The Straits Times, 15 June 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, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      211 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5151). CIS Tonight ».15 I JOHN BARRYMOKK J i in MOBY DICK with JOAN BKNNKTT. Phone 5261-5262. EVEN IN SWITZERLAND The home of milk par excellence, where there is fresh milk in abundance, "BEAR BRAND" Sterilized Milk is sold in large quantities I }jtup\ on
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      517 1 LUM Pi «H1 A NEW HAIR 3££rGROWS QUICKLY mm^mm^m It's the ELECTRICITY that counts W^^wtM IF THE ROOTS ARE THERE YOUR HAIR WILL GROW if B^^^WP&SFuflSS^^H y<>" use the original White's Electric Comb for a few minutes V 2^PV,jflEKt^B ever y da >- Although you feel nothing different from an
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      13 1 «.1» Tonight ».15 JOHN BARRYMORK "MOBY DICK"; with JOAN BENNETT. I* Phone 5261-5262.
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      474 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULA! AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S. GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. BOMA T J 6,500 June 20 KHYIiER »,100
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      742 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. -r 4 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Mar>. ilif-. London, Antwerp, Kutterdam und Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonaage Due Sail S KATORI MARU 10,000 June 18 ID 5 KASHIMA MARU 20,000 July 2 "3 KASUKUNI MARU l;!,0u0 July 15 16 I!AKON"r: .MARL 10,500 July 2'J 30 SUVA MARU 10,700
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      438 2 BURNS PHIIP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND, MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading 10 Australia, cabins
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      599 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang. m.s. ALSIA July 15 July 1 •in... JUTLANDIA Aug. 12 Aug. 1 m.s. LALANDIA Sept. 9 Sept. 1 m.s MEONIA Sept. 23 Sept. 2 m.s. BORINGIA
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      584 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP COLIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG. (Route
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      579 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam.) BANGKOK COABTINC SERVICE for Kretay, Tranß>nu, Kelantan, Banrnara, Telupin, Patani, Sinzora, Lacon, Siclion, Ka-idon. Koshamui, Langsuan, Chumpen I and Bangki k. 1 Departure 1 .MALI.M In p..rt June 17 SUDDHADIB June tl June 24 VAI.AY June US .luly 1 The steamers
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      429 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United SUtea an* Canada Point*) froa Hong Kong. San Francisco and \a.» Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN WALL sail- from B«M Kong June 2a S S GOLDEN RIVER sails
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      488 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE {^AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG. COLOMBO. SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave .S'porc Spore Penang PRES. MONROE June 22 June 25 June 27 PRES. VAN BUREN PRES. GARFIELD July 20 July 23 July 25 July 6 July 9
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      645 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorp. rated in England i ELLERMA.N LINK. Pai'rngrr >-n«| Fr.ifrvt S"rvicos It: UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Port* and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG. SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Duo Spore s.s. SERBINO In port HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF BATAVIA for Havre, L'don, R'dam ll'lmiv
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      411 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMEW^ THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England j Capital Authorised m M.000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,80f1,U00 Reserve Fund and Bart >. 1.6 M.846 Capital paid up 1,060,000 j BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. H. Ryrte, Esq. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Eaq, Charles J. Harabro, Esq., J. O. Rohinaon,
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      541 3 NEDEKLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. N*i.neila\js Tlaiiwg •jcety. (kautl>ii«b*a at Au.tsrduu isi«.) PAID UP CAPITAL fl. 80,080,000 (about ■MNyNffj STATLTORT BISEfiVB FUND Fl. 40,015,000 (a hoot £3,836,000) BIAD OFFICI IN AMSTERDAM WITB AGENCIES IN BOTTERDAM AND S GRAVENHAQI. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES I Bandoeng W utevreden Rangoon Baudj«rma*in kota-lUdja Semarang
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      460 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HAMDELSBANK. N.V. Eafabllaaca 1«M at Aa>uts>r4asa. Aotooriseo Capital Glds. 100,000,000 (about *8 ,600,000) Paid op Capital Glds. 65,0u0,000 (abeot 14,600,000 BeianrM Old*. 28,187,79 iabont saVMMM HIAI> OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAI.fS, KOTTLRDAAI. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. BATAVIA Head Offle* for Duirh Ra.t indies. KOM Heaa (M**a for Ckiaa »»-i
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      793 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 25 cents per line per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of 25 cents
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      910 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET, COMPOUND HOUSE, 4, TANGLIN HILL. Rent moderate. Apply Cfi, Canal Road. TO LET FLAT, Amber Mansions. Apply personally, Singapore Building Corp., 64, Market Street. TO LET, COMPOUND HOUSE, 14, Rose Lane, Tanjong Katong Road. Apply 14. Market Street. NEW FLATS at Middle Road to
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      391 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg. TO LET No. 4, Battery Road. Immediate entry. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. TO LET, OFFICES Bt 4, Prince Street, top floor and No. 22, Raffles Place. Apply Koh Chew Kee. 129, Killiney Road. TO LET, a well situated two
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      568 4 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS undertaken from and into tench, Goraian and English by expert lin;jist. Apply (82, Bttmtt Times. RAFFLES CAFE. Caterers for parties. weddiEca, sporta, etc.. at very reasonable rates. Phone Ittl. MASSAGE HALL Mrs. HARU Miss HANA. 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. "educational. PORT DICKSON European Home School for Girls
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      770 4 LOST LOST, in the neighbourhood of Watten, Bukit Timah Road, a small white half bred Australian terrier *****, red collar. Finder r.wardcd. 627, Straits Times. public notices" THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. Head Office Meyer Chambers, Singapore. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD BRANCH. t In order to provide better facilities to l
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      899 4 TENDERS JOHORE GOVERNMENT TENDKRS INVITED. 1. T.ndeis will be received at the i h Protectorate, Joh ir< Bahru, i p to no July 8. IMI, for the n-hi to receive a I i I as pawnbroker under •■The Pawn bnkers Enactment, I»1T." in e*eh «'f fluTown Board Areas ol Ren~am,
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    230 5 Mr. 6. A. Cessford and Miss N. A, W. Lennox. The wedding took place in' St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday of George Allan Cessford, of the Municipality, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Cessford, of Glasgow, to N'nncy Annita Walton Lennox, formerly of the General Hcspital, daughter
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    PENANG WEDDING.
