,000 lb Bukit JeMc.ng. ll.iyri lh. Baean Serai. -49,000 lb. Batak Rabit.— 43,ooo lb. Bukit Palong Syndicate.— 23,3oo Ib. Consolidated Malay.— l32.ooo lb. Chulsa (Selangor).— 7o,loo lb. Clovelly.— 22,ooo lb. Cantan Kuantan.— 46,o76 lb. East Asiatic R.E.— 3(55,500 lb. Kurau— 32,soo Ib. KoU Tinggi.— 62,ooo lb.
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    • 174 9 Closing prices of U.S. stocks in New York on Oct. 30 were American Can Common ***** American Smelter 64% American Sugar 44 American Tel. and Tel 196% American Tobacco Common 113,2 Anaconda 36% Associated Gas and Electric Blank Atchison 200 Baltimore and Ohio HOi Bethlehem Steel 70-'<
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    • 77 9 Rugby, Nov. 5. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 1-\o69i, Athens 376, Bombay Is. 5 25-32 d., Berlin 20.385, Brussels 34.835, Bucharest 818, Rio 5, Buenos Aires .'18 1 Copenhagen iS.I6, Geneva 25.03, Helsingfors MB%, 'hmg Kung Is. 3Hd., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 43.20, Milan 92.795, Monte Video 40, New York 1.85
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    • 630 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES OCT. 9 Abaco (fl) Allagar (2/Jl/1H; Amher«i (2') 1/8; Anglo-Malay (fl) 13/32; Ayer Kaning (£1) Bagan Serai (£1) Bahiu (Sel.) (2/) 3/; Bantcng (£1) Batang Consolidated (2/) 8; Batu Caves (fl) 9 11; Batu Tiica (£1) Bckoh (2/) T; Beranani; Utn /7V4; Bertam
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  • 1555 9 Co-ordination of London Traffic. ANOTHER GRANDIOSE LABOUR SCHEME. (By A. W. Still.) London, Oct. 8. More than usual interest has been shown In the Bank Return bearing date Oct. t. At the corresponding date last year the stock of gold in the Bank of England was only
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  • 1161 10 It may be some slight consolation to the nerve-shattered denizens of Singapore to learn that the war on noise, which has been undertaken on the most modern scientific lines in Great Britain and America, h spreading rapidly. When we have ceased
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  • 1116 10 Points in the Versailles Treaty. (By Brig.-Oeneral W. H. H. Water*. C.M.G., C.V.P., Author of Secret and Confidential and Private and Personal.") Queen Victoria decided that no earthly tribunal could deprive a former reigning monarch of his title, so that the prefix Ex attributed by some
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  • 15 10 Mr. W. Hamilton has been appointed to act a3 Deputy Clerk of Councils, Hong Kong.
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  • 18 10 Mr. D. J. Evans, the retiring editor of the Hong Kong Daily Press, is shortly leaving for Home.
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  • 20 10 Mr. and Mrs. B. de Burgh Thomas and family have returned from leave and are staying at the Europe Hotel.
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  • 19 10 Mr. H. C. W. Allen, of Boustcad and Co., Singapore, returned from leave by the Marnix van St. Aldegonde.
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  • 20 10 Mrs. Ismail, wife of Mr. M. Ismail, of Johore Bharu, returned from England by the steamer Marnix van St. Aklegonde.
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  • 22 10 Judge Henry C. Gesford, for 18 years a judge of the Superior Court, California, is a passenger on board the s.s. Malolo.
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  • 23 10 Mr. W. H. Stuart Clark, the secretary of the Singapore Cricket Club, is due to arrive back from leave by the Alsia tomorrow.
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  • 18 10 Mr. Burnside Cromwell, of The Tribune, Oakland, California, passed through Singapore on the Malolo, accompanied by Mrs. Cromwell.
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  • 22 10 The forthcoming marriage is announced of Flight-Lieut. Stanley David Dennis, R.A.F., of Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, to MiS3 Vera Margaret Bond.
