The Straits Times, 29 May 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY, 29, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 0 PAGES SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. MAY. 29. 1<».51 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      303 1 Singapore: ra, cecil st. cphonc sisd, fiSSSSPrISSSr j j «15 Tonight ».15 "lets cio NATIVE with JKANKTTi: I MacDONALI) Phon. 6261-5251. FAMOUS f FOOTBALLER'S R TRiBUTE UJitv 1 Mr. GEORGE CAMSELL. MmM the famous British Foctbafi Player, writes: fT-^ir^&fA I "Cvcry footbnilcr who plays in a lending 'gjffffl^'^W< teaa: rm.:
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      352 1 ItfMfA ftjMPUrff 2WA^%T. (JwnT RBf TO THE GOLFING PUBLIC: It is now only six months since two new golf balls produced by Mr. A. K. Pcnfold, were first placed upon the British market, yet today they are recognised throughout Great Britain as a new standard of excellence in golf ball
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      14 1 6.1S Toatght 1.15 "LET'S GO NATIVE with JfcANETTE J J MacDONALD j_ PhOM 8261-SMI.
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      506 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PABBENGBB AND CARGO SERVICES. I 'M.NST'LAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. 1 NDER (ONTHACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S 1 KNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. PERIM 7.04* May M KASHGAR
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      663 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WiBWBiPI (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10,500 June 3 4 3KATORI MARU 10.030 June 18 19 JKASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 2 I YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 1.1 16 HAKONE MAKU IU.SUU July 29 30
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      438 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANI, SYDNIY AND MILBOURNI, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown stesuier MARELLA (7,866 ton*) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3.U52 tons) (Cargo only). Th* s.s. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      576 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Inrorporatrd In Deaa>.irk.) Telephone U2l. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GF.NOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave S'por* Prnaag. I m.s. nnniNGIA Juu* 10 Jun* 12 M. ALSIA July 15 July 17 *m.s. Jt'TLANDIA Aug. 12 Aug. 14 m.s. LALANDIA Sept. 9 Sept. 11 m.s
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      558 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 end 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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      544 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sinra.) BANGKOK COASTING BERVId for Kretay, Trengganu, Kalantan, Baajgaara, Tclupin, Patani, Singora, Lucon, Steaon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpen and Bangkok. Arrival. Departure SUDDHADIB Juna VALAYA Jan* 7 June 10 PRACHATIPOK Jan* If June- 17 The simmers arc fitted throughout with electric light
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      487 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORB. JOINT SCHCDULI Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. Sun Francisco and Un Angrles. S.S. GOLDEN WALL sails from Hong Kong June 23 S.S. GOLDEN RTVEB sails from
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      465 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ofm/ AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO. SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA. MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leav* S'por* S'por* Penang PRES. FILLMOREJune 8 Jun* 11 Jane 18 PRES. MONROE June 22 June 25 June 27 PRES. VAN BUREN July 6 July 9
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      670 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. (Incorporated in England) BLLBRMAN LINK. Piwutir an*! Freight Service* to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Tla Porta and Sues CaaaL OUTWARDS. To BONG KONG, BBANGHAI and JAPAN Bt«am«r. Da* S'por* a.a. SERBINO June 0 HOMEWARDS. a.a CITT OF ATHENB for Havre. L'don, R'dam, H'burg A L'pool
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      419 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in Kngland) Capital Authorised m C 5.000,000 Capital Subscribed 1300.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666.846 Capital paid ap 1,060,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrle, Esq. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., i- O. Robinson, Esq., W. H.
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      530 3 NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL xMAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Traditg Society. (Estubliahed at Amsterdam 10-l.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,080,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40,015,000 (about £3,336,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIKS IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GRAVENHAGJ. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjerrr.aain Kota-Radja Scmarang Bombay (Acheen) Shanghai Calcutta
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      468 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Eatabllaaeel IBM at AsuUrdaaa. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (aboot £8,500,000) Paid ap Capital Glds. 65,000,000 (aboot £4,600.000 Reserves Glds. 28,187,787 (aboot £2,360,000 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES i BATAVIA Head Offlee for Dutch East Indies. KOBE Head Office for China and
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      799 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a line ami there is a flat rate charge of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will he accepted up to 10 a.m. on the clay of issue. A fee of M cents
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      759 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE. DALYDENE, European Boarding Estab. 147, Killiney Road. Phone 4609. ROOMS without board from $50 with board from $135 monthly. Grosvenor Hotel. Accommodation in well situated residence. One or two sharing. 3, Anderson Road. BOARD RESIDENCE, double and single rooms. Very moderate. 537, Straits Times. PRIVATE Guest House at
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      479 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET No. 4, Battery Uoad. Immediate entry. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. MANUFACTURERS 1 REPRESENTATIVE offered seat in modern office with DM of telephone, tambiea, etc., at moderate ligarc. 541, Straits Times. GODOWN, Read Street Tan Tye Lane. Area ground floor, 4,913 sq. ft. Vpper floor
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      499 4 MISCELLANEOUS RAFFLES CAFE. I'P-TO-DATI BAKERY Parisian Confectionery. All orders are promptly executed. Morning delivery at your do-jr. Phone 5381. ELECTRICAL MASSAGE Mrs SONODA and Miss SEZUAI. No. S, BENCOOLEN STREET, SINGAPORE. EDUCATIONAL. PORT DICKSON European Home School for Girls and Boys, i rtea :.ml Primary lessons, Games Swimming, l)anci:.g, Music.
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      688 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE INSULAR TRADING CORPORATION, LIMITED At an Extraordinary General Meeting of The Insular Trading Corporation, Limited held at No. 19. Rattles Chambers, Raffles Place, Sinsapore, on Tuesday, May ,">, 1931, the following Resolutions were passed as Extraordinary Resolutions (1) That the Company be woum! up voluntarily. (2) That
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      665 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS NOTICE is hereby given tdat tenders ar« now invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Room, Municipal Offices. I'flling, grubbing up nmt.< ami removing ruhiu r trees Iron the site el th<- New
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    DR. CHARLES BEGG.
    435 5 Death of Well-known Cey|on Resident. Many people in Ceylon will learn with regret of the death, after an illness of only three weeks' duration, and following an operation which in itself was quite puccessful of Dr. Charles Begg, M. B., C. M. (Edinburgh), of 7, the Circus,
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    ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY
    206 5 President's Tribute to The Late Mr. A. Gordon. A reference to the death of Mr. A. Gordon, late Municipal Architect, was made by Mr. J. M. Sime, president of the Singapore St. Andrew's Society yesterday evening when the Society's annual general meeting was held at the S.C.C.