    162 5 Mr. K. J. H. Evans and Miss Mary Monk. The wedding of Mr. Kenneth John Hier Kvans, of Kuala Kangsar, and Miss Mary Dorothy Monk, of the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. Monk, 3 Linnell Close, Hampstead Unrdm Suburb, London, took place on
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    SYSTEMATIC FRAUD.
    105 5 Gaol for Former Klang Club Clerk. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 13. Ooi Keng Siew, formerly a clerk in the Klang Club, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced yesterday to two years' rigorous imprisonment on each of two charges of criminal breach of trust, the sentences to run
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    FATAL QUARREL.
    98 5 Alleged Murder By Boyanese. Arising out of a quarrel at the taxi Etand outside the Alhambra Theatre on Saturday night, a Boyanese is alleged to have stabbed a Chinese, with fatal results. It is saiJ that the Boyanese had his car parked behind that of the Chinese and
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    JEWELLERS' CLAIM.
    260 5 i J •.> See Tiong Wah Sued by B. P. de Silva for $5,277. The case in which Messrs. B. P. de Silva Ltd. are suing. Mr. See Tiong Wah for the recovery of $5,277.10 alleged to be due to them from the defendant as the value of
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    FRANCE AND GERMANY.
    56 5 M. Briand Expresses A Pious Hope. Paris, June 15. M. Briand, the French Foreign Minister, in the course of a much-advertisej speoc.h ::t Gourdun, expressed the hope lhat shortly the last of the Franco-German misunderstandings would disappear. It will not be easy," he added, but there is
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    Y.W.C.A. FINANCE APPEAL
    78 5 The following donations to June 13 are acknowledged by the Y.W.C.A. Previously acknowledged $3,152. Mr. S. J. Chan, Alkaff and Co., Mr. Chan Rang Sua, each $50, $150. Sir David Galloway, Mr. J. A. Elias, Mr. W. Bartley, Mr. Marsh, Yeo Chiang Swee, Mr. and Mrs. Breyer.
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      357 5 HOTELS Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation with Moiiern Sanitary ArranKi'ments. THIS EVENING 6.30 TEA DANCE GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT ROAST SADDLE VEAL KK\ AISSAM X rONDANTI POTATOES. $1.75. TOMORROW DINNER AND DANCE Sea View Hotel All Rooms with Modern Sanitation. Every Wednesday and Friday SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE Sea Bathing
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      407 5 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Colonial -i i retary's Office, up to noon of July 8, IMI, for the following work Erection of a new Central Police Station, Singapore. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required to deposit the sum of One
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      67 5 j^^fc______Tjte-. |»11 FOR HOUSE WIRING USE HENLEY C. T. S. CABLES The Cables which will give a reliable installation When run on the surface of walls they are nea: and unobtrusive and if the finished wiring is coloured to match the surrounding walls it is less noticeable still. H*USL_HY c.
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      213 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle. o^ s&J« I |5 I R \s vm%> I p R* [9 fpv iM H gg _$0 Si sir 47"*^ "^3 k >' 49 50 ST ST p3 n 1 _£g £&_-i£ (CLUES.) ACROSS. Ga s 19. Withdraws 1. One who bottles wines Cries 6 Slip 25.
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    Captain John Smith the Great
    1324 6  -  Pierre Quiroule BY (THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER OF MYSTKKY FICTION.) HISTORY does not present a more i dazzling or romantic figure than. Captain John Smith, soldier of fortune, navigator, explorer, coloniser, chivs fighter, fearless adventurer, and very gal- i lant gentleman. Born in IMO, hy ihe
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    EARNING A LIVING BY WALKING.
    363 6 Girls Who Test Rubber Boots for Dunlop's. Two girls who have walked 12,000 miles together in four years are carrying out important tests of various kinds of rub-» b«r boots and shoes, and are enjoying their healthy work thoroughly. They are Peggy Davies and Phyllis
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    19 YEARS ABROAD.
    193 6 Record of Three Men .With The Warwickshires. When the 2nd Battalion Warwickshire Regiment landed at Southampton from the troopship Neuralia recently, on theit return from Egypt, a wonderful record of overseas service was completed. Officially the battalion has been abroad .since 1912, and three men have served
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    PARKHURST "EYE-CLINIC"
    73 6 Prisoner Asks for Penal Servitude. When Harry Armstrong (28), a servant, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to breaking and entering a house near Dorking, he asked for penal servitude in. order to secure treatment for his eyes. The Recorder, Sir Ernest Wild: Do you think it would
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    SPEEDWAY RACING.
    392 6 Growth of the Sport In England. Speedway racing has become an English sport, and after the hectic days of its adolescence, has settled down on a firm basis and found its level in the scheme of things, and, although the spectacular days of its early development in popular
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    CHEMISTS' DISCOVERY.
    64 6 Material With Qualities Of Paper and Glass. A new material that is as thin and flexible as paper, is perfectly transparent, and yet is as impervious to moisture as a sheet of glass, has been discovered by industrial chemists. The material is ideal for packing, particularly tobacco, and
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    MAN WHO CHEATED DEATH TWICE.
    422 6 But Lure of Gold Proved Fatal. Though twice before he had almost lost his life searching for a gold reef in Central Australia, Mr. L. 11. Lasseter, whose body was found after a three months' search in Peterson Ranges, ventured there a third time because
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    COMING BY-ELECTION.
    40 6 Chiltern Hundreds Granted To Mr. J. A. Tinne, M.P. RuKl>y. J.inc Mr. J. A. Tinne, Con^oi vative M.P. for the Wavertree Division of LifOTpool, has applied for and been Knitted the (hihcni Hundreds, thus necessitatiiiK a by-eloi timi.