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  • 25 10 Sir William Peel, the Governor of Hong Kong, has accepted an invitation to become president of the newly formed Society of Yorkshiremen in that Colony.
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  • 28 10 Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Rice accompanied by their daughter and son passed through Singapore yesterday on a Pacificcruise. Mr. Rice is a prominent rancher from Maui, Hawaii.
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  • 36 10 M. Emile Vandervekle, the chairman of the Second Internationale and the exSocialist Belgian Minister of Foreign Affuirs, who is on a tour of the Far East, returned to Hong Kong recently after a trip to Macao.
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  • 714 10 MORE FRIGHTFULNESS." X A German has recently invented a device which, he declares, cffectivclv prevents oversleeping. It is attuche i > a clock and, at the jriven moment. fire; a cartridgre which gives off a pungen'. pas. This causes the sleeper to snee//himself awake and take
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    • 40 10 BUY ADVERTISED GOODS. Not all the advertising that is offered to the Straits Times is accepted. Every effort is made to safeguard readers' interests and ALL advertisers using the Straits Times are, to the best of our knowledge, TIIOROUGHLY RELIABLE.
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  • 339 11 Sir John Simon Condemns Government. CHIEF WHIP RESIGNS. Preparations for General Election. London. Nov. .">. The cross voting of the Liberals in yesterday BJBnfas/s unemployment division in the House of Commons when live including Sir John Simon and MajorGeneral Sir Robert
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  • 116 11 Position Still Remains The Same. Rugby, Nor. B. The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Arthur Henderson, rt plying to Parliamentary question! today, said the position of the Kritish Government in regard to Egyp: lemained as stated at the last session, When the Egyptian Government, commanding a majority in the
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  • 124 11 Awarded Nobel Prize ror Literature. Stockholm, Nov. .">. The Nobel prlie for literature for 19:50, valued at tfifiOQ ha^ been awarded to the American novelist, Mr. Sinclair Lewis. Renter. Mr. Sinclair Lewis, aged 48, li a Vale I. tan. He was a reporter on the New Haven
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  • 82 11 Interpretation of Propaganda Pledge. Ilujfliy, Nov. li. The Foreign Secretary, answering questions in the Honac of Common*, said that while he hail never stated that the Soviet (inverniiient had accepted l lie interpretation which the British Government placed upon the propaganda pledge, he had repeatedly made it plain
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  • 23 11 Washington, Nov. '•>■ Canl Bin..-, (ha forma* CUut ot staff of tin' United Slates Army, is critically ill with Intectinal trouble. -Renter.
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  • 111 11 Sir G. Penny's Questions In Parliament. London, Nov. 5. In the House of Commons, replying to Sir George Penny (Cons., Kingston-on-Thames), Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Transport, said rubber was not leing used in any experiments which the Ministry was conducting with regard to
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  • 186 11 Arranging Insurance Of Giant Vessels. Rugby, Nov. 5. The terms of the agreement between the Board of Trade and the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., for the insurance of one, and possibly two, large passenger vessels of exceptional value which the company proposes to build, are issued. The value
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  • 61 11 160 Lives Lost in United States. Athens, Ohio, Nov. 5. One hundred and sixty miners were killed in the Milltield coal mine as the result of a jras explosion followed by fire. A simitar number escaped injured or partly massed. The victims include the president of the company
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  • 109 11 U.S. Example in Scrapping Battleships. London, Nov. 5. Lieut. -Comdr. J. M. Kenworthy, tho Labour member for Central Hull, called attention to the fact that the United States is scrapping three super-Dread-noughts in advance of the Naval Treaty date, and asked whether the Government intended to follow suit.
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  • 177 11 Unwise to Publish It In Advance. London, Oct. 25. The News Chronicle, in an editorial, expresses the opinion that it would be a clear tactical error to publish before the Round-Table Conference opens, Lord Irwin's secret dispatch on India's constitution. Everyone would want to know whether the
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  • 29 11 Among the prominent passengers on the s.s. Malolo are Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kngcl. Mr. Engel is vice-president and director of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railrond.
