The Straits Times, 18 November 1930

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    36 1 The Straits Times. (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CKNTL'KV.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER /<\ MALAYA. 2« PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1930. ftUCE KTCENTS The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1930 24 PACKS I'RICE 10 CEM
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      102 1 SINGAPORE! 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6151). 1.11 TONIGHT 9 1.1 DENNIS KING nml JKANKTTI HacOONALO "VAGABOND KING' Phone 5281-- 52fi2 /^&m MUNoUL PASTILLES rid the mouth and throat of all germs of disease. "K I Hf Their use as a P reven //Ik tivo and ture in cases Hi v\
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      183 1 kS^B^UMPUR: 27, JAVA ST. (PHONE 3683>. fSm Special Announcement fh ROBINSONS. We have just received a consignn ment of very chic day and evening V x gowns, included are some exception\)li\ ally neat and smart washing frocks, also a few three piece suits. These can now be seen in our
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      538 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJJ. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RANCHI 1C.860 Nov. 29 I'EKIM 7.66 C Da*.
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      699 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples Marseille*, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Nov. 20 21 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,000 Dec 8 4 TERUKUNI MARU 11,800 Dec. 17 18 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 HARUNA MARU 10,000 Jan. 14 15 (KATORI
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      464 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANB, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. I i Regular monthly sailing* by th* well' known steamer MARELLA (7366 tons) and th* new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,613 tons). Th* s.s. MARELLA la on* of th« largest and finest steamers trading
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      575 2 4NORDDEUTSCHEB LLOYD (Incorporated I* Germ any). The understood are the Company's intern cd fixture*. OUTWARDS MOSEL for Hong Kong, S'ghai, Y'hama, Kobe, Moji, Chinwangtao, Dalny and Tsingtau Nov. 27 TRIER for Manila, Hor.g Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Dec T LIPPE for Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, and Moji Dec.
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      612 2 t THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. (Incorporated in England) d- j 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.
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      571 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam). BANGKOK COASTING SERVICB for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnari, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sicbon, Bandon, Kohsamul, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Depart'ir* SUDDHADIB In Port Km 19 VALAYA Nov. 24 Nov. 2.! MAUKI Dec. 1 Dec. U The steamer* are fitted throughout
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      459 3 DUTCH MAILS N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Gsnoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage m.v. Indrnpoera I'^.OOO R.L. Not. 21 m.v. Marnix V. St. AMegondc I'j ,ooo S.M.N. Nov. 28 s.s. Insulinde 10,000 R.L. Dec. 6 «.s. J. P. Coen 11.H0 S.M.N.
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      1449 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN UNI PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore KAZEMISE Dec. 6 CITY OF WELLINGTON Jan. HOMEWARDS U. CITY OF HERFORD for L'don, KMnm and Hamburg
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      311 3 JASPER NATIONAL PARK Canada's Rocky Mountain playground For bookbts ntid ivformation, write, yhnne. or call. L. L LAWLER. General Atrenf, Ilonß Koni? Bank Chambers, Singapore. CANADIAN NATIONAL The Lo'Z<-<t Railtmy Spltm in Amrrva LLOYdIrJESTINO NAY. COMPANY (Incorporated in Italy) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SINGAPORE to ITALY railing at Colombo. Bombay. lWt
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      405 3 EARTHERN WARE SUBSOIL PIPES FOR ANTI-MALARIAL WORKS All Sizes Stocked. ENQUIRIES SOLICITED. THE ELKAYES POTTERIES, OFFICE: 49, HIGH RUBT, SINGAPORK. PICTURE ANNUAL FOR 1931 Golden Annual for Girls $.'.70 < roikiry Lift Book $2.70 l.itllv I'eoplrs' Annual 52.10 Nursery Book $2.70 Jolly Ikiok for Hoys $_>.00 Jolly Rook for Girls
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    WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CHOIR.
    1455 4 The Don Cossacks. ALARMING RESULTS OF POPULARITY. (Fly M. JaroflT, Conductor of Ihe Don Cossack Choir.) After the retreat from Russia, the army commanded by General Wranjjel was encamped near Constantinople and disarmed. Some of its officers, thus condemned t'i inactivity, began sinking together foi their
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    PRINCE OF WALES.
    69 4 Studying Spanish for Trip To South America. London, Xov. I. Ti-.c Prince of VVa!c.=. who is to make! a iroodw ill tour of Latin America soon,! Wa youngest brother, Prince I George, with him. This wao regarded r.s possible today'; when k «U kterneo- that both are
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    BEAUTY HIDDEN BY FLOWERS.
    488 4 The Defects of Church Decoration. The Central Council for the Care of s Churches, in their fourth renort, publishJ ed recently on "The Protection of Our English Churches," state l 'The safe3t guarantee for the future of j our treasures is the broad artistic outlook which
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    PHILIPPINE " REDS."
    159 4 PHILIPPINE REDS." Chinese Consul Asked to Help Police. Manila, Oct. 11. The fir.->t definite steps towards ridding the Philippine Islands of the nun:; Chinese Communism was taken last ni^hi when the Chinese Consul was ashed t<> cooperate with the police. The need for action was demonstrated last week-end when two
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    "AFTER THE BALL."
    170 4 Burjflar Makes Off With General's Decorations. I long Kong, Oct. 8t Sometime early this mornin a thief or thieves entere.l HaadoHarters House the resufence »C Ala.jdr-Ok-ncrul ;J. W Sarulilamls, the C. O. C. Hon K Kon,-. ami made a clean sweep of medals < oration* and other
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      138 4 An Added Touch of Loveliness How chic (his new Cutcx Liquid Polish is how flattering to the loveliest hands. And liow its soft natural lustre wears and wears. A few toadies with the brush Bad your nafis sparkle with an exquisite beauty that lasls an entire week. Cutpx Liquid Polish
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      455 5 m.p.h.— THE HIGHEST SPEED ever attained on a Motor-Cycle. J. S WRIGHT Riding O.EC.-J.A.P, at CORK, on November Oth. QN C. C WAKEFIELD CO., LTD. Incorporated in England I ALL-rarrna firm. SINGAPORE PENANG. $^>T1.%. "^yb 1C c?a a rF^ c::ii ri °f ASHES OF tf^igtttty. rjr^-^yi ROSES" Vpnisiiinc icns \v';;i
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      279 5 PHILIPS ARLITA" Do you realise the magical gT| softness that "INSIDE FROSTING means PHILIPS "ARLITA" Inside frosted lamps arc soft to the eyes and arc idcl V* for the Home or Office. Specify "PHILIPS" When Ordering Lamps. i Sole Agents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED i liiC'.rpnrmtcd in Mrtiti SptHer-'n'O Dprtrical Department.
