The Straits Times, 29 June 1931

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    35 1 [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1981
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      194 1 Singapore: 78. Cecil st. cphone am). 6.15 Tonißht 9.15 j ERICH VON i STKOHEIM and i BETTY COMFSOM I "THE GREAT i GABBO j Phone 5261-5262. EVEN IN SWITZERLAND The home of milk par excellence, where there 1b fresh milk in abundance, "BEAR BRAND" Sterilized Milk is sold in large
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      332 1 fr**r «»*w/«t«y^| WE DON'T LIKE TO BRAG, BUTWe have reason to be immensely proud of the Robinson Patent Levor Watch for it has set up another amazing record and more than justifies what we have claimed to ba "THE FINEST WATCH AT THIS PRICE, IN THE WORLD." 21 Years Without
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      17 1 6.15 Tonifht 9.15 I ERICH VON BTROUKIM and BETTY COMI'SON THE GREAT i GABBO" I Phone 5261-5262.
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      564 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (.Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S (iOVLHNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RAJPI'TANA 17,000 July 11 KARMALA a.M" J"'y UUDAN
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      697 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Mlddlcxbrough. Vessels Tonaage Due Sail KASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 2 8 HAKONE MARU 10,500 July 15 16 t YASI'KUNI MARU 12,000 July 29 30 S SUWA MARU 10,700 Aug. 18 14 g FUSniMI MARU 11,000 Aug. 27
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      438 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (8,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      602 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 6328. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Penang. tm.s. ALSIA July 16 July 17 m.s. Jt TLANDIA Aug. 5 Aug. 7 m.s. LALANDIA Sept. Sept. 11 m.s MEONIA Sept. 28 Sept. 25 m.s. BORINGIA
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      549 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      553 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam.) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Kretny, Trencganu, Kolantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Blßgsra, Lacon, Sichon, Candon, Koshamui, Langsuan, Chumptn and Bangkok. Arrival D.-parture VALATA In !Vrt July 1 MALINI Jaly b July 8 SUDDIIADIB July l> July II The steamers are fitted throuchout
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      443 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. i TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO, TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Lo* Angelea. S.S. GOLDEN RIVER »ail» from Hong Kong Jn'y San Francisco and Portland. S.S.
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      532 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE <Jnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO. SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA. MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang IRES. VAN BUREN July 6 July 9 July 11 rRKS. GARFIELD July 20 July 23 July 25 PRES. POLK Aug. 3 Aug.
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      638 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL JtEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Port* and Snes CanaL OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer Due Spore CITY OF HALIFAX July 20 CITY OF KHIOS Sept. 1 HOMEWARDS. CITY OF BATAVIA for Havre,
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      371 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised m. m £3,000,000 Capital Subscribed a. 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 Capital paid np 1,060,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Lsq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., W.
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      565 3 NEDERLANDSCH HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030.000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40.01E.000 (about 13,385,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GRAVENHAGE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES: Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjermasin Kota-Radja Semarang Bombay (Acheen) Shanghai Calcutta
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      497 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established 18U st Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100.000,000 (about £8,600,000) Paid op Capital Glds. 65.000.000 (about R.—~ £4,600.000 Keserves G lds. 28.187,797 (about £2,3G0,000. B^O/ERSEAS BRANCHES: Indies. Ue d Olfico for Uutcn E KOBE: Head Offlce for China and Japan. BRANCH OFFICESWe^ev/ern 1 T < lok
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      799 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to n line and there is a flat rate charge of 2.1 cents per I in.' per insertion with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. AdMltlWll— ts will accepted up to 10 a.i.i. on the day ..f is.^Uf. A fee of 28
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      873 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE DALYDENE. Select European boarding Estab. 147, Killiney Road, Phone 4609. No Traffic Noises at 2, Lloyd Rd. Quiet, comfort, privacy and appetising food at really low rates. Call 6 p.m. and inspect. EXCELLENT accommodation for bachelors or married cooples, recently berilt premises, fa>hioned on hotel plan, livery comfort
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      528 4 HOUSES, FLATS WANTED BACHELOR wants accommodation for throe months August-October. 696, S. T. HOUSE REQUIRED by European, long lease or purchase, medium size, Tanglin district preferred. Box No. 675, Straits Times. WANTED WANTED, cood second hand 16 m.m. Ciiema camera, Bell Howell or Emgsin pre-fe.-red. Reply Box 684, Straits Times.
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      414 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO !.KT, •ti..p« M Gro«vcior Hotel Bldg. TO LET, a well situated two storey godown of approximately 20,000 square feet, river frontage, acceitsible at all tides. Suitable for all kindi of Produce, Piece and Rough Goods. Rent required $600 monthly. Apply in first icttanee to Box
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      695 4 EDUCATIONAL. GORING HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Goring Hall School is situated in beautiful grounds of over 1,000 acres in the healthiest part of Sussex. Riding, fencing, all games and private bathing beach. The Principal, Miss Ansell, takes special care of daughters of Service and Professional gentlemen abroad and for whom
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      642 4 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on Wednesday, July 1, Bank Holiday. legalTnotices "CALOL NOTICE is hereby giVM th:it th.' '1 ra.lr Marks denirtcii above lire the exelßaivS property of Standard Oil Comnaay 0 fornia, incorporated in the State of Delaware, United State* of Aaeriea, s.'-<, Uu.^li
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      392 5 n.KJ M. IZ/jjbw« Raffles Hotel Excellent Accommodation Available with Modern Sanitation. THIS EVENING 6.30 TEA DANCE GRILL ROOM SPECIAL DISH TONIGHT VEAL CHOPS A LA MH.ANAISK 'REAMED SPINACH. SAUTE POTATOES. $1.75. NOTICE. There will h<- no Tea Dance on Wednesday, July 1. the Ball Room being rvMi'Mi-d for the Kx-Services
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      618 5 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of valuable Singapore Town and Country properties. At Messrs. Caeong Koon Seng A Co's saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Vi runesday July 1, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and houses known as Nos. 49, 51 and 65, Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, area
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      622 5 AUCTION NOTICES BY ORDER OF THE OF FICIAL RECEIVER. RE THE PULAU BULANG RUBBER AND PRODUCE CO., LTD. (In Liquidation). AUCTION S4LE of all the assets of the Puiau Bulane Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd. (In Liquidation). At Messrs. Cheoilg Kooh Seng A Co.'s saleroom, No. SO, Chulia Street, on
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      575 5 GOULDS EVER OILED PUMP This model is suitable f° r a large variety of I B^L. I I^^^H BsS pumping services where .-■Hr A»' B-^^| suction lift does not ex- A jS. i^B^^B^ tv< (i feet> 1!ail hoar 4jCl S^M JHb ng cran < s haft and con'^^nr^* f nee
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      497 5 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTICE TENDERS will be received at ths Honourable Resident Councillor's Office, Penang, up to noon of July 17, IMI, f'>r the following works Erection of an Assembly Hull. Cymnasium, Sen-ants' Quarter.-, etc. at the Hutching School, Penan»r. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required
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    CEYLON LETTER. GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS.