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  • 472 11 Conference Report. DRAFT DISARMAMENT PROGRAMME. London, Nov. B. It is believed that the heads of the delegations to the Imperial Conference have approved the report of a committee presided over by Mr. Mac Donald in favour of the completion of the Singapore Dock in accordance with the
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  • 78 11 Preparations for Atlantic Flight. Berlin, Nov. 5. The twelve-erJiincd Dornicr flying-boat Do. X took off today from Lake Constance on a flight to Calshot, via Amsterdam, preparatory to an attempt to fly ths Atlantic via Lisbon and the Azores. Amsterdam, Nov. 5. The Do. X flying-boat has
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  • 135 11 General Smuts Sees no Harm In It. Johannesburg, Nov. 5. Addressing a League of Nations Union meeting. General Smuts was gloomy over the prospects of the Disarmament Commission discussion at the next Geneva Assembly. He expressed the opinion that the proposed confederation of Europe was the result of
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  • 61 11 Fluctuations in Purchasing Power. Geneva, Nov. 6. The gold delegation of the financial committee oi the League of Nations is again in session for the purpose of dealing with the work left over from the meeting in June. This refers to fluctuations in the purchasing power or gold
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  • 323 11 New Duties Imposed. LESS PREFERENCE TO BRITISH GOODS. Canberra, Nov. 5. The new tariff schedule, tabled in the House of Representatives, increi3es the primage duty from 2Vi per cent, to 4 per cent, and imposes a duty of fourpence a pound on bulk tea, increases the
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  • 168 11 Formerly Miss Evelyn Colyer. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Nov. 6. The death occurred at Bishnauth, Assam, last night of Mrs. Hamish Munro. formerly Miss Evelyn Colyer, the wellknown tennis player. Mrs. Munro (rave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on Oct. 20. The girl
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  • 84 11 Position of British Holders Unfavourable. Rugby, Nov. 5. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury answering questions in the House of Commons in regard to the British representation! to the French Government respecting the position of British holders of 1915 French War Bonds, stated that he regretted to
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  • 95 11 Indian Princes at Palace Banquet. Rugby, Nov. 5. In the State dining room of Buckingham Palace last night, the King-Emperor, accompanied by 1 the Queen, entertained at a banquet the Indian ruling Princes and chiefs who are in London to attend the Round-Table Conference. The scene was a
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  • 60 11 Delay in Construction of New Zeppelin. Berlin, Nov. 5. Dr. Kekener has announced that the building of the new Zeppelin w-ill bs delayed one year in order that it may bo reconstructed for helium gas in view of the di.-aster to the RlOl and also in order
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  • 401 11 Further Evidence at RlOl Inquiry. London, Nov. 5. Today' 3 sitting of the RlOl inquiry revealed that the airship passed over Poix aerodrome, never Beauvais, at a height of 300 feet, whereas, according to Squadron Leader Booth, the ship should have been at a minimum of
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  • 167 11 Question of Joint Military Action. Louden, Nov. 5. In the House of Commons Comdr. Carlyon Uellairs (Cons., Maid: tone) a>ked whether the Government had made any suggestions for joint military action to the American and Japanese Governments with regard to the disorders in China. Mr. Arthur Henderson,
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  • 52 11 Protest by Union of Patriotic Associations. Geneva, Nov. ~>. The Union of Patriotic Associations has most indignantly protested airainst the presence of Soviet delegates at the preparatory Disarmament Commission. The police took precautions at the raiiway station on the arrival of the Soviet delegates, but there was
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  • 70 11 Gunmen's Raid on Broadway Jewellery Store. New York, Oct. 28. The jewellery store of Rosenthal and Sons, on Broadway, was the scene today of a $200,000 robbery. Two robbers forced the manager to open the safe at the point of a gun. They mule good their escape. The
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  • 47 11 Highest Rank in Australian Air Force. Rugby, Not. •<■ It was announced in the Australian House of Representatives, at Canberra today, that the rank rf Air Conunodere, the highest rani: obtainable in the Australian Air Force, would be conferred on Wine Commander Kingsford Smith.— HrKish Wireless.
