The Straits Times, 20 June 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST 11SFLVEM1AL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      153 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 61SDV f II Tonight ».15 HICHAM) D1X in CIMARRON i Phone SZ61-5262. THOUSANDS hw changed to j I SLEDGE BRAND FULL llß^^^fe^li CREAM 4 SWEETENED CONDENSED SWISS MILK FROM THE FERTILE VALLEYS OF THE FAMOUS SWISS ALPS. SUPPLIED TO ALL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS IN
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      255 1 U*ui ul.?*. Ufctom w^+rtW #r. 1^ The great feature of 'Clydella' shirts and «Uv| lvUf f pyjamas with their full guarantee against i^^^W' shrinking, fading or irritation is that they con- Wj M tinue to remind you of their value. Mi They not only last longer than ordinary kinds, ft
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      9 1 «.ll Toalfht ».15 RICHARD DIX in CIMARRON Phoue 5261-5262.
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      2757 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS, (NIPPON YISEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. -els Tonaage Due Sail KASHIMA MARU 10.000 July 2 3 HAKONE MAKU iu,.,uii July IB 16 YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 July 29 .10 BUWA MARU 10,700 Aug. 13 14 fFUSHIMI .MAKU 11,000 Aug. 27 2B HAKOZAKJ MARU
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      569 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam.) BANGKOK COASTING BERVICI for Kn>tay, Trenccanu, Kelantan, llun^n-ira, Telupin, Pataai, Singora, Lacoa, Sichon, Bandon, Ko.-h:unui. Langsaan, Chumpen and Bangkok. Arrival Departure SI'DDHADIB June 21 June 21 VALAYA June 28 July 1 MAUN! 5 July S The steamers are Btted throughout with
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      471 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. joint icmtM 11: Sailings f:>>- United Slates and Canada I'oint.s from Htonfr Kontf. San Fraadaea and U>a Augele*. SS. GOLFiI N KIVFR sails from Honi Ju 'y 1C San Francisco and
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      544 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE Ond AMERICAN MAIL LINE s i rj^jjisr ~Z-ROUND-THE-WORLD oiNC.MoRE, PtNANG, COLOMDO. SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLKS. <;E.\OA, MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang PRES. MONROK June 22 June 25 June 27 PRES. GASFIELD July G July 9 July 11 PRES. VAN BURBN
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      666 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Im-orr* rated in England) "EI.LIOKMAN LINK. Pa««rn^er and Pr«i|cM S*rvi>-rs tn UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. To nONfi KONfi, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Due Spore CITY OF HALIFAX July 20 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF BATAVIA for Havre, L'don, R'dam H'burg
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      1439 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. tliicorporaU-d in England) aptal Authorised £C,000,000 Capital Subscribed 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 Capital paid up 1,050,000 HOARD OF DIRECTORS T. M. Kyrie, Esq. Chairman. P. ft. Chalmers. Esq., Sharlei J. llambro, Esq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., W. 11. Sholford, Esn.,
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      826 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 he accepted up to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of 2.1 cents
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      879 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE. EAST ANGLIA. 6, Oxley Rise, Phone 4350. Central, Convenient, Homely, Tennis, Garages, Daily rates S4. $6. Monthly $i) 0, 1126. (Sorvie* Inclusive). NO. 41, STEVENS RD., airy rooms, bathrooms attachec' to each room. Furnished with board and service. Garage, tennis. New House." Tel. 24U2. NEW MANSION OXLEY RISE
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      467 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg. OFFICES TO LET, 248, Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie A Co., Ltd. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET Nos. 173, 176 and 178, Sooth Bridge Road, No. 19, Patani Street, No. 114, Anson Road, Nos. 23 and 25, Deli Street.
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      477 4 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS undertaken from and into French, German and English by expert linguist. Apply 6H2. Straits Times. RAFFLES CAR. F.r "Quality and Serriea." HKAU A 1 LA 1 CARTE. Newly modelled kiechen and GRILL INSTALLATION. After Cinema for the last DRIN;; AND A SNACK. ART PHOTO STUDIO 87, Selegie Road.
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      699 4 EDUCATIONAL. TO THE \MPLOYED AND UNSMFLOYMJ. Learn to write and speak good English. Coaching by qualified tutor with wide experience of business requirements. Lectui -s in practical psycholo-- included. Arily i 561. Straits Times. PUBLIC NOTICES STRAITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE POLICE NOTICE. Ordinance No. 136 (Arms and Explosives). Renewals of Permits
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      657 4 PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE ESTATE OK SHAIK ABDULLAH BIN MARIE BIN TALIB, DECEASED. Notice pursuant to Section 2!> of thf Trustee Ordinance 1<»2». NOTICE is hsraby gtvan that all paraaai claimini; t) be interested :is creditors, ne\t-of-kin, or otherwise, in the estate :ind eflects of f.haik AbiUnL.h bin Marie bin
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    THE ONLY WOMAN I EVER LOVED.
    607 5 Shot Artist's Tribute To My Lost Cariotta." Mr Ralph Barton, one of America's most noted caricature artists, was found dead in his flat in New York recently, with a bullet wound in the head. His death was briefly reported by cable in the Straits
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    PENANG FLOODED.
    127 5 Pigs, Goats and Even Ducks Found Dead. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. As the result of very heavy rain the Sungei Pinang overflowed its banks yesterday morning causing extensive flooding over a large area. In some places the water reached to the verandahs of bungalows. Early
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    STOLE A BICYCLE.
    67 5 Old Offender Gets Nine Months' Rigorous. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klanff, June 18. Muniandy, a Tamil, who was charged before Raja Pctra, magistrate, Klan<, with having stolen a bicycle belonging to Jut-ami bin H. A. Rasip, of the P.W.D., Klang, was found guilty. He admitted three previous
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    COOLIE KILLED.
    70 5 European Charged With Causing Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 19. Captain Stringer, of the Kwangchtw, trading between Bangkok, Swatow and Hon^ Kong, was charged in thi low! r ii.irt today with causing the doat'i of a O'ncse coolie, who was on a lighter which -,vas struck
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    ALLEGED POISONING.
    67 5 Dhatura Said to Have Been Given to Woman. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 19. Aluniandy, a .Tamil, was charged today liefoio Raja Petra, the Klang magistrate, with having administered dhatura poison in coffee to a woman named Sellammah. The case was postponed to June 26 as the
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    Y.W.C.A. FINANCE APPEAL
    60 5 The Y.W.C.A. announces the following contributions Previously Acknowledged $3,618. McAlister and Co., Robinson and Co., each $50. Mr. V. D. Knowles, Mr. Sammy and Mr. Arbenz, each $20. $10 and under 116, total $3,894. The team results of collectors are Mn>. Zehnder $959, Mrs. Chen Su Lan
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      245 5 Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation Available with Modern Sanitation. TONIGHT Special Dinner AND Dance (I'atrons are kindly requested lo make their reservations early). Sea View Hotel All Rooms with Modern Sanitation. j MONDAY, JUNE 22. SPECIAL DINNER AND Impromptu Dancing S.S. PRESIDENT MONROE ORCHESTRA. THE EUROPE HOTEL TONIGHT DINNER DANCE DINNER
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      48 5 INSURANCE. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Fr.pland.) Fire, Life, Marine, Accident, Guarantea and Motoi. Assets £60,000,000. ARTHUR C. POTTS— Mamcir and Oft**writer, Eastern Branch, Singapore. SAFEGUARD YOURSELF Against FINANCIAL LOSS Through ACCIDENT SICKNESS by a policy with China Underwriters, Ltd. HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS. Tel. 4276.