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      755 6 SMALL ADVERTISEMENT FORM. To Th« Advartlslng Manage* Straits Times. Oril Str**L Pless* Initrt (ha following small advertisement tor Aeys Tber* are approiimately seven word* to a Una sad there to las iu> a> 2i cents per Una per Insertion with A minimum of ona dollar per Insertion. The additional fee
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      719 6 MISCELLANEOUS IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS overseas, have the Straits Budget posted to them every week, $14 yearly, including pestage, outside Malaya ($13.20 within Malaya). Orders, accompanied by remittances, should be addressed to the Manager Straits Budget, Singapore. RADIO. We are now offering the Pilot K.I 10 Super Wasp
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      726 6 HOUSES, FLATS, ETC. TO LET, small modern bungalow, 16, Balmoral Crescent. Apply, 32, Balmoral Kd. TO LET, No. 4, Fernhill, Tnnglin, newly decorated. Rent moderates 716, Straits Times. TO LET, Flat, 316, Orchard Road, ground floor. Rent $80. Please apply J. 3. Nathan, 5, De Souza Street. TO LET BUNGALOW,
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      466 6 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, commanding position. United Engineers' new building. River Valley Road Motor sbow rooms with three leafed entrance loor, large sheet glass, bronie framtd windows. Apply personally. Estate and Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd.. Estate Acaata. Reverend J. V. WK.SII.AKE. I'l ll M, Cingultse Prince. CORNWALL, 2 or
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      853 6 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the office of the State Etlgfaavr, Mnt, Kuala Lipin, up t<i noon of November 28, 1930, for the support Bituminous Road Surfacing Material! during 1931. 1'artirulars may lie obtained :it tin- office of the State tnuini-iT, Pahang. ::t Kuah I.'pis, any working
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      921 6 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT Of SIM; AI'OICK. Suit No. 1402 of 19.10. Between SEAH KM; KIN". Plaintiff, and lAN SIAK I'l AN, Defendlilil. liy order of Messrs. Lowe. Hiii-ham mid Dunnian an receivers np'ioinlril li\ the AUCTION SALE of wax polished leak olhre furniliire, iron
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      458 7 A no -.MORE SHABBY Mr floors I JUST ONE COAT ot DARKALINE. only costing SI. 10 will give your floor a lovely lustrous finish that won't chip, scratch or set shabby. )ARKALINI is greatly superior to anything yet used, and always looks nice. Simply brushed on. dries quickly; and it
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      201 7 r> *y ji Hoic Bright and Full of Energy This Hoy Look*! lie Keeps His Face and Hands Clean and Healthy with diti<*urn Soap Teack rliiliircu rurly in life to UM < ulirura Noap every .l.iv .-mil i micira OinliiK-nl for any ifcahes or irrilalinns. ShamnocMtklthCMtfaaM Suapk">']i Ilicliair li.-.illhv a.i.i
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      696 7 Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation Available with Modern Sanitary Arrangements. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE MONIA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT $1.75. Sea View Hotel All Rooms with Modern Sanitation. M Special Dinner Dance V Every Wednesday and Friday d CINEMA h q (WET OR FINK) X Thursday- November 20
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      232 7 You want a M Long Life" electrical installation —and the life of the installation depends upon the wires. Let your installation depend upon HEUV 1 F Y C.M.A. Wires— the wires that wilJ last as long as the building' itselt. W. T. HEJNL-E.Y TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., LTD. Sole Agents in
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    3931 8 The King Opens Parliament: Fiscal Policy. GOVERNMENT AND WAR WREATHS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. <!>:. 18. A couple of dayi ;i^o Paddington \V il. Committee recommended th' boroagl council to enter into a contract for tfct supply of common salt, which ni:iy l>c required for snow
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    TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAILWAY.
    45 8 TIENTSIN -PUKOW RAILWAY. The "Blue Express" Again Running. Piking. Hot. >'•. Tr- Tii'rit ,in-Puh ;>v K;i:!-,v;\y is now running foi.r times weekly, nUrtina; md arriving pvim tuully. the FHi'e Express, which nred to run one* weekly. Othor tru'"'! arc nuutc up of roaches from o»hcr lines.
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      175 8 ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce that we have appointed MR. RENE ULLMANN of Capitol Building as our Sub-Ajrent for the 'LISSENOLA" (British Make) ALL ELECTRIC AMPLIFIED GRAMOPHONES and RADIO-GRAMOPHONES for British Malaya. E. S. ISAAC, (i. .MALACCA STREET. I VAN HIN FURNITURE COMPANY. T.I No. 4144. (Ectlblitbed 1903). Tel. No.
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      37 8 NEW WORLD CABARET TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY SPECIAL. VAUDEVILLE SHOW Dancing bj- Coupons is as usual. MOONLIGHT HALL, NEW WORLD. Tonight at p.m. THE JAPANESE CIRCUS will perform for short season Admission $1, 50 eta. and 30 eta.
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      181 8 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. Travel and Play at 50 MAKE your dreams of retirement come true. Mcnufac-turei-8 Life
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      163 9 6.30 TONIGHT 9.30 All Comedy Programme MOVIETONES Happy Laughing Hit A Brand New Brand of Brand New Comedy witK Lucille Brown, St»i\ley Smith Ted Healy 6* Hi« Racketeers. JUST ONE LAUGH! IT STARTS AT FIRST FLASH OF FILM AND DOESN'T END TILL FADE OUT. also CLARK MacCULLOUGH IN "DETECTIVES WANTED
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      243 9 I <■» m J WM Hi"B h IkJLM J m "THE THEATRE THAT SETS THE STANDARD." NIGHTLY at 6.15 9.15 p.m. Continued Success of Paramount' s Brilliant All-colour Masterpiece "THE VAGABOND ./IMP" IMliu S WITH DENNIS KING and Jeanette Mac Donald SEE and HFiAU This Brilliant P reduction presented as
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      253 9 W 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 H mJ (Matinees Saturday and Sunday. 3.15). A SURE UNIVERSAL WINNER! JB CARL LAEMMLE presents Joseph SCHILDKRAUT M IN Q "THE MISSISSIPPI U GAMBLER" ■R with JOAN BENNETT Mnaa and a h\g cu*t, imluding mm CARMELITA (JERAGHTY ALEC R. FRANCIS OTIS HARI.AN For love or for
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      MERSEY BANKS' SECRETS
      307 10 piscoveries from Wreck of 130 Years Ago. Thirinr rcent months some interesting Mid have been brought up from the M( rsey bed, in the neighbourhood of the liuilio Flats, by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board salvage steamer, the operations being in charge of Mr. Ralph Stephenson,
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      NEW SUBMARINES.
      213 10 Four "R" Chun Vepsefa Nearing Cratptetkn. rat of the l'oim- ••[<" Ism sui--"iarines. antboriaed under the J>£ i timatee, will shortly be ready for trials c.l Barrow. There were ori(rinally ?i\ vessels in this Utoup, but the contracts for the Royalist nd Rupert, ordered from Messrs. William Reardmore
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    LEOPARD IN WELL.
    72 10 Hauled Out by Rope And Chained. Kajshahi, (India) Oct. 28. A leopard, Beaming five fec-t. which full intu a v.e!l hero soon attra«.!t- i luce crowd, bat the Idea of killing it was mi received with favour by the wife of OM owner of the well, who
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    Plans Canada's Finest Terminal
    101 10 C:r Henry Thornton, Chairman and President of the Canadian Nat«J ional KaiiwayH, inspects the modtl of the $50,000,000 tpi-mir.al whii-h hie corni-any has started to build at Montreal. The building to which the railway president ia porting is the proposed central f-afucn-t-or station and office building
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      HORSESHOES AND NAILS.
      297 10 Strange Rent Paid For Land Near the Temple. London, Oct. 22. One of the oldest ceremonies in the history of the City of London took place this afternoon at the Law Courts. Mr. Anthony Pickford, the Corporation i Solicitor, and Sir George Bonncr, the King's Remembrancer, were
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      EROS MAY RETURN.
      212 10 Garden "Circus" Setting Suggested. I London, Oct. 18. When Eros goes back to Piccadilly he may have a pleasant little grass lawn around him. The question is, however. whe»htr or not such a lawn can be kept in I pood condition. "We are as anxious as anybody
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    • SHARE MARKET REPORT.