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  • 397 11 Sweeping Changes in U.S. Elections. MR. F. ROOSEVELT. Probable Candidate For Presidency. New York, Nov. 5. The general election for Congress, part of the Senate and State Governorships indicates a national swing in favour of the Democrats. So far, out of 35 seats in the Senate, the
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  • 80 11 Delegates Chosen to Prepare Agenda. Rugby, Nov. 5. The third informal meeting of the British-India Delegation to the Indian Round-Table Conference was held at St. James's Palace today, the Aga Khan presiding. The Secretary for India Mr. Wedgwood Benn, addressed the meeting. and at his suggestion seven were
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  • 79 11 No Power to Change It At Conference. London, Oct. 28. Mr. Winston Churchill, in a speech at Chingford, said the people of India had •eeo led to believe that the Round-Table Conference was goinjr to frame Dominion status. It was most important that this idea be dispellfd, and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 86 11 ''iii!iiiuii:iiitwiii»iiiii!i:iii!iii!iii!iiiti«iiiiiiiwiiiHiiiiiiiniiii:iiiiiimMMi f TODAY'S FEATURES. Pit* Will the kaiser Return By Brigadier-General \V. H. H. Waters in .Municipal Estimates for IM1 It LtltUI from I'cnaiiR and Ceylon 6 Kash Driving Inquiry IK Defalcation Charge Against Chinese 12 I Home Sport Ixtler IS llridpe Notes l.'i 1 Home Trade Kevicnnl. By A.
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  • 2655 12 Charge Against Former Manager. AN ALLEGED PLANT. GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID." The suggestion that things had been very slack in the combined office of Messrs. Ching Keng Lee Co., and the Estate and Trust Agencies, Ltd., and that other trusted employees had something to
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  • 39 12 "Wild Company," a Fox Movietone drama, will be shown at the Wembley Cinema, Geylang, from tonight. This will be the first showing in Singapore. The artistes include Sharon Lynn, Frank Albertson, H. B. Warner and Joyce Compton.
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  • 201 12 New Short- Wave Plant Opened. London, Oct. 27. The .Persian Minister of Posts and Telegraphs this morning officially inaugurated on behalf of the Shah direct short-wave radio telegraphic communication between Persia and Europe and between Persia and Iraq. This is an addition to the already existing long-wave
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  • 98 12 Former Treasurer of Thrift Society Charged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 5. Wong Wai Lam, the former honorary trearuier of the Malayan Teachers' Cooperative Thrift Society, who surrendered to the Singapore police, appeared in the police court here today and was formally charged with criminal breach
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  • 125 12 Conviction for Rash Driving Upheld. Rangoon, Oct. 29. Tn Lieut. Campbell Meiftlejohn'g appealagainst a sentence on a charge of rash driving, Mr. Justice Cunliffe upheld the conviction, but altered the sentence, cancelling the imprisonment. Regarding the accused's action as a piece of gross negligence, the judge imposed on
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  • 235 12 Snake Charmers and Curio Shops Kept Busy. The s.s. Malolo brought 174 tourists yesterday to Singapore, who thronged the streets, cafes and hotels until a late hour. Stmke-charmers were kept busy until midnight while the curio and antique shops in High Street were full of visitors. Immediately
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  • 285 12 Labour's Choice as Next Viceroy London, Oct. 28. The fact that Lord Gorell was among the guests at Lord Parmoor's eve of session dinner to Ministers and Peers is interesting in view of the rumour that he is a likely successor to Lord Irwin as Viceroy of India.