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    WOUNDED A.D.O.
    109 5 Wrong Car Fired on In Hold-Up. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 29. It was Enche Suliaman, Assistant District Officer, Lenggong, who was wounded in the shooting outrage yesterday, not Raja Ahmad, who has recently been transferred to Pahang. The car containing the A.D.O. and a police escort
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    30 5 Mr. L. A. S. Jermyn will give a lecture on Crocodile Hunting at the Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, on Tuesday at G p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend.
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    REAL CAVE MEN.
    335 5 Discovered by Lady Dorothy I^ilis. The original cave man, who pursues his prospective wife and claims her by beating 1 her with a club, still exists, according to Lady Dorothy Mills, the explorer, who hi back in England after spending two months in the hinterland of Venezuela.
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    MALAYAN TRADE.
    258 5 Falling Off in Imports And Exports. For the month ended Apr. .30 Malayan imp. i ts amounted to $38,271,914 (.'•4.465,057), and exports to $38,746,892 (£4,520,470). The totals for merchandise were $37,350,045 and $36,300,357 for imports and exports respectively, a decrease of $28,720,495 in the imports and $27,420,990 in
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      448 5 Raffles Hotel THIS EVENING TEA DANCE FAREWELL PERFORMANCES of MADAME KELVEY'S TALENTED PUPILS and PAIGE JEWETT From London Coliseum and other Theatres DURING TEA DANCES MONDAY, JUNE 1, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 and FRIDAY, JUNE 5. Admission $1. N. NATHANSON'S Sea View Theatre 9.30 p m Saturday 3Oth May. 9.30 p.m.
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      28 5 THE NEW CAR CREATED BY MASTER MINDS. TheWIZARD COMING UNIVERSAL CARS, LTD., SINGAPORE. dyeE AND DRY CLEANING PROMPT SERVICE. KANZAKI COMPANY SINGAPORE. Phone 3516. No. S3. ORCHARD ROAD.
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      566 5 You want a Long Life Electrical Installation and the life of the installation depends upon the wire. Let your installation depend upon HE^iNL- E.Y C.M.A. Wires the wires that will last as long as the building itself. W.T. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS Co., Ltd. Sole Agents in Malaya r^lTßA|_| SINGAPORE IPOH
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      318 5 AUCTION NOTICES REMINDER On Tuesday, Juiv 2, at 3 p.m. At No. 120, Neil Road. AUCTION SALE of excellent design walnut stained teak household furniture, etc. Comprising a good toned cottage piano by R. Barthol, Berlin, sitting dining and bedrooms' furniture of every description, etc. On .view two days prior
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    General Escapes In Disguise.
    1565 6 THRILLING STORY OF WHAMPOA BATTLE. SMUGGLSD out of Whampoa in the guise of a village volunteer, twic« held up and scrutinized by Cantonese troops but evading detection. General Yung Fei-ting. commander of the Peace Preservation Corps, escaped through han Chai-tonit's cordon of troops and arrived in
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    NEW HOSPITAL FOR HONG KONG.
    582 6 To Open in December. PEAK HOSPITAL TO CLOSE DOWN. A magnificent modern hospital, with an imposing: exterior, equipped with almost every facility known to medical science, and representing the completion of Hong Kong's wonderful tribute to the heroes of the Great War, will, it is
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    $5,000 FOR PIRATE.
    209 6 Canton Shipping Guild's Offer. The Canton Shipping Guild is offering a reward of $5,000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Law Kai Hung, the notorious bandit chief of the West River whose recent ravages to shipping have meant widespread death and destruction. Notices to this effect
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    97 6 It is understood that Sir William Peel, Governor of Hong Kong;, is shortly going north, on a visit to Nanking and Peking, and will be away for about three week?. The visit to Nanking and to Peking will be an entirely informal one, and Sir William will probably only spend
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    ROSY FUTURE FOR CANTON.
    442 6 An Expert's Report. AMONG WORLD'S GREAT CITIES. An optimistic future awaits Canton if the city is properly planned and the harbour facilities impioved, according to a preliminary report submitted to the municipal government by Mr. Jscob L. Crane, Jr., city planning expert from Chicago. The American
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    AN ORACLE'S TALE.
    373 6 Vegetarianism by Law In Fukien. It is doubtful if history contains a precedent, writes a Foochow correspondent, for an extraordinary state of affairs existing: in Foochow and other parts of Fukien Province, where the Government is seeking to force the populace into a sort of limited vegetarianism.
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    FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA. The Pros And Cons Of Extrality.
    1168 6 WHY FOREIGNERS CLING TO TREATY RIGHTS. Extraterritoriality in essence is a simple thing, but in China by a process of development it has become complex in practice and is now regarded as vital to foreign interests, writes
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      223 7 ;jBL ySk \ll X j i tj 818 Sm\ TELEPHONE N9 6909 TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 MATINEES Tomorrow and Sunday at 3 p.m. Children Half Price. WILL ROGERS IN THE YEAR'S FUNNIEST A YANKEE AT KING ARTHURS COURT. GET YOUR <\ w* ~l Discount on V*S°/ Alhambra !O Used Cars. SEE
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      327 7 6.15 TONIGHT 9.13 A real cure for "THE BLUES" A beautiful star in a riotous side-splitting comedy! JEANETTE Mac DONALD at Qu-cn of Hula Hula Land IN Paramount's All-iaughing Musical Farce, NATIVE" J^ tl^^^Kmm ■^MSfe^-' rouePeoDV 43^BL-' "W^ some! Dances. Frivolous With a great cast including JAMES HALL, KAY FRANCIS,
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      58 7 H THE PAVILION THEATRE is closed for extensive alterations and renovation until LjJ further notice. I Victoria Memorial Hall MONDAY and TUESDAY, JUNE 1 and 2 at 9.30 p.m. TWO RECITALS ONLY OF MARTENOT MUSIC FROM THE ETHER Positively your last chance to see and hear this wonderful musical invention.
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      185 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle* "i [1 [5 F2£P 15 I ft I |r F8 rs^/W po [Ti jr-cHC' b ip^^P^Pi"!^ Pi I JM 55~ 45 3fe f.'::-.': 47 _g g| ggg (CLU£S.) ACROSS. glood vessel UU. Repels I. Projecting part of a wheel 22. One who hopes 4. Bunch 23. Vision
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    SIR CECIL CLEMENTI.