    892 6 CEYLON LETTER. GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS. Alarming Rumours Of Bogus Registration. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo. June 15. f'eylon has just entered on a perio.l, unique in it--- hiatoty, of a week's electioneering and |x>llir.*. This started on Saturday, when the first general election under the new Constitatioa was held in
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    ATTACKED WITH SPEARS
    70 6 Police Fire on Angry Villagers. Dacca, June 17. While attSMptini to arrest two alleged criminals in ttv village of Chaibajfhbar, near here, a police force was attacked by a numln'i it villagers armed with fishing spears. The polii-f <.p. n.-il tire, killing one villager. The number of
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    UNION OF INDIAN STATES.
    358 6 Maharaja of Patiala's Plan. Simla, June 16. The Maharaja of Patiala has released for publication his note on Federation and the Indian States." It is an 18-page statement, describing the scheme proposed by the Federal Structure Committee as fraught with the greatest dangers to the very
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    DERELICT SHIP.
    187 6 German Salvagers Awarded £10,000. London, June 18. The curious case of a steamship, abandoned by its crew as lost, was related during the hearing of an action by Mr. Justice Langton at the Admiralty Court today. The Greek steamer, Theodore Bulgaris, with a cargo of Russian wheat valued
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    AVIATION INSPECTOR.
    169 6 Plane Wrecked in Seymour District, Victoria. Melbourne, June 18. Native trackers have started from here tc find a silver-coloured biplane which is lying completely wrecked in the mountains six miles from Tallarook, in th-- 1 Seymour district, which is believed to contain tho remains of Mr. Joseph Kkins,
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    PASSAGES OF OFFICIALS.
    134 6 Question About Payment In The Commons. London, June 5. In the House of Commons, Mr. D. G. Somervilje asked the Under-i.ecretary of State for the Colonies how many British officials had travelled to or from their posts on non-British vessels during the lust twelve months; and whether
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    SWARAJ FOR CEYLON.
    386 6 Mr. Gandhi's Reply to A Correspondent. Bombay, June 18. Writing under the caption Swaraj for Ceylon," Mr. Gandhi says in today's Young India A Ceylon correspondent asks the following strange questions Is it safe for any country ruled by another nation to clamour for Swaraj when it
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    MISTLETOE A CURE.
    139 6 Result of Doctor's Cancer Research. London, June 19. Mistletoe, it appears, has other u*fs than that with which it is generally, associated. T According to a Swiss scientist. Dr. Werner Kaelin, who lectured in London this evening on the subject of experiments carried on during the last
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    HUSBAND KILLERS.
    133 6 Case Ends with Hanging Of Two Women. Budapest, June 17. The hanging of two women this morning for poisoning their husbands brought to a conclusion one of the most iciiiarkabte cases in the history of Hungarian crime. Instigated by the local midwife, who pointed out how easy and
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    1,800 MILES IN 9 HRS. 38 MIN
    75 6 "Human Bullet's" Fast Flight. London, June 17. Captain Frank Hawks, the American airman, known as the "Human Bullet," made a remarkable flight to Rome and back in one day, covering 1,800 miles in nine hours thirty-eight minutes flying time. Captain Hawks left Croydon
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    BYRON MUSEUM
    47 6 To be Inaugurated by Greek Premier. London, June 15. The Greek nations abiding interest in Byron is once more proved by the announcement that the Greek Prime Minister, M. Venezelos, is coming to Kngland on July 13 to inaugurate a Byron Museum at Newgtead Abbey.
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    KWANGTUNG EXPECTS INVASION.
    516 6 The 19th Route Army Moving Southwards. Hong Kong, June 27. Information has been received at Canton Military Headquarters that the 19th Route Army is leavn.g Kanchow, in thj south of Kiangsi province, and is advancing southwards toward Taiyu and Shunfung. The Taiyu hills, of course, separate Kiangsi
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    LEGATION BUILDINGS
    101 6 Use of British Materials Suggested. London, June 17. The suggestion that only British materials should be used for the construction of Legation buildings in South America was made in the House of Commons today. In reply Mr. George Lansbury, First Commissioner of Works, said that the only Legation
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      404 6 f( \k GOOD SNAPS U of the prize-winning kind, V^^iil AGFA FILMS and nanaanassßsaafißaaaaß^aaaML^ HSSP^o FOUND -Vat Unseat sestet WaMc fSJM A KJ X X JL^ "Sandy PWr" laatt Wnhk, MJ» No y chambeM M|l I ale Sherry Dry. Singapore, a House that e»n *iv« you an Dukkers Tews* I..ihrl
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      123 7 wk V MIS i mYw^Mw^^W^mt^mwQ feSL:^^ TELEPHONE 6909 6.15 LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 9.15 MARION DAVIES IN "The Bachelor Father" METRO GOLDWYN MAYER'S BRILLIANTLY SUCCESSFUL COMEDY also LAUREL and HARDY IN "BRATS" TOMORROW WARNER BAXTER Joan Bennett in another famous comedy drama by Fox Movietone DOCTOR'S WIVES A delightful ultra modern
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      215 7 -i r fIHHHBHpHHHHH9I9HBpLH mo r inlv^ nttiiHw B Km Jg I Hot 308 mk wM Jm\ Hh f B® OB in« JBt- II Ln«r^ "The Theatre of International Successes" IsTTsI TONIGHT l^Ts Positively Last Night! iflßt Paramount's mu&ic&l and |j^fc Dramatic Production jffi^% "THE GREAT GABBO" with the two famous
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      372 7 HUNGARY'S GREATEST VIOLINIST SZ I G ETI TODAY A WORLD SENSATION. RECENT ENGLISH PRESS, 1929-30. TIMES. He played with a touch of the diablerie which on* imagines must have been Paganini's secret. DAILY TELEGRAPH. A nor* brilliant performance than this it would be hard to fciagine. LIVERPOOL POST AND MERCIRV.