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  • 127 12 Reports of Serious Discontent Unfounded. London, Nov. 5. In the tfouse of Commons at question time, Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that investigation had proved that the reports at serious discontent on board H. M. S. Revenge were wholly erroneous and the
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  • 117 12 Lord Chelmsford's Appeal For Fund. London, Oct. 28. At a meeting of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association of the India Office, Lord Chelmsford appealed to ricii merchants and others connected with Africa to establish a fund to deal adequately with leprosy in Africa as India had enabled
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  • 97 12 To be Sold to China at Less Than Java's Price. New York, Oct. 30. It was reported here today that a movement is afoot in Cuba to pool 100,000 tons of sugar among the Cuban producers for sale in the Orient pending the legal formation of the
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  • 495 12 Marshal Yen's FareweH Declaration. Shanghai, Nov. (5. It is now confirmed that Mr. Wanp Ching-wei, the reorganisationist leader, went abroad yesterday and is expected in Kobe on Nov. 8. Marshal Yen Shi-shan announces hh intention to retire from politics in a declaration which is
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  • 85 12 Complications Follow An Operation. MY. George A. Wilson, chief engineer of the s.s. Treherbert, Which arrived in Singapore from Durban 6'ri Qi"t. 28, died at the General HospitaHyTsterriay afternoon from complications' following an operation. Mr. Wilson was tak^n It! a few days after the vessel's arrival in Singapore,
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  • 67 12 Kuala Lumpur Show" lor Poppy Day Fund. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 5. The Country Fair in connection with the Poppy Day Fund, which it was originally intended to hold at the Selangor Club, will now be held on Saturday afternoon at the Racecourse, Ampann Road.
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  • 85 12 Good entertainment is provided l>y Isako's Circus, which is now showing in Bukit Timah Road. Features of the progiamme are the ballet dancing ami the horsemanship of Bostonso, the Italian jockey, and Miss Klawdia. The acrobatic feats of the Herman Trio and the Chan Chi Siang troupe are
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  • 72 12 A tiger kill, the recent manoeuvre;. Chinese champion swimmers, Malayan weddings, and a rp-union of old Penang Free School boys in Kelantan are some of the subjects pictured in this week'a issue of the Straits Budget. There is a photograph of Lord Li Ching Mai, a member
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  • 2317 13 Cambridgeshire Prospects. POPULAR WIN FOR ROYAL OWNER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) (By Air Mail.) I-endon, Sept. 30. Tlit King, whose racing luck has been atrocious lately, scored his first victory of thi< Mason at Newbury on Friday, when to the delight of every one present, lit v.on
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  • 108 13 ThunuUy, November t. Women's Hockey Hatch, S.C.C. ground, 5 p.m. I'liday, November 7. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. R.A. and R.E., SRC. Soccer: Welch R«gt. v«. Mtl»y«, Jalan Bcsur, 4.45 p.m. Saturday, November 8. I Rugby: S.C.C. vi. 2nd Welch Regt., S.C.C Juhore v>. N.S., Rengam. Sanday, November Golf Keppel
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  • 65 13 Selangor Team to Meet Penang on Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. n. Immediately after the hockey trial played last night on the padanjr the following team was chosen to represent Selangor against Penang at Penang on Saturday: Pertab Singh Gorbax Singh and Greig Shaw, Hovil
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  • 170 13 Welch Regt. Score Five Goals Against Police. Welch Regt 5; Police 0. The Welch Regt. XI was far too jiood for the Police in a hockey match at Tangtin yesterday, winning by five clear K'oals. Capt. Duncan (3), Lieut. Welchman and Swain were the scorers. The Police were
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  • 115 13 English Representatives Beat Scottish XI. Londfon, Nov. 5. In a match at White Hart Lane yesterday the English League XI defeated tb« Scottish League by seven goals to three. Reuter. Last year the Scottish League obtained their first win over the English League for six years. It was
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  • 50 13 By error in our article yesterday dealing with of Phar Laps's win of the Melbourne Cup the dollar sipn was used in stating the amount of stakes. The winning horse receives nearly £10.000, the second £2,000 and the third £1,000. Phar Lap has won over £30,000 in stakes.