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        Macphail and Co., Ltd
        102 10 Singapore, Nov. 18. Tin.— -Easier. Aycr Hitan-.s 10s. lO'id.-ll* Kiatas M-U7 <ents, KuchaU .17-02 cents, Sun^i Laae M-97 cents, Penawats 42tl cents. Malay Consols. 1 1 7 cents, I'atiftnifa [Riven M;. ti |.-i s PttaUaeja 3.97> s -4 u7' Liv Klanus C 5-75 cents, (long Konss
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      216 10 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Nov. 18. On London, B»nk 4 m 2 w SI Demand 2/3); I'rivate 3 m. credit 2/4 8/.12 On New York, demand. jg j j.j Private 00 d k On France, Bank T.T. j43 0 On Ind: a Bun!; T.T. 15 4 On Ilonx Konir, Bank T.T. 4;2.t^
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      MINING.
      442 10 IMB* **t N. Buyers Stllcr» i'l i'l Asain KumUarg 20'- B/. -8 Aycr ilitam 7in 10 0 nt;n t; i"l £1 liariffrin Tin la,- H 1 B..l«ii(t Piuianir 0.10 O.lft 1 )t;itu Onves O.;',S OA'-i I 1 Hukit Aram; 0..i5 0.40 11 il Hurmah Malay In.-- 12 norn Cl
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      GENERAL.
      237 10 Val *'<*. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick OrJ«. 2.30 2.60 •i 2 Alex. Hrick l'rcra. 2.0a 2 10 fl £i but. Am. Tul'Kcco f..0.0 fi.5.0 1 1 Central Engine i: 0.40 nom 100 EU Chines* Com. Bank 102.01J 104 00 A il Con. T. 8. 1% fret. 16/8
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      115 10 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. del), of 1920 red. lKh-36 102 10C sj Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. l»30 $1,878,000 par. beb c c prem Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.c of 1307 red. 1947 $l,600,0O« 86 par Singapoie Municipai ihit p.c. of MM red. UM $1,U00,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      386 10 Fruer and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quoiations. Today's Price* rater Lyall Co. E-att Allem,y ($1 i C.b3^ 000 O.KO O.t» Alur l^jah ($l. 0.70 O.SO 0.70 OJtO A. i.'ituin tf-1 O.itiJ 1.00 0.30 110 V Kuring ($1 i l>iO G. 30 o.L'O O.liO •V. Mi.:.,y ($2. 0.85
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      URUGUAY RAILWAYS.
      255 10 Earnings Up, But Net Gain Lower. The annual reports of the Central 1 runuay proup of railways, issued on Oct. 10 shnw an incretwc of £79,!>39, or 3.50 per e«nr.. I.i Kros-; receipts of the ombiiinl yyslci.i it compared with 1925-29. Cross earnings of the Central Company were
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      51 10 Ai.in:.t I. Sumatra i.— 62.loo 11>. Kuala Psrgao. 13^20 Ib. K»-aloi>. v,0.. t Lantng. &7.000 !b. Lsiras tenatra IV tatel Estate Uandoi-Tekong. 0,-iua 1I». Valaku Pioda. :."..XhO Ib. Banpah.- US.Mt lh. Sun^i-i Matang. >;,000 Ib. Sunjrci Buayn (Saaiatra). -^7.:.n!i Ib. Sumatra Caoutchouc Maata. L'i>..;.;o li>. I'nitti! Malacca. -29.70U
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR HOARD.
      223 10 arm uauboik. Main Wharf Lch. Kimau, The r .l,)o. Leh Shtuk, H.I'.M. LixhUl IW U I'M. Lifhh r 1 I Oil Wh:.ir Santhia. Cual Wharf Patrol. VKSSELS IN DRY DOCKS, lanjonc I'agar. Aluit Dock Itftam Virtciia Hack Ixh. Chiih.i, Lrli. No. Kcpptl Harbunr. King's Dork Nil. No.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      186 10 Tudsj. BragaaUe, Labeeaa Bilik aad Ti.ii.iJong Balel (SingaradJa) v n Paaeiang, Sink, l'Hkan liarue Bad I'ujakoniiio iiii.nfc Kwoag) pjn Rattan Si A|,i Api (Jferanj p.m Pantlanak iKhoea tfoeej -i p.ni Java, «fUtti-Wei,c Sumatra, SoithKiisl H.irnco, <>lr>><!i!, Muluc.-as A Timer Hilly (<;ian K Sens;) Sratncra Sumatra, Java, Honta-East
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      34 10 IbUMI rakltwi icnerul VetiH far Wilt Ltfl Arr.l. S'imim- Lunduii .t. :i Ort. Oct. in <ict. 3i (.Hi. :> Nov. 1 Oct. 8 Nov. <'.-t. I," Ncv. K 11..r 17 V,.- v
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      37 10 Fron < hina and Japan, by Fnlambn, doe it Singapore J p.m. tomorrow. From (hina and Japan, by Hoaaaf, due it Singapore <!;:ylight on Thursday. From China anil Japan, Faahfani Mam, IIM at Singapore on "HlHrtriny
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      PASSENGERS.
      23 10 Mr. an.l Mi.s. V-. Pitman Hone, Mi:». E. i! luiso and Mr. i). W. Moore arrived fron f«lbonme by th< Plai civs.
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      123 10 HUKIT TIMAH ROAD. ISAKO'S EUROPEAN CIRCUS Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursdu I"rida>. S;>(iirc!;iy Sunday, November 18, 19. 20. 21, 22 i< 2:). FAREWELL WEEK PEatFORMANCBB. SURPRISE FOR W LADIES Kw ry lick.thold.-r la -rliilc-d In leeeHre <>n.' extra Krai fur a l.idy fn-<> 'if rharee or 2 Ladies will be admitted on
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      204 10 MALAYAN METEOR OLOGICALSERVICEr** Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind Station. Tair.peratui-e R«in- Sun- P.elative Direc- Speod Weather Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity tiun. P. F. in». hour*. m o h 'k" T r 1* U m 2A 85 NE Overcast Koti n:-,.iiu No report. K.Trcnreanu 70 ft 1.27 0.3 US S8W
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      190 10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tuesday, November 18. II. \V. X.-IO a.m., ft. 7 in MS 1> m., 11 ft. in. Wednesday. November IS. U. W. ill". a.m.. :> ft. 1 in.. IM p.m., ft <: in. .'ohore Planters' Attoetatlon, half ye.-irly mcetinc Klucnc Club, 11.30 a.m. Thursday. November !Q. II.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    305 11 Rubber "Changes Direction Right." THE SLUMP PLAYED OUT. (ISy Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Today's Prices Kulihir. 14%| cents, per lb. Tin, 175 tons at $58 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber, London, 1 \d. per lb., up '.<l. N<» York, 9V; cts., up ct. Market
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    CAIRO (MALAY) LTD.
    399 11 Problem of Nativ* Production. The nineteenth annual general meeting of t hi- Cairo (Malay) Rubber Syndicate, Ltd.. «M held on Oct. 14 at 40-41, Old Broad Street. K.C. Mr. A. .1. Ritchie, the chairman said The cr:>i> wp have to meet has been immedi:it. ly occasioned by
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      1060 11 NOTES ON BRITISH INVESTMENTS. Demand for SafetyFirst Stock. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 23. It is a generally accepted principle of investment theory that when the level of interest rates is low, fixed interest bearing stock tends to become dearer. People who have money on deposit account, for example,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      62 11 Tone of Market Steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 4%d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 9% per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot November December January Jan-Mar. April-June Buyers 14% 16 15% 15* l.'.'j Mtf Stller: IS
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      PLENTIFUL CROPS AT PRE-WAR PRICES.
      498 11 Likelihood of Greater Consumption. An interesting analysis of world harvests in 1930 is contained in the October issue of the Westminster Bank Review. It is evident, states the Review, that in the case of no important crop is any question likely to arise as to
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      EXCHANGES.