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      16 6 IWCALLUMS r PERFECTION SCOTS WHISKY D.CJ.M^ALLUM US EDINBURGH l\ Ctvj It IWr M THE EASTERN AGENCJE^jd
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      117 6 l/25th /OF A SECOND m rl is the average time you expose m I your film to obtain a M f picture or a cine-film m »k» k to please you for m > years. You want good material to ensure g PERFECT RESULTS in fractions of seconds. 8 CAMERAS
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      203 7 Wk vL Ali\l I MM m !^m\ I Wk m^^ TELEPHONE N9 6909 TONIGHT at 6.15 9.15 The Greatest Entertainment Ever Seen in Singapore FOLLOWING ON A RECORD SMASHING TWO-THEATRE RUN OF 20 Packed Performances! THIS SENSATIONAL TRIUMPH W WILL NOW PLAY AN EXTENDED SEASON AT ALHAMBRA Charlie Chaplin IN
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      252 7 atoeoo oe o€)ooOQ_Qo"£>e> qq oe oe 000 3> o^^^^B^^li^BV^^Ha^^H^^^^^H 0 le^Tsl TONIGHT l9TTs[ THE WORLD FAMOUS SCREEN AND STAGE STAR JOHN UAttRYMOBE In his First great TaMfcg Picture. with JOAN BENNETT In the magnificent Adaptation of HERMAN MELVILLE'S renowned Story of Whaling Days "MOBY DICK" See Mad Ahab, single-handed battle
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      207 7 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Sunday Next, June 21st, at 9.30 p.m. TWO GREAT STARS IN JOINT SONG RECITAL TOTI DAL MONTE World Famous Italian Coloratura Soprano AND Enzo de Muro-Lomanto Celebrated Lyric Tenor. BOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S $4, $2 and $1. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 BUSTER KEATON IN "FORWARD MARCH" With
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    HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    188 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. tIU-alth bulletin of the League o f Nations' Eastern Bureau, for the mil ended Junr 1981. Baghdad 1U plague oases and 1 death. Calcutta 1)4 cholera cases and 57 deaths as airainst 55 cases and 32
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    PERAK RIVER.
    166 8 Position of Submerged Pile To He Marked. It is MMMHKad that v red buoy is being innm-iiiuti'lv placed to mark the position of a ■abOMrffed above the railway wharves in IVrak Kivcr. Vessels should leave this buoy on their port hand proCMdiag up stream, and on the starboard
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    PRODUCE
    179 8 Singapore, June 15. Gambier 10.00 (Cube No. 1 unpicked).. 15.00 <opra 4^o mixed 4.00 Ban Boor, Sarawak 1.774 Win lo Pepper 32.50 Mark Pepper 17.75 J'eiirl Sn«o 4.25 small 6% medium pearl 6.00 Kicc, Siiim No. 1 f 138.00 BasfM No. 1 J128.00 Kunu No. 1 $114.00 Sian, I'urliiled
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      496 8 Symington and Sinclair's Weekly Letter. Symington and Sinclair's weekly Baikal report, dated London, May 20. states Since our last report the market has been firmer. Business wax done yesterday for all positions at an advance of 5-16 d. par Ik. over the buyers' prices quoted here laat week.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      117 8 KI.ITKI. HARBOUR. Main Wharf The Cable, Hong Kheng. Lch. Timuh 11. Lab. M*reury, Dreditor Tembakul, Dredger Todak. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRT DOCO. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Crane Lighter "F," Tug Suada. Victoria Dock Nordhar. Keppel Harboar. King's Dach Nil. No. 1 Dock
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      219 8 Singapore June It. SELLING. London, 4 months' siirht 2/3 27/32 London. I months' sight 2 I 13 16 Lamlan, <;o days' si(rht I :i 25 32 I. .iiilon. M days' sicht 2 I I Lui-.doa, demand 2/3 23 32 I.<...dun. IT. L- 3 II It; Lyou and l'..ri
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      SABRANG RUBBER.
      110 8 The crop harvested by the Sabrang Rubber Estate declined from 1,530.208 Ib. in 1929 to 1.415.392 Ib. in 1930, and the net profit earned per acre of mature rubber fell from £7 19s. lid. to 16s. Id. The net profit for the year amounted to £2,640 (against £26,13!)
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        MINING.
        435 8 MIN ING. Val. Pi, Buyers Sellers £1 £1 As.-im Kumbang 18/- 21/6 cd. £1 £1 Austral Malay 18*/6 20/5/- 5/- Ayer HiUm Tin 10/6 11/6 £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 11/- 12/1 1 Baton? Padang 0.10 0.16 1 1 Batu Caves 0.25 0.30n0m. 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m. £1 £1
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        GENERAL.
        260 8 V«l. I'd. Buyers Seller* 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. I.CO 2.00n0m. 2 Alex. Brick I'refs. 2.10 2.1S Cl XI Hrit. Am. Tobacco 3.8.0 3.12.6 1 1 Central Engrne 0.20 0.30n0m. 11)0 r,O Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 II fl Con. T. S. T'c Prefs. 17/- 17/9 El £1 Con.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        123 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 1M 106 el. Singapore Municipal 6 p.e. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. 6% prtm. Singapore Municipal 44* p.e. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 M par Singapore Municipal 4tt p.e. of 1909 red. 1966 $1,000,000 9i par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        373 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt s quotations. Today* Price Fraser Lyall A Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.70 0.99 0.70 0.94 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.50 0.70 A. Uitam (tl) 0.80 1.00 0.80 1.00 A. Kuninff ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.26n0tn, A. Malay (|2) 0.90 1.10
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      BEVERLEY ESTATE.
      340 8 Steps Towards Improved Cultivation. The ordinary general meeting of the Beverley Tea and Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on May 15 at 95a, Chancery Lane, W.C. Mr. R. Arnold (the chairman) first referred with regret to the loss the company had sustained by the deaths of Mr. Lawrence
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      RADIO NEWS.
      268 8 The Week's Programmes From Saigon Station. The broadcasting programmes from the Saigon Radio station for the week are rr'wen below. Orchestral concerts are from approximately 8.45 to 9.45 p.m. Monday. Suite Espagnele (R. de Aceves), Le Carnaval de V'ienne (pour piano Alix Andre. Soyer (Schumann). Romance (Louis Aubert),
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      BARU (JAVA).