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  • 816 13 Vigour and Fitness. ETCETERAS BEATEN BY RAPID ATTACKS. S. Johore.. 20 pts. Etceteras 3 pis. South Johore made their first appearance on the Padanjf yesterday when they easily beat the Etceteras by 20 points (a ;;oal and five tries) to 3 points (one try). It was
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  • 264 13 Draw for S.C.C. Singles And Doubles Tournament. The following is the draw for the lawn bowls tournament at the S.t'.C. ILimlicap M. B. Brockwtll plug 3. bye T. Boy. l piu 3 I. 0. 11. llruycrv. minus D B, M. Canticll plm \s. K. .1. 1,. Mayger scratch <'.
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  • 74 13 Fresno. Calif. Oct L".t. Inacio Fernandez, Filipino boxer, an I Sailor Fay Kosky, Chicago light-wc-ig: fought a furious laa-HNHMI draw baxCH a crowded iiouse here last night. Fernandez entcivd the tight a dacidol favourite and he lived up to his name ;i-. a first-rate boxir until the Sailor
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  • 20 13 The Malacca High School baal Urn Angto-CntoeM t<?um in an association football (MM on Monday by six ;'on!s to one.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 32 13 MOUTRIE PIANOS ARE UNSURPASSED FOR Quality and Value. Upright from 500 cash. Baby Grand $1,300 Player-Piano $1,300 HIRE PURCHASE TERMS ARRANGED. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE.
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    • 115 13 REDUCE RUNNING EXPENSES j —^a^aw j 111 aVV^awf B^lal BBB»^B^^BMa^BBBMBj^aj Cj"»a»^3^Jl j-yj J Installing other engines than full DIESEL MOTORS means in 9O per cent, of all cases WASTING MONEY. aaaaaaaiaai DIESEL STATIONARY MOTORS 6-2,000 H.P. MaF! i^l DIESEL MARINE MOTORS 6-2,000 H.P. 11l 1 M DIESEL STANDARD LIGHTING SETS
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  • 3349 14 Increasing Expenditure Of Secretariat. ORGAN PROVISION. MR. WOLSKE1/S STRONG CRITICISM. Thi estimate! of ntwmttM and expendiim. for the Municirality of Singapore v..ie considered by the Municipal Commissioners in spwial meeting yesterday, and M alterations were made to the proposed liudgct. The 1'resident (Mr. R. J. harifi)
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  • 131 14 Judge's Comment at End Of Lengthy Case. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 5. At the conclusion of a lengthy traffic case against Guy Austin, of the Government Monopolies, for a traffic offence the District Judge remarked: "Why were these summonses not withdrawn 7 The court's time
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  • 105 14 61,000,000 Shown by Census Return. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 3. The census, which is held every ten years in the Netherlands East -Indies, has been completed and the return shows that the population is 61,000,000. This is a great increase in comparison with the census of
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  • 53 14 Buster Keaton, Film Comedian Touring the East. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 3. It is understood here that the film actor Buster Keaton and his wife, formerly Nathalie Talmmdge, are touring the East and are to visit Java shortly. From Java he is expected to go
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  • 99 14 In connection with a recent report under the heading "Kuomintang Ban in Malaya," Dr. Chen Chang Lok informs the Straits Times that part of his statement was misconstrued. He said that the Chinese Foreign Office had sent a note to Dr. Alfred Sze, their Minister in London,
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  • 92 14 The Y.W.C.A. is entertaining Indian ladies at an At Home on Friday at 4.30 p.m. when Mrs. E. V. Davias and Mrs. J. T. N. Handy will act as hostesses on behalf of the general committee. The speaking part of the programme will be given in
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  • 326 14 Malay Gets Six Months' Rigorous. (Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, Nov. 4. The adjourned case in which a Malay named Abdul bin Tanah was charged with attempted murder by stabbing a Malay named Haji Abdullah was brought up for hearing this morning in the Klang Police Court
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  • 301 14 Newspaper Correspondent Convicted. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 4. Wan Mohammed Razzali, alias De Hammel, described as a newspaper correspondent, was this morning convicted by Mr. A. D. York at Butterworth Police Court of criminal defamation. The complainant in the case was Mr. G. H. Goh, barrister-at-law
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  • 69 14 Firestone's Medan Buying Office Closes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 3. I understand that Firestone's rubber buying office at Medan has been closed down from Nov. 1. Rubber circles in this town, whom I asked on the subject, told me that thus decision has probably been
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  • 43 14 Sale of Paintings for Work In India. London, Oct. 27. Sir Rabindranath Tagore expects to sail from New York about Nov. 15. He ha:s gone to Philadelphia to try to sell his paintings in order to further his work in India.