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    SHIPPING NOTES. HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
    387 8 SHIPPING NOTES. HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS. Bulletin of the L. of N. Eastern Bureau. Health Hulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bfreau, for the week ended Juno 20, 1931 Alexandria 3 plague cases and .*> deaths 1 caso of typhus exanthematicus. Ka^'tnlad 1 plague case. Calcutta 50 cholera cases
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    PRODUCE
    179 8 Singapore, June 29. Gam bier 8.75 (Cube No. 1 unpicked).. 15.00 Ci.pra 500 Miaaa 4.70 Bags flour, Sarawak 1-85 White Pepper 32.60 Black Pepper 20.00 Pearl Sago 4-25 tmall 6% medium pearl 6.00 Rice, Siam No, 1 $136.00 Baigoa No. 1 5135.00 ■■tWun No. 1 ti2SM Siam, Parbiled Rice
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    ARE YOU A "BOOKSNEAF"?
    77 8 New Word for the English Language. A lew word, "booksneaf," has l.cm nddetl to the Knjflish language as the insult of a contest held by the New York Book Publishers' Research Institute. The committee advanced the following definition of the word for use in dictionaries: "Booksneaf,
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        MINING.
        442 8 Issue Viil. I'd. Buyers Sellers £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 18/- 21 '6 zd. £1 £1 Austral MaUy 18/6 20/- >-;,- Ayer Hitam Tin 10/6 11/6 cd. SI £1 Bangrin Tin 11/- 12/1 1 Batang Padanj 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.30 0.33n0m. 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.30 0.40n0m.
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        GENERAL.
        272 8 Issue Val. I'd. Buyeri Seller* 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.60 2.00n0m. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.10 2.15 tl i'l Hi it. Am. Tuharco 5.1.'.0 4.0.0 1 1 Central hngine 0.22% O.:iilnom 100 50 Chinese Cum. Bank 70.00 75.00 ;i a < on. T. S. V,; l'rtfs. 17/-
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        127 8 i'Ti^apore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 103 105 cl. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of IDOI red. IU4O {400,000 par. 6% prem. linfrapore Municipal 4'/« p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par >thgapore Municipal 4V4 p.c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        366 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatl's quotations. Fruer Lyall Co. Evatt \llenby ($1) 0.70 0.90 0.80 1.10 Urn Gajah ($1) 0.50 0.70 0.60 0.80 V Ilitam ($1) 0.80 1.00 0.95 1.15 L Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.26n0m. Malay (|2) O.UO 1.10 1.10 1.25 V. Molck ($1)
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        MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
        269 8 Daily Weather Report N.8.-The four columns in the left half of the table give the temperature extremet and rainfall for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. today and yesterday't tunahine. The four columns on the right give actual conditiont at 9 a.m. today. Relative humidity thowa
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    DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA) LTD.
    1281 8 Restriction Scheme Unlikely. The annual meeting of Devon Estate? r Malacca I, Ltd., was held at the offiies ol the Secretaries, Evatt and Co., French Bank Buildings, on Saturday, the Hon. Mr. H. K. Nixon presiding. Others present JDctad d Mr. C. V. Bailey and Mr.
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    TODAY'S WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
    526 8 An Opening for RadioSaigon. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. In spite of rather unvafourable weather .-onditions last night Radio-Saigon came through clearly and with great power, and the concert by the station orchestra, under the direction of M. Andre Soyer. was excellent entertainment. The announcer spent
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    Vessels Arrived.
    121 8 U HII.I.KS, Brit., 7,183 tons, from Yokohama 2<J-C, for P. Swettinham 1-7. IKtSKANK, Brit., MSI tons, from Shanghai 2U-6, for New York 4-7. IPOH, Brit., 528 tons, from Penang 29-6, for •'1 mini; 1-7. KAJANC, Brit, 1,2hl tons, from Sandakan 2U-6, for B. N. Borneo 4-7. KIbhKKI'OKK. Brit.,
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    201 8 Melbourne and Sydney, demand 2/10% Norn. New Zealand, demand 2/6 13/16 Norn. Singapore, June 29. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, CO days' sight 2/3 2S/32 London, 30 days' tight 2/3 4 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 3/3 11/16
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 8 From China and Japan, by Montevideo Maru, due at Singapore on Thursday.
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    206 8 Monday, June 29. H. W. 10.40 a.m., 8 ft. 4 in., 9.30 p.m., 9 ft. 3 in. Tuesday, Jane 30. j H. W. 11.28 a.m., 8 ft. 5 in., 10.15 p.m., 9 ft. 5 in. Wednesday, July 1. 11. W. noon, 8 ft. 5 in., 10.55
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    188 8 Today. Sflat I':imijum:, BcngkaJit A BagtM Si A|>l Api (HonK 1.-tm 1 |„m Tomorrow. Kinßkuwaiur, IVitiai^-kat ami BamWtl (Tl.llK.hcn) I] Sourabayu, Celebes, Moluccas ami Timor Dilly (Van Lansi.ct/i > 1' a.n: Selat I'andjang. Bi-nirkali* <fc Ba K an Si Api Api (Vsmeraldol 3 p.m Selat PandjaiiK, Siak,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    41 8 By Spore London Left Arrd. Karapara May 21 June 10 General Metzinger May 20 June 15 P. C. Hooft May 29 June 18 Comorin May 29 June 20 Takliwa June 4 Juiu- L".i Indrapoera June 5 June 2:>
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    122 8 Mom. lay, JWM L\>. Ships tjMftMl the Whims or expected lo arrive. Emtranc*. East Wharf Nil. Main Wharf Malayan Prince 11 Kajanu 7 Empire Dock Hell— I M Troilus H2 irisb.mk :t Cfcoyo Maru I lix.h M :t llt-1. ■mis M 1 Ithi'xm.p. IS I West Wharf
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      16 8 Coal Tar for ALL PURPOSES AT Specially Reduced Prices. LEE KIM SOO 89, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE.