      192 8 The accounts of the Baru (Java) Estates, Ltd., show a profit for 1930 of £1,259 (against il'.Viiji; for 1929). With the balance of £8.717 brought forward, there is available £9,977. The sum of £1,266 (against £2,000) is placed to reserve for depreciation, but no allocation is made to
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      F.M.S. RUBBER PLANTERS
      157 8 The profit of the F.M.S. Rubber Planters Estates for 1930 amounted to £13,574, which compares with £37,565 for 1929. In view of the critical position of the rubber-producing industry the directors do not recommend a dividend (against 15 per cent), but £2,000 is again written off estates
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE,
    165 8 Today. Selat Pandjanir. ■mgkalil and I!a«an Si Api Api (Hong Lam i p.iii. Pontianak (Raub) l |„m. Tomorrow. Anamba and Natuna Islands (General Varspyek) Urn. Rkio, Singkawang and Pemangkat 1 falopa l s a.m. I'iiikt Barms (Hong Kkangl :i a.m. Sourabaya, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly I
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    39 8 8'pore Lonitoa Left Arrd. Talamba Felix Roussel Kalyan Johan de Witt Sibajak May 7 Ma; 30 May 6 June I May IS June f. May 15 June R May 2! .Iun<- 1! May 21 Jum- IE
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 8 From China and Japan, by Katorl Minn, due at Singapore on Thursday.
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    Vessels Arrived.
    183 8 LAN HONG UONC, Brit, 1M U Scmaraiu' 15-6, 1■: Batavia 16-4 < ITV OF SWANSEA, Brit., Wtt7 tons fron Sydney 13-6, ror Marseille! IS-6 I'AKVKi-. Brit., 1,008 ti.n.-. from Banda) i IM foi 1!. V1'.. Jii 6, GEN. V>N GEEN, Dm., 719 tons, frann TPriok 15-6, for Tg.
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      43 8 DYEING AND DRY CLEANING PROMPT SERVICE. C' KANZAKI COMPANY SINGAPORE. Phone 3516. No. S3, ORCHARD ROAD. BRUNOLINUM For the Preservation of all kinds of Timber. BRUNOLINUM PLANTARIUM For the cure of all Bark Diseases in Rubber Trees. LEE KIM SOO 10, HIGH STREET.
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      39 8 CHEMICALS We shall be glad to receive inquiries for all types of Industrial and Commercial Chemicals, Aniline Dyes, etc. We specialise in Chemicals of British manufacture. IMPERIAL CHEMiCAL INDUSTRIES (MALAYA), LIMITED. Telegrams: IMPKEMIX." 144, ROBINSON ROAD. Phone 5476. SINGAPORE.
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      274 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Pirec- Speed Weather Max. Mm. fall, shine. Humidity. tion. F. F. in«. hours. -.l Alor Star H9 76 Nil 6.4 85 SF Vino EoU Hi.hru -.11 74 0.0:t U n s S w t.!" 0 K.TTMOMM M
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      247 8 ARRANGEMENTS EOB THE WEEK. Monday, June U. JI. W. 10.2:. a.m., 7 ft. G in., D.30 p.m., 8 ft. 9 in. Annual Meeting. St. Joseph's Old Boyi' Asscn., 7J. Waterloo Street, 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, Jane 1G. H. \V. 11.10 a.m., 8 ft., 10.5 p.m., 9 ft. 3 in. Wednesday, Juno
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    230 9 "Absolute Stagnation" Lccally. THE TIN BUYING POOL. (lsy Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday, 11 a.m. T<xla\ I'rices Rubber. 9' cents per lb. Tin. IM tons at |H per picul. Saturday's I'rices: Rubber. London 3d., unchanged. Nfw York. 6 cts., unchanged. Market Tone ({uiet. Tin. I undo i.
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    UNEMPLOYMENT PAY.
    252 9 Largely Increased Rates Of Benefit. The vast and evergrowing burden of unemployment bt'nefit has been an important [actor in creating; the malady which it is Intended to relieve. While the cost of |iving index fell from 276 in 1920 to 157 in 1990, the benefit for a man
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    MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
    163 9 Domestic production! of tin and tin-in-ore ii ~1 per tent., during the month of II Local export*. IC< t<'ll >. I3i Kigures of production l>> local sales at 7_> par cent from tho X.M.S. as reported bj thr Mints Department are as follows, -iniilar tiguro from I".
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      CASE FOR ECONOMIC RESTRICTION.
      1487 9 Problems Confronting The Rubber Industry. During the past quarter rubber was consistent only in disappointing the expectations of those who maintained that each fall in its price would be the last. Ever making new records, it fell below ■'id. a lb., and fetched only 5 per
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      53 9 Buyers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot Standard R.S.S. on Tender June 9% July n| July-Sept. 9% Oct.-Dec. 10 Seller*. 9% IOK Tone of Market Stagnant. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 3d. per Ib. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 6 per lb. 12 o'clock
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      METAL MARKET.
      375 9 William Jaik.-. ;wid Co., in their report dated London, Muy 19, state The depression from which the whole world is suffering has led to a further fall in most commodities during the past week, and as the Bank of England expert states, it seems unreasonable to expect any
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      BULLION REPORT.
      773 9 Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Weekly Letter. Samuel Montagu and Co. in weekly letter, dated London. May 24, state The Bank of England (fold reserve against notes amounted to £148,976,873 on May 13 Us compared with £147,506,074 on the previous Wednesday I, and represents an increase of £1,351,2.51 since
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      THE DUSUN DURIAN ESTATE.
      874 9 Continuance of Crop Restriction. The nineteenth annual general meeting of Dusun Durian Rubber Estate, Ltd., was held on May 13, in th? Council Room of the Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated), 2-4, Idol Lam, Eastcheap, E.C., Mr. H. J. Welch (the chairman) presiding. The secretary (Mr. William
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      EXCHANGES.
      73 9 Rugby, June 13. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam. 12.118'j. Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5*4(1.. Berlin •OUt. Brussels MJtH, Bucharest 817. Rio 3 25-32, Buenos Aires MM, Copenhagen 18.16'f. Geneva 25.04 >*, Helsingfors 193 V Honv Kong II 1 Lisbon 110",. Madrid 48.25, Milan 92.87',. Mont* Video 28. New York 4.8K,
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    LONDON TIN MARKET.
    720 9 Malayan Miners And Their Rights. THE DUTCH SCORE POINTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 'JO. The result of the conference m Amsterdam was a recommendation th::t there should be a further curtailment ■<( production by 20,000 tons a year, la commence on June 1. Whether the
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    RENONG CONSOLIDATED.