    484 8 SHIPPING NOTES The Master Attendant, issues tho following notice In honour of the arjival of H.E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, on June 18, 1931, I am directed by Government to request you will bo good enough to allow your vessels that are in harbour on that
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    208 8 ■iasapete, May 20. BELLING. London, 4 monthi' eight I/I 27/8; London, 3 monthi' eight t/8 13 H London, 60 daya 1 light 2/3 25/31 London, 30 dayi' light 2/S 8/London, demand B/8 23/32 London, T.T. 1/1 11/16 Lyons and ParU, demand 1480 ilamburg, demand 2S4H New York, demand
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    48 8 Under the auspices of the Indian Association Dr. D. N. Roy, M.A.. I'b.D, I'i ■>- tenor of PhHosopky in th. UnUversUj a Urn Philippine-, will give a leeturo <>:J Eastern view of Western Civilisation :it the Association's premises at 7.(0 p.m. today. Mr. M. J. Naniazi 8.A., will preside.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EX-ENEMY DEBTS SETTLEMENTS.
      671 8 British Receive Over £96,000,000. The tenth annual report (for the year ended Dee. 31, 1930) of the Controller ol the British Clearing Office, the Admini:trator of German, Austrian, Hungarian anc Bulgarian Property ami the Director ot the Russian Claims Department has jus'. l;:.cn addressed to the President
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        MINING.
        444 8 Vul. IM. Buyers Sellers il £1 Am Kumbang 20/- 22 C a £1 Austral Malay 18/0 20 >-.•>- Ayrr Hitam Tin 11/- 12 0 £1 Bangrin Tin 11/6 12 3 1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.16 1 1 Hutu Caves 0.27 ',i 0.32' i, 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30
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        GENERAL.
        253 8 t'ul. I'll. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.70 2.00 2 Alex. Brick Prefa. 2.15 2.20 .1 i'l Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.12.6 3.16.3 1 1 Central Engine 0.30 0.35 nom. 00 50 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 !1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefa. 17/3 17/9 ■1 £1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        128 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 108 106 ci Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 6% prtm. Singapore Municipal 4M p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 06 par Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 85 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        359 8 Fruer mad Co. «uid Lyall and Evatt's qaotatioos. Today's Price Fraser Lyull A Co. Kvatt Allenby ($1) 0.70 0.80 0.70 0.98 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.50 0.70 0.50 0.70 Hitam ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.80 1.00 Kilning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.25nom. Malay ($2) 0.90 1.10 1.00 1.10 A. Molek
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      THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS.
      356 8 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., during the week endul M:.. 20 and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Issued by the Department Exports of rubber as declared showing States and Settlements
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      PRODUCE
      176 8 Singapore. May 29. Gambler 11.00 (Cab* No. 1 unpicked) 16.00 Copra 4.00 mixed 3.80 Sago flour, Sarawak 1-87V4 White Pepper 84.00 Black Pepper 18.26 Pearl Sago 4.26 n small t\ medium pearl 6.00 Rice, Siam No. 1 $153.00 Saigon No. 1 $143.00 Rangoon No. 1 $121.00 iiam, Parboiled Hie*
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      Vessels Arrived.
      152 8 LENLAWERS, Brit., 3,755 tons, from Lo:idon 29-5, for Hong Konp 2y-5. CIBCK, Brit.. 314 tons, from Kelantan 28 k, for Kelantan 30-5. GUSTAV DIKDERICKSEN, Danish, 1463 tons, from Swatow 29-5, for Penang 30-. r >. HUA TO\(,, Brit., 109 tons, from Malacca 29-5, for Malacca 30-5. JAVA, Danish,
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      LETTER TELEGRAMS.
      168 8 Beginning on Monday next, a night letter telegram service will be introduced between Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. Night letter telegrams may be handed in at the above Post Offices after 5 p.m. daily except on Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day, for delivery by the first
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      58 8 Programme of drills up to and for week ending May 31 Friday. May 29, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, All units Ist Bn. S.S.V.F., Battalion Rehearsal King's Birthday Parade; 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. Intelligence Platoon, Rehearsal King's Birthday Parade 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, Bde. Signal Section, Section Parade 5
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    215 8 ■aim North, N.-East ami N.-Wtat Sumatra (Tinonibo) 3 p.m. Belawan, Ceylon, Egypt, Kuinpo ami Great Britain (Travel p.m. Ceylon, Kjrypt and Lurupc i lthi'inlariil i 3 p.m. Selat I'andjantr, Beagkalla, Siak, Pakan Haroc, Pajakombo anil Padang (Honic Thonifi S ji.m. ndo-China (Taaa lea() ii.m. Pladjoe am! Pakmbaat
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    117 8 Friday, May 29. Ships alongside the Wharves or ex| ecti d tv arrive. Kl.l'l'l.l. HARBOUR. Main Wharf Toussoum, The (able, Horie Knell*. Lighter Kilat, Uii-er-na. Irk. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRT DOCKL Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Pinna. Victoria Dock Adna. Krpprl Harbour. Kind's
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      20 8 CARBONIC ACID GUARANTEED FRESH AND CHEMICALLY PURE SUPPLIED IN OUR OWN CONTAINERS l\ A* FAR EAST OXY6EN ACETYLENE Co., v
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      104 8 1931 SUNBEAMS John Marston Co., Ltd., (Subsidiary Company of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.) are introducing for 1931 an entirely new Sunbeam. It is a 2% h.p. model with a new design of frame, engine, front fork and gearbox. It is designed for those who require an efficient motor cycle of
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      264 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily W— tW Roart. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dircc- Speed Weather. Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star .89 74 0.05 U.7 ;i:i NW 10 Cloudy K.Jta Bahru .89 75 0.03 8.7 SSW 10 Fine K. Trenjfganu No
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      227 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE WEEK. Friday. May 29. H. W. 8.40 ».m,. 8 ft. 3 in., 8.39 p.m., 8 ft. 3 in. Municipal Commissioners' meeting, 2.15 p.m. Singapore Swimming Club, "At Home," 8 p.m. Gloucester Regiment Band, Katonc Park, 9.15 p.m. Saturday. May St. H. W. 9.40 a.m., 8 ft. 5
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    299 9 General Improvement In Rubber Price. BETTER CONSUMPTION IN U.S.A. (Hy Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday, 11 a.m. Today's I'rircs Rubber, ccnls per Hi. Tin 200 Ions at S.">0.87 2 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber. I ondon l-16d.. up 1 1 fid. New York, 6'j cts., up ct.