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  • 29 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Nov. 3. A meeting was held yesterday at Weltevreden (Java) of native women's associations to discuss the appointment Women's Congress at Lahore.
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  • 631 14 Bankrupt's $100 a Month With $50 as Interest. The public examination of A. E. 3helvam was conducted by Mr. I). H. Tudor (the Asst. Official Assignee) before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson yesterday Examinee HH thai he was formerly employed by the Asiatic Petroleum Co. His position was
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  • 312 14 Tuesday, Oct. 28. H. H. the Sultan of Perak and Captain Linduiy Years had luncheon with His Excellency and Mrs. Scott. Wednesday, Oct. 29. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council at Government House at 9.30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. Mr. T. Stirling Boyd, Chief
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  • 3942 15 Revelations On Test Selectors' Work: Rumours Denied. OXFORD'S RUGBY PROSPECTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 3. Bom interesting revelations on the work of Urn Tost Selectors were made by Mr. 11. D. G. Leveson-Giwer, the chairman of the Selection Committee, at fi? atiiuiul dinner of the
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  • 196 15 Seattle Girl's Adventure On The Malolo. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 20. Miss Edith Ransom, home in Seattle again after an unpaid-for voyage to Yokohama and back, denied today that she had purposely stowed away on the Malolo which carried h«r on her westbound trip. I may possibly
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  • 997 15 BRIDGE NOTES. Exception to Established Rule. (By A. F. Manning Foster, (he Fammn Authority on Bridge.) The rule about leading through strength up tv weakness is such an excellent niie that it is rightly impressed upon every player. Of ull th" lules with which I have been
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 166 15 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. EJ» 21. Sunset 1. FondU 211. White of an o«r 7. Took in coals 6 Step 12. Dtparture Bar k 13. Serai-circular projection i 2i 2 W h 14. Leanness :;t Excess of liberty IV Rank 3 s IC. Burden 36 Grouped Ike rays 17.
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    • 617 16 By Appointment to His Majesty the King For the lean cruisers at Coves, the sleek carriages of Paris, for the engines of eager aircraft, but one oil is acknowledged worthy. Named Castrol, it assumed leadership many years ago. By sheer performance it attained supremacy by constant improvement its pre-eminence is
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  • 1770 17 A Narrow Escape From Anarchists. (Bj 1.. !.e|>inc. the former Prefect of the Parin Police.) I was nicknamed the prefet de la rue M ai-count of the attention I paid to the I n MvMMI of order in the streets. This may nppe-ar strange at
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  • 142 17 To be Carried by Nigrht to Save Loss of Credit. Remarkable' evidence as to the value of gold in carrying on the world's financial activities has been provided by the recent d«eM in f Imperial Airways to introduce special night service for bullion, so as to a\oid
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  • 102 17 Honoured by French Government. The French Government has officially honoured in the Journal Officiel, the late Dr. Leopold Conseil, who died at Tunis on June F« last. Dr. Conseil was in charge of the opera.ions taken to combat the epidemic of pulmonary plague in Tunis which ragei
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  • 2372 17 Can You Help These Men r In accordance with the offer mad,* in the Notes of the Day column we five publicity to the following appeals or work from men who are unemployed as a direct result of the slump. The Editor will be pleased to
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  • 148 17 Visit Their Grandfather In Aberdeen. Siamese twins from America tailed fi-.im Liverpool ft h me recently after a visit t) iheir praml:;:thei in Aberdeen. They are Margaret add Mai- Gibb, 18-year-oM blon!:s, wh n h >nu- is in Holy<ak. IfaMacnutetts. They are accompanied by ihoir parent*. The twins
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  • 109 17 Gets £4,000 Damages From Taxi-cab Company. Dr. Aaron Sussman, demist, won .1 verdict of £4,000 danfaina Tor the loss of a Anger from ft jur. in the Supre nc Court. ■Jersey City, in lis action aarainst the Ye 1low Taxicab Company, of Bayonno. A verdict for £600,
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  • 27 17 Mr. Reginald I). St. John Hortoa, Sara \\ak Civil Service, was married on Oct. at St. Patrick's, Soho Square, U to Catherine Marian, only daughter of Mr.