    194 9 Brief and Formal Business At Annual MeetingThe fourth ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the RcnotiK Consolidated Tin Drcdinpr Co., Ltd., was held at Kuala F.umpur. Mr. G. E. Teale, chairman of director*, was in the chair and the otken present were Dr. H. Moxham, Mr. <;. Ma<l>oupll,
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    97 10 Singapore AI.IIAMIJRA. Charlie Chaplin in City Lights. 6.15— 9.15. Phone 6909. CVI'ITOL. -lohn Barrymore ir Moby Dick, l'hone BkU/t. EI'ROI'E HOTEL.- -Robert Dreschcr's Famous Viennese Orchestra. GREAT WORLD.— VaadcTilla, Opera, Wayangs, Zoo. Gate after 6 p.m. 20 cents. MARLBOROUGH.— EIissa Landi in Body and Soul. 6.16— 9.15. NEW WORLD.—
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      64 10 Tf ATLAMMAt Wife of late Mr. A. Arumuiram Pillai, ago 85, (rramimothcr of S. l'akii-isamy of I'haitered Bank, who passed away peacefully on SunHav, Juno 11, 1931. hrr residence No. 6 Lorong I/, Teluk Kuiau llii-nl. leaving a daughter, tan* fn nddauxbtan and fiv/> Krr::t crandehildren I" moan her
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931. FACING HARD FACTS.
    1110 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931. FACING HARD FACTS. In hb report for the year 1930 Mr. 11. C. Eckhardt, Commissioner of Trade and Customs F.M.S., emphasises a fact which is elementary and yet must always be borne in mind in considering governmental and commercial policy in Malaya
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    KEEPING THE LAW IN THE DESERT.
    1339 10  -  G. E. C.odsavo. ntv Snuadron Leader Armoured Cars and Planes Versus Raiders. K.A.F., late commander of the British Armoured Car Squadron in Irak and Transjordania.) How the Roycl Air Force «nd British armoured cars, working in conjunction, keep the firmand warlike Hrloiint. tribesmen of
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    14 10 Mr. Justice W. Burton, Berembaa, wil attend the Court of Appeal at K'l.t! Lumpur.
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    17 10 Mr. A. Grumitt, of Messrs. McAulifTe Davis and Hope, I'enang, returned froir home leave by tht; Rawalpindi.
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    19 10 Flying Officer Caupland has left Kual Lumpur for Singapore. He is returnin; home by the Marnix van St. Aldegonde.
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    20 10 Mr. A. J. Harding, C.Ii.K.. CMJC Director of Colonial Audit, who has set iv Kuala Lumpur, arrived in HaJan today.
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    25 10 Mr. C. Hannigan. the retiring Commis sioner of Police, F.M.S. and Mrs. Hanni gan will leave for home by the Alsia nex month from Singapore.
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    23 10 Mr. 1.. J. Schmitt, the Mew Eealan Trade Commissioner, will ftddresa th Singapore Rotary CM) <m Wi c!rc ;iav 0 New Zealand Today."
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    37 10 Mi. Allan S. Rogers, ihe I S. < ban: d'Affairc;-. in Bangkok, will be leaving f< the United State <n .Inly 8. Aftei- h leave he expects t'i n-ccive an appo'n ment in one of the European capitals.
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    42 10 Mr. ar.d Mrs. St. All.an S.nitli. of Singa pore, ere homeward bound by t>.e Manai treus. Mr. S. AlLan Smith took witb hi on board a doer, a gift to the London Zo from Mr. Neil of Kuala Muda Estate Sunget Patani.
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    64 10 Mrs. J. Dunford Wood, wife tt ii: lpoh Lawyer, was n-f entcd pt th Second Ccurt by Mrs. J. H. Tkon Dunford Wood wore a b-.autiful gown o rich cream satin Auro-a faahior.td 01 long, simple line", with a manteau d> Ccur of simi'ar sstin finished with I wide border
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    793 10 IONl ON PARADE. A fresh page was tamed in Singapore* 112 year- of eoremoiliaJ He a-iims with yesterday":- parade on the Pntlang. Them have liven equally impressive displays of military strength, but the participation of R.A.F. unit.; on such a scale wns something altoui ther sew
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    PESSIMISTIC SPEECH BY GOVERNOR GENERAL OF D.E.I.
    340 11 FRESH TAXATION NECESSARY. 1932 Budget Deficit Of 91 Million Guilders. RUBBER RESTRICTION. Why Government Could Not Intervene. Bntavia, June 15. The Governor-General of the Dutch K;:-t Indie*, in openklg the fourteenth .session (if the People 1 Council here today (the t\: si" -ion
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    POPULATION JAPAN.
    35 11 1 <\s[ Year Shows a Record Increase. Tokio, June IS. There waa a record increase of population in Japan last year. The births numbered 911,892, a slight and the 'ea'.h-rate dropped considerably. Reuter.
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    FRENCH AIR MAIL CRASHES.
    532 11 Four Killed in Making Forced Landing. A terrible tragedy occurred on Sunday, June 7, says the Rangoon Times, when the westbound French L'Orient mail plane cras'ued into a creek at Kyeintali village about 40 miles from Sandoway. Me>ttoon Bau'c(rard, l'atard and Leroux were killed but nothing
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    NAUTILUS DISABLED IN MID-ATLANTIC.
    1643 11 Battleships to Rescue. SUBMARINE MAY HAVE TO BE TOWED. New York, June 14. I The submarine Nautilus has been disabled in mid-Atlantic. 1 The steamship, Independence Hall, is i standing by. The United States battleships Arkansas and Wyoming are. steaming to the scene. Cracked Engine Cylinder.
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    IN MEMORY OF THOSE LOST IN POSEIDON.
    512 11 Impressive Services at Sea And on Land. Wcihaiwei, June 14. Poseidon memorial services were held today at 10 a.m.. The service afloat was attended by H.M.S. Medway (submarine parent ship), ship), H.M.S. Marazion, the tug St. Breoc and all available submarines in the
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    THE REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
    183 11 Why It Must be Solved. REVOLUTION IN EUROPE THE ALTERNATIVE. Berlin, June 15. Only a speedy solution of the reparations question can save Germany, and other countries in Europe, from revolutionary outbreaks and untold misery," declares a resolution adopted al a meeting of the Centre Party which
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    WAR DEBTS.