      76 11 Rugby, Nov. 17. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.0-14, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5%d., tferlin 20.38, Brussels :!4.825, Bucharest 818. Rio 4 15-16, Buenos Aires :>B-\. Copenhagen 18.16%, Geneva 25.055, Helsingfors 103. Hung Kong Is. il., Lisbon *****. Madrid 43.45. Milan 92.755, Monte Video 39\, New York 4.85^. Oslo 18.15*
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      DOMINION POLICY.
      242 11 Mr. Thomas's Reply To Prime Ministers. Mr. J. H. Thomas (Dominions Secretary) "peaking at a luncheon to the delegates at the Imperial Conference given by the Army and Navy Co-operative Society, on Oct. 10, made a vigorous reply to the Dominion delegates. Every Dominion Premier cr representative who
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      NEW YORK STOCKS.
      174 11 Closing prices of stocks in New York todaywere American Can Common 109 American Smelter 49 American Sugar 42 American Tel. and Tel 188 American Tobacco Common 110 Anaconda .34 Associated Gas and Electric 19 Atchison 190'» Baltimore and Ohio 75 T Bethlehem Steel 60>z California Packing Blank
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      RUBBER STOCKS.
      32 11 A cable to Lewis and Peat, Ltd., dated Nov. 18, states the stocks of rubber in London and Liverpool are 116,041 tons, an increase on the week of 1,550 tons.
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      COMMONWEALTH TRADE.
      718 11 Dairy Produce And Canned Fruits. Three annual reports have been published by Control Boards dealing with the export of Australian dairy produce, canned fruits and wine. The facts regarding the dried fruits industry have also been made available in a report by Mr. J. Gunn, Director of Development,
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      TIN RETURNS.
      77 11 Kampong Kamunting.— 32,ooo hours, 303.73 piculs. Asam Kumbang. 55,000 yards, 215.70 piculs. Puchong. 90,000 yards, 581 piculs. Pungkah. 67,000 yards, 517 piculs. Renong Consolidated (first half).— 266 hours, 100,000 yards, 301 piculs. Katu Tin (first half).— 36l hours, 50,000 yards, 266 piculs. Munng Tin No Liability (first half).—
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    1189 11 LONDON RUBBER MARKET. The Effect cf the May Stoppage. TALE OF SEPTEMBER STATISTICS. (By A. W. Still.) London, Oct. 22. Approximately, the fall in consumption of crude rubber in the United States during the nine months ending September was 78,000 tons, an average of 26,000 tons per quarter. The total
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1930. RESTRICTED FRANCHISE.
    1154 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1930. RESTRICTED FRANCHISE. What would b 3 given to this Colony in exchange fir its present system of government if the recommendations put forward by European members of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association were accepted First of al! we should
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    14 12 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wootton left Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for New Zealand.
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    31 12 Mr. Madsen-Mygdal, the well-known Danish agriculturist, visited Kxetay Estate, Trenfrganu. and Bang Nara Estate, South Siam. in the course of his journey to Bangkok. He called on the Governor of Singora.
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    30 12 H. E. the Officer Administering the Government, (the Hon. Mr. John Scott), has accepted an invitation to be present at the St. Andrew's Ball in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 28.
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    40 12 Mr. C. Ward-Jackson ■will give an address on Rudyard Kipling at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club on Thursday. The address and the remarks of the president will be broadcast on a wave length of 325 metres, starting at 9.30 p.m.
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    57 12 The following officers will be leaving Malaya by the Neuralia at the end of this month Major C. F. Douglas-White. 0.8. E., R.A.O.C, Lieut. H. J. McCaffery R.E., Capt. W. Y. Price, 2nd Welch Regt., and Lieut. C. F. C. Coleman. The last named is a prominent sportsman, having represented
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    68 12 Senor Manuel de Yriarte, director of the Philippine National Museum, and a survivor of the Spanish regime, dropped dead from heart failure during the traditional dance "Rigodon de Honor," which U'hers in all government functions, at a ball given by the Governor-General at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on Nov.
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    87 12 The following officers arrived by the Lancashire and have been taken on the strength of the Malaya Command Major W. J. Gilpin, M.C., R.A., Capt. W. T. Ford, R.A., Lieut. C. M. Adderley, R.A., 2nd-Lieut. R. C. Hulbert, R.A., 2ndLieut. J. W. P. Saunders, R.A., Major E. E. Read, M.C..
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    TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK ?
    1107 12 TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK Prohibition as a Child Of Social Snobbery. (A lecture by G. K. Chesterton.) I wonder where the extraordinary idea came from that beer is wrong It has nothing to do with religion or politics nor anything to do with creed or dogma nor even
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    762 12 BOBBY JONES. I With the wonderful record to his credit of having won all four big titles in one year, Bobby Jones, the world's greatest golfer, is to retire from the competitive side of the game. He is going to Hollywood to make a series of
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    33 12 Sir Arthur Reid, who was Chief .!u<lg" in the Punjab from 1909 to 1911 and had seen many years service in India, died in England on Nov. 7 at the age of 79.
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      DELEGATES STATE THEIR AIMS.
      1659 13 Round-Table Conference Begins. DOMINION STATUS. "If You Give It Us Today." Rngby, Nov. 17. The first plenary session of the Indian Round-Table Conference was held at St. James's Pnlare this morning under the presidency of the Prime Minister. Mr. Baatsay UmeDtmaM. AH the delegations were fully
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      STIMULATING USE OF RUBBER.
      116 13 Dutch Sympathy With British Proposals. Amsterdam, Nov. 17. The Dutch rubber growers have sympathctieally considered the British proposal to place at the disposal of the propaganda committee a portion of next year's production in order to stimulate the greater use of rubber by finding new uses
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      DISORDER IN BOMBAY.
      224 13 Police Charge Crowds With Lathis. Bombay, Nov. 17. Protest demonstrations and hartals against the sentence on Jawaharlal Nehru were held in various centres. The police made two lathi charges in Bombay in which a few people were injured. A number of people were arrested. A huge procession
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      IRISH SWEEPSTAKE.
      119 13 First Prize Amounts To £204,764. London, Nov. 17. Optimistic expectation stopped work throofboat the Irish Free State today while the draw was made at the Mansion House, Dublin, in the Free State 1 ospitals sweepstake on the Manchester November Handicap, which will be run on Tn spite of
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      MARSHAL FENG.
      135 13 Pays a Visit to Marshal Yen Shi-shan. Shanghai, Nov. 17. Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, the "Christian General" of Shensi, has returned to Taivuan from Tatung (North Shanw). It is understood that he conferred with Generals Sun Lianu-cheng and Soon K Chi-vuan and also visited Marshal Yen Shi-dan at Hopienchen,
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      MRS. BRUCE'S FLIGHT.
      34 13 600 Miles to Seoul Across Sea. Shanghai, Nov. 18. The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce left for Sooul direct at 7.30 a.m. It is a 600 miles flight over the sea.— Reutcr.
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      DISMISSED ENGINEER.
      56 13 Inquiry into Circumstances By British Minister. London, Nov. 17. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. H. Dalton, Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that Mr. Henderson had asked the Minister in China to inquire into the circumstances of I the dismissal of Mr. Valpy, chief
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      PALESTINE AND THE MANDATE.
      425 13 Policy Misunderstood. HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE. London, Nov. 17. In the House of Commons, opening; the Palestine debate on the motion for the adjournment (which means that a vote will not be taken.) Mr. Lloyd George said they wanted equal justice for Jews and Arabs. He
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      SPAIN'S TROUBLES.
      331 13 General Strike Declared In Barcelona. Madrid, Nov. 17. A general strike has been called at Barcelona in sympathy with the movement in Madrid.— Router. It will be recalled that, owing to the authorities barring the way of a funeral procession in one of the busiest thoroughfares of Madrid
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      JAPANESE DIET.