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      84 5 FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR. THE LONDON ASSURANCK HONG KONG FIRE INSCE. Co.. Ltd.. PHOENIX ASSURANCE Co.. Ltd.. WESTERN ASSURANCE Co.. UNION INSCE. SOCIETY of CANTON. Ltd.. EAGLE STAR A BKIT. DOM. INSCE. Co.. GUTHRIE CO., LTD. General Agents. (Incorporated in S.S.) SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Assets Assurances in force I S
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      491 5 Have an up-to-date Bathroom by installing DOULTON'S SANITARY FITTINGS fe^TjouLnfc^si I PRICES AND PARTICULARS FROM Sole Agents in Malaya CENTRAI IENGJNgWQRKSLTOIL» SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. 5471 (4 lines). AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At Messrs. Cheonc Koon Seng Co's saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street,
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      436 5 LEGAL NOTICES. STATE OF JOHORE IN THE COURT OF THE JUDGE AT JOHORE BAHRU. Land Application No. 15 of 1931. In the matter or section <>2 (ii) of thr land Enactment 1910 a- amended hv Enactment ."> oT 1913, and In (he mattrr of a Charge dated June 28. 19:10.
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    SUBMARINES AND THE NEXT WAR.
    924 6 A Defensive Weapon. CAPITAL SHIP STILL THE MASTER. (By Henri I.emery, Member of the I'rcnrh Senate, and formerly Minister of Marine.) While other Power! arc making great efforts to bring their navies up to tho highest pitch ->f armed force, Franc is th< i. nly
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    REPLY TO VATICAN.
    297 6 Anti-Catholic Disorders Regretted. Rome, June 9. Italy replied today to the Vatican's note of protest against the dissolution of the Catholic clubs of laymen, expressing regret over the anti-Catholic disturbances, but adding that the Italian Government protested that the. Vatican had violated the Lateran Treaty and the
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    DATE FOR EASTER.
    124 6 Considerable Diversity Of Opinion. London. June 10. Considerable diversity of opinion among European nations on the subject of fixing a regular date for Easter was revealed by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, in giving the House of Commons the result of his recent communications with foreign
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    SCOTLAND'S POPULATION.
    124 6 Small Decline in Last Ten Years. London, June 10. A small decline during the last ten JTHUra in the population of Scotland is revealed by the census taken six weeks ago. The provisional returns give the number of inhabitants of Scotland as 4,484,551. a decrease of 39,943, compared
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    THREE MONTHS' BRIDE.
    86 6 Husband Charged with Her Murder. Sacramento, Cal., June 9. Mrs. Herman Smittle, a bride of three months, was shot and killed last night by her husband who was formerly connected with the weather bureau in the Philippines. After killing his wife, Smittle attempted to commit suicide but
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    150 6 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ended June 13 gives the total number of deaths as male 183, and female 112. This represents a death rate of 29.93 per mille per annum, compared with 27.19 in the preceding week and 30.94 in the corresponding week of
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    MINISTER OF WAR RESIGNS.
    777 6 SIAH LETTER. Question of Promotions And Economy. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 12. I know there is a disposition t,o overwork the word sensation," but I do not think that I- will lay myself open to any charge of exaggeration if I apply it to
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    PRINCE HIROKUNI ITO.
    68 6 Death of Auditor of Bank Of Japan. Tokio, June !>. Prince Hirokuni Ito. a member of the House of Peers and auditor of the Bank of Japan, died here today. He was Cyears old. The Prince was born the fourth son of Gorosaburo Inouye, of the former
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    MEMORIAL HALL ORGAN.
    142 6 An excellent response is being made to the request for help at the official opening of the organ in the Memorial Hall. The committee would like to point out, however, that people who have had cards should return them without delay. Another list of new names is
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      366 6 l/25th /OF A SECOND m is the average time you expose m your film to obtain a ik m picture or a rin£-film m to please you for *v 9 You want good material to ensure PERFECT RESULTS in fractions of seconds. CAMEKAS /d^H PUTitS ff %CINBCAMERA3 PKOJK' TIJIM ff
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      219 6 Today's Crossword Puzzle. 123 hI 5 I 6I 6 WM 7 I* Is"]I 5 l'° I" F~ •:<-•'•; sft/nS frxff; =^^i M ZLI 1 iL^_£&,^M j£!^j 4.7 <♦« 49 50 jpg £pjj si— sjs* m^ I I I I I I I Wi I I I I I I (CLUES.)
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      185 7 %^_A 1 M I malm Wkmf\ MBt:JBW^ TELEPHONE N9 6909 TONIGHT 6.15 9.i5 Matinees Today Tomorrow at 3 p.m. Children Half Price. THE SWANKIEST OF MODERN MARRIAGE COMEDIES IN A BRILLIANT SETTING JEANETTE MacDONALD EDMUND LOWE ROLAND YOUNG in DON'T BET ON WOMEN A Fox Picture HOOKING AT ROBINSON'S. MONDAY
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      213 7 q^b We b^L^J LI I Lb^ O^^k^tßßflß^^^^^^^^^^LßL^B^k^lßr j^is| TONIGHT I^Tsj POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT OF RADIO'S GREAT PRODUCTION OF EDNA FERBER'S weiid famous story "CIMARRON" with RICHARD DIX IRENE DUNNE, ESTELLE TAYLOR and Great Cast TOMORROW (SUNDAY) O.WMENCING AT THE MATINEE 3.15. The Famous BRITISH Favourite SEYMOUR HICKS I IN
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      878 7 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Tomorrow, Sunday, at 9.30 p.m. POSITIVELY THE ONLY PERFORMANCE 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. ■a:wji<t rMm Jk^n fl EIE 6.15
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    NEW DESTROYER DESIGN.
    698 8 SHIPPING NOTES. Messrs. Thornycrofts' Latest Work. Thy fait that the famous firm of John 1. Thornycroft and Co. has just completed two of the finest and most up-to-date uestroyers in the world for the Canadian \avy. is an encouraging counter to tho disturbing news that Italy is
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    EXCHANGES.