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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." 114. ROBINSON BOAD. Phone 5476. SINGAPORE.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    325 9 Continued Advance of Tin And Rubber. FURTHER TENDENCY UPWARD. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber. 10 i t cents per Ib. Tin, 100 tons at $60 ptr picul. Saturday's Prices Rubber, London 3 J «d.. up 1 16 d. New York. 7
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    METAL MARKET
    400 9 William Jacks and Co., in their report dated London June 3, stete: Wiak markets on Wall Street and their reflection upon cir own and the continental Stock Exchanges have led to a further fall in the price of metals, and business with consunurs has been exceptionally quiet. Copper
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      53 9 12 o'clock noon, June 29. Ton« of Market Firm. Latest CabU London Spot Sheet 3%d. p«.r lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 7 per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandurd R.S.S. on Tender Spot Julj •iuly-Sopt. Oct.-Dec. Bayers. 10\ 11 11H Seller 11
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      484 9 Symington and Sinclair's Weekly Letter. Symington and Sinclair's weekly market report, dated London, June 3, states A teni|K>rsry firmness in the rubber market at the end of last week was succeeded by an easier tone on Monday and a very dull and inactive market on Tuesday. This norninpr
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      SIALANG RUBBER.
      173 9 The crop cf rubber harvested by the Sialang Rubber Estates for the year to January 31, 1931, amounted to 1,828,739 lb. Tapping was suspended on all estates during May and on Batoe Gingging Estate during October and November. The average net sale price, including the estimated value of
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      KAJANG RUBBER
      80 9 A loss of £963 is reported by Ka'ang Rubber Estates fcr 1930 (against a profit of £9,136 fcr 1929). which is deducted from the credit balance of £14,250 brought forward, leaving £13,287 to be carried forward. No dividend is declared (against 10 per cent.). The crop declined from
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      BULLION REPORT.
      686 9 Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Weekly Letter. Samuel Montagu and Co., in their weekly letter dated June 3, state The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted t» £151,017.471 on May 27 (as compared with £130,173,380 on the prerfcsni Wednesday and represents an increase of £3,391.849 since Dec.
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    NOTES ON BRITISH INVESTMENTS.
    963 9 Advance of Belgian Prosperity. London, June 4. Recently published results of oil companies do not give a very encouraging picture as to the immediate prospects of the indus f ry. Most companies* report considerably lower profits and reduced dividends. Shell Trading and Transport Compwiy's net profit
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    DEVELOPING A NEW INDUSTRY.
    489 9 British Cans for The Food Packer. The new Perry Wood factory of G. 11. Williamson and Sons, Worcester (a branch of the Metal Box Co. London), opened en May 27 by Lord Cobham, marks a bi;r forward step in the establishment of a new British industry
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    KARAK RUBBER
    120 9 The accounts cf the Karak Rubber Go. for 1930 show a loss of i 3,577, which, deducted from the amount brought in, leaves £2,508 to be carried forward, no dividend being recommended (against 1C per cent.). The crcp harvested during the year was 521,417 lb. (against 542,400 lb.)
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    KAPOEWAS RUBBER
    81 9 Thi; en ;> if the Kapoewas Rubber Co., for 1930 BBW«s]fa I to 47M41 lb. (against 480,272 lb. for 1929), which has been sold in Batavia at an average price t>f 5.18 d. per lb. (against 9.17 d.). The year's working resulted in a loss of £4,143 (against
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    AIR MAILS.
    22 9 Air Mail from Batavin. A mail from Batavia and Palembang by aeroplane is expected at Singapore at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    EXCHANGES.
    78 9 Rugby. June 27. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.09. Athen:. 375, Bombay Is. 5 25-3* l. Berlin 20.05, Brussels 34.98. Bucharest BIT, Sio 3%, Buenos Airct 35 13-16, Cypenhairen 18.16 V.:. Geneva 25.15, Helsinjrfors 133^4. lion* KmiT In. OHd.. Lisbon 11(1',, Madrid 41>:.. Milan 92.95V4, Monte Video X York 4.86
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    LONDON TIN MARKET.
    579 9 Buying on a Very Big Scale. MORE INTEREST IN THE METAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 3. The Federated Malay States' Government's reply to the criticism of the quotascheme is regarded as very unconvincing, and it had no effect whatever upon the market, which had been
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    SUNGEI RINCHING.
    77 9 A profit of £647 is shown by the accounts of the Sungei Rin?hin^ Rnfcbwr Estates fcr 1930, which MMsMrW mi' 1 £13,894 for 1929. This profit is absorber! in an allocation cf £750 (against MjMO) to income-tax reserve, the carry-forward being reduced from 0,238 to £5.i:;0. No dividend
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    WINDSOR (F.M.S.) RUBBER
    58 9 A loss of £2,333 is shown by the accounts for 1930 of the Windsor (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate (against a profit of £2.716 for 1929), which reduces the amount to be carried forward to £8,545. No dividend is recommended (against 3 per cent.). A crcp of 399,702 lb.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 19:11. EUROPE'S FATE IN THE BALANCE.
    1055 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 19:11. EUROPE'S FATE IN THE BALANCE. Every day makes it clearer that the fate of the world at larjre, and of Germany in particular, depends upon a speedy solution of the differences of opinion which have arisen between the United States of America
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    92 10 Singapore. AI.HAMBRA.—Marion Davies in The Bachelor Father. 6.16—0.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.—Erich Von Stroheim and Betty Compson in The Great Gabbo. Phone 6261-2. EUROPE HOTEL.—Robert Dreschcr's Famous Viennese Orchestra. GREAT WORLD.—Vaudenil., Optra, Wiyangs. Zoo, Sporting Field, etc., etc. MARLBOROUGH.—SIightIy Scarlet with Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. Ml 9.15. NEW WORLD.—Sid*
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    PROBLEMS OF THE NEW SPAIN.
    1474 10 Is a Monarchist Rising To Be Expected? (By Senor A. Lerroux, the Spanish Foreign Minister, in an interview.) Most of us are a little vagv: concernntg the fundamental cause* which gave rise to the Republican revolution in Spain and thin article throws some light on
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    18 10 Mr. Roland Braddell will deliver hi? presidential address at the meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club on Wednesday.