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    RUBBER AND TEA.
    518 9 Mr. W. Shakspeare On Present Difficulties. At the annual meeting of the Ceylon Association in London on Apr. 27 Mr. Walter Shnkspoare was re-elected president for thD year ensuing, and in the course of his address he ?aid: Th<? year 1930 has been the worst in the
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      B. TIGA (SELANGOR) RUBBER.
      696 9 Net Profit of Over £6,000 For Year. The ordinary pen era 1 meeting of the Batu Tiga (Seiangor) Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on Apr. 29 at the company's office, 95a, Chancery Lane, E.C. Mr. H. M. Graham (chairman and managing director) first referred to the
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY.
      296 9 The undcrnotcd non-Action works will be ready for issue an Saturday, at i) a.m. Three Plays The Venetian The Rose Without a Thorn The Immortal Lady. 1931, (Clifford Baxl The Barretts of Wimpcle Street- a comedy, (Rudolf Besier) On the Profession of a Player, (Three Essays), (James Bcxwelh:
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      61 9 Tone of Market Steady. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 3 l-10d. p<r lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 6'j per lb. R.S.S. cqnal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot June July July-Sept. Oct.-Uec. Buyers. l> 7 10* H) 1 19% 10 Sellers.
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      PUNDALOYA TEA OF CEYLON.
      847 9 Total Distribution Of 25 Per Cent. The thirty-fourth ordinary annual general meeting of the members of the Pundaloya Tea Company of Ceylon, Ltd., was held on Apr. 23 at the company's offices, 12, Fer.church Street, E.C.. Mr. Edward Christian presiding. The representative of the agents and
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      EXCHANGES.
      80 9 < Rugby, May 28. Foreign exchanges axe Amsterdam. 12.09... Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5 26-82 d., Berlin 20.48, Brussels 34.91 Bucharest 817. Rio 335, Buenos Aires 33 9-16, Copenhagen 18.16-.., Geneva 25.16, Helsingfors 193 I*.1 Hong Kong 11<». Lisbon 108.25. Madrid 52.08. Milan 92.94 V.., Monte Video 27><., New
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      RUSSIAN SALES METHODS.
      826 9 British Counter-Move Planned. When ths Association of British Chambers of Commerce resumed its annual meeting in London on Apr. 24, Sir William Clare Lees, of Manchester, was elected president for the ensuing year, and Sir Edward Uiffe, of Coventry, was elected deputy-president. Sir Walter Ilaine, president, was
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      LONDON MONEY MARKET.
      900 9 Absence of Speculative Activity. STOCK EXCHANGE NOT DEPRESSED. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 2U. At the beginning of last week money was in very short supply in the London money market, some dealers of ions experience describing the "squeeze" as the most severe they remembered. On
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    EMPIRE COTTON GROWING.
    657 9 Possibility of Further Development. Despite the unfavourable conditions in the Lancashire cotton industry and the consequent decline in the consumption of raw material, the marked increase in tho growth of Empire cotton during nrent years has been maintained, according to the annual report of the British Cotton
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    THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
    118 9 The Sincaporc Chamber of Commerce Runner Association hold it.-. l.dl'Jth BMtion on May when there mas catuloffurn lail 18'J lb. or 862.13 tons; offered 1 l.'.'7'i lb or 69-1.1 H t>»ns sold I.4SM** 11*. or 638.61 to nS spot London :lcl New York as PWI REALISED. Ribbor
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931. THE PERAK TROUBLES.
    977 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931. THE PERAK TROUBLES. Many deserved tributes have been, paid to the patient and plucky attitude of the Chinese in the present slump. They have adapted themselves to circumstances with their customary philosophy, and the coolie class, who are inevitably very badly hit,
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    AGRICULTURAL SIDE OF THE SLUMP.
    1666 10  -  Henri Hitler. (Ky Why a Restricted Output Is Impossible. The author of this article if Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Agriculture and a professor at the National Agricultural Institute He analyses the cause of the fall in the prices of agricultural jtrodurts am!
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    334 10 Mr. J. W. Reid has been appointed to act a > Second Assistant Adviser, Muar. Mr. S. M. Mid<llebrook has l>p<-n appointed Assistant Protector of Chinese, Muar. Mr. F. J. Morten, who has been acting Colonial Secretary, went home on leave by the Comorin today. Mr. G.
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    855 10 TEN YEARS' GOOD LUCK. To get something for nothing is rare in this world, and to sret it at the ex; of governments and municipalities is rarer still, so an example of really marvellous luck which was revealed at the meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary
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    REDUCED RATES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS IN MALAYA.
    1336 11 ALLOWANCES IN THE M.C.S. Uniform Reduction From June 1. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Secretary of State's Wishes. Our Kuala I.umpur correspondent wires that the following communique' was issued by the I'. M.S. GorenUMBt today "The reduction in temporary allowances payable in the F.M.S., of which
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    FISCAL QUESTION IN BRITAIN.
    136 11 Campaign of Liberals And Conservatives. Rugby, May 28. There is every prospect that a keen political controversy will take place on the fiscal question during the next few months. A convention of Liberal Party delegates will be held in London tomorrow to consider plans for a
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    DR. BRUENING.
    187 11 To Visit London With Dr. Curtius. Rugby, May 28. Arrangements are now practically completed for the visit which Dr. Brucning, the German Chancellor, and Dr. Curtius the German Foreign Minister, are to pay to London next week. They will reach Southampton on Friday morning June in a German
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    REV. D. MACGILLIVRAY.
    108 11 Death of a Well-Known China Resident. London, May 29. The death has taken place of the Re»\ Donald MacGillivray. Reuter. Mr. MacGillivray was well-known in China where he had lived for over 40 years. He was 71 years of age. Born in Toronto he went to Hunan
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    EUROPEAN MURDERED IN HONG KONG.
    1051 11 I Stabbed While Asleep. MOTIVE BELIEVED TO BE REVENGE. i Hong Kong was shocked on Thursday, I May 21, to learn that Mr. Dougla3 Carstairs, area manager of the Navy, Army ard Air Force Institute, had been muri dered in his flat at No. 2
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    ENGLAND'S HEAT WAVE ENDED.