    81 8 Ruirby. June It, Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam. IS.OBH, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5» 4 d. Berlin JiV.'.n 1 Broaaall MJfH, Bucharest M 7. 1 XL', Hui-iios Airrs M 5-IG, Copenhagen 18.16K, Gmava UMM. llel.sinjrfors 193' llcnir Koag 11',, Lisbon 110'», Madrid 1148, Milan MJtlt, Monte Video 2S 1 Now
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      CAUSE OF BREAK IN WHEAT PRICES.
      712 8 Sir D. Hall on the Currency Theory. Sir Daniel Hall, adihes-in- ihv Fellows of the Royal Empire Society on The Wheat Situation," at a luncheon at the Caancn Street Hotel on May 13. said the one substantial outcome cf the recent Wheat Conference at
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      GANGSTERS CAUGHT.
      87 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I|>i<h. June 19. TN r -i f^- receiving information of Rn intended gmnc robbery, weet to Changkat J .in r. Bear Tsipins and encountered the tang ir >i padi lioid. The gang opened Bra on the 1 1 'ice who promptly returnad the tire
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      60 8 From China, by Gange, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Manila, bf President Monroe, duo at Singapore daylight on Monday. From Chinu and Japan, by Hosang, due at Singapore daylight on Monday. From China and Japan, by Santhia. due at Singapore 9 a.m. on Tuesday. From China
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      40 8 Kalyan Johan d« Witt Sibajalc Kirapara General Metiineer T. C. Hooft l.vfi Arrd. May 16 June 6 May 15 June 8 May 22 June 11 May 21 June 15 May 20 June 15 Mav L".l June 18
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        MINING.
        433 8 ■MM Vul. I'd. Buyers Sellers U i'L Ashiii Kuinbaiic 18/- 21/6 cd. il i'l Austral Malay 18/6 20/-S/-6 Aycr Jlitam Tin 10/6 11/6 cd. £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 11/- 12/1 1 BatunK Padanr 0.10 0.15 1 1 li.itu Caves 0.25 0.30n0m 1 1 Bukit Aranpt 0.30 0.40n0m. II £1
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        GENERAL.
        272 8 Issue Vul. IM. Buyers Sellers 2 I Alex. Hrick Ords. 1.50 2.00n0m. 2 2 Alex, lirick Prefi. 2.10 2.15 Cl £1 Hrit. Am. Tobacco 3.8.0 3.12.6 1 1 Central Engine 0.20 0.30n0m. lUO .Ml Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Frefs. 17/- 17 6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        121 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of ]»2t; red. 1931-30 103 105 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 par. V.', <>rcm. Singapore Municipal p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par Singapore Municipal 4 l'/i p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        373 8 Frascr and Co. and Lyall and Evalt's quotations. Today* Price rrater Lyall ft Co. Evatt Allcnliy ($1) 0.70 0.90 O.TO 0.00 Alor Gajah 1)1) 050 0.70 0.00 0.70 A. Hitam ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.80 1.00 A. Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.25n0m. A. Malay ($2) 0.»O 1.10 1.00
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      S.V.C. TRAINING.
      87 8 Programme of drills up to and for week ending June 21 Saturday, June 20, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, S.R.A. (V) 2 p.m., Farrer Range, "A" (M.G.) Co.; 2.30 p.m.. Drill Hall, Ist Bn. Signal Section, "D" (Eurasian) Coy., Signal Reconnaissance 4 p.m.. Changi Camp, Eur. M.G. Platoon.
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      CHURCH SERVICES.
      584 8 ST. ANDRKWS CATHEDRAL. :ird Sunday after Trinity, June Ll, IMI, Mi a.m.. Holy I'umn. 7.3U a.m.. Matins 8 a.m.. Holy Coma. (Choral) 9.30 a.m., Holy Comn. (Tamil) No Sunday School 11 a.m.. Holy Comn. (Chinese) 5.30 p.m.. Evensong (Choral I and Sermon Holy omn. on Hon., Wed. and
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      203 8 SELLING. London, 4 months' sight I T, J London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, GO days' sight 2,3 25/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 3 1 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11 1« Lyons and Purii. demand 1130 Hamburg, demand 211. New York, demand GG
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      PRODUCE
      181 8 Singapore, June M. Gumbicr Ml (Cul>c No, 1 unpicked 1.. 15.00 Copra 4.30 mixed 4.10 Bajja tli.ur, Sarawak 1.70 White I'epper 3J.60 Black Pepper 17.75 Pearl Sago 4.25 small .r. r 7 i, medium pearl 6.00 Rice, Siam No. 1 $130.00 Saigon No. 1 $126.00 Rangoon No. 1 $116.00
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    210 8 Today. Tembilahan and Indra^ni (Clice Seng) 8 p.m. South-East Home, (Iflinjoei 3 p.m. Sarawak Vyner Brooke i .1 p.m. liirL Laimun, North Borneo and Join I Mnrudu > 1 Bja. Tandjong Ualei and Laboean Bilik Jarak) p.m. Belawan I Buluni 1 p.m. Khio, Billiton, Java, South-West Sumatra,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    210 8 Shlpi aloageide the Wharves or expected to arrive. KEITEL lIAKIKK It. Main Wharf I hi- 'able. Lch. Tiniali II Lch. Mercury, W. lit. Spring, Dredger Tern baitol, Dredi r To.lak. Lch. Diana I. Mari Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DBT DOCK*. Tanjong Pagar. Albert
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      49 8 < »>»»>4. I 30 y£ RRS I You buy safely when I you purchase Sterling J Silver and Electro- Plated ware from j U.S. DE SUVA j AND BROS. t JEWELLERS AND I t DIAMOND MERCHANTS Cl, HK.H BTREET, SINGAPORE. t f Tel. Silvabroa.- Phone 4541. J 4» t» »»t
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      133 8 ABOUT YOUR INDIGESTION. Dijrrstivt' disordtn art ilur to Um p !■<■•■ ence of harmful acid in the Itaauch, (-Hating fermentation, fas, uml pain. JTmm distressing conditions may be relieved instantly and further attacks prevented hy taking Bisurated Magnesia, an .'"tacid preparation which neutralizes the danjeruu^ Mid the moment it enters
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      355 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright! Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dircc- Speed Weather. Max. Mm. full, shine, j Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours, i mp h. Alot Star Hi) 75 0.27 2.9 X 5 (aim Overcast Kut.-i Kahru 88 74 Nil 0.8 >-5 WSW 2 Cloudy
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      28 8 Pay sages d'Alsace (G. Brun), Berceuse (pour flute) Jean Chef nay (Doppler), Danse Laseive (M. Pcsse), Les Caprices dc Marianne (A. Cadou), Suite Russe (Albert Doyen), Musette (Pfeiffer),
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      224 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOB XHE WEEK, Saturday, June 20. H. W. MMaigtt a ft. C in., 1.57 p.m., 8 ft. 1 in. Twcnty-lii>t AaihmHn of Mnlay Co., S.V.C. Open Air Malay dance end concert, M.V.C., 8.30 p.m. Sunday, Junr 21. H. \V. 12.58 a.m., 9 ft. 6 in., 2.44 p.m. S ft.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    347 9 The Rubber Position Unchanged. TIN JUMPS 40s. IN LONDON. (Hy Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Saturday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices RaUbcr, ••'j cents per lb. Tin, 12."> tons at $."i2 per picul. Yesterday's Prices Kubher, London M, up 1-1 6d. New ork. t> cts., unrhancfd. Market Tone Quiet.