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    20 10 Mr. L. S. Harland, manager of Cheng Estate, Malacca, who went home on leave lecently, has returned with Mrs. Harland
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    21 10 Mr. Andrew Caldecott, Resident of Selangor, who has been mentioned as the next Chief Secretary, was in Singapore over the week-end.
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    32 10 Dr. Maens has been appointed German Consul-General in Singapore, and is expected to arrive early in August. Since the departure of Dr. Bode the ConsulateGeneral has been in charge of Dr. Hertz.
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    39 10 Mr. T. A. W. Palmer, manager of the Federal Dispensary, Klang, goes on leave by the Kashgar on July 10. Mr. L. G. Bruce takes his place. Another pas.sengei by the Kashgar is Mr. Ellen, of Whittall and Co.
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    75 10 Mr. Alwin Raedler, Chancellor of th' German Consulate-Genc-al, Singapore, is leaving for home by the Sauerland tomorrow on retirement, accompanied b> Mrs. Raedler and his son. Mr. Raedler who has been a very popular official, habeen five and a half years hcie withou* leave. He is 65 years of age,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    724 10 THE RYDER CUP Before the British Ryder Cup team left for the United Stales, there was quit^ a brisk newspaper controversy as l<> V.hether the best available talent had been chosen. That energetic journal I count Castlcrosse had various remarks its lo the team consisting of
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    24 10 Haji Raja Osman, Chief Kathi of Selangor and son-in-law of the Sultan of Selangor. returned to Klsng on .Saturday after a pilprimape to Mecia.
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    25 10 The Hon. Mr. J. Crabb-Watt has been elected an unofficial member of the Legislative Council in place of Mr. P. M son, who has resigned.
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    BUY ADVERTISED GOODS.
    40 10 Not all the advertising that is offered to the Straits Times is accepted. Every iffort is made to safeguard readers' interests and ALL advertisers using the Straiti Times are, to the beat of out knowledge, THOROUGHLY BELIABH.
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      MAJOR FRANCO AGAIN.
      606 11 Leading New Revolt In Spain. REBELS DISARMED. Threat to Bomb Seville From the Air. There has been considerable unrest in Spain during the past few <la> s. !mi early returns from the election now proceeding indicate victory for the Kepuhlican-Socinli-.. ceslitton. A revolt at the Tablada asredrSSM,
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    ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT.
    1373 11 Post and Gatty Held Up For 12 Hours. STUCK IN A MUD HOLE. But Habarovsk Reached In Under 5 Days. Despite the fact that they were delayed owr twelve hours at Blagovyrschohensk, where their machine ran into a mud hole and was only pulled out with
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    DRUGS FOR CALCUTTA FROM JAPAN.
    126 11 'Fashionable Barbers' Said To be Concerned. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, June 27. Allegation; that some of Calcutta.---many fashionable barbers arc engaged in profitable cocaine and opium smuggling operations were made before the Chief MagisttSt* when Kmiimi, a local hairdraaatr, was charged with importing into
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    NANKING NEWS.
    285 11 Effort to Solve Shansi^ Currency Problem. Shanghai, June 27. General Li Ming-chun, the former Kuomirchun Army commander, is reported to be on his way to Nanchang from Hankow to interview Marshal Chiang Kaishek relative to the launching of an anti-Communist-bandit campaign in Southern Howl General Feng Yih-pei, the
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    CANTON MUTINY?
    70 11 39th Division Said to Have Revolted. Shanghai, June 27. Reports to hand from Nanking state that General Yu Hon-man's 59th Division has revolted. General Chan Chai-tong, the commander-in-chief of the Kwangtung military forces, is rushing Kwang3i troops to Canton to assist in UM suppression of the uprising. Reports
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    BURMA REBELLION.
    74 11 Rowdyism at Calcutta Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, June 27. Disgraceful scenes occurred at a public meeting, organised in Halliday Park, to discuss the situation arising from the Burma rebellion. Ladies were roughly handled, a Congress flag was snatched down and trampled upon and Mr. Sen Gupta,
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    £2,000,000 FAILURE
    119 11 Another Hoboken (New York) Sensation. New York, June 28. The Steneck Trust Company of Hoboken, with deposits of £2,000,000, failed to open its doors yesterday. The failure is ascribed to the collapse of recurity and real estate values in the neighbourhood. Reuter. Hoboken is a city and port
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    FRANCE AND HOOVER PROPOSALS.
    613 11 Strong Criticism. NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. MELLON. Rugby, June 27. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on President Hoover' 3 proposals lasted till C.30 a.m. today, when a motion approving the French Note and stating that the Chamber counted on the Government to ensure the
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    TIN RESTRICTION
    65 11 Discussion Which May Lead To Siam's Participation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. June 28. Mr. W. H. Edwards, of the Tin Producers' Association, who has been in Malaya and Siam, left Bangkok this morning for Ipoh. p While here he discussed with Government the tin restriction scheme, but,
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    YELLOW RIVER.
    37 11 Sudden Rise Leads to Fears Of Inundation. Shanghai, June 26. The Ye'low River (Hwang-ho) has suddenly risen one foot, and it is feared that many of the low-lying districts will be inundated. Sin Kuo Mm.
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    EMERGENCY TAXES IN N.S.W.
    123 11 EMERGENCY TAXES IN N.S.W. Critical Situation. GENERAL ELECTION POSSIBLE. Sydney, June 29. A sensation has been caused by the emergency taxation measures introduced into the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly by the Government. They provide for a tax of a shilling in the pound on incomes up to £4 a week and
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    WAR AGAINST REDS.
    169 11 Nanking Generals Leave For Front. Nanchang (Kiangsi), June 27. During the past week nearly 30 divisional commanders have been in conference here, receiving personal instructions from Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. Today a general exodus for the front took place. Only a few Nationalist military commanders, including Marshal Chiang
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    DASH TO THE POLE.
    149 11 Will the Nautilus Be Repaired in Time London, June 27. Sir Hubert Wilkins, the famous British explorer who is. contemplating a dash to the North Pole under the ice fields in the submarine Nautilus, arrived in London from Devonport this morning. Interviewed by Reuter he said
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    AIRWOMAN'S PLUCK.