      36 13 Tokio, Nov. 15. The Imperial Diet will probably be summoned to assemble for the winter session en Dec. 24 or 26. Dec. 25 is the anniversary of the death of the Emperor Tnisho.— Nichi-Nichi.
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      "COUNCIL REFORM FOLLY."
      414 13 Singapore Opinion. "A GRAVE DANGER POLITICALLY." Indignation characterises the general pinion in Singapore on the recent I 'Council Reform" suggestions put forward by European members of the com- 1 nittee of the Straits Settlements (SingaK>re) Association. "I cannot understand what they were h ink ing about," said
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      SHOT PREMIER.
      122 13 Assailant Once a Stowaway To Singapore. Tokio, Nov. 17. While the police ban regarding the motive of Mr. Hainaguchi's nssailant has not yet been removed, it is now announced that his examination showed that Sagoya was an ex-convict with two previous con victions for blackmail and assault. At
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      PERU RIOTS.
      147 13 Seventy Communist Agitators Arrested. New York, Nov. 17. A message from Lima states that 70 Communist agitators have been arrested and sent to a penal colony as a sequel to the Cerro de I'asco riots.— Reuter. A messaga, dated Nov. 13, stated that two Americans, one Austrian and
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      ATTACK ON NANNING.
      88 13 Big Plans For Ousting The Kwangsi "Rebels." Hong Kong, Nov. 17. General Li Yang-king:, the Nationalist commander, convened a military meeting at Kweiyuen the participants in which advocated an early attack on Nanning. the West River port in southern Kwangsi which has long been held by Mm
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      SERIOUS POSITION IN U.S.A.
      86 13 Banks Close in Arkansas And Kentucky. New York, Nov. 17. A number of banks in Kentucky and Arkansas have closed their doors. Tho closing of the National Bank of Kentucky at Louisville, which had resources of $54,000,000, was followed by the closing, as a precautionary measure,
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      UNEMPLOYED.
      145 13 Feeding the Needy in Chicago And New York. New York, Nov. 18. The emergency employment commission has opened a campaign to raise $6,000,000 to relieve the unemployed in New York. The Mayor's unemployment commission has announced that it will buy 4,500,000 pounds of food to feed the needy until
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      BANDITS IN CHINA.
      273 13 Train Plundered On Peking Line. Peking. Nov. 17. Telegrams from Pingtechuan, west of Kalgan, state that an express train, en route from Peking to Paotouchen on the Peking-Suiyuan Railway, has been attacked by a force of several hundred bandits and plundered of valuables and the mails. Reuter.
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      AMERICAN WHEAT.
      143 13 Federal Farm Board Enters Market. Washington, Nov. 17. The Federal Farm Board has re-entered the wheat market. According to its chairman this is in order to stop panicky selling and prevent further unwarranted declines. There was frenzied buying and selling, amounting to millions of dollars, on Saturday in
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      SALVATION ARMY
      76 13 Rugby, Nov. 17. The conference of the Commissioners of the Salvation Army concluded its sittings in London today. On Saturday the trusteeship cf the Army's property and capital wai considered, and it was unanimously resolved that the property of the Salvation Army should no longer be under the
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      PEACE IN CHINA ESSENTIAL.
      667 13 Nanking-Mukden Unity Complete. HOPE REVIVES. Young Marshal's Speech Well Received. Shanghai, Nov. 17. Speaking today in Nanking Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, the Mukden rutar. enhanced the prospect of a long period of peace in China when he eloquently and earnestly pleaded with the members of tho National
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    FORMER MANAGER CHARGED.
    1107 14 Luck in Racing. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST FIRM'S CASHIER. Allegations that cheques received by the cashier of Ching Keng Lee and Co., <iid not go into the bank until several months later, were made by counsel for the defence, when further evidence was lccordcd in the case in which
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    MORTGAGE DISPUTE.
    347 14 Planters' Provident Fund Board Sued. The hearing: was resumed in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson this morning of the suit in which P. A. K. Marlcan, an Indian Mohammedan property owner living in Singapore, is claiming damages from, the Malayan Planters' Provident Fund Board for
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    A MEETING AT SEA
    208 14 Husband Awarded Decree And £1,000 Damages. A jury tittinjr with Mr. Justice Bateson in the Divorce Court on Oct. 21 awarded ±1,000 danuiu'i's to Mr. Sydney Brew, an educational officer to the R.A.F., of Junelion Road, Andover, in his petition for the ('issolution of his marriage
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    PILSUDSKI WINS.
    92 14 Majority Secured in Polish Elections. Warsaw, Nov. 17. The results of the Parliamentary elections show that the Government bloc, headed by Marshal Pilsudski. secured 245 seats out of a total of 444 in the Diet. The Government thus obtained an absolute majority, the lack of which in the
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    DAME CLARA BUTT.
    90 14 Arrival in Singapore On Friday. Dame Clara Butt, the famous contralto will arrive in Singapore from Colombo M Friday by the Dutch mail. She will give two recitals at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Her tour of Malaya will include Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and
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    SIX CONVICTS KILLED.
    97 14 Gang Rushes Prison Gates And Escapes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 17. A big gang of convicts rushed the gates of the prison at Nagor Prathom, about 40 miles south of Bangkok, and escaped. One man was killed as he was running through the gates and
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    HOW BUDDHIST PRIEST WAS STABBED.
    676 14 "Worshippers" Turn Ou To be Assassins. The story that the four assasins who are alleged to have tied up a Buddhist priest and stabbed him to death in Race Course Road, came there on the pretence of worshipping and offering sacrifices, was told by a
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    "AN EXTRAORDINARY POSITION."
    617 14 Case Settled Behind Lawyer's Back. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Not. 17. An extraordinary situation was revealed in the Supreme Court this morning befoio the Court of Appeal consisting of Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice Mudie, when the appeal of the Klang
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    SHAMEEN NEXT.
    132 14 Plans for Rendition Of Canton River Concessions. Hong Kong, Nov. 17. The Inspector-General for Foreign Affairs, Mr.. To Li-him, interviewed yesterday, eaid the Chinese Foreign Ministry was preparing schemes for the rendition of foreign leased territories particularly Shameen. Sin Kuo Min. Shamewi is an island in the Canton
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    POPPY DAY FUND.
    165 14 Country Fair Realises $2,623. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala, Lumpur, Nov. 1C. A largely attended dance in aid of Poppy Day funds was held in the Masonic Hall, Venning Road, on Saturday evening. The Chief Secretary. Mr. C. \V. H. Cochrane, had intended to be present but
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    JONKHEER DE GRAEFF.
    72 14 N.E.I. Governor-General In Siant. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 18. The Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, Jonkheer de Graeff, arrived in Bangkok last night by special train. He was met at Aranya Prades, near the frontier with French Indo-China, by representatives of the Foreign office,
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN F.M.S.
    55 14 Further Donations Towards Relief Fund. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. The following sums have been acknowledged by Mr. D. H. Hampshire, chairman cf the European Unemployment Committee, F.M.S. Previously acknowledged $6,565.2:; Mr. W. E. Pepys 50.00 Mr. J. S. Ferguson 50.00 Mr. L. W.
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    RUBBER ROAD PAVING.
    132 14 Suggested Use Round St. Paul's Cathedral. London, Oct. 31. The measure of success achieved in the use of rubber as a road surface material came up at a meeting of the Corporation of the City of London. Sir William Thomas inquired how far the laying of a
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    150 MEN BLOW UP A HALL.
    110 14 Armed Police Tied Up With Ropes. Belfast, Oct. 18. One hundred and fifty men stormed the Hibernian Hall, Loughgall, Co. Armagh, early today and blew it up. Two policemen guarding the hall opened fire on the attackers, but they were surrounded and tied up
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    22 14 Mails from Europe by the Rajula (London mails dispatched Oct. 30) are due at Penang at 6 a.m. on Friday.