    70 11 Is America Beginning To Understand Washington, June 14. Should the War Debt situation become at any time acute con-ideration by America of the question of the advi.-ability oC changing, temporarily, ht-r clearly stated debt policy would become necessary, stated Mr. William R. Castk, Under-Sc-cretary of State, when interviewed
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    OVER 300 LIVES LOST.
    438 11 Tragedy Grim and Swift Near Nantes. A HOLIDAY TRIP. Steamer Capsizes In A Gale. St. Nazaire, June K>. T!>e steamer Ft. I'hilibert this morning ccnviyed between 500 mid MO neuibari of a co-oncrativo union on an excursion to the inland (if Noinmmtien and returned thence at
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    55 11 V tlirilii.iy moment. Om of the It.A.F. Ijlt boats spooling down «>n the I'adang in salute. H.E. the Governor. Sir Cecil dementi, with Major-C.eneral Oldfleld, behind, inspecting the troops. Three of the R.A.F. bombers flying in formation above the Padann at Sunday's parade. Moving as one man. The march past
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    CONSTABLE IN HOLE OF ACCUSED.
    1110 12 "Turning the Tables." alleged Assault on STATION STEPS. An Indian police constable attached lo the Tanjong Pagar Division who was responsible for the arrest and conviction of a youthful compatriot and a Chinese for disorderly conduct by fighting and assaulting a public servant, filled the
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    ROUBAIX RIOTS.
    195 12 Cars Burned Firemen And Cavalry Stoned. Roubaix, June 13. Owing to the police having: prohibited a demonstration, the cotton-mill strikers yesterday evening stoned the police and the Republican Guards who were called out to assist them. A Guards' officer, and the driver of a police tender, were seriously
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    78 MILES AN HOUR.
    252 12 British Motorists' Fast Time in Grand Prix. Le Mans, June 14. Sir Henry Birkin and Earl Howe, driving an Alfa Romeo, won the 24-hour motoring Grand Prix, establishing a new record of 3,017 kilometres 655 metres (about 1,886 miles). Reuter. The average speed over 24 hours
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    POLITICAL CRISIS.
    148 12 Liberals Making Peace With Labourites. Rugby, June 13. More optimistic views are expressed in the Press regarding the political situation arising out of the Liberal amendment to the Government's land taxation proposals. Some progress was made toward agreement at yesterday's conference of Ministers and Liberal leaders and it
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    AMERICA'S NAVY.
    104 12 Depreciation Outstrips Construction. Washington, June 13. Mr. Charles F. Adams, the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, in a broadcast speech tonight, said United States naval construction, since the Washington Conference, had not kept pace with the depreciation of ships during that period. Deal in? with the details of
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    M. PAUL DOUMER.
    73 12 Assumes Office As New French President. Paris, June 13. If. Paul Doumer formally took over tho Presidency of the Republic from M. Gaston Doumergue thi afternoon. As soon as M. Doumer had been invested the Prime Minister, M. Pierre Laval, in accordance with custom, offered him the
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    U.S.A. RAILWAYS.
    59 12 Big Unification Plan In The East. New Yoik, June 13. The Eastern American railroads are shortly presenting to the Inter-State Commerce Commission a unification plan, by which the New York Central, Balti-more-Ohio, the Pennsylvania and the Nickel Plate railroads will merge all the lines in the north-east section
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    EMPRESS OF BRITAIN
    99 12 New Canada-England Records Established. Rugby, June 13. One of the largest liners of the Canadian Pacific Company, the Empress of Britain, concluded a successful maiden voyage when she arrived at Southampton yesterday from Canada. She set up new records for the trip, a feature of her voyage
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    THE EINSTEIN THEORY.
    79 12 What Sumatra Observations Revealed. Berlin, June 14. The admission that his calculations of the deflection oS light rays needed slight revision, a.s a result of observations made from the island of Sumatra during a recent total eclipse of the sun, was made by Professor Einstein in an
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    TRANS-ATLANTIC.
    49 12 Fewer Sailings in The Future. Rugby, June 13. Messages from Liverpool and Southampton state that, owing to a reduction in the trans-Atlantic passenger traffic, all the great shipping companies operating these services have decided to make substantial reductions in the number of sailings during this season. British Wireless.
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    MALAYAN EXHIBITION
    244 12 To be Held in Kuala Lumpur in August. The Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association advertise that their eighth annual exhibition will be held at Kuala Lumpur during the August Bank holidays Aug. 1 to 3 inclusive. It will be remembered that the Association last year held the exhibition in their
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    NEW JERSEY FIRE.
    44 12 Three Missing Much Damage Done. Sewaren, New Jersey, June 14. Three men are missing, and damage to the extent of $500,000 has been done, as a result of a fire which has occurred in the Shell Petroleum Company's dock here. Reuter.
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    LORD TRENT.
    75 12 Death of Founder of Great Firm of Chemists. Rugby, June 13. The death occurred last night of Lord Trent, who was formerly Sir Jesse Boot, the founder of the great firm of retail chemists. Boots Limited, which achieved its immense success under the' control of himself and Lady
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    PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE.
    32 12 Improvement Maintained But Some Weakness. Rugby, June 13. This morning's bulletin concerning Princess Marie Louise states that the improvement is maintained but that there is s6me weakness. British Wireless.
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    CEREMONIAL PARADE ON PADANG.
    729 12 Flying Spectacle. GOVERNOR REVIEWS THE TROOPS. It. is doubtful whether than has ever been a parade of the local forCM m Singapore which was so spectacular or impressive as that which wai M i>m the Padang yesterday, when the Regulars. Volunteers, Police, JohofC FofCOl an 1
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    Malayan Cricket—Gloucesters Beat Chinese at Soccer.—Selangor Races. CHINESE AGAIN LOSE TO GLOUCESTERS.
    1292 13 Malayan Cricket— Gloucesters Beat Chinese at Soccer.— Selangor Races. CHINESE AGAIN LOSE TO GLOUCESTERS. Ah Kow's Mistake. WINNING GOAL SCORED IN LAST TWO MINUTES. (;iouce>ters I hinese 2. The Chinese again made the mistake, tliis time a very costly one, of underrating their opponents, the Gloucesters, when the teams met
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    SELANGOR SUMMER MEETING.