    124 11 Non-Stop 2,000-Mile Flight Attempt. Le Bourget (Paris), June 28. The airwoman. Mademoiselle Marysc Bastie, took off from here this morning, in a 40 horse power monoplane, in an attempt to beat the long distance record for light aeroplanes. She hopes to reach Kazan. Reuter. Kazan is a city
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    THE R.A.F. DISPLAY AT HENDON.
    157 11 Speed the Dominant Note This Year. Rugby, June 27. The Royal.. Air Force display at Hendon today, the twelfth of its kind, attracted an immense crowd which, in brilliant weather, watched the evolutions of the 200 aircraft participating. Practically every type of Service aeroplane was
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    . INDIAN STOCKS.
    341 11 INDIAN STOCKS. Rise Follows Premier's Statement in House. Rugby, June 27. The statement ma;le by the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald), in the House of Commons yesterday, on Indian credit, has caused a considerable rise in Indian stocks. The declaration, which was presumably intended to reinforce that made by
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    U.S.A. HEAT WAVE.
    88 11 Death Roll Already Over 140. New York, June 23. The death roll from the intense heat has so far reached 147, of which total 75 deaths were directly due to the heat, while the remaining 72 were due to drowning. The temperature in the Western States ranges
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    FOUR KILLED.
    75 11 Terrible Motor Smash Near Elstree. London, June 28. Two men and two women were incinerated and three women and a man wen injured in a collision between two motorcars near Elstree this morning. One of the injured victims was so badly burned as to be unidentifiable. One of
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    FUKIEN PROVINCE.
    69 11 Finances in a Most Confused State. Shanghai. June 26. Mr. Chen Shao-ying, a member of the Central Executive Committee, has arrived in Shanghai from Nanking en loute for Fukien to discuss the provincial situation with the leaders. Mr. Ch«n declares thrtt representations have been made to Nanking that
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    DUTCH PAVILION.
    109 11 Destroyed by Fire at The Paris Exhibition. Paris. June 2^. A loss estimated a! possibly 'jO.OJW.OO') francs has been eaajed by the i!< by fire, owing to a short circuit, of the Dutch Pavilion at the Colonial Kxhibition. The pavilion \va< a c< py of S Sumatra Papoda,
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      91 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Pace Today's Wireless Programme 8 London Tin Market 9 .Around the Markets.— By the Financial Correspondent 9 Problems of the New Spain. By Senor A. Lerroux 10 Alleged Wrongful Arrest 12 Singapore Golf Title 13 I'.S.A. Win Ryder Cup 13 Perak Defeat Selangor in Malaya Cup .13 Wimbledon
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    ALLEGED WRONGFUL ARREST.
    751 12 "A Most Stupid Case." UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. This is the most stupid case I have conir across in my experience and the plaintiff has been extremely ill-advised," said Mr. H. R. Bull, the Singapore Civil District Judge, on Saturday in dismissing a claim against a public
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    ASIATIC ESTATE STAFFS
    208 12 Association's Need of Support During Slump. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 26. I'lt'siding at the fourth annual general meeting of the Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association. Mr. S. N. Sarma said that kick of co-operation and interest on the part of members on the one hand,
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    RELIEF NOT WANTED.
    149 12 Argentine Reply to U.S. Offer. Buenos Aires, June 28. Following the report that President Hoover is contemplating a scheme for the economic assistance of the Latin-American Republics, the Argentine Government has instructed its Embassy at Washington to inform the American Government that it does not admit the
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    FORGED DEGREES
    224 12 Bengali's Hapless Brides. Calcutta, June 16. A woman named Sushila Dcvi and three Bengalis, Nalinimohan, Chatterji, Haricharan Chatterji and Sushil Kumar Bannerji, are alleged to be involved in a remarkable case of cheating by false personation and forging University degrees. The first three have been taken under arrest.
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    ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE.
    195 12 Chinese Trader Found Guilty and Fined. Prosecuted under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance for alleged infringement of the trade mark of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream, Chew Lim Wong, proprietor of the China Bazaar, was found guilty by Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Saturday
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    71 12 Leaving for Kuala Lumpur On July 9. H.E. the Governor, Sir Cecil dementi, and Miss dementi will leave for Kuala Lumpur by the night mail on Thursday, July 9, and will stay at King's House. His Excellency will be accompanied by Mr. R. J. Curtis, A.D.0., and
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    EUROPE DETESTED.
    107 12 Official Denial of Alleged Statement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 28. The Foreign Office here has issued a communique concerning the statement alleged to have been made in the United States by Prince Svasti, the Queen's father, that the reason that the King went to America for
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    WILD LIFE INQUIRY.
    40 12 Mr. Hubback Given Another Four Months. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 27. The time for the execution of the Wild Life Commission has been extended by four months and 12 days as from June 16.
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    WAR BETWEEN POLICE 'AND TENANTS.
    251 12 Anti-Evicfion Campaign In Sydney. Sydney, June 17. One /nan was shot, and seven police and 1G so-called anti-evictionists were injured, in a fierce battle arising from the antievlction campaign sponsored by the Communists of the unemployed workers' nr.ovement.. The struggle raged round a house v.hose
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    MR. WILLIAM DAVIS.
    93 12 Farewell Party on Eve Of Retirement. Mr. and Mrs. William Davis were entertained to tea at the Post Office Club yesterday by the staff of the Posts and Telegraph Department. About 200 people were present including Mr. S. Stutchburg, Mr. G. C. Allen and Mr. K. Maclennan.
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    MADAME POULARD DEAD.
    115 12 Famous Hotel-Keeper of Mont St. Michel. Madame Poulard, of Mont St. Michel, the famous Reine des Hotelieres," has died at the ripe age of 89. Madame Poulard, who hail kept a hotel on Mont St. Michel since 1875, was known all over the world. She was celebrated
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    PRIMATE DEPORTED.
    350 12 Spain's Hostility to The Clergy. Madrid, June 15. Cardinal Scgurn, Catholic primate of Spain, was deported by the Government today. With a police guard, he left Guadalajara in a Government motor-car for the French frontier. Minister of the Interior Maura declined to reveal the charges against the cardinal,
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    LIBERAL SPLIT.