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    POPPY DAY.
    65 14 Th» organisers of the Poppy Day collection have received a cheque for $1,000 made un of $608.40 being MmiMion money to the New World Poppy Day performance on Nov. :i. 1123.60 from the sale <rf poppies at the New World on Nov. $21.50 from the sale of poppies
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      TODAY'S RUGBY.
      341 15 S.C.C. A XV vs. H. Q. Wing 2nd Welch. An S.C.C. "A" XV meets H.Q. Wing 2nd Welch today on the Padang. The teaus are H.Q. Wing 2nd Welch L.-Cpl. Carnes L.-Cpl. Jones, L.-Cpl. Gatter, L.-Cpl. Long, Ptc. Farrell Pte. Gethin, L.-Cpl. Phillips Lieut. B. N. Whitty, Lieut.
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      FIRST HOCKEY WIN.
      159 15 Negri Sembilan Defeat Malacca. (Freaa Our Own Corroapondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. Negri Sembilan tscated its Brat hockey vr.n this .-.eason at the e.\:,L:.se of Malacca at Seremban on Baturday by tnrea goal to oat. Negri oponed the scoring through ■hodes from a free hit followed ihertl]
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    GREATEST GOLFER FOR HOLLYWOOD.
    231 15 Sensational Contract QUESTION OF AMATEUR STATUS. New York. Nov. 17. 2 Bobby Jones h:\s BfUKHOHtd his retire- nv .it from eompttithw Rolf- He has i i into contract with Warner make series of films of a purelj educational character." I Jones Anally succumbed to an alluring
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    202 15 Singapore Team for Interior* Shoot. The fo for the SI ool were held on itv Farrer Rifle Range on Nov. '.> and 16. Saooa hoots were held on each practice anil reKirill l*ractice. \>, P. M. GrOBK 97. r mi yd M< t H. J. Spinks 81. i
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
    141 15 [hi' position up-to-date in the praml ap toi rnament ii M follows The fixtures scheduled f»r Friday, November ar< follows Parburjp vs. Tan Luang Kla, I.<> Kam VVoon vs. Wilmot, Goa evaky vs. Marshall, choiefT, KJotlg Chin Eng vs. Uird. Vanx va. Coleman, Peck vs. Alaagoff. I
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    SHEFFIELD SHIELD.
    124 15 Australian Tourists Successful. Sydney, Nov. 8. In Sheffield Shield match which started here yesterday Now South Wales scored i 228 in the fust innings against South j Australia, Bradman, 61, Fairfax, C2, and Hooker, 54. were the biggest contributors, j Caritoa took foor wickets for 28 and Devorwn
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    WONDERFUL LINDRUM.
    59 15 Reats Davies In London Newmans Success. London, Nov. 8. Newman aad Lindrum won their matches in the international tournament. At Bradford Newman beat MiConachy, X ninj; 2H.204 to 20,851. In London Lindrum made 29.270 und Davis 2-1,745. Yostetduy Lindrum made a bieflk of 1.117. Lindrum conceded 7,000 to
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    SELANGOR GOLF.
    145 15 Rev. I). Fergus Ferguson Wins Junior Medal. (From Our Own Corivspondcnt.) Kujla Lumpur, Nov. 17. Tin- Si-ian>ror »jolf Club junior medal competition for November was played on Saturday am! was won by the Rev. D. Fergus Perfftuon who, playing off the 20 man, returned lh<" unusually low score
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    LIVERPOOL CUP.
    56 15 Hoi Hun Wins By Three Lengths. London, Nov. 7. The rnec for the Liverpool Autumn Cup (1 m. '1 in:. 170 yds.) nvukeil as follows HOT BUN l TL'LLVCROSS ARGONAUT II. I Twelve ran Won by three length.-. a lentrth b«tw«ea- second and third. Batting 100 to 8
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    FIDEL LA BARBA WINS.
    106 15 Kid Chocolate Loses On Points. New York, Nov. U. KiiU-1 La Burba, the California featherweight, wen a decision over Kid Chocolate, the Cuban iflash, in a 10-rouud fight 1 hero tonight. Sixteen thousand people 1 saw the bout. l.a Barba'-s victory evened the count between the
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    PEN PICTURE OF " WAKERS."
    1016 15 PEN PICTURE OF WAKERS." Early Enthusiasm For Rugby. An interesting pen picture of W. W. Wakefield— England's most famous Rugby nternational who has retired from the game this season appears in a recent ssue of the Sunday Referee. Recalling Wakers' early Rugby career, F.B.H." who writes as an intimate associate
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    U.S. FOOTBALL.
    94 15 Stanford's 25—7 Win Over Washington. K*W York. Nov. 8. Today's football results are Alabama £0, Florida 0. Aimy 13, Illinois 0. Columbia 0, Colgate .">4. Dartmouth 43, Allengheny 14. George Tech. 0, Vanderbilt G. Harvard 3, Michigan 6. Missouri 14, Iowa State 0. Navy 0. Iowa 27. Notre
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    TENNIS INCIDENTS.
    189 15 An Umpire Removed At Player's Request. In the match between the Australian player, J. V. G. Lysaght, and the -veteran M. J. G. Ritchie, at Queen's Club, in mail week, where the first »ounds of the Covered Courts Championships were played, Ritchie, who put up a wonderfully good
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    129 15 Tuesday, November 18. Rupby: S.C.C. "A" XV vi. Welch Regt., Padang. Hockey: Police vs. R.A.F., SeleUr. Wednesday, November IS. Rugby: A.P.C. and I. vs. S. Johori S.C.C. P.S.R.F.C. vs. Malaya Command Rugby XV, Thomson Road. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. S.C.C. Ist XI, S.R.C. 'Ihursday, November 20. Hockey: V.M.C.A. vs.
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    WEAK POLICE XI BEAT A.P.C.
    615 15 Local Hockey Matches. TWO GOALS' MARGIN AT THOMSON ROAD. Polkc.. 2. A.I'.C 0. The Police fielded only a weak team j against the A.P.C. at the Thomson Road J Police Depot yesterday, and seemed to have slightly undev-rated thtir opponents, for they had to fight
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    3501 16  - King Edward, The Kaiser Count Witte. Sir Edward Pares (By Professer of Russian at London I'niversity.) EUROPEAN SECRET DIPLOMACY. Part Played by Russia in The Great War. rPHE Franco-Russian Alliance was formed in 181)3-4. That was the work in part of ♦li? most autocratic sovereign of his ;ime. Alexander 111.
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    THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN RUSSIA.
    736 17 Far-Reaching Reforms. FOREIGN WORKERS TO BENEFIT. Moscow, Oct. 14. Millions of Russians now suffering serious deprivations because of disfranchisement have been (riven hope of reinstatement in their citizenship privileges, with all that it implies in thicountry in the way of the lijcht to hold
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    OFFICIAL'S TRAGIC DEATH
    126 17 i Connected with Football Club For 20 Years. Altar kissinjr good-bye to his daughter before entering a train, Mr. Joseph Elliot, \i> t'-ehumnan of Queen's Park Rangers' l'Ootball Club, fell dead on the platform of llanwell Station. His wife was in the train waiting for him to
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    MIGHT BE DONE AGAIN.
    121 17 Pulled Down Neighbour's Fence Three Times. That the section under which an individual might be bound over to keep the pa* i« preventive nnd not punitive was argued by Mr. i>. G. Osborne Jones yesterday OB behalf of a Chinese whj appealed" against such an nvder.