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    RUBBER REPORT.
    79 9 iT'irnpore I Ltd., in their report on June 10. Matr With prices in this market continually port level business in difficult, and the lias; nsl lew in the market continues. is published todny show a total <Ii .ks of 1,577 tons and nr. output of 84 iOO tons.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      55 9 Tone of Market :—Stagnant. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 3d. p< r II) New York :—Spot Sheet G. cents 6 per lb. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot Jane July July-Sept. Oct.-Dec Buyers. !•»>. Ml Ml 10 Seller Ml Ml 9*
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      THE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKET.
      1429 9 A New Organisation Wanted. (By -Professor Gustav Cassel, the Swedish economist.) The world is suffering from an acute lack of uniformity in the distribution of capital, which, there is no doubt, is playing an important part in the present economic crisis. This unequal distribution may be
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      JUNUN RUBBER.
      405 9 Appeal for Support Of Debenture Issue. Tho sixth annual ordinary general meeting nf the Junun Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on May 13, at 71, St. Mary Axe, EC. Mr. E. B. Skinner (the chairman) presided, and in moving the adoption nf the report, said that at the
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      SINGAPORE MARKETS.
      474 9 Official List of Approximate Prices. The following arc the prices, cents per catty where not otherwise stated, prevailing at the Singapore mnrki't on June 19. as furnished by the Kood and Market Inspector Meat. Beef steak (round) 48 per catty, beef s!ow or curry 45, pork, lean 50,
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      MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
      79 9 Amalgamated Malay.— 43,ooo lb. 8a1au.— 40,250 lb. Beraiuuig. —44,300 lb. Bertam (Taisho).— 7B,93l lb. 80re11i— 29,500 lb. Brooklands.— loo,ooo lb. Bukit Keponsr.- 21,940 lb. Chembong.— 7ZAoo lb. Chera».— 49,soo lbConnemara. 62,500 lb. Glen»hiel.— so,soo lb. Kamasan.— 3l,soo lb. Kepong Malay— l7l.74l lb. Labuan Bileh.— ls,lBB lb. New
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      TIN RETURNS.
      21 9 Teja Malaya (first half of June).— No. 2 dredge 276 picula (SZ4 piculs). Temenifor iMa*).— l« picul» (234 piculs).
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      DINDINGS RUBBER.
      644 9 Favourable Financial Position. The eleventh ordinary general mectinp of the DluUngi Rn >b«r Batatas, i.t«i.. was Mid on May IS, at 2-4, l<l. I Lane. E.C. C.l. Jc.hn Jossclyn. CM/;., USD. (the chairman' said tint the crop obtained w«* 829.227 Hi. which win 7SJC9 I!., mon th:.n VM
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      BUKIT SEMBAWANG.
      315 9 Proposed Reduction Of Capital. •The ('irtctors of the Bukit Si'mbawim', Rubber Co. pn DM :<■ inj^ the sha.e capital so as to bring it into better relation with the actual value of its assets undei rxisting ronditions. This is to be effect c iiy writing off I3. per
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF PENGKALEN.
    1083 9 Mr. F. E. Mair on Tin Quota Scheme. A1 the annual meeting of lVn>'k«li n, Ltd.. held at Redruth on Maj I chairman (Mr. F. K. Mail), a ing the financial position of the company and outlining th'.> result* obtain* I ior the year ended Sept.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931. RUBBER RUMOURS.
    935 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931. RUBBER RUMOURS. We are not very fully or accurately informed on this side of the Malacca Straits as to Dutch colonial affairs, but the opinion is gaining: ground in thip ccuntry that the Dutch East Indies Government, and at any rate pait
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    MEMORIES OF HAPPY HARBOURS.
    1331 10 Ports Sailormen Love The Best. (By Commander Mannin Crane. R.N.R., the well-known writer of sea- faring sUries.) I Which ports do sailormcn love the best? The uvcraae landsman often wonders and in this article the MM«r to the question will be found. But the answer is
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    279 10 Mrs. M. Winter has been appointed Lady Assistant Protector of Chinese, Singapore. Mr. A. Weisberg has been appointed secretary of the Malayan Communications Board. Mrs. Rattray, the wife of Dr. M. J. Rattray, is due to arrive from England tomorrow by the Alsia. Mr. A. M. Goodman,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    750 10 CUR PUBLIC "SERVANTS." Mr. T. S. Adims, who has been luting cs Uadtr Secretary to the X.M.S. <;<>v< inment, told the boys of a Kuala I.umpur sehcol at their prize-giving the other day Eonetkiac which m propose, to cherish for use in future conflicts with officialdom.
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      256 10 AMUSEMENTS. Slnt»por«. ALHAMBRA.—Edmund Lowe and Jeanette Mac Donald in Don't Bet on Women. SUi a. IS. Phone 0909. CAPlTOL.—Richard Dix in Cimarron. Phone 5261/2. EIKOPE HOTEL. Dinner Dance. Robert Divscher's Famous Viennese Orchestra. GREAT WORLD.—VandarllU, Opera, Wayangs, Zoo. Gate after 0 p.m. 20 ctnts. MARLBOROUGH.—ReginaId Denny in] Fifi Dorsay in
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    MR. MELLON IN LONDON.
    584 11 Conversation with The Prime Minister. NOT WAR DEBTS. Significant Statement By President. Although (he I'rime Minister denies tliat Mi. Mellon was united to visit I ondon to discuss War debts or any mined." urtat importance is attached 1o the convcr-ationv which have taken place. A cable
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    MARSHAL CHIANG.
    131 11 Departure for Kiangsi Again Postponed. Nanking, June 19. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has further tcmporaril) postponed his departure for Kian.tjsi, owing to the pressure of official duties. It is now uncertain whether Mr. Hu llan-min, the former chairman of the I ejrislative Yuan, will accompany him when he does
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    SIR A. SALTER.
    25 11 Honoured by Harvard University. Camliniljre, Mass., June 19. Harvard I 'niversity ha-; c<,nfcrr?d a 1'octoiaic of Laws on Sir Arthur Saltep. *-Reuter.
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    TO REMEDY "DOLE ABUSES."
    229 11 Saving of £5,000,000 A Year. London, June 19. In older to remedy dole abuses and .save A5,000,000 annually, the Government has introduced a Bill aiming to disqualify certain claimants from unemployment insurance benefit's, particularly workers who receive substantial wages for two or three days work per
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    R.M.S.P. AFFAIRS.