    986 13 Dividends Good. MAIMOON PAYS $105 FOR SURPRISE WIN. After two not entirely satisfactory days from the point of view of spectators, it was encouraging to the committee of the Selangor Turf Club to see an excellent crowd present at the last day of the threi Iday summer
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    PERAK'S BIG WIN OVER KEDAH.
    494 13 Home Team's Bowlers In Form. (From Our Own Correepondent.) Ipoh, June 15. In an inter-State cricket match, Perak defeated Kedah by 193 runs. Perak batted first and scored 106. The Kedah bowlers kept a steady length and with the field well set scoring was difficult.
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    MALAYA CUP TRIAL.
    95 13 Teams for Thursday's Game. The teams for the trial game to be played at the Anson Road Stadium on Thursday, June 18, after which the Malaya Cup team to represent Singapore will be chosen, are as follows Colours Ah Kow Elmer and Thornton Kemat, Reade and Donald
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    SWIMMING.
    93 13 Results at the Chinese S.C. The results of the two lengths (66 yards) free style handicap races at the Chinese Swimming Club were A Division 1. I.im Fook Loong (at 2). 2. Teo Siew Sun (scratch— at 8). 3. Sect Chong Chan (at 20. Time, 42 sees. B Division
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    BADMINTON.
    74 13 Entries Invited for Singapore Championship. Entries for the Singapore Badminton Championships,* the men's open singles, men's open doubles, junior division, women's open singles, women's open doubles and mixed doubles, will close on June 27 at noon. Entries should he sent to the hon. secretary, c/o General Motors Export Company,
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    NEW GOLF TROPHY.
    81 13 International Competition For Women. International golf matches between the U.S.A. and Great Britain are no longer to be confined to men, and the Walker and Ryder cups are now to be augmented by the Curtis cup, for which teams of women will compete. The U.S. Golf Association
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    WEEK-END CRICKET RESULTS.
    1477 13 Shock for Etceteras. REMARKABLE OVER BY LIEUT. BRYAN. The glorious uncertainty of cricket was again exemplified on Saturday when the S.C.C. tournament game between the Etceteras and the United Services was continued. In the hour's play on Friday afternoon the Services had lost five wickets for but
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    THE NEGRI DRAW WITH SELANGOR.
    1264 14 Splendid Batting By Lall Singh. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. The inter-State match between Selangor and Negri Semliilan, which started here yesterday, ended m a draw. Selangm t<>< k first knock. Raman opened the attack for the Negri, Burge artd Ponniah being
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    491 14 AbduUa's Surprise Win In Quarter-Finals. The sutptf** of the Singapore Island Golf Championship quarter-finals was the defeat of S. C. Campbell by Abdulla, who thus created a record by being the first Malay to reach the semi-final stage of this competition. Abdulla, who represents the Race Course
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    66 14 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, June 14. Ilesults of yesterday's baseball games weie National League. Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati v 6 Chicago 7 St. Louis 4 New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston 6 1 6 0 American League. New York 11 Washington 5 Boston 7
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    102 14 Mnnda>. Juno 15. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div. R.A.F. vs. R.A., A.R. Stadium. Tennis: S.L.T.A. Championships, singles, semi-finals, S.C.C., 4.50 p.m. Tuesday, June .6. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div.: IndoCeylonese vs. S.i'.C. Jalan Besar Stadium 2nd Div. S.H.B. vs. Medical College, S.H.B. Tennis: S.L.T.V Championships, doubles, semi-final, S.C.C., 4.50 p.m.
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    WILL FRANCE RETAIN DAVIS CUP ?
    955 14 WILL FRANCE RETAIN DAVIS CUP Brugnon's Views. THE DECISIVE STROKE IN IMPORTANT MATCHES. (By Jacques Bragnon, the worldfamous French player, in an interview.) Tilden's withdrawal from the amateur ranks increases the chance of a French victory in the Davis Cup, in my opinion. Apart from Cochet, on whom we can
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    BRITAIN'S SUCCESS IN DAVIS CUP.
    71 14 Beat Japan and Enter Zone Final. Eastbourne, June I.,. In the semi-final of the Davis Cup today F. J. Perry and G. P. Hughes (Great Britain) beat Jiro Satoh and Minori Kawachi, (Japan), 6-7-4, 6—4,6 4, B—6, and thus gave Great Britain a winning lead
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    MUNICIPAL ORGAN.
    379 14 Opening Ceremony In September. The opening of the new organ in the Memorial Hall will take place about the middle of September. On this occasion a Singapore audience will be able to sit in its own completely equipped concert hall, and listen to the organ, combined with a
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    MALAYAN CENSUS.
    272 14 Clerks Deal with 20 Tons' Of Schedules. The vast work of the British Malayan census is progressing apace under the direction of Mr. C. A. Vlieland, the Superintendent of Census, who reports that within a duy or two the whole of the figures relating to Kuala Lumpur, the
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    "MOBY DICK."
    243 14 Amazing Realism at The Capitol. A more powerful dramatic story for filming could hardly have been chosen than Herman Melville's great whaling classic, Moby Dick," which opened at the Capitol yesterday. The silent film of this novel some years ago made a big impression and the sound version
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    LAW NOTICES.
    55 14 Suit Against P. and O. Bank For Hearing Tomorrow. Before Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell in 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Macphail and Co. (Ipoh) Ltd. vs. P. and O. Banking Corporation, Ltd. Before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson in Ist Court at 11 a.m.: P. Muthiah vs. Chia
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    2026 15 keeping the Socialists in Office Mr. Lloyd George regains support for his policy The boycott in India and its effect on Lancashire Issue avoided Airship building to continue Hong Kong civil servants. London, May i'.h Mr. Lloyd George has done it again. Despite the
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    VARSITY "BATTLE."
    180 15 Eggs and Fish Banned As Missiles. Restrictions are to be placed on the sort of missiles which may be used by Glasgow University students in the "battle" on the Rectorial election polling day. At the request of Principal R. S. Rait, the political clubs have drawn up an
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    A COFFEE DRUNKARD.