    141 12 Differing Views on The Land Tax. London, June 27. Si;- John Simon (Lib., Spen Valley) and Mr. A. Ernest Blown (Lib., Leith) have formally dissociated themselves with the Liberal Party in consequence of the party's acceptance of the Government's land tax proposals. Reuter. An earlier message (dated London
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.
    80 12 Centenary Empire Parade In Hyde Park. London, June 27. To mark the end of the centenary celebrations of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, 7,000 members, from all parts of the Kmpire, were inspected in Hyde Park by Prince Arthur of Connaught, deputising for the Prince of Wales,
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    CHEQUERS IDEA.
    66 12 Italy Invites German Statesmen to Rome. Berlin, June 29. Italy has now caught the Chequers idea. Her Ambassador in Berlin has suggested that the Chancellor (Dr. Bruening) am) the Foreign Secretary (Dr. Curtius) should visit Rome to confer with Signor Mussolini. No date for the visit has been
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    GROCER'S DOGGEREL.
    111 12 Bound Over for Verses About A Milkman. Alexander Philip Smith, grocer, of Stapleford, Cambridge, who had placed in his shop window doggerel verse* about Edgar Baynes, a milkman, in the same village, was at Cambridge Assizes bound over for two years to be of good behaviour. Mr. Justice
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    ACCUSED OF BREACH OF TRUST.
    659 12 Insurance Agent Discharged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jun M After a hearing lasting four days. Tan Kirn Watt, an insurance apent. wai discharged in the District Court here today by Mr. B. R. Whitehouse. He was accused on three counts of criminal breach of
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    DEATH OF RAJA ZAINAL
    68 12 Loss to Selangor's Royal Family. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang, June 28. Raja Zainal binti Raja Suleiman, the widow of Raja Bot and mother of Raja Mu.t-a, Raja Suleiman and Raja Ayoub died on Friday at her house in Mem Road, Bukit Raja, Klang. The funeral,
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    "DARTMOOR PREFERRED
    108 12 Man Who Had Fought in Soviet Army. Declaring, through his counsel, that he would rather go to Dartmoor than I an; to Russia, Ephraim Oberman, 54. of no address, was sentenced at Manchester recently to three months' imprisonment for breaches of the Aliens Regulations. Mr. T. H. Hinchcliffe
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    LAW NOTICES
    55 12 Tomorrow, before thr acting Chk-f Justice, Mr. Justice Thome and Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell in First Court at 10.»0 a.m.: Court of Appeal. Muthuraman Chettiar vs. E. Kong Guan and anor. Before Mr. Justice Simpson ii. Court at 11 a.m.:— V. 8. Kasi Chettiar n. Shaik Sahicd
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      WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      543 13 Jiro Satoh's Success. BETTY NUTHALL IN LAST EIGHT. London, Juno 27. At Wimbledon today the Mueet trcwd of the meeting gathered in glorious weather to see Jiro Satoh, the Japanese Davis Cup player, enter the last eight of the men's singles by beating the Briti*li player, H.
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    NEGRI TENNIS.
    86 13 Results of Saturday's Tournament. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, June 28. I In the Neajri Sembilan lawn tenni* tournament R. B. Nunneley beat B. J. I.uvcrs, 6—4,6 4, 6—l ami Bkiw Kirn Sang and Chia Chin Siew bra: R. 15. Perkilta and B. J. Lavei 6 0, I
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    BRITAIN BEATEN IN RYDER CUP.
    760 13 Visitors' Inferiority. BRILLIANT GOLF BY U.S. PLAYERS. Columbus, Ohio, June 27. i mtidcnt that their inferiority in the Ryder Cop foursomes would not Ik? reflectt.i in the singles the British team were cnt Braced by the cooler conditions. A brisk breeee prevailed. Howtvcr, at the
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    PERAK'S SURPRISE VICTORY.
    854 13 Selangor Beaten by Six Goals to One. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 27. In the stcond Malaya Cup match in the Northern section Perak secured a convincing runaway victory over Selangor by the wide margin of six goals to ont. It was a surprise victory for
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    SCHOOL TENNIS.
    113 13 A.C.S., Singapore Beaten In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 27. On the C.R.C. courts today, three singles and one doubles were played between the A.C.S. Penang and the A.C.S. Singapore. Penang took the honours Cheah Wat Han (P.) beat Kam Gim Lock (S.) 6—2, C— 2.
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    ENGLAND BATSMEN FAIL.
    826 13 Test Match at Lords. POOR REPLY TO NEW ZEALAND'S TOTAL. London, June 27. The Test match between England and New Zealand started at Lord's today. The weather was glorious but the counter attractions of Wimbledon and the Air Force Display at Hendon kept down the attendance, and
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    TURF CLUB'S PROFIT.
    79 13 Racing Still Paying In Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 28. Presiding at the annual meeting of the Stlangor Turf Club, Mr. Ei L. Watson said that the club had made a profit of $3,124 on its last race meeting and the profit and loss
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    SINGAPORE GOLF TITLE.
    956 13 Final Struggle. ALL SQUARE AFTER 36 HOLES. The final of the Singapore Island Golf championship, which was played yesterday on the Keppel links by R. Craik and M. M. Paterson, proved one of the keenest turslcii seen for many a day. After 36 ho'.es had been played,
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    SIAM GOLF TITLE
    1853 13 Hua Hin Professional Heads The Competitors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, June 29. Competition for the open golf championship of Siam started yesterday over the King's private course, and at the conclusion of yesterday's play Nai Tim, professional at Hua Hin. who won the title last year,
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      134 13 j )CrossJpfr /country Gr-^i\sL J running wL V Jk makes !hc greateii demands l^t^j^mmm on ourpowers of endurance. y^^K er a on 9 rjn c c cc s W*~^*£aa9y fr 7^*v show themselves in the cir--\>^j \V AVJ V-^ S? culation and the nerves, and f^ **iCJr fake the form
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    PROSPECTS FOR IPOH RACES.
    386 13 Form of Several Newcomers. The entries for the Perak Turf Club's summer meeting", beginning on July 4 total 152 hawses and ponies, comprising 41 class I horse?, :i7 class II horses, 33 class 111 horses, 22 class I ponies, and 20 class II ponies. Racing will
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    YACHT CLUB REGATTA
    253 13 Weather conditions were ideal on Saturday afternoon when the rowing events in the Singapore Yacht Club Regatta tock place inside the breakwater. A larjje number of spectators was present in launches and yacht > and some fine sport was witne-fed. After making a flood start all three
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    MALACCA TENNIS.