    177 11 Case for Crown Closed At Guildhall. London, June 20. After several hearings at the Guildhall before the Lord Mayor, the Crown l.a? closed its case against Lord Kylsant and Mr. Morland. In the course of the hearings Sir John Simon and Sir Patrick Hastings, leading counsel fi, the
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    AIMEE McPHERSON.
    73 11 Alleged to Owe £4,000 Income Tax. Washington, June 19. After disposing of the Al Capone income tax ease the authorities are now giving attention to Mrs. Aimee McPherson, who is alleged to owe over £4,000 on income which she has failed to report. Aimee is contesting the case,
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    £50,000 FOR HOSPITALS.
    64 11 Result of Alexandra Rose Day. Rugby, June 19. In London and Greater London £60,000 was collected for hospitals on Alexandra Rose Day, as the result of street sales of artificial roses and contributions. The amount aimed at was £60,000, but the day was not favourable for sellers
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    TO FLY TO BERLIN.
    66 11 Prime Minister to Return German Visit. Rugby, June 19. The Prime Minister hopes to proceed 1 to Berlin by air when he goes on July 17 lo return the recent visit to London of the German Chancellor and Foreign Minister. Subject to weather conditions being favourable,
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    THE YOUNG MARSHAL.
    65 11 Not Dead, But Very Much Alive Indeed. Shanghai, June 19. Marshal Chang Hsueh-lang, the Mukden ruler, is reported to be preparing to ii --I'.ve Pressmen next week for the purpose of disproving the rumours of his ck-ath. 1 Marshal Chang is said to be now making very
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    ALMOST A STATE OF WAR.
    126 11 Striking Miners in U.S. FIERCE BATTLES WITH GUARDS. New York, June 20. Hunger and privation an rife anl almort open warfare is raging between the miners and the notorious guards employed by mining companies in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania where NOM of thousand^
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    INDIAN PROBLEM.
    233 11 Mr. Baldwin on Coming Conference. Rugby, June 19. Dealing with the Indian problem in a speech at Mahern last niirhi, Mr. Stanley Baldwin raid the conference, which is to re-assemble in September, would carry on the discussions more or loss from the point at whi:h they were left
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    CHINESE MOTOR-CARS.
    107 11 Interesting Experiment Made In Mukden. Mukden, June 19. June 19, 1931, is probably destined to be an important date in the industrial history or China. The first motor vehicle to be manufactured in China was turned cut today by the industrial wcrks associated with the Manchurian trench mcrtar
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    LIMITING NARCOTICS.
    84 11 Basis of Discussion Accepted At Geneva. Geneva, Juno 19. The committee of the world conference on the limitation cf the manufacture of narcotics has finally adopted, by 14 votes to two with six abstentions, the FraneoJapancse proposal as a basis of discussion. Sir Malcolm Dclevingne, Great Britain, opposed
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    HELP YOURSELVES!
    77 11 Kwangsi Militarists Take Opium Revenue. Hong Kong, June 19. News has reached here that the Kwangsi militarists have decided to use the proceeds of the Kwangsi opium taxes for the purchasa of arms. An earlier message stated that the Kwangsi commanders, and thi Ironside i under General Chang
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    GENERAL GOMES.
    59 11 Re-elected President Of Venezuela. New Yoi-k, June 19. From Caracas comes news that General Vicente Gomez, a former president and dominating figurfc in Venezuelan politics for a score of years, has been re-elected nre?ident in place of Dr. Perez who has resigned at the demand of Congress owing
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    CHANNEL CROSSED IN GLIDER.
    95 11 CHANNEL CROSSED IN GLIDER. 60 M.P.H. Swoop. FEAT OF CANADIAN OPERA SINGER. London, June 20. The Canadian airman and opera singer, Lissant Beardmore, established a new air record today by making a crossChannel flight in an engineless aircraft. He U3ed a glider fitted with a special detachable undercarriage. He was
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    TRIBAL AFFRAY.
    203 11 Recrudescence of Trouble Reported. Pietcrmaritzbursr, June 19. There was a recrudescence of the tribal trouble in the Kranskop district when tribesmen fired on a wattle plantation in which a native who had been injured in a previous affray had taken refuge. As he ran out he was caught
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    THE NAUTILUS.
    96 11 "Epic Battle" in Atlantic Ocean. Warhinfftun, June 19. An epic battle against the elements is poing on ir. the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles frcm Qucenstown, whither the American warship Wyoming is steaming slowly, directinp to the rear at night time powerful searchlights, and with radio buzzing incessantly to
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    BURNED TO DEATH.
    98 11 Two Women Killed in Plane .Crash. Rugby, June 19. Miss Sicele O'Brien, the well-known airwoman, and a woman companion, Mrs. Gordon Gallien, were burned to d.-ath last night when the light aeroplane in which they were flying nose--. ivcd in a hay-field adjoining the landing piound near
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    REBELS ROUTED.
    38 11 Government Forces in AllNight Battle. New York, June 19. From Tegucigalpa comes news that the Government forces have routed the rebels under General Ferrera in an all-night battle near Lake Yojoa. There were heavy casualties. Reuter.
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    FLIGHT TO DENMARK.
    37 11 Danish Pilots Start For Harbour Grace. New Jersey, June 20. Two Danes, Captain Holger Hoiris and Otto Hillig, took off for Harbour Giacc today on the /irst Ian cf their flight to Denmark. Rtuter.
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    FATAL ACCIDENT IN SENIOR T.T.
    206 11 Records Broken In Gruelling Race. Rugby, Jun> 19. Speeds considerably exceeding dMM reached in previous years were attained today when the Senior Tourist Troony motor-cycle race wa3 contested with the keenest livalry hy 5C competitors, lepresentina: riders from nine countrii-*. The race vias eventually won
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    DR. MARIE STOPES.
    108 11 "Definitely Going To Lecture in Rome." Rome, June ID. An authoritative addendum to the Foreign Office denial that Dr. Marie Stop* has been invited to Italy 10 lecture uitdsr the chairmanship of Mu?solini on conrtructive birth-control says It k merely ridiculous to suggest that permission has been
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    AUSTRALIAN WOOL.
    81 11 Increase Compared With Last Year. Melbourne, June 19. The Australian wool clip season for 1931-1932 is estimated at 2,942,500 bales, an increase of 214,500 bales compared with the estimate for last year, it w stated at the annual joint conference of the Australian Wool-growers' Council and National Council
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    MR. C. C. WU.
    91 11 To Return to China Toward Middle of Next Month. Hong Kong, June 19. Mr. C. C. Wu, the formeT Chinese Ambassador at Washington who resigned for political reasons a few days ago, hu> wired to Canton that he intends to return to China toward the middle
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    MRS. HAYS HAMMOND.
    81 11 Death of Wife of WeH-Knownl Engineer. Washington, June 19. The death has occurred of Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Reuter. Mrs. Hammond, before her marriage in 1880, was Miss Natalie Harris. Mr. Hammond is a very well-known mining engineer who has been all over the world. After the
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    SIR GEORGE RENWICK.