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    DEATH TOLL OF THE ALPS
    160 17 26 Climbers Killed So Far This Year. Chamonix, Oct. 28. The insatiable Alps have claimed more victims this season than in any recent >e Up'to September, twenty-six mountain climbers met their death cither by falling into crevices or by freezing: to death. Lucien Tignol, founder
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    COL. CRAWFORD DEAD.
    31 17 Calcutta, Nov. 10. Information has been received in Calcutta that Col. J. D. Crawford, general secretary of the European Association and a former M.L.A., died in London yesterday.
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    2176 17 Can You Help These Men r In accordance with the offer made in the Notes of the Day column we give publicity to the following appeals for work from men who are unemployed as a direct result oi the slump. The Editor will be pleased to
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    SIR WILLIAM WATSON
    162 17 Author and Poet 111 And In Need. London, Nov. 2. The !im,.i*. distinguished figures in Kn jrti^h tetters, arts and politics haw appended th«ir name, to an appeal on hoaatf oi Sir William Watson, author sad poet, who is lying ill i.:ul in need at Bath. The
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    BOMB ON THE LINK
    127 17 Punjab Mail Derailed Near Jhansi. Calcutta, Oci. S). Just before the arrival oi the night u;i Calcutta Mail, v country-made bomb tXploded between Nasarpur and I'e^haw.u City railway stations about nine o-.'loi-:; en Monday night. Ttr N was no aunagC except that two BOH on the
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    ANCIENT FINDS.
    128 17 Roman Settlement In Bavaria. Plattling, Oct. 17. A seUlemtnt dating from about 800 U.C. has been found near Osterhofen, Lower Euvaria. Excavations have revealed vessels »l various kinds, vms, ceramics painted red, and a millstone. Cave dwellings from the Neolithic Age were also found near by. Near Darmitz,
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    DORSET BOROUGH'S DILEMMA.
    430 18 Conflict of Plans For Development. Industrial and re.identia! interests are thrrateilng to come into conflict in the inic i h "I Poek, where an ambi- Utwa-plannlng NkM has been prePoole't problem is a little difficult. The town is an ancient seaport whose inliuvu grown around its harbour.
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN LONDON.
    1477 18  -  J. Jelereoa Farjeon (By O«r Loadom CHtk. Mr. Somerset Maugham's New Play— Dramatic Championship Of A Father —The Dull And Necessary Man Who Rebels— A Hay-Wodehouse Comedy— Psmith On The Stage Amiable And Innocent Fun. jiHiiiiwiiiiuHuitiiiiiiiiihuiiiitimiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiHiiiiiiNniniiiHiiHHiii London, Oct. 21. lt|R. SOMERSET MAUGHAM has
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    'GRAND GESTURE."
    233 18 Woman's Protest Against Prohibition. One of the most amusing dialogues in Prohibition history is recorded in a grand gesture against the 18th (Prohibition) Amendment made by Mrs. Herbert D. Robbins, the wife of a New York manufacturing chemist, who has just returned to New York from Europe in
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    STOLE MARKED NOTE.
    206 18 Army and Navy Club Member In the Dock. London, Oct. 22. A member of the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, agpeared in the dock at Marlborough Street Police Court today and pleaded guilty to theft. He was Cyril Anthony Crofton Atkins (21), import merchant, of Hampstead,
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    AN ARMOURER IN LONDON.
    442 18 Life Work of Family Of Craftsmen. There is a conspiratorial air about the narrow streets of Seven Dials which not e^en modem improvements have been able entirely to dissipate, says a writer in the Morning Post. An atmosphere of secrecy and bygone deeds of violence pervades
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      152 18 Today's Crossword Puzzle. (CLUES.) ACROSS. g AHercaU. I. Part of the foot Distributes 1 I h i-nhimn Successions of sounds in < r ...i...i 26. Difference between male and femaU 111 Kooiw.-r 2 s L"** bird V 2. Affectedly coy Ono very much resembling another 18. I'arts of a garment
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    FICKLE WINDS FOR YACHTING.
    1233 19 R.S.Y.C. Events. SUCCBBSB8 FOR JEAN AND CORRIIi. Spurt al Um Royal Singapore Yacht I lul> on Siuiiliiy was only good in parts. i hi' wind, nd.i' there whs of it, blew Inmi till points of the compass, and every mm mi then a sharp rata squall
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    COLONEL'S LOST MEMORY.
    330 19 Night of Wandering in A Wood. Folkestone, Oct. 18. Licut.-Colonel Henry William Wicks, D.5.0.. who had been missing since Thursday, returned to his home in Bouverie Court. Folkestone today. Railway officials at Deal saw a man answering his description book a ticket for Folkestone by the 7.30
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    SUPREME COURT.
    75 19 Winning Sweep Ticket Dispute Settled. In the Supreme Court today, before Mr. Justice Simpscn, it was announced th:.i the ca-e in connection with a dispute as to the ownership of the winning ticket in cne cf the big sweeps at the Singapore races had been settled. The plaintiff
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    ELECTRICITY RATES.
    79 19 Reduction for Malacca Consumers. (r'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 18. The dispute between the consumers and Malacca Electric Lighting Ltd., concerning the price of electricity, was settled yesterday when a committee representative of the consumers met Mr. P. M. Rcbinson and Mr. Bailey, directors of the company,
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    TOBACCO DUTIES.
    73 19 Increase Recommended In New Zealand. Wellington, N. Z., Oct. 2J. Importing on the tobacco industry of New Zealand, a parliamentary committee today recommended an increase in the duty on unmanufactured leaf to three hillings a pound or 20 per cent, ad valorem, depending upon which of the two
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    A LONG BUSINESS ?
    44 19 A LONG BUSINESS Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson in the Supreme Court today, discussing tomorrow's list of hearings, said: There is one case tomorrow, which, I understand, concerns a lady's age. Whether that is likely to be quickly decided or not I cannot say. (Laughter.)
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    KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
    36 19 London, Nov. 10. Colonel Abel Henry Smith, a former M.P., was thrown and killed while huntim- in Hertfordshire. Cnlniiol Smith was President of the Board of Agriculture from 18! i. r > to 1000.
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    COUNSEL WHO WAS NOT ON RECORD.
    904 19 Curious Supreme Court Position. A curious position was disclosed when Mr. L. Stuart Bell applied before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson on behalf of Yap Boon for extension of time to appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Stevens on Aug. 14 last in favour
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    73 19 The Mississippi Gambler," a Universal production starring Joseph Schildkraut and Joan Bennett, opens tonight at the Pavilion. Isako's circus in Bukit Timah Road began its extended stay last night with many new features one of which was a riding competition that was, perhaps unintentionally, the funniest turn of
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    SOICHIRO ASANO DEAD.
    34 19 Tokio, Nov. 9. Soichiro Asana, the prominent Japanese industrialist, died here tonight of cancer, He was 82 years old. He was formerly widely known as president of the Tokyo Kisen Kaisha.
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    MIDNIGHT ATTACK ON EUROPEAN.
    1073 19 Tukang; .Ayer Committed To Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. The sequel to a murderous midnight attack on a European by a Hailam tukang ayer was heard in the police court today before the magistrate Mr. G. A. de C. dc Moubiay when
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      141 19 To the Editor of the .Straits Time Sir, Referring to the letter in your haw of the 17th inst. signed by "Disappointed Member" I should like to state that from the time I was elected honorary secretary until I resigned a great deal of w.rk was done
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      "THAT ORGAN.'