    442 11 Storms and Floods. PEOPLE HOMELESS IN SOUTH WALES. Ruprhy, May 28. England's brief heat wave which began on Monday ended last night in violent thunder and rain storms which in the south-west and particularly in Wales IW the heaviest experienced for many years. Plymouth and Cardiff
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    FLIGHT CONTINUES.
    136 11 Mrs. Edwin Montagu in A New Aeroplane. Moscow, May 28. The Hon. Mrs. Edwin Montagu has arrived at Askhabad in a new aeroplane and is going on lo Moscow by way of Samarkand and Orenburg.— Reuter. A previous message dated May 4 said The Hon. Mrs. Edwin Montagu
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    TROUBLE IN OILFIELDS
    96 11 Influence of Foreign Agitators. New York, May 28. The labour trouble? in the Talara oilfields of northern Peru have become so serious that the Prefect of the Department of Piura has been instructed to use troops and marines from the cruiser Bolopnosi if necessary to protect life
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    VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
    62 11 M. Briand and France's Foreign Affairs. Paris, May 28. The Chamber passe! a vote of confidence in the government by 318 to 261 at the conclusion of the debate today on foreign affairs. M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, declared that the wheel of Austro-German unity has been
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    U.S. DEFICIT OF $1,000,000,000.
    157 11 U.S. DEFICIT OF $1,000,000,000. Outspoken Criticism Of Tariffs. Washington, May 28. That the United States has a deficit of over one billion dollars is shown in the Treasury figures issued today. The deficit is ascribed to the decrease in income* tax owing to thj trade depression. It is understood that
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    WORKING HOURS.
    148 11 Opening of International Labour Conference. Geneva, May 28. A reduction in working hours in order, incidentally, to regulate the output and thus tend to lay the economic blizzard will be the principal aim of the International Labour Conference which opened here today. It is at least anticipated that
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    ROYAL TOURNAMENT.
    135 11 Pageant Provided by 2nd Batt. Gloucesters. Rugby, May 28. The King in the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet, accompunied by the Queen, was accorded an enthusiastic reception at the opening performance today of the annual Royal Military Tournament at Olympia. Rugby, May 28. Ten thousand school
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    £750,000 LOAN.
    137 11 To Repair Damage Done By Hurricane. Rugby, May 28. A Treasury memorandum has been issued stating that a Government Bill is to be introduced authorising the Treasury to guarantee principal and interest of a loan of £750,000 to be raised by the Government of Mauritius for repair and
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    PICCARD SAFE ON LAND.
    438 11 Achieves Object of Going Up 10 Miles. DESCENT ON GLACIER. First Act to 'Phone To His Wife. Professor I'iccard and Dr. Kipfer. Ihe tWO Ik'luian scientists who went up in a bnosan »iih a hermetically RIM gondola from Angahnrg, Havana, two days u;m>. ;irc now reported
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    AUSTRALIA'S DEBT.
    122 11 Proposal Causes Fall In Bond yalues. .Melbourne. Ma) A heavy fall in ('6mmonwcaltli bond values on the Sydney and Melbourne I tocl exchanges followed the tentative adoption l.y the conference of Federal and State l'rcii.iers of the scheme fir ;i !•> year four per cent, loan for the
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    FOR THE BLIND.
    100 11 Prince's Appeal For Wireless Sets. Ru K l,y. Ml The Prince .f Wales m:uir a blM ai'pcal last nijtht on behalf ti the fund for providing vireles.s seta for Uw Mind. All blind persons in the country are per mittcd to use sets without payment i the
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    RAILS DISPLACED.
    56 11 Train's Narrow Escape From Disaster. Bukarest, III Just before the Simplon Orient O] was due to pass twelve yards of rails were found displaced near Slatina, close the spot where the express wa railed two years ago with heavy fatalities. The police are searching for the miscreants and
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    MALAYAN TECHNICAL CONFERENCE.
    1219 12 Contributing to the March Of Progress. CONFERENCE SPEECH. MAKING KNOWN IDEAS OF SUBORDINATES. During the second ilay's session of the Malayan Technical Conference over 80 delegates, visited ihe quarry works of Kenneison Brother*, Ltd., at Bats Caves where the various processes < plained to them. In the
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    TRADE MARK CASE.
    234 12 Lion Brand Medicine Like "Tiger Balm." (I'Yom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 28. In the polite court on Tuesday the case \\a^ mentioned in which a Chinese named I. im Wok Hup and the Wah Hon Dispensary were summoned on the complaint of Mr. Aw Boon Haw,
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    SUPREME COURT.
    78 12 List of Cases to be Heard Next Month. the caaai fixed for hearing in tlu> Supreme Court next month are the National City Hank of New York vs. Ho Hone Bank. Ltd. 2nd Dupive Mon-ol!. (tn>r Kn K Soon, 18th Ma and Co. (Inoh) Ltd.. vs. P. o.
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    UNLICENSED PISTOL.
    50 12 Chinese Gets Eight Months' Imprisonment. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 29. Ah Choon v/as sentenced by the District Judge here yesterday to eight months' imprisonment and a fine of $50 for being in possession of an unlicensed automatic pistol and being in possession of sand crackers respectively.
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    MR. C. W. A. SCOTT.
    52 12 Leaves Alor Star on Flight To England. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 29. Mr. C. W. A. Scott, who is flying from I Australia to England, having already flown from England to Australia in record time, left Alor Star at 6 o'clock i this
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    60 12 The Staorlay Concert programme at the Europe Hotel from 9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m/\ will be Waltz, Flattergeister, (Strauss) Overture, Mignon, (Thomas) Serenade, Les Millions d'Arlequin (Drigo) and Russian Romance, Elegie, (Prisovsky) Fantaisie, From the New Comic Opera, Land of Laughter, (Lehar) Light Dance, (Rubinstein) Selection, Remembrances to
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    37 12 From Western Australia, by Centaur, due at Singapore 4 p.m. today. From China and Japan, by Rio de Janeiro Maru, duo at Sinira|x>re tomorrow. From France, by Athoe 11, due at Singapore, the 31st instant.
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    BOOK-SELLERS' SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
    630 12 Sequel to Issue of Search Warrant. Mr. Justice Thorne yesterday reserved judgment in the. case in which Nainamsah Bros, are suing Peter Chong for $5,000 damages for maliciously procuring a search warrant t» search the plaintiffs' shops. Mr. Claude da Silva appeared for the plaintiffs, and
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    CHINESE KIDNAPPER SENTENCED.