    155 14 Conclusion of Club Annual Tournament. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, June 18. The Malacca Club concluded their annual tennis tournament on Saturday, when the men's open singles and mixed doubles handicap finals were played. A. Simpson beat J. R. Burnham, 6—4,6 4, 6—2,6 2, in the first event,
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    KENDALL PLEASES.
    426 14 S.A.F.A. Team Defeats United Services. S.A.F.A. 3 United Services 1. The United Services provided opposition to the probable Malaya Cup team at the Anson Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and lost by three goals to one. In the first half of the game play wainteresting, but in the
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    396 14 S.G.C. Easily Defeat Keppel. In the match at Bukit Timah yesterday the Singapore Golf Club beat Keppel Golf Club by 20% to 6%. Results (Keppel players mentioned rVrsO S. C. Campbell and C. N. W. Joyce 0, L. D. Hardie and W. Eldred I*4. J. Huigins and R.
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    75 14 Results of Games in the Two Major Leagues. New York, June 28. Yesterday's baseball results were national League. ,ew York 4 Irooklyn 7 Irooklyn 4 'hiladelphia 6 'hiladelphia 5 toston 3 Cincinnati 6 St. Louis 0 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 10 Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 12 Vmeriran League. leveland
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    A POLITICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
    1788 15 Two Years Of Socialist Government May Go On For Another Two Years Superficial Stability Mr. Baldwin Ami The Lords Attacked Workers' Wages Unfortunate Mr. Churchill His Fertile, Vigorous Speeches Thought Only An Entertainment. London, June 2. I' is just two yeav<s since Mr. Ramsiy
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    ANNUAL REPORT ON NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    1959 16 Fall in Revenue And Expenditure. WATERLESS TOWNS. DRY WEATHER CAUSES TROUBLE. Tho revenue for 1930 (including the Negrl Strnhilan share of Federal revenue) amounted to $10,766,116 compared with 111,718,761 in 1929, states the Negri .^tmbilan Administration Report, signed by the HOB- Mr. J. W. Simmons,
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    FIT TO STAND ALONE.
    124 16 Irak Mandate Report At Geneva. Geneva, June 18 The Mandates Commission considered the special report on the Irak Mandate today in the presence of Sir Francis Humphrys who described how the Irak Government had been encouraged to assume an increasing share in Government responsibility. lie said
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    WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.
    116 16 Important Discovery In Prague. Prague, June 19. The local police are believed to be on the track of a gigantic white slave traffic organisation, with collecting centres in C"2echo-Slovaki« and neighbouring conntries. Important information has been sent from Prague to the Brussels police, who have arrested a
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    BIG ART SALE.
    107 16 £18,500 Paid for The Angels' Concert." Munich, June 16. Famous art dealers and collectors from the whole world are attending; an auction, which began today, of magnificent works of arL including; many old masters, b«lontfink to the late Hungarian magnate, Mapzell von Nemes. This morning^ sales fetched
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    Association Of British Malaya Forgets The Slump
    4229 17 WITTY SPEECHES BY MR. MACFADYEN AND GOVERNOR OF 8.N.8. 'THERE IS NOTHING WRONGv WITH THE BASIS OF MALAYA'S PROSPERITY." selves, I was out there not so very long ago and of course there are superficial changes that hit, the eye. It might surprise
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    BOYS' SILLY ESCAPADE
    89 17 Tears After Letting Train Pass Over Them. Two Ryde schoolboy brother;;. a^'P'l nine and ten, lay down in the four-foot way of the Southern Railway, about a mile from Ryde Station, and allowed an incoming passenger train to pa.ss over them. The driver noticed the boys too
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      820 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, My attention has been drawn to the article published in your columns of the 26th inst. under the caption Broadcasting in Singapore. Reported Government Offer." At this juncture "war-worn and weary," I am not desirous of entering the lists against any
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      223 18 To the Editor of the Straits TinaM. Sir, —In your paper of the June 2:5 Control Grid voices a very genuine grievance. It if unfortunate that there arc so few owners < f sets in this country otherwise one might hear more but the reason why. there are not more
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      PROFESSOR PICCARD.
      107 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to various reports regarding the recent remarkable flight to the stratosphere by Professor Piccard, who is described as v Belgian scientist, may I draw your attention to the fact that the explorer is of Swiss nationality and_a Professor
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    Workers' Imaginary Right To AIL
    1530 19 ENCYCLICAL LETTER. THE TRUE ORIGIN OF BOLSHEVISM. One of the most important Encyclicals ever issued by Pope Pius XI was given to the world on May 23. A brief cable report has appeared in the Straits Times. Fuller details are given below: The document consists
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    A SUB-PARLIAMENT.
    146 19 Mr. Winston Churchill's Suggestion. London, June 15. The establishment of an economic subParliament, composed of persons possessing special qualifications in economic and commercial matters, to discuss such questions, and to which Bills might be referred after their second reading, was suggested l.y Mr. Winston Churchill, giving evidence before
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    COL. MORSHEAD'S DEATH.
    76 19 Gurkha Ex-Sepoy Released. Rangoon, June 15. Following the Gurkha ex-Sepoy's arrest in connection with the death of Colonel Morshead, it is now authoritatively learned that the case is still a mystery, as the Gurkha did not confess, nor has he been charged with murder. He has been
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    98 20 :HE KING'S LEVEE.— His Majesty held a levee at St. James' Palace on June 1, and the above photograph shows the King's coach arriving at the Palace. (LN.A.) FAMOUS AIRMAN VISITS LONDON.— Giant air liners formed an escort to Croydon aerodrome on May 30 when one of the world's greatest
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    62 20 "CHARLIE NKD." He was a great hit with the children when he appeared with his chariot, driven by a clown in the tent pegging competition at the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia. (Central Press.) MALACCA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL.— The new Government School at Malacca which is now nearing compaction. The photograph
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    81 20 NEW USE FOR RUBBER.— The barber's shop at the Singapore Cricket Club has a rubber floor, And very smart and clean it look*. (Straits Times Copyright) ROAD UP. Stamford Road, Singapore, as may be seen from the photograph is still up," but it shows every proapert of being a first-class
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