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  • 2487 18 Sensational Evidence in Car Crash Case. EUROPEAN ON TRIAL. SAUNDERS GIVES HIS VERSION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Km'.ln I.umpur, Nov. 5. Evidence of B sen.-ational nature was hi ■rd in the police court today during the neeond day's bearing of the case in which N.
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  • 193 18 Attempt to Control New Councils. A striking feature of the Dublin lecal elections has been the crushing defeat of Fianr.a Fail (Mr. De Valera's party) in its attempts to gain control of the new Councils. Despite the fact that all the resources of the party were hrjught
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  • 63 18 "Early Morn" Play a Nuisanrc To Neighbours. Playing on miniature golf courses in the early hiurs of the morning is not golf but disorderly csneuct, in the opinion of Judge John H. Lyle of Chicago. The judge fined Leo Harrington £40 and costs for permitting persons to »play
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  • 129 18 Fish Hawker Who May Set A Legal Precedent. A one-legged fis'ii hawker is likely to sc* a legal precedent in F.nirlar i. He applied to the Cornwall (West) Public Assistance Comirittec at Falmouth fnr a wooden leg to enable him to set uo in ivjsiness as
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  • 227 18 Four Men Get Life Sentences. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 4. The kst session of the Criminal Assizes opened here today before Mr. Justice Sproule. Four cases were heard of returning from banishment and all the accused were sentenced to penal servitude for life. One accused said
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  • 146 18 Good Work Reported At Annual Meeting. There was a very small attendance at the first annual general meeting of the IVnang Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Balfour Ross, the chairman, raid that there had been numerous convictions in court for cruelty to animals and
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  • 52 18 Further Subscriptions To Relief Fund. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 4. The European Unemployment Committee acknowledges through its chairman, Mr. D. H. Hampshire, the following contributions to its funds Already acknowledged $6,0;:.". Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hay 2T, The Hon. Mr. H. T. Nixon 100
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  • 298 18 Corps Christmas Card 3. Samples have been posted up at the S.V.C. Canteen, Eurasian, Chinese and Malay Clubs. Cards may be had on application to the R.S.M. Price o5 cents each. Ranges. Ranges have been allotted for the month of November as follows Bukit Timah Range. Sunday,
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  • 34 18 The Director of the State Laboratories in S.ifia, has analybed the uranium minerals taken from the Strait Scheuske and reports that they are rich in radium. Exploitation of the district will be •'tarted soon.
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  • 788 18 Changes and Fashions. ONE OF GLADSTONE'S INNOVATIONS. Sixty years ago the postcard was first issued, and police had to letrulali- tho crowd that gathered at St. Martin's-le-Graiul to get specimens of the new medium of correspondence. At some provincial offices there were freo fights. At
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  • 161 18 Now the Second Largest Hotel In Europe. The reconstruction of the Strand l'alaco Hotel has been carried a further Itaga with the opening of lar^e new sections of the building. The hotel, with its 980 bedrooms, now claims to be the second largest hotel in Europe. There
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  • 26 18 Bishop Stortford Grammar School has closed after ."50 years' existence; it had a great reputation in days gone by, but now there are not enough pupils.
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