    251 12 Singapore Child Sold At Amoy. This is one of the meanest cases in my experience," said Inspector D. Cowic, of the Teluk Ayer Division police, in asking for the maximum sentence to be passe:! en a Chinese who pleaded guilty to a charge of kidnapping, before Mr.
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    174 12 Mr. R. D. Fletcher and Miss Freda Anderson. The wedding of Mr. Reginald Douglas Fletcher, of Frinton-on-Sea and Singapore, and Miss Freda Anderson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson of Per.arth, Glamorganshire, took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, the Rev. R. K. S. Adams
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    BRITANNIA TROPHY.
    36 12 The R.A.C. have awarded the Britannia Trophy, the premier British aviation award, for 1930 to Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith, the flights taken into consideration being those to Newfoundland in June and to Australia in October.
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    46 12 Pastor A. Munson, of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission, will begin a series of lectures on Bible Prophecy in the Seventhday Adventist Church, Penang Road, on Sunday at 8 p.m. The title of the first discourse will be Into What are the Nations Drifting All are welcome.
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      CONDITIONS IN KENYA
      643 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Mr, In the Straits Times cf May 18 and 1!) there were published two articles; the first appeared under the heading Conditions in Kenya Today. Some comparisons with Malaya the second under the heading Malaya Infinitely Better. A Visit to
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    188 12 Will Rogers in A Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Will Rogers nearly always manages to get into places where he is utterly different from other people and stands out so conspicuously that all the interest centres in him. Then add his seemingly unintentional but natural humour and there
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    AIRMAN'S DEATH.
    60 12 Another Crash at Don Muang Aerodrome. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 29. Another flying fatality at Don Muang aerodrome is recorded. An army corporal was up in a plane for training at a height of 300 metres when engine trouble developed and the machine crm'hitl nnd wns
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    ALLEGED GANG ROBBERY.
    750 12 Assize Court Trial. CHARGES AGAINST SIX INDIANS. The case in which six Indians, Rajp.it, Ramachandra, Hardwar Kai, Jeno Bai, Ramki.?hor Dubai anil Bamilta Bai, were chained with having committed armed gang robbery at Serangoon Road on Mar. 21 tame up for hearing in the Assizu Court before
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    RETRENCHMENT.
    55 12 Salary Cuts Suggested In Austria. Vienna, May 2*. A five per cent, cut in civil servant-' salaries, the doubling' of the tariff ->n coffee and an increase in the tea duty in the ratio of five to eijtht are among the provisions of the Government's retrenchment scheme suhmitted to
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    DEATH FOR ANARCHIST.
    33 12 Plotted the Assassination Of Mussolini. Rome, May liX The Sardinian anarchist Schirru has been sentenced to death on a charge of plotting to attempt the assassination of Signor Mussolini. Reuter.
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    AIR MAIL.
    31 12 Air Mail Alor Star Amsterdam dispatched from Singapore on May 1 t wa delivered in Amsterdam on May M an I in London on May 25, 1981 (11 days).
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    FULL LIST OF DERBY PROBABLES.
    219 13 Fox on Favourite. GORDON RICHARDS TO RIDE COLDSTREAM. London, May 28. Probable starters and jockeys in the Derby which will be run on June 3 are .is follows Mr. A. F. Basset's DOCTOR DOLITTLE (H. Beasley). Mr. T. W. Blenkiron's CHEERY LAD (Richardson). Mon. M.
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    MRS. V. G. SAVI.
    119 13 Retains Singapore Ladies' Golf Title. Mrs. V. G. Savi retained the Singapore ladies' golf championship yesterday when she defeated Mrs. J. D. Laing in the final of the 1931 competition for the Andrew Currie Cup, 4 and S. Whereas Mrs. Laing seemed unable to pet into
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    STOCK EXCHANGE SWEEP.
    94 13 Irish Derby Sweepstake Draw Tomorrow. Tlu' Stock Exchange Derby Sweep for 1H31 shows a great shrinkage compared with former years, and totalled only £40,000. The first prize is £15,000, the second £6,500, and the third £3,500. The draw for the Irish Derby Sweep■taka will begin at the
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    INDIAN FOOTBALL EXPERIMENT.
    182 13 Two Referees for One Match. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, May 28. The Indian Football Association have decided to have two referees controlling all League matches during the second half of the season. There has been considerable discussion in India for the last couple of years on
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    S.C.C. FOOTBALL.
    236 13 Kota Tinggi's Success On Pad an g. S.C.C. XI 2: Kota TinKci i. In a friendly match on the Padung yesterday, Kota Tinggi defeated an S.C.C. eleven by four goals to two after fin interesting game. The S.C.C. side was unfortunately weakened by unavoidable last minute changes, and
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    KLANG FOOTBALL.
    43 13 United Chinese Beaten By Medicos. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, May 28. In a soccer match at Klang on Wednesday, the Medicos defeated the Klaag United Chinese by four clear goals, of which Daud scored three and Sia Hock Guan one.
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    YACHTING.
    90 13 Arrangements for Sunday's Racing. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club announces On Sunday the A class will sail the third and last race of the series for the Lipton Challenge Cup. The start will be at 10 a.m. and the course will be posted in the usual position on the
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    GUNNERS HEAVILY BEATEN.
    787 13 Malays' Seven Goals. MAT NOOR IN SCORING MOOD. Malays 7 R.A 0. The Malays further enhanced their chances of leadership in the First Division by fielding a strong team and defeating the R.A. yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium by seven clear goals. This is the second
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    I.A. CRICKET.
    106 13 Week-End Matches Against R.I. and S.R.C. The Indian Association will play cricket on the Raffles Institution ground against the home team tomorrow, and against the S.R.C. on Sunday on the S.R.C. ground. The I. A. team for both matches will be: Baskaran, Fernandez, Wazir Singh, B. S. Gill,
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    SINGAPORE L.T.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    529 13 Result of Draw for First Round. The following is the draw for the first round of the Singapore lawn tennis championships, which will start at the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club on Sunday, June 7, and be carried on at the Singapore Cricket Club on the following days.
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    PENANG TENNIS.
    99 13 The Brothers Cheah Win The Doubles Title. (F-rm Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 29. In tht tennis championships here the brcthers Cheah Wat Hye and Chea Wat Sun defeated Yeoh Wee Yeang and Tan Thoan Seang 11—9, G— 2 thus winning the doubles title ami concluding the tournament.