    41 11 Death of a Weil-Known Shipowner. Rugby, June 19. The death orcurr.d today of Sir George Renwick, the well-known shipowner, aged 81. He war. Conservative member of Parliament for Ncwcastle-on-Tyne during the yean- 1900-1906, 1908-10 and 1918-22. British Wireless.
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    RADIO LICENCES.
    45 11 23,000 Issued Free to The Blind. Rugby, June 19. The number of wireless licences issued by the Post Office increased by over 38,000 in the last twelve months, the present (total being 3,711,000. These include 23,000 issued free to blind persons. Britith Wiralew.
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    ALLEGED "REDS" ON TRIAL.
    3096 11 How Frenchman Was Watched. PRISONER ESCAPES, Startling Evidence By C.I.D. Officers. A further chaptiM- in the amaiing story of the tracking of alleged Cnmmuni i- in Singapore by the Criminal Intelligenc Department and the ani\ i of number of Chinese, an Indian and an European, some
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      67 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Page Around the Markets. By the Financial Correspondent 9 Memoirs of Happy Harbours. By Commander Mannin Crane 10 Chinesp Bank's Failure 12 County Cricket Results 13 Gloucester Beat R.A. 13 R.S Y.C. Inter-port Race 13 Pages for Women Readers* 14-15 m A Journal in the Federal r Cspitsl
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    ANOTHER BLOW FOR CANTON.
    790 12 The 19th Route Army. DECLARES HS SUPPORT FOR NANKING. Hcng Kong. June IX. Military headquarter! nt Canton have ordered that ;iil telogiami between Canton :tri<l Kumhiw I in S'.uth Kiangsi) are to i(- subjected i" trld cenaonUp. Purthenncre instructions have been i- in .1 that all
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    50 12 Adjudicating and Receiving Orders Granted. In the Bankrupt.-y Court yesterday before the Justice ft Beckett Terrell, adjudlcating and receiving orders were invited ::':i i list Ch'ng Chon Goh, P. S. i!:ii< o, Yap Ec Boon, Briam Bnsgh ana I.im Siew Teng, said to be a local living promoter.
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    25 12 Pastor A. Mansoii is conducting a Sunday nigh> lectures on Bible Piwphesies at the Sevenw Day Advrtitist < hui'ch, Singapore, on Sunday evenings at 8 p.m.
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    SALONIKA COMRADES AT DINNER.
    534 12 Branch of Association For Malaya. The first annual dinner in Malaya for ofljn is and ex-i Ulcer-, who Ml f Oil ill the Salonika or Black Sea Forces was held at the KuK.pe Hotel la?t night. Lieut.-Col. M. J. C. Reilly presided, c:ii the othen present
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    OFFICE BURGLED.
    95 12 Search for Important Documents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 19. A daring burglary was committed overnight when the office of Mr. Seemvasagam, the lawyer, in Hale Street, was broken into, the front door bein^ forced. The burglary was discovered when a peon arrived to open the office.
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    HORLEY ROAD.
    49 12 Ipoh Remembers Past Good Work. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 19. At a meeting of the Sanitary Board here it was decided to name the new road in I|K>h running past the V.M.C.A. Horley Road. Mr. Horley, when he was in Ipoh, wholeheartedly supported the V.M.C.A.
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    22 12 Cimarron will be shown for the last time at the Capitol tonight. "The Love Habit," with Seymour Hicks, will be shown tomorrow.
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    PENANG—SINGAPORE IN 11 HR. 48 MIN.
    152 12 PENANG— SINGAPORE IN 11 HR. 48 MIN. Remarkable Dash By Ipoh Motorist. Mr. Gerald Dixon, of Ipoh, arrived in Singapore this morning in a 3-litre Sunbeam, having covered the distance from Penang in 11 hr. 48 mm. He was timed out of Penang at 11 p.m. last night and arrived
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO.
    221 12 An 85 Days' Record Run Singapore to England. The following; paragraphs htp taken from the Straits Times of Juns 22, 1881: At the first meeting of the Municipal Commissioner's *his month, they received ■ntimation of the approval by Government of a proposal submitted by them to fill
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    KEPT BETTING HOUSE.
    43 12 Japanese Barber Gets Fine Of $250. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 18. Namizo, the Japanese barber found, guilty in the police court of keeping .i betting house and sent to the District Court for sentence, was fined $250 todny.
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    CHOLERA DETECTED.
    41 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. Three cases of suspected cholera, one of which was confirmed subsequently, were detected today when the S.S. Suisang arrived here from Calcutta. All deck passengers were sent into quarantine in special lighters.
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    SCHOOL CADET CORPS IN MALAYA.
    510 12 Headmaster Who Believes In Their Value. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 10. The difference of opinion over school cadet corps in Malaya was referred to by Mr. F. L. Shaw, headmaster of the Victoria Institution, at the prize-giving yesterday. "There arc som?," said
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    CHINESE BANK'S FAILURE.
    461 12 Appeared to Have Been Fraudulent." In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday. Chua Jee Kay was publicly examined as i to the affairs of Chop Tai Teong Keok, I said to have been a Chinese bank. Mr. D. H. Tudor, Assistant Official Assignee, who conducted the examination, i said
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    TOMORROW'S CONCERT.
    144 12 Toti dal Monte and Enzo de Muro Lomanto. The following is the prcgrainmf for trmorrow night's concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall at which Toti dal Monte, the famous coloratura roprano, and Enzo de Muro Lomanto, the groat lyric tenor horn La Scala, Milan, will take part 1.
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    44 12 To See Yale and Harvard Boat Race. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 19. According to a telegram from New York the King of Siam will go to New London on Saturday to see the Yale and Harvard boat race.
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    ALLEGED TRADE MARK INFRINGEMENT.
    464 12 Action by the National Carbon Co. The action against Sin Cbon Seng for alleged iafrhlgsuaul ti f the trade mark of the Eveready flashlight bntteiies came up for hearing before Mi. Justice Palgrave Simpson yesterday. The plaintiffs ia the c:i*e are the National Carbon Co., Iiu
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    ATTEMPT TO BRIBE.
    183 12 Appeal Against Conviction Dismissed. Mr. S. Funp appeared in the Supremo Court before Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting Chief Justice, this Booming, in support of an appeal by Ng Pcitf Soon against a conviction and fine of $100 or three months' rifWVM imprisonment on a charge of
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    NEW POLICE STATION.
    52 12 Central Moving Into Havelock Road. Prtparatir.ns for the removal of the Central Police Station from South Bridge to the old < fhee? of the Chinese Protectorate have now been complete, and the actual transfer will be made tomorrow. Banning from Mrnday. the Central Station will be located
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    HORLEY MEMORIAL FUND.