      155 19 To the Editor of the Straits Time-,. Sj r i n these hard times, and with Singapore full of European unemployed, most of them ex-S«rvicc, one reads with astonishment that the Municipal Commissioners have voted a sum of $50,000 for an oriran. about which the average person in
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      MET IN KUALA LUMPUR
      317 19 Divorce Damages Against Army Officer. The petition in which Mr. Lionel Philip Watts, of Camelot. Perranporth, Cornwall, employed as a storekeeper in the F.M.S. Railway at Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, scught the dissolution of his marriage with Mrs. Aileen Lilian Watts, nc? House, on the
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    SAVAGES' SUICIDE
    136 19 23 Formosan Rebels Found Hanged. Tokio, Nov. 9. The bodies cf 23 of the warring Formosan savages, including two chieftains, were found today hanjfinir from trees north ~f Mahebo, they apparently luuini' committed suicide, ."ays a message from Taikoku, capital of the island. Mahebo is the native village
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    JAPAN'S NEW CRUISER.
    51 19 Kobe, Nov. 8. The Maya, the next ki the last 10,000ton cruiser Japan may build under the limitations of the London naval treaty, was launched here today in the presence of Admiral Prince Fushimi, representing tin 1 emperor. The. (tcatroywr Ofeoro was launche.l at the Sasebo naval
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    PRINCE AMONG THE FISHER LASSIES.
    482 19 When is a Bloater A Kipper ?n? n Van toul h, Od HI. The Prince of Wales stood on del •> of the Yarmouth drifter E Holme tclav just after ihe reached porl with a eaten of 50,0n0 herrings, "(ice. what a citch!" said the
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    A CLEVER RUSE.
    96 19 How Chinese Boy Escaped From Kidnappers. Shanghai, Oct H. Zau, a son ol' the Vice-Minister of Coin rae'rec. after three weeks" captivity in kidnappers' hands, escaped by mean i ef a clever roae. He suggested to the kidnappers that they should bold a feast at hi.-, expense,
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    SEINE IN FLOOD.
    128 19 Hasty Efforts to Save (Joods On Quays. Duiing the middle of October the Seine flooded and considerable stretches of the quays were under water. Men worked hurriedly t > remove gaodi and materials which the flo.nl threatened to wash BWay, aa the Paris quays, besides serving for
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    KINGSFORD SMITH'S GREAT FLIGHT AND THE FUTURE.
    2498 20 FLYING NOTES. England— Australia In Seven Days Royal Air Force Bombers In West Africa From Khartoum To Bathurst British Air Liner In Irish Free State /Veil? Luxury Flyinfi Boats Pilots Aged 17 And 70 An AllMetal Altitude Fighter. I.undon, Oct. 21. Regular high
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    KING CAROL'S QUEEN.
    114 20 Princess Helen To Take The Veil. MaMM Helen of Rumania, feeling that all possibilities &f reconciliation with Kinn Carol, which would enable her to retain her personal dignity, have been < exhausted, has decided to enter a convent. She is declared to have told her friends that
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    MOUNT NEBO FOR SALE.
    117 20 Moses' Glimpse of the Promised Land. Mount Nibo, whence Moses is said to have been allowed his one view of the Promised Land, and where, according to the Scriptures, he died, is for sale. The trans-Jordon sheiks who own it have offered the summit, including Pis-
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    FRESH TAXATION PROPOSALS.
    1652 20 CEYLON LETTER, Getting at the Sterling Companies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, Nov. 8. The position with regard to income tax is in a complete maze at present, owing to the decision of the seloct co;r.mitt:e to insert a provision in the Bill for a supertax on
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    ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE.
    364 20 JAVA LETTER Wartime Menu at ExService Dinner. (Fro:n Our Own Correspondent.) Br.tavia, Nov. If. On Friday morning Nov. 7, bridge drive was held at the Box in order to raise preliminary funds to swe:l the total for Earl HaiK's appeal. There war also mahjong tables and many
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    A BERNARD SHAW PREFACE.
    108 20 Authoress A "Wilful Little Kapscallion." Mr. Bernard Shaw, in Ua preface t > "The Poems of Mihail Kmincscu," translated by Miss K. Sylvia PaaUtunt, writes "The translation is astonishing and out rageous: it carried me away. Sylvia: you are the queerest idiot-genius of this ogi-— the
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    A WOMAN AIR PILOTS EXPERIENCES.
    1091 21 "My Narrowest Escape." MEMORABLE PARACHUTE DESCENT. (I'.y Raroncss Alire von Schonberc, the Crmian woman a\iator.) On a beautiful day in the summer of I'JIH P was flying from Dresden to Leipeis;. 1 v.:i Byiag a mall Fohker perl marMae. sad as I flew happy thoughts
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    MODERN INVENTIONS
    126 21 Clever Devices on View In London. (lover devices of 400 m: n ;;rd w 'men j to make w.rk much easici and to many household problems are being shown lat the Inventions Exhibition in minster Central Hall. They include: A kettle that won't b-:l j over a collapsible
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    CASTIGLIONI.
    242 21 Connoisseur Who ReBought His Own Collection I Camillo Castiglioni, well known as a financier and lover of art, has now made up his mind to leave Vienna and return to Italy, where many members of his large family hold important positions. He has sent the furniture and works of
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    FREEDOM OF CRITICISM.
    149 21 Vienna Journal Fined And Exculpated. The top-floor and roof of the Palace of Justice, which was burneJ down in the riots of July, l'J'27, have been rebuilt by the Vienna architect and sculptor, Heinri'ii Rictl. and the result has arjused i good deal of criticism. Among others,
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    COTTON MILLS REOPEN..
    70 21 Reorganisation And Modern Ideas. Tea Lancashire cotton mills have been put back into operation and more than 1,000 operatives are again in work. Mr. Tattersall vice-chairman of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation said in an interview "We have been able to do this by reorganising and modernising these
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    6,568 MORE CIVIL SERVANTS.
    450 21 Vast Staff of Labour Ministry. A Write Paper, issued in London recently, shows that on July 1 the staffs in Government departments numbered 312,722, an increase of 0,508 as con- pared with April 1. The return does not include any industrial staffs that is workmen nor
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    WHY G.B.S. IS SOLVENT
    117 21 Never Puts Money Into Public Entertainment. 3Cr. George Bernard Shaw, replying on a postcard to an appeal for financial assistance made by the secretary of Bournemouth's £22,000 scheme for a little thea- tre for amateurs, states I made a vow early in life never to put
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    DEATH IN AFRICAN JUNGLE.
    1160 22 Adventures with Venomous Snakes. (By W. E. Jones, the well-known snake-catcher.) I have always envied and admired the courage of steeple-jacks who clamber unconcernedly about two hundred feet above the pavements when a single slip would send them crashing to the stones hincuth. Yet the other
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    BOY PICKETS CANED.
    129 22 Parents Improve Upon Court's Decision. Peshawar, Oct. 21. Peshawar schoolboys, who have recently been attracted to the ranks of pickets as a means of release from lessons, are now lepenting of their misdemeanours. Twenty-one boys of the tender age of 12 and less, appeared before Captain Cobb,
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    THREE-SHILLING NOVELS.
    735 22 Plans of New Company Welcomed. The announcement is made by Victor Gollancz, Limited, publishers, of the formation of a subsidiary company to b« known as Mundanus, Limited, to issue immediately new full-length novels, in paper covers, at 3s. net. The prospectus of the company states that the chief
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    FOUND AFTER DEATH.
    138 22 1 Juliet in Throat for Over Twelve Years. Hc.w r.ian was shot in the throat duriag the War, and the bullet was only discovered after his death, was revtaled at a St. Pancras inquest on a tobacconist who was found gassed. It was stated that, during the
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    "NATURE COLONIES."
    180 22 Cult Spreads from Germany To France and Italy. The German vogrue of nature-col mits,' after penetrating into France, has now reached Itajy. It is being put into practice in different parts of the country. A Nature Union with ab >ut one thousand members has been established at Milan,
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