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    173 13 Entries for Three-Day Meeting Next Month. The following are the entries for the Selangor Turf Club race meeting on June 6, 10, 13 Horses, Class II.— Sweet Heather, j Lightarmed, Westvale, Park Mill, Merry-(Jo-Round, Loch Buy, Lady Kuala, Punkawalla, .Sterling Hope, Marmon, Bobtail. Sandbath, Bonny, Golden Harp, Toulon,
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    Derby Probable Starters and Jockeys.—Malays' Big Win.—Local Cricket CRICKET NOTES AND COMMENTS.
    1072 13 Derby Probable Starters and Jockeys.— Malays' Big Win.— Local Cricket CRICKET NOTES AND COMMENTS. Redoubtable Redmond. NEGRI SAVE THE GAME. After dismissing Negri Sembilan for 22 on Saturday afternoon it was fully expected that Singapore would easily gain a victory over the up-country side. However, thanks to the splendid bowling
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    55 14 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, May 29. Yesterday's baseball games resulted as follows National League. New York C Boston 7 Cincinnati ;i Chicago 1 St. Loois 8 Pittsburgh 11 American League. Philadelphia E New York 4 Boston Washington 4 Cleveland 5 St. Louis 4
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    MR. M. H. BENSON.
    233 14 Fascinated by Breeding Side Of Racing. Mr. Martin H. Benson in mail week confirmed the report that he had resigned his directorship of Messrs. Douglas Stuart, Ltd., the famous firm of turf accountants. "The fascination of the breeding side of racing has prompted me to take
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    TARLETON'S K.O. RIGHT
    148 14 Italian Took Two and Out In Three. Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) made short work of Angelo Agatensi (Italy) in their scheduled fifteen round contest at New Brighton Tower. Tarleton won in the third round, when he knocked his man out after having him down for "nine." Tarleton's straight
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    SPORTSMAN SOLICITOR.
    100 14 Death of Former Athletic Champion. Mr. Herbert Cowper Scard, a solicitor who had practised at Gl—wkil and Woolwich police courts for many years, died in mail week at the age of 65. In the lat'.- 'eighties and 'nineties Mr. Scard was minimi as one of the finest crosscountry
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    45 14 The German Amateur Boxing Association has decreed that henceforth a knockout shall not deride the issue in junior onU'sts unless the boxer knocked out is behind on points. This is merely the adoption of a lons-standing clause in the National Sporting Club Rules of boxing.
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    THE BOXING SLUMP IN ENGLAND.
    517 14 No World Title Winners At Present. It is obvious that in the present generation of British boxers we have no outstanding performer capable of winning s. world title for the Old Country, writes si correspondent in the Athletic News. We did foolishly believe Kid Berg,
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    HEAVYWEIGHT MUDDLE.
    233 14 Two Title Fights Camera Threatened. If present intentions are carried out the world will wake up on the morning of July 4 called upon to acclaim two heavyweight champions of the world! writes a correspondent in a mail paper. July 3 is the date fixed for the Schmel-ing-Stribling
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    ENGLAND'S NEW GOLF CHAMPION.
    457 14 Bulldog Tenacity Of Leonard Crawley. Greatest fight of my sporting career —that is how Leonard Crawley, who five or six years ago played golf and cricket for Cambridge, described his final with William Sutton, a Manchester commercial traveller and international golfer, which won for him the
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    197 14 Friday, May 29. Football: S.A.F.A. Reserve Dir. Chineie' "B" vs. Gloucester, S.H.B. Cricket: S.C.C. Tournament: Services vs. 8.8. and 1., Padang Gloucesters vs. J.C.C. Singapore Swimming Club "At Home,' 1 Water Polo, 8 p.m. Billiards: Russian Pool tournament, S.C.C, 6.45 p.m. Saturday, May 30. Football: Third Malaya Cup
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    224 14 Draw for Qualifying Round. The qualifying round of the Singapore Island icolf championship will be played over the Keppd Qolf Club course on Saturday, June 6. The best 16 scores returned will qualify for the second round, which will be played on Sunday, June 7. The following
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    GUNBOAT JACK.
    84 14 Points Victory Over Indian Title-Holder. Bombay, May 17. An interesting fight was witnessed last night at the Port Staff Club, when in a ten rounds boxing contest Gunboat Jack (10 stone 4 lb), champion of all weights in India, met and defeated Arthur Suares (11 stone 4 lb.),
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    3952 15 THE LITERARY PAGE NEW BOOKS REVIEWED. Three Books About London Its People, Its Government and Its History Some New Novels Love, Romance and Mystery —Wit and Humour of The Cairo Streets. London. London at Home. By M. V. Hughes. Illustrated by G. E. Chambers. 6s. London And Its Government. By
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    PLANTER DROWNED IN WHIRLPOOL.
    954 16 Body Recovered After 72 Hours' Search. TalawakeJle, Ceylon, May 21. The body of Mr. Hunter Blair wa3 recovered from a whirlpool shortly after six o'clock last evening. The body had been under water for a period of over 72 hours. Since the disappearance of the body
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    CHRISTMAS ISLAND CASE.
    622 16 Breach of Trust Alleged. GOVERNMENT CHANDU OFFICER CHARGED. The plea that he had sold several thousands of dollars worth of Government chandu on credit to coolies and that he was unable to collect the money owing to the fact that the coolies were repatriated to China because
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    BUDDHIST PRIEST.
    45 16 Young Englishman in Siam Ordained. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 29. A young Englishman named George Hutchesson. adopted son of Professor Hutchesson, of the Law School, Ministry of Justice, was formally ordained a Buddhist priest yesterday. He is 24 years of age.
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    150 16 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended May 23 gives the total number of deaths as male IC9, and female 105. This represents a death rate of 27.80 per millci per annum, compared with 26.89 in the preceding week and 34.08 in the corresponding week of
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    GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.
    43 16 In a Windsor Clinic For Observation. London, May 20. As the result of a last-moment change of plan. Sir Frederick Sykes, Governor of Bombay, has gone into a clinic at Windsor for observation. No operation will be performed at present.
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    THE MUI-TSAI OF HONG KONG.
    1216 17 Debate in Commons. DENOUNCED BY SIR JOHN SIMON. In the House of Commons on May 11. on ih tH»,180 1 .r salaries anl expenses of th<- Colonial Office, Sir John Simon (Spen Valley, L.) eaJM attention to the system of mui-tsal in Hong Kong. kid
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    THE BRITISH PRESS.