    104 12 The committee of the Horley Memorial Fund acknowledge the following donations: Mr. Ku Tong Sen* $1,000, Mr. J. H. Pedlow $100, Mr. Scow Poh Leng $100, A Perak Scout $25, Anon $5, Mrs. Hartley and Mrs. Hatton $10, Mr. G. Humphries $25, Mr. W. Allen $50. Mr.
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    EUROPEAN KILLED.
    51 12 Reported Attack on Tin Mine In Siam. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 19. A report has reached here that robbers attacked tht- Huey Moot Tin Mining Co.'s mine in Southern Siam and that as a result of the tivrh*. a European was so badly injured that he
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      185 12 PROPERTY SALE. A sa!n of Singapore and Johore properI ties conducted by Ching Keng Lee and Co.. Lt.. realised a total of $30,700. Rubber land at Johore Bahru, area 298, wa.s sold for $6,000. The .10 years leasehold land and, 26 and 27, Market Street, wero sold for $19,000. -=AsSiSrl
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    Rain Again Spoils County Cricket.—Singapore Football. AMES' BIG SCORE AT LORDS.
    472 13 Rain Again Spoils County Cricket.— Singapore Football. AMES' BIG SCORE AT LORDS. Kent Draw with M.C.C. RAIN CAUSES SEVERAL ABANDONMENTS. ICain interfered with cricket all over England and several matcchs had to be abandoned, no play at all being possible at Birmingham. The detaili <>f matcha which started on Wednesday
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    59 13 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, June 19. lit-siilts i>r yeaterdajr'i bawbaH (bom wen Nation. i! Le«g—. New York l Brooklyn Philadelphia m Boston PitUbtKgk Cincinnati St. Louis 4 12 :j 11 AmiriiMii LaafMt bicaffo -I Detroit 7 tleveland 9 5t. Louia 5 Reuter.
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    269 13 S.G.C. June Mixed Foursomes Competition. The Singapore Golf Club June Mixed Foursomes competition was played yt sterday afternoon, and resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Beattie. Fifty-four cards were taken out and the following were returned Mr. Ud Mrs. Rcatlic 4"> 10' i Mr.
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    LOCAL CRICKET.
    164 13 Teams Selected for Week-Enc Matches. j The following will represent the Medical Collage I'nion against the Ceylon Sports Club OH Sunday at cricket on the C.S.C. mod \V. Ks>, V. Xavier, B. de Cotta, Tan Boon Beng. Dr. R. T. MorNfcr, Dr. T. Balasingham, If. I'm. C, La
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    WORLD TITLE MATCH.
    57 13 Venue and Date Fixed For Schmeling-Stribling Bout. A contract has been signed between Ihu city officials and representatives of thi Madisi,,'. Sqoan Garden Corporation for the lease of the leveland Municipal Stadium for July .'J, thus assuring Um date and venue of the hirht between Max Schmelinjt
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    35 13 Johnny Alba, the Filipino lightweight, was |hm a draw after an eight round l>out with Low Murelli, of New York, on May 14. The decision was unpopular, the general impression being that Alba won well.
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    28 13 John Cuffe, the old Worcestershire cricketer, who disappeared just after l'e> limlMj his duties as coach at Repton School, has been found drowned in the Trent at Burton.
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    INTER-PORT YACHT RACING.
    621 13 Batavia Club's Visit To Singapore. The Royal Batavia Yacht Club (Koninklijke Baiaviasche Jacht Club) will pay a i-isit to Singapore over the week-end, July 11 and 12, bringing three six-metre yachts to race a* a team against three six-metre yachts of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. This
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    YOUTHS' CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    298 13 Strong Opposition to Boxing Suggestion. The suggestion of holding youths' boxing championships and abolishing the schoolboys' senior championships will meet with strong opposition from the London Schools A.B.A., whose hon. secretary, Mr. Charles Gosling, said that the views expressed in a letter to tha A.B.A. when ths subject
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    LOCAL BOXING.
    258 13 Y. C. Song to Retire From The Ring. Y. C. Song, the local Kxer, who claims the featherweight and lightweight titles of Malaya, has announced his intention of retiring from the ring. He has had a very successful career, but owing to personal reasons," as he said to
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    AMATEUR BOXING.
    50 13 Local Association Shut Down Gymnasium. At a special general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, held in the Memorial Hall on Thursday, it was decided to close the Association's gymnasium owing to lack of support. The Association will remain the governing body of amateur boxing in Singapore.
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    ARMY'S BUSY SEASON.
    325 13 Long Boxing List Ahead To Tour S. Africa 1 was interested to hear from Colonel Aubrey Smith that thare is still a prospect of the Army sending a team to tour Sourth Africa, writes a correspondent of a London paper. Arrangements were almost completed for last season.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    195 13 Saturday, June 20. Football: S.A.F.A. Ist Div. Malays vs. I'ulau Brani, Julun Best! Stadium Maluya < U|> Match: Juhoru vs. tin gri Sembilan, Muar. Cricket: S.C.C. tournament: 8.8. and I. vs. Merchants, Padang Gloucesters vs. S.C.C. P.S. and L.. Tanglin Indian Aascn. vs. S.C.C. Etceteras BXJLC. vs. United
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    GLOUCESTERS BEAT THE GUNNERS.
    610 13 Three-Goal Win. CONDITIONS PREVENT GOOD PLAY. Gloucesters .1 K.A. 0. The Gloucesters defeated the R.A. by three clear goals in a First Division match, iii the Stadium yesterday, after having more of the exchanges. They certainly deserved their win, although the ground and the heavy ball
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    S.C.C. FOOTBALL.
    113 13 Team at Full Strength To Meet S.R.C. The following have been invited to play Association Football for S.C.C. aifainst the S.R.C. in the First Division on Tuesday next, at the Anson Road Stadium F. M. Adam J. G. Glasgow and C. Thornton: I). K. Hanuu. A. K. Krailo
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    CONCLUSION OF ASCOT MEETING.
    124 13 £228,000 Taken by New Totalisator. Rugby, June 19. The last day of the Ascot race meeting was again attended by Their Majesties the King and Queen and by several members of the Royal family. The Royal procession had been cancelled, and cars were used to bring
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    MANCINI SURPRISED.
    301 13 Outpointed by Williams In 15 Round Bout. The 15-round eliminating wcltor-wi ijrht. contest that took place at the Alcazar. Edmontcn, between Haydn Williams, of Waltham Cross, and Alf Mancini, of Nottinjf Hill, provided some excellent boxing. Never has Williams boxed sj> well, for he cleverly and cleanly heat
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    POSEIDON FUND.
    114 13 Monday's Football Match On Padang. I In nid of the dipendants of those who .o't their lives in the Poseidon disaster, a match will be played <.n Monday on the PbdanR between an S.C.C. XI and a Naval XI. The latter lidc will be -<lected from thi mmmkmt
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    Things That Brides —and Others— Are Wearing!