    184 15 Twenty-one Pints a Day Patient. At the last sitting of the Vienna Society of Physicians Professor Hermann Schlesinger introduced a patient, aged forty, who was an unusual sort of drunkard: he consumed daily twenty-one pints of coffee with milk. He had come to the clinic to be
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    114 15 Sharpshooting in Chicago Restaurant. The marksmanship of a German Wartime sniper who potted heads in Flanders trenches routed three bandits by killing two when they tried to hold up and rob 400 petrified guests at a fashionable restaurant in Chicago. The bandits, flourishing pistols, lined up their intended
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED.
    24 15 The European Unemployment Committee acknowledges the following 1 donations Previously acknowledged $40,661.77, Malacca Club Cabaret Show $247.20, Jeram Club $160, Total $41,048.97.
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    169 16 Sir 0. Lodge and Space Allotted. ■In a paper entitled Physical Science in the 'Sixties," which he read* before the Royal Society of Literature in London, Sir Oliver Lodge stated that th? activity of the Press of to-day in giving space to scientific discoveries and discussions
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    OVER-POPULATION IN INDIA.
    1904 17 Birth Control and Race Suicide." A BKi PROBLEM. VIEWS OF TWO INDIAN ECONOMISTS. Calcutta, May 23. Much interest has been aroused among ooonomisti in India l>y the article in thd Indian Medical (iazette (extracts from which v.civ published ill the Straits Times i.f Tui lay, .June 2)
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    439 17 'Modern Words Exhibition In Japan. One of the most astonishing exhibitions jn the history of the Orient, no less than an "Exhibition of Forty Modern Words." has recently been held at the Matsuya Department Store on the Ginza, in Tokio. Crowds of young and old
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    CIVIL AVIATION.
    225 17 Record of Safety In Australia. Official statistics compiled b.; tho Civi' Aviation Department show that established air loutes services in Australia have a lino record of safety. Though there have been numerous aviation accidents in rocent years, the majoriti have been concerned with small, private-owned craft. In the
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    MR. GANDHI'S ACCIDENT.
    62 17 Puts His Foot on a Live Coal. Bardoli, June 4. Mr. Gandhi met with a slight accident while he went out on his usual morning stroll today. While walking along the railroad he placed his foot on an ash heap in which was a live coal. His
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    POLISH TAXI-OWNERS.
    48 17 Notices of Dismissal Issued To 25,000 Drivers. Warsaw, June 2. Notices of dismissal have been issued lv 25.000 taxi-drivers in Poland by the employers, who have threatened to withdraw their vehicles from the streets as a protest ajrain<t the Covcrnnicnl's ri'fu:il to i.vi the Koad Tax.
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      533 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.- The difficulty of any Fcheme for the control of rubber appears to lie in lli«' fad that there an m many divergent interettl and peoples t-i be satisfied. The writer claim that ihr following simple scheme fulfill the bill
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      THE SINGAPORE MUTINY.
      523 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, -May I refer to the very interesting lecture given by the Rev. F. W. J. Reynolds at the Klang and Coast Rotary Club on Jan. 6 last referred to in youi l;sue of June 10. Your report says that
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    RUNAWAY AEROPLANE.
    150 18 Spectator Saves Children Fron Being Hit. A runaway aeroplane careered across field between Colwyn Bay and Llandudn< recently, dragging with it a man who hac attempted to stop it by Hutching thi tail. The aeroplane, a l>e Havilland Moth carried a Manchester specialist to Colwyr Bay to attend
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    HOLLYWOOD ROMANCE.
    49 18 Dcrothv MacKaill to Wed Horace Hough. New York, June 2. AboUk; Hollywood™ romance is con!ned in the announcement that Miss irothy Mackaill, a" •YofksTifre girl.V is Kfcgetl to an actor, Mr. Horace Hough, no declares that he will marry Doromy ac soon as I have enough money."
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    128 18 Extension of Export Credits Scheme Urged. London, June I. The Lord Mayor of Newcastle and ar nfluential deputation representing th: federation of the Engineering and Ship building Trades and all the trades unions 'oncerned in the shipbuilding industry me '.he President of the Board of Trade am
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    PRUSSIA'S 'CENOTAPH."
    98 18 Old Guard House Near Roya Palace. Berlin, June Prussia's "Cenotaph" was opened la day in the Unter den Linden, in th presence of President von Hindenburcr. The memorial is the old Guard Hous; near the Royal Palace, at which, formerly, soldiers presented arms when the Raise passed. The
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    692 19 The 8.8.C. Charged With Humbug. A meeting of Associated British Authors and Composers was held last month, for the discussion of methods of lumping out song-plugging practices in broadcasts by dance bands from hotels and dance halls outside the 8.8.C. studios. Mr. J. F. Lewis, who presided,
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    ROSS INSTITUTE.
    243 19 Chairman's Urgent Appeal For Funds. The annual report and accounts for 1930 of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases contains the following appeal from the chairman, Sir Charles Campbell McLeod, Bt. "The annual report, in summarising the activities of the Institute during the past year, must
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    CUTTING OUT WIVES FROM WILLS.
    391 19 Public Trustee Against Compulsory Provision. Sir Oswald Simpkin, the Public Trustee, gave evidence recently before the Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiring into the Wills and Intestacies (Family Maintenance) Bill, the main purpose of which is to prevent a man cutting out his wife from his will.
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    181 19 Death of Dr. H. B. Weir, The Pathologist. Dr. Henry Bright Weir, the pathologist who gave evidence in many leading murder trials, has died at his home in Park Road. Regent's Park. N.W. lie was one of that circle of st-ientists, headed by Sir Bernard Spilsbury. whom
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    WORLD'S BEST STAFF.
    160 19 British Museum Suggested For The Honour. The most competent staff in the world is probably the staff of the British Museum. This was asserted by Lord Balniel, in the House of Commons Standing Committee on the British Museum and National Gallery (Overseas Loans) Bill. The Bill, which
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    CHEAP RAIL FARES.
    127 19 Privileges in Italy For Journalists. The official "Gazette" in Rome recently announced new concessions for railway travel in Italy to Italian and foreign journalists with additional privileges in favour of editors and sub-editors of foreifrn newspaper*. To such editors and sub-editors as above who are bona-fide professional
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