    329 17 "High Standard Of Behaviour." k Nu iMtitMMl BBS KaitH'J :nore in potter thnn the Press," itated Mr. Chui--! ohili. presiding at Ihc CSth dinner of the Ni-u ;paper Pre«:< Kui\d. "It is almost the only institution which is standing u|) ioday. No institution ha-< woven itself more
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    RUGBY'S HEADMASTER.
    93 17 Appointment of Mr. P. H. B. Lyon Announced. London, May 20. Mr. P. H. B. Lyon has been appointed headmaster of Rugby. Mr. Lvon, who has been Rector of the Edinburgh University since 1920, was born on Oct. 11, 1803. He was educated at Rusrby and Oriel College,
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    EXPLOSION AT SCHOOL.
    49 17 Lieutenant R. Mellor Killed. 15->mbay, May IT. Lieutenant R. F. Mellor, of King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, was accidentally killed at thq Saupor Equitation School, where he had just completed his training. He wa<; destroying explosives when a charge ignited and killed him instantly.
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    THINGS PEOPLE SAY.
    209 17 I Every nation considers its own faith as i good as that of any other. Gandhi. In most Continental countries the worship of God is regarded as the primary duty of the day and the churches are far 1 better attended than at home. Bishop Staunton Fulham.
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    IN DEFENCE OF HUSBAND
    32 17 Woman at Tottenham: I have never known my husband ko WTMffSolicitor. But you said he assaulted you. Woman. Every wife expects that, but In has never gone wrong-
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    THIS THE SYNTHETIC AGE.
    788 17 Uses for Rubber. WILL SOMEONE AWAKE THE R.G.A. Scientist:-, with an eyp on their history books, have cubbed tliis the Steel Age. Have they been raiclcss in their descrip tion, or has tho time come for a new title io be found for these days of
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    JOURNALIST SUPPORTED.
    75 17 Refuses to Divulge Source Of Information. London, Apr. 24. The executive committee of the council of the Institute of Journalists carried a motion strongly supporting the refusal of Mr. Joseph Alexander, the Melbourne journalist, to disclose the source of his information concerning the cables which passed between Messrs.
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    BOTTLE OF WHISKY A DAY
    57 17 It was stated at a Brixton inquest on \lhs Klizabeth Everard, aged 7-J, oi Oalberg Road, Brixton, S.W., that she lived on whisky and milk, and used to ta^<? a bottle of whisky a day. Mr. Douglas Cowhurn. the coroner, --aid that it was e\lra<>r.lin:uy
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    THE VANDERBILT CONVENTION.
    1287 18 BRIDGE NOTES How It Is Played. NOTHING "ILLEGAL" IN ITS USE. (By A. E. Manning Foster, the famous Ifridet- expert.) The Yunderhilt Club Convention was invested by Mr. Harold S. Vanderbilt of Enterprise fame, who was also rerponsible for tin- present system of Con trad Bridge-scoring. In
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    BIRTH CONTROL.
    354 18 Roman Catholics and A Bishop. The attitude of the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool (Dr. David) towards birth control was criticised by Dr. Downey, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, n a speech to 2,000 Roman Catholic nothers. I am perfectly certain," said the Archbifhop, that if I set
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    DEAN OF MANCHESTER.
    187 18 Very Rev. F. G. H. Williams Appointed. London, May 20. The King has approved the appointnent of the Very Reverend Frank Gar leld Hodder Williams as Dean of Man :hester. The Very Rev. G. H. Williams. O.B.E (1919), M.B., B.Sc, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.. las been Dean of Llandaff
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    CHINESE AIR SERVICES.
    72 18 Order for 40 Planes Placed With British Firm. Shanghai, May 10. That they must be equipped with ligh machine-guns in order to meet any possi bie danger from bandits is the stipulatior in the contract which the Nationalist Government has 'decided to place witl a British firm
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    WORKERS WHO SEE IN THE DARK.
    1048 18 A Visit to Kodak's. HOW CAMERA FILM IS MADE. Every amateur photographer mjsi occasionally have puzzled over the manufacture of the film which he puts in hi* camera and the paper on which he print? his pictures, writes a special correspondent in the Daily
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    NEW LIGHT ON THE DISTANT PAST.
    1353 19 British Museum Relics. A RECORD OF RECENT DISCOVERIES. OJy Sir Frederic Kcnyon. late Director of the Kritish Museum, in an interview.) No outline of recent discoveries which are recorded in the British Museum would ho wpItU without reference to the wonderful work which has
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    150 BATS THAT MADE 100's.
    506 19 150 BATS THAT MADE 100's. Cricket Museum of Sir Julien Cahn. Cricketers are to have a museum. It will take the form of a collection of the bati of cricketing heroes. For fifty years Mr. Charles Green, of Malvcrn, has obtained bats from famous players. To Sir Julien Cahn, president
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    THE DYING DOCTOR.
    61 19 Woman Makes Out Her Own Death Certificate. Dr. Celia Dupont, the first woman doctor in Michigan State, when lying ill palled attendants to her bedside, told them in careful scientific detail about her disease, predicted her death in two hours, and then fillled out her own death
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    WOMAN BANISHED FOR A JOKE.
    329 19 Soviet Dictator's Lack Of Humour. Mrs. H. (irady. an American authoress whu had to leave Russia for making a jcke about Stalin, the Soviet dictator, is in England on her way to New York. I went to Russia," she said in an interview, with my
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    KING CAROL.
    142 19 Plot to Assassinate Him Unearthed. Bukarest, May 9. The polite were reported today to have uncovered a plot to assassinate King Carol tomorrow, the fiftieth anniversary of the i-n \vnin<: of King Carol I. Although the police denied the report, it was learned that a man with a
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    CARD RATION SYSTEM.
    119 19 Now Practically Abolished In Russia. Moscow, May 12. Premier Molatov and Joseph Stalin, head of the Communist Party, today jointly decreed the abolition of the card ration system with respect to practically all commodities except food, fuel and certain building materials. The system has been in operation
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    AIR SMUGGLING.
    125 19 Young Chinese Girls at $1,000 Each. Los Angeles, Apr. 18. Orientals, at a flat rate of 700 per head, are believed being smuggled, carried by speedy monoplanes across the line separating U. S. and Mexico, according to recent disclosures made by immigration agents who learned further that the
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    83 19 Praise for American Services. New York, May 7. The Kinie of Siam, speaking to a feathering of business men here today, sai'l, "Mary Siamese have been educated in American institutions. Furthermore, a considerable number of American teachers and doctors are employed in the service ft the
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