    1086 14  - Things That Brides and Others Are Wearing Margaret Carlton By Our London Correspondent London, May 20. I DON'T suppose women were any less interested in clothes in the past than they are today, but I do think they are franker about it. One of the most popular forms of enter-
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    Women's Tennis HAS Improved
    1138 15 Wonderfully says Helen Moody In this Special Interview full of Helpful Hints. OF course I love tennis, and if you ask me what is the key to my success it is that I love it better than any other game. However, there are many other ton
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    357 15 For The Sports Girl A HARSH, weather-beaten skin is not beautiful but it is one of the hardest things for the sports jjirls to avoid. The great thing is to feed the skin well with nightly application of good cream, and to (lose the pores before facing exposure. To
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    BRODERIE ANGLAISE BUTTONHOLES.
    53 15 NOW that the newest blouses of broderie anglaise are becoming so popular for wear with black or brown cloth suits, buttonholes of broderie anglaise have been designed to brighten the costumed. The buttonholes are made in the .shape of carnations or such flowers, and are obtainable in
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    Linen—The Darling of the Mode.
    195 15 Linen The Darling of the Mode. HUM is the darling of the mode so proclaim fashion prophets on both sides of the Atlantic. Well-dressed women are choosing linen frocks for sum mer wear, and frankly the vogue i» sensible and far from surprising. Never bus this unsurp:'.:..-able flaxen fabric been
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    Fragrant Beauty Recipe.
    263 15 AN exquisitely scented a-jd soften el i>ath ii made by mixing the following •imple ingredients together and adding th si aided liquid from them to the bath. Two teanpoonsfu! of violet s.e.iteJ oat meal, the dried peel of two orange* ant" one lemon, an ounce vt leaves
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    And Now Trousers For Dancing.
    218 15 And Now Trousers For Dancing. ttfOMAN have two surprise in store. They are to wear trousers in tho ballroom and us^ multi-coloured rackets on the tennis courts The return of the auk V c'res* for eveniag wan hai been short lived, and fashionable an Who year ago were shouting an
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    A JOURNAL IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
    3343 16 Selangor Past And Present Two Historical Pilgrimages A Town Abandoned To The Jungle Jugra 9 s Part In Early History The British Stockade At Bandar Sir Frank Swettenhani i s Memories Telephones, Wireless And Aeroplanes Education Since The War. (By Oar Kuala Lam par
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      134 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Is it not rather curious that a country dcoendent entirely on rubber and tin should place an extra tax on petrol to fi-rce motor transport off the roads V Surely it would be more far-sighted K> encourage motor transport
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      RADIO.
      299 17 To the Editor zf the Straits Times. Sir, The page devoted to Radio hi your issue ol June 17 was very interesting, and emphasises the fact that here in Singapore- we have a population of over halt a million and no permanent broadcasting station, yet Saigon in French Indo-China
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    LAW NOTICES.
    89 17 Criminal Appeals to be Heard On Monday. Before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Thorne and Mr. Justice a Bsekett Terrell in Chief Justice's Court at 1 a.m. Civil Appeal No. 35/30 M. Arunasalam Pillay, etc., v.-. S. Rengasamy Pillay Civil Appeal No. 3/31 K. Sultan Maricar Bros.
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    FUNDS FOR TIN RESEARCH
    97 17 Selangor Miners' Association Gives a Lead. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 19. At a recent meeting of the Selangor Miners' Association, Mr. L. Vaughan proposed that a contribution be given to the Tin Research Fund which is being organised by the Tin Pioducers' Association.
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    BAIL IN $2,000.
    45 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. Tan Chong Yew was allowed bail today in $2,000 on a charge of dishonestly odtaining $4,500 from Cheah Cheng Swee by falsely representing himself to be the owner of a coconut property at Balik Pulau.
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    SEA VIEW HOTEL.
    27 17 Owing to unforeseen circumstances the performances of talking pictures announced to take place at Sea View Hotel today and tomorrow have to be postponed.
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    THE PROGRESS OF THE NOVEL.
    1056 18 Post-War Developments. THE LATEST SCHOOL OF PESSIMISM. (By Marc:'l I'revost the famous French novelist, in an interview.) The iiii. i ,f th»- War on the novel has been tremendous, and fir the Brat time in history perhaps thi* branch of literature has u'fSct evis'.ing theories
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    " GIVE ME A CHANCE."
    154 18 GIVE ME A CHANCE." Eurasian with Five Previous Convictions. A Eurasian named Paglar, who was convicted and sentenced, in the Singapore police court, to two years' rigorous impriaoniMBt and one year's police supervision on a charge of theft, appeared before Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting Chief Justice, in the Supreme
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    STABBED TO DEATH.
    76 18 Chinese Remanded on Murder Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 20. In Then Bok was produced in the police court here yesterday charged with the murder of Eu Siew Kong who was found in Batu Lanchang Lane on Apr. 10 covered with stab wounds. At the
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    19 18 Sir Edward Maclagan has been elected president of the Royal Asiatic Society in succession to the Marquess of Zetland.
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    NEW ZEALAND.
    313 18 Exhibition of Films at The Capitol. An invitation is issued by the New Zealand Government Trade Commissioner, Mr. L. J. Schmitt, who is visiting Malaya, to all who are interested in the exchange of trade between his country and this to attend a special private screening of the
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    47 18 Tomorrow bcirr ConferfV*" Suiv'sv. there will be celebrations of Holy Communion at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Tamil at 9.30 a.m. md in Chinese at 11 cm. All the Tamil and Oliirwvc memLars of St. Andrew's Church Mission arc invited to attend and, if < nnfli m#l to communicate.
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    REVISION OF WAR DEBTS.
    993 19 Who Will Benefit MR. W. ROY HOWARD'S VIEWS. A revision of War Debts »vill never be brought about until me American public is convinced that revision would bring a benefit to- somebody- -either in the United States or abroad. Rightly or wrongly, that conviction does not
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    SHANGHAI THEATRE SENSATION.
    623 19 Protest Against Picture. "RED" PAMPHLETS AND CRACKERS. Shanghai, June 1. Kight arrests have been made by thy French ,.ulicc as the result of a de./.->n-stration which occurred at the Crystal Palace Theatre, Boulevard Montigny, last week. The demonstration occurred at 8.30 p.m.. just before the show began,
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    R.M.S.P. CASE.
    183 19 Withdrawal of Counsel For Defence. London, June 10. The proceedings at Guildhall Police Court before the Lord Mayor of London in connection with the affairs of the Royal Mail Steam Packet ijroup of companies took a sensational turn today. Lord Kylsant, chairman of the R.M.S.P. Co., was answering
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    SIR GEOFFREY CLARKE.
    73 19 Chairman of London Chamber Of Commerce Council. London, June 9. Sir Geoffrey Clarke has been elected Chairman of the Council of the London Chamber of Commerce. Sir oHotfrey Clarke was P.M.-G., Madras, 1903-16 and Director-Generml of Post Offices and Telegraphs, India, 1918-25. He is a director of
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